Section C, Chapter 38: The Barrier Rift (Lucina)

Slowly flapping her wings, Lucina lifted herself to a considerable height. Due to the low wind speed, Aya easily hovered in the air. At the same time, her sister also came to her side.

"It doesn't seem like anything special from here in the direction of the barrier, huh?" Lucina muttered, looking at the woods shrouded in a slight snow mist.

"Perhaps...... It's an illusion. Lusa hesitated for a moment, then said, "However, illusions don't usually work on Aya, do they?"

"Maybe there's nothing in the barrier. Lucina couldn't help but feel a wave of surprise: "Maybe this is a disguise to distract outsiders." Or, an abandoned enchantment. ”

"Let's go down and see. Lusala lowered her hood and flapped her wings slowly.

"Oh, too. That...... Follow my sister. Lucina half-turned, and began to dive into the air.

Descending to the ground before her sister, Lucina swooped down inside the barrier. Just when she was only a dozen meters away from the ground, Lucina, who was about to slow down, suddenly felt a powerful impact, and her body was immediately bounced away.

The wings lost their balance due to the fluctuations in her body, and Aya fell sharply downward. Hurriedly mobilizing her body to stabilize it, Lucina, who flapped her wings quickly, finally stabilized her center of gravity.

Hurriedly flew away from the position that had just been bounced off, Lucina was terribly flustered: just now she boasted that the other party would not fortify the air, but she didn't expect it to be completely denied at this moment.

"Sister, are you alright?" Lusa, whose voice was extremely worried, lowered her altitude and hovered in front of Lucina.

"Sister, I'...... Nothing. Lucina was frustrated: "It's good that Lusa is flying slowly, or you have to be bounced away." ”

"Is there a barrier up there, too?" asked Lusha softly with her right hand into her cloak.

"I think...... I guess so. Looking down at the ground, a slightly flustered Lucina couldn't be sure: "It could be a reflective wall." As soon as an object comes closer, a recoil force erupts to bounce it away. ”

"Lusha, you wait here first, and my sister will go and see. Lucina hesitated for a moment and patted her sister on the head.

"Hmm. Lusha's right hand kept squirming inside the cloak, presumably touching the dumplings in her crossbody bag.

Fixed, he estimated Lucina's slow and cautious vertical descent as she was cowering in the barrier. Approaching the height at which she had just been bounced, she flapped her wings more and more slowly, nervously waiting for the impact.

However, the backlash was so fast that Aya didn't have time to react. Snapped off again, she leaned over in a panic and nearly crashed into the canopy of a tree.

"Hey, come down quickly!" the mad dog below shouted loudly, "I can't get in anyway, don't waste time!"

"What's the hurry?!" Lucina roared back dissatisfied, looking down uneasily and thinking, "I'll try it with a magic bullet to see if I can penetrate the barrier."

Concentrating mana in the palm of her hand, Aya fired two white missiles at the barrier. They followed the trajectory quickly, bounced off the reflective wall and nearly hit the nest of a nearby tree trunk.

Even magic can bounce back, is it really a reflection wall...... Lucina felt a pang of chagrin: could it be that she really couldn't think of a way to get in, and if she just fell back to the ground, she would be laughed at by a mad dog later.

"Sister?" Lusa descended back to Lucina's side.

Lusha...... It seems that I can only give up. Lucina shook her head helplessly: "I can't break this level of barrier at all." ”

"No...... You see, sister. Rutha lifted her hood slightly, pointing to a few towering winter trees.

"What's wrong?" Lucina looked down puzzled, "Nothing special?"

"Call you stupid, you still don't accept it!" the mad dog laughed like a madman, and it was extremely harsh. He shouted at the top of his voice, "Lusha said it so clearly, you can't even see it?The barrier at the top is not without gaps, otherwise how could the trunk still stand there?!"

Lucina froze for a moment, and looked at the thick trunk fixedly: she hadn't noticed it just now.

It's a shame, it's a shame...... Lucina's first reaction was to cover her hot face without shame: her image of wisdom in front of her sister has definitely dropped another notch.

"Sister, can it work?" the younger sister under the hood didn't show her face, but Lucina had already guessed her eager expression: "Use the gap in the barrier to create a hollow ......"

"It works, it works. Lucina patted her sister's head with satisfaction, and cheekily put gold on her face: "It's worthy of my sister, even her mind is as smart as mine." ”

Impatiently, the mage flapped his wings at an accelerated pace and hovered cautiously above the barrier. Keeping a minimum distance that would not bounce off, Lucina leaned as close to the canopy as possible to perceive the mana structure of the enchantment.

Closing her eyes slightly, Aya intensified the mana transmission. In a few moments, she was excited to perceive the outcome she was hoping forβ€”where the barrier was connected to the trunk, and the mana model had a slight crack.

Clenching her right hand, Lucina mobilized the mana net gathering ability of her whole body. The dark blue light in her palm grew more and more restless, and before she reached the point of losing control, Aya released her palm downward, trying to suppress the vibration of her right arm.

A thin, sharp beam of light surged out from the palm of his hand, clinging to the trunk of the tree and sweeping quickly around. Canceling the release of the light, Lucina carefully flapped her wings to lower the height, trying to cling to the trunk of the tree to enter the barrier.

Succeeded! Without being bounced, Lucina excitedly entered the barrier. Poking her head out of the gap, Lucina excitedly beckoned to her sister, "Lusa, come in!"

Looking at her sister who was eager to fly, Lucina flapped her wings and flew down. Looking at the scene below, Lucina was disappointed.

Is this nothing? Aya's excited mood cooled down: she had expected to see something very exciting. At least, it shouldn't be these boring snowfields.

But that's it, so let's just go and remove the barrier first...... Looking at her sister beside her, Lucina landed on the ground in disappointment and walked in front of the two mad dogs.

Since she couldn't make a sound through the barrier, Lucina couldn't hear the mad dog yelling. Placing her hand on the barrier, Lucina concentrated on transmitting mana, and in a moment the entire barrier was disintegrated.

"How did you open the barrier so easily this time?" Mad Dog kicked his boots and frowned.

"Can the inside of the barrier be the same as the outside?" Lucina, who folded her wings, turned and looked at the vast woodland, "It doesn't seem like there's anything...... Then why do you need to put on an enchantment?"

"Who knows? Trembling her trench coat, Seresa strode forward. But before he could take a few steps, he tripped over something and fell to the ground, and his whole body was planted in the snow.

", what's that?" said the mad dog, annoyed, getting up and patting the snow off his body. Laughing at his embarrassing appearance, Lucina gloated with great joy.

"Laugh at your uncle!" the mad dog stomped his feet angrily, and his gaze immediately shifted: "Wait a minute...... Knight, come and see!"

"What's wrong?" Putting away his smile, Anusen approached Ceresya suspiciously.

"This thing...... It seems to be connected to some large device. Sweeping the snow away from him with his feet, Mad Dog looked down at the black metal object that had tripped over him.