episode_0052

Wow─

“… Haha.”

Feeling the vibration of the sword subsiding, I sighed loudly.

At the same time, I raised my head and looked at the wolf’s body just in case, but luckily it didn’t move any further.

He was a really disgusting guy. So much so that I thought it was a monster comparable to a disaster-level monster.

In fact, I took no damage in this fight.

At least there are no external injuries.

However, there are literally no injuries.

My magical power and mental power were literally exhausted to the point where I was close to my limit.

Because I used the sword, kept it for quite a long time, and even used a big technique at the end.

Whether it’s a review or the last technique, I usually don’t use it unless something goes wrong.

Because the cost of consumption is so great.

This is especially true in Geomgang.

It is true that Geomgang is a very strong skill.

Enough to instantly cut through the body of a tentacle wolf that couldn’t even make a proper wound with a sword, and even cut through the armor that was designed to block it in one go.

However, even if the consumption value is large, it is too large.

It eats up magic power tremendously, and the same goes for intention.

The more you use it, the more it consumes your mental power, so to speak. Because it is a limited resource, it feels like your mental power is being depleted in real time from the moment you use it.

For that reason, I don’t want to use it much unless it’s really necessary.

So to speak, it can be said to be a technique that destroys all my power in an instant.

Since there is no guarantee that something unexpected like today won’t happen again, I personally want to quickly make it possible to use Geomgang freely, but it is not as easy as I thought.

There is no elixir that can increase magical power in a short period of time, and no matter how much I do, I do not develop my level overnight.

Unless you really experience a setback, it will be difficult to reach that level quickly.

While organizing my thoughts, I gathered up my sword.

Anyway, I successfully dealt with one tentacle wolf.

And that too without any major injuries.

This was clearly a great achievement, and could even be called an achievement.

Even if you are a Ten Sword-level warrior, you have to take risks to defeat a disaster-level monster.

However, that did not mean that I was significantly better than other Ten Sword-level warriors.

Strictly speaking, it could be said that the compatibility was good.

The tentacle wolf’s most notable strengths are its excellent defense, regeneration, and vitality.

It is hard enough to cause a non-fatal wound with a sword mixed with a different intention than a normal sword.

Add to that the armor that was visible at the moment of decapitation, and there probably aren’t many ways to inflict fatal damage on the guy.

It would be impossible with the skills of a warrior under the Ten Swords, and even if it were magic, the situation would not be much different. I don’t know if it’s magic that a magician at the level of Veluid, the academy’s principal, has decided to use.

In addition, even if damage is somehow inflicted, it has the regenerative power to instantly recover from wounds, and even has a tough life force that does not die even if its head is cut.

If you release that guy into the city with cruel words, he probably won’t be able to do much damage and the city will be destroyed.

A half-hearted response would just be ignored and everything would be devastated.

Even if a well-trained army stands in front, they won’t be able to stop him.

No matter how many elite soldiers gather together, unless they use special means, it is clear that no matter how many they have, they will not be able to defeat him and will only suffer one-sided damage.

It can be said that it is truly a disaster, an atrocity worthy of being called a disaster.

The reason I was able to deal with that guy relatively easily is, as I said before, purely because of compatibility.

Thanks to the fact that I have a tool called Sword Gang that can instantly pierce the defense power that is the basis of the tentacle wolf’s monstrous nature.

If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have been able to handle it so easily.

No matter how I think about it, I guess I was lucky in many ways.

As I organized my thoughts, I began to move my body.

I’m very tired, but I don’t have time to stand still and rest like this.

Because the situation is not over yet.

Now you have to make a choice.

Will you help Ethan deal with another wolf, or will you help the group?

It didn’t take long to come up with an answer to that concern.

‘Let’s help the companions.’

It’s Ethan.

An expert in hunting monsters who has defeated countless monsters, dealt with even disaster-level monsters, and survived.

So you don’t need to worry too much.

I was a little worried about whether Ethan would have a way to break through the tentacle wolf’s defense, but since Ethan’s attack power was far superior to mine in all areas except for the Sword Gang, I thought it would probably be okay.

… And more than anything, I was worried about my group.

Where I am standing is on the lake.

And the place where the group settled down was around the villa.

Even from here, you can see that scene.

Although it wasn’t completely visible due to the crowd of monsters, I could tell that it was holding up well.

However, I don’t know how long that will last.

It just feels like I’m holding on well, but it’s not an atmosphere of leisure, and there are limits to a person’s physical strength and magical power.

So, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to help the group clear out the surroundings, and then go help Ethan if he doesn’t come back.

After gathering my thoughts, I was about to return to the villa.

Amazing!

A strange sensation enveloped my entire body.

I immediately looked back.

An island lying in the middle of a lake.

The island where the crack is still open, illuminating the space beyond the dimension.

Boom, boom─

My heart started beating violently.

something.

I had a gut feeling that something was happening there.

When I thought about it, it was strange.

A crack on a scale that even Ethan had never seen before suddenly appeared without any sign, and now two monsters at the level of disaster-level monsters that are difficult to see even on the front line have appeared.

Plus countless monsters.

It is too much to dismiss it as a mere coincidence.

It suddenly occurred to me that there must be something, something causing it.

Also, I think that the cause may not have been completely resolved yet.

My intuition warned me.

There’s something there.

***

The man, Brian, arrived at his destination last night.

After finally defeating the chase of the organization and the beggars along the way, they finally arrived at their destination, an island in the middle of the lake.

Without even having time to feel moved by that fact, he immediately prepared for the ceremony.

There was no time to relax.

Even though you may have escaped the chase, if you waste time, they will use any means necessary to chase you again.

The preparations for the ceremony, which began so hastily, continued until morning.

When the sun was about to peek over the mountain, Brian, who had finished preparing, put his hand into his chest and took out ‘it’.

Something piled on black cloth without any decoration.

The item he stole from the organization after risking his life and coming up with a perfect plan.

Brian placed it on the prepared gin with very careful movements.

And finally, the ritual began.

The magic circle, made with all kinds of catalysts and magic stones, greedily sucked in the magic power flowing from magic stones placed everywhere, and began to cause a phenomenon.

Immediately, the space began to shake.

The magic circle installed and operated by the man, Brian, was a magic circle created solely for that purpose.

Shake up the space and make the ‘wall’ thin.

Originally, even with all the preparations, it would have been difficult to have a significant impact on the ‘wall’, but now was an exception.

Because of the special advantages of this island in the middle of the lake, the vibrations created by the magic circle eventually affected the ‘wall’.

In the past, this island was said to have been touched by one of the ‘Kings of the Other World’.

There is even a story that the lake itself was originally formed due to that incident.

In this place, where the wall has once been largely collapsed, the magic circle works more efficiently.

As a result, the wall becomes as thin as possible and finally reaches the world beyond.

And, it spreads the scent of ‘that’ placed in the center of the magic circle.

At this time, Brian prayed.

I hope the smell reaches one of the ‘kings’.

I hope they recognize it themselves.

How long did I wait with such earnest heart?

─────.

A voice was heard.

No, can we call it a voice?

No, maybe it’s not even a sound.

At least it wasn’t language.

It was a voice coming directly from my head.

And, it was will.

Brian couldn’t understand the language, but he understood the meaning.

That the Great Being recognized Himself. And that he is satisfied with the offering made to him.

───.

The Great Being himself asked:

What do you want?

To this, Brian brought out the answer he had been preparing.

Eternal life and overwhelming power.

That was what he wanted.

A wish that everyone wishes for, but in the end no one comes true.

To achieve what everyone wanted, he made a grand plan and stole the organization’s treasure.

Just for this moment.

─────.

The Great One laughed.

No, I would have to say that I felt that way.

Eventually, the great being stretched out its hand beyond the wall of space.

And finally, the hand reached Brian.

With that, he was out of the box.

The frame of being human.