The cool breeze blew through the glowing disc device; The crows that perched on the surrounding pillars turned their heads, as if listening to the sound of light footsteps coming from the stairs.

The Emerald Tower, one of the giant towers that is said to be thousands of years old, is located in the forest on the outskirts of the kingdom - the tower is covered with hidden mechanisms and swarms of magical beasts, but they all have no idea of the woman who looks calm and delicate, and just watch each other walk to the top of the tower.

"The Emerald Tower—it seems to be exactly what the report says. A corner of the "Tower of Resonance" that is closely related to the sealed area of the royal city...... The "Second Enchantment" on both sides of the surface and the inside are used...... Hehe, the professor also investigated carefully enough. You say yes, right? The last sentence Luciola said to a corner at the top of the tower.

"Hey, you're a little late." The man with orange hair in sunglasses smiled and raised his hand, which was a greeting, "Delayed something?" ”

"It's you...... I thought it was going to be Levi picking me up. Luciola was surprised to see Valut suddenly appear at the top of the tower.

"Huh...... No wonder it looks a little different than usual. When they got closer, Valut looked Luciola up and down, and then understood where the sense of disobedience just now came from, "You are actually injured?" ”

"It's just a small shock, it's out of the way." Luciola smiled reluctantly, even if she wasn't the competitive type like Valut, it was quite embarrassing for herself to be injured in the execution of a mission as an executor, so Luciola just planned to fool the past.

"It's not that you're soft-handed, and you're the old acquaintance in your mouth...... Oops, that's a leak. Halfway through that, Valut realized that he had missed something, which, of course, might have been said on purpose, given his character.

"Huh...... It turns out that you are here too. Luciola didn't care about him, she understood what was going on, "It's not a good thing to talk about other people's privacy, Kemparella." ”

"Oh, I'm just curious." A neutral voice sounded cheerfully, and a green-haired boy wearing a strange costume emerged from the air, "That boy is really powerful...... Although it was only a sneak attack, and because Luciola didn't know anything about his powers...... Well, being able to injure the executor of the manifestation is not in vain for the professor's attention to him. ”

"So you saw it all...... I have fulfilled my duties as an observer of the plan. Luciola sighed in resignation.

"Hah...... That's the kid. Valut chuckled disdainfully, "I'll admit he's a little different from the other furry kids...... Still, Luciola, you're still a bit of an amateur this time, huh? ”

"Haven't you been scared by someone's threat and fled back to your nest? Are you embarrassed to say me? Luciola sneered, although she herself is a rare and famous figure among the executors for her noble conduct, but this does not mean that she is a good person who is bullied by others, and she will not fight back when she is ridiculed. And in this regard, she has a fairly high emotional intelligence and communication skills, which is far more than the ordinary battle maniac like Valut.

"Ha, I'm just too lazy to entangle with Kim anymore because I saw that Jin's disgusting decay." Saying that, Valut's tone softened a lot, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot from Luciola when he was bickering before.

"Hehe, what a good relationship, you guys." Kempareira didn't interject, just stood quietly and watched the play, "Let's put his business aside for now...... Lévy and the professor have gone to the valley, you know that, I say that, right? ”

"Since the professor and Levi are together...... So it's finally time for the final trial of the second phase? Luciola's face was solemn, "Is the opponent 'that thing'?" Even with the skills of the professor and Levy, it seems that there is no way to solve it easily. ”

"Hehe, maybe." Valut smiled disapprovingly, "Anyway, it's a legendary fellow, and its toughness is not comparable to the average level. It's just that in the face of the Serpent Apostle and the most powerful executor, how far can it struggle? ”

"Haha, this is really an exciting performance." Kempareira echoed, and just said a few words, but found that two eyes were already fixed on him, "You guys...... What's wrong with this? ”

"Kemparella, that's not your style." Valut had a natural expression, "If you were in normal times, you would definitely be happy to walk with the professor." Since you didn't do it this time, is there something more interesting? Hurry up and get started. ”

"It's annoying, Valut." Kempareira pretended to be very dissatisfied, "Am I such a discreditless person in your eyes?" ”

"Didn't you just prove your credit?" Luciola covered her mouth and snickered, "Your credit is like your number." ”

"That is, zero credit." Valut also made up for it in a serious way.

"Oh, yes, you two are too much, you are deliberately making fun of me." Kempareira put on a look of loss in cooperation, but quickly returned to normal, "Well, although I do want to follow along, it's a coincidence, and there is more urgent work now." I'm going to ask the doctor for permission to use the Ark. ”

"Hey, hey......" Even Valut didn't seem to be able to control his reserve about this matter, and laughed loudly: "It's really fake! You want to use that kind of monster?! ”

"'Red Ark'—'Ancient Lorias'......" Luciola's face turned unpretty, "is it trying to scorch Liberal?" ”

"Huhu, that's up to the professor and Levy to decide. So, I'm going to meet the doctor at the Thirteenth Workshop later. I'll tell you about the experiment when I get back. Kempareira snapped his fingers and motioned for the two to follow. Soon, the red flying ship to which the association belonged set off from the top of the tower and disappeared without a trace in the distant sky under the cover of night.

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"Get out." In a valley covered with frost and mist, Wiseman and Levi walked into a large cave on the mountainside. As soon as he walked into the cave, an extremely unfriendly voice sounded out of thin air in his head.

"First meeting, holy beast of the goddess, Regunat...... My lord. My name is Gallug Wiseman. He is one of the seven "Apostles of the Serpent" of the "Snake of Devouring Body". Wiseman bowed respectfully to some being hidden in the depths of the fog, "I was honestly scared of disturbing your dormancy, but it looks like ...... Looks like you've woken up. ”

"I told you to get out of here." The impatient voice sounded again, "I was disturbed only when I heard the voice of a familiar companion...... The power contained in your body, although there is still a trace of nostalgia for me...... However, I hate the look in your eyes...... Only evil can make your eyes shine with a sense of catastrophic joy...... I can feel your twisted and filthy soul......"

"Hehe, thanks for the compliment. But unfortunately, you do not have the right to refuse. Because it's about the goddess's treasure. Wiseman was unmoved, "Levy, show it." ”

Without saying a word, Lévi pulled out the black force guide pinned to his waist.

“…… This is......! The voice became terrified, "You guys...... Do you want to give the Ring of Radiance to !! ”

"Exactly." Wiseman narrowed his eyes and licked his lips, "If you don't want to help, then we humans who can't help ourselves will have to learn your legendary powers." ”

He grinned and summoned a golden staff out of thin air. The silver-haired young man on the side also drew the golden long sword at his waist.

An unprecedentedly fierce battle broke out in this small canyon.