The Seal of the Blade

Amel used [Leap].

She jumped high.

She landed on the summit of the mountain range that Dragon Girl had crossed.

“Haa…”

[Leaping] without [Magical Power] was a bit much.

It wasn’t too difficult, but she felt a slight sense of strain. It had been so long since she felt this stimulation, what should she say?

Happy?

Since she had become too strong, she had been numb because her body didn’t feel any strain no matter what she did.

She remembered how gym rats trained their muscles to get stimulated, and she felt like she knew why gym rats couldn’t quit working out.

Stimulation was the vitality of life.

Even gym rats would probably quit working out soon if they didn’t get any stimulation from training all day.

“Haa~.”

A pleasant sigh.

Amel sat down on the mountaintop and massaged her twitching legs.

Massaging her legs, which had gained momentum from the [Leap], squeezed out a refreshing stimulation.

She had faced a crisis where her stats, [Magical Power] and [Mana], had become 0, but she was only surprised at first. Rather, she was able to find herself unconsciously rejoicing.

‘I’ve been too strong until now.’

Suddenly, there were no opponents to fight, and they had all become mere mobs.

Even if she wanted to fight, it was just bullying the weak.

Protect. Make it peaceful. That resolution was sincere, but the thing that stirred her motivation the most was fighting spirit.

The instinct to win.

Aim for peace, but,

I hope the process is difficult.

Hardship is exciting.

If it were reality, she would have cursed, but this is a game. The more difficult the process of reaching a happy ending, the more she can love the ending that comes with it.

A hard-won victory is what she cherishes.

‘Isn’t that right?’

Amel asked Win.

She didn’t sense that Win had come, but she asked reflexively. She hadn’t shown any signs of returning, and the point at which she disappeared was the timing when Dragon Girl stole her [Magical Power].

“Could it be that the connection was cut off because I don’t have Magical Power?”

Amel stretched and got up.

“Then I’m alone.”

She looked up at the sky.

The sky was wide.

She had truly become alone.

Ah… or not.

There were still two Death Knights in the shadows.

But the object she [Possessed] was a possession.

There’s nothing to worry about.

“….”

Amel gathered Magical Power again.

She [Leaped] far away.

The forest rushed past below.

Because of the lack of Magical Power, the speed was slow, so the sense of speed as the forest passed was a bit slow.

After [Leaping], Amel sensed the presence of [Magical Power] and [Leaped] in the direction it was sensed. This sense of distance. She estimated her location on the [Map].

It’s close to the Sealed Land.

It wouldn’t be strange to arrive.

Judging from the fact that the location of the [Magical Power] hadn’t changed, it seemed that she had found the Sealed Land.

Landing in the forest.

[Leap] again.

At the moment she jumped, a threatening presence erupted from the forest.

Amel rotated her body and kicked with her foot.

She kicked the side of a projectile that flew sharply towards her back. The projectile veered off to the side and crossed the mountain range.

It lost its momentum and fell into the forest.

“…What is it?”

The projectile was a large arrow.

That whatchamacallit?

A siege weapon, no, a defense weapon? A giant bow installed on the ramparts to be used on the castle walls.

Suddenly, she couldn’t remember, but that giant arrow had flown towards her.

She recalled the memory of seeing the direction the projectile had come from the moment she turned to kick. What was there was a fortress.

It had been projected from a small fortress.

Did they shoot because they thought she was an enemy?

No, that wasn’t all.

She feels the presence of [Electricity].

There were many Electrical Signals caught in the forest, but most of them were directed at her.

Growl.

The cry of a beast.

Demon beasts of wolves and tigers revealed themselves from the shadows of the forest.

They were, of course, beasts that had achieved enough awakening to be called Demon beasts, and their entire bodies were muscular and imbued with Magical Power.

Amel took out the [Black Sword].

She let [Sword Aura] flow into the [Black Sword].

“….”

At that moment when she was having a staring contest with the tiger Demon beast.

A wolf Demon beast attacked from behind.

Amel dodged the wolf Demon beast’s teeth with a backstep and slashed its side with the [Black Sword] as she passed.

There were many other wolf Demon beasts. Small wolf Demon beasts and, behind them, a giant wolf Demon beast comparable to a tiger Demon beast.

Amel stopped thinking.

She could only fight.

She felt like she would be disturbed even if she [Leaped], and she guessed the reason.

Dragon Girl. That girl had ordered the Monsters staying in this forest. There was fear in the eyes of the tiger Demon beast and the wolf Demon beast.

Trembling eyes that couldn’t escape even though they sensed a battle they were sure to lose.

‘A Dragon is a Dragon, is it?’

Amel landed lightly.

Behind her, a tiger Demon beast roared in agony as it lost its front paw, shoulder and all.

It wouldn’t be able to survive in the future like that.

She would have cut it down in one stroke if it hadn’t resisted.

But the gap in the moment of [Leaping] had become longer after losing [Magical Power]. So, even though she could see plenty of openings with her eyes, she couldn’t stab and only managed to cut off its front leg.

Without looking back at the tiger Demon beast,

She stared intently at the giant wolf Demon beast.

The wolf Demon beasts howled and rushed in.

Amel dodged the wolf Demon beast’s teeth,

She weaved through the wolf Demon beasts as if dancing and quickly approached the giant wolf Demon beast’s chest.

The giant wolf Demon beast reacted and raised its front paw, but,

Amel, who was already accelerating, slid under the wolf’s front paw and burrowed into its belly.

The giant wolf Demon beast was startled and jumped high.

‘Ah, slow.’

The giant wolf Demon beast?

No, the time until [Leap].

It took 0.2 seconds to gather Magical Power and [Leap]. It was much slower than the reflexes of the giant wolf Demon beast or the tiger Demon beast.

She belatedly [Leaped] and chased after the giant wolf Demon beast hanging in the air.

The giant wolf Demon beast used a tree as a foothold to dodge, and Amel also used a tree as a foothold to chase after the giant wolf Demon beast.

She thought as she chased.

‘Should I chase?’

Even though she was being controlled by Dragon Girl, there was no reason for her to deal with it if it dodged. The tiger Demon beast had lost its front leg and was beyond recovery.

When the giant wolf Demon beast wasn’t looking at her.

[Leap] in the direction where [Magical Power] is felt.

When she reached the peak after [Leaping], another giant arrow flew.

It became certain. That guy was also being manipulated by Dragon Girl. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been able to shoot the crossbow… ah, it’s a crossbow.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been able to fire the crossbow so accurately at her.

Even if she was wrong, it was an unprovoked attack.

Amel looked at the crossbow flying towards her and gathered Magical Power in the [Black Sword] and swung it high.

[Sword Aura]

A Magical Power cannon like a Blade split the crossbow and covered the fortress that fired the crossbow. [Sword Aura] split the earth as if soaring.

“….”

Amel turned her body and [Leaped] towards the location of [Magical Power].

There was a Sealed Land where [Magical Power] was, and [Vampire Princess] had explained about that Sealed Land like this.

A cave where Blades grow.

In short, Blade Cave.

It was a dangerous place where Blades periodically grew and were woven together like spider webs.

It was dangerous, so they collapsed the entrance.

Kugung.

An explosion erupts from the location of the Sealed Land.

Dragon Girl broke the entrance.

The entrance to the Sealed Land was blocked, so she wouldn’t have been able to find it, but she found it. Dragon Girl also felt the presence of the Sealed Land.

Amel [Leaped] and landed.

Following the presence of [Magical Power], she was able to find the entrance to the Sealed Land.

A rocky mountain in the middle of a flat field, shaped like a giant rock had flown in and crashed. A hole was drilled under the desolate giant rocky mountain where no plants grew.

Amel landed in front of it and looked into the cave.

Golden eyes opened and flew in.

A snake, dozens of times the size of a human torso, flew in like an arrow, opening its mouth.

Amel spun the [Black Sword] with both hands and dropped the snake’s neck. To think that she could stop her with just this.

It must have been half a gamble.

The place where the snake died.

The Blood shed by the snake turned to stone, dyeing the snake’s entire body with stone.

The Blood on the [Black Sword] also turned to stone, but it couldn’t turn the [Black Sword] into stone.

“….”

Hmph.

I see.

The reason Dragon Girl placed the snake was to aim for the loss of her weapon.

Well, it was common sense to compete with CC if force didn’t work.

It was fortunate that the [Black Sword] didn’t turn into stone, otherwise she would have lost her best weapon.

Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to have any problems with its durability, so she was relieved.

She entered the cave.

The passage of the cave was short.

Entering and taking a few steps.

A wide space appeared and was simultaneously densely covered with something.

That is…

‘Blades?’

It was dark, so she couldn’t see well, but she converted the eyes that see Magical Power into visual information. She imitated Win’s Suggestion Magic.

The resolution wasn’t very good, but she could see.

Blades flickered before her eyes.

Long, wide Blades sprouted like bamboo shoots in the inner space of the cave, and some connected from wall to wall.

It gave the impression of looking at a certain crystal cave in reality, but,

Crackle.

The Blades were currently growing.

There was a giant Blade, and from the Blade, the tip of the Blade sprouted and stretched out-! and hit the wall.

“….”

She happened to be in that position, and Amel pulled her neck to the side to avoid it.

She dodged, but,

‘It aimed for her.’

The Blade definitely grew aiming for her.

Rustle.

A sound came from below.

Between her two feet.

The tip of a Blade sprouted.

It soared in an instant.

Amel stepped back slightly to avoid the growth of the Blade, and the Blade grew to the height of a person in an instant and stopped.

“….”

Let’s find it quickly and leave.

What is sealed in the Sealed Land?

First of all, since the [Key] didn’t react, what was sealed wasn’t a Great Devil.

It could have been a close aide to the Great Devil, like Dragon Girl.