#10
Gripping Jik——
The sound was not far away. If it sounded so vivid, it meant it was close to some degree.
vision is dark After raising a small amount of magical power to create a faint spark, he used it as a lamp and swept through the bushes.
Even if it withered, the leaves were still sharp, so each time the bare skin touched, drops of blood formed and scratches were drawn one by one.
This kind of stinging was nothing.
I have already given up too much, and for that reason I must have paid a higher price than this.
Again, little pains piled up and piled up to hold me tight in my staggering mind, so this one was much better.
“Open it! Open it!! ——Come, piercing cold!”
Quickly traverse the gloomy forest.
The voice is heard up close.
Over a certain bush, I saw a man in a gray coat shouting and casting a spell.
woo woo woo-
After a long starter word.
An intense magic wave spread out.
Nettle love juice—!
A magic circle of blue light covered with cold overlapped and unfolded, and a huge wedge of ice sculpted from the front of the man’s open palm was fired forward with an explosive impact.
Kaga River——!
That block of ice that was rushing as if it was going to penetrate everything in front of him.
Soon, it stopped moving in front of the empty air, and it broke in vain from the sharpest tip.
“damn… damn… … !”
This time the man who looked nervous puts blue magic in his hand.
hey hey–
An intense light that could not be compared with the magical power I had created burst out, and the man who had clenched his teeth swung the high-purity magic wrapped around his hands into the air where the ice had just been shattered.
Aaan
There was a deafening noise that was deafening in my ears.
Its incredible power, as if it could break even rocks. If I were to get that blow with my bare body, I probably wouldn’t be able to guarantee my life.
… … nevertheless.
The man did not achieve my goal in the end.
“haha…ね… … ”
The man, too, was not perfect due to the explosive power.
Blood was dripping down the back of his torn hand, realizing that it was a futile fist, he sighed heavily and sat down on the floor.
“Hey, why the hell is this happening… … ”
The man suddenly turned to the right.
“… … you… ?”
I was there
fluttering eyes. light brown hair. handsome young man. He had a face that looked exactly like the person he had seen on that winter day. I also remembered the name I vaguely heard in the speech of the graduates.
He was the senior of the Magician Rubia.
Shriel de Laparte.
I did not look down at Shuriel.
I don’t know why, but now my mind is very calm. Maybe I was the only one who felt that way. nothing is certain
Not Shuriel, but at the place where Shuriel’s magic had just exploded, and asked him quietly.
“Lorsen Academy graduate Shriel de Laparte, right?”
“… … That’s right.”
Shriel, who frowned for a moment to understand the situation, spoke to me immediately.
“So you… … Obviously, sophomore in the Faculty of Integration… No, I must be in 3rd grade now. Was it Ezio Cranil, who was about to graduate this year?”
“… … Yes?”
I didn’t even dream that Shriel would hear my name from her mouth, so I inadvertently reacted as if in surprise.
“Oh, is it someone else? have i misunderstood sorry.”
“No, that’s right. That’s right… how do i get my name… ”
Shriel and I had no contact. We would never have met at all in the academy.
I’ve never seen Shriel properly, except during a speech by alumni representatives earlier this year. Even so, it was strange that he could only look at my face and say my name.
Shriel said with a painful moan.
He was looking sideways with me.
“… … You may not believe it, but Rubia, your friend, is in there right now.”
“… … ”
“On the way to the shopping center to prepare for the camp, things with horns on their heads dragged Rubia all the way here, and they spread that strange barrier… … took me inside … sorry. I was by your side, but you couldn’t protect your friend and my junior. All because of my lack. I can’t even say anything with ten mouths… … ”
“… … ”
After all, the Rubia I know was right.
However, the reason why he mentioned Rubia’s name and added the modifier “My friend” was strange, but somehow he seemed to understand the reason.
There was only one.
… … To Shriel, Rubia must have told me my story someday.
If I could find out just by looking at my face, wouldn’t he have explained it to me by showing me a separate picture?
“… … ”
That doesn’t matter now.
Pick up points from Shuriel’s words and pick them out.
Speaking of things with horns on their heads.
Are you talking about demons?
As expected, the situation is serious.
… … whopping.
As far as I know, Shriel de Laparte was a top graduate of the Ministry of Magic last year. In recognition of his cleverness and excellence, this year, he was admitted as the youngest low-ranking wizard of Akasha.
It was a terrifying place where even high school graduates were filtered out from the second stage test, so Shuriel, who passed all those tests, deserved to be called a high-level wizard.
It was a barrier that even Shuriel could not break.
then,
There is nothing I can do here.
… … don’t despair
“It’s not your fault.”
lightly lucked out.
“Now is not the time to question that. Aren’t you in a state where you don’t know what Rubia, who was taken away by the demons, is going through right now?”
“… … I know too. But it won’t break at all. The Asmodian Barrier has a very absurd structure… … To the best of my knowledge, even an attempt to destroy it is impossible. Even the strength seems to have far surpassed the strength of my magical powers. Daeron, there’s nothing I can do… … ”
His heart understands. Shuriel was superior and smarter than me, so when I judged the situation objectively, there was no chance of breaking the barrier, so I quickly despaired.
But I don’t want to give up. The figure of Shuriel, who kept her mouth shut with clenched fists, was proof of that.
“… … I’m sorry to get the academy juniors involved in this sort of thing. But now there is no way. Get out of here as quickly as possible, then ask the temple for help. Other than that——”
“It can’t be.”
“… … ”
bruises, bruises.
I passed Shriel, who sat down.
After the generated ice melted and stood on the muddy ground, a barrier that vibrated like a fantasy like Shuriel was placed in front of me.
Gripping Jigsik—
“…ね!”
It seemed to cover a certain radius.
It was very transparent, but when I lightly touched even my fingertips, sparks for no reason sprung up and interfered with my actions. It was hot, like being burned by fire. He wraps his fiery fingers and gazes beyond the barrier.
In the dark, the pond is dimly lit.
Centering around the pond in the forest, a semicircular barrier was swaying around it.
“You said there was no way.”
Shriel whispers softly from behind.
It’s not wrong. With my pea-sized magic power, I can’t even scratch this barrier.
If I forcibly tried to scratch it, on the contrary, it would cause even worse wounds on my body. If it repeats over and over again, I will eventually die.
So, as Shriel said, everything was meaningless.
… … but.
“Even if you don’t, you can’t help it.”
“… … ”
My voice was trembling a little.
Everything Shriel said is true.
I have no choice but to believe
It was the first time in my life that I felt this unpleasant sensation.
My shoulders and hands are trembling with the jet-black fear that has engulfed my head, and I feel like I want to turn my back and run away at any moment.
Everyone is terrified of death. very scary If you don’t run away from here, otherwise I’ll die first.
No, because then you can at least live as long as me.
As Shuriel said, it is best to leave this place and ask for help from the temple, and entrust them to rescue Rubia.
No matter what’s going on inside, there’s nothing we can do here right now. That was right.
Above all else, it is the right thing to do, the best thing about the situation, and what no one can do to blame us——
… … Those are,
They are all garbage thoughts.
“People, Rubia… … to die If we run away from here.”
clear your head
I’m not as smart as Shriel.
They do not have the ability to judge the situation more soberly and objectively than anyone else.
Emotions have always taken precedence over reason, and because of that, I have had a lot of problems.
He was a useless human who had no talent or ability enough to live a smooth life in the future, let alone the power to solve the current situation.
Non-combustible human garbage that would be eliminated from society if left alone.
That was the only son of Baron Kranil, Ezio Kranil, who could not be more helpful than anyone in this urgent situation, and he was a nuisance to the people around him.
okay.
“… … ”
me like this
——Mu loved her.
Mew was waiting outside.
… … One day Mew told me.
It must have been three months since we became lovers.
Anyone was curious.
Why the hell do you love someone like me, why do you love me so passionately and want to give your all to me?
Moreover, if it was only me who was generously given affection, the reason was so curious that I had no choice but to ask.
– yes? Once you fall in love, everything gets better, right?
Sharing a sandwich on the steps of the backyard after sunset, Mew started saying those words with a normal face.
— … … It seems like a very common word to say, so let’s just pick it out. Uhm, umm, uhm… … Oh, aren’t you trying to find something missing? There are too many to choose from, right?
— Oh, this is it. That’s what I’ve been thinking since I was stalking a senior in my freshman year… …
— Seniors don’t stir up giving up.
— Totally jingling. You really do everything you can, and when that doesn’t work, you let it go. But it’s not just about letting go. If you think something is possible, you try again, right? It’s the first time I’ve seen a person who was miserable like a real senior, right? I don’t know if you know it’s completely heartbreaking from the point of view.
— In the past or whatever, the seniors today are like that. I saw him for the first time last year. You know what I was thinking then?
– Wow… … Can someone like that fall in love? The same question came to me first. hehe
— … … I’m not cursing. You know.
— I fell in love with a senior like that, and now we have a relationship that even feeds them sandwiches. I’m happier than anyone else now that I’m connected with my senior. Heartily.
I still remember that bright smile.
If that’s why Mew started liking me.
If I lift it upside down and shake it off, nothing will come out of me, if it’s just a tiny little thing worthwhile.
If that’s my only strength.
As I have always been… …
Again, I have no choice but to do so.
Aww—!
“… … ! What, stop it!”
Shriel shouts from behind.
I was instantly deaf from the roar. He clenched his teeth, clad in faint magical power, and rushed into the barrier.
Then, burning heat from the right shoulder to the waist explodes.
did you get burned
The skin under the tanned clothes sting like crazy, but I didn’t give up and did it again.
Aww—!
“Ezio Cranil!”
“… … Ugh.”
This time, a strong moan came out of my mouth as well. The shock was doubled when I hit an already injured place again.
Stealing the corners of my blood dripping from my mouth, I let out a shaky breath and laid my hands on the ground.
There is no reason to do this.
It was because I saw that when Shuriel tried to break through the barrier by using magic earlier, the barrier opened and vibrated for a moment, and then returned to its original form.
So, I had an ignorant thought that if I bumped into it while wearing magic power all over my body, I would be able to get absorbed into the temporarily opened barrier.
Well, of course… … The results were insignificant.
Initially, the amount of horsepower was absurdly low. It can’t even be compared to Shuriel’s. Even that Shuriel just made a hole the size of a finger.
Of course, it was no different than just bumping into the barrier with his bare body. I knew it well too.
Aww—!
If Shriel followed my actions, it probably wouldn’t work. Because the barrier was harder than I imagined. If so, my current actions are meaningless. It’s like running towards death on your own, isn’t it?
Since this was already the third crash, I was in a dizzying shock that shook my head.
Shriel exclaims urgently.
“Ezio Cranil! Don’t do crazy things! here, here you wait Nara also went outside to help the shrine… … ”
“Do whatever you want.”
I murmured, stealing the blood with the back of my hand.
… … Also, is there nothing I can do?
Just because you don’t give up doesn’t mean there isn’t a way. Because reality wasn’t fiction.
what can’t be can’t
I had to admit that.
The fact that I am just a garbage human with no talent or ability, and that no matter how hard I try, it will all end in failure.
… … However.
If I give up here now, if Rubia, who is beyond that barrier, is killed by the demons.
What if I met Rubia’s lonely corpse without even doing my best?
If Rubia eventually dies because of the unavoidable circumstances, she will regret it madly later on.
At that time, I felt like I couldn’t stand it.
Whoops.
Finally.
One more time, when I stood up to collide.
“… … !”
——Unexpectedly.
My heart was pounding like it was going to explode.
A pulsating heart beats twice as loudly.
Shriel’s shouts suddenly fade away. This person is ringing loudly all over the place.
As I staggered into my seat, I vomited dark red blood from my throat.
… … not. It wasn’t blood.
“… … you you. what… ”
“… … ”
It was the remnant of a brilliant halo.
The formless light scatters an intense light that cannot be compared to a spark, then seeps into the empty space and disappears.
I wonder if I was the only one who saw it, and Shriel was also bewildered and asked about my condition. Of course, I didn’t have enough spirit to answer the me right now.
I thought it was a phenomenon. what is this… …
That moment.
Twisted——
There was a huge pain in my right eye.
“Shut up… … !”
“… … ! Are you okay?!”
He knelt down on his knees and closed his eyes.
It looks like blood is flowing from his eyes. I do not know.
It was the most terrible pain I had ever felt in my life.
I felt like my vitreous body was about to burst and my eyeballs were being pulled out raw, creeping up, and I desperately put my two hands over my right eye to protect my eyes somehow.
“Ouch… … ?”
and,
seemed
In the burst of light, I can see beyond that barrier. like clairvoyance. It was clear that there was nothing more than a quiet and gloomy pond, but at some point, there were several unidentified people around it.
— … now… Sun… …
— Here… … from… you…
— … … forced… Too… …
The first thing I saw was the horns.
The evidence of the demons Shriel spoke of. The demons, who seemed to be skeptical about something while flapping their wings, gathered around three and raised their voices to each other.
I don’t know why this is showing. It was an indescribably terrible pain, so it was a relief just not to lose consciousness.
… … and.
Among the three demons.
“… … !”
Rubia, with pale pink hair, was seen lying on the surface of the water without any devices by the pond.
He was wearing a white cloth like a blindfold, covering his body with a sacred veil that did not suit the demons at all.
There is Rubia.
over there
the moment I saw it.
“… … ! Ezio Cranil!”
I staggered to my feet as if possessed by something.
The pain in my right eye until now had completely disappeared, and even the illusion faded away like a mirage.
woo woo woo… …
instead.
Immediately after the rays of light that burst out of my eyes lit up the area engulfed in darkness, they slowly faded away, and now they are now faintly enveloping the outlines of my body.
“you you… … What… ?”
The whole body was slightly warm.
It wasn’t magic.
If so, what is it?
… … you don’t need to know anything
The important thing.
Now, I thought it might be possible.
“Suck!”
Shriel didn’t care.
I just wear this mysterious light around my body.
quaang——
———Quajizijik!
Breaking barriers like glass.
I pushed myself into it and finally entered.
#11
“… … I didn’t know this. I really didn’t know. I thought I had attained a deity that did not exist through the ordeal, but it was a completely wrong calculation.”
“… … Were you destined to die once from the beginning?”
#12
“——It’s nice to bring you here, but there’s only one offering. How are you going to distribute the Divinity? I don’t have enough ingredients right now, so it’s right for me to eat first… … ?”
Kwajijijik!
Kudang Tang!
Unable to stop running, he fell and fell.
The barrier, which had been disturbed by drawing cracks, shook and regained its original form as soon as I entered. Because of that, Shuriel’s shouting outside was also cut off in the middle like a flurry.
“… … what are you How did you get in?”
A demon’s voice is heard from afar.
I thought they were using a separate language from humans, but from what I can understand, it doesn’t seem like that’s the case. Or maybe you’re using human language to do both. It wasn’t really important.
The unidentified light that surrounded my body disappeared like a lie as soon as I broke the barrier.
A sense of omnipotence that enveloped me for a moment.
As soon as it disappears, fear takes over.
… … Demons were in front of me.
He clenched his teeth and slowly stood up from his seat.
outside and inside the barrier. There was little practical difference. The sky was dyed black.
However, there is only one difference.
The moonlight was pouring down the pond.
The sky outside the barrier is just black and dark. However, here, a round moon rose and the bright moonlight was sinking down.
“… … Rubia.”
But right there, on the shore of the pond, which was subtly dyed with a yellow and cold color, there was Rubia, asleep as if dead.
Fear disappears in an instant.
Instead, a slight anger filled it.
A hoarse voice came out of my mouth.
“… … Get away from Rubia, you bastard bats.”
“… … under?”
The reddish-brown-haired devil, who was at the forefront, with his arms folded, shook his head sideways while waving his pointed tail.
yet.
“——Fuhahahahahaha! Hey, what? What did you just say, you-? uhhh! Bat! Popula, look at us, bat, that human! It’s a bat!”
As the night sky was about to leave, the devil grabbed his stomach and smiled and tapped the shoulder of the demon standing next to him.
“Uh-huh, bat, bat… … ”
It was so funny that he wiped his face with his hand.
“… … If we are bats, what are you? yes?”
it was a moment
“Awkward——”
couldn’t even see
My body floated in the air.
The demon, who reached at the speed of light in front of me leaving an afterimage, broke my leg and kicked my stomach.
With a truly terrifying shock, I hit the wall of the barrier that surrounded me, not the tree in the distance.
Aww—!!!
in an instant.
His vision was dyed white.
“… … Cool.”
No screams came out.
As he flew, his back bent strangely, as if crushed bones were shaking his intestines.
His arms and legs, which seemed to have all been broken by a single blow, were drooping toward the floor, and blood was dripping from the corners of his mouth. Drops of fresh blood dripping down the top of the leather pants that were torn and ripped little by little.
… … oh
i am dying
mind is blank
It was nice to jump in nicely, but after that it was a problem. Entering into the barrier was just the starting line.
The real thing was from now on, but why the hell did I go into this place without any plan?
… … sad, me
So it’s cheap to face such a pointless death.
I’d rather not be provocative. No, I couldn’t contain my anger back then. It wasn’t the kind of thing I could stop doing just because I didn’t want to.
If so, what would be the best way? Did I have to kneel down on the floor and beg? I don’t like it that much… …
“Hey, kid.”
“… … ”
The devil comes before me.
He grabbed my collar and pulled me up by force.
I, who appeared to be hanging from the end of the devil’s grip, choked my breath and clattered over and over again.
It looks like the whole area is dyed red. I couldn’t properly discern the shape of the whole thing.
Eyes glistening with a dark red light.
My unfocused eyes turned to the devil’s face.
“Oh, don’t die yet. Am I still a bit cold? why are you so weak You can’t go out of here, sasha.”
“… … ”
“Then why are you scratching other people’s nerves all of a sudden? It was kind of funny, but the more I thought about it, the more pissed off I was. huh? What is a bat, a bat? Couldn’t you have chosen a better word?”
“… … ”
“… … But it’s strange, how did a frail human like you get in here? It’s a barrier that even those f*cking holy bastards can’t break through unless they’re a captain. huh? How did you get in here, did you?”
“… … ”
“Answer me, damn it.”
match-!
The devil slapped my cheek.
The neck turned to the side in an instant. If he hadn’t held on to his mind, he would have gone back and died by breaking his neck.
The devil twists his lips.
“Are you sick? If you don’t want to die, tell me. Then I will save you.”
“… … ”
“You can tell. I know I’m not far behind. If you say it quickly, I’ll send you here as it is now.”
“… … ”
“Of course, that friend is ours, so let’s go out and just forget about it. After all, humans are easy to follow, right? How do I know if I’ll be looking tomorrow instead of today? I think I’m going to die a day early anyway. huh? You humans are good at that. self rationalization. Just do what you do.”
“… … ”
“… … ha, baby Look at your eyes?”
Even when I’m slowly losing my mind.
I bit hard at the thought of cutting off my tongue, the sharp pain barely realizing that I was alive, and with all my might, I glared at the demon in front of me with furious eyes.
Then the devil laughs like crazy.
“If you don’t want to talk, just look around. I’d rather kill you, draw out all that insignificant blood, and give it to my friend——”
“for a moment. Kimaris.”
slurp.
A low voice came from behind.
A demon with a cold impression, whose fangs were sharper than that of demons, suddenly appeared next to this demon called Chimaris.
“… … What is it, Popula? Well, why. What is it this time?”
“Let go of your hand. If you do that, you will die.”
Kimaris complained.
“No, so why?”
“That man must not die now.”
“… … What is that?”
In the end, even though Kimaris smirked.
Shrek.
I literally put my hands up.
“Shut up… … ”
Thanks to that, I fell from the air and rolled over the hard floor again.
Because it felt as if the bones of his body had been crushed, indescribable pain ran through every corner of his body. With an intermittent moan, I squeezed my stomach with my eyes wide open and let out a heavy sigh.
Popula looks down at me.
Backlit by the moonlight, the impression of dark shadows gave an even colder impression.
His pale blue lips whispered heavily.
“… … This man is a more precious sacrifice than the man we have brought now.”