The Crown Of The Nine Continents
Chapter 143: Those who do not understand

Booom!!

The explosion caused forest destruction. Many trees were flown which made it like a bird floating in the air. Smoke billowed and dust scattered throughout the region, while ordinary animals had already fled even before the explosion.

"Maha ... Flame Explosion has never disappointed me!"

Emerging from the center of the explosion was a young man wearing unusual clothing. He was wearing the robe of a golden-brown mage but underneath the robe was a light armor suitable for a close combatant to wear.

Moments after his appearance, two other people came while wagging their arms to remove the dust around the face. One was a young man carrying a large sword on his back, and the other was a young man carrying a bow in his arm.

"Damn! Your explosive magic really pisses me off!" the man who carried the sword.

"You, Watan! Can't hold back one bit huh?!" timpal the man who holds the bow.

The young man who made an explosion, Astonished just laughed as if he was crazy and seemed to be enjoying the situation he was in. However, Miran did not care about the warnings of friends who criticized his excessive actions.

"Why should I hold back? He also said I can do as I please here."

Surprisingly firmly defending himself, his personality who always wanted to be free and did not want to be restrained by the rules always made it difficult for his two friends. The problem is complicated by the Miran personality which tends to be bad and a little crazy.

"Tch, it's hard to tell you. Then let's listen, Murga, what did he say afterwards?" ask the man in the sword to the man in the coat, Murga.

"I remember him saying whatever action thwarted the plan then he would punish him cruelly. Me and Kogia heard it. So you ... Wonder, stop acting recklessly."

Miran, Murga, and Kogia are an inseparable team. The three of them had been together for quite a long time, although they were often at odds with each other but their relationship was already close and family-like.

Kogia is the oldest among them, followed by Murga as the second and Watan as the smallest. Even so, Wonder often brings problems to Kogia and Murga so that the days they go through are full of problems.

The words of Kogia and Murga made Watan speechless with tense and frightened expressions. Seeing this very serious reaction would indicate that the three of them were very obedient to this person called "He.

"I-I understand, I will hold on as much as possible," replied In astonishment with a trembling body.

Kogia and Murga instantly smiled wryly, they even had difficulty controlling the unruly Miran, but with just words by that person, Miran instantly trembled in fear.

Not knowing what atrocities that person had committed to Miran, they did not want to feel it, and hoped that Wonder also did not have to feel it anymore.

"Good, Wonderful," said Kogia as she patted the shoulder of the Amazons, she then said to the two, "Return to the main topic, we've gone deep enough into the Loudeas Forest but haven't found any sign of anything suspicious."

Murga looked around, looking at the several piles of corpses of monsters that should have existed and not even realized something strange.

"In a moment, I felt that there was something strange about this forest," Murga told Kogia and Wonder.

"You mean the corpses of the monsters that disappeared?" said Wonder which of course not expected by Murga has understood the awkwardness he felt.

"Eh .. I just realized it. Indeed this situation is very strange, should the corpses of the monsters still remain no matter how much power used by Wonder to blow them up, except ...."

Kogia makes a presumption that refers to the only truth that can explain this awkwardness. Murga and Huran seemed to have understood what Kogia meant so that the two of them simultaneously replied quietly.

"They are [Beast Servant]?"

Kogia nodded quickly, then unsheathed the sword attached to his back and then held a bit of the blade using his fingers.

"I felt some kind of protector around the monster's body. Didn't [Beast Servant] also have something in common?" ask Kogia to confirm her statement.

"I guess so, but even more surprising is the fact that they have similar protective powers. You both know what that means?" ask Murga back.

"Hm?" Kogia looked at her, and Miran did the same thing to Kogia before their eyes finally fixed on Murga, "They have the same master?"

Murga clapped her hands while giving the thumb that was raised upwards to the two of them.

"Truely, they should have had the same master, but .. who was the great person who was able to summon so many [Beast Servants] at once and then abandon them in the forest like this?"

Murga's question again made the three of them think hard. How not, the monster aka [Beast Servant] that they had defeated had already reached dozens, while the person who could summon [Beast Servant] that much was definitely not to be underestimated.

Different from a swordsman or a mage, a great [Beast Servant] summoner was rare in existence. Besides being complicated, and requiring a lot of energy to summon [Beast Servant], the summoners were also usually not so strong that some people were not interested in being a part of them.

It takes a lot of effort and energy to summon one [Beast Servant] because those who are called sometimes have their own will and must be conquered first, the consequences of failing to conquer the summoned [Beast Servant] not only went home empty-handed but could result in death.

"Could it be, he called out but was unable to control so he threw them into this forest?"

Murga shook her head when she heard Kogia's unreasonable statement, because [Beast Servant] mana might be able to maintain their physical figure if their master wasn't strong enough.

"That's impossible, the existence of [Beast Servant] in the world requires the mana supply of the summoner to maintain their physical form. As for when fighting, those [Beast Servants] would use their own strength and the mana supply from their masters would only play a role in maintaining existence."

"Heh, isn't there a special case where that [Beast Servant] became stronger due to being given more power by its master?"

Miraculously true, people who possessed strength or abundant mana were not only able to maintain the existence of a [Beast Servant] but could also strengthen them. But as Murga said, most callers are reluctant to do this because it is too risky.

Rather than reinforcing something uncertain, it was better to save the strength to guard against unwanted conditions, wasn't that the basic principle of a summoner?

"If this person we three are referring to does indeed have great power to maintain the existence of his [Beast Servant], I hope that he cannot do what you say, Irrigation."

Summoning tens of [Beast Servants] then abandoning them as if they were useless, then having an extremely powerful [Beast Servant] and being able to strengthen them, even though Murga did not want to meet them.

The summoner is indeed weak if the person develops his strength in half, but the real caller is a nightmare on the battlefield.

"Then, it looks like we've entered the dangerous zone. What do you think, go ahead or back off first to report?"

Kogia quickly took the initiative to be vigilant, at least the person referred to by them was still unaware that his [Beast Servant] had been killed. That way, there was an opportunity for them to retreat and come back with more qualified strength.

"I go on" said Miran.

"No, it's too risky. I chose to withdraw" said Murga.

Kogia pondered for a moment to think which action to take. However since it was likely that they had stepped on the tail of a tiger, and it was too dangerous for them to continue, Kogia preferred Murga's opinion.

"I've decided, we must retreat first. And you're surprised, don't argue, if we do something that tends to fail and destroy his plans, you know the consequences of all that don't you?"

The three of them had already decided, and started moving to return to the starting place from where they had gone. Kogia took the lead, Miran was in the middle, while Murga was in the back because only she had the most powerful enemy detector among the three of them.

A few minutes after leaving the area that had been blasted by Hairan, Murga felt the arrival of some figures moving very quickly following them. The extremely high speed made Murga unable to explain to Kogia and Wonder, but could only shout alerting the two of them.

"Cogia! The wonder! Avoid!"

Ohhhhmm!!!

The ground where they were walking earlier was hit by something that shot out from the sky. The impact caused by it was not much different from the impact caused by the Flame Explosion belonging to Miran earlier.

Kogia, Watan, and Murga manage to evade thanks to a warning from Murga that comes on time. Otherwise, Kogia and Miran would have at least suffered minor injuries if they were directly hit.

"Uhuk-uhuk, what the hell is this?!" shouted In a fit of anger.

"Wonder, silence! I feel a bad feeling about this," said Kogia who slowly regrouped with Murga and Wonder.

The three of them immediately stood by, Kogia unsheathed the sword and stood in front of the two remaining people, Miran put up empty-handed warrior-style horses while preparing a magic circle in hand, and Murga had drawn the arrow between his bows.

"Paradise, explain."

Kogia asked for an explanation from Murga, usually they will not experience something like this because Murga can feel the existence of the enemy even though in a considerable distance from them, but this time Murga gave only one second warning before the attack.

"I don't know, they're coming so fast and I just felt his presence after a hundred meters from where we are."

"Tch, isn't that just because your abilities have declined?" decak Irritated.

"You shut up, wonder! Murga, are you sure there's nothing wrong with that?"

"Where is it possible, even now I can still feel the butterflies flying a kilometer from this place."

Kogia closed her eyes, and spoke very seriously, "Then, it seems like we have awakened the tiger. Be prepared to face the worst."

The dust cloud blocking the view had already started to disappear. From where they walked before, there were four silhouettes with two human silhouettes and two more were animals.

Murga was trying to detect the strength of the four of them, but no matter how hard she tried she was still unable to identify their strength accurately and definitively.

Kogia gulped, Watan pecked in annoyance, and Murga bit her lip as she did not manage to study the enemy's strength. The atmosphere between them was so tense in their respective ways but ....

A casual applause appeared without looking at the atmosphere surrounding the three of them. Neither Kogia, Wonder, nor Murga immediately turned their eyes to see who was clapping.

It was then that they discovered the clapping figure was one among two men who had black hair and wore a mask that covered the entire face other than the eyes, and a little of his lips were open.

The wonder that has high self-esteem and least likes to be looked down upon today feels very underestimated. As a result, he put on a face filled with angry emotions.

"I'm not who you are but dare to attack me secretly!" shouts of wonder who has forgotten Kogia's advice to keep her mouth.

"The water! I told you to be careful with uca- ...."

The masked man stopped clapping, then spoke and cut off Kogia's words to Wonder.

"really?" the man relaxed.

Murga and Kogia who were not controlled by emotions like Miran instantly felt a chill on their backs. The man's words did sound relaxed, but underneath there was tremendous pressure.

"Don't pretend to be stupid! What you're doing is so disgusting!" hardik was astonished without thinking first.

The man was silent in a very quiet silence. Not only were Kogia and Murga, even the slightly emotion-controlled Wonder was aware of the chill spreading around them.

The atmosphere grew increasingly gripping as Kogia and Murga realized that apart from the man who had spoken, the other three figures were silently staring at them with murderous air.

The silence ended when the masked man spoke again, "Oh, that's so funny."

"He thinks it's funny?! Then why didn't he laugh! His words must have a very dangerous meaning!" thought Murga.

"It's funny, isn't it? You guys started the problem, but you're angry yourself, I wonder if there's something wrong with your brain?"

GLEKK!

Kogia gulped, and Murga did the same. The two of them began to whisper to discuss the next plan without taking the slightest look from the four figures who stood some distance away with the three of them.

"Look, I expected this to happen, " whispered Murga.

"Yes, ever since we talked about it I've had a bad feeling. But I didn't think this would happen in a very fast time."

"How is this, Kogia?"

"Seeing the strength of the person who is still mysterious, it seems that trying to escape is a useless thing. Use your magic to ask for help, and we'll buy some time until that help arrives."

"Alright, may we survive."

As Kogia and Murga discuss taking the next step, without them both realizing, Miran is already completely angry and losing control, he foolishly lunged and aimed a high-powered fist at the masked man while activating the Flame Explosion.

Murga and Kogia want to stop the Waters but it's too late. The Flame Explosion magic circle had been activated, while Miran herself had already slid down quickly to deal a blow to the masked man.

While imagining something bad would happen, Kogia and Murga could only hope that the Watan attack would yield a satisfactory result. But the things that are desired will not always be in the shadow of what is expected.

"The rush is not good" said the masked man calmly.

The Blow of Wonder had been stopped by another man who had previously stood beside the masked man, while for the magic circle that activated Flame Explosion, it had been completely stopped.

Kogia and Murga were greatly shocked when they witnessed how easily they could withstand the attack of Wonder as if it were a toy. Although Wonder had not yet unleashed its full strength, but broadly speaking the strength of these two people could not be taken lightly.

"Your Majesty, what if I take care of all of them?" said the man protecting the masked man who was none other than Rusava, and his master, Anryzel Dirvaren.