705 - - Art. 705. What'S Wrong With That!?
The next day, Sidhi and I started to move toward the Seyfund Empire.
First, we moved to Durga with Ilimo and the two of us from the imperial residence, using the transfer wards. The wards we had set up when we fought the Black Dragon before came in handy. We have one in the town of Druga for emergency contact, but the one outside the town has no particular use, so we had planned to abolish it. I had been planning to abolish the one outside of the town, since there is no particular use for it, but I neglected to do so and left it as it was, not expecting it to be useful in this way.
By the way, Shario, the black dragon who was entrusted to me at the time of the battle with the black dragon, is working. And she is working in the headquarters of Agartha, in other words, in the same department as Ferris and Ruara.
Even though Shirio's ability was taken away from her by Shinryu-sama, she still has a clear mind, and she is also an unusually fast calculator. She can do a multiplication of about eight digits in an instant. Because of this, she is mainly responsible for the financial affairs of Agartha. Her work attitude is very diligent and so far she has not been late or absent. Thanks to her, Ferris and Ruara's work has become much easier. Rico also helps out from time to time, so they are able to go home with little overtime.
Back to the point.
So I was able to get to Dorga in a flash, and from there I decided to ride on Ilimo's back to the Safan empire. With the speed of Ilimo's wings, it would take me about three hours to reach the empire. How convenient.
From where we are, we can see the ocean, but it's rough as you can see from here. The wind is strong and the waves are high. I shudder to think of having to cross this rough sea in the exhaustion of having reached this dolga on foot or on horseback.
Soon we are soaring on the wings of Ilimo. Sidhi is sitting in front of me. I sit holding her in my arms and holding the reins.
It's cold up there, so I keep her warm with my warding as we move. Naturally, this has the effect of making us invisible.
After crossing the rough sea, we find ourselves in a peaceful countryside. High mountains stand just in front of us. It will be difficult to go over there. As I mutter this in my mind, Ilimo senses this and turns to the west. We are about to cross a low elevation area.
After a while, a deep valley between mountains comes into view. It extends straight to the north. Ilimo enters the valley and continues heading north.
After an hour or so, dozens of white, medium-sized dragons suddenly appeared on the ridge to the right. They were all roaring at us. We should not have been able to see them.
Somehow, though, I didn't like the fact that we were moving above them. I told Ilimo to drop a little altitude. Then the roar stopped.
There was a river at the bottom of the valley, with a narrow path on its right bank, along which people were traveling. As I looked at it, I thought that it would be quite a painstaking task to bring supplies to this empire. I wondered where the tunnel was dug. By the looks of it, it is a tunnel through such a high mountain. It must have taken a lot of hard work to dig it.
After another hour of flying through the valley with these thoughts in mind, we finally exited the valley and found ourselves in a vast expanse of land. I couldn't help but raise my voice.
"Wow, it's so big!"
"Master Linos, look at this."
Sadie is also shouting. When I looked in the direction she pointed, I saw a large lake among the rivers of various sizes. I wondered if this lake might be the country's water bottle, but then I remembered that this country has an abundant supply of water, and I shrugged my shoulders.
Well, there are a lot of rivers. They all flow out of the mountains. This means that there must be an abundance of groundwater. Then, suddenly, a large town comes into view.
The huge city that suddenly appeared in the middle of the countryside was ridiculously large. This must be the capital of the so-called Seyfund Empire. As can be clearly seen from the sky, a large river flowing on the west side of the city is used as a moat, from which the city is surrounded by an unlimited number of moats. In a sense, the structure of the castle was similar to that of a Japanese castle. The south side of the castle is the only one that does not have a large moat, which seems to be a weak point, but my intuition tells me that it is not a good idea to attack from the south side. I wonder what Matkal would say if I showed her this.
Ilimo moves further north with his wings. Surprisingly, even after the capital, this empire is still a vast countryside. And this means that the country has a large grain belt. It is a very rich country.
At that moment, I looked down and saw a group of people heading in the same direction as us. They seemed to be reinforcements heading for the Karza castle. They were moving in formation at a steady speed.
"Aren't there a lot of people in that group? I think they must be over 10,000.
"Yes. ....... But for my part, I don't feel a sense of security from that army. However, I don't feel insecure, so I don't know. Well, I think we should leave them alone. Let's go to Karza Castle as soon as possible.
As if urged by Sidi, Ilimo increased his flight speed.
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"Okay, let's take a break here."
Just three hours after leaving Durga, we were just in front of Karza Castle. There is a river flowing in front of us, where Ilimo is quenching his thirst. I took some carrots out of the endless storage and gave them to her.
"Wow, it's so nice! The air tastes so good."
Sadie is taking deep breaths, looking pleasantly surprised. We landed in a clearing in the mountains. It was an open space, like a campground, and from the air it looked like a hole in the ground.
Fortunately, there was no sign of life. It seems that there are demons here, but there is no sign of high-ranked demons. At best, they are demons of the level of Carth Charolais, and there seem to be no dragon-class demons.
"All right, let's make preparations here.
"Prepare?"
"Cover my face. I'll be back in a minute.
I take the cloth Soleil gave me out of my pocket and wrap it around my face. Soon my face was covered with the cloth.
"Well. I'll have to think about what to call me here. I think I called myself Colonel ...... Snorri in the battle of Dorga, didn't I? There's something artless about going by the same name. ....... On the other hand, I'm sure there would be a lot of anger if I called myself "Shia" only for the colonel. After all, he is not equipped with a single red thing. Then ....... I'll call myself Kenshin for the sake of it.
"Kenshin?"
"Oh, it's the name of an old warlord. ...... Siddy doesn't know that. Of course not. It's an old warlord from a long, long time ago.
With that, I pulled out the Holy Sword that was plugged into my back and held it up to the heavens.
Fortune is in the heavens, armor is in my chest, and glory is in my feet. If you fight to die, you will live. If you fight to live, you will surely die. It is unnecessary to swear to God that you have no double-mindedness with that resolve. I am ...... the god of war. ......Siddy, what's wrong?"
"......What's that?"
Sadie's getting a little nervous. That's funny, isn't it? Matkal was falling in love with me all over again. I was about to explain, "No, you see, this is ......," when I felt a presence. I turned around and there was a person standing there. .......
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