(Thank you very much 'Evonel', 'Witch Horse Here', 'I'm poor, don't expect too much from the reward!') ）

"Please explain this matter to me clearly!"

“――――！”

Hugh, Simon, Woolley, and Miriana, who were still immersed in the heavy atmosphere of memories, were suddenly startled, and their bodies were almost tense and struck, and they put on a fighting posture.

Hugh's hand was filled with playing cards, Simon clenched his fists like a judoka, lowered his body, Woolley's hand was transformed into a muzzle like a toy, and Miliana was like a cat, her hands clawed and her teeth grinned.

"Who--?!"

Under the vigilant gaze of the four people, in the shadows of the passage ahead, Noah, who was still wearing the standard equipment of the soldiers of the Tower of Paradise, walked out step by step, and looked ahead with an imperceptible cold glow fluctuating in his dark and deep eyes.

"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is whether what you just said is true or not."

"Just now?" Hugh, Simon, Woolley, and Miliana were slightly stunned.

"If I heard me correctly, you mean, Gerald told you to prepare the sacrifice for activating the 'R system', right? Noah smiled suddenly, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"Besides, this sacrifice is still Elusa, am I not mistaken?"

"You—" Simon said with some solemnity.

"Do you know Elusa?"

The name seems to have a special meaning to Hugh, Simon, Woolley, and Miriana, among others.

When the name is mentioned, let alone Simon. The expressions of Lien Hugh, Woolley, and Miliana all became cloudy.

This surprised Noah a little.

Originally, Noah thought that the only one who had anything to do with Elusa in this Paradise Tower was that Gerald. Now it seems that the relationship between the four people in front of them and Alusa is not ordinary.

But. From the moment they were able to casually say something like "Elusa is a sacrifice", Noah didn't think they would be Elusa's companions.

Even if it was, it definitely doesn't have that qualification now.

"Looks like that Gerald is playing for real." Noah laughed, but the cold in the laughter could even be heard by the four people present, and he couldn't help but feel a chill.

"Very well, anyway, the investigation of the Tower of Paradise is almost done, there is no need to hide it anymore, since you plan to fight Elusa's idea. Then I can spare my men. ”

As the words fell, a wave of magic erupted from Noah's shoulder, as if turning into a whirlpool, hovering upwards and converging to form a precise geometric pattern.

"Hum!"

Each of the precise geometric patterns was like the muzzles of a laser cannon, and a large amount of magic power gathered inside, making each magic array flash with a dazzling light.

"It's not good!" Simon, who felt the most keen, widened his eyes and roared angrily.

"Be careful!"

I only had time to say such a sentence. The precise geometric magic arrays suspended above Noah all trembled, and the dazzling light skyrocketed.

Then, beam-like magic cannons burst out from one by one precise geometric magic arrays, like a tide. flooded the entire passage.

"Knock---!"

When the astonishing noise rang out from the Tower of Paradise, a corner of the Tower of Paradise stood like a tree on the sea, as if a huge explosion had occurred. There was a flash of light, and a puff of smoke was stirred up. Lifted into the sky.

……

"Huh?"

In a dimly lit room on the top floor of the Tower of Paradise, Gerald, sitting in a throne-like position, frowned slightly. Listen intently and take in the loud sound that reverberates throughout the Tower of Paradise.

Hearing the loud noise, Gerald raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at a shelf next to the armrest of his seat.

There, a crystal ball is placed.

To be precise, it should be said that it is a magic crystal.

Stretching out his hand, Gerald gently touched the crystal ball-shaped magic crystal, and a wave of magic power poured into the crystal ball, causing a lonely light to flash throughout the crystal ball, and after a while, a picture was reflected.

It was the image of Noah, who was suspended above his head in a channel filled with smoke and fire.

"Oh?" Seeing this scene, especially when he saw Noah's appearance, Gerald's eyes fluctuated, and since he was smiling.

"How did he end up here?"

Gerald, who actually knew Noah.

"Interesting, interesting, just in time the Tower of Paradise is finished, in order to celebrate the rebirth of Jelf, let's play a little game."

With that, Gerald turned his gaze to the front and smiled wickedly.

"Originally, I wanted to hire an assassination guild to work for me, but I didn't expect it to be invaded before it started, I hope Simon and they can play with him a little longer."

……

"Whew!"

Thick smoke and firelight mixed with strong impact wind and waves filled the entire passage, instantly filling every corner.

Noah, who was suspended above his head with a precise geometric magic array, seemed to be trapped in a vacuum within two meters of his body, and the smoke and fire that permeated the surroundings seemed to deliberately avoid Noah's direction, automatically separating and blowing to both sides.

The initiator of this qiē happened squinted his eyes slightly, looked at the center of the smoke and fire in front of him, which was blocked from all vision, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"This is really surprising, I thought this blow could have a little effect, but I didn't expect it to cause you harm, it's quite a strange magic."

Saying this, Noah waved his hand, and a gust of wind and waves formed out of thin air, blowing away the smoke and fire in front of Noah, exposing the scene inside to the air.

I saw that in the middle of a huge deep pit, several playing cards with a surface reflecting a lonely light like a mirror were lying there quietly.

On closer inspection, Hugh, Simon, Woolley, and Miliana were actually as if they had entered the playing cards, and their bodies became smaller than the playing cards, reflecting on the mirror-like surface.

"Click---!"

However, in the next second, a cracking sound sounded, and the surfaces of several playing cards with a group of four people were all cracked.

"Bang---!"

The next moment, the playing cards burst open like glass, and Hugh, Simon, Woolley, and Miriana also appeared in the pit out of thin air, either kneeling on one knee on the ground, or lying there, looking at Noah with horror on their faces.

Hugh, in particular, collapsed on the ground as if he had a great deal of exertion, panting sharply and with exhaustion on his face.

Just now, Hugh used magic to seal Simon, Woolley, Miriana, and everyone including himself in the playing cards, escaping Noah's attack.

"Hugh!" Miliana hurriedly supported Hugh with a worried expression.

"You guy..."Simon and Woolley stepped forward at the same time, protecting Hugh and Miliana, and looked at Noah with angry faces.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Want to know?" Noah glanced at Simon and Woolley.

"All you need to know is that I'm Elusa's companion."

"Elusa's companion?" Woolley was stunned.

"Elusa's companion?" Simon was also stunned, but a thoughtful glint flashed in his eyes.

"Little Elu's companion?" Miriana exclaimed.

"Why is little Elu's companion here?"

"Companion... Is it? Hugh's face was a little pale and dripping with cold sweat, but he unrelentingly set his eyes on Noah's body and spoke sarcastically.

"The sister who betrayed us has a new companion, and it's really the same as Gerald said, she has forgotten about us a long time ago."

Noah, who didn't want to say too much to Simon and his party, couldn't ignore this sentence this time, and his sharp eyes were directly focused on Hugh's body.

What do you mean by that? Make it clear to me! ”

"Isn't that clear enough?" In the face of Noah's sharp gaze, Hugh did not look timid at all, but shouted more excitedly.

"Then I'll sue you! Elusa? Shukaletto is a traitor! It's the one who once betrayed us! The guy who betrayed his companions! ”

"Elusa betrayed her companions?" Noah stared closely at Hugh's excited face, and frowned deeply when he realized that the other party's appearance did not look like he was lying.

Elusa betrayed her companions?

Is this possible? (To be continued......) R1292