Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

"Murderer!　He's a murderer!　He killed my mother!"

A short distance away, a man is pointing at Matkal and shouting like a madman. Lowood starts to walk away to rebuke the man, but Matocal stops him and shakes his head slowly as if to say leave him alone.

The man continues to scream. The crowd gradually gathers around him, wondering what is going on. They watched the man from a distance, but then several men and women came forward and began to point at Matocalu and yell at him in the same way as the man had done before.

"That's him!　He is the commander of Lamalong's army that killed all the people in this city during the Juka period!"

"You people killed my parents!　Give it back!　I want my mother and father back!"

Murderer!　Murderer!"

The crowd grew as the voices drew them in. The crowd was beginning to murmur.

"Ma...... Matocalu-sama!"

"Leave him alone. Our enemy is the undead out there."

With these words, Matkal flung himself atop his beloved horse, which had been towed to him. At that moment, something hit Matkal in the face.

"......!"

I looked down and saw a crushed tomato-like fruit at my feet. It seemed to have hit him in the face. This may have been a trigger for the crowd to start throwing rocks and various other things at Matkal.

Lowood and the other soldiers stood there, not knowing what to do. However, Matkal gave them a warning.

Leave him alone!　What we must do now is to defeat the undead!　This city of Agartha must be defended!　Those who are not willing to do so may stay!　Those who are willing to defend the city, follow me!"

With these words, Matkal turned his back on the people and slowly rode his horse toward the west gate. The soldiers looked at each other, then one by one followed Matkal, and soon they all lined up to follow her.

The people continued to make noise. Stones and other objects were still being thrown at Matocal and the others. The soldiers, however, are not at all dismayed by this and are marching in an orderly fashion. The people gasp at their commanding behavior.

Just as Matkal and his men, still in formation, were about to pass through the west gate, a voice calling Matkal's name resounded through the air.

"Mato!　Stop it!　You must return to the mansion now!　Mato!　Mato!"

The voice belonged to Licolette, who was supposed to be in a mansion of the Heedata Empire. She was on the ramparts near the west gate, screaming frantically. When Matkal saw her on the horse, he was startled for a moment with his eyes wide open, but then he let out a smile. He then raised his right hand to indicate that he was not worried.

"Mato!　I have a baby in my belly!　You must return to the mansion now!　What if something happens to the child?

Liko screams frantically, but Matkal shakes his head slowly with a smile on his face. He puts his right hand on his stomach and strokes it slowly, murmuring in a small voice.

"I'm sorry ....... But thank you ......."

For a moment, she looked sad, but then she returned to her usual expression and gave a loud order to the soldiers following behind her.

"From now on, the undead will be defeated!　Follow me!"

Matkal whips his horse and drives it vigorously. The soldiers followed behind him.

"Mat!　Stop it!　The child will drift away!　Mato!　Mato!"

Little by little, Rico's cries were falling away from Matocalu's ears.

Meanwhile, the fox Hayes was in the crowd. He was using his magic to manipulate the consciousness of the people he had sent in advance, inciting them to hate Matocalu more and more. But even with his power, the people were not easily incited, and it was only those whom he had sent that were on the rampage. His original plan was to incite the people of the city to create havoc and then kidnap the goddess Lycorette. This time, up to the halfway point, the plan went so well that it could be called unexpected. Matocal, whom we had thought would never appear, showed up. He tried to choke Matocal out by having the people attack Matocal. However, the majority of the people did not move, and the plan stalled.

With his magical power, he could incite thousands of people. But he wanted to take all possible measures to get Riccolet. His opponent was Linos, the king of Agartha, who had repeatedly foiled his plans. He always acts unexpectedly. This time, too, there was no telling what would happen. Assuming the worst, I did not want to use my magic unnecessarily.

But the incitement worked, and just as Matkal was about to leave, he heard a voice that he could not forget.

"...... I have found you at last, my goddess Lycorette!"

He quickly moved away from the crowd, took the staff of Latgis from his pocket, and pointed it at the ground.

"Mat...... mat...... mat......"

Liko stared in the direction Matkal had left. She seemed to have moved to the north once to avoid being hit by the magic emitted from the western wall. Still, some of the undead who had found her were heading towards her. The army is marching forward without slowing down at all, perhaps to cut down the undead that have attacked them.

We have to stop her somehow. ....... But I have no legs now. Then something flashed through her mind.

"Roni ...... if you ask Roni ......."

Posehay is able to transfer by following the magic of the other person. Loni, who has been in contact with Matkal many times, would be able to transfer there by tracing her magic. Thinking this, she tried to send a telegram to Loni. But at that moment her breathing stopped.

"Riccolette."

Suddenly, he heard his name called out, and he turned around to see the fox, Hayes.

"It's nice to finally meet you. I've missed you so much."

He opens his mouth with a kind smile. But the unusual atmosphere emanating from his body makes Rico tremble involuntarily. Hayes quickly approaches her and places his right hand under her chin.

"...... you are beautiful after all."

Rico turned his face away from her at her words.

"Ah!　Octa!"

A woman's voice was heard behind Hayes. He turned around disgusted to see two women standing there. He recognized them.

"Hagee?　The other one is ...... You don't mean Zeza?"

I had not seen either of them since the incident in Miedai, but Hāgi's appearance had not changed since then, but Zeza had grown up remarkably and was now a woman of color.

"Well, that Zeza has ...... changed."

He was strangely impressed, and Hāgi quickly drew his sword and slashed at him.

"Hmph!"

He swatted away his right hand as if he were brushing away an insect, and Hagee fell slowly and silently to the ground. Zeza rolled his eyes in surprise.

"Zeza, you too?　But unfortunately, I don't have time to deal with you."

Upon hearing these words, Zeza inhaled deeply.

"I never thought I'd meet you here... you... my avenger... I... I... will... do... whatever it takes... to... avenge... you..."

"Huh?"

Zeza's behavior was incomprehensible to Hayes. Zeza was a woman whose words were full of onomatopoeia when she became impatient, and she could not understand what she was saying, but now Zeza in front of him was singing as if she were a dancer. This totally unexpected turn of events confused Hayes for a moment. Seeing him, Zeza opens her mouth further.

The enemy in front of me, my avenger, this is no time for you to be pretending to be the righteous one, Jesus!　Honesty is a justice addict, so get your head out of your ass, Jesus!　The anger he spews will cost him his life!"

"Hmph!"

Before Zeza could finish his rap-like song, Hayes' staff was lowered, and in that instant Zeza disappeared.

"Well, now there's no one to get in my way. Come, my goddess Lycorette!"

He looked back at Rico, his face covered in reddish-black streaks.