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Chapter 33: A Silver Encounter

The boys and girls panicked at the adventurers' appearance.

They all shouted in surprise, but showed dexterity in fighting without looking away from the monsters confronting them.

“W-Who are they?”

“I don't know, but don’t let your guard down!”

The boys and girls said.

“We don't know what's going on either, but we will cooperate with you!”

Maidas dispelled their fears.

Seeing the adventurers and knights fighting the monsters, the startled boys and girls reduced their wariness.

The sound of angry shouts and sword fights echoed around the area.

Among the boys and girls, some were using magic.

Speaking of magic, it’s not a power that’s used so extravagantly in this world, as one must be born with the skill to handle it.

(Amazing.)

All of the boys and girls who used magic were skilled in its handling.

Some shot fireballs, some shot winds that were stronger than blizzards and cut through the skin of monsters.

In this case, they don’t look like they need much help.

Just as Ren was about to think that, the blizzard raged even more wildly.

Ren noticed a lone figure fighting at a distance in the blizzard, and at the same time saw the shadows of many monsters around him.

He thought that he should lend a hand over there, and his feet turned in that direction.

“I'll go lend a hand over there!”

“Understood! Once again, please do not overdo it!”

“Yes! You all be safe!”

Ren told the knight and went to the side of the fighter at a distance.

The snow in this area, unlike in the other places, wasn’t enough to cover the knees.

But his ankles are buried as a matter of course, so Ren runs like the wind, using his physical abilities to his advantage.

Eventually, he reached the one who was fighting at the end of the blizzard.

There was a girl fighting there, and Ren used his iron sword to cut down the monster that was aiming for her back.

The girl turns around at the sound and screams in surprise.

[Tsu---- She’s----]

“I’m the one who came to rescue you all!”

The girl's voice was strangely easy to hear, even though she was in the middle of a battle.

The only thing he couldn't see was the girl's face because of the blizzard.

Instead, Ren was surprised. He was surprised to see her black hair flowing in the snowstorm as she shot magic from both arms.

The girl was surprised as well.

...... Amazing, this person's magic.

...... This person's swordsmanship has amazing supremacy.

While being surprised without saying it out loud to each other, they defeated the monsters that were rushing toward them.

Struggling is out of the question. The two's fighting style overwhelmed the monsters.

(How did children who can fight so well end up in the Baldor Mountains?)

Ren's sword techniques, which are both fierce and firm with Weiss's training, kept the monsters at bay here as well.

The girl noticed that one by one, monsters were dying.

“I’ll leave the monsters in the distance to you.”

“--- Yes, I understand.”

Ren said to the girl, and she immediately responded.

The two of them naturally left their backs to each other.

Ren was the first to use his sword.

A short distance away, the girl's ice blade pierces the monster's body.

It was like a scene from a theatre with an elegant fighting style.

---- What is this? It's easy fighting together.

......Why? It's as if he knows me better than I know myself.

They sometimes change their direction according to each other's distance and the next thing you know, there is only one monster left.

That one was pierced through the body almost simultaneously by Ren's sword and the girl's magic.

The girl saw that the fresh snow around her was stained crimson with the blood of the monsters and she knew that the battle was over.

Soon the girl seemed to have lost all strength from her whole body.

"It's over..."

She dropped down by Ren’s side.

You can tell by her voice that she had lost all her strength.

“Are you okay?”

“I’m s-sorry. This is the first time I've fought so many monsters and when I thought it was over, I just felt the strength leave my body.....”

The girl said in a beautiful voice that was as smooth as a clear stream and with an attitude that showed her dedication.

Because he was fighting with his back to the girl, Ren turned to face her first.

He reaches out his arm to lend a hand, and before he knows it, the blizzard has stopped.

Because of that, he was finally able to see the girl's entire body.

“Ah...... thank you.”

“No, don't worry about it.”

The girl was an overwhelming flower that instantly changed the bleak landscape around her. Her hair was a mixture of obsidian and purple crystal. Her face, which reminded me of a polished gemstone, combined with the place, made her look like a spirit of snow.

Even for Ren, who has always seen Licia up close, she was a mysterious girl.

The girl looked at Ren's hand that was extended to her.

And then she took his hand.

“...... that?"

“...... Eh?"

It was the moment their hands came together.

I felt a momentary gush of purple electricity from the necklace adorning the girl's neck.

But when Ren turned his attention to the necklace, he secretly wondered, "What is it about this necklace that makes it so special?”

Because it was such a brief moment that he wondered if he was imagining it, he didn't pay any particular attention to it and only nodded his head slightly.

(It's ---- the demon-destroying necklace )

There’s no doubt about it.

It's a type of magical equipment that appeared in the Legend of the Seven Heroes, and it can be worn.

It looks the same as it did in the game era, so I'm sure I'm not mistaken.

(I wonder why she’s wearing such a piece of misfit equipment.)

The Demon-destroying necklace is a valuable item that was created by one of the Seven Heroes, and there are only a few of them in the world.

However, its performance is out of proportion to its preciousness.

Furthermore, the necklace doesn’t have the effect of releasing purple electricity.

After all, it must have been a misunderstanding earlier. Ren let go of the girl's hand when she stood up.

“Thank goodness! It looks like you're okay too!”

Then Maidas' voice approached.

He came to the side of the two who were brushing snow off their winter clothes and immediately asked the girl. 

“I heard from the people over there. Apparently, you're the one who's supposed to be in charge of organizing everyone.”

The girl nodded quietly.

She was about to ask about the identity of Maidas and Ren, but Maidas continued without pause, so she could only listen.

“I'm sorry to be so quick, but I need to know why a group of boys and girls like you were traveling together to such a dangerous place.”

“Please tell me before I answer you ....... Are those people over there from the Clausel family?”

The girl asked in a confident tone when she saw the knights of the house of Clausel who came to the Ren and the others late.

Probably because she had seen the emblems engraved on the knights' equipment.

“Yes. We’ve been ordered by our master to come to the rescue of the adventurers of this land.”

Hearing the knight's appearance and reply, the girl knew it wasn’t a lie.

Her cheeks relaxed slightly in relief, and she murmured in a small voice, "I'm glad”.

The white breath mixed with the cold wind was a short sigh of relief.

“It looks like I'd better leave it to you.”

At this point, Maidas took a half step back and decided to leave the matter to the knight.

The knight then took note of this and asked the girl.

“Excuse me, but who are you?”

“Ah.....I'm sorry for the late introduction.”

The beautiful girl heard his voice and turned her head to the knight with a start.

She corrected her appearance and bowed to the knight with a dignified posture.

“---- I am."

The next phrase would leave anyone speechless with amazement.

..... Surely, even if Ren were a rare sage, he couldn’t have predicted this encounter.

This is so unexpected that it reminds me of the time when I met Licia.

“---- I am Fiona. The only daughter of Ulysses Ignat."

The words emanating from her dainty lips planted a shock in everyone's expressions.

Ren, among others, could only blink repeatedly.

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