The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 107: Discussion of Information
Victoria sighed desperately, "Didn't I tell you? Other than me, Salamander won't let any other human being come into close contact with her."
"How can you say that with a flat face? Can you stop using my Fenrir as your pillow?" Aura glared and cast a sideways glance at Victoria.
"But Fenrir feels so soft and cool."
On the sofa, Victoria rested her head on the back of the long-haired white wolf. The high-level ice demon spirit Fenrir groaned slowly, looking somewhat troubled.
(I know how you feel.)
Treated as a slave spirit by Victoria, Kaizo inevitably sympathizes with Fenrir.
"Fufuu, Kaizo, you can use my chest as a pillow whenever you want. I don't mind at all."
"Please don't joke with me, Your Highness Princess." Kaizo poked Tiana's forehead lightly.
"Gosh, I'm not kidding at all," Tiana bit her index finger gently and pouted sadly.
"Huh, I'll have to find Salamander later. With a ship of this size, it would be an exhausting quest." Saying that, Victoria sighed excessively.
Seeing that, Eve turned to stare into the distance. "By the way, representatives of other countries are also on this plane, right?"
"Yes, other than us, a number of teams should have already boarded ships along the way." Victoria nodded to answer Eve's question.
Kaizo placed his teacup on the table and asked, "What about Rei Assar, the Strongest Sword Style Holder?"
As soon as Kaizo spoke, the room was filled with a tense atmosphere. Because his words carried an indescribable sense of pressure that brought about a bad atmosphere around him.
"No, she's not on this ship," Victoria shook her head calmly and said, "because for this Sword Style Festival, she participated as a representative of the Alphen Territory. So even if he was traveling by ship, it would be different."
"I understand."
"But this is still very hard to accept."
"I knew. It was unbelievable that an elementalist with his strength would run to represent a country like the Alphen Territory." Aura spoke in confusion and Victoria agreed.
The Alphen Territory was a small country sandwiched between two large states between the Eldant Empire and the Draconian Empire in the east and west of each region.
Although its main export was spirit crystals excavated from mines, the Alphen Territory actually produced great wealth through the excavation and trade of artifacts from ancient ruins.
Among the ancient artifacts excavated by the Alphen Territory, there were many that stored extremely powerful sealed spirits within.
It is said that during the Vinral War "Brothers" ago, the Alphen Territory made astronomical gains as the only neutral country by supplying various countries with military spirits.
In addition, although it is impossible to prove it, it is rumored that the black market organization Killing is also headquartered in the Alphen Territory, thus arousing suspicion from other countries.
For such a country that has endured all this time without being attacked by its great neighbor, aside from the dodgy diplomatic power of the Hierarchy, the, its strategic location between two opposing superpowers also played a major role.
"In addition, it had been fifty years since the last time the Alphen Territory sent representatives to take part in the Sword Style Festival, and they had never won. Why are they suddenly..."
Rei Assar was already an idol to all the girls who aspired to become elementalists. Why is everyone's idol representing a small country that only has negative publicity? Victoria and the others could not understand at all.
"Talking about the Alphen Territory, there was a rumor that they were buying military spirits on a large scale." Eve crossed her arms in front of her chest while speaking softly.
"Why do they need to gather military spirits at this moment?"
Also, everything is not that simple. There is another reason why the Alphen Territory is considered a dangerous element.
(I think I remember that it's also where the Demon King's cult came from.)
The Demon King worship was secretly rooted in various places on the continent. Allegedly, the Alphen Territory is its headquarters. After all, the capital of the country was the birthplace of Demon King Ratanak.
The Demon King worshippers were very confident that the Demon King would descend into the Alphen Territory again. Demon King, this word caused Kaizo's heartbeat to thump inexplicably.
(The ones who raised me are also branches of the Demon King worshipers.)
The Instructional School had tried to create their own Demon King through human methods. They seemed to want to create a new demon king in place of the demon king Ratanak.
Therefore, they offered their wish to Kaizo, the male elementalist, and bestowed upon him the highest ranked dark spirit that the former Demon King had ordered in the past.
"By the way, there's only a little information about Rei Assar," Victoria shrugged and said, "all that is known is that he suddenly appeared three years ago, an elementalist without any background. He was sixteen years old like us and contracted by the spirit of darkness. That's all we know about him right now."
To win the Sword Style Festival, in addition to the prowess in using spirits, gathering information about opponents was an important part.
The academy had provided information on several other teams, such as the contracted spirit attribute, the elemental form of aero, but there was almost nothing regarding Rei Assar that was of great importance. Nothing was confirmed, not only for Rei Assar himself but also the entire team.
(An elementalist whose real identity and purpose are unknown, yes)
It would be fine if he was just a con man who used his legendary name and elementalist title as a ruse, but such little things could not possibly be as simple as they seemed.
The reason why he recruited Kaizo to the Academy was to defeat him at the Sword Style Festival.
Kaizo looked at his left hand with a leather glove.
(Also, not wrong anymore. Alicia is currently cooperating with the con man.)
A few weeks earlier, a battle had taken place in an abandoned mine between Kaizo and his friends against one of the orphans of the Instructional School, Noah Alnest.
'Because this is his wish.'
Back then, that was what Alicia said, but next, she also said,
'One day, you will definitely meet each other.'
Transfiguration of the spirit girl of darkness. If his transfiguration was related to the other Assar Rei, then that was definitely the worst thing.
(I will absolutely not forgive the girl.) Kaizo's clenched fist silently shook under the table.
"But I never thought I'd be standing on the same stage as her, in just a few hours." Eve suddenly muttered with sincere emotions.
"Three years ago, I was still in the audience, watching his first fight."
"I also saw his match against Lucia. She's so pretty."
"The mastery of Rei Assar's sword style is incredible, right?" Eve's cheeks flushed slightly while Victoria and Aura nodded in agreement.
Kaizo turned his face away with an embarrassed expression.
"Geez, there's no need to make a big fuss, okay? Even if he was known as the Strongest Sword Style Holder, it was already three years ago. His strength might be further exaggerated by the rumors. That girl isn't just amazing, is she?" Kaizo said the same as she shrugged her shoulders and finished her tea.
"O-what nonsense are you talking about!?"
"Are you stupid?"
"Oh please, there must be a limit to ignorance."
Facing the angry gazes of the three upper-class women, Kaizo had no choice but to apologize frantically, "Eh, no, I'm sorry."
(It's not like I can tell them that the real one is standing here before their eyes.)
Fearing that he would faint because of the girls who had ganged on him, Kaizo suddenly got up and left his place at the table.
"Where are you going?"
"There is no special place. Just gonna find Salamander for a second." Kaizo made an excuse and walked towards the exit.
"Hmph, he's running away."
As the only one who knew Kaizo's true identity here, Tiana giggled secretly to herself, "Fufuu, Kaizo is very poor."
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POV: Mia Vialine
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Five thousand meters in the air.
A small combat ship had appeared just below the flying ship boarded by the participants of the Sword Style Festival. It had been hiding in the forest, waiting for its prey to arrive.
The door of the metal cabin opened and out came a young-looking girl. His gray hair, tied on the opposite side, swayed about in the strong wind.
"I understand, brother."
* ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛗ ᛜ ᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᛏᛒ ᛖᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ *
The girl smiled and started chanting incantations for the release of the spirit. Instantly, the ring on his middle finger emitted a red glow.
"Okay, let's go berserk! Destruction spirit, Death Gun!"
When the air opened, a giant black monster came out.
...
*Connected.....
*Note: This story is fictitious. If there is a similarity in the name of the character, the scene, or the story, it is a mere coincidence and there is no element of intentionality.