Black Iron Magician

Chapter 453 Extinguishing the Fire and Preparations are Part of the Job

A huge bed, a huge table, a huge dresser, a life-sized Oda-kun doll, a life-sized Oda-kun doll Odanmu version―― in the center of this room where everything is huge, there’s a girl quietly praying. Facing the red night sky, she is praying earnestly, and her figure looks beautiful and sacred at the same time. She looks exactly like a saint, and the atmosphere in the room makes you don’t want to disturb this space. However, an unusual situation occurred that destroyed such a sacred space.

「W-What is it? I can feel a strange flow of magic power….」

Queen Clarius Crocus, who’s being prisoned in her own bedroom, was immersed in her prayer, but she sensed an unusual flow of magic power. She’s skilled in magic and this room is close to the throne room, so she could sense this unusual occurrence. Clarius quickly turned her head in the direction of the throne room. However, she couldn’t see anything since there’s a wall.

――――Knock knock.

「Eh?」

Then, she heard a sound from the direction of the window in the room, which was in the exact opposite direction. It was a delicate sound, as if the window glass was being lightly tapped, taking care not to break it or make it reverberate too much. Following the mysterious sound with her ears, Clarius then turned her head in the direction of the sound. She is a pretty girl in appearance, but because of her size, the sounds that accompany her movements are noisy in contrast. Bwoosh.

「Oh, there she is! Clarius-sama, I’m here to save you!」

「Ah, Haruna-sama!?」

It was Haruna who was outside the window. With a big smile on her face, she waved her hand. However, this bedroom is located at a high place in the castle. For a moment, Clarius expressed surprise and joy, but then she immediately put a question mark above her head.

「H-Haruna-sama, why are you there? Um, it should have been quite high here….」

「I would stand out if I jump by kicking the air, so I did my best to climb it. Even on a flat surface, if there’s some unevenness, it’s manageable!」

「Y-You climbed…!?」

This is also a matter of size, but for Clarius, who boasts a huge body, the thought of climbing up the outside wall to reach this bedroom is not something that will come to mind. And this situation where Haruna is letting go of one of her hands to wave is outrageous.

「Haruna-sama, please hold on tight with your both hands! I’ll open the window now!」

「Thank you very much. Alright!」

Haruna entered Clarius’ bedroom through the window. Just as Clarius was about to close the window, relieved that Haruna was safe, the sounds of swords clashing, fists clashing, and the sound of someone fighting rang out from outside.

「Haruna-sama, what is this sound !?」

「It is the sound of Chinatsu-chan and Touko-chan fighting as a diversion to camouflage me and to wipe out the remaining vampires. The vampires around here are all tough, but the remaining executive class enemies are being dealt with by Zex-san. Besides, both of them are very strong, so don’t worry!」

「Y-You mean those vampires…!?」

「Yes! Once the enemies have been wiped out, they are supposed to come here to protect Clarius-sama. I’ll stay with you until then. Ah, you don’t have to worry about the other hostages. There is another rescue team working over there!」

「……It’s a shameful thing to say, but it’s a series of surprises for me, and I can’t keep up with it. Still, I’m glad….」

Clarius sat down on the floor with a flop, perhaps the strength has been drained from her body. The actual sound was so loud that the floor creaked with the impact, but it’s best not to worry about the details.

「…… Hmm? Until the two of them come here? Does that mean Haruna-sama will do something else?」

「Yes! It’s tempting to take on the rest of the vampires like Chinatsu-chan and Touko-chan, but I’ve been entrusted with a much more important task!」

「Important task? That’s….」

「It’s the finishing touch. I’m going to work myself to death to make sure that I can live up to the signature I gave you before!」

Haruna showed a smile that doesn’t suit the situation. However, the smile was said to have changed mode halfway through.

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「What is this light…?」

Maria looks around her while standing on the throne. The whirlpool of light that fills the area is all magic power, and even from Maria’s point of view, it has considerable quality and quantity. Even though she is in the middle of the swirling light, she can see Deris, Nell, and Alezel drinking up their potions as if they are taking a nutritional drink. The distance and the position of the people standing in the room are the same, but the impression is that only the room that is swallowed by the light.

「Hmm~, I’ve never seen this magic before. At a glance, it looks like just light, but I also feel a wind factor on the back side…. Did Deris and Alezel build this magic?」

「No, I’ve been slacking off on my magic, so it’s impossible for me to match with Deris.」

「I can’t imagine that line coming from an elf…. Well, as expected of Maria. As you say, this is a combination of light magic and wind magic. But well, the collaborator isn’t Alezel, but a certain amusing kidnapper.」

During the preparation, Deris secretly contacted the amusing criminal, who’s one of the world’s best teleportation users, and built this large-scale teleportation magic. That kidnapper, who seems to be the wife of a certain Dragon King, had caused a great deal of trouble to someone in the Magic Kingdom Adelheit, so she was willing to assist in this operation if it would help her. Deris used her power and his 『Magic Item Creation』 skill to create a new magic item for this decisive battle.

The concept is ‘large-scale, but can be used instantly’. The name of this magic is 『Fake Raptiolenis』, a magic that seems to be a combination of the Mad Whirlwind Magic『Raptiolenis』 and the Holy Magic 『Op Room』. The teleportation magic is confined into four magic items, and they are used as triggers to execute this magic. However, there are some conditions.

First of all, the four magic items could only be activated from outside the teleportation range, and they have to be placed around the range and activated at the same time. Deris cleared this condition by entrusting the management of the magic items to Ii, Aru, San, and Suu, but there’s another problem. Even if the installation and activation were successful, the reproduction of the Mad Whirlwind Magic, which Deris couldn’t use, would be extremely unstable. The target range would be uncertain, and it is unclear how it would affect the targets. Deris dealt with this problem by fixing the range of the teleportation in his 『Op Room』, and it also could prevent any abnormal status that might occur to the targets. After this process, it was finally possible to activate the alternative large-scale teleportation magic.

「A kidnapper? Ahaha, Deris’s acquaintances are all weirdos! This is hilarious!」

「I don’t want to be told only by you who have amusing daughters.」

While they were engaged in such a war of words as a substitute for the skirmish, the light around the area began to lose its brightness. When the light was completely gone, a mysterious subspace appeared around the four of them, which was dark but still bright enough to secure visibility.

「This is dark magic that I and my disciple are good at. This subspace, which I created by spitting blood, is roughly as wide as a continent――」

「――Deris, I don’t care about that kind of talk! That’s not important, and I’ve waited long enough! All that’s left to do is to slash and burn her!」

「That’s right. I feel like I want to move my body now rather than listen to your lecture.」

「………」

Thus, the greatest battle in history started.