I've never seen those letters before.

　When I asked Pham, who was holed up in the castle's storeroom and continuing to read, to look at the example emoji, he gave me such an answer.

'It doesn't vaguely resemble the Artema Secret Script, but it looks different.
Does that mean that the script was created after the fall of an ancient civilization, and even more so that it's already lost in modern times?
'I can only think of it as Saw, but it's strange to say it's a completely unknown script in about a thousand years. My guess is that it was a script used only by a few tribes.

　The place where those ruins were located is the old royal capital of Belfast. But these characters are not from Belfast. Could it be that the minority tribe built those underground ruins in the old royal capital that was destroyed by the Frays? What the hell was that for?

And the Arthema Secret Letter, like the one you're referring to, can Femme read it?
I can't read it. The tribes that used the Artema Secret Script were the ones that didn't leave any books behind, and I've only seen some of their secret script in reference books.

　Hmm. Maybe the descendants of the few tribes that used that Artema secret script made the ruins of the old royal capital. Anyway, let's check it out in the "Reading".

"Reading / Artema Secret Script.

　It was translated in such a way that I could understand parts of it when I activated the magic. That's it, it's like Chinese characters can be understood somehow.
　But it's possible for the same character to have different meanings in different countries.
　For example, the word "Karen" means "pretty" in Japan, like "pitiful girl", but I think the word "Karen" in Chinese means "poor" or "pitiful".
　Perhaps this emoji is also different in that sense from the artema secret script. It's on the level of a sentence, or rather, the words are recognizable in places.

'Our red ... shining demon ... sacrifice ... city ... eh, small? Black and a knight? The Black Knight? .... time and space, restoration... return, or leave, or... Again ... the body? Pouring...?

　Mmm. You're not getting the point. Maybe it's a reference to the shining demon = Frase, city = old royal capital. Don't tell me the Black Knight is the Black Knight of Flame Gear, the Night Baron? But what do you mean by small?
　I think "we" is the guy who wrote the emoji, but since it says "we" in the plural system, I'm guessing it's not an individual, but a minority tribe.
　I don't even know if "Our Red" is a name for "red" or if the word goes on like "red-headed tribe"...
　But does "repair" mean that the world's boundaries have been restored?
　If so, this "red" tribe might have such an ability or technology. It could be something artifact-like, though.

"After all, we don't know anything, do we?
You're like a son.

　A thousand years ago, the Freys reappeared and destroyed the old royal city. That is certain. Someone defeated it, or fought it off, and repaired the world's wards.
　That's what I want to know. It's no use. I'll just have to do what I can do.
　However, I've left the doctors in charge of the Frame Gear, and I'm relying on Rain and Morohana for the Knights. The only thing I can do right now is to ask Orba-san to create a new product and earn some money.
　Just as I was thinking about this, the phone in my pocket vibrated and alerted me to an incoming call. It's the guild master, Relisha-san.

''Yes, hello?''
"I'm sorry to bother you at this time. It was an emergency.
What's going on?
The beast is here.

　Giant beasts. Also known as a mutant species. It's a monster beast that has grown to an extraordinary size that appears rarely. I once fought a giant beast called the Two-Tailed Scorpion Scorpion. Of course, that was with frame gear.

It appeared in the Snora Snowfield in the Elfrau Kingdom. The individual is probably a Snow Wolf Snorrauf.

　There are many individuals who acquire special abilities in the form of giant beasts. I don't know if they acquired it because they were transformed into giant beasts, or if it was because they acquired this ability that they were transformed into giant beasts.
　Scorpinus, the giant beast I defeated before, also emitted a strong acid from the tip of its tail. Apparently normal Scorpinus would only emit a weak venom.
　The Snoraurufs this time around seem to have some strange abilities as well, but....

''Your Majesty, the Queen of the Elfrau Kingdom, has set out to defeat the Snorauruf, but the Snorauruf's power is so great that the soldiers of Elfrau have suffered a great deal of damage. Dozens of red-ranked adventurers and one silver-ranked adventurer from the guild have been killed as well. Two days ago, one small village was destroyed, and the damage is only spreading.''
'A silver-ranked adventurer as well...'

　There are only a few silver-ranked people in the world. I even got the three titles 'Dragon Slayer', 'Golem Buster' and 'Demon Killer' to get promoted.
　From there, I defeated the two-tailed Scorpion Scorpion and got the gold rank, but I fought with Frame Gear at that time.
　Perhaps the silver-ranked adventurer who was killed was also aiming for the third gold rank after defeating the giant beast.

''His Majesty, the Queen of Elfrau, has sent a request to His Majesty, Prince Brunhild, to defeat Snorlauf. What shall I do?''　
'That's as a gold-ranked adventurer, isn't it?'
''That's right. Nominally, any gold-ranked adventurer can accept the request. The reward is 100 King's Gold Coins. The reward is 100 King's gold coins, and he will give you one of his favorite items from his treasury. Of course you can refuse. But the Kingdom of Elfrau has nothing else to fall back on.

　Mmm. Surely there's no need for me to go out of my way. I don't have any connection with Elfrau, and there's another golden rank, for one thing. He's a sketchy old man who's retired, though.
　But if I leave it at that, the people of Elfrau will be sacrificed more and more.
　In fact, I even think that my knight or two or three on frame gear could defeat them without me going.
　But that would mean that it wasn't the 'gold-ranked adventurer' that defeated him, but the 'Lord of Brunhild'... or rather, he ordered his knights to defeat him.
　It might not matter either way to Elfrau, but I think I'll go directly to him this time. There are some things I want to try out. Besides, it's not good that people think "the only reason I got into the gold rank is because I had frame gear". I want to bump into him in the flesh once around here.

I'll take that request. I'll take that request. Send me the exact location via email attachment. I'll be right there.
'Thank you. Now, as you wish.

　After hanging up from Relisha-san's phone, I called Kosaka-san directly to tell her that I was heading to Elfrau. He was dumbfounded, as usual, but I'm used to it now.
　It reminded me of the old man in a TV period drama, who sighed when the rambunctious lord escaped from the castle. I chuckle and think that our relationship is similar to that one.
　There is a ringing of a mail, and the location of Snorlauf is displayed. Apparently, Elfrau's soldiers are sticking around as surveillance. They are detected by the smell, so they are quite far away, apparently.
　I've been to the Elfrau Kingdom before when I was looking for Babylon. Let's just take the Gate to get there, and then we can take the Fly to our destination.

The Gate.

　Leaving Pham in the archives and transitioning to the Elfrau....cold ughhhh!
　It's indeed a very cold frozen earth. It's as cold as ever! I had forgotten all about it!

"Hey, come on, heat, the bulwark of warmth, warming up.

　Warming magic and putting up a barrier to protect you from the cold. Whew ... I thought I was going to die.
　I call up the map and check the current location and destination.

I'll have to search for the Elfrau soldiers first.

　I've never seen a soldier in Elfrau, but if you're dressed up as a soldier to look at, you'll be stuck with it... and bingo. I guess this is the watchman.
　Flying all the way up in the "fly", I see a few soldiers in the woods approaching the snowfield from above.
　I land near them.

''Huh!''

　The Elfrau soldiers, wearing furry hats like the Russian hat "Ushanka" and thick winter clothes, all hold their weapons at the same time as I suddenly descend from the sky.

''This is Duke Duke Brunhild, Fuyuya Mochizuki. At the request of His Majesty the Queen of the Elfrau Kingdom, I have come to defeat the Snow Wolf Snorrauf. Who is in charge of this unit?''
King Brunhild?

　With the snow buried up to my shins, I regret that I should have worn boots or something, and I show the guild card from my pocket.

''The golden guild card........ta, sure.......''
If you want, I can call up your frame gear here.
No, no, I was told by my superiors that Her Majesty wished to help you. I am Alexei, the commander of this force.

　A tall, stocky giant of a man, one of the biggest heads among the ten or so soldiers, came forward. I thought you wouldn't believe me, but you accepted him easily.
　I heard later that Alexei's father was an employee of the Adventurer's Guild, and he used to talk about me being a gold-ranked man. Apparently I was getting a lot of attention, for better or worse.
　Though they did confirm that the guild card was real.

So, where does Snorlauf go from here?
'Yes, sir. They were eating some brood boas in the snowfield, so I thought they wouldn't move for a while.

　 It doesn't seem to be attacking humans in particular, but it seems like anything edible is fine. The damage will only spread if it's left alone, so let's just take it down.

"Taka, captain! Snorlauf is coming toward us!
What?

　One of the soldiers who had been watching through the telescope pointed ahead. In the midst of the snow and smoke, a huge white wolf that looked more than 20 meters long was rushing towards us.

''Which one, shall we take care of it then?''

　He stepped forward to the Elfrau soldiers and held out his hand to the approaching Snow Wolf Snoraholf.

'Come wind, piercing gusts of wind, air impact.

　Instantly, the ancient magic of wind is activated, and the huge body of Snorahluff that was heading this way is blown backwards. Hmm, it's the first time I've used it, but it's like hitting a mass of air instead of a wind blade.
　The white wolf that rolled across the snowfield adjusts its stance and peeks its large fangs out of its mouth with a low snarl as it turns its golden eyes towards me.

''Gogaaaaaaah!

　With a roar, chunks of ice gathered in his mouth. With a roar, those chunks were shot towards us. Mu. This is bad.
　I can't dodge it because there are soldiers behind me.

'Come on, windflame, flaming whirlwind, Ignis Hurricane.

　A tornado of flames rises up and vaporizes flying blocks of ice in an instant. It's the same kind of magic as Firestorm, but this one is more powerful.
　This is also one of the ancient magic, a synthetic magic that is a fusion of the fire and wind attributes. It seems to have degenerated into the fire-attribute 'Firestorm'. It's a magic that can only be used by those who have both fire and wind attributes. There were probably only a few people who could use it.

''Come Thunder Ice, Hundred Thunder Ice Mist, Voltic Mist.''
Gaaaaaah!

　A thunderous fog forms around the snow wolf. If you touch the fog, it will send an electric shock to your body, so you won't be able to move from that spot. This is also one of the synthetic magic and a captive system magic.
　Now, even if you defeat it, if you burn it whole with fire-based magic, it will probably be less valuable as a material.......
　There's a magic I want to try, but it won't work unless I touch it, so I'll have to eliminate the blitz fog for once.
　If it comes towards us, the people behind us will be in trouble, so I use 'teleportation' to move to the other side and dissipate the magic that was bound to it.
　As soon as my body was free, Snorlauf immediately kicked the snowfield and jumped towards me. He's an incredibly fast, but easy to understand guy.
　I transitioned to the Snow Wolf's side with 'Teleport' again, and with the power I leapt up with 'Power Rise', I hit the banked area.

"Gobbo, gah!

　A snapping sound could be heard from the huge body, which must have been more than 20 meters long. I'm not sure if my bones are broken somewhere. You'll be able to use your dark magic by touching the fallen Snorlauf and activating his hand.

You'll be able to see that you're not the only one.
Gurgaaah!

　The life force flows into me from the Snorlauf with gusto. It feels like "refreshment," but this one seems to take a little longer. Furthermore, perhaps because I'm a giant beast, my life force is also high, so I can't absorb it all at once.

"Gah!
Oops.

　He steps back to avoid Snorlauf as he tries to bite him. His opponent tries to stand up but his legs are wobbling and he can't drown. Enough of that.

Bye.

　He pulls out the Brunhild at his waist and shoots a bullet filled with divine energy into Snorahuld's heart.

''Gah........''

　Raising a small decapitation, the demon wolf Snorlauf, which had terrified the people, sank into the snowfield.
　I approached it to check, but it's definitely dead.
　But what the hell! That's a hell of a nice soft fur! I think the mink is not an eye! No, I've never touched a mink's fur before! This is going to sell well!

"This, Your Majesty the King.... Snorawolf is..........
Yeah, he's dead. He's all right.

　When I told Alexei and the others who were approaching fearfully to reassure them, some of them slumped in place. No wonder.
　Well. I store Snoraulf in "storage" and get the memories of the royal capital of Elfrau, Sranien, from Alexei and the others with the magic of "recall".
　We open the "gate" to the front of the royal castle, and all at once we are transferred to the royal capital of Thranien.

"Sranien...
'I didn't think I'd be back in a second...'

　I asked Alexei and the others to lead me to the castle and through the gates.
　Elfrau's castle is somewhat reminiscent of the Gothic style, and it's not that big in size. However, it is bigger than Brunhild's castle.
　When I entered the castle, I moved to the courtyard and took out Snorahlauf's corpse from "storage" as proof that I had properly defeated him.
　The soldiers of the castle who had gathered around the huge body placed with a bang, roll their eyes.
　As I took out my phone from my pocket to tell Guild Master Relisha-san that I had defeated him in a manner, I was called out from behind.

''Is it His Majesty the Duke of Brunhild?''

　When I turned around, I saw a woman with long blonde hair standing with two accompanying knights on either side of her. She was dressed in an elegant-looking furry ceremonial outfit with a white background and a circlet of green jewels shining on her forehead.
　And above her head, something somewhat too magnificent to be called a tiara, but too small to be called a crown, shone, adorned with diamonds.
　He was in his early twenties, and his twin green eyes were fixed on me.

Yes," she said. I'm Duke and King of the Duchy of Brunhild, Fuyuya Mochizuki. Are you the Queen of the Elfrau Kingdom?
"Yes. I am Fortuna Tierra Elfrau, Queen of the Kingdom of Elfrau. We are grateful that you have agreed to grant our request.

　It was Her Majesty the Queen who came to thank me, but my gaze was on her one point. Long, pointed ears. The same as Guild Master Relisha-san.
　Her Majesty, the Queen of the Elfrau Kingdom, was an elf.
　I thought elves were the people of the forest? In my poor fantasy knowledge, I'm pretty sure that's what it was...
　Huh? Could the name of the Elfrau Kingdom by any chance come from the elves?
　There aren't many elves or anything else for that, are there? No, I haven't walked around the city, so I don't know yet.

'Come here for now. Tea is ready for you.
Oh, yes.

　Led by Her Majesty the Queen, I stepped into Elfrau Castle.