"This should be enough to fool them, right?" Iri thought.
When they flew over, they indeed saw a ground full of small skeletons, but they didn't know why there were so many undead monsters around the Katz Plains.
There weren't any 'mass' graves nearby, just a relatively large cemetery where Ainz's father crushed Gag Sister, and the other places were all desolate wilderness.
It was no wonder that this place was at the very center of the entire continent, and also the border of various countries. From a strategic point of view, it was a very important place, yet it was held by the Kingdom.
Although from Iri's personal perspective, she couldn't see any strategic significance at all. Iri didn't understand this; she just heard about it.
Moreover, it was also stated in the original work that although the Empire would go to war with the Kingdom every year under the pretext of wanting to obtain ownership of the Katz Plains, the actual true intention was merely to consume the Kingdom's manpower and resources during the autumn harvest. If the Katz Plains were truly handed over to the Empire, the Empire probably wouldn't want it.
The Blood Emperor probably wouldn't want this place that had nothing, a large number of undead monsters, and was also a so-called strategic location, right?
So, in Iri's opinion, this unwanted area was completely tailor-made for Nazarick. Was this a coincidence?
However, why was the way back also by Flying Magic? Iri was very depressed now. Don't any of you know Teleportation Magic?
Queen Aeseth was a summoner-type magic 'caster'. The first time Iri met him, she saw him casting attack magic. Since he learned Flying Magic, why didn't he learn Teleportation?
Iri was extremely annoyed right now because she was being carried by that damned Queen Aeseth, flying.
Of course... Iri directly refused a princess carry. She only let him support her waist. However, compared to Iri, Dark Scripture Jeros was even more miserable.
Because he was pulling the Axe Uncle and Greatsword Hunk to fly together by himself, which looked very tiring.
When they were flying to the Katz Plains battlefield earlier, Iri really wanted to complain about this, but at that time, Iri thought the location was relatively close, so flying would be enough. She didn't expect them to use Flying Magic for the return journey as well, and even made Gelos drag two strong men to fly...
Iri could probably guess the reason. Gelos should also be a magic 'caster' type of profession, so he could use Flying Magic scrolls. As for the two strong men, no matter how you look at them, they don't seem to be mages, so Gelos could only lead them.
After all, there are various restrictions on using magic scrolls. The primary issue is the profession. If the profession doesn't match, you can't use the magic scroll.
For example, the best-selling healing spell in the Magic Guild can only be used by priest-type professions. So, the question is... don't priests already know healing spells themselves? Why would they need scrolls?
Nonsense! Does casting healing spells not consume MP? Using scrolls doesn't consume MP, you know! Hmm... what it consumes is your gold coins.
The natives can make magic scrolls, but the time and effort invested lead to their magic scrolls being ridiculously expensive.
With that money, it would genuinely be better to directly hire a priest to cast a recovery spell. So, basically, the magic scrolls Adventurers prepare are for emergencies, rarely used normally.
As for why Iri can use magic scrolls with profession restrictions? Special constitution (protagonist halo), of course. If she can pick up and use various professional equipment, then scrolls are just a piece of cake, aren't they?
Of course... besides Iri's special constitution, Solution Epsilon's assassin profession has a special skill that allows her to disguise herself as other professions, and she can also use scrolls without restrictions. Another is the special case of Crown Prince Pandora, who can directly transform. Iri explained this to the audience who were unclear about the settings.
This was also learning on the fly! When Iri bought scrolls at the Magic Guild in the Capital earlier, after ripping off three Flying Magic scrolls, she learned this from the Vice Guild Master. To think that the Magic Guild in the Capital of such a large country only had three Flying Magic scrolls in stock, for Iri, who didn't understand the situation, wasn't this ridiculous?
The Vice Guild Master who received Iri at the time explained to Iri that the natives use scrolls for survival, not for fun like Iri...
Uh... Iri, being carried and flown by Queen Aeseth like this, was indeed bored, so she took the opportunity to review the world view and settings.
Although it was flying, the speed was actually not as fast as riding a horse. The advantage was that they could fly in a straight line. And since they were still flying within the Kingdom's territory, they had to use invisibility for cover, which was indeed very troublesome. However, Iri always felt that as the strongest ace unit of the Slane Theocracy, how could they not even have someone who could use Teleportation Magic when they came out to cause trouble?
They're really low-class! And they still have the nerve to say they're the strongest!
Actually, what Iri didn't know was that the Black Scripture originally brought a magic 'caster' who could use Teleportation Magic this time, but... that person was now naked and sleeping eternally in the place where Iri first met him. The culprit was naturally Iri.
They flew for an unknown amount of time, probably half a day. Queen Aeseth said his MP couldn't hold up anymore, so he directly landed.
Uh... so directly casting Flying Magic continuously drains MP. In this regard, scrolls are better. However, one burns MP and the other burns money, and a lot of money at that. Weighing it, burning MP is better, at least for the natives.
After landing, they rested for a while, and then they could only walk. They just didn't know how much further they had to go.
"So where are we now? And how much further do we have to go?" Iri asked. They couldn't just wait in place for Queen Aeseth to recover his MP, right? By the way, in this setting, there is no convenient setting like MP 'potions', so they can only rely on self-recovery.
"From our current position, we walk for half a day, then find a place to 'camp' for a night... Tomorrow, after flying for another half a day, we should be able to reach the Theocracy's border town of Chernost." Gelos took out a map, looked at it, and replied.
What? After flying for so long, they hadn't even flown out of the Kingdom's territory yet? Iri was stunned, although she didn't show any emotion on the surface.
The town that the Black Scripture just mentioned, Chernost, should be the town where Iri rescued Tia last time.
Uh... it would take so long to reach the border town. At this speed, when would they reach the Slane Theocracy's lair?
"Um... then how much longer until we can go home?" Iri asked, feigning a worried look.
"At this speed, at least a week," Gelos replied.
One... one week!! You must be kidding! Although it took several days when Iri followed the Blood Emperor back to the Empire, at least there was a luxurious carriage then, and if she was unhappy, she could teleport back to Nazarick! This time, did she have to rely on this flying and walking mode to get to the Theocracy's lair? This was too miserable?!
"Clementine, don't worry. Once we enter the Theocracy's territory, we'll be safe, and Qianli is also watching over us. They should also send people to meet us there." Queen Aeseth looked at Iri's bad expression, thinking Iri was tired, so he comforted her.
"Cough!!" The Black Scripture gave a very affected cough, seemingly to remind Queen Aeseth of something. Was he trying to prevent him from 'randomly' speaking and revealing something? Even like this, the Black Scripture was still so cautious... Iri was a bit annoyed.
But you don't need to remind me of anything. Astrology Thousand Miles won't be looking this way. Astrology Thousand Miles should still be hiding in her room, trembling and hugging herself, right? She still needs to be reclusive for quite some time, so there's no need to have any expectations for her. In other words, the rendezvous Queen Aeseth mentioned was out of the question.
"I... I'll go over there and pick a flower first," Iri said. Although she really didn't want to use this trick, after weighing the immediate shame against the week-long journey ahead, she decided to just be ashamed for a bit!
"Uh... oh... be careful," Queen Aeseth said, turning his face away. The others also awkwardly looked elsewhere.
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