123-Episode 123 Slave Returns In a Hurry




Stay close to me as long as you don't know what's going on.

Yes, sir!

 As I walked out of the building with Fiel, they emerged from behind the rubble with slow movements.
 They were men and women, young and old, who appeared to be from the Kingdom of Worms, and some of them were wearing armor that appeared to belong to Worms soldiers or other nations.

"Mr. Walth, this is .......

I'm almost certain that's what Fiehl is thinking.

 All of them have an unnatural uniformity of magical power and an expression that seems to be devoid of emotion.
 Ninety percent of the time, this is not a person.

"Where the hell did you guys come from?

 I don't think they can hear me.
 They were all armed with swords, axes, and in the case of the children, pieces of bricks and rocks, and they attacked us without question.

"Fiehl, stay back.

 Even though he knew it wasn't a person, there was no way that Pheuel could attack a person in the shape of a child.
 The enemy's speed was no different from that of a normal person, so there was nothing to worry about.
 For starters, he kicked the Wurms soldier in the torso, but as expected, no blood spurted out.

"So it's an alchemy doll. It's also different from the previous ones in that it's a freestanding type. ......

 It doesn't seem to have a personality yet, but unlike the mere cripple from before, it clearly has a purpose and is here to kill.
 Perhaps the fact that he didn't feel any magic power until now is a trap that starts the alchemy doll when someone enters this place.
 This is reasonable, since magic cannot be replenished in this place, but the main purpose seems to be to kill those who enter this place and turn them into alchemy dolls.

 But why did they go to the trouble of returning Hell Artyo to this state when he was an alchemy doll? ...... Are they saying that he is no longer useful?
 I'm not sure if it's a good idea or not.
 I'm not sure what to make of that.
 It means that there are more alchemy dolls in the military of each country than I thought.

Let's go back to the Kingdom of Theorning right now. I need to check something.

Yes, sir.

 I'll hurry to the flying dragon.
 There's no guarantee that the alchemy doll can distinguish between a man and a flying dragon.
 If anything should happen to the flying dragon, it could owe a debt to Pinne or even the Kingdom of Theorning.
 However, when we came to the flying dragon, we saw a scene that made us believe that such fears were groundless.

In his mind, alchemy dolls don't seem to be in the category of people.

 The alchemy doll's distorted magic and the flying dragon's rough temper must have worked.
 The flying dragon slammed the incoming alchemy dolls into the earth with its tail, sometimes chewing them up, and crushing the resurrecting alchemy dolls by attacking them again and again like killing ants.

I'm sorry, but you need to return to the Kingdom of Theorning right now. Can you go?

 I'm sure you'll be glad to know that I'm not the only one who has a problem with this.



       I can't believe it.



 In the royal palace of the Theorining Kingdom, the guards were rushing around in a panic at my untimely return.
 As I was returning the flying dragon to the dragon house, Rinne came running into the dragon house, out of breath.

"Lord Walth, have you finished defeating it yet?

"We'll talk later. We'll talk about it later. More importantly, I want everyone who went to the Kingdom of Worms to do reconnaissance to gather here right now, every last one of them.

 Linnea didn't seem to understand what I was saying, and stood motionless with a dazed expression on her face for a while.

Hellartio had already turned to bone. Anyone who hadn't reported it must have already ceased to be a person. Do you understand me when I say this?

Are you saying that the alchemy doll that ...... Lord Walth was talking about has infiltrated our army?

That's what it means. You've never actually seen one of these before, have you? The sooner we bring them in, the sooner we can see them here.

 Linnea changed her expression and left the dragon house.
 In the meantime, I decided to cast a recovery spell on the flying dragon, which was more or less injured.
 The flying dragon is now completely under my control, and relaxes on my back.

The dragon was now completely under my control and relaxed on my back.

 Just as Fiel was about to reach out to the dragon, the dragon let out a low growl.

I'm not so sure about that.

"It wasn't a ...... horse, was it?

 I'm not so sure about that." "It wasn't a horse, was it?" Feuer chuckled as he backed away, and there was a commotion outside the dragon house.

I'm not sure what to make of that.

 When I walked out of the dragon house with Fiel, I saw a large group of soldiers surrounding the four soldiers in the distance, with Victor and Borg standing next to them.

I've heard that there is a puppet in my kingdom," Victor said, looking down at the four men next to him, their wrists bound together.

"Lord Walth, is it true? In addition to that, the ravenous dragon has already been turned into bones. ...... This means that the meeting the other day was all for nothing. --

 I'm not sure what to make of this, but I think it's a good idea.
 In the event that you've got a lot of time, you may want to take a look at this.

You can check it with those who went to the kingdom of Worms as scouts. So that's the four of you.

 I looked at the men, and they looked back at me with resentment in their eyes.
 If the four of them were there as scouts, then they were all either alchemy dolls or agents of the false Ars.
 The men changed their eyes from me to Victor standing next to me.

"Your Majesty, why do we have to go through this?
"What have we done? It's a false accusation.
"Isn't this man deceiving us? Yes, he must be!

 In front of the desperately shouting men, I cloaked my right hand with a water nullification spell.
 The only people who would notice this here would be Phiel and Ainess.
 The soldiers around me just stare at me with strange eyes as I reach for the man's face.



Sorry, we'll start with you.

 The moment I grabbed the face of the youngest of the four men, he instantly exploded and turned into a silvery liquid.