"... that's all I know."

It took me about an hour to get Mina to tell me everything.

The content is quite spectacular....

"I see... that's not what Agas said."

The most shocking part of Mina's story was the details of what happened when Agas was killed by Arios.

trying to sell Arios and the others.....

Arios, who discovered it, will kill us.

I didn't like Agas, or rather, I had a bad impression of it.

Still.....

At the end of the day, my people will kill me, and I will feel an indescribable emptiness.

"Nevertheless....."

"Hey, what's the matter, Rain?" You have a hard look on your face. "

"You... it's harder not to look so hard when you're listening to what I'm saying, right?"

"Tania, don't say it. I can't think of anything like that in Canade's head."

"A sudden disorder!?" No, it's not! Rain seemed to be thinking about something else. "

Canade looks at me a lot.

She's right.

Sometimes it's about Agas, but sometimes it's more than that.

"Monica... and the demons behind the series of incidents... what is Reese's purpose?" I was wondering. "

For Mina, she said that she was thinking of peace between humans and demons, but first of all, it was definitely a lie.

Doing what you do is vicious, not the action of those who think of peace.

Besides, when I came into contact with the moderate Zil-Or, there was no word about Reese.

It could be just a coincidence.....

In that case, it is too light.

Reese doesn't think of peace.

It would be natural to think that there is a purpose other than being moderate.

"... is what I think, but in that case, what is the real purpose?"

Really? … It looks like you're thinking of something complicated and troublesome that Sora and the others won't be able to easily reach.

"... conquer the world...?"

"Feinia, that's typical."

"Haha"

"Do I agree with Rifa-san?" Typically... I don't think the demons have that kind of obscene desire. "

As Chiffon adds.

"Of course, not all demons can say that..."

"I agree with Mr. Chiffon. Maybe you should think of it as having a different purpose.”

Ellis agreed with me...?

I think the same thing about you two.

Reese and Monica, and Monica.

I have a feeling that those two have some other idea.

And it's a very troublesome thing, and... don't feel like a ruinous thing.

I want to do something about it in the meantime.

However, it seems that neither Mina nor Iris knows the hideout, and it is difficult for us to make a move.

I wonder what's going on here.

We all think about it, but we can't find a way out.

And then.

...... GOOOOOO!!!

N-No, no!?

An intense explosion.

Continuing, the shaking came as if an earthquake had occurred.

"What is it!?"

You rushed out and made a noise... Look at the city.

"What... is this...?"

A huge pillar of light rose and swallowed the whole city.

When I looked closely, many small beams of light extended toward the sky.

They form a circle that encircles the city as if it were a cage.

"Is this... a magic circle?" But such a gigantic thing... Sora! Luna! Are you familiar with this!? "

Speaking of magic, these two.

Sora and Luna hid their eyebrows in a strange way, though they asked in a hurry.

"What is it, this technique...?" It's not the first time I've seen it, but I don't know why it's a bullshit composition. ”

“It's definitely man-made, but I want to know more about what it does…”

"Zero-type prison...? Why is something like this...?"

Ellis?

Ellis seemed to have some idea and looked at the city in astonishment... looking at the enormous magic circle.

Does Ellis know anything?

"... yes"

With a small nod, Ellis had a serious face she had never seen before.

"I hope it's my mistake... it's a barrier used by the church, called Zero-type Prison." It's not generally known and I've never seen it before, so I can't tell for sure... "

"The church...?"

"It's a vicious technique that traps the subject inside the barrier, takes away their health and magic power, and eventually weakens them to death. It's arranged for the demons to use, so it's designated as contraindicated, but why...?"

Ellis, who was calm and calm, was in a terrible panic.

That must be all the anomalies.

”Death from debilitation... that's pretty bad, isn't it?”

Rain!

Oh, I know!

We'll have to figure this out.

We must break the barrier now.

"Ellis, how do we break the barrier...?!"

Grrrr! And the blast came from the city again.

The smoke is rising when I look at it.

In the wind, I heard a slight scream.

"Damn it, Rain! It's a monster!"

"It's not just monsters." These signs... it looks like the demons are here too. "

Luna and Sora's nervous voice.

Things are accelerating rapidly, and then rolling in the worst direction.