Anime, starting from Re:Zero (Zero - Starting Life)

The entire palace turned into powder, and a colorful snow fell in the royal city. The king sat down on the ground, looking at the young man who was slowly floating up with his arms folded in fear.

"That's why."

"If you ask again, please send someone up who doesn't have so many questions."

[Capital of Wanglong Kingdom]

"You are a good king."

Gao Wen floated between the audience with his hands behind his back.

He praised the new king who had just ascended the throne.

Gawain, who had lost his patience with a bunch of idiots, no longer acted as an envoy, although he had a conflict with the King of Shillong because he was questioned by a high-ranking official about his lack of etiquette.

It seems that this kind of thing might be more suitable for Rudy.

The king, who looked ordinary, had a plain temperament and looked like an ordinary passerby, chuckled:

"Haha, in short, we accept the request and proposal from the Kingdom of Asura and your side."

A minister came forward dissatisfied and anxiously:

"Your Majesty! 'The Wanglong Kingdom cannot be allowed to take advantage of this opportunity to deepen its control over its vassal states and must wholeheartedly advance the rescue operation' is far too arrogant! You should not agree to such a forceful proposal to interfere in the internal affairs of another country!"

The king waved his hand and said calmly:

"This is just a difference in words. I only promised to do what my country would have done anyway. Don't get too hung up on the surface."

If it had been the same situation as before, Gawain would have crushed the minister, but he was still in a relatively calm mood, so he added a few words to explain:

"You'll know the specific situation once we receive intelligence from the vassal states."

"While I want to say this, it might distract you from the rescue efforts during this period. And showing off your strength like you did the last few times would be a bit of a betrayal of King Stelbio's kindness."

"Let's put it this way, who is the strongest person in the Wanglong Kingdom?"

A knight in golden armor came out from behind King Stelbio, walked down the steps, and came before Gawain.

"Very good, draw your sword."

The knight drew his sword.

Gawain pressed his finger down.

The knight was instantly pressed into the floor of the audience room, with only his head sticking out. A large crack snaked to the feet of the minister who was giving him advice, and the broken floor tiles even cut a wound on the minister's face.

Gawain pointed in the direction of the gate, and the gate was instantly broken through so that everyone could see the city outside.

Under the gaze of the ministers and the king, an unmanned tower in the city was twisted off from the roots, flew into the audience room through the hole, and was finally crushed by an invisible force and reassembled into a standing statue of King Sterbio.

"This is a gift, on my behalf."

"Compensation for the damage will be delivered later."

"King Stelbio, I look forward to having afternoon tea with you afterwards."

"I'll leave today's matters up to you all."

After saying this, Gao Wen's figure disappeared between the audience.

No one raised any more objections to the veto.

[Asura Kingdom, Fitoa Territory, New Roa]

Sylphy picked and chose the colorful stones, mumbling in dissatisfaction:

"Idiot, what on earth did you do to use up all your magic power!"

Gao Wen, who was sitting at the side reviewing documents, recalled the details:

"The Demon Kings of the Demon Continent and the southern nations of the Central Continent are all those who will pretend to obey unless they see the real strength."

Of course, the demon kings are not all like that.

But Gawain couldn't admit that he had used his magic power for something as stupid as an eating contest.

Sylphy helped Gawain refill his magic crystals while advising:

"Brother, please don't go too far, okay? Be patient and don't resort to violence to vent your emotions."

While magic crystals can't be used to replenish one's own magic power, the magic within them can be borrowed to cast spells. Based on this principle, Gawain and Rudy had previously created a "spare magic battery," a toy that wasn't particularly useful. However, this time, they could be used as a temporary solution for Gawain. After all, without magic, he's just a pure warrior, making many tasks difficult.

Gawain listened to his sister's words very much:

"Threats can only solve temporary problems, not permanent ones. I'm just forcing them to speed up and get things on track. The rest of the story depends on us."

After all, just like what he threatened King Xilong with, it was very effective against the royal family and nobles.

But if they want to rely on this kind of thing to maintain the situation in Xillong, then within a month at most, people who hate the royal family or nobles of Xillong will execute the refugees from Fitoya in the streets.

Sylphy placed the spare magic backpack that could be installed on the magic armor in front of her brother, and lovingly stroked his cheek, whose eyes were becoming increasingly bloodshot.

"When Brother is in a bad mood, he can vent it on Sylphy."

Gao Wen smiled helplessly:

"Sylphy is the idiot. She's going to get hurt."

Sylphy hugged Gawain and cursed softly:

"Who told you to commit domestic violence? Can't kisses and hugs ease your bad mood? Then Sylphy won't hug you."

Gao Wen hugged his sister back and didn't speak for a long time.

It was not until Sylphy blushed and urged him to get to work that Gawain put on his new set of magic armor that he had never used before and flew to the north of the central continent in matte black armor.

He bribed the Magic Three Kingdoms with several technical patents.

After another battle with the ghosts and gods, he received full support from the Kingdom of Bihelir.

As for the several small countries to the west of the Kingdom of Bihelir, they all felt the same enthusiasm as the small countries to the south.

Only the conflict zone caused Gawain trouble.

He killed the king of a small country that had just been established a few years ago. The king's ministers immediately developed rebellious intentions against the royal heir. Killing the ministers could not ensure that the new king could sit firmly on the throne. After a lot of inquiries, the country completely fell apart.

Gawain immediately thought of killing all the armed forces in the conflict zone, but when he killed the first illegal mercenary group, he immediately realized that many villages and towns in the conflict zone that seemed to be full of civilians could also turn into bandit gangs when necessary.

Gawain could only selectively kill the more brutal and cruel forces he saw with his own eyes, to reduce the difficulty of the subsequent rescue team's work as much as possible, and to reduce the survival pressure of the refugees who fell into the area.

"It can only be handed over to Gilenu."

Gawain plans to form a war group to plow the disputed area.

This is the end of the notice to all nations.

Gawain then went to the major cities on the continent of Beccarit to issue commissions, then dug out huge rocks, engraved the contents of the commissions on them, and placed them in a high-profile manner at the entrances of each town.

After doing all this, there is still a long time before the Adventurer's Guild stops accepting commissions every day.

Gawain did not slack off, but once again issued commissions according to the risk level, town by town, country by country, and continent by continent.

Busy until dusk.

After returning to Fitoya, Gawain did not forget to check the disaster-stricken area again. Perhaps there would be stubborn refugees who would rush into this dead area that was larger than many kingdoms.

Then, I saw a familiar deadbeat stumbling around.

Chapter 20 Reunion

"It was too hasty..."

This thought was circling in Luo Qixi's little head all day long.

But after traveling so far, she decided it would be best to return to the area where Roya City was located to determine the extent of the damage. If she still had no leads, she could head west along the Red Dragon Mountains, enter the presumably safe Donadi Territory, purchase a horse, and head south to the royal capital of Ars to gather information.

The idea is very clear.

The dry food in Luo Qixi's backpack was indeed enough to support this plan.

But here's the thing: she's lost.

In a yellow land that was no different from the others, although she was not completely lost in the directions, after walking aimlessly for a long time, Luo Qixi finally realized that given the current situation in the Fitoya Territory, how could she know where Roya City was? In other words, did Roya City still exist?

Now she could only move forward towards the north in the hope of quickly identifying the Red Dragon Mountains on the skyline. As for regrets, there would still be plenty of opportunities. After all, the north-south depth of the Fitoya Territory was nearly 3,000 kilometers. At the current speed of advancement, Luo Qixi could regret it for several days.

"We need to think about where to set up camp..."

Luo Qixi paused, took off her tricorn hat, raised her sweaty little face, and looked listlessly at the now less scorching crimson sunset. She then looked back at the desolate road she had come from and sighed heavily.

“There doesn’t seem to be anything to consider…”

"Let's walk a little further and set up camp right here..."

Just as Loki was about to put her hat back on and take a step forward, a gust of wind suddenly came down from the sky, blowing her important tricorn hat away and even pressing her thin body down so that she couldn't straighten her back or look up to determine the situation.

"Eh?"

Immediately afterwards, explosions that almost tore her eardrums roared more than a meter above Loki's head. One explosion after another made her dizzy. She covered her forehead with one hand and had no mind to think about picking up the hat. Loki realized that something was wrong almost as a conditioned reflex.

This is the sound that occasionally occurs when the sound barrier is broken.

Could it be Gawain, Sylphy, and Rudy? Where are they going at such a rapid speed? Or could it be someone else or a monster?

Loki used her staff to prop herself up and raised her head to determine the direction of the sound. If there was enough moisture in the sky, it might leave a flight track.

Then, a dark figure appeared in front of her.

"Eh?"

Loki subconsciously extended her staff forward.

In order to save magic power, she didn't even bother to use the air conditioning technique the entire day. The one-third of magic power she had finally accumulated was stored just to deal with this situation.

At this distance... first use rock spikes to attack from behind, then condense a volley of water needles from above. If that fails to penetrate his armor or cause effective damage, use temperature deprivation to freeze the water covering his body into solid ice, and then lock him up with a metal prison.

After instantly thinking of a battle strategy, Loki injected magic power into the staff and immediately began to prepare for multiple spells.

The next moment.

The knight in black and gold armor raised his hand, snapped his fingers at her, and a burst of fighting spirit shot out.

However, Luo Qixi didn't care. According to Gawain, she still had at least two chances to save her life. Even if she wasted one, she had to seize the opportunity to capture this dangerous creature, who might even be able to fly at supersonic speeds. She thought of the rumors: black armor, flight, the use of fighting spirit, and the rampage. The opponent might be an undead demon king. Luo Qixi didn't think she would lose to someone who relied on his immortality to act recklessly. If she couldn't kill him, she could just trap him. This kind of thinking was probably a common trait between master and apprentice.

But the protective shield that Gawain mentioned was not activated.

"Eh hey?"

With an incredible cry, Loki felt a heavy punch on her stomach, and she fell backwards to the ground. Her staff fell to the side, and the magic that was half prepared was naturally forcibly interrupted.

The black-armored knight flying in the air slowly approached.

Lokisi couldn't understand what had gone wrong. Gawain couldn't have lied to her. Perhaps the previous crash had used up all his chances of survival, or perhaps non-lethal attacks weren't being detected? She quickly raised her left arm, clad in gauntlet, and using the gauntlet as a medium, unleashed streams of water at nearby enemies. These water lances quickly solidified into ice upon firing, their attack speed far exceeding that of traditional ice lances.

But the black-armored knight just waved his hand casually, and used his arm shield to smash all the ice spears and knock them away, continuing to approach with unstoppable momentum.

Lokixi's whole body began to shake, her eyes trembling. She pushed the ground with her legs, trying to escape as far back as possible, but the bag on her back was too heavy, so she could only plow a few weak grooves in the soil.

"Huh? No way? I can't be killed in a place like this, right? I've become so strong... No... Mom and Dad... No, no, Gawain, please come and save me..."

Roxy attacked frantically, even using the red lotus hair ornament she'd brought with her to enhance the power of her magic. But neither the suffocating field, the extremely high-temperature beam flames, the ultra-cold liquid air arrows, nor the heavy falling rocks had any effect on the opponent.

That was a freak who could use his hand knife to chop out a large range of light swords.

The use of fighting spirit is simply an art.

Though she hated to admit it, Roxy no longer felt the other party was the Undead Demon King. Perhaps it was the reincarnation of the Demon God Laplace. Those defensive moves reminded her of the Water God. [Sword Deprivation]? Was that the name? It was said to be a fantastical technique that could attack or defend against enemies in all directions, with no blind spots in sight.

The magic power was exhausted again.

Tears of despair flowed from the corners of Lokixi's eyes.

This is not an enemy that I can defeat.

Then, the black-armored knight with dark golden patterns on his face stopped one meter away from the fallen Lokisi.

The knight took off his helmet.

The long black hair flowed down like waves, lingering on the ferocious armor.

The tall body completely blocked the blood-red setting sun in the west, making it impossible for Lokisi to see any details of this terrible enemy.

But that's the case.

Luo Qixi could also clearly see the other person's pale profile, which was painted with the lingering warmth of dusk, through the hair that was dyed with the red light of the sunset and looked like dead seaweed. The sharp and graceful facial lines like an axe were immature and lifeless, which was inconsistent with his temperament. It was perfect and contradictory.