6. Proof of Existence (48)
The pure white thunderbolt burns the earth.
I couldn’t come to my senses from the pouring rain of light and heat. I just lay down on the spot and waited for the unmanageable natural disaster to pass.
The incandescent world did not lose its light for a long time.
In the face of overwhelming violence, the properties of things classified by mankind were meaningless. Regardless of whether it was conductive or non-conductive, everything that made up this world was burning red hot.
why am i alive
It was normal for the body to burn and turn to ashes. At least it was normal for me to pass out from being electrocuted, but my body was fine and my consciousness was intact.
I just felt the burning smell filling my lungs.
The temperature, which had risen in an instant, burned as if it were burning the skin. The endless tsunami of lightning showed no signs of stopping. It was like pouring water from a jar onto an anthill.
This calamity will end only when everything collapses and disappears.
It didn’t take long for that to happen.
Suddenly, silence settled over the son-in-law.
It felt as if even the dust in the air had been burned away. I realized for the first time today that the air can smell so strange.
My head was lifted cautiously.
It was after the cavity had completely collapsed. The stones that could not withstand the formidable voltage were burnt and scattered. There were very few places free from soot.
Only me, my colleagues, and the people around the archmage, the culprit behind this natural disaster.
Gear up, I got up. My muscles tingled and contracted from the charge that was still there. The intense heat might remain for a long time, but I don’t know what principle it is, but it was enough to walk on the stone floor.
It seemed as if the rift in the sky had closed and all power had disappeared.
The flood of thunderbolts pouring down from that gap.
How long have you been lost?
There was a thud, and the sound of someone collapsing. My eyes hurried to the epicenter, where Mr. Reynolds was kneeling, coughing up blood.
A startled scream erupted from my mouth.
“Mr. Reynolds!”
Elsie-senpai and the others seemed to have been freed from the girl’s clutches.
The dog collar no longer sprayed electricity, and Celine, who seemed to be having a nightmare, was groaning and tossing and turning. In addition, the blood-red sun that had risen in the air had long since disappeared.
Victory and defeat were clear.
The Archmage won, and the girl lost.
However, despite the clear contrast, everyone, including me, could not laugh. It was because Mr. Reynolds’ pale face looked serious to anyone.
Following me, Elsie-senpai gasped and approached Mr. Reynolds.
Up close, Mr. Reynolds’ condition was even more serious.
There were dark blue marks all over his body. It meant that all the blood vessels had burst.
It was a miracle to be alive.
I groped my chest with trembling hands. In my memory, there must be one healing potion left.
“… … It’s no use.”
“Uncle!”
A scream erupted from Elsie-senpai’s mouth.
It wasn’t long after he got out of the electric shock, and he looked like a mess. Wasn’t he even abused by a girl?
Nevertheless, senior Elsie was eager to save her uncle somehow.
Rummaging around, desperately looking around for anything that might help.
Even with tears welling up, the wizard vomited tears.
“Uh, somehow… Somehow!”
“My heart exploded.”
That plain declaration was enough.
I averted my gaze with a gloomy expression, and Elsie-senpai’s body stiffened.
“This must be the price for breaking the ‘contract’… Even blood is forcibly circulated through magic. But even this is only a few minutes away.”
“Sah, Uncle… … .”
Drops of water dripped from Elsie’s eyes.
Rainwater couldn’t wash away the soot. It just imitates the sound of the pitiful rain.
I closed my eyes and sighed.
It was a self-commentation left by a person called the ‘Great Wizard’. It must be true.
Reynold Rainella was on the verge of death.
To the point where I feel sorry for even hoping for a miracle.
The light in Mr. Reynolds’ eyes, which had once burned like a flame, was gone.
Blurred vision and unfocused retinas foreshadowed the man’s end.
“Elsie, don’t cry… This is my destiny.”
“Ha, but… But uncle… … .”
“You will become a greater wizard than me.”
With trembling hands, Mr. Reynolds placed the pitch-black stick on his chest.
More than that, it seemed that he couldn’t move because he had no strength. I carefully wrapped my arms around Elsie-senpai’s shoulders.
The watery blue eyes look at me.
No conversation was necessary. I just glanced at Mr. Reynolds’ hand.
The hand that tightly gripped the pitch-black stick.
Elsie-senpai, as if she realized my meaning, put her trembling hands on top of Reynold-san’s.
“I was cowardly and cowardly. Now you realize… Even when I left my family and chose love, I made a promise that I would never break it.”
An empty voice echoes the world that has turned to ashes.
“The day I faced the family of the evil spirit, I made a similar judgment. I wanted to run away, and I tried to run away again… And I knew you would too, Elsie.”
Strictly turning his head, Mr. Reynolds captured his nephew in the misty retina.
The corners of his quivering mouth drew an arc. He seemed to want to laugh somehow.
“… … But you didn’t.”
The archmage’s heavy breathing continued. Elsie-senpai leaned her upper body with a desperate expression on her face, but even then, there was no reason to come out with the right number.
“Take this wand.”
Senior Elsie gritted her teeth and bent her head. But I couldn’t stop the sobs from leaking out of my teeth.
He just held the jet-black rod with force with his small hand.
“At one time I was afraid to even think of holding this staff. I lost my lover, and the memory pierced my heart like a painful awl, so I tried to live by forgetting it… But, in the end, it came back to me.”
Meanwhile, the middle-aged smiled slightly relaxed.
The end was slowly approaching. Those who are about to die gradually find themselves distancing themselves from pain.
It is to be free from the body.
It was a sight I had seen several times before, so I tried to close my eyes and swallowed the sorrow.
“Now I can finally say what I really want to say to you… No, actually, it was something I wanted to say to me a long time ago.”
The archmage’s hand slipped and placed the keepsake.
“Live your life, Elsie… Like Lynella.”
“… … Yeah.”
Clutching the jet-black rod, Elsie-senpai nodded vigorously with tears in her eyes.
It was then that Mr. Rainella’s gaze reached me.
“… … Nephew and son-in-law.”
“Yes, uncle-in-law.”
A deep smile formed on Mr. Reynolds’ lips at my changed title.
It was a face that I couldn’t stop.
“Can I take care of Elsie?”
“That is not a request.”
I managed to squeeze out my muffled voice and replied. My determined eyes burned brightly.
“Of course it is what I have to do. So, you can ask for the last request separately.”
A bloody laugh erupted.
It was only a very shallow sound, but I felt like I was saved by that much.
Mr. Reynolds will be able to leave more comfortably.
“Then, let me show my greed… … .”
Taking a breath, the archmage let out a low voice.
“In life, there will always be moments when you want to run away. Everyone does. Sometimes there comes a time when I don’t know why I have to be like this, or why I have to stick to this path when there is an easier way… However.”
From there, Yuhun is placed on my chest one by one.
“Don’t run away.”
one.
“Don’t be cowardly.”
another one.
“One, two… If you give up like that, you will no longer be able to choose any path.”
I planted the hopes piled up like a stone tower into my heart. And at the end, Mr. Reynolds finally became a calm expression that didn’t leave even a single regret.
“Please take care of me.”
fading breath.
In the end, senior Elsie couldn’t stand it and burst into tears. Leah just stood there without saying a word behind my back, and I quietly engraved the archmage’s end in my sight.
“Elsie and this world… … ..”
It was the last breath.
The Archmage’s soul was thus liberated.
Rainella’s fate was decided by Rainella.
In our silence, a great wizard completed his life.
*
There was not much time to be immersed in sorrow.
After I packed up my armament, I looked at senior Elsie, who was sitting in her place as if she had been nailed. He was a mage he had admired all his life, and it seemed that it was difficult for him to accept the death of his own flesh and blood.
Leah asked me cautiously.
“… … Are you okay?”
“Leave it.”
However, I did not have the jaw to have the proper countermeasures.
No one could understand Elsie’s pain.
You just have to endure, accept, and overcome yourself.
That’s when I took the step to wake Celine.
A clatter, and a strange noise arose from a pile of stones.
Sensing an abnormality, my eyes hurriedly turned to the epicenter. and right after that.
Bang, there was an explosion, and stones were scattered everywhere.
I blankly chased the explosion.
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Jet-black hair flutters. In the blood-soaked golden eyes, even the demonic spirit beyond murder was swaying. Gradually, the sharpened teeth rubbed with a terrible sound.
do you mean alive
Crying, the feeling of crying rose up the throat. How could this be?
Mr. Reynolds even gave up his life. It was a victory that was narrowly won. However, the evil string was so long and strong that the girl did not die and rose again.
Of course, it wasn’t a good look.
The jet-black priest’s uniform was torn in places and was a mess. The skin stained with blood and dust, and the burnt right foot and leg were hideously exposed muscles and blood vessels.
It was playing in real time.
I gritted my teeth and gave strength to the hand holding the sword. I couldn’t use an aura because I ran out of magic, but I still had one trump card left.
dragon blood character.
If I use it, can I get an effective hit?
It was when I was hesitating so much.
“… … for a moment!”
The attitude of the girl who seemed to kill us at any moment softened at once.
The moment my eyes were stained with wonder.
The girl slightly avoided my gaze and spoke in a shy voice.
“Ha, surrender… … .”
It was an unexpected development.