Chapter 97 (2/2)
“Julian and his group are waiting in a separate roo restrained”
When I grew cautious upon hearing that, Milaine explained it to me
“Don't bethem for their own protection It's the same as you, Leon”
“Can I ask why I've been called here?”
“We intend to answer that”
Vince said those words, but the minister, Bernard, was the one who explained
He's Clarice's papa
“A fleet frodo shi+ps and defense units Nearly a hundred units of armor have been shot down”
The kingdoreat national power, but since their war potential has to be spread across the entire land, there's not much to offer when it comes down to numbers
If the principality were to , there would be considerable dae
“The opponent's fleet numbers at around one hundred and fifty shi+ps It is unclear how many units of armor there are Reports say that there are countlessthe front Their numbers shrouded the sky”
Hertrude's ic flute cahts
“Her Highness and the dom The principality must have had another flute We suspect that this is the work of the second princess”
I was listening closely, but this was the first time I've heard about a second princess
“Second princess?”
Vince explained as if it was a matter of course
“Indeed Her Highness Hertrauda”
──I didn't know there was a second princess
Further, and that oto either
No wait, perhaps it was part of the setting, but never explained?
I couldn't put hts into order
The king continued on, saying “In addition”
“Other countries aside fro a move as well There have also been relief requests from forces and feudal lords near the national border We're being attacked from all sides”
Minister Bernard took over the explanation
“The local troops are unable to handle the situation ──Reinforcements are unlikely”
“The capital city has soather the troops, they should amount to a considerable number”
It seemed that the people around were overly pessimistic
Milaine answered my question
“Soo The teotiations, the kingdom's troops were dispatched for reinforcement Two hundred shi+ps were sent”
Milaine spoke while in low spirits
The te confidence now that they had Marie, had collaborated with the Marquis' faction
As for the result of that…
“──The principality tore theed to make it back”
It happened a few days ago
While Julian and the others were atte to free Leon, a priest visited Marie
“Marie, the time has come to show your power as the saint”
“I suppose I have to~”
Flattered, she rode an airshi+p while in high spirits, but──
“──Huh?”
She was on top of an airshi+p's deck
Marie, dressed in the saint's outfit, had a necklace, bracelet, and cane, the tools that displayed her title
The wind blowing atop the deck was freezing cold
Before she could co with her hair, she called so else to attention
“──I, I never heard about this!”
The temple had around thirty shi+ps
Borrowing strength frodom, there were an additional two hundred shi+ps in the fleet
They would be able to fight the principality if it was just a matter of numbers, but the opponents had sacrificial pawns, namely monsters
The power of their nuination──it terrified Marie
As the , Marie raised her cane
“Stay awaaaay!”
The cane lit up, deploying a large spherical shi+eld that covered the fleet
The large light hite patterns caused the monsters who touched it to vanish
The surrounding priests and tehts praised Marie
“That's the saint's power!”
“We can win Victory is ours!”
“Move the shi+ps forward! Use this momentum to push back the principality's fleet!”
Marie's neutralization of the monsters raised even the lowest of morale
With a stiff smile, Marie was relieved that she could erase the monsters with her own ability
(W, well, I can do this just fine I was a bit worried at first though)
Julian and the others were not within Marie's vicinity
The temple asked for their accompaniment as well, but they unfortunately couldn't show up since they were trying to free Leon
Furthermore, Kyle wasn't there either
Those froet onto an airshi+p
As a result, Marie was fighting alone, helpless
There were indeed sohts around her, but she did not recognize their faces
She was a bit timid
As the po it, the monsters that collided with the shi+eld vanished as if bursting apart
“Right This isn't child's play I am the saint! There's no way that I would be throith just this!”
Though she had originally been worried about Julian and the others not being there, Marie became drunk with her oer
The principality watched the kingdo led by Marie
Inside a warshi+p, Hertrauda was looking at a ed on top of a table
“It seems that the saint's power is the real deal”
The leading figures around Hertrauda observed her
Upon getting up froic flute, from a woman
One of the leading figures spoke
“Princess, we have reached the kingdom's mainland We've made some deviations from the plan, but there are no issues”
“──I see”
After saying that, Hertrauda glared at the flute with a stern expression and took a deep breath before placing her mouth to the instrument
She was about to reach the point of no return
Though tense, she resolved herself and blew into the flute
Its tone was ominous, yet beautiful
The surrounding onlookers closed their eyes and listened to the flute's timbre
(Now then, Saint──will you be able to stop the principality's wrath?)
The sky was a battlefield
The combat zone became darker upon the arrival of thick clouds
Then, what appeared out of those clouds was──an absurdly large monster
Its round body had numerous eyes
Its long ar up
Its white body had soiant monster with many eyes and arms
Its size was larger than hu island
It was a monster whose size could span thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of meters
The kingdoan to tremble from the sudden appearance of the monster
When Hertrauda took her lips away from the flute, she nearly fell over
Once the surrounding people helped her onto her feet, she smiled
“With this, the kingdom is no more”
The leaders clapped their hands
Some of them were even moved to tears
“And now our long-standing grudge against the kingdom will clear”
“How splendid, Princess”
“The kingdouardian deity What's left is to enter the kingdohness Princess Hertrude”
Hertrauda spoke of her desire to see as happening beyond the , and so she was led outside while being supported
The as blowing violently outside the shi+p's interior
What she saw in front of her was the sight of adown the kingdom's troops
Once the saint's shi+eld had been destroyed, its giant arms mowed down the airshi+ps
Itsdown shi+ps and causing them to burst into flames
“Caught between the sky and the sea, your land will sink”
The principality was determined to sink the continent
Hertrauda laughed with a pale face
nobody around her seemed to pay attention to her pale expression, and whether it was from exhaustion or fear of what she had just done