There were constant crackling sounds from the burning buildings, and magicians fighting in twos and threes could be seen everywhere on the streets, using crude magic to attack each other.
Who would have thought that the town that was still prosperous in the morning would suddenly turn into nothing and become a battlefield filled with flames.
This is the cruelty of war between magisters' guilds.
Fortunately, after Zera's reminder, Giself more or less listened to it. Recently, he has raised the defense level to a higher level. Now he can organize manpower urgently to avoid being beaten all at once.
Defeated.
However, judging from the fact that the defense circle continues to shrink towards the guild, it seems that the battle situation may not be optimistic.
…
Quietly hiding in the rubble between buildings, Zella rushed towards the guild's headquarters in a covert manner, while trying to sneak attack a few lone "Blue Skeleton" members without any risk.
Although the result can be said to be quite gratifying, the magic power in her body was almost drained after just a few magic spells were released.
This young body limits most of her abilities. Even if she can grow up to twelve or thirteen years old, she cannot be so passive now. Whether it is the magic she grew up with or the swordsmanship she gained in her 'previous life', it is still very difficult to deal with these miscellaneous soldiers.
simple.
Now if you want to 'come back', the only way out is 'special ability'.
(well……)
Sighing softly, she mentally prepared herself for the worst. Relying on her familiarity with the town, the little girl quietly bypassed the frontal battlefield and rushed towards the hill with the red lizard pattern carved on it.
Crazy shouts came from the mouth of a member of the "Blue Skeleton". They seemed to have seen the dawn of victory, and their attacks became even more crazy.
After all, the red lizards don't even want the guild's head. It's only a matter of time before they completely occupy this place.
…
"Damn it——! Hey! Haven't you found Zella yet?!"
At the ruins not far from the base camp, he knocked down an enemy who rushed towards him. The scarred Giself roared angrily at his men.
The moment the guild was destroyed, he actually thought of retreating.
He still understands the truth of being able to become the president of a guild without worrying about running out of firewood.
It's just that he has been fighting and retreating and has never found his precious daughter, which has led to delays in action. If this continues, he will soon be surrounded and it will be really difficult to fly.
What he regretted even more was that he spent a lot of money to hire a so-called 'powerful' magister who disappeared from the battle since the beginning, and that he didn't take Zella's words seriously when he first discovered the abnormality.
It's too late to say anything now.
He just wanted to find Zella quickly and leave this damn place. As for the life and death of other people, he couldn't care so much about it.
"Haha! Hey, hey, hey! Look what I found. There is actually a little girl hidden in a place like this!"
"——!"
A proud laugh sounded behind Giseff, causing him to turn around in a panic.
The moment he heard 'little girl', his first thought was Zella, but when he looked at the trembling little blond figure who was forced into the corner, he breathed a sigh of relief.
That little guy was not unfamiliar to him. He was the daughter of a couple who died in the guild. Because Zella seemed to like being with her, he kept her. It was probably because the attack came too suddenly and he couldn't do anything.
Escape.
Unfortunately, now is not the time to reminisce about old friendships.
After taking an indifferent look, Giuself no longer paid attention to it. After all, he couldn't protect himself now. Whether this little guy named Mebis was dead or alive had nothing to do with him.
"...Haha, I thought the one who could hide in their guild would be Giself's daughter, but it turns out it's not the case."
The man with the hood obviously just said it to someone on purpose.
After seeing Giself's performance, the result is self-evident.
"Then, it's useless to keep it anyway, just kill it."
"...!"
Without any intention of holding back his hand because the other party was a little girl, the man slowly raised his right hand that glowed with magic power.
"Die, kid."
With a ferocious smile, the God of Death's butcher knife fell towards Mavis' head.
(Zera...)
She closed her eyes and squatted in the corner. Knowing that she was doomed this time, the little girl subconsciously called the name of her only friend.
It is a prayer and a farewell.
But it may be too early to give up everything now.
Because after a few seconds, she was still curled up there.
The only differences were the executioner in front of her, who was slowly falling down while holding his charred chest, and the shouting voice of Guild President Gilsev.
"Zera?! Why did you come out?! Run!!"
The voice gradually changed from surprise to panic. Realizing what would happen if Zella appeared here rashly, Giself anxiously urged someone to escape quickly.
Not only Mavis and Giself, the moment the hooded man fell, the attention of everyone present was attracted.
The person who launched the attack and slowly walked out from the shadow of the ruins was a little girl who was no more than seven or eight years old, but was surrounded by several fireballs.
…
(That idiot...)
She sighed helplessly, and when she saw Mavis running out on her own after hiding well, she guessed what the little guy wanted to do.
It was nothing more than seeing that Giuself was surrounded, and wanted to use him as a bait to give them a chance to escape.
But this also disrupted all of Zella's plans.
She did not expect that her return route would be exactly the same as Giself's retreat direction, so she had already discovered that the situation here was not optimistic.
While recovering her magic power, she is also preparing her strongest attack yet.
As long as a gap is created, the crisis here will naturally be solved.
(...Forget it, this saves you the trouble of finding her.)
She had no intention of leaving out this little fool, but now that the people she wanted to save were all still alive, that was enough.
Although this situation is not good...
The hooded man just now seemed to be a guy of high rank. As soon as he died, all the surrounding members gathered here.
"In the end, do we still have to take that step..."
Not caring at all that she was surrounded by people with malicious intentions, Zella had a smile on her face that no one could understand.
The fireball around her dispersed, and the little girl who was no longer hesitating suddenly became intertwined with gold and silver light spots.
That is a 'mystery' that they cannot understand.
This strange change caused those who rushed forward to stop subconsciously.
As the intertwined light points become denser and denser, the air flow gradually forms a pillar of light rising into the sky.
The scattered stardust shocked everyone's hearts.
An existence that does not belong to this world has arrived. (To be continued)