1 Sometime before, Wolly and Grisyela walked north towards the Edinburgh Imperial Palace in the capital's center. The buildings in the Capital look slightly different from those in Porta town. In the Capital, the buildings look more elegant, and many buildings have up to three floors. The main road was also wider, and many horse-drawn carriages passed through it. Some horse-drawn carriages look luxurious because upper-class people usually own them. The snow is falling faster, and the wind is blowing harder, but the streets in the Capital look so crowded. The shops along the road are filled with visitors in each building. Bars and restaurants also look crowded this winter. Wolly and Grisyela walked through the city square, which looked wide, where there was a large statue about twenty meters tall in the middle. The statue looked like a woman wearing armor with a sword in front of her. Wolly felt that he recognized the figure behind the statue. Then, Wolly compared the statue with Grisyela's face. “Hmmm... isn't that you?" Wolly pointed at the statue. “What!? Why!? Why did they have to make that statue without my consent?” Grisyela looked embarrassed when she saw her statue in the capital city square. Wolly chuckled when he saw Grisyela's expression. Meanwhile, Grisyela quickened her pace to get away from the town square. Currently, Wolly and Grisyela were not far from the palace gate. Right in front of their eyes, about a hundred meters away, they could see the palace gate guarded by two soldiers on the right and left sides of the gate. The gate looked quite large, with a door made of steel, making the defense stronger. Meanwhile, the palace walls were covered by concrete walls about two meters high so that the roofs of the palace buildings could still be seen from outside the walls. “Do you know Mary?" Wolly asked while on the way to the palace gate. “She was the daughter of the emperor before I became queen," Grisyela answered casually. “So the refugees who were in my place a few years ago were noble families, huh?" Wolly wondered in her mind. “It seems like you guys are friends while I'm at war, huh? Don't worry, I'll help you to get her to join." Grisyela smiled. “Stop right there! Where are you going!?” The two guards stopped Wolly and Grisyela right in front of the gate with their spears. “Woah! Calm down. We came here with good intentions. Can we enter the palace?” Grisyela spoke to allow herself and Wolly to enter the palace. However, Griselda tried very hard to hide her true identity. “No one can enter the palace except the imperial family and those who have appointments with the palace!" The guard soldier emphasized in a voice so loud that it could be heard by everyone who passed in front of the palace gate. “I knew it would turn out like this. That's why I hate the imperial family." Grisyela held her head. “What should we do?” Wolly asked casually. “Don't worry. It seems like I have to use that," Grisyela answered, but Wolly tilted his head as if he was confused about what Grisyela meant. “Can we go in now with this?” Grisyela showed her necklace that symbolized the imperial family. “That's it!? Thief!! Where did you get that from!?" After seeing the necklace, the guard was shocked and thought Grisyela had stolen it. Then one of the guards blew a loud whistle so that several guards around immediately rushed to the front gate and surrounded Wolly and Grisyela. “Seriously!? Arghhh! Why are you so stupid? Fine if that's what you want!" Grisyela looked a little annoyed and emotional seeing the level of the guard soldiers who accused her of being a thief. “Wolly! Prepare yourself. We will beat all the soldiers guarding the palace. Don't kill them," Grisyela said firmly. Then, Wolly held her Zweihander sword with both hands. But she did not take the sword out of its sheath to prevent death from the attack of her sword. Then Grisyela also prepared with her axe, which she held using one arm. “But it looks like this will be a good warm-up.p" Grisyela smiled after she calmed down her momentary emotions. She currently felt more relaxed, as did Wolly, who didn't look scared or panicked. She felt that if she was beside Grisyela, she didn't need to worry about anything in this place. Grisyela swung her axe straight towards the palace gate made of steel. She managed to destroy the gate so that she and Wolly could run into the palace. The guards who saw it were very surprised, and the guards in the palace yard came after hearing a sound like an explosion due to Grisyela's attack. “Chase them! Catch them! Kill them!" The guards chased Grisyela and Wolly until they were surrounded again in one of the palace courtyards. Today, the guards on various sides of the palace did not look too numerous because they were all focused on guarding the imperial hall building where a meeting was being held attended by the imperial family and other high-ranking officials. So, currently, the number of guard soldiers who are chasing Grisyela and Wolly is not as usual, and there are no high-ranking guard soldiers who know about this because the location of the imperial hall building is on the north side of the imperial palace area. “Wolly! We're heading north. It looks like our destination is in the north." Grisyela realized that the number of guard soldiers chasing them both was not too many. She remembered that once in a while, the people in the palace would meet in the imperial hall building. Wolly attacked the guard soldiers who blocked them from the front, while Grisyela attacked the guard soldiers who chased them from behind. They did that while continuing to run in the wide palace yard. Some servants saw that, and they ran and hid. Wolly and Grisyela continued to run towards the imperial hall building and attacked the guard soldiers who wanted to catch and prevent them. Several guard soldiers ran to the area where the hall was located to report the incident.
2 "How boring..." Mary was seen in the imperial hall building with Louise next to her. “Be patient, princess." Louise smiled. Inside the imperial hall building, a meeting was seen being held, led directly by the emperor. In the hall, the emperor sat on his throne, accompanied by imperial advisors. While the members of the imperial family were on the west side. On the east side were the imperial officials who had important positions in the Edinburgh empire. Such as ministers and several generals. But Mary and Louise were seen there. Mary did not like being close to the imperial family, so she preferred to stay away. The emperor looked around, and his gaze was more often on Mary and Louise. He realized that Mary did not like meetings. He felt a little worried. Sir John Lancaster O Edina, as the emperor and also Mary's grandfather, cared a lot about his granddaughter. Because Mary was the crown princess of the empire, he realized that many people did not like it. “Why must I be the successor? Can't it be someone else?" Mary complained as the meeting went on. She didn't care about the meeting as the people around her were busy discussing and listening to the contents of the meeting delivered by one of the imperial families. “Princess... I'm sure there's no one more suitable for that than you." Louise smiled in response. Mary looked sulky. A few moments later, during the meeting, a commotion was heard from outside the room. It made the people in the room silent and stare outside. Then the commotion stopped and became quiet again. People started to continue their meeting again, but suddenly the door to the hall was forced open so that the door collapsed and fell to the ground and a loud noise was heard. It made the people in the room shocked after seeing the incident. Other people, including the emperor, stood up immediately after seeing it. The dust from the collapse of the door of the room looked thick enough that those in the room could not see the situation outside. Two silhouettes of people were seen walking into the hall, holding weapons. Seeing that made the general and the guard soldiers inside prepare to try to protect the emperor and the other people. So did Louise, who was ready to protect Mary. “Excuse me, sorry for interrupting your time." Grisyela walked into the hall smiling and apologizing with Wolly behind her. “Stop! Who are you!? How dare you disrupt this meeting!" One of the generals was seen pointing his gun directly at Grisyela. The general was General Clark Tudor Edina, who was also a member of the Edinburgh imperial family. “That crest... Tudor, huh?" Grisyela recognized the crest on General Clark's armor. “I didn't want to make a fuss, but you guys didn't listen to me". Grisyela put her big axe on the floor. Wolly, who saw that, seemed confused by Grisyela's actions. Grisyela raised her arms and spread her palms. On the palms of her hands, red sparks were seen radiating and surrounded her palms. The emperor was shocked to see what Grisyela did. Then, a voice was heard from behind the emperor. The emperor turned his head and saw the large sword displayed on the throne moving by itself as if rebelling from that place. The sword had a blue scabbard with a mixture of yellow accents in some parts of the scabbard. The head of the sword handle was shaped like a dragon's head that looked like it was spitting fire. Slowly, a small fire came out of the dragon's head, indicating that the sword user was summoning it. The sword is believed to have existed since the empire had not yet been formed. The sword has the name Edinburgh Sword. A sword that signifies the power of the Edinburgh empire. The sword was released from its seal and floated, making the people who saw it feel surprised. Some people in the hall who realized the meaning of the incident looked very surprised, including the emperor himself. “Edinburgh!" Grisyela shouted until it was heard by the entire hall. The sword flew quickly towards Grisyela and then landed right in Grisyela's hand. Then Grisyela quickly removed the sword from its sheath. Instantly, the sword was surrounded by a blazing, very bright fire. Grisyela slashed the sword without touching anything until the fire disappeared, then stuck the sword into the hall floor. "I will take my sword back!" Grisyela said firmly so that her voice echoed throughout the hall. Instantly, the emperor and several others, including Mary and Louise, knelt after realizing who was holding the Edinburgh sword and releasing fire magic from it. Some other people were confused and surprised that an emperor would kneel like that. “Everyone kneels! The one in front of you is Her Majesty Queen Grisyela Queen O Edinburgh! A hero who has saved this empire from destruction!" The emperor shouted until it was heard by everyone in the hall. The people were so shocked to hear the emperor's words that everyone in the hall knelt before Grisyela and Wolly, who was beside her. “Ah, this is what I don't like the most... please, Your Majesty, stand up. I am no longer a Queen." Grisyela walked past the kneeling guards until she approached the emperor. Then she held the emperor's shoulder to make him sit back down in his seat. “But-" As the emperor wanted to speak, Grisyela smiled. “I came here just to take back my sword. And I want to pick her up." Grisyela touched her sword, then turned and pointed at Mary. “Hello Grandpa John, Hello Mary and Louise," Wolly greeted the emperor, Mary and Louise casually. They looked surprised when they saw Wolly with Grisyela. “Wolly!” Then Mary approached Wolly and hugged her. Mary looked like she missed Wolly so much. As if she had been waiting for this time to come. While Wolly was feeling the warm moment of reunion, not long afterwar,d a call was heard from outside the building. All eyes in the hall were focused on the guard soldier. “Your Highness! Your Highness!" A guard soldier looked exhausted from running and had difficulty catching his breath. “What's wrong!?" The emperor approached the guard soldier who was seen kneeling in front of the emperor. “Emergency! More than one earth dragon has appeared on the west side of the Capital!" The soldier spoke so firmly that the news was heard by everyone in the hall building. “How is that possible!? Deploy all the troops to kill the dragon!” The emperor and the people were very surprised to hear the news. So the emperor quickly ordered to mobilize the troops to defeat the dragon. “Your Majesty... please calm down for a moment." Grisyela casually walked past the emperor and approached the guard who was giving the report. “How's the situation there? Is anyone fighting the dragon right now?" Grisyela asked, extending her hand to the guard. “Four people were fighting the dragon right now. Two of them were S-rank climbers, and the other two were unknown. But both of them were not human,” the guard soldier explained. “Your Majesty, let me handle it myself." Grisyela looked at the emperor. “But-" The emperor looked doubtful and worried. “Don't worry, I'm not alone." Then Grisyela smiled and held Wolly's shoulder. “I'm coming!" Mary wanted to come along. Then, Louise seemed to hold her back, and the emperor also seemed to disagree. “Don't worry, Your Majesty, she will be safe with us. And we also need her help. You come too!" Grisyela tried to persuade the emperor and also invited Louise. The emperor agreed to it, and after that, Wolly, Grisyela, Mary, and Louise rushed to go to the location where the earth dragon was. They ran at full speed towards the west side of the capital. While Mary and Louise used horses for their transportation. Then, the emperor stopped the routine meeting and replaced it with an emergency meeting to discuss the defense of the Capital. The emperor ordered the summon all the elite knights of the Edinburgh Empire to return to the capital immediately. One of them was General Douglas. However, it took time because the elite knights of the Edinburgh Empire were scattered throughout the empire, and some were on missions outside the empire.
3 “Hey! Wait! Why can those two run that fast while carrying heavy weapons?” Mary looked annoyed as Wolly and Grisyela sped off faster than she did on horseback. “Princess! Don't talk while riding!" Louise rode the horse following Mary from behind. The two of them quickly passed through the main road. From a distance, suddenly, a dark sky was seen in the west. In the sky, a large black ball was seen floating. “Look at that!" Grisyela told Wolly as they were running. “Isn't that... Luvicer! Grisyela! That's Luvicer's power! It seems like your hunch is right if they're both there!" Wolly replied to Grisyela's words. They had to shout because they were running. “Look! Three!? Are they fighting three dragons at once? I want one too!" Grisyela looked envious as she saw the three earth dragons floating in the sky from a distance due to Luvicer's magic. “What is that!?" Mary shouted. She was seen following behind with Louise. She was currently right behind Wolly and Grisyela, who were running. “Don't worry, it looks like our friend is fighting an earth dragon," Wolly answered Mary's question. “Look! He managed to defeat one of the dragons by himself! We have to go there immediately! Otherwise, we won't get the chance to fight the Earth Dragon!" Grisyela shouted and quickened her pace because she couldn't wait to fight the Earth Dragon. “Shouldn't we make a plan first?" Mary asked. “Ah... I don't think it's necessary," Wolly answered casually and smiled. This made Mary and Louise feel surprised. For both of them, the dragon was not an easy opponent; it was very difficult to defeat even in a large group. 4 “Divine Protection!" Dwargo was seen holding off an attack from one of the earth dragons by himself. Cliff and Jenn are seen with the climbers who have a middle-level ranking fighting against another earth dragon. Jenn showers the dragon with her arrows that emit a wind magic bow. While Cliff continuously attacks the dragon's head with his spear and lightning magic. While the others attack the earth dragon's tail. “How long do we have to do this!? I feel exhausted!” Cliff looked exhausted as he was the one who was using the most energy to keep the earth dragon in place so that it wouldn’t go on a rampage and destroy the western side of the capital. “Be patient! We have to buy time!" Jenn replied to Cliff's words. “I... can't... take it anymore..." Then, Cliff was seen kneeling in exhaustion. Because he was no longer attacking, the earth dragon started to attack Cliff directly. Seeing this made Jenn move quickly to lift Cliff's body to avoid the earth dragon's attack. “Cliff! Hang in there!" Jenn tried to save Cliff from the earth dragon's attack. But she had also run out of earth, so Jenn couldn't continue the fight. “Jen!? Get out of here! Quickly!" Seeing the earth dragon aiming an attack at the two of them, Cliff tried to let Jenn leave him to save herself. Jenn, who tried to stand up but couldn't move, chose to stay still and put her body to receive the attack from the earth dragon directly to protect Cliff. “Jen!" Cliff screamed very loudly when he saw Jenn's actions. He felt like a failure because he couldn't help and protect his friend. The earth dragon started to attack them both directly by stepping on them both with its big feet. Suddenly, the heat was felt around them both. A blazing fire was seen in front of them. At the same time, the legs of the earth dragon were cut off and destroyed instantly. They were both very surprised to see the incident suddenly. “Sigh... luckily I came just in time. Are you two okay?" Grisyela was seen right in front of them, holding the Edinburgh sword surrounded by flames. Currently, Grisyela is not in battle mode. She felt that using her sword alone was enough for now. “Who are you!?” Jenn and Cliff were very surprised after seeing Grisyela. “Don't worry, leave the rest to us. Wolly! Help Dwargo! Mary, take them both away from here and heal their wounds! I'll beat this dragon!" Grisyela shouted and gave orders to Wolly and Mary. While she would face one of the earth dragons alone. “Wolly!" Dwargo saw Wolly approaching him. Meanwhile, Luvicer and several other people were seen lying behind Dwargo. Wolly saw her surroundings filled with destroyed buildings, and many victims were lying down. Some of them were unconscious. She felt the aura around him was causing mental pressure. However, she tried to stay focused in dealing with this incident. She had often seen conditions similar to this in his old world. Therefore, she could overcome the pressure he was feeling right now. However, no matter what, Wolly was also a human being who had feelings. She looked very angry at whoever caused this to happen. She stared at the earth dragon with overflowing anger. However, with his mind, she managed to calm the anger because she realized that if she acted on the emotion of anger, everything would not go well. Wolly tried to stay calm and focus on the current situation. When Mary saw many people lying unconscious, she quickly used healing magic on a large area after carrying Jenn and Cliff, assisted by Louise. Without thinking, Mary tried to focus on using her holy magic. A bright light appeared around the area. “Oh, God! Only to you do I seek refuge, and only to you do I pray. Everything in this world is only your creation. Oh, God! I ask you to borrow the power you have given me! God Bless!" A bright, shining golden yellow light appeared quickly in the area Mary had determined. Slowly, the wounds on the bodies of the people who were lying down began to close, and those who were unconscious began to wake up. Mary used high-level Healing magic to help all the people. They were all shocked when they saw their wounds begin to heal. They regained consciousness. Although it did not make their energy return one hundred percent, they were very grateful to Mary. Cliff and Jenn looked very surprised to see Mary use that magic. They both also did not think that a Crown Princess could be in this place. “Don't worry, you'll be fine," Mary tried to calm the people down. “Louise, you have to help Wolly. I'll be fine." Mary ordered Louise to help Wolly immediately. This time, Mary looked different. She ordered Louise with a smile. Unlike usual, when there were only the two of them, this time, Mary looked like a very strong person in front of many people. “So you're Mary, huh? Wolly told me a lot about you." Luvicer seemed to have regained consciousness. “Demon...?" Mary looked a little scared when she saw the horns on Luvicer's head. “Don't worry, I'm Wolly's friend,d Hahaha." Luvicer looked awkward. “Ah! Sorry! I shouldn't have done that! Nice to meet you." Mary bowed her body as an apology. “No problem. It's nice to meet you. My name is Luvicer." The two shook hands, and Luvicer smiled. “Hey! Let me introduce myself! I'm Dwargo! Nice to meet you, young lady. Hahaha." Dwargo suddenly and casually entered the conversation while he was provoking the earth dragon and blocking its attack. “You better focus..." Luvicer replied to Dwargo's words. Mary greeted Dwargo with a smile. “Hahaha, take it easy!" Dwargo continued to provoke the Earth Dragon. From a distance, Wolly and Louise were seen starting to attack the Earth Dragon from the side to the back so that the dragon would not focus its attention on them because currently, Dwargo was distracting the Earth Dragon. “Let's help them" Mary said with a slightly worried look on her face. “No need. You just relax here. Besides, you must have used up quite a lot of Mana energy to use such high-level magic like that." Luvicer tried to calm Mary down and suggested that Mary take a rest after using high-level healing magic. “They will defeat the Earth Dragon easily." Luvicer sat back on the ground and rested because the mana energy he had released had not fully returned. After that, Mary listened to Luvicer's advice so that in the end, she also rested with Luvicer and the other people right behind Dwargo so as not to be attacked by the Earth Dragon. Meanwhile, Wolly and Louise launched attacks targeting the dragon's body parts. Louise was seen slashing his sword and releasing water magic from his sword. “You're still as strong as ever, huh? Even without magic power, you're already this strong." Louise saw Wolly developing much faster than the last time they met. “You too, Louise. Louise now looks very different, but one thing that has never changed about her is her calmness. She may look more handsome. Even her face is more handsome than any man I have ever met in my previous life. But even so, behind her handsomeness, she must have been practicing every day since then." Wolly, in his mind, realized some changes and developments in Louise. “Hey! Can you use Advanced Water Magic!?” From the front position, Dwargo shouted at Louise. “Yes, I can use that," Dwargo replied. "Good, listen to me. The earth dragon has a weakness to high-level water magic. Attack the dragon using your magic. And also Wolly! Attack the dragon as hard as you can!" Dwargo gave instructions to Louise and Wolly, who were attacking the earth dragon. Wolly and Louise must try to coordinate their attacks to defeat the earth dragon. Because the attacks from both of them will be able to defeat the earth dragon. If they are not in sync in carrying out attacks, the earth dragon will regenerate quickly. The two of them are attacking the dragon with simple attacks until they find harmony between the two of them. This is a difficult thing for them to do because the last time they did a harmonious attack was more than eight years ago. Where they have to readjust themselves to each other's strengths. Wolly! Get ready," Louise gave the command. It was seen that his sword began to emit water magic that surrounded it. Wolly understood the meaning of the signal given by Louise. There was no doubt in her when she received the signal. Even though she was a stranger to this world, Wolly was able to adapt quickly so that she felt normal to face monsters and other wild animals. What she was currently thinking about was enjoying this journey. “Water Slash!" Louise slashed his sword using his water magic. The sword slash that had the water element easily penetrated the hard scales of the earth dragon. Like dry land hit by water, the earth dragon was affected quite greatly, so Wolly quickly made a finishing attack to finish it off. With her strength, Wolly swung her Zweihander sword, quickly hitting the Earth Dragon's body that had been hit by Louise's high-level water magic attack. Hitting the right side made Wolly easily split the Earth Dragon's body into two parts until finally the split body was destroyed so that the Earth Dragon's blood was seen coming out of its body. One of the Earth Dragons was defeated by Wolly and Louise and assisted by Dwargo. The people who saw it felt happy and relieved because one of the Earth Dragons was defeated easily. Wolly and Louise approached where Mary and Luvicer were with Dwargo. Beside Mary were Cliff and Jen, who looked like they couldn't believe that the Earth Dragon was defeated just like that. Suddenly, not long after that, an object was seen thrown into the sky and then returned to the ground and landed right near them. It turned out that the object was the head of another Earth dragon. People were shocked after seeing that. From a distance, Grisyela appeared walking, holding the Edinburgh sword in one hand. The sword was seen emitting a burning fire, and then slowly the fire began to dim. All eyes were on Grisyela. “It seems like it's finished here too, huh..." Grisyela walked towards Wolly and the others. While walking, Grisyela looked around. The scenery was chaotic. There were destroyed buildings everywhere. Inside, she felt a little sad seeing a small part of her hometown hit by a dragon attack. After that, Wolly and her group went to the palace to talk to the emperor about the incident of the earth dragon appearing in the middle of the city and the plan to invite Mary to an adventure. Meanwhile, Jenn and Cliff, with the other Climber, returned to their respective groups to report the incident. Jenn and Cliff first went to Mount Jeevan, where their group's leader was.
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