Joint Combat Practice 2 (16)
The cry of a huge whale echoes the earth.
Just by swinging its tail and fins, a strong wind blows. The apostles of Telos formed camps and created defense formations to block the huge gale, but it wasn’t even an attack that caused the wind in the first place.
The apostles quickly exchanged opinions with just their eyes.
It is not that there is no chance of winning. As long as enough magic power is supplied, the cooperative law movement that six people can simultaneously manifest can sufficiently stop the monster-like whale from moving.
However, the current goal is not to subdue that supreme spirit.
The purpose of the apostles is to recapture Velbroke’s molar necklace. It is an artifact that is the core of all plans.
However, numerous flying spirits are blocking the movement, and the speed of the pterosaur that Ed and Jenika are riding on is also very fast.
If so, the person best suited to pursue them is Tal’darek of the Third Seat’s Swiftness.
The apostles who came to that conclusion quickly finished planning.
The three block the movement of the supreme spirit as much as possible, and the two secure a path for Taldarek to fly. Then, Taldarek reaches Ed and Jenika at full speed, subdues them and steals the artifact.
Anyway, all of those countless spirits would be useless if they overpowered Jenika, the main body.
It didn’t take long to get into action. Tal’darek’s wings spread out.
“Yenika, wake up!”
The forehead was a furnace. The fact that her face was completely red was not something to be ashamed of, as usual. A high fever was rising due to the use of an unbelievable amount of mana.
Ed supported Yenika’s staggering body and pulled out Velbroke’s molars. The magical energy flowing through the surface is clearly weakening.
The farther away from Aken Island, the weaker and weaker its magical power will become.
“Ed…”
It is not that he lost consciousness. Jenika is commanding the spirits as much as possible even in a confused state.
Friede, the highest ranking water spirit that commands the sky.
The magic circle that the gigantic whale manifested filled the sky. All kinds of water elemental magic split the sky.
In the wind that cuts through the sky, the Third Seat Tal’darek pierces the air.
Its speed is comparable to that of a bullet. She was almost pierced by a spear without realizing it.
Fortunately, what was pierced by the spear were a few strands of Jenika’s light pink hair and the back of the pterosaur she was riding.
As the pterosaur’s back was pierced by the spear, its body began to shake while screaming.
Just like that, Ed and Jenika fell to the ground again.
***
“Right now, we cannot subdue the Holy Changryong, Velbroke, with only the power of the Holy Emperor.
There is no superfluity in words.
Clarisse sat down and pointed out only the main points.
The majesty of the water spirit covering the sky is clearly visible through the broken stained glass. Everyone, from the academic staff to the church knights, looked up at the sky in a cold sweat, but Saint Clarisse didn’t see it as a great sight.
She saw dozens of times how the Holy Spear Dragon, Velbroke, several times larger than that one, annihilated the entire island of Aken.
So don’t lose your composure.
Seeing this, Holy Eldein and Archbishop Verdio felt a great sense of incongruity.
Saint Clarice, who always played innocently with eyes full of curiosity about the world, is no longer there.
The saintess sitting still with her hands together had already tasted the bitterness of reality.
“Saintess. How could you do that…”
“Listen, Verdio.”
There is a man. A blonde-haired, fallen aristocrat whom Clarice has watched his death time and time again.
I remember each and every one of his deaths. It is clearly engraved in Clarisse’s memory.
He’s done so much to get Clarisse here and sit her down.
Now it was Clarice’s turn to do her part.
No matter what anyone says, Clarisse has the absolute status of being a saint of the church.
A person with the authority to express opinions directly to the Archbishop and the Holy Emperor, in that respect, no one can replace Clarisse’s role.
So, Clarisse speaks confidently.
“I’m sitting here after doing the same thing over and over again.”
Silence hung over the left.
“I haven’t quite figured out why time repeats yet. I can guess… but I guess.”
– Quaang! Quaang!
A giant whale and the apostles of Telos collide in the sky over the island of Aken. All sorts of flying spirits whose numbers easily exceeded three digits were also helping.
Academic staff also rushed out to deal with the accident. Although all sorts of defensive magic circles were deployed, the huge whale had no interest in the academic side.
Even such a magnificent scene was just a noise-making background to Saint Clarice.
“Saint, this is not the time to joke.”
“It’s noisy, Verdio. I’m talking to the Emperor.”
“Yes? Holy Maiden…?”
Clarisse was already cold.
Looking at Verdio, she regards him as a devout believer, and is clearly different from her in the days of Seonghwangdo, who looked at him with respect. The youthful eyes and trembling hands still made me feel sorry for her, but that didn’t stop her from speaking.
I’ve experienced a lot of things, my values have changed a lot, and above all, I’m emotionally dependent on someone.
Humans grow rapidly if there is someone to support them. Realizing that fact, Clarisse continued her story.
“Holy Emperor. Why did I know about the secret plan to subjugate Velbroke? It must have been a plan that I didn’t tell anyone until I arrived at Aken Island.”
Eldain’s eyes, full of wrinkles, were directed straight at Clarisse’s bright red eyes.
“How could the blond schoolboy who had just raided the cathedral and took Velbroke’s fangs know? How could the Ministry of Magic schoolboy on the Isle of Aken find out about the plan to go back and forth among the high priests on the Holy Map?”
Verdio’s eyes widened little by little.
A blonde male student who just stormed the cathedral.
The act of smashing the glass and entering, taking the necklace and running away before the panicked cathedral knights came to their senses… It seemed that he was really aware of the church’s plans.
“How did I know that the Holy Emperor and Verdio were here?
Eyes gather.
“Because it’s something I’ve experienced before.”
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I want to be sane, but I don’t have anything to refute.
“Verdio is the person who will drive the church to ruin, Holy Father. If not now, someday, his madness will engulf the church.”
“Insanity, saintess. Your words are too extreme.”
“We have to cut him off while we have the chance. Right now…”
“Saint!”
“You said it was noisy, Verdio!”
Bang, Clarisse slammed the table.
and static.
Successful Eldain didn’t say anything. Clarice and Verdio facing each other.
“How could you do this to me…”
Verdio’s reaction that appeared before long was completely unexpected.
he is… I was in tears.
“Ever since I came as the next saint, I have always jumped on my feet for the sake of the saint.”
“…”
“I gave you all the knowledge I could, in case you didn’t adapt, and protected the steeple from the unsavory forces and the saintess from the harm of unbelievers. How many years have you lived like that?”
To the tears of sorrow shed by the old archbishop… Saint Eldain’s pupils shook slightly.
“I devoted myself to the Holy Lady. All the Knights of the Holy Emperor’s Cathedral know that. Not only the knights gathered here, but the Holy Emperor Eldain knows too!”
“…”
“More than anyone else, I was the saintess’s most ardent supporter. I was the one who always prayed more earnestly for her to be safe and happy.”
Verdio’s eyes were filled with despair and sorrow.
“Saintess! The saintess is the treasure favored by the most divine and greatest Lord Telos of this Holy City. You are much more valuable than this poor archbishop. I… have always lived my life thinking that way. I am… … To have to be harmed in this way … To such a miserable reality … Tears flow.”
After that, there was silence again. Sobbing Verdio lowered his head.
That the past life lived only for the saintess was denied. That is the image of a person shedding miserable tears left as a scar in her heart.
Clarisse sees him and slowly walks towards him.
It is infinitely similar to walking calmly toward a confessor or cautiously approaching a believer receiving baptism.
Her benevolent smile, representing the will of the gods, is engraved in the memory of all knights as a beautiful figure.
Clarisse approached him with such a modest appearance, put her hands on both of his shoulders and talked to him in his ear.
“So, if things went wrong, did you intend to use me as a scapegoat?”
A ray of tension runs through Verdio’s cold veins.
It was a fact that only Verdio knew. He could not have been circulated to anyone.
The absurd assertion that time was repeating was not just made in haste to convince the audience.
Sadly, Saint Clarisse had a complete understanding of the depths of those who were really sitting here.
Go next to Eldain, who is wide-eyed, and Clarisse talks.
“Don’t be fooled any more, Holy Emperor.”
Holy Eldain is a bystander. In essence, he could be said to be a human no different from Verdio, but he still has a chance to walk a different path.
That’s why, Clarisse talks to Saint Eldain. Excommunicate Verdio.
“Now is… the time to make a decision.”
At that moment, an explosion occurred from under the table.
– Quaang!!
It was Verdio’s holy magic.
***
It is a forest area where you have to get out of Aken Island and run for a long time to the north.
Yenika’s lieutenant spirit in the form of a pterosaur managed to make an emergency landing among the coniferous trees there.
– Kaga gak gak!
It slid all the way down the floor and made a painful sound, and then the spirit was reverse summoned and disappeared. At least they seemed to be holding out as long as possible to get us safely to the ground.
Jenika and I rolled a little on the dirt floor, but we weren’t seriously hurt.
However, Jenika was not in a good physical condition in the first place.
I gritted my teeth and stood up from the dirt floor. I quickly ran to Jenika, who was far away, and looked at her condition.
“Hey, Yenika. Are you okay?”
He was gasping for breath as if exhausted. I wiped my forehead to check the fever. I couldn’t tell her body temperature with her hand, so the moment I tried to touch her forehead, Yenica rather pushed her around my chest.
“Ha…don’t do it…”
“what?”
“More… I’m going to go up ten…”
Yenica coughed and restrained herself.
It seemed difficult to walk alone, so I lent my shoulder.
“This is probably… the Great Forest of Crete.”
“Yeah… do I have to go further…?”
After listening to Yenika’s question, I took out the necklace of Velbroke’s molars. She did have a magical response, but it was really weak.
Now we just have to go a little further.
I supported Jenika and walked out together. If you get to a place where Velbroke’s seal doesn’t affect you, bury it or throw it into a nearby lake so no one can find it, and you’re done.
However, there was no way it would go smoothly.
– Quaang!
Should I call it a landing or a fall?
If you look at your body completely fine, it would be correct to say that it is close to the former.
However, the amount of rising dust is hardly something to be considered as a landing.
– Hwaaak!
Soon, it disperses all the dust with a single flap of its wings. The man standing in the center is… Taldarek the Speed, the 3rd Apostle of Telos.
I’ve already encountered it once.
The memory of subduing him in the repeated time. His body was pierced by his spear in front of the cathedral, but rather, he used that as an opportunity to restrict his movement and ended it with Merilda’s blow.
This is a case of overcoming the overwhelming difference in power with a short-term decisive battle. But things are very different from then and now.
In addition to being in a situation where you can’t risk your life, Jenika has already used Glast’s ring. Until Yenica’s magical power returns, she is unable to wear the ring.
Unlike before, it’s a good thing that this side has a history called Yenika, but…
“Ed… in front of me… I can’t see…”
“Keep your eyes closed until the dust clears.”
“No… that’s not it…”
I was distracted by Tal’darek, who had descended right in front of my eyes.
I turned my head toward her at Yenika’s words, and somehow the eyes of Yenika, who was supported by me, were empty.
“Hey you….”
“It must be a temporary phenomenon…”
“…the timing is bad.”
The side effects of the ring seemed clear. It seems that he drew more mana than he thought. It will take quite a while to recover.
It will probably be hard to live alone for a few days after this case is over. Even if she thought it was too much, she wouldn’t have been able to deal with all the apostles by herself if she didn’t pull her magic to this extent.
I gritted my teeth and leaned Yenika against a nearby tree.
Behind us, a man who had succeeded in chasing after risking the lives of the other apostles was looking at us.
Wings extending from behind luxurious robes. A blunt chin peeking out from under the shaded robe hat. The arm that held the spear had bulging muscles.
“Give me that necklace right now.”
I pointed to the necklace of Velbroke’s molars in my hand.
“Otherwise… I could kill you.”
I put my finger in front of Yenika’s pupil and moved it around.
Yenika’s pupils do not follow her fingers. She is just staring blankly at the front as if she were still on a still screen.
The high fever is still there, and the tips of the toes even tremble. I was sweating so much that my school uniform shirt was all wet. He seemed to be struggling to breathe, so he unbuttoned a few buttons on his shirt and pushed the shawl aside. Then, after wiping the sweat from my forehead once, I stood up.
The man came quite close. I’m just staring at Yenika.
“Is it the girl who is handling the spirits?”
“…”
“If I don’t subdue the girl immediately, my comrades may be in danger.”
The reason why Jenika is in such an extreme situation is because she is still dealing with numerous spirits and blocking the pursuit of the apostles.
Tal’darek would want to subdue Yenika right away and get rid of all the elementals threatening the other allies.
Perhaps deciding that there was nothing good about dragging it for a long time, Taldarek flew in with a spear in an instant.
It is so fast that it can be said that it is impossible to see it with the naked eye and evade it. That speed that momentarily transcends the speed of sound. The spear flying in a straight trajectory toward my ship was so powerful that it wouldn’t be strange to die in one blow… … .
– Whoaaaaaagh!
The point of ‘a speed that transcends my perception’ works as an advantage for me only once.
‘Blessing of the Storm’, which nullifies an attack that is unknown only once.
Wind from the tip of the spear coiled around Tal’darek’s body.
“What, what?!”
In order to take advantage of the protection of the storm, I ‘on purpose’ did not recognize Tal’darek’s spear.
I didn’t even look at him or try to predict the timing of the attack.
– Caang!
The spear ricocheted, momentarily opening a large gap in Tal’darek’s body, a brief moment of suppression. At that time, I hit Tal’darek’s stomach with the lieutenant’s fire magic ‘One Point Explosion’.
– Quaang!
When he took out the dagger and looked back, the aftermath of the explosion remained.
Leaping back as it is, I pierce the dagger into his shoulder blade.
“Keuaaaaaagh!”
– Quaaaaaaaaang!
As it is, even the spirit-style ‘explosion’ is expressed, and another explosion occurs.
As others have said, to defeat him, you have no choice but to rely on a short-term battle and luck. He must somehow grit his teeth and create a gap to deliver the fatal blow.
However, there is a limit to the firepower in a state where Merilda cannot be manifested.
In the end, if Taldarek was to be defeated, it was necessary to manifest Merilda. However, Glast’s Golden Phoenix Ring is unusable.
“You bastard…!”
Tal’darek fell to the dirt, but quickly picked himself up. The dagger pierced the clothes, but it didn’t seem to penetrate the body covered in holy magic. It felt dull when poking it.
Absolute lack of firepower. It was my chronic weakness.
“You’re going to resist in the end…!”
so.
What if you don’t have a ring?
How long are you going to deal with the high spirits while receiving all the penalties by leaning on the ring and drawing magic?
I took a deep breath and collected my mana.
Memories of dozens of deaths continue to squeeze into the brain.
They died from being crushed by the rubble of a building, from excessive blood loss, from being pierced by a spear, from getting hit by scales, and from various reasons… Numerous memories imprinted in my brain did not only give me pain.
Whenever a crisis came, I constantly summoned Merilda, and the sense of magical power that had been repeated dozens of times now remains intact in my memory.
The surest way to increase your Spirit Sensitivity is to accumulate experience.
And that experience was steadily building up inside me in this short time. I realized that the flow of magical power had become even smoother.
“is it.”
Only then did I know why my memories returned intact.
It was thanks to the Aspect Magic that I had learned in advance.
I hadn’t used it properly yet, so my proficiency in Astral Magic was at a terrible level, but… .
While Adele was steadily rewinding time, I was continuously exposed to Aspect Magic near him, so my sensitivity to Aspect Magic increased steadily.
Yes.
When time rewinds, all memories and events return to the past… My abilities imprinted on the ‘stat window’ have been completely affected.
As Adele gets closer to death, the power of the Aspect Magic that is expressed in her body gradually weakens.
In contrast to him, my power gradually grows stronger, and the moment the dynamics reverse… I was able to resist her Aspect Magic and keep all my memories intact.
Elemental magic also… Wasn’t it different?
=== [Magic ability details]
Grade: Proficient Magician Specialty: Common Elemental Magic: Quick Casting Lv 12 Mana Sensing Lv 13 Fire Elemental Magic: Combustion Lv 17 One-point Explosion Lv 2 Wind Elemental Magic: Wind Blade Lv 15 Elemental Magic: Elemental Response Lv 18 (up!)
Understanding Spirit Lv 18 (up!)
Spirit Manifestation Lv 13 (up!)
Sense Sharing Lv 13 (up!)
< Spirit Slot: Lower Fire Spirit Mug > Response Level: 5 (up!)
Elemental Efficiency: Perfect (up!) (Phase shift possible!)
Unique Skill: Blessing of Hwabok (Temporary Fire Immunity Explosion) Explosive Explosion (Lower Explosion Magic)
Fire magic ability increase < Spirit slot: Laysia, the water spirit of the middle class > Reaction level: 4 (up!)
Elemental Efficiency: Very good (up!)
Unique Granted Skill: Blessing of the Friar (Immune to Temporary Physical Attack) Water Source Manifestation (Low Water Magic)
Water Magic Ability Increase < Spirit Slot: High Wind Spirit Merilda > Induction Level: 3 (up!)
Elemental Efficiency: Normal (up!)
Unique endowed skill: Storm’s protection (periodically neutralizes damage) Updraft (medium wind magic)
Wind Magic Ability Increase Aspect Magic:
Astral system magic expression Lv 3 (up!)
Temper Conversion Lv 2 (up!)
Death Immunity Lv 0
Time Prison Lv 0
Short-distance space movement Lv 0
Forced Gathering Lv 1 (up!)
Visual Vision Lv 0
Dazzle Lv 0
===
The gusts of wind fluttered the hems of Tal’darek’s robes.
He tries to lower his center of gravity to support himself from the strong wind, but eventually his floating body flies into a nearby tree and gets stuck.
Even the old trees shake their heads to and fro like ripe barley. Tiny conifers were uprooted and flying through the air. I was worried that Jenika might be damaged, but the wind didn’t rage so strangely that only the area near the tree where Jenika was leaning.
It means artificially created wind.
As time rewinds countless times, how many times have I died in the past?
The past, where I left everything to Clarisse, and faced only an endlessly painful end.
I am full of memories of gritting my teeth and building up efforts to achieve something. The ending was all a miserable death. The memories of the past that permeated me were all the history of such meaningless efforts.
Did all of those enormous pains and deaths cease to exist, leaving only meaningless struggles?
Was the history of not giving up and struggling against an unavoidable fate nothing more than useless mistakes?
Thankfully, Shin shook his head at that question.
– Aww woo woo
There is a proverb among peddlers that if you hear a wolf howl in the woods, beg for your life from God. Because mountains and forests are completely wolf territory.
A wolf the size of a house grunts among the coniferous trees that stretch up. It is a high-ranking spirit that was completely manifested with my own power, without pulling magic power.
The huge Merilda’s sad blue eyes look down at Taldarek.
***
“Cheer, hehe…!”
There was a huge hole in the ceiling of the cathedral.
Except for Clarisse, who is completely immune to holy magic… All were damaged by the sudden explosion.
The inside of the chapel was already in disarray. It takes quite a long chanting time to create an explosion of this level with divine power alone.
While pretending to claim his innocence, Verdio was quietly chanting a spell for holy magic.
“On this island of Aken, the one who can handle the power of time…. Perhaps, Adele Seris… is the only girl…”
Clarisse was strangled and suppressed in Verdio’s arms as he made his way through the groaning knights. That’s why even the knights who had the least energy left couldn’t resist.
Verdio, who was baptized by the Church of Telos, is immune to counterattacks from the protection of the Holy Law. He is able to subdue her by stamping her with all her strength.
“Kuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… I think you’ll be all right, Verdio?”
“Of course it won’t be safe. Just… Adele Seris… tell me where she is… because I don’t need anything…!”
All plans have already gone awry. now i can’t do anything There isn’t even a runway.
Even so, Verdio seemed to have something left… He tried to get out of the cathedral.
“If all plans have already collapsed, at least… at least…”
“Keugh…!”
Clarisse gritted her teeth and tried to escape, but she couldn’t overcome the difference in strength.
Only despair creeps in.
This was my last chance, and I was really almost there, but I came all the way to the end and caught my guard. Verdio’s quick judgment and boldness were more than she expected.
– Bang!
As it was, Verdio stormed out through the front door of the church. He had taken his horse out of the wagon and was about to head somewhere.
however.
“It’s a bit late this time.”
There is a girl sitting on top of a carriage, munching jerky with languid eyes.
Verdio still doesn’t know the girl’s true identity, and doesn’t know why she’s here.
“Welcome. I’ve been waiting for you.”
However, Clarisse was caught in his hand.
The only retreat left for Verdio… does not exist.
“Is the story over?”
