Belbroke Subjugation Battle (6)
I ran down the third floor hallway of the Trix Building, shaking off my bleeding arm.
A draft was blowing in from the already broken windows, and stars and magic circles were visible from the half-blown ceiling of the hallway.
There is no time to pay attention to the battle between Belbroke and Lucy. First, I had to dig into an area with as many terrain features and obstacles as possible to make it difficult for Sylvania to detect my location.
– Woowoouk
However, there is no way that someone of Sylvania’s age would not be able to read my intentions.
As the feeling of gathering magical energy spread from downstairs, I gritted my teeth and braced myself for impact.
– Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
High-ranking lightning magic, divine punishment.
In an instant, the lightning strikes and destroys the remaining remains of the Trix Building.
Now, the Trix building, which has almost no intact parts left, collapses once more.
Rather than a destroyed building, at this point, only the remains of the building remain.
Running between the intermittently erected remains of the outer wall, I tried my best to avoid the magic…
– Hwaaaah!
High-level spatial magic ‘Space Leap’.
Sylvania landed right in front of me, casually using a high-level spatial magic that requires an astronomical amount of magical power just by using it once.
“Khahak, ahahak.”
With a strange laugh that made phlegm boil, Sylvania thrust her cane in front of my nose.
“I don’t know if I could have stopped it once, but it looks like it would be difficult to do it twice.”
If ‘instant death’ hits even once more here, I won’t be able to block it with my Aspect magic power. Knowing that very well, I quickly bent over and kicked Sylvania’s staff away.
However, Sylvania paid no heed to it, gathered her magic power, and fired two magic bullets into my shoulder.
As I gritted my teeth, held my shoulders, and fell to the corner of the hallway, I began to raise my Aspect magic power again.
Normal horsepower can be handled. However, the Aspect magic power cannot be dealt with.
The biggest characteristic of aspect magic. That there is no compatibility at all and that you can never deal with it.
These are magics that can never be defended unless there are exceptional circumstances where they can be defended through magic of the same Aspect.
“Huh… ”
If you stay still, you will suffer.
We have to keep attacking, no matter what, to prevent Sylvania from casting the Aspect magic.
I drew on my magical power and summoned the mug in an instant.
The rising fire transforms into the shape of a bat and spreads its huge wings. Mug, who screamed, looked at Sylvania and used fire magic.
A quantity of fire that is completely different from basic elemental magic rises around the area. The direction of the march of flames is Sylvania, which is attracting the magic power of the constellation.
Sylvania narrowed her brows for a moment, then smiled horribly.
Then, just by swinging the staff and applying magic, all the flames were scattered.
The direction of the following aspect magic was toward the mug.
– Kaang!
Aspect magic struck in an instant, ‘Time Prison’.
The mug floating quietly in the air with its wings spread… She couldn’t move anymore.
When a time prison occurs, time itself stops for the caster until the caster runs out of magic or cancels it. You have to remain still, frozen as if you have turned into a stone.
Of course, Sylvania will never run out of magical power, so it is safe to say that if she is hit even once, it will be over.
However, it was successful in neutralizing the star magic that Sylvania had once gathered.
I feel sorry for using the mug as a shield, but I was able to create an opportunity to draw out greater magical power. Eventually, with the magic power revealed, a huge wind wolf… Meryl Da gets back on her feet and enters the world again.
– Hwaaaaaaaaa!
– Kaaaaaaaaaa!
A flowing stream of magical power covers the sky above the Trix Building.
With a roar, Merylda tramples the remains of the buildings and looks down at the petite girl mage.
[Sylvania… ]
Once upon a time, a close friend of mine was sitting side by side at the end of Mt. Orn looking down on Aken Island… I look up at the giant wind wolf.
Holding a cane larger than my upper body at an angle, wearing a robe with many colorful patterns embroidered on it… Sylvania, who was looking up at Merilda blankly, muttered.
“Oh my goodness… .”
There is no life in those eyes.
“Wolf, it’s big.”
There is no time to be heartbroken over the fact that you were not recognized.
Before Sylvania made the first move, Merilda raised her magic power. The air in the area was shaking due to the magic power embodied by Merilda.
The moment Merilda’s magic was about to overtake Sylvania… ──A huge ice spear had already penetrated Merilda’s body.
[ … ]
Merilda’s squinted eyes widened. He didn’t even notice the flow of her magic power.
Ice Spear is a mid-level magic.
However, an incredibly large ice spear was rising from the ground and piercing Merilda’s abdomen, to the point that it seemed like it could even be called mid-level magic.
Because of the dripping blood, the surface of the window is stained red.
[ you… uh… ]
“It’s a pity, the spirit… I can’t even die. “If he were human, he would have died comfortably from this blow.”
The status of a high-ranking spirit is enormous. It is safe to say that just by being able to handle high-ranking spirits, one can join the ranks of famous spiritists in the area.
Even such high-ranking spirits can be eliminated by Sylvania in a single blow.
However, the fact that magical power was consumed does not change. What this means is that an opportunity has emerged for me to take action.
– Quang!
I unleashed a ‘one-point explosion’ and destroyed the floor, then quickly jumped down to the ground.
Sylvania looked fed up, looked towards the hole I had made, and jumped down with a light gesture.
The moment Sylvania falls to the floor, I, who was hiding in the blind spot of vision, pull out the dagger held in reverse and try to stab her in the back.
Although it was a surprise attack completely outside of her line of sight, she activated her defensive magic as if she had eyes on her back and deflected the dagger.
– Kaang!
When my hand was thrown away by the impact of the defensive magic, Sylvania took advantage of the opportunity to turn around and grab my collar.
The rising magical power enveloped my body, pushing me with such tremendous force that I fell to the floor in the aftermath.
Sylvania planted her knee on my abdomen, grabbed my collar, and pushed her bloodshot eyes up to my nose. Even so, more blood flowed from her body, which was already full of wounds.
“Did you think you would win in close combat? Because I’m a wizard? Ahaha, amazing. It’s really amazing, it’s amazing. Even in this situation, you were using your brain to take the battle in a different direction. In a situation where it wouldn’t be strange if I ran away because I was scared, because I was afraid of death… I was thinking of a winning move somehow. Amazing, really amazing. It’s a waste to kill. If it weren’t for a world like this, if it weren’t for a future filled with darkness… “You would have become a great person.”
“… ”
“Wow… Ugh… Hmm… sad… I’m so sad… It’s sad that people like you have to die. There must be so many amazing and great people like you in the world. The fact that we all have to die, the fact that we have to struggle in that endless darkness one day is so vain and sad… ”
I started laughing, and then started shedding tears… As her emotions fluctuate like a madman, Sylvania speaks with her eyes focused on mine.
The tears I shed just now haven’t even dried yet. He lifted the corner of his mouth and smiled.
“So, I’ll kill you.”
“I decline.”
– Quang!!
A huge shock came from within me and covered the entire area.
‘Shock-enhanced wave sphere’. It is one of the magic engineering supplies that I saved until the end. The crystal ball in her arms shattered, and Sylvania frowned, covering her eyes with her fluttering collar due to the sudden shock.
Because of the defensive magic applied to the body, it does not fall out. However, it was successful in blocking the view.
Just like that, I gathered up the dust scattered on the floor with my fist and scattered it in Sylvania’s eyes.
Sylvania immediately screamed and closed her eyes and took a few steps backwards. I was sure that Sylvania, who had lived her entire life as a dignified wizard, would not be used to street fighting like this.
Just like that, I took out my dagger and gathered magical power. I tried to manifest the spirit consciousness, but the spirit consciousness engraved on the dagger did not respond at all.
“Whoa..”
I frowned and just took the dagger and sheathed it.
Because the mug was caught in a time prison, even the spirit ritual connected to the mug did not work properly. In a hurry, I had to dig into this tiny gap.
However, even though Sylvania lost sight, she sensed the flow of movement through her magic and quickly turned her body to avoid it. At this point, she felt like she could have taken a single blow, but she was a person with surprisingly developed intuition.
However, because she twisted her body sharply to avoid, Sylvania took a step back due to the inertia and hit her back against the broken pillar.
– Bang!
With my back against the pillar… Sylvania took a deep breath and glared at me with even redder veins in her eyes.
“It’s the ceremonial dagger of the Rosstaylor family. Then you… ”
Sylvania looked at me with wide eyes, and then the corners of her lips trembled and she continued her story.
“Ed Rosstaylor. Yes, you are Ed Rosstaylor.”
“… You know that. “Because you are a human being who has observed the future unfolding in many different directions.”
“okay… okay… memory… He’s trying to get out… Definitely in my memory… Ed Rosstaylor… A man named Ed Rosstaylor… It didn’t feel like this… ”
Sylvania, who was talking in a strangely distorted voice as if she were reciting, finally smiled once more, giving goosebumps as if she had realized something.
“Ah, haha… . ha ha ha… .”
Blood trickles down from my lips as I chew them once again. The fresh blood slowly dripping from the tip of her lips represents her horribly broken mental state.
“i get it… I get the idea now… you… “It’s a by-product of a mistake I made a long time ago.”
“what?”
“A time when I thought I could resist this useless world. The foolish me from back in the day who was convinced that if I admired life, I would somehow find a way… I was dragged in while struggling, feeling like I was grasping at straws… You are an innocent victim… ”
Sylvania slowly removes her back from the pillar, lifts her body, and raises her head.
The amount of magical power that becomes more intense will only increase if it is more than before, not decrease.
“Sorry… I’m really sorry… You suffered a lot because of me… The time when I was dragged in without knowing anything, hitting, fighting, and struggling to continue my useless life… It was so painful… I’m sorry… It’s my fault… It’s all my fault… ”
Sylvania is crying again with tears streaming down her face. I simply cannot follow the flow of emotions.
“So, I will take responsibility and kill you. Rest in peace. “You don’t have to endure any more pain to continue your useless life.”
At that moment, the expanding magic power filled the lobby of the Trix Building, which only had its original form. The pillar that was barely holding on collapsed in the aftermath alone.
– Coogung! thud!
I quickly dodged the falling building debris by flying away. And the moment he was about to take a fighting stance, two ice spears flew into his left shoulder.
gasp, before I could even utter a sound, another magic bullet was inserted into the left side of my waist. I rolled over several times and landed against the outer wall of the wreckage.
As I stood there with my back against the outer wall, the thick dust eventually settled.
When I somehow regained my sight by shaking my head, I saw Sylvania right in front of me, with her palms spread out towards me.
A considerable amount of Aspect magical power had already been accumulated. It feels like I am gathering star power at a much faster rate than when I first encountered it.
It seemed as if there had been a big change in his emotions, and he was shedding tears and gathering a huge amount of Aspect magic power.
I plan to perform ‘instant death’ once more. Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough Aspect magic left to resist.
Once manifested, death is certain. Sylvania would know that fact well.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. It was painful. It was so painful. It was hard. are you okay. I’m really okay now. You’ve had a hard time so far. really… “You had a hard time..”
I tried to muster up all my strength and try to avoid it, but my body couldn’t move anymore.
Just like that, the spreading magic power of the Aspect was concentrated in Sylvania’s hands in an instant—
As Sylvania clasps her hands tightly, the high-level magic ‘instant death’ is manifested… It hit me directly.
*- Sigh!
– Hwaaaaaaa!
Ed Rosstaylor, with blood pouring all over his body, bowed his head like that… Soon he dies.
Looking at Ed Rothtaylor, leaning against the outside wall, with his head down as if he was falling asleep… Sylvania held her breath for a moment.
The fire bat he had summoned and the wind wolf impaled on the ice spear were also quietly summoned… returns to a fluid state.
And just like that, another person passed away into eternal rest.
– Whiiiiing.
– Kaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Belbroke roars as if he is going to end the world.
And, there is an inexplicable girl wizard who is somehow blocking the Velbroke.
Sylvania tilts her head and looks at the scene.
We managed to sort out Ed Rosstaylor, but there are still too many ‘variables’ in the world that are trying to stop that Bellbroke.
There are so many people to organize, there is no time to relax. but… My body didn’t move right now.
In front of us lies the corpse of Ed Rothtaylor, covered in blood. His eyes are comfortably closed, as if he were asleep, but looking at the wounds and various blood stains remaining on his body, it is not difficult to see how much pain he must have been in when he was alive.
“Sorry.”
Sylvania recited that.
“If there is nothing left in life but suffering… “It’s better if it ends this way.”
Sylvania closed her eyes and meditated for a moment toward Ed Rosstaylor. When all the magic around his body disappeared, tears flowed from Sylvania’s eyes again.
What comes to mind is when I met my first student Glokt.
The young disciple asked Sylvania exactly what she was worried about.
I can’t believe I’m now thinking back on that foolish disciple’s question from hundreds of years ago. Should I say that it is truly Cheongchuleoram? It’s truly ironic what’s going on in the world.
The question the young boy asked as he looked at Sylvania with empty eyes.
“Is there a reason to keep living even if it means just struggling in pain?”
At that time, Sylvania herself knew nothing… What answer did you give? Now it’s buried beyond my memory and I can’t remember much.
Sylvania herself, whose memories are fading like a black and white photograph…
I don’t know why, but I remember answering with a big smile…
Sylvania quietly opened her eyes, feeling buried in nothingness.
“Just live it first and then talk about it, you bastard.”
──At that moment, Ed Rosstaylor, covered in blood, rushed forward and stabbed the dagger he was holding back into Sylvania’s shoulder.
– Grasp!
I thought the whole situation was already over, so I disrupted the flow of magical energy.
However, the moment you open your eyes, all you see is… It was Ed’s face covered in a horrifying amount of blood.
“Wow, heheo… Ugh… !”
No matter how much magical power she is wrapped in, Sylvania’s size is dwarfed.
The moment you allow a sharp dagger to hit you, it is not surprising if it results in a fatal wound. Fortunately, the dagger stuck under his shoulder did not hit the vital area. This was because Ed’s body was at its limit, and he was not relaxed enough to properly target the vital area.
– Taang! Clink!
I heard something falling to the floor. that… It was an hourglass the size of half a fist.
Sylvania barely muttered in an embarrassed voice.
“Dell… Hey… ”
A magical engineering product that gathers the energy of the magic god Delheim and allows you to overcome the danger of death just once.
Long ago, three students attended Sylvania School, which did not yet have any semblance of a school. Teslyn McLore, Glokt Elderbane, and Filona Bloomriver.
Among them, Philona, a disciple who excelled at alchemy, was studying it with particular excitement… Sylvania knows the records of those magical engineering supplies.
I didn’t pay much attention to the idea that it was an unrealistic research record, but over a long period of time, the records left by her student Philona were passed down… In the end, modern engineering technology has succeeded in implementing that blueprint. They say that the method was so difficult and the ingredients were so rare that it didn’t mean much… Just by coming this far, Philona’s record left its own meaning behind.
“Wow… hehe… ”
The student who always had a smile on his face and kept a research journal… Filona Bloom River.
The hourglass-shaped magic engineering supplies drawn on her blueprint… Sylvania still remembers.
“You… ”
However, it was a strange thing.
─Sylvania is a great sage who has read all the future trends that will develop in this world.
However, Philona’s invention, the ‘Delheim Hourglass’, has never been observed to exist as a finished product.
– Paang!
Sylvania quickly used her magic to throw Ed’s body away and frowned when she saw the dagger stuck in her shoulder.
Holding back the rising pain, gritting my teeth… Somehow he pulls out the dagger.
“nice… Ugh..Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!
The dagger was pulled out, but blood was still flowing from the shoulder.
Sylvania manifested the magic power of the Aspect in her other hand, and somehow, gritting her teeth, returned the wound on her shoulder to its past state.
“K-ah! haha… ”
The wound is gone, but the aftereffects of the pain remain. Even if you turn back some of the time in your body, the memories of the pain will not disappear. The sensation remained, like a phantom pain, and Sylvania continued to break out in a cold sweat.
In the meantime, Ed was slowly standing up, bleeding profusely.
Until the very end, we keep our trump card hidden… His calmness makes you let down your guard as he gives his all. It is no longer human.
However, the blow just struck may have been the ace in the arm that risked everything. He certainly caught Sylvania off guard, but if he couldn’t finish it off with that blow… In the end, it’s just a meaningless struggle.
Nevertheless… Ed Rosstaylor forcibly lifts his upper body and stands up.
Ed Rothtaylor now looked much more zombie-like than Sylvania… His eyes still burn with the will to survive.
The determination to survive. Just that one thing.
Even in the battlefield where bullets come and go, and in this academy where magic comes and goes. It was only that single thought that allowed him to stand with his feet on the ground until the end.
“I hate people like you the most.”
Ed speaks in a voice that makes phlegm boil.
“You think you know everything about the future you observed, right? “So did I.”
He is someone who knows all the scenarios that exist in .
However, nothing went as planned.
The history of this world, which I thought would proceed as planned, betrayed expectations without exception and proceeded as it should.
This damn world is full of all kinds of surprises and variables, and even though I thought I had it all figured out, it continues to unfold as it pleases.
Life doesn’t go according to plan.
So I lost a lot.
So I gained something.
Death is always just around the corner.
In a world where that is natural… In that hellish island where bullets fly and tear into human flesh… There was a time when I looked up at the cloudy sky with dead eyes.
The nightmare wouldn’t go away, and there were long periods of time where I was stuck in a corner of my room, just breathing.
I didn’t want to hold anything in my hands for fear of losing it, and I was confident that I would reluctantly survive in this colorless world.
however.
My resolution to live a quiet life without getting involved with anyone, with only a diploma as my goal, was in vain.
The camp, which was just a temporary residence, has become so attached to it that you feel like you don’t want to leave.
I don’t want to worry even a nice spirit girl, so I end up fending for myself.
He committed an unbecoming fraud to take responsibility for a very hurt merchant.
He gave a hug to the shoulder and made a fuss about comforting a wizard who was infinitely stronger than him.
I look at the night sky and fall in love with sentimentality.
Busily running around the hunting grounds.
I feel strangely confident in my growing skills.
I hummed for no reason as I watched the cabin camp grow.
Looking back at the steps I have taken, I feel a sense of unnecessary pride.
I’m tired of life stretching out in unexpected directions and in unexpected ways.
It’s just that it’s natural to struggle to survive.
That was the life of Ed Rosstaylor, who lived on Aken Island.
“That kind of arrogant thing… ”
It’s a wonder that Ed Rosstaylor, who is dripping blood, is still alive and moving.
However, he is still alive. Even though he is pushed to his limits to the point where he needs all his strength to even walk a single step, he is breathing and living in the moment with certainty.
“That’s something only those who have lived can say.”
I am not making irresponsible claims that everything will work out well. The unhappiness of the present will someday be resolved and replaced with the pain of the past… He doesn’t even sound full of such hope. There is no unrealistic consolation that your life will definitely have a happy ending.
However, Ed Rosstaylor… I absolutely hate people who pile up a lot of lottery tickets that they haven’t even scratched and then whine that they don’t have any money.
No matter what other people say.
At least that’s how Ed Rothtaylor lived his life.
“you… What are you… ”
Sylvania gritted her teeth and raised her magic power again. Although the aftereffects of the pain still lingered and tormented my mind, I decided that ending Ed, who was standing on his feet, was the first priority.
In any case, there are no means left to resist Ed Rosstaylor any further.
Her life was only saved once with the Delheim Hourglass, but even the final blow of conversion for which she had risked everything could not end Sylvania’s life.
Now, all I can do is wait for the final blow and die… It’s just a living corpse.
To deliver the final blow, Sylvania wrapped her hands in the magical power she had drawn up. Dozens of ice spears bloomed. If he were allowed to take just one hit, Ed Rosstaylor would die.
Just like that, dozens of ice spears flew in to take Ed’s life…
– Kaang! Hwaaaaaaa!
– Grumble!
What arose was a huge fire that covered the entire area.
Spirit Ceremony – Fire Flower
A blooming flower of fire fills the lobby of the Trix Building, instantly dissolving all of the ice spears.
Ed Ross Taylor knows well the identity of the spirit ceremony.
The power of the high-ranking fire spirit Tarkan was drawn, and cosmos was embroidered on the cape of spiritist Yenika Palover… It is a high-ranking spirit ceremony.
The moment he guessed who it was, a girl with a shawl waving had already landed in front of Ed’s nose.
The light pink hair of Yenica Palover, which flew in through the Lieutenant Wind Spirit, fluttered once in the flames.
Eventually, with a large downward swing of the arm, numerous spirits cover the sky above the Trix Building.
A procession of magic bullets pouring down. Great Sage Sylvania quickly activated her defensive magic and blocked them all without difficulty.
Yenica Palover took advantage of the opportunity and quickly ran towards Ed Rosstaylor and hugged him as if to support him.
While holding Ed, who was completely helpless and completely weak, tightly in her arms, she closed her eyes tightly as if her heart was in pain. After gritting his teeth like that for a while, he eventually summons the lieutenant wind spirit Kalax.
Sylvania notices the giant archeopteryx-shaped wind spirit quickly picking up the two people. That girl is trying to quickly retreat, taking Ed Rosstaylor, who is in a completely injured state, with her.
At this point, Yenica Palover had already noticed. Great Sage Sylvania is not an opponent worth beating in a one-on-one match.
“Where…” !”
However, the magic power of the giant fire lizard Tarkan causes one huge explosion. I don’t think the attack will work anyway. This is to block the view.
It may be impossible to beat Sylvania, but it is possible with a strategic retreat. Yenica Palover’s spirit army is so enormous that it is unrivaled in volume.
Eventually, when the smoke was cleared with magic power, Yenica Palover, riding on Kalax’s back, had retrieved Ed and was running away into the distance.
The skies above Aken Island. Yenica Pale Rover, who was holding Ed’s head tightly in her fluttering collar, was glaring at Sylvania clearly even from a distance.
Sylvania clearly felt those gazes… Holding her staff at an angle, she stood still for a moment.
The numerous armies of spirits all disappeared once Yenika completed her retreat.
Soon there was only silence in the Trix building, where only the remains remained.
“… ”
Sylvania, left alone, lowered her head for a moment.
As for the Yenica Failover, Sylvania has also observed it several times. However, I get the feeling that its appearance and behavior are a little different from what Sylvania observed.
Is it an illusion? Or is it the result of some inevitable action?
The mind, which had been gradually sinking due to being trapped in the prison of time for a long time, is soon overcome by even greater pain.
“Ugh, huh…” Ugh… Huh.. Huh… ”
Sylvania, who was hugging my shoulder while making a bizarre sound, soon gasped. The pain of Ed Ross Taylor’s dagger stabbing still seems to linger in her shoulder.
Still… little by little… little by little… The pain that was cutting through my bones subsides.
“okay… yet… The variables that need to be removed are… There’s a lot left… Not yet… There’s a lot to do… ”
The aftereffects of madness rising again were still eroding her mind.
