It was news from Kessler, who had been keeping an eye on the place, and Uther himself was hurrying to it.

"How many are there?"

"At least thirty priests, and hundreds of human warriors!"

“…… Why now? ”

I've just arrived here, and I haven't found any humans, and there's nothing out of the ordinary... But why did they find us so quickly?

Did you really find out... Or is it a coincidence?

"Miss, let's get out of this place first, we are in the hinterland of the Persian Empire, and it is too dangerous to fight them now."

"I know, it's just a stop-by.

…… Get out of here first, I hope it's just a coincidence. ”

There wasn't anything important here, and she knew it didn't make much sense here, it was just a whim.

Riding on camels, they quickly left the ruins and headed for the west of the empire, and the rest of the humans were belated.

"Search!"

Without much nonsense, the priest who led the group immediately gave an order, and the team he led immediately divided into five small teams and searched the surrounding situation.

"Chief Priest, are you sure there's a demon here?"

A young priest waiting beside him asked, his tone full of confusion.

The chief priest looked very old, and even had some rickets in his body, but there was a chilling light in his eyes, and he glared fiercely at the young priest, who was immediately frightened and did not dare to speak.

Another middle-aged guard who was standing beside the chief priest said softly.

"The chief priests are infallible, Isiai."

“…… No, the flame never goes wrong, Gaius. ”

The chief priest said this in a deep voice, but the two men who knew the chief priest's personality well understood that this was a sign of his anger.

He never tolerated demons stepping into the place, especially the ancient city of Persepolis. When this was discovered, the chief priest would rebuke all the priests in the province of Persia and dispose of a few who were not doing well or were lazy.

Then, send a team of alternates to hunt down the demons, and if they succeed, they will fill the vacant positions and replace the hapless priests.

"This is the fifth time...... Isière, Gaius.

I don't understand why the priests can't take this seriously. ”

The voice was so calm that it was terrifying, faintly permeating the ancient city, and the chief priest's right hand clutched his scepter tightly, not only the joints, but even the entire wrist turned white from excessive exertion.

"Last time, we let go of a demon who not only desecrated this place, but also stained this ancient city with the blood of the incompetent...

I wonder if the punishment wasn't severe enough. ”

"Chief priest."

A gray-robed priest walked up to the priest, dragging a flame in his hand, but to be precise, it was a crystal wrapped in flames, which didn't seem to be very hot, and the flame was raging.

Instead of taking the flame at once, the chief priest gave his scepter to the young priest, and then took off the white glove on his left hand, revealing a shriveled and yellow hand.

Then he reached out and took the flame, and took a closer look at the scene in the flame.

"Five demons... One of them is an acquaintance of ours..."

The eyes of the chief priest were filled with the glow of fire, and the withered hands of the flames were even more shriveled and shriveled, as if the water had been evaporated.

It looked so painful that even the people around him felt the pain, but in the eyes and actions of the chief priest, it was completely absent, and he didn't care about the pain at all.

"They were riding camels, five demons, one dressed as a child.

In the direction of Elam.

Immediately prepare horses to pursue. ”

The chief priest handed the crystal ball to the priest from before, and then put on the gloves, but the hood, which had been fitting just a moment ago, was now a little fat, as if he had put gloves on a stick.

But they didn't care about it, but immediately obeyed each other's orders, and rode their horses to the west.

……

……

……

"No, they're chasing after you."

Erlie felt the movement in the wind and came to the exact same conclusion as Kessler.

"It looks like they're following us somehow...... But why didn't anyone tell me about this before? ”

Uther fell into deep thought again, this time on the way to Yamato, he found a lot of problems, and these problems were not mentioned once?

Buddhism actually borrowed the corpse to resurrect the soul and found a place for itself to survive in that politically chaotic place, as long as you go through the Silk Road completely, it is impossible not to know.

And after fighting against Zoroaster for so long, they didn't even judge the opponent's hole cards clearly, and they didn't even have a little detail problem?

"Mole?"

He pronounced the word softly, and then looked up in amazement, as Kessler and Messiah blurted out at the same time.

"It can only be those human beings, and we who belong to Lord Shenqi will never betray us."

Immediately, he nodded solemnly at the two of them, and the two agreed.

“…… Kessler, choose a slightly safer place, since the other party can find out our direction, it is not a wise choice to escape. ”

"Can you go into the city and grab five horses?"

Rei asked, but Erri herself shook her head.

“…… No, I didn't feel like there were any human villages or towns or anything like that in front of us.

They rode fast horses and could catch up with us in an hour at most. ”

"Damn it!"

scolded pitifully, but there was nothing to be done.

The same is true of Kessler, who are now in the middle of the Sassanid Empire, and continue west to the end of the Two Rivers Valley, the true heart of Persia.

There is the densest concentration of Zoroaster, the high priest of the empire and the true sacred fire.

Unfortunately, due to the war, there were also a lot of troops and priests gathered there.

Using the power of the wind can only quench thirst by drinking a donkey. But if you don't, after a big battle, it's hard to say that everyone won't get hurt, and what if the other side has already sent someone to ask for help?

So along the way, I'm afraid it's more than lucky.

"Kessler!

I think we have to get in touch with Shenqi-sama so that the eldest lady can reach the Demon Realm safely! ”

Uther also found out about the problem, and it was the only way to do it.

"Is there any other way?"

"No, if I can find the town, I can use my connections to find a few Persian demons to help!"

"Then hurry up and get in touch."