Chapter 174 Albares Attack (Ch 174)

“Okay, let’s do some more basic training and then we’ll go back.”
Erza and the others nodded in agreement, then went to their training grounds and began their daily training.
So Noah’s schedule became studying and doing research in the morning, and training at the training ground in the afternoon, along with Erza and the others.
Sometimes other people would come to train together, but most of the time it was just the five of them because most people would find it difficult to keep up with their training level.
However, while training, Erza and the others would also go out to do commissions, and sometimes they would go together.
Because they have a lot of expenses and don’t have a fixed income like Noah.
Some time passed like this, and one day Makarov suddenly contacted Noah and asked him to come to the guild immediately.
Noah immediately gathered up what he had and instantly moved to the guild.
Makarov had a serious look on his face. When he saw Noah coming, he waved to him to follow.
Noah followed Makarov to a deserted place. Makarov, who was walking in front, turned around, looked at Noah with a serious expression and said:
“I just received news from the Council that the great country in the western continent, Albares, suddenly sent troops to Ishgar in the eastern continent, and they are almost at our coast.”
Noah’s expression also became serious:
“Are we going to fight? Otherwise, why would they send troops here? Did they find out so late?”
“I have some guesses, but I’m not sure. The Council received the news only after the opposing army had traveled most of the way. Now they are urgently mobilizing troops to garrison the coastline.
And now the Council has blocked the news, and I am the only one who wants you to go to the coastline.”
“What do you want me to do?”
“I want you to help investigate the reason for their attack, but you must put your own safety first. If it’s too difficult, don’t force it.”
Makarov’s expression changed from serious to worried. Noah saw his expression and said with a smile:
“Grandpa, don’t worry too much. My strength is not bad, enough to protect myself. Don’t worry too much. I will pay attention to my own safety.”
“Then I’ll leave it to you. Remember to be safe.”
“Got it. There’s no time to lose. I’ll be there right away. If Erza and the others ask, Grandpa, please help them say sorry.”
Makarov nodded, and Noah teleported to the coastline of the Kingdom of Fiore.
First, he cast various magic spells to hide his figure, smell, etc., and then went to a hill near the coast.
“Additional: Strengthen the five senses!”
After Noah helped himself to the attachment, he looked out at the coastline.
It can be clearly seen that the Council’s troops are already stationed there, busy making various preparations.
After a quick sense, I found that there was no one with powerful magical powers over there. I don’t know if they were hiding or if they really didn’t exist.
Noah did not continue to increase the intensity of the exploration, for fear that it would be difficult to explain if he was discovered.
Seeing that Albares’ army had not arrived yet, Noah began to arrange spells around him to increase his own concealment and enhance the range, strength and stealth of his detection capabilities.
After the arrangements were completed, Noah did not probe towards the Council, but instead probed towards the sea surface.
Sure enough, there are many large magic groups thousands of kilometers away from the coastline.
After a more careful investigation, we discovered a large number of ships heading this way. These should all be Albarez’s warships.
After sensing the strength of the people above, I found that there were two people with good strength.
After comparing, according to the magic power, I can definitely win in a one-on-one fight. If I fight two, I can also win, but it will be much more troublesome.
That’s it. Noah felt more relieved about his safety. He turned around to investigate again and found that there were two people with good strength inside.
It couldn’t be detected just now, so it must have been hidden. Now that we have strengthened the detection, it has been detected.
Since the army from the opposing country has not arrived yet, I will rest here first.
He dug a hole inside and hid himself inside. After arranging various measures to prevent detection, he rested inside and prepared to deal with any situation that might arise later.
On the other side, in the afternoon, Erza and the others couldn’t find Noah at the training ground. After asking others, they learned that Noah left directly after meeting Makarov.
So they found Makarov together and asked about Noah’s whereabouts.
“I asked him to help me do something, and he asked me to say sorry to you.”
Makarov put away the worried look on his face and replied.
“It’s alright, since Noah has something to do, let’s go train first.”
Erza shook her head, said goodbye to Makarov, and left the guild with Ultear and the others.
After leaving the guild, Erza, Ultear and the others looked at each other and noticed that something was wrong with Makarov’s expression.
“The president’s expression doesn’t seem right. Could it be related to what Noah did?”
Sorono was the first to put forward his own point of view. Urrutia nodded, then shook his head and said:
“It’s useless for us to speculate here now, it’s obvious that the president won’t tell us the details.
If it’s Noah, it should be a question of strength. Let’s work harder on training. At least we’ll know what’s going on in the future.”
Erza and the others nodded, then went to the training ground and began their own training.
The next day, Noah finally waited for Albarez’s warship.
A large number of warships were parked far away from the coastline. The Council troops on the shore also set up defense lines, and a solemn atmosphere filled the air.
Noah also quietly returned to the top of the mountain, using magic to enhance his five senses, and watched as both sides sent out messengers to communicate.
Listening to them spitting at each other, Noah roughly heard that both sides were arguing about why Albares’ army suddenly arrived.
Without continuing to listen to the official statements, Noah focused on the conversation between the people on the Albares warship.
With the help of magic, Noah was able to hear the conversations of the people on the warship.
With the help of ancient documents, Noah sorted out their conversation and found out the reason for the attack.
In fact, the reason is very simple. The “Twelve Shields of the Holy Spirit” wanted to start a war, so they led their army to attack.
The “Twelve Holy Shields” are directly under the Emperor Spriggan of Albares. They are the twelve strongest people under the Emperor and also the twelve people with the greatest power.
Noah estimated that the two powerful men on the ship were the so-called “Twelve Shields of the Holy Spirit”.