Joint Combat Practice 2 (15)
The secluded hallway of the Glockt Hall.
It’s in a corner, so few people come and go, but there was a girl leaning against a wall and looking up at the ceiling.
The blood oozing out of her body forms a puddle.
“coup… black… Cool… .”
The feeling of choking in the throat does not go away even when I cough.
Adele brushes her blood-stained hair and looks down at her right wrist.
Right wrist engraved with the protection of the Holy Law. At some point, the engraving disappeared.
I tried my best to protect Adele until the end in the time that went round and round, but no matter how much protection of the Holy Beops, I couldn’t stand the repeated use of the Holy Beops on this scale.
Now, Adele has become a ‘deathable’ body.
It is a goal that has only been reached after dozens of regressions. It felt strangely refreshing, but I couldn’t be happy with that.
Adele leaned against the wall and smiled slowly.
Blood continues to flow. It felt like my mind was getting more and more fuzzy.
* * *
“Ed… why ed… !”
Headaches and chills take over the body. Nausea was about to come up, but I clenched my teeth and held it in.
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Memories that go through my mind… . These are the records of the past returned by Adele’s Aspect Magic.
Aspect magic reverses the world’s time in a fair way, but it’s not irresistible until the memory evaporates. Don’t you have all the memories of the time that Saint Clarisse went back right now?
The reason Clarisse was able to resist Adele’s Aspect magic was because it was, after all, a magic based on the rites of ordinances.
Since it is an aspect magic that was expressed by Adele’s divine power, if there is any kind of holy law that neutralizes all kinds of holy magic, that power does not work fully.
In addition, there are many cases where the Aspect Magic itself does not fully work on those with a certain degree of resistance. Even if it’s not the protection of the Holy Law.
It was something I read in Gloct’s book, An Introduction to Apologetics.
knowledge is power
If you have the ability to manifest the Aspect Magic, you will most likely be able to resist the Aspect Magic.
Of course, if there is a difference in strength or scale, it cannot be completely defended. You can still weaken, create gaps, or struggle.
After all, there are very few people who can properly handle Aspect Magic in the present age, so it’s a meaningless fact.
“Ugh, uh… .”
The memories that go through my head are painful for the most part.
To die by being crushed by a building, to be burned to death, to be pierced to death by a spear, to be pierced by scales, or to die slowly from excessive bleeding… .
The memories of death that I had experienced dozens of times felt like a vivid reality. He clenched his teeth and clenched his fists on the table.
Yenika rubs my back in surprise, but for the time being, I have to endure the pain by clenching her teeth tightly.
At that time, Saint Clarisse was already approaching her nose.
The terrifyingly pure white hair and the contrasting red eyes. A red bow-shaped hairpin hung crookedly on one side of her head. As the memories of the girl who shared that end over and over again were imprinted, she pushed her body further into pain.
“Eh, Ed-senpai… .”
-widely.
He grabbed Clarisse’s wrist. It happened in an instant.
I staggered to my feet, sweating profusely. The eyes around me turned to me, but I looked at Clarisse and spoke clearly.
“This is probably your last chance.”
At those words, Clarisse’s eyes slowly widened. It was a face that clearly showed the feeling of disbelief.
“Ed-senpai… energy… billion… ?”
“hour.”
I somehow managed to catch the breath that stopped and spoke clearly.
“It is a race against time. ASAP, ASAP… We must take the molar necklace.”
Obviously, I was introduced to Aspect Magic through Glockt’s book.
However, he was not yet able to increase his sensitivity to Aspect Magic. I’m not sure why I was able to resist Adele’s Aspect magic now, but I had to do what I could right now.
“Ed… !”
As I stumbled, Yenica quickly supported me.
Clarisse also looked restless in front of him. The students around us were already staring at us with their eyes wide open. It is a picture of Jenica and Clarisse rolling on their feet.
Clarisse also seemed to be greatly embarrassed by the fact that my memory was intact, but I couldn’t afford to question that right now. She had thoroughly learned through many crises.
If you’re short on time, make sure you prioritize your work.
The urgent thing right now is to stop the Holy Hwang and the Archbishop.
“Ed-senpai… Then come on to the carriage… !”
“Sister, get on your wagon and head to the cathedral immediately. I will go by myself.”
“yes?”
“There is no time. You must leave early. Listen to me, Madame.”
He seemed to want to ask why he was leaving, but he didn’t have time to explain it leisurely. He just told Clarisse briefly and boldly what she had to do.
Clarisse then nodded and quickly ran towards the carriage.
In an instant, he gave orders to the coachman and escort knights, and the carriage ran towards the Haksa Cathedral.
“Ed… What was just… .”
Of course, the eyes of the students pouring down like arrows are still there. Suddenly, a saint appeared, talked to me, and moved quickly according to my instructions. It is a strange situation for anyone to see.
The same goes for Yenika, looking at me with a puzzled face. After I left, I placed my hands on Yenika’s shoulders.
“Ah, sh… Why all of a sudden… !”
“I have to go to the church right now.”
In the endless repetition of time, the beginning has always been the same.
Saint Clarisse tells the story of the repeated time and my service number, and drags him to the carriage saying it is a waste of time.
And moving in the wagon, organizing your thoughts, and having time to understand the situation.
However, the speed of the wagon is slow. The help of the spirits of Yenica who can ignore the terrain and fly away is desperately needed.
“suddenly… ? Ed… You have to practice joint combat… !”
“I can’t go into detail right now, but it’s really, really important.”
“If Ed says so… I can’t help it, but… Even though… .”
If I wanted to explain anything, I had to do it while moving.
The surest solution is to run to the northern forest and summon Lucy. I just did that in the previous round.
Lucy Meirl is a huge powerhouse with no one to properly deal with in this academy. It is like a bulldozer, or cheat, that cuts through any dead ends.
With Lucy, both the apostles of Telos and Archbishop Verdio can be defeated in an instant.
However, the goal is not to subdue them. It’s not an annihilation battle, it’s a time attack.
You must seize Velbrok’s molar necklace as soon as possible and place it as far away from Aken Island as possible.
How far away do I have to put it so that it doesn’t react with the seal… I don’t even know that. It may not be in units of several kilometers, or it may be necessary to carry it to another territory altogether.
I can’t guarantee how much time it will take. If I could go back in time and try various things, I might be able to figure it out exactly, but in a situation where Adele’s life is at stake, it can’t be.
I really have to think that this is the last time.
That’s why I don’t have time to run to the northern forest to call Lucy. It would be better to run to the cathedral at that time and seize Velbrok’s molars as quickly as possible, even for a second.
After that, he runs away from Aken Island with his molars as far as possible. The apostle of Telos thinks then. Once you stop the resurrection of Sung Chang-ryong, nothing will happen.
and… At the beginning of every return, Yenika was always closest.
Saint Clarisse, who is the subject of the return, has no acquaintance with her at all, so she would have had no choice but to focus on convincing and taking me.
I couldn’t help it, just being dragged around in a bewildered state. but now… Things have completely changed.
“I know you’re busy, but… Ed, you look bad right now. I’m not overdoing it… ?”
Saying that, Yenika gathered the power of the spirits. It was a fairly large amount of magic power enough to summon a lieutenant spirit, but it doesn’t seem particularly difficult.
As far as spirits go, she is a girl who shows a phenomenal level of sensitivity.
Before long, a huge hawk made of water spreads its huge wings. A damp wind blew around the bench.
Yenica quickly climbed onto the hawk. It wasn’t a huge hawk, but it was big enough for two people to ride.
Yenika reached out on top of the hawk, and I took it and rode it together. As soon as I flapped my wings and started floating little by little, I found it difficult to balance, so I wrapped my arms around Yenika’s waist.
“Hib!”
Yenika shrugged her shoulders and hiccuped. I wondered if it was because of the sudden overlap of bodies. However, it was difficult to take care of my mental state now.
As I flew through the sky, I saw the carriage of a saint running busily below me.
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Me and Yenika rode on the back of a hawk, ignoring buildings and roads, and flew straight to the Bachelor’s Cathedral in the distance.
“Listen, Yenika.”
“Yes?! yes! I’m listening! Ed!”
Yenica looked flustered, perhaps embarrassed by the way I wrapped her arms around her. I wasn’t very at peace either.
“From now on, I will follow in the footsteps of the Holy Hwang and the Archbishop.”
At those words, Yenika’s ears, which had been slightly red, returned to their original pale skin color.
“what?”
“If you don’t move quickly, you too will become hostile to both of you. When I arrive and I get off, quickly fly again before anyone sees it.”
Only then did Yenika realize that the situation was more serious than she thought, and she turned around. When I turn my body while holding my back, it becomes a hugging posture.
The sudden eye contact made Yenica tremble, but now there is a more important story.
“That means… Are you talking about leaving Ed behind and going back to the Glouct House?”
“Although it’s been over a year, you even have a record of being severely disciplined by the disciplinary committee. If you buy more than this… .”
“Ed.”
He stopped talking like Yenica. It’s obvious what it means to look at me as it is.
“Look at the situation and judge for yourself, Yenika. If you do something wrong, you will be expelled.”
“I don’t know what I’m going to do with Seonghwang-nim and Archbishop, but Ed has a record of severe disciplinary action as well. If you make a mistake, you will be expelled from school just like Ed.”
“I am ready to take it.”
“It’s the same with me.”
Yenika looks straight into my eyes and speaks.
“Even if you become a fugitive, you can’t let Ed alone.”
He was nowhere to be seen, always crouching and staring at the people around him, and there was a strong will in his eyes.
“If you are going to be expelled, do it together. It might be less embarrassing if the two of us suffer together.”
“Aren’t you talking too carelessly… ? If things go wrong here, I could end up being a fugitive, being pursued by the denomination.”
“Isn’t it possible to think about countermeasures at that time? If you are a fugitive… I’ll run away together. My home town in Pulan is so remote that it will be hard to find if you hide there.”
Continuing to make eye contact. Perhaps Yenica is sincere.
If you fall into the abyss, I’m ready to fall with you.
There is no sense of incongruity when he talks so coolly.
“Or maybe it’s safer to walk in the desert or the lawless side of the desert. It’s okay to put on the robe deeply, and paste it in your mouth while the two of you work hard to make a request or perform a task.”
“hey… .”
“That’s what I’m thinking, so don’t think about going alone. Ed.”
Yenika seems to be reading my thoughts.
“Did you suffer alone again?”
“What?”
“Now I know, just look at Ed’s face.”
What is imprinted in the memory is the death of more than a dozen times. All of them were in pain, and just accepting those memories drove them to a state of exhaustion.
Yenika raises her eyes and speaks sadly.
“I hate to see Ed suffer.”
“… … .”
Ignoring the terrain, it flew through the sky and moved. It didn’t take a while, but it quickly got closer to the sky above the Haksa Cathedral.
“Are you prepared?”
“It’s nagging to say two things.”
“… then… Let’s break the stained glass side and enter.”
A request to break the huge glass of the Bachelor’s Cathedral and raid the inside out of nowhere.
From Jenica’s point of view, who can’t figure out the full story, it might look like crazy, but…
“okay.”
– Clap! Kaga, go, go, go!
The hawk’s body pierced the stained glass of the Bachelor’s Cathedral with precision.
* * *
After that, it was a breeze.
A surprise attack is key when you are just starting out.
The moment the huge window shattered, and the shattered glass fell to the floor.
I jumped off the hawk, rolled the floor a few times, and looked up at the podium.
Devotees sitting in the chapel and Archbishop Verdio on the podium. And the booming Eldane sitting at the back of the podium and checking the plan.
Everyone is stunned by the sudden situation, but the moment of embarrassment is their only chance.
I jumped up year by year, kicking Verdio’s stomach and pushing him away.
Unable to even think of defending against the sudden surprise, Verdio groaned and rolled over the podium.
As soon as they saw it, the apostles of Telos drew their weapons and stood up. I checked the collar of Velbroque’s molars, which was tucked away on the podium.
He quickly snatches the string from the necklace and picks it up… It was hung around the neck of the hawk that Yenika summoned. The length of the string of Velbrok’s molar necklace, a legendary relic, increases according to the size of the neck.
It was a bit tight, but it was neatly hung around the hawk’s neck.
“You guys… how… .”
I quickly got back on the hawk’s back. Originally, they were going to use magic equipment, but if Yenica helps up to this point, it’s a completely different story.
He rode his hawk like this and flew to the outside of Aken Island. Preventing the resurrection of Seongchang Dragon Velbrok is the top priority.
I’ll think about taking over the work later. Now is not the time to try out several gamblers and find the most efficient route. Adele’s life can no longer be secured.
I threw the dagger on the floor and stuck it in. Spirit Ceremony – An explosion appears and the podium is covered with smoke.
The apostles of Telos quickly manifested their magical powers and removed the smoke, but Yenica’s hawk was already flying in the sky.
cut through the windows After that, they hugged Yenika’s body tightly and flew side by side.
The apostles of Telos spread their wings and flew through the sky. They all have the ability to fly through their gigantic wings. I thought it flew pretty quickly, but the distance from the pursuing apostles decreased faster than I thought.
“Yenika!”
We had to talk as if screaming at the sound of the flapping of our collars in the wind.
“If we go on like this, we will catch up… ! Lower your altitude first!”
What does altitude have to do with pursuit? Yenika wanted to ask that question, but it was quicker to look down.
Excellent flying ability that can carry people. A spirit equipped with it is very useful, but it consumes a lot more mana than normal spirits to manifest and maintain. A normal elemental would be exhausted just by maintaining flight for a few minutes.
Of course, Yenika is a person with unbelievable magical efficiency when it comes to elemental magic. It would be able to fly for several kilometers with no problem. We flew away for a while, smashing our foreheads in the wind.
“Because I was sitting blankly in front of the Glockt tube until 10 minutes ago—!”
It would have been nothing like the blue sky. Even so, Yenica focused on her spirits while holding it down.
Six apostles flapping their wings and dividing the sky. He started shooting all kinds of elemental magic towards us as we moved here and there.
He was avoiding magic by twisting the wires, but there was a limit to how he could endure it.
Eventually, the basic wind magic, ‘Wind Blade’, hit the hawk’s back, and the hawk we were riding on was instantly reconciled to an element and disappeared.
The refreshing sensation of floating in the sky dominated the body for a while, but soon gravity began to play its role again.
―Fabababak!
The sound of flapping collars.
While floating in the air, I quickly snatched Velbrok’s molar necklace floating in the air.
Just as it was about to fall to the ground, Yenika, who was holding my collar, put her hand in her arms.
And as they fall together, they whisper in their ear.
“Edgar will take care of the backseat… ?”
“What..?”
“I trust Ed, so I’ll do it.”
What you took out of my arms… ‘Glast’s Golden Phoenix Ring’.
As Yenika reaches towards the sky with the ring clenched in her fist… the sky is gone
―Gugugugugugugugugung.
Although they are expressed collectively as a single word, wings, their types are different.
From small insects, sparrows, bats… From eagles, pterosaurs, to skeleton birds… . Wings of different shapes cover the world.
However, the one that boasts the most overwhelming majesty among them is… it’s a whale
It’s a clear day.
However, the sun’s light does not reach the bachelor.
Only a huge shadow reveals darkness to the bachelor.
Elemental types are diverse in terms of entities and types, but there are entities that can only exist once for each element.
Elementalists are called ‘highest spirits’.
Those individuals that some callers call the first spirits… Among the spirits corresponding to that element, they were the first to gain life.
The highest water spirit, Friede.
A gigantic whale floating in the sky above the bachelor roared. It sounds like a magnificent horn.
It moves firmly among the numerous flying spirits flying around. It reminds me of a mothership with many escort ships.
Even the apostles of Telos who were chasing… When I saw that, I was a little confused.
-fault!
A wind spirit in the form of a pterosaur came out and snatched Yenika. As soon as I got back on that soft back, the feeling of falling that had weighed on my body disappeared in an instant.
“hey… ! How much magic did you draw… .!”
“I don’t know… I’m really going to lie down for a while… ”
Staggering and struggling, Yenika stood up slowly with her staff on the pterosaur’s back.
I didn’t hear any other explanations, but it’s just too unreasonable to believe in me alone.
It remains a fairly deep sense of debt… It sits on one side of the chest.
The six apostles stopped chasing for a moment. This seemed to be an unexpected situation.
The bachelor’s department must have already been upset.
The highest water spirit, Friede, is a being treated as a disaster by killing two great men in myth.
To the extent that killing the forcibly manifested Friede is regarded as one of the greatest achievements of the Archmage Glock, its very existence is a horror in human history.
It is now under Yenika’s control, but I don’t know if the rest of the Bachelor will feel the same way.
The apostles completely changed their facial expressions and formed a formation to implement the collective sacral magic. They, too, realized in an instant.
It doesn’t end with a simple chase. It’s someone you have to be serious about.
* * *
– ‘Lady. There are things only a saint can do.’
― ‘Saint Lady remembers all the past history, and she is one of the few people who understands the whole story. While I was trying to stop Seong Chang-ryong’s resurrection by any means, Saint… Please persuade Holy Emperor Eldane.’
As I got off the carriage, I saw the Bachelor’s Cathedral in a riot.
Clarisse escorted the knight’s escort as it was, and strode into the open door of the church.
At that place… There are those who have sent the apostles and are waiting for the news.
One of the students who attacked so suddenly and ran away with Velbrok’s molar necklace. As if knowing all the plans of the denomination, the natural movement is impressive.
After such an incident, all kinds of elemental spirits have even covered the sky… Things were definitely something odd.
Archbishop Verdio was standing on the podium, giving instructions to the knights of the cathedral, and Holy Emperor Eldain was sitting behind him, looking at the sky. The academic sky reflected in the pupils is far and high.
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Most of the movement of the denomination is led by Archbishop Verdio.
Prosperous Eldane… He was a bystander who entrusted most of his judgment to him.
Bystanders are no different from taking part. There can be no moral superiority.
However, Clarisse knows.
Holy Eldane is not a helpless person. It’s just that I’m tired of the winds and waves of time.
He is a man who struggles between faith and reality, and the weight gradually leans toward reality.
“Stand, Madame… ?”
“Hey, how are you here… No, things are a little complicated right now… .”
The stained glass is broken, and the chairs are rolling on the floor. The shape of the chapel was no longer a word.
Clarisse waved the knights who were trying to block the way, and walked up to the top of the podium.
“Saint Clarisse.”
Still, it’s a crazy situation. Even so, respect in front of the saint had to be done thoroughly.
Verdio bowed his head, bowed, and tried to tell him to wait because he had some work to do.
“We… .”
“Sit down, Archbishop Verdio.”
Finally, we’ve come this far.
A small table above the podium. They were for placing candlesticks and holy water vessels for worship, but… Clarisse pushed everything away and sat down on it.
Archbishop Verdio felt uncomfortable at this point.
Clarisse is… no one is watching
All she is thinking about now is the effort she put into getting this far.
A man died dozens of times. Despite repeating it over and over, he devoted himself to himself until the end, and made him reach the end of everything.
The weight of that debt cannot be explained in words. You don’t need to have a sense of debt, but it is a self-evident fact that you have received too much.
A place that is no different from the top of the Telos Church.
Holy Emperor, Archbishop, and Saint.
Sitting in the center of it, Saint Clarisse speaks softly to Eldane.
“Holy Emperor Eldane.”
Eldane, who was sitting on the wooden chair behind the podium, contemplating the situation, did not respond.
Nevertheless, Clarisse looked up at the collapsed ceiling and spoke.
“You will know, too. You will be constantly in agony. However… You cannot be a bystander forever.”
“… … .”
“Arch Archbishop Verdio is a cancer that is devouring the Order.”
A murmur spreads through the church. Verdio’s eyebrows narrowed sharply.
Before even asking what the hell is that, Clarisse answers first.
“You must excommunicate him.”
Ed: “we must raid the cathe-”
Yenika: “say no more fam”