When you reach a certain level of aura, you can hear the sound of your heart.
Of course, even ordinary people can hear their own heartbeat if they concentrate a little while plugging their ears.
However, if you become an Aura user, you can hear your own heartbeat if you want to, even if you don’t cover your ears.
In other words, there is a reference point that can determine the state of one’s own body more clearly.
So like this moment.
At first, it became dark as if blindfolded, and then, very gradually, even the sound of footsteps outside disappeared.
Even if you try to check whether the warmth you feel behind your back is really Eyel or not, if you are in this darkness where even the sound is swallowed up, at some point all you can hear is your own heartbeat.
‘Noisy.’
The sound of his heart beating fast with excitement ahead of tension and battle is jarring. noisy.
Even if this heartbeat stops, you won’t hear the enemy’s footsteps.
‘At least it’ll be better than now.’
The time when Shahahahad narrowed his forehead.
There was no sound, but I had a feeling that something was flying between my eyes, so I reached out my hand.
“under.”
Something bluntly blocked Shahahahad’s sword. Judging by the strong repulsive force felt in the grip and the feel the moment it collided with the sword, it was not something like a sword or spear.
‘arrow… No, it’s a crossbow bolt.’
In addition to that, the movement felt behind the back at the same time.
A motion as if Eyeel had hit something.
This made it clear.
That the enemy can see Shahahahad and Eyel.
However, for some reason, it is not possible to approach within a certain range, and a large number did not come in.
‘It must have something to do with the debuff that’s been put on us now.’
It is a mansion built with magical defenses.
In such a place, it is so sophisticated that the escort troops cannot be contacted, and such perfect blocking of sight and hearing?
With such a powerful debuff, there is a certain amount of risk.
“Concentrate.”
Iyel couldn’t hear it, but Shahahahad repeated it to himself.
I haven’t killed a single slime for practice yet, but now it’s a real combat situation.
‘I have to kill him.’
But how?
Right now, back to back with Eyel, he was able to guess the direction even slightly.
But what if it falls? In this darkness where neither the floor nor the sky can be seen, how can you tell the difference between front and back and how much strength to apply when stepping forward?
I don’t know if it’s after I’m a little stronger. Of course at this time.
It was clear who sent it.
‘Seria!’
Shahahahad grinded his teeth. Enemies also hit it at close range instead of coming in.
“Is it the heart this time?”
It must have been a silent attack like this from a distance.
For Shahahahad, who had barely set foot in the ranks of the user, even being knocked out twice under such adverse conditions was close to heavenly luck.
My heart beats like it would explode from intense concentration and my ears are noisy.
Sweat drips down and forms on your eyelashes.
Perhaps because Eyel is Shahahahad’s escort, she will be able to make a desperate attempt by herself, but she will not be able to leave and will be guarding her back.
In this situation, it is also a great risk to reach one hand behind you and push the Eyel or write on your body.
Enemies won’t be dark.
Shahahahad pushed Eyel lightly with his back as if telling him to go, and Eyel also pushed slowly.
“How dare you disobey my orders?”
If I survive, I’ll have to take a pay cut.
Shahahahad gave a twisted smile. The only thing that came flying was two crossbow bolts.
Maybe it’s just because I was overly focused on knocking out arrows that were faster than normal arrows while I couldn’t see or hear them.
Literally, the heart is gnawed away.
My back was wet with sweat. As much as I wonder if the purpose is simply to dry it up and kill it.
’10 minutes?’
Eyel was wrong this time.
These were different from normal assassins.
If it was to the extent of attacking on a moonless night like a normal assassin, if it was a magic that only blocked eyesight… Yeah, maybe I could have held on for 10 minutes.
‘It’s not just a Seria-side assassin or a hired assassin.’
An act that is different from the normal assassin.
As if trying to squeeze out fear.
“… Is it the Holy Ghost?”
As soon as Shahahahad opened his mouth and asked, I sensed it and swung my sword.
“Kuh… … .”
This time, perhaps a little late, the bolt brushes past my arm.
But I know for sure with this. The fact that Seria had sent the Holy Protestant Church to kill her, and that they were doing this to squeeze out as much fear, pain, and fear as possible.
‘It’s a level of power that dares to do this against the imperial family.’
I could feel Eyel’s back aching from behind.
Probably holding his breath.
The body that came into contact with it was damp.
‘injury.’
Perhaps Eyel was stronger than Shahahahad himself, so he might have knocked off a few more bolts or blocked them with his body.
Grinding and grinding teeth.
“Kuk!”
In the end, one of the bolts that could not be blocked is stuck in the shoulder.
He pulled it out with his other hand and raised his divine power.
Pain is the cost of regeneration.
Despite the pain caused by his body being forced together to the point where his teeth trembled, Shahahahad smiled brightly.
Some people may feel hopeless in this situation.
In a situation where the greatest senses of sight and hearing are blocked, an attack that does not know when and where will come is like that.
‘but.’
Shahahahad has been struggling in ever-increasing despair.
Anger instead of despair.
‘I need the power to kill those bastards.’
I should have been stronger. It’s not that I haven’t worked hard all this time, but I should have acted like there was no tomorrow.
Regardless of whether or not Seria found out about his abilities, he did whatever he could. If only he had summoned a priest and swung his sword while constantly repairing his body that had been damaged by excessive training.
Would it be a little different
“If I survive.”
Even if Innocent abandons me. Even if they just use me and throw me away.
“Sacred Church, I won’t let you set foot on this land.”
So kill while you can.
Or else I’ll stand before you as an even bigger enemy.
Ten minutes have already passed.
Reinforcements don’t come.
Shahahahad straightened his sword and moved it as if blocking a line of vital points from his forehead to his neck and heart, and took a step forward.
You can’t fight back as long as you stand still. eventually wither away
Even if it feels like the floor will turn off with every step you take. You have to step on it.
That moment when I thought so and took another step.
“It’s late.”
A dull rustling sound. Rather than a human voice, it sounded like a crudely pasted sound of scratching, hitting, and punching metal so that it could be heard like a horse, and the sight suddenly brightened.
And what I could see was a feast of dark red light spreading across the floor of the mansion, which was obviously not covered with a red carpet.
A man with white hair, wearing a metal mask that covered his nose from the bottom of his nose, came up to Shahahahad with red blood dripping from both hands, raised one hand on his chest, and bowed.
“This is your shield from Innocent.”
A sound that sounds like scratching and knocking on iron.
Rather than a voice, it was literally something like a crude patchwork of sounds that made my ears ring.
“under.”
Eyel, who had lost a lot of blood and looked pale, approached while removing the bolt from his waist.
“You are stronger than me.”
Hearing Eyel’s voice in his ears, Shahahahad opened his mouth low.
“My shield?”
“All explanations are here.”
Watching him get down on one knee on the bloody floor and pull out a piece of parchment from his bosom, Shahahahad held out his bloody hand.
* * *
“So is it going well?”
From noble mtl dot com.
＜Who am I, Boss? That’s Paiyan.＞
“know. By the way, it’s surprising that you didn’t get caught even though you were wearing mist shoes?”
As I lie on the sofa and hold the siren, I hear a small laugh from beyond.
＜That’s the nature of places like that, boss. Intruders from the outside are definitely filtered out, but the inside is rather lax.＞
“Still, the name is the Imperial Academy.”
Looking out the window while lying down, I see seagulls flying by and huge clouds in the sky.
It’s very peaceful here.
＜Academy is thorough only in the main building, and even the warehouses outside are covered with alarm magic. Of course, I would have walked at first, but that’s what people do, boss.＞
It was said that if you put it off once or twice, you won’t go, and then you wouldn’t bother using magic stones to cast an alarm spell in a warehouse where only emergency firewood piled up without anyone using it.
“Still, if you mist it, you don’t get the mana waves that are unique to the sprites.”
＜It’s not even during the war right now, but someone even hangs something like that on the academy in the capital of the empire.＞
I nodded at the words that I don’t know if it’s a military base.
Well, since such magic is tricky, it must be difficult to use it easily.
“Then how is the work progressing?”
＜It’s going pretty well. Because Verbütt looked down on me, I didn’t thoroughly cut my tail or tamper with the papers. We’ll have some exciting news coming soon.＞
I opened my mouth to see the rainbow created by the horizon and the whirlpools nearby.
“When you finish what you are doing now, would you like to think of it as a vacation and come over to where I am?”
If you spend some money anyway, it’ll be quick. It would take half a year to get here from the capital on a wagon or something like Gate, but with Gate it would be possible to reach the coastal city in half a day.
‘We should live together sharing such wonderful scenery.’
It’s true that Payyan has been through quite a hard time since he was a beginner in the labyrinth.
Even if I didn’t say everything out of pride, it would not have been normal for a mixed-race youma tribe, not an ordinary demi-human.
If not, would you have joined hands with me when I said that we would never betray each other?
In the end, it’s good that Payyan is happy as well as being my person.
Besides, the child in the main party, our debuff sign, whom we will meet someday, is also a Yoma tribe.
‘It’s good if the two of you get along well.’
If you want to meet them, it will be possible only after connecting to the Demon World.
‘Yomas, among them, awakened as a succubus and bewitched and humiliated their opponents.’
While everyone was fascinated by pheromones, praising them and ruling them even in their dreams, only Kane had indomitable mental strength, so neither pheromones nor hallucinations worked.
So I got interested in it and got out of the demon army and started chasing Kane.
Wide-area mind control and confusion. In addition to hallucinations, fascination and provocation, even the ability to lower the body using magic.
Pale pink skin and hair a mixture of mauve and sky blue. They said it smelled like mint mixed with cotton candy.
‘Release.’
An obvious name.
But I thought it suited… what?
I rubbed the siren with a strange sense of deja vu.
ah, please
“Paiyan, did you have vampire blood on the fog screen?”
＜Well? Since the spirit-type demons are demons, vampires are also possible, but… I don’t remember my parents either, so I’m not sure.＞
Well, misting has also awakened from the labyrinth’s explosion. It’s a little daunting for Payyan, who used to prey on novice adventurers in the labyrinth, to become one of the 12 legion commanders of the demons.
Since she is a woman from the same Yoma clan, there must be similarities.
The Yoma tribe is born with a trait of mental ability, but Payyan has a trait called fascination. Our debuffs have a racial trait called succubus, so they must look similar.
I shrugged and opened my mouth again.
“Anyway, after work, come and play.”
＜Okay. I’ll call you again, Boss.＞
Let’s all swim together and eat watermelon. Whether it’s a subculture or a game, a summer event like this is the best thing to do once in a while.