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Chapter 9 : The Work of the Satan[]

It was almost daybreak. The nationwide air fleet was gathered within the skies above Adyl, the capital of Nephthys. There have been about ten warships that had been outfitted with cannon towers on each ends of the ship. Together with one other six smaller patrol ships, there have been a complete of sixteen ships.

The commander of the air fleet, was the Fleet Commander-In-Chief, Normal Allam.

“Severely! What have been they doing!”

“The Second Fleet coaching within the North Sea shall be late.” The adjutant reported to Allam.

“We don’t want too many individuals for this. We’d be laughed at by the Navy for enlisting the elite First Fleet after we would solely be combating a barbarian ship.”

“Effectively, however even the Navy failed at their activity of capturing the goal…”

After listening to this, Allam’s relaxed his strict demeanor. “Severely! Speaking, that’s the one factor they may do. A bunch of ineffective fools. That man would in all probability begin one other lengthy and windy lecture once more.”

“Nevertheless, Commander, please don’t get careless. Within the report we acquired, the barbarian ship strikes with such an unbelievable pace that our dragon warships couldn’t catch as much as them. Not solely that, they have been ready to make use of unusual magical weapons…”

“Oh, it was simply carelessness of the ’Mestia’s’ half.”

Simply now, the title of the ship that had sunk was additionally reported to Allam. After it has been defeated by the barbarian ship, the “Mestia” sunk because it was not in a position to include the raging hearth brought on by the barrels of explosives.

“Additionally, it was an older mannequin anyway, so it was unavoidable.”

“Even so, an incident the place a barbarian airship defeats a secondary warship has by no means been heard of earlier than.”

“Effectively, that’s simply dangerous luck. Nevertheless, luck received’t do a factor towards this fleet.” Allam stated as he surveyed the fleet he commanded approvingly. “I’ll let the barbarians see, what’s the distinction between us and them.”

Simply then, one of many dragon knights flew in the direction of them.

This was one of many dragon knights who maintained distance with the “Ostland” whereas spying on them.

The dragon knight jumped off his dragon as soon as they hit land, and ran in the direction of Allam.

“The enemy has entered Adyl airspace within the north-east-east sector!”

Allam nodded, and raised his proper hand. “All ships, full pace forward! We’ll meet the enemy exterior Adyl!”

On the deck of the “Ostland”, everybody was staring to the entrance. Tabitha and Sylphid, who had been accountable for reconnaissance, landed with a flutter of wings.

“Forty leagues away. An air fleet. Sixteen ships.”

“That’s lots.” Éléonore gulped. She had not slept yesterday. There have been eye baggage below her eyes, her hair was a large number, and her face was a sickly shade.

Nevertheless, this was not the time to concentrate to this type of issues. Everybody on board had been combating all evening with out relaxation.

“…Will we be okay?”

“Mr. Colbert.” Guiche requested Colbert with a tense expression.

“What’s it?”

“To be trustworthy, the rationale why we might survive till now, is due to rattling luck. However it will be unattainable for us to depend on luck now. What ought to we do?”

Colbert coughed evenly. “Now, lastly, we let her make her debut.”

The ship cabin door opened, and Louise emerged. Beside her was Siesta with an peculiar look on her face.

“For this one strike, I’ve requested Miss Vallière to relaxation as a lot as she might. Throughout this time, she has collected a excessive quantity of psychological will.”

In order that was the rationale Louise didn’t be a part of them as they breached the barricade of ships yesterday.

“Louise… are you going to make use of that ’Explosion’ spell?”

Guiche requested fastidiously. Louise didn’t reply him and as an alternative merely brushed her hair apart. Each inch of her posture and expression exuded an aura of “confidence”.

There was no different factor extra lovely on the planet than Louise with such radiance. Louise raised her chin, puffed out her chest and stepped ahead haughtily. When she walked previous Guiche, Louise requested him.

“Who am I?”

Guiche jolted upright reflexively.

“L-Louise!”

“Say my full title.”

“You’re Miss Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière!”

“That’s proper. I’ve the blood of Tristan’s longest-serving and noblest household in my veins. The third daughter of the La Vallière household. That is who I’m. Am I not proper, Éléonore?”

What is that this perspective of hers! Éléonore thought, however she was blown away by her charisma.

“A-ah! Sure, you’re proper. You’re the third daughter of the La Vallière household, with all our pleasure and custom!”

“It received’t be a stretch to say that the La Vallière household exists simply in order that I might be born, will it?”

Although Éléonore felt that this assertion was an excessive amount of, she observed that Colbert and Siesta was desperately giving her seems to be, so she agreed to the assertion.

“Ah, in fact not! It’s additionally my pleasure, to have you ever as my sister!”

Louise continued to stroll ahead in a haughty method, and got here to a cease in entrance of Malicorne.

“Who am I?”

Malicorne stood up straight like he had been electrocuted. “You’re the world well-known magnificence, Miss Louise!”

“I don’t assume that is sufficient, do you? Put in additional effort.”

“You’re the one and solely, superb unfathomable unparalleled magnificence, identified all through all three thousand realms to be so lovely that if the Goddess of Magnificence have been to even see you she would run away bare-foot.”

“It’s nothing particular, eh?”

She didn’t have the air of constructing it imply “nothing particular” in any respect. Louise continued on, and this time, she stopped in entrance of Kirche.

“Between the princess and me, who’s cuter?”

Kirche discovered herself to be in a dilemma as she tried to reply such a query. Nevertheless, she couldn’t let Louise to lose her confidence right here.

“O-of course it’s Louise! Miss Henrietta, in comparison with you, is only a pumpkin, ! A pumpkin!”

“Undoubtedly so. In fact I’m the cuter one.”

After that, she stood in entrance of Sylphid and Tabitha.

“Who does Saito love?”

Tabitha’s eyebrows arched excessive immediately. She was obstinate to her core. In fact, even when she didn’t assume that means, she couldn’t say it.

“Me…” After she stated this, Sylphid hurriedly whispered in her ear.

“…Baby! Can’t you learn the state of affairs?”

Tabitha clenched her fist, her physique tensed up as if she was enduring one thing. Her face then grew to become expressionless and he or she stated coldly, “Louise.”

“Aren’t you an excellent woman? You may have him as soon as I’m bored of him.”

Tabitha lowered her head and started chanting a spell. Sylphid desperately tried to cease her. “You simply must endure it! Simply this as soon as!”

Lastly, Louise stopped earlier than Colbert.

“Mr. Colbert.”

“Y-yes, what’s it!”

“Cute and prefect me was considering, that canine is actually fortunate, eh. I can’t assist however save him, that fool, that pitiful bug who can’t do something with out me. By the way, Tiffania too.”

“A-ah, sure! Saito is such a fortunate man!”

“Someday he would sneak a peek at Tiffania’s chest, that’s simply an phantasm, proper?”

“That may be simply be an accident! Yeah! If that wasn’t the case, I swear on my id as a scholar that he’s simply intellectually curious!”

“Yeah, that’s what I considered too.”

When Louise reached the ship bow, she swiftly whipped out her wand.

Her actions have been so fluid that everybody positioned all her earlier phrases and actions apart and allowed themselves to be mesmerized by her.

Kirche stated, dumbfounded. “What precisely occurred? Did she…”

Siesta mumbled. “I spent a whole evening to elucidate how a lot Saito loves Miss Vallière.”

“How naive is she…”

“She’s a naive, willful, needy, incurable individual, and it was as a result of she’s weak that she has been lingering between self-confidence and self-ridicule. Nevertheless, that’s additionally why this type of individual, can turn into a ’holy maiden’. An actual ’holy maiden’.” Siesta stated brightly.

On the facet of the horizon, they may see the silhouettes of the elven air fleet. There have been sixteen ships in whole. They noticed from afar how the highly effective cannon towers rotated and aimed the cannons at their path.

Everybody shuffled restlessly after they witnessed this terrifying spectacle. Louise circled and took a bow.

“Thanks everybody, it’ll be alright. I’ll deal with them.”

After which, Louise regarded in entrance once more with an boastful look on her face. “Effectively then, long-ears, shouldn’t you be returning my acquainted to me by now?”

Away from concern and doubts, Louise started to chant a spell.

After they noticed the ship seem, Allam, who was commanding the elven air fleet, locked his brows in a frown.

“What’s up with that ship, it doesn’t have any cannons put in on it. How did that factor destroy the ’Mestia’?”

“Nevertheless, it’s shifting at a really excessive pace! It’s approaching us quickly.”

“Is pace all they’ve? Simply speeding headlong at us… that makes them no completely different than the wild boars within the desert.”

“Please be extra alert. Particularly since how they used a sophisticate steering technique to evade each cannon shell from the ’Mestia’. It was similar to they’re telling us that they arrive with a plan of their very own…”

“Plan? What plan? We’re the folks of the desert, why do we have now to be frightened of mere barbarian plans?”

“Commander, isn’t that practice of thought the identical because the tasteless views of the ’Metal-blooded Social gathering’?”

“These guys are simply making ado about nothing. It doesn’t change the truth that barbarians are nonetheless barbarians.”

The adjutant checked out Allam worriedly. “The ’satan’ is on board the ship, proper?”

“The one the navy tried to seize however failed?”

“No, I don’t assume it’s the identical one. Nevertheless, legends did point out that there have been a number of ’devils’.”

“Why are everybody so afraid of this ’satan’? Barbarian magic-users must swing their wands to make use of magic, with out it they’re ineffective. The one factor they’ve in plentiful quantities is pleasure. Anyway, that satan will simply be just a little stronger than regular barbarian magic-users.”

“Nevertheless, considered one of them escaped even after being surrounded by the Navy. Commander, please don’t let your guard down.”

“Are you making an attempt to place the ’Navy’ on the identical stage as us, the ’Air Pressure’? How can these brainless turtles who solely learn about paddling mindlessly within the water, be in comparison with us, the incarnations of dragons?”

“No, that’s not what I meant…”

“Humph, we’ll simply crush them in a single go, irrespective of if they’re the ’satan’, or some moth larvae. One volley of our cannons will crush them! Full pace forward! Flip that barbarian ship into mud!”

The dragon tamers controlling the dragon shouted “Understood!” enthusiastically and the flagship began to glide ahead. The elven ships started to maneuver ahead in a neat straight line. For the elves, that is their know-how.

The adjutant took his telescope and monitored the “Ostland” out of fear. “Ah…”

“What’s it?”

“There’s a younger woman standing on the bow of the ship.”

“A younger woman? What about it? Is she going to curse us? Or is she a dwelling sacrifice? Or perhaps she could be taking pictures us with a gun?” Allam laughed at his personal joke.

“No…she appear to be chanting some sort of spell…”

“Oh, so be it. Let her do something she needs. The barbarians would want some magic that has a bigger vary than our cannons anyway!”

Aiolu. Sunu. Feyr. Arushakusha.

Louise didn’t cease chanting. That was the “Explosion” spell that she had chanted for extra instances that she might rely.

The melody of the spell has already turn into an a part of Louise’s physique.

A melody handed down from historical instances.

The Founder’s whispers.

As she chanted, she felt as if all her feelings have been rearranged and reorganized. Pleasure, anger, disappointment, and happiness. These emotions blended collectively as one, as in the event that they have been looking for a spot to be vent out.

Onu. Sunu. Uriu. Ru. Raduo.

It was similar to the waves. It was similar to music.

“Magical energy is proportional to 1’s feelings.” She didn’t know who was the one who stated this. If her fluctuating feelings have been what affected “Explosion”… then there isn’t any different magical spell that suited her extra.

Piosuran. Uru. Suoieru. Kanuo. Oshura.

Louise stared on the giant elven air fleet leagues away from her.

They not regarded that terrifying to her.

To defeat that air fleet and save her beloved acquainted, that’s her predetermined future. She already knew this when she chanted the spell.

She felt just a little tipsy, like she had a low fever.

This tipsy feeling was comfy, and it made Louise even calmer.

Zera. Isa. Uji. Bazaru. Beokuen. Iru …

After that, a particular feeling emerged inside her.

I’m…heading in the direction of the “Holy Land”. It was as if a program inserted the phrase into her thoughts.

“The ’Holy Land’.”

The promised place, someplace within the land of the elves.

That phrase has been carved into her soul.

That phrase, repressed all of Louise’s feelings. All of her feelings felt as in the event that they have been about to hurry out of her physique to the beat of the spell incantation. Louise surrendered her physique to that feeling.

After she completed the incantation, Louise swung her wand.

The very first thing Allam noticed was a small ball of sunshine. That mild ball appeared within the air in entrance of the fleet and steadily grew in measurement.

A tiny solar has appeared, that was his first thought.

Then he realized that it was magic.

Barbarian magic? From the woman on the bow?

Earlier than he might apprehend what was happening, a gust of sturdy wind slammed into his physique. He was thrown onto the deck.

“Ugh…!”

Allam shook his aching head as he bought on his ft. He was surrounded by chaos. Hearth ravaged the ship, and seamen lay round him.

The normally tame dragon rampaged and flew in the direction of completely different instructions however they have been certain to their restraints so they may solely wail in despair.

Allam shakily approached the facet of the ship to see how the opposite ships have been doing. The entire ships within the fleet has been devastated. They have been consumed by hearth and fell in the direction of the bottom.

“… What occurred.”

He couldn’t perceive the present state of affairs.

Just some minutes earlier than, his fleet was nonetheless urgent the assault majestically. They need to have been in a position to destroy that presumptuous barbarian ship in a single hit.

Why?

Why would this occur?

Even when that was magic, I’ve by no means seen or heard of it, however why would an elven fleet lose to barbarians…

And to misplaced to that one ship!

“We have been carried out in by that one woman… Huh.”

The adjutant, lined in blood, staggered in the direction of him. “Commander, I’m a afraid that, this ship is not in a position to combat… Please make the order to retreat!”

What he has stated did not enter Allam’s ears in any respect. A single phrase had took maintain of his thoughts.

“It’s the ’satan’. These guys, launched the ’satan’s’ magic!”

The flagship Allam was on slowly tilted.

The ship dipped to 1 facet. If the wind stones they’ve on the ship didn’t disappear all of sudden, the ship wouldn’t fall from the sky.

The ’satan’s’ magic, has destroyed all of the wind stones.

The wind stones have been a product of elven magic, and so in the event that they have been to vanish that will imply… He was frightened by the work of the satan.

“Oh Noble Will, could you save us, from the work of the satan…”

He would not have the ability to know if his prayer was heard. The warship succumbed to gravity and slowly fell from the sky.

Everybody on the “Ostland” appeared to have forgotten how one can converse for a second, and easily watched on because the elven fleet plunged to the bottom.

The one one amongst them has seen a full fledged “Explosion” from Louise was Siesta, again within the village of Tarbes, when she annihilated the Albion air fleet, the miracle mild…

Louise’s legs immediately went weak, and everybody ran to her anxiously.

“Louise!”

Éléonore nervously held her sister’s physique in her arms.

“Mm…”

“… She’s asleep.”

Éléonore sighed contently, after she has been assured of Louise’s security.

“Let her sleep for some time. It’s been a while since she did.” Colbert stated, and everybody nodded in settlement. Although they’ve taken down the elven sleet, this was not over but.

Shifting on at most pace, quickly sufficient white pavements appeared earlier than the “Ostland”.

“That shall be Adyl, the capital of the nation of the elves.”

Colbert pointed at a distance. Everybody started to tense up.

“Effectively then, the true present begins now. Is everybody prepared?”

Guiche and Malicorne gave an absentminded nod whereas Éléonore nodded with a decided look on her face. Kirche regarded straight in entrance and Siesta regarded worriedly at Louise.

Possibly it was as a result of they noticed the ability of the “Void”? The little flame of hope lit up in everybody’s coronary heart. Regardless of how powerful the state of affairs is, didn’t they conquer all of them? Such is the hope they held of their hearts.

In fact, this was additionally primarily based on shaky foundations. Effectively, Louise couldn’t presumably launch one other “Explosion” just like the one earlier than inside such a short while, proper?

Nevertheless, she did have another spells of her personal, didn’t she? Anyway, these spells can be utilized on the elves. Not solely that, there was the plain reality that they’ve already arrived at this place.

The elves weren’t invincible foes.

Their hearts full of profound and nice confidence, the “Ostland” cruised on the desert wind because it made a beeline for Kasper, the place the best elven authority, “Council” was positioned.

Translator Notes[]

Elves? Void