Hannoic War
Puzzle (Part 31)

"Men will fight harder for something they want than for something that is rightfully theirs"

Napoleon Bonaparte

Puzzles

Vesius sat in a chair at a party that was over.

Only he and a few nobles stayed at the party.

Even some of the servants had already raised the table and cleaned up the leftovers in this place.

Some of the soldiers were already exhausted and went to sleep, changing with other new soldiers.

Vale was still behind Vesius, faithfully waiting for his master.

"It looks like you haven't finished eating, like I heard. In Dalmatia there is a legend where owls look for victims to eat at night because the hunger can not stop" said the voice of women approaching to Vesius.

"You're a prisoner here, miss, be careful what you say. You've heard from the singer that owls are scary" Vesius said.

Vesius then moved his head back and looked at Mya.

"I'm not scared" Mya said stubbornly.

*If we speak in the midst of the party crowd, then you have been told to be silent and considered rude to other nobles. But it's a pity the party crowd is over too many nobles have gone*, thought Vesius.

"If you're not scared then you're more stupid than I thought" Vesius said, standing up.

Vesius tried to move his fat body with difficulty, always he had difficulty in moving his body especially after he ate a lot. Sometimes the waiter needs to help her stand up.

"The party is over and the sky is getting darker, you better sleep" Vesius said.

"It's not good to sleep after eating" Mya said.

"Maybe you're right, but you better run to your room because there will be animals looking for their victims at night like hundreds of legends from your shining country" Vesius said.

*Here I'm drunk, I didn't knowingly take that out of my mouth*, thought Vesius.

"I don't believe all legends like children" Mya said in a slightly upset tone.

*He was drunk a little, good.at least I wasn't just drunk*, thought Vesius.

"I appreciate it a little, because many teenage women today are easy to believe strange legends" said Vesius while drinking a glass of wine.

"The legend is strange." said Mya with a small laugh at the end of her speech.

*He's not a little drunk, he's really drunk*, thought Vesius.

"May I ask you something, miss?" said Vesius.

"Hm? What is mister?" said Mya.

"Do you believe that heroes from other worlds are real?" said Vesius.

Mya then smiled gently.

"You could say" ' said Mya briefly.

"Say you?" said Vesius.

"They are like humans. Eat, drink, joke and have fun, some of them are fun to talk to. I can't believe they're heroes in the legends" Mya said, adding that her smile became warmer.

*Ahh...one clue already seen..heroes are just like humans...if they are the same as humans can they die? Honestly, I'm lucky that this woman is drunk*, Vesius thought.

"Do they have magic?" said Vesius.

*What am I asking? Of course they had magic, they were summoned through another world. They have a power that can defeat thousands of troops. If they don't have magic then they're free to be called*, Vesius thought.

"Are you afraid, Lord Vesius?" said Mya with a sly smile.

"I'm a fool if I'm not afraid, magic is one of the most powerful forces in the world. Hundreds of thousands of troops are useless compared to magic. Our great-grandfather has seen it at the battle of Mjalnia" Vesius said.

"Hm, you're right, you're just a fool who doesn't fear that the same events as the battle of Mjalnia are repeated" Mya said.

"Hundreds of kings from all over the Victa, Geralda, Aquantania, Legata, and Tyronia united against the great Cassandra and her 20 great witches. Unite them until the army can amount to 150,000. But sometimes unity is useless" Vesius said.

Then Vesius stared at the iron glass in his hand, the wine flowing red in it.

"150,000 troops were destroyed in a single battle with only the power of 20 witches, a horror that will not be forgotten. Hundreds of kings and noble families were lost and destroyed forever. As I said, only a fool would not fear it to happen again" Vesius said.

A moment of fear arose in Vesius, with a shadow of himself, his father, all the power of Victa and all her friends destroyed in a battle for magic without leaving a corpse to be buried.

"So? Are you trying to stop that from happening again, Lord Vesius?" said Mya.

"You could say, the war has destroyed too much Victa and magic will not reduce the destruction" Vesius said.

Mya then smiled hearing Vesius say this.

"Yes you're right.not only is Victa exhausted by this war, Dalmatia too. I don't want more people to feel lost as much as I do." said Mya while looking at the silver bracelet in her hand.

His face turned into a face that looked sad and brooding.

"Then let us pray that peace will come and the world in which we unite against the demon king" Vesius said, raising his wine glass to a toast.

My next smile turned into a sweet little laugh.

"Ahaha.hmhmhm.." ,laughter Mya while closing her mouth, holding back her laughter, "Hahh.you are right. The hero also seemed to say that they were worried about the demon lord. Let's pray for unity against the demon king" Mya said as she lifted her glass filled with wine.

"So is peace really your goal? And prevent more people from losing their families as you?" said Vesius, who then gulped down his wine.

"I'm the same as you, Lord Vesius, I want to stop this war and unity and peace are my goals" Mya said after that she drank a glass of wine.

"Good, then. We need unity to fight the demon lord" Vesius said after drinking a glass of wine.

*The demon king or whatever it is, it's all still a legend carved out of a stone that hasn't appeared yet. Which only means now is the opponent who is visible in plain sight. Hero and his magic.*, thought Vesius while drinking a glass of his wine.

Vesius then saw a dark night sky where hundreds of stars lay upon his head.

*victa and his tens of thousands of soldiers may not win against magic, so peace is the way...this 25-year war may not be useful but it is still better than being conquered by Dalmatia.*, Vesius thought.

"Peace must be attained, whatever the cost.." - Vesius.

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*Plakk!*

The sound of wood hitting the human body was heard.

"Ah!" , muttered the head of Szeth's osis while retreating and holding his hand that was hit by a wooden blow.

"I told you to wear armour, armour does not relieve the pain of a blow but it eliminates it. That's why how many times you stabbed me it won't be useful" Perrin said, holding his wooden sword.

"Armour makes your movements slow especially this exercise so there is no need to be too serious" Szeth said as he moved towards Perrin again.

He quickly stepped towards Perrin with a wooden sword in his hand.

"Not as late as you think" said Perrin who then swung his empty hand.

*buck!*

The punch with an iron clad hand by Perrin directed Szeth's silvery.

"Uhukk" ,cough Szeth in pain.

Then Szeth knelt before Perrin while holding his stomach

"Hahh.It turns out you're more stupid than I thought.." Perrin sighed.

But quickly Szeth stood up and swung his wooden sword.

*Trakk!*

The sound of wood hitting the armour gap sounded.

"Akhh!" , murmured Perrin in pain.

"And smarter than you think" Szeth said.

Szeth's wooden sword hits Perrin's neck. Stabbing between the slits of his armour.

"Sshhhh...ekhhh.not really" said Perrin who then swung his legs.

*buck!*

Kicked by Szeth until he slammed into the floor.

"Ahh!!" , muttered Szeth who was lying down while holding his leg which was bruised from being kicked by Perrin.

"Armour has many uses, more than you might think. Your punches and kicks make it more painful than usual. If we fight for real then you're dead by hitting your ribs and breaking them. You won't have a chance to stick your little sword in my neck either" Perrin said to Szeth.

Then Perrin took off his helmet and held the part of his neck that hurt a lot due to the stabbing of Szeth's wooden sword.

"Sssshhh.." Perrin said in pain.

"After training, you two will be more in pain" Cyrus said, approaching the two of them who trained.

Then Cyrus offered Szeth a hand. Szeth's face turned red, but he quickly woke up.

"You all right? Szeth?" said Cyrus with a friendly smile.

"Yes, I'm not. I'm okay" Szeth said shyly.

*He was ashamed of being defeated in front of Cyrus*, thought Perrin.

"If Perrin are you okay? " ,cyrus asked Perrin.

But Perrin ignored and walked away to the corner seat of the room.

"Perrin?" Cyrus asked.

Perrin just kept ignoring him.

In front of Perrin looks a large room that is empty. Only the three of them were in this room.

"May I ask you something?" said Cyrus, approaching Perrin.

A few months ago this room was a warehouse filled with goods. But Perrin found that the stuff in this room is mostly just garbage.

Perrin found several barrels in this warehouse that contained apples that were completely stale and even moldy. Then he ordered this warehouse cleaned and discarded some of the items in this room to the ground, while some of the goods transported to other rooms.

"Why did you ask the three of us to come here?" Cyrus asked as he approached Perrin.

Perrin then took a leather bag filled with water from his bag and drank the water while ignoring Cyrus.

"Oi Perrin, Cyrus asked you" Szeth said.

"It's not just the three of you that I brought here" Perrin said.

*Treeck*

Elric opened the door with a woman whose hand Elric held.

The woman Elric pulled has a beautiful face and also a nice body and brown hair.

"Come with you" said Perrin.

Elric then stared intently at Cyrus and Szeth.

While the woman behind Elric who was holding her hand was blushing her face in embarrassment.

"Why are Cyrus and Szeth here too, he says you just want to talk to me and Elara" Elric said with a fiery look at Perrin.

"I knew you wouldn't come if I told you that 2 stars of our school would come" Perrin stood up as he walked closer to Elric.

"I don't want to be played like this" Elric said.

"Why don't you like it?" ' said Perrin with a scary look.

"Oi-oi has both of you" Cyrus said, trying to softly wound them both.

"I don't like being lied to by Perrin" Elric said in a heavy voice.

"It turns out that all my classmates are more stupid than I thought. Your problems are all just one." said Perrin as he turned away from Elric.

Perrin returned to his seat and drank a glass of water.

"You all cling too much to your standings and desires" Perrin said.

"Tell me what you want to bring us all here Perrin" Elric said, taking a red magic circle out of his hand.

*Sringggggghhhh*

The sound of the magic circle could be heard throughout this room.

"Oi Elric! What are you doing!" said Chief Osis Szeth shouting loudly.

"Elric!" said Cyrus.

"You're really more stupid than anyone thinks. Let's do it. Use this magic palace. Then you will destroy this palace and kill hundreds of nobles in this castle with the little queen lord. Making hundreds of Dalmatian families fight you and surely your classmates will not help you" Perrin said calmly without the slightest fear.

"You're clinging too much to your confidence, Elric. You feel great for being able to control that fire magic. Assuming that people including me are underestimating you, it is evident from your actions that you want to surprise everyone through your magic abilities. You want to show yourself talented and stronger than anyone. You want to make everyone afraid and submit to you" said Perrin who was sitting on a chair with a scary look like a monster.

"But you're too stupid to make people around you fear you. I don't even feel any flinch towards your magic circle. To show to be the strongest is not to show that you are the strongest but to make them believe that you are the strongest" Perrin said.

"The stronger a person the less effort he needs to do to achieve something" Perrin continued.

Instantly it could feel Perrin sitting the highest among them.

"You two don't fight we're classmates, do you?" Cyrus said softly.

"Tell me what you want" Elric stared at Perrin.

*Tak*Tak*Tak*Tak*Tak*

The sound of someone stepping towards this room was heard.

Cleorah and a man behind her entered the room.

"I've brought Willy" Cleorah said looking at Perrin with a serious look.

"Eh? Elric's? The perrin? Cyrus? Szeth's? Elara's? Why are there so many star schools here?" said Willy who is behind Cleorah pleasure and confusion because there are so many beautiful women here at once.

"Good, Cleorah please help me close the door" Perrin said as he stood up from his chair.

Then Cleorah stepped up to close the door of this room.

All gazes were directed towards Perrin.

"It's about a digital screen that appeared last night" Perrin said.

Cyrus and Szeth then became a little serious about hearing Perrin.

Elric and Elara themselves still did not change their faces, it was very noticeable to Perrin that they had both expected it.

The most confused one here is Willy.

"Eh?!! So I'm not the only one who saw the digital screen huh?!!" said Willy with a surprised face.

Perrin had heard from Cleorah that Willy told his friends that he saw a digital screen while he was in the toilet.

Unfortunately, no one believed his words and assumed he was lying.

*Please whomever slaps him until his tongue comes out of his mouth*, thought Perrin.

"Silent Willy, don't be surprised like the entertainment show you watch called 'anime'" Perrin said.

"Pff.." , the sound came out of Cleorah's mouth holding a laugh.

"Why Cleorah?" said Perrin looking at Cleorah with a sharp gaze.

"Nothing, I was surprised when you said 'anime' from your mouth" Cleorah said as she covered her mouth with a laugh.

"What's wrong Perrin, Cleorah was just joking.don't get angry" Cyrus said, drawing closer to Perrin trying to calm him down.

"THERE'S NO TIME FOR JOKES RIGHT NOW!" ' shouted Perrin loudly.

Perrin's voice was so loud that it made the entire room speechless that even ants dared not walk when they heard his voice.

"It's a matter of your death and your life, do you remember what those digital screen readings were? If the safety of your lives and the little queen's lord is a reward for the mission that will take place in those 76 hours" Perrin said.

This Perrin then looked at each person in this room with his powerful gaze.

Elaria hiding behind Elric was afraid of Perrin, Elric himself was seriously listening to Perrin. While Szeth and Cyrus gulped a little fear towards Perrin.

"It's been 18 hours since the advent of the digital screen.58 hours more danger is coming. I don't know what it is and how it came. Even I feel scared right now. Only fools don't feel scared right now" Perrin said seriously.

But when the condition is serious, someone even nagged himself.

"Ehh...the skill is unknown huh? It turns out that the level of Perrin is so high.so.So Cyrus turns out to be very high in skill and status! Elric too! It turns out that they are my true rivals!" Willy said, nodding his head and looking surprised several times.

"Hmmm.it turns out so yes, so Perrin is very mysterious.." said Willy while holding his chin and raising his head up.

"Sshhhhh..I was confused.how can information about him yes.." - Willy spoke to himself and scratched his head.

Then all the gazes were directed at Willy. Cleorah gulped down the fear that was about to happen.

Perrin looked at Willy with eyes sharper than anyone in the room Perrin had ever looked at.

Perrin looked very angry at this moment.

Then Perrin stepped closer to Willy and took off his iron gloves.

*Brakkkkkkk!* trenggggggggg!!!!!*

Willy knelt down a short time later, lying on the floor, holding his bloody head.

"AHHHHHHH!!!! LT HURTS!! MY HEAD IS BLEEDING!!" said Willy who was holding his head while thrashing in pain.

Perrin's iron glove was lying on the floor after Perrin threw it at Willy with all his might.

Blood then began to flow on the floor.

Perrin stepped quickly towards Willy as if he wanted to do something to Willy.

"Perrin! Just stop! It's bad!" said Cyrus, pulling Perrin's shoulder.

Perrin then took Cyrus' hand off quickly and ignored what he said.

"Perrin! There's something I want to tell you!" said Cleorah stepping into the fight.

But Perrin seemed to ignore him and pushed him.

"Perrin! It's about Willy! If you want me to hurt Willy, listen to me first!" Cleorah said.

But Perrin continued to ignore him and looked very angry.

And then Perrin got to Willy and Perrin's legs started moving.

Willy then protects his head with his hands, trying to protect the impending attack from Perrin.

Willy himself looked so frightened that he trembled.

Perrin's legs then swung

"Willy has the ability to see our data in a game-like way!" cried Cleorah.

Perrin's legs then stopped moving along with Perrin's entire body which also stopped moving.

Elric looked surprised, just as Szeth was shocked to hear what Cleorah said.

"Game?" said Szeth.

"Yes games, Willy has the ability to see our data like games. Where our data is measured by skill and status" Cleorah said.

"Is that true?" said Perrin in a heavy tone that could scare people around him.

It could be seen that Perrin still had anger in him.

"Y-yes" Cleorah said nervously in fear.

"Is that true?" said Perrin who then looked at Willy with a frightening look.

"Yes! Yep! Y-yeah!" said Willy, holding his bloody head in fear.

"Then Cyrus, please bring her nursing waiter in this castle and we will continue our conversation later tonight" Perrin said as he walked towards the door of this room.

*...me..i am terrified?.*, thought Perrin in his heart terrified as he looked at his trembling hand.

Then Perrin looked back to the front and opened the door of the room.

"Partments of the puzzle have begun to be collected, but it does not open the mystery or solve it but only adds to the mystery and shows us how big the puzzle is" ,perrin said in a heavy voice as he walked out of the room.