The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 260
A man with handsome and dignified features.
Anton seemed surprised by the teleportation, but soon his eyes widened upon discovering my presence.
He immediately ran to me and knelt on one knee.
“I’m glad to see you’re safe. I, Anton Quinter, will serve my lord at your side once again!”
“Whew! Good to see you. Did you come alone?”
“Yes. This was the first teleportation attempt since the Special Forces moved previously, and the man in robes said we were short on something called magic stones.”
It seemed they had activated the teleportation magic using the magic stones they had brought.
Juras speaks.
“Hmm, I thought we sent enough… So that amount could only teleport one person.”
“How much did you send?”
“It should have been about half the magic amount of the dungeon’s magic stones you had.”
“Only one person could be teleported with that much!?”
“Originally, this magic circle uses the vast natural magic accumulated in the earth’s veins. It was difficult to activate it with just a few stones to begin with. Well, it doesn’t matter much since we won’t be moving hundreds of people anyway, right?”
“That’s true, but…”
Anyway, the important part was that it succeeded.
Anton also greets Juras.
“Juras, thank you for helping Lord Ars.”
“Heh, Juras… You’ve become unusually sentimental. Are you that happy to meet your wife?”
“…! Is Ilya here?”
Juras shrugged and turned his gaze to me. I nodded.
“She is. You’ll be able to meet her soon. By the way, didn’t you bring the baby?”
“If you mean Gawain, I left him at the palace.”
“Didn’t you refuse to go with Juras last time for Gawain’s future?”
“Unlike then, this time I was certain the teleportation would succeed. Ah, by the way, is Lord Rutger here?”
“That’s a bit complicated…”
“…?”
“Let’s go up first.”
I took Anton to the audience chamber first.
Rosa was waiting in the audience chamber because her ministers said there might be danger.
After my explanation that she was the queen here, Anton gave a respectful greeting.
“I greet the foreign queen. I am Anton Quinter, Lord Ars’ faithful servant and leader of the 2nd Battalion of Crossing Special Forces!”
Since he spoke in the Magic Continent’s language, Rosa naturally couldn’t understand.
“I don’t understand what he’s saying… But anyway, he’s your vassal, Ars?”
“Yes. And he’s my strongest vassal. Can you feel his presence?”
“Presence? Well…”
“Looks like Lucretia can feel it though.”
Perhaps overwhelmed by Anton’s aura, Luc was gulping nervously.
“Anyway, as Ars’ friend, you’re welcome here. Please rest comfortably from your journey.”
After the audience with Rosa, we headed straight to the mansion.
Anton’s eyes widened at the foreign scenery.
“So this is the world of magic…”
“It’s not that different. I’d say people just live a bit more prosperously here.”
I briefly explained the situation in the meantime.
About the status of the missing people, and about these things called dungeons that appeared here.
In response, Anton also talked about the situation in the Magic Continent.
“The war between Calliper and Tunkai is intensifying day by day. As Svenner, Europe, and Alvard are trying to join the war, the continent is falling into warfare again.”
“Hmm… What’s the status of Bülang, where they’re fighting for the throne?”
“Since Cassius Lloyd, who was our key spy, revealed his identity, we haven’t been able to obtain detailed intelligence about Bülang… Though we don’t know the details, there was intelligence suggesting some kind of agreement between the princes.”
“Hmm… Thank you, I’ll have to check the details when we return there.”
At my words, Anton carefully asks.
“Do you plan to return?”
“Of course. I can’t just stay here. Why, did you think I wouldn’t go back?”
“In my personal opinion, I thought you might choose not to return.”
“Why is that?”
“Because you could leave the battlefield.”
“Certainly…”
That’s attractive. Not having to see the horrific scenes of war again.
“In the past, that might have been true. But now it’s different. I’ve come to think that ending all warfare is something like a mission given to me.”
“That noble mission. I will support you by your side.”
Soon the mansion came into view.
Since the notice came suddenly, I had left without informing the mansion.
Perhaps because of that, everyone was going about their daily routines.
Master Ilya was no exception.
Master was sparring with Mirabel.
I stopped Anton with my arm as he tried to rush out.
“Let’s watch for a moment.”
“Ah, yes.”
Master Ilya, seemingly focused entirely on the standoff with Mirabel, hadn’t noticed Anton’s presence.
“Haah!”
Master charged in with a battle cry.
Mirabel caught it easily with a grin.
The description that Mirabel’s martial arts had reached mastery suited her perfectly.
You could say it was the ultimate form of the Valkyrie martial arts used by Eonia and Elena.
Particularly in maintaining distance, she was unmatched by others.
She wouldn’t even allow approaches while continuously thrusting with her spear that reached 2 meters.
Moreover, as if tangible energy was radiating from the spear’s tip, holes appeared in the walls along the spear’s trajectory.
“Ugh…!”
Master, seemingly deciding this wouldn’t work, took a gamble. She adventurously dove in, aiming for Mirabel’s heart.
However, Mirabel mutters those words she recently learned.
“Too late.”
Mirabel, who had already assumed her stance, shot her spear straight at master’s head.
This made Anton startle in shock. I was the same.
Originally, teleportation scroll was used in such sparring matches, but since teleportation scroll had become rare now, we hadn’t been having such serious sparring matches.
Whatever the case, having such a sparring match meant that teleportation scroll was being used.
Swish! Just before her head was pierced, master’s body disappeared somewhere.
‘Where did the teleportation scroll come from?’
While I only had such questions, Anton seemed different.
Thinking master had been harmed somehow, he raised his killing intent.
He drew the moon blade from his back and recklessly charged at Mirabel.
“You dare, to Ilya…!”
Elena, who had been watching the sparring while empathizing with Mirabel, opened her eyes wide.
“Who are you!”
Mirabel also expressed doubt but soon made a daring expression as if telling him to try it.
“Haah!”
“…!?”
Bang! Mirabel was pushed back. That’s how overwhelming Anton’s aura was.
He advanced little by little, deflecting Mirabel’s thrusting spear while leading with his overwhelming quantity and intensity of aura.
The composure gradually disappeared from Mirabel’s expression.
She rotated her spear and aimed for Anton’s heart with a battle cry.
“Ha!”
“Not a chance.”
Thump! Anton grabbed the spear tip with his left hand. Mirabel tried to pull out the spear, but instead, Anton’s aura flowed through the spear.
“Hmph.”
Anton snorted and swung his moon blade wide with his right hand.
With her spear caught and feet bound, Mirabel had no choice but to throw away the spear and jump backward.
Anton threw that spear far away. It appeared to be Elena’s spear.
“…”
Blood flowed from Mirabel’s cheekbone, seemingly cut by the moon blade’s tip.
The situation looked like Mirabel had lost after being disarmed, but from the start, Mirabel wasn’t attached to just one spear.
Woong! As magic rippled, a sword and shield appeared on her arms.
“Is that magic?”
Anton muttered that and readied his stance again.
Only then did I snap to my senses and went to stop them.
“Stop, Anton! Master Ilya isn’t dead! You too, Mirabel! Elena! Stop Mirabel right now!”
Anton wasn’t using teleportation scroll. Mirabel, by her very nature, couldn’t use teleportation scroll.
This meant if the two fought seriously, one of them would die.
The situation was barely calmed down. That’s when master, who had moved by teleportation scroll, reappeared in the training ground.
Master spotted Anton and widened her eyes.
“Ah, Anton?”
“Oh, Ilya…”
Anton didn’t even think to wipe the blood flowing from his left hand that had grabbed the spear, and just went and hugged master tightly.
“I missed you, Ilya.”
“Anton… Is it really you? Not some illusion created by magic?”
Even master, seemingly surprised, unusually spoke like a young girl.
At the commotion, people from the mansion began showing their faces one by one.
“What! It’s Anton! Haha! It’s been a while!”
“Lord Gaspar, you seem to be doing well too.”
Since they were planning to go subjugate the Seven Deadly Sins tomorrow, everyone was doing personal maintenance in the mansion. It was the perfect situation for throwing a party.
* * *
Although most people were acquainted with Anton, introductions had to be made for those who weren’t.
“Lucretia, Leitin, please say hello, this is my vassal Anton Quinther.”
While Lucretia was present when Anton had an audience with Rosa, they hadn’t formally greeted each other.
Luc gave a polite greeting.
“I’m Lucretia Akasha. If it’s alright, I’d like to have a sparring match with you sometime, would that be possible?”
When I translated those words for him, Anton was greatly pleased.
“Nice to meet you, Lady Lucretia. I welcome a sparring match anytime.”
Afterward, I introduced him to the elfs Beato, Pion, and Margarita.
The martial artists Pion and Rita seemed overwhelmed by Anton’s spirit.
“What’s with this guy…”
“It’s suffocating. He’s incredible.”
I felt happy seeing my vassal being acknowledged by the people of this world.
It felt like watching our country’s soccer player making great achievements abroad.
“Haha! That’s right, that’s right. He’s my most loyal vassal. And stronger than anyone else too.”
Then there was someone who objected.
“I cannot accept this!”
Eo was making a tearful face. She could tolerate others saying whatever, but she couldn’t stand me calling Anton the most loyal servant.
“Lord Ars! Didn’t you say I was the most loyal!”
“Eo, that’s… This is supposed to be welcoming Anton. Please understand.”
“Ughh…!”
For Eo, who had always considered Anton her rival, this seemed to be an unbearable situation.
However, Anton rather smiled warmly.
“Lady Mirabel hasn’t changed. Yes, your loyalty to Lord Ars is certainly above mine.”
Despite Anton’s mature response, Eo seemed to find it even more irritating.
“Ah! Just wait!”
She rushed up to her room and came back down carrying twins.
“Look at this!”
“Those children…!?”
“Huhaha! They’re Lord Ars’ and my children!”
“Don’t tell me that one is a boy!?”
“That’s right! I bore our lord’s heir! This is the ultimate loyalty! How about that!”
“T-This!”
Even Anton was genuinely shocked at this. Though Anton was more mature, fundamentally he wasn’t much different from Eo.
“I cannot deny this. This is your victory…”
“Hmph.”
Eo smiled triumphantly, pleased with herself. She’s really something else.
After Anton’s welcome ended, we began discussing tomorrow’s subjugation of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Based on the information Juras gathered, I formed three teams.
“According to him, the Seven Deadly Sins has three cave-like passages. The overview of this subjugation is that each team will pass through these passages and meet at the central forest. After that, we’ll try to pull out the sword stuck in the center, and if I can’t pull it out, others will try. Well, let’s talk about that when we get there. First, let’s discuss the first team.”
According to Juras, the curse of the Seven Deadly Sins affects people differently depending on their numbers.
For instance, if only one person enters, all seven curses affect that one person, but if seven people enter, each person is affected by only one curse.
“Wait, then couldn’t hundreds of people enter?”
This was Ash’s natural question.
“In that case, each of those hundreds would still be cursed. You know what would happen then, right?”
Hundreds of people would go berserk and start killing each other.
That’s why the Seven Deadly Sins couldn’t be conquered by sheer numbers.
Minimum 1 person. Maximum 21 people must attempt the conquest.
“Though we have curse removal scrolls, those are for emergencies. One must overcome one curse by themselves. So, I’ll organize each team with people who have deep bonds with each other.”
When the organization was announced, the vassals all nodded in understanding.
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