Vol 3 Chapter 11 (1/1)

ly on EC… Kun proposed a method of treatment for the Princess, which Bell helped refine Kun and Rick left the fort soon after as the Princess needed to be nude for Till to e the physical symptoms while the Princess proceeds with the treatment The duo has a little chat on the trees, shortly joined by demihumans and Gui whom all had some protein bars (I was so tempted to T/N in on the previous chapter xP) Unfortunately, the outside forcesthe Princess and her retinue to flee In the process, one of the Princess’ guard recognized one of the deo slackjawed Due to the result of the Princess glowing like a beacon, it attracted all the fighters on the surface while they were evacuating, forcing the touching reunion to be delayed At some point, Kun and Gui disappeared in thethe scouts fro the to help the Euard draws her weapon and points toward the chaotic fires weaving throughout the line of trees “Nope~ Don’t do that Rick-ni, help scout ahead and escort the nee-sans towards our old ca to stay behind and help Kun-ni~” “Will you two be enough, shriives off aher ers “I want to see if we can scare the daylight out of these annoying pests~ And you are forgetting Gui, Rick-ni” The guards feel a chill run down their spines as they look at the girl in awe and fear, they would question her sanity and ability to do so if they hadn’t seen it first hand For sole-handedly cause a cave-in and then still have enough power to quite literally toss the entire squad out of the hole with easethat claim, they almost feel sorry for the would-be pursuers “What abo-” “Don’t worry, the three of them can escape when they need to Also, about your Princess, I’ to escape with her first with Saed elf before she can co that there’s no tiree passively “Our lives are in your hands But…” She looks around slowly, trying to find someone “Who is Samhtly, the croaks sound as though they are asking if soer up at the canopy “That would be hie I will ride inside hi” She turns around and looks at the relatively useless attendants “Wantexpression appears on the elf’s face, but she replies quickly as befitting so! Kun can’t do this forever!” Rick starts walks into the dark part of jungle, with a dagger in one hand and a disc of ice formed on the other “Rick-sensei, wait!” One of the demi-humans calls him back “Hmm?” The de their hands into the ground u The softest of sound, as though thick , can barely be heard by sos appear one after another froiving the aura “Ah! Mi’xi!” The human named Zelara is the first to react and runs up to one of the beasts The beast in turn swings its tail back and forth excitedly, pinning its head on the wo her towards its side The young wo the hint, leaps onto its back with a practiced ic?!” “So many!” “Who are these deuards ing Although they are the elite of the elite, so that defies common sense will still cause them to be flustered The only difference is that the confusion would last uys are called [Gray Cadejo]s, just think of them as as a cross between a stout warhound and a flexible warhorse, just ives a soft whistle, causing the rest of the [Cadejo]s to line up in front of the guards “Those with the poorest nightvision, mount one of them, each mount should be able to hold up to two of you easily” The deuards immediately turn to their leader, who nods her head decisively as she knows the intention behind using these strange beasts In terenerally cannot win against males due to physique and size Fortunately, at least for the Normans, their military leaders don’t measure war potential in such siher mobility and faster reaction speeds, and as such, they were trained to eths As a result, elite equestrian training was one of the courses that was uards Within aa scattering of elves and a few huroup’s speed will increase as they wouldn’t stuo!” Rick starts ive me a hand?” “No problem~” shi+ shi+ shi+ shi+ shi+ sha sha sha sha sha Nu the branches in the way, ht into the canopy “Sairl beckons Bell over along with the attendants, who co that the Princess is secured on her back A ust of air swirls around the felinoid-princess pair, who lift off the ground gradually before getting launched into the newly hts launch into the dark sky, shi+ning through the thick canopy, causing le to look its way As the pair descends from the air, a white, furry blob tilts its “ Three more shadows pop up into the sky with various for softly onto its back As soon as the last shadow lands and quickly adjusts itself, Saiving off a bright, soft, bluish-white light, dashi+ng across the canopy in no particular pattern except for a general direction toward their former campsite “Heeek! Help!” “Ahh!!!!!” “Get away! Get away!” “There’s so to devour us!” Numerous soldiers, allies and foes alike, runs around like headless chickens as streams of fire appear froe to fight the soaring flae to cut the fire, only to have it turn back and chase after theular intervals, and the various fires all coh takes the chance to stealthily bite thele There haven’t been a single death yet, but those that were hit in the face is still laying on the floor, either se in pain “Soe]s! Ahhh!” A fiery serpent flies into the soldier’s face, then coils around it, causing a scream and the smell of burnt flesh to ith it fo at his face to re and disappears into the once-again dark jungle guru shi+ki A growl, then the soldier feels his right leg getting dragged, quickly followed by the sound of fabric ripping “Ah! Ah! Don’t eataway toward a large tree Sile, with about three dozen soldiers being toyed with by these fiery apparitions A lone youngon top of a tree branch, hidden away fro this~?” Till’s voice appears unexpectedly within the younghim a small scare as his body stiffens and the branch shi+fts ever so slightly After a moment to calm himself, he answers “Think of them as a ht now?” The itude and latitude of her location, not her altitude “I’m up on the canopy, ht” fu fu fu fu The dark jungle is oncefla a co shashasha The leaves rustle rhyth around, slashi+ng at the fla to run away Just as suddenly as it appeared, the flale back into darkness “Let’s, let’s get out of here…” “Why are you grabbing onto roup!” “Who the hell cares at this point, let’s just get the hell out of here!” The men and women stuainst standing orders against using light sources and fires up a torch fyuuu kon kon A gust of air whips by, knocking it out of the soldier’s hand “Okay, ready when you are Kun-ni~” Till sits on a branch with a hand sticking out froht… what are you going to do?” “I’~” “Okay, just be careful” “No problem~” “Gui, stand down for the next round” Kun switches the target of his ray fox that has been causing chaos below fu fu fu A series of fires light up once more, but quite a few of the soldiers already backed away, returning from the direction whence they came A handful joined the others on the leaf-littered floor for their sojourn in the dark The re odd The attacks are terrifying, yes, but the dae is not proportionate to the attacks As such, they stopped running and started to slash the fiery serpents and balls of fla for clues FUUUMU Suddenly, one of the fiery serpent billows out an explosive cloud of fire, singeing the soldier that was trying to attack it a o FUUMU FUUUMU FUUUUMU Likewise, other fires flying about are doing the same to the soldiers that have yet to flee or be incapacitated Although being chased by fireit from the outside, it is co it The fear of the unknoears heavily on one’s nerves, especially in the dark where friends and foes are next to iuish Then there’s the adrenaline rush tied into the fight or flight response of the body, this is so, but it is never the less taxing on the body On top of all that, there’s the constant on and off with the flaardless of species, requires a period of tiht The huht in several orders of nitude due to the rods and cones within the ocular structure, but still requires an adaptation period of 10 to 30 minutes for the eyes to adjust via the iris and the photoreceptors’ sensitivity The direct assault by the flahtness that is centered on the soldier’s line of sight, easily overwhel predoht and peripheral vision, are superior in detectingwith the other soldiers, an individual’sthem exhausted, tired, and ultimately incapacitated in one form or another Even for species with a quicker adaptation period, they will still suffer due to the sudden increase in intensity thanks to Till’s interference, as such, it’s of no surprise that the soldiers of the different factions are unable to cope [TL: Goddahschool biology… in freaking nipnip and then to have to translate it into english where I had no idea what they are called, so I had to review it again in english (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻] After the last standing soldier has fled the area, Kun raises his right hand to his ears “Gui, ” A shadow streaks soundlessly on the jungle floor below, disappearing quickly into the dark The young man turns his head towards another direction “How did you do that, Till?” “Welllllll~ I alanted to try what you and Bell-ne were doing with the spells, so I figured if I ree the way it irl sitting on another tree branch, further away, pauses for a ot Bell-ne to explain what all those lines around the center syured, what happens if I just uess, [Gust]?” “Nope~! I irl happily replies, finally joining her two elders into the experiured out so far, [Air Haiven space, the air behind is compressed into this front, and then the compressed air is accelerated into a pseudo-mass that acts as a hammer~ So… I wanted to see if I can remove the front, will the hammer turn into a leaf-blower or just collapse~” [TL: Till confir, Kun!] “Wait, what?” Kun’shis tone “You mean Bell has stuff written down for you to access?” “Ye…s?” The girl’s voice changes slightly, feeling as though she has said so she shouldn’t have “Why? What’s the hs soundlessly as he iiven his, the tables have turned But before he can think along that line any further, the branch he’s sitting on waves up and down slightly “Brother,lids are around these fewer people with sticks” The shadoith a pair of shi+ning eyes shares the inforood job, track down Rick and follow hiuys later” “Got it!” The branch shakes softly again, then the shadow is no icians this time, I don’t think I can trick them anymore… Not that it matters, since I only have about a quarter of those ropes left” “Then let’s go with a bang~” Dawn breaks, the various factions have made their way home On the Princess’ side, an official request for attendance to Zinnia Acadeuards are to be stationed indefinitely in a new housing district, with Zelara acting as the liaison between the Nor will take place the following day once everyone has settled in) This news is publically announced within the Academy’s territory, since Sardonian and Feian servants are already present preparing for the upco school year for their various masters and mistresses, the news spreads quickly By the 4th day, it beco not just the Feian nobles and the Sardonian Royals, but now, the Norman’s 1st Princess as well By the end of the week, the entire eastern half of the continent finally became aware of the existence of Zinnia Academy As for the Royalists and Republicans involved… It was initially reported that the 1st Princess was kidnapped by a 3rd party by both the Royalist and Republican factions to escape from any potential responsibility on the 1st day Bla both sides At the saht of the alleged kidnapping, citizens within Lilyheiiant ball of soft, bluish-white light fluttering over the jungle On the sale itself, where the various factions were at A strange, geological feature appeared overnight, rugged ing off of theh the earth was abruptly pulled up like potter’s clay The canopy near the monoliths is bare and charred, people would’ve mistakenly believed that there was a fire if it wasn’t for the fact that the leaves are still green below the canopy and that the supposed burnt tree are still alive The Royal Guards and 1st Division Arate what has happened This was on the 3rd day, just before the news frodost the citizens spread like wildfire, so for soirl and a youth,their Princess The incoherent soldiers that collapsed from Kun’s little fire show started to talk about the fiery serpents and balls of fire in the “Haunted space”, and the odd fact that there was not a single casualty The icians and soldiers who saw the very earth raised froround to form the monoliths also talked about arms of muds that thrash around at the taverns as they tried to cale The stories combine with one another, the newer ones ever more fantastic than the last, eventually a connection forht”, the “Haunted space” and the “Monoliths” with the soldiers’ tale and the news regarding the 1st Princess It became an epic story all on its oith bards and ht becaht March” The wrath is obviously directed at those who angered the faeries, as for why the faeries becary, there were ht” see toward the [Forest of Illusions], that the faeries were in fact protecting the Princess by bringing her ahile keeping the soldiers at bay Others are fearing Calale has finally abandoned them since the nobles are corrupted, that they ardless of the versions shared within the bars and at the dining tables, the consensus seems to be that the nobles involved were so must be done This view resonated with the vast majority of the country, as even they can see the decline of the kingdom despite the appearance of prosperity Slowly, but surely, tensions arein, all of the citizenry are now unconsciously looking at the two Princesses as they represent the hope of the kingdo