The person who set up this barrier was incredibly skilled in magic.
If not destroyed by external forces, this barrier could even sustain itself for nearly ten years!
The seal was also set to only be unlocked by recognizing specific magic.
Even if one learned the same magic, it would be almost impossible to break.
Even if one wanted to break it directly with force, according to Rod's calculations, it would take at least a god-level mage to do it!
“Tsk, what an absurdly powerful barrier… I wonder who left it here.”
Rod couldn't help but be curious about the mage who had implemented this seal.
However, seeing as such a cautious seal was left behind, it was evident that the person was incredibly careful about the thing inside.
To be on the safe side, Rod felt it was best to continue maintaining this seal.
But.
Such a bizarre thing appearing near the capital made him feel quite uneasy.
“Furthermore…”
Rod's inner doubts lingered.
“In the observation of the Six Eyes, the creature sealed within the statue does not seem to be someone who cannot be dealt with… It’s strange…”
Rod slightly turned his head, his gaze resting for a moment on the Zanpakuto in his left hand, finally making up his mind.
Let's do it!
As a king, how could he allow such an unmanageable existence to be so close?
Six Eyes, unlimited, thunder dragon slayer magic, and Zanpakuto.
If he was still hesitant to draw his blade against a mere demon with this setup, then how could he ever fight the dragon gods and human gods in the future!
He was cautious, but not cowardly without courage!
Rod carefully took a glove out of his pocket and put it on his right hand, then slowly extended it towards the barrier.
“Normally, there’s practically no easy way to break this barrier.”
“But, I just happen to have a tool that’s even more absurd than the barrier itself.”
That was the skinning glove he received as a reward earlier!
Theoretically, it could instantly strip the outermost skin of any existence.
And the concept of this skin naturally included a [sealed barrier]!
The moment the skinning glove touched the barrier.
Something shattered like glass, “crack crack crack”
The next second.
BOOM—
A deafening roar dominated heaven and earth!
The pierced wall instantly turned into fragments of rubble, swirling dust forming a terrifying hurricane, while erupting with sky-high magic power!
“Ah—damn you, Frieren!!!”
“Hahahaha, you didn’t expect it, did you? There’s actually an idiot who would actually break my seal!”
The demon, with a gaping maw full of fangs, looked down disdainfully at the young Rod.
Weak, young, a complete piece of trash.
“Hey, bug. I don’t know how you did it, but to thank you, I’ll use the move that killed ten thousand of your kind to get rid of you!”
Rod widened his eyes in shock.
He heard a name that he shouldn’t have heard!
A pitch-black beam shot from the demon’s fingertip, about to pierce through Rod’s heart in an instant!
The demon didn’t even look at Rod.
In his perception, no being could withstand such an attack.
The demon leaped onto a treetop, his eyes scarlet as he stared at the city of Elseran before him, taking a deep breath and licking his lips.
“What a mouthwatering smell… women, children… which one to start with?”
“After I’m full, I’ll find you and tear you limb from limb, Frieren!”
“Hahahaha.”
The demon laughed wildly and unrestrained.
“Hey, this is the second time you’ve mentioned Frieren, is she an acquaintance of yours? Can you”
The demon’s laughter stopped abruptly.
A questioning voice came from above his head.
The bug that he thought he could kill with a casual attack, when did he sit cross-legged on his head and looked down at him playfully?
Impossible!
My killing magic should have hit him accurately!
How could this little brat be alive!
Rod, holding a double-edged long spear, propped his chin with his right hand and blinked, ignoring the demon’s increasingly ferocious gaze from anger and shame.
“Hey, introduce her to me?”
The demon’s face became hideous and terrifying.
“Good, human. You’ll regret not dying just now!”
.....
“—Maru-ra!”
Miris Sacred Kingdom.
A secluded forest somewhere.
A drowsy elf who was still in bed suddenly woke up from her sleep, “thump” and fell to the ground.
“Ouch ouch ouch ouch… no, this is not the time to be lazy!”
Without time to wash up, the elf hurriedly changed her clothes and got up from the ground.
She stuffed her change of clothes, suspicious potions, magic notebooks and other miscellaneous items into her suitcase in a hurry.
The elf, carrying her suitcase, turned around to kick the door open, but missed and nearly tripped.
“.......”
The purple-haired, purple-eyed girl narrowly dodged the elf’s attack, a drop of cold sweat dripping down her forehead.
She pouted in dissatisfaction.
“Frieren-sama, what are you doing again today?”
Frieren covered her waist that almost twisted.
“It’s Filen. Tell Haita, I have urgent business and will be leaving first.”
As soon as she finished speaking, a frail old man came out of another room, leaning on a cane.
“Cough cough cough, Frieren, what happened?”
Frieren, seeing that she couldn’t get away without explaining, sighed and showed a puzzled expression.
“The seal has been broken.”
“Huh?”
“Well, it’s not a big deal. About sixty, no, maybe seventy years ago. I don’t remember exactly. Anyway, when we set out to conquer the Demon King, we sealed a great demon.”
Haita was initially teasing as usual with “Frieren’s sense of time is really faint”, but when he heard Frieren’s latter words, he couldn’t laugh anymore.
He almost choked on his breath, his face flushed red.
“What?! Cough cough cough… “
Filen ran nervously to Haita’s side.
“Haita-sama, your body…”
Haita took out a potion from his pocket, trembling, and drank it. It took him a long time to recover.
“Filen, don’t worry about me.”
He waved his hand, giving a forced smile, and looked at Frieren with a heavy expression.
“Just… Frieren, are you talking about that Guval?”
Filen was a smart kid, seeing that Haita didn’t want to talk about his illness, she chose to change the subject.
“Guval… who is that?”