Chapter 473: The Great Spirits User
Chapter 473: The Great Spirits User
In addition, the materials collected by the Thieves Guild included the diaries of the family members and servants, which revealed how the Fanatics came to be in the hands of the Marquis and his plans. The Thieves' Guild, they must have done their best.
There were two things I was curious about. Hamuls as the street murderer, and why Velmeria was targeted.
As for the first, why did Hamuls attacked Fran, he was simply looking for a strong host. They discovered that I was made by orichalcos, and they were relentless in their pursuit. That's when they discovered Velmeria.
Apparently, Velmeria had a special bloodline among the dragonmen and had the potential to use a powerful skill called the Divine Dragon Transformation Skill. For this reason, the Fanatics kidnapped Velmeria.
「So, just before the Fanatics' plan was about to be executed, they got their hands on the most powerful host huh」
「Plan?」
「Kukkuh. That's a pretty big deal, you know?」
According to Eihwaz, the fanatic sword was discovered 40 years ago in the Marquis territory, in the basement of a 1000-years-old fort that had been turned into ruins during a survey to build a new facility.
It was presented to the Marquis by a person from the research team because it was imbued with magical power……I'm sure the Fanatics' plans began at this time.
Moreover, the Fanatics' plan was not a simple one, such as limited to manipulating the Marquis to seize power.
「Haah, to team up with the Raidos Kingdom and to take over the Philias Kingdom?」
Even Eliante was surprised.
Even for the Fanatics, it is impossible to control all the people in a half-destroyed state. Hence, there were some people who were not controlled and just received orders, and some of their subordinates seemed to know what the Fanatics wanted.
「Or more accurately, It's going to get its hands on the divine sword Diabolos」
「They are the same kind, right?」
After they taken control of the country, they planned to invade the Philias Kingdom by taking control the military. It seems that they wanted to use Diabolos to repair itself.
I guess it wanted Gallus not just to have him create a pseudo fanatic sword, but also to be involved in its own restoration.
「Then the invasion from the Raidos Kingdom that is happening now is…」
「It must have been planned in advance」
「……I have a bad feeling about this」
Eliante mutters to herself. Could it be some kind of insect sense? I'm a little scared when half-insect kin tell me that.
「We're not hiding the fact that the mass murderer Jean is in Alessa. In fact, I'm sure he's even actively spreading the word in order to intimidate them. And yet, they attacked us……」
「They have prepared for this in advance huh」
Isn't this situation pretty bad? No matter how strong Jean is, there is always a possibility that he will lose if they have taken countermeasures in advance. The other side is said to be a military superpower, so isn't the possibility of losing rather high?
「Wh, why are you so calm about it!」
「Hmmh. There will be disaster for that city」
「That's why I'm telling you this is bad! If that Klimut guy fought seriously……」
Eihwaz too, called Klimut a calamity before……Eliante also seems to be more afraid of Klimut than the Royal Army of Raidos.
「Hey, What do you mean?」
「You're already a B ranker, so it's fine huh……Klimut's second name is Calamity. He is a spirits user who specializes in mass destruction, destroying friend and foe alike」
I see. So, it's a calamity because he attacks both friend and foe in a wide area. I guess it's a similar story to Ashwrath the Friendly Fire.
「But it's fake nickname, given over 50 years ago. Adventurers who didn't know any better started calling him that, and it stuck to him. Now, many adventurers believe the alias to be true……No, Klimut is a trump card for the guild as well. We've never dared to correct that mistake」
「Mistake?」
「Well, technically, he stopped a weapon of mass destruction and saved a city」
A long time ago, there was a small country in the northern part of what is now the territory of the Kranzel Kingdom. It belonged to the Raidos Kingdom, which had long been an enemy of the Kranzel Kingdom.
However, that small country was sandwiched between two major powers and at the mercy of the political situations of both sides, it's unstable. The country and its people must always be prepared for war, not knowing when it will become a battlefield.
Even with a small national budget being squeezed by military expenses, the country was unable to increase its strength and had to continue receiving support from the Raidos Kingdom as a poor country.
The king of the time tried to break through this situation. He turned his attention to spirit magic as a low-cost means of warfare. He tried to develop spirit magic by inviting excellent spirit magicians.
However, spirit magic is very difficult to handle. There are only a few who have the talent, but it is extremely unstable. Even if the same spirits magician uses the same spirits magic, the effect will fluctuate drastically depending on the physical and mental condition of the practitioner and the mood of the spirits. Furthermore, spirits were fickle and had a different mental structure than people, and they sometimes did not understand commands accurately.
It was recognized by the adventurers and military, but it is too unstable. It is difficult to unless they are a high-level magician. That's how they feel about it.
Especially important is the part about its instability. They can easily go out of control. Even for Elves and the others that have accumulated thousands of years of study in spirit magic are said to have difficulty in trying to control it.
Then, that small country also made a big mistake. A few spirits user attempted to summon and use a higher-level spirit, whether it was a miracle or a nightmare, it was a great spirit that was summoned, and it easily got out of control.
There are different ranks of spirits: miscellaneous spirits, lower-grade spirits, middle-grade spirits, high-grade spirits, great spirits, and spirit's king, with great spirits having power equivalent to threat level A.
What if it gets out of control? The small country would be easily destroyed. In fact, at that time, the Great Spirit of the Wind, which had been rampaging for five days, had cleared more than half of the country, killing and injuring more than 50,000 people in total.
The person who quelled the Great Spirit at that time was Klimut, who was already the Guild master of Alessa. He himself did not take part in this experiment and only cleaned up the mess by himself, but from the onlooker it appeared as if he had summoned the Great Spirit.
What's more, he made a contract with the Great Spirit at that time, and the fact that the scene looked like he was giving orders to the summoned spirit accelerated the misunderstanding.
「In fact, He just managed to save the people of a small country from being wiped out. It's insane to go to the trouble of infiltrating a hostile country and attempting to make a contract with a great spirit with a low chance of success. Well, since he succeeded, he must be a genius as a spirits user」
「But, it had weakened Klimut greatly」
「Why?」
If he made a contract with a great being like the Great Spirit, he must have gotten stronger, right? That's why he was a rank S adventurer right.
「He are constantly on edge to hold down the great spirits that lie dormant within his bodies. The amount of magic power he can use is limited, and his life force is being drained away. On top of that, it seems that his body is also becoming weak」
「Originally, his fighting style was supposed to be using multiple spirits, but I'm told that's also difficult now」
In order to keep the Great Spirit sealed inside of him, his abilities have been weakened. Moreover, it's difficult to summon spirits because he's constantly devoting his control and other resources to it.
「But that doesn't mean he can't fight. If it comes to it, he can use the Great Spirit」
「Kukukuh. The great spirit of the wind that will blows everything from the ground huh」
「If that happens, there will be a lot of damage in the area. And Klimut won't be able to get away with it either. I heard that he used it once in the past in a battle with a dragon, but that time he had wandered between life and death」
So, neither the people around Klimut will be able to get away from it huh.
I wondered why they had such a person as the guild master of Alessa, but it seems that the Raidos Kingdom is an irreconcilable enemy of the adventurer's guild as well.
There were no adventurers in that country, and if there was an adventurer's guild member in the area they controlled, they would execute them all and confiscate their property.
In order to prevent such a country from moving south and weakening the Kranzel Kingdom, which favors adventurers, the guild has placed Klimut as a trump card.
「However, a trump card is something you save until the last minute. That's why we're putting Amanda and Jean in Alessa's so Klimut doesn't have to fight too much」
In other words, he's probably even more destructive than Amanda and Jean. Apparently, Klimut was even more awesome than I thought he was.
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