episode_0128

‘Heuh?….’

Levia cautiously opened her eyes.

No, she tried to open her eyes. But she couldn’t see anything, and after realizing that there was something like an eye patch blocking her vision, she moved her hand to take it off.

‘Ah, I can’t move!….’

But her arms and legs didn’t move either. Even her mouth was gagged, so she couldn’t even speak properly.

She must be sitting somewhere…, her body wouldn’t move, and fear filled Levia’s heart in an instant.

How on earth did this happen?

Levia tried to calm herself and recalled what had happened to her.

‘Surely, I was looking around the Magic Tower with Anne….’

That’s right.

She visited the Eternal Magic Tower with Anne, took a level measurement test, and then looked around at various things.

Artifacts that helped her body so that even she, who was weak, could lift or swing heavy objects, and confinement rooms where various kinds of monsters were suppressed and left.

Levia was seeing and looking at various things that she had never imagined in her common sense.

‘Then…. Some wizards came to find me….’

They said that there was something strange about the level measurement results and that a detailed investigation was needed….

Apparently, for that reason, they took Levia away.

They said there was nothing wrong with Anne….

Clang.

‘Someone’s coming….’

“Uuup!…. Euh-eueup!!….”

“Is she awake?”

“She woke up faster than I thought. Is this also an effect of her high Divine aptitude?”

There were voices she had heard before, and voices she had heard for the first time.

The voice she had heard before was definitely the wizard who had recommended her to take the level measurement.

“Eueueueup!”

‘What on earth are you trying to do to me!!’

She tries to speak, but her mouth still doesn’t move.

Rather, the unidentified sound passing by her ears made her feel a surge of fear and terror.

“We are sorry.”

“Until now, there has never been anyone with such a high Divine aptitude. Surely, with this level of aptitude…. It will be enough to accept that person’s soul.”

“Eueup?….”

Aptitude?….

Soul?….

Something that Levia couldn’t understand at all…. Something like that is happening.

“First, we need to make the vessel clean.”

“Then we should prepare to extract the memories and soul first.”

The wizards, who had exchanged a few more lines, left to prepare.

Of course, Levia, whose vision was blocked, couldn’t see anything.

…Clang

And then, the sound of a door opening was heard.

Have the wizards already returned? Then will she now be subjected to the extraction of memories and soul?

While she was thinking that, suddenly her vision returned.

“A-are you okay?”

“Uu-uueup!”

“S-quietly!…. I’ll untie you, so please be quiet.”

It was Anne who had come to find Levia.

Only after she had released everything from the thing that was restricting her mouth to the magic that was restricting both her hands and feet did Levia become free.

“A-Anne….”

“I-I’m sorry…. I don’t know why the others are doing this…. Something was strange, so I secretly followed you. I’m sure I didn’t see anything wrong, but everyone says there’s a big problem with Levia….”

“Sob sob…. I-I was scared….”

“O-quickly, let’s run away. If we can just get to the Hero, we’ll be okay.”

At Anne’s words, Levia nodded.

Then, following Anne’s guidance, Levia escaped from an unknown laboratory.

Surely, immediately after entering the Magic Tower, the Magic Tower was a mysterious and fun space, but now it had been transformed into a frightening space that she wanted to run away from quickly.

While running without being able to calm her pounding heart, she encountered a group of wizards blocking their way.

“!”

“Found her!”

“Anne! Hand her over here!!”

“Eut!…. R-run away!”

Anne hurriedly took Levia to another place.

She tried to escape while avoiding the wizards belonging to the Eternal Magic Tower as much as possible, but Anne was just a newcomer who hadn’t been in the Magic Tower for very long.

Compared to other wizards belonging to the Magic Tower who knew every corner of the Magic Tower, she had no choice but to have less information, and so it was only a matter of time before they were cornered.

“Anne!!”

“You have to come to this Magic Tower too!”

“You won’t be able to enter the Magic Tower if you do this!”

“Eueut…. W-why…. Why are you doing this to Levia!….”

Too much obsession with Levia.

Anne didn’t know the reason for it.

“To overcome death!”

“T-to overcome death?….”

She knows the fundamental reason why the Eternal Magic Tower was built.

But what does that have to do with Levia that they’re doing this?

“If you keep blocking us, there’s no choice.”

“!!”

The Magic Tower’s wizards are gathering their magic power.

No matter how excellent Anne’s magical engineering skills are, that was all. If it goes to a magic battle, Anne can never win. Moreover, the opponent is in a situation where there are more of them than her, and she even has someone she has to protect.

“Really, there’s no choice.”

“!!”

“T-this voice is?….”

And at that moment, a person’s voice was heard from Levia’s shadow.

It was very bizarre. Slithering out of the shadows, it looked like a black clay doll.

Soon, the black clay doll took on a complete color and transformed into the appearance of a nun.

“S-Sister Lucy!”

“I’ve been watching without saying anything for the sake of Levia’s friendships…. Do you understand? You shouldn’t trust people easily.”

It makes you wonder if that’s something a nun should say, but anyway, a woman whose appearance is that of a nun appeared.

“Run away quickly. I’ll take care of this.”

“!”

“A-are you okay?”

“Of course. Actually, I wanted to say that line.”

Lucy said, smiling brightly.

Anne and Levia nodded as they looked at Lucy, and then ran away as they were.

“Chase after them!”

“Don’t let them get away!”

“Ah, that won’t do.”

Lucy’s eyes shone red as she blocked the wizards who were trying to chase after Lucy and Levia, who were running away.

“Wizards are annoying. Because my Bloodlust doesn’t work because of the magic power they instinctively wear.”

Lucy said, complaining.

“If I use this power recklessly, the Pope will scold me. So…, don’t tell anyone.”

“What is….”

“T-this power is!…, a b-Blood Demon!! It’s a Blood Demon!!”

“!!”

“Aha…, Ahahaha…. Ahahahahahahahat!!!”

Lucy started laughing as if she had gone crazy.

And around her, a red whirlwind of blood began to erupt.

At the same time, the black nun’s habit she was wearing was torn off and transformed into a dark red…, a very dark red dress.

* * *

“Haa…, haa….”

“J-just pass over there!….”

They barely arrived in front of the entrance to the Magic Tower.

If they just cross that door, they can escape the Magic Tower, and if they just escape the Magic Tower, even the Magic Tower’s wizards won’t be able to directly target them like this.

Thinking that way, she ran hard.

“Where are you going in such a hurry?”

“!!”

But at the last moment.

At the last moment, they were blocked by the Master of the Magic Tower.

“M-Master of the Magic Tower…, sir….”

“…You know well that your current actions are betraying the Magic Tower, right? Anne Ivaldi.”

“…This isn’t right. So…, so suddenly, without any explanation….”

“Anne Ivaldi.”

As if she wouldn’t allow any more words.

Towards the Master of the Magic Tower who spoke firmly, Anne rummaged through her bag with trembling hands.

“A-Anne….”

“It’s okay…. Because I…, because I brought you here…. I’ll take responsibility….”

I’ll send you back. She tried to say that, but she couldn’t finish the sentence.

Swish! Bang!!

“Keuheok!….”

“The Eternal Magic Tower is a place for eternal life. Therefore, I said that magic for training the body is basic….”

“Anne!!”….

In a flash of a moment, the Master of the Magic Tower approached and grabbed Anne as she was and sent her flying into the wall.

Because of the impact, Anne collapsed to the floor with all the strength drained from her body.

“Tsk, I’m already worried because the Hero came looking for her…. I need to take care of this quickly….”

And at that moment, the ceiling collapsed and a golden slash plunged down.

A golden slash that accurately separated the Master of the Magic Tower and Levia.

The Master of the Magic Tower’s body stiffened at the slash, and Levia looked at the smoke screen created by the plunging slash while trembling.

“I told you, Levia.”

In that smoke screen, a man said.

“As long as you’re within the reach of my sword, I won’t let you get hurt.”

He was the man who had led her through the golden desert. He was standing there, the man known to the world as the Hero.

* * *

“Are you the prince I’ve been waiting for?”

Prince? What does that mean?

The witch quietly stayed still, leaning her face against my chest as if listening to my heartbeat in my arms, and then moved away from my arms.

In addition, although it’s not a very important matter, the witch’s body was very cold.

“What on earth does that mean? The prince you’ve been waiting for.”

“It’s just as I said. The prince who will take me out of the…, Mirror World.”

“…I don’t understand. Did you hear what I just said? The moment your main body escapes from the Mirror World, you die to me.”

“Well…. I don’t know whether I’ll die or not until I go there, right?”

The witch, who said that with a faint smile, clapped her hands lightly as if she had a good idea.

“Then shall we do this? If you promise to take me out of the Mirror World…, I’ll step back without doing anything. Not only that, but I’ll also stop the Black Dawn Society from running wild.”

“…Why are you trying to escape the Mirror World so much? What on earth is that Mirror World….”

Instead of answering my question, she kissed my forehead.

“Down there, there seems to be a cute rabbit being chased…. Do you have time to talk for a long time?”

“What?….”

At those words, I quickly got up from my seat.

“Goodbye. Hero. I’ll be waiting for the day we meet again.”

“….”

I turned my back on the witch and returned to the Magic Tower through the secret door.

Then I expanded my senses to find Levia’s presence.

No, she’s really there? Why is she here?

[Sword King Secret Art]

“Earth Split”

The golden slash cut through the ground as it was and went down, cutting the Magic Tower in half.

And I threw myself into the gap I created.

After falling a considerable distance, I arrived on the ground.

Thud!

“I told you, Levia.”

I stretched my lips as I faced Levia, who was blankly staring at me.

“As long as you’re within the reach of my sword, I won’t let you get hurt.”

…Ah, did I never say that to Levia?