Sweet Reincarnation

Climbing the mountain takes about two hours.

Only Pais could [move instantly] for a moment, but since there was a problem with moving 1,500 soldiers together, it was on foot. It's quite a tiring march to climb a place that hasn't been serviced.

There is a reason why I don't use magic.

One is the constraint of magic power.

Pais boasts the magic power of domestic references, but it doesn't have endless magic power in its flowing rocks. I was a very ordinary wizard with my own limitations.

Pais' magic can be called a trump card. Just as the Digging magic was useful when it was attacked by the Da Long, I didn't know how long to use it. It is right to save what can be saved.

Especially [Momentary Movement] means that the more magic you carry, the more magic you consume, and the farther away you are, the more magic you consume. It can be a trump card that can be used against 1,500 soldiers when the five elites can move 300 times farther with that amount of magic power than using magic to make the few kilometers of the mountain in front of them easier.

That is why the footsteps of the city.

The other is information concealment and information manipulation.

Although it has already been known to the servants of the Mortelleun family, the setting that the magic of casserole can be lent to the "wizard inside" is the most important secret.

Most soldiers don't know that Pais can use Momentary Movement .

If she could keep it to herself, she wouldn't have gone any further than that, and Pace herself walked silently.

“Going forward, let's take a little pause to make sure we're all set.”

Got it.

Pais found something suspicious not far from here.

I decided to set up a break because I didn't know what it was.

That being said, the number of people exceeded 1,000.

You have to raise your voice to get the order to the end.

"Everyone, it's time to take a break!!"

Popolán gives orders out loud, as if he had never given them in training.

It is the First Officer's job to make the top orders known so that everyone can hear them.

Every time, the commander's voice is raised to a trivial order, the commander's voice withers. In that case, your voice will be fading and hard to reach at the time of a really important order.

To prevent that, Lieutenant.

In the message game from Popolán, the order to take a break goes to the end through the team leaders of each team.

The accuracy of this hand's transmission of information is also linked to the strength of the army and is important. It is also practiced from day to day, and checks are carried out at every break.

Break time.

Soldiers sit down and rest as they wish.

Many of the soldiers of the Mortelun family eat their meals because they are also supplied with food. Candy rations are particularly popular. It's small and easy to carry, but the calories are quite high. It is a valuable source of energy for moving soldiers.

The Mortelun family is particular about food.

There are other things that are not elsewhere in the marching food. It is baked like dry bread, or it is pickled in syrup of fruit packed in jars.

Soldiers can talk about things that they think are very valuable elsewhere.

Breaks are a time for soldiers to rest their minds and bodies, but they are also a time for mouth and stomach bags.

Not far from the soldiers.

Pais, who was resting without doing anything in particular, and grinding his senses in the meantime, stared at the top of the mountain.

"I still have a strange feeling." Slightly, but definitely "

"Really? I don't feel it."

Pais felt something "strange". But those who were round about Pais, beginning the populan, said unto him, Feel nothing.

Everyone in the elite squad with experience speaks their language. A strange sign is something you wouldn't normally notice.

But Pais felt it clearly. It is faint. However, there is definitely "something unusual atmosphere". The more you consciously probe, the clearer it becomes.

"... is it the remnant of magic?"

Maybe.

Pais is a wizard with enchanted powers that far surpass ordinary people. On the other hand, the ordinary people around me had little magic power.

If Pais clearly feels it and the average person doesn't feel it, it's likely to be a magical trail.

Pais nods to Popolan's question.

Morteln's army advances after a break and rearrangement.

"Popolan"

Yes.

"Let them check everyone's weapons." I want you to march with your hands on it so that you can pull out your sword at all times. "

Got it.

In response to Pais' instructions, the First Officer confirms the details and transmits the order to the soldiers.

Confirmation of weapons and preparation for the swordslash.

Quasi-combat readiness. Okuma's orders were to ensure a smooth transition to a battle position whenever the battle began.

The soldiers will do as they are told, without question, in response to unusual orders.

If you're going to ask questions and ask questions here, you're going to be retrained.

After climbing the mountain for a while, some people began to notice a strange atmosphere.

The magical trail is perceptible to ordinary people if it remains strong.

And as long as it was a trace that ordinary people could perceive, Pais, the wizard, was convinced that it was a magical trace.

"I've come to understand it myself. Does this mean that magic has finally been used?"

That's right.

Pais answers Popolan's question.

The wizard's unique sense of magic. And a magical trail that feels like a bin bin bin.

If the disturbing sign is magic, then the presence of an outside enemy is becoming more certain.

The most unpleasant possibility is that a foreign wizard was working with magic.

"But... it's so weird."

What do you mean, strange?

"Too many signs of magic being used."

"Do you mean you've used magic many times?"

According to Pais' feelings, there were multiple traces of magic that could have been used.

At least not one. The closer I got to the trail, the more I remembered the awkward skin sensation from different directions.

"That's true, but... each trace feels like a subtle misalignment."

Do you think multiple wizards used the same magic at once?

Popolan repeated his question to Pais.

"Yes, that's it!! That's exactly what it looks like."

Pais' sense of discomfort is shared.

Suppose a wizard secretly dives into Morteln's territory and exercises his magic for some purpose.

That should leave exactly the same trace of magic as a trace. The wizards were rare, so it was only natural.

Or if more than one wizard exercised his magic, it would leave a completely different trail.

Pais' sense of magic was "almost" a sign that the same magic was exercised several times.

For example, when painting, if the same painter paints, basically the same painting is mass-produced.

If a different person draws, the painting will be painted in a different style.

The traces that remain this time seem to be the same motif that one painter painted while subtly changing the touch of each one. I feel so uncomfortable.

If it is similar, it is similar, but if it is different, it is different.

There are multiple traces of the feeling of being halfway there.

I don't know what this is, but I don't know the answer. As for Pais, it seemed to have a sense of frustration.

I don't know, maybe it's a demonic beast.

Demon Beast?

To Popolan's unheard words, Pais unintentionally turns back.

"It's a beast that uses magic." There was a big dragon flying in the sky, wasn't there? It wouldn't be surprising if there were one or two beasts that could use magic just like people. "

Hmmm.

Popolán's words fell in various directions.

A cautious marching party that feels disturbed.

A quasi-combat force. We will march carefully as we find our way here.

Master Pastry!!

What's the matter?

"There's something suspicious over there."

The scout has reported an anomaly.

The strange thing is the corpse of the beast.

Popolan, I'm going to check it out.

It was the guards around Pais that moved quickly.

Move vigilantly with tingling to the reported location.

Of course, it's the beast's corpse.

"Moreover, this number of wolves..."

What was found was the body of a pack of wolves. Besides, there were a lot of them. The herd is probably wiped out.

In the land of Mortelle, the wolf is treated as a vermin that hits the cattle.

And if it becomes a pack of wolves, it will be seen as a threat far enough for the army to travel.

If ordinary humans fight a fierce swarm of carnivores, they will be killed. If not killed, there is a high probability of injury.

To confront them, you need the force of a veteran who kills beasts or a soldier who specializes in battle.

Yes, by force.

Seeing a beast rolling around in an unprovoked manner that could not be countered without strong force, the soldiers begin to feel strongly that this is an unusual situation.

There's something to wipe out the wolf herd.

What was Pais' concern became everyone's fear when he came here.

"Shall we increase the number of search hands?" Popolan, please increase your scouts. Also, when exploring, make sure to have a pair of three, and order them to prioritize their personal safety. ”

"Yes!!"

In case of any unforeseen circumstances, Pais issues an order to carefully gather the information.

There is a danger that even a few soldiers will be completely destroyed against "something" that would kill all the wolves. Even if we can only bring back some uncertain information, the orders are to immediately escape to our headquarters if we feel unsafe.

Popolán, with the life of Pais, made several combinations for each of them, and fine-tuned them to be a scout ahead of the main unit.

And it turns out that this judgment was really correct after a while.

Oh my God!! Oh my God!!

A group of reconnaissance teams changed their blood and fled.

"What is it? Report it!!"

One of the men who ran away rolling into the depths of Pais reports with a panting breath.

"It's a monster I've never seen before!! The big, weird one ate the wolf!!"

When Pais heard the report, he switched lines.

I lowered the ranks of the generals, extracted only the best troops, including myself, and formed a mass of about twenty people.

Then proceed carefully to the reported direction.

"Whoa!! Everybody back!!" Fall back, fall back!! "

Popolan changes his blood and flies his orders.

What we discovered.

It was a giant bee as big as a bear.