Surviving With An Sss Rank Inventory

Surviving With An Sss-Rank Inventory Chapter 196

Episode 196:

Inside the imperial capital, Dio and the others are doing their best to defend themselves.

Calliope put her hand on the barrier blocking her with an expression that was different from usual, without the slightest smile.

Puzzle-!

As a dangerous spark warning of an intrusion flew out, Calliope quickly removed her raised hand.

‘You can’t believe they reversed the barrier that protected the Imperial Capital…’

Calliope was appalled at the cunning of her enemies, who reversed the powerful barrier that had protected the Imperial Capital for hundreds of years and turned it into a prison.

The barrier magic spread across the ecliptic was not a spell created by a single wizard.

It is the highest barrier created by hundreds of the imperial court’s elite magicians weaving magic formulas since the founding of Freud’s empire.

So people used to say that the imperial capital of the empire was an impregnable fortress that no one could invade.

Saint Luna broke through the imperial barrier of such majesty without a care in the world.

It’s not just about piercing it.

Except for the part of the sky that they penetrated, they tried to prevent allies from approaching the barrier that only prevented enemy invasion.

‘The existing magic formula was forcibly changed. The complex barrier has already become difficult.’

Calliope, who decided that she could not break through the barrier with force, immediately began researching the techniques that make up the barrier.

They concluded that the only way was to understand the technique and lift the barrier.

The current state of the barrier is one in which the techniques created by the greatest genius wizards of the time have been tangled and twisted like a skein of thread, destroying them.

The membrane that made up the barrier was basically in the form of transparent water.

The current barrier where Luna’s saintess had made her move was filled with black magic energy floating around as if it were mixed with impurities.

‘I understood the technique perfectly. The problem is that the mana circuit that makes up the spell must be burned…’

Calliope’s magical understanding was so great that he could solve the spell created by 100 genius wizards putting their heads together.

However, the problem is that Calliope does not have enough mana to solve the magic spell.

Even if Calliope’s individual power is greater than the combined strength of dozens of archmages.

The barrier in front of you now is a barrier created by hundreds of wizards injecting mana, not dozens.

She had already been working on burning the mana circuit by injecting mana for some time.

However, as time passed, Calliope was feeling that her mana was not enough to solve all the problems.

“Please save me!”

“Please get me out of this hell!”

Even as Calliope lifted the barrier, people’s screams continued to be heard from inside the barrier.

They were refugees whom the imperial army could not protect.

Dio and the imperial army were doing their best, but the ecliptic was too wide to protect all the civilians.

Compared to the Demon Beasts and Luna Church soldiers, the Empire’s forces were greatly inferior in numbers, so it was only natural.

Therefore, the civilians who were unable to reach the imperial palace in the center or the defense line created by Dio and his party, who were damaged by enemy attacks, were trying to escape out of the imperial capital in any way possible.

Crackling- crackling-

“Please!”

“help!”

Dangerous sparks flew out from the barrier as if telling people not to approach, but people didn’t care.

For people now, the peaceful world outside the barrier is the only way out.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

People screaming to be taken out.

Even though they knew that they could never destroy the barrier with their own strength, they hit the blocking barrier with all their might.

The barrier was covered with the bloody palm prints of people hoping for salvation.

Kaleyna’s eyes trembled violently as she watched the terrible scene before her.

Seeing the people asking for help in front of her, Calliope was reminded of a nightmare from a thousand years ago.

She wasn’t concerned about people’s lives.

However, Calliope had compassion for the people who had nothing to do with the war dying horribly.

Before Calliope became a witch.

The monastery took care of people fleeing war, including orphans.

Despite her efforts, Calliope was ultimately unable to protect most people.

This was why Calliope went into hiding after the war.

Because I no longer wanted to get involved in the war taking place on the continent.

But now Calliope couldn’t run away like she did then.

Solari and her great warrior reappeared after a thousand years.

If not now, we will not be able to stop Luna’s actions of constantly causing war in the name of peace over the past thousand years.

‘Somehow…’

We must somehow resolve the barrier in front of us.

If this was not resolved, there was a high possibility of defeat without being able to properly fight Luna’s saint.

However, Calliope became more impatient as the screams of the imperial people grew louder, and the barrier still blocked her path like a mountain.

Jijijijik –

Calliope did not worry about whether or not she could resolve the barrier.

Because her only option now is to lift the barrier.

The mana circuit that made up the spell that Calliope understood began to burn again with precision.

Chijijijijik –

There was a reaction to the barrier, but the mana circuit was too much for Calliope to solve.

Even if Calliope had enough power to burn the entire mana circuit, it seemed like she wouldn’t be able to break through the barrier even after a year at her current speed.

Plop down. Plop down.

While Calliope was concentrating on the barrier, she heard someone’s footsteps behind her.

At the sound of walking sticks and footsteps alternating regularly, Kaleina maintained a stiff expression and slowly opened her mouth.

“…Aldur.”

“This is what happens in the end.”

Aldur Filgrey, the owner of the Magic Tower and one of the five swords.

It had been a long time since Calliope had met him in the magic world and sent him to a remote island far away across the sea.

Aldur, holding a cane and covered in dust as if he had worked hard to get here, opened his mouth with a hollow smile.

“I had a hard time because of you. “Who knew I could swim at this age?”

Although not as good as Calliope, Aldur was an archmage with the ability to use long-distance teleportation.

Nevertheless, the reason Aldur could not return to the front line quickly was because the place Calliope sent him was an unknown continent he had never set foot on for the first time in his life.

Since I didn’t know where I was, I couldn’t tell the direction either.

To reach a destination using teleportation, setting coordinates is essential.

And Calliope, who knew this fact, sent it to a place so far away that Aldur could not easily determine its coordinates.

“…Should I have killed him then?”

Calliope muttered, concentrating on the barrier but wary of Aldur’s actions.

Just solving the barrier was already too much, and there was no time to deal with five swords.

Moreover, the opponent is an archmage who has reached the same level as himself.

Even if he won the fight, there was no chance he would have the strength left to break the barrier.

“Don’t be so guarded. “I am now…”

Aldur said as if he was trying to relax Calliope’s guard.

Aldur then took his eyes off Calliope and turned his attention to the people trapped inside the perimeter and screaming desperately.

“Because I came to help you.”

“…now what?”

Calliope looked at Aldur with suspicion.

Calliope has known Aldur for a long time.

I knew that he was not a villain, and I also knew that he had strong beliefs of his own.

A strong belief that the mighty power of the Luna Church will protect the continent.

“The saintess of Luna has crossed the line… If she had gone to war with you with her own strength, I would have continued to stand on Luna’s side.”

Aldur, like Calliope, looked sadly at the people beyond the border.

Aldur, who had been sent to a faraway place by Calliope, did not move straight to the ecliptic.

After failing the Demon Lord’s mission, he headed straight to the Luna Church’s capital, where he witnessed something unbelievable.

Soldiers of the Luna Church who accepted the power of demonic energy.

Aldur sensed that the Holy Maiden of Luna had reached out to the power of darkness.

“So you’re going to betray Luna and join me now?”

“Speak properly. I didn’t betray you. “Luna betrayed me.”

In response to Kaleina’s doubtful question, Aldur continued speaking with a stern expression.

Aldur served as one of the five swords protecting the Luna Church and made a promise to the Holy Maiden of Luna.

No matter what difficulties there are, the moment you lend strength to the darkness, the Magic Tower will no longer side with the Luna Church.

So Aldur was able to make an easy decision upon reaching the ecliptic.

Since Luna joined hands with the darkness and betrayed her beliefs.

He also said that he had no reason to be on the side of the Luna Church in this war.

“….”

“You still doubt it. good. Then I guess I’ll need to show I’m serious.”

Seeing Calliope’s cautious attitude, Aldur rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward.

“You must have already figured out the principles of this complex technique.”

Aldur immediately brought his old staff to the barrier.

“Burning the mana circuit that is tangled like a thread. And if you cut the core that connects the mana circuit, the time can be greatly shortened.”

“for a moment!”

Calliope was surprised to hear that he was cutting the core that made up the mana circuit and stopped him.

As Aldur said, Calliope knew that the barrier could be quickly lifted using this method.

Nevertheless, there was a reason Calliope did not use this method.

“Are you out of your mind? It is said that this barrier spreads across the entire ecliptic. Do you know how much mana is needed to sever the core of the circuit?”

Even if we succeed in defeating the nucleus, there are bigger problems after that.

Anyone who cuts out the core of the circuit will lose all of their mana.

In that situation, the recoil caused by the forced release of the barrier must be fully absorbed.

It is said that for one person to withstand the power of a barrier created by hundreds of wizards is tantamount to suicide.

Despite Calliope’s explanation, Aldur only smiled kindly at her and opened his mouth.

“I know.”

Woe!

Kugugugugu-

Aldur’s staff that was touching the barrier began to tremble violently.

Nevertheless, Aldur never let go of his staff.

Blood –

The veins that make up Aldur’s arm holding the staff were clearly visible.

Soon, blue mana started from Aldur’s staff.

The mana spread across the opaque barrier membrane as if flowing through the mana circuit that formed the complex magic of the barrier.

And soon, Aldur’s mana reached the mana core that made up the barrier.

Immediately it began to cause a huge shock.

Hold it!

It was only about 10 seconds since the ominous black sparks and Aldur’s blue mana began to tangle.

After that short period of time, the imperial barrier that was blocking them began to slowly collapse.

Pusheeeeek-

“The rice wall has collapsed!”

“I’m finally alive!”

“Oh thank God.”

An injured person limping.

A family hugging a crying child.

An elderly couple holding each other’s hands, completely terrified of fear.

Refugees who would not be surprised if they were not killed by demonic beasts or Luna Church soldiers at any time.

When the barrier collapsed, everyone, including me, ran out in tears.

“Thank you thank you.”

“Please be careful.”

People quickly left, shedding tears and thanking Calliope.

Calliope did not give up hope and eventually looked at them leaving the ecliptic, then quickly looked at Aldur.

Were they not trying to instill anxiety in those running away?

thud.

As people are running out, Aldur can’t stand it any longer and kneels on the floor.

A puddle of blood had already formed where Aldur had been standing.

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