A single sword stood pierced into the ground.
Just a moment ago, that white sword passed through the jet black barrier and stuck into this place.
Some kind of design was drawn on the surface of the sword, and an object that looked like a crystal ball was hanging by a chain from the end of the hilt.
The Seven Deadly Sins members Gilbert of Wrath and Age of Greed looked at that sword.
『It crossed my barrier!?』
Gilbert was surprised, but Age remembered that sword. It was the special sword that Yuuko-nee, who was currently in the cocoon in front of him, held in her mouth and slashed Age with when they attacked the Great Dragon Palace.
It was the『Magic Killing Sword』. That had suddenly barged in before them through the barrier. However, it didn't seem like anything more was going to happen.
「It looks like Kazane's companions are outside.」
Age thought. Perhaps Kazane's companions stabbed the barrier with the sword to try and break it like they did at the Great Dragon Palace, and only this Magic Killing Sword entered?... he guessed.
『Magic Killing Sword…… I remember. If I'm not mistaken, didn't that girl use it to enter the Great Dragon Palace?』
While looking at the collapsed Kazane, Gilbert remembered the sword.
The『Magic Killing Sword』that forcibly nullified magic was originally not from this continent, but was made from the bones of a giant beast that lived on another continent. Although it wasn't technically classified as a magic sword, it actually was a special magic sword that produced a『magical vibration wave』that decomposed structures made of magical power.
That sword was currently before their eyes. Unlike Gilbert, who had resistance, Age had a bare Astral Body, so he felt an unpleasant tingling sensation on his skin. In the first place, he had been cut by it once before, so he had nothing but bad memories of it.
「What in the world? Good grief.」
That thing's sudden appearance in a situation where everything had been going smoothly made Age frown. But suddenly, the sword began to shine.
『What!?』
「This is?」
While Age and Gilbert readed themselves, countless shadows appeared from inside that light.
Naoki, then Lyle, Emily, and the crystal horses Crys and Clear appeared.
「…….Heh.」
Seeing them, the corners of Age's mouth twitched upward into a smile.
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Time goes back slightly.
After Naoki's group parted with Kazane and the others, they safely reached Coral Temple at the summit, and immediately after accomplishing their objective, they descended the mountain.
They stayed overnight when they reached Kazane Magic Hot Spring Town (provisional), then left the town the next morning and headed straight for Trade City Uumin.
By all rights, it would have been fine for them to wait at the hot spring town, but Naoki firmly insisted on joining their companions. That was because Naoki's mind was in the critical danger zone due to depletion of Anekinium energy
◎ Lindo Kingdom, Uumin Highway
「A-ne-kiーA-ne-kiー」
Naoki was riding alone on the crystal horse Crys. Since morning, they had been continuously traveling, and they had already passed the checking station and entered Lindo Kingdom's territory.
「Wait for us, Naokiー」
Behind, Emily and Lyle were chasing after him on crystal horse Clear.
「Jeez, he's in such high spirits.」
「Well, for him, I suppose it's something to impatiently wait for.」
After Emily spoke with an angry expression, Lyle replied with a dumbfounded tone.
「Is he really so happy to see Yumika? Truly...」
Emily leaked awfully inconsequential words, but Lyle ignored her. Until now, he had never thought his younger sister was this dumb, and Lyle was a little worried that she might have some kind of illness. The name of that illness was Romantic Comedy Disease.
Romantic Comedy Disease was a mental disorder that made one maximally insensitive to affection turned toward oneself, extremely prone to strange misunderstandings, act violently to hide embarrassment, and overlook any actions done to oneself short of intercourse; it also strictly prohibited confessing until near the final episode and made childhood friend loss flags easy to set.
The winning percentages of the main heroine's younger sister and boyish girls were also low, and at the end of the story, they would be left with the specious consolation「Isn't it nice that the girls were able to grow through love?」It's a terrifying story.
Although Lyle didn't know that his sister was suffering from such a serious illness, he accurately perceived that his sister was going to act rashly when it came to Naoki again. Though, their situation of continuously running from the morning was almost over, as according to the map, Uumin was just a hop, skip, and a jump away.
「Well, we'll arrive any time now, so he'll calm down then, won't he?」
「That's true... huh? Naoki?」
When the Barnes siblings were talking about that, Naoki's horse in front of them stopped walking. His gaze was turned toward a place separated from the road to Uumin.
「Hey, what's wrong?」
「Please wait a bit.」
After Lyle and Emily rushed over and said that, Naoki waved them off with his hand, dismounted, and concentrated. Then he activated the Remote Viewing of his Distant View Earrings.
(My『Sense』Skill caught something. Is there anything?)
Through his Distant View Earrings, Naoki's field of view flew far away, and he saw them: a swarm of Odo Eater Leeches running through the grassland.
「What the hell is this!?」
Lyle and Emily started and looked at Naoki after he made that sudden exclamation, but Naoki didn't have the leeway to pay attention to them, as he knew that Trade City Uumin was in the direction the monsters were heading. And within the Odo Eater Leech swarm, Naoki noticed there was a conspicuously large and『black』leech monster.
「This is the same as that time with the Dragon Bears… Is it the devils' deed?」
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