Chapter 315 (1/2)

「……Hmph, just when I was wondering where you were trying to bring me.」

「Gi, gega……」

Ein carefully looked around the place that looked like a dim passageway.

Underneath her foot was the head of a single Alva. There was a creaking sound coming from the Alva’s head, which was being stepped on with enough strength that it was sinking into the floor, and Ein looked down on it with a cold look.

「……I thought that you’d reveal your true identity if I hurt you, but to think you were just the usual type. It can’t be that you were the one who thought of trying to drag me here, right?」

「Ge……gea……」

「Tsk, we can’t even communicate properly. Oi, if you have any companions, call them out. They just might save you, you know?」

For this Alva, it was fine up until it took Ein’s back and grabbed her body.

Through the power of the cracked airspace trying to return to normal, Ein was crammed into this richly-colored airspace while being grabbed by the Alva. As a result, the Alva succeeded in dragging Ein in without any effort.

However, the easy part only lasted up until there. The Alva should have immediately withdrawn after dragging her in, but without being allowed to do that, it was grabbed by the one it thought it had restrained, and was slammed into the floor.

「Gi, gegaa……Geah!?」

「……This is most likely the place called the Dimensional Gap.」

*Gushari* After crushing the Alva’s head under her foot, its body turned into what looked like a black mist and vanished.

Without turning her eyes towards that, Ein touched the wall to her right.

It was neither hot nor cold. Ein lightly struck the wall made of a material she didn’t really get.

「It seems fairly thick, but……」

After Ein drew the dagger at her waist, *suu*, she inhaled.

「O Wind!」

Wind magical power gathered on Ein’s dagger. The aftermath of the Wind magical power that ran wild through the passage blew Ein’s hair.

Taking the Wind Magic Sword that was filled with plenty of magical power, she swung it towards the wall as if to use it all up in one go.

「Sei……yaaAaa!!」

She fired consecutive ultrafast attacks so as to cut up the wall.

Making a *gin gin gin* sound, it was a storm of unleashed slashes, however, Ein’s expression gradually clouded over.

Before long, when her arm came to a complete stop, what was before her eyes was a wall without even a single scratch.

To be unable to make a dent at all with the Magic Sword, which had much more offensive power than a low-level magic, it would be best to think that it would be impossible to destroy it with any of the techniques that Ein could use.

「……」

Ein kept silent, and surveyed the area.

She didn’t know what was at the end of the dim passageway.

However, she was able to imagine that this was most likely the stronghold of the Alva.

After entering once, it was possible to Transfer to it. There was no mistake that Zwei, who was in the skies of the mountain, was making an urgent report to the Zadark Kingdom about now. It would be simple to attack afterwards too.

Thinking that way, Ein tried to Transfer……and her brow twitched.

The magic formation to use Transfer, wasn’t expanding very well.

「The Transfer Magic can’t startup……? What’s the meaning of this?」

Although she tried it several times, there was no sign of the Transfer Magic activating at all.「There shouldn’t be any problems with the magical power……in that case, is it a lack in the requisites for the magical formation composition? However, what is it that’s lacking? It would be one thing if it was a Transfer accident, but I’ve never heard of being unable to start it up?」

After trying to invoke it several times but failing, Ein breathed out a small sigh.

She didn’t know the reason why, but it was probably impossible to use Transfer here.

In that case, she had no choice but to move around and search for a place where it is possible to Transfer.

And then, as long as it is impossible to destroy the wall, she had no choice but to advance through this dim passageway.

「I don’t like how it’s going as the opponent expects but……there is no helping it.」

What Ein should be doing, was leaving this place.

Furthermore, this place――it would most likely lead to the Alva’s stronghold, and to her allies.

Thinking that, Ein started walking through the dim passageway……however, she immediately stopped.

It was because, *katsun, katsun, katsun……*, she could hear the sound of someone walking from further ahead in the passageway.

When the owner of those footsteps had their figure revealed from the dim light, they called out to Ein with a voice that she recognized.

「Ah, Ein! Thank goodness, you were safe!」

「……Pretty much.」

After Ein sheathed her dagger on her waist, she fixedly stared at Kain’s figure as he walked towards her.

「Now that I’m here, it’s alright now. With the two of us cooperating, let’s get out of here!」

「RIght.」

Having put away the dagger, what appeared in its place in Ein’s hands were several throwing knives.

Ein threw the knives at the startled Kain.

Penetrated by the knives that flew cutting the darkness of the dim passageway, Kain did a somersault and collapsed.

「I don’t know who you are, but if you say that you’re going to cooperate, why don’t we do just that.」

「……Kufuh」

Kain’s face, who was pierced by several knives and was collapsed on the ground, curved into the same of an eerie smile.

「How did you know? My acting should have been perfect.」