Powerless at the shocking sight, I let go of his neck.
‘It has changed.’
His face changed in front of me. as a completely different person.
Transformation magic?
No, it wasn’t on that level. I didn’t even utter a starter word. It’s not even a no-young window.
Because I didn’t feel the mana itself.
‘Magic… .’
What I felt for an instant was none other than Magi. And he knows who I am.
What these mean… .
“… Are you from the 72nd Order?”
he smiled. The eyes that glistened like blood-stained jewels were quite annoying.
“That’s right. I am also a church member chosen by God.”
“Is that the original shape?”
“Are you curious?”
I came back to the Eden I knew.
“captain.”
Only then did the snake pattern in his pupils begin to show.
‘Stigmata!’
He is also an apostle chosen by Andromalius.
With the same authority as mine, he was watching over me while hiding what he had seen until now.
There was no need to hide it as long as the cards were already exposed.
I looked at Eden with blatant hostility.
“Why did you reveal your identity only now? If he had made up his mind to reveal his identity, he would have had many opportunities to do so. If we worked together, we could have made the situation even better than it is now.”
Even though he was a member of the Church, doubts still persisted.
No, it was rather amplified than before. As a black magician, I can say this with my own mouth, but the people called black magicians are not trustworthy in the first place.
Fanatics.
It means that they are idiots who easily do any crazy thing for the god they serve.
There, the guy couldn’t figure out what was inside.
“Don’t be so wary. Aren’t there a lot of circumstances for me too? My top priority is the safety and revival of the church. I know that you are an apostle of the demons of lust and rage, and that you were chosen by my god, but I needed to personally verify. It was also the best time to reveal his true identity now that his eyes were gone.”
“So what is the result of that verification?”
“Well, in the long run, it seemed like there would be more benefits than losses. Shouldn’t we use all available paddles to achieve the greater good? Even if that means joining hands with the devil. ha ha ha! It’s a joke, a joke! I fully understand that the captain is suspicious of me. Because I was like that too. It is said that he received the blessing of Andromalius, but isn’t the captain an apostle of the demon of lust and rage? I really want to clear up all those misunderstandings here, but I don’t have much time to have a leisurely conversation.”
There was still a mountain of things I wanted to ask, but as he said, I was not in a situation where I could have a leisurely conversation.
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“Convinced. The rest of the story will be done after we get out of here. yes now… It is a temporary alliance. As I said beforehand, I don’t trust you. If you do anything stupid, I’ll kill you first.”
Eden smiled and replied.
“Yes, manager. That is enough.”
I didn’t even think about it because I knew that smile was fake.
“If you’re a dark magician, you’ve probably heard of evil.”
“yes. It’s the first time I’ve actually seen it. True to its name, it was very creepy just to face it.”
I deliberately stressed a few words as I spoke.
“But no matter how much I think about it, I don’t know why the evil appeared at this timing. As if someone intentionally staged this situation.”
But there was no agitation on his face. He just stared at me with his characteristic smile.
“That’s right. Who the hell did this?”
“… That will come out soon.”
“I guess so. Isn’t it the best academy in the empire? ha ha ha! Rather, shouldn’t we move slowly? It seems that it is still in the early stages of awakening, but if we delay any longer… .”
Eden’s expression slowly began to harden as he spoke.
“… I was going to say that there might be no turning back, but it seems it is already too late.”
It was the first time I had ever seen a nervous face. I also turned my head to where his gaze stopped.
An ominous figure walking through the grass.
pounding. pounding. pounding.
The sound of a fast beating heart echoed in my ears.
Compared to before, it was a form closer to a human, but its presence was so overwhelming that it could not even be compared.
Gray hair, grotesquely torn corners of the mouth, and a pair of wings spread behind his back.
The wings made of black feathers reminded me of a crow.
That’s it, the head bent with a sound. The eyes, even the pupils of which were dyed red, turned towards me.
Intense murderous intent, dotted with hatred. The person who hated and rejected the black magician more than anyone else has now become a monster who has lost his reason due to being contaminated by demonic energy.
It was a truly paradoxical situation.
“pagan?”
The sound of fingernails scraping against the window pierced my eardrums. Just hearing it made hairs stand up all over your body.
‘… got wings Could it be that he reached the third stage in such a short time?’
He didn’t even have the strength left to curse.
In the first place, it was nonsense that freshmen would encounter evil in the entrance exam.
Even if it was wrong, it was wrong for a long time. Isn’t it the same as asking a beginner who has just started the game to catch a hidden boss that appears with extremely high probability?
From the moment I intervened and changed the fate of Abel Croy and the fate of the Socheonma and the Cheonakcheon, unpredictable things were happening one after another.
I know it’s absurd and unreasonable, but I couldn’t help thinking that this was also happening because of me.
‘Can I deal with that monster?’
The question right now is whether you can deal with that monster.
Even though I officially signed a contract with Asmodeus and became an apostle, the power I can use is clearly limited.
He was lucky enough to have superior magic sensitivity compared to normal black magicians, but it did not mean that erosion did not stop at all.
That’s why he made a direct contract with God.
No matter how long you fly, just using the power of God directly takes a tremendous strain on your body and mind.
There were no clear symptoms yet, but if I abused my power, I might die before I could find Remegeton, or I might become an [Evil].
‘Whether it’ll be porridge or rice, I’ll have to live and see first.’
Unfortunately or fortunately, thanks to Eden, the immediate restrictions on using black magic disappeared.
However, the opponent is Evil, who is like the incarnation of the devil.
Of course, it is vulnerable to holy magic, but has considerable resistance to black magic.
Cursed classes are completely immune. Other than that, tolerance close to immunity.
And Eden and I are both black magicians.
For those of us who use black magic as a source of demonic energy obtained through the gods we worship, it is truly the worst opponent.
‘Even she is the head instructor of the academy. That means a knight of at least 6 circles… .’
Evil’s potential is proportional to its strength during life.
In other words, you have to deal with a ‘monster’ that has overwhelming resistance to black magic, has at least the physical ability and experience of a 6th-circle knight, and has several times or dozens of times more power through the 3rd stage awakening. .
‘Even if there was only one person who knew how to handle s*x magic… .’
At that moment, Eden’s urgent cry was heard.
“… captain! coming!”
A whitish sword that appeared before my eyes. Upon closer inspection, it was not a sword.
it’s bone.
“obliteration-“
It was one of the ribs supporting her side. However, it seemed that he would never lose to famous swordsmen in terms of his radiant energy.
‘crazy! What is the speed of swinging the sword!’
A slash that was so fast that it was difficult to follow it with the eyes.
I managed to use the ‘Dead Man’s Shield’, a black magic for defense.
The sword she wielded clashed with the shield in my hand.
Jiing!
The shield was shattered with a sharp pain that pierced the whole body.
The force was so strong that it flew straight and crashed into a tree.
“Cool-!”
When he got up and coughed, bright red blood flowed out.
‘Even after strengthening the whole body, it’s this much… ?’
When I experienced it myself, it was so strong that I couldn’t even compare it to what I had imagined.
But even more surprising than that was the feeling of pain. The sense of smell and taste still did not return, but the pain was vividly felt.
‘… After all, should I use the power of Asmodeus?’
Using authority is the last resort.
In the first place, using authority in its current physical condition itself was no different from risking one’s life.
In a situation where I still don’t trust Ethan, it’s only natural that I don’t want to give any information about my authority. Although he is nominally active as an apostle of the same demon, he is a guy who never knows when he will turn into an enemy if he is wrong.
I don’t want to show that guy my strongest hand.
Even if I managed to catch that monster by using my authority, no one knows what to do with me, who is exhausted in the aftermath.
‘I have to use that guy as much as possible.’
Judging from how he hid his power so far, it should be enough to protect himself at least.
Then Rachel rushes towards me again.
“captain!”
It was none other than Eden who stopped her. Unexpectedly, the pumpkins rolled in whole vines.
‘That guy was a magic swordsman… !’
Despite dealing with magic and swordsmanship at the same time, it wasn’t awkward at all.
Rather, it was the appearance of using swordsmanship and magic at the right time to compensate for weaknesses and maximize strengths.
It was so impeccably clean that I wondered if it would look like this if the magic swordsman’s battle were printed as a textbook.
Gradually, as time went on, the wounds on his body were increasing, but just tying up this monster so far proves that he is a tremendously talented person.
I didn’t miss this opportunity and shouted.
“Eden! Just 5 minutes, buy me 5 minutes!”
Eden, who had just cut his side, spoke without looking back.
“… Kut! Did you say 5 minutes? Five minutes, what, you’re going to die right now!”
“I have a sure way to take him down! It takes time to use that method.”
“method? Are you sure? Can I really believe that… ?”
“okay. Trust me. Eden! Just 5 minutes, 5 minutes! All you have to do is survive for 5 minutes somehow! There is no other way anyway!”
“… damn. If I die here, even if I become a lich, I will avenge it.”
rich… ? It’s good to be rich.
Even if I die, I will serve you as a familiar.
“thanks.”
In fact, as confidently shouted, there was no proper way.
It’s just a word I said to buy time to think. It was killing two birds with one stone, as his stamina would also decrease. In the meantime, what would you like to die for?
“captain! How much longer must I endure!”
hmm… .
I might die.
At first glance, it seemed that it was not long before he collapsed, his entire body covered in blood.
The good news is that no one has been cut off anywhere.
Then, suddenly, an idea came to my mind.
‘for a moment. if… ?’
It was just a hypothesis that came out of nowhere, but it was worth trying.
‘It wasn’t a formal contract, but he said he decided to accept me for now. then… .’
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I calmed down my irregular breathing and focused my mind. The demonic energy that covered his entire body spread out in all directions.
Magic is the power to turn irrationality into rationality and imagination into reality. The driving force is a fanatical belief close to brainwashing.
With a strong will, he slowly spat out one letter after another.
“Answer my call… .”
I felt a burning pain in my forehead. The stigma engraved by Asmodeus reacted violently.
It meant that the black magic was working properly, but I felt that I was approaching the limit physically and mentally.
“Dullahan.”
The red hexagon drawn on the floor lit up.
spurt.
―Stillness flowed.
Fog spread everywhere.
The sound of horses hooves followed, gradually approaching.
All right. All right.
As if in response, the woman’s song resounds sadly.
Black. Black. Black. Black.
What appeared through the mist was a jet-black horse and a neckless rider emitting strong snorts.
A soft voice flowed from the mouth of the woman the knight was holding. It was a beautiful voice, like an angel whispering.
“Ar ghlaoigh tú, a Mháistir?”