Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!
Chapter 636 - 635 Kotori Gokawa’s Astonishment

Chapter 636: Chapter 635 Kotori Gokawa’s Astonishment

Japan, above the skies of Celestial City.

This city looked no different from other cities, but for some people, it was quite exceptional.

"Squeak..."

The heavy mechanical door opened, and in strode a girl in uniform, sporting dual red ponytails, and sucking on a lollipop, her eyes sharp yet serious.

"What’s up, Rion? Is there a problem?"

What appeared to be a middle school-aged girl was named Kotori Gokawa, and she was the Commander of the warship "Phylaxis." This warship belonged to an organization called "Ratastok," which, like DEM and AST, was established to deal with Elves. However, Ratastok’s philosophy was somewhat more lenient compared to the former, which sought to eliminate Elves through force. Ratastok didn’t advocate hostility towards Elves; instead, it operated on principles of engaging in exchanges and co-existing peacefully with them.

Despite possible doubts about entrusting a warship’s command to a teenaged girl, Kotori Gokawa exuded a surprising air of seriousness.

"Ah, it’s Kotori, sorry to bother you when you’re so busy."

Upon hearing Kotori Gokawa speak, a woman turned her head from her seat; she was a woman with a beautiful face, though the dark circles under her eyes suggested she hadn’t slept in a very long time. Of course, Kotori was by now used to this, so she didn’t take particular notice and instead nodded to the woman named Rion in front of her.

"I came as soon as I received your report. What’s new?"

"Well, it’s like this..."

As she spoke, Rion began to type on the keyboard, and before long, lines of information started appearing on the warship’s large screen.

"Not long ago, the UK’s DEM Corporation updated their Elf data, and I think you might want to see this."

"Data on Elves?"

Hearing this, Kotori Gokawa’s brows furrowed.

"Show me."

"Okay."

Rion nodded, then opened the data before her once more, and quickly, the image materialized on the large screen.

"This is..."

"This is a record from a few days ago when Hermit was in the Present Realm in the United Kingdom."

"Hermit, huh... Isn’t that a rather docile and timid Elf?"

Watching the Magicians on the screen approaching their target, Kotori Gokawa frowned and snorted lightly.

"What’s going on? Has DEM’s bunch of idiots finally managed to provoke Her Royal Highness, the most docile Princess?"

"Actually, if it were only that simple, it would be better."

As she spoke, Rion sighed. Sensing Rion’s unease, Kotori Gokawa looked at her curiously, but before she could say anything else, the voice of the DEM Magician responsible for the recording came from the screen.

"Target spotted, preparing to attack... wait, what’s that?!"

With the DEM Magician’s voice filled with surprise, the camera on screen zoomed in rapidly to the epicenter of the spatial quake. Then, in the next moment, seeing the scene on screen, Kotori Gokawa’s eyes widened in shock as well.

In the center of the spatial quake, the petite Elf known by the codename "Hermit" stood alongside a Knight clad in silver-white armor, apparently conversing. Then Kotori saw the Knight turn his head to look at the Magicians, raising his hand as if intending to do something—when immediately after, the Magicians launched their attack on the two seeming enemies.

Suddenly, accompanied by the sound of gunfire, the figures of the Knight and Hermit were enveloped in smoke and dust. Witnessing this, Kotori Gokawa couldn’t help but huff indignantly.

"DEM’s people are still so rash... It’s exactly this kind of behavior that prevents us from making any progress..."

However, before Kotori Gokawa could finish speaking, a surprising turn of events occurred.

In the next instant, the Magicians on screen, who had been attacking the Elf, suddenly trembled, and to their dismay, they began to lose control and plummeted towards the ground. The same was true for the recording Magician, and the camera’s view rapidly descended towards the ground.

"Bang!"

"Whoa..."

Hearing the crashing sound from the screen, Kotori Gokawa cried out instinctively.

"This really is quite tragic... Are they okay?"

"No."

Facing Kotori Gokawa’s inquiry, Rion shook her head, then pulled up another document.

"The mages who were dispatched were examined after recovery, and because they were protected by the Random Domain, their physical bodies didn’t sustain much damage."

"That’s good."

As she looked at the document before her, Kotori Gokawa also let out a sigh of relief. Although she didn’t like the combat-obsessed style of the DEM Company, she wasn’t to the point of wishing death on others. However...

"What’s going on here? Who is that knight? Did it attack the mages?"

"Based on our judgment, it’s very likely another elf."

"Two elves appearing at the same time?"

Upon hearing this, Kotori Gokawa was finally taken aback.

"This has never happened before! Did you record the spiritual power fluctuations of this elf?"

"No."

Rion shook her head again, then opened another file. Soon enough, the chaotic spiritual power signals appeared before Kotori Gokawa.

"According to the records of DEM Company, after this elf appeared, all the spiritual power observation devices were interfered with. That’s why they were unable to track the whereabouts of these two elves. Only after the interference with the spiritual power observation devices subsided, it was deduced that the two elves must have returned to the Borderland."

"So there are elves like this..."

Hearing this, Kotori Gokawa’s expression turned serious. As a commander, she was certainly very aware of the traits of elves. But she had never seen such a strange and powerful elf before, not to mention two elves appearing and disappearing from the Present Realm at the same time... This matter was indeed very strange. But speaking of which...

"Do you know how they took down those mages?"

That elves possessed means enough to overwhelm mages didn’t surprise Kotori Gokawa; after all, even if mages had powers beyond ordinary people and the army, the strength of elves was far above them. But the issue was that earlier in the footage, Kotori Gokawa didn’t see any signs of attack, and those mages seemed to faint suddenly as if stricken by some disease, with no indication of external forces at play.

Of course, Kotori Gokawa had already ruled out the possibility that this was the work of the Hermit because, according to previous reports, the power wielded by the Hermit was supposed to be of the ice type, which in no way could have caused such an effect.

"The situation is unclear at the moment. According to the examination results from DEM, these mages didn’t sustain any physical injuries, but they seem to have been subjected to extreme mental stress and fear."

"Fear...? You’re not telling me those mages fainted from fright, are you?"

"......"

Faced with Kotori Gokawa’s incredulous rhetorical question, Rion silently nodded her head.

"...What does this mean? Could it be that the elf can invade the minds of others? If that’s the case, then it’s indeed troubling... But speaking of which, what is the elf’s level and codename?"

"The codename is Knight, comprehensive danger level A."

"Knight... Yes, it truly is a fitting title for such a knight."

Recalling the knight’s stance protecting the Hermit on the screen earlier, Kotori Gokawa nodded her head. Meanwhile, Rion sighed.

"...Haven’t you noticed yet, Kotori?"

"...What?"

"Here."

As she spoke, Rion rewound the footage to the moment when the two elves appeared in the Present Realm and then enlarged the screen.

"Didn’t you notice? This elf... judging by its physique, should be a male."

"...Eh?"

At that moment, Kotori’s expression finally froze.