Gamer System in Campione - Chapter 32

"Yes, well, keep it down, because I am building magic energy to blast out of this place" The man replied quickly.

"Why do you need magic energy?" asked Ozymandias curiously.

The man grunted at the additional interruption and looked like he wanted to attack him, but Alice beat him to the punch in his explanation.

"The prison is specifically designed to make all spells impossible except to strengthen the body with magical energy, Ozymandias. And the bars and walls of the cell are reinforced, despite their dilapidated appearance, so no reinforcement could leave the cell quickly without alerting the guards outside the prison" Alice spoke naturally as she sipped her tea.

"Hoh? How did they stop people from casting spells?" asked Ozymandias curious, magic was really something he didn't know much about, although he did kill the Goddess of Magic.

"The runes arranged around the cell are specifically designed to prevent someone from reaching their specific god and drawing their kind of power from them. Without being able to access their god, even with all their magical power, spell casters cannot shape their power and are not able to do anything except strengthen their body ... Which can't leave the cell because-"

"These bars have absorption magic, with a strengthening spell automatically being cast on them 24/7. So the person who touches the bar will have their magic energy sucked out on contact, while the strengthening spell prevents anyone from being able to destroy them easily" The man interrupted as he stood up after sitting on the floor.

"Oh my goodness? I thought you were busy collecting magic energy to explode these cells?" Alice asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I finished collecting them" The man grunted as he walked over to the bars and began to use them.

"Ah, please wait a moment. If you jump out of the cells, you will undoubtedly draw the attention of the group outside!" Ozymandias said as he tried to stop him.

"I can handle half a dozen other Knights with no problem. I'm almost a Grand Knight anyway" He said as his hands began to emit a hazy atmosphere with his hand becoming stronger to break the bars.

"There are about fifty Knights out there" the Sun King interrupted, and the Knight in front of him paused and looked at him in disbelief.

"What the hell did you do to get so many to accompany you here? Did you attack Voban or something ?! Now I can't go out and stop the ritual!" The man shouted angrily as he dissipated his body strengthening infused magic.

"Well, if you count the fight against the divine wolves as attacking Voban, then I guess you could call it that..." pondered the Sun King with a smile.

"Gods, damn it!" The young man cursed as he stepped into his cell, "What the hell is wrong with you! You couldn't have messed up the situation even more! Now I can't save those civilians!"

"Civilians?" Alice asked abruptly, unlike her usual bubbly character, "Do you know where the civilians were taken?"

"Don't tell me, girl! Of course I do! They'll be sacrificed like pigs in an hour, and now you're finally realizing how bad a situation we're in? Who the hell are you anyway?" The man looked at Alice for a moment before narrowing his eyes at her, "Wait a minute ... I know you ... you look exactly like ... like ... like ... oh shit, you're Princess Alice!" The young man shouted in shock, "The one Diavolo Rosso helps every time against Black Prince Alec! What the hell are you doing here?"

Ignoring his cries, Ozymandias asked him with a serious expression, "Putting that aside, do you know where the civilians were taken? And what does it mean that they will be sacrificed?"

The young man looked at the Sun King for a second and then back at Alice, then back at him before sighing, "So you are the Seventh Campione, if the reports about the Princess accompanying the mysterious Campione are true. I thought something was wrong with you. Why were you captured when you could easily defeat everyone? And why are they even making you a prisoner if they know who you are?"

"I thought that being captured would bring me closer to the missing civilians, so I didn't retaliate with my powers as Campione ... yet. Besides, who says the outsiders know who I really am?" Ozymandias asked, his eyebrow raising in his informal tone.

The young man looked at me with an inexpressive expression, "Are you telling me that no one there knows that you are a CAMPIONE?!"

Alice laughed at the young man's mischief, "Fufufu ... Gee, you're underestimating how much a person will believe what they want to believe instead of the truth, Mr. ... Ah, we don't even know your name."

The young man mumbled about delusional idiots for a few seconds before grunting out a name, "Gantz"

"Well, Mr. Gantz, if a person deeply wishes that a Campione is not here, then he will foolishly believe in the close confidence of the Campione hurt too" Ozymandias gave her a flat look which she shrugged, "Anyway, since you know where the civilians are, we can proceed with our plans faster. Please take us to where the civilians are being held and we will rescue them" Alice said as she gently rose from her chair while patting her back.

Gantz looked in Campione's direction for a second before nodding, "... That's good. Assuming you're here to interrupt the cursed ritual, then that's fantastic. By the way, Diavolo Rosso is also here. We were noticed of suspicious activities and while we were returning from the Bronze Black Cross encounter, so Diavolo Rosso and four other knights, including me, went to investigate and I was caught while letting others escape."

"Ah! Paolo Blandelli is here too? Great news! Hurry Ozymandias, let's get out of here" Alice said patting the Sun King on the shoulder.

"All right. Mr. Gantz can fill us in on the situation as we leave here" Ozymandias sighed as he used his strength to crush and remove the bars.

Gantz looked at the actions with slightly wide eyes.

"I will use my ... other abilities instead of using my powers as a Campione Alice, since I may need all my power later. Please be careful that you don't get caught in a crossfire. You too, Sir Gantz."

"Got it, Ozymandias" Alice said with a smile as she stood behind the Sun King.

And Gantz also realized that he did NOT want to be in front of a Campione when he was on a war footing and stood behind Alice.

Seeing this several knights will appear in front of them as Ozymandias summoned a sword with his magic.

A golden aura appeared surrounding Ozymandias' body, his eyes glowed as his aura increased the temperature of the place exponentially and they seemed to be close to an intense fire.

Or the sun.

"My name is Ozymandias! The Seventh Campione! Stand aside and you will not be harmed! Obstruct my path and I will show you no mercy!"

Some knights seemed to wither under the pressure of the magic energy, but the others burned their own magic energy to oppose mine (although it was much smaller than Ozymandias'). One of them shouted, "He's lying! He's just a Knight of the Seventh Campione! There is no way a Campione would subject himself to imprisonment, no matter how brief! All he has is an upgrade for serving the Seventh! Take him !"

With that, a knight pressed a button under the table and the alarm went off.

Dozens of warriors flooded the room, and they all raised their weapons menacingly.

Seeing this Ozymandias just sighed, everyone believed whatever they wanted.

Raising his sword, Ozymandias ran his magic power causing flames to emerge from his sword, and in one swing he unleashed them.

And all hell broke loose.