episode_0044
by admin
The first thing I felt when I saw the light coming through the trees was a sense of discomfort.
I’m not a martial arts expert, and I don’t feel the intention to live in any situation, but I can feel mana and heat.
That dazzling light, similar to the sun, contained a vast amount of mana.
Although my lineage is different from mine, the mana felt from the light was that of a priest, not a wizard or warrior.
The academy is a place for warriors and wizards.
It wasn’t that he specifically refused admission to the priesthood, but if he wanted to hone his strength as a priest, there was a more appropriate place.
For that reason, there were significantly fewer priests at the academy than other students, and at least during the first year, there were no priest students.
That fact meant only one thing.
This is a magic activated by an outsider, not someone who participated in this test.
I couldn’t figure out what kind of magic that light was, but when I realized that it wasn’t good, I ordered the wind spirit to take refuge straight up.
Three people, including Chris, floated upward without even having time to scream.
I glanced at Sera, but it looks like she wasn’t damaged enough to see the light.
What I was most worried about right now was Sarah.
She is like a harp between humans and demons.
Even if it was strictly different, it was not difficult to imagine what would happen if the goddess’ divine power, which was poisonous to the devil, was touched.
“It’s okay.”
Sarah, who noticed my gaze, spoke in a calm voice as if she was considerate of me.
Feeling relieved at those words, I looked down.
The floor was more grassy than before.
Restoration magic is not a magic that only works on humans; it also works on plants such as grass and trees.
The wooden chair I made a while ago and the bushes I cut down grew quickly, making it look like a small forest.
After the light of recovery disappeared over the horizon.
We landed on the ground carefully and looked around, fearful that something might come out again.
“Is everyone hurt anywhere?”
“Uh!! But what was that?!”
“Looking around, it looks like recovery magic, but I don’t know the exact details.”
“Recovery magic? That?”
It was a well-known fact that recovery magic had been greatly weakened since the goddess disappeared.
A believer of the goddess would have to be at least level 70 to use recovery magic on such a wide scale… .
“Sera.”
“… Probably not that woman?”
Sera said that since Sera is half human and half demon, she receives healing and damage at the same time when she receives recovery magic.
In other words, recovery magic was poison to Sarah, but it was also medicine at the same time.
If Terezina had tried to kill Sarah, she would have used a method that was more certain and looked like an accident rather than this less certain method.
“… And no matter how poor the temple power may be, it would not be enough to join hands with that woman.”
“I guess so.”
Since the goddess disappeared, many things have changed in the Goddess Church, but what has not changed is that they do not forgive their enemy, the devil.
They blamed the devil for their weakened strength and declared the devil to be their invincible enemy.
If it is discovered that he was involved with Terezina, who is famous for being a demon minister, his crime cannot be fully repaid by being fired.
Not Terezina.
But then, who on earth would do something like this, and there would never have been an event like this around here.
There was no time to worry about it.
At first it was recovery magic, but then attack magic might come.
Considering the range of recovery magic, the opponent’s level is at least 70 or higher.
Even if the range of recovery magic was temporarily expanded by some means, the level would have been at least over 50.
It is too risky to fight an unknown enemy while carrying four pieces of luggage on a night like this.
Even if Chris and the others were not there, he would have avoided confronting an unknown enemy right away.
“I warn you in advance, it will be quite cold.”
I immediately retrieved the flag and commanded the wind spirit to send us all flying high into the sky.
Of course, it was so high up that it couldn’t be seen with the naked eye because the enemy didn’t want to detect it.
As I raised my body high enough to not be deprived of oxygen, a cutting chill pierced my body.
“Ahhh!! What on earth is going on?!”
“Shut your mouth. Birds are coming in.”
“I feel like I should shut up now――!! evil!! Hehe!!! I ate a pigeon!!”
After leaving the forest while guarding against an unidentified enemy, we returned to the tent where Tyrone was waiting.
“Submit here!! Let’s go!!”
While we presented the flag to Tyrone and ran back to the capital, that light never struck us again.
So we returned to the royal capital without knowing the identity of the light.
******
“Fuck… .”
The atmosphere of Team Gus, who was stationed at A-3, the furthest point from C-1, which would have been the original starting point, was as gloomy as a funeral home.
The atmosphere is literally the worst.
No voice was heard other than Gus’s occasional swear words.
During the day, you could hear the chattering of nobles flattering Gus next to him, but after meeting the golem a few times, even that disappeared.
Gus carelessly threw away his teammates who were unable to move and hurried on.
Even though there were no dangerous demons living in this forest, it was too much.
Now there are three people left.
The only members were Gus, Elise, and Kasumi, who joined the team through Tyrone’s threatening request.
At the thought that they might end up fighting Felt in this test, their hearts seemed to have broken through the floor and crawled down an abyss.
There was no way I had any motivation.
Like a death row inmate waiting for his sentence to be executed, I just hoped that this moment would pass as quickly as possible.
Since I was not unaware of going against that feeling, I could not bear the discomfort.
Felt, what on earth is that bastard?
It hasn’t been a day or two since Gus, who is famous for being a badass, committed adultery with someone else’s woman.
Some of them resisted endlessly, while others, like Felt, gave up easily as if nothing had happened.
So, this wouldn’t be the first time I’ve encountered a person like Felt, but strangely enough, I couldn’t help but pay attention to him.
Just as your head naturally turns when a loud sound rings out somewhere, when I came to my senses, I thought about how I could torment Felt.
It may be some kind of sadistic desire or obsession.
One thing is certain: it is not something like sexual desire.
Gus has a completely normal sexual orientation… I can’t say I had it, but it wasn’t to the point where I liked men just because I looked like a girl.
At least so far, the lower body has never reacted to Felt.
Gus said to Elise with an inexplicable feeling of discomfort at the fact that he felt relieved about that.
“We are going to point C-1. If you encounter Felt, you will fight right away.”
“… … .”
“I tell you in advance, don’t be indifferent.”
“… … .”
There was no answer.
However, Gus, who felt a strange sense of satisfaction from Elise’s cold, grim expression, smiled and hurried on.
As time passed, night came.
While heading towards C-1, Team Gus was attacked by another team hiding in the bushes and was divided and scattered.
Elise, left alone in the darkness and unable to see an inch in front of her, squatted down and thought about Felt.
No, more precisely, I remembered the girl who was with Felt.
Serra Catena.
Although I have never spoken to her directly, I know what kind of person she is because she, the daughter of Theresina Catena, was a celebrity in the Academy.
If there was even a little bit of common sense in one’s mind, there would be no one in this country who would not know what the Catena family was doing.
They sacrifice people to the devil.
If you want to end your life comfortably, this is one of the families you should not be associated with the most in this country.
Why was Felt with a woman from such a family?
Could it be that he is being threatened because of some weakness?
Then, the cold attitude shown yesterday is understandable.
In order not to draw himself in, Felt had no choice but to act like that with tears in his eyes.
Forgetting the bright smile she had shown to Sarah right before meeting Elise that day, Elise began to fantasize alone.
Elise was of poor quality in a different direction than Lina.
Lina believes that Felt will always love her because she considers it as her own property.
On the other hand, Elise does not even think that Felt would hate her because she does not have the courage to be hated by others.
Because that was too harsh for Elise.
Since he has already suffered enough, he sincerely believes that no more pain will come.
Even if she were to hear everything that happened from Felt right in front of her, she wouldn’t believe it.
Because it was such a harsh thing for her.
“Felt… .”
I would like to meet.
Want.
With that thought in mind, Elise got up and walked through the darkness, unable to see an inch in front of her, not caring about being scratched by bushes and tree branches.
I held in my heart the absurd belief that if I went down this road, I would find Felt.
Did God or the devil say he was moved by that belief?
As she was wading through the darkness, she naturally tripped over a rock and fell forward.
I ended up touching something that no one had discovered for decades, no, hundreds of years.
It was a human hand.
It was a human hand, with no trace of flesh left, just the bare bones.
Feeling an inexplicable attraction, she unconsciously placed her hand on her skeletal hand, and a voice that felt somehow pitiful began to ring in her ear.
[…] After.]
Immediately after, a dazzling light covering the heavens and the earth drove away the veil of night and covered the world.
I don’t remember anything after that.
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