“Ask me one thing, Caspal. Were you there in your mother’s last days?”
“… … yes.”
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Caspal, who was stunned and sat down, gave a small answer.
“What did you say?”
“I said sorry.”
“Didn’t you say you regretted it?”
“… … .”
At my question, Caspal was silent for a moment.
“You said you have no regrets.”
After some hesitation, the answer came in the affirmative.
“Right.”
The frustrating question was solved.
“Your mother’s death was an honorable death.”
Those who became mothers did not regret their deaths. I am not resentful.
“Your goddamn brother is insulting that death.”
It is just being used in an imperfect state. Rather, it may be that now, when he has regained his humanity, even slightly, it has become more difficult to deal with.
“Let’s apologize with death and make everything right.”
Chaosium Yeon Seong-jin was never useless. Now I just cut it.
“Stop insulting the deceased, Felix.”
I confronted Felix. And he slowly drew his sword. Felix stared at me quietly. Blood was slowly dripping from his fingers drop by drop, so he could use blood magic at any time.
“My teammates all seem to be exhausted and it’s going to be one-on-one. There will be no complaints.”
“There are two of us, if that’s okay with you.”
One more drop of blood fell into the shadows, and at the same time a black mist covered the field of view, and the final battle began.
‘If I had known this would happen, I would not have thrown the gas mask away.’
If you adjust your breathing, as you did in the elven forest before, you will be able to resist the black mist tolerably. Compared to the stuffiness of wearing a gas mask, both are uncomfortable, but having to consciously control your breathing was more annoying than I thought.
‘On the contrary, it might be okay to be calm.’
His vision was limited, but with the boosted senses, he was able to grasp the surroundings to some extent, just like when Caspal used fog.
‘However, if you can sense chaos, which is an energy different from magic… … !’
Spinal cord reflex danger signal flowed sharply. I jumped back convulsively, and at the same time a black mist swirled like a column right where I had just been standing.
If you get hit with that, you’re sure to die instantly. I knew it instinctively.
“I was seriously thinking of killing him. As expected, the person who inherited the blood of the emperor is amazing.”
“… … That’s really bloody.”
Felix’s figure was dimly reflected in the black mist. It was also possible to confirm the existence of a mother nearby.
“My mother seems confused, so I need to finish it as soon as possible.”
Felix raised the knife. Then he cut off another finger of his own.
“Don’t be afraid of death. You will be able to move again soon.”
The black mist turned into a storm.
‘Crazy thing, he’s good at cutting off his own fingers!’
As soon as Felix cut off his finger, a storm of black mist struck.
I held my breath and looked around. It was not something that could be endured by ordering breathing.
‘It’s all dark, I can’t see. where are you… … ?!’
At that moment, a hand with only three fingers came out of the darkness and grabbed my wrist.
“… … !”
I hurriedly shook it off and swung my sword towards it. However, Bay had no sense.
‘It’s the same feeling as when cutting a black beast… … ? Could it be that he has become one with the shadow?’
The worst case came to mind.
‘… … no! that’s impossible! It’s a bluff!’
There was no way that Felix, whose limit was making deals, would be able to do that. It is clear that he created a black beast in his own form in exchange for his severed finger.
‘Then I’ll just cut you as many times as you like!’
I cut off the approaching hand several times in the black fog. However, all I could feel was the familiar feeling of cutting through the air.
“You are annoying… … !”
does not materialize In the first place, he only stretched out his hand, but it wasn’t even a proper attack. Felix didn’t have to force himself to attack.
Being surrounded by a high concentration of black fog that made it impossible to see an inch ahead, I was taking enough damage just in this situation.
“Kuk, cool look!”
When he coughed, a small amount of blood came out. It’s like this even if you’re breathing. Even if you wear a gas mask, you won’t be able to withstand this level of concentration. Other co-workers were worried.
‘Damn it, you’re using dirty tricks.’
Black fog, chaos is noise. Prevents magic detection.
It was not easy to figure out where Felix’s body was.
It is meaningless even if you cut off the hand of the dead, the black beast that keeps attacking you.
‘Is there any way to break through this situation? Come up with it. strategy… … !’
I desperately searched for a way, letting my senses run wild.
‘Double barrel shotgun, it worked!’
“Borland! Throw your weapon this way!”
I shouted at the same time as making a conclusion. Right after that, with the sound of knowing, I immediately snatched the double barrel shotgun that flew from behind.
As soon as I received it, I was blown away first. Along with the heavy explosion sound, I felt a much stronger recoil than I thought——the black fog in front of me dissipated.
‘I didn’t know this would help!’
I have no idea what kind of gunpowder is put in the bullet to achieve this effect. But what was certain was that it could be used effectively.
‘If it’s a matter of how many more feet I can use, it’s a problem, but… … !’
Judging by the weight, it’s about 3 feet. I moved toward the clearing of the black fog and focused on detecting magical power. Then, he fired the double barrel shotgun in the direction where he felt Felix’s magical power, albeit weakly.
“What?!”
It didn’t fit. But then came Felix’s panicked voice. Close. I slid as if sliding in the direction the black fog lifted.
There, as if I expected it, it immediately jumped out of my hand as if it was trying to grab me.
I ignored it and pointed my double barrel shotgun in the exact opposite direction.
The three-fingered hands of the dead pulled the trigger at the same time as they choked me.
At the same time as my body was pushed back by the recoil that seemed to explode,
“Ahhhhh !!
I heard Felix’s tearing screams.
“Huh, huh. Damn it… … !”
It wasn’t a direct hit. But I couldn’t stop it completely.
On the other side of the black shield, which had been cracked and shattered here and there, Felix clutched his bloody shoulder and glared at him like he was going to die.
“What is it, that ridiculous weapon!!”
“We have to fight against technology that is not even funny with weapons that are not even funny.”
I wiped the blood from my mouth and aimed at Felix again.
“… … under. It just went well.”
I was going to shoot him while he was talking, but unfortunately there were no more bullets left. Could it be that there were only two left instead of three? Or maybe it just got shot.
“You will regret making me bleed more… … !”
This weapon can no longer be used. I threw the double barrel shotgun to the floor. Felix, who was covered in blood in front of me, prepared a more powerful blood magic using the blood. The blood that had fallen to the floor pulsated ominously, and the shadows boiled over.
‘Is this how it ends? Although I thought the ending was decided from the beginning.’
“Caspal, come this way!”
I called out to Caspal. Now, there is only one way left.
“Purify with the magic of your fog!”
It was something Caspal had failed in the past.
“… … That is impossible.”
When I called, Caspal, who had come reluctantly, spoke in a small weary voice.
“This is what happened because that didn’t work in the first place.”
Caspal shook his head as he took off his gas mask with a damaged filter. However, he looked at the black fog with an expression as if he had made up his mind.
“Please run away because I will kill time.”
“Run away?”
“Then please close this abandoned mine completely. That is the only answer to this situation.”
Making the decision to sacrifice himself, Caspal began to gather mana. A storm of black mist approached right before my eyes. It was about to swallow us all.
And I know Caspal’s noble sacrifice,
“Who are you giving orders to, Caspal?”
With the authority of the crown prince, he firmly refused.
“This is the best decision possible under the current circumstances! Please understand!”
“I told you to push it away with your fog. How do you know without trying?”
“I have already failed! This is the best I can do!”
Caspal desperately blocked the approaching black mist. However, earning a very short time seemed to be the limit due to lack of ability.
“That was then, and now is now. Things are completely different.”
It was ‘as it seems now’.
“I’ll cast a spell on you, so try to win this time.”
“yes… … ?”
I put my hand on the stomach of Caspal, who was stretching his arm. And I closed my eyes.
‘The fundamentals are not different from what I did to Katyusha before. The magic nerve amplifies.’
“Ugh?! Woe, Crown Prince. what the hell is this… … !”
“You can do it. Trust my eyes that see people.”
I connected to Caspal’s body electricity to open the suppressed nerves and amplify the signal. I executed the release of the limiter, which I had been doing all along, to others. It was a dangerous job where even the slightest mistake could lead to death, but——I finished the unlock safely.
“… … Whoa.”
However, due to too much concentration, by the time I finished canceling Caspal’s limit, I was completely exhausted and on the verge of collapsing. It was the same with Katyusha, but this is not something people would do. Especially since I wasn’t in a sensory deprivation bathtub like that time.
“The magic is overflowing… … . Crown Prince, what happened just now… … .”
“I don’t think you can afford to listen to them one by one.”
I replied angrily to Caspal, who was astonished at the change in my body.
“Tell me one thing. Run wild as much as you want. Big Nose Hurt Me don’t die in a hurry huh?”
And he sat down with one last word. The strength in my legs went away. It’s because I was very nervous that I might have accidentally killed myself before.
“… … All right.”
Caspal nodded and moved on. It was a face of hopeless determination. And standing before his mists and enveloping gray whirlwinds,
“Cover it.”
He recited a very short routine.
Fog like a storm covered the space.
The entire field of view was dyed white.
‘… … I thought he died in an instant.’
It was a completely white space that made me think it was something like the afterlife. The familiar magic I felt in the fog proved that I was still who I was, and that the place hadn’t changed.
‘It looks like it was transported to a completely different place.’
I understood that by reason, but I couldn’t believe it was the same place. It felt like my body was recognizing that this wasn’t the same place as before.
‘Is this a space that Caspal can create when he shows his sincerity?’
It was to the extent that it was thought to be a kind of barrier rather than a simple fog-covered space.
‘Even so, it’s great. This… … Even I don’t know what is what.’
Everything that covered this space was weak magic, so it was almost impossible to detect it like before. The sound was also barely audible. It felt like I was left alone in a large space.
‘… … So I know it’s great, but I don’t know what’s going on.’
I once strengthened my vision. I didn’t know how to detect it with magic, but it was a judgment that it might look like physical reinforcement.
‘It looks blurry at least.’
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At the end of a barely-there boost, something was barely visible. Being able to see only this much even after canceling the human limit with boost was virtually impenetrable.
‘… … In a way, it’s not that different from the black fog.’
With that thought in mind, I cautiously moved forward. When I was walking in the white space, it felt like a lie that I had fought until just before I was enveloped in fog.
‘Come to think of it, the wound doesn’t hurt anymore.’
The magic of water has a healing effect. The pain I had felt until just before I could no longer feel it. Eroded by the black mist, the nauseous sensation disappeared.
‘It might be a loss if I heal Felix as well. If it stops the bleeding, is that an advantage?’
While wandering so slowly through the fog, I finally found something.
“… … .”
The first to enter was Caspal, who was staring straight ahead with her eyes narrowed.
In the middle of the swirling fog, Caspal stood with his white hair and clothes fluttering. Its appearance seemed to transcend human beings somewhere, like an elf or a spirit.
‘The white beast.’
It was to the point that such a word came to my mind inadvertently.
‘Basically, it also has the property of healing, so it can be developed to that extent. I envy that.’
I had to restrain myself to some extent because there was a possibility that my body wouldn’t be able to withstand it when I fully deployed my magic power. It is unreasonable to release it completely like that.
But now this is not important. In front of Caspal——.
“… … .”
There was a black beast, a mother.
Caspal narrowed his eyes and stared at the mother-to-be. The mother-to-be didn’t do anything special and was quietly staring at Caspal.
“mother.”
Caspal raised his sword. And prepared to attack. It was a unique posture that was completely different from the ritual swordsmanship he had seen consistently.
Caspal moved. I couldn’t even hear footsteps.
When I recognized Caspal again——.
“… … sorry.”
It was after Caspal’s sword completely penetrated the mother’s chest.