Kuro no Maou

Central Carla Mara. Brilliant high-rise architecture, colored by light magic, is disturbed, built as if the wealthy people who made up wealth in this city boast of their riches, centered on Temennigle, a tower so huge as to rush through heaven.

In every country, where the royal aristocracy lived and where the poor gathered together, the difference between the rich and the poor seemed clear, but Carlamara, illuminated by the light of this ancient ruin, appeared to highlight the difference between the two even more.

In fact, the center and outer perimeter are physically separated by a huge moat.

It's about 100 meters wide. Depth unknown. Huge moats filled with water keep the water flowing like rivers all the time.

While in the middle of the desert, the presence of enormous amounts of water is, of course, due to the function of ancient sites.

Inside this moat, or current centre, there are numerous living ruins. Dazzling earthly light enough to make even the starry sky shine, the majority of which utilized light sources that had been installed in the ruins since the beginning.

Thirty stories of terrestrial high-rise hotel in a particularly glowing and bright neighborhood in such a centre. The rank five adventurer party Elementmaster had stayed in one of the hotel rooms, which was only available to selected guests.

……

The price-worthy and classy living space is filled with painful silence.

Sitting on the couch is Fiona. Beside it, Sariel refrains from acting like a maid.

Between us, there's no conversation.

To the search for the missing Chrono, progress nasi.

Eleventh Apostolic Mass and Twelfth Apostolic Mariabel. The whereabouts of Chrono, who painfully overtook the ambush of the two apostles, but was taken away to the other side of the desert by Ramdain, remain unknown.

At that time, across the Ciro of Pegasus, Saliel took Lily to the immediate search... but finally, he couldn't find a single trace.

The Atlas Desert is too vast to find each person. There was nothing I could do, roughly to the extent that I could tell the direction in which I flew away.

The Greater Atlas III, which was aboard, eventually arrived safely at Carlamara. Whether Chrono is still wandering the desert or getting here on his own, we need a base to stay in.

For one thing, the three of them checked into the hotel as planned.

Recommended by the Lavian Chamber of Commerce in Jafar, the hotel is also a major popularity in numerous Carlamara accommodations.

Chrono I've been looking forward to staying here since I was in Rockwell, but the large rooms without that person were quiet and lonely everywhere, no, empty.

"Ha..."

Breaking the silence is Fiona's heavy sigh, not knowing how many times it will be.

Starting tomorrow, how should we search Chrono?

Do you want to make a request to the Alliance for a large reward, or do you want to hire people directly to look for them? Alternatively, you could buy a desert ship to come and go in the vast desert.

I have money, but doing something in this first-time city takes time. Now that I'm not even sure if Chrono is cheap, I'm wasting my time anyway.

But now that the sun has gone down, there is nothing we can do. Besides, we need rest. Especially since they drain a lot of magic in their battle with the Apostles, all three of them are much more tired than usual.

Now, Lily went back from her initial search and soon fell asleep.

Probably won't wake up until tomorrow morning.

If Lily keeps sleeping, she should at least have a search plan for herself from tomorrow within the moment -

"I don't like it. It's a very dark atmosphere."

"Mr. Lily. Are you awake?"

When I saw it, Lily, shining naked in the living room, walked up to me.

In a clear tone, from that look staring straight at Fiona, it doesn't look like she just happened to wake up in the bathroom waking up.

"That's a lot of room for a mouthful."

"Yes, thank you, I'm calm."

Were you aware then that you were disturbed? Lily jumped and sat next to Fiona, not looking bad.

"Fiona, calm down, too. It's okay, Chrono's alive."

"Do you have proof?"

"-" The Flaming Queen (Overdrive) ""

In Russia, a burning red aura surrounds Lily's body.

The Demon King's arm power, which gives him explosive power, did not break anything with it, however, and was released shortly afterwards.

"The fact that I can still use the protection of the Demon King is proof that Chrono is alive"

Lily is only getting that power divided from Chrono, who was granted the protection of the Demon King. Lily herself has no connection to Mia Ellord, the ancient demon king.

"So, with your left eye, you know where Mr. Chrono is, too?"

"Unfortunately, my vision doesn't show."

However, the presence of Chrono can be clearly felt.

For Lily, this feeling was what made her happier than anything else and too much to hope for.

Chrono is strong. If you are even alive, it will be in the middle of the desert, but it will be the end of hell, but you will surely return safely.

"Really...... but for one thing, I was relieved"

Fiona also believes in the power of Chrono. Even if it isn't, it's unlikely that a Rank 5 adventurer will die easily to the extent of a shipwreck.

Besides, Chrono has been stuffed in Shadow Space (Shadowgate) for some time with supplies that are just not lacking to live a survival life.

As a result of the battle against Mass, Krono has left almost all of his cursed weapons out of hand.

The weapons used themselves are all recovered by sheep as valued colleagues, but if they are not in Krono's possession, they are one-handed.

The current Chrono gear consists of a sword for the 'Devil's Sword (Sword Arts)', a great sword made of Gleedgore material, five of its half.

The other half was stored in portions in the "Infinite Shadow" which he had put on "The Tyrant's Armor (Maximilian)".

In addition, various potions are available in gold for recovery, making it possible to treat them even if they are seriously injured, severely poisoned, etc.

And most of all, the only thing that holds hope is that the most beloved curse weapon he uses, "Absolutely" Neck Break, "remains on hand.

I should have let go of my hand during the battle with Mass, but somehow I was back in Chrono's shadow space (Shadowgate).

Sheep Says,

"The boulder is Senior Shizuku!

so it turns out he acquired the ability to go back under the owner of his own volition.

Together, as long as you have "Absolute Grievance" "Neck Break", you will not have trouble with weapons.

Though not complete, Chrono has enough gear. Wandering the Atlas Grand Desert alone won't be so much of a problem.

"Dear Lily, why are you blind to the master's left eye?"

I will not pinch my mouth on my own, I am Saliel, who faithfully adheres to the basics of being a squire, but I did not hesitate to ask Lily what I cared about because of what was going on.

"If Chrono's vision is invisible to me, he's either closing his eyes or losing his vision itself."

Regardless, Lily and I were the first to think about it.

Chrono is alive and well. That connection is not broken any more than Lily can use the protection of the Demon King.

Then the effect of vision sharing with Chrono, which Lily's left eye has, should also not have been lost.

But no matter how much I gaze, Lily's eyes only show the darkness of a closed lid.

"But there was no way Chrono had injured his left eye, and under this circumstance, there was no reason to dare put on his eyelids and close his sight"

"Don't waste it, Mr. Lily, say it quickly"

"Perhaps Chrono has lost his memory now."

"... Yes?

"Chrono's not blocking my sight, he's forgetting I can see, so I can't see."

"... ha"

To Fiona's unscented expression, Lily sighs like she told him to do.

"Saliel, Explaining the Ability of the Eleventh Apostolic Mass"

"Mass' ability to specialize (iggyst) 'is a spiritual magic"

The Apostle is not all about that power, just being given infinite magic.

Its true power is its ability to be called the exclusive 'ability to specialize (iggist)' that white God gives to its individual.

Originally an apostle, Saliel also grasps the 'ability to specialize (iggist)' of other apostles.

However, from the First Apostle Adam, which is only spoken in mythology, I do not know the detailed abilities, even with regard to the four whose activity is in the legend: the Second Apostle Abel, the Third Apostle Mikael, the Fourth Apostle Judah, and the Fifth Apostle Johannes. As things stand, the opportunity for the four called legendary brave parties to exert their true power has long been lost.

This Pandora Continental Expedition is to the Seventh Apostle Saliel. Conflicts, civil wars and wars everywhere, which are also continuing in the Ark continent, have been entrusted to the Apostles of the Sixth and Beyond respectively.

Therefore, what Saliel knows is from the Sixth Apostle, active in active duty, to the Twelfth Apostle Mariabel. However, with regard to the wandering Eighth Apostolic Eye, the ability is also unknown with regard to her, as no record was found of the use of 'specialization abilities (iggists)'.

The true power of the Apostle, the "ability to specialize (iggist)", is revealed to the Chronos as the most important information at the time Sariel became a slave. Most importantly, because all abilities are only powerful, it is difficult to put in place measures that can be completely completed even if you know it.

"Isn't 'Charm' the main thing?

"Just because Mass likes to use it, it's not just the power of 'charm (charm)'"

"That kid, because he was an immature spirit to see. You haven't been able to use the power you've been given."

If Lily had been given the same abilities as Mass, she might have easily ruled the entire continent of Pandora without having to name the Demon King. Something that confuses, manipulates, and spiritual magic is so powerful.

"So you're saying that the incomplete psycho-magical power of Mass caused Mr. Chrono to have amnesia?

"That's most likely." Specialization ability (iggyst) "is powerful, but it takes proficiency to be able to use it. I don't know to what extent that is… I don't know if 'ability to specialize (iggyst)' was expressed."

The Seventh Apostle Saliel, said to have been 'artificially created' by the hands of Bishop Judas, had succeeded in awakening himself as an apostle, but was not given the 'ability to specialize (iggist)'.

Here is the decisive difference between Saliel and the other apostles, and that is also why Judas calls Saliel the "weakest apostle".

However, Saliel, who, after slamming his harsh physical modification and extreme combat experience, awoke as an apostle and continued to fight on the fierce front lines even after, was recognized as powerful enough to be seen at a glance among the apostles.

That's why he was promoted to the major role of commander-in-chief of the Pandora expedition… but for other reasons, the part of him that is serious by mechanical is also plain big.

The power is also an immature and waggy mass of character, but some apostles of such a broken character that she looks cute. The Seventh Apostle Saliel was treasured in the Cross Church just because he exhibited a strange personality and did not run wild.

"It is presumed that Mass, cornered in the battle against the Master, forcefully exercised his' ability to specialize (iggyst) 'with the power of the armed scripture' Bifurcation (Divisions) '. It is an exercise of power that can be called a half-run state, and the psycho-magical effect exerted in that case seems to be a simple extinction of self"

"I don't think I can just take that and lose my memory,"

"It's okay, because Chrono has The Demon King of Love (Overecstasy)"

It is thanks to this fourth blessing that we can guarantee that Chrono is physically and mentally safe.

"Chrono is now amnesiac as a result of the strong work of the mental protection of The Demon King of Love (Overecstasy). It wasn't a total memory wreck, it was sealed."

I guess the effect around here is because Lily can handle the same protection.

In the first place, Chrono himself barely had the ability to do anything about spiritual magic from the beginning. In that regard, Lily, with her fairy telepathy, is no exaggeration when it comes to being an expert on that path. Lily is far more apt than Chrono when it comes to using the fourth protection, The Demon King of Love (Overecstasy). It shows a tremendous application of once completing Nell in Destiny Land with last-rose illusion or using the abilities of the Fionas captured in "Queen Armor (Legalia)".

Anyway, Fiona decided it was worth believing if such a lily affirmed so far.

"I see, I get it. The situation doesn't seem so desperate."

"Dear Lily, how long does it take for the master to unseal his memory"

"Well, the trouble is, I don't know."

More than half a day has already passed since the battle against Mass.

Even if Chrono had finished Ramdain and crashed into the middle of the desert, he would have already woken up and started acting. So even though I'm starting to regain consciousness and move, the fact that I still can't get my memories back...

"Because Chrono is not yet fully using The Demon King of Love (Overecstasy) either. Maybe if you don't work for us, you won't get your memories back."

"So it's no different that we have to find Mr. Chrono here."

"Yeah, me too, I'm just not gonna wait in silence until Chrono gets back on his own,"

That's unbearable, coming from a smiling face on Lily's surface. Though Chrono's safety was ascertained, it is only natural that he should be dissatisfied with that reality, without him right next door.

Never leave again - yes, Lily strongly thought it was the third separation she had visited early.

The first time, at the end of the Galahad war, it disappeared with metastatic magic with Saliel. The second time, when he left Chrono himself in jealousy.

And now the battle with the Apostle is over with a painful division, leaving Chrono alone.

"But it's okay... Krono's already in Carla Mara"

"Do you understand that much?

"Yeah, somehow, but it feels that way"

"You're lucky you didn't have to search the Atlas Desert just before the big storm."

Though I calmly say it in my mouth, Fiona still can't help but envy Lily's ability to feel his presence this way, even when she's away.

I, too, would like to exchange eyes and heart with him - so much so that I think about it unexpectedly, I envy him.

"Well, it's good to know that tomorrow's search will be limited to Carla Mara."

"I just want to focus on looking for Chrono too..."

"Is there anything else you want to do?

"Mass and Mariabelle. Those two apostles won't be attacking again."

I tend to be distracted by all the important thing that Chrono is missing, but the presence of the two apostles is never a good thing to ignore.

"... Sure, now that Mr. Chrono's missing, it's impossible for you two to deal with each other at the same time"

"If you're coming to us, it's still okay. It would be very dangerous if they were targeting a lost memory chrono on top of one person."

No matter how much amnesia you have, I would like to think that with the power of Chrono you can do enough to perceive the crisis and escape, but there is no absolute guarantee.

"Mass injured by the blade of the curse and Mariabelle, who lost three spiritual beasts, are not likely to raid instantly. Also, entering the urban areas of Carlamara should be avoided, as stronger restrictions may be imposed by the protection"

"Yeah, normally, you shouldn't have come this far, but whoever loses me in anger doesn't know what to do."

Perhaps the ambush in that Atlas Great Desert would have been a critical location for the Apostle to fight safely. If you're just going to raid a ship in the middle of a desert with nothing, the knights and armies of the area won't even come out.

Still, there is ample chance that he will come to revenge, no matter how impotent, than he tasted the humiliation of defeat on the Apostle. In particular, Mass is childlike spirituality, and it has given Maribel, who seemed somewhat calm, a motive that only drives her mad.

"Because Mr. Lily even lies and incites"

"incomprehensible. Why did Master Lily tell Maribel that the Master's protection was' Primvale the Succubus'?"

"'Cause if you say so, it'll also increase Sariel's value as a hostage, right?

A woman in love fell on an enemy man. How many men on earth could accept that fact from the front?

Brainwashed by evil powers, she's nothing wrong - such convenient hope that Lily dared to give Maribel.

You can't attack Sariel who wants to help you. That would be a huge advantage when dealing with Mariabelle. Also, beyond Maribel's willingness to rescue Sariel, we can anticipate and prepare for it... and set a trap.

"If I could use it, I'd be lucky, like insurance."

"The boulder is Mr. Lily. How dare you make such a nasty mental assault happen in that earthquake?"

"The boulder is Master Lily. It's a brilliantly despicable tactic that no ordinary person can think of."

"Ugh, don't praise me so much"

Lily moves on as she magnificently exchanges the rewards of sarcasm.

"Anyway, in parallel with the search for Chrono, we need to prepare for the next Apostolic Attack."

"Do you mean equipping and conditioning, gathering apostolic sightings, etc."

"That's all I'm anxious about, so I want to make it quick."

"Do you even hire mercenaries?

"That's an ant, too, but there's something I'd like to try"

"Mr. Lily, is there any way"

"This Carla Mara is an ancient monument. And it's still alive."

The information that Carla Mara is a special city made up of ancient ruins could have been purchased during her time in Rockwell.

As for Lily, I thought it would be sophisticated, with lights on, or able to travel to and from the near-field in a transfer magic formation, enough to use a degree of functionality, and even as far as I heard in the story, that was all I had.

But the moment he actually stepped into the city, Lily realized. Lily, that's why I could notice.

"If we do well, we might get a whole city called Carla Mara. So let's start with the original monolith."