Chapter 183

heavy.

I was already thinking about that before I even opened my eyes. The body is heavy.

The pain in the pierced stomach is still there, and the unpleasant taste of iron remains in the mouth that vomited blood.

didn’t you die

“Oh, you woke up.”

There is no light.

Even when I opened my eyes, my vision was dark. I saw a lantern that had been shattered in the distance. It is a very dim light. There was nothing to be seen other than that.

“… … Why did you keep him alive?”

Shed too much blood.

It doesn’t look like it’s particularly restrained, but it’s impossible to move. The limbs didn’t listen.

The magic… … I can still write. It won’t be enough to kill that monster.

“Why did you let me live?”

Terra’s footsteps are getting closer. Then, he hit my stomach with pucks and kicks.

“Ouch!”

“Ask the other way around. Why are you alive?”

“What, like a dog… … .”

“I don’t have a sense of time, but the last time the Black Fairy sent someone was quite a while ago.”

dump.

From the sounds I hear, it sounds like they are sitting on a seat in front of me.

“If you’re trying to bully me now, that crazy bitch could do that. It is also strange.”

“Ugh.”

“You are not human. It’s not even a fairy. half? But it definitely smells like a black fairy… … .”

Cuck Cuck, Terra indifferently pressed the wound that had been pierced by magic with her fingertips.

“I can’t believe you, are you a child of a black fairy?”

“… … then?”

“Hahaha, I’m going crazy. No, I didn’t think I was sane.”

It sounded like a hit on my forehead. What are we going to do?

If he had intended to leave him alive on purpose and even torture him, he would have committed suicide with magic. Even though his hands are rough, he doesn’t show any signs of it.

“Keuhehe, sometimes there are days when I feel calmer. I’m glad it’s today.”

“… … .”

“Yes, if you inherited the blood of a black fairy, there is no way I will send you down here.”

When I tried to talk, he didn’t pretend to listen, and Terra, who had been talking to herself several more times, quietly placed her chin and hand on my chest.

“I will save you.”

“… … What?”

“Remove my curse instead.”

Hwaaak!

In an instant, a vast amount of mana surged from Terra’s hands. I was startled and tried to resist, but there was no hostility towards the magical power itself.

Magic power has been restored.

Is it because half of them are fairies? There was no sense of incongruity in accepting Terra’s magical power.

“Remove the curse.”

“Oh, I didn’t tell you that. I was originally human.”

It’s a surprising fact, but there was some reason to guess.

Unlike other fairies, Terra’s status has a affiliation called ‘Aindarok Kingdom’.

And judging from what the Black Fairy said, she can turn non-elves into fairies.

“The black fairy made me into a fairy, and I am stuck here because of the curse she put on me. Even before the country was built upon it.”

Riden is the one with the longest history among existing nations, and if it was before Riden was even established, I don’t know when.

“You can solve it.”

However, before discussing whether it can be done or not, there is something Terra overlooked.

“why me?”

“What?”

“Nope. Shall I unleash a monster like you on the ground just because I’m crazy?”

Is it important to have a life that has already been abandoned? Now I’ve done my job.

“I did enough. The world will be a little more livable now.”

Even if there are some regrettable parts left, well, it’s not something I have to do. It’s enough just to quietly disappear… … .

I thought so.

“Are you getting better?”

I thought I would get angry, but Terra responded as if it were absurd.

“Hey, you’re not crazy either. All the wizards on this list have died, so I don’t think I’ll be able to last 10 years. I don’t know who can stop the monsters. Hehe.”

“What?”

“What is it? The woman you were with killed all of them. They changed it very carefully.”

“that is… … . What are you talking about.”

could not understand.

Auril killed all the wizards waiting up there?

why?

“I don’t know because I haven’t been watching. Didn’t you run away after being roughly chased and come down here?”

Terra responded to my reaction. I shook my head.

“He is also half a fairy. Even when I saw the lineage of the fairies, there was a fuss about killing them. It remains the same.”

is it a lie

not. This simple ignorant guy has no talent for deceiving others.

“… … Can you see outside?”

“I think it is because of this that you can speak human words without barking even after being stuck in a place like this. of course you can see I can see much further away.”

“What happened?”

“Hey, so you’re saying you’re going to lift the curse or not?”

“Listen to the situation first.”

“I really… … .”

Terra began to recite the situation outside in a voice full of dissatisfaction.

From the time Euril left the abyss until I opened my eyes, it had only happened for a week.

* * *

“Hey, what happened to this!”

“Elder Palcote!”

“Everyone back off!”

“Quaaagh!”

The garrison where the wizards of the century gathered together quickly turned into a mayhem.

Although it was an unexpected blow, the wizards who made a mark in history were helplessly reduced to a handful of meat.

“Come this way!”

“Go, attack!”

“Pour it out!”

Beyond hundreds, thousands of units of magic poured out. It was useless.

It took me several minutes to break the ice barrier that I opened when I was sober, but it was impossible to deal with Euril in that state.

‘why.’

Deus was perplexed.

This was definitely unexpected. The power of the runaway fairy was far beyond what he had predicted.

Wasn’t it an ordinary fairy?

It would only be possible to stop it only if the court wizards of Rongrute, who were also bound by the pact, joined together.

“Deus!”

“The attack is not working!”

“Abandon the garrison and retreat.”

I don’t have enough time to think right now.

Deus and the surviving elders turned their backs and tried to run away. It doesn’t move fast enough… … .

Everyone had similar thoughts.

chin.

“Ugh!”

“What, what is this!”

Dozens of people running in the same direction collapsed all at once.

It looked ridiculous, as if they had slipped in groups, but the people involved couldn’t help but laugh.

My feet are frozen.

It was the same with Deus. No matter how much I burned it, it didn’t melt. Would it have been different if I had run away a little faster?

“haha.”

Soon after, Deus laughed dejectedly. There was nothing faster.

The garrison is wide. In the fertile land of Liden, where there are not many mountainous areas, the horizon is visible everywhere.

And all the ground in sight is frozen white.

Winter has arrived.

Deus took out a bluish magic crystal from his bosom. A piece of warp stone, it was an item that was kept for emergencies.

“this.”

It doesn’t work.

The magic power around him completely froze.

It was arrogant.

Amid the screams and blood, it starts to rise like thorns from the bottom. All of this vast land was a tomb of ice.

There are things in the world that should not be touched.

It was Deus’ last thought that came to his mind while watching dozens of sharp ice blocks rising from under his feet.

“… … .”

It wasn’t even that long. The thick snow covered the bodies and blood. Occasionally, the pointed end of the barracks could be seen rising.

The sound stopped.

In the world that turned white, Euril stood blankly. I felt like I had seen a similar landscape one day.

you can wait

There was an open hole in the snowy world. Euril stood idly in front of him.

how much time has passed

After a couple of nights had passed, something stepped on my eye. I thought I would be swallowed up by the teeth of the ice that rose up on its own, but it wasn’t.

It is a white-haired fox.

“… … you.”

What used to be a fox suddenly changed into a little girl in the wind and snow. It looked familiar.

Euril relaxed her guard.

“If you stay here, you die.”

Brea said softly.

Before long, humans who are hostile to the fairies are coming. they are very strong

“It’s broken.”

A bottle is seen hanging around Auril’s neck.

Even the blood of the llama that melted Skadi is frozen. Once cooled, it has no effect.

Perhaps the current Auril would freeze everything around it even if it couldn’t reach it.

“let’s go.”

Brea hugged Euril from behind. I can’t speak, so I have no choice but to drag him by force.

With a swish, Brea, who lightly tossed Euril up, transformed into a much larger fox. Even after riding on the fox’s back, Auril’s eyes were still on the hole in the abyss.

“Alive.”

Leaving those words behind, Brea flew through the sky like stairs and disappeared.

*

“Did I hear you wrong?”

“Oh, no.”

“Tell me again. What did you say?”

“The wizards in the abyss have been annihilated.”

Derek was frowning.

It’s not funny if it’s a joke. I will break this man’s skull. It’s ridiculous if you’re serious. It can’t be.

“What is annihilation?”

“There are no survivors. The area around the Abyss is now buried in ice and snow.”

“Now you think that makes sense!”

“Gee, it’s true. Meiji!”

Derek couldn’t stand it, so he groaned and screamed.

what? annihilation?

Yes, it could have been that the magicians were swept away by the sudden inundation of monsters. But none survived? Doesn’t it make sense?

I don’t know about the other guys, but there’s a rocktrin there.

“I checked the corpse of Deus, the elder of Riden. The rest, with all due respect, were mashed up and I couldn’t check them… … .”

“What do you mean by ice and snow?”

“We don’t know either. It is winter now in Leeden.”

Derek cupped his cheek.

please don’t I hope not. yeah i’d rather die

“Is it possible that the corpse of Euril Mashuhma?”

“There is not.”

“To rot.”

The timing is bad.

The monsters in the whirlwind archipelago stopped, but the problem was that at the last minute, for some reason, the monsters flocked to Summer Turge.

If you say you blocked it, it is correct, but the condition of child von Rongrt is critical.

Because of that, the composition of the imperial palace, which was still in confrontation, became complicated.

If the child was fine, he would have been able to get the throne back from Vector immediately, but he couldn’t do that.

In the midst of an imminent crisis, Mad, the court wizard, is still missing.

“Well, at least the monsters in the abyss are said to have been incapacitated.”

“Of course not!”

Despite his unreliability every now and then, Derek never assumed that Rockstrin would fail.

Then shouldn’t you come back alive and well? Where did Auril, whom he took with him, disappear to after turning him into a monster?

“Summon the court wizards in my name.”

“Yes.”

bang!

Derek sent the soldier away and hit the desk.

“Deus… … . You guys are gearing up.”

There was no point in blaming a human who had already died, there was nothing else to turn his anger on.

The policy had been different from that of the court mages of Rongrult from before. The active response must have caused anger.

“Tsk.”

Derek clicked his tongue and picked up his wand. After all, there was only one way left.

You must kill Auril Mashuhma.