episode_0079

The Gallius we first met didn’t say anything and simply lost to us like an insignificant monster in a game.

But now was different from then.

His appearance hadn’t changed much, but his essence was different.

The mana inside was swirling violently, and the chains that sealed his body were nowhere to be seen; he existed as a complete being.

Gallius, emitting an overwhelming presence to the extent that one might mistake the world was shaking, with red eye light moving intensely.

[How dare you trespass here…!!]

As if they had crossed a line, amidst Gallius’s wrath bursting out wildly. Grace quickly made a judgment.

Grace, who was somehow grabbing my collar and going down the stairs. Next to her were clan members like Gamel.

There wasn’t even time to talk. Explorers fleeing, steeped in fear.

It was just stairs about 2-3 stories high.

They should be explorers who can run several times faster than ordinary people.

They are slow.

As if living in a different time.

The vengeful spirits of red wolves full of wrath fly towards us.

The moment I touched that, I felt I wouldn’t be safe.

While Gamel created a wall of water, I checked with a side glance what card I had drawn.

[Mist Rain(0)] [Barrier(2)] [Lightning(3)]

Judged attack cards were meaningless.

I throw a card.

[Barrier]

An enhanced barrier is deployed, receiving the power of the artifact [Cat’s Paw].

Fortunately, it was blocked to some extent.

At least it seems the power gap isn’t sky-high.

But the barrier is torn quickly, and red wolf spirits come through behind it.

Ripping through the water wall Gamel made, breaking through the cold air Grace emitted, just before the sharp teeth of the wolf spirit coming through touched my body.

A furious defense golem popped out from subspace and charged towards the wolf spirit.

Ppuoong!!!!

Golem exploding like a disposable bomb.

But it wasn’t blocked by that either, and continues to follow.

Still, thanks to that, we succeeded in descending the stairs.

“They keep chasing us!!!”

But the red wolf spirits keep following.

Their number has decreased significantly, but they persistently chase.

Gamel can use various magic, giving him flexibility, but he falls behind in simple power struggles.

Since there are only 3 guides, me, and Gamel here now, ultimately I, who can engage in a power struggle, have no choice but to push myself.

Fortunately, there is one way.

Because there is a reward I haven’t used yet.

『Check card rewards.』

[Crush(4)] [Purgatory(5)] [Electrified Zone(4)]

As soon as I chose the [Electrified Zone] I had in mind, I felt a new power seep into the deck.

3 cards are drawn from the initialized deck.

[Mud Wall(1)] [Exchange(2)] [Telekinesis(0)]

Good cards were drawn.

I immediately use a card.

[Exchange(2)] – Swaps the positions of two objects.

The power of Exchange enhanced by Cat’s Paw.

Thanks to that, the power that could originally only be used once became available up to twice.

I swapped the positions of the two approaching wolf spirits with furniture far away.

Fortunately, the magic worked properly.

I had thought perhaps it wouldn’t work because they look like ghosts.

If so, Telekinesis should also work properly.

I immediately throw a card.

[Telekinesis]

I throw one approaching spirit towards the barracks ceiling.

And the remaining 3 approaching wolves could be blocked when the defense golem deployed a shield.

Kwaaaang!!!

As soon as the shield and the wolf spirits collided, the inside of the barracks shook with a strong impact, but in the meantime, we were able to get outside the barracks.

And the clan members who saw us were about to hastily prepare for battle, but.

“We’re retreating for now!!!”

As soon as I shouted, we quickly changed formation to flee and escaped from the barracks.

After gaining some distance, we rested.

It was a fairly close location where the barracks was visible, but they didn’t raid us.

“What happened inside?”

The clan members who quickly moved because we were fleeing, but still hadn’t grasped the situation.

“Grace, give us an explanation.”

“Yes!!”

Grace finished explaining quickly.

That the original boss monster was guarding the path towards the evil god, and had even become stronger.

At that news, everyone felt something unusual.

“Of course, the people who went scouting were all just mages and guides. Actually, if 15 people attack at once, it might be more manageable than expected.”

I viewed it this hopefully, but Grace and Gamel next to me both shook their heads. And even the other guides, Herman and Laranore.

“The level is different.”

Grace said to me.

She said it’s a being of a biologically instinctually different level.

She said it might not actually be immensely strong, but there is an absolute terror.

‘Hmm, is it that much?’

is what I thought, but I understood.

Because all the clan members except me are ordinary people.

A god already dwells in me to some extent, so I might not have felt the seriousness.

“Then what should we do?”

“Indeed. Anyone can see that we have to defeat that to get out.”

Everyone put their heads together to make a plan, but no good countermeasures were particularly visible.

Just when we were getting hungry and lightly boiling soup to eat a modest meal.

Adel said curtly.

“Can’t we just eliminate it from a distance with the magic tools in the castle?”

All the clan members who heard her words couldn’t find words to refute.

*

After finishing the meal, the clan members were divided into two.

Fortunately, it was possible because Gamel could use magic that allowed communication even from a distance.

Of course, it wasn’t stable enough to be used in a combat situation.

“Kkyu?”

Luca hugging and playing with the cute blue spirit.

It’s a spirit Gamel artificially summoned.

“If you could use something like this, when we split into 3 teams before. Couldn’t you have used it?”

“This one isn’t strong enough to accompany us in a combat situation.”

Certainly, when fighting Gallius in the cave, if this spirit had been there, it seems it would have collapsed after not being able to withstand a few shockwaves.

Kkuwook.

When I press its skin with my finger, it sinks in easily.

Just by looking, it’s a fellow far from hardness.

“But how do you convey opinions with this?”

“That…”

Gamel started writing letters on the back of the spirit he was holding to demonstrate.

Then, letters appear on the back of the spirit on the other side as well.

“Oh-ho. But among the kids staying here now, who can read letters?”

The people going to the castle were 3 mages, 3 guides.

The rest were all explorers who focused entirely on combat.

Since they were only combatants who threw utility to the dogs, I had some doubt.

Naturally, Luca and Kyrek shook their heads.

Besides them, a few others also shook their heads, but.

Still, fortunately, there weren’t only blockheads among the vanguards.

“I can read.”

“I can too.”

Adel and Dayback stoutly declared they could read.

Moreover, since Kitra, the priest, said she could as well. We could entrust it with peace of mind.

Immediately, one guide carried one mage on their back and ran.

Running by riding an ‘human carriage’, it didn’t take many hours to return to the castle.

Having quickly infiltrated the interior of the inner castle, we immediately found only the weapons among the magic tools that were capable of long-range attack.

“How can we intercept it from here?”

“Shall we try moving it first?”

“Will it work?”

“We won’t know without trying!”

We tried moving the magic tool with full confidence, but couldn’t move it with just mages and guides.

“Then with magic….”

“No!! It’s more dangerous if you carelessly touch such intricate magic tools!”

Following Gamel’s opinion, we ultimately realized that mastering the usage of this was the only way to survive.

[It seems it will take more time than expected.]

is what I sent as a message.

[What about food?]

is the reply that came back.

“Grace. How did we divide the food?”

“I gave them a lot over there. Because they’re full of people who eat unnecessarily much.”

“That’s true.”

Mages don’t eat much. Guides eat little from the start to maintain a light body.

So our side can tolerate hunger to some extent, but what about their side?

“We have no choice but to do it quickly.”

There is only one answer.

Finding a way for us to quickly handle these magic weapons.

And researching and studying something is a mage’s specialty.

“To construct the circuit in this manner, I never even thought of it.”

“Efficiency has further increased by creating an external power source and combining it.”

“If you move this like this, direction adjustment is possible?”

“There’s a control device here!”

Various discoveries, failures, misconceptions, and mistakes overlapping and overlapping. Piling up and piling up.

Like sand that was thinly piled up one by one from the bare ground, even if it doesn’t help at that very moment. Like it becomes a giant sand dune when you look at it at some point.

Now, after about a week has passed, we were able to finish all preparations.

Deadline.

3 days since the food completely ran out.

Fortunately, water was not insufficient because there were mages here.

There was also enough firewood thanks to Gamel.

Although it is said that humans can last up to 30 days without eating.

We cannot buy that much time.

If you’re hungry, you don’t have strength. The more strength you lose, the lower the winning rate.

That’s why now is the deadline.

Delaying any longer is impossible.

A battle of whether we succeed in defeating that guy here or not.

If there’s anything fortunate, it was the fact that magic tools can be used even without a mage.

That’s natural.

Because a magic tool itself is an item made so that anyone can use magic.

It’s not for nothing that the gun that appeared in modern times could overwhelm all weapons.

Setting aside its power, it’s because anyone can use it with just a little learning.

The moment it was proven that even guides could use it if I just roughly put in a little mana.

There was no need for the mages to specifically stay in the castle.

All-out war.

Defeat that guy with all our strength.

I don’t know why the main god wants me to do that.

Surely there will be something to gain.

Whether physically, mentally. Or perhaps making the magic tools learned here outside.

“Ivan!!!!”

Upon returning to where the vanguards were after a long time, Luca welcomed us.

Since it was 3 mages coming, our pace was slow and it took quite some time, but fortunately, we arrived before the sun set.

“Is there anything more to prepare?”

“No.”

Preparation finished a long time ago.

Having engraved 3 magic circles on my body.

Because I have one card ready to strike first at any time.

“…Let’s start.”

“Yes!!”

As Kitra put her hands together, divine power burst out, bestowing blessings on everyone around.

Simultaneously, Dayback wrote letters on the spirit.

The world shines blue.

Simultaneously, a blue pillar strikes the barracks.

The sound is heard afterwards.

Fortunately, thanks to Gamel’s hearing protection magic, the deafening explosion sound passes by.

The area around the barracks is completely devastated as if bombs have fallen, and a huge dust cloud surges into the sky.

But despite that, the barracks remained as it was.

Seeing that, Dayback wrote letters.

“As expected, it’s not enough.”

It’s not that the vanguard did nothing while staying here.

Periodically, they observed Gallius and briefly engaged in combat to roughly grasp what skills he had, and also tried to lure him out of the barracks.

But in the end, he reportedly didn’t come out until the very end.

Furthermore, they also tried to destroy the barracks.

However, they had given up some hope because it was said that it wouldn’t break no matter what they used. But who would have thought it wouldn’t even get a scratch, let alone be destroyed by this bombardment?

“Proceeding to Plan B.”

The [Meteor] card I was holding, it’s regrettable, but time to let it go.

Shuffle the deck.

The cards I want are.

[Charge] and [Tidal Wave].

I was barely able to match them after drawing cards about 14 times.

It would have been impossible without the 1-card preservation ability of the [White Storage Box].

Immediately send a signal to comrades and use the cards.

[Charge] – [Tidal Wave]

Enhanced Tidal Wave.

Nothing much changes, only the power becomes stronger.

But when the strengthened power and my improved magic manipulation ability are combined, I can draw out Gallius who is inside.

Split the tidal wave approaching from afar in half and send it between the entrances on both sides of the barracks and through the windows.

The windows don’t break, but water can enter through the open windows.

The water that entered that way moves noisily inside.

But the intense movement still doesn’t cease, filling the inside of the barracks and surging back towards where the evil god resides. Where Gallius is.

And finally.

Kkwaaak!!

The sensation of something being caught is felt at the fingertips.

The wave has snatched Gallius.

I don’t know if he will be dragged by this, but.

With all my strength, I pull the guy out of the barracks.

The guy resists.

But twisting the intense wave further, it grabs the guy’s body from behind and pulls him down with water pressure.

And as if he’s also not a perfect being.

He began to be dragged out of the barracks carried by the wave I created.

Shwaaaaaa!!!!!

Gallius coming out of the barracks led by the wave.

Immediately Dayback sent a signal with the spirit.

Before long. As soon as Gallius landed on the ground, blue bombardment fired from the inner castle poured down.