626 624 Sacrifice

Back in the seftent, we jumped straight into the camp. But there's no sign of Weena Lane or Romeo there.

'Where have you been...... Ursi, can you follow the smell?

"On..."

Although Ursi snorts, he is somewhat unsure.

They still smell around here. But I guess it's ambiguous where that went.

Still looking for clues, Fran walks out on Ursi's lead.

"This way?"

"On!"

Sewing among the townspeople busy preparing to escape, it was the harbor that Ursi followed.

The gaze points the lake toward the Great Warcraft. Does that mean Weena Lane headed to seal the Warcraft?

"Weena Lane and Romeo, the smell of zero lead, you're heading in the same direction, aren't you?

"On"

There seems to be no doubt that Weena Lane took the two of them. After all, are we going to use the power of Romeo?

Fran jumped on Ursi's back and pointed to the Great Warcraft.

"Follow!"

"On!"

Ursi, prompted by Fran, runs out again with a crisp look.

Dozens of runs on the lake again, as such.

'I see you! There it is! Definitely, there's Wiener Lane!

"But that..."

'Oh! You could be hitting the worst imagination!

On a lake closer to the Great Warcraft. There appeared something like a circular stage about 15 meters in diameter.

A pure white stone is laid down and columns of the same material are erected on all sides.

The atmosphere seemed very similar to the temple where the Great Warcraft was sealed. But it's the people on top that matter.

On that stage, there was Wiener Lane. Romeo and Zero Thread are with us.

No, can I say that one with you...

Romeo and Zero Thread were laid to sleep in an altar-like setting set in the center of the stage. It would obviously be a sacrificial position.

Seriously, are you going to sacrifice Romeo and do something?

"Ursi, stay there!

"On!"

As Fran instructed, Ursi descends onto the stage. But could it have been too late?

Dark magic swirls around the area, and obviously some ritual is underway.

"Weena Lane!"

"... Fran. You're here."

"What are you doing?

"I'm in the middle of a ritual for sealing. Stay out of my way."

Nearby, Romeo and Zero Thread's hands and feet appeared to be imprisoned and forced into captivity by shackles of water.

Fran's eyes narrow sharply.

"What are you going to do to Romeo and Zero Thread?

"Let these two be the basis for sealing"

"... you mean sacrifice?

"That's right."

You just admitted it!

But I couldn't feel the backwardness on Weena Lane. As a matter of course, snort.

"Fran, this is necessary."

"But..."

"Wait. Don't worry about us."

It was no other, imprisoned zero thread that blocked Fran's words. Romeo is asleep, but Zero Thread seems to have been conscious.

"... what do you mean?

"I'm the only one dying. Romeo helps. Don't you?"

"Yep. Skills sealed in Romeo, Communion of the Evil God. Romeo's life will be saved if you replace all that load with your shoulders."

"That's the thing. So, it's okay."

I mean, zero lead dies instead of Romeo? Is that what you're saying?

"If Zero Thread dies. Isn't Romeo dead, too?

"I've already terminated that contract. But once born, the connection doesn't disappear easily. Using that connection, it is also possible to flush the load that would otherwise flow to Romeo into the zero lead."

Honestly, I thought that would be okay. But there are those who dispute it.

"... there's no way Romeo or Zero Thread won't die?

"Oh? Zero lead wants to help too?

"... promised. After the contract is cancelled, we take Romeo to the orphanage for the price of Zero Thread's life. I mean, his life is mine."

"So what do you say?

"I won't allow you to die on your own. And..."

"And?"

"If Zero lead was gone when I woke up, I feel sorry for Romeo...... Me too, because if my master was gone when I woke up, I'd be sad."

Fran seemed to overlap himself with Romeo.

"Hmm? Does that mean it's against me?

That's how horrible magic emanates from Weena Lane, who shrugged. I know you're going to be intimidating me, but this killing alone would kill ordinary people.

Weena Lane's killer strikes me and a cold sweat erupts from Fran's forehead. But the eyes that glimpse Weena Lane were never missed.

"Ask again. Is there any way Romeo and Zero Thread don't have to die?