Chapter 124: Battlefield Communications Between 'Here' and 'There'

Chapter 124: Battlefield Communications Between 'Here' and 'There'

“Is everyone alright?”

“Well… if you mean no one’s dead yet, then yes, we’re alright.”

“No, no, no… that’s not what I meant…”

A knight rushed to our position right after the battle formation loosened slightly. He ran pretty fast—with some training, he might even break a world record.

“Since the dragons can’t take to the sky to fight, Kanna-shi plans to head into the forest to deal with the mages causing interference. Meanwhile, I’ll help you hold off the monsters and protect the dragons. When you get the signal, have the dragons take flight and mow down the monsters here, alright?”

“Eh???”

In response to Kuro’s plan, the soldier could only stare wide-eyed with a “are you two serious?” expression. Well, they’ll find out how serious we are once it’s done.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

“Don’t push yourself too hard, Kuro.”

I launched a large ice spear that cleared out a line of monsters, creating a path for myself to advance into the forest.

After running a few steps, the first monster closed in on me, but I quickly stuffed an ice grenade into its mouth. The explosion not only shattered it but also turned several surrounding monsters into ice fragments. Moreover, the frozen monster corpses lying about created artificial obstacles to impede the approach of subsequent monsters.

After clearing a path, I rushed into the forest.

========Narrator’s Perspective=======

Faima placed her hand to her ear and began whispering. But this wasn’t meant for those around her—she was using Wind magic to transmit her voice to Kanna, who was far away.

A moment later, she let out a relieved sigh. Rand spoke up.

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“My lady, what’s the situation?”

“Well, there are some mages lying in wait in the forest to attack the dragons, so they can’t take flight.”

Faima summarized the battle situation based on Kanna’s words. Hearing this, Rand furrowed his brow.

“What’s wrong? Do you have instructions for him?”

“Ah, no. Even compared to me, Kanna has always been surprisingly capable of making quick and wise decisions. We can trust him completely.”

Rand replied immediately, but his answer still revealed no small amount of concern.

Meanwhile, Kanna continued blasting away the obstructing monsters with his “ice magic.”

“As usual, his magic is miraculous and strange—there’s almost no delay when he casts it.”

Faima, as always, showed immense appreciation for Kanna’s magic. Although she had promised herself to exercise restraint, faced with such a fascinating phenomenon, the mage couldn’t help but overflow with curiosity and interest.

The path-clearing complete, Kanna parted the monster crowd and charged straight into the forest. Thanks for reading on ManaNovel!

If they could take down the ambushing mages, the tide of battle would completely turn.

(But wait… could it be that…)

Rand felt something wasn’t right about this.

Even assuming there were mages behind the monsters, why would they send assassins to attack Faima’s group first when they could have let the monsters cause chaos, making it much easier to send in assassins afterward?

Not to mention, there were other unusual things.

“Eh….”

“What’s wrong, Papet-san?”

“We’re still standing under the ruins… what if the outer wall…”

Papet-san stepped forward with a pale, trembling face.

Though it might seem foolish to keep standing at the ruins’ entrance like this, in the current situation, this place was actually the safest location with only two paths—front and back—for enemies to approach, making defense easier. Not to mention, the exit’s size wasn’t too large, so they could avoid cases of being rushed by enemies from outside.

However, since they could only stay inside, with the enemy having earth-magic users and the building’s considerable age, it could collapse at any moment.

“No, we must continue staying here.”

But Rand immediately rejected Papet’s suggestion.

“Um… I’m sorry for suggesting such a foolish idea…”

Papet showed fear as if he had bothered Rand and hurriedly apologized, but before he could finish speaking, Rand raised his hand to stop him with an extremely serious expression.

“What’s wrong?”

“……..”

Suddenly, Rand’s voice reached Faima from very close by, even though they were currently standing quite far apart.

“My lady, stay where you are. Don’t make them suspicious.”

Hearing this, Faima quickly stopped her reflexive turn to look for the source of the earlier voice.

“I’m currently speaking to you using the same method you used with Kanna. Don’t worry, only you can hear my words now.”

Faima immediately understood that something was wrong. Without turning around, she could somewhat guess Rand’s current extremely complex and serious expression.