◈ Episode 526 Esmeralda (1)
Rudger stared at the dead Lucid.
Lucid, whose life was over, slowly turned into golden powder and scattered.
It was the sand caused by Nirva.
The golden sand was blown away by the wind and out of sight.
Born by Nirva, it must have returned to him.
“teacher! Are you all right?”
Sedina came over and checked Ludger’s condition.
Considering that Ludger usually wears magic potion, it was because the power he just showed was clearly unreasonable for anyone to see.
“Okay.”
But even with that much fight, Rudger was fine.
No headache, breathing normal. If there is something that bothers me a little, it’s all a strange sense of heterogeneity, as if there is a bit of fog in my head.
It was a phenomenon that occurred because I was not used to it, as I used all my abilities with clear imagination.
Even this will get better soon if you rest a little.
“I-I really can’t believe it came true as I imagined it.”
“Didn’t you see that Sheridan made dynamite?”
“Nevertheless. The sights the teacher showed us are very different.”
Rudger rubbed his chin.
Come to think of it, it was.
“You don’t have to worry. Rather, in this environment, I was able to use my original abilities without any aftermath. It’s fortunate.”
“Ha, but what about the others?”
Lucid introduced himself as one of the Five Families.
Doesn’t that mean that there are still four more strong players of the same level as Lucid?
Since he said he had come in pursuit of powerful energy, there was a high possibility that a fight was taking place elsewhere.
Rude’s fought well, but can others?
“If, by any chance, Owens sunbaenim gets beaten… … .”
“I’m worried about nothing. There’s no way those guys could be defeated so easily.”
“This is Dream Land.”
“I’m saying this because it’s Dreamland.”
Rudger’s eyes did not waver.
He sincerely believed that his colleagues would not be harmed.
Seeing Sedina’s eyes, Ludger smiled.
“You seem hard to understand.”
“That, that… … .”
“In the first place, if we had gathered people only in terms of pure talent and ability, Owens would have had a lot more members than there are now.”
“You mean there were other reasons for the selection?”
“okay.”
Sedina’s eyes widened at those words.
Now that she had become a member of Owens, I wondered what criteria Rudger used to select people.
“eye.”
“Eyes?”
Is it because the answer is so unexpected?
Sedina ran her hand over her eyelids without realizing it.
“You can tell by looking in the eyes. Is this a person with only strength and talent? Does he have something else beyond that?”
“What else is that?”
“I don’t know.”
“to.”
Sedina relaxed her shoulders in response to something that was draining.
“Are you disappointed?”
“Oh no? It’s not like that.”
“I won’t ask you to understand. Because what I see is something in those eyes. What it is, no one dares to define. Ultimately, it’s up to you to decide that.”
Rudger interrupted the flow with ‘but’ and continued.
“Most people with eyes like that have stronger mental power than anyone else.”
“Then, was that the reason why the teacher chose me?”
“What do you think?”
When Rudger turned around and asked, Sedina unknowingly jerked her gaze away.
If he stared at Rudger now, he felt as if his face would turn red with embarrassment.
“Sedina. Have you found the reason for what you will do in the future or what you want to do?”
“that… … .”
Sedina thought for a moment and then nodded.
“yes.”
“For that, are you prepared to do anything?”
“… … yes!”
Sedina’s voice gained strength.
In response, Rudger smiled faintly and nodded.
“That’s it.”
“Oh that… … So, seniors don’t have to worry?”
“That’s how it is.”
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“But what about the others? The fact that the teacher came means that all the other students were also caught up in it… … Other people may be in danger too.”
“Perhaps.”
Even if Nirva’s followers went to the Owens members, there are still three more members left.
“If the dreamers of the School of Dreams had entered, one of their followers would have gone that way.”
“What about the other two?”
“One of them must have gone to where the president is.”
“ah.”
Lexar class archmage, Elisa Willow.
Considering her skills, it was no surprise that the dream attendant visited her.
“Is the president all right?”
“A magician of the Lexorer class. He simply has a lot of magical power and is not a level that can be reached by being smart.”
It is up to the 5th tier that a wizard can become stronger purely through output.
Starting from the 6th rank, the Lexler, the inner discipline must be accompanied in earnest.
It is often referred to as enlightenment, but rather, even if mana reserves were extremely low, if this enlightenment was present, 6th tier magic could be used.
Indeed, Rudger did.
Considering the Elisa Willow we’ve seen so far, her strength wasn’t just in her magical skills.
“And another reason to worry less.”
“What is it?”
“That the other teachers are together.”
If it were President Elisha, he would be moving along with other teachers.
Teachers should not be looked down upon.
Even if he taught the students, they were the teachers of the seorn.
People whose abilities can be recognized wherever they go.
A person who doesn’t usually have much presence could actually show his true value in Dreamland.
Because human potential cannot be measured with simple standards.
“Well, then what about the other one?”
“that… … .”
After thinking for a while, Rudger came up with an answer.
“I must have gone to where Julia is.”
“yes?! Lord, did Julia come too?!”
When Julia’s name was mentioned, Sedina was startled.
“I came all the way here to save you.”
“Well, isn’t that dangerous? Even if it’s Julia, it might be difficult to deal with the dream family from now on!”
Rudger agreed with that.
As I felt while fighting Lucid, my family was a very difficult being to deal with.
They had the power to control dreams, and each had its own characteristics.
The power of ‘awareness’ shown by Lucid should be regarded as having characteristics comparable to that of the other guys.
“Let’s go get Julia… … !”
“You don’t have to be in such a hurry. Because Julia has a reliable person by her side.”
“Are you trustworthy?”
Rudger thought of Selina.
The best guide in Dreamland is Julia Plumheart.
However, if they actually went into battle, the one who could exert the greatest power there could be said to be Selina.
You can’t summon spirits in Dreamland, so how can the spirits be the strongest?
‘Yeah, it’s because there’s a non-spirit attached to her side.’
It is not a contractual relationship made by the laws of Mother Nature.
An inseparable, inseparable bond forged from the soul, which can be said to be the most fundamental.
as long as it exists.
Even in Dreamland, there was no one other than Nirva who could touch Selina.
* * *
[…] … What is it?]
On Mirage’s face full of darkness, red eyes soared in reverse.
His gaze could not be separated from the black mass that had appeared beside Selina.
[government ordinance? A being of nature came to Dreamland?]
no. Was that a spirit right in the first place?
Mirage had no choice but to think so.
That’s right, because that black guy greedily swallowed all the ‘dreams’ he created.
The red chains that bound Selina no longer existed.
It was because the dark spirit, Esmeralda, had eaten them all.
[It’s a sight that’s hard to understand.]
It is the same now.
Esmeralda scattered darkness in all directions and devoured all the red chains that bound the students.
“This, this… … .”
Julia, who was barely freed from bondage, was speechless when she saw Esmeralda’s darkness.
Summoning the spirits to Dreamland is also great, but the power it shows is far beyond imagination.
[Hmm.]
Mirage narrowed her eyes and snapped her fingers.
Then, a red aura arose behind it, and huge figures were created.
Unlike Mirage, he had wide shoulders, a large body, and a reddish suit.
There was nothing in the face like a mannequin, which made it even more different.
[Look at the liver.]
Mirage snapped a finger and the red suits moved.
The red suits that moved swiftly, not befitting their size, surrounded Selina from all sides and charged at the same time.
At that moment, Esmeralda moved.
──!!!
Darkness spread in all directions, like ink spreading on drawing paper.
The spread darkness swayed like tentacles and spun like a top in place.
The red suits that were rushing towards Selina collapsed as soon as the tentacles touched them.
Some of them managed to avoid it, but the places where the tentacles grazed were cut into pieces as if they had been dug out with something sharp.
It looks like an invisible giant beast is taking a big bite.
They were red suits that had been withdrawn in a dying state, but Esmeralda had no intention of letting them go.
The tenacious tentacles of darkness that he pursued tenaciously swallowed all the red suits.
“Eh, Esmeralda?”
Selina was stunned by Esmeralda’s power.
Although he knew that he had already surpassed normal spirits in that he appeared alone unlike other spirits who did not appear even when called.
I never thought it would be this powerful.
Even more surprising was the change that happened to Esmeralda after swallowing the red suit.
Esmeralda, who was only a ball of black cotton, gradually grew in size.
As if finely folded silk was spilled at once, the darkness that poured down like a waterfall hung over the air like a curtain.
The black curtain split left and right and something came out.
It was a human face.
To be precise, a mask that imitated the shape of a face.
A woman with black straight hair that reached her waist came out of the curtain and her black dress fluttered lightly.
[This is surprising. Could it be that you grew stronger by eating my dreams?]
Esmeralda did not answer Mirage’s question.
Instead, he turned his head to see if his owner, Selina, was safe.
“Esmeralda, right?”
Selina couldn’t believe that the cute little dark spirit had changed like this.
But that look wasn’t unfamiliar.
Should I say that if I had an older sister, I would feel that way.
The familiarity that resonated from the depths of her soul made Selina shed tears involuntarily.
“Uh, huh?”
Selina herself, who shed tears, did not know why.
It was surprising that tears could suddenly come out like this.
Esmeralda went up to Selina and wiped her tears with her fingertips.
The darkness that absorbed everything even erased Selina’s tears.
In that gentle touch, Selina could feel Esmeralda’s feelings.
-No matter what happens, I’ll protect you.
Esmeralda, wearing a black mask with no patterns or holes, stared at Mirage.
At the same time, her dark hair began to flow.
Seeing the scene, Mirage snapped her fingers.
A red dream wriggled and was created.
Like stacking blocks, the dreams that expanded in an instant turned into gigantic beasts.
Countless beasts over 10m in height showed their teeth towards Esmeralda.
[Declaring alive or something, I have to kill everyone here to put my mind at ease.]
As Mirage pointed her finger, the beasts pounced as if they had been waiting.
Compared to the momentum of the beasts attacking from all sides, Esmeralda’s existence was very thin.
But Esmeralda stood nailed to her seat and watched the beasts approach.
Just before the giant tiger in the lead touched her body.
Esmeralda held out her hand.
Then darkness engulfed the beast.
The red tiger, worthy of being called the size of a house, was unable to resist the darkness.
There was nothing left where the darkness had passed.
Even after seeing the scene, the beasts did not stop attacking.
I thought that if one direction didn’t work, it would be enough to attack from all directions at once.
A huge red hawk aimed at the back of Esmeralda’s head with its sharp claws.
Esmeralda did not look back. Instead, her hair swayed like it was being blown by the wind.
Hair that extends in all directions.
The darkness dwelling there swallowed everything the red beasts touched.
The beasts created by Mirage couldn’t even touch Esmeralda’s hair.
Before that, they all disappeared, eaten by her darkness.
Esmeralda pointed her finger at Mirage.
The darkness spread like a puddle under the skirt of her long dress.
The darkness wriggled and moved, and then it vomited up the beasts it had swallowed earlier.
In the form of black, not red.
[this.]
Seeing this, Mirage let out a puzzled expression for the first time.
[I thought Lucid, who had been victimized, was complacent, but was it me who chose the opponent who didn’t fit the subject?]
