Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 281 (Part 1): Crossing the Barrier.

The next day, after taking a day of rest, everyone gathered together.

They all had a feeling that what lay ahead would be no ordinary task, so they were on high alert.

Helmut, far from relaxing, had been swinging his sword all day long.

Alea stood with her arms crossed, like a professor from the magic department.

Elaga and Igrelle, who suddenly found themselves listening to something like a lecture, waited quietly for her words like obedient students.

Alea looked around at them all and began to speak.

“I will now explain what we need to do.”

She extended her hand into the air.

A projection spell materialized in the air, showing a spherical structure divided into sections, with a wide area in the middle.

“This is the sacred barrier. It’s impossible to pass through this barrier directly. So, what we need to do first is disrupt the barrier.”

White lights appeared around the edges of the sphere, and a red dot appeared in the center.

“As I mentioned, the central core gathers the holy power from all directions.
This means that if we disrupt the flow of holy power coming from the surrounding cores, the barrier will weaken.
We can’t completely stop it, but for a short time, we can interfere.
We need to act before the Lumen priests who constantly monitor the barrier notice the anomaly. This sacred barrier is the very purpose of the temple’s existence.”

The sacred barrier had remained unchanged for countless years, quietly maintaining its stability.

If any changes occurred, the temple would sense something was wrong and work to restore the barrier to its original state.

However, the temple would need some time to react. Archmage Antiol and Heike would distract the temple’s attention from outside the barrier.

During that window of opportunity, they would escape the barrier. That was Alea’s plan.

“This is how we can suppress the sacred barrier.”

She took something out from her robe.

It was four small, round metal plates, each about the size of a palm. Intricately detailed magic circles were engraved on them, with a large, blue gemstone embedded in the center.

The power within the gems shimmered like the waves of the sea. The amount of magic contained within them was immense, like an ocean.

Sian murmured in awe.

“Wow, I never thought I’d see this here. Adamantium! It’s the gemstone that can hold the most magic in the world. It’s not just rare; gems of that size are incredibly valuable, and there are four of them!

And to store that much magic in them would have taken even an Archmage several years.”

Alea nodded and continued.

“Place these on the cores of the sacred barrier, and they will activate. Ideally, all four should activate simultaneously, but as long as even one of them disrupts the balance, the barrier will weaken.
We’re not trying to break the sacred barrier; we’re just trying to exploit the gap.”

Helmut, who had been listening quietly, pointed out sharply.

“So what you’re saying is that we need to split up. We need to activate them simultaneously from four different directions.”

“Exactly. It’s best to activate them around the same time, then regroup in the central region as quickly as possible to escape the barrier.”

“How long will those work?”

“Three days at most. Maybe less. We have to regroup as quickly as possible. If the sacred barrier truly reflects the will of Lumen, we don’t know how it might react to such a threat.”

The uncertainty of how the barrier might react was the biggest variable.

“So we have to regroup in the central region within three days.”

“Four days after departure, at noon. That’s when we place the devices on the cores. The Adamantium will guide you when you get close to the core.”

“How will we divide the group?”

Asuka asked with a serious face.

Now he was starting to feel a bit tense. If they split up, he couldn’t just mindlessly follow Alea around like before.

For the first time since entering the Forest of Roots, they were about to face real danger.

But that’s what they had been honing their skills for all this time. His eyes brightened with excitement.

“Let’s start with the south, which should be easy. We have Igrelle, the ruler of that area, here.”

[Me?]

Igrelle blinked innocently, its curiosity piqued as it had been listening intently.

It wasn’t for nothing that Alea had included Igrelle. Even though they were prepared, she hadn’t expected they could weaken the barrier in all four directions, but having Igrelle made the task easier.

“Igrelle will have difficulty approaching the sacred barrier. One of us will handle placing the Adamantium. So, please take just one person with you to the south.”

Igrelle protested.

[Why should I do that? Are you telling me to carry a human on my back now!]

“You don’t have to carry them on your back. They can hang on while you fly.”

Alea said calmly, since it wasn’t something she would have to do anyway.

At this point, there was no one who couldn’t endure that level of discomfort.

[If you’re not going to help, why are you hanging around my territory with nothing to do? Just do it if we ask.]

Elaga growled, revealing its demonic energy, and Igrelle grumbled in discontent.

[Stupid leopard. This is why beasts shouldn’t have power. So who’s coming with me? You?]

Having decided it might as well get its feathers groomed, Igrelle looked around at the humans.

Naturally, it wasn’t thrilled with Asuka.

Alea was Igrelle’s top choice, but Charlotte and Sian seemed just as good.

Alea spoke as if she had already decided.

“Charlotte would be good for that.”

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