Ch.7878. The Free City of Lachburg (7)

The magic I cast this time. This spell, which resonates and fuses my soul with Corin’s, is actually a spontaneously created magic that combines three different wild magic spells.

The core spell is none other than ‘Beast Spirit Possession’ magic.

Originally, it’s a spell that summons the spirit of a beast that has become a spirit after death, makes it possess one’s body, and then allows the spirit’s power to dwell within the flesh… but now it’s being used to have Corin’s soul possess me.

And there are two spells supporting the ‘Beast Spirit Possession’ magic.

One is ‘Animal Transformation’ magic to modify my body to be as close as possible to Corin’s, and the other is the ‘Form of Spirit’ spell that grants spiritual properties to one’s physical body.

As a result of combining these three magical powers, Corin and I, who could become completely one while the magic’s effect was maintained, moved while freely discharging the electricity overflowing from our body.

Through our mental network, I transmit the power of lightning that writhes inside the body, and further relay it to Sophia and Minerva.

No incantation, no hand signs, not even mental concentration was necessary in the process of exercising this power.

If I had to compare it to something, it would be authority. It’s not about using power through specific principles, but rather using it because one has the right to wield that power.

And……..

-───KRRRRRRRRRR!!!

[[Thunder───!!]]

As thunder-like sounds echo all around, Robo, with the lightning mysteries I’ve bestowed wrapped around his entire body, charges forward like a flash of light, baring his sharp teeth.

-Two, KWAAANG───!!!

Before the devil contractor could even react, Robo rammed into the disgusting cultist and sent him flying with all his might, then tried to move in for a confirmation kill while emitting golden electricity throughout his body.

But the devil contractor was by no means an easy opponent.

[[GRRRRRROOOAAAR───!!!]]

As the devil contractor’s greatsword emitted a red light similar to what it had absorbed from the queen, a giant two-headed hunting dog appeared in mid-air.

This two-headed devil dog, characterized by its black fur that gives off the smell of ash and sulfur, resembles a German Shepherd, with impressive blood-red glowing eyes and flames flickering from its mouth—a mid-level devil known as the Twin Head Hellhound.

-───HWARARARARARK!!!

The two-headed hellhound, considered a fallen descendant of the divine beast Cerberus, spewed fire from its mouth upon its appearance… and collided with Fenrir, who is also a descendant of divine beasts and a kindred spirit.

Thus, in one corner of the battlefield, as the two mid-level beasts—the wolf-type divine beast and the devil dog—bared their sharp fangs at each other amidst crackling and flaring sounds───

-───Crack.

I (Corin) naturally began to handle electricity according to the instincts being fed into my mind.

-CRACKCRACKCRACK───!!!

As wings made of crackling golden current spread wide behind my back, I (Corin) flew up while wrapped in golden current── and began to shoot streams of lightning by extending my hand.

-──KWAJIK! ─KWAJIK! ─KWAJIK!!

Streams of lightning shot from both hands at one-second intervals.

Magical power attacks in the form of current, which have taken on physical force due to the extremely dense concentration of magical power, pour down, and the devil contractor also evades the attacks by leaping as if throwing his body.

As the lightning bolts leave deep holes in the ground, the devil contractor skillfully wields his greatsword to defend against them, when───

-───WOOOOOONG!!!

From the devil contractor’s blind spot, spells cast by Sophia and Minerva, who had received Astra’s buff bomb, begin to fire.

‘Celestial Meteor.’ The moment one of the ultimate celestial magic spells is activated.

A passage connecting to the celestial realm opens above Sophia’s head, and then the sacred power (energy) released from there is shaped into dozens of small meteors and fired.

If this ‘Celestial Meteor’ has been granted a guaranteed hit effect by the observation of ‘Fate,’ then that devil contractor, whose body parts have been corrupted like a devil, could certainly suffer fatal wounds.

Therefore, when he moves as if flustered and hurriedly tries to turn his head toward the meteors.

I (Corin), who realized that he had momentarily lost track of me (Corin) in his urgency, approached like a bolt of lightning, then kicked the devil contractor away with my leg───

-───KWAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAANG!!!

With a thunderous sound, white explosions burst out at the impact point of the ‘Celestial Meteor,’ and simultaneously, an ominous red aura radiates like waves from within the white explosion.

And after all the energy turbulence subsided.

“[……….Phase 2?]”

[How dare, how daaare■■■■■■■■■───!!!]

The devil contractor who emerged from within revealed a hideously distorted and twisted body.

His left arm, which seemed to have fused with the demonic sword, was red and grotesquely swollen to a thickness comparable to his original torso.

A devil’s head reminiscent of a skull protruded halfway from the left shoulder area, and spikes that looked like fangs had grown all over his body.

Additionally, the chains that had flowed from his armor had transformed into tentacles, and teeth had grown at their tips, turning them into formidable weapons of slaughter.

There were also changes such as the metal armor fusing with the flesh of the body to become part of the body, or the helmet splitting in half to become a mouth.

This completely monstrous transformation of the devil contractor allowed me to infer the true nature of that being.

‘……..Has he been devoured?’

There are various types of contracts that can be made with devils, and among them are contracts related to swords imbued with devil power or contracts related to ‘Devil Possession.’

Therefore, my guess was that the contract this devil contractor had made was precisely one where a devil’s sword lends its power through the sword, but in exchange, control over the physical body is gradually taken away.

Perhaps this hideously distorted appearance now is the result of the devil completely seizing the contractor’s body and possessing it, taking advantage of the moment when the contractor’s mind was weakened by the extreme damage suddenly inflicted.

In any case, the fact that this is an opponent that must be defeated remains unchanged.

[───Kill■you, ■■■!!!]

With a strange roar mixing the common continental language and devil language, the devil throws its distorted body toward me (Corin).

-───Crack!

When it swings its arm and charges, I dodge to the side, and electrocute its tentacles with current while lightly flying into the air.

When it wraps aura around its tentacles and delivers a slash, I counter with an equally current-filled slash.

Hit, defend, dodge, attack. Despite the speed befitting its swollen size after transformation, those heavy attacks appeared far too slow to my (Corin’s) eyes.

‘[….This is too slow?]’

So at first, I thought that this guy had just become sluggish during the possession process, but only after noticing that the ratfolk trying to ambush from my shadow also appeared slow did I realize.

It’s not that the devil possessor is slow. It’s just that our combined thought speed and movement have become incredibly fast.

Now that the spiritualized body has become half current.

Our body can move at the same speed as magic power with current, simultaneously with thought, and can deliver high-powered consecutive attacks without incantations.

Of course, in this process, the destabilized body has become so fragile that it could be destroyed by a single blow from an equal opponent, but…….

‘[In this state, getting hit would be the strange thing!]’

Such penalties were trivial compared to the power gained from resonating with Corin’s soul.

Therefore, the tactic we chose was the direct approach.

Hit, dodge, hit again. Using the ability to convert the body into current, we simply and persistently continue attacking and evading.

-───KWARREUNG!!

From the rear, Minerva and Sophia shoot lightning filled with celestial mysteries to charge us with current, while Astra continuously provides buffs and healing from behind to support my movements.

In addition, after the ratfolk who had been waiting for an opportunity and Robo cooperated to deal with the Twin Head Hellhound.

With both joining the battlefield, the tide of battle clearly turned in our favor.

If he had maintained human form to display his skills, we might have certainly struggled more.

[───■■■■■!!!]

But now that the devil has seized the contractor’s body and possessed it. Except for somewhat enhanced physical abilities, the overall combat capability had actually decreased……..

-───KWAJIK!

“[……..It’s over.]”

With the final thrust of a spear made of lightning-magical power through its head, the body of the warrior possessed by the devil ceased to move.