Chapter 143 – Pennheim Polaris
Darkness is weak to light, and fire is the attribute closest to light among other attributes.
So, if you are confident in your fire attribute, you won’t be able to gain a competitive advantage against darkness, but at least you will be able to try to fight.
However, the overwhelming darkness swallows even the light.
In the case of a confrontation between high-ranking spirits of the same level, even if they boil at first, the fire spirit has no choice but to lose in the end if the fight is prolonged.
‘A little bit faster!’
As Iren made a hand sign, the lieutenant and lower spirits all rushed towards the remaining high-ranking dark spirit.
The last one left was the one who first appeared earlier and ate the bandages.
Normally, spirits take the form of animals, but this one did not.
A mouth that seems to devour everything and a huge size to the point of ignorance. It resembles a human’s, but has abnormally large and numerous teeth.
It has no limbs and just looks like a giant cylindrical earthworm.
An unusual shape that seems to exist only to devour and grind everything.
His bright red eyes flashed as he watched the fire spirits rushing towards him.
Koo-goo-goo-goo–!
Every time the dark earthworm moves, the whole area shakes.
‘There’s no way that guy could be the main body….’
Still, the energy of the elemental lord is being felt from the side of the dark earthworm.
That means… It seems reasonable that there is a space inside the earthworm.
Swallowing the bandage was not for killing, but for recovery… It makes sense when you think about it.
‘But jumping into their mouths doesn’t mean I can go to where they are unconditionally.’
Even if you are the most stupid elemental lord in the world, there is no elemental lord who opens the way for enemies to come to you.
Of course it must be a trap. If you blindly jump into it, you’ll be crushed or you’ll end up in a space other than the one where the Elementalist is.
In order to prevent such a situation, it means that you have to defeat that high-ranking spirit in order to be able to face the elemental lord over there.
Besides, the fight won’t end there.
‘Because there is no guarantee that a spirit sage who can manifest an army of this size will not be able to summon another spirit.’
But can the other high spirits have room for the next against that worm that seems like it could be chewed up in one bite?
Probably impossible. But… There is no option not to fight.
The fire wolf that ran the fastest clings to the body of the earthworm and starts biting it.
Every time the wolf bites, a handful of darkness is torn out, but the spot is quickly restored.
As if a dim light alone could not illuminate the darkness.
But Irene doesn’t have only one wolf.
Arriving one step later than the wolves, various fire spirits attack hard, such as clinging to the earthworm’s body or spewing fire.
Even in a dark cave, if there are several torches, it will become slightly brighter, so the speed at which darkness covers the torn off area has decreased.
But… This is far from enough. No, even winning is impossible.
It was only possible to change it little by little, but… At this speed, it would be faster for Iren and Ifelsar to die than for the earthworms to disappear.
And above all….
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Quaaagh———!
… I’m not going to bite you like an earthworm. It’s only natural to fight back when you’ve been attacked.
The earthworm that started resistance twists its body, lifts its upper body, and swings it around.
All the lower spirits were swept away just by being caught up in such a simple movement.
It seems that the middle-ranking spirits are holding on a little bit, but literally they are just holding on somehow.
I’m trying my best not to fall off the earthworm’s body, but I can’t do much damage.
Even those spirits that were designated as targets of earthworms and were bitten or swallowed lost their connection with Iren.
‘… I can’t win.’
Not only did I no longer have the energy to summon other spirits, and even if I could manifest more high-ranking spirits, I honestly didn’t think I would be able to defeat the earthworms.
Could it be that the earthworm is one of the few highest-ranking spirits in the world?
Kwajik!
Surprisingly, the one who lasted until the end was the wolf-shaped spirit that attacked first.
Even that has now disappeared as the earthworm’s teeth have been ripped out.
Earthworm looks at Iren as the last remaining spirit disappears. He recognized the owner of the spirits that bit him just before.
Koo-goo-goo–!
The floor vibrates as the earthworm moves its body to swallow Irren.
Irene quietly closed her eyes as she watched the worm’s mouth getting closer and closer.
‘I should have forced Eir to run away.’
If you summon the high-ranking fire spirits who are fighting other high-ranking dark spirits right now, you will be able to fight a little longer.
But that would only make it last for a few more seconds. It doesn’t make any sense beyond that.
When Iren tried to accept her death, regretting that he couldn’t save Ifel Sar.
——It was as if I could see purple starlight.
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Space movement magic has more complicated activation conditions than I thought.
First of all, you must have been to the place you want to go to once, and you must know the exact coordinates of that place.
This alone is tricky enough magic, but there are other external factors that hinder its activation.
It is natural that the caster and the magic power around him should be intact, and the magic power of the place to be moved should also be calm.
Since it’s the magic that connects this place and there, it’s only natural if this is natural, but….
So what do you want to say! If….
“I can’t go right away.”
Dammer Mage Garlowin, known as the master of spatial magic, declared that she could not move directly to the academy right now.
It would make sense if we were still inside the Black Forest. As it is forbidden, it is a place where not only mana but also time is twisted.
However, the place where we are now gathered is a place a little far from the Black Forest.
There is no problem with Garlowin, let alone magic floating in the air.
There is one reason that can be inferred from these circumstances.
“… Star City has a problem.”
The magic around the academy is twisted, so it’s impossible to open the door there.
‘… Is there anything wrong with the academy at this point?’
While I was in the black forest, a lot of time had passed and I checked the date on my phone to see if I had missed the timing, but at least from the development I know, it’s not the time to cause problems.
However, the future I know is a twisted future due to another Dinah who is possessed by [Outside Spirit]. I can’t really guarantee that nothing will happen.
‘Still, what’s wrong with the magical energy in the air?’
Like when Odin’s eye attacked Star City last time, is there a barrier that seals the movement of magic power?
If not that, large-scale magic of enormous size?
No. Even if it was a large-scale magic, it would have to be magic with enough power to lightly erase several cities in order to distort the magic of the entire area.
However, considering that there is a record in history that only the demon king was able to do such a thing, there is a strong possibility that this is not the case.
Then there is only one thing I can think of.
Large-scale movement of beings with magical powers, such as golems, monsters, and monsters, which are the crystallization of magical engineering.
However, I don’t think golem-like guys suddenly appeared in large numbers, so from common sense, the only possibility is a spirit.
Spirits are mana creatures that exist everywhere like magic in the air.
Unless it is manifested by injecting mana, it has almost no effect on the present world, but….
Then what did Iren do? … No. No matter how genius Irren was, it was impossible to manifest a spirit to such an extent that the magic power of the area was distorted. But… The more I thought about it, the more I thought that the current situation with distorted magic must be because of the spirit.
Of course, Irene wasn’t the only person with knowledge of spirits.
By any chance, if this is real, it’s the worst of the worst, so I’m thinking it’s not… If this speculation is true….
He started moving.
Dina’s older brother who conducted numerous experiments using her powers.
The boss who fought before going to fight the demon king in [Oeyeongdae].
He was also a Spirit Sage. Although he had a different direction than Irene, he was equally talented.
And through experiments and expedients, a spirit sorcerer who has been able to handle an impossible number of spirits with common sense.
‘… Pennheim Polaris.’