Chapter 273: The Three Behemoths, and Palerius (2/2)

「Ooh…」(Dient)

Representative Dient looks up at the projected map

「This island is over here Brunhild Dukedoiant soldiers… e call “Fraacy of Paruteno We are the only country which possess this war potential It’s for that reason that our country hasn’t been invaded by other countries 」(Touya)

「What a thing…!」(Dient)

It would be troubling if he erated it a bit Though it’s true that we haven’t been invaded up until now, Brunhild was only founded last year

「We thought that the outside world was surely ruined by the crystal apparitions and ruled by them…」(Dient)

「If I remember correctly, the ancient civilizations should’ve been destroyed once However, the people from before have recovered since then How about we discuss theone another in detail? Moreover, there are a few things I would like to hear from you」(Touya)

「…Fue table and soround Representative Dient becomes confused at the sudden appearance of the table and timidly sits down on a chair

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The first thing I find out is the name of this island It’s called Palerius island, and it was nae of time Alerias Palerius

He had arrived alone to this island 5000 years ago which was, at the time, called an island of devils and discovered a structure capable of su natural barriers Thus he decided to ical experiment site

When Palerius eventually died in Paruteno and the invasion of the frazes began, his disciples, who sensed the danger, immediately evacuated their families and the people of their hometown on this island

They used treasure left behind by Palerius to strengthen the barrier and to prevent the frazes fro the island In the end, the island was disconnected from the rest of the world and the people ended up unable to leave it

Due to how dreadful the invasion was, the four disciples and their comrades were convinced that the world of men had been ruined and that it came to be ruled by the frazes Thus, they’ve decided to live on this island And that’s how the current situation of the Islanders came to be

「As I’ve feared, you were locked inside of it, right?」(Touya)

「No, we had guessed that the outside world was eliminated by the crystal apparitions… by frazes We believed that it has been ruled by the locked up, you see In the past, there were some people who had set sail toward the outside world, but all of the point」(Dient)

It’s probably because of the [Route Induction] barrier It utilizes theover the coastal waters of the island

I have ht up on the matters about this island, so I then decide to broach the main topic

It’s about whether they have intentions to interact with other countries and the possibility of decreasing the nu down the barrier

「The problem is that it’s also possible the frazes will appear on this island if you take down the barrier, but… 」(Touya)

「No… I dare say that those things aren’t connected If you ask me why, that’s because those frazes have already appeared on this island 」(Dient)

「Eh?」(Touya)

When I ask about what he meant by that, he tells me that the frazes have appeared tithin the last two years Both appearances were only coed to somehow defeat them Even so, the people were afraid of the appearance of an apparition which only existed in legends froainst the appearance of the frazes even if they can defend against their invasion

In other words, the frazes who cross over to this world cannot invade the island from outside of the barrier, but they can appear directly into the island which the barrier cannot defend against

If that’s the case, what use does this barrier have? It cannot defend against the appearance of frazes People cannot leave to go to the outside world Finally, beheht Their current situation

「It’s exactly as you say Nevertheless, I hope you don’t feel offended since it’s still impossible for us to co — we currently have no way to ascertain how much of what you’ve said is the truth」(Dient)

Well, that’s expected They probably can’t fully accept all of the infor about and why that person has come to this place all of a sudden

「Moreover, thisI can decide with just myself If only I could talk to the representatives of the north, the east, and the west as well as inquire with Central-sama from the central temple…」(Dient)

「Central-sama?」(Touya)

「Central Palerius-sae of time Alerias Palerius The barrier of this island is Palerius-sa the [Door]」(Dient)

「[Door]?」(Touya)

「It’s an artifact which Palerius-sa his lifetime It’s said that ill be able to start a journey toward a neorld if it’s coh disciples succeeded him after this but were unable to coates Were they trying to escape this island by using that artifact or so that Palerius tried to create, then it probably was before his disciples ca of this?

I wonder if the disciples had been trying to return to the world outside the barrier after they finished changing the transfer gates into some sort of [Door] that Palerius tried to build It’s certainly suspicious whether or not they had the o

「At any rate, can I ask you to talk to the representatives of the other towns and to this Central-sama? It won’t even be a problem even if they disain set foot into this land again if that happens The other countries won’t be able to interfere with you anyway if the barrier isn’t broken 」(Touya)

「… I understand It’s just my personal opinion, but I would like to be freed fro in fear of behemoths」(Dient)

「We will, of course, also enter a contract with you for exter this time We can take the materials of the defeated behe our next visit in teeks time with Dient, the representative of the southern capital Merideis, we then decide to leave the island

First of all, I don’t have a bad feeling about this encounter I’lad that they didn’t turn hostile unlike what happened in Sandora

Nevertheless, I wonder as it that repaired the tears in the [World Barrier] covering the entire world 5000 years ago I thought it was Palerius but, it looks like he had died before the [World Barrier] was repaired

Soht think that it was disciples who did that, but that’s not the case since those four disciples did their best to seclude themselves on this island

Was it another person?… Orelse that we don’t know about yet? The disciples influenced the tears throughout the world through the treasure of Palerius that was placed on this island… No-no-no Just how confusing could that scenario be if it was true? assu it has been a side effect in the first place, it will be difficult to cause it a second tiuess I have no other choice but to reach the point where I can repair the tears in the world by myself It looks like I’ll need delicate control ofto Kami-sama, it will require the sa a spider ith my bare hands, but… haaa…

I feel like it’s way easier to simply smash all of the frazes Still, it’s likely that there are other unfavorable consequences if the [World Barrier] is full of holes Frazes aren’t the only one who can cross over worlds Just please excuse me from the second and the third fraze look-a-likes who have appeared

I may be able to ask the descendant of Palerius, the one called Central or so or two about the barriers in the islands

Should I expect so those lines? After all, I am also a tad bit interested in the “inheritance” of Palerius himself