"Why?"

Gwen was confused.

Victor came with the Knights, but at this time he even proposed to separate and act alone.

She didn't quite understand why Victor should act with the Order if he didn't need the Knights' protection.

Or is it?

What was the purpose of his visit to Vesuvius?

"I'm going to go to the crater first."

That's what Victor said.

Under Gwen's righteous heart, all lies will be hidden.

But he wasn't lying, which suggests that Victor was really planning to go to the crater.

Gwen remembered why Victor had gone with him in the first place.

"Could it be that the monster you're talking about is right on the crater?"

"Hmmm......"

Victor was silent for a moment, and at this time, in his heart, he thought of the figure of the monstrous demonic beast.

So, he replied.

"Sort of."

…… What do you mean by counting?

Gwen was a little curious, but she wasn't someone who liked to probe into other people's privacy.

It's an extinct volcano, after all, and Victor has said that he is familiar with the terrain of Vesuvius.

Yes, there will be no problems.

Gwen nodded, agreeing to his request to leave.

"I'll take the initiative to find you when I'm done."

As soon as Victor's words fell, a blue magic circle with flashing stars appeared at his feet.

The blue light flashed, and his figure disappeared without a trace.

A large living person disappeared directly in front of him, leaving Gwen in a trance.

A knight watched the whole process of the exchange between the two, and when he saw Gwen who was still in a daze, he couldn't help but come over and ask Gwen.

"Knight? You two ...... last night Conflicted? ”

Gwen turned her head and opened her mouth.

"No, it's not ...... you think"

Before she could finish speaking, the knight continued:

"It's normal for husbands and wives to have conflicts, and I often quarrel with my wife, but our sons are eight years old."

"Quarrel at the head of the bed and at the end of the bed, how can there be an overnight feud between husband and wife."

The more Gwen listened to him, the redder her face grew.

"Less nonsense! Let's go! ”

She cursed at the knight and hurried away.

"Huh? Captain Gwen Knight! I didn't say anything wrong...... Alas, the current girl's family is hypocritical, and this look is what I said. ”

Gwen didn't quite hear what the knight was saying later.

Her face was slightly red, like a little girl who had been told what she was talking about.

But in reality, she knows better than anyone else.

There is no relationship between her and Victor.

Just as she would never have liked Victor, Victor would never have liked her.

Gwen stepped onto the white horse, thinking a little gloomy in her heart.

If nothing else, she may end up marrying Victor.

After all, the marriage contract between the two families has long been decided.

Gwen is the second daughter of the family, and she can only obey the family's decision, and cannot change it.

Gwen didn't want to get married, not to mention that Victor had made her feel terrible.

'How could I marry such a bastard.' ’

The thought flashed through her mind, and she suddenly remembered the events of the previous night.

He was like an elegant aristocrat, like a gentleman in his every walk.

I don't even know when, he even gave up his only bed.

And when she woke up, she found Victor sitting quietly in his chair looking at the obscure magic book, sitting all night.

She felt guilty, but Victor told her in turn that they mages had their own means of resting and just needed to be quiet.

He...... Is it a jerk?

Gwen couldn't help but think to herself.

Determined to be an absolutely righteous knight, Gwen didn't really hate anyone.

Even if this person is Victor.

'I should have been pretty quiet last night......

Shaking off the superfluous thoughts in her head, she raised the silver sword in her hand and swung it forward.

"Let's go!"

……

A blue rain of light fell out of thin air, forming a teleportation circle in midair, revealing Victor's figure.

When he opened his eyes, the scenery around him had changed significantly.

It was so desolate that there was almost nothing left, except for a few charred stones standing on the hillside.

He was now in a position halfway up the volcano, much ahead of the Knights.

This is the maximum range that teleportation magic can use.

If you want to teleport to the top of the mountain in one go, it's really not realistic.

Seeing that there was no one around, Vega, who was on his shoulder, spoke to him at the top of his voice:

"Why did you choose to be separated from them?"

"The route of the Knights should be the same as yours, go with them, and they will be here sooner or later."

Victor pressed his head and explained:

"I don't need their company."

"There are some things that I have to investigate myself, and there is no need to let others know."

Vega was very strange, looking at Victor's appearance, he seemed to have been planning for a long time.

Thinking of his interest when he heard about Vesuvius, it was hard for Vega not to wonder what the other party knew.

A man and a bird walk on Mount Vesuvius, which erupted once.

However, after that time, Vesuvius lost its momentum and became an extinct volcano.

The inhabitants of the mountain have established towns here, which have been around for hundreds of years.

After hundreds of years of exposure to wind and sun, the ground here has long since formed a lime char, full of cracks and weathered volcanic stones.

What plants do you want to see here? That's a little bit difficult.

However, after hundreds of years, no one is worried that the volcano will erupt again.

The volcano was about a few hundred meters high, and he soon reached the top of the mountain.

The more he walked towards the top of the mountain, the more clearly Victor could feel the extremely rich flame element.

Not only him, Vega felt the same way.

It turned its head, a subtle glance at Victor.

"Interesting, I'd love to take your head apart and see how you came up to be here."

"You've found a Calamity."

Victor's expression was very flat, and Vega understood that he had known that there was something here.

Calamity.

To be precise, this is the specific name of the Crucible Beast recorded in history.

There are a total of six calamities in the world, corresponding to six magical elements.

wind, wood, fire, earth, water, thunder.

And right now, this Vesuvius is sealed with the scourge of fire, Gulletun.

Its body was as large as if it had reached the sky, and the fire of the furnace poured its whole body like a demon god in the fire.

The reason why they can be called calamities is that once they appear, they will cause natural disasters and chaos in one of the lands, and they are so powerful that they are terrifying.

Their existence is only bad for any living being, not good.

This is the calamity, as the name suggests.

"I'm curious, it's sleeping here, what are you doing with it?"

Vega looked at Guleton under the crater and asked Victor.

"Collect some interest in advance."

Victor stood on the crater of the volcano, looking down condescendingly.

It's bottomless, and even makes one wonder if there's something inside.

Blazing air erupted from the pass, and the heat was staggering.

His eyes suddenly became resolute.

The cold wind and the blazing air mixed together to blow his trench coat, and at this moment, standing at the highest point of the volcano, he could hardly even hear the voice of Vega beside him.

"Hey, what are you doing standing here, are you going to jump off this place?"

Victor didn't respond, and Vega was silent for a moment.

"You, no, would, really, yes, yes, jump, right?"

Its word-by-word inquiries did not have the slightest effect.

Because Victor has already said a word to it:

"Hold on!"

With that, he jumped towards the volcano at a depth of 100 meters.

"You'd like to ask for my opinion!!!!"

The roasted red rocks around him continued to fall, and Vega clutched Victor's clothes with his beak.

At this time, it even forgot that it was still a bird with wings all the time.

The picture in front of me continued to turmoil, and finally .....

After a flash of white light, the figures of the two disappeared into the air.

......

"It's the first time I've felt so crazy after being a god for so long."

When Vega opened her eyes, she felt as if she had arrived in another dimension.

It was pitch black, and all that could be seen was the floor.

"It's so dark, Victor? Victor? ”

Victor was right behind it, and when he saw the crow wake up, he picked it up and put it on his shoulder.

Vega had just wanted Victor to light a fire to light up the surroundings, but before it could speak, a loud snoring sounded in the darkness in front of it.

will deafen the ears of the raven.

"Damn, who's snoring, uh......"

Vega stopped talking.

It saw the source of the snoring, or rather......

At this moment, it was in front of Vega, sleeping soundly with its eyes closed.

How should it be properly described?

Like a giant pillar rising into the sky.

It's as tall as a mountain, and it's shocking and terrifying.

The Scourge of Fire, Gulletun, appeared before them.

A cold sweat broke out on the top of Vega's head, and the hair on her head looked a lot brighter.

"Boy, do you want to challenge it?"

"No kidding! I'm just a normal bird right now, and I can't help you with anything! ”

Victor didn't look at it, and pinched a flame in his fingertips, illuminating the front.

It also illuminates the true face of this giant beast.

"Don't say that."

"You're the biggest help I can get over it."

In the next second, the snoring of the wind breath stopped.

The huge red eyes opened like amazing light bulbs.

"Roar, roar, !!"

It looked at the two ants condescendingly, and a roar of rage resounded throughout Vesuvius.