113 – rewind
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“Solar, wake up. It’s your turn.”
Solar stood up from her seat with Odrox’s characteristic crackling tone. As soon as she woke up, she took care of her bag and the robe next to her, and went out immediately. Since there was no armament in the first place, it was natural for it to be fast, but today it seemed urgent.
“Uniqueness.”
“none.”
“What is that bone?”
“ate.”
“Yes. Go in.”
Sola ignored Odrox’s words that he had eaten a huge monster, leaving only its bones and internal organs, and waved at him to step back. Even though he was treated like that by Solar, who was much smaller than himself, Odrox went to bed as if nothing had happened.
With Odrox gone, Sola, left alone, immediately took action. Using the seat as a desk, I lined up my magic tools and thought for a while.
What she is thinking of right now is the official chant of magic. Among the many magics he had created, it was the magic that played the most decisive role in finding him – the most useful.
Why would you want to use it again now? She intended to use it to find the demon that had escaped. Aside from the fact that the loss was annoying, he couldn’t bear to see that the demon that tormented him had run away.
They certainly had the means to activate the magic. If the demon is a fragment of the summoned portal, it must have enough traces of it.
She opened her backpack. It is not organized, so I start to sweep the inside of my rucksack with my hand and throw away unnecessary things.
Her treasures that come out from time to time – objects that have traces of him – are held with both hands as if to be cherished, and are neatly displayed next to her.
‘Because I have to find Ron again later if he disappears.’ He made an excuse to himself that he did not know how many times, and piled up treasures that kept appearing.
It wasn’t until half of the backpack was emptied that I was able to catch one of the fragments. black shards. It was what she was looking for.
Since he had already recalled all the chanting, he was able to start taking action right away. But she didn’t recite the chant right away. Sola originally tended to increase the success rate as much as possible before taking action. Of course, there were many times when it failed because of my personality.
Here comes the reason why Sola, the wizard, arranged magic tools. It was to prepare for an unexpected failure by removing a little fragment of the catalyst and using it.
It could have been completely smashed by sawing blindly. So you have to analyze what it’s made of and use the cutting method accordingly.
After Sola placed a fragment on the magic tool, she let her magic flow. As if to hit her anxiety, the disconnected magic power and demonic energy remained. If you touched it wrongly, it could have turned to powder and disappeared.
I don’t know if it was the previous Solar, but the current Solar has the alchemy knowledge she learned from the alchemists of the Mage Tower and Merlin. Although the ideal and reality are different, Solar seemed to show off her efforts.
The magic was activated using a small fragment as a catalyst. The path made of magic, tracking Ereon summoned from the dimension gate, was revealed for a while and then disappeared.
The effect was clear. You can’t miss it this time, so you have to hold onto it. I’ll have to take my friends with me to do that.
You should also check the status of the portals spread throughout the continent. It would be more urgent to destroy the dimensional gate that is about to activate than to spend time on a demon that can be traced with certainty.
After completing her plan before going to sleep, Sola put the scattered magic tools and items back into her backpack.
The slowly rising sun began to drive away the darkness that had cast over the moon.
Sola, who thought that the existence of the bonfire was meaningless, put out the fire and did some post-processing.
The moment Solar’s allotted night watch time was accurately filled. In other words, exactly 8 hours later, without an error of 1 minute, Ron appeared.
“did you sleep well?”
“..great job.”
Ron said that with a face that looked better than yesterday, perhaps because he slept well.
Solar, who felt all the fatigue melt away with just one word of his hard work, raised the corner of her mouth. I don’t know if that expression could have been conveyed to him as he covered his eyes with a bandage.
After Ron loosened up by moving his sulky body around, he started cleaning up the campsite. Even Solar did not stop his actions this time. It wasn’t particularly difficult, and Ron seemed to want to move his body.
By the time the clean-up is finished, all the other personnel run out of the tent screaming.
Rain, who is the same as usual, to the point where I don’t know whether he slept or not, Lian, who stretches out while yawning loudly, and Odrox, who nods and lowers his head once and straightens up again.
The second day of the journey to achieve their respective goals has begun.
Move to the place where Solar’s magic told you. Then Ron searches for the place. Sola’s familiar explores the interior, and Reign begins reconnaissance.
After a series of procedures, they were welcomed inside by a cave-like place full of plants.
The inside was damp and unpleasant, and there was no light source, so it was difficult to see inside.
“ah.”
With Lian’s words, the entrance that was at least clear of sight was closed. It was not difficult to infer plants that showed this reaction. It was Timulus.
“Lian. A backpack.”
Ron said to Lian, thinking of placing a magic stone to find the way. He must have felt guilty that Rian, who was already weaker than himself, took his bag. He planned to take this opportunity to carry the backpack himself.
“Yes? Why?”
“I have to place the magic stone. It’s the basis for attacking the labyrinth.”
“Isn’t that necessary?”
“Uh..? Uh… that’s right… it’s long…”
Ron thought for a moment, then nodded slightly hesitantly. Even he thought, the act of placing the magic stone in the current situation seemed meaningless. It was because he thought that with the magic of Solar and Lian, and the intuition of Odrox and Rain, they would find a way even in the middle of the desert.
“..come.”
Even though he was in the back row, Ron’s senses that were not dulled caught the enemy’s presence.
The number of enemies is five. quadrupedal gait. A form of beast with sharp teeth.
As soon as the bodily fluid dripping from his mouth touches the floor, it makes a trembling sound as if it will melt everything. As if the gas emitted from between their furs also contained toxic substances, the plants around them were slowly rotting from the tips.
As if they had already noticed their presence, they were groaning and coming this way. If even a toe caught their eye, they would immediately open their mouths and attack.
They were tricky monsters to deal with, enough to mercilessly hunt and eat the first year students of the academy… no, maybe even the second year students.
Reign and Odrox, who were in the lead, also seemed to sense their presence.
Ron, who was at the rear, suddenly remembered his previous experience. The work that I collaborated with Priersil and Lane.
At that time he was in line. He played well enough to inspire himself, and Lane made a mistake that got him paralyzed.
But not now.
pushed to the last row He couldn’t even take on the role of porter and was being protected by his colleagues.
The moment he steps forward slightly to do something, Lian and Solar stop it.
The battle line walks without hesitation. It naturally avoids traps created by the environment and subdues monsters in an instant.
Odrox’s heavy sword strike crosses the open mouth of the monster and cuts it in two.
A small mass of magical energy from Solar’s fingertips reached the tip of the monster’s nose. As soon as it touches the body of the monster, not even powder remains and it disappears.
In preparation for possible injuries, Lian’s holy power is deployed. It soon becomes a huge space that embraces the entire body of monsters and them, making the bodies of allies lighter and the bodies of enemies heavier.
Rain’s sword, imbued with holy power and magic, creates a dazzling dance. The sword dance traps all the poison that has spread around the sword. The iron sword she was holding corroded in an instant and fell to the ground. However, the poison trapped inside did not come out.
I walked down the street without stopping and sorted out the situation. During this process, Ron did nothing.
A group of monsters approached as if someone had arranged them. Even though it was an attack that could have put a few adventurers, mercenaries, and cadets in danger, they handled the situation with their own weapons without blinking an eye.
Progress was too fast. Although the actual distance was not too far, Ron felt that the distance between them was too great.
─Kwoaaa!!!!!
As soon as we arrived at the depths of the labyrinth, a humanoid monster three times bigger than Odrox shouted for the labyrinth to leave. The monster, which made a sound so strong that it made your ears ring, thumped and approached them.
It was a speed that did not match its size and weight.
Sola examined its body. What was believed to be a dimensional door was hanging from his neck. A state in which something whose mana fluctuated suspiciously was about to be summoned.
It was the moment Ron tried to look at its information in order to do something with the monster’s fast approach.
“[black spot]”
Sola’s most used magic extends from her fingertips. In an instant, it disappeared along with the light that filled my eyes.
There was nothing to describe. With one shot of magic, it disappeared without even leaving behind its existence and powder.
The portal it was hanging around its neck fell to the floor.
Odrox trampled it to pieces with full force.
“Shall we go?”
“Uh… uh uh…”
The heat changed with Lane’s words. After retreating the way they came, they violently tore off Timulus with force and escaped from the labyrinth.
In less than an hour, they attacked a labyrinth.