To become a king and a magician

"Leave it to me, big sister!"

Quetzal whistled at the sky, and two enormous wind dragons flew over from a short distance and landed in front of the four of them.

After riding the wind dragon with Mash, Fujimaru Ritsuka looked towards the Persian Gulf in the distance.

(Wait a little longer, Minister, we're coming to pick you up!)

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The Persian Gulf.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

The beautiful bay that once stood there is now completely gone.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

All that exists here is a seemingly endless thunderstorm and a constantly boiling, pulsating expanse of molten lava. Thunder, storms, flames... countless attacks relentlessly pour down on Tiamat, who is kneeling in the lava.

This situation has been ongoing for the past two days.

Natsukawa Torato's attack evaporated the already spreading Sea of ​​Life, depriving Tiamat of her path of movement. Arcueid, in order to trap Tiamat here, also released the part of her power that she used to suppress her vampiric urges, and used her full power to materialize her imagination.

This thunderstorm was manifested by her, and it has lasted for more than 30 hours. In addition, with her suicidal attacks, she has repeatedly forced Tiamat to her knees time and time again.

This is the full power of the two elves.

With the power to change the world itself, plus the support of the planet itself, they suppressed one of humanity's greatest enemies, a ferocious beast that originally required the combined efforts of the seven Grand Riders. The two of them alone halted its advance, and it hadn't moved an inch in nearly fifty hours!

Having arrived here aboard the Pteranodon, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others were slightly taken aback as they looked down at Arcueid, who was still relentlessly attacking Tiamat, and Natsukawa Torata, who was kneeling in the sea of ​​fire.

"Minister... you're truly amazing, I'm speechless..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka was very capable, but she never imagined that her own minister could actually be this capable.

It's wonderful to have such a capable person as a companion.

[Fujimaru, hurry up! We've observed that Natsukawa's output is starting to decrease.]

Roman's voice reminded Fujimaru Ritsuka.

[Natsukawa's output is currently only about 70% of what it used to be. Although he is an elf with infinite magic power, his body cannot maintain peak output indefinitely.]

"Then I'll go and bring him up."

Ishtar said, and then piloted Maanna toward Natsukawa Tiger.

However, just as she approached Natsukawa Tora—

"Thump—!"

A sound like air being shattered suddenly rang in Ishtar's ears, followed by a bright red figure plummeting down from above and throwing a punch at Ishtar!

"Bang--------!"

Even though she managed to block with Maana in time, the subsequent impact still made Ishtar feel like her body was about to be pierced through, and she hurriedly clutched her stomach as she flew backward a considerable distance.

After retreating, Ishtar, Fujimaru Ritsuka, and the others realized who the bright red figure who had attacked them was.

"Ah...ah..."

Like a wounded beast that has lost its mind and gone completely berserk, Arcueid, with bloodshot eyes, swayed and floated between Ishtar and Natsukawa Torata, her body scattered and her gaze coldly fixed on the crowd.

"Ah... Tiger... Protect... Beast... Defeat...!"

Arcueid muttered something intermittently as she opened her arms to Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others.

next moment--

“AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa————————————!!”

The True Ancestor's roar stirred up a terrifying storm and shockwave, which, along with the thunder in the sky, swept down towards Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others!

62. Saving Private Tiger

A few minutes later.

Built from the fantasy of Natsukawa Tora and Arcueid, the area around the iceberg is now quite damaged.

After using healing magic to treat Fujimaru Ritsuka's injured arm, Sajou Rei smiled and said, "Well, that's fine now."

"Thank you, Zero-senpai."

Fujimaru Ritsuka moved her arm. Although she had only been slightly grazed by the lightning, it still hurt terribly. She was very fortunate to have been healed.

Looking at the other three, who were all somewhat burdened, Sajou Rei sighed softly: "So, you were all blown here in one breath."

Yes, the reason why Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others are here is because of the storm and thunderstorm caused by Arcueid's roar earlier.

Ishtar stomped her foot in annoyance: "Seriously, what does that True Ancestor mean? We came to help her, right? And then she just attacked without saying a word, even attracting that ridiculously powerful thunderstorm—is she blind?"

"More or less." Sajou Rei nodded. "After all, Arcueid is currently in a rather extreme state."

"An extreme situation?"

[Does it refer to the urge to drink blood?]

The person who answered Fujimaru Ritsuka's question was Roman.

Fujimaru Ritsuka raised her wrist: "Do you know anything about Miss Arcueid, Dr. Roman?"

Rather than saying they knew, it's more accurate to say that her story is considered common knowledge to some extent within the magic world.

Roman explained.

Arcueid Brunestud, the princess of the True Ancestor born eight hundred years ago, is a planetary tactile being, a type of spirit, just like Natsukawa. However, unlike Natsukawa, who is a 'complete' being, she is a flawed being.

That's the urge to drink blood.

The bloodsucking urge is an innate flaw of the True Ancestor species. All True Ancestors have the desire to drink human blood, and this desire generates physical urges.

The True Ancestors are beings akin to elves, capable of altering the world's appearance through mere thought. They are a race whose entire members can materialize their imaginations. However, to suppress the impulses stemming from their inherent flaws, they dedicate almost all their thoughts and power to suppressing their vampiric urges.

Even the princess of the True Ancestor is no exception.

(He used all his strength to suppress his own weaknesses...)

Fujimaru Ritsuka frowned: "So that means, the current Arcueid is...?"

"She actively unleashed her vampire urges."

Sajou Rei revealed the truth ahead of time.

"Arcquet usually uses 70% of her power to suppress her vampiric urges. With her power, even if she used 30%, there would be no more than ten people in the world who could rival her. So she has never thought of voluntarily unleashing her power before."

"But it's clear that Tiamat is not an enemy that she can deal with with only 30% of her power. So, in order to respond to her master's request and protect her master from Rahim and Tiamat, she chose to fully unleash her power."

With its full power unleashed and the planet's support, Arcueid was able to suppress Tiamat.

"However, as a price, she will no longer be able to suppress her vampiric urges. In order to avoid becoming a monster that only knows how to drink human blood, Arcueid set two absolute [obsessions] for herself."

"Obsession..."

After recalling what had just happened, Fujimaru Ritsuka asked, "You mean... [Protect the captain] and [Defeat the beast]?"

Sajou Rei nodded: "Perhaps. I don't know the specifics, but judging from the current situation, that's the only explanation. That's why she attacked you like that before, right?"

Arcueid mistook the rescuers, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others, for enemies who wanted to harm Natsukawa Torato.

After all, she was in a state of mental confusion, with only two simple thoughts in her mind. She probably couldn't distinguish anyone except Xia Chuanhu and Tiamat.

"Then how can we rescue my brother?" Mash asked, puzzled. "Do we... need to defeat Arcueid?"

"No, that's impossible."

Sajou Rei shook her head: "Arquette is an existence that can never be defeated. Even the South American god over there can't do it. After all, for the enemies of the elves, the planet will automatically give the elves enough power to carry out a suppressive battle."

"Simply put, anyone who faces Arcueid will only be suppressed and beaten by her. In addition, Arcueid is immortal. Even if she dies, she can be resurrected in a way similar to time reversal, so it is impossible for her to be defeated."

The power of absolute suppression, the immortality that allows time to reverse.

The information revealed by Sajou Rei caused everyone to tremble involuntarily. Quetzal, who was used as an example, also puffed out his lips slightly before quickly deflating.

"What should we do then?" Ishtar asked helplessly. "With her there, indiscriminately killing friend and foe, there's no way we can bring Tiger back, right? Besides, isn't she one of the people we're supposed to bring back? Is it really okay to bring her back like that?"

It's possible that Arcueid will destroy the entire Uruk.

After pondering for a while, Sajou Rei stood up: "Then let's do it this way—I, Kingu, Ishtar, Quetzal, and I will hold Arcueid back, and Fujimaru and Mash can take this opportunity to bring Master back."

"Restrain? Can we do that?" Quetzal asked uncertainly. "As you said, that girl can't be defeated, right? Plus, she's acting out of a strong desire to protect the child. Can we really restrain her?"

“That’s not a problem either,” Sajou Rei said with a smile. “Although it’s possible to suppress anyone, the adjustment process still takes time.”

Adjustment?

Ishtar and Quetzal immediately understood what Sajou Rei meant, and they smiled knowingly at each other.

Sajou Rei looked up at Kingu in the sky: "You heard that too, didn't you, Kingu?"

“Yes, we’re going to bring Master back, right?” Jingu descended a little. “Indeed, we’ve bought enough time. Master wouldn’t be able to hold on any longer—but I don’t think we need everyone to restrain that True Ancestor. I can manage on my own.”

"Lord Fujimaru and Lord Mash will stick to the original plan and go to bring back their master. Arcueid will be left to me to keep them occupied. The rest of you, please stay here to deal with the Lahem swarm; their numbers show no signs of decreasing."

As Kingu said, although many of them had been wiped out by the aftershocks of Arcueid's attack, the number of Rahm had only increased. If no one stopped them, Uruk's forces would inevitably suffer casualties.

After taking a deep breath, Fujimaru Ritsuka clenched her hands: "Can I leave it to you, Kingu?"

"I think it's possible."

"Then... let's set off and bring the minister back."

63. The minister has turned into a child!

worn out.

This is Natsukawa Torato's only thought right now.

Having persisted for nearly fifty hours straight, maintaining his full strength at all times, even with the magical support of the planet, Natsukawa Torato was truly exhausted.

Although he was prepared to risk his life to delay Tiamat, Natsukawa Tora never actually intended to fight to the death. His life wasn't just his own; if he died, many people would be heartbroken, and it could lead to all sorts of unpleasant consequences.

Therefore, if possible, Natsukawa Torato would never allow himself to die.

But now he really felt like he was going to die of exhaustion. A large amount of magic flowed into his body from the planet itself, and then was used up in an instant, and then immediately replenished.