95 – Trash Hero
“Right before Bloodstain landed, Mariel confirmed that the four of us were together and used teleportation magic.
In this way, the four of us were sucked into the dimensional crack created by the teleportation magic.
However, due to the urgent situation, the stability dropped rapidly.”
So, Mariel used teleportation magic.
Certainly, if Mireia has joined as well, it would be the best option to leave that place.
But it’s unsettling that the stability dropped rapidly.
As evidence, the dimensional rift in front of me… or rather, the exit I need to squeeze my body through, was only about a span in size.
How did I manage to pass through such a small opening?
If I forcefully squeeze through the narrow gap and get stuck when the rift closes, I will become a ‘Yunoa’.
Moreover, the dimensional rift in front of me was trembling as if it would close soon, making a creaking sound.
The surroundings were like a space filled only with blue magic, like the universe with nothing in it.
If I don’t enter that open dimensional rift and just stay still, what will happen to me?
“Teleportation magic creates an artificial space of magical energy between space and time, like placing a bridge between them.”
Of course, when the caster’s magic power is completely depleted, the dimensional rift closes and the space where Yunoa currently exists disappears.
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Even a fool could understand that nothing can exist in a vanished space.』
So whether you like it or not, whether the possibility is great or small, you must pass through that narrow crevice and leave this place.
Are the remaining three also in the same situation as me?
It truly feels like the beginning of spatial teleportation magic – the Despair Arc.
But I couldn’t blame Mariel.
She must have made this judgment, enduring the instability in order to survive.
If we had just stayed still, the four of us could have been wiped out by Bloodstain at once.
Above all, the narration said that we couldn’t withstand that attack.
Rather than all four of us being swept away and dying, it’s better to be blown away by unstable spatial teleportation magic into the dimensional rift.
The problem is, how do we escape this space…?
Forcing our bodies into a crevice the size of a palm seems impossible.
It’s a crevice so small that not even a head can fit, so I couldn’t even attempt to squeeze my body in there.
Crackle… crack…
The small dimensional crevice trembled with an ominous sound, becoming even smaller than before.
Is it possible that the crevice will completely close like this?
Damn it, whether we die at the hands of Bloodstain or die trapped in the dimension, it’s all the same.
If this magic is so dangerous and unstable, wouldn’t it have been better to teleport Bloodstain to the other side instead of us?
“He came up with the idea of using Mariel’s unstable spatial teleportation magic against the enemy, trapping them in the dimensional rift and killing them.
For Yunoa, who usually lacks adaptability, it was a rather ingenious idea.
However, Mariel’s unique spatial teleportation magic unfortunately did not work on other races as a basic rule.
Moreover, if the opponent had stronger magical power, there were plenty of means to break or defend against the magic.”
I thought it was a genius idea to use spatial teleportation magic for attack, but the narration immediately blocked that possibility.
By the way, shouldn’t they teach me how to get out of here?
Are the others okay right now?
I somehow managed to escape through the dimensional rift and succeeded in teleportation, but the worst-case scenario of being the only one to survive while everyone else is trapped in the dimension and the magic ends came to mind.
If something like that were to happen…
No, let’s not even imagine such a terrible thing.
They say words have power.
But where does this spatial teleportation magic lead to?
Since Mariel cast the magic suddenly without me knowing, I couldn’t know the destination.
I could peek outside through the rift in dimensions, but I could only see dirt floor and some trees, so I don’t know where it is.
Is it a forest somewhere on the continent?
“Let’s not panic… There must be a way somehow…”
Honestly, there was no solution that came to mind, but I deliberately spoke to myself to give myself courage.
The blue space that stretched endlessly around me, and the rift in dimensions torn apart there.
If I couldn’t find a way out of here before Mariel’s magic reached its limit, my life would be over.
“Hmm.”
The narration didn’t give me any hints.
It was different from before, where it would give me hints in precarious situations.
If I think positively, isn’t there a possibility that I can escape from this situation on my own?
A blue space created by Mariel’s magic.
Blue… blue magic…
After all, the origin of all magic was magic power.
And I could feel and control magic power with a special talent.
Even if that magic power wasn’t mine, but someone else’s.
There was a time when Mariel experimented with me, putting me under a binding spell and then shooting fireballs everywhere. At that time, Mariel told me, “Take control of the magic power and get out of this situation.”
It wasn’t just a random remark, but an action taken after observing me and expecting that my control over magic power was stronger than an ordinary person’s.
Of course, Mariel probably hoped that I could control the magic power of the incoming fireballs and neutralize them, but it was too urgent to control the rapidly approaching magic power, so I broke free from the binding spell.
Then, maybe I can control the rifts in this dimension?
If it’s an incomplete magic that could collapse at any moment, can’t I use my control over magic power, which is the basis of teleportation magic, to stabilize it?
Of course, I don’t know how to use real magic like Mariel.
But I could already sense the magic power of a cast spell.
There was no time to waste, so I closed my eyes immediately and decided to feel Mariel’s magic power filling this blue space.
At first glance, it seemed like the entire space was filled with blue, so it should have been full of magic power, but surprisingly, the place where the magic power was concentrated was a small opening in the dimension, about the size of a hand. There was magic power in the rest of the space, but not as much.
Concentrate on the magic power that makes up the rift in the dimension.
Since it wasn’t magic power bound to me, it required a high level of concentration to control it.
But it was much easier than controlling the magic power of the fireballs coming at me.
The sixth sense of feeling magic power, the sense of touch.
It was a strange sense that couldn’t be compared or expressed with any of the other senses.
Mariel reached out for her magic, but it felt as if she couldn’t quite reach it.
Narrowing her brow, she concentrated just a little bit more, just a little bit more…
She focused, extending her invisible hand towards the magic that maintained the rift in dimensions, trying to gain control.
After a moment, she suddenly felt as if gears had clicked into place, and her influence began to reach Mariel’s magic.
As a result, she vividly felt Mariel’s magic, which maintained the rift, trembling unstably.
What if she tried to stabilize this magic as much as possible?
“Hoo…”
With a feeling of fitting together intricate puzzle pieces, she cautiously adjusted the magic in the rift.
Feeling that the amount of magic itself was insufficient, she injected some of her own magic.
Her magic, bound to her, merged with Mariel’s magic as if they had always been one.
“There we go!”
She reinforced the magic in the rift, as if conducting repairs on a building that seemed to collapse at any moment, and opened her eyes.
Initially, the dimensional crack was barely the size of a hand, but now it had expanded to an oval shape large enough for her to pass through comfortably.
Rather than the first spatial teleportation, this one had a higher stability and took on a more definite “door” shape.
And so, I crossed over the widened dimensional door without hesitation.
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“Yunoa…!”
After safely escaping Mariel’s teleportation magic, the first person to greet me was Mireia.
We were in a forest that we had never seen before.
Looking at the lush surroundings, it was clear that we were far away from the place where we fought Bloodstain.
“What about the others? Could Milaya use teleportation to come here without any problems?”
“After being trapped in a strange place all of a sudden, she used her sword to forcefully tear through and came out here.”
…She tore through dimensions with her sword?
As someone who barely managed to adjust the magical power that composes the cracks in dimensions and barely escape, it was a bewildering answer.
Is it possible for an adventurer like her to do something like that…?
But that wasn’t the important thing.
Where are Mariel and Sylphy…?
“Have you found the whereabouts of the other two?”
They better be safe.
Milaya returned to her usual expressionless self and opened her mouth.
“It seems like the magician who came with you did something. I arrived here first and managed to find the locations of the others… Shall we go this way?”
I followed Milaya’s guidance and moved a little deeper into the forest.
And not too far away, I was able to spot Mariel and Sylphy.
“…As you can see, it’s a situation like this. I wanted to help, but I thought they might get hurt if I used my sword to solve it.”
Milaya looked at Mariel and Sylphy as she spoke.
The two of them were in a terrible state.
Just like when Mariel first came to meet me, they were stuck in the cracks of dimensions, unable to move with only their lower bodies sticking out.
Four floating white legs were floundering without a place to step.
And Sylphy’s waist was exposed, clearly visible under her skirt.
“Mariel’s teleportation magic successfully took the four of them out of the battlefield, but due to the incomplete nature of the unstable magic, Mariel and Sylphy got stuck in the cracks of dimensions and cannot move.”
Yunoa quietly observed their embarrassing appearance.
In a situation like this, where they had just escaped a crisis, it was impossible not to think of them as perverts.』
“This is….”
As I watched them in front of Mileia, I felt awkward for some reason and instinctively turned my gaze away.
It’s really a shameful sight…..
Anyway, it was a relief that both of them were safe.
By the way, it seemed too tight to forcibly pull them out this time.
But just like when I escaped through the rift in dimensions, I felt like I could help the two of them in the same way.
“I think I can pull both of them out. Mileia, please keep an eye on the surroundings so that I can concentrate.”
“Okay.”
Mileia immediately nodded in response to my request.
And I closed my eyes and started focusing on my magic to pull Mariel and Sylphy out of the rift in dimensions.
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