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LXII.

The spirit world has recently faced several major upheavals over a short period of time.

The spirit world is a very unique dimension. Although it seemed completely disconnected from other dimensions, it was connected to all dimensions. That is, if it is a dimension where spiritists exist.

Therefore, the great upheaval that occurred within it can directly or indirectly affect almost all levels.

The most recent cataclysmic event was the retirement of the Water Spirit King.

Nothing is known in detail about this incident, but on the surface, it is known that ‘Elaim, the water spirit king, reflected on the mistakes he made against his current creator when he was immature and wanted to step down!’

However, according to one theory, there is a rumor that the Water Spirit King gave up his position to woo the Creator in earnest.

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These cataclysms had a great impact on the spirit world and resulted in the expansion or narrowing of the channels connecting spirits with other dimensions.

And the recent retirement of the Spirit King of Water, coupled with the newly established ‘Lesser God of Spirits’ in the spirit world, has widened the passage connecting to other dimensions to an unprecedented extent.

As a result, spirit kings can now go to Middle Earth without difficulty, and they no longer have to enter into unreasonable contracts with talented spiritists or beings with the ability to summon spirit kings.

―Daily Divine World article, excerpt from ‘Recent Spirit World News’

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“The Spirit King of Fire?”

Those words came out without me even realizing it.

This situation makes no sense now.

This is because it is not usually difficult for a spiritist to summon a spirit king, a god-like being whose attributes are completely under his control, as in the history of the continent so far, a spiritist has risen to the rank of superhuman only once.

No, in the first place, it is a very rare case for humans to have the qualities of a spiritist. Even more so than a wizard.

In fact, there are differing opinions that the spirit master who first introduced the existence of the spirit king to the continent was not actually a person. Such an enormous being is the Spirit King.

“Crazy!”

Somehow, the clown and the witch had no qualms about putting pressure on him. He’s just like the Spirit King of Fire.

Without realizing it, I can feel the nerves in my entire body being pulled taut and the divine power flowing out of my spiritual power core flowing excessively along the spiritual power circuit, either ahead or behind one another.

Pachichichik!!

Although it is manifested by the weapon’s ability, I am confident that the black thunderbolt spear created by the power of use “Vazura”, which is similar to the Soul Spear, the exclusive property of the Grand Spear Master, will grow in size and become an enemy. Threatening a woman.

There was already no one left in the teahouse.

Someone is seen running to announce the Evergreen Academy, and someone is seen running while shouting ‘Caligo’.

But they too are of no interest to me. The problem is this crazy bitch who summoned the Spirit King right in front of my eyes.

“Self~. Don’t worry.”

“Yes. I hate to admit it, but clowns are strong. And me too.”

The encouragement from the two Arcana that came at that time became a magic spell that instantly widened my narrowed vision due to tension.

And I feel that something has changed in me. That my level is much higher than I thought. Just as I was about to say it.

[I’ve been living with a bit of a temper these days, so where do I live… omg!! jeon… No, why are you… … ? huh? candidate?]

“Okay. They said you were a candidate? what? Stop the devil? Just something like that? Don’t kill it, just half-baked it. It’s hard to beat someone who doesn’t know the topic.”

Ifrit, the spirit king of fire, recognized me belatedly, and the emotion of ‘absurdity’ appeared on the face of the woman in the shape of a red burning flame, but the emotion changed to ’embarrassment’ at the words of the woman whose name I did not know.

And the feeling of embarrassment is…

[Hey, you crazy bitch!!]

turned into anger.

However, it was unexpected that the target was not directed at me, but at the woman who summoned him.

“What, what! Be angry at that person over there, not me!”

[This crazy bitch is causing accidents! How dare you touch a candidate without even knowing the topic? Not another candidate, this one!!]

“You, you, you! What’s wrong!!”

[You’re screwed! Argh! really!! I didn’t want to sign a contract with a bitch like you from the beginning!! Your father gave me a contract because of the circumstances! What a fucking bitch! Just die… … ? yes? ah… yes. yes yes. All right. no. thank you yes I will handle it properly.]

Ifrit, who seemed about to get angry and swing his fist at the woman who was summoning him, suddenly looked into the air and saw someone talking, and his face, which had been distorted like a demon just a moment ago, instantly straightened and a smile appeared on his lips.

what. Clown, that woman is scary.

[Celeana!!]

Ifrit, paying no heed to what the woman was saying, called out the name ‘Celeana’, the common name for the highest level spirit of fire, and searched for her.

Then, a high-ranking spirit of fire, who the woman must have called ‘Tageun’ a moment ago, appears in front of Ifrit and politely kneels down on one knee and bows her head like a knight reporting to the king.

[Cancel the contract. This crazy thing… No, with a bitch.]

-All right.

It may be said that it is natural, but upon the order of the Fire Spirit King, the highest level spirit of fire canceled the contract without a single question and returned to the spirit world.

But this amazing thing has only just begun.

[I make this declaration in the name of ‘Fides Ifrit’, the 18th Spirit King of Fire and who received the nickname ‘Loyal’ from the Creator. From now on, all of your clans existing in this dimension are ‘banned’ from making contracts with our fire spirits.]

“What? What?!”

Whether the woman was surprised or not, Ifrit’s declaration seemed to be carried out as the words of the god who controls fire.

The energy that emanated between the woman and Ifrit spread widely in red concentric circles.

“Master. That woman is gradually losing her fire attribute affinity. I am being rejected by the fire spirit.”

The witch gave me a short explanation as I couldn’t easily understand what was going on. Of course, that doesn’t mean I understood it, but there was something I wanted to know for sure.

That the Fire Spirit King was really, truly, realistically angry.

Did you say you were upset about something like that?

[Noeanen.]

-Tell me. Lord of fire.

A little while ago, a ‘2nd year of middle school student’ who was called ‘Reliable’ and said to me ‘What are you looking at?’ bowed his head to Ifrit in a very restrained manner.

[Once you reach the top level, you should be able to discern between interests, right? But you foolishly agree with that stupid bitch’s idiotic behavior and are hostile to the candidate.]

―… I can only apologize.

[It is done! You must have already heard Noah’s voice! I will discuss your mistakes with the God of Nature in the spirit world later! Go back!!]

―… All right.

I don’t know what’s happening now.

It all started with a very trivial problem, and somehow the woman summoned the Spirit King of Fire, which was such a sudden change that it was an embarrassing situation.

However, the atmosphere of the Spirit King of Fire, who was thought to be an enemy, strangely seemed to be taking this side’s side?

‘master. for a moment.’

Just as I was about to open my mouth out of curiosity, the witch grabbed my arm and stopped me, whispering like that.

[O arrogant Nitas.]

“You, you, you, you! What is this!! How dare you think you can do this and get away with it!!”

[You really thought you would be safe! A bitch who doesn’t even know the topic! This is a message from the God Realm that all rights you have as an Adjuster will be taken back from you, who forgot your status as an Adjuster given by the Creator and went on a wild rampage!!]

“What… What what? Our clan, who has worked so hard to fight against just one person like this… … ! Oh, and these decisions aren’t made by the God Realm or anything like that! Only the Creator… ? No way?”

At that time, six people suddenly appeared in the sky above Evergreen with a huge flow of divine power.

People with vivid hair of different colors landed on the roof of the teahouse, which had been blown away by the aftermath of the woman colliding with the divine power emitted by the clown and the witch a little while ago.

With “, load!”

“Nitas. Take care of yourself. And the Spirit King of Fire. Let me tell you my story for a moment… … .”

[I don’t want to hear it. In the first place, I didn’t like you. He said he would not step forward as a coordinator when he received a message from the divine world that the Demon King would descend. Even though he had to take the lead because he was the coordinator, he talked nonsense about maintaining ‘neutrality’.]

“That!”

[It was cowardly and crude! Nevertheless, the generous Creator respected your decision. But look!!]

Orchestrator? Creator? What did you respect? No, wait a minute. So, those superhumans won’t step forward even when the Demon King comes? why not?!

“I’m sorry. From now on, I will take care of that child myself… … .”

[her! You are the same. First of all, an apology for the disrespect I committed against an honorable person must come first.]

“… After all, we are human. If you give me some artifacts or some money… … .”

[joy! done! And anyway, I am just a powerless fire spirit king. I just delivered a message from the divine world. And you probably know that there is only one person who can reclaim the rights to the Coordinator!!]

“But this is too much!”

[charge? Humans and lizards are the same! They said that if consideration continues, they think it is their right. They don’t even think about what they’ve done, it’s excessive? How dare you evaluate him like you!!]

“Oh, no. I never meant it that way. It wasn’t.”

[What you are doing makes you seem like those who have joined the remnants. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to stick around there at this point. So that you can kill them legally. Do you know anything? I guess one or two people have already caught up with me?]

“We are the orchestrators! No matter how much I am the Fire Spirit King, I can’t ignore what I just said!”

[Can’t pass it? under! Do you think that just because I make a contract with you, I will be weaker than you? This fire spirit king? Are there things that a handful of black flames can’t leave even ashes behind?]

Intense life goes back and forth between the six newly appeared humans and Ifrit.

However, the six humans were sweating under the pressure of one Fire Spirit King, which was inconceivable to their lethal intent.

If you look at the situation, it seems like they are not human.

“What on earth is going on? From the spirit king of fire to lizards?”

“That’s right. How dare you surround the evidence of the oracle.”

The situation has now spread out of control. Afterwards, the dean and high-ranking priests of the Caligo Church flocked in.

So, right now, in the middle of the two-story teahouse were our group, the Spirit King, and Nitas. After that, Nitas and the others joined the group and were in a confrontation with the dean and the priests of the Caligo Church.

[I feel dirty even talking to you. So I don’t want to mix things up any more.]

Ifrit, the Spirit King of Fire, once again pressed those who wanted to say something more and walked towards me.

He raised his hands to express that he had no intention of attacking the wary clown,

[I committed rudeness. Precious being.]

He bows politely and deeply towards me and apologizes.

“Me? No, me?”

[That’s right. I’m not in the mood for conversation right now, so just wait… … .]

Then, out of nowhere, he sticks his hand into the air. It looks like the arm is gone, but there’s probably no one here who doesn’t know that that figure is using subspace.

After searching for a while, what came out in Ifrit’s hand was a very delicate and beautifully crafted ring with a large jewel that looked like a red ruby.

[This is a humble ring that can help us get to know our children. Please accept.]

“Ifrit!! When I asked for it… … !”

“A divine object to a human being?”

“Why… … !”

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I can understand their surprise. okay. I agree 100%.

It was an old-fashioned ring that was so beautiful and had a subtle power even though it was still in Ifrit’s hand, so I activated my divine eye without even knowing it, and this time, unlike when I saw the woman named Nitas, my divine eye worked properly.

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『The Flame of the Beginning – Scintilla』

It is a sacred object handed down from generation to generation to Ifrit, the Spirit King of Fire. It is said that this special ring made of Scintilla, a gemstone made from the solidified embers left when ‘fire’ was born in the beginning, contains the power of the Spirit King of Fire.

1. Flame

Just by possessing it, your affinity for fire increases, and your fire resistance and fire immunity increase depending on the time you hold it. As a result, the ability to resist fire increases. Affinity, dominance, resistance, immunity, etc.

2. Properties

If the possessor wishes, the attribute of divine power changes into fire, and with repeated training, it may evolve into the attribute of flame. If you are using a different attribute, you can use the fire and flame attributes without conflict.

3. Rapport

It allows you to communicate with Ifrit, the Spirit King of Fire, and allows you to summon Ifrit for a short period of time at no cost.

Current summon duration: 20 seconds.

4. Qualifications

The owner is limited to those chosen by Ifrit, and refuses to be touched by unworthy beings. If an unqualified being touches this ring, it will be turned into a handful of ash by the black flame, the fifth fire among the six fires possessed by the Spirit King of Fire.

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This is the information window for the ring I am currently looking at.

This was my first time seeing the items divided and explained from 1 to 4, but the ridiculous effects made me doubt my eyes.

[I am very happy to be the first to be able to give you the divine item that is lacking before others.]

“You’re giving this to me now? As a gift? No, others before that?”

[Mysterious Elaim, immature Silphid, and crybaby Noas, I am the one who is ahead of them all.]

Ifrit was smiling very playfully and charmingly. She threw the bomb like that and disappeared. It really disappeared, like a candle being blown out in the wind.

As always, the embarrassment lies with those left behind.

Handsome men and beauties with hair of various colors making blank expressions while looking at the ring on my hand,

That blacksmith woman threatening to kill me with a vicious expression,

The dean and the priests of the Caligo Church slowly blocked my path while looking at me with concern.

“Self.”

“Master.”

And Arcana, who always takes my side and thinks of me.

“Grey!”

And even though her face had turned pale due to the energy emitted by that woman named Nitas a little while ago, Lina was running towards me and looking up at me as if she was worried.

The near-miss situation continued a little differently.