‘Already stop using poison gas! No, is this a little different… … ?!’
I minimized my breathing and checked the concentration of polluted magic power in the air.
‘Did you apply the twisted magic of this forest? It’s much weaker than the original.’
The poison gas that appeared in the second half of the original story had the power to instantly kill anyone with low resistance. However, even Mi-ryung, who is sensitive to changes in magical power, was only able to endure the current poison gas, only in pain. Even so, it is safe to say that the fighting ability has been lost.
“Caspal! Neutralize the air by creating fog! Only you!”
I shouted at Proud’s communication seat.
“Ah, I see!”
Caspal, who always seemed tired and lacking motivation, heard a shrill reply from nearby.
“Cover, hide, reap… … !”
Caspal grabbed his right hand and started memorizing the routine. The flow of air around it became rough, and soon a strong wind of fog rose around Caspal. And quickly covered the siege of students.
“Ugh, coke! Whoa, whoops… … . Heo Eo Eok… … !”
“hahahaha. Lord, I thought I was going to die!”
The magic of the atmosphere was neutralized by the fog of Caspal, and the students who had collapsed barely regained their stability. However, Mi-ryung, who was sensitive, had already vomited and was completely exhausted, so the limit was to barely stand with Dimitri’s support.
“I’m sorry. I have become a burden… … .”
“There is no reason to be sorry. You did better than anyone else.”
I replied to Mi-ryung and stared straight ahead. He used the fog to neutralize his mana and gain his sight. Now all you have to do is wait for it to show up.
“Your location is known. come out.”
I said, aiming the gun at the silhouette that was reflected in the fog. The silhouette paused for a moment, then slowly came this way.
“You’re doing quite well. I am also an iron-blooded knight.”
The man who appeared was wearing a gas mask resembling a bird’s beak, reminiscent of a 19th-century plague doctor. The clothes were camouflage clothes almost the same color as the leaves of the forest, and it reminded me of a modern soldier. However, it is ironic that the weapon he is holding is not a gun but a crossbow. It’s like a mix between a soldier and a hunter.
“But thanks to you, I can take off this stuffy mask.”
The man took off his mask. He had three lines of camouflage on his elf-like white cheeks, and sure enough, he had elf-specific long ears.
“Welcome to my forest.”
The man welcomed him with open arms. I knew this man
“… … Where do you belong?”
“Can’t you tell me?”
The man laughed at my questioning and shook his head.
“… … Parabellum?”
To that man, I told him the name I had heard in my second generation.
“what. You know.”
The man was puzzled and admired.
He is the last remaining elf, called Lenny.
In the original story, he was a man who was a lieutenant of Iron Blood. But it wasn’t the ‘enemy’ like now.
He helped Eugene’s revolutionary army and remained a new iron-blooded military officer even after the revolution ended.
‘I wonder if Parabellum’s subordinates remained inside until the end. Without even knowing the reality.’
No matter how you look at it, the original ending is not a happy ending. I just didn’t notice the dark darkness.
“It was originally unplanned, but I came this far because you participated. Shall we say this far… … . Actually, this is my hometown, so I think I will come back someday anyway.”
“I don’t know what you mean.”
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Was it under the influence of distorted magic, or was it originally like this? Lenny came up to me talking gibberish. Proud and the students around him were nervous and alert.
I gripped my sword lightly——.
“It would have been arbitrary to come in, but to go out… … ”
As if to cut off Lenny’s words, he cut the waist diagonally. A commotion broke out among the students.
“Have you done it?”
Confused, Proud asked. I shook my head and looked at the Lenny I had cut down.
“Welcome.”
Lenny’s corpse, no, the phantom of the corpse, was swept away by the mist in a cloud of smoke.
“… … Annoying!”
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I felt the presence of something behind me and turned around to slash. It split the tree trunk that had been reaching for my back into two parts and hit it straight away.
“I’m glad you guys reacted worse than me.”
I sarcastically joked with the students who had not grasped the situation and were hardened.
“It’s not acceptable to try to block it, but get stabbed and die instead.”
As soon as these words were finished, the forest attacked us.
“Stay out of the fog! Intercept the attack and narrow the range! It’s the same as before!”
Following Proud’s command, we slowly made our way into the forest again. Tree trunks and roots attacked sharply, but no one was weak enough to be pierced right there.
“Wow! Ah, go, thank you… … .”
“Keep your guard up. If you inhale the smoke, it is poisonous. Hold your breath.”
Even if there was, a colleague next to him helped. Proud’s flame could turn a tree trunk into a powerless pile of ashes in an instant.
“You said there was a force behind it.”
Proud, who helped his junior, looked forward and asked.
“It did. Didn’t you believe it?”
“At first I thought I didn’t know, but now I’m sure I have.”
In front of Proud’s feet lay the remnants of Saratov, who died because they could not withstand the pollution of magic.
“Because there’s no way I could do something like this to an ally.”
To them, the remnants of Saratov would have been just one of the available chess pieces. It would have been regarded as an existence that did not matter whether it was dead or alive.
“Disgusting.”
Proud was genuinely offended by that attitude.
He decided to come under my command now, but in the future he would have become a knight commander and lead his subordinates like he is now. He couldn’t tolerate such waste.
“Then Proud.”
I called out to Proud, frowning in anger.
“Would you like to burn everything?”
And he made an offer that would surely be tempting.
“Are you burning the forest?”
“okay. Start here and burn them all in a fan shape.”
I said, extending my arms toward the forest beyond the fog.
“Are you okay? You said that the twisted magic tree is harmful… … .”
“Has that attack already happened? As long as Caspal can keep up the fog, I don’t care.”
Whether it comes out by burning or is emitted artificially like now, the root is both distorted magic. As I expected, it would be possible to neutralize it with Caspal’s Fog.
“Caspal. how is it?”
“I’m a little tired, but I’ll be fine for the next hour or so.”
I’m sorry to burden Caspal more than he is now, but it’s better than procrastination.
“Think of it as a reward for asking me a cheeky question. request.”
“… … Big hum. All right.”
A raspy voice came through the communications seat.
“O flame that burns what is wrong, kindle according to my will… … .”
Proud recited a routine and started pouring flame into his sword.
Most of the nobles, even if they were proficient in mana handling, recited a routine for stability when using large-scale magic. However, Proud never recited the routine because ‘it serves as an opportunity to predict my actions’.
“… … All for Sangvis.”
The blow he prepared by breaking the rules he set for himself and reciting a routine was——.
“Burn up!”
Following the trajectory of the swinging sword, it spread out in a fan shape, burning the forest in front of it.
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Trees that could not overcome the heat and wind pressure were broken, smashed, and turned into ashes. They collided with each other and became a huge mass of flame.
Unable to control its own momentum, it burned so fiercely that Proud’s flame died out after creating a huge fan-shaped clearing that could no longer burn.
It was the same power as a strategic weapon, invisible to the individual.
“… … You mean, didn’t you just use it when fighting me?”
I don’t think I’ve ever written anything like this before. Was it saved for balance? To be honest, it felt a bit scary.
“Huh, huh, huh… … . Whoa… … .”
“Proud? Are you okay?”
For a while, Proud’s condition was strange. As if he couldn’t control his magical energy, he was breathing heavily as he burned his uniform. The rebound seemed to come from using too big a technique.
“Calm down, ugh, it’s hot! Are you okay, Proud?!”
“hahahaha… … . hahahaha. It seems that the lifespan is reduced by one year.”
“… … There’s no need to be so pushy. Proud. Don’t do that next time.”
I said forcefully to Proud, who smiled and evaded it.
“Don’t overdo it until I tell you to.”
“… … sorry.”
Proud, who had come to his senses a little, apologized shyly.
“still… … .”
And as if to add something, he glanced at me slightly. I nodded my permission.
“I feel good.”
“… … That’s it.”
Is that what you mean at best? I chuckled. And he moved forward, which turned into a wasteland.
“Actually, it was something that should be praised rather than criticized, but I’m sorry.”
“Just saying that is enough… … hmm?”
Proud realized belatedly that a voice was coming from the communication seat and held it. Smoke billowed from the communication seat, which had been overheated by the attack earlier.
“It’s Caspal, but there’s a problem.”
Caspal’s voice was slightly altered by the heat.
“As for the place I just burned, the heat is so strong I can’t let go of the fog. I can’t purify the miasma in that area with my own abilities. The miasma is coming, but it can be stopped.”
“ah.”
Proud made a bewildered noise. And he looked at me with a face as if he had lost his country.
“hmm. I didn’t think of this.”
If you think about it, it was only natural. Sometimes in life you make mistakes.
“Uh, what should I do?”
“Well, it’s okay. Then ask if you can send fog up there.”
“Caspal, is it possible upstairs?”
“It is possible, but… … Does it make sense?”
“Please, just in case. And be nice to Dimitri.”
“Dimitri? that bestiality… … No, you mean special taste? Even if you suddenly ask me to be close… … .”
“Noisy. It is an order.”
When I suddenly interrupted and gave a strange order, Caspal was dumbfounded, but eventually replied that he knew. Rather, are you calling Dimitri a bestial? Words are harsh.
Anyway, with this, everything is ready. I stepped into a wasteland filled with heat.
“Woe, Crown Prince! The miasma is dangerous!”
“It can be done somehow with magic. You guys don’t follow me.”
Enveloping all the nerves of my body with mana, I was able to ignore the influence of the distorted mana from the outside.
“Lenny. come out. Let’s fight fair and square. Only you and I can fight here.”
I pointed my sword in front of him and provoked him.
It didn’t take long for the elf to emerge from the heat.