287 – Decisive Battle – 7
Mana dwelled at the tip of Minerva’s staff. At about the same time, the skinny man also raised his cane. A magic circle formed in the air, and a tremendous torrent of mana swept everywhere.
The ground shook with a gurrureung. Numerous old trees in the swamp, which seemed to be unaffected by any natural disaster, were easily pulled out like dried and twisted grass.
The ground nearby was completely torn apart. Through the cracks, the sticky water and mud unique to swamps were sucked in. The ground collided with each other and rose like a mountain.
In this natural disaster-like situation, it would be the insect monsters that lived in this swamp that suffered the most damage, but unfortunately, there were no monsters to be harmed in this place.
After a long time ago, they invaded the Empire and the Holy Kingdom, and all died.
“So, don’t you intend to answer the question of who you are?”
“Let the end come. Then all souls will be gladly saved.”
“I can’t understand the language.”
Minerva shook her head. It’s been like that ever since. She will be saved, or the end is coming, or worship death. It was all pointless nonsense.
Glancing at the poison swamp below that was crumbling and collapsing in real time, Minerva used her magic again. Huge clouds of lightning gathered in the sky.
The cloud poured all of itself into the skinny man. Lightning of terrifying thickness struck the man’s head.
However, the man casually absorbed it with his staff. The thunderbolt that had been spinning around with a wand that resembled its master came back to Minerva.
The thunderbolt collided with the protection spell. Sparks flew in all directions, and the magic circle shook greatly. An old tree was charred by a small bolt of lightning that spread nearby and was less than a tenth of the size.
While reconstructing the magic circle by pouring mana into it, Minerva pushed the clot of blood that rose up from his throat back into his throat. He could feel the taste of blood in his mouth.
‘…… You haven’t recovered yet.’
After clearing the entire empire of monsters, it’s still not fully recovered. In such a situation, mana was drawn to the limit, and the crowd began to come.
I swallowed the taste of blood spreading in my mouth as I prepared for the next attack. The skinny man also had a similar thought, and a magic circle was drawn near his body.
Minerva confirmed the appearance of the magic circle, and quickly interfered with the magic circle and blew the circuit. It was an eccentricity that only Minerva could do throughout the entire continent.
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As the magic circle distorted and completely shattered, the skinny man stopped moving.
‘I need to buy time.’
I don’t usually use it because it’s a skill that consumes my mental power, but in the current situation, I couldn’t help it. Even if your head is tired, you should restore as much mana as possible.
It was a situation where clots of blood were constantly regurgitating from his throat, and he wouldn’t even have enough mana left to keep him flying after a few attack spells.
The problem was, the opponent didn’t seem to have any intention of letting Minerva recover her mana.
“Time is not on your side. There will be no escape from the foreseeable end.”
“…… Could it be that once upon a time I was old enough to use such a strange expression?”
Dozens of blue spheres appeared beside Minerva. This was practically the last attack Minerva could do.
It turned half of the blue sphere into purple. It was devised independently by Minerva by applying the magic from another world that Delta had taught her about.
A sphere floating leisurely in the sky was launched with a slight time difference. The blue orbs hit the defense magic first. The barrier made of mana shook lightly.
Not a single blue sphere could penetrate the shield, but it didn’t matter. Because the real thing is next.
Purple colored orbs poured in succession hit the protective film. Unlike the blue orb, the purple orb burrowed inward as soon as it touched the defensive magic.
The part that dug into the barrier instantly swelled and exploded, spreading a purple mist. There was a continuous pop and pop sound.
The fog that spread from the sphere seemed to spread gently, then gathered towards a single point. A new purple orb was born from the condensed fog.
As the newly formed orb began to compress towards the center, Minerva vomited blood.
“Ouch, heck!”
Obviously the other side suffered the attack, but somehow it felt like Minerva suffered more damage.
“Ha ha, ha, ha… ….”
Minerva spat out clumps of water that felt all over her mouth. Slowly, as soon as she did, something flowed from her left eye.
She wiped the dripping liquid with her hand. Red blood came out of her hands. Soon after, a similar liquid flowed from her right eye.
Now was the real limit. Here, she can’t guarantee what will happen after she squeezes more mana. Minerva, who swallowed the clot of blood that was trying to rise again, stared beyond her purple aura.
Not long after, blue mana erupted from inside the sphere and tore the sphere apart. The purple mana turned into mist and slowly disappeared.
“Vanity and again vanity. Did you think you could avoid the apocalypse with such trivial tricks?”
That skinny man was still fine. Where are you just fine? Not a single fingertip was hurt. Minerva gritted her teeth when she saw a magic circle drawn on the tip of her wand.
From now on, it is an area where the future cannot be guaranteed. Because I was thinking of trying to squeeze mana out somehow. Maybe I won’t be able to use magic anymore.
‘…… Still. It was fun, child.’
The days following the discovery of the Crystal Scroll were the happiest moments in Minerva’s life.
I wasn’t so happy when I first learned magic and thoroughly mastered all the knowledge. Because the old Minerva did not know the fear that comes from boredom and boredom.
Since it was a reward obtained after a very long period of hard work, it was inevitable that it would feel much sweeter. He had never felt such a strong sense of fulfillment.
That one fact was enough.
Minerva, having made up her mind, was about to squeeze mana.
“Isn’t it too late to help, Miss Minerva?”
Nix’s voice was heard, and a large black flame fell on the man’s head. He was a black flame that looked much bigger than the imperial palace.
Minerva was safe because she was protected by a divine barrier, but all the places that were not were burned.
The mud that rose like a mountain, the trees that fell all over the place, the soil that flowed dangerously. It disappeared as a handful of ash equally without doing anything.
But even this was only to earn time. The blue light instantly erased the black salt. Nyx poured another spell of black magic and stood beside Minerva.
Then, as soon as she saw Minerva’s bloody face, she was startled.
“Hey, how is this place… ….”
“My God, what is this? Did you fight until this happened?”
“…… I’m still fine Tell me why and how you came.”
“It doesn’t look good at first glance, so it’s better not to say such nonsense. And why am I here Of course I came to help Minerva-sama.”
“…… Is it possible That should be my best condition—”
Hearing that, Nyx smiled sullenly. It was the saddest smile I hadn’t seen in a very long time.
“Didn’t I say a word about fighting?”
It was only then that Minerva realized that the surroundings seemed too bright. She slowly turned her head in the opposite direction where the shadow fell.
The sun had descended on the ground.
Minerva, who involuntarily blinded herself from the light that was so intense that it covered the whole world, she quickly put her hands away. Even though she was staring straight into the light, she wasn’t dazzled at all.
Then, it was obvious who that light was.
“You dare… ….”
It was Eclipse.
That also looks very angry.
Eclipse closed the distance towards the skinny man. The golden and silver Odd-Eye was filled with an unprecedented level of rage.
This is what he made for Delta. He foresaw everything in the world for Delta, and he made it with his own hands and dedicated it to Delta.
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“You dare…… Are you attacking my creatures with modeling from my game?”
Eclipse surprised himself even as he was angry. The emotion of anger was only thought to have disappeared when half of the world was taken away, eaten by melancholy, resignation, and self-loathing.
But it wasn’t. The emotion that made my heart boil now was unmistakably anger. This, too, may be due to the idea that the link with Delta has been tainted.
As if to express the emotions of such an eclipse, moonlight and sunlight gathered around the goddess without knowing the end. Nyx and Minerva felt the sun was right in front of their eyes.
I was not dazzled by this, so it was very strange.
“Go away. You inferior thing.”
Eclipse unleashed the wrath of the gods. His skinny body burned in an instant. The wizard muttered something of his to the end, but the words didn’t last long.
When the light went out, the man’s body had evaporated without leaving a handful of ash.
Eclipse, who took a deep breath and calmed down for a moment, seemed to be still less angry, then approached Minerva and Nyx. The two looked up at something inside that was enveloped in a halo of light.
“God of the holy kingdom, cool! I didn’t expect to see you this often, but! Coke!”
As Minerva coughed, clots of blood spurted out of her mouth. Even now, borrowing the power of Nix, it was only a narrow flight. I was in very bad shape.
With Minerva at her eye level, Eclipse tapped her forehead with her finger.
“Stand up. My child.”
“…… !”
As soon as she felt something touch her forehead, Minerva knew that her mangled body was instantly restored.
It wasn’t just that. Her mana, which had been completely depleted and exposed her bottom, was also filled up at once. A feeling of exhilaration ran through her body. She was just like when she first discovered the crystal scroll.
“It will be fine now.”
Because of the circumstances, in front of Delta, he was only able to show a strange figure in many ways, but Eclipse was the creator of this world.
He could do anything but treat the human body.
“…… Thank you?”
Minerva bowed her head awkwardly as her honorific was rewritten for the first time in nearly 400 years.
“Goodbye. Other things are more urgent now.”
“Other…… A job, huh?”
“Shouldn’t you go help that child you care about?”
That was right. Minerva hastily nodded her head. Thanks to that, the outfit reached the point where it was dangerous, but no one here cared.
“Where can I go…… It’s me?”
“… ….”
While Nyx and Eclipse went to pick up Minerva, the seven people who arrived in the other world first by the arrangement of the goddess stared blankly at the situation unfolding in front of them.
“That…… A monster, is it?”
“…… I don’t know. It’s the first time I’ve seen anything like that.”
The cause was a certain human fighting Caicilia. It is probably a replica made after the appearance of Caicilia, but a certain human with a greatly changed appearance.
It was hard to call him a human being, with more than ten arms sprouting from his body bent forward, and the sight of him wielding a holy sword indiscriminately with each sprouting arm holding a holy sword.