Louise and the others, lead by Colbert rushed into the tower and ran previous the corridors.

Lamp-like magical gadgets lined on the partitions of each side, the weak illumination confirmed doorways alongside the hall. Lacking statues, drawings and different superfluous decorations highlighted the totally different ambiance it had in comparison with the Halkeginia palaces.

A deep alarm echoed inside the tower.

“Strive to not make any footstep sounds. Don’t do something by yourself, and look forward to my command.” Colbert mentioned softly. Beads of sweat slowly shaped on his brow. He had by no means felt this choking feeling of tension earlier than.

They’d sneaked into the enemy base and not using a map nor any details about them. Regardless that he had participated in all types of battles throughout his tenure because the chief of “Magical Analysis Experimental Group”, this was is first time he had taken half in such a reckless mission.

Not solely that, they had been additionally preventing towards elves.

Would they be capable to depart this place alive? Within the worst case, even when their plan had been to fail, he ought to at the very least let the scholar escape with their lives… As he thought of this, his expression turned much more extreme.

“The place are all of the elves?”

“Nicely, for many of the locations with excessive rating folks, they might be on the apex of the constructing.” Guiche answered after listening to Louise ask softly. “That’s the case with Halkeginia.”

After strolling for a while, they entered an empty house that regarded like a corridor within the intersections of the corridors. Colbert stopped shifting, and waved his employees to dam the scholars behind him.

“Jean, is there one thing improper?”

“Elves.”

The phrase made everybody soak up a chilly breath.

Elves dressed like guards appeared on the different finish of the hall.

The beings named Elves, had been existences that might tackle a thousand human warriors alone. There have been three of these fearsome warriors earlier than them.

After that, the enemy seen them, and instantly unsheathed their blades earlier than operating in the direction of them.

Colbert immediately forged a “Flame Ball” in response.

With flames stronger than what any Sq. Mage may output by 4 occasions, three spheres of fireside, with twice the radius of a “Hearth Ball”, shot in the direction of the Elves whereas dragging trails of flames.

Sounds of explosions thundered throughout the hall and the air itself shook because the highly effective flames ravaged the elves. A cruel assault, made in stark distinction to Colbert’s typical good-natured look. Louise and the others stood dumbfounded behind him.

“Couldn’t we now have taken them as hostages?” Malicorne mentioned.

“I don’t suppose guards would have any worth as hostages, and likewise…”

Colbert turned grim, and shot a glare in the direction of the flames within the different finish.

“I don’t suppose we will afford to be merciful to the enemies we’re dealing with.”

They heard a powerful gust howl throughout the hall, sucking the flames right into a swirling twister and eradicating each hint of fireside.

There was not even a lot as a burnt cinder on the elves.

“In order that’s the ability of ’Firstborn Magic’… What terrifying power.”

Colbert muttered. However, the soldiers appear to be yelling in Elvish. It appeared to be one thing insulting, since they talked about one thing in regards to the “satan”.

“Go away this to me.”

Guiche stepped to the entrance pompously as he waved his rose wand. Seven rose petals danced gracefully within the air, earlier than turning into seven Valkyries, holding brief spears, who stood in entrance of the Elves.

“Cost, my Valkyries!”

Upon Guiche’s command, the Valkyries instantly rushed ahead.

Nevertheless, the Elves merely jumped to them with their weapons made brief work of the Valkyries with a couple of fluid strokes.

“Hey, what the heck?” Guiche’s face turned inexperienced, and chilly sweat rained down Colbert’s forehead.

There was an unimaginable power hidden inside the lithe our bodies of the elves. Possibly they enhanced their our bodies inside their weapons and our bodies.

“I might suggest that we escape whereas we will.”

“Agreed.” Colbert concurred with Malicorne’s suggestion.

It was pointless for them to acquire a Pyhrric victory right here. Whereas Louise would possibly be capable to do one thing together with her “Void” magic, they need to not merely waste their ace right here.

“There’s a path right here.”

Louise pointed in the direction of a hall on the facet.

“Alright, you guys, depart now. I’ll maintain them off.”

Colbert waved his employees and summoned a monstrous serpent of flame in a single swift movement.

A chilly and impassive smile that he would have by no means proven to the scholars appeared on his face. Colbert radiated an feeling that he would scorch anybody who touched him. Each one besides Kirche felt goosebumps journey down their backbone.

The colossal flame serpent, befitting of his title, “Colbert the Flame Serpent”, whisked in the direction of the elves like a whip.

The Elven warriors, sturdy as they’re, didn’t tread ahead as confidently as earlier than, towards the ferocious flame serpent. They may not have anticipated such a robust Mage among the many barbarians.

“Mr. Colbert!”

“Go away now! Shortly!”

After listening to Colbert’s uncompromising command, Louise and the others may solely rush down the hall hurriedly.

Colbert summoned one other flame serpent as he backed off. He was not planning to combat the enemy to the tip right here, because the enemy in query was the Elves.

Colbert sneaked a peek on the ceiling of the hall earlier than scheming coolly.

“I must lure them deeper into the hall first.”

The 2 flame serpents intertwined with none intention of letting their prey go free. One of many Elves appeared to have gotten bored with the battle that was going nowhere, and began chanting one thing. It doesn’t matter what form of spell that was, there was no approach he may win after the spell chanting was full. Spells of a smaller scale would haven’t any impact towards the highly effective “Firstborn Magic”

“I’m not going to allow you to do this.”

Colbert extinguished the flame serpents and instantly started casting the spell for “Flame Ball”.

He aimed the three of them on the cracks within the ceiling.

The ceiling exploded earlier than crashing down with a deafening noise and burying the Elves below it.

The cracks had been created when the airship rammed into the tower. Colbert stepped again whereas masterfully controlling the flame serpents to lure the Elves proper below the cracks.

After that, Colbert waved his employees, and forged the earth magic, “Alchemy” on the pile of rubble. It hardened, and have become an enormous block of brick and mortar.

The Elves had already used “Firstborn Magic” to reinforce their our bodies, so being buried below the rubble would most likely not kill them. Nevertheless, it ought to stall them for some time.

“I’ve to maneuver quick.”

Simply as Colbert was about to chase after Louise and the others, the pile of rubble, which ought to have been solidified by “Alchemy”, started to distort itself, prefer it was alive.

To forestall the guards from the decrease ranges from reaching them on the high, Tabitha, who had break up from the group, descended on the terrace that had been destroyed by the cannon of the “Ostland”.

She used the “Air Hammer” to destroy the glass window and entered the tower. She purposefully made an enormous din to draw the eye of the guards.

The place that Tabitha had entered was a spherical house that was illuminated by magic. It regarded like some type of corridor. There was a towering steel door on the deepest finish.

The steel door all of a sudden opened with a bang.

Three armed Elves appeared.

Tabitha instantly forged the “Windy Icicle” spell in the direction of them.

5 sharp pointed arrows of ice sped in the direction of the elves.

Nevertheless, they didn’t even attain their goal earlier than they had been repelled by the sturdy gusts, not not like a twister, across the Elves.

It was the wind “Firstborn Magic”, however that was inside Tabitha’s expectations. She deliberately used much less highly effective magic to verify the numbers of enemies.

Tabitha decided that… there was nobody amongst them who may use the terrifying spell, “Replicate”. As anticipated, even among the many Elves, solely a choose few may use such a formidable “Firstborn Magic”.

Tabitha forged the “Blade” spell on her employees, and swiftly slashed on the trio.

The elves had been surprised for a second. They often assumed that… the barbarian Mages solely may forged spells with exaggerated hand motions, which made them extraordinarily weak. Due to this fact, an assassin-like Mage who attacked nimbly and forged spells whereas not letting the enemy see their lip motions was a by no means earlier than heard enemy for them.

The vacuum blade extending out of the employees minimize open the “Wind Protect” and the uniform of the elf who regarded just like the workforce chief.

The elf regarded shocked. Tabitha twirled her employees quickly and forged a “Javelin” at level clean vary.

The large ice spear slammed straight into his chest plate and knocked the elf who regarded just like the workforce chief far-off.

“First, one down.”

Tabitha calmly counted in her thoughts as she withdrew her employees.

Tabitha’s authentic model of battle was to make use of quite a lot of lengthy vary spells to suppress the enemy. Utilizing the “Blade” spell in hand-to-hand fight was not her forte.

Nevertheless, she wouldn’t have any likelihood of profitable towards the Elves in the event that they had been in a position to make use of the highly effective “Firstborn Magic”.

As such, the one efficient approach was to take the primary strike. She would use the condescending angle that the Elves had in the direction of barbarian Mages, and defeated them whereas they had been nonetheless confused.

As she proceed to channel magic into her employees, she felt as if her coronary heart was slowly enclosed by ice. As she centered her focus to the utmost level the place she attained good tranquility, the world round her slowed right down to a snail’s tempo. She even managed to see every of the shocked expressions on the Elves.

“This could do.”

This was what she needed, that feeling from earlier than. If she was unable to retrieve this chilly, absolute-zero coronary heart, she would by no means be capable to win towards the Elves.

Identical to when Tabitha the Snowstorm nonetheless had the title of the “Seventh” knight of the North Parterre.

All of the sudden, Tabitha felt a faint presence behind her. This was one thing akin to the sixth sense, a product of coaching her instinct throughout her lengthy years of working within the shadows.

Tabitha shortly ducked down earlier than a blade of sunshine almost sliced via the air above her head. As she rotated, Tabitha went across the elf behind her and forged a “Javelin” at him. She confirmed that the Elf was knocked away at a nook of her eye, earlier than slashing the opposite Elf. Nevertheless, the enemy was no pushover, so not solely did he handle to dodge the invisible blade, he additionally managed to forged “Firstborn Magic”.

Tabitha noticed that and couldn’t assist however panicked just a little.

To combat “Firstborn Magic” head-on with Mage magic… There can be no likelihood of profitable.

Tabitha selected to chase after the enemy to assault earlier than he may, however this was simply what he needed her to do.

Warning bells rang in her head as she felt as if she stepped right into a swamp.

Tabitha instantly forged “Flying”, however she was slower by only a hairbreadth. A hand emerged of the earth caught her leg and slammed her into the bottom.

The warrior yelled one thing loud in Elvish, and slashed downwards.

Tabitha rapidly turned over and parried it with middle of her employees. Because the blade closed in on her eyes, the blue pupils of Tabitha started to shake uncontrollably. Concern slowly crept into the core of her frozen coronary heart.

There was nobody else who knew about what horrible issues the Elves may do than Tabitha. When she went to her previous mansion in Orléans to avoid wasting her mom… Tabitha couldn’t do something towards the Elves.

The blade earlier than her eyes was simply barely above the tip of her nostril. “Is that this the tip…” Tabitha closed her eyes, as if she had accepted her destiny.

Simply then, a face appeared in Tabitha’s thoughts. It was the face of the younger man that Tabitha had admired secretly in her coronary heart.

All of the sudden, the younger man’s look merged with the principle character of the e book that Tabitha had learn earlier than.

“The Hero of Ivaldi.”

He was the hero of the legendary story that Tabitha had at all times yearned for since she was younger.

“On the time, I used to be a princess who was saved and liberated by the hero. Nevertheless, that is my flip. I would be the one who will save that particular person, the ’Hero of Ivaldi’.”

“I can’t, die right here.”

Tabitha closed her eyes and began to chant a spell.

“Rakus Wotale Isu Yise Hagaras”

Tabitha’s employees started to shine, and from that beam of sunshine, a robust wind howled into existence.

The Elf regarded just a little shaken. The prey, pushed into the nook, rebounded with even better power.

He elevated strain on the blade as he noticed this, attempting to chop each Tabitha and her employees.

Nevertheless, there was now not any worry in Tabitha’s thoughts, as she continued to chant the spell with a frigid voice.

The encircling air immediately froze within the freezing hazy gusts. The frozen air became threads, swirling in between the each of them.

The Elf’s eyes opened broad as his face became a shocked expression. It might be unimaginable for her to flee unscathed if she used this spell at such a detailed distance.

Nevertheless, Tabitha froze each feeling of worry she had in her coronary heart, and completed chanting her spell.

— “Blizzard”

This spell, that was initially only a Triangle spell, reached the ability of a Sq. spell. Numerous blades of ice rampaged mercilessly throughout the corridor, slashing via every little thing it touched.

The immeasurably highly effective twister of icy blades lashed out at Tabitha’s petite physique, and threw her towards the wall.

Tabitha gingerly opened her eyes and regarded round, solely to discover a Elven warrior lie earlier than her, the armor on his physique fully shredded aside. It might need been that he stepped again to dodge the spell, inflicting him to take much more harm than Tabitha who had been within the eye of the storm.

Tabitha struggled to get on her ft.

After defeating the three Elves… What number of extra of those powerful opponents would she has to face?

Tabitha forged the “Night time Imaginative and prescient” spell on herself as she arrived on the passageway exterior the corridor. Even when she was not in a position to defeat the guards from the degrees under, she needed to attempt to cease them of their tracks.

Simply then, she heard a set of footsteps within the passageway behind her.

She decided that there was just one particular person from the footsteps, and that the opposite particular person was strolling in the direction of her slowly.

Tabitha raised her employees.

The silhouette of an Elf with an extended cape emerged from the darkness.

Sweat drops appeared on Tabitha’s brow.

This was as a result of the aura proven by the opposite particular person was clearly totally different from the three Elven warriors simply now.

“He’s very sturdy.”

Tabitha’s instinct, as a warrior who has fought in numerous battles, instructed her that.

The elf stopped shifting after noticing Tabitha’s presence.

Tabitha instantly forged “Windy Icicle” in the direction of her opponent with out one other phrase. Nevertheless, the icicle spear rotated and lunged in the direction of Tabitha simply because it was about to succeed in the elf’s chest.

“Reflection”.

Tabitha used her employees to knock away the icicle spear and immediately casted “Blade” as she rushed ahead.

The elf with an extended cape slowly lifted his hand, seeming to be casting “Firstborn Magic”.

Tabitha knew effectively that she wouldn’t be dwelling for lengthy if she allowed her opponent to finish the spell.

Simply because the vacuum blade rebounded, Tabitha’s physique was additionally thrown far-off.

“It’s ineffective. No blade can minimize via my ’Reflection’.”

Blue pupils stared into Tabitha, who was mendacity on the bottom, from beneath the hood.

“Aren’t you…!”

Tabitha was frozen in place. Her expression which was as soon as as chill as ice, couldn’t assist however present hints of shock.

“The colour of your hair and eyes… are you the princess of Gallia?”

It was Bidashal.

The terrifying elf who imprisoned Tabitha’s mom and her in Alhambra.

“Huff, huff… w-wait for me, hey!”

“Can’t you run quicker? The Elves are going to catch as much as us.” Guiche urged Malicorne who was already out of breath after simply operating for some time.

“I’m simply not good at operating.”

“Would it not be quicker so that you can roll as a substitute?”

Simply as Kirche mentioned it, a thunderous roar got here from their again.

Everybody stopped of their tracks and regarded backwards.

“Mr. Colbert?” Louise’s tone confirmed uncertainty.

The explosions echoing round them solely served to deepen their fears. Nevertheless, not lengthy after that… they heard mild footsteps heading their approach. Colbert was operating in the direction of them from the opposite finish of the pathway.

“Jean…”

“It looks as if his makes an attempt in stopping the Elves from chasing after us had been profitable.”

Louise and the others set free a sigh of reduction once they noticed Colbert run in the direction of them.

Nonetheless, they seen one thing unusual about him.

Why was Mr. Colbert operating with all his would possibly with an exasperated feeling on his face?

“W-what is that?!” Guiche paled as he pointed behind Colbert.

When everybody noticed the factor was appeared from that path, they had been dumbstruck.

The factor that was chasing after Colbert as he ran away was really a large “arm” fabricated from rock.

“W-what the heck is that?!”

“Are you dumb, in fact, it’s ’Firstborn Magic’!” Guiche answered, aggravated.

Colbert, who had been operating as greatest as he may, scream out with all his vitality, “You guys, everybody, run away as quick as you may! Our magic is ineffective towards it!”

Even when Colbert had not instructed them that, everybody was already operating on the pathway.

“W-when will it cease chasing us?”

“Nicely, that can in fact be when it squashes us.” Malicorne answered Louise, who was out of breath.

“What ought to we do then!”

“Hey, Louise, I considered a pleasant technique.” Guiche, who was panting closely, all of a sudden spoke.

“What’s it?”

“How about everybody simply bow down and apologize? Who is aware of, perhaps the Elves are prepared to barter with us.”

“How may there be such an excellent factor like that. Don’t neglect, we had been the one who rammed a ship into their tower. Additionally, does anybody amongst us converse Elvish?”

“I actually thought it was a terrific concept.” Guiche groaned loudly as he ran.

“There’s a door right here!” Malicorne pointed in the direction of the entrance.

There was a small door on the finish of the pathway. There was no different forked paths, so there was no alternative for them.

“It looks as if we may solely cover in there.”

“Yeah…”

The deafening din behind them continued to press nearer to them.

Louise and the others made a leap of religion and rushed to the door.

Guiche, who reached the door first, tried to push the door with all his power.

“I can’t open it, I feel it’s locked.”

“Transfer apart.”

Kirche whipped out her magic employees, and started chanting the spell for “Fireball”.

The door opened in a clear blast from Kirche.

Nevertheless, behind the door, it was a spherical room which may solely accommodate a couple of individuals.

Kirche confirmed disappointment upon realizing this.

“Alas, it looks as if we’re at our wit’s finish.”

Everybody took a glance backwards, solely to seek out the enormous “arm” born of Firstborn Magic stormed ahead, barely impeded by the partitions.

At this fee, everybody would flip into mince meat whereas holding their palms.

“Oh mighty Founder Brimir, I pray for help in your Youngsters on this time of want…”

“Get a grip of your self, Guiche!” Seeing that Guiche has discarded his wand and sat on the bottom, Louise instructed him that as she pulled his ears.

However, Colbert crouched and scrutinized on the flooring of the small room with a severe expression on his face.

“Jean, what’s improper?”

“That is an elevator.” Colbert answered upon listening to’ Kirche’s query.

“What’s an elevator?”

“It’s a magical system that makes use of the ability of wind stones to hold folks. There are comparable gadgets within the Hamlin Academy of Tristania.”

“Does that imply we may management it even when we’re not elves?”

“Sure, there’s an excellent likelihood.”

After that, Colbert started to review the spherical panel of a flooring.

“Quicker, Mr. Colbert!” Guiche yelled anxiously.

The bottom shook as loud sounds closed in on them.

The large rock “arm” appeared earlier than them.

Malicorne attacked it with the “Air Hammer” relentlessly.

Kirche additionally used her magic wand to shoot “Fireballs” at it.

In the meantime, Guiche used Earth Magic to erect an enormous wall in entrance of everybody.

Nevertheless, none of their magic labored. The “arm” demolished the wall Guiche made simply and stretched its fingers broad. It was about to crush Louise and others into oblivion.

“Uwah!”

“Oh, I feel I understand how! Everybody, get in right here now!”

After listening to Colbert shout, everybody instantly entered the elevator.

The elevator immediately grew to become crowded when 5 folks entered it.

Colbert used magic to activate the wind stones.

After the preliminary feeling of weightlessness, the spherical panel plunged down with a whoosh.

“W-we’re saved…”

Everybody breathed a sigh of reduction as they descended downwards.

Nevertheless, it was not throughout simply but.

Rumble rumble rumble…!

A heavy rumble got here from above.

“I’ve a nasty feeling about this…” Guiche spoke.

“Oh, that’s bizarre, as a result of I really feel the identical too.” Louise trembled as she regarded up.

The following instantaneous, a robust pressure slammed into the elevator and distorted the ceiling.

“Yiii!” Guiche was so scared that he hugged his head with each palms.

A number of steady hits later, the elevator ceiling was lastly ripped aside.

On the similar time, the elevator stopped working.

“Get out now!”

Everybody hurriedly crawled out of the elevator upon listening to Colbert yell out. The elevator that they had been driving simply now was then promptly pulverized by the enormous rock “arm”.

“Can’t they simply allow us to go!” Kirche couldn’t assist however exclaim.

“Permit me.” Louise walked ahead, and raised her wand.

She then closed her eyes, and centered inwards. The face of her favourite acquainted then instantly appeared earlier than her.

“Saito… The place are you proper now? What are you doing proper now?”

Her reminiscences of him flowed into Louise’s thoughts, and light away.

There have been joyful reminiscences and unhappy reminiscences. There have been reminiscences of him being variety and delicate to her and reminiscences the place they fought… The reminiscence once they met within the Versailles Courtyard the place they hugged one another with none garments on… The reminiscence when he mistook her for Tabitha, and when she noticed him k-kiss the princess, within the basement under the villa… Her blood boiled as she thought of it. “Is S-Saito now being all i-intimate with Tiffania…?”

The highly effective waves of feelings inside her thoughts was distilled into her psychological willpower that permeated her complete being. Louise chanted the runes of the “Void” spell, one which she has used so many occasions that her physique would naturally summon it by itself.

As soon as the chanting was full, Louise waved her wand.

“Explosion”.

The intense mild from the tip of her wand destroyed the enormous rock “arm” in a deafening blast.

“Oh, effectively achieved, Louise!” Guiche mentioned, out of admiration.

“As anticipated of Miss Vallière’s ’Void’ magic, it’s efficient towards the elves’ ’Firstborn Magic’.”

“Mm, however I can’t use it anymore.” Louise’s legs gave in and she or he sat limp on the ground as she panted closely. Plainly the assault simply now took so much from her.

Kirche, apprehensive, requested Louise, “Hey, are you alright?”

“Mm, yeah, I’ll be okay…”

“In any case, the place are we precisely?”

Kirche lit the tip of her wand, and regarded round.

It was a pathway not like the one that they had been in simply now.

The ceiling was at the very least twenty mails excessive, it appeared like a large corridor of kinds.

“It looks as if a spot the place they’ve conferences,” mentioned Colbert.

“This can be the place the place the Council meets… Hmm, that being mentioned, the elevator simply now needs to be construct to succeed in this place then.”

Simply then, a shiny sphere of sunshine appeared above everybody, and shone over your entire corridor.

“Eh?”

What Louise and the others noticed within the subsequent instantaneous shocked them.

“The work of the satan, I’ve seen what you’ve achieved.”

They had been surrounded by dozens of Elves.

Peering down at Louise and the others from the seats that had been organized like a staircase, all of them regarded like excessive rating Elves with their lengthy flowing robes. Within the center podium of the massive corridor, there was a severe wanting Elf with an extended beard.

“T-there’s so lots of them…” Guiche’s voice was shaking.

This was anticipated because the variety of Halkeginian nobles which have seen so many elves may simply match into one hand.

As for the variety of nobles who had seen them and lived to inform the story… it needs to be zero.

“What’s there to be afraid of, despite the fact that they’re Elves, they’re only a bunch of previous folks anyway.” Malicorne’s tone has a tinge of hope.

“We may at the very least take one as hostage, proper?”

“Y-yeah. They don’t appear to have any weapons anyway.”

“You moron.” Kirche regarded detached.

“The facility of the ’Firstborn Magic’ Elves possess grows with their age. In different phrases…”

“In different phrases?”

“Each certainly one of these Elves… particularly the previous Elf who appears to be the best authority right here, are probably the most terrifying magic customers.”

Guiche and Malicorne couldn’t assist however soak up a chilly breath as they heard what Kirche has spoken.

“Welcome to Adyl, barbarians.” The previous Elf who stood on the tall podium mentioned.

He was not speaking to them in elvish, however in fluent Gallish, the lingua franca of Halkeginia.

“Nevertheless, who may have thought that you’d attain this place in such a barbaric method.”

“Who’re you?” Colbert requested him.

“I’m Turuk, the president of this Council.”

“The president…!”

This reply made Colbert blurt out in shock.

The unique was certainly to kidnap a big-shot Elf as hostage in trade for Saito and Tiffania.

Nevertheless, they really ended up assembly the president himself… This was an excessive amount of for them.

The president, chief of all of the Elves regarded downwards at Louise and the others, and suggested them,

“Silly barbarians, put down your weapons and give up. We are going to deal with you effectively.”

“What do you suppose, Louise?” Kirche shrugged and turned her head to take a look at Louise.

Louise’s hazel-colored eyes shot a decided look at Turuk.

“We’ll by no means give up, return Saito and Tiffania to us.”

Turuk shook his head.

“Did you imply the undertaker of the work of the satan, and its protector? I’m sorry however we won’t oblige. Because it stands for us, we can’t mean you can assemble all of the trump playing cards.”

Even thought Turuk mentioned this, Louise felt relieved. If the elves knew that the Void at all times would proceed to be revived, then it might imply that they might not kill Saito and Tiffania.

“Nicely then, there’s no level negotiating additional. The rationale why we’re right here is to carry them again.”

Louise answered Turuk, and pointed her magic wand at him.

She then requested the 4 others behind her.

“Does anybody has any objections?”

“After all not.”

Kirche smiled brightly as she pulled out her magic wand.

“There is no such thing as a ’give up’ within the Zerbst dictionary.”

“Defending the scholars is my obligation as a instructor.”

Colbert additionally brandished his employees, together with Guiche and Malicorne.

“Thanks, everybody.”

Louise rubbed the sting of her eyes.

“I’m not doing this for you, Louise.”

“There is no such thing as a honor in being nobles that simply stood apart and did nothing when their allies wanted assist.”

“That’s precisely it.”

Everybody raised the tip of their wands and employees excessive and pointed it in the direction of Turuk who stood on the tall podium.

“So that is your reply?”

Turuk shook his head sympathetically.

He then descended down from the tall podium and met Louise and the others within the decrease stage.

“There’s no different alternative then, this might be the place you breathe your final breath.”

Turuk raised his palms and started chanting “Firstborn Magic”.

“O nice spirits of stone, our sturdy protectors…”

The ground all of a sudden began to shake violently.

The rocky floor floated off the bottom and one after the other flew into the air.

The rocks slammed and merged with each other, forming an enormous slab of stone.

What appeared in entrance of Louise and the others was a stone big that was at the very least ten mails tall.

“W-what the heck is that!” Guiche couldn’t assist however exclaim.

“He actually is a fearsome monster”. Any hint of a smile was now gone from Kirche’s face.

“This was the ability that they’ve boasted about, the ability of the ’firstborn’ elves.”

Turuk swung a balled fist, and the stone big raised his ft to stomp on the bottom.

The bottom shook as stone splintered off the ceiling and rained from above.

Even the elves who had been them from above had been shocked.

“Everybody, depart the place, if you happen to wouldn’t wish to be caught within the aftermath of the good Elvish energy!”

The council members ran to take cowl within the corners of the good corridor once they heard Turuk’s recommendation.

“Miss Vallière, can you forged Void spells?”

“If it had been only one spell… then perhaps sure I feel so.” Louise answered. Nevertheless, anybody may see that she was simply placing up a courageous face.

“We’ll attempt to delay him as greatest as we will. You consider one thing.” Kirche mentioned.

“It’s all in your palms now, Louise, we will solely depend in your Void.” Guiche mentioned, as he licked his lips.

“Mm, I perceive.”

The stone big leapt up with a loud crash. The extent of dexterity it displayed in comparison with the Bronze Valkyries had been heaven and earths aside, it was similar to a dwelling factor.

The large silhouette plunged from above. Louise and the others break up up and ran for canopy.

Rumble rumble rumble!

The stone big landed with a foot planted into the bottom, making a mud cloud that went all over the place.

Colbert shot three “Flame Balls” on the head of the stone big which had stopped shifting.

Three balls of flame with the power to house in on their goal and an extended tail of fireside behind them, hit the stone big head on.

Nevertheless, no explosion was heard. The floor of the enormous glimmered and the balls of flame flew again at Colbert as a substitute.

“Jean!”

Kirche casted the identical “Flame Ball” spell instantly.

Two sides of fireballs clashed into one another within the air and exploded.

“The physique of the enormous has been imbued with ’Reflection’ magic!”

“My Valkyries! Cease it in its path!”

Guiche waved his rose wand.

The bronze Valkyries immediately appeared across the stone big, and threw their spears on the big.

Nevertheless the brief spears thrown by the Valkyries had been simply repelled.

“It received’t work. That big is the manifestation of all of the elven energy inside the ’Casper’. None of it is possible for you to to harm it in any respect.”

Turuk proclaimed with a chilly voice. The stone big regarded down, and grabbed all of the bronze Valkyries in its hand like they had been toys and threw them at Guiche.

“Aaaaaah!” Guiche instantly ducked when he noticed that.

What remained of the bronze Valkyries flew over Guiche’s head. They smashed into the wall and disintegrated into little items.

Shortly after that, the enormous gave out a low roar and it lowered its head and rushed in the direction of them.

“Break up up!” Colbert yelled.

Guiche and the others instantly casted “Fly” and flew away to the air.

The large slammed into the wall, demolishing it.

“Are they attempting to take down your entire constructing?!” Guiche, who landed on the second stage seats, mentioned.

“They’d get it up and operating once more with that ’Firstborn Magic’ of theirs anyway.” Malicorne mentioned whereas wiping off the chilly sweat off his forehead.

“Hey, the place’s Louise?” Colbert mentioned.

“Eh?” Kirche started looking for Louise anxiously.

She discovered Louise amidst the mud clouds fogging up her imaginative and prescient.

Louise was standing proper behind the enormous.

“Miss Vallière, run away!”

“By the way in which, Louise can’t use ’Fly’, proper?” When she mentioned this, Kirche checked out Louise’s expression, and seen one thing about her.

No… It was not that she was not in a position to escape, however merely that she didn’t wish to escape.

Along with her wand pointed ahead, Louise, dealing with towards the enormous, raised her head and mentioned,

“You received’t dare to actually kill me, proper.”

“That’s proper. If we had been to kill you, the undertaker of the work of the satan will revive once more anyway. Nevertheless, even when I don’t take you life right here, I’ve loads of different strategies of taking management of your thoughts and physique.”

The large stretched out its hand, able to take Louise in its grasp.

Simply then, Louise activated her spell.

“Explosion!”

A small blast happens close to the chest of the enormous, however that was all that occurred.

Plainly she has run out of psychological will.

“Simply.. Only one extra time…” Louise tried to chant the “Void” spell once more.

Nevertheless, it was too late. The large captured Louise’s petite physique inside its grasp.

“Let go of Louise!”

Guiche chanted spells, and dozens of earthen partitions fell on the pinnacle of the enormous.

Malicorne casted his wind spell and attacked the hand of the enormous.

Colbert and Kirche additionally used Triangle Hearth spells.

Nevertheless, the joint assaults by all 4 of them didn’t penetrate the Elven “Reflection” magic. Malicorne was even blown away by the mirrored spell.

“Ah, Ugh…” Louise struggled inside the big’s grasp, however to no avail.

“It looks as if you’re now not able to utilizing the work of the satan.”

Turuk’s murmurings confirmed a slight trace of disappointment.

The large’s hand pressed laborious, and Louise was so scared that she started to tremble.

“Saito, save me…” Louise couldn’t assist however summon the title of her beloved acquainted.

Nevertheless, she instantly bit down on her lip, and stopped her voice from escaping her mouth.

“It’s purported to me saving Saito… How can I even hope that Saito will come and save me?”

Nevertheless, she was unable to activate Void anymore.

She has simply used up all of her psychological will simply now.

“S-save me!”

Screams of assist got here. A glance under confirmed that certainly one of Guiche’s palms has been taken maintain of by the enormous. Colbert and Kirche tried to avoid wasting him, however they had been swatted away like bugs.

Despair crept additional into the core of Louise’s soul. She felt so uncomfortable… She couldn’t breath anymore.

If she misplaced her consciousness right here like this, then she would undoubtedly additionally lose her free will. All the main points of the essential reminiscences between the each of them can be erased, and she or he would by no means meet her beloved Saito ever once more.

“Sorry, Saito…”

Simply as… Louise was mumbling whereas her consciousness light away, Louise found a change inside herself.

“Eh…?”

A terrifying quantity of energy blossomed inside the very core of Louise’s physique.

“What… What is that this energy…?”

Her psychological will ought to have been depleted after she had forged the entire “Void” spells.

Nevertheless, why was psychological will at present flowing into her physique once more?

It was as if it flowed from some place else.

She felt… a type of throbbing feeling.

“What’s occurring? What was, this energy?”

Great amount of psychological will spilled into Louise’s physique. They swirled round in her physique, looking for a solution to be launched from her. If she didn’t preserve her spirits up by 120%, she felt as if her consciousness can be crushed by the sheer quantity of energy inside her.

On the similar time, Louise felt that as if she was protected by one thing sturdy and highly effective.

This was a well-known feeling.

“This sense, is Saito!”

Louise was very certain of this.

This was Saito’s energy. Was it the bond between the acquainted and her… or one thing else fully? She didn’t totally perceive the speculation behind this, however in any case, Saito’s energy had entered her physique…

The large pressed down even laborious on Louise, planning to choke her unconscious.

“There’s no approach I’m letting you do that.”

Louise closed her eyes and casted a “Void” spell.

Within the subsequent instantaneous, Louise determine disappeared from the enormous’s hand.

“What! Inconceivable!” Turuk shouted out in shock.

The Elven Council members wanting down at them from the highest additionally started to make a ruckus.

“The place did she disappear to…!”

“I’m right here.”

Louise’s voice got here from a spot far-off from Turuk’s head.

She stood straight on the lighting system that hung from the ceiling.

Utilizing the “Teleport” spell, she moved to that place immediately.

“Is the that work of the satan…!”

Louise then pointed her wand in the direction of the underside and started to chant a spell loudly.

“Eoru Sunu Firu Yarunsaksa….”

“Onu Sunu Uriu Ru Raduo….”

The psychological will that was flowing constantly inside her… was transformed into “Void” runes, and was concentrated into the tip of her wand.

The excessive feeling that she had by no means felt earlier than made Louise really feel troubled.

Nevertheless, she simply felt like Saito was beside her… This sense made Louise really feel like there was nothing to be afraid of.

She felt as if she may use any magic she needed…

“Beozusu Yuru Suwieru Kano Oshiera.”

The melody of the runes that she has chanted numerous occasions, interwove as she willed them to be in her thoughts.

Louise missed the stone big from above.

There was nothing to be afraid of. You’re nothing however a lump of regular rock.

“Jera Isa Wunshu Hagaru Beokun Iru….”

The spell was full.

Louise flicked her wand as soon as.

“Explosion!”

A small dot of sunshine, solely the scale of a pea, quickly expanded close to the chest of the enormous, and exploded.

The “Explosion” Void spell punctured via the elven “Reflection”, and blasted the ten-mail-tall big into items. What was left of the enormous fell into the crater that additionally appeared within the floor.

“Oh, Louise, she succeeded!” Guiche, who was launched from the enormous’s palms, exclaimed cheerfully.

“Hey, wasn’t there nonetheless a variety of energy left inside you? I see, you had been saving it for final, proper?”

Louise shook her head.

“This was not my very own energy. It was borrowed from Saito.”

“What’s that purported to imply?” Kirche requested with a befuddled expression on her face.

“Ah, that is the work of the satan… Actually a terrifying energy to behold.” Turuk mumbled with a shocked expression.

Louise then pointed her wand in the direction of the panicking elves.

“Don’t transfer. Or I provides you with one other shot.”

The elves stopped of their tracks once they heard that. If the ability of the “Void” may cross via even “Reflection”, then it was apparent that regardless of how sturdy the “Firstborn Magic” spell was, it will be unable to deflect one other Void spell of the identical harmful energy.

Nevertheless, they produce other doubts of their very own.

A spell as highly effective because the one earlier than, may it actually be used once more?

To inform the reality, Louise was certainly simply bluffing. The psychological will that has crammed her physique simply now has disappeared and not using a hint after it was fully used within the the explosion simply now.

… Louise and the Elves stood in a face off, divided on two sides by the stays of the enormous.

“Mu, has she lastly caught up…”

Turuk closed his eyes and mentioned with a voice in a quantity no person may hear.

Simply then, the home windows on the high of the corridor had been shattered.

A petite silhouette appeared, and earlier than any of the Elves may react, it flew to Turuk’s facet with the dexterity of an murderer, and pressed the tip of the employees at his neck.

“Tabitha!” Louise cried out.

“You progress, you die.”

Tabitha coldly warned Turuk as she pressed her employees on his neck.

Turuk merely held each his palms up in give up.

“The place is Saito?” Tabitha questioned.

“He’s not right here.”

Turuk shook his head.

“That barbarian has already escaped with the undertaker woman.”

“What did you say!”