episode_0134

“Coolook… ….”

Elin spat out the blood that had gathered in her mouth.

I almost died.

“Thank you, teacher.”

“Didn’t I ask you to be careful?”

If it weren’t for Luke, who surrounded Behemoth with an eight-layer barrier the moment he was released from his chains.

Luke opened the portal in a hurry and came through, staggering due to dizziness.

Elin shook her head as if she was sorry.

“I thought I could catch it that way.”

“Sigh… .”

Luke just sighed deeply.

I didn’t nag anymore.

My heart almost dropped just now… but the battle isn’t over yet.

Gooo…!

Behemoth rolled around and completely destroyed the plaza.

All the lights that were painstakingly attached to the outer shell went out.

If Ellen had held out for just 30 more seconds, she could have been roasted.

“Then once again… .”

“No. Your Majesty, prepare a big room in the back. Anne and Nia are in the front line.”

Thanks to Nia joining late, it was a little easier to attract Behemoth’s attention.

Of course, I’m saying it’s easier than before.

It was the same in that one brush with it would be fatal.

It means that there is not much time to spare.

“Okay. What do I need to prepare?”

“I told you, it’s the biggest one.”

Ellen’s stupid hair stuck out in the shape of an exclamation mark.

“… Is that okay?”

I wasn’t worried about the casting speed or the difficulty of the spell.

“I don’t think we can call it a square anymore.”

I was really worried that if I put my heart into it, the square, the pride of the capital, would be destroyed.

“When are you going to throw the whole building away?”

“… … ”

“At this point, it would be faster to just blow it up and build a new one.”

“Okay.”

Elin nodded, convinced.

“But what about other people?”

“We will evacuate now. In the meantime, prepare your magic.”

Exactly.

Luke opened the portal and looked at Elin.

“Please, don’t get hurt.”

In a voice full of sincerity.

“Yeah.”

Ellen nodded seriously.

I gathered as much mana as possible.

Shu… .

Luke is busy riding the portal to evacuate people.

Boom! Kwaang-!

“Get over here you stupid little cow head!”

“I think it would be better not to provoke too much… Ugh!”

Anne and Nia caught Behemoth’s attention.

The baptism of fire from the battle magicians that had been falling from the sky suddenly stopped.

It looks like Luke evacuated everyone.

Woof-!

Elin blew out the mana she had gathered.

Chorrr!

Once again, the chains that bind Behemoth tightly.

Gooo!!

Behemoth, who had already escaped once, started causing a ruckus.

But this time, the flames were not released.

Since the magic power was used solely for the purpose of restraint, the strong chains would not break.

“Everyone, get out of the way.”

The overflowing waves of mana.

Elin’s purple hair rose up.

Anne, sensing something unusual, took a big step back.

“… Let’s get out of here, trusting your majesty.”

“Huh? Oh, but… .”

“Come on… .”

Slap.

Anne, whose body has reached its limit.

He collapsed without being able to finish his words.

Nia looked at Elin with wavering eyes.

“… Elin.”

“Sister, hurry up and get Anne out of here.”

Doo-woong-

Elin’s body floated into the air.

It was because I was releasing mana at a crazy rate.

Nia’s expression hardened.

Is this magic that requires that much mana?

If you stay here, you’ll definitely get involved.

Nia, who realized this intuitively, took Anne and left the square.

Grrr…!

Behemoth glares at Elin while chewing on the chain.

Elin looked around with emotionless eyes.

It seems that it is not called the Big Demon for nothing.

Buildings destroyed by Behemoth and thrown by Elin.

The square was already nothing more than ruins.

As I was looking at the completely ruined square, my gaze stopped at one place.

“… Ice cream.”

An ice cream shop sign broken in half.

The ice cream shop where I went on my first outing with my teacher collapsed, leaving only the sign behind.

“After.”

Elin let out a short breath.

He raised one hand high.

Concentrate the mana you have gathered so far into your hand.

Kiiing-!!

When mana exceeds a certain level,

An ear-piercing noise rings out.

Gooo!!

Behemoth in distress.

I squirm at the sound I hear for the first time in my life.

I can’t escape from these tightly bound chains.

“This is a punishment for defiling a place with memories of my teacher.”

Twinkle-

A light shines in the sky in broad daylight.

Of course, it wasn’t a star.

A fast-falling fireball, too large to be a star.

“Die quietly.”

A giant meteorite that tore through the sky and came down.

Kwaaang-!!!

The meteor summoned by Elin hit Behemoth directly.

* * * * *

An unrealistic scene where a single human summons a meteorite.

The fallen meteor exploded.

The entire place that was called the square disappeared.

Evacuated citizens.

Battle Mage.

A knight from the empire.

Everyone forgot what to say.

The smoke that covered the area showed no signs of disappearing.

When everyone was staring blankly at the square (what was).

“Elin…?!”

Only Nia was worried about Elin.

If there had been an explosion of that size, I would have definitely been involved.

Even if there is a barrier, can you survive?

Nia looked around, feeling creeped out.

“What about Elin… Oppa?”

Luke, who had been next to me just a moment ago, disappeared.

But there was no need to go looking for it.

Shu-

Because he appeared through the portal right away.

“Elin!”

Luke was holding Elin, her face covered in soot.

Nia ran over and looked around Elin.

“You, you… are you okay?”

“Huh? Yeah… .”

Elin answers a beat late.

His eyes were half open.

Nia looked at Luke with worried eyes.

“Brother, why is Elin like this? Was it because of the magic just now? Did the mana heart get strained… .”

“That’s not it.”

dump.

Luke sat down.

Elin was pulled out just in the nick of time before the meteor struck.

I couldn’t stand on my own two feet after such a terrifying experience.

“I just used too much magic, so I’m just tired.”

“… That’s right.”

Ellen nodded slowly, one beat at a time.

“… … Sigh.”

Nia collapsed on the floor, not even caring about getting her pants dirty.

But he always maintained the dignity he was taught at Berkeley.

I couldn’t stand up and be formal even in a situation like this.

“Good work.”

Victor, walking from behind, put his hand on Luke’s shoulder.

“I’m sorry. I don’t think I could be of much help.”

“No. Didn’t you continue to support me?”

It was a battle in which Elin’s share was over 80%.

The remaining 20% was done by Bucklin’s battle mage unit.

Didn’t the fire magic you poured when you first tied up Behemoth deal quite a bit of damage?

Of course I escaped.

“As the head of the Berklin family, I feel ashamed.”

“It’s okay. Your Highness, you will also become the head of the Bertain family. It’s okay to be a little behind the best ducal family in the empire.”

“I see,” said Victor with a bitter smile.

Luke gestured to Victor like that.

“What are you doing? Without going in.”

“… What?”

“Diane Sun… Aren’t you worried about your sister-in-law?”

Although there is a distance between Bucklin Mansion and the square.

It’s not like you can’t hear the meteor hitting.

Right now, Victor is probably worried that Dien and the baby in her stomach might be surprised.

“How did the capital become like this, who would go in first?”

“It’s written on his face. He’s more worried about his pregnant sister-in-law than the disappeared square.”

“… Ahem.”

“Anyway, in order to restore the square, all the nobles in the capital must come forward. Please actively help us then. That’s all for today.”

“… … Okay.”

Victor expressed his gratitude with his eyes.

I immediately strengthened my legs and ran.

… I tried to open a portal.

It must have been quite a rush.

“… What is it? Is it over?”

Anne, who had fainted for a moment, also woke up.

“Yes, it’s done.”

“It looks like that… What did you do?”

“A meteorite fell.”

“… … ”

“Did you faint again?”

“No, that’s not it… Crazy.”

Anne couldn’t even form proper sentences and just kept repeating “crazy, crazy.”

Before Anne regained her vocabulary.

The smoke that had covered the atmosphere slowly settled.

The place where the meteorite that Elin called out fell.

“I don’t even know if there was a square.”

A huge crater was created that made it hard to believe that it was a square where people had been walking until the morning.

Only the black blood stuck deep inside proved Behemoth’s death.

“I, I’m going to defeat that monster… .”

“Is this possible with just one person…?”

The soldiers were astonished at the jaw-dropping sight.

Images of arrows bouncing back no matter how many times I shot them and weapons with broken blades flashed through my mind.

I began to wonder if I should learn magic even now.

“This, this, this is ridiculous. The Archmage… the youngest Archmage!”

“Why did Bertine hide such a genius?”

“You, aren’t you hiding it because you thought it might be too dangerous…?”

Of course, the astonishment of the wizards who discovered Elin’s level was indescribable.

I felt like I wanted to immediately throw away all the magic I had accumulated so far and ask Elin for teachings.

While both groups were in shock.

“Be, the next lord of Bertain has saved us!”

“Elin Bertain! Elin Bertain!”

The citizens who survived chanted Elin’s name.

The pride of the capital, the square, had completely disappeared, but that was nothing to worry about.

There are people who are seriously injured, but no one died, right?

It was all thanks to Elin, who flew through the portal and defeated the Behemoth before the damage could be done.

“I never knew the future of the Empire would be this bright!”

“To achieve such feats at such a young age? I heard that even Sword Masters aren’t at this level!”

Bertain was hiding a genius or something.

There was a brief buzz about it in the Imperial newspaper, but it was not a story that reached the citizens.

But now, the name Elin Bertain is clearly engraved in everyone’s mind.

Ellen looked around at the people cheering enthusiastically even though she was still dazed.

I vividly remember times when I didn’t even receive attention from the servants within the family.

So many people are giving me such favorable looks.

“… Not bad.”

Elin smiled with indescribable pride.