The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 276: Fenrir's Girl Lost
"The ghosts should have been famous spirits before they fell into such depravity. However, they are now beings without sanity, relying on hatred for existence,"
Come to think of it, after leaving the abandoned downtown area, Kaizo no longer saw any signs of «Forsaken Spirits».
Considering that the objects were ghosts tied to the ground, perhaps their appearance depended on their location. Or perhaps, they were not attacking right now because the current divine strength of Nyx was relatively weak.
Nyx closed her purple eyes and said, "Kaizo, I will enter a dormant state to prepare for the next battle. Please wake me up if anything happens."
"Yes." Yeah."
Disappearing into particles of light in the air, he returned to sword form once again. Kaizo quickly extended his hand towards the holy sword that fell to the ground.
"Mmm, um..." Eve moved a little on her lap.
"Eve, are you awake?"
"Mmm, I was up when you fed Nyx."
"You saw everything!?"
"I-I can't possibly wake up in such an embarrassing situation!" Eve began to sulk and frown, for some reason.
"But wait, aren't the things you did before even more embarrassing, Eve?"
"Don't talk about it again!" Eve jumped up and tearfully slapped her fist against Kaizo's shoulder.
(Hmm, glad to see his energy recovering.)
"Okay, get some sleep. You still have a fever."
"It's all your fault." Eve blushed immediately, but had no choice but to lie down again with Kaizo's jacket covering her shoulders.
Seeing this pure and innocent knight girl, Kaizo smiled wryly. At this moment, his gaze was fixed on his left hand that was leather-gloved.
(By the way, what's with the pain?)
Currently, there is no reaction at all from «Spirit Seal» on his left hand.
(Did something happen to Alicia?)
The long night has just begun.
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POV: Aura Neidfrost
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Meanwhile, in a dark underground labyrinth that stretched out nowhere, a young woman was walking with a white wolf.
"Well, I can't find my way to the surface." The Aura's eyes were filled with tears.
After «Leap» took him to this underground labyrinth, he had spent hours walking around in circles in the same place.
As if trying to encourage his master, Fenrir licked his hand. Aura rubbed the head of the white wolf while shining around with spirit crystals.
"By the way, where is this place?"
A faint light shone on the stone wall. The surface was carved with spirit language writing. Given enough time, Aura had enough knowledge to decipher it but her current priority was to return to the surface.
The sound of coming out of his stomach was rumbling. With a light sigh, Aura sat on the floor, "It's very tired, my legs are sick and also I'm hungry."
After all, he had already walked for several hours. Although he was a trained Spirit Contractor, his stamina reached the limit.
Fenrir stroked his master's feet with his hairy tail. Using ice-cold air, Fenrir soothed the pain in Aura's red and swollen legs.
"Let's rest here. Walking around is not the best option." Raising her shoulders, Aura leaned her back against the wall.
"Fenrir, get the suitcase out."
"I was originally hoping to make this for Kaizo to eat."
Setting up a cold egg and a bottle of milk, he used his familiar fryer to make a beautiful pancake with «Api» spirit crystals laid on the ground. Then he put the napkin on the floor and prepared the tea utensils.
Always maintain the composure to enjoy a good cup of tea under any circumstances, this can be considered one of the teachings of the Neidfrost family.
A few minutes later, the aroma of the tea wafted through the dark underground labyrinth.
Spending the tea after eating it, Aura sighed, "Well on."
Beside him, Fenrir remained in the correct sitting position, having finished eating his pancakes.
"Why doesn't it taste so good to eat alone."
Then he sighed again. His past self had never considered these kinds of things before. It was only recently that he realized the joy of eating together with his teammates. Cooking for Kaizo is also fun.
As soon as he remembered her face, he couldn't help but smile, "Ooh..."
"Who?" The surprised ice demon spirit tilted its head in confusion.
Seeing that, Aura coughed softly, "Ti-no, instead of me thinking about Kaizo!" Panicking, he shook his head.
"Eh?"
At this moment, Aura's gaze came to a halt at a certain location on the stone wall. On it was one of the engravings in tongues that could be found throughout the labyrinth. There, he found a familiar name.
"Nyx Runes? Ah, that's Nyx's name!" Slightly frowning, Aura brought the shining spirit crystal closer to the stone wall.
Although the words on the stone walls were different from contemporary manuscripts, they were still readable.
Whether it was written in «High Ancient» that was only taught to high-ranking princess maids, it would be a completely different matter. But this level of difficulty was still within Aura's ability to overcome it.
"Fenrir, bring out the dictionary of tongues."
Fenrir opened his jaws wide and immediately took out a dictionary. The spirit language dictionary is essential for analyzing spirit magic and enemy team obstructions.
Flipping through the dictionary, Aura deciphered the words on the stone wall.
"Congratulations, Phoenix, and also, Vilar. All that is recorded here seems to be very famous spirits."
Anyone who has attended a lecture in spirit studies at the Academy will find the names of these familiar spirits. Furthermore, Aura's finger stopped at a certain point. He found a name on the stone wall that made him curious.
"Salamander Valkyries. It was very similar to the spirit name of Victoria's hell lizard."
The inscription of the real name is on «High Ancient» and therefore cannot be understood by Aura. But given that Salamander was a famous contracted spirit belonging to the Lionstein family, it was inconceivable that his name would be written here.
Suddenly, a girl's voice rang out, "Inscribed there are the names of the ancient war princesses who once displayed incredible strength here."
"Who's approaching!?" Aura quickly released her «Elemental Aero» and aimed towards the darkness.
No presence of anyone could be felt. If that other person was a Spirit Contractor, he would have been extremely expert.
(Is that a Spirit Contractor from «Sacred Spirit Knights» or «Knight Emperor Dragon»?)
Setting up the ice arrows, Aura declared with astonishing decisiveness, "Please show yourself. I, Aura the Ice Demon, will be your opponent."
"Wait, I'm not the enemy."
Out of the darkness appears a girl in the clothes of a mysterious princess girl with watery mirror-like hair. The stone is cut to a uniform length. With eyes that resembled the surface of a lake, he stared at Aura.
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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.