Imprisonment – 3
I hurriedly closed the room.
Neryl rushes to me.
“Maid, are you okay?”
“As you can see, I’m fine.”
“ruler. drink this It’s Serene’s special potion.”
“Did I just say I was fine?”
“Just drink it because it’s good for your body. hurry.”
I had no choice but to accept the pushing potion.
The trail wobbles.
[Later, I think of Neryl, who makes your nutritious juice every morning.]
‘noisy.’
As I was drinking it, Neryl took out a communication orb.
“Can I call everyone now?”
“okay.”
“Wait a minute.”
When she activated the communication ball, it became quite noisy.
– Mr. Neril. did you mess it up?
-Wow. Serene, no progress.
– No, so what does it matter to you asking if you did it?
– Everyone be quiet. Stay calm like me.
– Stop dropping your legs.
Neryl chuckled.
“it’s over. Come back soon.”
-Ahh. I’m really happy. I was very worried because there was a huge explosion all of a sudden.
“That’s what I did.”
-OMG. It suits you.
“What does that mean.”
– Ahaha. See you later!
not later
Agril’s speed with mime would be the best on the continent.
They reappeared within minutes.
“Oh, it’s hot.”
“It’s like stepping on some kind of lava.”
“Everyone, come.”
Neryl casts a simple spell on everyone.
They looked around as if they were going to live.
“It’s worse than it looks from a distance. There is nothing left.”
“It’s a magic developed by Beyond.”
“But Beyond-sama wouldn’t have been able to have this kind of power. That’s great, Mr. Neril.”
“Great.”
Neril, who is weak in praise, just turns his head.
Offense asked.
“What about Kayle?”
“Well kept.”
“Okay. I don’t have to worry about the back of the head when fighting the Velocian.”
“okay.”
“Now what?”
I pondered for a moment before answering.
“We should search for the final battlefield against Idria. I think the fight will probably be too big, because we have to catch it in a place where there are no people as much as possible.”
“I need to find a backcountry like the starting line or the Sacred Forest. Do you have any place in mind?”
“For once there is. let’s go I’ll tell you as I go.”
“I know.”
Kyle is already locked up.
So, not only the party members, but also myself, were at peace.
That was then.
Kwajik.
Suddenly there was the sound of something breaking.
what?
We hurriedly turned towards the sound.
“Ugh!”
Lissel inhaled in astonishment.
There is a hole in the air.
It was a hole in the space I made.
“Hey, what is this?”
“Maid, why are you doing this?”
“I didn’t make it.”
I was in a cold sweat.
He knew that the current Cald was much stronger than Idria.
So, I did my best to tear up the space a while ago.
can you pierce it?
“It’s Kayle.”
“yes? Well, it could be.”
“damn. I didn’t expect it to be this strong. Everyone get away.”
I’m afraid my words will end.
perk.
A hole was also drilled on the other side.
Two holes drilled in the air.
There, Cale held out his hands.
Then he began to pull it from side to side, as if he were about to tear an invisible piece of cloth.
neryl says
“No matter how strong that cockroach gets, this is strange. It was just a mess before.”
“… … .”
“Even if I could penetrate your space, wouldn’t it be the first thing to recover my body?”
I mean that.
I didn’t have an answer to return, but Cale wasn’t.
He said with a jingling laugh from beyond the space.
“Nah. Yes, I was very surprised.”
“Kaild.”
“I think the strength of the Velocian is this much.”
“What do you mean? It must have been that there was a hidden power even at the moment of being attacked by me.”
“no. Obviously I did my best. But it came back up again. That’s all.”
did you get up again?
I remembered Kayld, who was knocked down by Neril’s magic.
When I first saw him, I thought he was dead.
But he got up quickly, and even though he wasn’t in his best shape, he had recovered to the point where he had a hand-to-hand battle with me.
Offense said in a nervous voice.
“Is the recovery rate phenomenal?”
“okay. I didn’t know until now, but even if I use all of Velocian’s power, it seems to fill up quickly. It’s like a well that fills with water.”
“… … !”
“Don’t tear up such a bizarre technique right away. I like to wash my neck and wait!”
that’s something Are you saying he’s returned to the state he had when we first met?
This is a rather serious problem.
‘It’s not hard to beat Kyle once again. However… … .’
[Right. I couldn’t contain him.]
‘okay.’
I sighed.
“It’s impossible to lock him up. fundamentally.”
“Made.”
“Even if we make him moribund and send him over the space, he will recover quickly. And if it’s in perfect condition, it seems like it can tear my space apart.”
“… … .”
“Let’s go.”
You don’t know how bitter I was when I said that.
Perhaps she knew how I felt, she opened her mouth with an unusually gloomy voice.
“Cheer up. It’s not Maid’s fault.”
“thank you. But it’s not just that I can’t stop Kayle and I’m depressed.”
“yes?”
“He said he borrowed ten percent of his power from Velocian. If even Cald, which is about 10% of the power, can’t contain it… … .”
I wanted to say it without thinking.
For nothing, I made a noise that lowered the morale of the party members.
“sorry. I haven’t heard… … yes?”
But, unexpectedly, everyone’s expression wasn’t bad.
Rather, they were more determined than before.
“do not say that.”
“yes. Maid is always the one who shows the way.”
“I’m sure Velocian can win too.”
“In the beginning, the pace of development was too humane.”
“More than that, can’t we just crush him one more time and leave? If you can’t lock him up anyway, even look at his distorted face.”
I couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
It’s such a resolute attitude, even though the results were more than expected.
Aren’t these heroes worthy of a warrior?
tuk.
Then Xenia tapped Ardwin on the shoulder.
It seems that he was concerned about being quiet alone.
“Why are you quiet? In times like this, you need to say something unfamiliar to the atmosphere.”
“I’m not saying that to change the mood. It’s all sincere.”
“Then it’s even more serious.”
“Anyway, I was thinking.”
He wiggled his fingers and continued.
“Made hyung. After all, it’s best to lock up Kale, isn’t it?”
“Nothing to say.”
“Whew. like. I made up my mind.”
“What a decision.”
“This one.”
Ardwin pulls something out of his arms.
It’s the fallen tree branch I gave you last time.
All of our eyes widened.
“Ardwin, maybe?”
“I’m going to touch that child’s soul.”
“Well, if that’s the case, you can do it as it is now. No need to give up anything.”
“Until now, all I could do using my soul was to summon from the underworld, to increase my concentration, to put me to sleep, or to blur my presence.”
“… … .”
“What we are going to do this time is very different.”
Ardwin swallows his saliva.
“I am also trying to erase the soul.”
Kayle was the first to respond to those words.
The boy suddenly screamed like crazy.
“Are you talking about what that Velocian did to Florence!”
“You seem to know well. You must have seen it from the side.”
“stop. Serena did the same thing. Isn’t your colleague the victim of that?”
“… … .”
“You’re trying to do the same thing to me. That’s what heroes and heroes do!”
We were stunned and speechless.
Ardwin neatly ignored it and said to me.
“I don’t think simply putting the soul to sleep will work. Unlike Ophelia-san, the vessel of the soul is too large. I guess it’s because I’ve been called a hero for quite some time now.”
“You mean you have to sleep to wake up soon? So you want to erase it altogether?”
“yes. I try to do it as far as I can. If the soul is erased, the body will be destroyed just like Serene did, so you won’t be able to tear your space apart.”
I wanted to dry Ardwin.
The one-month validity wasn’t the problem, it was my lack of ability, so I didn’t want to make him give up his most precious thing in order to solve what happened.
But before I could say anything, Neryl spoke.
“I think I’m fine.”
“Neryl.”
“Maid, you are too far away from us. There’s really no need to give up if you use the Corrupted Twig. Should I be sorry for even making you feel like that?”
“… … .”
“Anyway, you have no ideas beyond Ardwin’s strategy.”
That’s it.
I looked at Ardwin silently.
A boy who somehow managed to join the journey to save the world at a young age.
A kid who would normally have been busy playing with his neighbors or learning necromancy from Mariana.
However, he had grown to the point where he could even make such a proposal in the first place.
I sighed.
“thank you. Ardwin.”
“Ahaha. What. And what if he says thank you to me?”
“yes?”
“How much do I owe you?”
I grabbed the branch with both hands.
“It’s not just my wish to save my father.”
“… … .”
“My mother did. When we come back from defeating the Demon King, the three of us will eat together. My father, mother, and I were seated side by side at dinner. This was my real wish. So… … .”
fight.
And without hesitation, he broke it and said.
“I am prepared for not being there.”
And the next moment.
Ardwin’s body began to glow.
His body is full of invisible spells.
They are shining all at once.
The light was so bright that we had to close our eyes for a moment.
When he opened his eyes again, Ardwin muttered with a blank expression.
“ah… … I see.”
“What happened?”
“I was wondering how turning fame into power would apply to a necromancer like me. It worked in a way that made sense of the true meaning of my body’s spells.”
“Really mean?”
“Well, understanding the spell is an intermediate step… … More precisely, it means that we have fully grasped the property of the soul. After all, necromancy is a profession that deals with souls.”
He looked back at the space.
There, Kayld still stretched out his arms and used a dragon to tear the space apart.
Ardwin said with cool eyes.
“Now that I understand the soul, I can erase it.”
“Uh, uh. okay. cheer up.”
“Are you going to erase it to the end?”
“no. No matter what, I can’t even ask you to do that.”
“Anyway, the kale bowl is too big, so don’t worry. Please increase the space a little more than that.”
“yes?”
“Look at that guy’s soul.”
I smiled and widened the space slightly.
Kyle hurriedly hid himself as if he had heard our conversation.
It resembled the shape of the jailer crouching down, dazzling as he opened the side door.
“It’s pathetic, it’s pathetic.”
“Everyone, shut up.”
“Ardwin? Can you see me?”
Ardwin stared intently into one hole in his face.
Instead of answering my question, he reached out his hand towards the space.
And the next moment.
“yes? Ugh!”
Suddenly he took a breath.
“Ugh. That, stop. so painful. It hurts so much!”
“… … .”
“Cool. I think I’m going to die. Please help me, Ardwin. Maid!”
Serena clicks her tongue.
“I know because I’ve been through it all, but that’s really mortal.”
“You even dreamed of swimming in gold coins.”
“… … ! How do you know that?”
“You were talking about sleep.”
“The gold coin is actually figurative and originally symbolized my dreams and hopes… … .”
I skipped over the conversation of the party and looked at Ardwin.
Sweat was glistening on his forehead.
Wiping the sweat, Ardwin said.
“I thought I could erase half of it. I only touched about 30 percent of it.”
“Is that enough?”
“It would be unreasonable for anyone with a great will, but Caled. It hurts like that, but to focus on tearing up the space.”
“Right.”
I safely closed the space.
Seeing the hole shrink, Kayld exclaimed urgently.
“Made! do not be like this!”
“It should be like this.”
Whoops.
The space has completely disappeared.
We crossed our arms for a moment and waited to see if he’d relapse.
But after a few minutes, it’s still quiet.
Neryl said with a very fresh smile.
“ah. It’s nice to be quiet.”