episode_0044

No one made a loud sound.

Only the rustle rustle of dry leaves being stepped on by the heat of the light beam could be heard.

One by one, each time an arrow was notched on Ellicia’s bow, one of the black-robed figures fell. Ellicia climbed the remaining trees to prevent them from properly aiming at her, slaughtering them.

Did Ellicia appear as a demon to them?

Some tried to flee, neglecting their duty, but soon Ellicia’s arrow, heavily imbued with magic, pierced their backs, and they fell powerlessly to the ground.

At that moment, the people chasing her with swords vanished.

When she drew her bowstring again and looked at where they had been, they were already far away.

Chilling magic.

It wasn’t that it was scary, but she felt an overwhelming sense of unpleasantness.

There was a certain pattern on their hands, and as soon as it received their magic, the pattern began to transform into an alien shape and scatter throughout the [Garden].

A dense magic, so potent that even those insensitive to magic could feel it.

Ellicia momentarily glanced to the side, wondering if they were doing this to worsen her mother’s illness, but the World Tree was repelling the tiny, though dense, magic with its own power.

She sighed in relief, but her sense of ease was short-lived.

Magic was not supposed to be contaminated like this. And for humans to artificially pollute magic to such an extent!

Suddenly, anger welled up within Ellicia, and that rage soon made her push off the tree branches and charge towards them.

Was she thinking of killing several people at once to prevent this skill from progressing further?

On her bowstring, several arrows had already sharpened their blue blades, waiting to take lives.

Thump, the black-robed man, who had been manipulating the pattern in his hand, fell to the ground.

There was no arrow in his back, nor any burn marks from a light beam.

However, Ellicia knew instinctively.

That pattern drains a person’s magic to its limit to do something.

It turns them into a state where it wouldn’t be strange if they died immediately.

One by one, the black-robed figures began to fall.

Ellicia looked around, wondering what was happening, but soon she understood what they wanted.

Something responded to the signal they had sent with their dense but weak magic.

At the roar that filled the [Garden], Ellicia felt a colossal presence rushing towards this place.

She heard a crunch, crunch sound.

Not the sound of dry leaves breaking under small footsteps due to the heat of the light, but the sound of trees breaking.

Had she ever seen a creature of such size and speed?

[Screech!!!!]

Bang, it burst through the elf’s house and charged at her with its mouth wide open.

Its face was like a small alligator, but its body and legs resembled a giant gorilla, and its two incredibly long, bone-like arms were etched with strange magical formulas.

“Faust… entrusted us with… the last chimera…!”

Ah, was there still someone who could move?

Ellicia swiftly notched an arrow on her bow in response to the movement, but the arrow never left the bow.

“Hey… hey… kill that elf over there…”

Thwack, his body was pierced by its long arm.

If she had seen it, she would have shot an arrow even faster than the speed at which his body was pierced.

A chimera with invisible speed.

Was it her instinct? Ellicia shot an arrow at its head.

But perhaps that arrow, heavily imbued with magic, couldn’t pierce it.

With a low hum, the arrow stopped in front of its hand.

“It can… use magic…? A chimera…?”

The chimera, which had been looking at the arrow as if fascinated, then seemed to spot the elf below and nodded its head frantically.

Ellicia found it chilling, as its appearance was like a baby delighting in finding a good toy.

Did it want more arrows imbued with elf magic?

The chimera then rose from where it sat and tried to grab her with its hands, which were covered in strange characters.

[Don’t you need help, Elf?]

A voice echoing in her head.

Is someone else here?

She turned her head here and there to ask for help, but no one was visible in her sight.

[Down here. The one you petted so much with that creepy magic.]

“….”

Is she hearing hallucinations now that she’s about to die?

A small dog talking.

[So, help or not? I’m stronger than it is.]

The small dog pointed at the giant chimera standing in front of it with its chin and spoke.

[Earlier, you said you were enough on your own, but now that a chimera appeared, you can’t do anything?]

It was a mischievous tone that reminded her of someone, but perhaps because her eyes met the chimera in front of her.

Ellicia nodded slightly.

At that sight, Brownie gave a small smile, then hopped and hopped on its small legs, running to stand directly in front of the chimera.

[Hey, can you understand me?]

A cute voice.

Perhaps even the chimera was flustered by the action, which was completely opposite to the audacious behavior.

[Grrrrr…]

[Those arms, they can use magic, too. I think I’ll have to take them. Could you perhaps tear off both your arms and give them to me?]

[Screech!!!]

Did it not understand Brownie’s polite words?

The chimera bared its hideous teeth and tried to kill him in one bite.

[Hey, it’s a full moon. A full moon.]

Brownie’s eyes gradually began to turn red.

[It’s the time when all magical beasts grow stronger.]

A roar.

It echoed through the [Garden] as if the previous metallic screech was nothing.

“…..What…?”

Ellicia’s bewildered voice.

It was understandable.

The being that had just been hopping around with a small body was now larger than the chimera, which was as huge as a building.

A wolf.

The thought that came to Ellicia when she saw it was ‘wolf.’

However, while it clearly differed from ordinary wolves by standing on two legs, holding its front paws like a human, and having abnormally red glowing eyes, its essence was a wolf.

[If you don’t give it, well, I’ll just give it to my master for research.]

[Screech!!!]

Could it properly handle the magical formulas?

The magical formulas etched on the chimera’s arms were now running wild with its magic, spewing black light beams everywhere.

[Such a commotion in someone else’s home. I really tried to resolve this through dialogue.]

Slam!

Brownie’s muscular fist landed a straight punch on the chimera’s face.

Did the attack of such a colossal being even affect its surroundings?

As soon as Brownie punched the chimera’s face, light shockwaves formed around it.

[Screech!!!]

A more agitated metallic screech than before.

The chimera swung its large claws, attached to the ends of its long arms, all around and charged at Brownie again, but,

Slam!

His fist now struck the ground.

Along with the chimera’s head.

[You’re acting up when you’re nothing. If you’re going to mimic a monster, do it properly.]

Brownie smirked, but Ellicia could tell.

That the magic inside the chimera was still being wielded.

“Hey!!! Still!!!”

Ellicia shouted as loudly as she could, but Brownie’s ears didn’t twitch.

Perhaps her shout acted as a trigger.

That long arm, the colossal arm that had been buried in the ground, surged upwards towards the sky again.

Brownie was about to grab that arm, perhaps intending to break it, but his body wouldn’t move.

[….!]

Black chains.

The black magic that had chilled Ellicia so much, the magic emanating from the pattern, was being controlled using the chimera’s arm as a medium.

Each of those chains had strange writings on them, like the characters on the chimera’s arm, and every single one looked rusted.

The black chains that burst forth from the air continued to emerge, blocking Brownie’s movements, and soon blades sprouted from the chains, making him bleed.

And the chimera, just like Brownie had done earlier, smirked.

Baring its numerous teeth,

Accompanied by a strange humming sound,

[You’re…. nothing…. acting up…. screech….]

A metallic sound.

No, it was clearly a metallic sound, but did Brownie, our divine dog, interpret it as dog barking?

Brownie’s body didn’t move at all.

Had the thread of his reason snapped?

Brownie’s mouth didn’t open for a while.

He said nothing.

However, his body gradually began to turn red, like his eyes which had seemed to be burning.

Drip drip, the black chains piercing his body slowly melted away, and Brownie’s magic began to surge.

[You’re in trouble. Let’s have a fight.]

Under the full moon, the opponent that the Rapier Longinus had struggled against reappeared.