It took a full day to arrive at the Seshe Kingdom without any detours.
Adding the days we were apart, it’s been three days total.
The Seshe Kingdom was surrounded by an army of corrupted soldiers, with the soldier training grounds and the remaining troops on the isolated outer wall under siege.
“Waaahhhhh!”
“Ah… (chomp, crunch!)”
The outer wall won’t last another half day.
The soldier training grounds are barely holding out, with windows and doors reinforced with earth magic and furniture.
“Is Aria safe?”
Rayos immediately dives into the soldier training grounds, the last stronghold.
He checks on Ariadne=Aria=Fesipis, the court magician.
He thinks to himself, “More importantly, why aren’t you possessing the ground to help them?”
*Thump, thump!!*
The corrupted soldiers pound on the windows and doors.
There seems to be no one commanding the parasites, as they repeatedly hit the walls with their bare hands. It’s utterly pointless and wasteful.
Why is there no one giving orders?
*Thump, thump!!*
“Hold the door! We will defend this place even if we die!”
“O-ohh!”
Inside, wounded and bloody soldiers are encouraged by their commander, bracing themselves like prop beams to prevent the door from breaking.
“Make more noise!”
“Oooooooooooooh!”
*Thump, thump!!*
There are nearly 60 people barricaded inside.
Most of them are soldiers capable of combat, or magicians.
Among them, Ariadne, the “Court Magician,” and Kisarabis, the “Head Magician,” along with several other “Magicians,” were on the roof discussing their final resistance.
“Aria, you take these people. I will act alone.”
“Yes.”
Aria and the others rush upstairs to the third floor.
Removing the ceiling board, they reach the spot where a ladder is placed.
Inside the attic, or rather, behind the roof, they call out to a soldier scouting to see if the enemy has climbed up to the second floor or if new reinforcements have appeared.
“What’s the situation?! Move aside! We’re going outside!”
“Understood! The enemy is the same type! Outside… may fortune be with you.”
The soldier uses a blunt weapon to widen a peephole until it’s large enough for a person to pass through, then appears before Aria and the others.
Watched by the soldier, Aria and the others emerge onto the roof through the opened hole.
“…Wow.”
“Ugh…”
“Lady Ariadne…”
They had heard reports of the building being surrounded.
But seeing it in person, their initial resolve wavers under the sheer terror and dread.
“Everyone! Stay strong. If we don’t do it, what are we here for?”
To attack the enemy’s… the corrupted soldiers’ rear guard.
Fire and earth magic cannot be used.
If fire magic is used to approach the building, there’s a risk of the building catching fire and robbing everyone barricaded inside of oxygen.
Earth magic is simple.
It can serve as a stepping stone to the second or third floor.
Also, there’s the risk of shards or stones being thrown.
Water and wind magic will be used.
To completely envelop the body and boil the parasites within.
Wind magic can reduce combat power by cutting off both arms.
If they are torn apart too much, it carries the same risk as earth magic.
“To defeat the enemy!”
“Very well. Then, each of you begin your attack on the enemy’s rear!”
At Aria’s command, the magicians, chanting or omitting their chants, attack the corrupted soldiers.
On the opposite roof, Kisarabis, who has finally appeared, simultaneously casts multiple spells.
They begin attacking the corrupted soldiers.
“Amazing…”
Seeing that sight, Aria realizes Kisarabis’s power is genuine.
Any wavering resolves disappear.
She begins to chant her magic.
“Ah, Aria-chan’s chanting voice is great too~”
Rayos, relieved that Aria was safe.
Then, looking at Aria as she unleashes her magic, he becomes aroused.
“But attacking on the roof…”
Falling among the corrupted soldiers.
Ah, a beautiful woman, her clothes torn by zombies, her beautiful, smooth skin on her limbs injured, that’s also good~~♪
“Well then…♪ Possession.”
“Envelop my enemies with water,
“Lady Ariadne?! Ahhh, among the enemy…”
We have to save her.
The magicians cast wind magic at the corrupted soldiers swarming Aria.
“Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!”
Aria unleashes all her magic power without chanting at the corrupted soldiers.
“*Gurgle*”
The corrupted soldiers, recoiling, are blown back several meters, taking several other corrupted soldiers with them.
“Ugh…”
Magic power depleted.
Aria, her face pale, looks up at the fallen roof, realizing she had lost her composure.
The magicians, to prevent the enemy from getting close, stop their plan and attack the surroundings to help her.
“Never mind me! Continue with the plan!”
“Ooooh…”
“Eek!”
“O-oh…”
Just as she was about to be bitten, she is saved by magical attacks from the roof.
“We can’t abandon you!”
“Try to escape from there!”
“Don’t come near Lady Ariadne!
“Y-you guys…”
To prevent the magicians’ efforts from being in vain, Aria puts aside her desire to collapse and starts to walk towards an area with fewer enemies, but is tripped by Rayos, who had possessed her clothes.
“Againnnn!”
“Waaahhhhhhhh!”
“Lady Ariadneeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
Aria falls.
The corrupted soldiers (parasites) swarm her, seeing a new vessel, a new incubator.
What does it matter if magic is cast from the roof?
Even if the possessed vessel body is destroyed, they can get a new one.
They pile onto Aria’s body.
The magicians bite their lips.
They attack the surroundings to prevent them from getting any closer. A few minutes later.
Arias’s changed form stands among the enemies.
“Ah… Lady Ariadne.”
“Ooo… eww…”
Rayos is satisfied with that sight.
He stops as he considers moving on to the women barricaded inside.
“There are many sacrifices here… (grins)♪”
Sage Mode again.
His mind is clear, albeit in a bad way, still sharp.
“Now, Gate of Anotherworld, take me to my ideal world! Gate, OPEN!”
Kisarabis and the others, circling above the besieged building, chant the incantation that appeared when they arrived over the Seshe Kingdom’s otherworld summoning magic circle. Possessing the building below, they chant the final activation.
“What is it? The building is glowing? An enemy magic attack…”
Kisarabis deduces that a magic spell to lower the building’s durability has been used.
Trying to resist, they begin chanting enhancement magic on the building to increase its durability.
