Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

Lace Volcano on the island of Rwazan. The island, which had erupted a few days earlier, was buried under a cloud of volcanic ash. At the same time, several lava domes had formed near the crater, and pyroclastic flows could have occurred at any time. In addition, toxic gases emitted from the volcano covered the entire island, making it suicidal to approach the site.

A man and a woman had landed on the island, which seemed like a kind of hell on earth. They had been watching the black smoke of Lace Volcano for a while.

"...... are you okay?"

An elderly man calls out to the woman next to him. At first glance, she looks like a girl, but the atmosphere in her body is not that of a girl. The two of them wore such an air that anyone with a certain level of skill could immediately recognize that they were not ordinary people.

The girl nodded slowly at the man's question. Her expression looks a little pained.

"I think your current body cannot endure this environment. If you are in pain, please contact us at ......."

"No problem. Let's go. ......"

The girl interrupts the man and walks away.

The visitors to the island were Tune, the black dragon, and his brother and sister, Shario. They had come to the island not in their original dragon forms, but in humanized forms. Moreover, they were under the watchful eye of the Dragon King. Of course, the Dragon King is not here. He was watching them from a place far from the island, using presence and magic detection.

There is a reason why this brother and sister went to Rwazan Island. They wanted to see their brother Royce die. They could not believe the words of the Dragon King and Agartha King Linos that Lois was dead.

According to the Dragon King, Lois had been disemboweled and her organs dragged out. Besides, this volcanic explosion ....... Under normal circumstances, even for a dragon, it would be difficult to survive. But they could not believe that Lois was dead.

Lois was outstanding in her cunning. The siblings knew well that he was willing to go to any lengths to deceive his enemies. That is why they wanted to confirm Lois' death.

But the Dragon King would not agree to that. He refused, saying that he would keep the two under his supervision.

Tune and Chario had been reduced to the first grade of death by the Dragon King. This was due to their great merits in the previous battle, in which they had sided with the Dragon King and Rinos.

The magma pool where Royce was hiding: ....... They were there as shadow warriors of the Dragon King and Rinos. They were surrounded by the wards of Rinos, but even within those wards, they tried to hide their presence, and at the same time, they kept their skills secret so that Royce would not be aware of them. To achieve this, the two of them went all the way up the mountain on foot from the foot of the mountain and used ropes to reach the magma reservoir, even though it would have taken them only a few dozen minutes to reach it by flight.

Thanks to their efforts, Royce mistook them for the Dragon King and Linos as they approached and headed for Rwazan Island. The scenario that Tsune had drawn up played out exactly as he had envisioned it, and Rinos and his men were able to defeat Royce and recover Rico and Soleil. It was precisely because of Tsune that Rinos was able to get back his beloved wife. Thus, their lives were spared.

However, the siblings and the Dragon Kings were divided over the death of Lois. The Dragon King said that it was difficult to live under such circumstances. And even when Linos, who had the ability to detect presence and magic far beyond the two of them, used his power to search for signs of Lois, and explained that there was no reaction, these two were not convinced.

When they pleaded with him to confirm Royce's death with his own eyes, the Dragon King continued to shake his head nonchalantly.

"Well, why don't you go with her, Ryu-o-kun?"

It was Alyria, daughter of Rinos, who offered a helping hand. She stepped forward in front of Tsune and Chario and began to speak to them as if she were a teacher telling her students what to do.

"Both of you come back before it is too late. Don't cause trouble. If you do something wrong, say you're sorry. Okay?"

They nodded in confusion at her words. Alyria, who had been watching them as they nodded, turned to the Dragon King.

"Ryuo-kun, be a good brother and take Tsune-kun and Shario-chan with you."

"Good."

"Don't be rough."

"No roughhousing."

"Be well behaved."

"Let's behave."

"Be kind."

"Be kind."

It was like an older sister telling a younger brother off. Tsune watched the scene with his mouth open. The Dragon King was accepting the words of the She-Beast Girl with acquiescence. To Tsune, this was an unthinkable scene.

The Dragon King that Tsune knew was a terrifying being who showed no mercy to those who resisted him. More than once, his entire family had been buried by him. He was the very top of the Dragon Clan, and to defy him meant the death of the entire clan.

But then... The Dragon King before her eyes was obedient to the girl's words. Not only that, he always keeps the girl's word. The She-Beast Girl does not seem to have an air of dominance, and the Dragon King seems to be following the girl unilaterally. Tsune could not understand this relationship.

At any rate, the girl's one voice of the crane permitted the Dragon King to go to Rwazan Island. Moreover, Rinos had sent us to Chario, where our skills had been taken away from us. Even more conveniently, the Dragon King's eyes grew dim as they neared the island, so he decided not to follow them.

"Do you think you can escape my detection ability?　Don't be tempted to try to escape."

The Dragon King smiles wryly as he says this. But Tsune had no desire to run away. He only wanted to confirm his brother's death.

Tsune and Chario walk in silence. They have a rough idea of where Linos and the others fought with Royce. They walked the shortest distance to that place.

"...... Royce, huh?"

Suddenly, Tsune shouted dryly. There was a huge black mass in front of us.

At first glance, the object looked like a huge rock. ....... But Tsune recognized it. This was the body of Lois.

"...... magma overflowed this far. Did it swallow my brother's body inside?

Chario mutters to no one in particular. Looking closely, he saw that the ground was stained black at the end of Royce's body.

"......"

Tsune silently removes the cold lava covering Lois' body. Then the figure of Lois appears from inside, wide-eyed and lifeless.

"...... pathetic."

Tsune turns away involuntarily. Royce's belly had been cut open and a large stone was lodged inside.

"...... cinders in his belly. It must have been very hot. This must have been unbearable for the brother inside.

Chario is frowning a little too. In fact, Royce was caught in the explosion of the volcano that occurred right after Linos and the others moved out. In addition, cinders and pyroclastic flows poured down mercilessly on his belly, which had been torn open by the Dragon King, scorching his internal organs. Royce was so tormented that he could not even scream, and then he died, burning himself in the encroaching magma.

"Brother, what do we do now?"

Chario looked at Tsune with straight eyes. He pretended to think for a moment, but then he opened his mouth, shaking his head from side to side.

"No, let's leave it as it is. If Lois had died, I would have made a grave for her. ....... It would be better to leave it as it is."

"...... I think so, too."

Shario nodded in agreement.

"Now we just need to ...... find out where Raal is."

"......"

Raal, the most thoughtful of the siblings, had disappeared in confusion. There was no telling where he had been taken by Royce. The fact that neither the Dragon King nor Rinos made any mention of Ra'alu suggests that he was probably in hiding, unbeknownst to them.

"I don't think he's going to die."

"It's Brother Ra'al. He wants to live a quiet life.

"Maybe so."

Tsune quickly looks up at the sky. Well, I'm sure we'll see each other somewhere ...... sooner or later, he thought with such confidence.

Hundreds of years later, green shoots sprouted from Royce's body and eventually grew into a large tree. The tree bore sweet fruit and was called the fruit of illusion. ....... Little did Tsune and Chario know at that time that such a future awaited them. .......