EP.194 Each person’s stage (8)
Making your own choices and taking responsibility for your own choices is not easy. Giving answers in front of others is also not easy.
You must take responsibility for your words.
You have to take into account the possibility that your answer is wrong.
Because when you fail, you have to bear the full price.
Standing in front of others means taking responsibility, even if you don’t want to. Especially if it is an urgent situation. That’s why most people don’t want to come forward. You can’t criticize that. Because it’s natural.
However, there is one girl here.
“perhaps.”
A girl who chose the difficult path of making her own choices rather than the easy path of living by relying on the stars. When everyone is silent she opens her mouth and speaks.
“Maybe there is a way.”
Her golden eyes shine brightly in the dark. Her golden eyes see the figures standing next to her. Golden eyes reflected purple and green eyes one after another.
“Lesti, I know your talent is the eye to see and understand everything related to the stars. Is that right?”
Resty nods.
Ayla continued speaking.
“If you understand, then of course a wizard with your level of ability would be able to use it, right?”
“···It’s not possible yet.”
This time, Resty shook his head.
“I understand what you’re thinking. “Are you telling me to use that guy’s mana now?”
Resty said, pointing at Chloe.
It’s not like she didn’t think about it either. She uses Chloe’s mana for herself and uses her starlight as a weapon. She had the perfect plan, if only it were possible. However, that is impossible.
“That girl’s mana, that is, starlight… is different from normal mana. “I’ve been researching it for nearly a month, but I haven’t figured it out yet.”
I tried it several times while taking the same class.
However, little results were achieved. I understand it in theory, but putting it into practice is a different matter. Chloe’s mana just flowed between her fingers and could not be controlled.
“···The only person who can do that is Professor Rania.”
This is an impossible area for me.
Ayla shook her head at Resty, who seemed to be saying that. A soft smile appeared on Ayla’s lips.
“I’m not telling you to do it alone.”
“···yes?”
“It’s not just you and Miss Chloe here. “I also have a talent related to the stars.”
Ayla drew a circle in the air with her finger, as if swinging a baton. At that moment, Resty felt that the flow of mana was reversed.
“···just now?”
“This is my talent.”
As Resty’s eyes widened, Ayla continued.
“I can ‘control’ the mana or flow around me. Even if it were Mana that embraces starlight… it wouldn’t be much different, right?”
That’s another way to say it.
“I will control the mana released by Miss Chloe in an easy-to-manage manner. “Please take advantage of it.”
A plan that seemed reckless meant a leap into the realm of success.
“Miss Chloe.”
“Yes, yes?”
Ayla grabbed Chloe’s arm.
“Miss Chloe, please spread as much mana as you have. “You don’t have to think about anything else.”
Ayla spoke in a soft voice that seemed to be asking without urging. Chloe nodded slowly and closed her eyes.
“I’ll try.”
Chloe clasped her hands and bowed her head slightly as if praying. Her starlight flows from her center. Brilliant starlight that was not buried in darkness filled the surroundings.
It resembles mana, but is not mana.
Starlight, which cannot be determined by any law in the world, flows like a stream. It becomes a vine and wraps around the air. Ayla took a short breath as she looked at the flowing stream.
“···Phew.”
Ayla exhaled the breath she had swallowed and strengthened her resolve.
A platinum ring of light rotates in the narrowed golden eyes. Ayla, feeling the star’s attention to her, raises her arms. Puts her fingers up.
What you want is control.
What I wish for is the authority to seize control.
The outstretched fingers are a baton, and the person with outstretched arms is a conductor. Ayla moves her fingers to signal the beginning of the performance.
Sarah.
Rules emerge from the orderly halo of light. Although it is weak, it definitely has a certain direction. And, Watcher does not lose sight of the direction.
“now.”
Ayla says.
Resty moves.
Giggeek, Giggeek.
A circuit appears in the air. Starlight begins to flow along the paths and paths of the circuit. Slowly but surely, and with a clear direction. With the completed circuit in front of him, Resty spoke the words of order.
“Summon.”
Light floods.
The performance begins in a swirling halo of light.
2.
Every fight is decided in an instant.
For that one moment, the fight goes through an extremely cumbersome process. Repeat the process of creating an opening, targeting an opening, leading and deceiving, rushing in and retreating. The fight between wizards is no different.
Sigh!
Raniel ran, dragging dust. The body, strengthened to its limit, runs while leaving afterimages. Raniel is not in the place where the spell swept through. Wherever she passes, only ashes remain.
evasion. Counterattack followed by evasion.
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The rising dust clears in an instant. What sticks out from the blind spot of vision is a fist clutching a spell. A flash of light flashed through the dust.
Smash.
The ground shakes. An intangible shock wave engulfs the entire area. The shade instinctively moves to protect the bowl. The scum surrounds Kelhalm, but it cannot even stop it from being pushed away.
Wow!
A shock wave filled with gray mana hits Kelhalm. The sediment, pushed by strong wind pressure, bounces in all directions. However, that too is temporary. The splashed sediment returns to Kelhalm.
‘The power of the spell is weak.’
Raniel instinctively feels it.
To remove the shadow, a more powerful spell is required. The most powerful spell you can use. You don’t have to look far for the answer.
Sigh-!
Raniel slides on the floor. Before she knew it, she was holding a small spark in her hand.
“Ashes to Ashes.”
Tick, Tididik.
Sparks jump out.
The ash scattered everywhere reacts with the embers. In an instant, a flash of light hits the area. The sediment evaporates with the rushing heat. That’s how a gap is created.
chin.
Raniel rushes towards Kelhalm.
She narrowed the gap to just in front of her nose and raised her fist. Her fist sinks into Kelhalm’s abdomen, but is blocked by her own fluid. Her physical impact is offset.
However, the order remains.
Spell-Enhance.
Double-Spell.
Smash.
One flash of light pushes away the debris. One more spell is placed in Kelhalm’s exposed abdomen, just before the purulent water fills up again.
Coo!
Kelhalm’s feet are lifted from the ground.
The moment Raniel tried to grab him by the collar, his body floated into the air as if caught by something.
“···Oops!”
Something is choking my throat. Feeling his breath catch, Ran El narrows his eyes. There was something grabbing him by the scruff of his neck.
‘···hand?’
black grip.
It’s grabbing its neck. The arm connected from the grip is connected to the sphere surrounding Kelhalm’s body.
Huh!
The arm is about to throw Raniel and throw him to the floor. Raniel gritted his teeth and grabbed his black arm with both hands covered in gray mana. He twisted his body and cut off his arm.
thud!
Unable to completely reduce the force of his fall, Raniel rolled on the ground several times and then finally stood up.
“···Big, hehe.”
She rubbed the back of her neck, which was stained black, and spit out blood. She was devastated because she was surrounded by her gray mana. If she had been careful, her neck would have been shattered and she would have died.
“···It seems like shit.”
Raniel mumbles and looks ahead.
The distance that had been reduced at best widened again. And, the shadow surrounding Kelhalm’s body… takes on a different form than before.
‘If it was just shapeless fog until now.’
It now has a clear shape.
‘Black grip.’
A form for holding something. The fingers, bent like hooks, seem to be designed to grab and pull something down.
“···It’s better than when it was the Demon King.”
Raniel sighed and laughed.
The number of grips rising from Kelhalm’s body was only a few dozen at best… but the Demon King that Raniel remembered was not like that.
‘Thousands, tens of thousands of hands.’
The grip that filled the area was like a crashing wave. As Raniel, who had experience tying up even overflowing shade, this was well within the range he could handle.
“Whoa…”
As she took a short breath and straightened her posture, Kelhalm’s body trembled greatly. Soon, dozens of hands poured down on Raniel.
Crack.
Raniel touches the ground with his toes a couple of times. Then he brushed away his blood-soaked bangs. The blue eyes revealed like that shine in the darkness.
Puzzle.
Raniel’s ankles make a loud noise.
I lower my posture and look straight at her approaching hand. Raniel’s choice in the face of the onslaught of shadow was not avoidance.
Tsk-!
Charge head on. The ground where she left is hollow and her dust rises up. Raniel dove headfirst into her chains.
One step, another step.
Every time you take a step, you add acceleration to your acceleration. She begins to gallop, scattering her ashes. Her hands rush in and out to grab her, but they are slow. So much.
Kwasik!
Strike the shadow’s grip. I advance, trampling on the crushing grip. By swinging her fists and stamping with her feet, she creates a path for herself to run on.
The hands hesitate.
As if he sensed that he couldn’t hold on, his hands began to come together. It shows movement to block, not to grab.
Rebuild.
Kelhalm’s spell strikes the ground.
The land rises, and the topography of the plain becomes like a canyon. Raniel jumped up, kicking the ground that rose and became sharp.
Warriors who have lost their footing will seek to level the ground again. They may cut down the raised ground in search of a place to jump.
However, Raniel is a wizard.
There was no need to limit her footing to ‘ground’. She swings her arms in the air. In a split second, the completed spell shines.
Chain.
Restriction.
Charalalak! Dozens of ejected chains bind the raised ground to the ground. Raniel lands on the chains stretched around the area like spider webs.
Sloshing.
The chain flutters and Raniel leaps again. The more you leap, the faster the movement becomes. Kelhalm’s spells can no longer follow Raniel’s movements.
‘What’s left.’
Raniel looks down at the ground as he steps on the last chain and jumps. Kelhalm and Raniel, enveloped in shadow, make eye contact. The shadow that swallowed the madman fluttered loudly for an instant.
Ugh.
It looks like an animal opening its mouth towards approaching prey. The black scum opened her mouth towards Ran El. As if to ask you to come if you’re going to come.
“···under.”
Raniel laughs.
She floats in the air and spins her body. I place my palm on her chest. Overheating circuit, gray mana leaking from the circuit. Raniel took a short breath while placing his hand on it.
‘The first day I used this.’
I had to lose my mind several times.
To suppress the curse inflicted by the Demon King, he created a concept and succeeded in storing it in mana. However, the gray mana thus completed had completely different properties from normal mana.
Just suppress the curse and drive away the shadow.
Since its properties are different from regular mana, even the way it is used is different. Even if you forcefully insert it into the circuit, the order often fails. The cost-effectiveness was also poor, and I would often be sick for several days after using it.
Still, I had to research it.
Because I had to find a way to deal with this.
‘It took a lot of trial and error.’
Raniel did not stop his research.
Because of that process, there is now. Currently, Raniel can cast spells with gray mana. The time you can withstand gray mana is also increasing.
and.
“Ashes to Ashes.”
We also succeeded in developing a spell that took advantage of the properties of gray mana. Raniel prepares to use it.
Hwaaaah!
The scattered ashes gather in one spot.
The remnants of mana were gathered in one place. Rania engraves one more spell towards the flying ash.
“Curse to Ashes.”
The color of the flame changes to gray.
The flames that absorbed the nature of the gray mana rage fiercely. It is a fire that burns only curses.
holding it in your hand.
Eyes wide open.
While looking at what you should aim for.
“Bite this tight, Kelhalm.”
Rania falls, catching the flames.
“It’s going to be a little hot.”
3.
The long darkness is coming to an end.
The place where the altar, the center that brought the darkness to Aplia, is shaken again and again. Several vibrations echo around that place.
Inside the barrier where darkness swirls. The situation at the place where the altar is located is also coming to an end.
Ka-ga-gag, ka-ga-ga-gag!
The summoned beasts running with starlight begin to destroy the altar. Their teeth will be star spears, and the claws they claw will be star swords.
Although it is extremely weak compared to star weapons, when dozens or hundreds of them gather together, it also becomes a weapon.
Kugugugugugugung!
The starlight-filled summons never fail to destroy the altar. The altar is shattered, and the black barrier begins to clear with vibrations shaking the ground.
Meanwhile, the moment of reckoning approaches even at the back of the stage, where no one can see.
Good luck!
There is a human being who leads the flame, becomes a ray of fire and jumps into the darkness. The fire kindled by humans burns the shadows. It is like a lamp that illuminates the darkness. The flames begin to drive away the darkness.
Hwaaaaaaa!
By burning away all the darkness created by the shadow, humans reach the madman within. He grabs the madman’s head and burns all the shadow inside it. Gray flames roar, and the shadow that eats away at the madman begins to burn.
Ashes scatter.
A being comparable to God burns away and disappears.
In the crumbling shadows, a person who had no choice but to become a madman appears.
And humans face humans.
A man who does not take anyone’s life lightly, reaches out to save a man who tried to sacrifice himself for others. The star chain held in his hand is like a holy sword. Its essence is not much different in the sense that it is a tool to save someone.
Chains bind the madman.
Turn him back to human.
Light floods, and a new contract is concluded there. The starlight that dispels the darkness shines brightly. This long fight also comes to an end.
【The contract has been concluded.】
Even if no one is watching.
Even if it’s just backstage.
The two people who willingly accepted the place as their stage did their best in their respective roles. Therefore, what they faced was an ending that could be called the best.
It’s not the worst.
It is not a lesser evil that was decided with no choice.
It was the best I could face because I did my best.
“Good work.”
And the gray wizard Raniel smiles.
“Kelhalm.”
Praise to the human being who never gave up until the end.
A word from the author (author review)
I received a sponsorship message informing me that I came in 3rd place in the awards. I wasn’t able to check the results, but thank you for letting me know 😀 I’ll write a donation message on the days off… !
Third place in the awards is a happy result.
When I receive the elk trophy, I will post a proof photo… !
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