#439
Helmut
Episode 439
“Hey.”
Finally we made contact. Area furrowed her brow and looked at her reflection in her crystal orbs. There doesn’t seem to be any other problem.
“What happened? “What happened?”
After Area became stronger, Heike began to pay less attention to her.
But I have never been out of contact for this long.
After losing his child to the temple’s tracking team, Heike made sure to check the crystal ball twice a day to see if he would receive an urgent call.
Even when I’m engrossed in research.
Moreover, recently there was a war between the temple and Linosa.
It was understandable to be worried about Area, but there was no clear news from Heike.
That means she was in a situation where she couldn’t care about this at all.
[I said that because I had to go somewhere to do some research.]
“Where? “What are you researching?”
Heike’s expression hardened.
It was only then that Area noticed that Heike looked nervous, unlike her usual relaxed self.
[that… … I think we should meet and talk. Are you in Latona? Helmut is there.]
“Of course.”
[Then, let’s go and talk. He, and even Grand Duke Rinosa, must know this fact.]
Alea’s eyebrows shot up at the sudden sound.
“Hike!”
[I will visit you soon.]
The light in the crystal ball disappeared without an answer. Area slowly blinked her eyes.
‘What the hell is going on?’
It was unusual for me to even have to meet the Archduke.
Area remembered what her business was.
Helmut’s ominous dream. And the sacred barrier.
‘There was no news from Antiol either. Then no way… … .’
This was not the time. Area moved right away.
Two hours later, Heike quietly entered Rinosa through Latona’s moving magic circle.
Because it was an achievement for the temple, she couldn’t show it off in other countries, but it was different here in Rinosa.
However, even so, you cannot avoid going through any formalities when visiting a country’s capital.
That’s why, as an archmage, she came back a little further, even though she could have gone straight to the vicinity of the castle.
Heike was not alone. She immediately rode in a carriage with her companions and visited the royal castle of Latona.
When a beautiful woman who looked exactly like Area appeared in the royal castle, everyone looked at her in surprise. No, them.
“How are you? I know that the war was won. “The temple guys took it out, right?”
Helmut and Area had come out to greet her.
But before they could answer, a voice rang out from beside them.
“hi.”
A beautiful woman with pink hair standing next to Heike. As she stood next to Heike, she stood out even more.
However, her identity was no less daunting than that of Heike.
Area asked.
“Ygrel, were you with Heike?”
It was Ygrel who flew away after radiating his ambition to travel across the skies of the world.
The situation where she was with Heike was very unfamiliar.
“Has it been a while? Hmm, I’m not familiar with humans’ sense of time, so I’m not sure.”
Igrel, who was constantly looking around the castle while looking around, said something else.
“You live in a nice place.”
“Why are you with her?”
Before Area could finish speaking, Heike opened his mouth.
“It’s troublesome to explain it twice, and it’s not something I should say while standing in a place like this, so I’ll tell it while I have an audience with the Archduke. “It is an urgent matter.”
The Archduke is not someone you can meet right away just because someone wants to meet him.
However, Archmage Heike was able to easily skip minor procedures.
Because Helmut and Area are engaged, she is also in-laws with the Archduke.
They soon moved to the office and met informally with the Archduke.
It was daytime, so Charlotte was going out, and Sian was busy with work.
The Archduke, Helmut, Area, and Heike and Igrel. Only five people gathered in the office.
“Oh my, you are really handsome. “It feels like my eyes are warming up.”
Instead of greeting me, Heike gave me all kinds of compliments. It is a bright face that oozes sincerity.
He spoke as if he was extremely busy, and in the midst of all that, I think the Archduke’s face caught his eye.
Naturally, the Archduke did not reply with the polite words, ‘You are a beauty too.’
“What did you come looking for me for?”
The Grand Duke was unfamiliar with how to treat the beautiful woman in front of him who was much older than him.
Even as the Archduke, I couldn’t get used to the fact that this pale-faced young beauty was the age of my parents.
Above all, Heike, who retained her youth intact through the power of the great wizard, seemed to be Area’s older sister. Only a high-ranking wizard could do that.
“Helmut looks a lot like the Archduke. “When I get older, I will age gracefully like His Majesty the Grand Duke.”
Heike was still focused on his appearance. With a smile on her face, she scanned the Archduke’s face.
“Hey.”
Area gave him a warning as if to tell her not to embarrass herself.
The Archduke’s eyebrows moved. It was the first time he had heard such a compliment since his childhood.
He is the monarch of Rinosa. This is because it was not an object for anyone to evaluate its appearance. He felt more depressed than happy.
“Tell me your business.”
“I found it.”
Ygrel raised his hand. It was a very comfortable tone. The Archduke’s eyebrows furrowed.
“It’s a monster that’s about a thousand years old.”
When Helmut informed him, the Archduke’s gaze returned to him. Helmut added a word.
“It’s not dangerous.”
He spoke so calmly, as if it was nothing.
But before the Archduke could ask the obvious question of why that 1,000-year-old monster is here and how do you know about it, Area urged him to ask.
“What did Ygrel discover?”
“The sacred barrier, I went there. “Really coincidental.”
Ygrel explained what he saw.
A black dot spread at the top center of the sacred barrier. That ominous phenomenon that was slowly but steadily eating away at the barrier like a plague.
I tried to get closer and take a look, but the sacred barrier had not yet taken effect.
A divine power that seemed to peck at the skin blocked Ygrel’s approach.
Ygrel could only glimpse beyond the barrier with his excellent eyesight.
“It was like a living demon. Just like what you call the sprout of darkness.”
Ygrel’s eyes fell on Helmut’s chest.
“If it spreads to the barrier, the internal situation will be serious.”
Area said in a muttering tone.
“The monsters of Pahe Forest will also be affected.”
“Guys like Baharek and Kantra won’t be a problem, but the others are worth getting caught up in.”
Ygrel nodded and continued speaking.
“When I saw that, I thought I should let you know. But the problem is, I don’t know where you are, right?”
Ygrel left before they headed to Baden. She could have visited Green Cana, but she couldn’t remember its location.
He lost his way in the air and flew into the forest of Pahe, not even knowing where he was.
The artifact that Heike gave to Ygrel allows location tracking and monitoring, but has no communication function.
Ygrel was unable to contact Heike with that artifact. If you destroy the artifact, Heike will appear, but there is no guarantee that he will create another one.
So Ygrel chose a different method.
“So, in its original form, it went to a nearby human village and started a rampage. The humans were cute and rushed at me with swords. Oh, of course I didn’t kill him. “They didn’t even destroy the village.”
I just told them to brush their feathers.
However, it was inevitable that Ygrel, who appeared out of nowhere, sent the vigilantes flying and put the village in fear.
Ygrel stayed there quietly waiting for Heike to appear.
It was Heike’s job to monitor Ygrel’s unexpected actions.
As soon as she realized what Ygrel had done, she ran there.
And what she saw was a sight of blue-faced villagers taking turns combing Ygrel’s fur.
“It was really a pain in the ass. “I was busy erasing and recovering my memories.”
Heike sighed.
Fortunately, the village that Ygrel attacked was not large.
Only after completing training did Heike hear about the sacred barrier from Igrel.
And she immediately contacted Antiol and rode Igrel to the Holy Barrier together.
Because of that, neither of them received any contact from Area.
“Antiol is currently at the Wizards Association. “I decided to tell you this.”
“Are you saying there’s something wrong with the sacred barrier?”
It made sense to inform Helmut and Area of that fact.
But does that mean she needs to have an audience with Grand Duke Rinosa?
‘You weren’t curious about the Archduke’s face, were you?’
Area was suspicious.
“So, what do you want from me?”
The Archduke asked directly. The sacred barrier was far from Rinosa’s territory. There isn’t much he can do.
The smile disappeared from Heike’s face. She said with a stern face.
“We must tell the whole country about this.”
Area’s purple eyes shook as if she noticed something. Helmut’s eyebrows also moved.
Heike looked back at them and confessed in a stern voice.
“Yes, we have come to the conclusion that the sacred barrier will collapse.”
Shocks struck the room at short intervals.
Among the people here, there was no one who was not cold-hearted.
However, as soon as they recognized those words, there was no one who was not shaken.
“The sacred barrier… … “It’s going to collapse.”
Helmut slowly repeated her words. It was a sound that did not feel realistic even to him coming from the forest of Pahe.
Heike focused his gaze on him.
“Yes, that too soon. Antiol is trying to figure out how much time is left. “I came because I thought I should convey this fact to everyone.”
Her voice lowered.
“Because we have to prepare.”
In the Forest of Pahe, the entrance to the Demonic World, which had been sealed for a thousand years, was about to open.
Countless monsters exist within it.
If the cage that imprisoned them disappears, those ferocious monsters will leave the desolate forest of Pahe and pour out like a swarm of bees into the human world.
Humans with soft and weak flesh were the best food for monsters.
The monsters that could break down the walls with their bodies were strong, whereas the fence that protected humans was weak, as if it were made of woven tree branches.
How quickly and how many villages will be lost to these ferocious monsters?
Even if it is a city, can it be protected by a human army?
A world stained with blood and flesh was clearly visible.
And that might not be the only thing they had to prepare for.
At that moment, when everyone had forgotten what to say, the window opened, and a white cat jumped inside.
