3 – The Seal of the Blade

[Electricity] was strongly applied, heating it up intensely.

The flow of current was manipulated, circulating it inside the [Doll], heating it until it glowed hot and red.

The surface of the metal that formed the [Doll] melted, and first, the slender fingers became blunt.

The [Doll] lost its human shape, and the protruding parts of its arms, legs, and head melted down, gathering into the largest mass.

Finally, it became a round sphere.

However,

“…Tch.”

The [Doll] began to circulate its internal Magical Power intensely, identifying the characteristics of [Electricity] and starting to induce the current.

It pushed away the [Electricity] that tried to penetrate inside, and soon the current only ran along the surface.

[Frost] was added.

Crackling, crackling.

It froze solid.

“….”

Amel added [Frost] to the [Electricity], and the metal sphere froze solid.

The melting surface was forcibly and rapidly frozen. The outer surface and the interior. When cooled simultaneously in an instant, crack. A sound burst.

The metal sphere was not its original silver-white color.

It hardened into a blackened color.

The surface could not withstand the rapid cooling, and cracks appeared all over the surface.

At that moment.

‘…Found it.’

The surface of the [Doll].

Movement disappeared.

The wriggling of the [Doll] disappeared from the metal on the surface.

Amel, who sensed it with [Electricity], recalled the knowledge that metal is weak to rapid heating and cooling, and identified its weakness.

Excited, she raised both hands as if to lift them, trying to give even more power to the output.

Just as she was about to put it into action.

The [Doll] shatters the frozen surface like an eggshell.

Bang.

The [Doll], breaking out, held a [Silver Sword] in its human form.

The [Silver Sword], drawn deeply behind the waist, was imbued with a bluish [Sword Aura], and its color flickered darkly, reaching the level of [Sword Aura].

Raw, with no imagery imbued.

A Magical Power slash like a Mana Cannon.

The [Doll] wielded the [Sword Aura].

“Where do you think you’re going?”

[Electricity] grabbed the [Silver Sword].

It fixed it in the air like a superconductor.

[Electricity] containing [Frost] was released, freezing the Magical Power imbued in the [Silver Sword].

Amel removed the [Frost] and reheated the [Doll] with only [Electricity], melting it.

Melting,

Freezing,

Melting,

Freezing,

The process was repeated.

It’s easy once you know the method.

It was a simple ending for something that was Sealed, but looking at the process of melting and freezing with [Electricity], it could be seen as a restoration ability worthy of being Sealed.

It seemed that freezing also required freezing the Magical Power.

Luckily, it became a hard counter.

Now, all that’s left is to repeat melting and freezing and wait for it to die.

…Or so I thought.

───!!!

Magical Power was once again strongly emitted from the [Doll].

The Magical Power increased in density in a destructive form.

Raising her vigilance, she extended her hand that was emitting [Electricity] and clenched it as if to grab something.

Crackle!!

[Electricity] raged even more violently.

It’s okay to waste it.

Find a gap.

Create a gap even if you have to break it!

Stronger.

Stronger..!

More electrifying!!!

[Electricity] was used like an awl.

The Magical Power barrier that the [Doll] had wrapped around its body to protect itself was carved out by freezing it with [Frost].

[Electricity] persistently probed the Magical Power barrier, focusing on the weak spots.

Each time, the barrier was scratched, holes were made, and the penetration depth of the [Electricity] deepened.

Trying to create a gap and penetrate inside the barrier… or so she intended.

Light bursts.

Bang.

It exploded.

A momentary explosion.

Amel, who was pushed away by the Shockwave, captured those moments.

She was pushed away by the wave of energy that was difficult to withstand and was about to be swept away along with the surrounding terrain.

But she resisted.

The curse left by Dragon Girl.

She reversed the curse that fixed her body in the air as she used [Electricity].

She intentionally induced the phenomenon of being fixed, but the curse left by Dragon Girl fixed her body more strongly.

The stronger she used [Electricity], the stickier the magnetic field became.

Was a magnetic field originally supposed to stretch like this and not break even after passing through the body?

No matter what the principle was, Amel, an [Electricity] ability user, used it as it was if it worked, even if she didn’t know the theory.

The magnetic field received a strong elasticity like a rubber band as much as the distance swept away by the explosion, strongly pulling her body back.

When the explosion passed,

The force pulling back,

Is weaker than the force pulling forward.

Like a slingshot stone, Amel’s body returned to its original position along the magnetic field.

It was slower than when she was Sword God, but her bare skin was tearing at that speed, flying, being shot, accelerating, and she withdrew the [Electricity].

Then, Amel, released from the fixation of the magnetic field due to the deactivation of [Electricity].

Flew straight ahead in an accelerated state.

A moment when it was difficult to even open her eyes.

She extended her leg.

A roundhouse kick.

The sole of her foot touches the [Doll].

Becoming a single shell, it passed through the location where the [Doll] was.

“…!!!”

Her leg disappeared.

As if exploding.

She kicked the [Doll] and couldn’t withstand it.

She gritted her teeth and endured.

She wrapped herself in [Electricity] again.

The magnetic field fixes her body and stops her before she slams into the opposite cliff.

The missing leg was regenerated by casting [Heal], and a new leg grew.

And her chest.

It appeared again, unable to let go of the atmosphere.

Her clothes were torn, and the effect of Storage Magic disappeared, and her chest popped out without noticing.

Hoo…

Ignoring the chest that was unnecessarily blocking her view,

“….”

In the smoke.

The light of bluish Magical Power permeates through the smoke.

Parting the smoke,

A slash of [Sword Aura] flew in.

Amel reached out her hand.

She emitted [Electricity].

She froze the [Sword Aura].

As she clenched her fist towards the frozen [Sword Aura], the ice of Magical Power that was [Sword Aura] shattered.

Ice shards falling in a shower.

The [Doll] broke through.

It thrust in the [Silver Sword].

The [Sword Aura] imbued in the [Silver Sword] pierced the air and fired a Mana Cannon.

A hole was pierced in the rock in front of the [Sword Aura], and the [Sword Aura] pierced even the mountain behind it.

“This is something.”

The [Doll] shone with a silver-white luster as if nothing had happened until just now.

Even though she was tattered.

Amel dodged the [Silver Sword],

And covered her fist with Magical Power.

She filled it with a lot of Magical Power.

Heavenly Destruction Fist.

She struck the [Doll]’s chin upwards.

Its head shatters.

Metal fragments flew high into the sky.

“…Tch.”

Her fist is bleeding.

At that moment, it took out a Blade and counterattacked.

Heavenly Destruction Fist broke the Blade and shattered its head, but bone was visible in her fingers.

The headless [Doll].

The [Silver Sword] emitted [Sword Aura] and swung a giant Blade of Magical Power like a normal attack.

Crackle.

[Electricity].

The [Sword Aura] before it reached Amel.

It is fixed in the magnetic field and stops.

Swish.

She took out the [Black Sword] from the Inventory again and placed the Blade on the [Doll]’s neck.

“Let’s see if you’ll revive even if I slice you up, melt you, and freeze you.”

“Hee… Hee…”

Black hair and black skin.

Black horns and tail.

Dragon Girl looked back at the explosion sound coming from far away and clutched her chest.

Tingle.

Tingle, tingle.

When she tried to interfere with the depths of the Dragon Heart with Magical Power, lightning flashed.

It startled her heart. She loses Focus due to the accompanying pain and suffocation.

The Dragon Heart is the Dragon’s Magical Power itself.

The source of existence that can also be called the main body.

But impurities were mixed inside.

The identity of the Magical Power that does not melt and floats around as if possessing a will is that of the Human she fought just now.

She thought she had a Magical Power control ability comparable to a Dragon, but she was wrong.

It wasn’t comparable to a Dragon.

It was comparable to a Dragon without being inferior.

It was superior even when compared.

She should have recognized it from the moment she converted Magical Power into lightning itself and handled lightning as it was in its natural state.

The Human’s Magical Power, which flew in as lightning, penetrated deep into the Dragon Heart and lay dormant.

It didn’t cause any particular abnormalities unless touched, but when she tried to use more than a certain amount of Magical Power, such as using Magic like Teleport, Electricity flowed in.

The reaction was weak with just Teleport,

Dragon Girl’s main strength was Magic that used more Magical Power than Teleport.

She was Sealed.

‘…Is it a coincidence?’

The principle that Sealed Dragon Girl’s Magic was similar to the principle by which she Sealed the Human’s Spatial Slash.

It was a more primitive form and had many shortcomings, but the effect was significant as much as it directly tore off and attached a part of the Magical Power.

…It’s okay.

Dragon Girl thought.

‘It’s actually a good thing. If Master is released from the Seal, I’ll give this as a gift.’

It will definitely be a satisfactory material.

“Everything is for the development of Magic.”

It’s uncomfortable, but,

It was bearable because she thought this was all for development.

And,

Dragon Girl knows that her Master is Sealed.

The Empire that interfered with Master’s Dream.

Those guys who were abominable but Master never hated for a moment.

Dragon Girl was Sealed later than Master.

She saw the moment she was Sealed right in front of her eyes.

She was a generous person who accepted her fate even in the moment when she was divided into six parts.

That’s why Dragon Girl doesn’t hate the Empire, Humans, or anything.

More than that,

Although she doesn’t know the location where she’s Sealed,

Fortunately, she could recognize the presence.

She can figure out that the Sealed Land is nearby.

But this time she failed.

Since it was the location guided by that Human in the first place, there was no way she would have guided her to Master’s side.

More than that, knowing the location where the Seal was cast, the Seal that Sealed Dragon Girl,

‘Is he a member of the Empire?’

Could he be a Hero born in the new era?

She doubted whether he was Human.

Dragon Girl recalled the moment when the Human was chasing her and had both acceptance and questions.

If he was a member of the Empire, it didn’t make sense why he abandoned Sword God’s Sword. If he knew its value, he shouldn’t have even thought about chasing her.

Sword God’s Sword.

The true value of that Sword can only be known when it is held in the hands of Sword God.

The hope of the old era that Master gave to Humans.

If you don’t have the qualifications, it’s just a huge Sword.

She doesn’t know if there is a Human in this era who has the qualifications of Sword God.

If not, the moment she awakened would be like the birth of a new era.

“….”

Then suddenly.

What was in the Sealed Land.

Dragon Girl knows the identity of the Sealed Monster that she released with a roar.

The [Swordsmanship] that is now dead.

‘…A training Doll.’

It was a divine object excavated from the ruins of the Mythological Era, and Master gave it to [Swordsmanship] as a gift.

A body that never dies. Endless Magical Power. Learning ability that grows to the level of the sparring partner. A monster-like performance training Doll that grows as much as the sparring partner grows.

It never kills the sparring partner, but it will be very scary if you don’t know that fact.

Even if you chop it up,

Even if you break the source of Magical Power,

No matter what you break,

[Swordsmanship]’s training Doll that is never broken and is restored.

…Bang…

…Bang…

…Bang…

Thunder.

It was still firmly holding onto that Human’s ankles.

But because of that, an ordinary boy who was weaker than her was reborn as a monarch called [Swordsmanship].

It would be a lie if she said she wasn’t uneasy,

But she couldn’t pick up spilled water.

Master also did.

Since you can’t undo what has already started, accept it and continue.

Yes, I will.

So for now, I hope it will buy her time for several days until she finds all of Master’s Seals.

She doesn’t know how skilled that Human is, but it will take at least a few weeks for the training Doll to grow to that skill level.

Even if the skill level becomes equal, considering the tenacity that the Human showed even after losing Magical Power, he will not easily give up defeat.

In that case, it will probably take at least a few months for him to realize that the training Doll is for training.

As a result, that Human will be trained, but,

Skill improvement will take several years from there.

It doesn’t matter whether that talent is Swordsmanship or lightning.

‘After reaching a certain level, training is meaningless.’

The important thing is enlightenment.

Without enlightenment, it was meaningless in front of a higher realm, whether you trained your body or increased your Magical Power.

Dragon Girl thought that it would be faster for her to find all the Seals than for that Human to reach enlightenment.

“If it takes 5 years to go around one continent…”

At least 20 years.

She will be able to have a touching reunion with Master within 20 years.

Once again in this era.

A revolution is happening.

…Bang…

…Bang…

…Bang…

Thunder heard from afar.

Dragon Girl smiles bitterly.

“Train hard.”

Since it has come to this, please become a wonderful sparring partner for Master.

…Bang!…

Dragon Girl was startled by the thunder that had grown even louder and hurried her steps.