Symphony for the Insect Princess

"Colorful lights, everyone saw it, like...eh?"

Flynn's expression froze.

He suddenly remembered something.

Colorful light?

I always feel a sense of déjà vu——

"Butch!!!!!!!"

A thunderous roar suddenly resounded through the square, drowning out even Saenris's voice. The guards were pushed aside, and some were even sent flying. Sarco, the Knights' War Spirit, charged forward. The handsome middle-aged man, completely devoid of his usual graceful demeanor, was like an enraged lion, unleashing terrifying magical fluctuations from his entire body. Everyone except Saenris and Glory felt suffocated.

"Sacco, wait for me—"

“Damn it!!!!”

Saenris stretched out his hand to stop Sarco who was rushing towards Butcher's body, but Sarco shouted, and the materialized magic power burst out from his arm and formed a sword blade, which bounced his hand away!

"Sacco, you..."

“…Give me an explanation.

"ha?"

"Although Butcher was a brainless bastard, he was still from my Knights' Territory. To die tragically in this godforsaken place... I need an explanation, Saenris!!!"

boom! ! ! !

War spirit-level magic burst out of his body, rising in the slightly cold air, materializing, condensing, and unexpectedly forming a nearly ten-meter-tall shadow that stood behind Sarco—or rather, loomed over him! This giant shadow was a half-length human figure, covered in silver, resembling a gladiator from the old days. In each hand, it held a longsword also condensed from magic power. Its face was covered by an expressionless metal mask, exuding a cold sense of danger!

"Golem... Sarco, are you freaking out or are you serious?"

A similarly powerful magical power erupted from Saenris, and a giant figure, also nearly ten meters tall, appeared behind him! However, this figure was naked, a leaden gray color, its rugged body seemingly constructed of rock. In its right hand, it held a massive machete, and its face was identical to Saenris's!

Everyone in the audience gasped.

No one expected that these two great fighting spirits would suddenly clash with each other.

And the "golem" appeared right at the beginning.

Condensing the magic power released from the body into a thin film, covering the body surface like armor to play a defensive role - this is the required skill "Magic Armor" for every magic warrior.

At the Battle Spirit level, Magic Armor becomes a passive skill, fully active 24/, independent of the individual's will. Most of the time, it remains hidden beneath the skin, only emerging when needed. From the Battle Spirit level onward, a Magic Warrior can gradually detach their Magic Armor from their body, using it as a weapon rather than a protective gear in combat, like Butcher's giant hands formed from magical energy.

At the Great War Spirit level, the magic armor can completely separate from the body, becoming gigantic, materialized, and taking on a humanoid form. At this point, the magic armor is no longer magic armor, but is given a new name: a golem. The golem's shape, color, characteristics, attack methods, and ability values ​​all vary from person to person. Naturally, golems vary in strength, and some even possess special abilities.

Of course, this kind of trump card is usually only revealed when the battle becomes fierce, but these two hot-tempered guys used it right away.

"Calm down, both of you! Stop messing around!!!!"

Seeing this, Saint Anthony immediately shouted.

"That's right. If you two continue to act recklessly, I will be forced to reveal my domain... Or do you want to destroy this dilapidated city?"

"……snort."

"……cut."

Sarnris spat and dismissed the golem, while Sarko did the same. Both golems simultaneously transformed into particles of magical light and dissipated, leaving only an unprecedented pressure that enveloped the square for a long time.

"Alright, I'll control my temper for now... But," Sarko pointed at Butcher's body, "We'll recover his body, and we'll handle the subsequent investigation. Stay out of my way!"

"""..."""

Saenris, Gloria, and Saint Anthony were all silent.

There were doubts about this matter from the beginning.

Butcher, why were you killed here?

There were no signs of damage to the City Lord's Mansion. In other words, the battle did not start from the City Lord's Mansion, but took place and ended in the square.

To think about it from another angle, Butcher most likely left the City Lord's Mansion "by himself", then had a conflict with someone outside, and was finally killed.

There is a most fundamental question.

Why did Butcher leave the City Lord's Mansion without permission before he was killed?

What’s even stranger is——

"The square wasn't damaged..."

Glory muttered to herself.

If Butcher was killed after a fight in the square, why is there no trace of him in the square? Did the fight end in an instant, and did the killer kill Butcher instantly? Or was he poisoned?

"The body... Anyway, let's examine the body first. We can use the tracking magic later..."

Sarco shook his head in annoyance and walked quickly towards Butcher's body. Only then did he notice after his mind calmed down a little -

(…Hand extended? And with that expression?)

Noticing a few details, Sarko's heartbeat suddenly quickened.

Not only him, but also Saint Anthony, Saenris, Glory, Stella, Ellen, and some of the perceptive people among the thousands of people present, all noticed it.

Butcher's expression was extremely distorted, his eyes bulged outward, and he seemed to be glaring at the front before he died.

At the same time, his only intact right hand stretched forward with his palm open, as if trying desperately to grab something.

In the last moment before his death, was there something he wanted to take?

Is that thing so precious that he would risk his life to get it?

"..."

Sarco swallowed, slowly drew his sword, and stretched it towards Butcher's body——

bump.

He touched the torn abdomen with the side of the sword, and the soft touch was transmitted through the sword.

The body was not stiff, just as Flynn had said, it had just died.

“…………Hmm? Eh!?”

Sarco's expression suddenly changed. He leaned down to examine it carefully, then his pupils shrank and he thrust his sword sharply.

puff!

As he moved, a small thing was picked out from Butcher's abdomen.

It made a crisp sound and fell to the ground.

It is round and only the size of an egg.

The shell is as clear as crystal.

Beneath the shell are light particles that flow in an extremely complex pattern, switching back and forth between various patterns.

The entire body emits a rainbow halo, which is extremely gorgeous, and the magic fluctuations released are different from any known objects. They are ever-changing and have no fixed nature.

"This……"

Sarko was stunned.

The other three super powerful people were also stunned.

Thousands of people around were in disbelief.

In the belly of Butcher's twisted corpse, the goal that countless people dreamed of appeared in broad daylight.

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Oh, by the way, I have to state in advance that although the first volume has some suspenseful elements, the book "Mushihime" itself is not suspenseful.

Chapter 45 True or False

The appearance, the details, the magical fluctuations.

It is completely consistent with the ownerless secret treasure.

The investigation team of the three giants had memorized the precious information passed down from ancient times in advance, so they knew what the great treasure looked like when it was ownerless.

And everyone else saw their reactions and immediately understood what it was.

Silence swept across the entire venue like a tsunami.

The great treasure will be found sooner or later, that's for sure.

But no one expected it to appear in this form.

What should I do?

Go up and grab it immediately and take it for yourself?

No, no, that's impossible. He will be blasted into pieces by the great magician and the great war spirit immediately.

What should I do? Just walk away?

It's even more impossible. The greatest treasure in the world is right in front of us. How can we just walk away?

The onlookers were in confusion.

The four great war spirits/mages are even more chaotic.

Whoever finds it first will get the treasure. Whoever finds it first will definitely hide it as well as possible and take it out of Kasolu City quietly.

however,

Now, the Knight Territory, the Pantheon, the Tower of Babel, and the City Lord's Mansion have all discovered its existence "at the same time."

In that case, after all——

“—Wait a minute!”

Sarco suddenly broke the silence, his eyes wide open, as if he had discovered something incredible! He actually ignored the great secret treasure on the ground and swung his sword. The sword energy blew Butcher's body up, causing it to turn over.

““““““!! !!! !! ??? ??? ?”””””””

If people were just confused just now, now they are completely dumbfounded.

Incomprehensible.

unbelievable.

Can not accept.

But - the facts are right in front of us.

After Butcher was turned over, under him——

It is round and only the size of an egg.

The shell is as clear as crystal.

Beneath the outer shell are light particles that flow in an extremely complex pattern.

The whole body emits a rainbow halo, which is extremely gorgeous, and the magic power released is ever-changing.

It is an ownerless secret treasure.

Sarko slowly turned his head and looked to the side.

It is also an ownerless secret treasure.

"Hey, hey... this..."

Two? Why two? Doesn't Kasolu City only have one great secret treasure? It's only one, yet it's already attracted countless people eager for it, and now a second one has appeared—

"--Character?"

Sarko's eyes focused, and he suddenly found that just under Butcher, in the small area that was not contaminated by the blood, there was a line of blood words.

The handwriting was extremely illegible and messy, obviously written hastily with bloody fingers, and Sacco recognized it as Butcher's handwriting.

"It says... 'Follow the Great Secret Treasure'?"

Could it be that this idiot had discovered the traces of the great secret treasure and thus sneaked out at night, and then wrote down the purpose of his actions before dying? But now that the great secret treasure has appeared, what is the point of seeing this line of words?

the other side--

"By the way...Ms. Glory?"

Saint Anthony creaked and turned his head to look at Glory.