[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 155: Cryll Rescue Act (12)

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"I think he's gone, yeah … "

Norman muttered, and then looked around.

They were all still lying on the floor, showing no signs of waking up. Norman took a deep breath, and began to use his orders.

"《Bangun》"

For a moment, nothing happened. However, everyone who had previously fainted on the floor was now starting to wake up as if following Norman's words.

"《Give all the information you have, then kill yourself》."

His orders sound very unreasonable. Anyone would not want to obey him. But everyone there is different.

They're acting weird. Their eyes were empty, and their bodies were moving by themselves beyond their will.

Then, their mouths moved and began to leak the information Norman was looking for.

Or at least that's what Norman had hoped.

The result he got from here was, disappointment. No more, and no less.

They had not given Norman any information at all. The brand doesn't even speak a bit. And they obeyed Norman's second commandment.

To kill themselves.

Each of them started pulling their weapons, and finally started thrusting them into their own chests without fear.

Without the slightest change to his expression, Norman wiped his hands with his own pants.

It had not been two minutes since Noelle had left, and now Norman was standing alone around the corpses of the enemies lying on the floor, covered in blood from their own weapons.

Soon, Kaira appears right behind him, along with Muku and Waka.

"Hows it? "

Norman did not need any further explanation about the meaning of Kaira's question. He naturally understood it.

Norman shook his head, and let out a sigh of resignation.

"《Throne Road》I can still use as usual. But, for some reason, they always disobeyed orders to divulge any information. I just tested it by giving them two commands, but only one commandment they obey, which is an order to kill themselves."

《Throne Road》, it is a skill that Norman—all members of the royal family pureblood—have.

An ability that had been passed down by their ancestors, an ability that had never faded despite having been passed down for generations. That is《Throne Road》.

This skill allows the owner to give 'absolute command' to those around him.

Of course, there were some limitations to that ability. First of all, all users of《Throne Road》 can only use that ability on the human race. So, races other than humans, such as werebeast or monsters will not be affected by《Throne Road》.

And the final limitation is about the level limit. Setip users from《Throne Road》 can only give commands to humans whose level is below it.

Norman's level now is 113, or at least that was his status last week. He has not checked it since.

It was a bit disappointing, but Norman had gotten a pretty good result from the massacre just now.

At the very least, he knew that his opponent had a lower level than him.

"Even《Throne Road》no effect, yes … "

"To be more precise, they couldn't provide any information about the enemy .. This was the same as Rias had experienced before."

Just like the ability to read the memories Rias had, the《Throne Road》 that all members of the pure-blooded royal family possessed absolutely could not be hindered its function by godly blessings.

That fact alone was enough to make them all confused.

What is it that can withstand《Throne Road》 that cannot even be held back by a blessing from a supreme god like Anastasia?

Just thinking about it is confusing.

Norman and Kaira decided to skip that for now. Noelle might know something, but they can't count on her for now.

"What about the others? "

Trying to divert the conversation, Norman asked about everyone's circumstances.

Kaira understood with Norman's intention. He nodded and answered. "They're all resting. We've been in this place for a few hours, some of them may be tired."

"Once, yes … "

Norman regretfully frowned.

Even though it wasn't his fault, Norman remained unkind to everyone. After all, he had indirectly involved everyone into a troublesome matter.

In a way, this may be Rico's fault for having received Noelle's request to go on a Cryll rescue mission.

"You don't have to feel guilty like that. Everyone's coming because of their own decisions, remember? "

Indeed, what Kaira said was true. Before departure, Norman had already asked everyone whether they were really serious about wanting to come along, or not. As a result, everyone had agreed to go with him.

Perhaps it was because they did not want to get involved in the matter with the Earl that would happen later.

Even so, Norman inevitably considered the consolation sentence that Kaira said as something that triggered regret in him.

Kaira understood that, so she just kept quiet, letting Norman clear his own mind.

Before long, the regret in Norman's heart had faded, and now he had almost become his usual self.

He looked at all the corpses around him.

The resulting fishy smell almost made him vomit, but somehow he was able to endure the nausea. Norman approaches one of the bodies, looking for something that might be a clue.

The result, absolutely nothing.

"Everything is the same, yes … "

What he found in the corpse, was something he had already seen in the other corpses.

Everyone was using strange accessories in the form of bracelets and rings, and on their palms, there was a barcode with the word 'VOYAGER' written underneath.

In English, Voyager means explorer. However, just with that alone will not help in finding the answer of all his questions.

"Is it possible, these bracelets and rings are blocking your ability with Rias? "

" … Maybe."

Norman wasn't too sure, but he had the same premonition as Kaira.

According to him, that is the most logical conclusion. However, he lacked evidence that would confirm his conclusion.

"Kaira, tell everyone that they can rest for some time. There's something I need to take care of."

Although Norman said something as dangerous as that, Kaira's expression remained unchanged. He knew that this would happen.

Norman would become stubborn at any given moment, so it was futile to stop him.

The only hope Kaira has now is for Norman to stay safe. No more, and no less.

"I understand. But, don't do anything rash. I don't want to go back to the capital with the news that you've been killed in a foreign place."

Norman smiled wryly in response.

"I won't die so easily. You should know that best, right? "

Kaira just snorted, and folded her arms. "certain. But, it never hurts for a bodyguard to worry about his careless boss, right? Anyway, I'll be the first to take responsibility for all the trouble you've caused."

"I know that, of course."

"If you do understand, please do as you please, I will take care of all of them here" Kaira said, waving her hand as if banishing Norman.

"Thank you."

After receiving permission from Kaira, Norman immediately ran to leave her, and chased after Noelle.

Meanwhile, Kaira is left alone …

"I knew I told him to go. But ... Do I really have to take care of this myself? "

Kaira pays attention to her surroundings, and only gets a bad view of the corpses of those who committed suicide due to the orders《Throne Road》from Norman.

Obviously, taking that would be a troublesome thing.

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Outside the headquarters, another battle was also going on quite fiercely.

Olivia used her own left hand to hold onto her injured arm, while her right hand very firmly grasped the handle of the rapier.

Some parts of her armor were already shattered, making her beautiful hands and feet become slightly exposed to the enemy. In addition, blood can also be seen flowing around his arms.

Olivia bit her own lips, and squinted her eyes to increase her focus. Despite that, his gaze was still somewhat distorted, making him unable to see the location of the enemy clearly.

His ears were also slightly buzzing, so he was unable to rely on his sense of hearing right now.

Meanwhile, Stella who was also trapped in a not so favorable situation could only narrow her eyes in annoyance.

His right hand which held several arrows at once was instantly prepared with its own bow, and Stella aimed right at the enemy.

Although the situation looks quite good, in fact, Stella is also not so benefited in this situation.

His weapon was an arrow, while the enemy he was fighting was a dagger user who had a terrifying movement speed.

In this case, he is the worst enemy for Stella.

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Olivia's movement almost reflexively increased the power in her hand, and managed to make the enemy she was fighting with her sword retreat a few steps.

Their swords that were previously in the position of pushing each other were instantly disengaged. Olivia then pulled her own leg, and prepared for the next attack.

His rapier is directed at the enemy with a strong position, making his blade in the position as straight as possible with the enemy.

His enemy—man it—also did the same. He prepared to receive Olivia's attack using a large sword he held with both hands.

Both of his legs rested very firmly on the ground, and kept his position from moving when receiving a hard blow later.

Olivia isn't the kind of person who will wait until her opponent is ready. He instantly advanced at a frightening speed, and directed the tip of his rapier to his opponent's vital point. However, his opponent easily fended it off.

Olivia's rapier tip collided with the man's large sword surface, making it produce a friction that created several sparks.

Behind her, Stella tried to provide support by firing a few arrows. However, he was plagued with other enemies that suddenly appeared.

He pulled out a knife and threw it towards Stella, making Stella reflexively instantly cancel her shot and jump backwards to avoid it.

"You better focus on me from now on."

His opponent—a woman wearing two daggers—that's smiling.

There is almost nothing special about his appearance. Just a woman with an ordinary athletic body. Only, Stella could see a metal necklace with a word engraved on the small plate on the necklace.

It looked quite sharp, so he could read it clearly.

There, a name is engraved.

'Liv's'. Just one simple word, but the woman seemed to be feeling extremely annoyed as Stella noticed the name on the necklace.

"Is that your name? "

He with a contorted forehead was not happy just nodding his head in response. For Stella, that was enough.

Without waiting any longer, Stella immediately pulled her bow and shot a magic arrow towards Liv.

The shot was so sudden that Liv was unable to avoid it completely. The sharp part of the magic arrow that Stella shot out grazed Liv's cheek slightly, and made her drain a few drops of blood from there.

Liv did not stay still, she immediately advanced with a body position that swooped. It didn't take long until he finally got right in front of Stella.

At this distance, Stella would not have time to shoot her arrows. Liv instantly swung her dagger and targeted the neck, but Stella used her own bow to hold the sharp blade of the dagger.

Stella's bow section was indeed made of elastic wood, but it had a terrifying degree of hardness, as if it had been coated with a mixture of metals. The reason is of course, the wood that became the material for making Stella's bow was taken from the body of a tree monster called Treant. The monster was a monster with a danger level of A, so the materials it produced could be assured to be of high quality.

The Roselynn family had enough money to afford to buy their little daughter that dangerous item.

Stella directly pushed her own bow, then used her other hand to pull the arrow in the rope. He then instantly removed his finger, making Liv instantly jump far back to avoid his shot.

This time the arrow he shot was a real arrow, so it would be more painful if it was hit directly.

However, with some difficulty, Liv manages to see Stella's arrow and uses her dagger to move the path of her arrow. It made the arrow that Stella fired towards Liv earlier instantly change direction towards Olivia who was standing not far away from them.

"Olivia! "

Stella screamed, and made Olivia turn around immediately. He then noticed the arrow coming towards him, and immediately smiled.

"The right time! "

Olivia instantly caught the arrow, and threw it in one fell swoop towards the man she had previously clashed a sword with.

The arrow managed to distract him for a moment, and Olivia immediately seized the opportunity to advance drawing her sword forward.

Given all the power he had, he should have been able to defeat the man quickly using his magic and skills. But, I don't know why Olivia can't use it now.

The only thing that could be the cause of all of that would be the moon rocks scattered around him. Olivia was sure of that.

Thanks to the existence of the moon stone, he could not use his magic and skills as a vampire.

If he could, he would have already turned this place into an ice field in no time.

The tip of her sword managed to hit right on her enemy's shoulder, and Olivia pushed back her sword to deepen the wound.

The man was seen grimacing in pain, but he instantly caught Olivia's rapier blade and forcefully pulled it out.

He wore gloves that were resistant to sharp objects, so he could hold Olivia's rapier sharp blade without any problems.

Olivia then pulled back her sword, and prepared for the next attack. However, it was clear that his enemy would not allow it.

He advanced and attacked Olivia using a short sword in one of her hands. He leaps, and performs a great maneuver in the air to prevent Olivia from reading his movements.

Olivia dodged all of her attacks with a small movement, then made use of the gap made to retreat far back. Both of his legs landed on one of the large tree trunks camouflaged by the enemy, then he utilized the spring force created to push it back forward.

His fairly light body was swiftly sliding forward. Swinging her sword, Olivia unleashed a certain intensity of killing intent to let her opponent off guard.

Unfortunately, it is useless.

His opponent immediately threw the short sword in his hand, and again used the large sword to resist Olivia's attack.

But, that's not all.

The short sword he had thrown earlier quickly rotated in the air and turned around to stab Olivia.

Thanks to her dull instinct due to the presence of moon rocks, Olivia was a little late to realize the existence of the small sword that targeted her.

He dodged, but it was a little late. The tip of the sword that targeted him was stuck right in his left arm.

Olivia managed to land gently on the ground, but she grimaced with pain that she had not felt for a very long time.

His body's sensitivity to pain suddenly returned, of course the reason was the moon rock that had continuously absorbed his strength since earlier.

Olivia forcefully pulled the little sword, and made the blood flow very profusely from the puncture scar on her arm.

"From your reaction, it seems you're not so used to pain, are you? "

His opponent—that guy—smiles mocking him. Of course what he said was true. The last time Olivia felt pain from a wound like this was the moment before she gained resistance to pain.

That was about 5 or 6 years ago.

It was clear that he would feel shocked when he received the sensation of pain for the first time in years.

Olivia ignored the pain that was undergoing her arm, and forced forward to attack the man.

The tip of the rapier again collided with the flat part of the sword, but Olivia did not stop. Her rapier—Achto— has the ability to increase her strength along with the increasing intensity of the danger Olivia is feeling.

With the return of Olivia's feelings of pain, of course, will greatly affect Achto's strength.

The proof, the Achto tip that was still in contact with the flat part of the man's great sword seemed to shine.

The man was puzzled by what had actually happened, but he felt something dangerous was about to happen to him. So he jumped back to avoid it. However, Olivia was definitely not going to let it go.

Olivia shoots a thin chain with a small anchor from a weapon hidden in her other wrist, and hits right at the man's feet.

The anchor had a sharp shape at the end, and had several sharp blades curved on each side.

The tip of his anchor stuck right at the man's feet, making him grimace in pain, but he ignored it, and instead pulled his leg forcefully in order to drag Olivia along with him.

But it's useless.

Olivia had first pulled the anchor and made the man fall to the ground very hard, producing a bang that even shook the ground around Stella and Liv who were still fighting.

"Jane! "

Liv screamed as soon as she realized the man's situation, Jane.

"I won't let it! "

Stella quickly pulls her bow, and shoots an arrow containing Olivia's ice magic inside.

Her arrows landed on the ground around Liv being, and not on her body. But, that's enough.

The arrow that Stella fired was shining, and instantly vanished, becoming a magic that froze all the surrounding areas.

Naturally, Liv's legs were unable to stand on the extremely slippery ice. He slipped and fell, and his legs instantly froze, thus preventing him from moving any further.

"Take me off! Jane! "

Liv really looks panicked when she sees Jane's condition. However, he could do nothing to help her in this situation.

Olivia pulled back the chain, and made Jane's large body swing in the air, and finally hit a tree very strongly. And not stopping there, he also used Achto to stab all the objects around Jane. All the objects he stabbed with Achto then exploded, producing enough shock waves to make Jane bounce back in the other direction.

Jane couldn't protect herself. He painstakingly tried to adjust his position in the air, but the chains still piercing his legs prevented him from making that run.

There is no other way, he thought.

Still in the air, Jane smiled bitterly.

He then raised one hand, and poured a certain amount of magic into it.

Instantly, his hand shone, and changed its form that of an ordinary organic hand, into a terrifying metallic black sharp sword blade.

Olivia was surprised to see him, but she did nothing.

What Jane just did reminded her of the transmutation abilities Leonardo had. Of course it was surprising to him.

Ignoring Olivia's shock reaction, Jane swung her hand that had turned into the blade of the sword, and cut off her own leg.

"Jane!! "

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