[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 90: Back and Report

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Noelle while stretching her body walked out of the house and saw Cryll who was already preparing with his sword.

"Is your foot okay? " ask Noelle on Cryll.

Hearing Noelle's voice from behind her, Cryll turned around and stared back at the albino man.

"Somehow I've recovered enough, but .. I still can't use《Accel》 for now."

(Well, of course so.)

Noelle rolled her eyes while walking lightly towards Cryll.

"So, what do you want to do now? "

"Of course, training, right? "

Cryll looked at him as if he was asking an obscure question.

After all, Noelle just shrugged her shoulders.

There was still a few hours before they set off to return to the city, so Cryll decided to spend his time training so that he could recover his legs immediately.

They don't know what situation they will face later, but it's good to be on guard.

Cryll began to make a position and swung his sword several times with repeated movements.

Seeing that, Noelle raised one corner of her lips.

"Hey, how about we practice sparring? " noelle said as she took out two wooden swords from her spatial warehouse.

" ……… Of course."

Cryll answered easily after thinking for a moment.

It might not be bad to test her body directly in a mock fight against Noelle.

After getting an answer from Cryll, Noelle threw one of those wooden swords with a small smile on her face.

The wooden sword he threw shot out rapidly as if splitting the air, yet Cryll easily caught right in the handle.

"What about the rules? " ask Cryll.

Noelle was silent for a moment to think, then replied after she decided.

"You're right .. Let's do it as usual."

-–As usual, it means that their battle practice will continue until one of them is 'dropped' or if the allotted time is up.

'Cut down' means that one of them is in a state of urgency and can not use their weapons to attack, such as falling, or even a destroyed weapon.

Noelle and Cryll were already preparing in their respective positions with wooden swords in their hands.

They stared at each other for a moment before Cryll suddenly kicked the ground and jumped to Noelle.

The movement is done too fast so that the eyes of a normal person will not be able to see the movement. However, Noelle was clearly paying attention to her every step.

Cryll strikes towards Noelle's neck with his sword, which Noelle finally comes agile with his own sword.

"Isn't it too dangerous to target my neck like that? " ask Noelle.

Cryll replied to her with a stupid face as if he did not understand her point.

"Do I look like I care? "

Noelle smiled, and put more energy on her hand so she could get rid of Cryll.

The sword he used to fend off Cryll's attacks easily slashed through the air as if the Cryll's weight charged at him was minuscule.

Cryll jumps backwards to avoid the slash. However, instead Noelle directly advanced at a crazy speed and slashed towards Cryll's stomach with her sword.

Lucky for Cryll, he reflexively uses his own sword to fend it off. However, the voltage and shock waves resulting from the collision of both of their weapons were too strong that it was painful even for the two of them.

Cryll fixed his position in the air while Noelle also tried to maintain his position by sticking her sword and fingers to the ground.

Being in the air for too long is not a profitable thing for Cryll because the movement becomes limited. But, he without worrying about anything directly relied on his acrobatics technique to spin in the air and fend off Noelle's attack that was already right beneath him.

Each of them smiled as they continued to smash their swords at each other.

Cryll leapt back a great distance from Noelle, but he immediately jumped forward and readied his sword for a horizontal slash attack.

Just as Noelle prepared her own sword to fend it off, the sensation of such a powerful collision suddenly felt from the side of her stomach.

It was Cryll who kicked his stomach with all his might while smiling.

Noelle bounced far behind, yet somehow managed to maintain her position by using the blood chain she had set on the ground.

"Star weapons are not allowed, but other weapons are allowed" Noelle said with a fierce smile.

He again shot the blade with the blood chain behind it towards Cryll which was eventually avoided and very easily.

The knife at the end of the blood chain was easily stuck in one of the trees behind Cryll and made Noelle's forehead twitch slightly.

Cryll spent more time immediately taking advantage of the moment to grab Noelle's chain and pull her towards him.

The sudden load pulling her from the other side made Noelle almost lose her balance, but she immediately strengthened her footing and changed the shape of the chain into a barbed chain.

Cryll naturally noticed the change in the chain, but he smiled and jumped forward at Noelle while using the spiked blood chain as a foothold.

There was a risk that Noelle would suddenly turn the chain back into liquid form, but Cryll without a doubt continued to run on top of the chain and deliver a slash attack on Noelle.

As she reached Noelle's presence, Noelle's fiercely smiling face made her realize what she was missing.

Noelle without removing her smile then pulled the chain as hard as she could and made the tree where the knife landed that was plucked from the ground and flew towards her and Cryll.

"You crazy?! "

Cryll screamed frantically while pulling out a small anchor with a thin thread from his sleeve.

The anchor stuck to the ground and pulled Cryll's body to escape the collision of the tree that kept flying towards him and Noelle.

"You yourself also have a secret weapon" Noelle said with a smile.

"Ughh … "

Thin groans came out from Cryll who was still shocked due to Noelle's unexpected movements.

The anchor and thread he had used to escape had already slipped off the ground and re-entered his sleeve while Cryll was still watching Noelle's movements from a considerable distance.

From the other side, he could see some people he knew were watching their fight without him noticing before.

The tree that had previously been pulled by Noelle had been shattered into hundreds of fragments due to Noelle's punch that pierced through the softest point on the tree trunk.

Noelle without saying anything else instantly readied her sword and jumped forward while throwing some sharp wood chips towards Cryll.

Cryll with his already tensed body reflexively instantly dodged the trajectory of the wooden splinter attack and fended off Noelle's attack with his Sword.

However, he forgot that Noelle had a lot of tricks and techniques that he used to use in battle.

Noelle by utilizing the flexibility of his body immediately rotated in the air as he bounced backwards due to the stalk from Cryll.

He used his own blood as a foothold and jumped high into the air while aiming a vertical kick towards Cryll.

Kicks that rely on the calf are not so good to imitate, because the calf is one of the soft muscles in the human body.

If it encounters a very violent impact, then be prepared to endure the terrible pain.

However, it was not a problem for Noelle who was already unable to feel pain.

It used the momentum from its own body and used the blood chains that had already reached on the ground as a pull aid.

Cryll frantically prepares his hand to take cover from Noelle's attack. However, Noelle's feet never landed on her head or even her hands.

Without him noticing, Noelle was already right behind him in a crouching position.

Utilizing Cryll's negligence, Noelle immediately used her leg to kick Cryll's leg and make him fall to the ground without having time to correct his position.

Noelle without wasting any time immediately stood up and overpowered Cryll from above, then pointed the tip of the wooden sword towards his neck.

"With this, I win, right? "

Noelle smiled that Cryll replied with a bitter face.

"You used the blood chain to pull yourself to the ground and destroy my center of gravity."

"There is no such thing as cheating in a fight. It's your own fault for forgetting the fact that I have a myriad of tricks I can do in a fight."

Noelle answered Cryll casually while slowly standing up and getting away from Cryll's body lying on the ground.

"Yahh .. That proves that you have recovered enough" Noelle said with a smile as she reached out her hand to help Cryll stand up.

(Really, exactly how stupid is the Light family? They dumped Cryll even though he was very talented.)

" …… Thanks for that. But ... How are we going to clean up this mess … "

Cryll with a bitter face looked around him.

Without the two of them noticing, the battle training they were doing had caused too much damage.

Some trees have fallen with roots that are still stuck in the ground, and cracks and large craters have also fallen on the ground as a result of their movement.

After all, the damage the area around them received was too great to be created by the two people who were practicing.

" … Can we pretend not to know about this? "

Noelle proposed that while hoping that those who saw the damage in the future would assume that the damage was caused by monsters.

"Sir."

"Chloe's? What was? " ask Noelle.

Chloe looked confused for a moment, but she spoke again hesitantly.

"That .. I found something strange about this place .. I want you to come check on it."

Although Noelle tilted her head in confusion, she still agreed to Chloe's invitation to go check with her.

"Cryll, go back first and finish the preparations with the others. I have other things to take care of."

Cryll replied, "Alright. Come back quickly."

Noelle nodded.

After that, he leaves by following Chloe's lead.

The place Chloe took her was located a few tens of meters from their campsite, so it was quite a short distance away.

"This … "

Noelle immediately frowned as soon as she realized the surroundings.

After all, the place was a circle-shaped wasteland that was about 20 to 30 meters in diameter.

"Chloe."

Called by Noelle, Chloe directly came out and bowed to her.

"Check around this place one more time."

Maybe he was too alert, but he couldn't let his guard down now.

He had passed through the place several times before. Therefore, he knows very well how the layout of trees or rocks around the forest.

And that wasteland, it had never been in the forest before.

He thought of several possibilities as to how the area of the circle was suddenly formed.

The first is, the loggers, or the forest workers. However, this possibility has a fairly small percentage.

That was because the location of the forest where they were located was quite far from the city, and prone to monsters.

Technically, the forest should be forbidden for workers or civilians to visit.

And the second possibility is one that has a sizable percentage of truth.

It was another adventurer or mercenary who happened to be there.

But it was also strange for Noelle. Because, previously Terneth had given a report that there would be no other adventurers who would visit the forest other than them.

(Is that a search team? No, it's impossible.)

Noelle had thought of another possibility, but the results were nil.

It's possible that Terneth sent reinforcements to rescue the Prince and the others, but that should happen tomorrow.

It was related to the agreement Dyland had with Terneth. The agreement was made to increase security for the Prince.

One of those agreements is that Dyland is required to report at least once every three days. What's more, Dyland just woke up this morning, and is still recovering.

Therefore, Terneth should not have known about the condition of the Prince and the others.

"Sir."

As Noelle was deep in thought, Chloe's slightly slurred voice called out to her from behind and brought her back to reality.

"What's wrong? " noelle asked after waking herself from her thoughts.

"There's some old wine casks around here. It's all empty, but ... According to Brackas, it still has its contents a few hours ago."

A few wooden barrels then emerged from Chloe's shadow.

Noelle watched the barrel carefully for traces. However, he did not find it at all.

It would be best if he could find it using fingerprints, but all the parts of the barrel were wet from being splashed with water. All fingerprints may have been erased.

(Do I have to report this? Ahhh .. This is troublesome .. )

Noelle furiously scratched her back head.

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"So, that's. Report's done."

Noelle finished her report inside the meeting room with Terneth.

In addition to her, Cryll and Dyland decided to join in to give further testimony.

Just like Cryll before him, Dyland was still numb in his legs, therefore he should not move much now.

Although ... Noelle wondered how she could survive the journey of several tens of kilometers on foot.

"So, yes .. Their deaths are indeed very unfortunate, but .. I'm glad the Prince and the others survived."

Terneth's response sounded cold and heartless. However, neither Noelle nor Cryll and Dyland objected to it.

Luckily, Norman is not with them right now. Because the Prince would definitely be angry at Terneth for trivializing the deaths of those people.

After all, Terneth's priority above all else was the safety of the Prince and the others. He has no time to worry about others.

"I've received your report. I will discuss it first with the higher-ups regarding your report on the number of monsters exceeding the estimate. In any case, please rest to recuperate before your next instruction."

With those words as a closing, the meeting that was conducted for approximately half an hour was completed.

Noelle quietly held back to show her expression while her eyes continued to observe the movements of Terneth's face which began to smile suspiciously.

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"Although he asked us to rest, but .. Until when? "

Noelle puzzledly wondered as she continued to drag her steps down the main street of the small island shopping district area.

From Terneth's words earlier, it was very clear that Terneth would still send Noelle and the others to carry out a conquest mission.

Thanks to the time Terneth had given them, Cryll and Dyland could finally recover their body condition completely and would be ready for a fierce fight in at least three days.

Although, Noelle wanted this problem to be resolved quickly and immediately cut off the relationship he had with the Norman group.

After her 'conversation' with Lilith, Noelle was somehow able to act as usual as if nothing had happened. However, the atmosphere around Lilith and the other reincarnators was clearly not that good.

Their atmosphere was too not good so Cryll who was inclined to be insensitive with his surroundings suddenly realized that.

Cryll briefly asks her about the situation, but Noelle insists on not telling him and immediately switches the conversation.

(What to do now .. )

As Noelle confusedly thought about the situation, she suddenly felt a drastic change in the surrounding environment.

Noelle confusedly watched her surroundings.

The people who had been walking around slowly began to disappear and made the place empty.

"What … "

He doesn't know what's going on. Noelle prepared her weapon and was on guard with her surroundings, but there was absolutely no sign of an assault to be carried out.

His head was suddenly covered in a dizzy feeling that was very painful even for him.

He desperately held his head in order to maintain his consciousness.

However, no matter what Noelle did, the surrounding environment was increasingly changing.

His eyes began to distort and made him walk with a stagger.

Before long, the pain that struck his head suddenly disappeared, along with the appearance of the people around him.

The presence of people who had previously disappeared suddenly reappeared as if nothing had happened.

Everything has returned to how it was. At least that's what he thinks.

The people walking around him had different actions and behaviors than the previous ones.

"What ... What happened? "

Noelle could not help her anxious face, and she immediately ran as fast as she could towards the inn where Olivia was.

Arriving at her room and Olivia's, Noelle fearfully tried to knock on the door several times and waited for someone to come out.

no need to take a long time, the door opened and displayed a figure of Olivia who was no different from usual.

Olivia who saw Noelle's anxious face frowned and showed a very clear worried face.

"Noelle? What the hell's going on? "

She asked worriedly, but Noelle did not reply and immediately reflexively hugged her.

"Eh? No-noelle? "

Olivia doesn't understand. Noelle suddenly returned with a clear anxious face, and immediately embraced her.

He did not understand the situation, but he tried to calm Noelle down and took her into the room.

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