Fled Without Realizing I Had Prevented the Apocalypse

Grooooowl.
With a hideous roar, the halved ghosts scatter away.
At the same time, seeing that the thread containing the Outer God’s power connected to the princess’s body also dispersed, it seemed they had achieved complete annihilation.

“Hmm…”

The woman watching from afar.
The aide following Scarlet Frausia, the Empire’s second star.
Karla Everance narrowed her eyes.
“That sword strike just now…”
Karla is also an elite who has been on many Contaminant subjugation missions following Scarlet.
Therefore, she knows that among the powers of Outer Gods, there is a blessing that ignores most physical attacks.
She also knew that those ghosts just now were wrapped in such a blessing.
Of course, even with an Outer God’s blessing, it can’t block attacks that exceed a certain limit as the concept of absolute can’t be applied, but from Karla’s perspective, the sword Kyle wielded didn’t seem to have that much power.
Karla is also a swordswoman.
Moreover, she’s an excellent swordswoman enough to be the aide of a Sword Master.
From her perspective, the sword strike unleashed by the Empire’s former first star was definitely not a simple blow.
“Mental… image?”
The mental image that only superhumans, especially those who have built up seven or more ranks, can show.
People call the technique of sending this mental image outside one’s mind, into reality, as Mental Image Manifestation.
Indeed, unlike techniques that generally follow the rules of the world, a mental image established by a superhuman follows that superhuman’s law.
Therefore, even if an Outer God doesn’t take physical damage, if one unfolds a mental image, they can inflict damage while ignoring that rule to some extent.
However, considering that general Mental Image Manifestation transforms an entire area, Kyle’s mental image seemed strange in some way…
‘No way.’
Karla realized the move Kyle had made and her eyes widened.
“Did he compress the mental image area only into the sword?”
It’s an impossible thing.
Mental image is one’s own thoughts. Compressing that thought into one place was an area that Karla couldn’t even imagine.
Probably even if she told others about it, they wouldn’t believe it.

However, the technique Kyle Amillan just displayed was so static that it was unbelievable unless it was a compression of mental image.
“As expected…”
As Karla was appreciating the sword strike Kyle had just displayed, she immediately came to her senses due to the chaotic situation around her.
“The Contaminants are scattering…?”
“I don’t know what’s happening, but let’s strike for now.”
With the death of the ghost that had gathered the Contaminants, they no longer gather.
Moreover, even the black flames that threatened the superhumans were blown away by Kyle Amillan himself, so there are no more beings threatening the superhumans.
There aren’t many remaining Contaminants either, so they’ll probably all be subjugated in a short time.
Once all the Contaminants are subjugated, the superhumans’ attention will naturally turn to Kyle Amillan.
The owner of the sword strike that subjugated the culprit while they were blocking the Contaminant horde and cut through the black flames they couldn’t easily approach, though the Contaminant subjugation force was gathered using Scarlet’s power.
Having built up enough ranks to reach superhuman level means one has excellent pride in oneself.
And such individuals usually have very strong self-esteem as well.
Would such people remain quiet after seeing a superhuman so excellent that it made them look like mere sidekicks?
There will surely be quite a commotion.
In that process, an unfavorable situation – the fact that Major Kyle is Kyle Amillan – might occur.
And that was not what she and the person she follows wanted.
Of course, once this situation unfolds, his identity can’t be completely hidden, but at least the immediate revelation of his identity can be delayed.
That’s why she came here in the first place.
Thinking this, Karla headed towards where Kyle and the princess of the Kingdom of Raziel were.

“Phew…”
After unleashing the sword strike, I barely managed to catch my breath.
Although it was a strike drawn out using the sword as a medium, it certainly consumes a lot of magic power.
Even when fighting Princess Arlea, nearly 70% of my magic power remained, but now almost half of it has been used up.
Moreover, to draw out the sword’s power, I had to forcibly pull out my body’s potential, so I had to maintain the most intact state possible to allow the muscles surprised by the sudden rise to calm down.
“Is this sword at its end now?”
As I catch my breath and glance at my hand, the Sword Demon’s sword is slowly dispersing.
Originally, there were about two chances left, one used to cut through the black flames and one just now to deal with the ghosts, so it probably can’t endure anymore.
If the Sword Demon’s sword had been of ‘Unique’ grade like those possessed by Princess Arlea or Scarlet, it would have had an indestructible property, but unfortunately, this sword is not of Unique grade.
It just became something ghost-like after absorbing the blood of numerous Contaminants and people.

So it wasn’t meant to be used for long in the first place.
“The connection…?”
As I send off the Sword Demon’s sword turning to ashes, I hear the princess’s voice from behind.
The princess was standing behind, feeling around her heart area.
It seems the connection linking her body with the ghosts was distributed near her heart.
If so, that uncomfortable feeling melted inside must have originated from her heart as well.

I brushed off the remnants of the sword with only a bit of powder left, then slowly approached the princess.
“Has the connection been severed?”
“Yes… It’s completely cut off.”
“It seems so.”
With the ghosts gone, the energy enveloping the princess’s entire body has also dispersed.
The energy I felt at the Beatrice Guild’s inn has all flown away, and now only pure magic power remains.
Now that the princess’s body, which was a medium for the Outer God’s descent, has been purified, there’s only one thing left to be cautious about.
“Now the disposal of this scepter is the problem.”
The scepter still scattering the Outer God’s energy even though the ghosts have disappeared.
Although the Kingdom of Raziel has fallen and even its ghosts have vanished, the fact that this scepter received power from an Outer God remains unchanged.
So, it needs to be managed in a way that human hands can’t reach it.

“We’ll handle that on our side.”
As I muttered while holding the scepter, Karla, who had been staying back, approached and said.
“It’s too big an issue to just hand over because it’s troublesome, so I think we need a cause. They’ll probably make an issue of the scepter that came with the princess.”

Saying this, Karla put the scepter she received from me into a glass box she had prepared in advance.
It’s not ordinary glass but glass with blocking effects made by the Empire’s magic tower, which has the effect of preventing the energy inside from leaking out even if it’s from an Outer God.
“Then.”
As Karla was putting away the glass box in her bosom, the princess opened her mouth towards her.
“What will… happen to me?”
The princess’s gaze turns towards me and Karla.
Although she was half-controlled by the ghosts in the scepter, she’s ultimately the one who drew in the ghosts and Contaminants.
Even though she tried to cause the incident as far away from the city as possible, it will take quite a long time and money to restore the path the Contaminants passed through if they want to repair it.
It’s true that she damaged a path that needed to be passed through somehow, so she probably did cause damage to the Empire.
Some kind of punishment will probably be imposed…
“The princess’s punishment… Sigh…”
At Princess Arlea’s question, Karla heaved a deep sigh.

It seemed like a quite troublesome situation even to her.
Karla seemed to ponder for a moment, then slowly opened her mouth.
“To be honest, I don’t know. An incident of this scale must be reported to the higher-ups unconditionally, and since Lady Scarlet personally issued a summons, it will probably be difficult to pass without any punishment.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, well. However…”
Karla, who was speaking, closed her mouth and glanced at me.
I tilted my head towards Karla, who was staring at me for a moment.
Then Karla looked at me with an expression of exasperation, heaved a deep sigh, and continued speaking.
“I’ll try to speak as favorably as possible. In any case, it’s true that you tried not to cause damage to the Empire. The report will go up well too.”
The princess bowed her head at Karla’s words.
Probably, even though she said it like that, Karla must have received reports about the princess’s usual conduct.
There were things that were being hushed up to some extent about the actual state of the Kingdom of Raziel, and if the princess, who even gained the favor of the Empire’s citizens, were to receive direct punishment, it wouldn’t look very good.
Rather, it’s better for the Empire to show a tolerant attitude despite this incident.
A superhuman of Princess Arlea’s level is quite hard to find even within the Empire.
“The scepter has been collected, and the Contaminants will soon be completely subjugated, so let’s move now. If we stay like this, there will be a commotion.”
At Karla’s words, the princess and I nodded.
Certainly, the last two sword strikes must have drawn the attention of many superhumans down there.
Probably, if we don’t move, the superhumans will come here after subjugating the Contaminants.
But before that.
“Karla.”
“Yes.”
“At your level, can you submit a recommendation to the Special Forces?”
At my question, Karla pondered for a moment and then nodded.
“It’s… possible.”
“Really? Then…”
“No, wait. Surely not…!”
I deliberately ignored Karla’s face turning pale and voiced what I had been thinking.
“What do you think about putting Arlea de Raziel into the Special Forces?”