137 – Madness
The word ferocious was a fitting look. Are those really human eyes? The fact that it was a beast full of pure malice came to me more vividly.
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No matter how hard Euroran tried, her voice wouldn’t come out of her mouth. Just by looking at him, Euroran was frozen in fear as if bound by powerful magic, unable to even look away.
Once again, the sound of breathing like a beast came to Euroran’s ears. And Euroran was able to see clearly with the eyes that observed the inside of the body through magic.
Torn blood vessels regenerate more toughly and tautly, and entrails regenerate from bursting pieces of flesh.
The bones and muscles of its whole body are crushed by the magic that collided internally, and it never stops regenerating even as it breaks and explodes.
An unknown disciple of Lycan is now reconstructing the inside of his body with only his pure magical power.
For a moment, Euroran forgot even the fear and was genuinely amazed. It was impossible, but it happened right in front of my eyes. The undeniable truth is right in front of you.
The needle he had inserted had reached its full effect on the mana beyond its limit. Every time the apprentice of the Lycans breathed in, the space behind them twisted as if being sucked into their body.
It wasn’t just a haze created by the hot summer. An endless abyss is filled in the vacancy of the distorted space due to sucking up the mana scattered in the air.
The space and the abyss were mixed, and it was like looking at the starlight of the universe.
It is so beautiful, pure and so overbearing.
It was chaos.
Euroran felt her brain go numb. She felt an almost obsessive urge to pour out all of her feelings, all of her memories, at once.
I want to deny it, but I can’t take my eyes off it.
I want to escape, but I want to be mixed up.
I want to resist, but I have to accept it.
Chaos eats away.
Consciousness surrenders, pride collapses.
Boo moths have no choice but to worship the sun.
I can feel someone’s gaze beyond the mad blue eyes. It is indescribable like seeing a bug….
“Calm down and breathe.”
The action of the lycan grabbing her arm made Euroran realize that she was aiming her wand at her own temple.
I didn’t realize it. It felt like her ego had been crushed by something in her.
Realizing belatedly that she had strayed from something, Euroran sat down as her legs gave out. Her old heart beat like a child for the first time in a long time. She is overcome with a strange feeling that she survived.
It was belatedly that Euroran had a reluctant question.
She
What did she think she survived? Her limbs trembled like mad, and her hand that held her staff showed tendons from how tightly she squeezed it.
Cleaning out the remnants of something left in his head, Euroran spoke in a stuttering voice.
“This, what the hell is this….”
“Anyway, it seems that I have been pushed out of my mental strength.”
At those words, Euroran inadvertently raised his head and looked up at Lycan. Can we call it mental strength? Can we count that gaze as a human gaze?
At that moment, a gale blew through the training ground. Reflexively turning his head toward the origin, Euroran just stared at the monster reaching out to him, not even thinking about closing his eyes.
Am I going to die like this? He holds a staff, but he never dreamed of resistance.
But fortunately, that was an illusion. The destination of his hand was not his own neck, but the marble floating in the air.
Even though she knew in her head that there was a distance and that she would never reach her even if she stretched out her hand, Euroran was frightened and felt a threat to her life.
Kwajik-!
The marble is broken. The name of the absorption crystal was shabby, and it shattered like glass. At the same time, like a lie, the power that overwhelmed the surroundings disappeared without a trace.
Perhaps with all his might, Lycan’s disciple collapsed onto the road. A thick cloud of dust rose.
After a moment of silence, Euroran had no choice but to ask in a trembling voice.
“Um, what’s his name… ?”
To Euroran’s question, Lycan answered loudly with her brown eyes shining like lights.
“Ross, my proud pupil.”
***
Lycan brought out cool barley tea with ice, but Euroran didn’t even care. She ran nervously around her room, arguing and venting her anger.
“What the hell happened! This is impossible!”
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No matter what Euroran said, Lycan emptied the barley tea at once. She also nodded, thinking that barley tea is the best in summer.
“No way you… Didn’t he teach you how to breathe in the family?”
At Euroran’s suspicious words, Lycan sighed.
“In that case, what are we bringing you to the academy for?”
“But it’s only the first step in breathing! A breathing method with some restrictions applied to give it to the collateral! Breaking the suction stone with it… Do you think it makes sense? That would be impossible even for the head of state….”
Euroran slurred her words. Her head cried out countless times that it was impossible, but she saw it with her own eyes.
Very lightly, Ross breaks her marbles.
Even if Lycan secretly taught the family’s breathing method to her pupil…. Even knowing that couldn’t be possible, Euroran couldn’t let her doubts stop her.
She wanted to understand this situation, and ultimately to satisfy her curiosity. To do so, she pours out her doubts on the Lycan as if she is forced to do so.
Seeing Euroran like that, Lycan snorted at her.
“But it happened.”
“So, how did that happen… Please explain… !”
“It must be the result of the combination of the talents of the disciples that I did not know about.”
The lycan twisted the corners of her mouth with a ferocious smile, as if pleased with that fact.
“As I said, I never taught you how to breathe. It was purely Ross’ unknown talent that matched his breathing technique. So, aren’t you more curious? If Ross gets true intangibility, how strong he will become.”
Euroran unknowingly swallowed her saliva at Lycan’s words. With only one breath, the Suction Stone was destroyed. It is also an improved form with restrictions.
If a disciple of Lycan learns the intangibles of the main family….
“It will reach the realm of the transcendent. Not a halfway transcendent like me, but a transcendent who has reached true intangibility.”
Although Lycan read his thoughts, he was dissatisfied, but Euroran couldn’t help but have a ray of anticipation at those words.
“I will report this directly to the head of the household. Everything without hiding anything.”
“As you please.”
Seeing Lycan shrug his shoulders as if he didn’t care, Euroran turned his head and looked at Ross, who passed out on the bed in the hospital room. The appearance from a moment ago was still good in my eyes.
He could not tell whether what he saw was a hallucination caused by fear or a real phenomenon. However, the unpleasant first impression of looking at him with sorrowful eyes had long since disappeared from his mind.
A vague fear existed in a corner of my heart now.
“… Do you believe in the disciple even after seeing that? I mean, can you handle that madness?”
At Euroran’s question, Lycan stood up from his chair and gave a relaxed smile.
“It doesn’t matter. Because I am a master. To be a stepping stone for disciples to grow. Isn’t that the teacher’s duty?”
European muttered at the plain Lycan’s voice.
“You idiot….”
***
In the hospital room where Lycan and Euroran disappeared, Estelle appeared.
Estel, who had been hiding in the cut-off space so that no one could notice her presence, got out of the space and approached the bed where Ross was sleeping.
Estel sincerely wanted to trust Ross. Because she had promised to destroy the Church that had bound her and divided her clan.
She was so she couldn’t help but doubt. Is it true that he knows what will happen in the future, or is he not his apostle like the leader doubts? Is he trying to use himself?
So she secretly observed Ross. There was no special magic inside the club room, but I couldn’t break into it even with my own abilities.
When Ross was outside the club room, he always sneaked along and observed.
And today, Estelle saw it with her own eyes. At first, she guessed, she might be a fragment of the chaos in the mask of the leader.
But the moment Estelle saw Ross’ gaze, she thought her guess was wrong.
She also deals with the power of chaos that she received from the cult leader. So you can see. That you can’t show that kind of power just to the point of being comfortable.
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No, it wasn’t chaos. It is the ruin that will end everything. A ruin that even the cult leader could never read.
“… If you really are the apostle of the one the religious leader prophesied about, there’s nothing you can do about it.”
Muttering to herself like that, Estelle pulled out her dagger. It is in an unconscious and defenseless state. Cutting her throat was too easy.
But Estelle couldn’t move her hand.
In his memory, Ross’ words that promised him freedom were so sweet, and he wanted to believe them….
In the end he had no choice but to retract the sword. Even the slightest hope was too desperate for Estelle now.
“… Just a little more, I’ll believe it. Because Amber hasn’t come back yet.”
Estelle muttered something to herself as if to make an excuse, then lowered her head and put her face close to Ross’s ear.
“… Please. Please tell me I wasn’t lying.”
Estelle said that in her pleading voice and grabbed Ross’s hand.
I earnestly hope that her own hope will not turn into her despair.