I borrowed and memorized a bit of the vision of the summoned beast that crossed over to that island and opened the 'Gate'.
　I guess it's the warding effect of "Magic Power Diffusion" or the magic power used for the "Gate" took more than five times as long. It's like the effect will wear off if you don't keep the magic power flowing. I'm sure this is the case, if they came with a magic-powered airborne, they would run out of magic power and crash.

"Oh, you're doing it.

　The capital, which is said to be located in the south of the island, can be seen in the distance. A high wall surrounds the city as if it were a fortified city, and large crossbows, or ballistae, have been installed on top and sides of the wall.
　And three giant beasts surround the city.
　The red-copper colored furry, ape-human shaped giant beast with red-copper furry features, which is constantly hitting the magic barrier. The boar-shaped grand boar that repeatedly charges at you in a furious dash, keeping its distance. The power bison is a bull-shaped beast that smashes its horns into the ground like a drill.
　The grand boa was pelted with arrows from the walls of the city with large crossbows from the ballista.

I'm not going to be able to get it right. Well, that's no surprise.

　It's because you can't attack if it's blocked from the inside. I'm sure many of the wards set up in the royal castles of each country are of this type as well.
　However, it seems that the effects of the large crossbowl artillery "ballista" are not very effective either. I'm not going to be able to get a good deal more than a few shots, but most of them were shot by the thick fur. That fur, it has the same grant as the hardening magic. Maybe.
　I'm not sure if the durability of the wards is suspicious, although I just took a quick look. I'm not sure if the wards are able to prevent 10 power, but I've seen that the Snake Kong has 3, the Grand Boar has 5, and the Power Bison has 4.
　It would be surpassed if up to two of them attacked simultaneously, but if three of them overlapped at the same time, they would shatter, that one.

I don't think we'll have time to talk about it beforehand. Let's just let them do what they want.

　I took out my phone from my pocket and checked everyone's readiness in Brunhild on my phone before opening the 'gate' in the sky in front of me.
　One by one, frame gears descended from the opened transition gate. With a thud, thud, thud, thud, shaking the earth, the number of them that landed on the ground, a hundred.

''Okay, then Else take the Heavy Kong, Yae take the Grand Boa, and Hilda take the Power Bison. The others will stay put. There may be other giant beasts out there, so stay alert.
Copy that.

　The three planes, including Else, run towards each of the giant beasts.
　The giant beasts seem to have noticed this and have begun to take up an attacking stance against the flame gear that is coming towards them.
　First of all, Heavy Kong attacked Else's Gerhilde. But the crimson Flame Gear ducked and ducked Kong's powerful straight right, and cross-countered with a blow to the opponent's chest.

"Explosive Shatter

　Boom! And the pile bunker that was launched pierced the chest plate of Heavy Kong. With a terrifying amount of blood splatter, Kong fell to the ground in a heap.
　On one side, Grand Boar and Yae were facing each other. Like a bullet, the Grand Boar, which had rammed into the Schwerdtite controlled by Yae, was cut down head-on by a single blow. It was so uneventful. The boar that was cut in half falls while exposing a clean cut surface.
　The Sieglune that Hilda rides also did the same, catching the rushing power bison with its shield and cutting off its head like a guillotine with its sword.
　The battle was over. It took less than a minute for all three of them together.
　The three planes that had defeated the giant beasts left the citadel a bit and stood side by side in front of the main gate. From among the frame gear that was lined up behind them, the pure white commander's plane, the white knight 《Shine Count》, stepped forward.
　I jump onto the shoulder of that plane and project a number of magically constructed flat speakers into the air of the city so that they can be heard by the entire city. I turn on the microphone on my phone and speak to the citadel.

''We are from the southern continent, the Duchy of Brunhild. We have no hostile intentions. We would like to speak with the representatives of the city, and they responded within the hour.

　I specified "within an hour" because I'm going to pull anyone out anyway, with or without.
　The reason why we've gathered all of these people is so that they won't think that they'll be safe no matter what they do because of the warding system. We need them to come out. We say we won't be hostile, but if we can make them think that if they don't leave, we don't know what they're going to do to us, we've succeeded.
　The best thing to do is to get the mayor or lord or whatever to come out, but they might think they're going to be killed. If you want, you can give them a message. At any rate, it will give them a chance to talk.

Will you come out?
'I dunno. Well, if it doesn't come up, we might as well go to another capital.

　I lightly answer the question of Rain-san, the leader of the group. However, even if I go to other capitals, unlike this time, I can't defeat the giant beasts and show with my attitude that they're not enemies, so there's a chance that they'll suddenly attack me, though.
　If possible, I'd be grateful if you could use this capital as a clue and tell the other capitals the story.
　I summoned Red Ball and asked him to tell me the situation inside the capital.

''It seems that the whole capital is in an uproar. It seems that they are also preparing large crossbows [ballista] and stone throwers [catapults] while keeping an eye on us with their distance glasses.''
I know.

　I don't know what conclusions the tops will come to, but I guess they're just trying to get ready for battle.
　From what I've heard, they haven't come to a conclusion yet.
　If I make a strange move, I might be hit with an arrow from the large crossbowl ballista, so I'll be on standby. It's boring. I lie down with a rumble on the white knight's shoulder and look at the sky with a poof.

''Your Majesty. The gate is opening.''
Oh, is it coming out?

　At the words of Rain, who was watching from the white knight's cockpit, I jumped up and jumped down to the ground.
　From the castle gates, knights on horseback are coming toward me in a lumbering stream. All of them are fully equipped in full armor, and they all look quite impressive.
　The design of the armor has changed a lot. It looks old, perhaps because it hasn't developed much since the Partheno civilization's time. If humans didn't have many wars with each other, that might be possible.
　The knights are standing in front of the frame gear, about 10 meters away from me, and the knights are stationary, and then a knight in armor wearing a rugged-looking sheet metal armor called a "plate mail" and a "surcoat" comes out from among them.
　When the armored knight comes in front of me, he gets off his horse and slowly walks towards me. The helmet is like the ancient Greek cholus style, with a T-shaped nose pad on the front of the face and a chicken crown-like decoration on the top of the head.
　The knight's face was clearly visible, as it was not the so-called closed helmet that hides most of his face, like the bassinet or armet in movies and cartoons.
　It's a big man with a stern face. Its eyes are pointed straight at me. I can't see any emotions like anger or hatred, but....

"The representative of the southern city of Meridies, one of the four highest brothers, the descendant of the Flyent South, is the Deent South. I thank you for your help. And what's there too?
Duke and Duchy of Brunhild, Fuyao Mochizuki. Nice to meet you, representative of Dient.

　When I said my name, he was surprised that I didn't expect him to be the king, but he held my hand and gave me a friendly attitude for the time being. I guess we're moving forward for now.

''His Majesty the King said he came from the southern continent, but.... The world hasn't been destroyed, has it?
'I see. After all, this island was cut off from the outside world before Partheno's demise, wasn't it? The world has not been destroyed. There are numerous nations in existence.

　A map of the world is projected in the air from your phone. This island is also processed and added to the complete version.

This is the world as it is now.
Oh....

　Representative Dient looks up at the map projected in the air.

'This is the island, isn't it? The Duchy of Brunhild will be here. It is a very small country, but we are the only country that has this giant soldier - it's called Flame Gear, but we are the only country that has this warfare force that is the legacy of the Parthenos. Hence, our country has never been invaded by any nation.
Oh my...!

　I didn't want to be licked by Brunhild's small size, and I was a bit overzealous about it. And it's true that we've never been invaded. We only founded the country last year.

'We thought that the outside world was destroyed and controlled by crystal demons...'
It was a civilization that was once destroyed. But it is recovering. For now, let's talk about the questions we have about each other. And then there's something I'd like you to hear.
'....Hmmm. Indeed.

　He took a large table and chair out of "storage" and set it in place. The representative of Dient's eyes were black and white at the sudden appearance of the table, but he reluctantly sat down in the chair.





　The first thing I found out was the name of this island. Its name is called Parellius Island. It was named after the Partheno mage, Arelius Parellius, the wise man of the time.
　Five thousand years ago, Parelius rode alone to this island, which was called the Isle of Demons, and discovered a structure that could be called a natural ward, and decided to make it his magical testing ground.
　When Parelius died in Partheno and the invasion of Freys began, his disciples, sensing the danger, were quick to evacuate their families and friends from home to the island.
　They also used the treasures Parellius had left behind to strengthen the wards to prevent Frase and his friends from entering. As a result, the island was cut off from the outside world and it was impossible for them to escape.
　The four apprentices and their companions, convinced that the human world had been destroyed by the horrific invasion by Flaze and his friends, decided to continue living on the island, where they have been living ever since.

'We were trapped after all, weren't we?
We only thought we were ruled by it........ I didn't think we were trapped by it. In the past, some of us have sailed off to the outside world, but they've all come back to where they came from, and...

　That's because of the needlepoint warding. It's a warding that takes advantage of the magical fog that hangs over the waters near this island.
　Now that we have a pretty good idea of what this island is all about, we can cut to the chase.
　I'm going to ask them if they are interested in removing this boundary and communicating with other countries, and also that removing the boundary will reduce the possibility of giant beasts being born.

''The problem is that removing the wards would also open up the possibility of the Freys emerging...''
'No it probably doesn't matter. Because the Freys and the like have already appeared on this island.
What?

　From what I've heard, they've appeared twice in the last two years or so. Both times it was just a lowly species on its own, and they managed to defeat it, but people were terrified by the appearance of the demon in the 5,000 year old lore.
　Even if the wards prevented the Freys from entering, they couldn't prevent the emergence of the Freys.
　In other words, it seems that the warding did not prevent Freys from appearing directly on the island, although the emerged Freys would not be able to come to the island.
　So what is the purpose of the wards more and more? 'You can't prevent Frase from appearing, you can't go out to the outside world, giant beasts are born, isn't that a good thing?

''That's true. However, I don't want you to be offended, but we still can't accept all of His Majesty's words. We have no way of knowing for sure what is the truth.

　Well, sure. I guess we can't believe everything this incomprehensible person who came in out of the blue says.

''And I can't make this decision on my own. I have to talk to the representatives of the North, East, and West, and ask the Central Temple's Master Central about it...''
Miss Central?
"This is Herr Central Parellius. He is a descendant of the wise man of time, Aelyrius Parellius, the guardian of the island's wards and Parellius's legacy, the Gate.
"'Gate'?
It's a magical tool that Master Parellius spent his life trying to create. It is said that when it is completed, we will be able to travel to a new world. Four of my brothers succeeded him, but they were unable to complete it.

　It's some kind of transition gate. Maybe he tried to use it to get off the island? But the fact that Parellius was planning to build it predates the arrival of the disciples on the island. What do you mean?
　I wonder if the disciples took the 'gate' that Parellius was trying to build and transformed it into a transition gate to return to the outside world of the wards, since it's doubtful that it was said correctly 5,000 years ago.

Anyway, can you discuss this with Central-sama and the other representatives? If you don't want to do this, that's fine. At the very least, we will not enter this land again. If the boundaries are not broken, the rest of the world will not be able to do anything about it.
''I understand. My personal feeling is that I want to be free of the warding. I'm tired of living in fear of giant beasts.
Of course, I'll take care of the killing of the giant beasts when I'm done. We'll only need the materials from the giant beasts to pay you.

　With Dient, the representative of the southern city of Meridies, we decide to leave the island, promising to come back in two weeks.

　For now, it's not a bad feeling. I'm glad we didn't get in trouble like Sandra did.
　Still, I wondered who was responsible for repairing the breakdown in the "world's boundaries" that had been created around the world five thousand years ago. I thought it was Parellius, but he seems to have died before the 'world's boundaries' were repaired.
　So the disciples, it seems that the four disciples were busy shutting themselves up on this island.
　Is it someone else... or is there some other factor? Further warding by the treasure of Parellius that the disciples put on this island by the treasure of Parellius will affect all the tears in the world... no, no, no, no. How complicated is it? If this is a coincidence, it's difficult to rekindle the tears.

　As I thought, there's nothing for it but for me to learn how to fix the break in the world. That would require a delicate control of the divine energy. According to the gods, I need to be able to repair a spider's web with my bare hands, but.........
　I think it would be easier to smash all the flames. But if the World's Warding is full of holes, other bad effects will follow. And it's not just Flames that can cross the world. I just don't want a second or third Fleurid coming along.
　Maybe this Central guy, who claims to be a descendant of Parellius, can teach me something about warding.
　That's what I'm hoping for. I'm also interested in the Parellius legacy.