Her answer was very convincing. If I had to explain it, it would easily arouse their suspicion.
Roxy didn't ask which specific prince it was. I guess she had already forgotten about Pacus?
Luckily, this time our fortune held, and no accidents occurred. We soon arrived at the Red Dragon's Jaw; passing through here would take us back to the Asura Kingdom.
I don't know if it was fate's guidance or a scheme by the Human God.
At the Red Dragon's Jaw, we encountered that man.
At first, we were chatting pleasantly. Rudeus was even boasting to his two sisters,
"Even if the Red Dragons from the mountains came down, with so many magicians here, we could easily handle them."
It was meant to lighten the mood, as the roars of Red Dragons from the mountains had made Norn cry in fear.
Just as Rudeus finished speaking and I was about to chime in saying I had killed three Red Dragons,
I noticed something very abrupt. Aisha, Elinalise, and Roxy beside me were all trembling incessantly.
Even Norn's crying stopped. She hid behind Rudeus, clutching his clothes and shivering.
Then we heard footsteps. *Tap, tap, tap.* From directly ahead of us walked a man wearing a loose white robe, standing about 2 meters tall.
A man with white hair, white eyebrows, and yellow vertical pupils.
Although I couldn't be certain, I was fairly sure who he was.
He was alone; the Seven Stars weren't with him. I quickly pretended to be scared, lowered my head, and walked forward.
After we passed within less than 20 meters of that person, just as I was about to sigh in relief, a familiar voice sounded beside me.
"Please wait a moment!"
Rudeus was about to start courting death.
"Ah, hello. My name is Rudeus Greyrat."
No good. This time Orsted is alone, the Seven Stars aren't here. Rudeus is definitely going to die.
I immediately reacted, wanting to stop Rudeus from continuing the conversation. But I was too late.
"I wanted to ask if you might know anything about that teleportation incident?"
The man in white turned around, fixing his naturally stern vertical pupils on us.
Then we heard him say,
"I haven't heard your name. Who are your parents?"
Rudeus replied honestly:
"My father is Paul greyrat, and my mother is Zenith greyrat."
"Hmm? Paul shouldn't have a son, only two daughters. Huh! You actually didn't look away."
"Because your gaze is terrifying. I really want to look away right now."
"I don't know any information about the Fittoa Territory teleportation incident.
Now it's my turn to ask. You haven't... by any chance heard the word Hitogami, have you?"
When I heard Orsted's question, I knew it was all over.
I began gathering magic power within my body, starting to charge a spell.
"I have heard it. In my dreams, something called Hitogami appeared..."
In that instant, Orsted moved. From his position, he charged towards Rudeus at an incredible speed.
Without a moment's hesitation, I chose to attack Orsted with magic.
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Raising my left hand, I immediately used my self-created advanced magic, Bastion Guard Stance, in front of Rudeus.
This magic was similar to the Air Stance I used before to delay Eris's Light Katana, but it compressed a cubic stance into an air wall only 2 centimeters wide.
This air wall was colorless and odorless, invisible to the naked eye, but within the short two-centimeter wall, I compressed the atmospheric pressure to one million kilopascals, equivalent to ten thousand times the atmospheric pressure at sea level.
All attacks, weapons, and objects passing through this wall would be compressed by the pressure, thus being unable to penetrate directly.
In a sense, this was also a form of gravity magic.
However, this was not enough for Orsted, who possessed Dragon God Douki.
I saw Orsted vanish from his spot, and the next second he appeared in front of Rudy, his hand and fingers stretched straight, turning into a hand blade, stabbing toward Rudeus's heart.
But when it struck my Bastion Guard Stance, a massive gale erupted. Although the hand blade passed through my wind wall, due to the effect of the pressure, its landing point was not Rudy's heart, but his abdomen.
After he pulled his hand back, Rudy clutched his stomach in pain, feeling like his stomach had been pierced.
I immediately used a Wind Tornado to suck Rudeus onto the carriage.
While Orsted was still blocked outside by my wind wall.
I whipped my horse heavily in front of me and shouted:
"Hurry up and run!"
Elinalise also reacted; she snapped her whip too, sparing no effort as they fled toward the distance.
I handed the reins to Roxy to control, and ran to the back of the carriage myself.
Rudy bled all over the carriage. Fortunately, Norn was in another carriage, otherwise she would have been crying hysterically by now.
I handed Aisha a Saint-level Heal magic scroll and told her to go treat Rudeus's wounds.
I used the Water Saint-level magic, Cumulonimbus, on the sky.
Then, I used the advanced magic Frost Barrier on the ground.
Creating layer upon layer of giant ice walls to block Orsted's pursuit.
The carriage sped wildly.
The sound of ice shattering echoed from behind. The ice walls I created were useless; Orsted's speed did not decrease, and in a flash, I saw him break through the final layer.
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