YLTESCIA: A Reincarnator's Tale in the Lands of Merusia (3)

Chapter 434: Chaos Before the Labyrinth

A violet pair of pretty orbs, glowing as bright as the sun and as beautiful as amethyst, shifted left and right in the scenery of green. There was only silence in the air, only the simple rustling of the leaves and cracking of the branches to be heard.

There were grazing animals, there were bugs and little critters, some birds and some dragonflies. It was a lively and verdant forest, buzzing with life but no people to be seenー or at least, it should have been the usual case.

However, today was far from the usual. There was but one lone figure standing in the lush and viridescent wilderness, standing still as he focused his mind, eyes reaching out kilometers away. It didn't take long before he confirmed no one else was present.

『Yuna, have everyone prepared.』 ［Grey］

『Un! Got it!』 ［Yuna］

Peace looming all over the place, Grey soon reached out his hand and a gateー no, correctionー several gates opened up one after another, numbering no less than a hundred, each spanning over 5 meters in radius.

Coming out of those gates were valiant knights, some having swords on their waists, some having spears on their backs, some wielding shields, some a pair of daggers, and some a handy bow in tow, numbering over 500 men and women.

Soon, a pair of familiar figures came out. One was a young lady with fluttering silver hair and pointy ears, and the other was a lady with fierce red hair like that of burning flames. Both were beautiful and gorgeous like the flowers around them.

"So this is the rumored 'Gate', huh... I see now..." ［Cynthia］

"Hahaha. I hope it lives up to the rumors." ［Grey］

"It certainly does... I can now see why the knights have been looking up to you... And... It seems like we're already near Veltofar, are we not?" ［Cynthia］

"That's correct. About 6 kilometers away, to be exact." ［Grey］

Explained Grey and the General nodded in silence. Along with the knight, she also looked around the surroundings and quenched her curiosity. They don't exactly know where they are, but they know for a fact that they're far away from the Royal Capital.

The days have passed, and after waiting a whole lot of time, it was finally time for the Labyrinth of Thunder to open. That also means that adventurers and merchants from all over the kingdom and even from foreign countries have gathered near Veltofar.

Of course, as usual, knights would also be involved in the conquestー or at least, they were opposed to. But after the recent chaos and purification of the Kingdom, things had gone out of hand and the Kingdom didn't have time to send the knights.

Thankfully, Grey and Yuna were to the rescue. With a quick use of gates, they were able to quickly transport the whole conquest team in but a jiffy, everyone equipped with the best gear, cloaks wrapping around them for safety and covert reasons.

"Amazing... Are we really in the Mardfoll Forest?"

"This looks unfamiliar, but this fauna, there's no doubt about it."

"So this is the ability of His Highness... What a superb ability..."

It wasn't just superb, it was totally broken. So much so, that if Grey were to use it for evil purposes, no one in the world would be able to stop him. Just his combat power was already high enough, and now, such an ability... It was too broken.

Hearing rumors from the knights and soldiers, the General had expected a lot from Grey's ability, thinking that the young man could use it to connect two distant places simultaneously, and making undetected infiltration much easier.