Vol 17 Chapter 324 (2/2)
There, Gracia approached Miranda
“Faunbeux’s side’s for to break up from there I think we should attack first and push back the enemy”
The force of Gracia and Elza’s charge, thinking on an army scale, it was extraordinary But Miranda rejected that opinion
“I’ll have you two give your undivided attention to co for you, and it would be troublesoot injured”
There, Elza who’d approached to verify the situation grimaced
“So of this level won’t be a problem, you know?”
Miranda turned her san to intimidate her Once Elza averted her eyes, Gracia would say no more
Once the two of them had returned to their units, Miranda looked at the battlefield
“… Sorry, but we’ll have to have more casualties for Lyle’s sake”
Mirandaout there…
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… A bedroom of the royal palace
In it, Celes lay in her nightgown Her ave her a lap pillow as she waited for a report to arrive
A knock caave an answer
“Enter”
“Beg your pardon”
Once the ht entered the room, she took a stretch
“While our are to inflict casualties onto the dom, by the arrival of reinforcements, our assault unit was completely annihilated Today, once ains!”
MaizelCeles only rose her head a bit froht
“I see Good work, you can go Tomorroe’ll aim for either Cartaffs or Djanpear”
“Yes ma’am!”
The knight left the room and Maizel opened his mouth
“What a feckless lot To not put out any decent results”
But Celes rested her head on her ave a warm smile
“We can prepare as ht, father And Isn’t it our foe, who continues to win yet sees no end in sight, the one harder pressed? Perhaps comes a time they think there are no troops left in Centralle But they coain… ufufu”
As Celes see fun, Maizel sent a smile
“That’s right I’ainst enemies without end, their morale will be the first to fall Once it coive chase to the cru rebel forces”
Celes laughed as she spoke
“And then shall I go straight on the offense? My army needs no food or rest Well, if I had totime, perhaps?”
The laughing Celes iive pursuit, ran soil, and mass produce her soldiers
To scatter death throughout the continent was Celes’ joy…
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Night
While giving rest to Miranda’s unit that had returned, I spoke with Novem
On the roof of the ht confirmation
“Celes’ Skill… no, the Skill that Agrissa made, is it resurrection?”
Without looked at azed over the walls of Centralle
“No, a Skill to revive the dead is impossible And even if she can make Skills, she is still bound by the world’s laws, so that’s not the sort of thing those things are Using the deceased as athe memory records of those who once lived… it’s a Skill you could call a failed product”
I turned in the sa over Celes’ Skill
“Then no matter how many enemies we beat, it’s pointless The population of Centralle is over a one down some with dispatched and such, at the very least, they have at least that ood”
There, Novem turned to looked at me Her expression was more enervated than usual
“Celes-sama doesn’t have one Skill alone It’s a Skill that can display such an extent of power, so it’s sure to be a considerable burden She’s likely using soinal Skill has practically reached the limits of its ability, so it should be unusable About the number of Skills she holds, it’s an unknown number”
Back when I fought Celes
She was probably already using a nuh base specs, there were sos that couldn’t be explained aith that alone
When she was that strong, Celes was unable to avoid the sobll Shannon threw Personally, could it be she was relying on a Skill, and there just happened to be a hole in it there? Or so I thought
“She took away all inal abilities, and sealed my memories on top of that And thus she used out her own Skill That alone is plenty It means she can’t take away any more”
One of her troublesome Skills had already been crushed
And she only ever used monotonous moves
Perhaps she was surprisingly close to her limit
Novem looked at me in worry
“… I’ fun to happen”
“I wouldn’t doubt it To that one, this battle’s just a game If she took it as a serious duel, ould be harder pressed”
What Celes came out as the action I had feared most If she took down our talented personnel one by one, the plan would crumble
I judged that the reason she didn’t… no, that she couldn’t, was that her Skill was placing more of a load on her than I had anticipated Perhaps she had takenfor me inside
“Lyle-sama, the allied army’s morale is close to its limit Perhaps it’s only a matter of time before it crumbles”
“Quite right Regardless of the fact we’re winning, even I’d hate a battle like this Well, I don’t really like war as a whole It’s better to just take on monsters”
There, just a little A slight sliver of happiness crossed Novem’s face
“That’s right Rather than hus they should be doing, right?”
I looked up at the night sky
“… If I didn’t meet Celes there in Centralle, you think I would have continued on as an adventurer?”
Novem responded to my question
“You would have heard of Celes’ deeds eventually Sooner or later, an offensive would be launched across the continent, so perhaps it was only a matter of time”
If I had run far away, I’h all these troubles By Celes’ orders, old Zell was burned on his death, hut and all Rondo-san and his party… I lost adventurers I knew
I gave a sh
“What seems to be the matter?”
“No… it’s just that rather than all those unknown huhtered, it’s the handful I knew that ring through one mad? Well, I’m sure I have”
There, Novem shook her head to the side
“No, that’s not it”
I took a deep breath And turned to return to the room
“Call everyone out to out the plan”
Once I said only that much, Novem bowed and abided my words
“Yes As you order, Lyle-sama”