Episode 111
(I won’t hurt you if you surrender now. You just have to forget about this place.)
“And it will ruin the test.”
(…that’s stupid.)
With a sigh, Melissa’s manifested ‘knowledge’ moves, probably intending to finish it.
They will probably fly all at once.
“This amount is a headache.”
“wow… … . So cyan? What do you want?”
“What is it? It has to be done.”
He laughed and said it was nothing.
“An invincible horn. Let me show you how to break this… … “
“are you okay. Because I thought so.”
“In short, you want me to protect you?”
OK.
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“I am the first to fire the signal. … … You just need to hold out for a minute.”
After confirming the two of them nodding, I put one hand on the floor.
“First of all, let’s make it easier to rampage and wipe out the ones that come first.”
– Black dye.
After casting, fist-sized spikes of flame appeared around us at intervals of about 50 meters.
“Tear and burn.”
Roaring!
As soon as the things set as targets come within range, small spikes of black flame soar upwards.
Teeth of flame that seem to bite.
At the same time as it wipes out the surroundings once.
“now!”
I go into preparation, and at the same time, Lisetta and Emily stand around me and cover me with all their might.
The Kaga Gaga River!
Ignore the noise around you.
Close your eyes too.
All I have to do is focus on buying them time.
‘Gather the maximum amount of demonic energy possible and focus only on consciousness.’
To the point where I wonder if I even forgot to breathe, I devote all of my thoughts to casting the magic I will do from now on.
After drawing all the magical energy stored in the body and preparing to use it, in my head, I finished the preparation by repeating the casting of the magic that would be activated soon.
“Then let’s begin. … … Both of you know how to avoid it.”
(What are you trying to do!)
Of course Melissa noticed my attitude and attacked to stop me.
“Not even guessing!”
“No!”
Lisetta and Emily from both sides slashed their swords and demonic blades, respectively, destroying the attacks on me.
But both are heavy consumption.
It must be difficult to entrust cover any longer.
“Keep down!”
At the same time as the warning, I start chanting all the castings in my head in turn.
Basically, the essence of a wizard is a turret.
Constantly fires magic that brings high firepower and annoying status abnormalities, and quickly ends the situation.
Black Salted Octane.
blackout storm.
Black Prison.
Etc… … .
Currently, within the limit of available magic, I use offensive black magic one after another.
Quagga gaga gag!
(What, what kind of ignorant, absurd amount of magical power is this?! … Seriously, no way!)
Melissa screams.
They were astonished at my amount of magical power, and also realized what I was aiming for.
“Senior ghost. I already know the weakness of your prank.”
Her skills are not invincible.
Reproducing the knowledge of all classes is surprising, but if it is an advantage in battle, it is not.
“There are limits to that ability. It is even clearer where to attack.”
An invisible ghost.
At first glance, it might be confusing where to target, but once you know it, it’s really simple.
“If you smash the whole room, that’s it.”
she said with her own mouth
It is an ability that is only possible in a limited space.
In short, all you have to do is destroy the limited space.
Hitting the entire room with an area-of-effect attack would naturally shock Melissa’s spiritual body.
(Kyaaah?!)
Screams are heard in the bombardment.
It wouldn’t be enough damage to be annihilated, but it must have been hit.
“You did it!”
“So I have no intention of getting rid of it! And no pointless words!”
Are you on fire?
It probably wasn’t because of Lisetta’s remarks.
“ah… … . Did I go too far?”
Signs change.
The unique feeling of vengeful spirits is gradually getting stronger, and it is changing into something sinister.
“What happened?”
“I touched you a little too much.”
It must have hurt a lot.
“Was there a lot of damage to the spiritual body? It seems that the other side lost their mind first.”
* * *
What Melissa hasn’t forgotten is beyond that ceiling… … .
this is the view outside
The days when she lived as a genius at Philos Academy.
When everything was glorious.
And when I didn’t know the world.
‘… … I can’t disappear like this!’
There are no geniuses of those days.
All that remains is a soul wandering underground where light does not enter properly.
It’s the price of the days when you didn’t know anything.
The last sight she remembered was far from a memory of a glorious life.
those who laugh.
(Only the subject of being the son of an insignificant nobleman.)
(Genius? What is that? It doesn’t matter what you do.)
(This is the price for not knowing the subject.)
Jealous and ridiculing, those who threw the dying woman here.
The ugliness of the boys and girls wearing the school uniforms of the same empire’s academy.
I wanted to forget, but I couldn’t.
This is why Melissa is still trapped in this world, quietly collecting ‘knowledge’ underground and waiting for the right time.
‘I’m going back!’
At that moment, there was a sight in her eyes that overlapped with a nightmare-like memory.
unchanged… … Boys and girls in academy uniforms.
Clearly, those children are not them, but for a moment, in the pain, their images overlapped.
Melissa’s consciousness was shaken.
The resentment I had suppressed… … .
This is the moment when the sincere anger that has been ignored bursts out all at once.
* * *
“uh? oh oh oh Are you going crazy?”
“It seems so. By the looks of it, he seems to have abused it recklessly.”
Fain!
A bursting sound rang out, and she appeared.
balm.
Although she appeared defenseless, the signs surrounding her were ominous.
The girl from before had intelligence and reason, so even though she was a ghost, she didn’t feel uncomfortable.
But now it’s different.
(……Live.)
A low muttering voice.
At the same time, well over a hundred fireballs form around her and pour down.
(The one who dropped me here… you guys… will never forgive you…)
I checked her condition, dodging the attack with obvious hostility and resentment.
“That’s completely blinding.”
“Am I pissed off?”
I shook my head, saying no.
“You know that a soul without a body can never maintain intelligence and reason, right?”
The setting is that it is a demon-type monster that loses its intellect and reason and is born from the residue.
But Melissa is a little different.
He left behind his body and hadn’t lost himself yet.
Since she was an exceptional genius during her lifetime, she devised various methods to hold on to her ego forcibly.
“But how far can a mere human mind restrain itself? How much more in a place like this.”
As per Emily’s question.
Even if you endure with obsession and coming, there is definitely a limit.
“It must have been around the time when Xian and the prosecutor came by chance that we reached our limits.”
“In short, there is no luck. Oops!”
I didn’t have time to leisurely explain.
I narrowly avoided the javelin that flew in front of me, and Lisetta swung her sword away from the additional ones that flew in succession.
“… … What are you going to do? Junior? I live better than before.”
“In fact, simple subjugation is not difficult.”
If you fought on the premise of subjugation from the beginning, dealing with it would be easy.
Once Melissa’s strategy worked, the flow to the subjugation was simple.
Because it’s almost impossible to lose.
“If you deal with that ghost senior, that will be the end.”
“… … Junior, that is.”
“I know. Aren’t you a little reluctant?”
Processing is simple.
If you turn away from everything and cut and burn it, that’s it. If you go back and forget about it, eat and sleep well, that’s it.
… … I don’t think so.
“It is also possible to subdue without destroying. Instead, it’s a bit cumbersome, is that okay?”
“doesn’t care. … … I have no desire to cut that.”
Anyway, the policy was set.
“Way?”
“Making a commander is our class’s specialty.”
“ah! Black magic!”
Coincidentally, the training assignment of the black magic class I heard before was also the theory of the necromancer.
it’s just right
“What am I going to do?”
“Please bear.”
“uh… … . but… … .”
“Since it’s a spirit body, it won’t go wrong as long as you cut it in moderation. However, it should not be damaged enough to cut off even the magic that makes up the ego.”
“It’s tricky to order!”
But I don’t even say I can’t do it.
“okay! Leave it to me!”
Lisetta rushes in without asking further.
I could leave it up to you
I also instruct Emily to cover only, and run after her.
Seeing us approaching, Melissa’s resentment explodes with rage.
Perhaps you are overlapping something with us.
(Don’t come!)
“… … I’m sorry, but I can’t just let it go. Old senior.”
Lisetta muttered calmly and swung her two swords.
Susut!
A sound that cuts through the air.
The reproduction of the knowledge that Melissa spreads is all cut down and disturbed before the manifestation.
When the distance is narrowed, Lisetta has the upper hand to the extent that it is almost one-sided.
“I’m sorry, but I’ve never cut a ghost… … . I don’t know if it hurts, but I apologize in advance.”
It closes the gap to the distance where the sword can reach at once.
Lisetta’s twin swords slicing was much faster than Melissa’s reaction.
Shasasasat!
A sound that cuts through the air.
The opponent is not an object with mass, so the sword just passes through Melissa’s spiritual body.
Physical attacks don’t work.
You have to cover the aura to cut, but then you destroy the opponent too much.
The purpose is not the extinction of Melissa’s spiritual body.
“Take a good look. Junior. It’s not necessarily swordsmanship to cut completely.”
Bane’s grudge was unstoppable. He was trembling and stiff as if he was frightened.
“That… … .”
“Did you intentionally put energy into the sword halfway and cause confusion?”
Emily taught me the secret of measuring and grasping.
“Good trick. It seems to have stopped at scaring the spiritual body as much as possible by cutting only a really small amount.”
“… … I can’t even imitate that.”
Thanks to you, I think I can proceed with my work easily.
“Junior! It won’t last long!”
“That’s enough.”
preparations have already been made.
Towards the stopped grudge, I executed the prepared magic ceremony and hit it as it was.
Necromancer.
“I see. Are you trying to suppress it using the magic formula of necromancer?”
“Anyway, if the goal is to calm her down, the principle doesn’t make much of a difference.”
Let us recall the teachings of Professor Daniel.
The conditions are more difficult than practice, but well, only the difficulty level has gone up a little.
It is not simply forcibly bound, but to listen to the nature of the grudge and appease it.
There is no need to really enslave.
It’s enough just to give Ji-sung a chance to come back after he strayed for a while.
and… … .
“All you need is a conversation.”
Recalling the points emphasized by Professor Daniel, I strongly convey consciousness.
It’s just a matter of delivering information that will make that ghost senior wake up.
“Now, open your eyes. Before showing further ugliness in front of distant juniors.”
Possible ‘conversations’ were suggested.
I withdrew from the ceremony and stared at Melissa’s still unmoving grudge.
“Junior? What do you think happened?”
“… … If you watch it, you will know.”
“It would be faster to completely work.”
“That’s probably not what the other side wants either.”
It’s also against my purpose.
Because it’s the most ideal thing to help me find my sanity as much as possible.
Feelings change.
The ominous presence, which was like a terrifying ghost, weakens and the atmosphere that was not like a ghost from before returns.
(…….)
He doesn’t say anything, but he’s probably come to his senses.
《You have cleared the sub-quest.》
《However, the changed goal has been achieved.》
《Alternative Objective: The Persistence of Melissa, the Living Spirit》
《Acquire experience.》
《You have reached level 34.》
《Acquire 5pts of level-up bonus skill points.》
Looks like a good meal.
Originally, what I was aiming for was not subjugation of Melissa.
Thanks to this damn quest, there were not a few users who regretted hitting the ground after suddenly attacking, thinking that it would be fine to subdue in the game days.
The truth of this quest.
meaning of being here.
More than anything else, knowing Melissa’s role is revealed only after she chooses not to subdue.