Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

Cassel, breathing on his shoulders, stares at Linos with a devilish expression in his eyes and teeth. Linos looks down at him coldly.

The sister you knew is no longer here, boy. The sister you loved so much is dead.

"Ughhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!"

Cassel exclaims with all his might. His voice was so loud that one wonders where in this boy's small body such power is hidden. Then, with eyes wide open, he spun on his heel and stormed out of the room like a hare. Linos was taken aback by this unexpected behavior.

"What a ....... He talked by himself and left by himself. He should have listened to me.

Linos called someone to guard Vieille and went after Cassel.

Cassel was running at full speed. He ran toward the exit of the village, not bothering to wipe away his tears. The beautiful and innocent sister Vieille was gone. The wise and strong sister is gone. ....... She is now a dirty, polluted, vile woman who speaks obscenities that no man would dare to speak to her. She is no longer Vieille. She is no longer the sister I admired, chased, and loved.

What is it that I have been thinking so hard about? I feel like a fool for having tried so hard to find a way to get her back. Feeling such inexpressible anger, he ran to the exit of the village.

As soon as he left the village, Agartha's army led by Matkal was holding the entrance to the village, but Cassel paid no attention to it and ran toward the army he had led. By the time Linos caught up with him, he was already a man on horseback.

"Take your medicine, all of you!

Cassel shouts loudly. Under his order, Crimiana's soldiers take the potion from their pockets and swallow it without hesitation.

"What is it?　What are you doing?"

On horseback, Matkal looks around with a doubtful expression on his face. All of the soldiers in Klimiana's group are frozen in place, with rounded eyes and surprised expressions on their faces.

"Hahahahaha ....... Aaahhhh, wahhhh hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha !!!!"

The frozen Klimiana soldiers suddenly started to shout. All of them are shouting to the heavens in a voice that can neither be described as shouting nor laughter. Eventually, the voices died down and they turned their wide-eyed, unfocused eyes on the Agarthans.

"Something is wrong!　All hands, prepare for battle!　Mr. Linos, ......ツツ!　Stay back!"

Matkal quickly ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle and tried to evacuate Linos into the village. However, Linos was already on Ilimo and ready for battle. Not only that, Lafayence was already at his side, ready for battle.

"Kill him!　Kill the traitor!　Kill those who have been deceived by the evil gods!　Kill them all!

Cassel shouts from the rear of the troop. As if in response to his voice, a thousand Crimiana soldiers, consisting of infantry and cavalry, began to charge. Cassel, who had confirmed this, turned on his heel and left the scene.

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa～～～～～～!!!!"

"Hiiiiiiiiiiii～～～～～!!!!"

The soldiers came rushing toward us, making noises so strange that they could hardly be considered human. Looking closely, all the soldiers' faces were covered with smiles of ecstasy. The sheer eeriness of it all made even the Agartha soldiers flinch for a moment. However, there was one person among them who calmly analyzed the war situation. It was Matkal.

"Hold on!　Deploy!　Pincer attack!"

At the sound of Matkal's clear voice, the Agarthans came to their senses and, centering on the entrance to the village, instantly split into two groups and deployed to the left and right. And just as the Crimiana soldiers were about to attack the front led by Matkal, the troops on both wings attacked at once.

"Oh!　That's Matkal. That's a brilliant move."

Lafayence let out an involuntary yelp at the entrance to the village. The Agarthans were so well coordinated that in an instant they had surrounded Crimiana's soldiers from three sides.

"Hm?　What was that?"

No wonder Linos wondered. The situation was overwhelmingly in favor of Agartha's side, and Crimiana's soldiers were being slashed with swords, speared with spears, cut open with magic, and burned. But they are not intimidated at all. They attack the Agarthans with ecstatic expressions on their faces, even as blood pours from their bodies. No matter how much you slash, poke, and prod them, no matter how much you hurt them, they come at you like zombies.

"Wind Blade!

A wind magic is slammed into the middle of Klimiana's army. It was Linos who fired it. In an instant, dozens of soldiers are cut in half. The Crimiana soldiers, however, are completely unconcerned, and are madly thrusting their blades at the Agarthans in front of them.

"What the hell is wrong with them?　My friends are dying, and they're laughing at me."

Linos mutters disgustedly and concentrates his magical power on his right arm again.

"Burning bullet!

Once again, magic is shot into the middle of Crimiana's army. The whole area becomes a sea of fire because of the level 5 fire magic.

"Everyone retreat while you still can!　Pull back into the village!　Pull!

As Linos gives the order, the Agarthans who had been attacking systematically retreat. First, the troops deployed on both wings attack the enemy and gradually retreat toward the entrance of the village. Just as the troops on both wings entered the village, Klimiana's soldiers appeared as if leaping from the sea of fire and attacked Matkal's troops.

"I will take over!　Everybody pull back!"

Matkal's troop retreats, cutting down the soldiers who emerge from the flames with her in the center. The way they retreat without looking back is truly magnificent. However, one of them emerged from the flames and clung to the neck of the horse Matkal was riding. The man was covered in flames, but still had a look of ecstasy on his face.

"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Suddenly, the horse, startled by being embraced by the flame-clad man, goes berserk. At that moment, Matkal's body is thrown into the air and slammed to the ground. Immediately thereafter, the Klimiana soldiers attack the fallen Matkal.

"Mato!　Windcutter!

Linos shouted, and with his wind magic he jumped on the heads of the soldiers who were attacking Matocalu like mad. Soon after, she is carried into the village by the soldiers of Agartha, and Rinos confirms this by once again placing a powerful ward around the entire village.

"You are safe now. They can't get in here now. However, do not neglect to secure the perimeter of the village. And keep an eye on the people of this village!

After ordering his soldiers to do so, Linos disembarks from Ilimo and heads for Matkal's place. Naturally, Matocal and the other Agartha soldiers are covered with Linos' warding so that she cannot be hurt. However, Matkal does not move, perhaps because he is unconscious. Her face is pale.

"Mat!　Hey, Mato!　Stay with me!"

I try to pick Matkal up, but he does not respond. I look closely and see that the ground on which she was lying is stained with blood.

"Is this ...... blood?　Why? Why is Mato bleeding?　Hey, Mato!　Mato!"

Matocal does not respond to Linos' call. Rinos looked at Lafayence, who was standing nearby, and immediately afterwards, he shifted somewhere with Matocal in his arms.

"All troops, take charge of the warded village!　Do not let the inhabitants of the village leave their rooms!　Don't worry. No one can break my king's boundaries. But be on your guard!　If you see anyone suspicious, grab them!　Spread out!"

When Lafayence's order was given, the soldiers of Agartha went to guard the warded village, showing no sign of panic at all.

Linos was transferred to the Agartha Medical Research Institute, where Mei and the others were.

"Mei!　May!　Roni!　Ziwan!"

"Master!　What's going on?　What?　Mato?"

It was May who came running out of the room as if startled by Linos' voice. Loni comes running out soon after.

"Mato is ...... bleeding ...... and it won't stop!"

"Let me see!"

After putting Matocal down on the floor, May immediately palpates her.

"Mr. Roni!　We'll get Mato into the medical bay right away!　Get ready!"

"Yes, sir."

Bowing with a bow, Loni was transferred to some other location. May picks up Matkal.

"May, listen. I'll take Matocal with me.

"No, master. You can't stay here.

May, why?

"Please. Please don't come here. Let me and Roni take care of it. It's all right. You'll be fine. Your life is not in danger.

"May ......"

Linos could not say anything at May's unusual presence. May looked Linos in the eye while holding Matkal, and nodded slowly. She then walked quickly away. Linos watched her closely until she was out of sight.

After a while, he moved to the village again, and saw Lafayence's back figure in front of him. He was staring out of the village with his arms crossed.

"General, Mato is ......."

After saying this, the old general quickly raised his right hand. Then he slowly turns his head to Linos.

"Look. "Look outside the boundary.

I looked out of the ward, and there, with a look of ecstasy on their faces, I saw a terrible scene of mutual killing among the Klimiana soldiers.

"This ...... is ......."

Linos was speechless. The old general muttered as he exhaled slowly.

"They have lost one hand, one leg, both hands and both feet, and they are still killing each other in ecstasy. They consider that man. He is biting another man's head even though he has lost both arms. He's going to bite him to death. And the man is already dead. I wonder what fighting means to them. What are they living for? Is this the life they want? ......"

The old general mutters in disgust, but also in a forlorn tone. His back seemed to get a little smaller.

"Perhaps it was the medicine they were taking. ...... that little bastard!"

Linos hated Cassel from the bottom of his heart for forcing them to fight a bloody battle, using the hearts of the faithful as a shield.