Maouyome

151 Flaming Serpent (Demon King's Depression 18)

"Your Majesty!?

I wake up from a blurry consciousness.

The hazy thought regains its shape.

What I remember is the feeling of falling in the dark.

Light pulled away by irresistible forces.

The voice of a wise man, as if to spare the remainder of his fame.

And... the look of Lefia.

That was definitely a refia.

I went into that place by mistake,...?

And I... to my original body.

"... what!? Whoa!?

If the wise man is right, I think it means that what was only a state of soul was pulled back by the original body,...

My spine freaks out that I can't move my hands and feet as much as I would like to, trying to move my body.

Again!?

I can't move as if tied (...) with (...) Ri (...) et al. (...) and (...) y (...) ru (...).

"Your Majesty, you're back. Wait, I'll solve it in a minute."

It was tied up.

An expression of relief appears on the face that was being excluded.

... Carlisle.

Speaking of which, was he here too?

Just being clever and often turning my mind, I check with my subordinates who rely on me for a variety of conveniences from around, and softly relieve myself.

Confirming himself, he was wrapped around with a blanket and apparently tied tightly in a rough rope.

... luggage or me.

"Ever since they stopped moving at all, my liver has remained cold. I heard you were coming back, but I didn't feel like it anymore. Really."

That was luggage.... excuse me.

"... worried me. It's all right now."

Wake up free and stretch your hands and feet joints tight. She couldn't move for a long time. Her body seemed pretty stiff, and her stretched muscles felt painful.

... Was it indeed a week?

Standing up and stretching his hips, he felt a comforting paralysis all over his body, as if he had become an old man.

I feel delighted to be able to move freely.

Is it because you have had the rare experience of being separated from your soul and body that only your mind becomes aware of the weight of your body?

As I move my body immersed in a pleasant sense of gravity, I also feel that there is something more out of movement than before.

Maybe it's because I dare to move consciously, but I don't think it's a body I haven't been able to move for a very week.

"... as soon as you wake up, you move so much, are you okay?

Carlisle is watching you worried.

"I rather feel good. Anyway, I've been motionless and I've been left to blame.... is it just you? What happened to the other guys?

As she stretches out her muscles, she asks if there is anything other than Carlisle.

As a matter of fact, I think he's gone looking for a skipped refia.

In the meantime, I have no idea what the situation is.

"Master Lean Shade is driving through that Svajilfari to find Master Lefia. Apparently, that horse knows where Lady Leafia is, and Lady Leanscheid is ahead of him, and Lady Cell Azam and Lady Bell Adone are after him."

"... so you're the one entrusted with the 'luggage' and chasing after it? I'll take care of it."

"No, not at all. We look forward to your return."

I was in a state of scrolling..., I can't help it.

My intention has nothing to do with being taken suddenly, but I feel sorry for the inconvenience.

"Lefia would also be getting to the deepest part by now, as the wise showed.... maybe, but. Do you have any idea how late we are from Cell Azam and the others?

That was definitely a refia.

If so, maybe by now Haz will be with that wise man.

I don't know what it is, but I don't know what to do with the refia I arrived at as I said, because I flew it because I tried it or something.

I don't particularly trust you, but if you're that wise man..., it's hard to even think of deceiving and harming Lefia there.

"Ah, yes. Maybe not so much. We're at least half a day away."

One person convinced that Carlisle, leaning his neck at me but raising the report, would return a snort of understanding.

... half a day. There's more distance than I thought.

"We'll be right after you. Lead the way."

"Ha!"

Clearing the blanket gently, the lightened Carlisle walks right into the back of the woods.

Apparently, I've grasped the trail of the lead group. I can't help but feel deeply moved by its back, which leads without hesitation.

Not as a knight, but as a ranger. But you're going to be able to do it, aren't you, Koz?

Follow Carlisle's back and walk through the woods.

I'll get some confirmation on the road while I was in a state of provisional death.

The thing that bothered me the most was the refia, but I was also concerned about Seruazam and the other members.

Especially, Cell Azam.

……

I don't know what this has to do with that sage, but as it turns out, now I know I should have met that sage.

Whether you went to see him because he told you to go see him honestly.... I think I probably wouldn't have gone, and now I'm not willing to blame you for bringing me here as if I were cheating.

It's just that it's only a story in me.

If you say what Cell Azam thinks of it,... maybe you shouldn't seem to blame yourself.

The same goes for Lefia.

I could have known by chance that he would have arrived sage safely, but I wouldn't have cared otherwise.

I trust you.

That hasn't changed yet.

From now on, maybe all the time.

That's why I should discuss it with Cell Azam.

Yeah, I told the wise guy, but there's no reason not to care.

That Selazam was the first demon king.

Cell Azam told me, the end of my parents.

And... about Sunra.

Running through the woods as I put my thoughts together, I felt something like an aftermath looming from the front.

Similar to impact, ripples of force.

But it didn't seem like it had an entity, so it walked through my body.

"... what!? What's that?

"... I don't know. But it didn't feel right."

Carlisle's face looking back is blue.

Maybe I look the same.

After something like the aftermath of power ran through it, the whole forest air changed....... Tension increases like tenacity.

If you look carefully,... it's quiet.

All you can hear is the sound of leaf rubbing, of tree branches trembling in the wind. Soon the birds' voices and even the bug feathers are gone.

No sign of a creature at all.

Although it was rarer to see other creatures than the original one, it had never been so quiet.

The tranquility just causes anxiety and impatience.

"Sorry, Carlisle! Ahead!

"Ha!"

Something like the aftermath of power came from the front of my aspiration.

Follow the guys who are ahead of us to find Refia, from the front of us...

Leave Carlisle, hurry ahead.

I can't wipe my bad feeling.

Run through with all your might with a rushing urge.

Slip between the thriving trees and break through the grass bushes.

When I went down the slope and jumped high trying to jump over the mud, I saw it.

"... what the hell?"

Far beyond the height of the tree, beyond the blindfold of the branch leaves, at once a muscle of open vision, like a pillar of flame pierced the heavens.

It's a giant pillar of fire that you can't tell the distance from.

Without being able to confirm any of its sights, he descends furiously to the ground and runs further without killing the momentum.

... Fire Columns. That, too, is such a huge thing.

The most troublesome being since coming to this forest.

Every time I slash it away, the increasing number of flaming snakes crosses my head.

I don't think so. On the other hand, he was originally inexperienced. The worst assumption is that it will not be in vain.

As he ran through the wide open grass and approached some further, a fierce collision sounded from above the sky.

The shock shakes my feet and the atmosphere shivers.

Looking up as he was fit, the firepillars twisted wide and covered the sky all the time.

Understand the mistake of your own perception of the sight.

This is not a fire pillar,... no.

The roaring flames overlap like nightmares, and the roaring stormy waters tangle. Maybe this is how it would look if you opened the lid, for example, as there was a cauldron of hell.

unrealistically contiguous mass of flame.

That kept it about 30 meters wide, covering the sky as if it were a creature.

Running out more vigorously, a thunderous roar echoes along with the shock of trembling atmosphere.

Pillars of flame hovering around like creatures. The tip is finally in sight, and the worst kind of thing in the world is in the middle of nowhere.

The tip part of it is like the face of a snake, and I can see it opening its mouth wide just as if it were going to jump onto the prey.

... That's impossible. That's huge, damn it.

Momentum and its fangs swallowed up towards something floating in the air, and again a severe shocking sound rang around.

Something floating in the air was surprisingly bouncing back its fiery serpent attack.

If you stare and check,... it's a horse.

Someone on that hateful silver horse with six legs looks like he's fighting this fiery serpent.

"... can you fly in the sky, that horse"

What the hell is this fiery serpent?

Why is this happening?

I don't know exactly what it means to be here, but there's only one thing. Only do what needs to be done and be aware of it.

Pull the sword out of your hips, drop your ankles a lot lower and gather strength.

Now it is precisely for this reason that, once again, we set our aim for the Lean Shades and jump higher and higher toward the head of the fiery serpent who opens his mouth.

With all my strength I kicked the ground and jumped up into the hollow, and with all my strength I slapped the head of the fiery serpent.