Final Trial of Mankind

"Wait, Gucheng! Don't come near her!"

"But, Nagisa...!"

"Leave it to her here. At least it seems that the spirit communication was successful. If she regains consciousness indiscriminately, it will be even more dangerous."

"Uh……!"

Gucheng stood there and bit his lips tightly, although he was very unwilling, but what his father said was right, all Gucheng can do now is to chase her desperately in order not to lose Nagisa.

Inside is a nearly circular high-ceilinged room. The altar set in the depths of the room is surrounded by huge ice blocks like a polar glacier, and a small figure is sleeping in the ice coffin.

It was a girl who was almost as tall as Nagisa.

The skin is as white as light, the young face is neat and tidy, and the low-pigment blond hair reflects the natural light and emits a rainbow-like light.

"That's the 'Fairy's Coffin'...? Is it dead...?" Gu Cheng murmured, looking up at the girl.

The girl sleeping in the coffin of ice is indeed reminiscent of the elf imprisoned in amber, a beautiful elf that can make people feel a certain ominous feeling.

Even if she is the fourth primogenitor—the strongest vampire in the world, it is impossible to think that she is still alive in this state, but even so, all the people in this stone room have noticed.

The source of the magic power supplying the ruins is this girl in the coffin.She was the one who called Nagisa.

"Finally found... No.12's 'Yebo of Flame'...!" Liana looked at the girl and said to herself.

Kojou didn't understand the meaning of Liana's words, but for some reason, the inorganic title seemed to suit the dreamy girl sleeping in the coffin.

Countless icicles covering the coffin of ice protrude sharply, hindering people approaching the girl, looking at it is like looking at the city of thorns that guards her sleeping.

"That's just Sleeping Beauty, isn't it..."

Kojou subconsciously said the words that came to his mind.

That's right, the lonely girl imprisoned in the coffin of ice, said to be a vampire is more like the tragic princess in a fairy tale.

It seems that the ancient city is not the only one who thinks so.

Liana looked at Gucheng's side face, showing a pure smile like a white flower.

"Sleeping Beauty... the daughter of King Florestan, Aurora (Agurola Florestina)——?"

"That's nice, it's more poetic than calling it dry numbers."

Ibajo said that kind of praise disproportionately, and Kojoro felt inexplicably ashamed of this, and yelled at his father who didn't feel nervous.

"Is this the time to talk casually! Even Nagisa will freeze!"

"Well... that's right..." Yacheng didn't deny his son's words.

The mist of cold air was covering Nagisa who had arrived in front of the coffin, and the coffin that imprisoned the girl (Agrola) might be planning to put Nagisa in the ice just like that.

Or the girl (Agurola) herself intends to suck all of Nagisa's spiritual power for her own resurrection——

However, even knowing this, Yacheng still did not intend to rescue Nagisa, but——

"Miss Caruana, can I leave this to you?"

"Dad—!?"

Looking at Yacheng who suddenly turned his back, Gucheng was speechless.

Quicker than thinking about his body, Kojou clenched his small fists and planned to punch his father.

However, Yacheng failed to stop Yacheng. Before Gucheng beat him, the whole ruins began to shake. The impact like a huge hammer made the ground shake, and Gucheng lost its balance and fell down.

"...Is it an earthquake!?"

The entire stone chamber creaked violently, and the sand continued to scatter down. The shaking of the ground didn't last long, but it was replaced by a strong gust of wind, which smelled like gunpowder.

Perhaps because of the impact, Nagisa's possession state was released, and her small body in a priestess outfit fell silently on the spot.

"Doctor, just now...!" Liana's expression became serious and she stared behind her.

"Well... it seems that this matter has become a little troublesome."

Yacheng put down the rifle he was carrying and released the safety lock. It was a bullpup-type military automatic rifle. Kojou was overwhelmed by the sudden change of his father's aura.

"I'm sorry, Kojou, Nagisa, please, I'll be right back."

"Dad!" Gucheng stared blankly at the back of Yacheng who was running away.

This reminded him of the austere atmosphere of Caruso and the others who were guarding the campsite. He knew that the ruins were being targeted at the beginning, but the ancient city couldn't understand it.

However, Yacheng called Nagisa to this kind of place, knowing that it was dangerous——

"Damn! What are you thinking about, that man!?"

Gu Gucheng punched the ground with brute force.

And Liana lowered her head in pain, and squatted down beside the ancient city.

"...I'm sorry for getting you involved, but please don't blame the Doctor, because that's the one who's most distressed about it."

"What the hell is this ruin? Isn't it a simple underground cemetery? No. 12 'Yebo of the Flame' is—!?" Gu Cheng approached Liana and asked.

On the other hand, Liana pressed down as if she was going to push Gucheng away, releasing a calm murderous aura.

"Let's talk about this later, Gu Cheng, please back off."

"Eh?"

Taking off the landing card on her left wrist, Liana stared at the entrance of the ruins, her pupils glowed red, and her sharp teeth protruded from the gap between her lips.

At this time, Gucheng remembered her true identity. Liana was a nobleman in the Warlord's territory, a vampire from the "ancient age".

"—Here, it's the enemy."

Before Liana's voice fell, countless figures poured into the stone room like an avalanche.

Their figures made Gu Cheng speechless, because Gu Cheng knew them.

The "enemy" soldiers who forcibly rushed in from the entrance of the demolition ruins——

Wearing bulletproof armor and equipped with firearms, they looked like the security guards of the civilian military company performing security work in the campground.

006 Beastization

Liana Caruana uses three beasts——

The real body of the barrier guarding the campsite was actually one of them transformed into a form, and it was impossible for Liana, the host, to fail to detect an attack that could break through the barrier.

But if the enemy comes from within, that's another matter.

"Um……"

The girl in the priestess costume who was being carried in the arms of the ancient city let out a small sound and moved her body. Her long eyebrows swayed and she opened her eyes. Although the focus was not right, the color of her pupils was the same as usual , is unlocked depending on the state.

"...an ancient city... lord?"

"Are you up, Nagisa, although you finally woke up, I think it's better for you to sleep a little longer." Gu Cheng tried his best to pretend to be calm and said to his younger sister who was shaken by the surrounding situation.

The blond girl imprisoned by a huge ice block, the countless icicles reminiscent of dense thorns, the underground stone chamber, and the soldiers who invaded here——

And it was a beautiful female vampire who protected the ancient city from the group of guards who turned into zombies.

Her hair, which had been well-groomed, was now messy, and her whole body was drenched with the blood spattered by her opponents. She herself seemed to have suffered some injuries, but all the zombies who attacked the ruins were killed. , returned to the original state of the corpse.

The female vampires of the "ancient generation" wiped out dozens of zombies with just one person.

If she hadn't protected the ancient city and them, she probably wouldn't have been injured. This can be said to be worthy of the name of the nobleman of the "War King's Territory", with an overwhelming fighting ability.

"Miss Liana..."

"Sorry, it took a little effort."

Realizing that Nagisa was calling her weakly, Liana smiled as if puzzled, and there were two beasts squatting on either side of her.

They are giant wolves with golden light and silver light respectively. Both of them are about three to four meters tall. They are obviously not ordinary creatures. They are a collection of magical powers dense enough to have entities.

"Familiar Beast..."

"Yes, this is the summoned beast from another world that our vampires use in the blood... a collection of magical powers with consciousness. Even if there are many terrorists, as long as Squall and Hattie are here, I will not Let them move the coffin and the two of you with one finger, please rest assured."

"Terrorist...?" Kojoro asked Liana.

Why do self-proclaimed terrorists come to attack such a ruins on the border—I can’t understand the reason for their attack.

And she was silent for a moment as if choosing what to say, and then Liana replied.

"It's probably the Black Death Emperor faction—orc excellence. They are the internationally designated wanted criminals who advocate that orcs are the best species among the demons and advocate the abolition of the sanctuary treaty."

"Why, those kind of guys are staring at this ruin?"

"Maybe it's because I know that this is the ruins related to the 'Yebo of Flame'. After all, for the orc excellenceists, the true ancestor of vampires is the object they hate the most."

Kojou suddenly realized what she said and swallowed his breath.

"So that's how it is... If Agulola is really the true ancestor..."

"Yes, for them, she will be an existence worthy of their lives and destruction." Liana said with a sigh.

To be honest, she really wanted to help Yacheng immediately, but because she is the highest force of the investigation team, she couldn't leave here, because there is the body of the "Fairy's Coffin" that the terrorists are eyeing in ah.

"Agullola... who is it?" Nagisa asked with a puzzled expression.

Gucheng smiled a little, and pointed to the ice behind him.

"It's the name of Her Highness the Princess who is sleeping there. Miss Liana gave her the name."

"Is...is that so?" Looking up at the girl imprisoned in the ice coffin, Nagisa softly narrowed her eyes.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, I just don't know why she seems to be very happy—"

"Her? Did you say Agulola...?"

Kojou felt a little uneasy and looked at Nagisa's face, thinking that the state of possession had been lifted, but in fact it didn't seem to be the case, Nagisa and Agulola may also share a part of consciousness now——

When Kojo felt the indifference and horror of this hypothesis, Nagisa suddenly froze, and then Nagisa trembled violently as if she was afraid of something, and held onto Kojo tightly.

"...Nagisa?"

"What... is coming... what, this is... don't... this is so scary...! Gu Cheng-kun... run away...!"