I Was a Small Fish When I Reincarnated, but It Seems That I Can Become a Dragon, so I Will Do My Best - Extra Chapter 226
7-46. Side -Sreiz- Situation Shift
It feels like something interesting is about to happen.
Reizen decided to listen to what the spirit had brought to his attention.
“Can you tell me more?”
<<The souls suddenly left the children’s bodies…! Where are their real souls!? If we leave it like this, they won’t be able to return!>>
“Oh… that’s pretty bad, isn’t it?”
The fact that the children’s souls have slipped away because the angel who had become a specter died, making it impossible for the transferred souls to settle, is good news. The human parents likely didn’t expect their children to collapse right after returning.
With this, trust in the angels has hit rock bottom.
However, if things stay this way, the children will die. The souls in this place must be returned to the children as soon as possible.
Now that their course of action was clear, they wanted to move quickly, but there were concerns.
If the entire country becomes uproarious, the angels will surely notice. Kyuuri’s whereabouts are unknown, and it’s possible they might have called for reinforcements by now.
At this point, a certain amount of faith is inevitably lost. It would take time to convince the now skeptical humans, and they probably wouldn’t be able to fully explain the situation.
Given this, they might resort to drastic measures.
“Where are the children?”
<<All over the country!>>
“We can’t afford to split up…! What should we do…?!”
Among those present, only Reizen and Karna had the skill to oppose the angels. Sreiz had potential, but he had no real combat experience with angels, nor had he ever confronted their abilities.
Now, they had to transport all the souls here and carefully match each soul to its respective body. The way to distinguish them was likely by bringing the jar close to the body—if the soul moved toward the body, it should be the child’s soul.
They would have to go to each location, check, and return the souls. There were many such locations, checking would take time, and above all, they still didn’t know how to return the souls.
“Ka, Karna…”
“We didn’t even have time to research or verify it… I don’t know either…”
<<If we have the souls, we can handle it, you know?>>
“Seriously!? As expected of the spirits! Okay, problem solved! Now we just need to get to the children and watch out for the angels…”
<<We know where the angels are. Everyone’s keeping an eye on them. We also know where the children are because everyone’s worried and staying close to them.>>
“The spirits are way too competent!”
Why are unseen beings so reassuring? The problems they were troubled by were solved one after another, leaving only the transportation issue.
It would have been quickest if they could come to the castle, but informing everyone immediately would be extremely difficult.
This seems like the hardest part. No matter how hard they try, they can’t reach everyone. However, they don’t have much time left.
“Ugh! What would Aniki do in a situation like this?!”
“Hm? What’s going on? Any progress?”
“Sreiz!”
“Wait, did you just call me by name?”
“Isn’t there some sort of broadcast system? We need the children whose souls have left their bodies to be brought here right away!”
“Their souls have left their bodies!? Now!?”
“Now!!!!!”
After briefly explaining the situation and that they just needed to move the souls to the children, Sreiz reluctantly agreed, his face serious as he groaned.
“I don’t get all this soul stuff, but basically, you need to bring the children who were taken by the angels here, right?”
“Exactly!”
“There are communication crystals set up throughout the country. If we use those, we can call out to everyone right away. But the angels might come too.”
“I’ll just blow them away, so no problem!”
“It would be great if you understand that your attacks have enough power to easily blow this area away. If you fight, be careful. Anyway, leave the communication to me!”
“We’ll handle the rest!!”
Sreiz dashed off, running towards the castle. The guards hurriedly chased after him in a panic. Even though he had disappeared for a moment, it seems they were still worried. Someone who appeared to be his wife was also chasing after him, complaining about something.
They should be able to manage sharing the information with the citizens. Now they just needed to secure their defense.
“Haven’t used this in a while.”
“Isn’t that always the case?”
“Yeah, true! ‘Dome Shield!'”
As Reizen clapped his hands together, a transparent barrier formed around the castle, centering on him. The ‘Dome Shield’ increases in strength and range as more magic is infused into it. However, since this strength is added on top of Reizen’s defensive power, it probably won’t be easy to break.
However, to enter inside, one would need Reizen’s permission. Since it would be a hassle to check and filter each person individually, he set the barrier to allow entry to anyone “except angels.” With this, most people should be able to pass through the barrier without any trouble.
“Oh, they’re here already.”
“Well, of course. It’s a serious matter.”
Though the crowd was still sparse, they could see the citizens hurrying towards them.