The Traveling Hero Won’t Let the Innkeeper’s Son Escape

"What's going on, Alec?"

"Ruth, stay close to me.I don't think he's going to do anything, but I'm watching him... "

Alec grabbed Ruth's hand firmly and leaned forward.

"Who is he?"

"It's Zagres. He's been listening to me."

Eh!?

The people who were looking for a door in Alec's words came back in a hurry.

Honestly, Ruth, there is no way against Zagres.We have to rely on Alec.

Focusing on Alec and Ruth, the allies pick up their weapons and start watching their surroundings.

"Could it have been from the beginning?"

"Are you saying we were aware of what we were doing?"

"No, if he'd known from the beginning, he wouldn't have let you in here.Maybe when the color of the room changed, when I came out of Zagres' magic, I noticed this, and then I stuck around. "

Ever since I heard that the color of the room had changed, Alec had noticed it.

I've been having conversations and wondering how Zagres is going to come out.

"What are you gonna do with us watching...?"

"I don't know what to do... he's the one who stole Alec, the source of magic..."

"Kill me."

"Euan, don't be afraid!"

"I won't do that.This is his center... no, it's in his brain. "

"Inside the brain? What do you mean?"

Ruth and the others question Alec's words.

"Ah, uh... Karen? I guess so.Grandpa said this is the deepest part of the ark, right? "

"Yes, I did. I also gave you a map of the ark.Zabin's automated mapping has stopped working, so this way... oh? "

What's wrong, Karen?

"The Zabin version won't start... nothing on the screen"

As Karen said, the Zabin version, which had only been displayed earlier, is now dark on the screen.

"Interference has begun... think everyone can't handle magic anymore.Don't use it, you'll use it.Cyrus... it wasn't Orha.Didn't Jijii give you a spare map? "

"... eh, was that handed over?Hey, Orha!?... ah, no, this guy, Ruth, ask me a question. "

Olha, do you have a map?

When Ruth called out, Orha changed shape.The part of the blade of the knife becomes plate-shaped, and a diagram emerges there.

"You really have it... Dad, shut up about me and give Orha a funny function..."

"Ah, this is the diagram that appeared in the Zabin version earlier."

I thought you said you were at the bottom.

Alec nods at everyone's words when he sees the map that appears in Orha.

"This is no different from the diagram of the ark we got on another route.Based on what he noticed earlier, this is still inside his brain.I don't think he's going to make a bad impression. "

"So we're not going to get killed?"

"Physically."

"... physical?"

Someone murmured anxiously at Alec's disturbing words.

Whether they noticed or not, Alec looked up at the ceiling and shouted.

"You're wondering how I'm going to get out, but show me how to get out.... or we'll be in big trouble here. "

The moment Alec's words echoed through the room, Ruth suddenly felt a chill.

(What... chills?)

The only thing that didn't change was Alec holding Ruth's hand and staring around.Kia, Yuan, Karen and Maxim were stretching their bodies and their expressions were cloudy.Ed and Cyrus are busy asking what they're feeling.

After a while, a fluffy white object appeared a little away from Ruth and the others.

"Fog...?"

"Look, you're in a hurry.Everybody back behind me, don't move. "

Alec called for alert and found something in the fog.

Oniisans are amazing.I knew you'd be trapped in that “other world” I created.Instead of coming this far... I can't believe I pulled that guy out. "

It was a small boy who kept his voice down.

Ruth remembers something unexpected.

[I'm free!]

The black darkness that surrounded Alec, the voice that echoed at that time, and the voice that the boy could make were very similar.

"Eh... why?"

Next to Ruth feeling chilly, I heard Ed murmuring bewildered.Originally, the white skin has become more pale.

"Ah, um..."

Ruth, don't move.

"But... she..."

"--Are you Zagres?"

It was Ed who spoke to the boy in front of him from next to Ruth's conversation.

That's right, I'm Zagres.This is Zagres Deverelf Arc, an artificial life form built to save people. "

"Such a little girl....."

"No way...."

Zagres responded with an upset voice from Ruth's friends.

Ruth was not so surprised to hear the boy's voice when he escaped from the ark, but the rest of the crew knew Zagres almost for the first time and would certainly react.

Normally, I didn't think such a boy was trying to destroy people a thousand years ago, kill Ruth and use Alec to unseal himself, create a gateway to the other world in the sky, and drive people into fear.

But the words that came out of his mouth were cruel against his young appearance.

"Ahh, I shouldn't have let go of you because you look weak.I was supposed to feed the Fusion Devil... completely out of my calculations... "

"Melting the devil's body...?"

Yes, while Oniisan's spirit was living happily in that other world, I planned to feed the Fusion Demon on my body.After that, when my mind escaped, it was over because I didn't have a body... I didn't think I could escape that world with such weakness.How did you escape?

Ruth remembered what happened on the side of the Fusion Demon when he broke out of the world of previous generations created from the memory of Miyamoto Hikaru.It was good that the Fusion Demons happened to be slow-moving, but if they were individuals like Val, they would have eaten their bodies right away.

(That wasn't a coincidence, was it intentional...)

But now the cold has struck me.If I woke up a little late, Ruth and the others would have been prey to the Fusion Demons, as Zagres calculated.

"Wait, that means you've noticed us from the beginning?"

No way. My brothers have too few signs or magic to sense.I realized it was only after I entered that other realm.I thought it didn't matter, so I left it alone.Rather, why did you come here so weakly?When I first found it, I said, "Are you crazy?!" I was surprised. "

Zagres laughed at Ruth and the others.

"Hey, guys, don't let him fool you.Because that's his trick. "

"What do you mean?"

"He showed up a few times before us.That's why it's not the first time we've met.Of course, I didn't realize it was "Zagres”.... "

Alec said that as he continued his journey with his friends, Zagres appeared before Alec and left a few words of advice.Thanks to this, Alec and the others learned about Geo and Wonok's prospects and truly understood the meaning of the ark.

"It certainly saved me.But by then, we might have acted as if we were going to let him go. "

"Eh!? Liberate!?"

"Now that I've thought about it, if I've been thinking about where he led me, it's not strange that I made such a decision.But we had a cannabis. "

It seems that the superior spiritual cannagras with Alec, who is excellent in spiritual techniques, felt uncomfortable with Zagres, who appeared frequently.

"Cannagras didn't even know who he was.Though I'm good at mental manipulation, it's not the same level as Zagres, I can't help it.But thanks to that, we remember getting caught up in it.So I was actually going to look into the details in the ark - he set me up before I did. "

Ruth was killed, Alec was fully awakened, and Zagres was unsealed.As Zagres thought.

"Psychic manipulation that can't even beat Kannagla-san... no way, not now?"

"Oh, that's right.... hey, guys.What does he look like? "

Alec's questions all had a surprising look on their faces.

"What do you mean?"

"Keep it that way, look, age."

"It feels like a boy. He's a little human."

"You're a boy. It feels pretty shabby."

"It's an atmosphere that doesn't seem like someone who made a gateway in heaven."

Kia, Maxim, and Euan are no different from what Ruth saw.I'm sure they can see the same thing.However, contrary to the nodding hall, Alec's face remained as sinister as ever.

Well, how about this?

Alec deployed the Magic Cube.It is depicted on the ground in the area where Ruth and the others are, emitting a yellow-green light.

"The magic is weakening now.Thanks to them fighting up there.Because of this, I'm not really good at psychiatry, but I don't have to be interfered with by this guy. "

"What do you mean?"

Tell me again what he looks like.Ruth, how do you see that thing called Zagres? "

"I don't know... just now.It's a human boy with a strong feeling, and his hair looks golden - "

"Whoa, whoa, whoa."

It was Karen who was in tune earlier who blocked Ruth's words.

"Ruth, did I just say you're a boy!?"

That's right.

"Yeah, you said you were a girl!?Besides, it's that girl anyway.And because you have a long ear, it's an elf or a dwarf, right? "

"Eh...? Long ears?"

Ruth was surprised at Karen, who said something completely different.But I know that Karen is not the type to lie at a time like this.Therefore, I noticed an unusual situation where I looked at the same person and shared a different feeling.

"Wait, girl? Does Karen see him as a girl?"

"... what does Ed look like?"

"I... look like a boy.Moreover, that distinctive eye can only be a Spirit... I can only look like a boy of the same age. "

"....."

Ed's words made me feel uncomfortable with Zagres in front of me.Just like Ruth, my friends are getting closer to Alec.

"... by the way, how do you see Cyrus, Maxim, Yuan and Kia?"

Even though I'm a boy, I'm not a little kid like Ruth and the others.In my midteens... my race is the same as mine. I'm not human. "

"Like Karen, I look like a little girl.However, her ears are normal, and she's a human girl no matter how you look at her. "

"I look as deaf as Karen, but I'm a boy...."

"It's a girl, a little girl. But they have the same ears as me... they only look like the Oocals."

Everyone expressed their feelings for Zagres in front of them, but none of them matched the appearance.

"Everyone said the same thing before Alec... what do you mean?"

"How many faces does Zagres have...?"

"Yes, but if you're right, it's not... the guy in front of you changes shape depending on who sees it.That's why you all look different now. "

Alec said that and began to cast some sort of magic.As soon as the golden light began to shine around me, Zagres's expression intensified.

"What you see will naturally forgive your heart, and this guy will always change his appearance... let him do it!"

Zagres tried to turn his hand behind his back, but he couldn't move with an attack from Alec's hand.But as Zagres stood up immediately, he had a faint smile that didn't suit his young face.

Unfortunately, I was in the middle of a special lecture for the brave.I knew Hero had a good hunch.

"Your filthy way of doing things is somehow clear to me."

Alec said that, releasing the magic to the top.As Ruth followed his hand, Alec's golden light and purple light collided and scattered.

Ah, they found out too.

"Everybody, don't move from there!"

Alec said that to Ruth and the others and headed for Zagreth.There was a quick magical response, and Ruth and the others could only stare at their battle in silence.

But I gradually realized that Zagres was being pushed.I couldn't get to Alec's speed, and I couldn't get his magic back.

Eventually Zagres, who continued to be attacked, fell on one knee.

"As expected, you're pretty weak for the guy who locked me up.Fighting the jijijii outside is so tough. "

"... that's not true! I was just relaxing a little...."

"That's the attitude."

The golden light that Alec emitted covered his body to restrain Zagres.

The look on Zagres's face, which was supposed to have left room earlier, quickly changed.

"Hey, stop it, get it off me!"

Zagres is trying to break the golden light, but now Alec is more powerful and has no decent resistance.

"Zagres, a demographic life form that brought together dozens of races and stopped the war."

Stop it! Stop it!

"--That's who it is!"

Stop it! Don't look!

Alec broke the space by waving his hand from right to left, like he ripped the cloth in front of him.The figure of Zagres that Ruth and the others were looking at was also cut at the same time.

The space that appeared from where Alec broke down stripped out the original room in front of his eyes.

"What is this...?"