"What the hell was this guy..."
When Avril approached Messiah and tried to reach out.
Avril, don't be alarmed.
That's what I said, I grabbed her shoulder.
"Ko, is this......!?
and Avril opens her eyes wide.
Messiah's body glowed golden.
"Um, golden magic?"
Apparently, someone is exercising magic against Messiah.
This...
"Well, now what are you doing?"
Eventually the 'soul' of Messiah mixed with the golden magic, which took human form.
He was wearing white armor and hiding his face with heavy armor.
He who doesn't try to open his mouth... shall I call him "White Armor"... I throw this question.
"You're behind this, aren't you?
…………
Even when I asked, White Armor didn't try to speak up.
"Hey Kurt......! What the hell is this all about? Explain that to me too!
"He manipulated Erik and the others on a liver test, gave further instructions to Messiah, and tried to blow up the school building..."
Don't break your guard and explain it to Avril.
Nevertheless... He says he's unleashed so much hostility, but the White Armor doesn't try to utter a word.
No, this is...
"Ho."
I see, it does an interesting imitation.
"That means we're enemies! Must win first!"
Shortly after I stopped, Avril fired Firespeare into the White Armor because of the restraint.
"White Armor" did not even try to avoid it, and the spear of the flame pierced him.
But.
"Sa, played!?
and Avril makes a surprise noise.
It was the "White Armor" that was hit directly by Firespeare and seemed misty, but it quickly returned to its original form.
"The entity is somewhere else again...... right?
I mean, "White Armor" was made of magic, just a doll.
No entity —— it's a shadow.
Besides, no, no, not quite. Why is the shadow of good quality compared to what The Four Wise Men made the other day?
What I did was so late to realise it.
Probably because it also takes in Messiah's 'soul' and creates this shadow.
But... it's still easy to do this.
…………
As always, no matter what you ask, you will not receive an answer from White Armor.
But to me, that seemed like a substitute for consent.
"Then what the hell..."
Avril's arrow tip as he tried to open his mouth, the right arm of the White Armor, slowly rises.
"Huh, Avril. Back off. I just need to make sure."
A magic ceremony is built from the body of "White Armor".
It's magic called Meteo Cyclone.
The magic burst against me, and the fireworks wrapped my body around it.
"K, Kurt! What the hell is your Lord... what!?
Meteo Cyclone's flames gained momentum.
Well, it's quite magical. I can't even defeat it with treason magic.
In a bright red corner of my vision, Avril was trying to help me, trying to make it offset with water magic.
But no.
This Meteo Cyclone is an evil flame that will not go away until you burn your opponent to death.
Once you're surrounded by a Meteo Cyclone, there's no escape from that hell of a prison.
Pu (...) then (...).
"Ok...... ok. Is that what happened?"
But in the meantime, I took a step forward toward the White Armor.
Seeing it, for a moment it looked as if the White Armor had shaken his body, as if it had upset him.
"K, Kurt!? Lord, what do you mean?
"Avril, it's easy. I just deactivated Meteo Cyclone's magic."
"Ma, the flames are still wrapping up your lord? Lord...... aren't you hot?
I almost laughed a little at the story.
Sure...... if you got a full Meteo Cyclone direct hit, escaping along the way breaks my bones even just fine.
The magic will continue to be activated until the surgeon finishes his magic supply.
Then.
"Until you burn to death, does that mean you're free to move?
I don't know when it will be.
Tomorrow, the day after...... maybe a year or two from now, or maybe a cool flame like this won't visit you then for good.
"I'm just releasing magic from a distance anyway. I don't think I can pull any more information from this guy."
But I only found one thing meaningful.
I pull the Devil's Sword out of my sheath and flash the White Armor.
No entity...... even if I physically slashed "White Armor," which is like a mass of magic, it was just supposed to go back to normal like smoke.
But the White Armor slashed by the Devil's Sword disappeared like smoke without being resurrected.
"Dear Hate, this is the second time I've slashed something without substance with this demon sword"
Put away the Devil's Sword.
Nevertheless...... this sword is still well tamed with magic.
In conjunction with the loss of the White Armor magic, I also digested the flame that was wrapping me.
"What's up, Avril? Look at me like that."
"I don't know what's going on... unconsciously"
Avril opened her mouth in a flash.
"I'll explain later. But it's not like we're doing something long right now."
"Hmm?"
Avril also noticed that on the ground...... he looked up at the ceiling.
d, d, d --.
"What is this? It also sounds like footsteps...? And quite hasty."
"It means the Empire is finally getting serious."
"Nano!?
I guess the fact that Messiah was defeated also conveys it already.
Otherwise, the earlier White Armor can't even appear, mediating Messiah's 'soul'.
"If my guess is true, the White Armor just now... the one who magically created it is the mastermind of it all. Apparently, they're going to do something."
That doesn't seem like a pleasant thing to do.
Let's wrap it up.
That White Armor is like a doll created remotely by the mastermind of this case.
I can't help but knock that one down.
Initially, I thought I would reverse detect the magic of that doll and transfer it to his location.
But that was underdevelopment. A number of junctional magic were applied, which was just not possible until it was transferred.
But... I even figured out where the mastermind of the case was.
He's in the Imperial Palace.
Point to the direction where the castle is located.
"White Armor" is in the Royal Palace, which means this is likely a National Gurumi plan.
"You can keep going to the castle... but I'm worried about the Maries and the others. Let's go back once."
"Mm-hmm... but who the hell is that White Armor? I didn't know you'd create all that stuff remotely... you're a pretty good user, aren't you?
Someone...
Earlier, I dared to take down Meteo Cyclone because I wanted to analyze the magic that could be put into White Armor.
I barely tried to transfer it as it was, but it didn't come true.
But... Instead, who is he? (...) or (...).
I met him (...) and (...) but (...) ah (...) ru (...).
"Like I said, I'll explain everything later. Apparently the disturbing air is getting darker and darker."
Footsteps from the ground are gradually increasing in number.
I rushed to Lara, Maries, Cynthia... and I thought to myself,
—— It seems time to settle with the Empire at last.