Chapter 52 Fear Revived

Its 12th day of Shinyou month, the sky is already dyed red and soon the night would come.

While thinking that I rush along the highway.

The destination is not Irz Village, but Daedalus.

I thought I would reach it before sun sets, but it looks like its still far.

I feel bad for Lily who is clinging on my neck while inside the hood of robe. But no matter what, I want to know about the situation of Daedalus.

Ignoring the orders for no public crossing, I am heading towards Daedalus. If the worst case happens and Im spotted by any of the Daedalus soldiers it cant be helped if Im thrown in jail.

The biggest reason for taking such a big risk for going to Daedalus is the uneasy feeling swirling inside my heart.

Im not convinced about the groundless uneasy feeling, but I still couldnt ignore it.

If Daedalus was defeated by the human army, then the whole Pandora continent will be engulfed in war.

Surely, many people will laugh at my thinking, regarding it as delusion.

However, I know the what actions an invader takes due to my knowledge in previous world. Furthermore, I know the cruelty of the people wearing cross uniforms through this body.

This world with magic is not some sort of fairytale story. I was summoned here against my will and was set up in experiments equivalent to torture and was also forced to fight against fellow experimental subjects too.

If those bastards invade in great numbers, then the Pandora continent will go through the path that Ive learned from history lessons.

In brief, the peaceful life I have built in Irz Village is in danger.

In the first place, I came to Pandora Continent to run away from the cross uniform bastards, even if they are not here following me their searching range will be expanded eventually.

Therefore, to prevent the danger to me, my livelihood, and Pandora too, I came to the conclusion to go to Daedalus.

I really am feeling bad for taking Lily, more than half the reason shes here is for my own self-protection.

Of course, I tried sending her to Irz Village when we left the Enkul Village, but Lily being stubborn didnt nod at my words.

Definitely, Lily got a feeling that Im in going to a dangerous place, so she might have chose to follow me.

Ive made a decision already, to let Lily escape if we both get caught in a dire situation.

That is Daedalus, huh?

Though the surroundings are dark, my reinforced eyes catch a glimpse of the rumoured big castle walls of Daedalus far in the distance.

And so, I left the highway and started crossing through the forest.

Im most likely to be discovered if I keep on walking on the highway, so its better to continue until Daedalus while sneaking.

The Riol Village I passed some hours ago had its doors completely shut and was quiet.

But, what about Daedalus?

From what I can see, there are no signs of destroyed castle walls.

Was it not a big scale castle siege war? Or is the opposite side of the castle wall broken?

I rush through the forest while holding my breath with my thoughts in a confusion.

Great, It so big

Finally I came close to the Daedalus castle walls.

The wall standing majestically in front me can make someone think about a precipitous cliff.

The trees of forest are stopped where Im standing. There is nothing to hide myself in between the walls and me.

If there was a tall tree I can invade by climbing it, or if there were big bushes I can approach while being unnoticed. It is natural to have those ideas when there is nothing in front of castle walls.

The problem is, how to reach the walls without being noticed.

Come to think of it, the first place I infiltrated the port town had low security thats why I was transported easily.

I had already been predicted that it wont be as easy as the previous time but

I dont see a single person.

From the looks of it, there doesnt seem to be a single soldier present here.

Thirty metres above there is a passage present on the top of wall, but there is no sign of patrolling soldiers, of course the same can be said for the outside circumference of walls.

Perhaps even though they are patrolling its not like they can monitor each and every section of outer wall.

If its like that its not much of a big deal to approach the walls, and to climb the 30 metres walls is an easy feat for this body along with black magic.

Now the problem left is,

The barrier, huh. Its my first time seeing a genuine one.

Unlike the shield, a barrier is a defensive magic that completely covers the target and can be maintained 247 hours a day.

It blocks all the attacks from outside and monitors the presence the of intruders within a fixed region and various other functions

The only barrier I have and know of is Efreet, akaMosquito Repellent, which deploys a barrier of flame to keep mosquitoes away.

And at the present time, there is a large scale barrier standing with Daedalus as its origin.

Its not a shining bright light, rather its colorless and transparent, but even me who is standing 500 metres away from it can feel the strong magical pressure it exerts.

The difference in defensive ability with that Mosquito Repellentis like that of heaven and earth.

Due to this powerful barrier there are no other soldiers except for at the main gate, probably.

The magic used by this barrier is white magic. It seems impossible to invade through just brute strength as my black magic has extremely bad compatibility with the white magic

But however, the current me is not alone, I have a reliable partner!

Lily can you open a hole in that barrier?

UnI can!

The white magic used by Sariel and the light magic used by Lily have completely different origins.

The light magic also acts a counter for my black magic like the white magic, whereas it is also classified as a color magic.

But still, they are both different. If its Lily who has good compatibility with her magic and excels at controlling it too she can pierce a hole through the powerful barrier.

Well the, Lets go

I grab Lily under one arm and run the 500 metres at full speed.

Being coupled with the black clothes I doubt I will be found out. Please God dont let me found out.

I dont know whether my prayer was heard or it was inevitable but I safely reached the walls.

And though it cant be seen through naked eyes, there is a barrier standing.

It might be a barrier that restricts physical intrusion, or it can be like the one place on the treasure box which gives out electric shocks.

Until I know its nature, Its a bad idea to touch it.

Even though I know letting Lily touch such a thing is SO SINFUL, but here I cant do anything other than relying on her powers.

Ill leave it to you.

Yeah!

Lily touches the invisible barrier with her both hands.

From the point of contact, the white light ripples as if a rock has been thrown onto waters surface.

Nh

Lilys two pairs of seven coloured wings sometimes flap and her white lit body fickers.

I feel for Lily who is seriously trying to pierce through the barrier, but this glittering light is unreasonably standing out.

It doesnt matter if there are no soldiers here, but in this dark night the shining Lily can be spotted from 100 metres away rather easily.

The only thing I can do to help her not be spotted is just covering her with my robe.

Its pretty nerve-wracking, but I still wait in silence for its completion.

How much time had passed? Maybe not even 3 minutes have passed but due to nervousness its feeling twice the length, then suddenly Lily speaks.

Its open!

Not the meaning of Its painfulbut ratherits openshe said. [TN: In Japanese Aita means its open and Ah itta means painful. Both sound similar thats why author is deliberately explaining it.]

Upon looking in front of Lily, there is an faintly shining circle drawn in empty air.

The circle is big enough for me pass easily, When I pass my hand through it I dont feel anything out of place.

Looks like shes succeeded in piercing the barrier.

You did well, Leave the rest to me.

I pat at Lilys head, while she rejoices like a puppy.

I would also want to leave everything and keep on patting her, but theres not time for that.

Putting Lily once again in the hood, I jump through the circle in the castle ward.

Lets go in one shot.

Compared from the time I laboriously climbed the walls of the port city, my magic skills have also improved.

After all, I conquered a cliff of 100 metres to just invade the nest of a Garuda, If I use the rock climbing magic skill I used at that time, this 30 metre stone wall is just a child asking to be climbed.

To look cool in front of Lily who worked hard to open a hole in wall, I activate the magic while doing a signature pose.

Anchor release!

From the palms of both hands, a black wire flies out along the wall.

The wire with a harpoon like object at its tip sinks deep at the top of the wall.

At that time the rear of the wire starts to coil around the hand, hips, thighs, and the sole of my feet.

Its alright with just coiling around hands, but itll help in more balance while climbing if there is a back support.

Lets go.

After listening Lilys reply, I retract the wire at once.

While being pulled by wire, I rushed up the vertical wall in one spurt.

This anchor is the same famous wire action that sometimes appears in action games. It is also called as hookshot or grappling beam. In short it is using a wire to move on a vertical surface like TARZAN. [TN: AIYAIYAIYAIAYIA. pfft]

My black magic can materialize simple objects like bullets and much more, and also excels at controlling them. If there is a really good imagination, then making a retractable wire is easy.

Using this anchor climbing a wall of 30 metres is as same as running on flat ground.

In several seconds I climbed the wall and land near the passage.

No one is here?

There really is not person near the passage.

While paying utmost attention, I looked towards the Daedalus city below the walls.

Below is a very vast street of houses and shops. Its so big that many Irz villages can fit in it.

And the walls are covering it whole. Its a tremendously big city.

If its a normal person they would have gone to bed by this time of night. In the corner of what is apparently a residential area are some houses with lights on whereas as red-light district seeming area is full of bright lights.

Even among them, the most noticeably shining is the castle of Daedulus.

The castle is covered by walls. From here the ground and the first floor of castle cannot be seen.

Even so, there is light glittering from there which is shining on the very large castle in the dark night.

Looking at that, I start to heave a sigh at its majesticness .

But, the moment I saw the flag hanging from the castle, I gulped down the sigh I was going to release.

That is thethe cruciform symbol

The flag there was not the national flag of Daedalus with the dark emblem imitating King Gaevinal but it was the flag with an emblem of cruciform symbol which seemed to me like annoying madness.

Its a lie, rightThat means the human army, are the