227 – Because I have worries, I am alive.
Quaaang—!
Selpen’s attacks hit violently against the protective shield that Maiev had managed to spread. Maiev thought, feeling so overwhelmed that his arms were shaking.
It is common sense that an inanimate object without a mind cannot be possessed by something. After all, if you don’t have any preferences or tastes, how can you be captivated?
‘Strictly speaking, it is not fascination….’
It is close to the power of changing masters. It is also the power to temporarily deceive those around you. It is an ability that lets the world know that the caster who activated the magic is Selpen himself.
‘Actually, there are quite a few abilities similar to this in magic….’
It’s awkward.
There is a feeling of awkwardness and discomfort in some way.
Maiev pondered over the differences.
“… !”
I was finally able to realize it.
‘Understand!’
In order to take away the initiative in a specific skill, you must basically know what magic the opponent is using. Because treating something as if it were your own implies that.
However, there was someone who was able to take the initiative and use it without even having to understand what kind of magic the other person was using, and it was Selpen in front of me.
As expected, the unique ability was something mysterious even to Maiev, who possessed both black magic and magic.
Susssss─
A blue shield created by Maiev using human magic. When Selpen’s attack hit it, instead of cracking, the curtain began to turn pink.
Selpen’s energy does not try to understand or understand Maiev’s magic techniques. They simply distort the facts themselves and change the owner’s name to Selpen.
Puck—!
In the end, Selpen’s sword attack broke through the curtain that had lost the initiative.
“Ugh!”
After rolling on the floor a few times, Maiev got back to her feet as quickly as possible. I put the bottom of both her hands together and concentrated once again.
Sigh─!
Then, blue paint began to appear in the air.
Unfolding the unique barrier as it is is the same as using black magic, so the world of fire was unfolded in a similar way using human blue mana.
Although it is not as elaborate as the original original barrier, it is painted in blue paint in a roughly framed shape.
Wow! Sigh—!
Erases the traces of Selpen’s sword that stabs several times in the air.
A bead of sweat trickles down from Maiev’s forehead. If one of the blows had been allowed, his joints would have been pierced.
But the next moment.
Maiev could only flinch for a moment, her body shaking. Less than ten seconds had passed since she unleashed her magic, and before she knew it, it was in Selpen’s hands.
“Damn….”
Maiev’s teeth ground together with a crackling sound.
‘Even if only black magic could be used!’
Maiev, who stopped using her magic, supported her body with mana and moved directly to avoid the attack.
Hooked!
One blow that the naked eye could not catch pierced Maiev’s left shoulder. Maiev, barely able to endure the pain, quickly pulled out his shoulder and quickly retreated behind him.
Boom! Thud! Boom!
Wherever Maiev’s feet touched, Selpen’s sword struck and dug a hole for her. Maiev was still dodging attacks like a cat, but….
“Whoa.”
“What, are you tired already?”
Selpen sneered with a sneer on his face.
Countless thick beads of sweat flowed from Maiev’s forehead. She was devastated because Selpen stopped attacking and laughed. If she had continued her attack, the showdown would have probably ended just now.
“… “You’re just taking the initiative without any understanding.”
“Oh? That’s right.”
Selpen’s eyes widened as if he was happy to see him. He quietly creates a wall with his hands as if to prevent others from hearing him as he continues his speech.
“In fact, the word ‘enchantment’ is a trap and temptation. It’s quite a different force from that. How does it feel when you actually meet them? “I want to hear that.”
“What does it feel like….”
I needed a moment to catch my breath before answering.
After taking a few breaths and wiping the sweat that was pouring down from her face with her arm, Maiev’s lips parted.
Selpen’s power is certainly great, but she could understand at once how she reached the level of her knight, but despite this….
“… “I feel sorry for you?”
Maiev said this as she burst into laughter.
“Hmm?”
Her Selpen’s head tilted to one side, as if she had heard something completely different from what she expected. Not surprisingly, she had never experienced such a reaction in her entire life.
“What did you just say?”
It’s not that I couldn’t hear it, but it’s a question I ask back because I heard it properly. But Maiev’s attitude did not change.
“It’s pitiful. I feel sorry for you. I can not hear you?”
Whatever it was, Maiev now understood how miserable it was to be dependent.
Maiev has lived in dependence.
Her disguise, which was her strength, was, in other words, an ability that depended on the appearance of others, and she always lived depending on her birth as a blood demon and her back as a void.
And now she has faith, not dependence.
Thanks to Plan.
Her breath rises to the tip of her chin. After swallowing it once, Maiev opened her mouth again.
“… “Can you deal with me even without that unique ability?”
Maiev’s voice became more serious, but Selpen shrugged her shoulders as if she had heard something so absurd.
“There’s no need to worry about that?”
Selpen smiled her triumphant smile.
“There’s no need to lose her unique abilities, it’s a stupid waste of time to even make that assumption. In the first place, I’m jealous of you guys too, so I can’t help but find fault with you. Is not it?”
“Yes. Is not it.”
Maiev followed her lead and smiled triumphantly.
“Because you only use one power for the rest of your life, you become dependent only on that power, so I truly pity you for not being able to think about other ways to develop.”
“… What.”
Selpen almost forcibly suppressed her momentarily surge of vitality.
Unique abilities.
The moment you acquire this mysterious power, people will praise you for having received the most precious blessing in the world. Before and after getting this, Selpen’s life changed completely.
However, the wizard in front of her was nothing short of a tough guy.
Selpen quietly tightened her grip.
The capital knight seemed to have finally made a decision, and the life force that had been forcibly suppressed began to creep back up.
Color was slowly applied to the energy that had bloomed like a transparent haze. It was purple and had a shape similar to that of an angel or a devil.
“Hey, cheeky wizard.”
She said after holding the sword backwards.
“Feel with your body what kind of power this is. “Then you will realize how absurd the words you said were.”
With those words, the atmosphere in the stadium changed.
However, Maiev’s expression was calm.
It was as if he had made a big decision.
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“It’s dangerous.”
Trixie’s impressions as she watched the stadium all the time were short and simple.
The aura emitted by Selpen was spreading in waves with a purple glow, so it was impossible to know the life and intent contained in it.
“Maiev…. “Is this okay?”
Becky was full of worries from the start of the game.
Originally, it was a game where Flann had to participate, but Maiev did. Even though she had only known Maiev for a short time, it was natural for her to support the head of the same magic department.
In the end, if I wanted to ask something, I had no choice but to find Plan.
“Hey, Plan.”
“What is it?”
“I mean Maiev. “Are you okay?”
Flan just answered without hesitation.
“You can tell by looking at Maiev’s expression.”
“….”
Becky strained her eyes and looked at Maiev’s face standing tall in the stadium. She had a calm expression on her face as if she had made a decision.
Becky felt her heart becoming more urgent.
“What if I became calm because I was prepared to die? I know it’s stupid, but I don’t want anyone to get hurt….”
“That’s stupid.”
Flan cut Becky off firmly.
“A bird cracks an egg and goes to another world.”
“Huh?”
“That’s a rare moment, so watch closely.”
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Maiev concentrated her mind.
‘At first, I felt unfair and hated it.’
I thought it was absurd and foolish to live by imitating human origins.
After all, wouldn’t she have to throw away all of her time and her life as a blood demon? Besides, she was extremely frustrated trying to learn human magic again.
‘But….’
Subjectivity.
Even though it may be a little more difficult and it may take longer, you definitely have independence in who you are now. Rather than living according to someone else’s plan, he was acting strictly according to his own will at this moment.
And now, thanks to Plan, I was able to change.
This is why she put her foot up by cutting in line in this stadium.
“Whoa.”
Maiev took a quiet breath and placed the bottom of her hands together. Surprisingly, what was slowly rising from her body was not red, but blue.
Selpen, looking at such a situation, muttered.
“What is that? “The last struggle?”
But no such murmurs reached Maiev’s ears. At this moment, all she could think about was what she could do with blue mana.
It’s not complicated.
I am not afraid.
She is actually happy about the series of processes in which she seeks out her own way to live and discovers ways to overcome her own limitations.
At this moment, she can feel that she is alive and suffering.
And finally….
Maiev slowly opened her eyes and muttered.
“The Great Demon Sutra of the Middle East.”