Going back in time, immediately after Shin and Rionne were transferred to Sacred Place Kalkia.
“How was it?”
“I was able to contact and convey the message to my companions. They will meet us at Balmel and will contact me if something comes up. I asked them to inform the king that the princess is safe for now, but please don’t expect too much.”
Shin thought about what to do next, while telling Rionne; although it was quite different from his actual conversation with Schnee.
Though he wanted to explore the Sacred Place, it would certainly be bad if he took Rionne with him, so he decided to make escaping a top priority and exploration as a bonus.
Even though Rionne was said to be an upper class Chosen One, if the rumored monsters’ information were correct, she would be in danger if Shin didn’t guard her.
“Rionne-sama, do you know anything about the Sacred Place?”
“No, this is also my first time inside, but I have heard stories about the monsters that would come out, and that it would take several upper class Chosen Ones’ everything to deal with them.”
“That’s similar to the information I know. In any case, I will need a weapon, right?”
“Indeed, it’s impossible without a weapon. Is it a blessing in disguise that I have this?”
Rionne said and took out 『Muspelm』from the case she held in hand.
Was this because Rionne had a weapon that could bear all of her energy? Though she was transposed to the danger zone, there was no grim facial expression from her.
Since the case became useless baggage under the current situation, she decided to leave it behind. Because 『Muspelm』 was currently sheathed in what was thought to be a custom-designed scabbard, she didn’t need to carry it exposed.
“I am good, but what about you, Shin? There may be no handy weapons lying around…”
Rionne, who was equipped with 『Muspelm』, muttered as she looked at Shin.
However, Shin didn’t panic. If what he needed was a weapon, he had more than he could possibly use and had explanations for having them prepared.
“It’s okay, because I have this.”
Shin said and took out a piece of a card from his chest pocket and materialized it.
“That’s…?!”
“Haven’t I said it before? I have one or two trumps card concealed.”
Shin laughed a bit proudly towards the surprised Rionne.
What Shin was holding was something that could be misinterpreted as a weak, elliptic-shaped, flattened bar. The katana without-brim had a thickened portion part of the blade, which also best describes its shape.
Its length was about one and a half mel and was fully black in color. Designs like Sanskrit characters were drawn in red on its flat part. Though it had the appearance of a sword, because the weapon was of the heavyweight class like a mace or a long staff, it was mainly for smashing, not cutting, during combat.
This weapon, which seemed to have completely opposite attributes compared to 『Muspelm』, was an average 《Mythology》 grade, named 『Kakura』. The reason why it had a black appearance was because most of it was made of adamantine. There was a little amount of orichalcum in its core, and mithril was used for the Sanskrit characters; as a result, it could deal with the opponent’s magical and physical attacks.
“Even though I thought that you were no ordinary person, when you concealed such a thing…”
“I went through many hardships to obtain it, so please keep it a secret if possible.”
Shin confirmed his senses by taking a swing of 『Kakura』, which was enveloped by a red aura.
By contrast with its thin appearance, because the material was adamantine, its weight was as heavy as Rionne’s 『Muspelm』. The gust of wind conveyed the weight of a single swing.
“I just wanted to ask one thing, where do the Sacred Place investigation teams enter? I have a feeling that they exit over there.”
“Among the gates are four cardinal directions, they enter through the southern gate; of course, it won’t be so easy to pass by.”
“Is it difficult to climb the surrounding walls?”
“Ah, there was one person who tried it once. It’s fine to do it from the outside, but when you try from the inside, monsters seem to only target you. Evasion is also difficult once noticed.”
From the place where Shin and Rionne were, walls that surrounded Kalkia were seen.
Even if one climbed the wall which, by the way, was higher than Bayreuth’s, and did so without any hindrances, it would probably still take a considerable amount of time.
It would take even more time while on the lookout for monsters.
(But if I get serious, it’s possible to do it…)
Though Shin could do it, his ability may be known to Rionne, and it was a simple matter to escape for the two people.
The technique of combining martial arts and magic skills to run up the wall quickly was a relatively popular technique in a battle between players. If he forcibly used the technique little by little, he may be able to do it with just either one of the skills alone.