Chapter 81: – Black Silhouette (2/2)
It was wearing an overcoat that completely covered their head.
The pants, gloves, boots, and mask hiding their face did not have even one air hole.
It looked like a human shape cut right out of the night sky.
Thanks to that, one could not see whether they were male or female.
“You bastard! What are you doing!”
“Seize them right away, get them off the barrier stone!”
However, nobody could touch the black person.
The reason was because the 50 soldiers had air holes in their heads, chests, and torso.
In an instant, the 50 soldiers, magicians of B-rank and above, became corpses.
Despite the suffocating stench of blood, the black person continued touching the barrier stone without so much of a quiver.
GR—
It began with small, ripple-like oscillations.
GRRRRRR—
The oscillations gradually became stronger.
If anyone were to notice, they would only see the surroundings of the barrier stone trembling, like a volcano right before an eruption.
The ground split, cracks appeared on the walls, and the trees fell.
—KABOOOOM!!
Then finally, the pyramid-shaped barrier stone erupted powerfully, like a volcano detonating.
The fragments of the barrier stone rained on the black silhouette like a shower, but the person concerned paid it no mind at all.
There was no sense of accomplishment for hard work, nor satisfaction for the result of using their own power. Only nonchalance, for finishing the work that one needed to do.
Over the black silhouette’s head, more than an armful of barrier stone fragments rained down.
The fragments rained down to the ground, but the black silhouette wasn’t there.
Like a nightmare, a monster from a ghost story, the black silhouette disappeared from that place.
The gates of hell had opened.
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Lyss’ room.
She was gazing vacantly at the steam of the scented tea Shia had prepared.
“I wonder if Lute-san and the others have found where Luna is yet …”
“It’s going to be fine, young master and the others will definitely help Luna-sama out.”
“That’s right, isn’t it. As Lute-san’s companion, I should believe in them.”
Lyss talked to convince herself in order to calm herself down.
— BAM!
“” !? “”
There was a crash that resounded in her gut.
The sudden noise caused the maid Shia to lower her posture, readying herself to defend her master Lyss, no matter what may have happened.
The crashing stopped, but…
[Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!]
There was a ringing neigh.
Lyss broke into cold sweat in large quantities.
“It couldn’t be, has the barrier stone been destroyed already!?”
She expected it to happen in a few days, but this is too fast!
She stood up from her chair and ran towards her room door.
“P, princess, this way!”
“I’m going to go see the barrier stone. Shia … will you come along with me?”
The barrier stone had probably been destroyed, like the record book said.
What happened next would be a battleground filled with multiple [Basilisk] and [Dragoon]; it would be hell. It would normally be suicide to head for such a place, at least it wouldn’t be hard for her to get away alone right now.
However, Shia smiled without panicking.
“Of course. I am your guard maid, princess, and also young master’s companion.”
“Thank you, Shia.”
As Lyss thanked her personal guard maid, she ran to the backyard, towards the barrier stone, in her royal dress. Shia continued behind her, still wearing her maid clothes.