near the southern end of the Duchy of Cadenis.
In Traunil, the city where the Kanis Empire Blue Army and the Gezenfall Great Forest Attack Force are based.
The castle of the little lord who ruled the city has been taken over by the Blue Army.
One of them. Originally renovated the room where the playground and other things were located, and put together a reception-like physique first.
Seventeen minutes late in the promised time, the stone pillow (Seikichin) jumped into the room waiting for the guests.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
I've had longer checkups than I thought. "
"No, thank you for taking the time to push this one so suddenly"
The four guests, who enjoyed tea and a pile of sweets (the budget of the Blue Army was luxurious to the extent that they could serve it to their guests), rose out of the chair and gently bowed their heads.
The opposing stone pillow also wraps his fist with his palm to thank him.
"My name is Kanis Imperial Blue Army, and I am a stone pillow belonging to the Special Combat Corps.
I am in the position of the lead Special Forces soldier in this conflict (...) town (...) pressure (...) "
A soldier/special combatant to whom a stone pillow belongs is just a collection of people who excel in their individual combat abilities.
This one also hits the strong outside to eliminate the strong who can't deal with the standardized soldiers, defeating the "group" and the "number" crushing.
The person is not necessarily a person. Sometimes we fight mighty named monsters.
Sometimes I hire adventurers as helpers at that time. Like now.
"Thank you for this. Be polite."
Looks like four leaders, a young man in light armor offered to shake hands.
"We're the Adventurers' Party." Zero Jingxiang. "I'm Zeft, the leader."
The stone pillow held Zeft's hand back.
Hand feel, force addition and subtraction, body balance. A skilled fighter, a stone pillow can weigh his opponent's strength from even one handshake.
He's strong.
"Zero Jingxi" did not respond to the Blue Army's gathering, but Kuchi, who sold himself to the Blue Army through the Adventurer's Alliance.
If you have enough people, you can push them back, but right now, if you have a budget, you have as many people as you want.
If they're going to sell it, the people at the scene will identify it and if there's no problem, they'll hire it.
Already, Stone Pillow picked up the material from the Adventurer Alliance and looked through it, and he learned about the track record of "Zero Jingxiang".
There seems to be no problem with the predisposition...... although the predisposition borderline required of the adventurer is quite low.
If there is something to be concerned about, is it an atmosphere of over-stressed zefts?
My eyes are too tight.
- This man has a dangerous eye... not what I could have said either...
The stone pillow wandered the frontier of life and death, being severely poisoned.
And when I managed to survive, I saw myself in the mirror and thought I had terrible eyes.
Something of the same kind was felt from Zeft.
"Let's start with a formal story, we at the Kanis Empire Blue Army pledge to abide by the 'Adventurer Charter' and not to use all adventurers in resolving inter-state and political conflicts.
We hereby confirm that your rights and obligations to the Adventurer Alliance superior and inviolable to our contracts and all instructions. "
The stone pillow repeats the wording that is no longer overstated and memorized. It was an extremely deceptive explanation. Let them exorcise demons, because the Blue Army will carry out acts of aggression on battlefields that have become easier to fight. Well, that this degree is good. The Adventurer Alliance will also close their eyes if they are not driven out by the battle against the Army as well.
The four of you had already heard of a similar oath somewhere, and it looked like they had learned.
"All we ask for is demonic exorcism."
"Superior. That's why we came so far from Ciel-Teira.
"Princess Rose of Grief" is... me, no, "Zero Jingxiang" is going to talk. "
Zeft grabbed his fist in front of his chest, as if he wanted something.
"I heard Chelsea showed up. He said he fought you."
Zeft was looking at the stone pillow under pressure as if to cuddle and capture his shoulders.
- "Jingxiao under zero". The party Chelsea belonged to...
The stone pillow has some idea of the situation.
Information on the battle of the Blue Army also turned to the Adventurer Guild, and the "Zero Jing Xuan" who was coming after "Princess Rose of Grievance" grabbed it and sold themselves to the Blue Army, while half of them used it as a pretext to ask to meet with the stone pillow.
Stone pillows, too, responded accordingly.
"Shall I tell you a little, long story? There must be something we'd like to ask each other."
The stone pillow recommended a chair to the four of them, and they sat down themselves.
Even though we still met at a high time of day, by the time the story had come to a paragraph, the light of dusk, red as blood, had enveloped us all.
"Well... she's far away...
No, I didn't think you were in Ciel-Tayla. "
I think of the world map in my head, and the stone pillow squeaks smudgingly.
Stone pillows felt fatigued as if they had experienced years all at once for being away.
Zeft was hitting the party launch and looking for company at Tayla-Luare. Chelsea rolled in there. They eventually get up and down to the best adventurer party in the country, and...
"Tell me one thing.
Was she... laughing?
"... Yep"
To a quiet question, a quiet answer returns.
An empty teacup was dropping a shadow as black as a day clock.
"At first I was stabbed like a wild dog that could roar at anyone, but when did I break it down?
Rather, it's easy enough to look thoughtless.
I didn't try to tell you anything about the past, but I was curious. "
"Right..............."
A number of emotions have pushed in.
relief and joy that she was happy.
Shoulder watermark that someone else has done what I should have done.
The sadness and anger that took away what she had acquired in New Heaven and Earth.
"He was a man who laughed like a flower. As its name suggests...
Oh, if she was able to get her smile back... above all... "
Not knowing if he was happy or sad, the stone pillow held his head down.
"I'm sorry. I want to thank you as someone who knows her, not as a soldier."
"It's an honor.
... and we have to get her back "
"Get it back? Does that mean get the body back?
Seems like Zeft's words have an unmistakable sound, and the stone pillow overhears.
"On our way here, we have stopped by the Holy Kingdom to find out.
Purify the undead flesh in the miracle of God and resurrect it back to the 'corpse of just man'...
It's possible. "
"Oh no...!?
"A few practical examples were recorded.
Normally, resuscitation success rates decrease as the freshness of the corpse drops, but Kyonsie is an undead originally created for the preservation of the corpse. There may be hope. "
It was as if the sound of my own blood tide was echoing in my ears.
Stone Pillow thought it was all over now. He said that everything was irrevocable.
But if we can still save Chelsea now!
"... I'm sorry I seem to give you water, just in case. Even if we put aside the possibility of recapture, the problem is the miracle tones (...) that allow purification (...).
Rare. Finite. That in any case the Holy Kingdom would cut a hand at national level and finally make it happen... "
"Crail."
A magician (wizard) wearing glasses (probably Dade) supplements.
But Zeft doesn't even look at you.
"The road is not closed. Then... I'm just going for it"
Claire silenced like a whim.
Zeft was haunted by an air of impatience that would even hesitate to pinch the objection.
Stone pillows felt their swollen hopes squeeze rapidly.
You can tell by how Zeft is doing. He only sees' possible or not 'and thinks very little about realistic feasibility. He said that his hope was like a picturesque cake. And he said Zeft was so hunted down that he was so uncertain.
- That's ruinous.
This is often the case for adventurers who have been strong and half active from the start. Even the world thought it could be saved. For the first time, it hits a threat beyond its own territory and loses its way.
This guy is a pawn crushing from himself where he used it dearly. It's a shame man, but there's nothing more to it than having it burned out...
Stone pillows put personal sentiment aside, as a samurai and a soldier, gave Zeft a ruthless assessment.