[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 81: Attacks (2)

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After a few minutes of resting inside《Reign》, Noelle and the others finally came out right in the position where their ship was last.

They all stood floating in the air using a flat footing made from Noelle's blood.

The remains of the ship's wreckage were floating freely in the water and entangled among the river's rocks.

On the river bank, though, some of the bodies of the people who served on their ship were seen in a very miserable state with the entire lower body having disappeared and some of the remaining body parts had already been charred away due to the attack of the light pillar earlier.

Everyone in the Norman group turned pale upon seeing him.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. They were too far away from our location at the time of the attack, I couldn't protect them" Dyland said, kneeling before Norman, who looked at the corpse sadly.

" … No. .. It's not your fault .. The attack happened so suddenly .. Right, it doesn't matter ... It's just an accident … "

Norman spoke while panting and trying to calm himself down.

"Hmmm .. But, still ... The ship was completely destroyed not left, yes … "

Noelle's astonished voice broke the silence and made all the attention on her.

Norman who saw it also frowned.

"Didn't you feel guilty? " ask Norman.

Noelle raised her eyebrows in confusion upon hearing Norman's question. He took a breath and answered casually.

"Why should I? Just like you said. The attack happened so suddenly, and their location was quite far away from us. Even I couldn't protect them because they were so far away."

If asked if he felt guilty or not, of course he felt it. Although it may be just a little.

Of course he would save them if he could, but that was impossible even with his current ability.

"From the beginning, I couldn't protect everyone because this ship was too big. So don't blame me if they die. It all depends on their luck and bad luck" Noelle said, shrugging her shoulders.

In reality, Noelle did not believe much in luck or bad luck. He believes that there are other mathematical factors that affect an event at any time.

"Despite that, still ... Do you really feel anything? "

Norman narrowed his eyes sharply.

Silent for a moment, Noelle then nodded a few times and made a face full of understanding.

"I understand .. You're sad because you know them, right? Well, I've never known or even met them at all, so I don't really care."

That's how Noelle thought. Most people– or even almost everyone will not care about the death of people they do not know.

They will not feel anything and will only say 'successful mourning'. That doesn't change even in this world.

"Itu–"

Before Norman finished his words, Noelle had turned around and walked over to one of the nearby corpses.

"Well, instead of wasting time with useless conversations.It's better we take care of these bodies right away."

All the bodies would have rotted away if not taken care of as soon as possible.

"Hey, there's some whole bodies here. Do we have to bring everything? Or is it better to cremate it here? "

Noelle asked Dyland while showing the white-colored flame in her palm.

Dyland thought for a moment, then answered Noelle after a brief nod.

"That's right .. We don't have another vehicle to carry everything, so we better cremate it and give the ashes to their families."

Dyland then walked up to one of the servant men who had been killed in a state of half his body missing.

Touching the man's forehead, Dyland then took out a magic circle on all of his fingers.

"Rest in peace,《Flame of Purgatory》."

The man's body instantly burned into ashes without needing to spend much time.

Dyland made an urn using earth magic and put all the man's ashes into it.

Noelle who saw that inevitably widened her eyes.

"So you can do that too, yeah … "

"of course. Doing cremation with holy element magic is the basic thing that all holy knights can do," Dyland replied casually.

"Hee~ So ya~"

A bright smile appeared on Noelle's face as she heard it. It was not important information, but he was happy to learn something new from a holy knight like Dyland.

"Nahh .. Than that .. Why don't you guys help collect their bodies so we can do the cremation process faster."

Noelle spoke to everyone with a menacing smile as she showed the leg piece in her grasp.

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"With this ..《Flame of Purgatory》."

Noelle swung her hand and took out a fairly large sized magic circle in the air.

The magic circle gave off an extremely dazzling light and started burning all the corpses that had been collected with white flames.

"Mhmm, with this our task is done. Now … "

"So you can also use it, yes … "

Dyland nodded in amazement at Noelle as if his hatred at the first moment met was just a lie.

"That's how it is, but I can't use it as effectively as you do."

Although he could use magic with sacred elements, Noelle's ability in those elements was not so good that he had to exert more power just to cremate all those corpses.

Maybe because he is a vampire or because he does not have a talent for it, but the cost of using mana just to use mantra《Flame of Purgatory》 could be equivalent to the use of《Reign》.

Compared to Noelle who could only use holy spells several times a day, Dyland was clearly far superior because he could use them continuously.

Dyland nodded and showed a face as if understanding Noelle's explanation.

The negative feelings Dyland had towards Noelle had diminished even a little.

Noelle slowly stood up and looked around her.

"We can only walk, huh … "

Sighing resignedly, Noelle then returned to her group that had been waiting elsewhere while Dyland was busy putting all the ashes of the corpse into the urn.

"Noelle, how? " ask Cryll.

"As you may think, we can only walk. I can use my own power to bring everyone in, but .. It's too much trouble."

After hearing Noelle's explanation, Cryll then showed a troubled face.

"What about the distance? The people in His Majesty's group did have quite good abilities in their fight and stamina, but .. Some of them only acted as supporters."

"Nahh, you already know them pretty well, so you know exactly what they are capable of. Do you think they can walk a long distance? " ask Noelle to make sure.

Cryll made a thoughtful gesture for a moment, but immediately turned his face towards Stella who was sitting on the rocks by the river.

"Talya, before you were quite familiar with those noble girls, right? Do you think they can do it? "

Stella was confused when asked by Cryll. After all, he had no relationship with them since he left his home to follow Cryll.

After pondering for a moment, Stella answered Cryll's question with a hint of hesitation in her voice.

"I thought it didn't matter, but .. Right now their mood seems pretty bad, so I thought it might affect the trip."

"So, as you heard. There should be no problem other than a gloomy atmosphere" Cryll said, turning his gaze toward Noelle.

Nodding her head a few times with an understanding face, Noelle then turned her gaze to the end of the river.

"If we follow this river, we should be able to get to our rest stop, and it shouldn't be so far away because we've already made a few hours' journey on that damn ship."

The first thing they had to do was to reach the rest stop that was supposed to be reached by boat.

If they had already reached that place, they would only need to use the map to become a road guide.

Noelle did not know for sure the distance between her position and the rest stop because all this time she was only in the room, but it should not be too far away.

(. .. Yahh, I just need to do it.)

Ruffling her hair for a moment, Noelle walked leading the group by following the stream.

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The journey went on normally without any obstacles.

Of course there was a swarm of monsters attacking them on the way, but everyone easily defeated them.

The most conspicuous of them all were Noelle, Cryll, and Dyland who continued to slaughter monsters nonstop.

Noelle was quite surprised to see Dyland's highly effective fighting style and stamina saving, thanks to which he learned some new moves that he might be able to practice later.

Dyland continued to swing his long sword that was shining with a dazzling golden light and continued to kill the obstructing monsters, while a shield that gave off the same light as his sword was seen hovering around him.

If there was a monster that he missed with his sword, the shield would crash itself towards the vital part of the monster so that Dyland could defeat many monsters at the same time.

That fighting style was quite similar to Noelle who made use of telekinesis ability to control weapons, his flaws were probably that Dyland's ability was limited to only the sword and shield he used, he said, and unlike Noelle who could freely control any inanimate object with a maximum number of five items.

The journey on foot only lasts for about half an hour. Time seemed to be running slower due to the gloomy atmosphere that filled the air around Lilith and the others.

( ……… )

Noelle who seemed to know the reason why Lilith's mood seemed gloomy did not try to say anything to her.

( ....... Troubles .. ).

"Nahh, from here we just have to walk the map .. You guys are not blind, right? " ask Noelle to the others.

After all, most of the people in their group were reincarnators who were not used to seeing maps.

Noelle was a little worried that there would be a problem with them, because it was likely that he would be asked to take responsibility later.

After a while Noelle asked the question, one of the men in the Norman group came forward representing everyone.

"So, yeah ... Dan .. You? "

"Ahhh, sorry for being late to introduce yourself. My name is Kaira sera Sankaria. Greetings, yes."

Kaira reached out her hand to Noelle and replied Noelle with a puzzled look.

Noelle shook Kaira's hand. However, as their hands connected to each other, Kaira immediately advanced her face and whispered in Noelle's ear.

"You may know me better by the name of Fudou Ayato. Hello, Canaria."

Kaira regained her body and took off her handshake with Noelle.

While ignoring Noelle who was frowning unhappily, Kaira continued to speak.

"After some thought, we have not all known each other, yes .... How about we get acquainted first? "

"It can be done later, for now we have to go."

Refusing Kaira's proposal, Noelle immediately walked away leaving Kaira and the others in a state of silence.

Olivia, Charlotte and Chloe without saying anything immediately followed suit.

Cryll and Stella look confused for a moment, but they just look at each other and then go follow Noelle.

"Kaira, how? "

After Noelle was at a distance that could not hear their conversation, Lilith asked Kaira with a worried look on her face.

Kaira helplessly shook her head.

"It's free. I couldn't read his mind at all even after touching it. As I thought, I can't read the minds of those who have the blessing of a god."

"Even the special abilities of the Sankaria family can't either, yes … "

Muttering that, Lilith immediately dropped her shoulders in disappointment.

"Well, well, Sen-I mean Lilith, you better not be sad first. It was possible that the city could get information about Canaria and the others through the people in her group."

Kaira casually spoke up to calm Lilith whose mood was getting gloomy.

"After all, I'm pretty sure that Cryll, Miss Roselynn and the black-haired girl don't have the blessings of a god, so there's a chance we can get information about Canaria and the others from them."

" … Let's hope you're right .. " said Lilith sadly.

Lilith clearly showed her concern towards Noelle and the others as they were a reincarnation group.

As the only adult (by neglecting the bus driver), he will certainly feel responsible for the safety of his students.

Lilith had previously asked Kaira to read Noelle's mind to find information about them so she could make sure she lived safely.

Kaira in her previous life was a former classmate of Noelle and the others. In this world, he was reborn as the son of the Sankaria Marquis family who had a very important role in the Kingdom, and was sometimes responsible in negotiating and forming good relationships with other parties.

All people born in the Sankaria family have the ability to read one's mind simply by making physical contact with the target.

Therefore, Lilith asked Kaira who was a son of the Sankaria family to read Noelle's mind.

However it ends in failure as Noelle is also a reincarnation who has the blessing of a god.

" ……… "

Kaira showed a troubled face while Lilith was still in a bad mood. He was really confused about how to calm her down.

And just as Kaira was thinking of a solution, Dyland came to them after he had stored all the urns containing the ashes in his spatial warehouse.

(Nice timing, Dyland)

Kaira smiled with relief as she looked at Dyland who was getting closer to them.

"Sir, I don't intend to interrupt all of you, but .. If it's like this, we'll be left behind" Dyland said, pointing to the forest area Noelle had entered.

"Ahh, right. Let's go."

As if to dispel the awkward atmosphere that filled the air, Norman excitedly ran over to Noelle.

Lilith without saying anything walked following him from behind along with several other reincarnators.

Meanwhile, Kaira was left behind with a man who looked the same age as her.

"It's really troublesome" said the man.

Kaira smiled wryly and said, "you're right."

"Hey, Ayato. Do you think we can do something about this? "

The man asked Kaira with a puzzled expression.

"Listen, I've asked you to be careful when calling everyone else's name from a previous life, but. From the beginning, Canaria and Airi were not the type of people you could easily talk to. It's only natural that Lilith has a little trouble."

"Mhmm, even though I had been expecting a nice reunion … "

"You may have to be patient, Rico. It will be a little difficult for now" Karia said, shrugging his shoulders.

"Mhhm .. Ahh! How about we make an opportunity for Lilith to talk to Canaria just the two of us? Maybe we can make things better. We can do that by forcibly moving Canaria to where Lilith used teleportation! "

" ……… Rico .... Are you a genius? "

Karia begins to be stunned at Rico's idea.

"Fufu~ You can keep praising me! " Rico puffed out his chest and showed a proud face.

"No, I was just kidding, you know? Your idea is so bad."

"Tch."

Facing Kaira's flat expression, Rico was only able to click his tongue with an unhappy look.

"Oi! How much longer will you stay there?! You will be left behind! "

As the two of them were having a conversation, they could hear the voice of a man calling out to them from a distance.

Karia and Rico looked at each other, and then shrugged.

They without saying anything else immediately ran after Norman and the other reincarnators.

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"Okay, we're here! But, we might be a little late."

Noelle cheerfully announced to everyone that they had reached their intended location.

Right now, Noelle and the others were in the middle of a forest area with dense trees blocking everyone's view.

Noelle pointed right towards the gap that formed between the two trees.

As Dyland peered into the pass, he could see the half-destroyed village settlement with many parts still burning.

Of course, there were several bodies of men lying lifeless on the ground while carrying various kinds of agricultural implements.

"We are late, yes ."." said Dyland, frowning sadly.

After saying that, Dyland then returned to Norman and the others, he immediately knelt down and gave his report to Norman.

"We're late. The village was already destroyed, and there was absolutely no sign of life there."

Norman widened his eyes in surprise upon hearing the report from Dyland. He tried to display a calm face even though his hands and feet were trembling from shock and fear.

"No– That's weird! Mr. Terneth .. He didn't say anything about the existence of the village, you know! "

" ……… "

"Should–"

"Ahh, wait a minute, Your Majesty."

Before Norman finished his words, Noelle interrupted the conversation with a flat face without expression.

"The destruction of the village is not our problem. From the very beginning, Terneth had never once offended the village in the mission report given to me. So, even though the village was destroyed due to the monster attack we were after, it was not our fault at all."

-–There is a possibility that Terneth does not know anything about the village.

Moreover, there was absolutely no location marker showing the village on the map they used.

So it is possible that from the beginning, the existence of the village should never have existed.

The best conclusion Noelle could come up with was, the village was made some time after the last mapping of the area was done.

It may have been a few months, or even years.

"Why are you so calm?! Everyone there has just died because we arrived too late! Don't you feel guilty?! "

( ... Troubles.)

Of course Noelle felt a little guilty, after all, part of the matter was still part of his mistake of miscalculating the existence of the population in the area around the monster nest.

But Noelle ignored her guilt because there were no reports of the village in the mission statement she received.

"Although so–"

Again Norman could not finish his words because of the sound of explosions that occurred from the direction of the village.

"Master, there's been an attack. We better get ready."

Dyland with a tense face prepared his sword and shield while looking at the area of the village.

The explosion happened again, and this time, not only did the explosion appear.

A swarm of one-eyed giant monsters carrying tree trunks in their hands appeared while destroying the area around them.

Behind the horde of monsters, there was a monster figure that they had been searching for since the beginning.

With a size that far exceeded their estimate.

"Finally, you're a fucking insect."

Noelle took out Aligma and her two star swords from the spatial warehouse while staring at the monster.

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