Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events
13.1-24 Arc Mage 24
The SS had lost sight of the border crossers from Ecleria for a while, but with the help of their monsters, they succeeded in locating the border crossers early.Cross the mountains, descend the rocky beast path, enter the forest, and kill the monsters there....And what they were arriving at --
—— It was the colony of the displaced from Ecleria, which Strela accepted.
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Strela found out about it when she was explaining the situation to King Canopus and Prime Minister Hermes. Before reporting to them, the army moved the entire nation and monsters, so it was only natural to explain the situation to the top two.
"... I saw an Eclarian soldier enter the colony."
"You betrayed me...?
I don't know. I wondered if it would be necessary to get Strella-sama's permission for any closer investigation. "
"... no, that's fine.I'll go. "
That's what Strela said. When she cut off the communication, she raised her face....Pay attention to Canopus sitting on the throne and Hermes standing next to him.
"That's why I'm going to say something.
The opponent, Canopus, did not intend to stop Strela.Anyway, he's one of those fake royals with Strela.Even though Strela had the title "Princess", she knew better than anyone that its strength was not just a "Princess" but a "Human" frame.
"Don't be reckless.
"Yeah, it's okay.I'm just going to go and destroy it. "
Prime Minister Hermes also knew who Strela was, so she didn't stop her either.
"If anything happens, please contact me immediately.I'm on my way to cover immediately. "
After Hermes said, Strela turned toward the entrance of the room---
"You know what? Hermes."Strength" means "strength" only if you spare no effort from the beginning.
Boom.....
--Leaving such denial and irony in sight, she moved to her destination, the colony.
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There is a rule that metastasis magic can only be transferred to places that have been there once, with some exceptions.Fortunately, Strela was able to relocate to the colony without difficulty, as she had travelled to the colony a few days earlier.
By the way, not to mention it, she did not go to the colony in advance in anticipation of this incident.If she had anticipated this event, she would not have acted in vain in in the royal castle, listening to reports from her men and deciding what to do.In preparation for events such as this one, we are only going directly to towns, villages, fortifications, etc. throughout the country so that they can be transferred at any time.
As the space stabilizes after the transition, the scene enters the stretcher's vision.It was spread out in three colors: black, white, and red.That is, the darkness of the dark night, the moon of pure white, and--
"... that's terrible."
It was a bright red flame rising from the building.Once visited, the village was ruthlessly destroyed and destroyed, telling the story that everything was too late.
Fortunately, it seems that there were no displaced persons in the village, such as the village chief Tanaka.They must have been killed by raids and forcibly repatriated to their home country of Eclaria.
"That's what this is all about...."
Strela finally realizes that the purpose of those who crossed the border was to bring back the Eclarian traitors - that is, the exiles.We've crossed the border from a long part of the border, so if you think about it a little bit, you'll know where we're going...Strela, who didn't realize such a simple thing, blamed herself in her heart.
But that was for a moment.She immediately turns her consciousness forward.And...
Khhh!
--As soon as she put her hand forward, something that sounded like metal collided with the boundary magic she had built.
That's bullet noise.A bullet that flew at a subsonic velocity sounded like a magical boundary-bounding sound.
That's why I fired the bullet that made Strella's imagination--
"... oh? You're not going home, are you?
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It appears to have been the Eclarian border crossers who attacked the village.