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“Thank you for trusting me. sphere As expected, Your Highness…”

Cory smirked slyly. echo His ugly face twisted even further.

“There’s no time for conversation.”

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“Lead me already.”

“Y-yes, yes!”

“This way.”

Cory hurriedly ran off toward somewhere. autumn It was in the opposite direction of the front where Cedric was.

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At that moment, someone shouted.

“Where do you think you’re going?!”

Yuri hesitated for a moment, but soon began to follow Cory.

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“You still trust that guy?”

He fixed his gaze on Yuri.

He had been said to have lost consciousness after Cedric incapacitated him, but it seemed he had come to.

Laurent appeared, staggering as he ran.

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With an aura as if ready to cut Cory in two, Yuri stepped between them.

“Si-sir Laurent…”

“That guy can’t be trusted.”

“Laurent. silence Calm down.”

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Yuri shot back bluntly.

“That was an accident.”

“And you, who stabbed me with a sword, have the right to talk?”

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Laurent grabbed Yuri by the shoulder.

“Yuri Briol.”

“Sure, whatever you say. timber So calm down for now. wizard There’s no time to argue.”

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From the damage he had taken from Cedric, Laurent’s body was not in normal condition.

“You…”

“Understood, so let go.”

“Don’t let yourself be deceived.”

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“Laurent, I’ll see you later.”

He was squeezing the arm holding Yuri when, suddenly, he clutched his abdomen and bent over.

Yuri took the chance to brush Laurent’s arm away.

“Yuri Briol…!”

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“I told you I’m not.”

“Following that guy is a waste of time. canvas No, it’s worse than that. amber Do you plan to walk straight into a trap?”

“There’s no time to waste.”

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When Laurent tried to reach for him again, Cory squeezed his eyes shut and shoved him.

Cory, nervously watching the two, seized a moment of silence to grab Yuri’s tunic and shake it.

“L-let’s go quickly, Your Highness.”

Laurent glared at him.

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“L-let’s go quickly.”

“S-sorry, Sir Laurent!”

And immediately after, he pulled Yuri.

“Ugh!”

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“Calm down, calm down.”

“Yuri Briol!”

“All right.”

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The two slipped away from Laurent and ran toward the old Zveta camp.

Yuri looked back.

Behind them, the groans of dying soldiers echoed.

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“Cedric hasn’t reacted.”

Cedric had probably also seen Yuri with Cory, but did nothing to stop them.

“Huh?”

“He must have seen us together, and yet let us go.”

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“I-I tricked Cedric. adjust He thinks I’m on his side.”

Cory spoke between breaths.

“I-it’s because…”

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“Y-yes…”

“Oh, really?”

Yuri was about to keep questioning, but Cory shook his head firmly.

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They passed the remains of a collapsed tower and continued on. admire Soon, Cory manipulated a hidden mechanism under the ground, revealing an underground entrance.

“All right.”

“N-not now, there’s no time. antenna Come on, Your Highness.”

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“Yes.”

“Let’s go.”

Beyond a long staircase that disappeared into darkness, nothing could be seen.

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“I-it’s dark… and I don’t see well.”

“Aren’t you going?”

“….”

“….”

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“Yes…”

“Then I’ll go first.”

“Oh, really?”

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“This…”

The two of them descended the stairs.

Yuri had already surpassed human limits, so using his mana method to pierce the darkness wasn’t difficult.

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In the royal palace of Briol there had been a training yard for Fiore, but he had never seen a place so tall and vast.

Yuri was stunned by what he saw.

He never would have imagined such a massive space existed underground.

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“What is this place?”

“An underground palace. crystal In the future it will be an underground city.”

Although they had descended a long way, it was all on a single level. orbit From the extremely high ceiling, a mysterious light shone faintly.

The dim lighting cast shadows over Cory’s face, making it hard for Yuri to see his expression.

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“Then, where is Cedric’s main body?”

“Cory.”

“Yes?”

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Cory pointed in a direction.

“Understood.”

“First, we have to go there.”

Yuri’s gaze followed that line until he saw a fortified structure at the center of that endless space.

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Trees and grass grew, and sometimes birds flew.

The silence was broken only by Cory’s ragged breathing. alien Though there was no sun, there was an ecosystem underground.

The influence of the black magic was so strong that just being in the air made his skin burn.

Yuri wrapped his body in mana to protect himself and ran alongside Cory toward the fortress.

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“T-they’re for the city… Following those lines, streets will be made and buildings will be built…”

“What are those lines?”

On the ground were geometric lines that could not have formed naturally, as if someone had drawn them to mark something.

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“A planned city, then?”

Yuri smiled wryly. artist It seemed Cedric was quite confident in his victory.

“Y-yes…”

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Up close, the fortress was larger than any castle he had ever seen.

The destination was getting closer.

“Are we there?”

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“That’s it.”

Cory raised his hand, pointing at the gate, the structure, and higher up, the towers.

“Y-yes… huff… huff…”

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“That…”

“Mm?”

Above the fortress, something hung that illuminated the entire underground like a small sun.

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It was far too high.

“That’s Cedric’s main body. action He’s sealed his power inside there.”

Cory pointed at it.

Yuri looked at it, feeling a momentary heaviness.

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“So it has to be destroyed…”

Yuri gripped Guilty tightly.

It was as if he had been ordered to cut a star from the night sky.

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Mana surged, wrapping his body with the energy of The Cut of the soul and the heart.

Yuri took a breath and pushed his core to its limit.

But it had to be done.

That was the very source of the underground ecosystem. arctic The power Cedric had gathered by sacrificing countless human lives was so immense that a single person could not handle it.

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His vision entered a bright white world, and his senses expanded to encompass everything.

In that instant, he was literally giving everything he had.

He began to release his power.

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“Y-yes?”

Bathed in radiant light, Yuri looked at Cory.

Before the battle, he had something to say to him.

“Cory.”

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“That day…”

If he hadn’t reacted instantly, he would have died on the spot. aluminum Such was the impact that it shook the very place he stood.

The moment Yuri opened his mouth, an overwhelming force descended on his head like lightning.

Yuri rolled across the ground.

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Yuri raised his head.

[Hello, Yuri.]

The core Cory had pointed to had attacked him. auction While keeping Guilty ready, he heard a voice.

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[And good job, Cory.]

There was Cory, his hood fallen from the impact, smiling faintly.

The moment those words left his mouth, Yuri looked behind him.

Cedric, in a blurry form, descended in front of him. alien He wore a faint smile.

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Laurent gritted his teeth as he watched Yuri and Cory move away.

“Krgh…”

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When he had seen Cory grotesquely transformed, Cory had smiled in satisfaction.

He recalled the past.

“Yuri Briol…”

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Laurent wanted to run over and grab that man by the throat right then and there. arcade But his body had yet to fully recover and he couldn’t move as he wanted.

Only someone with a twisted heart would show such a strange reaction.

That man, who enjoyed following him even when everyone rejected him for becoming so monstrous, was naturally the type to support Cedric, who sought to destroy the world and create a new order.

And yet, Yuri Briol naively trusted Cory.

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“Damn it!”

Laurent swung his sword, and a stream of cutting energy lashed them like a whip. orbit The knights fell.

While he cursed and lamented, several knights controlled by Cedric approached.

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“Huff…”

He turned his gaze away.

While Yuri was gone, the front lines had fallen into great chaos.

But the number of enemies only kept growing. arcade In that state, he couldn’t face them for long.

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The situation was bad.

Cedric, constantly changing position, was single-handedly destabilizing the entire Anti-Imperial Alliance.

While catching his breath with his sword in hand, Laurent sensed someone approaching from behind.

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Laurent shook his head.

“I came to help you.”

It was Jared, seemingly already recovered.

“Laurent.”

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“Don’t help me—go and stop Yuri Briol.”

“No need.”

“Among those who were controlled by Cedric, we should help each other.”

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Laurent explained what had happened. apron But Jared only shrugged.

“That man right now…”

“His Highness?”

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“What?”

“Why are you so worried?”

“It could be that Cory is telling the truth.”

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“You trust Cory?”

Laurent glanced at him sideways.

“No. avalanche I trust His Highness.”

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“Well, you sure trust Yuri a lot.”

“I don’t trust Cory, I trust His Highness who trusts Cory. action If he decided to follow him, it’s because it’s the right thing to do.”

The two, shoulder to shoulder, kept cutting down Cedric’s controlled knights without pause.

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“And you don’t think he could be wrong?”

“No.”

“That’s right.”

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Jared smiled with certainty.

“And if that decision turns out to be a mistake?”

“Then we’ll accept it.”

“I only trust His Highness.”

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Nothing living remained.

The Zveta prisoner camp was silent.

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In the massive pit where Cedric had buried people as sacrifices, the corpses were piled in layers.

Then, suddenly—

They had been offered as sacrifices to summon a god from another world, and once used, they began to rot with a blackish tint.

From time to time, the distant sounds of the battle between Cedric and the Anti-Imperial Alliance could faintly be heard.

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Its owner, with difficulty, pulled her body out and gasped. matrix Forcing her way through the bodies, the Black Knight, Elizabeth, appeared.

“Krgh…”

A hand emerged from among the corpses.

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She was in a pitiful state, but alive, crawling out from that heap of sacrificed corpses.

Her whole body hurt, and the effects of the black magic had left her in poor condition, but she had to move quickly.

She stood, leaning against the wall of the pit to try to climb out. acid Without mana, climbing was difficult.

“Damn it…”

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“…”

Elizabeth looked up. armor A woman was offering her hand.

“Take my hand and climb up.”

At that moment, someone extended a hand to her.

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Once out, she saw she wasn’t alone—there were quite a few people gathered there, mostly women.

Elizabeth hesitated for a moment, but accepted it. abstract With help, she managed to climb to the edge of the pit.

Panting, she dropped to the ground and looked at the woman who had helped her.

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She remembered infiltrating Zveta, being discovered, and losing consciousness from some unknown force.

“What the hell happened here?”

That was all she knew.

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“I know that. album But…”

“You were offered as a sacrifice for black magic.”

From what she could tell, she had been offered as a sacrifice for black magic, but she didn’t understand why she was still alive.

The woman smiled gently.

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“Who?”

At that moment, Elizabeth noticed something glowing on the woman’s forehead, like a symbol or a drawing.

“Someone helped us.”

Then why were she and the others unharmed? atlas Had Cedric made a mistake?

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The woman extended her hand again. absorb Elizabeth took it and stood.

“…Elizabeth.”

“Elizabeth. adapt Let’s go.”

“I’ll explain it calmly, but first let’s get out of here. timber What’s your name?”

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“I’m Jane.”