Chapter 54 – Fire
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The flow of magical power was rapidly heading from the forest toward the city.
As a result, the shaking of the trees looks like a preparation for moving alive.
If the world is changing because of the descending of the Seasonal Beast.
It wouldn’t be strange if there were trees that actually changed their roots into legs and ran.
In the meantime, the four of them decide on a strategy and head to their respective locations.
Lila and Lubera wait a little further away.
Cleon stands in front of the beast with Iona, who has turned into a holy sword.
Cleon looked up at the overwhelming size of the enemy and remembered what had happened a while ago.
“A spell from a scroll on the body of a beast?”
The method Layla and Iona suggested felt a bit reckless.
Instead of magic scrolls that should have been made with parchment or paper originally.
By writing the spell directly on the body of the beast of prey.
It is their proposal to activate it.
“Is it possible? Something like that.”
“The consumption of magical power is a bit inefficient, but it’s not impossible in theory.”
Layla nods at Cleon’s question.
“When I fell into this unexplored territory before. I even tested it against a Plant Golem. I used my own blood back then.”
At Iona’s words, Ruba also nodded.
Layla teaches Cleon a spell that requires him to cast it quickly.
It was longer than any of Lyla’s chants she had ever heard, and it was full of terms she had never heard of before.
“It’s the first magic I’ve heard of.”
“It’s a magic I just developed. In fact, it’s to the point where I can’t use it even when my mana is full.”
At those words, Cleon widened his eyes in surprise.
The Aspect Magic that Layla used on herself before was Tier 5.
It is the limit that can be reached within the scope of human pure talent and effort.
Layla also consumes all her mana, and it is a magic that can only be used after memorizing all of the long chanting.
To be higher than that kind of magic.
In general, it meant magic that humans could not use.
In other words, it was a tier 6 or higher magic.
Lyla sighed and shook her head, probably feeling Cleon’s gaze.
“I know what you’re thinking. It’s not that great. This is because I saw Luti’s magic and copied it.”
Luti is a dragon.
The magic they use is different from human magic.
The oath that Luti made to herself for Lesia is also a type of dragon magic.
Considering the power and casting speed of her favorite wind magic.
The reason she can perform such a magical event without a chant is because she is a dragon, a race far more magical than humans.
In other words, this magic is not for humans, but more like dragon magic.
Therefore, it cannot be used with Lyla’s own magic.
Theoretically, it was completed, but to actually activate it would require a huge amount of magic power, a preparation period, and the cooperation of other magicians.
“Sure. It’s the first time I’ve used it.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
At Cleon’s words, Laila nodded her head obediently.
Due to her own personality, she has to check again and again to see if what she completes is really practical.
It was common to use it in practice.
But now the situation is also the situation.
Created magic is something that requires a lot of effort and time even for a single experiment.
“It’s not like you.”
At Cleon’s words, Layla looked at him for a moment, then raised her mouth.
“That’s right, because many people’s lives are at stake. If the opponent is not ordinary, we will have to use unusual means as well.”
She says as she puts her hand on Cleon’s forehead.
“I’m going to close the telepathy channel for a while. I have to prepare to activate the magic on my own.”
“Okay.”
The connection of magical power between Lyla and Cleon is severed.
Although the dominance of imprints has not disappeared.
It felt like the existence that seemed to be right next to me had suddenly disappeared.
“Okay. With this, the preparations are over. If a member of my family named Ruba approaches me, stop it.”
“All right.”
Saying that, the two of them try to go a little deeper into the forest.
“Lyla.”
Cleon called the name.
Then, Lila stops and looks back at him.
“…I was relieved.”
“What? I might die from now on?”
Layla shrugged her shoulders as if Cleon was saying something strange.
“No. Because you don’t have to die.”
“…Because of Kuon?”
Lila shakes her head knowingly and turns her body around.
“No. It’s not just Quon.”
A moment of silence followed.
Lila stops her feet and waits for Cleon’s next words.
“Sasha and Ruti… I’m sure you’re hoping for a safe return.”
“Kuu… ! Are you doing this on purpose!?”
In the end, Lila can’t stand it and looks back at Cleon.
Cleon looked at him and smiled a little.
“Sure.”
“It’s the worst! Should I burn you first!?”
Lila stomps her feet in anger.
Lubera grabs Lila by the shoulder and calms her down with a ‘Whoa’.
“But. I understand your resolution.”
“…”
Lyla stops at Cleon’s words.
He listened to Cleon and silently looked into his eyes her.
The malice towards himself in his eyes her that he had seen earlier in the dungeon. Hatred.
In the midst of the darkness where those things were condensed, I could see a little light of goodwill toward Layla.
“You’ve changed. Lila.”
“…Of course. It’s because of who.”
Saying that, Lila strides forward.
Cleon also quietly turned around and ran to the place where the cutting tree was.
The final battle was still to come.
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[That’s mean… Cleon.]
[Considering what she’s done, you think she’s treating you pretty well?]
To the story of the girls in the form of swords, Cleon doesn’t answer and runs at full speed.
In my head, I was immersed in only thinking about defeating the Beast.
“The spell to be written is quite long. If the magic is activated, there will be a strong aftermath… You must make a decision before escaping from the living forest.”
[That’s right. It is said to burn the Beast from the inside, but its power will be quite strong… If you make a mistake, the whole forest might burn…]
“…I guess I’ll hope Layla takes good care of it.”
Finally, I arrived at the position corresponding to the foot of that large body.
In terms of a human being, it is only half of the body.
And yet, the figure that did not fall and approached slowly, only looking in the direction of the city.
Combined with the huge body, it was truly fear itself.
Quietly casting a lightening spell on his body, Cleon kicks off that leg and runs upward.
In addition to the bark of the tree, the sensation transmitted through the feet is unpleasant magic from another dimension.
[Kuh…]
It was Galatea’s side of her that reacted sensitively to it.
Iona can resist the power of another dimension thanks to the holy magic she possesses as a holy sword.
Galatea, who originally possesses twisted magic, seems to be a bit reluctant to use tree magic.
[Oh, it’s okay. Galatea? If it’s hard, even by myself…]
[There’s no way I can just send you and Cleon! Cleon is mine!]
At the voice of Galatea, who raised the voice that resonated in his head.
Cleon starts working with a slight headache.
If Iona is swung on the surface of the celestial tree, magic power will remain there along with a shallow trace.
Originally, regeneration should start, but divine magic was interfering with it.
[Done… !]
But that’s for a while.
After a while, the traces of magic disappear and regeneration resumes.
“It will rot…”
Cleon also pauses his legs for a moment, as if he was concerned.
Then, from the place where it regenerated, a thorn from a tree came out and attacked Cleon.
“Sheesh, a guy with a big body is sensitive…!”
Cleon kicks his tongue and avoids the thorns that come out.
But one of them binds his ankles and lifts him up.
“Kuh…!”
[Cleon!]
The next moment, Cleon’s body moves on its own and swings Iona vigorously.
Then, at the same time as the slash, the blade of magical power released along the trajectory.
Cut off the stems that jumped at Cleon.
Just that-.
“Is it Talcheck’s swordsmanship… !”
[Even though my father did not use magic release.]
Cleon manages to escape from the stems and lands on top of the body again.
Even if he tried to write an incantation, if his body regenerated, the strategy itself would not work.
Even so, if you increase the amount of Iona’s magic power injected, the magic power will be exhausted before completing the spell.
[Kuh… At least, where it is difficult to react with the refractory water… For example. If only I could figure out where the flow of magical power in my body is low.]
“…That’s it.”
Cleon closes his eyes for a moment at Iona’s words and wakes up.
There was a hunter’s imprint floating there.
And if you look at the body of a jeolgisu, it’s just like the blood vessels or nerves of a person.
I could see that magic was flowing everywhere.
“Kuh…!”
But the amount is too much.
Cleon, who was not familiar with the use of imprints, felt his eyes heat up the moment he processed the enormous amount of information.
In the next moment, magic like black mist covers Cleon’s eyes.
Protect Cleon’s eyes.
[What are you doing! You almost burned your eyes as well as your brain!]
Galatea raises her voice.
He protected his eyes by using the same dark magic as a part of his body as an eyepatch.
“But, it looked like a girl just now. There is a part of this guy’s body where magic doesn’t work properly.
[But if you look at his body again with the engraving…]
Galatea is worried.
Then Iona opens her mouth.
[Because we and Cleon-san are strongly connected. Wouldn’t it be possible to share some of the burden of information processing using magical powers? Because magic sight is a technique closer to ‘magic control’ than ‘sight’]
It’s so long to explain it.
In other words, to put it simply, the magic sword and the holy sword were added to Cleon’s burden.
It was to reduce the burden on him by sharing among the three of them.
“…Request.”
[Even so, be careful about controlling the imprint.]
Cleon nodded at Galatea’s words and took off his black eyepatch.
If you turn on the light of the imprint once again and examine the body of the beast.
As before, a large amount of information comes in through the eyes.
Then Galatea and Iona intervene
Among the information, Cleon filters out information that is unnecessary and accepts it.
[Kuh…]
[Aww…]
Even so, the two swords echoed the sound of pain as if the amount was considerable.
Although Cleon himself felt more at ease than before, he concentrated on the hand holding the sword.
[It’s okay… ! Start!]
[Please! Cleon!]
As the voices of the two resounded, Cleon raced at a speed close to the speed of sound.
Even in the body of a beast of prey, it distinguishes the insensitive part with a mark.
I swung Iona there and engraved the spell handed over from Layla.
Sometimes, to capture such a Cleon, the Beast Beast stretches out its thorns.
For Cleon, who can reproduce the swordsmanship and movement of the Sword Master Uncheck.
The attack of the half-body only felt too slow.
Just like Layla did to Ruba.
If you give Galatea’s sword flame and swing it.
Branches are easily cut like butter.
And then one letter at a time.
The results of Layla’s research were engraved on her body.
“I’m glad Iona has a good memory.”
Cleon spat it out as if it were a joke while breaking out in a cold sweat.
[Ah, haha… There are definitely a lot of letters to write.]
When Cleon wrote about half of it, he couldn’t remember the letters after it.
Iona had memorized all the spells while watching them for a while.
From then on, he was swinging his sword according to Iona’s instructions.
Only Lila and Iona could memorize over 200 spells in such a short amount of time.
From the holy sword’s divine magic to the release, to the information processing of the imprint, and even to the instruction of the spell.
Although it was Cleon who thought that Iona was carrying too much of a burden on her own.
If even one is missing, the plan cannot be completed.
The jeolgyesu had already advanced halfway through the forest.
The next moment after almost completing the order.
Cleon’s feet stopped.
“This…”
With his whole body covered in sweat, Cleon once again checked the entire body of the beast.
The letters of divine magic floated on the surface.
Although it was not erased.
Except for that part, mana flows through the entire body.
“…Not enough space to write.”
[Uh, what should I do?]
Very few orders left.
Just one more sentence from now on, and Layla can cast her magic.
Shall I erase some of the spells that have already been imprinted and write a little smaller?
But the time to do that…
[Cleon! Don’t stop!]
When Galatea shouts, the beast’s body shakes and moves to grab Cleon once more.
The next moment, Cleon clicked his tongue and thought about what to do.
It could be seen that the thorns that protruded did not have magic power.
He will too
If there are nerves where magic power goes through the attacking area.
It was no different from exposing a place that shouldn’t be destroyed.
But it has too little surface.
And unlike the surface of the incisal modulus that is fixed.
It was close to impossible to engrave letters on the stem that was constantly wriggling and moving.
Then.
[Wait Cleon!?]
Before Galatea can say anything, Cleon pours most of his remaining mana into strengthening his body his and sprints away.
Presumably, the defense system of the absolute number is unconscious.
In fact, even though there are letters engraved on the body this far.
The beast of prey never looked down at Cleon.
So that.
Cleon climbed to the top of the head of the Beast Beast and jumped down in front of its eyes her.
In the air, the moment after the eyes of the beast and Cleon met.
A huge number of stems stretched out and caught Cleon.
“Keugh…!”
A feeling of pressure all over the body except for the head.
I put strength into my whole body and try to hold on, but I can’t do anything about the difference in mass.
I buy some time by using the little magic power I have left to strengthen my body.
However, the holy sword and the magic sword were no longer held in his captured hands.
Right before being captured, the demonic and holy swords were thrown into the sky.
Among them, Galatea changed into human form and caught Iona.
“It’s crazy!?”
Galatea shouts at Cleon.
Anyway, it was clear what he had to do to save him.
The protruding stems are clumped together, so of course you can step on them.
Even if you swing a sword over it, you will be able to draw a somewhat bigger picture.
Galatea, who reproduced Cleon’s swordsmanship, completes the last sentence through Iona.
This completes your order.
All that was left was for everyone to fall from this climax.
This time, Galatea changes into a sword form and Iona changes into a human form.
The target is a bundle of stems that Cleon is holding.
Galatea uses Layla’s flame enchantment on herself.
Iona helped cut the stem to get Cleon out.
A delicate flash that was swung so as not to damage the engraved sentence.
It was a no-frills skill that reminded her of whose daughter she was.
When Cleon slips out of the stem, he quickly joins hands with Iona.
And holding Galatea and Iona in both hands again.
Using flight magic and using mana as a driving force, he fell away from the beast.
“Phew…Somehow it worked.”
[[Don’t use this reckless plan again]]
As a result, it went well.
When I looked back at the beast, the letters of divine magic were shining all over its body her.
Now, all that was left was up to her.
“Please. Lila…!”
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“Looks like the writing is complete.”
Lubera swings her sword and looks at the side of her with her bow coefficient and talks.
Thanks to her awakening her, if she is at least a member of her family her, she can easily defeat her with Layla’s flame grant her her magic power her.
Lila had been thinking about something about her with her eyes closed since earlier.
“Lyla?”
As if Layla was strange, Ruba looked back.
Only then did her Lila suddenly open her eyes and look back at her.
“Huh? Ah, okay.”
“Are you feeling unwell somewhere?”
At Rubera’s words, Layla shook her head and turned her head to the side where her bow count was.
“No. I was just… Thinking a little bit.”
“Is it Cleon? I don’t know exactly what happened between the two of them. Cleon is a very soft-hearted and easy-going person.”
“…Yes. I tried to deceive such a human and plunge him into abyss.”
There is silence for a moment.
“Forgiveness… It’s not something I can get.”
To return the academy to its former pure form.
With the cause of the cause, she has done many things she has done so far.
Seduced Alvein and tricked everyone in the party.
And trying to get rid of Cleon, saying that he was interfering in the process.
What would she be like if she were the opposite of Cleon?
After falling into a pit of despair.
She may have degenerated into a witch who burns down entire cities.
But Cleon spared his own life.
She is only alive thanks to Quon’s sympathy and Sasha’s kindness to her.
She knew it while living with Cleon.
After all, she herself is a villain.
She thought, shamelessly, that she wanted to be forgiven by him.
As much as she could, she thought she wanted to be loved by him, just like Quon and Sasha.
She knew very well how absurd it was.
And another thing that annoys me.
She wonders if she just lost Alvein and wants Cleon as a replacement.
It was her distrust of her of her own feelings of her.
Lyla Flamewatch is an intellectual with high pride and noble purpose.
It was not her attitude to be swayed by her emotions.
But what about you now?
It was so funny to see myself getting hurt by Cleon’s every word.
It was rare that he reacted so sensitively to Albein’s insensitive words or runaway near dictatorship.
She got angry on the spot.
There was no wry smile from her, or a sore chest in her chest, and no turning of her head.
“…Whatever it is. You’d better do it quickly. We’ll be completely out of the unexplored territory soon.”
“Hey Rubera. What do you think of Cleon?”
At that, Ruba looked at Layla with her pathetic eyes for a moment.
“What, what is it?”
“No. I don’t think it’s worth asking in the current situation.”
As if he was hit by the right theory, ‘Kuh…’ Lila yelled.
“It’s okay. There’s no time to ask.”
“…That’s right. I don’t think it’s bad. They’re one of the few people of the same kind that you can meet without any problems. I felt that they got along well even when mixing bodies.”
At that, Laila tilted her head.
“Then, are you not in love?”
“…Well, how about that. He has countless women on one hand. A man who mixes with women for various reasons. There are still elements that I can love…”
Ruba strangely avoids answering.
Layla looks into Rubera’s eyes as if she cares more.
“Kuh… Okay, now use the spell!”
In the end, she can’t win against Ruba who gets angry, and Layla goes up to the sky.
“… Ha.”
Leila sighed heavily and looked at her bow count her as she approached this way.
From a distance, the divine magical power that shines from her body can be seen in the form of letters.
Before long, her mouth opens slightly and the chant begins.
“Gather together. Laws of truth spread all over the world. As rulers of the natural world, members of the radiant glory, we command. Show our wrath to those who oppose us.”
At the same time, the expansion of the imprints on Layla’s body is hers.
As if in pain at the touch of her magical energy her running on her nerves her, Layla frowned slightly at her.
The magic power she needs to activate her her magic her is her her own her, the divine magic power engraved by her her Cleon her.
And the magical power of the other dimension inside the sacral tree where the incantation appears.
The invisible thread connecting the three magic powers stretched out.
“This is the unchanging beat imprinted on my heart from the ancient oath. Come down to the world and take shape with the chaos that runs through the soul.”
The moment the thread touched the body of the jeolsu.
The magic of pure flame condenses at Layla’s fingertips her.
And in her hand was a small pink scale.
“My name is ‘Lutei Sions’ (Lyla Flamewatch). I proclaim it in the name of the annihilation storm. This is the primordial flame.”
Scales containing the dragon’s magical power as a catalyst. Borrow that name
There was an ‘element’ in the world that reacted only by doing so.
It cannot be summoned by ordinary mana or magic.
The purest and most powerful primordial element.
That his grandfather had dedicated his life to finding this
Layla knew.
“Dragon magic.”
And the completed flame moves along an invisible thread extending from Lila as if it were moving on a fuse.
It was small but mighty.
It was pure and beautiful.
“Flame.”
A magical name without grandiose modifiers.
The phenomenon itself.
Eventually, the flames touched the body of the beast.
The incantation imprinted on the whole body shines powerfully.
Its color is the white of divine magic.
It has been converted to the red color of the magical power of the flame attribute.
Next moment.
There was a red pillar piercing the entire sky.
It’s not enough to burn the water from your toes to your head.
The manifestation of a gigantic flame that pierces the atmosphere.
Lila opens her eyes wide and sees her own magic her.
At the same time as thinking that it was fortunate that Cleon wasn’t around.
She felt a little satisfaction with what she had achieved.
Fell upside down in the air.
The recovered magic power was depleted again, and the form of exhaustion came.
[Lubera!]
Seeing this, Barisada shouted, and at the same time, Rubera’s body quickly received Layla.
Lila passed out with a smile on her lips.
Ruba let out a small sigh.
I saw a black man flying in the distance.
