frontline city's battle

What was Thea's reason for saving Bella?

Conscience?

It seems that you could say so.

When Thea first brought her from the clutches of the undead, she had already pulled Bella into this desperate world.

For Thea herself. This world is hell.

Hell that always wants her life.

Saving Bella, is the same as bringing her to continue suffering in this world.

There must be some questions. Why didn't Thea just kill Bella? Wouldn't that end her suffering?

In a desperate world like this. Life is trouble. Death is true peace.

However....

Didn't Thea also want to live on?

Living in a world of despair.

What is the reason?

"I want to live. See new things around me. I want to see a colorful world once again."

Thea recalled the silhouette of the woman in her mind, and she smiled slightly.

"In the end you died too."

Dashing out of the forest with dry leaves scattered in the air. Every one of the skeleton horse's footsteps, emitted a blueish-black flame that didn't burn anything.

However, each horse took a step and left a gloomy colored flame there. It's like a marker...

That the god of death came to this land.

"Ma'am... This monster is getting scary..."

Seeing that Thea was shrouded in the thick mist that the skeleton horse seemed to have become one with her. The gloomy aura emanating from it and the black sky factor as if it was going to rain, made Aertal with thick fur feel a soul-piercing chill.

The Benaras Kingdom was very close to the abyss forest.

It was inevitable that the army and all its troops were very strong.

The mages living in this kingdom are also more powerful than the mages in other countries.

Each teaching method always has differences in different countries. For example the kingdom of Benaras is cultivating armies of soldiers and magicians.

They don't study secretly in towers or train their bodies in their own homes. Both the soldiers and mages in this kingdom had been baptized by aomthing.

Abyss forest demon blood.

As long as you stay in this country, then you will become strong inevitably.

Because... the weak will die.

"Stop."

Stopping her horse near the strong high wall of the frontline fortress of the kingdom of Benaras. Thea had unknowingly arrived at the borders of this kingdom very quickly.

This fort is called the "fortress of freedom", the place where the abyss forest separates the world of human civilization.

No wonder there would be several armies and rows of a dozen mages to guard this place from monster attacks.

If this fort were to collapse, then the bustling city full of Vitality behind them, would be crushed to nothing by the ferocious assault of the monsters.

You could say this fort is the most important fort in the history of mankind in this land.

Raising her head she saw a person in a loose robe with a pointed hat above her head flying in the sky. Thea just stared at her silently.

"A monster from the abyss forest wants to go to the human world. What is your goal?"

Staring at the two monsters below her. Rumbling sounds begun to echo in the dark sky, this made the atmosphere even more gripping.

Even the notoriously brave soldiers currently guarding the fort. Swallowed there saliva with difficulty.

"Oh? Isn't that the famous sheep king? Do you want to challenge me or want to kill humans?"

"Ma'am! Let us pass. We have a special patient here."

Seeing the girl who had white hair shining in the darkness, and also hearing the sound of a very strong heartbeat, as if it would explode at any moment. Dalil, the assembly mage sent by the mage tower to exterminate the monsters. She narrowed her eyes sharply.

"Men."

Thinking about it for a while, the post finally looked at the two of them with a condescending look.

"Leave her alone. You can go."

Following the instructions of the mage and putting Bella on the ground. They walked back a few steps, and a pillar of fire began to fall from the sky, scorched everything where Bella was originally lying!

"BELLA!!"

Staring at the place where the pillar of fire is burning with great worry and wanting to use wind magic to disperse it. Thea's calm voice suddenly interrupted Aertal's thoughts.

"It's okay, Bella is safe."

I don't know since when, Bella has been in Thea's arms.

When the mage was casting fire pillar magic wanting to annihilate Bella with one hit. Thea instantly crushed the ender pearl in her hand, Bella's position was immediately replaced with the ender pearl.

If it weren't for Thea's calculations for Bella's safety. she would have been burnt to death by now!

"Ma'am!! We just want you to heal this girl! Why do you want to kill her!"

Dalil snorted her nose.

"A humans was taken by two monsters. I'm afraid this is a conspiracy of you guys who want to exterminate the humans who are in the city."

"Ma'am! Ma'am! Ms. Ms.!! You are so paranoid! We ONLY---!!" The angry Aertal was suddenly stopped by Thea.

"So this is your choice?" Looking at the mage that was flying in the sky. The answer Thea received was a bunch of huge fire spears appearing around her current proposition.

"Aertal, take care of Bella."

"Ma'am... Y-You..."

Destroying a regeneration potion on Bella's body. The mana reaction that would tear his heart began to slowly regenerate, and this would not cause his heart to explode suddenly in a short period of time.

At least not before the regeneration potion ran out of effect.

Looking back Thea saw Aertal staring at her dumbfounded. she again looked at the mage that was in the sky, she also saw the group of warriors and magicians that were on the wall there.

"Can you take care of it?"

Looking at the fortress and seeing that there were several magicians wearing purple clothes, and holding their wands very steadily. Aertal knew that they were the ones Thea was referring to.

For the human soldiers under the fort? Hey! It didn't enter Aertal's view at all.

"I will leave them to you."

Dismounting from the horse and taking out a black bow from her inventory. Thea pulled the strings tightly and started aiming for the mage that was in the sky.

Dalil snorted her nose disdainfully.

"[Fire spear]"

With a cluster of a dozen or so large fire spears 3 meters long shot towards thea and Aertal who were below there. The magicians who were on top of the fortress walls also started chanting magic spells, and the soldiers below started to glow with a blinding blue light.

"Go."

Thea released her arrows in the direction of the mage and Aertal issued many wind blades at the soldiers who came towards it. Their battle begins!

"Release the arrows!"

With wind type magic that has been added by magicians. The archers inside the fort pulled their strings as well, and started shooting at Thea as well as Aertal.

"You guys chose the wrong magic! I'm the sheep king! The real wind mage!"

"MAKKK!!!"

With Aertal's scream affecting the wind magic element in the air. All the arrows that had been enchanted using wind magic, began to shake slightly, and suddenly immediately stopped freezing in midair.

Aertal looked at the soldiers who were already injured, as a result of being hit by its wind blade just now.

"Let's clean up these bullies first."

The moment Aertal was about to use this arrow floating in the air to finish off all these weak soldiers in front of it. it suddenly felt a liquid splash down on its body, and its vision instantly turned flaming red.

"Aaaahhhh!! I'm burning! Ma'am!! I... Wait... Doesn't it hurt?"

Checked its whole body and seeing the flames as if a sea of ​​fire around it. Aertal who saw the broken glass bottle of fireproof potion on the ground, and it immediately knew that this was all Thea's doing.

Seeing that Bella who was behind it was still lying quietly with no sign of roasting at all. Aertal wiped the hot sweat on its forehead.(TL: you are tilling me that a sheep is wiping its hairy forehead with its hoove!)

"Ma'am, I was too careless."

Creating a ball of wind that covered its entire body and Bella's body. Aertal saw Thea who was standing in the middle of the flames without moving at all.

"No need."

Lowers its right front leg. Aertal canceled the wind magic that was about to be cast by it just now.

Seeing that Bella who was originally still sleeping in the flames peacefully started to make a pained expression on her face. Thea knew that it was caused by the mana that is raging within her body.

"Let's get this over with quickly."