The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 142: The Ritual of Resurrection
"Tiana, I beg you, please help me explain this to Victoria."
"Well, I don't have a choice, I want to see more of this good stuff that you're wearing."
"What do you mean?" Victoria gave him a confused look.
"The story is long, Kaizo and I will sneak into the Great Temple to ask a high-ranking princess maiden to destroy «Bind of Darkness» on her body."
Hearing that, Victoria's jaw gaped in surprise, "You mean, the Great Temple?"
It was a very understandable reaction. The Great Temple chased after all the most sacred areas of the entire floating island, not even accessible to the participants of the Sword Style Festival.
"W-what do you want to do there?! Didn't you know that there are so many powerful guardian spirits guarding the place?"
"Obviously I don't plan to storm the front gate. We'll enter through the secret passage, therefore I need Kaizo to take on the appearance of a princess."
"But, i-it's too dangerous!"
"Then, tell me, is there any other way to get rid of the curse from Kaizo's body?"
"That-that's..."
Seeing Victoria at a loss for words, Kaizo gently placed her hands on her head.
"ah! W-what are you doing!?"
"Don't worry, I won't be as clumsy as caught."
In response, Victoria bit her lips nervously, "Well, fine, I know," she nodded reluctantly.
"However, in that case, I should go along too."
"That's not gonna work. The fewer people sneaking in, the better. And Victoria, your hair color is too prominent."
"Victoria, are you worried about me?"
"Stupid! Te-of course not."
"Rest assured, I will return Kaizo safely to you in one piece."
"Oh, I don't even think about that kind of thing!"
"Ha ha, then, I'll leave you to take care of the house. Kaizo, let's go." Tiana waved at Victoria who blushed in embarrassment, who then rushed running towards the direction Kaizo was walking in, Tiana pressed her soft chest against Kaizo's arm.
"Hey, hey! Tiana!?" Kaizo blushed with the feeling that her hand was wrapped in something soft.
"Oh, ja-so what? Kaizo, you idiot!" Victoria rushed out of the room crying.
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POV: Rei Assars
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In this part of the floating island, Wind Palace was a vast chain and underground cave. No one alive today knows when it was built, or even for what purpose.
There was a figure standing in this place even with the highest rank, the daughter of the girl was ordered to stop. She was the bright red masked girl, Rei Assar.
He was in an area that was carved into a square space. In stark contrast to the natural caves that surround it, this room has clearly been built by humans.
That small stone room was actually a holy True Sacred Temple. The Great Temple erected above the ground was only there to give it a majestic appearance.
There was a stench running around the place. The masked girl stared at the black sarcophagus placed in the middle of the room. The mere presence of the sarcophagus made his surroundings creepy and unpleasant air.
"I've been looking for you for a long time, Rei Assar."
Suddenly a childish voice came from a young girl. A gray-haired girl slowly walked out from the darkness.
She is Mia Vialine. He, who had been missing since the battle last night, was a «Queen» second rank monster in the Instructional School.
"It looks like the fourth person is finally here. Lina's picking him up here now."
All they were talking about was the fourth member of the Inferno Team, Sefira Blum. He and Lina were different from Mia in that they were never chosen by the people of Rei Assar himself, but were elementalists appointed to recommendations by the religious Alphen Territory.
The Alphen Territory did not give Rei Assar any information on Sefira's abilities, as the other responsibility of Sefira was to monitor all of Rei Assar's actions.
"Mia Vialine, are you looking for me just to talk to me about this?"
"Of course not. Let me ask you. You're a demon, what have you done to my brother?" Mia asked loudly as if a knife had been thrust into her neck.
"You're not satisfied with how I unleashed his full power?"
"Mia should be responsible for waking up my own brother."
"It wasn't my intention to deny you, but for some other reason, I had no choice but to speed up the original plan." Rei Assar shrugged his shoulders, seemingly without a moment of thought.
"And if my brother's body can't stand it, what do you want to do?"
"If so, that means he has no right to be a successful person to become a Demon King, that's all."
Hearing that, Mia's expression turned sharp with a strong killing intent, "What are you saying?!"
"You can't take it? Then next time, wake him up with your own hands." After saying that, Rei Assar gave Mia a small delicate ring.
"And this is?"
"I got this «Mythical Class» ancient artifact from the elders from Alphen. The three military spirits sealed within were all discarded weapons with international guidelines."
"Do you think Mia would be so easily bribed by your toy?"
"This is just a sign of our good friendship, please accept that."
"Hmph, I'll just shut up and see how long you can endure this." While wearing the ring, Mia glared at him angrily.
"Although Mia is helping you for now, I'm not like Lina. If you dare lie to attack my brother again, I will kill you mercilessly."
"Whatever, please if you can." Rei Assar easily ignored Mia's ferocious gaze, then he turned again towards the black sarcophagus.
"By the way, what are you doing here?"
"Ritual of resurrection."
"Huh? What'sthat?"
"Bringing the spirits of the dead back into the living world, the Institutional School considers this to be the most forbidden act."
"Bringing the spirits of the dead?"
Rei Assar placed a chain of gems in the sarcophagus. It was «Blood Stone», only found in the original spirit world, like an extremely precious spirit crystal and it contained a power that ordinary spirit crystals could not possibly rival.
Furthermore, with a clear bright voice, he began to sing a chant that sounded like a curse.
* ᚨ ᚲ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛗ ᛜ ᛟ ᛈ ᛋ ᛏᛒ ᛖᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟ*
"O Elemental Lord of the Nether World, I humbly beg you to summon back the souls of the seed of darkness!"
From behind the mask came an elusive tongues. If there was a girl daughter from the Institute there, they would definitely be very surprised. Because only the highest-ranked princess maids were allowed to sing the high ancient language.
From the black sarcophagus sounded like a heartbeat. Suddenly, «The bright red Blood» Stone was destroyed. Then, with a small movement, the lid of the sarcophagus slowly opened and from the resulting small cracks appeared something.
"W-what the fuck?" Mia Vialine could not help but flinch at that disgusting and horrifying sight before her eyes.
"He was Rei Assar before, Nephesis Loran." The voice of Rei Assar resounded brightly in the stone room that was engulfed by the smell of rotten flesh.
"He is also, the fifth member of «Team Inferno»."
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*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.