Symphony for the Insect Princess

Two minutes later——

"Huh... huh... these things are really damn durable."

"Don't use bad words all the time, Miss Sedroon."

"I'm happy, so what? And don't add 'Miss', it makes me sound like a sleepover girl. Just call me Sedroon."

"What about the last name?"

"I don't want to say it, is that okay?"

"That's all right. I don't want to mention my last name either."

"Oh? Looks like there's a story behind this~"

"Isn't it the same for you?"

Charlotte responded while using magic to mend her slightly torn clothes, while Sedraon was busy straightening her messy hair.

As for everyone else, they all knelt there with their mouths open, as if they had seen a ghost.

The market town disappeared.

Or rather, it has changed.

This not-so-large piece of land looked like it had just been bombed by a national-level magician army, then baptized by all kinds of natural disasters such as fire, thunder, waterfalls, floods, etc., and then filled with bones and tombstones, and finally hit hard by a meteorite.

Apart from the insect-men who had turned into ashes, there were no casualties. It was simply a miracle among miracles.

"Let me make it clear first, I'll be the one holding this great secret treasure. I wouldn't trust you with it."

"Then please take good care of it."

"You still need to tell me?"

Sedroon stuffed the big secret treasure into a strange place in his clothes, then stretched his body, while Charlotte also finished tidying up her clothes and turned back into the elegant and charming young widow.

"We're heading into the city again... Don't you have any luggage to take?"

"It's all destroyed, but I'm used to it. There's nothing to miss about it."

"That's good, but these guys—"

Sedroon's eyes instantly became extremely sharp.

The shock of Charlotte's death had not yet worn off, and everyone was kneeling on the ground, unable to move, at the mercy of others.

"You said before that we couldn't let anyone go, right? It would be troublesome if we left any witnesses who knew that the great treasure was in our hands."

““““““——!!! !”””””””

A stark death announcement.

"Hey! Wait a minute, Setron! This is not what we agreed on!!!" Osam yelled anxiously.

"Huh? Agreed? What did I agree with you?"

"Uh...it's a deal...it's a deal..."

Osam was speechless for a moment. Only then did he realize that there had never been any written or verbal contract between them, the mercenaries, and Sedroon. It was more like they were just acting together temporarily rather than cooperating.

They were not companions from the beginning.

So, it wouldn't be surprising if he was killed.

"...Woo!"

This is the Balbula continent, where there is no justice or morality. It is not uncommon for witnesses to be killed. When Osam realized this, his hair stood on end.

To be killed—

"Hey, you misunderstood me."

Charlotte stopped Sedroon, her tone slightly angry and full of the aggression of a little woman. Of course, no one was in the mood to appreciate it at that time.

"Huh? Doesn't sparing no one mean leaving no one alive?"

"So why kill, kill, kill... It's too cruel. At least have some basic moral sense."

"Wow, I was actually called cruel by a necromancer."

"It has nothing to do with their profession... I mean their memory. Isn't it enough to just erase that memory?"

"Oh, that's right."

When they heard "all we need to do is erase this memory", they immediately felt as if they had been pardoned.

But the next conversation gave them a chill.

"I'm not familiar with magic specifically targeting memory, so I'll have to take a detour."

"A detour?"

"Well, we'll bombard their minds with extremely intense death shock, causing memory distortion. There might be some aftereffects, but they won't be a big deal. They'll just have nightmares of dying over and over again for decades."

"...You are actually a perverted sadist, right?"

"Well, that's better than actually dying...right?"

"Come on, stop messing around. Let me do it. I know how to erase memories."

"Really? Sedraon, you are truly knowledgeable."

"We're educated people, and we can learn most magic just by watching it once... Tsk, erasing their memories one by one is really too much trouble. We might as well kill them all."

““““““Please erase my memory aa ...

……

……

……

"Speaking of the widow."

"Just call me Charlotte."

"How old are you?"

"Eighteen years old."

“……………………………………Huh?”

"I kid you not. It's twenty-eight, exactly."

"How old are you, kid?"

"Fourteen."

"...That's really early. Then when did your husband and child die?"

"………………You really are just asking for trouble."

"It's annoying to consider other people's feelings."

"Never mind. I don't dislike your personality... It happened when I was twenty-one. That was the day I lost my husband and daughter."

"Please give details."

"I'll tell you if our relationship improves."

“It seems I’ll never hear it again (laughs).”

"You..."

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Come on, complain about the title, I can handle it

Chapter 59 Escape

Evening, 17:50——

In Kasol City——

"stop!!!!"

“Don’t run!!!!”

THUMBS THUMBS THUMBS THUMBS THUMBS THUMBS THUMBS!!!!!!

"Wait, wait, wait. According to international law, the three major powers must follow procedures before using force against protected persons such as teachers and students—"

"You care so much!!!"

Beams of light condensed from various elements, arrows shot by magic warriors with bows, the chants of priests...all kinds of messy things bombarded them at once. Rodrigo hurriedly released a series of defensive magic to resist the attacks!

“Ahhh, really! Forest Spirit Guardian… Oak Shield… Ultramarine Blessing…”

Layer upon layer of emerald green wood defensive magic blocked all attacks. Although Rodrigo was an academic with no practical experience, he was a magician after all, and wood elemental magic was very useful in defense, binding, and healing, so the pursuers who were aiming at the great treasure could not hurt them for a while.

"Old, teacher..."

"Don't look back, run!"

Under the threat of pursuers, the students all ran away as fast as they could. Those who could use wind elemental magic and physical strengthening magic were given a speed-up buff, but even so, the pursuers were getting closer and closer!

The situation is not optimistic. The three great war spirits/mages will be in a short period of rest from the previous battle and won't catch up immediately, but the miscellaneous soldiers of the investigation team are also a huge threat! The elusive Ailian has not yet appeared, and the magician who manipulates astrological magic in the Pantheon has not appeared either.

At this moment, the area of ​​the star map in the sky suddenly expanded, covering them as well!

"This is--!?"

Seeing this, the Pantheon people in pursuit immediately stopped and stopped moving forward. They all knew that this was a sign that Stella was about to exert her strength.

Boom, boom! ! !

The first round of bombardment began! Several bright spots representing stars on the star map suddenly blazed with light, raining down concentrated beams of light! Some of the beams struck the pursuers from Babel and the Knights, while others pierced Rodrigo's defenses! The layers of emerald green shields were no longer as solid as they had been before. The starlight, like nails piercing cheese, pierced through almost all of the defenses in one go, finally dissipating just as it was about to strike Rodrigo's head!

"Oh my god, everyone, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!!!"

"Even if you say so, teacher—"

"Be careful! The second round of bombing is coming!!"

“Uooa ...

Boom boom boom boom boom boom! ! ! ! !

Qimila screamed and rushed out of the explosion, her whole body covered with dust. The boys and girls running beside her were also covered in dust.

"What should I do? What should I do? Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

"How should I know ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Where's Mr. Rodrigo!?"

"I-I'm here!"

Hearing the man's voice coming from behind - the other side of the explosion, the boys and girls immediately stopped, their faces filled with fear.

The bombing just now just broke up their team. Rodrigo, Carlo, and the sisters Kokorokokoa were on the side close to the pursuers, while Qimila, Clara, Shul, and Erwin who were holding the big secret treasure were on the other side.

"Don't worry, I'm fine! I'll hold on here, you guys go first!" Rodrigo yelled.

"But what should I do with this thing!!!"

"It's a hot potato!"

"We simply don't dare—"

The boys and girls were about to burst into tears, but Rodrigo's roar interrupted them.

"Now that you've got it, don't let it go! Anyway, I'm counting on you! Shul, Clara, Erwin, Qiumilan—"

"——someone called Qimila said!"

"—It doesn't matter! Anyway, you take it and go ahead! Meet up at the old place!"

"Can--"

boom! ! ! ! !

A new round of explosions almost affected them again. They finally stopped hesitating and used various means to escape from the scene as quickly as possible!

"They're gone, they..."

Rodrigo stopped and looked at the four people leaving on the other side through the huge crack in the road under the smoke and dust.