Chapter 55 - Some Calm

There is no basis, no techniques, no books, nothing that anyone has written about Qi in this world; everything stems from his desire to cultivate Qi and from the goddess Aqua. That's why Milcar can simply create techniques and theories about Qi usage.

Although all this might be a disadvantage, for Milcar, it's like finding a piece of gold unshaped in a garbage dump.

Gradually, various ideas on how to use Qi to change the laws of this world present itselves in his mind.

Around Milcar's body, space seems to distort. Some things that are immobile in one place disappear or appear elsewhere; some things increase in size, others elongate, and many seem to be in a cycle of appearing and disappearing, of changing or simply elongating.

...

In the city of Axel.

Several days have passed since Milcar began studying Qi and how he could create new techniques. In the city of Axel, everything has progressed at a terrifying speed.

People who were previously worried because new laws were decreed in the city of Axel now seem expectant.

Many adventurers who previously felt terrible because they would be recruited for Axel's militia are now training or going on missions to become stronger.

The streets are lively, and the vendors smile happily. In the adventurer's guild, all missions have been taken, and even the most dangerous ones have simply disappeared, probably missions accepted by Kyouya.

All this is due to the display of power Mitsurugi Kyouya made just a day ago.

Facing a golden dragon several meters in size flying over the city of Axel, causing all the people to be completely terrified, a person emerged from the darkness.

Sword in hand, his body shone with intense light, Kyouya stepped in the air as if he could walk or were standing on some invisible platform in the sky, a thrust of his sword unleashed a bright white crescent that split the dragon in two.

Shortly afterward, that man, who turned out to be the renowned Mitsurugi Kyouya for many adventurers, spoke about the courage of the new governor of the Axel city, spoke about how Milcar could lead the city of Axel to new heights.

Above all, he spoke about the power that those loyal to the city of Axel can obtain, the Qi.

With their ears sweetened, many adventurers raised their swords, ready to demonstrate how patriotic they are, how loyal they are to the city of Axel.

With several adventurers being recruited for Axel's militia, new groups of friends have formed, who have begun to work diligently on missions.

While this is happening, a several miles from the Axel city, a royal caravan makes its presence felt with the noise of the hooves of powerful horses.

A royal caravan carrying the princess and several knights, as well as a bunch of empty carriages.

In the main and best-decorated carriage, a beautiful girl with blonde hair looks out the window of her carriage at the landscape around her.

Iris, the princess of the kingdom Belzerg, has an extremely solemn face.

The battle on the front lines against the demonic army has left the kingdom totally plunged into poverty, the streets of the humblest sectors of the Belzerg kingdom are completely plagued by people complaining about the lack of food, while the wealthiest sectors barely have enough to live modestly, and even the royal family cannot afford to spend much.

Although the economy is just a means of exchanging goods used to live in society, the Belzerg kingdom has lost over 80% of its crops and livestock in the last decade and is on the verge of collapse.

A few weeks ago, news reached the Belzerg kingdom, more precisely the royal family, that one of the two cities outside the great wall of the kingdom of Belzerg and not far from the demonic army had been completely destroyed.

Alcanretia, a city that provided a large amount of strategic supplies for the war, was completely besieged by demons, and since then, the royal family has seen its budget further reduced.

So, Princess Iris had to undertake a journey with a caravan full of empty carriages to ask Alderp Alexei Barnes for gold, food, and medicine to sustain the war.

Although common people know that Princess Iris often visits Governor Alderp, the truth is that Iris simply visits Alderp's castle to be able to learn some magic from Wiz. Iris has absolutely no friendly relationship or anything like that with Alderp.

At this moment, while several men, guards wearing silver armor, direct the caravan, a slight fear passes through Iris's heart.

For Iris, it feels as if she is entering the mouth of a demon, her soul shivers, her body trembles, there seems to be a slight cold that fills the entire carriage, and Iris cannot help but swallow saliva.

Unconsciously, Iris began to remember her older brother who had to go to war.

...

Time passes at cruising speed, several days have passed. During this period of time, Wiz has been too wise, incredibly good at her job. She recently spread the news that Axel would separate from the Belzerg kingdom to form a new nation.

Surprisingly for Wiz, no one in the city of Axel opposed this idea, after all, during the last few days, the members of the Axel city have seen firsthand the surprising abilities of both Kyouya's group and of Wiz herself or Yunyun.

After Milcar brainwashed he, Kyouya has been spreading a thought of nationalism not toward the Belzerg kingdom, but toward the Axel city.

With this, several vagrant adventurers and common civilians have embarked on a constant struggle for continuous training; food in the Axel city is abundant, and people's dreams for the future are incredible.

Faced with this calm moment, Wiz, in the governor's castle of the city, is not at all calm; she paces back and forth, her mind seems to be occupied with something in particular, and her heart, though she has no heart, cannot stop beating.

Yunyun watches her master while leaning her back against the wall in a corner.

Yunyun understands perfectly why Wiz is in this state, and that's because Milcar hasn't left his room for the past few days.

No matter if it was Aqua, Darkness, Eris, or Wiz who knocked on Milcar's door several times to see if Milcar was in that small room, there was no response.

They also did not dare to open the door, and since then, nothing has been known about Milcar.

If that were it, then Wiz wouldn't be so nervous; the real reason Wiz is so nervous is because recently the Demon King has communicated with her mentally.

As a General of the Demon King, Wiz's soul has been sealed and marked by the Demon King himself; with this seal, the Demon King can know exactly where Wiz is, as well as communicate mentally with Wiz.

The message from the Demon King that played in Wiz's mind was simple."