Shadow Court Magician Chapter 89: The Lid of the Cauldron at the Bottom of Hell

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　I am dreaming.

　Not my dream, but someone else’s dream.

　A young girl, an innocent girl, is making a flower crown in a flower garden.

　She smiles and works hard to complete the crown, then lifts it up as if it were a treasure and takes it to a large man.

　When the man received it, he called out the girl’s name, wiggling his eyebrows in delight.

“–Thank you, Chloe.” (Large Man)

　And with that, the dream comes to an end.

　In the space between my consciousness and the dream, I realized that the scene I had just seen was Chloe’s and that the man she adored was his brother.

　As I slowly regained consciousness, I wanted to contemplate Chloe and her brother, but before I could, I felt severe pain in my right hand. Apparently, it was burned.

　I was all too familiar with it, but I said something that bothered me more.

“…Smoke”

　I cleared my throat and asked Chloe, who was cradling my head, about the current situation.

“Can I assume that the smoke means that the Dolls have reached the deepest part of the den and lit the Noroshi tree on fire?”

“That’s right. As you’ve expected Leon-sama.” (Chloe)

　The maid gave me words of praise for calmly assessing the situation immediately after waking up. I give her a reply and I get up as I do.

“Your lap pillow was heavenly comfortable, but I can’t stay there forever.”

　I don’t think I’ll be able to do it forever.

“Where’s Kokui?”

“Kokui?” (Chloe)

“The warrior in black.”

“Oh, him? He left without saying anything.” (Chloe)

“……Really.”

　I wondered who he was in the end, but I quickly shook it off.

　Since the Doll warriors came running up to us,

“Thanks to your courage and efforts, we can drive the ogres out of their nest.”

　Those words made the Doll’s expressions less strained.

“Thanks to you for keeping the enemy occupied.” (Doll Warrior)

　Then, he continues.

“It’s ridiculous for a Strategist to be on the front line and hurt himself.” (Doll Warrior)

“There is a shortage of human resources at some point.”

“Then we can’t afford to lose any more men.” (Doll Warrior)

　One of the men in the raiding party said, and ordered a young Doll warrior to carry me on his back.

　I was going to say, “I’m not a child”, but I just took them on their offer.

　I had used up all my magic and strength.

　I rode on the large back of the Doll and gave them instructions.

　Chloe chuckled at the sight of me.

“Leon-sama is always in command, right?” (Chloe)

“I’m too much.”

　As I reply, I shoot a fireball from the back of the Doll warrior.

　As the flames rose, the Dolls slipped past the ogres through the smoke.

　A few minutes later, I see light.

　There lay the entrance to the cave.

　I could see the ground, but at the same time, I could see countless groups of monsters from behind.

　The ogres were chasing us.

“It’s like the cauldron of hell has been spilled.”

　I calmly commented, but Chloe didn’t laugh.

“It’s a rather poetic expression, but we’ll be trapped if it keeps up.—Shall I stay and stall them?” (Chloe)

“It’s not worth it. Her Highness will save us all.”

“The Princess!? s that the plan you gave her before we entered the cave?” (Chloe)

“That’s right. Our great commander will definitely do it.”

　As soon as I said that, we emerged from the cave.

　Thirty seconds later, the lid of the cauldron at the bottom of Hell opened.

　And as if to shut out the ugly demons, the princess’s voice rang out.

“Archers, let your arrows fly!” (Sicily)

　An imposing voice echoed above the ground.

　At the same time, the bows that were taut were released.

　Then countless arrows attacked the demons.

“Gugaaaa!” (Ogre)

　The ogres screamed.

　However, their life force is unbelievable, and the ogres come out in countless numbers, so it is impossible to defeat them all.

　However, we can still reduce the momentum of the enemy. In the meantime, we’ll meet up with the strike team on the ground.

“Destroy the Ogres from where they stand!” (Lululucca)

　These are the words of the chief’s daughter, Lululucca, but we won’t do that. –We can’t do that.

“It is impossible to repel this number of ogres in the ‘normal’ way.”

“But we have to defeat them or else peace would never come to the forest.” (Lululucca)

“I know that, so we’re going to get rid of them by rounding them up.”

“Rounding them up?” (Lululucca)

“Yes. Do you believe me? Then trust Me.”

“Trust you? I got it.” (Lululucca)

　Lululucca nodded and gave the command to the Doll tribe.

　The other day’s match, in the cave, she seemed to have complete faith in me.

　Thank you. It makes things easier for me.

　I thanked them in my heart and headed towards Sicily.

“Thank you for the arrows, my beautiful princess.”

“Everything was done according to Leon-sama’s instructions.” (Sicily)

“Did you arrange the Noroshi trees exactly as I said?”

“Yes, without a moment’s delay. They will fire in sequence as you command.” (Sicily)

“Brilliant my princess. There’s not a minute to spare.”

　I admire her from the bottom of my heart.

　I knew that she was not only an idealist who shouted for peace but also had the talent to lead others.

“Then, let’s use of it right away.”

　As I tell her, the princess nodded and gave orders to her subordinates.

　As the orders flew, smoke rose from the Noroshi trees one after another.

　Not only the inside of the cave but the entire forest was enveloped in smoke.

　In this situation, there was one direction where there was no smoke. There was a path that was clear and clear.

　We proudly retreated that way.

　The Ogre, who had come out of his confusing state, followed.

　It was a natural choice in order not to be burned to death by the smoke, but in fact, it was the path to hell.

　They had unknowingly chosen the path to hell.

　They are on the road to hell.

　There was a large lake where they were headed, and there were elven spirit users who had received my plan.

　They were carrying out the plan to send the ogre to the depths of hell.

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