EP.6 What is it, give it back (5)
-Wizards are beings who deal with the world, that is, with the stars.
-Pay a ‘price’ commensurate with the phenomenon to be caused, and receive from the stars the right to distort the world.
Master’s words linger in my ears.
-Everyone gets so used to that deal that they forget about it.
-But Raniel, you who know how to use balance must remember this.
-Mana is ultimately a commodity for trading with stars.
Goods.
-Don’t take mana lightly.
-Mana is paid and traded.
Goods for trading with the stars.
I open my mouth as I reflect on that.
“Balance.”
-Say what you want.
“What the curse swallowed. “The spells that were stocked in my body.”
-Pay the price.
I pronounce the name of the weight on the other side of the scale each month.
“90% of my mana.”
-The price paid is not enough. There are restrictions.
It is natural to understand what the constraints are.
I nod.
“doesn’t care.”
-The transaction has been concluded.
I feel a sensation as if something is leaving my body. Fatigue comes with a headache.
-Chieeeeek.
With the sound of burning skin, a spell appears on my forearm. I clicked my tongue briefly after checking the type of spell.
‘This is why I didn’t want to do it.’
The cost-effectiveness is extremely poor.
The spells that come back are ugly compared to the mana that was lost. Despite the ‘temporary’ restriction, the triple order is the end. There was no return of a spell that would have overturned this situation at once.
‘If I had used 90% of my mana to engrave it, I would have been able to engrave the spell not just on my forearm, but all over my body… Anyway, you bastards of the constellations.’
I’m told it’s still so petty.
Still, what can I do? The unfortunate guy has to endure it.
Holding back a sigh, I estimate the number of orders in stock.
10, one for each finger.
Four engraved, one on each palm and each forearm.
A total of 14 orders.
Multi-Casting.
Magic Boost.
Haste.
Enhance-Strength.
Among them, the most basic spell is released.
My body feels energized.
’10 things.’
After clenching and unclenching my hand a few times, I placed my hand on the wall. I can feel the presence of people beyond the wall. You can hear the footsteps of those surrounding the wall.
‘Is it about this amount?’
Take an appropriate position and place your palms against the wall.
“Whoa.”
I let out a short breath and narrowed my eyes.
I feel the flow of mana crawling through my palm against the wall. She gives the flow her direction and releases the spell stocked on her forearm.
Smash.
Gray mana emits light.
2.
Centurion leader, Ojiren thinks.
Where did this situation start and how did it go wrong?
‘He was clearly carrying out orders.’
It wasn’t a very difficult order.
An order to find a black bead from the rubble of a collapsed building. He took about ten of his favorite soldiers with him and went on a mission.
There was no reason to hesitate.
Isn’t this a barrier created by the Four Heavenly Kings himself?
There is no way for mere humans to penetrate it.
Ojiren was sure of that.
That is, until I encountered a single human within the barrier.
Ojiren looks at the gathered soldiers with trembling eyes.
“Ugh! “Get in line, get in line!”
“The centurion commander is with you! “Don’t back down!”
“Oop, it’s coming!”
“100 million!”
A soldier screams.
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He falls down and vomits blood. One soldier falls over, and the neck of another soldier standing next to him is bent at an abnormal angle.
In the blink of an eye, two soldiers fall.
‘What does this mean?’
Ojiren feels that his eyes are getting dark.
I can’t see the answer.
“Wow!”
“White, Captain White… !”
The soldiers I cherished fall down one by one.
The number of soldiers who had been over ten had already been reduced to three. Oji Ren looks beyond his soldiers. He looked where the soldiers’ spear knives were heading.
“·····.”
A girl with gray hair is standing there.
The girl who defeated several soldiers is expressionless.
The girl rolled up the sleeves of her ill-fitting robe and lightly shook her hands. She eventually falls and blood falls to the floor. It wasn’t her girlish blood.
It was the blood of the soldiers, and the flesh of the soldiers.
“Whoa…”
Eventually, the girl sighs and raises her head.
Ojiren looks into her eyes. Squinted eyes. The half-opened blue eyes are eerie.
-Gulp.
Swallowing dry saliva, Ojiren unconsciously took a step back. Then she soon realizes that fact and becomes rigid. He was fortunate that no soldier saw him retreat.
‘What on earth…’
Ojiren felt afraid of the girl.
That fear comes from the unknown. Ojiren couldn’t figure out the identity of that girl. What skills she uses, she does not even guess.
Since you can’t even guess, you can’t approach it hastily.
There was nothing we could do but send the helpless soldiers away and wait for them.
‘I can’t tell even if I look at it…’
I was going crazy and jumping around.
As soon as her fingers touched the soldiers, their bodies bent as if they had been hit by something. She coughed up blood and collapsed.
‘Even though I was caught in the explosion the first time and lost four people…’
Even if there were four of them, it seems unlikely that the outcome would have been any different.
“·····.”
Ojiren bit his lip in silence.
At first I thought he was a wizard, but it seems he wasn’t either.
In a situation where nothing is known, the soldiers just helplessly rush at the girl.
“100 million!”
“Wow, big…”
“Ugh!”
The results are devastating.
The three remaining soldiers also fall.
One has his neck broken, another is clutching his chest, and another collapses while coughing up blood. The ends are different, but the cause is the same.
The girl’s fingers touched.
The soldiers’ spear knives did not touch the girl, but the girl’s fingers did touch the soldier. That was it for her.
‘Mutuga? Qigong master? The shamans of the East are like that…’
Many guesses are running through my mind.
However, Ojiren is unable to produce any significant results.
Without being able to put it out.
“hey.”
Ojiren allows the girl to approach him.
“Oh, oh my!”
Seeing the girl approaching in the blink of an eye, Ojiren was frightened and swung his sword. However, the sword cannot reach the girl.
Kwasik.
The girl holds the knife with her bare hands.
It doesn’t seem like he applied much force, but the knife breaks in half.
“A person is talking, but he’s brandishing a knife.”
“W-what are you talking about!”
“What the f*ck are you talking about? “Open your ears and listen.”
The girl’s expression turned grim as she raised her head and glared at Ojiren. As if something about her didn’t sit right with her, the girl stretched out her arm and grabbed Oji Ren by the collar.
“What are you looking down at? “I feel bad.”
“Wow!”
Something flashes before my eyes, and an unknown shock shakes my head. Ojiren falls to her knees in pain as if her pupils were about to pop out.
“You guys wear armor like this, who am I, where am I from, and what is my rank? “I’m so glad I wrote it all down.”
The girl looked down at Ojiren and smiled.
“Century commander of the 4th Legion, Black Knights.”
“·····.”
“If you meet the Black Knights… “Is your boss the guy you think is Dyke?”
“… !”
“Looking at your expression, it seems like you’re right.”
The girl sighs and strokes her hair.
I swipe and take out something from inside my robe.
“You know what this is.”
black beads.
Ojiren opens his eyes wide. It was the very bead that her superior, Dyke, had ordered to retrieve.
“What is this, what is this, that you have spread such a barrier and entered the middle of the city?”
The girl speaks in a cold voice.
“Explain it so I can understand.”
“Do you think I would say that!”
“No, I don’t think he will, so I’m going to make him do it from now on.”
It’s a reaction as if they knew that would happen. The girl stretches out her arms without hesitation. She reaches out and grabs Ojiren’s chin.
“Now, close your eyes. “If you don’t close your eyes, they will pop out.”
“Whoop, whoop! “Let go of this!”
“Sseu-eup, stay still.”
The girl holds Ojiren’s chin and closes Ojiren’s eyes. She then presses down on her eyelids to prevent her from opening them.
“Think about it carefully.”
One of the girl’s fingers holding Ojiren’s chin slowly moves away from Ojiren’s chin. And then, at an appropriate speed, neither slow nor fast, it attaches itself to Ojiren’s chin again.
Tuk.
Light touch.
That moment.
“100 million!”
Ojiren screamed.
thud! An unknown shock disturbed his brain. He was shaken. The shock that made my eyes pop out struck me again. A little stronger this time.
“Do you want to talk?”
“Huh, huh. What is this… !”
“I guess it doesn’t exist.”
Toouk.
“Ugh!”
Tuk.
“Gulp, gasp!”
Unknown shocks shake my brain one after another.
Each time the girl taps her fingers, shock is added to shock.
-Sigh.
Blood flows from Ojiren’s nose. Drool flows from the corner of her mouth, and bloody tears flow from between her closed eyelids.
“Okay, the end.”
“Heo-eok, heo-eok, heo-eok!”
As soon as the girl lets go of her chin, Ojiren’s body tilts. With both her hands on the ground, Oji Ren catches her breath.
Tears, snot, and saliva won’t stop.
My vision is constantly shaking.
“If you still don’t feel like talking, there’s nothing you can do.”
“would! would! “I’ll tell you everything I know right now!”
Ojiren bowed his head at the girl’s feet. The girl bursts into laughter at the sight of her earnestness. Eventually, the girl reaches out her hand and runs her hand through Oji Ren’s hair.
“So say it when I tell you to say it.”
Her fingers, stroking Ojiren’s sweaty hair, suddenly touch Ojiren’s forehead.
“Explain. “Don’t think about making a fuss.”
3.
“So, I wasn’t told anything properly and was just told to come find me?”
“Yes, that’s right!”
“Sweet, this is still…”
“Really, really! I haven’t heard anything! “I just told you to find the marble that Dyke left there!”
I smooth my chin.
“Why aren’t you coming? “Then who set up this barrier?”
“I only heard that one of the Four Heavenly Kings personally struck the barrier. Since the knights are nearby, they won’t be able to maintain it for long, and will only hide their presence…”
If one of the Four Heavenly Kings is capable of creating a barrier like this…
‘It must be him. ‘Skull gourd wizard.’
I’m sure he would be able to create a barrier like this. However, questions still remain.
“They set up a barrier like this and only sent people like you?”
“I don’t know why.”
“Tsk.”
I clicked my tongue briefly.
Do you mean abandoning it?
I guess they thought it would be good if they recovered it, and that it would be okay if it didn’t work out. I checked the head of the knight kneeling in front of me.
False Detection.
The floating pattern is blue.
That means I didn’t tell a lie.
‘Still, it doesn’t make sense.’
A question remains.
However, there was no more information to be found.
“One last thing.”
“Well, something.”
“Do you know where the Succubus Queen is?”
“If it’s him… I understand that he is probably next to Dyke. “
“Where is it?”
“First Army Camp.”
Behind the 1st military camp…
It must be difficult to get there. That’s the deepest part of the demon world.
“Well, good job.”
I tapped the driver on the shoulder a couple of times.
“The guards will come soon, so we just have to be interrogated by them. Cheer up.”
“What, what! Isn’t the story different! “If you answer truthfully, you won’t be let go!”
The driver grabs my leg in a panic.
I frown at that sight.
“hey.”
“Huh, huh…!”
“Aren’t you going to let go of this?”
I tap my foot, remove the hand, and squat down. Squat down and make eye contact with the knight lying on the floor.
“Did you think demons like you would just come into a human city and get away with it?”
“Well, that is…”
“You guys also stuffed the humans who entered the demon world and hung them up. Hey, our knights are nice though. “They didn’t even bother taxidermy.”
“Jeong, is this really true?”
“ok. “After a moderate interrogation, I soak you in holy water.”
“·····.”
The knight’s complexion turns pale.
“Well, how is that different from taxidermy…” !”
“It’s different. “Repent and go to heaven.”
I thumped and pushed the knight’s forehead.
I was thinking of giving him a Smite as a farewell gift, but the time for trading with stars ended just then.
The temporarily engraved spell evaporates.
As a result, my hand simply tapped the knight’s forehead…
“Sigh, gasp…”
The driver was foaming at the mouth, rolled his eyes, and fell down.
“···Why is it like that?”
It’s a big deal.
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