207 – Main Villain (6)
For a wizard, the hand is one of the most essential bodily organs.
All magic ultimately comes through our fingertips.
All things like wands are just amplification tools.
In the end, how well you control your hands determines how good a wizard you are.
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— Evan thinks.
And in Evan’s opinion, Ian’s magic control ability is…
‘At least 10 degrees inside.’
It’s just that its destructive power is less than that of the Shale Cultists, but this child’s potential is so limitless that it’s truly admirable.
Has there ever been a time in recent times when Evan has pushed himself this far to the point of using [Shadow Clone]?
That was the reason.
— Crack!
This is why Evan crushed Ian’s hand.
It’s not just fun to watch, but it’s at a level that feels threatening.
Especially the last attack was dangerous.
That’s why he used ‘shadow replication’, even while wasting half of his power.
“You are so interesting.”
Crushed hands.
She looked at Ian, who was looking up at her without blinking, and Evan looked at him as if he was truly amazed.
It was pure admiration.
There are no people these days who can maintain that level of composure despite their tiny hands.
A broken hand means that there is a greater possibility that you will not be able to use magic in the future.
So, it is one of the two.
Do you know how to restore your hand?
Or he’s purely crazy.
And out of the two, it was Moore.
‘… He really seems like a proper Shale Cultist.’
Evan finally understood.
Ian. Ian Black Angus.
Why are the higher-ups so obsessed with this guy?
Her talent, personality and everything.
Suitable for shale bridge.
No. If you raise it properly, it might even reach the highest level.
I had that feeling for no reason.
Very vaguely, like a fragment.
“They must have felt something deeper while looking at you.”
“…….”
Evan raised the corner of his mouth as he looked at Ian who was just glaring at him.
These are truly rebellious eyes.
‘There was definitely a request to kill this guy.’
Requests arrived at the same time to the executives of Shaleam Bridge.
The client was clearly a cadet at the academy.
It was a huge request that didn’t miss anything, from the request money to the items.
While most people refused, one assassin stepped forward.
Well. The stupid b*tch who accepted the request was shattered to pieces by her blood girl.
‘Stupid.’
I guess I was so blinded by the gains in front of me that I couldn’t look up.
For those above, the academy is in fact a facility to pull out the ‘buds’ of Shaleam Bridge.
Of course, there are times like this when you have to make an elixir with them…
Ian is different.
So.
Evan has no intention of killing Ian.
Although I unintentionally gave up my power.
‘I guess you can see that I just crushed my hand.’
If it doesn’t work, there is a way to restore it by sacrificing a sprout.
“Don’t worry about your hands. If you behave well, I’ll put your clothes back on.”
“That’s such an honor.”
“hehehe. Yes. Let me know with honor.
Evan bent her neck a couple of times to stretch it.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve suffered damage like this, both physically and magically.
Has his physical condition dropped to less than half?
‘Anyway, this will be solved by making them into elixirs.’
Evan stared at the magic circle.
Numerous offerings.
All ingredients for an elixir for the cult leader.
This amount of damage can be easily recovered using only the scraps produced when making an elixir.
I’m angry that the magic circle collapsed, but it can be easily restored.
“I have obtained an unexpected harvest, so please take a look.”
Now, shall we knock this guy out and finish the job?
“Hmm.”
Evan let out a short sigh and hit Ian on the back of the head.
— Crack!
But there was something strange about the feeling of hitting.
“… What? Cough!”
Black smoke came out from where Ian’s head was.
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When the fight between Ian and Evan came to an end.
The rest of the team members who had crossed the wall were carefully approaching Ian.
— The Quagga River!
From their perspective, the fight between the two was fleeting.
A situation where numerous invisible numbers come and go in less than a minute.
Psychedelic magic using Sylvia’s light.
And hide traces of magical power using the shield effect of Elena’s divine power.
With the combination of the two skills, they were able to get close to the area while hiding their presence as much as possible.
— Crack!
She couldn’t even react when Ian grabbed her hand and cried out.
‘Ah… No!’
‘Everyone, please hide your presence. Even if I run out now, nothing will change. Ian’s life. That is our top priority.’
I just swallowed the moans that came out belatedly and approached Ian, who was in a desperate crisis.
This was possible thanks to Sylvia’s cool-headed judgment and leadership.
In fact, Sylvia’s psychological state was not at all clear.
She is no one else, she is the only one she opens her heart to.
Because Ian was being completely destroyed.
‘… No. ‘I need to come to my senses.’
But Sylvia held on to her sanity and continued her thoughts.
How to somehow get Ian out of captivity.
At that time.
A fruit that Ian found from the sewer came to mind.
– This is a ‘black peppercorn’, and when you explode it, quite toxic black smoke pours out. Like pepper spray, so to speak. If you light it on fire, it creates a small explosion, so it’s quite good at extinguishing aggro. Take care of them one by one.
Sylvia held onto Lina and explained her plan.
— … I aim for the opportunity when the opponent is about to finish like this. The only way to save Mr. Ian is with timing.
The moment when Evan tried to knock Ian unconscious.
— Whirr!
Silvia threw the black peppercorn with all her might.
Lina’s magic flew next, and black peppercorns exploded right in front of Evan’s eyes.
“… Damn it! What is this!”
While he was panicking, Elena rushed in.
“Haaa! Take it!”
Then he dragged Ian and threw him toward Sylvia and Lina.
— Tuk!
It was Sylvia and Lina who caught Ian.
Even though they stumbled, they managed to put Ian down on the floor.
Ian blinked and muttered.
“Thank you, everyone.”
“Of course!”
“That’s right! Thank you later and deal with it first…!”
Silvia, who was saying that, stopped talking.
Ian’s two broken hands.
There was no way he could use magic.
After wriggling his arm a few times, Ian smiled shyly.
“Sylvia, can you stop the bleeding?”
“…Yes, yes.”
Silvia gritted her teeth and wrapped the cloth around his hand.
The red blood that had been dripping onto the cloth stopped.
Sylvia didn’t know how Ian was feeling.
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A horribly damaged hand.
“Ha.”
I can’t help but sigh.
It is not despair over the fact that my hand is broken.
Rather than that…
‘How do I defeat that monster?’
I felt like I had encountered an impenetrable wall.
It’s been a while since I felt this way.
The problem is simple.
Hands are the only outlet for magical power.
Because it is broken, no magical power can be released.
“… Damn.”
As a workaround, you can somehow send it out with your wrist, but there is no point in doing so. Rather than having precise controls, it just gushes out like water from a tap.
Is it possible to strengthen the body through the body’s mana circuit?
But unless I have hands, there is no way for me to use the weapons available to me.
In the end, I am now no different from a cannon fodder.
‘It’s negative for power.’
After making my judgment, I took a step back.
And observe the situation.
Luckily, Evan was unconscious.
The sight of him blinking and sneezing constantly.
I had a rough idea of what had hit me.
‘I was hit directly by a black peppercorn.’
The effect of the fruit is quite absolute.
No matter how much you are a member of the Shaleam Bridge, if you are directly hit by an effect, there is bound to be a debuff for a certain period of time.
It must be thanks to him that Elena is somehow able to block the shadow bombardment.
Even so, it is only for a moment.
The effect of pepper is only a debuff, and Evan is not a person who can be put in danger by something like pepper.
Daesan attacks the shortcomings he felt while interacting with him.
“Sylvia! Absorbs all light from normal light sources.”
“… Light?”
“Uh! Remove all the light from Olgot! And Lina! Make the fireball fly. Make it as sparkly as possible!”
“Yes!”
The underground atmosphere changes in an instant.
All the shadows began to sway as if they were shaking.
A response came immediately from Evan.
“… You damn bastard!”
As expected.
I felt something while fighting just now.
His power is halved little by little in places where the shadow is light and unstable.
In this place where the world is dyed red by Lina’s flame, the infinitely faint shadows flickering from random light sources are Evan’s power decline.
— Kaga River!
The proof is that Elena, who was completely on the defensive, is regaining her balance.
The problem is.
‘There is nothing to deliver the final blow.’
I need the skill to grab and shake Evan, but I don’t have it.
Moreover, he was completing the magic circle lazily.
We must strike Evan’s body to prevent the operation of that magic circle.
‘If only I could use magic.’
Or at least if Danya had been there.
… No. Come to your senses.
I immediately shook my head and brushed off the meaningless assumption.
At that time.
“Nyaan!”
A cat lying in the magic circle jumped into the air.
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A cat covered in cheese-colored fur.
“…Danya?”
Various fruits poured down from the body of the cat that jumped high towards Evan.
Fruits with properties such as ignition, explosion, cutting, stunning, etc.
After checking the fruit, I reflexively shouted.
“Lina! Let it explode!”