Conflict (1)
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Yerina cautiously entered Leonard’s quarters.
Of course, no one was there, and only Leonard’s unique body odor permeated the tip of his nose. It was a mild scent, like fabric softener.
“Write- ha…”
Yerina took a deep breath and looked inside.
It is hard to believe that it is a temporary accommodation. It is a large stone mansion.
I came in a few times when I supervised the completion team, but the atmosphere was quite different from that time.
The empty space was filled with antique furniture, the barren walls were embroidered with works of art, and the softly flickering candlelight and crackling fireplace created a cozy yet luxurious feeling.
Yerina was involuntarily amazed.
“Ohh······”
Did you say that where a person stays, his traces remain?
Like the arrangement of the furniture, as well as the overall harmony of the paintings and wallpaper.
Certainly, Leonard’s sophisticated taste was buried everywhere in the accommodation. As for the aesthetic sense, it seemed that he was born with it.
After watching, Yerina sat down on the sofa in the living room. I ate muddy jelly and waited for Leonard.
“·······”
Suddenly, I had such a question.
Did they have something to say, so they called me to the dorm?
I could have given it to the sorceress instead. We shouldn’t have to talk outside the dorm.
Are you trying to do something you couldn’t finish then?
Yerina’s cheeks, which were chewing on the jelly, stopped.
It was a very reasonable suspicion. Otherwise, there was no reason to talk at the dorm.
A thought flashes at the same time.
“Let’s talk…?”
Talk—baby—baby.
That is, to make a baby.
I never thought I would have hidden such an implicit message. It was a completely unexpected metaphor.
“Huh-!”
Yerina straightened her posture and sat down.
This time was the time to do the gig. The plan was to kick the agents out of the building when Leonard came, so that a catastrophe like the last time would not happen.
That time when expectations were inflated like a balloon.
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The door of the inn opened. It hadn’t even been 5 minutes since he came in.
to? already?
Yerina jumped up from her seat. He stuck his head out toward the door.
“Aigoo, be surprised!! I thought you were a ghost.”
He was the captain of the easternmost camp.
Then it is. They said it would take 30 minutes, so there was no way they could come already.
But why did this man come to Leonard’s dorm?
“Ajae, what are you doing here?”
Yerina asked in a bewildered tone.
The captain scratched his head as if embarrassed.
“What am I… I came because Leonard-sama called me.”
“Yes!?”
Yerina’s brow furrowed. At the same time, the high expectations exploded as if pricked by a needle.
“No, what is wrong with you?”
“Do you know Nandle? But why are you here?”
The chieftain narrowed his eyes. He gave Yerina a suspicious look.
Yerina snorted as if it was absurd.
“Oh, why are you looking at me like that? Obviously, I came because Leonard-sama called me, right? right?”
I looked at the agents on the other side of the living room. The agents silently nodded.
Only then did the captain’s eyes return to normal.
“Okay, what else am I saying? Anyway, it feels like it’s just the two of us?”
As soon as the captain said that, the door to the inn opened again. This time, it was a sorceress who tickled everything.
The sorceress, who was wearing a shy smile, noticed Yerina and the captain and shook her shoulders.
“uh······? Isn’t this Leonard’s accommodation…?”
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30 minutes later.
The spacious living room of the dorm was crowded with people.
I didn’t leak it in detail, but even if I estimated it, it was over 50, and they were all wizards who responded to Leonard’s call.
It called for a quarter of the base camp’s capacity.
“If we were going to do this, wouldn’t it be appropriate to gather in the auditorium?”
Yerina, who was squatting on the sofa, spoke frankly.
The captain next to him nodded slightly as if agreeing.
“I mean.”
It wasn’t that it was cramped.
The accommodation itself was spacious, but the space for outsiders was limited. It was so rude to go into another room without permission.
That’s why the wizards were stuck together like public transportation during rush hour, and Yerina and the boss, who luckily occupied the sofa, had to put their knees in close contact with each other uncomfortably.
“When will you come? It seems that some time has passed.”
The chieftain muttered softly.
It was a time when, like a two-much talker, even the complaints were prolonged.
————!!
There was a wave. Exactly what kind of energy rushed.
It is similar to the devil’s magic, but quite different from it.
black magic.
The ominous energy was flowing like waves into the living room.
If it was a wizard, he could feel it intuitively.
“…?”
Yerina turned her head to the window.
It was pitch black outside the window. It’s not just darkness, it’s like being enveloped in some kind of veil.
“Dark magic…? Hey, it’s dark magic! There are warlocks around!”
The captain jumped up from his seat.
Other wizards quickly became alert, and magic was warmed up everywhere. Severe tension spread throughout the space.
The tense atmosphere inside.
An ominous feeling that touches the skin.
A stillness that continues dangerously as if it will be cut off.
“·······”
However, nothing happened.
There were no surprise attacks that broke windows, no magic circles formed on the floor, and no destructive black magic.
There was just silence everywhere.
“······What are you doing? Is this the end?”
Someone’s voice flowing softly.
Starting from that voice, the wizards lowered their guard one by one.
“Have you been there?”
“I can’t detect any dark magic.”
“Isn’t it a surprise?”
I looked around as if wondering. The interior gradually became cluttered.
At that moment, the sound of applause caught everyone’s attention.
pair–
It was the chief man.
“Come on, let’s all go out. In my experience, it could be a precursor to a demonic fall.”
Contrary to his usual saga of nonsense, he skillfully led the wizards. It was truly the face of a top-notch career.
Following his words, the wizards headed for the front door in an orderly manner.
The crowd, which had been moving slowly, stopped without leaving the mansion.
At the forefront, the sorceress said.
“Does the door… not open?”
“Come out for a second.”
Behind him, the wizard pulled the doorknob with all his might. But only his body staggered. After that, other men tried, but the door did not budge.
“Is it really not open?”
“Hey, why are you doing this?”
“I’ll be passing by for a while.”
Ministry agent Jake stepped in front of him. He put his palm on the door, closed his eyes, and made a diagnosis.
“It is barrier magic. Do you have a defense mage?”
Barrier magic is magic that is classified as a defense class.
It was not under the jurisdiction of the offensive line Jake and Colton.
Of course, it was easy to dismantle the normal barrier, but the current barrier was a special magic infused with black magic.
Professional help was needed.
“I am the defense class!”
“Me too!”
Several defense mages approached the door. He rolled up his sleeves and poured out his mana.
Still, the door did not open.
The moment black magic was injected, the level of difficulty of the magic group increased rapidly.
“Ha… I don’t think it will work. It’s because the spell isn’t even measured.”
The last defense wizard who tried it shook his head.
The hope that seemed like a real face was gone.
The mages’ complexions darkened.
“I’m locked up.”
“What should I do now? I don’t know when the demonic descent will begin.”
“It’s ruined what…”
He let out a deep sigh of defeat, swept his hair, and sat down in place.
Each of them expressed their frustration in their own way.
Some started guessing belatedly.
“It was a trap from the start. The woman who called us here was a warlock.”
“Somehow, there’s no way Leonard-sama would call this many people to the inn.”
“I should have been suspicious from the start.”
A pessimism that spreads thickly like smoke.
Even the manager, who had a lot of experience and was positive, gave up. he said with a wry smile.
“There’s no way…”
“Leonard-sama’s return is the only solution, right?”
“It should be.”
At that moment, a bubbly voice resounded.
“I have a way!”
The high-pitched sound that struck the eardrums turned the wizards’ eyes. The place where the sound was heard was Leonard’s bedroom, which had been taboo.
Inside was Yerina.
“Everyone, come and see!”
Yerina called the wizards into the bedroom.
After thinking about the wizards for a while, he hesitated and moved his steps. The spacious bedroom was lined with beds and various furniture.
“What method?”
“You’re not kidding, are you?”
dubious question.
Yerina immediately pointed to the dressing table.
“Put this aside.”
“Why this-”
“Oh little! Don’t talk nonsense, get rid of it quickly!”
Let’s shout, the male magicians pushed the heavy dressing table aside.
the extreme- the extreme-
The dressing table being pushed out scratching the floor.
Beneath it, like a sewer, there was a hole barely big enough for one person to fit through.
It was a secret passage connected to the base camp wall that I had specially requested from the person in charge of construction when I was supervising the northeastmost eastern camp a few days ago.
It wasn’t intended for this, but good is good.
Yerina said.
“Here you go! If you jump down here, you can get out!”
“·······”
However, the reaction that came back was cold. Wizards still looked at them in disbelief.
“Hey guys? Is it a passage?”
“Are you sure?”
“I don’t think so…”
Yerina smiled as if it was unfair.
“No, have you all been deceived? This is an escape passage leading to the outside, an escape passage!”
“How does Yerina know that? Not even the one who built it here.”
The words didn’t work at all.
They were people who would not believe that cheese was made from milk.
If so, you have no choice but to demonstrate yourself.
“Then I will go first, so please follow me.”
Yerina crossed her arms and placed them on her chest. Then he jumped down the emergency passage. Descent down the hole quickly.
Woowook
The speed at which your heart is about to drop.
The thrill of riding a roller coaster.
Yerina’s body, which was falling obliquely down as if riding a steep slide, rose sharply at one point.
It passed through the descending section of the aisle and entered the ascending section. Once attached, the acceleration was maintained for a long time, and the moment when the speed gradually decreased.
hook-!
I pierced through the snow piled up at the entrance and came out. The floating body fell to the ground.
“Oooh!”
Quite an acrobatic landing.
Fortunately, it fell on the snow and was not injured. Yerina, who turned her back and hips, shouted into the aisle.
“I am here! Leave next minute!!”
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next day.
I blocked the 2nd wave in the northeast central camp. It didn’t stop there and even blocked the 3rd wave in the early evening. It was because the power of the central camp was weaker than expected.
Just as I was contemplating whether I should stay here one more day, reinforcements from the Ministry of Magic arrived.
“It is an honor to meet you, Professor Leonard. I am Weiss, an agent of the Ministry of Magic’s Special Forces Command.”
Thanks to that, I returned to the easternmost position without worry.
Of course, reinforcements from the Ministry of Magic also arrived here.
They explained what had happened while I was away.
“It looks like a warlock has infiltrated the camp. Fortunately, the contestants escaped on their own, blocking both this morning’s and evening’s waves. However, it is judged that it is right to retreat all participants because there may be additional terror attacks by black magicians.”
I thought I was going to filter it.
It seems that there was a non-named black magician who did not appear in the original work.
I nodded lightly.
“Let’s do that.”
It was also comfortable not having campers on my side.
These are variables that were not in the original work in the first place, and the urgent fire has already been turned off.
Crucially, they will want to go back soon.
“Then I will retreat immediately. The Empire’s reinforcements will arrive soon, so there shouldn’t be any big problems.”
“yes. Enough then.”
We quickly finished our conversation and headed home. The physical fatigue was quite severe.
He overdosed on ‘Magical Magnification’ to block the gigantic beast Vibraham, and he barely ate food because he visited various camps.
In my head, there was only a desire to ‘wash quickly and go to sleep’.
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Large-scale terror by black magicians, raids by monsters, etc.
When an emergency occurs, the high-ranking wizards of the empire are put on a dispatch mission according to the imperial order.
It was the same with this demonic fall.
Regardless of personal circumstances or official schedules, orders were issued, and they gathered in Erytheia one after another under the name of the Empire’s reinforcements.
“Where is the entrance…?”
The most eastern camp in the northeast.
Narsha, an unmistakably high-ranking sorceress, also arrived at the camp in charge. However, they have not yet entered the base camp. Because I couldn’t find the entrance.
“I thought it was somewhere around here…”
Narsha has been a stalwart since birth.
She has been running around the wall of the base camp for several laps. I wanted to go inside, but no matter how much I wandered, I couldn’t see the entrance.
However, it is too high to jump over the fence. It’s embarrassing to ask the people inside.
“I will definitely find it with my own hands.”
A strange come-up occurred.
Narsha walked in one direction, leaning against the wall. If you keep going like this, one day you will come to the entrance.
That time when I was moving so relentlessly.
“uh······?”
I tripped. the land was gone
No, the ground was empty.
As if someone had dug a trap.
“Kyaaa!!”
Narsha screamed and fell down the unknown hole.
Woowook
The depth of the hole, as dark as the deep sea, was unfathomable. I just fell without a hitch. Then, at some point, the descending body rose, and a faint light began to be seen in the distance.
rushed there in an instant.
Woowook Shuuu…
Reduced speed by 10 million.
After flying into a bright space, Narsha landed on the mysterious soft floor.
“Eekku!”
It was a bed.
Looking around, it was a cozy bedroom.
“What’s this······?”
A situation that is completely incomprehensible.
Narsha slowly stood up. At that moment, the bedroom door opened slowly.
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A door that opens slowly.
A space of darkness revealed between them.
──Soon
Leonard took off his top and came in, wiping his wet hair with a towel .