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Episode 70
A Hideout in a Crazy Place (4)
“No, I said you can’t!”
Richie continued, pounding his chest with a frustrated expression.
“Of course I know how great you are, Riley!”
“… … .”
“But even so, destroying Heartworm in such a short moment is a really ridiculous idea!”
Richie continued talking.
Even for Riley, it would take half a day to destroy it.
Moreover, this time is calculated on the assumption that you have achieved perfect concentration in a quiet space.
So, it’s absolutely ridiculous to think that you’re going to destroy Heartworm while fighting Yan Lantes.
The guy who had been nagging at me all this time finally shouted out loud.
“Absolutely not! Absolutely not!”
“… … .”
[… … .]
Yeah, well.
There was a reason Richie was stamping his feet like that to dissuade Riley.
In fact, even from my perspective, Riley’s claims were so absurdly unrealistic.
A task that would take half a day can be completed in a split second.
That really didn’t make sense.
“Master, please speak up quickly! Why aren’t you stopping Riley and just listening to her nonsense!”
[… … .]
But why is that?
Somehow, a certain confidence was rising from a corner of my heart.
This time, I had this strange confidence that Riley would succeed at this ridiculous thing.
[Isn’t it worth a try?]
“……yes?”
Riley has already accomplished things that were thought to be impossible several times.
This is true even for the case of “attribute blooming”.
What would have taken a full five weeks to complete, Riley completed in just five days.
So this time I decided to trust her again.
“ha…….”
Hearing my words, Richie let out a deep sigh.
The guy who shook his head as if he couldn’t stop himself made us a suggestion.
“Okay. Then let’s try it like this, Master.”
The solution that Richie came up with was a “mock experiment.”
The idea was to try to destroy it by creating something identical to the heartworm inside Riley’s body.
“This way, we can see if Riley is right or wrong. Even if we fail, it will be good practice for dispelling the heartworms, so it’s a win-win for us either way.”
[Good.]
Since we had no particular reason to refuse, Riley and I readily accepted the offer.
Woof─!
For a while, a green magical light flashed and disappeared inside Richie’s workshop.
A tangled web of magical powers.
All of this was done to recreate the heartworm that was sleeping inside Riley’s body.
“Hoooooo… … .”
How much time has passed like that?
Finally, Richie finished all his work and sat down in his chair with a deep sigh.
“It’s all done.”
“… … .”
[… … .]
Gooooooooo─.
Right in the center of the studio.
A single dark green sphere was floating in the air.
Wiggle─.
Inside the sphere, a disgusting insect was swimming.
A very elaborate and well-implemented heartworm model.
In fact, it was on par with the Heartworm that was actually sleeping in Riley’s heart.
“That’s a heartworm.”
“Yeah. Go ahead and destroy it.”
Riley slowly walked towards the green sphere.
She looked closely into the interior of the sphere, then closed her eyes and began to concentrate.
Woooo …
Riley frowned slightly.
It was an expression she often made when she was reaching the peak of her concentration.
Sigh─.
However, Richie, who saw this, seemed to have mistakenly thought that Riley was having a hard time destroying the Heartworm.
The guy said this with a big grin as if he was a giant.
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“See? It’s harder than you thought?”
“… … .”
“Heartworm is a very elaborately designed technique that is absolutely impossible to destroy in a short period of time. I guarantee it will take at least half a day… … .”
Woof.
Crispy─!
“……ok?”
It was that very moment.
The complex flow of magical energy that had been flowing through the laboratory lost its strength and disappeared.
A flustered Richie quickly turned his gaze towards Riley.
“What, what is this… … .”
In the center of an empty laboratory.
The heartworm model that Richie had painstakingly created was nowhere to be seen.
The heartworm was instantly destroyed by Riley’s Dispel.
“Uh, uh uh… … .”
A task that would have taken at least half a day was completed in one minute.
Richie couldn’t bring himself to say anything in this unbelievable situation.
Thud─.
It was then that Riley’s legs gave out from the excessive concentration and she collapsed on the floor.
“Phew… … .”
She let out a sigh full of fatigue and soon opened her mouth with difficulty.
“It’s true that, as Richie said, it’s impossible to fight Yan Lantes right after eliminating the Heartworm.”
“… … .”
“But if we continue practicing for the next two weeks, I think it will be possible.”
After hearing that, Richie looked blank for a while and didn’t say anything.
[Well, anyway, this solves one of the problems.]
* * *
The time given was not much.
The time given until entering the Irantes Tower is exactly two weeks.
The method I chose to achieve rapid growth was to have Riley learn the magic of the “lightning attribute.”
[Every wizard has his or her own signature magic.]
“… …Signature magic?”
[huh.]
For example, Becky uses “clone magic”.
Arpel Stingwood’s “Man-Eating Plant”.
And Dorothy Greyyard uses “Shadow Summoners”.
In this way, each wizard had his own powerful weapon.
Of course, Riley also had a weapon called “Dispel”, but it was only a secondary means to help her.
Riley still lacked her own means of attack.
[So, let’s take this opportunity to create your own signature magic.]
“all right.”
That’s how the training began.
The first three days were aimed at getting Riley used to the Lightning attribute rather than studying her signature spell.
Although she’s had the property for quite some time, Riley hasn’t delved deeply into it yet.
As soon as we finished the attribute blooming, we had to prepare for the final exam right away.
So I taught Riley general lightning spells like “Chain Lightning” and “Electric Field” to get her used to handling attributes.
Crackle, crackle!
[Are you somewhat used to it now?]
“yes.”
After Riley became accustomed to the properties, she devoted all her time to studying the signature spell, even at the cost of sleep.
Every day, we analyzed the characteristics of lightning attributes.
At the same time, I kept thinking about what kind of magic would suit Riley well.
After countless hours of struggling, Riley and I finally came up with two spells.
The first is a “single technique” that utilizes the speed and penetration power of the lightning attribute.
And the second was a “wide-area technique” that utilized the chain reaction of lightning attributes and strong firepower.
Kwakwakwakwakwang──!
There was a loud noise that was deafening.
I turned my gaze in the direction where the explosion had come from.
Beyond the time-warped training room.
Riley continued practicing her signature spells while sparring with Death Knight Jeremy in the clearing behind the waterfall.
“… … .”
[… … .]
Richie and I sat on the edge of the rock and quietly watched their movements.
Their silhouettes were faintly visible behind the waterfall.
Time seemed to pass more quickly outside, so the guys’ movements felt like they were being fast-forwarded.
[Rich.]
I immediately spoke to Richie, who was holding me in his arms. He answered right away.
“Yes, Master.”
[There’s one thing on my mind.]
The training room has a different time axis than the outside.
In other words, what I was saying was that Riley couldn’t hear my voice right now.
I confessed to Richie all the worries that had been pent up in my mind.
[I’m a little worried that the assimilation rate between Riley and the “Lightning Attribute” is so strong.]
“Hmm? Why is that? Isn’t the higher the attribute assimilation rate, the better?”
It was just as Richie said.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with having a high assimilation rate with an attribute.
The higher the assimilation rate, the stronger the power of the attribute magic becomes.
[But Riley has no connection to the lightning attribute.]
“Huh? Really?”
[Yeah. I thought I got struck by lightning, but I’ve never seen lightning in my life.]
“Hmm… … .”
Richie, who had been silent for a moment, answered.
“That’s definitely weird.”
[right?]
“Yes. It doesn’t make sense that a child with such a high assimilation rate would have no contact with the lightning attribute… … .”
After that, Richie continued to think deeply and soon came up with a hypothesis.
“Could it be that Riley is lying?”
[… … .]
That’s a lie.
That was such a ridiculous guess.
[Why would he lie?]
Even if that were the case, I would have realized it through the “Power of Binding”.
“Hmm, if not, then you might have been influenced without even knowing it. Or maybe it happened when you were too young to remember.”
This was a reasonable guess.
Well, anyway, I had to figure out why Riley had such a high attribute assimilation rate.
It was clearly a problem that Riley herself was unaware of the importance of mana heart’s properties.
[I guess I’ll have to look into Riley’s subconscious sometime later.]
It was at that moment that I was mumbling to myself like that.
“By the way, Master Magushu.”
Then Richie spoke up.
The guy’s voice was somewhat lowered.
When the guy spoke to me in such a serious voice, he usually brought up a serious topic.
Because of that, I couldn’t help but focus on what the guy said next.
“There’s a ‘Pledge of Allegiance’ tattooed on the back of Riley’s hand.”
[Yeah. Why is that?]
“That recipe is a little creepy.”
Richie continued talking.
“Aside from the fact that the structure of the magic circuit is familiar, I am very interested in the intricate way it links with the caster.”
[… … .]
“There is only one person who plants heartworms this way.”
Richie paused for a moment, looked at me, and then muttered in a cautious voice.
“I guess you had some idea, Master?”
[… … .]
“Perhaps the Irantes Tower is… … a remnant of ‘those guys’.”
Those kids.
There was only one person Rich and I called by that title.
[Phew… … .]
When the existence of those who could not be called by their real names was brought up, I could not help but let out a deep sigh.
okay.
Of course, as Richie said, I had some idea.
I also vaguely realized that the Irantes Tower was connected to ‘those kids’.
But when I heard those words directly from someone else, the reality that had only vaguely felt before somehow hit me more clearly.
[It is said that the Irantes Tower may be the remnants of those children.]
“yes.”
Richie nodded in response. I muttered to myself after a moment of silence.
[Then it’s clear. We must kill and eliminate those Irantes by any means necessary.]
“But, Master… … .”
[fizzle.]
I wanted to talk more about this, but I had to end the conversation abruptly.
Because the shadows of Riley and Death Knight Jeremy were becoming clearer beyond the waterfall.
Swaaa …
Not long after, Riley, who had just returned from training, came towards us past the waterfall.
“Is something wrong? Richie, your expression doesn’t look good.”
As expected, he was a quick-witted child.
I immediately came up with an excuse.
[Yeah. Richie confessed a little while ago. That red book of Ego Sword’s abnormal sexual desires was actually his.]
“Huh? No! When did I do that? When did I do that!”
Richie’s resentful voice echoed in the cave.
