[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 313: The Sign of a Queen (1)

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Noelle and Tania stood up, about to get out of the place Rudra made this house.

However, before the two could take a single step outside, Rudra called out to them while still sitting on the spot.

"Wait a minute."

Naturally, this made Noelle quite happy. This is in line with what we planned.

Ever since learning of Rudra's identity, Noelle had been expecting his help. Indeed, it would all be easier if Rudra helped. After all, he knew the true figure of the Bengis Queen more than anyone alive today.

Rudra got up from his seat, then walked over to Noelle and Tania. He looked carefully between these two people he had just met.

"All your stories have surprised me. And I am truly grateful that Your Majesty and everyone managed to survive the disaster. Although ... I did not expect at all that the disaster had still not disappeared completely."

His voice was calm, but it contained many emotions that felt so painful. Now Noelle understood why Rudra took so long to digest all of Noelle's stories.

For Rudra, this was the first time he had heard of the news of the queen he loved, along with all the descendants of the residents he had managed to save. It was natural for him to feel many of those complex emotions at the same time.

As if taking a deep breath for a moment, Rudra then continued to speak, "And since this disaster is not yet over, it is my duty to save His Majesty. Therefore, please, involve me in this."

Actually, Rudra did not need any permission from Noelle to help. He may have only done so because he was convinced that Noelle and Tania were the ones who could actually provide assistance to Queen Clament. Not himself.

And from the beginning, Noelle would gladly welcome his help, as this would drastically lower the difficulty of the mission.

"Then, please cooperate, Rudra."

Noelle raised her hand to shake hands, and Rudra accepted that.

"This Rudra will do everything he has to help you" Rudra said as he shook Noelle's hand.

Tania who had been silent since then also nodded happily, and brought herself closer to Noelle before finally greeting Rudra.

"It's nice to work with you."

Two people are foretold, and a knight from the past. The three men of various backgrounds work together to complete an important mission, which is to resurrect the Queen of Bengal who has been living in her seal for hundreds of years.

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"Are only three catalysts needed? "

Moments after the cooperation relationship was formed, Noelle and Tania were brought into one of the rooms in Rudra's 'home.

There, Rudra asked a question while taking out various items from the large cupboard that looked extremely worn.

"For now, yes, that's true. The three catalysts must be collected first before we can proceed to the actual resurrection ritual."

"What is the ritual? "

"Not too difficult. This required the prayers of the followers of the Queen of Bengal, now referred to as the tribe of Artof. The rest of the ritual I can do with my own magic."

Noelle explained it in the way Rudra could possibly understand. Rudra had lived for a long time, but he had never left the former capital of the Fortenia Kingdom. For this reason, Noelle believes there will be a big gap in knowledge.

Although Noelle herself was not very good at seal release rituals, she still had some knowledge of them thanks to all the books she had read in the vampire castle. That's why Noelle is confident enough that this will work.

But without the catalyst and prayers of the Bengis Queen's followers, the ritual Noelle will do will not work.

"You've already gotten the approval of everyone in the Artof tribe, and are on your way to collecting the remaining catalysts, huh? "

Fortunately, Rudra understood all of that quickly.

Rudra finally returned with a wooden box with beautiful ornaments but looked very ancient.

After getting rid of all the dust, Rudra opened the box and showed the contents to Noelle and Tania.

"This …."

Noelle picked up the thing in the box, and realized it was a folded cloth. Moreover, it was too large to be held alone.

Tania helped Noelle hold the cloth and spread it out. The result is a red flag with a diagonal white line from the top left corner. In the center, there was a spearhead emblem and ice crystal pieces on it.

Noelle saw this from the picture. This is the official flag of the Kingdom of Fortenia.

"Just before the total riot broke out, I had time to take down the flying Royal flag at the top of the castle and hide it somewhere. This is the original flag, which was sewn by the first Queen as well as the founding wife, Her Majesty Queen Antine sil Fortenia."

Which means, the flag existed even before the plague invaded this kingdom.

However, even though a lot of time had passed, strangely the flag looked still very new, as if it maintained its appearance when it was created.

Noticing his confusion, Rudra kindly explained.

"The princess of our Kingdom has always had a talent for hereditary magic. Her Majesty Queen Clament is very good at ice magic, while Her Majesty the first Queen has extraordinary prowess in restoration and spatial magic."

Restoration and spatial magic. From the very beginning, there were not many people who knew both magic, especially restoration.

Spatial is well known, but it has very few users due to the difficulty level of its mastery. Restoration magic was barely known to anyone as its own existence was almost considered 'none'.

Not only was it due to its level of complexity that exceeded spatial, restoration magic required an enormous amount of magic energy to impart and maintain its effects.

Noelle herself gave up on creating a better camera when she realized that the restoration magic was too complicated.

One could learn restoration magic when they had already reached a certain level of skill in healing magic. The two are arguably related to each other, as essentially 'restoration' is a further version of 'healing'.

The first queen must have used that restoration magic to maintain the condition of the national flag as it was when it was first created. The magic effect is permanent. As long as it obtained a supply of mana from the air, then the restoration magic would work by itself.

Back to the topic, the first catalyst, that is, the flag is already secured. Next they only needed to gather two more catalysts.

The problem is, how can they find it? Tiara and Queen Clament's blood sounds easy to get, but it's actually very difficult.

It has been more than 600 years since Queen Clament fled the Kingdom and changed her identity to Queen of Bengal. Until then, it could be that the tower has been destroyed or disappeared somewhere. In addition, his blood also sounded impossible to obtain.

There is no way that blood can survive for 600 years. And even if there was, it was impossible to identify her given that Noelle had no way of examining Queen Clament's DNA.

"Do you know where the tiara and his blood are? "

"No, but I have a hunch about where it is."

Noelle also had a premonition for it, but she remained silent and asked Rudra to tell her guess.

"My opinion of the incident is still very clear. Amidst the panic, His Majesty guided all the survivors to escape to another place. And as I helped clear the way for them, I saw His Majesty still using the tiara."

"That means it's outside, huh …."

Throw misses. Indeed, from the beginning it was silly to think that all the catalysts were in one place nearby.

"Next we must think of blood, yes …."

"But, Grei ... blood that has been exposed to air for six hundred years .. is it still useful? "

Tania tilted her head as she asked that.

Indeed, the question is reasonable and very logical. But the answer Noelle gave could easily refute such logic.

"I can use《Domination》 to restore it to its original condition."

So far, Noelle has only used the authority of dominance to change the form of things, including herself. However, he remembered that Noir had used it to 'control time'.

In addition, Noir himself has admitted that the authority of domination is not bound to physical laws, but to the conceptual stage that includes many impossible things, one of which is time.

Noelle recalled how Noir had once guided her to 'dominate' a footprint, and the footprint became increasingly clear when faced with the power of her authority. Apparently, what he was doing at that time was also included in the category of 'time dominance'.

Noelle hated using it, but this authority was really much more useful than she had expected.

Tania and Rudra did not really understand what authority was, but they just nodded and believed that Noelle had planned something good.

"If you think it can be useful, then that's fine" Tania said with a faint smile at him.

Although she did not understand it clearly, Tania had little idea of the power of authority dominance. Navi told me about it.

He thought that the power of authority was terrible, but it could be very useful depending on the situation. Tania was still a bit afraid to deal with that power, but she could only be sure because Noelle would use it.

Tania believes that Noelle's plan will have perfect results. That's why he can only be sure and help to run it.

"Then, just go straight. We'll look for traces of His Majesty's blood."

Noelle and Tania nodded, then got up and walked following Rudra outside her house.

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"Tania .. You trusted my idea, right? "

Amidst the ruins where the rubble of the building was strewn about, Noelle in her form as Grei Noctis stared at Tania up close, and continued to emphasize this question for some time.

Even Tania who was inclined to not care about anything could feel annoyed.

"How many times do I have to answer? I trust the plan you made. And I'm also gonna do everything that won't interfere with your plans, Noah."

Rudra was in the distance, so he could not hear. That's why Tania can casually call Noelle Noah. If there was Rudra, he was forced to change his call to Grei again.

"You said that, but .. Your expression is completely unbelievable."

Noelle lowered her head in disappointment as she stared at the rubble of the building strewn beneath her feet.

Indeed, as Noelle had said, there was a strangeness to Tania's expression.

Although she said it confidently, Tania actually had a hollow smile with empty eyes on her face.

"That's because .. I think when you say your plan, you already have an idea of where we should look. I didn't know we still had to look for him everywhere in town, Noah."

Is correct. Right now, the group is in quite a big trouble.

It was true that Noelle's idea of using authority of dominance was quite good. Merely, he had no idea where he could find the rest of Queen Clament's blood in the middle of this enormous city.

What's more, almost the entire part of the city is covered by the ruins of buildings. Naturally, it was impossible to find the remaining blood of one specific identity.

Although they found blood, it could be that it was not the blood of Queen Clament, but the blood of others.

There was a civil war going on thanks to the panic, and it left quite a number of people dead and injured. Naturally, the blood of those who flooded the ground was no longer identifiable as it was already mixed with the blood of many people.

Noelle's idea was good. It was just that they lacked specific information about where the rest of Queen Clament's blood was located.

Tania was still staring at him with empty eyes, and it made Noelle uncomfortable. He turned his gaze towards Rudra who was busy looking for himself.

Although it sounded impossible, Rudra was completely determined to find it. This made Noelle feel discouraged because she would most likely let Rudra down.

It is understandable that the blood and the queen tiara could not be found anywhere. It has been a long time since Queen Clament's escape to the Cold Forest area.

The problem now is that both catalysts are essential to the resurrection ritual. Without these two, the ritual would undoubtedly fail instantly.

Still with the same expression, Tania this time spoke with her head slightly bowed.

"In addition, Rudra said that he had been wandering around this place for hundreds of years. I'm pretty sure he's memorizing this place like his own house. It won't be hard for him to remember where the queen's blood is."

What Tania said made a lot of sense. For Rudra who had wandered aimlessly in this city for hundreds of years, it was only natural for him to remember all parts of the city.

But she's still searching now, which means she's never found a trace of the queen's sarah on her journey without her direction for hundreds of years.

"It's probably a dead end."

The blood could have been erased, but did Queen Clament really not expect that?

Noelle is very sure, if Queen Clament himself designed the ritual of the opening of the seal. And Noelle believes that Queen Clament is unlikely to forget such an important detail, that the blood will inevitably disappear with time.

But now Noelle suddenly thought about it. The seal that locked the Queen of Clament had a ritual that could be used to open it. It is said that Queen Clament shut herself in there, without any involvement of a second party or third party.

That meant he deliberately designed a seal that could be opened by someone who had found all the catalysts needed.

If Queen Clament were to completely remove the catalyst for the opening ritual, then all the designs of the opening of the seal that had been made would only end up in vain.

But now, Noelle was faced with one question.

"What is the purpose of the Queen of Bengal to design a seal that others can open? "

Tania raised her eyebrows, proving that she had not thought of that at all.

"Now you call it, it's weird. It is said that the Queen of Bengal sealed herself to protect the tribe of Artof and the outside world from the invasion of the Crystal Invaders. But, if so …."

His words stopped, and Noelle continued that. "There is no point in designing a seal that others can open."

Logically speaking, if the Queen of Bengal really wanted to sacrifice herself in order to save the outside world from the invasion of the Crystal Invaders, then it was best to seal herself without any way to be freed.

It's terrible, but that's the best way.

Except, the Queen has a purpose that is still not clearly known.

(openable seal, random magic circle pattern on the gate, three catalysts needed ..).

Noelle quickly connects all existing points, then—

"Maybe ... The Queen wants to give us a test? "

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