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The square was, of course, in the middle of the town, and Sir Tentia and I had rushed into the center, pushing through the crowd.
As a result, we found ourselves in the middle of a horde of invaders that appeared to number over two thousand in total.
“Gehehehe!”
“Heeheehee!”
“Kill, kill, kill.”
The appearance of the old things in this town, which had surpassed the spirit and flesh, was terrifying.
It had a human body, but black carapace wings and insect legs grew out of its back and wiggled, long antennae grew out of its forehead, and its jaw was split left and right.
The compound eyes characteristic of insects were a bonus.
Fortunately or unfortunately, no fully mutated eroders were seen.
“These little bugs!”
Calling people bugs is not a very nice habit to have.
This is because you unconsciously look down on the other person.
But when I see the village chief with the eyes of a fly and the jaws of a locust, and twenty giant ant legs growing out of his body, writhing before my eyes, I don't know if there is a better expression than a swarm of bugs.
Here and there, there were also eroders who were somewhat of a leader in this village, with white bone beaks and long feathered arms hanging down.
I really hope that the people of this town have been eroded out of necessity.
If it turned out like that on purpose, wouldn't it be too miserable?
Anyway, the very existence of old things is harmful.
“Keeeeeek!”
One of the eroders rushed forward, swinging two pairs of mantis-like forelegs.
It was black in color and full of serrated edges, but upon closer inspection, I realized that the edges were not thorns but human teeth.
“How dare you!”
I tried to blast the bastard with fire, but Sir Tentia was one step faster.
puck!
Red cloaks billowed and picturesque roundhouse kicks cut through the air.
The man who was hit squarely by the plate-plated combat boots fell down like a rotten tree.
Thud!
Srrrrrr.
Sir Tentia pulled out his sword and stomped on the bastard's head.
“This Tentia will give you rest too. Do not commit any more sins.”
I secretly thought she was going to cut my throat with her sword.
But Sir Tentia used his legs to crush the bastard's head.
Somehow it felt more intense than before the regression.
puck!
The eroder's head burst open like a rotten watermelon.
Blood and bone fragments flying.
“Keeeeeek!”
As if that was a signal, the townspeople gathered around.
Woohoo!
But I had already prepared the flame of resonance in my left arm.
“You man-eating monsters dare-!”
Tsk tsk tsk!
A porcelain-like crack ran down the back of the hand that had absorbed the 'Invisible Hand' glove.
A small rural village like this could have been burned down to the ground, leaving not a single shred of remains.
“I’ll cook it slowly!”
Just as I was about to blow up the fire in a ring shape, my body floated up.
“Keeek?”
“Shh!”
puck!
The eroders that were rushing towards me and Lord Tentia collided with each other and rolled around on the dirt floor.
* * *
I was flailing my arms and legs, not knowing what was going on.
"your majesty?"
I looked up following the voice of Lord Tentia and saw the indifferent gesture of Jaylilith floating above the village.
A purple light flashed from her left hand, and my body and that of Lord Tentia floated up next to her.
“Shiieeek!”
The eroders looked up at the sky and bared their teeth.
Jaylilith looked down at them and muttered brightly.
“A subject is a subject when he is a subject.”
The one with the white bone beak shouted in a voice filled with fear or anger.
“Holy, Emperor!”
“There is no need in this land for subjects who serve anyone other than me.”
The next moment, a purple disc appeared in her right hand.
Wooooow-!
The disc gradually became more transparent and wider as it fell, until it reached the ground and was large enough to cover almost the entire village.
I secretly guessed that Jaylilith was planning to just crush this town.
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Swish!
However, the translucent black disc passed straight through the house and the eroder's head and lay on the ground.
thud!
The next moment, the eroders, who appeared to number at least two thousand, fell to the ground all at once.
It was as if gravity had strengthened and I was stuck to the black disc.
“Kirruruk!?”
“Shiieeek!”
“Gulp?”
It was quite a sight, as they were quite flustered and struggling among themselves, even kicking each other.
Thud thud thud!
Crackle!
Something rose from underground and attached itself to the bottom of the black disc, as if it was hiding something like an egg in the ground.
Jaylilith hummed languidly.
“Above the ground, below the ground. Nowhere can escape my eyes.”
At her gesture, a black disc rose into the sky.
Woohoo!
Above the disc were two thousand eroders, and below the disc were black eggshells.
The next moment the disc folded in half.
"key-!"
Kwajik-!
Two thousand eroders were crushed like tomato sauce spread between black, wide bread.
Jaylilith folded the semicircle twice more and left it floating in the air.
“You.”
And then she called me.
I answered right away.
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
“Burn it.”
“You could have burned it from below.”
She smiled at me.
White teeth peeked out between red lips.
It was a slightly smug smile.
“I wanted to try out a new spell I made on my way here. It’s called the Double Gravity Field, ‘Emperor’s Whim.’ What do you think?”
I just rolled my eyes, feeling dazed.
She said she created this magic on the way here.
It took about six months for Sereraji to develop two new spells, create magical tools using those spells, and deliver them to the imperial family.
Of course, ordering is harder than developing, and Jaylilith deals with powers closer to authority than magic, but creating new magic on the way was still a transcendent feat.
That's right, it's the emperor's whim.
The destruction magic application series that causes the upper and lower parts of the disc to stick together and then squeeze has a name that fits its effect very well.
Of course, I want to live long, so I will never express this sentiment out loud.
I carefully chose my words to describe her magic.
“This magic can defeat both visible and invisible enemies, so it will surely be recorded in the history books. It also fits well with Your Majesty’s actions of defeating visible nobles and invisible invaders.”
Abu was one of the few things I was better at than being a rascal, and Jaylilith nodded in satisfaction.
“It’s always amazing. I don’t even know what I want to hear, so how can you understand my heart so well?”
The smug smile briefly turned innocent.
Of course, it was not the innocence of a child, but rather closer to the leisure of an emperor.
* * *
Jaylilith came out and dropped Tentia off at the cleaned-up village.
Instead of sending amplified resonant flames to sweep away the enemy, I sent a spirit flame to purify the enemy.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A triangular mass of eroded matter burned brightly in the air.
Saaaaah.
As it all burned away, leaving only the pure energy of the old, and as that energy burned once more, turned red, and began to seep into me, I saw a group of cavalry in the distance.
“Where are you and who are you, noble ones in the sky? I am Baron Abelis, the lord of this land.”
You're finally coming.
I covered the veins on the back of my hand with the 'Invisible Hand' glove.
I was going to nag him a lot about what he was doing until an entire village ended up like this.
But seeing the Baron, his four knights, a group of heavy cavalry, and three battle priests who looked quite useful, he changed his mind.
Judging from their weapons, including the holy water bottles and silver swords, they were not troops hastily gathered after seeing the Nibelungen.
“Have you come to subdue the invaders of this village?”
“Yes, that’s right. It seems like the nobles have already finished it.”
“Are you clean?”
“Yes.”
I shouldn't have said that after just devouring the old energy, but I asked with ten layers of iron on my face.
Sir Tentia walked around him and the soldiers, checking for eroders, and nodded to me.
Baron Abelis made a face as if he was about to say something, and I struck him.
“Are you on your way to subjugate this village?”
He nodded.
“Yes. We sent soldiers several times, but they never returned, so we assumed that the entire village had been eroded.”
He tried to ask something again, and I interrupted him with another question.
“It seems that erosion has been spreading recently. Is there any problem in the Baron’s direct territory?”
“Yes. Thanks to the grace of His Majesty the Emperor and the teachings of the Church, there is no problem.”
Confident answers followed.
“Recently, my lord the Count received a magical tool called the Sacred Streetlight from His Majesty the Emperor and began mass-producing it in his workshop. It is currently being distributed to cities with a population of 30,000 or more.”
“Hmm.”
“There is talk that a holy relic will soon be sent down from the imperial palace, and the priests are also looking forward to it. Also, the four counts have recently launched a joint operation to capture the Corruption Sect.”
“Joint operation?”
“We made surprise raids on the underworld to capture thugs and suspicious magicians, searched for adventurers, mercenaries, merchants, and wanderers, and strengthened security checks at the gates and city gates. We also helped build settlements and reclaim land to reduce the high rate of erosion in the city…….”
It was a very exemplary and clean solution.
It was exactly as written in the official document published by Jaylilith, which I created with experts from various fields such as Cornell, Hadritan, and Mateos.
“Does it seem to be effective?”
I asked with a trembling heart.
The Baron nodded without a moment's hesitation.
“Yes. We now have enough free time to pay attention to the problems in these remote villages and get up. I don’t mean to belittle your efforts, but we could have easily suppressed them on our own.”
I tried to harden my face.
To hide the happy smile.
“Yes, I see. It must have been quite a coincidence that we encountered these village invaders.”
“Yes, I have one question-.”
Then a green, glowing bundle of magic bullets rose from the western sky and exploded into thin air.
Wheeeeeeeek-.
pop!
It was a signal bullet.
It seemed like the Nibelungen's inspection was over sooner than expected.
I gave the Baron a quick wave.
“I’m really sorry. I have to go back quickly because I have to go somewhere urgent. Excuse me.”
Saaaaah-.
The purple aura unique to the art of destruction enveloped Lord Tentia's body, and our bodies rose into the sky again.
When my Majesty returned, he did not seem to want to walk.
“What, what is it?”
“Ugh!”
"flight?"
The baron and his soldiers looked up at the sky in surprise.
At that moment the sun came out from between the clouds, and the intense southern sunlight poured down.
“Huh!”
The moment they squinted or covered their faces with their forearms, Jaylilith really picked up speed.
“Emperor… Your Majesty?”
Baron Abelis's distraught voice was faintly heard on the wind.
* * *
The Nibelungen's maintenance was completely finished.
The engine has been turned off once, but it is said that Nana Jaylilith can fly again without exerting any force thanks to the remaining mana.
“So what was the problem?”
I asked Marcus.
He answered, taking off the leather harness that held his safety glasses and other equipment.
“There were no problems. As originally designed, once it takes off, it seems like it will fly without any problems until it runs out of food. Haha. I guess I’m a genius.”
I put my hand down as I was about to feed him a chestnut.
He closed his eyes tightly and then raised his eyebrows as if in doubt.
“Your Highness. I am a noble who was beaten and subdued by you. There is no need to suddenly treat me well.”
“Don’t make me a son of a bitch with your normal voice.”
“Did something good happen?”
I nodded, looking at Jaylilith.
She, too, was smiling happily.
There was a faint smile in her golden eyes, and her red lips formed a curve.
I seemed to be in a similar state.
“Yeah. Something good happened. That’s what it was.”
Is there anything more encouraging than knowing that what I've been doing was right?
I leisurely boarded the Nibelungen.
A pleasant breeze blew.