
The sky that should indicate the sun will be asleep from the world, it is covered by gray clouds, and the blowing of a very strong wind. The atmosphere that relieved the end of Aurora's feud with the Elves suddenly turned to be full of questions when Hellenia von Cloxzar put on her grim face when talking about Porte von Ophenlis. The same face was worn by Louis de Dormant.
"What's this?" inner Zeeta who frowned.
"All of you, leave this matter to us. Count Will, Count Rey Emeria, Mr. Orchid, Mrs Claudia, Ozy, Aria, Eclipse, and the Elves, please do what you have to do!" Ashley's orders.
Although Orchid and Rey are both filled with question marks, they still carry them out. They descended along with those magical creatures with magic flying into the Cremlyn Labyrinth to immediately begin their heavy work. Start by expressing their plans, then make an emergency tent for the people living temporarily. If what Ozy, Aria and Eclipse will do smoothly, they will get a new home in less than a week.
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"The Ophenlis family ... since the time of the throne Mrs Scarlet has handled the Cremlyn Maze," Hellenia said, "the maze has been around for a long time, its usefulness has never changed. But, that's a problem...." He hesitated to continue his sentence.
"Tell me. If his life is threatened, I'll have to—"
"Free," Ashley said.
Zeeta. "Eh?!"
Ashley continued to explain to Zeeta. "There is one rule—ritual more precisely—agar can control the Cremlyn Labyrinth. The labyrinth would only be an ordinary underground labyrinth without mana. To turn on its function, Porte had to be in his residence to concentrate all the mana stored from the crystals around for him.
"The crystal house wasn't made for show, but here's the real reason. The crystal house was created to absorb mana from its surroundings bit by bit, be it from nature, or man. When he concentrated all the energy accumulated in those crystals on him, his brain would only be able to concentrate on the operation of Cremlyn within a period of five days. Other than that, he was unable to do anything."
"Five ... day? Then why doesn't he save us first, when we have a lot of time?!" scream Zeeta.
"Listen to me until it's over, son. The night you disappeared after the Hollow incident, of course we major nobles have seen the condition. But, there we found a protective field."
"Protective field?"
Hellenia was hoarding in the conversation. "We've been trying to open up that protective field with our magic. Madame Ashley also intervened. But...." He did not change his grim face.
Zeeta gritted her teeth. "Why isn't this important you guys telling me?! I can definitely destroy that protector!"
"Don't be arrogant, son!" exclaimed Ashley, "don't think you can do anything with your magic just because you have abilities superior to all of us!
"The protective field is not from where. It came from another source of power in this world, namely ki. Ki flow is different from nowhere, son. Ki is centered on the inner energy of a person which is then converted into energy outside the body.
"Ki is a power produced purely by humans. Just like mana, ki can also be used for a wide variety of purposes. Murder, martial arts, or just as an art.
"Listen, Son. Ki is not something you can take for granted. Like the mana difference between nobles and commoners, the weak ki was also unable to defeat the ki stronger than him.
"Son, in this kingdom, only I can use ki. But, things would be different if the culprit from another kingdom were to take advantage of the situation."
"So ... we don't even know what happened to Mr. Porte...?" ask Zeeta.
Hellenia and Ashley fell silent.
"I don't care, I'll see it la—"
"Heeeeeeeey!" someone waved at them as they flew. When the figure that waved the hand started to appear clear, they were dumbfounded.
"Uncle Lowen... Edward and Ella too...? Ah, that, right?!" said Zeeta.
"Porte?!" squeak Ashley and Hellen.
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Moments before Peri and Aurora clashed, Lowen and his children went to the Ophenlis residence in the Eastern Region. When they arrived, they found the area had been destroyed and burned, and at one point, there was a dark blue protective field and it was twisted by molten grey balls the size of a bogem ball.
"What's this?" edward pointed to his protector.
"Hmmm.... I didn't expect it to be like this. Who did this must have been very strong." Lowen murmured.
"Father!" both shouted at the explanation.
"O-oh, yeah. Papa wants to repay Zeeta's kindness and do what Papa was supposed to do as a Levant noble! You guys know...?" Lowen whispered something to his children.
"OH? REALLY TRUE?" both seem fiery.
"Of course, great, right?" Lowen put on his arrogant smile.
"What are you waiting for then?" ask Ella.
"Here's the problem. This protector is from nowhere, so Papa can't just shatter. It could be that the lives of the people locked up in it are affected."
"Then...What should we do?" ask Edward.
"Papa wants your help to perform the ritual. This ritual Papa will need to save the people inside."
"Uhm! Explain it to us!" without much ado and questions, they immediately agreed, having been swayed by the whispers of their father.
Moments later, Lowen and his children formed a triangular pattern around his patron. Edward and Ella are given a sun-marked wand to stick on the ground. The stick was used as a catalyst to boost their mana, while Lowen only used his own strength.
From where the three of them stood, a red magic circle patterned with the sun appeared, then another magic circle patterned similarly under its protective field which then slowly absorbed its protective field. This lasted until the fire between the Elves and Aurora was extinguished.
When the protective field was lost, they only found Porte alone lying helplessly with fragments of crystal scattered around her. He was immediately helped.
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Zeeda stared intently at Ashley, whose statements could all be broken by her cousin's family.
"What the fuck is that look? I'm not wrong, they're the ones whose powers are crazy! Now, it's your turn to heal Porte. I'll talk to them" Ashley said.
"Yesbuuuu! If it is wrong, it is still wrong! Buuuu!" Zeeta mocks Ashley, then he heals Porte.
As Ashley walked over to Lowen, she nodded, "Snack. I've seen for myself ki from the protector it's no ordinary ki. That protector shouldn't be able to be dismantled just like that, even though the Levant has already intervened. Lest this perpetrator already know the situation here...?
"Damn. It's not strange that other kingdoms take advantage of the situation here, but why are they just doing this obscure thing? If they want to weaken Aurora's power, Porte is the most delicious prey...."
While the situation here had already calmed down somewhat, in the Cremlyn Labyrinth, the people were on a scene with the new concept of their kingdom. Although not all received airy, they also did not want to be a burden to Zeeta. If Zeeta really wants to focus on protecting them, then this is the right path. The result of the discussion of Humans and magic creatures there are three points— which will later give birth to a new face for Aurora.
One; separating the people's territory from the capital. The territory of the people would lie below and leave the capital in the sky. The capital would later serve as the control center of the royal power, where all the major nobles except Aurora would be housed in the same building. Later, in each Region of their responsibility, various posts will be installed for complaints, and others. If you want to complain directly about the problems that occur in the Territory concerned, then the people are allowed to report directly to the main noble.
Two; for the matter of the people's houses that were mostly in the capital, all of those buildings would be copied by Ozy's Rune magic power after Labririn Cremlyn was repaired by him. For the houses in the Eastern and Southern Regions will remain as Zeeta had planned from the beginning, which will involve Eclipse and Axel the Dwarf, his assistant Myra, and the Elves were composed of Falmus, Yuuvi, and Sylva.
Three; during the construction, Zeeta and Ashley will install two types of protective terrain, namely sensors and security. For the certainty of that protective resistance, Ashley and Zeeta took three days. And during their absence, it was Luna who would ensure the safety of the people and foreshadow the work of those magical beings and Humans.
This discussion gave birth to a collaboration between Humans and "legendary" magical creatures such as Giants, Elves, and Dragons, which had never happened in Aurora's history before.
"Geez, I didn't expect to have to work like this. What dream am I?!" falkus exclaimed who was emotional but had no choice but to accept it.
"I still don't understand why Queen Feline did that.... What exactly happened?!" peekit Yuuvi's.
"Zeeta ... is a strange human being" Sylva said.