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29. The Tower of Darkness and Archlich (4)

How much time has passed? The surroundings are caved in, melted, and frozen by Arkrich’s magic.

I became somewhat accustomed to fighting using Hauteclair, dodging the guy’s attacks, blocking or parrying his magic, and even blocking the magic directed at Yeonseo.

” Yeonseo! What do you think now?! ”

” Alright! Let’s finish it! ”

It seems that Archlich has finally awakened to all the magical knowledge that was engraved in her head and completed the interpretation of the magic.

As she spoke, Hyunseok flew in next to me.

” I’ve gathered some of the venom and sent it somewhere else, so now I can fight too. ”

” Good job. Then… shall we go together? ”

” Yeah! ”

He moved towards Archrich with Hyunseok, and Archrich, who saw that he was moving as well, casted magic on him as well, but it was a handshake.

” You’re using wind magic on me. It seems like you lost the intelligence to perceive such things while being controlled by the tower. ”

He easily made a giant sphere made of wind blowing towards him and made it his own, then made it even bigger and looked at me.

Now it seemed obvious to me why he was looking at me, and I quickly placed my torch into the sphere of wind.

As Hyunseok flew away, the guy quickly created a wall of ice, but…

” Now it’s mine!!!! ”

As Yeonseo’s words were heard, the ice barrier split left and right, and began to block his back so that he could not escape.

This time, he made a wall rise up from the ground, but that too was quickly brought down by Yeonseo.

Archlich was hit by a sphere containing a holy fire that flew in, but he blocked it with a barrier made of magical power and went into a rage.

He gripped the Hauteclair in both hands tightly and used the explosion to quickly fly behind him and cut the black thread connecting him.

” Now… I’ll make it easy for you! ”

Arch Richie looked at me after speaking as if he didn’t know I would come so quickly.

His face finally… seems to have been waiting for this, as he withdraws the magic barrier and falls down after being hit by a flying sphere.

[ Thank you, vessel of God… May your future be… happy… ]

At the sound of his voice speaking so that only I could hear it… I left him behind and flew back to where Hyunseok and Yeonseo were.

‘Even if you don’t say anything… I’ll catch happiness…! ‘

*****

” Phew, is it finally over? ”

As Yeonseo stretched and spoke, Hyunseok looked at the tower.

” I think it’s not too late to think about that after conquering the tower, right? ”

” Sigh, can’t you just say ‘Thank you for your hard work.’? ”

” Hey~ We still have a long way to go for that. ”

” Oh my, you’re coming right in after saying something to your boyfriend! ”

” Yeah, yeah. You worked hard. Let’s take a short break and then head to the tower. ”

Saying that, he went to where Arch Rich was and looked for something there. Hyunseok and Yeonseo left him behind and made a chair out of the ground and sat down on it.

” Do you think it’s fully usable now? ”

” Well, roughly? But it’s not very efficient unless you use ice magic. ”

” But still, aren’t you a great wizard who can use other attributes too~ ”

” Ahem, well, it’ll be like that now. No, it definitely will be like that. ”

When I called her the Great Wizard, Yeonseo turned her head away, looking a little embarrassed, and then looked at me again and spoke in a determined voice. I was talking to her while teasing her.

Our two eyes turned to Hyunseok as he ran towards us as if he had found something where Arkrich had been.

” Want to see this? ”

” What is it? ”

Looking at what he had in his hand along with Yeonseo, there was a black crystal, the same one he had obtained by defeating Dullahan.

A black crystal with a red glow, emitting an ominous aura just like before.

Yeonseo, who saw it, said this.

” Sealing stone… ”

” Huh? Yeonseo, what did you say? ”

” Okay… Wait a minute, my head suddenly…! ”

” Yeonseo?! ”

Let’s support Yeonseo, who suddenly clutches her head and collapses, and send out divine power to relieve her pain a little.

” Thank you. Haa, something just popped into my head, so I’m a little… ”

” What on earth is on your mind? Is it about this fix? ”

Hyunseok carefully and slowly showed the crystal to Yeonseo again, and Yeonseo snatched it away.

” Give me the other one too! ”

” Here you are. ”

I watched Yeonseo carefully while holding Hyunseok’s hand as she muttered something we couldn’t understand and let out magic power while holding two crystals in her hands.

Hyunseok also seemed flustered by her sudden behavior and grabbed my hand tightly.

Yeonseo brought the crystal that was beginning to shine in her hand closer, then let go of her hand.

With a ‘clank!’ sound, the two crystals came together.

The two crystals merged together. No, now just one crystal fell into her hands, and Hyunseok and I approached her again.

” Yeonseo, that’s…? ”

” Maybe… I should see it as the key to this tower… ”

” Key? ”

When Hyunseok asked about the word key,

” So… rather than unlocking it… I think it should be seen as the core of the strategy. ”

” Does that mean… something needs to be sealed in the tower? ”

” Charlotte? What are you talking about? ”

It seems that Hyunseok hasn’t noticed what I said about having to seal something.

” Yeonseo said it earlier. It’s a sealing stone. ”

” So, then, should we seal something in the tower? ”

” Maybe. ”

So I talked to Hyunseok a bit more and asked him if he knew anything about the tower that had a gimmick of sealing something.

He shook his head, saying he had never heard of such a gimmick, and answered that there was a similar gimmick where you could open a hidden room by capturing the demons around the tower and combining them.

I guess it got boring seeing us keep talking to each other

” Haam~ First, let’s rest a bit more and then attack the tower…? ”

Yeonseo’s face, blinking her eyes more and more, looked very sleepy.

That was understandable, since Hyunseok and I had managed to get some sleep, but Yeonseo had been dragged here by Arch Richie without being able to sleep properly.

” Okay, let’s go back to the tent and rest for a while and then come back? ”

” Yeah, let’s go back quickly and rest. ”

The moment Hyunseok and Yeonseo turned around and started walking away, something strange happened.

The tower began to shake, and soon black waves began to emanate from it.

” No, what is this!!! ”

When Yeonseo shouted, Hyunseok came out and grabbed Yeonseo. He quickly created a wind barrier and shouted.

” Charlotte and Yeonseo, you too, hurry up and build a wall! ”

” What!? ”

” Reasons later! First, hurry! ”

” Sigh, I’m so tired!! ”

Yeonseo created a dome of ice and surrounded us, and I created [Brittany] and covered it.

We felt a strong shaking that shook the wall the three of us had built together, and at the same time, a strange ‘ugh’ sound was heard from outside.

” Hey… No…? ”

Yeonseo looked at me and Hyunseok with an expression of incredulity, but unfortunately, the worst situation she hated was unfolding.

” Phew, you two are here. ”

I took out the curtana and stuck it in so that [Bretagne] could be maintained to some extent even without me, and held the hauteclair in both hands.

” Charlotte?! Where are you going! It’s hard, so just stay here! ”

” I’ll hurry up and finish it off. ”

” Hey! Even though you’re tired! ”

As Hyunseok and Yeonseo shouted at me, I was already tired. Even now, my legs are slowly shaking…

I couldn’t just sit still like this.

We don’t have time. We have to move before the Namsan Tower is completed.

And most of all… my family. I was so worried about Yuji’s condition…

” Don’t worry. You can recover to this extent with divine power. You two are both tired right now, so I’ll go and come back quickly. ”

” You… Really, haa… ”

Yeonseo realized that she couldn’t stop my stubbornness, so she sat down, telling me not to get hurt, and Hyunseok grabbed my arm and started hugging me.

” Are you really being reckless? Should I be careful? ”

” Yeah, thanks. ”

” If you do this again, I’ll ‘punish you’, okay? ”

” Huh… Yeah… ”

The moment he said ‘punishment’, the memory of that time came to mind and I felt a ‘zinging’ sensation in my lower abdomen, so I quickly pushed him away and got out.

If I had just stayed still… I didn’t think I would have been able to show a good side to the two of them…

When I came out, what I saw was a large number of undead.

What’s unique is that it’s not in human form… it’s in the form of a demon.

They had beast-like appearances, and although they were all different sizes, I was a little surprised at how they didn’t look like the humans I’d seen before, but they all had one thing in common.

The fact that he was wearing a chain that seemed to be made of gold, one on each part of his body.

Perhaps, a being related to it is waiting for us at the tower.

” Phew, seriously these days… I told you it’s dangerous to be with Hyunseok… ”

As I caressed my throbbing stomach and thought about how his behavior had become more erratic lately, my body began to heat up again.

” Oh, no, that won’t do. Yeah… that’s right… ”

Shaking my head hard, I shook off my thoughts and focused on the demon in front of me. I quickly flew to the center of the guys and quickly jumped between them.

I started to bear down. At the same time, I felt like there were eyes looking at me from the top, and I turned away.