The Rebirth of the Hero’s Party’s Archmage Chapter 114

Episode 114

“Rain, look at that! “It’s a huge tree!”

Cassena shouted in an excited voice.

I don’t know what was so exciting, but I always felt so excited throughout the cold and long journey. They say it’s better than whining so I don’t say anything… … .

As she was wearing the seal skin coat given to her by the beast people, Kasena sometimes looked as cute as a seal.

“Don’t get closer.”

Of course, it was Alakish’s job to stop the ignorant girl each time.

This time, I threw a rock lying on the roadside towards a large tree, and suddenly the branches of the large tree moved like snakes and wrapped around the rock.

Then, Kasena’s face, which had been sparkling with eyes, turned pale.

“That is called a ghost tree. It catches any living thing that comes close and devours it.”

“eww… … I see.”

“Now you know.”

Did living things evolve that way because the land was so barren, or did all life encroached into the abyss end up like that?

‘It really gets more interesting the more you look at it. Even if the situation wasn’t like this, I would have wanted to do research.’

The Shen Plateau, the gateway to the taboo world, was a land of darkness like this.

The mountain peaks surrounding the plateau blocked the light of the sun and moon, so unless the sun or moon was at midheaven, the plateau was in desolate darkness.

All of the primitive creatures secluded here were cruelly hostile to humanity. There were even monsters from the Paleozoic era that were only seen in dictionaries.

Still, it wasn’t all downsides.

In the vast plain, the ice layer was thick and the ground was also hard, allowing the ranks to advance without obstruction.

Thanks to Alakish’s guidance and protection, we quickly moved south through the Shen Plateau over the course of fifteen days. He also said that he was about two-thirds of the way there this morning.

“Then try burning that thing from now on.”

“why?”

“Well, this is a suitable opponent to check to what extent the power has been raised.”

Then, Kasena narrowed one eye at me as if asking me to watch her, then took a deep breath and started drawing runes in the air.

Most of the journey was like this.

Alakish takes the lead and trains Kassena in combat. She mainly learned about flames, but now she was also learning healing runes.

“This isn’t bad at all.”

“really?!”

“But it’s not at a satisfactory level, so don’t be too happy.”

Kassena received a lot of favor from Alakish, but I don’t know if it was because he liked her pure personality or because he saw in her the shadow of his soon-to-be-hatched daughter.

‘If I was going to be reborn, I wish I had been born into the Page family.’

Even if I want to learn, I can’t.

I’m dying of envy.

Just as I was sighing helplessly, Fifi, who had been hovering in the sky and looking out at the distant horizon, hurriedly came down.

“Lin, lean, lean, people, people. “There are a lot of corpses.”

They must have already smelled it, and before it could be delivered, the warriors, including Barulzen, were growling with their teeth exposed.

“It’s the scent of my own people… … “But what is this again?”

“Why are you doing this?”

“I have never experienced such a thick stench of the abyss. What’s this?”

Suddenly, a cold gust of wind blew, and an inexplicable odor pierced my nose.

This smell is a familiar smell… … .

This smell that causes unpleasant cold sweat to wet your palms without permission, is the smell of the ‘old things’, the servants of kings.

“Mr. Barlzen, please protect the tribe members here!”

“what?”

“Alakish and I will go over there. “The safety of the tribe must be your top priority.”

Barlzen was ready to run at any moment, but he seemed to have hit the nail on the head and clenched his mouth in anger. And then he nodded his head.

“Be careful, hairless kid.”

“yes.”

I can’t believe the day comes when I hear something like this from Barlzen… … He pretended to smile, but his lips were trembling due to nervousness.

Perhaps sensing an unusual energy, Alakish and Kasena also joined us here. Indeed, Alakish clearly knew the location of the abyss.

“You stay here, Cassena Page.”

“why? I want to go too! “I can fight too!”

“You can’t fight yet. Raine Ludwig, follow Alakish.”

It seems that since Alakish stepped forward so decisively, Kassena could not resist.

Feeling a bit worried and trying to comfort him, I left Fifi by Kasena’s side and followed Alakish.

As I was following along carefully, Alakish took off the basket he always carried on his back and handed it to me. The weight was heavier than I expected, so my body’s balance faltered as I accepted it.

“If you decide that this Alakish is an opponent you cannot handle, you must run away immediately.”

“… … ?”

“And I ask for Alakish’s daughter.”

As he said that, Alakish gently placed his hand on my head as if he would not listen to my rebuttal. He looked sad for some reason.

It’s sad, I can’t help but be sad.

Although I have never had children, I know what it feels like to leave someone behind and go on an unknown journey.

‘But that won’t happen. ‘I will fight with you even if it means dying.’

I adjusted my breathing and let the magical power gathered in my body flow through my whole body.

How many times did the magic flow through the blood vessels of his body like cold blood? Finally, Alakish stopped.

At that moment, what unfolded before my eyes with goosebumps was madness… … The ground collapsed from impact, the corpses of prisoners turned into gore, and moving equipment such as destroyed sleds.

“… … !”

And the old spider with a hundred eyes, who crawled out after sleeping for a thousand years… … He was also lying on the ground, cruelly torn and holed by something.

The moment I thought that, I saw a black shadow jumping up from above, so I immediately formed a magic square on my palm.

But before the magic square’s light could form two layers, the shadow fell in front of us.

‘What kind of crazy… … !’

At the ridiculous speed, I converted the magic I was planning to use to 3-star to 2-star and immediately cast it, but Alakish raised his hand. As if to calm down.

“It’s truly been a long time, Mr. Alakish.”

As if answering a momentary question, he spoke to Alakish in a business-like tone.

The voice rang out like a mechanical sound due to the helmet emitting a mysterious light.

He had a physique of about Seri’s age, and was wearing engineered armor with hundreds of cogs interlocking and rotating in an orderly manner at each joint of the light armor.

‘Engineering armor with such a short stature, then… … ?’

The answer was clear.

They were a demi-human (Dwarf), a race that could not handle magical power, but was at least a century ahead of other races in terms of technological prowess.

Click, click, click… … With the sound of gears turning nervously, the guy looked this way.

“Are you a human kid or a white wolf? You’re quite young. Hmm, where did I put my uniform? Did you run away without even having time to grab your uniform?”

“yes?”

“I heard that the expedition was a failure, but in short, you are a lost soldier. Hehehehe, you probably didn’t forget his dead comrades and burned them, right?”

Expedition failed?

I do not get what it means.

“I’m not a White Wolf… … “But is this your doing?”

It tilted its head as if it couldn’t believe the answer that it wasn’t a white wolf, but it soon gave a bizarre answer.

“Ah, of course. “That’s what I did.”

Perhaps because he was trying to enjoy the reaction of my eyes widening and then narrowing, he intentionally interrupted me like that and then added further explanation.

“If you are asking about killing the person that the hostility revealed in your eyes was supposed to be directed at.”

“Then those beastmen… … !”

“When I came, everyone was already dead. Of course, if you had interfered with me, the same thing would have happened, hehehehe.”

Not only did he defeat the old one, but he also spoke as if he knew Harbadonia quite well… … What on earth is this guy?

“Alakish, who is this person?”

By that time, people who had been collecting samples from the dead bodies scattered here and there began to gather one by one.

Most of them wore engineering armor similar to that guy, and the intimidating feeling that each one gave off was no joke.

Each one was wearing an engineered weapon on their back or wrist whose use was unknown. Is this a self-made weapon?

“I feel a little hurt that you don’t know me. “Now that I’m old enough to care about such things.”

When the guy touched his helmet, countless steam came out and the front part of the helmet separated.

And the revealed face… … She was a girl covered in scars, with eyes like deep hollows, as if she could be sucked into it.

I knew that it was characteristic for demi-humans to stop growing physically in their mid to late teens, but perhaps it was because of the fierce majesty that contrasted with their young bodies that I felt dry.

“My name is Prisvia. “He is called the number one platinum level adventurer in the Alliance.”

I wondered what this meant. I opened my mouth and looked back at Alakish, wondering if that was real.

Platinum level adventurer was a level given only to the top 11 rankers among the many adventurers.

Is there any need to explain their skills further since many people from the Yellow River Ministry of Defense, such as the palace, are selected at that platinum level? … But it’s number one there?

“Let’s stop with the useless chatter. Prisvia, what did you just say? “The expedition failed?”

In response to Alakish’s question, Prisvia slightly tilted her head with an inorganic expression, as if she was more puzzled.

“Are you sure you don’t know? “It’s news that’s been around for more than 20 days.”

“I really don’t know.”

“Huh, it looks like you went in and came out quite deep. The leader of the wolves organized a large expedition and came out of the Wall. “It was preached for about 50 days.”

White wolves? Why? To hunt beastmen? In this situation right now?

“However, the detachments sent out one by one went missing, and in the end, the main force also suffered a severe blow, with only a few survivors making it to the wall. Hehehe, it’s ugly.”

The tension made my hands and feet as cold as ice.

Is it too late?

Have we already faced Grypion’s forces? The seeds of conflict have already been ignited… … Alakish asked, slightly surprised.

“Is this the work of a prisoner?”

“Huh, I guess that’s hard to say. Although they are a group of prisoners, they are a ragtag group with no military discipline. An army is stronger when it is united as one, but if they had fought each other in turns, the wolves would have eaten the beastmen. Hehehe.”

Prisvia smiled sinisterly and pointed at the two corpses that had fallen behind her.

“I think they must have been the victims. “They are many times more cunning and stronger than ignorant humans.”

“That’s impossible. The old ones have never left the Shen Plateau.”

“It’s all a thing of the past. Ancient beings are awakening in droves… … Now we are starting to move in an organized manner. Hehehe.”

“What does that mean?”

Prisvia glanced at me as if she was offended that I had intervened in the conversation of adults (even though it didn’t seem like that), but she soon responded kindly(?) in her own way.

“The old ones until now were nothing more than unbridled animals. Hehehe, we fought and died, and it was a great time for research.”

“… … ?”

“But not now. They hunt in an organized manner. “Hmm, so wouldn’t it be reasonable to say that something capable of commanding them has awakened?”

At that moment, a shock like pain rushed through my heart. A higher being capable of controlling old things. I have never encountered anything like that, even during my Lin days.

But if Prisvia’s guess is true and that guy wakes up… … I can assure you that all beings north of the Snow Wall will die.

I quickly looked up at Alakish.

“We have to hurry. “I’m going to be late.”

“Alakish also thinks the same way.”

When Alakish and I turned around and tried to quickly go back to where the tribe was, Prisvia suddenly grabbed my wrist.

“What are you being late for?”

Truly a formidable grip… … Perhaps due to the force coming from the equipment, I felt the pain of heavy metal digging into my wrist bones.

“What happens if I’m late?”

“Put this down!”

“I also answered each and every one of your cheeky questions, so I think I deserve something in return.”

Alakish glared at Prisvia menacingly, but rather than paying heed to the threat, Prisvia smiled provocatively.

“Or you can test it here now to see what happens if you’re late.”

I felt like he would follow me to the end if I didn’t give him an answer, so I roughly explained our goal.

“You’re going to reconcile the beastman and the wolf and open the wall?”

Then, the corners of Prisvia’s mouth, which was letting out an evil laugh, parted to the point where I felt fear, and she pressed her face close to me.

“Hehehehe… … How on earth are you going to reconcile these two bloodthirsty beasts? huh? By pleading with a child’s tears? huh? Or by force into submission? “I guess this is at least realistic.”

“I have a method in mind. “I don’t have time to explain.”

The ghost-like smile on Prisvia’s face suddenly disappeared, and she let go of my wrist as if she had no regrets.

“Is it because I am still young, or is it a limitation of the human race? “You don’t know how to make rational decisions, it’s pitiful.”

Then, I reattached the front part of the helmet that I had previously removed to the helmet, and the sound of the helmet spitting out steam was very eerie.

“I propose a prophecy and a deal. You can’t combine the two. “No matter what you do.”

“Why?”

“As you can see just by looking at me, humans are emotional animals. “Even in situations like this, we are unable to make rational decisions and only fuel hatred towards each other.”

“We’ll have to wait and see.”

“Huh, and if unity is broken and you still want to take the prisoners under the wall, come see me at the Battleship Base.”

If it’s a military base… … ?

He then concluded his speech by pointing at Alakish with a meaningful gesture of his chin.

“Just remember that you have to come with Alakish, hehehe.”

fantasy,