159. Explosive Ordnance Squad (2)
Name: Aren Blackfire
Gender: male
Age: 21
Personality: [gloomy] [aristocratic]
specialty
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[Dark Magic] ―― Intermediate
[Descendants of the Sword Saints] ―― 4 stars
[Destiny of Demon Cult] ―― Diamon 70%
└[Contract: Shadow Armor]
[Inner Eye Lv. 2]
[Insight Lv. 2]
[Magic Seal] ―― 50
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Stats: [Strength: 36] [Ag: 32} {Stamina: 32] [Luck: 1]
mana: [167/167]
Listening to the sound of rain at the entrance on the first floor of the dormitory.
Originally, I also liked rain and the sound of rain. However, when I entered the body of this Aren Blackfire with the [gloomy] personality added, I experienced a phenomenon where the tension went up as well on rainy days.
It was like that today too.
It’s a day without anything particularly good, but just the fact that it’s raining makes me excited.
I didn’t feel too bad when I saw the percentage of ‘Destiny of Demon Worship’, which had risen sharply while treating Cain.
“Aren-! You waited so long!”
Besides, how can I hold back the laughter that leaks out when Ciana, the human vitamin, runs to me wearing a cute raincoat and even boots?
Is this the little happiness in everyday life? I vaguely feel it.
“Are you really going to be okay? You can refuse if you are busy. I’m really fine.”
“Ugh. Nope. I want to go with Aren.”
I called Shiana to clear one of the main quests in Act 4, “Disposing of the bomb box.”
Actually, it’s a quest that Ackerman Breed has to solve while carrying Cyana by her side, but I was the one who separated her from him. So I guess I’ll have to solve this quest.
Moreover, many things happened because of the variable ‘me’. Monster summoning devices are spread all over the academy, and Ackerman and the others have been entrusted with handling them.
In many ways, I am in a state where I have accumulated a lot of karma stacks, so I am in a position where I have to clean up the cheap sh*t while running with my own feet.
‘maybe… … . Taking Siana here would bring her closer to the Siana route, right?’
Each quest has a hidden heroine strategy fork. It’s a fact that will only be revealed later, but I’m an old player who knows everything.
If this episode is resolved with Sianna rather than with an explosive detection device, the emotional line with Sianna will deepen.
Well, I wonder if there’s anything that Shiana and I can do to get deeper here.
Besides, attacking the heroine is not particularly important anymore. Because Ackerman was holding out as if Elise was a legitimate wife.
I can’t predict the future emotions of the heroes in my world, but at least Shiana won’t be connected to Ackerman.
I see Siana jumping around in a puddle with an innocent face. Like it or not, I’m the guy I have to take responsibility for.
After acknowledging that fact, I also think that Siana has changed a lot.
In a good way, of course.
“Shall we go now?”
“yes! Where can I go?”
I unfolded the map I had made myself.
Sianna put a silver long umbrella made of magic over my head and started to tie my hair together.
There are a total of four predicted locations for Simon’s bomb attacks targeting an unspecified number of people.
I once visited and killed Simon with the thought, ‘Actually, wouldn’t it be okay if I killed Simon?’, and the butterfly effect was tremendous.
Simon was also one of the sacrifices in the Diamon resurrection ritual, but I killed him beforehand, so Bell dies instead. Even thinking back, I can’t forget the shock I received then.
I learned the lesson that if you kill a villain carelessly, something bigger will happen. It’s a damn game.
“Let’s go to Coffee Street first.”
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the rain is pouring down
Next to him, Siana wearing a raincoat walked in step with her face sticking out.
The coffee street is quiet. Because of the rain, most of the cadets must be spending their time in their dorms.
“It should be here somewhere.”
I wandered through the alleys of the deserted Coffee Street, looking for the explosives Simon might have planted.
In the second test, it was said that the treasure chest was to be found and that Simon’s bomb was in the chest, but in fact, it was not the shape of the real chest.
I just put a shape-distorting device on the explosives to make them mistake it for a box.
The shape distortion device will be activated next week.
So, now, somewhere in the form of a flower, rock, tree branch, etc., it will be hidden in everyday life.
“Siana. can you find it?”
We have arrived at the expected point. It’s time for Sianna to pay for the meal.
“yes!”
Cyana clenched her fists and emitted magic light from her eyes.
Waves of magic power spread like EMP bombs.
It took less than a second for the explosives of the unusual structure to pass through Shiana’s radar net.
“I found it!”
“Well done.”
“Well. But it’s a little strange.”
Siana tilted her raincoat slightly and tilted her head.
“what?”
“I feel something strange… … .”
Did Cyana react like this in the game? not.
The explosives removal episode is just a simple experience event. There’s never a big crisis coming or anything. Above all, it is strange that there is a crisis because it is an episode accompanied by Siana.
“That’s it.”
What Cyana pointed out was not a fixed object like grass or stone. What she pointed to was none other than a rabbit.
“rabbit… … ?”
“Yes.”
Shiana frowned slightly and nodded.
“Strange. The rabbit looks sick.”
I approached the rabbit. From the outside, it was clear that it was an ordinary and cute rabbit. The rabbit was munching on the grass as usual.
“Siana. can you check it properly? Are the rabbits really loaded with explosives?”
“no… … .”
Siana was in tears.
“Explosives are inside the rabbit’s belly.”
“… … !”
Ciana looked at the rabbit restlessly. The bomb might explode if you touch it carelessly.
Even if the bomb exploded, it couldn’t even touch Siana’s hair. However, the fragile rabbit is different.
That cute little creature will explode without a trace.
‘Simon, you madman.’
Do I have to cut open the rabbit’s stomach to remove the explosives? Things have changed with the game. Simon’s psychopath level seems to have risen.
“Areeng. sorry. I can’t.”
If this is the case, Siana can’t use her hands. Siana loves animals and plants more than anyone else. There’s no way she could cut a rabbit’s stomach like that.
Siana crouched down in the rain. I watch the rabbit with worried eyes from a distance, afraid that it will explode if I get close.
it will really turn
As the game artificial intelligence developed, the difficulty increased.
I never thought I would plant a bomb on a living thing. The degree of evil is too much. Can I leave it like this?
It was obvious that leaving it as it was would cause more damage. It won’t just stop at the death of a rabbit.
The seriousness of the situation becomes even more evident when you imagine that the animals roaming the academy garden have bombs attached to them.
Somehow I have to get my hands on it.
“What can I do… … . It’s a rabbit… … . Black.”
Siana panicked.
Even if you are a genius magical girl, it is impossible to cut open the belly of a living creature, prevent a bomb from exploding, and then seal the belly of a rabbit to save it.
“… … no.”
It may be possible. That is if Siana and I join forces.
In any case, it is the main game that has to go down. There are no other options. I will not stand by and watch Simon run amok.
“you can do it.”
“Yes?”
Shiana wiped away the tears with the back of her hand and lifted her head.
“Siana. Can you keep the bomb from exploding?”
“Boktaan? yes… … . But what about being on a ship?”
Siana looked like she didn’t know what I was talking about.
Of course I don’t know.
I had never thought that it would be possible to cut open a rabbit’s belly and take out the bomb inside without some kind of medical skill, and then save the rabbit.
Bleeding is a problem, and suturing is also a problem. You should also consider the shock the rabbit will receive.
This was a matter outside the realm of ‘normal’ magic.
rather-
“It’s possible with black magic.”
This was close to my area of expertise. It was a situation where more shamanistic power to deal with ‘life’ was needed.
“Kheung… … . What?”
I grabbed Siana who was sniffing and raised her up.
* * *
“Is it really possible with this?”
Shiana’s arms trembled, disgusted by the bizarre sight she had never seen before.
From my point of view, the black magic ritual had its own occult aspect, so it was gloomy and hideous.
Shall we say that it really suits the original image of the Blackfire family?
“It’s written in Necrotula, so it will work.”
Necrotula, never seen by others, is floating in the air. It can be said that I opened everything to Siana, so the family secret was no exception.
Shiana looked at the black magic book with a rather interesting face, but first of all, she focused on my words because saving the rabbit first.
The inspiration came from Chapter 1 of Necrotula, ＜The Human Body＞.
In the book of black magic, everything was really recorded, and among them, there was even a method for self-healing wounds injured during battle.
It was a kind of black magic that stopped the time of the human body, allowing it to close the wound without being shocked and bleeding even if it cut itself open.
‘Even if a human body and an animal’s body are different, how different are they?’
I’m not a medical student, but I’m well aware of the commonality of being roughly made of blood, flesh, and bones.
cut your finger and bleed
All you need is blood and another life to sacrifice.
Draw a six-pointed star on the floor with blood, then place the rabbit in the center. Thanks to Siana’s telekinesis magic, the rabbit couldn’t move.
Piyaah–!
Instead, the rabbit only spits out weak cries, perhaps in pain.
“I’m sorry rabbit… … .”
Shiana felt sorry for the rabbit and closed her eyes.
Next, we need another life to prevent the death of the rabbit. Plants do not deviate from the scope of ‘life’.
Instead, he drew a six-pointed star on a tree of an appropriate size because it needed the mass of a rabbit.
The preparations are complete.
“Siana. If I slit the bunny’s stomach, enchant the bomb so it doesn’t explode.”
“Ugh, ugh!”
Siana focused with only one eye slightly open. In any case, cutting open the belly of a lovely animal in front of her would be quite painful for her.
“Whoa… … .”
start housekeeping
I breathed slowly and used magic.
Inflicts spells on the magic that flows through the body.
‘Jensin March.’
Beep, beep?
Rabbit’s eyes widened at the sudden sensation. and… … . After that, the movement stopped. Breathing, blood flow, heartbeat, everything.
like a stuffed animal.
“God, that’s great!”
A genius magical girl is stunned by the sight that defies the laws of reality.
Unlike the rather honest ‘magic’, which uses only one’s own magic power, ‘black magic’ can perform more bizarre things because it is sacrificed.
It seems that Siana was also quite shocked.
“this… … Black magic?”
“Siana, focus!”
I don’t have much time. Housekeeping time is life!
I immediately took out my witchcraft dagger and slit the rabbit’s stomach. No medical knowledge. It simply cut through the skin of the shallow stomach with the sensation of swinging the sword thousands or tens of thousands of times.
The leather cracks like a lie. blood doesn’t flow Instead, red blood flowed from the tree on which the Six Visions were drawn.
“Siana! It is now.”
“Okay… … !”
Cyana concentrated her mind to the limit and took out the explosives so that the rabbit would not get hurt. It was a magic that required very precise control.
Explosives were at most the size of small marbles. However, its power would be enough to sweep the entire area.
Cyana’s silver magic covered the orb. Now, even if the bomb explodes, it will only perish within it.
“I can’t forgive… … !”
Siana’s eyes turned cold. Say you will never forgive the person who did this.
It’s a good thing I haven’t told her yet that it’s Simon, her teaching assistant. If he did, Ciana might go and kill Simon right away.
Cyana clenched her fists as if grasping something in empty space. Then, as if squeezing something, it gives strength.
The bomb just disappeared.
‘Once the bomb was disposed of.’
The fire was quickly put out. I sighed.
Now, all you have to do is finish the suturing operation.
“Siana. Please hold on to the leather that has been torn apart by telekinesis.”
“Ugh. yes!”
Siana couldn’t see the rabbit’s split belly properly. Because it’s a pretty gory sight.
Still, she does her job right.
Without the slightest mistake, Cyana fixed the rabbit’s split stomach with her telekinesis. Judging by her skills, Siana must have made it as a veterinarian.
“Yes.”
I bled my index finger again with the dagger.
Then, along the path of the cracked leather, the blood was smeared, and the spell of suturing was memorized.
‘Sari Sorsor.’
Slowly and bizarrely, the rabbit’s split stomach began to stick. It seemed that the cells of the flesh were running towards each other as if they were alive and moving.
It’s pretty creepy, but isn’t this the charm of black magic?
The operation is over.
When the black magic ritual was finished, the bark of the tree, which had been fine until just now, was dry and cracked. It was proof that the black magic that exchanged the rabbit’s life had succeeded.
“Sat, rabbit. it’s okay!?”
Beep, beep… … !
The rabbit let out a weak cry as if thanking us, hovered around us for a while, and then disappeared.
Cyana let out a sigh of relief, and hung her arms around my neck.
“Thank you so much, Areen… … . I will never forget this grace. Huang.”
No matter how nervous she was, Siana shed tears as soon as the housekeeping was over.
“You did a good job too.”
I patted her on the back.
Seeing this, I couldn’t forgive Simon even more.
ha.
Demon worshipers are really evil.
I was a bit exhausted as well, so I took Sianna under the tree.
I was just trying to recover my tired body while avoiding the rain for a while.
Tring!
The contact marble rang loudly, saying it wouldn’t give me time to rest.
―Ponte: Quick ㅣ Come! That year!
Is it so urgent that Fonte, who is strict and serious in everything, even makes a typo?
I was really fed up.