The moon rises in the night sky.
Under the white and green moonlight, everything was calm and peaceful. The world itself seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep in this quiet night, without a single movement.
Kula opened her eyes.
"Woo meow?"
She looked up at the night sky in confusion, and at the moon, as if wondering how the fireballs she had seen only moments before had now turned into beautiful disks. Then she slowly sat up, holding the doll in her arms, and looked around with her head tilted. Silent tombstones and small mounds of dirt surrounded Kura, and at a glance, it seemed as if Kura was the supreme princess of this small cemetery.
"Fell asleep again yo ..."
Kura whispered to herself, and then could not help but lower her head forward ... and then slowly raised up, finally prevented another sleepy attack. Then, her eyes turned slightly, her body swayed and swung forward, as if sleepwalking. But soon Kura stopped, staring half-sleepily at the obstacle in front of her. A man in silver armor, with a longsword hanging from his waist and two dark eyes, appeared in front of Kura at an unknown time.
"Greetings, Honorable Aria-sama."
With a humble smile,he bent down and gave Kura a knightly salute.
"I am Valentine, Knight of Silver of the Val Empire, and on behalf of my King, I extend an invitation to you to ..."
"Phew ..."
But before Valentine could finish his sentence, Kura had already fallen into a deep sleep once again. The Silver Knight clenched his teeth, and his grim and angry expression faded in an instant. A gentle smile once again appeared on his face. Hmph! What's the big deal about a Chanting Envoy? This time he had mobilized more than a dozen powerful magicians and a legion of warriors! The Aria would never have the chance to perform her Great Aria! Moreover, as one of the most powerful warriors in the world, Valentine was sure that he could cover the little girl's mouth before she opened it to sing! At that time, even if she had the power of the heavens and the earth, she wouldn't be able to cast it! But he still had to be careful. After all, the Val Empire was only a country that became famous in the last few decades, while San Marino was an old empire, what's more, this time, they actually found one of the five Great Chanting Ambassadors of the San Marino Empire in their own territory! Although Valentine was very skeptical about the identity of this Kura Chanting Envoy, who seemed to be a child. But the information from the spy network lurking in San Marino Empire was indisputable, even if this little girl wasn't an Aria, she must have a deep relationship with one of the five Aria, so the King's order to him was to make sure to invite this young lady, and if necessary, he could use force!
"Ohhhhhhh??"
Kura opened her eyes again, and she looked up, still in the same dazed state.
"Kula asleep again ...?"
"You must be very tired, my lord, so please come with me to the palace. His Majesty the King has prepared a warm and comfortable bed for you, you will sleep well on it. You are an important mission of San Marino Empire, please let our King receive you well."
Valentine took Kura's appearance as a consequence of her extreme fatigue, and inwardly relaxed. Since this Chantress was so tired that she could fall asleep while standing here talking to others, her danger was probably not too great. Of course, if Jared and Caroline were here, they would have a different opinion on this.
"Woo... you know what this place is?"
"Here ...?"
In the face of Kura's unexpected question, Valentine slightly froze for a moment, he subconsciously looked around. Although he has come before the surrounding terrain terrain reconnaissance a clear, but for such a messy grave, Valentine really do not know what this place is for." Here ... should be a cemetery, right? Chanticleer Lord, to your noble identity should not stay in this kind of place overnight, please follow me ..."
Though Valentine smiled and held out his hand, Kula shook his head like a child in a tantrum.
"Kula's not going, Kula's comfortable here? Kula's not going anywhere?"
"... Aria-sama, I still hope you can come with me to the palace."
Valentine's tone had begun to turn a little cold, and any normal person would have realized that this was no longer an invitation. But Kura was still half asleep with her eyes half open and shook her head. Her wavy blonde hair swayed slightly with her movements, and it was clear that Kura was already a little upset.
"Kula doesn't like you, Kula's going back, yo."
With that,she turned and tried to leave.
"Please stay!!!"
Valentine cried out, and then he reached for Kura's shoulder. But an icy cold wind swirled and wrapped around Ani's body in a flash, bouncing off his hand. At this point, Valentine couldn't hold back any longer, he drew his longsword as fast as he could and whistled.
The air immediately began to flow, and at the same time, the voices of a dozen magical chants came from various angles and places, all of them were magicians who were the center of this operation. According to the plan, when the operation started, they were going to use all kinds of binding magic, and make sure to catch the Great Chanting Envoy! Of course, in order to prevent them from being caught in a net, they were positioned close to each other or far away from each other in a loose manner. Even if Kura could attack a few of them, there's no way she'd be able to catch them all!
However, Kura didn't seem at all interested in this well thought out tactical arrangement, she just pouted slightly and then softly shouted.
"La ..."
It sounded like an exercise in vocalization, but it covered the entire wilderness and the graveyard, and whoever it was, except for Kura, couldn't help but follow her "la" as if they were tempted to do so. The soldiers were fine, they were able to control themselves immediately after a little lapse. But for the wizards who were chanting spells, just the sound was enough to pull away their center of gravity, causing the mages who could chant calmly even in front of the blacksmith to let out a "lah" - the consequences were obvious. -The result was obvious, the magic that had not been fully woven immediately shattered into nothingness.
With just one sound, the magic of a dozen magicians was completely reduced to nothing. Even though Valentine was a warrior, he understood the terrible meaning of this. So he didn't hesitate any longer, and quickly stabbed out his longsword, attacking Kura, who was facing his back. At the moment, he was only two or three paces away from Kura, which was a good opportunity for him to charge!!!!
A huge, dark, transparent sword appeared, struck Valentine's weapon of magic, and sent it flying without a hitch. Valentine stepped back in surprise as he realized that at some point, three translucent, shadowy figures had surrounded Kura. They didn't look like living beings, nor did they possess the aura of living beings. They wore ancient-looking armor and coats, and one of them had a black lion's head carved into his shield. Valentine was struck by their equipment, and their appearance. Because they were almost identical to the heroes of the adventures he had been hearing about since he was a child, the ones that made the Knight of Silver long for them.
"Black Lion?!!! No way!!! They died a long time ago!!!"
"Really ...!!!"
The man who wielded the huge sword with a big grin casually stuck the sword on the ground, he majestically swept the surrounding, the soldiers actually slowly pushed away in front of this beast-like eyes, they held their weapons in fear, completely at a loss as to how to react.
"Originally we have been sleeping here for three hundred years, it's not easy for someone to be able to chat with me ... you bunch of brats! How dare you come to disturb?!"
"Big brothers, they're picking on Kula. ..."
Kula's expression at the moment was like that of a child who had been wronged and was complaining.
"They won't let Kula go yo ..."
"How rude, although I don't know what country is ruling this land now, but the place where our Black Lion Mercenaries have been resting for a long time has actually raised such villains, it is really saddening." Another gentle-looking elf spirit holding a harp said helplessly.
"Kula, you go ahead, these guys, we won't let them lay a finger on you. It's a man's duty to protect women."
The last man with the staff said coldly, two red flames glowing strangely under his dark hood. The other two obviously had a different opinion.
"I didn't realize that you, who were known as the Demon King Mage back then, had such a gentlemanly side, huh?"
"It's all before death, what's the point of bringing it up now ..."
"Well, then, please, big brother? Kura's gone, huh?"
Countless white bones rose up, enveloping Kura's small body, and then quickly collapsed.
Kula has disappeared.
"This ..."
Valentine looked at the three specters in front of him with surprise and trembled. The battle between the Black Lion Mercenaries and the Demon King Mage was a household legend here, and everyone knew how powerful the Demon King Mage was, and how bravely they, known as the Black Lions, faced it, and finally got rid of this terrible demon. But now, they have to face both the legendary Brave One and the Demon King at the same time, and what's worse, they've apparently teamed up with each other.
As evil magic, deathly lyres and whistling swords swept across the battlefield, Valentine finally came to a sobering realization.
But it's too late.