Chapter 61 - Another Colossal Figure and The Chosen Piece

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And after the circle and wall of purple-black fire faded, we saw something colossal lying about twenty meters in front of us.

"Huh? This is.... Mountain?"

I said after looking at the colossal figure from bottom to top.

"Kukuku.... No, my Master. This is...."

Kulshedra-san chuckled slightly and denied it.

".... A Turtle."

Scathach-sama added.

"Huh? A Turtle? What are you talking about?"

I tilted my head slightly and looked at Scathach-sama and Kulshedra-san strangely as if I couldn't believe what they were saying.

"Rey-sama, this is... indeed a turtle."

Sakuya-san answered and confirmed with a slight wry smile.

"But it's as big as a mountain and there is really a mountain on its back. Hah~...."

Mephisto-jiisama also answered and then took a deep breath.

And after hearing their words, I frowned slightly and then decided to moves back about one hundred and fifty meters so I could see with a wider view.

And after I could see the colossal figure in its entirety,

"Ah...."

I was speechless and flabbergasted.

"...."

What the heck is thiiiiiiissssss!!!!!?????

Right.

What appeared before us turned out to be a colossal turtle with a rocky mountain on its back!

But because previously I saw it from a fairly close distance and what I saw was its side, all I saw was a rocky mountain towering high on its back while I couldn't see the head and legs.

Then, while I was still a little stunned, the others approached me and they too could see the colossal turtle in its entirety.

"My goodness.... What kind of another beyond sense figure you have summoned, Rey...."

Mephisto-jiisama complained with his head slightly lowered and one hand holding his eyes as if he felt dizzy.

"D-Don't blame me, Mephisto-jiisama! I can't control what kind of figure will be summoned!"

I denied and refused to be blamed!

Because even though I could decide the criterions and characteristics for the figure I wish to summon using the Balance Breaker of my «Serene Summoning», the figure that will be selected and summoned itself is random even though it matches the criterions I want!

So the final result is out of my control and not really my fault!

".... I don't feel any signs of life from it."

Scathach-sama said with a slight frown.

"Yeah. I feel the same."

Kulshedra-san gave a small nod to Scathach-sama's words.

"Huh? You mean this colossal turtle is dead?"

I asked with a bit of surprise.

"It seems like."

Mephisto-jiisama answered me with a slight shrug of his shoulders.

"How strange...."

Sakuya-san said in an astonished tone.

And I frowned a little after hearing their words.

"...."

Yeah. Why was the summoned one is in dead condition?

"Rey, does your Serene Summoning can summon dead creatures too?"

Mephisto-jiisama asked.

"That's.... I don't know. But it shouldn't be possible."

I answered hesitantly and frowned even more.

If my «Serene Summoning» could do something like that, Governor Azazel would have told me about it while researching it and helped me to control and develop it.

And if something like that could be done, then the first thing I would do was definitely to try to "summon" my deceased mother!

"Hmm...."

Mephisto-jiisama looked thoughtful by frowning deeply and holding his chin.

I and others also thought about why the person who was summoned was a dead figure.

".... Rey, probably.... Your Serene Summoning indeed can't be used to summon dead creatures. But... If the creature hasn't been dead for long, maybe there's still a chance."

Mephisto-jiisama said his conclusion after thinking for a moment.

"Huh? Are you saying that this mountain-turtle just died recently?"

I asked with a bit of surprise.

And Mephisto-jiisama gave a small nod.

"Possibly so. Or at least it is just in suspended animation."

"I see...."

"Aye. But you can bring it back to life by using the Evil Piece to reincarnate it into a Devil."

I slightly twitched the corners of my lips after hearing Mephisto-jiisama's suggestion.

Because I can't imagine how other peoples reacts if they know that one of my servants was actually a turtle as big as a mountain.

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"There is one other thing that I still don't understand. Even though I wished to summon someone who could be relied on to guard the territory and take care of its management and administration, then why was this mountain-turtle the one summoned instead?"

I asked in wonders.

"How would I know.... Won't we find out after it revives?"

Mephisto-jiisama shrugged his shoulders and answered with a question that seemed rhetorical.

"Right."

After that, I took out my «Evil Pieces» Box from my Storage Ring.

And after I opened the luxurious box,

"Hm!?"

I was surprised because suddenly one of the pieces floated out of the box while slightly glowing.

The piece was a [Bishop] piece but was purple-black stripes-colored as opposed to most of the others which were plain black.

"This is.... Mutation [Bishop] piece?"

Right. That piece is one of the Mutation pieces I have besides the Mutation [Rook].

"Oh? It floated out by itself?"

Mephisto-jiisama asked curiously.

I nodded slightly.

"Yes. I didn't take it out. Is this normal?"

I asked while looking at the Mutation Bishop piece floating in front of me.

Mephisto-jiisama then shook his head.

"No.... But I've heard that sometimes the Evil Pieces can choose or decide for themselves which piece is suitable for the person who will be reincarnated as a Devil."

"I see.... But why [Bishop]? After all I intended to use [Rook] because I think it is more suitable for a turtle who is synonymous with defense."

"I don't know about that too of course because after all we don't know anything about this mountain-turtle for now. But there must be a reason why the system chose the [Bishop] piece, moreover a Mutation piece for this colossal creature."

I frowned slightly after hearing Mephisto-jiisama's words.

But soon I took a sighed deeply.

"Hah~.... It can't be helped then."

Then, with a bit of resignation I started to chant the spell for the procession of reincarnation as a Devil and a member of the Peerage.

"I, Rey Rofocale, with my authority as [King], reincarnated you as a Devil and my [Bishop]!"

After I finished chanting, a large-scale purple magic circle appeared on the ground where I and the others were standing as well as where the mountain-turtle's body lay.

After that, I aimed the Mutation [Bishop] piece floating in front of me to the mountain turtle and then the piece seemed to fly into its colossal body.

Not long after, on the mountain-turtle's back appeared a purple light that glowed brightly for a moment.

And after the purple light faded and disappeared, the glowing purple magic circle on the ground also faded and disappeared, indicating that the reincarnation procession and ritual had been completed.

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Meanwhile, in a dimly lit room with a large glowing blue crystal, a woman's figure appeared vaguely like a hologram of light but slowly seemed to solidify into a real form.

The woman has bright skin and silky brunette hair tied into a bun decorated with flower accessories. She wore a green dress decorated with hexagonal patterns and a long white shawl attached to the waist sides of her dress with lotus flower accessories.

And not long after, the woman slowly opened her eyes.

"...."

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