Chapter 664: 517 is already at the door_2
Thus, if Reiger and the others wanted to retreat, their only choice would be to fall back.
Unfortunately, behind them lay the Nameless Forest, cursed to make people forget their memories.
The Nameless Forest was also by the sea, where the Chaldean group had landed on its coast.
If they opted to retreat, they could only hide in the Nameless Forest, becoming trapped beasts also burdened with the curse of forgetfulness.
In such circumstances, they had no real option to retreat.
"Unless we fly away through mid-air, but that would be rather noticeable, wouldn’t it?"
Da Vinci pointed out their current predicament.
"And, moreover, we can’t fly."
"Exactly."
Fujimaru Ritsuka and Matthew likewise weakly agreed.
"Flying is not a problem; I can solve that. The issue is, can we break out of the encirclement that way?"
Reiger casually stated.
He possessed a magic spell called [Group Flight].
As the name suggests, it was a spell that granted the ability to fly to multiple individuals simultaneously, allowing both the user and those upon whom the spell was cast to fly.
Using this spell, everyone present could take to the skies, so that was not a worry.
However, as Da Vinci had said, flying directly up would be too conspicuous.
Fairy vision was far superior to humans’; even if Reiger and his group soared thousands of meters into the sky, they could still faintly discern a vague human outline, so using flight to cross the encirclement would not really work.
If it were just Reiger alone, he could use [Complete Invisibility] to hide his form and fly away with ease.
However, [Complete Invisibility] was a magic that could not be applied to others; besides Reiger himself, no one else could enjoy the effects of this spell.
Though a much lower-tier [Invisibility] could be cast on others, compared to the ninth-tier [Complete Invisibility], this second-tier magic was not only weak but also easily penetrated. It could only render the subject transparent, unable to conceal scent, aura, and magic power. Thus, for fairies who relied on scent and magic power to discern others, it was obviously ineffective.
Therefore, taking to the skies was not feasible; it would merely make everyone a target for those on Bawan Xi’s side to concentrate their attacks.
"What about your teleportation magic?" Altoria asked Reiger, "Couldn’t your teleportation magic get us all out of here?"
"It could," Reiger replied succinctly, but dousing the flicker of hope in everyone’s eyes before it could grow, he added, "The premise is that those people would just stand by and watch me use it."
Altoria immediately caught on.
"Like last time in the royal palace?"
Altoria’s words, quite astonished, were met with Reiger nodding.
He had already sensed that the space nearby had been sealed, entirely nullifying the use of teleportation magic.
The opposition had clearly come prepared.
It could only be said that although Bawan Xi was weak, being Morgan’s adopted daughter, she had inherited Morgan’s ’Mirror’ magic and could seal space-time like Morgan, which was not particularly difficult.
In a nutshell...
"Our only choices now are to either fight or retreat into the Nameless Forest," Reiger calmly stated, "If you are not afraid of the curse of forgetfulness, retreating into the Nameless Forest isn’t too poor of an option."
Since the Nameless Forest was by the sea, they could then escape by sea directly.
Reiger possessed magic that could enable people to breathe underwater.
Even without it, with creation-based magic and structure-based magic at his disposal, creating a boat was not beyond his abilities.
Once they could reach the sea, they could take a boat around, make land at another location, and escape.
Unfortunately, because of the curse of the Nameless Forest, aside from Reiger, Altoria, Alberon, and Da Vinci, Fujimaru Ritsuka, Matthew, and Tristan would all be affected by the curse and lose their memories.
This made the route through the Nameless Forest seem unfeasible as well.
"...so we can only combat them, can we?"
Tristan’s face grew even more worried, yet he did not lose his composure.
"Or we could retreat to the left or right; the sea is on both sides," Alberon rubbed his temples and said, "But those two paths are hardly ever traveled, probably filled with a great amount of ’Calamity’."
"Don’t forget, there are a lot of Moors nearby, especially in the unexplored areas where nobody cleans them up, and once you encounter them, you might get bogged down,"
by then, Bawan Xi might catch up at any minute.
As a result, Reiger and the others only had one path left.
"We must confront them," Alberon declared, "We have no other choice."
Everyone’s expression tightened, nodding slowly or quickly.
"Can you all do it?"
Altoria seemed somewhat concerned when asking Chaldea’s group.
They had already lost their memories, so whether they could fight was indeed an unknown.
Fortunately, despite the amnesia, the condition of Chaldea’s servants didn’t seem too bad.
"Though I’m a technician, handling some minor characters should still be no problem,"
Da Vinci smiled slightly.
"...It seems the method of fighting is ingrained in this body. Even if the memories are forgotten, once a battle is underway, I can still exert my power,"
Tristan moved his body a bit and gave this explanation.
"I, I should be okay...right?"
Matthew spoke with some hesitation.
She could feel that she was capable of fighting.
Not just that, she even felt that her power might be stronger than before.
This was something the flowing power within her body told her, which also left Matthew puzzled.
Having lost her memory, she naturally couldn’t know how she differed from her previous self.
Only Da Vinci, who quietly glanced at Matthew, looked pensive.
She seemed to have some clue but did not voice it.
As for Fujimaru Ritsuka, he was collectively ignored by everyone.
"I can fight."
He said with a determined expression, but Da Vinci quickly suppressed him.
"You’re the Master, your way of fighting is to give instructions to your servants from behind and provide necessary support; you don’t need to fight on the front lines,"
Da Vinci sternly advised Fujimaru Ritsuka.
Among all here, the weakest was undoubtedly Fujimaru Ritsuka.
Although he was a mage, he had barely learned any proper Magic, and his physical capabilities were merely at the level of a normal human, weaker than Altoria before she rang the pilgrimage bell, let alone when compared with Morgan’s troops of Elf Knights and Fairy Soldiers.
If one were to assess Fujimaru Ritsuka’s combat power in the Earth Mistake World, he probably wouldn’t even reach Lv.2.
Conversely, as a Master commanding servants, he could not only provide his Magic Power to his contracted servants to help them exert their strength but also use various Magic, Craft Essences, and Command Spells to enhance and assist the servants, letting them display stronger capabilities.
Such a Fujimaru Ritsuka should not only stay off the front line, but must also remain in the back, and if necessary, even be paired with guards.
"In that case, we..."
Just as Alberon was about to say something, Reiger suddenly looked up.
"Well, it’s too late to retreat now."
Reiger said indifferently.
"The enemy is already at the door,"
As soon as the words fell, before the people present could react, a surge of dark Magic Power gathered outside the cave.
The next second, a pitch-black and absolutely huge Magic bullet was fired, striking inside the cave.
"Boom!"
The explosion sounded, erupting loudly.