111. peanus
“hehehehe!”
Contrary to Natasha’s cute appearance, she started screaming next to her.
“Heroes! Warriors!”
Unbeknownst to Luna, she shut her mouth.
“Please. It’s noisy. Please keep your mouth shut.”
After forcing her to calm down, Luna asked me.
“So. The warrior entered automatically, what should we do?”
“We should go in too.”
I couldn’t ask Seria to solve it on its own.
I was worried, as well as the performance for future plans.
“Way?”
Luna asked me as if I already had the answer.
“Is there a way?”
Natasha looked at me with a half-sore face.
“Haa… let’s try it.”
After concentrating mana into my hand, I stretched out my hand towards the barrier.
As soon as my hand touched it, the barrier caused a strong reaction.
I put my hand against the fierce resistance as if I was trying to wash off the dirt.
“Hmm… As expected, it’s not easy because it’s implemented with a mana stone.”
In fact, if I could only use the magic of the demons, I could pass without any procedures.
But right now, because of Natasha, the ring could not be removed.
“Natasha. Is there any way for you to come to mind?”
Since I knew very little about elemental magic, I asked her if there was something she could do.
“Then let me call you again.”
As she uttered a song-like incantation, she stretched out her hand, and what appeared in front of us was a blazing bird.
no. Rather than a bird on fire, to be more precise, it was the image of a bird made of fire.
It was much smaller in size, but the Phoenix, the size of a baby dragon, soared high into the sky and went straight to the barrier.
…If the barrier collapses by mistake, I think the villagers will die in the flames.
However, despite the powerful spirit’s fire, the barrier did not budge.
Now, the last thing left was Luna.
“Hmm… what if it was like this?”
Seemingly hinted at by our attempts, she stretched out her hand.
And a magic circle extending from her hand.
That…
Magic was possible for me too. But I guess that won’t work…?
The magic circle that Luna drew was wind-type magic.
It was a magic that condensed the wind, but the difficulty wasn’t that high.
However, she tried to turn the impossible into possible with an overwhelming amount of mana.
Another magic circle was superimposed on top of the magic circle.
Another magic circle on top of that.
How many layers is this…?
“Shall we?”
At Luna’s signal, the magic circle began to glow.
If I were to blow this up right here…
The ultra-high-density compressed air became a single stream and penetrated the barrier.
It wasn’t just a simple tearing of the barrier, it was visible that even the building inside was damaged.
It was an ignorant method that was only possible by possessing an overwhelming amount of mana innately. This.
It’s the same demon, but it’s really outrageous… heh heh.
“let’s go.”
Luna slightly turned her head and gestured towards us.
Natasha was parenting with her eyes wide open, as if this was the first time she had seen Luna’s inaction properly.
huh. I was like that at first too.
Maybe if you see her without the ring, she’ll be stunned.
The inside of the village was being encroached on by demons, just like what we saw from the outside.
Humans would frown just by breathing here.
Natasha’s expression was becoming more and more displeased, but Luna and I were even feeling a sense of nostalgia.
“So. I think we’ll have to find the warrior first.”
I couldn’t feel Seria’s presence.
If I had been in combat, I would have felt it right away…
Where are you?
“Ugh… the spirits are screaming…”
Natasha looked around and talked.
“Certainly, it has become an impossible land for spirits to inhabit. This place.”
“How did you two get along so well?”
Oh, it’s because I’m a demon.
“You’re noticing it.”
I answered briefly.
Strangely, there was no presence in the village.
There was a high probability that people were gathered in one place.
And maybe Seria is there too?
After advancing through the village without much success, we split up, grasped the situation, and promised to meet again at this location.
“Can you go alone? Natasha?”
Natasha nodded.
“I’m also a decent first-class student.”
To be honest, Luna wasn’t worried at all.
No matter what kind of demon appeared, anyone who knew her identity would not be able to do anything with her.
If it was a low-level demon who didn’t even know her face, Luna would turn him into powder on the spot.
However, Natasha would definitely be limited by her power in this space.
She thought that it would be difficult for her to play an active role in this place where the energy of nature has withered.
But since you say you’re confident. You don’t have to force yourself to go with them.
After parting with them, I slowly searched for old memories.
Of course, after a long time, buildings have been rebuilt or demolished, but familiar buildings also caught my eye.
If I followed the direction I was going, there would be a plaza leading to the center of the town.
Once I had selected my destination there, I began to move forward without hesitation.
The moment I got out of the alley and saw the square.
I recognized that I had come to the right place.
Because of the silver-haired, unlucky expression.
Because Ashur was looking at me.
“It’s been a while. Sirius.”
He smirked and called my name.
“hey.”
You won’t need honorifics.
“What are you doing?”
When I looked at his face again, I felt annoyance welling up.
It wasn’t about letting him live last time.
Ha… If I had come this far and had known that the village next to me was going to be ruined, I should have had the limbs crushed to death that day.
In the middle of the plaza, there was a fountain of some size, and it seemed that Ashur was using it as a medium to maintain the barrier.
“This is where the warrior’s tomb will be.”
“You’ve lost your mind.”
In order to recreate the memories of the past for him, I spurted mana from my body.
A bluish aura began to rise from my body.
“Now. Release this.”
“Why? It seems like you’ve come to your hometown. Isn’t it nice?”
He looked at me and mocked me.
I couldn’t stand it and fired a magic missile at him.
Several orbs of mana flew at him with terrifying speed.
I didn’t expect a fatal blow, but he received my attack so perfectly.
His expression as if my magic had no effect.
“As expected, there must be a corner where you believe in it, right?”
This far was within the expected range.
From now on, my job was to figure out what trick he was using.
I don’t think my magic was offset by another magic…
He seemed to have absorbed my magic using some means.
“Sure. Sirius. You came, the hero came, and the princess came, all of which were within the expected range.”
“Ohh. You said you did such a joke even though you knew Luna was coming?”
Even if I ignore the dog, Luna wouldn’t?
“Yes. And, as you can see, we have achieved this.”
He snapped his fingers and a cross rose from the back of the fountain.
And what is tied to it is…
It was Seria, who had lost her mind and was tied up.
“Nonsense…”
It was impossible.
It was impossible for Luna to subdue Seria in such a short time.
It was not something that a mere human scumbag could do.
“…Who is it?”
Instinctively, he sensed that an entity far above Ashur had intervened behind this incident.
“Sirius. As you may know, my strength as a human being rather weakens inside this barrier.”
That was right.
“Then you can guess who this stage is prepared for.”
When he finished speaking, the main door of the building behind the fountain opened wide.
“Now the end is in sight.”
A creepy voice that sounds like scraping metal.
The deformed scene unfolding in front of my eyes stopped my thinking for a moment.
A boy of about eight years old was walking towards me.
His red eyes were proving that he was not human.
Although he was obviously in the form of a child, I felt my body freeze more and more with each step he took.
“You’re here. Peanus-nim.”
Ashur knelt in front of the boy.
“Yes… Ashur… You did very well.”
“thank you.”
Ashur bowed his head to the ground and thanked him.
The boy turned his head and looked in my direction.
“And maybe you’re… Amelia’s apprentice, right?”
Seeing his expression as if he had already put everything on his palm, I bit my lip, unable to answer.
“Hmm~ It’s a pretty well-made ring. It looks like it went through Amelia’s hands.”
…Where is Luna?
If it was such an overwhelming energy, there was no way that Luna and Natasha would not be able to sense it.
I should never have ventured alone.
no? the three of us Even if all four of them, including Seria, who was tied up there, attacked, it was not even sure if there would be a chance of victory.
“Amman, you say you’re Amelia’s disciple… but for sabotaging my plans, you mean you’re ready to take that responsibility, right?”
…I told you that we prepared only easy cases that you guys can solve enough.
It’s like a damn homeroom teacher.
In this hopeless situation, I hated my homeroom teacher even more.