Re:Zero: Starting from the Great Transformation

After Ron died, the earring was left as a relic. He should have returned it to Sarah, but in the end, a private message played a role and he kept it quietly.

Whenever he felt lost, he would pray to the dead man in his heart.

Are you on the right path?

After a long silence, Rudeus collected Ron's belongings.

He took a deep breath and began to use earth magic to advance from underground towards the mansion according to the distance he estimated during the day.

……

……

Although the route was not too long, even with Rudeus' efficiency it took most of the night to dig.

When he felt it was almost time, he stopped moving forward and instead tried to probe upwards.

The ground in the yard was paved with paving bricks. Rudius put his ear to the bricks and listened carefully. After confirming that there were no footsteps around, he carefully pried open the bricks with earth magic and crawled out of the ground.

He quickly determined his location: inside the manor, at the edge of the mansion's outer wall. Several windows nearby were open, perfect for sneaking in.

The luxurious manor was silent, and the footsteps of the patrolling guards gradually faded away.

Rudeus seized the opportunity, opened the window, and quietly sneaked into the mansion. At the same time, he activated his precognitive eyes in advance and observed the movements around him. After confirming that no one was around, he hid in the shadows and began to explore bit by bit.

"By the way, this mansion is really huge. Is this the residence of a true noble?"

While sneaking into the mansion, Rudeus couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

This was his first time to enter a noble's private residence. Perhaps because he felt guilty, he always felt a little uneasy in every aspect.

But then again.

Although I sneaked in, this mansion is much bigger than I imagined. Where should I look for it?

Rudeus thought about it and finally decided to start the search in the basement. After all, there shouldn't be many people in the basement, and when it comes to hiding places, it's easy to think of places like basements.

Thinking of this, Rudeus rubbed his hands and took steps towards the basement.

The basement of Notos's house was not spacious.

The dim candlelight illuminated the corridor. The tightly closed doors seemed to be locking up unspeakable secrets, and the footsteps seemed particularly harsh in this space.

Rudeus was prepared for this.

Doris, a veteran thief, once gave her a pair of insoles that could be placed on the soles of the feet to prevent noise.

"But then again, maybe we've come to the wrong place..."

Looking at the tightly closed doors, Rudius thought that the Notos family was, after all, a strong supporter of the Second Princess faction. Ariel was also a princess after all, and even if the situation forced her to do so, she could not be allowed to stay in such a place.

Thinking of this, Rudius planned to turn around and leave.

"..."

However, just as Rudeus took a step forward, he suddenly heard a whimper coming from deep in the basement.

Although the voice was faint, it sounded extraordinary to Rudius' ears.

Because this voice sounds so familiar.

"..."

Rudeus hesitated for a moment, but finally took a step towards the depths of the basement, in the direction where the sound came from.

He maintained the magic power of the Eye of Prescience to the limit of one second.

Soon, he arrived at the door of the room where the sound came from.

The room was not locked.

Rudius glanced into the room through the iron-barred window and suddenly his eyes widened.

In the dim light, I saw a man with his hands tied to a chair, a cloth stuffed in his mouth, and a blindfold on his eyes. He could neither see nor speak and looked very miserable.

The moment he saw him, Rudeus's head went "boom".

"Senior Luke?"

"Woo?"

Rudeus shouted tentatively, and the people in the room immediately reacted violently.

Can't go wrong.

Isn't this person in front of me Luke, who was supposed to be with Ariel, Sylphy and the others?

Rudeus was confused for a moment and had no idea what was going on.

But the most urgent thing is to get Luke out of here.

He looked down at the closed door, thinking about how to open it quietly, when suddenly the precognitive eye in his left eye fell into darkness and he could not see anything.

Rudeus was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned his head to look behind him, but there was nothing behind him.

Just as he was wondering, he saw that dozens of dim lights illuminating the basement were all extinguished at the same time. The entire basement instantly became pitch dark, without even a trace of light.

The next moment, Rudius felt something dark flash in front of him.

His eyes rolled back and he lost consciousness.

Human-God Chapter: 154, Regret

When Rudeus regained consciousness, it seemed like a long time had passed.

My head was dizzy and my consciousness was blurry.

"Wow--"

The icy cold water poured down on his head, making Rudeus shiver all over. He opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly found that his mouth was blocked, his eyes were blindfolded, and his hands were imprisoned in some unknown device.

He subconsciously wanted to use magic, but found that the magic power he released was quickly dispersed and could not condense into shape.

Rudeus suddenly woke up.

Before he could say anything, the blindfold and the cloth in his mouth were suddenly yanked off. What came into view was a dim, narrow room, and a middle-aged man standing before him.

The dim, flickering light illuminated the man's face.

The moment he saw the man's face clearly, Rudius couldn't help but be stunned.

so similar.

He looks so much like his father, Paul.

"The outcast descendant of aristocratic status and obligations who once rebelled and fled has now returned with his tail between his legs. Rudeus, don't you feel ashamed?"

Pilemon looked down at Rudius, his tone full of sarcasm.

Rudius glanced at him coldly and said nothing.

He scanned the room briefly, but there was no one else around. However, due to the angle, he couldn't see behind him, so he wasn't sure what was going on.

Just as Rudeus was thinking.

"Snapped--!"

Piremon slapped Rudeus hard on the face.

"Didn't you hear me?"

Piremon stood and cursed Rudius:

"I'm telling you, you're finished! You're wanted by the Church of Saint Milis, an unforgivable crime in itself. Add to that the charges of breaking into a noble's mansion and aiding rebels. Do you think you can leave here alive?"

"Rebel?"

Rudeus glanced at him coldly.

"Who are you calling a traitor? Speak clearly."

"Haha, are you still pretending after all this? Everyone in the Asura Kingdom knows that the Second Princess Ariel Anemoi Asura is recruiting civilians in the royal capital, intending to take advantage of the King's serious illness to launch a mutiny and seize the throne. You must have come from the royal capital as well, don't think I don't know."

Piremon said with a sneer.

As soon as these words came out, Rudius immediately felt something was wrong.

But he remained calm on the surface and tried to test the waters:

"You say Ariel is a traitor, but what about the Notos family who once assisted the Second Princess? Aren't you afraid of being liquidated?"

"My Notos family has long since abandoned the dark side and pledged allegiance to the First Prince. Only my foolish son still talks about knightly loyalty. What a stubborn fool."

Pilermon snorted coldly and said impatiently.

Hearing this, Rudeus felt a "boom" in his head, and the strings that had been broken for a long time were finally connected.

So that's why... No wonder...

Did the Notos family betray Ariel?

So what I saw before, the Luke tied up in the basement, was also real?

"Sylphy...Where is Sylphy?"

Rudeus gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sound from deep in his throat.

"Sylphy? Ah, you mean the guardian warlock named Fitz who is beside Ariel."

Piremon said casually.

This nonchalant attitude was like a match that ignited Rudeus's irritable heart.

"I asked you where she is! Answer me!"

"That's ridiculous! What right do you think you have to question me? And why should I answer your question?"

"Then try this!"

The moment he finished speaking, Rudeus suddenly and forcibly activated his magic.

In an instant, the biting cold filled the entire room, the dim light became flickering, and a layer of frost condensed on the surface of Pilemon's skin and the soles of his feet at an extremely fast speed.

"what?"

Pirèmon was astonished.

You have to know that Rudeus is carrying a tool specifically designed to restrict magicians. Once his hands are covered, it will be like being trapped in a magic circle, unable to perform magic. How is it possible...

However, he didn't know that ever since the battle with Orsted, Rudeus had been training how to forcibly use magic in disrupted situations.

By now, Rudeus has become quite proficient in this technique.

It's simply not possible to restrain him with just magic items of this level.

"Answer my question, or I will kill you..."

"Shh-"

Before Rudius could finish his words, a sword light suddenly came from the side.

Although Rudeus noticed it, it was too late to dodge, and it was too late to activate his precognitive eyes.

"Tsk-!"

Accompanied by a sour sound.

Rudeus felt his hands go cold, and the magic that was originally in progress came to an abrupt halt.

When he looked down, he saw that both of his hands had been severed at the wrists. His palms fell to the ground, and blood splattered everywhere.

The piercing pain almost made Rudeus cry out in pain.

Only then did he realize that there was a third person in the room besides himself and Pilemon. The other person's presence was so low that people subconsciously ignored his existence.

But now it's too late.

Without his hands, Rudeus couldn't even use magic.

"Bam—"

The Northern King, Vi Ta, emerged from behind Rudeus.

With an expressionless face, he kicked Rudeus in the knee, forcing him to fall to the ground.

"Damn it! Even after all this, you're still trying to struggle!"