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The warm atmosphere of the carriage only hard just a few minutes when the shouts of pain were heard from the outside interrupting the calm that had been posed between Elmore and Ariel.
"Siriu? !, What hell do you do?!"
"ambush!!"
"All protect the AAAGH !!-"
The screams were heard from the outside and Ariel could only think of one thing, they were being attacked.
"Princess Ariel now!" Elmore shout while activating the ring on her finger taking the form of Ariel, Ariel took the shape of Elmore.
"Hide behind my majesty!" Elmore scream while taking a dagger and looked towards the carriage door with a pale expression, it was clear that she was scared but could not break her oath with Ariel and less now that she had sworn her loyalty towards her again.
This gesture caused tears in Ariel's eyes to accumulate and she began to cry silently behind her.
"Aagh! Bastards! Those fuckers betrayed us!" Luke shouted at all pulmon to Derrick which was in the front of the carriage.
Everything was in lees of a second, precisely when passing through a curved part of the road, 20 of Ariel's followers took their swords and killed more than 15, all in less than a second, Luke as the bodyguard closer to the carriage could realize but could not act and now they were 20 against 4 counting the coachman and the butler.
Luke pressed his teeth before this he knew what this meant, they would lose.
"I never thought Darius would get to these extremes ..." Luke murmured in his mind as he took his sword strongly in his hands and pounced one of the traitors.
"haaa!" With a guttural cry, the swing of his sword towards the shoulder of one of the bandits, due to the darkness of the night neither could look good, but by a blow of luck Luke could cut half of the traitor's neck before stopping.
A weak smile was formed on Luke's face before completely decapitating the bandit and running towards another.
"Let the vast and blessed flame converge at They Command! O Raging Fire, Offer US A Great and Blazing Gift! Ex-Flame !!" Derrick shouted strongly while a two -meter diameter fire was released from his cane towards three of the enemies, but because it was the enchantment, they could dodge the spell and run towards it.
Derrick squeezes his teeth when he realized this and had no more option than running to the carriage.
"Supple Spirit of Water and Princess of Streams That Flow Through The Earth, Sweep Away All Things With Your Hidden Inner Might! Water Cannon!" While Derrick ran the spell another spell you see a ball of water to the enemies.
This you see the attack was much faster and could catch one of the three enemies that surrounded him.
Luke could see this stare and a small grimace was formed on his face.
"Only two of twenty ..." Luke said in his mind while the color left his face.
"Tch! ... Avelop me in the Earth's Magnificent Armor. Earth Fortress!" Derrick shouted again while an Igluu of land covered them and the carriage.
"Luke! It will be better to think about something! My mana is almost exhausted!" Derrick shout with a broken breathing and with a pale face.
Within the carriage Ariel and Elmore heard this and both paled.
Even Ariel tried to leave but was stopped by Elmore.
"No princess! You must live!" She shouted as she took her by the shoulders.
The tears accumulated even more in Ariel's eyes while the despair consumed it.
"Now that I realize the sacrifices that people did for me ... I'm going to die without being able to fulfill their wills ... Luke ... Klenne ... Derrick ... Forgive me ..." Ariel Murmured while closing her eyes waiting for the worst.
"Derrick! I want you to take the princess and run from here as fast as you can!" Luke shouted with all his might while holding his sword so strongly that his knuckles turned white.
Derrick said nothing while opening the carriage door without saying anything and noding
Elmore who had heard everything also came out without saying anything.
"Luke! I'll give you an advantage! Don't waste it!" Derrick shouted as he accumulated in his hands the little mana that was left.
"King of Frost, supreme rule of the arctic lands, Sovereign Wrapped in All White What Frigid Cold Robs All Heat. Freeze Thy Enemy, Oh glacial King Who Government Death! Blizzard Storm!" Derrick shouted while the earth igloo gets rid of and catching five of the traitors on dry ice by instantly killing them.
Thus Derrick took Ariel disguised as Elmore and ran from the place despite her cries and protests, Elmore disguised as Ariel ran towards another direction distracting the other bandits.
"Alla this! Don't escape!" One of them shouted as Luke pounced towards them even knowing that he was going to die.
"At least ... at least let them escape!" he cried in his mind while his sword was directly to the neck of one of the bandits.
But unfortunately they were stronger and from all Luke attacked a Water God style swordman.
Thus his sword was repelled with tremendous ease leaving it totally vulnerable.
Luke could only close his eyes as he looked at the other bandits pounced towards Elmore.
"Shit! I could even take her to bed either!" He sorry in his mind while waiting for death.
Luke awaited death but that never came, instead, he felt like his body fell to the ground with a deaf noise while a slight pain perched on his chest.
"I'm dead? ..." He asked in his mind without daring to open his eyes.
"Hey, open your eyes and help me get Ariel," a voice reached his ears, causing him to open his eyes wide and slowly look up.
"Nngh..." Luke stood still as he looked at the person in front of him.
It wasn't the appearance, it was something different. Apparently, the person in front of him seemed even younger than him...but his eyes, those eyes were something that would haunt Luke's nightmares for the rest of his life.
And looking around, he could see the previously alive bandits now collapsed on the ground, decapitated, and a shocked Elmore staring at the person in front of Luke.
...
My arrival at the battlefield was... a little late, if I may say so, but I can only blame Lilia and Zenith for this, but I won't say the outdoors.
It took me about five hours to get to the Ars exit, and when I arrived... everything was a mess.
In short, that mega-idiot Luke was making a desperate attempt to hold off more than fifteen bandits by himself, and obviously, the mega-idiot was almost pathetically killed like the human scum he is.
Plus, Ariel was close to him, running the other way, and she was almost killed. Besides that, there were two other people running into the forest, but fortunately, there was no one behind them.
With a simple movement of my hand and wind magic, the attackers' heads all fell down in unison with dull sounds. Luke, the asshole, bastard, scumbag, screwed-up loser that he is, froze, almost shitting himself, when he saw me, so I couldn't help but look at him with complete disdain.
"Come on, get up," I said as I headed toward Ariel, who was still staring at me in complete shock.
Ariel flinched when she saw me approaching her and pointed the dagger she had in her hand at me.
"D-don't you dare take one step closer to her!" Luke yelled as he got up from the ground and ran at me with his sword in hand.
I only raised an eyebrow and dodged his attack that was aimed at my neck.
"Tch!" He clicked his tongue as his sword buried itself in the ground, and he glared at me angrily.
I wasn't up for his nonsense, so I stopped his next attack, making his eyes widen, and I broke his sword at the same time.
"Stop playing, idiot. If I wanted to, you'd be dead already," I said, looking him in the eyes.
Luke instantly paled, but he stopped attacking me anyway, and I walked over to Ariel.
"You must be Ariel Anemoy Asura, right? I heard you were leaving Ars, but I never thought I'd find you in such a precarious state," I said with the best smile I could muster.
Immediately, Ariel blushed deeply and looked away, but at the same time, as if she'd remembered something, she took off a ring and...
her physical form changed from Ariel to that of a girl with navy-blue hair...
"S-sorry! But I'm not Princess Ariel! I suppose your actions are in good faith, right?" she murmured as she looked at me anxiously, and I nodded firmly. "Haaa... that's a relief. So please help us find Princess Ariel! She and Derrick ran off into the forest, and there may be more bandits!!" She began to stutter anxiously, but I stopped her by placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Relax, I'll look for her," I said with a smile, causing her to blush even more as she avoided my gaze.
[Ding!]
[Elmore Bluewolf's trust increased to 40%!]
[Ding!]
[Elmore's affection increased to 50%!]
[Why do I suddenly want to fuck this strange kid?!]
"..." I remained silent for a couple of seconds because of the system notification, but quickly activated the ring map, searching for Ariel's location.
"About 100 meters from here...tch, that Derrick sure moves slowly," I muttered to myself before quickly taking to the air.
I could see Luke and Elmore's shocked faces, but I quickly advanced through the forest.
Intercepting Derrick and Ariel was surprisingly quick. There they were, Ariel looking completely miserable as Derrick carried her on his back, tears streaming from her eyes as regret coursed through her mind.
"Elmore... I've returned to my original appearance... and there's only one explanation for that..." Ariel muttered in her mind as she imagined the opportunities and briefly glanced at Derrick. The poor devil, being an ordinary mage, had an average physique, larger than average but nothing more, which is why he was already physically tired of carrying her and the drain on his mana, but he was still committed to continuing.
I decided to end both of their misery and landed with my arms crossed in front of them, raising a cloud of dust.
Derrick, seeing this, lost his balance and fell face down with Ariel on top of him.
They both stared at me, with Derrick glaring at me with utter hostility, while Ariel...
[Ding!]
[Ariel's Anemoy Asura Affection increased to 100%!]
[I'm going to fuck him!]
"Oh shit..." I muttered in my mind, but said nothing as I stared at the two of them.
"W-Who are you?!" Derrick shouted as he pointed his staff at me, visibly trembling.
"My name is Rudeus Greyrat, and you must be Princess Ariel of Asura, right? And you... I don't know you," I said, and Derrick's mood fell slightly before he regained his composure.
But the one I cared about the most was Ariel herself.
"Rudeus Greyrat?!... It's too good to be true!" she screamed in her mind.
"Y-you! What do you have to do with the Greyrats?!" Ariel screamed as she stared at me in the same way, but in her mind, she was making love to me.
"My relationship with the Greyrats?..." I muttered, wondering what to say, so I took the easy way out.
"I was Eris Boreas Greyrat's tutor in Roa, and now I'm her fiancé, which makes me a Greyrat," I said, and her eyes widened as she breathed a sigh of relief.
"S-so it's you?!" She cried out in relief. "P-please help me! I have money and power! But please!, only help me and save my subordinates!" She cried out in despair as she approached me despite Derrick's tantrums.
"I've already taken care of the bandits. The girl and the young swordsman are unharmed," I said, and again Ariel let out a sigh of relief as tears lightly escaped her eyes.
I was slightly surprised by this; after all, this isn't the Ariel I remembered.
"I gues she feels vulnerable from the attack?...I guess that's it" I muttered in my mind as the most logical response.
"Princess Ariel!" Luke's shouts were quickly heard from the other side of the forest making Derrick relax a little more.
"It seems that you were not in the best moment, huh?..." I muttered lightly, earning a murderous look from Derrick, but he quickly looked away like a coward.
So Elmore and Luke arrived next to Ariel and their expression soured.
"Only you survived?" She asked, completely devastated by Luke's confirmation.
'Oh shit... Klenne's missing... I guess she got caught up in this mess too huh?...' I muttered to myself
The atmosphere darkened momentarily, I could count about eighteen bandits and only Derrick and Luke were holding them back...
Either they were able to handle some of them or I just arrived in time, either way I'm already here.
[DING!]
[Save Ariel in the Asura Kingdom from being killed!]
[Reward: Subconscious Intention: New King of Asura!]
[completed in: 1 day 7 hours and 14 minutes!]
[adjusting changes to the Asuran population...]
Immediately everyone in front of me froze momentarily but then visibly relaxed.
'Did it work yet?...' I muttered in my mind and Ariel slowly started walking towards me with her hands clasped in front of her.
"So Rudeus Greyrat... Where were you headed?" She asked.
"Towards the magical city of Sharia in Ranoa," he replied softly, and her eyes widened.
'This has to be a fucking joke! This coincidence is too good to be true!' She screamed in her mind and then a smile formed on her face.
"Then please...could you get me pregnant?"