variable- Funeral (4)
Buuu!!
A sedan running at top speed.
He quickly ran between cars while performing an acrobatic sword strike. It was close enough that a car accident would happen at any moment, but Ergon’s driving skills were unmatched.
Without any contact, he headed to Gererman Prison.
“Tell me specifically.”
I asked calmly.
Ministry of Magic agent Jake, seated in the seat next to him, briefed him on the situation.
“A little while ago, a gangster infiltrated Gerermann Prison. In an instant, all security systems were breached, and 50 prison guards were helpless. As a result of checking with the observation crystal ball, the assailant was Karios-sama.”
Gererman Prison is the only first-class prison in the Empire.
It is the worst prison, called the ‘Iron Fortress’, where all inmates are death row and life sentences, and not a single prisoner has escaped in 100 years.
The prison guards guarding the place are also the most elite agents of the Ministry of Magic. Each one of them was comparable to the strength of the Private Knights.
To break through Gerermann’s security in an instant.
To think that the prison guards were beaten without being able to resist once.
Could it be… has that awakening already blossomed?
I said without hesitation.
“What is the scale of the damage?”
“The front gate is completely destroyed. In addition to this, most of the prison facilities have been halved, and the estimated damage to date has reached 10 million per. Fortunately, there have been no deaths so far. Judging from the transmission of the prison guards’ vital signals, there seems to be no casualties, but… I cannot guarantee the lives of the prisoners.”
Jake’s face darkened. He bit his lower lip anxiously.
That was when I was about to ask for other information.
“master.”
Ergon, who had been staring straight ahead the whole time, spoke in a stern voice.
“I’m sorry during the talk, but I think I need to see it.”
Ergon pointed to the Gererman Prison in the distance.
The whole area is a barren wasteland.
The surroundings of Gerermann Prison, which was placed in the middle of it, were as dark as late at night. The sky was blue without a single cloud, but huge dark clouds floated over the prison’s airspace.
It was the work of Karios.
I rolled down the window and stared at the scene.
wheeess
A blizzard blowing through the area.
An ominous feeling that vividly touches the skin.
An unusual convection current flowed near the Gerermann Prison.
＊＊＊
Inside the dark and shady prison.
In the long passage like a cave, prison guards are strewn about like corpses. Only empty silence lingered in this place, which was always tightly guarded.
Teaching-
A light flickering lightly.
And one last remaining apprentice.
“Huuu”
Neville condensed the aura in both hands. I took a step back, aiming at the slowly approaching Karios. He warned in a tone as uneasy as his trembling hands.
“Don’t come any closer. Now I, I, will really attack.”
“·······”
On the other hand, Karios was self-reliant.
It’s because the anger that couldn’t boil has cooled down. Karios’ frosty voice echoed through the entrance.
“Get out of the way. My purpose is not to harm you.”
“Boo… I beg you. My, please stop.”
Neville doesn’t back down even though he sheds tears of fear.
Although he was brave enough to applaud, Karios showed no mercy. A flash of blue flashed from his fingertips.
───!
At the same time, Neville passed out from frothing. Like the rest of the guards, he collapsed helplessly.
dump-
Freedom at last.
Karios moved slowly. At the end of the passage, the entrance to the cell was blocked by a huge iron gate, and a complex security device was attached to the wall.
“·······”
Karios put his hand on the security device without saying a word. Then, a high voltage current flowed from his palm. Sparks flew as if they were about to explode.
Fault-! Pachichijik——!
Black smoke billowing from the security device.
Soon, the huge iron door opened.
Kugoong-! Ki-Ik-·······
In addition, the bars of the cells where the prisoners were confined were lifted. Loud sirens rang out everywhere.
Ueeeeeng——!
Carios didn’t mind and went inside.
A wide hallway with cells lined up on both sides. darkness without sunlight.
The cold moisture felt all over the body.
After a while, the prisoners who were locked up came out one by one in the hallway. The number reached well into the hundreds, and they surrounded Karios before he knew it.
said Carios.
“Which one of you was imprisoned for murdering the Immortal Knights Commander?”
No answer came back. Loud sirens only made the space bustle.
Karios slowly raised one hand.
Soon after, he clenched his fist, and the sirens installed everywhere shattered in an instant.
With Chaeng–!
Remnants scattered and scattered.
The silence that arrived before long choked the prisoners. A chilly aura lingered inside.
Karios spoke again.
“I won’t ask twice. Who are you?”
It was the time when he scanned the prisoners with cold eyes.
An inmate in an orange jumpsuit took a step forward. Everyone’s eyes turned to him.
“I didn’t kill Therios, but I’m imprisoned here because of him.”
A voice full of resentment.
Several inmates in orange jumpsuits stood next to him.
“me too.”
“Me too.”
“That man, Therios, has made a lot of contributions.”
Everyone was full of displeasure.
The first prisoner to come out slowly loosened his wrist. I glared at Karios while holding arsenic.
“We had no time to relax because Terrios died suddenly, but we are grateful that our son came to visit us so suddenly. Moreover, the security system was also broken.”
A black aura was ejected from the prisoner’s body. As the device that suppresses mana broke down, the black magic he had endured so far was manifested.
The venomous demonic air slowly spread around.
“Dad came to look for you because he wanted to see you-”
That moment.
The prisoner’s body was sucked into Karios’ hand as if it were attracted by a magnet. Karios’s palm caught his throat. At the same time, a strong current flowed.
————!!
A strangely twisted body.
In a short time, his skin burst, his prison uniform burned, and several streams of smoke rose. Inside, there was a musty burnt smell.
Not long after, the body was charred like coal.
Chii Profit・・・・・・
When Karios released his hand, the prisoner collapsed helplessly. He died without even being able to utter the last word.
“Ahh······”
The prisoners who had led the way sat down in their places. Some of them had yellow wet pants.
Karios once again snatched one of the people with [Pyrokinesis].
“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t know.”
High-voltage current flowing again.
————!!
The charred corpse fell at Karios’ feet.
“I just need to kill everyone here.”
As soon as the words were finished, Karios extracted the next victim. As before, he held the prisoner by the neck. Blue sparks flew on his forearms.
before killing him.
“Now, wait a minute! me, i know They say they know who killed them!!”
He cried and begged.
Karios’ mana stopped.
“Tell me.”
“excuse me! There it is. The kids in sky blue over there are the newcomers this month. It must be one of them.”
The prisoner pointed to the right.
Karios slowly turned his head.
As he said, the prisoners in sky blue uniforms were gathered on one side. Other prisoners vehemently agreed. It was a struggle to survive in this hell.
“Oh, that’s right! Those bastards!”
“You must be among the rookies!”
“We did nothing wrong!”
Karios silently released the prisoner. Then he approached a group of sky blue prison uniforms.
The other prisoners nearby ran away in a panic, fearing that sparks would fly.
“·······”
Fifteen inmates shivering.
Among them, the black magician who killed his father is hiding. kill the bastard
As the suspects were sorted out, Karios’ murderous intent intensified.
“I’ll give you 10 seconds. If they don’t come out before then, I’ll kill them all.”
The countdown to death began like that.
Prisoners fell into a panic and grabbed each other by the collar. Suspicion and questioning followed, as well as coercion close to threats.
“Is it you? Fuck you, right?”
“Don’t be silly! it’s you!”
“Please come out, crazy bastard! I don’t want to die!!”
“Say it’s you, son of a gun! Since you came in last, you are right!!”
It was only a bloody effort, and there were no prisoners who surrendered.
All that awaited them was a grim judgment.
Geeing-
A condensed blue aura in Karios’ hand.
Pajik-Pajik- It showed off its power by splashing sparks, and was fired at the panic-stricken prisoners. Prisoners closed their eyes.
Shuuu——!
A nasal sound cutting through the air.
The approach of formidable power touched my skin and the moment I reached the threshold of death, a flash of light flashed. At the same time, a sharp grinding sound erupted.
——– system control!!!
A clash of magical powers that shook space.
After that, it was quiet.
As if time has stopped. As if the space had solidified.
There was no noise, no danger.
“…?”
Prisoners slowly opened their eyes. The sight reflected in their retinas was the same as before. The other prisoners trembled in fear, and Karios was still cold.
Just… the mysterious footsteps heard from afar.
jerk- jerk-
You can feel the “superior quality of magical power” in the air.
The prisoners moved their gaze to the entrance one by one. Soon all the prisoners were watching the entrance.
As if only Karios had recognized the identity of the existence, he stared at the front in silence.
jerk- jerk-
Far away, under a dim light, a blonde haired man.
A man who moves alone in a space where everyone is frozen.
Some were imprisoned in Guerrevan for it, but now spared their lives because of it.
Leonar, the greatest defense mage in the empire.
His unexpected appearance made the minds of the prisoners here go blank.
＊＊＊
I approached Karios. and blocked his way.
It was facing the enemy while facing the comrades.
“What happened to that?”
“Did Leonard come to protect us?”
“I don’t know. shut up for now Because it seems to be less fucked up.”
An ironic situation in which even the prisoners gossip.
I said calmly.
“They are already paying for their crimes. You don’t have to get your hands dirty, Karios.”
Then I checked the body on the floor.
A sparsely tanned orange jumpsuit. Fortunately, it was death row inmates that Karios killed. They were the ones who should have died anyway. However, if more killings occur here, even Karios will not be able to escape the severe punishment of the Empire.
Moreover, now the owner of the house, Terios, is dead. Otherwise, an unprecedented situation could occur in which the Cedric family collapsed.
It was the worst handshake for me, who had to prevent “Lucadelos’ second attack” early next year, and who had to prevent Frederick’s death.
So I’m not guarding prisoners.
I am protecting Karios, the main character of my novel.
I spoke calmly.
“Then let’s go back.”
“・・・・・Get out of the way.”
“It’s all futile. Revenge that only ruins you.”
“It is not for you to judge.”
However, Carios adamantly refused. He concentrated his aura while still fixating on the prisoners. There was no conversation at all.
Geeing-
an imminent situation.
I had no choice but to express [Expedium]. The entire space seemed to blur for a moment, and then hundreds of prisoners disappeared in an instant.
The space that had been filled with people became desolate in an instant.
Gyiying·······
Karios’ magic power faded. then he looked at me The boy’s pupils trembled.
“Right now… take them back immediately, Leonard.”
“First, calm down. If you don’t like the sentence, you can appeal to the Ministry of Magic and get the death penalty-“
“Shut up…”
Karios cut me off. In an instant, the boy’s mood changed.
A voice full of deep anger.
A look of intense hostility.
His usual careless and immature appearance was nowhere to be found. It seemed like [Awakening—Rage] had blossomed.
Like the main character who gets stronger when it rains, like the main character who expresses extreme attack power in a wide space. Karios’ power is amplified accordingly when certain situations arise.
The foothold is none other than “anger”.
Awakening is classified into five stages.
“Small anger” – “Heavy anger” – “Great anger” – “Extreme anger” – “Frenzy”
Judging from his condition, the current awakening stage is at least maximal.
The power that would only be revealed in the second half of the novel blossomed in the early to middle half.
against me too.
“I cannot forgive anyone who stands in my way.”
Extreme magic power was ejected from Karios’ body. The debris on the floor resonated with the different power of the ark, and the guy’s eyes were colored blue.
A flash flashed from the outside for a moment.
Lightning flashed from the sky one after another, and thunder shook the earth.
────────!!!
The wrath of the ignorant Mother Nature was soon concentrated in the hands of Karios.
Geeeeeeing
A spherical aura formed by the accumulation of mana within the body.
It absorbed even the magic power in the air along the blue texture. Its size grew enormous in an instant.
Karios’ talent tactics.
[Imperium Lightning], the highest-class unique magic that creates great synergy with him.
It was the same magic that was shown in the special lecture of the Imperial Guard in the past, but its power was incomparably stronger. It felt intuitive.
Karios’ face crumpled.
“Even if that’s… you, Leonard.”
After saying that, Karios launched an attack. I swung my arms obliquely and aimed at my body.
I immediately manifested the [Barrier].
The two mighty forces collided and a huge shockwave exploded. The super-tempered glass was shattered, and the earthquake-resistant building was shaken.
KuwagagagagagaggaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGaGa!!
Overwhelming power never experienced before.
It felt heavy for the first time.
just as expected.
That pole… that pole…
Both feet were slowly moving. In a confrontation of power, Karios had the upper hand.
And… a small crack appeared in the [Barrier].
shit
The crack, which was a straight line, expanded its area like a spider’s web. As time passed, the range widened. It was dangerous as if it would break soon.
As it gradually reached its limit, Karios’ [Imperium Lightning] exploded with flashes of light.
─────!!!
Light that hits the retina directly.
The scene in front of my eyes blurred and my vision blurred. Reflexively, his eyebrows furrowed.
“Keugh.”
momentary confusion.
when sight is back again.
Karios was pushed to the end of the corridor, and the [Barrier] was precariously maintaining its shape.
The defense was successful.
Geeeeeeing
Karios concentrated his mana again. He approached slowly and warned me.
“On a good note, return the prisoners, Leonard.”
“·······”
“This is the last warning.”
“·······”
I canceled “Barrier” without a word.
I stayed up all night because of someone, so I’m in a bad condition. Moreover, since [Expedium] was manifested, I couldn’t just hold out forever. Because the prisoners were moved out of the range of the dark clouds, the consumption of mana was extreme.
······Deterministically.
I am the only one who can stop Karios right now.
Even if I die soon, I had to see the match here.
If best defense isn’t the answer.
You have to do your best defense.
I faced Karios.
“Stop when you say nice things too.”
Then he spread his hands wide. Intense flames rose above the wide spread palms.
sigh
It was the manifestation of Leonard’s talent, speech technique.
“Before I kill you.”