People are at the border, but they become the incarnation of the sun

The elevator platform trembled and finally reached its destination.

"Let's go, Melina."

"...Um."

Melina nodded and looked firmly at the avenue in front of her, which led to the magnificent, towering, monotonous and majestic city and the huge, dreamlike golden tree.

As Reinhardt stepped off the elevator platform, Melina followed him and walked shoulder to shoulder with him towards the glow cast by the golden tree.

However, before they could step out of the elevator, an arrow suddenly struck them.

call out--

With the sound of breaking wind and carrying the wind pressure, it flew in front of Reinhardt in the blink of an eye.

"What the hell?!"

He could see that the thick and big arrow was about to hit him, and at this distance there was no time to dodge.

At this critical moment, the Lani doll pinned to her waist also changed.

A cold magical power spread out in an instant, and then a shield made of ice crystals condensed in front of him, trying to block the attack.

With a crack, the ice mirror shield shattered, and crystal ice chips slowly flew around, sparkling in the light.

The golem's arrow flew past his ear.

In that instant, the icy shield slightly changed the path of the golem's arrow.

At the same time, an ethereal voice echoed in his ears.

"...My king, why are you in a daze?"

It's Lani.

There was a hint of reprimand in her voice, and the Lani doll had disappeared from his waist and appeared on his shoulder.

Lani's voice brought him back to his senses, but the battle was already over.

The huge golem guard was split in two from the waist and fell to the ground with a loud bang.

A wisp of golden fire was still burning at the cut site, and Melina was near the golem, holding the pyroxene kris that he had given her in her hand, and the short dagger was still burning with bright and fine golden fire.

"...Are you okay?"

Melina dispersed the flames casually, put away her dagger, and hurried over to ask.

Although it was still so bland, and one might even mistake it for a provocation, Reinhardt could hear a hint of concern in it.

His eyes kept looking at him, as if he was afraid that something unexpected would happen.

"It's okay, thank you, Melina."

Melina didn't say anything, but raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

Only then did he realize that this little piece of wood not only had a beautiful smile, but also moved very quickly.

At the moment he was attacked, Melina immediately took out the pyroxene kris and jumped high. In a brief moment, she threw out a flaming knife wave and cut the golem in half.

To be honest, he was also shocked that Xiao Mu was so strong.

He was able to chop the golem guard into pieces with one blow, something even Greg couldn't do.

This at least exceeds Greg, it should be at least as powerful as two Ges, right?

But it seems reasonable. After all, Xiaomu is Marika's offspring.

And it also has its own solar power, it would be strange if it wasn't strong.

However, compared to Xiao Mu's strength, Lani's appearance surprised him even more.

"Lani, why are you here? Have you finished your business?"

The matter in question is naturally about the perfection of the law.

Lani, who was sitting on his shoulder, shook her head and said, "No, it's just that I discovered that you, a foolish and clumsy king, were attacked, so I showed up."

"...You've been watching me?"

"...No."

The petite Lani turned her head away, looking elsewhere. Then, feeling she hadn't said enough, she added, "I'm not worried about your safety. I just happened to have some free time and noticed you were in danger, so I intervened."

To be honest, even if the golem arrow had hit him just now, it would not have been a big deal and could not have hurt him at all.

It was nothing more than being knocked out without any preparation, and then he got out of control and ripped the golem guard into pieces, that's all.

What crisis is it? It’s not that serious.

But then again, although he couldn't see what Lani looked like now, he had already guessed most of it.

It's so arrogant, it must be so arrogant.

Also, Lani, you are staying by my side to observe and monitor me under the pretext of perfecting the law, right?

In fact, your laws don’t need to go to the starry sky to be perfected. All of this is just an excuse, right?

Thinking of this, his eyes gradually became strange, but he never said these words.

If I tell it out loud, Lani will definitely beat me to death.

He bet on the honor of the Prince of Kalia and the Knights of Kalia that it would happen.

So, he accepted Lani's excuse, "Okay, let's just take it as it is..."

"...That's it, no need to pretend." Lani corrected this point firmly.

"Yes, yes, my wife Lani is right. There is no need to take it seriously." Reinhardt read.

His perfunctory attitude immediately made Lani feel ashamed and angry, but before she could react, he stopped her from saying anything.

"By the way, Lani, since you're here, do you have something to talk to me about?"

"..."

Petite Lani rolled her eyes at him, then calmed down and clasped her fingers together before whispering, "Yes."

"...Not long ago, I received an invitation from Tanis, hoping that we could go and visit her."

There was no shame or anger in Lani's voice, but there was a hint of fatigue.

Her words surprised Reinhardt, who couldn't help but repeat, "Tannis? Is that the concubine your second brother, Larcade, married despite everyone's opposition? Are you going to the Volcano Mansion on Mount Miguel, where the rebels gather? And you invited us?"

"Yes, that's right. Just as you said, my king, it was Tanis, the concubine of [Justice Officer] Lakkad, who invited us to visit the Volcano Mansion."

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Lani doesn’t seem to be interested in Tanis, and her attitude remains the same as before without any softening.

After all, Lani was one of those who opposed Lakkad marrying Tanis.

Therefore, he asked tentatively, "What do you think, Lani? Are you ready to go?"

"No, my king, I think this matter should be decided by you. Now you are my partner, my only partner, and also my king. It is both emotional and logical that you should decide."

It seems, it seems, that's probably the case...

But I always feel that Lani seems to have thrown this troublesome problem to myself.

However, since Lani said so, he could only accept it, but before that he needed to ask someone's opinion.

"Melina, what do you think? Should we go to Volcano Mansion for a while?" He turned his head and looked at Melina.

But Melina's answer was almost identical to Lani's, "...it's up to you to decide."

Unlike Lani, Melina's eyes were full of seriousness when she said this, and she didn't mean to take the trouble away from herself.

but...

Does it make any difference? !

After all, the final decision is made by me, right? Can't you give me a reference answer?

"Alright, alright. I'm impressed. Since you, Lani and Melina, have said so, let's go to the Volcano Mansion and take a look."

"It's just a good opportunity to see what these rebels and Tanis are planning to do."

After all, neither the rebels nor Tanis had any grudge against him. Even when the magic academy was attacked by the rebels, it was targeting the little girl.

So since they invited me, I decided to go and take a look.

However, although he said this with good intentions, he could vaguely feel that a war was inevitable.

Because the current Lacard is no longer the former [Justice Officer] Lacard.

I don't know if Lani knows this.

220. A tit-for-tat confrontation right from the start? (4.5K)

The deep autumn colors all over the mountains and the light of the golden trees in the distance complement each other.

Following the request relayed by Lani, he and Melina came to the heights of the Yatan Plateau, a desolate and desolate foothill.

Originally this was a small town called Lux, built against a hill.

I remember seeing it from a distance the last time I came to the Yatan Plateau. Although it is not so prosperous, it is also a peaceful and harmonious town.

but now......

After experiencing the devastating war and the washing of thousands of years, it has become a ruin.

The originally neat and tall buildings have now turned into ruins.

And there are only a few scattered people left living here, who have been tortured by the broken golden law and the blessing to the point of being emaciated.

He knelt on the ground, digging and searching in the soil with his skinny hands, trying to dig out the Rune blessing left by his predecessors.

However, as they arrived, the people stopped digging, slowly stood up, and then fled in panic, as if they were a flood or a beast.

Some even knelt on the ground, lowered their heads and raised their hands, making meaningless syllables and gasps, as if begging for mercy.

"It's really miserable..."

Unexpectedly, the people living on the Yatan Plateau have become neither human nor ghost.

It's almost on par with Nimgfu governed by Greg.

"...This has become the norm in the border area."

Melina said this without any joy or sadness, as if she was already used to this kind of thing.

But what Melina said was indeed correct. This was indeed the norm both on the Yatan Plateau and at the border.

Because there were too many wars launched on the Yatan Plateau during the Shattered War.

In addition to the two defenses of Rodel, [King of Blessings] Mungot once led the army of the Royal City of Rodel to attack Akkad on Mount Miguel. That blasphemous war was far more brutal than the defense of Rodel.

The scene of corpses strewn all over the ground was not enough to describe it. The bodies of the fallen soldiers had piled up into small hills. The bees at the border were surrounding the hills of corpses without any signs of dispersing.

It has not been completely corrupted to this day.

Countless dead souls also lingered on the battlefield of that war, refusing to leave for a long time.

It was really tragic to the extreme.

"let's go."

"Um...."

Melina followed his steps into the ruins.

Deep within the ruins of Lux, Reinhardt met a young girl.

A hunchbacked girl with long light golden hair tied up behind her head stood there leaning against the mountain wall, wearing a slightly worn light green aristocratic robe.

Seeing the familiar girl, he subconsciously called out her name.

"Laya?"

"Ah, it's me..."

The girl whose name was called paused for a moment, then slowly turned around to look at him and bowed respectfully to him.

"Greetings, Master Fader and Master Melina... I didn't expect you to remember my name... Yes, I'm Laya, and I'm here to await your arrival, under the orders of Master Tanis, the master of the Volcano Mansion."

When introducing herself, the girl still maintained a humble smile on her face, as if she was the most humble servant in this volcano mansion.