Chapter 121 – Flame

That bastard, Gawain, fought as if he was spitting out fire. Of course, the water column from Lorsha quickly extinguished the flames.

“Why don’t you stop and surrender? Then you can consider sparing your life. Or at least allow you to be executed without pain.”

“Ha… surrender… If I surrender, will you guys leave me alone? I’m sure I’ll be dragged somewhere and used as a test subject for the rest of my life.”

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No, I have no intention of doing so. Seeing him fantasize like that before he even did it, he must have lacked iron. Iron was lacking, so I, who made a contract with the Steel Spirit King, had to help. It is the ideology of Hongik Ingan to help the sick, even if they are evil.

“Scales of iron dragons, pierce the enemy.”

I flung thin steel scales at Gawain. Of course, with that alone, a person’s bones can be cut like tofu, but… that was meaningful only when it was touched. The steel melted before it even touched Gawain’s body. The entire iron mine had been heating up like a steam sauna from earlier. Seeing how hot he exhaled, if he continued like this, he would be at a disadvantage due to respiratory burns.

Lorsha seemed to have the same thought, and cast a spell belonging to a fairly high level of magic.

“O water dragon’s horn, stab it and kill it.”

Cone-shaped columns of water rose from the ground. However, Gawain evaded our attack with acrobatic movements.

“If you thought you could defeat me with this kind of joke, you’re making a big mistake. Let’s fight properly!”

Lorsha asked this far away. Certainly, by signing a contract with the water spirit king, the power of her magic increased dramatically. However, it was difficult to use water attribute magic belonging to real high-level magic here. Most of them were not suitable for use in iron mines. Most of the water attribute magic is on a large scale, so there is a possibility that both me and Lorsha will be buried in the iron ore.

“Well, your mother was wailing on the bed without winning a single old beggar. You fight pretty well, right?”

Drip was bitter from earlier. Even when I was managing a community in the past, I had never seen anyone who spoke that level of paddling. Is this the talk of someone who has suffered from heavy workload for 12 years?

“hahahahaha! You’re spitting out vulgar words as if you were trying to provoke me!”

“Yeah, the vulgar one is the brothel where your mother worked.”

“It’s a pity! My mother burned to death while giving birth to me like this!”

“Ah, you went like that hot, crispy well-done steak.

Was there no Tallulah in her dictionary? Gawain laughed at what was so enjoyable and burned himself. The protruding blood vessels on his body burned as flames, and his eyes glowed with blue flames.

“Let me tell you something good.”

“What is the location of your mother’s grave? Or the location of the brothel where your mother worked?”

“It’s science time!!! Water evaporates and steel melts!!!”

After saying that, Gawain spewed blue flames. Both me and Lorsha thought this was dangerous.

“O water dragon, twist the coil!”

“Steel Dragon, spread your wings.”

A huge dragon-shaped water enveloped Lorsha, and an iron wall in the form of wings appeared in front of me. Yes, this should be enough to stop the flames.

“hahahahaha! Fools! How long do you think that trivial magic will last!”

The water dragon surrounding Lorsha gradually evaporated, and the steel dragon’s wings protecting me wouldn’t last long either. Common sense could not understand it. Gawain was pouring out a tidal wave of sparks that could melt steel. Even so, I couldn’t feel the ‘ㅁ’ of magic from him. If so, this was his physical ability.

You can emit a flame of this level like that without magical power? But I couldn’t understand that it was a physical ability. I read some books on medicine because of my work in my previous life, but I had never heard of anything like fire-breathing. According to common sense, a person is not a Charizard, so how could such a thing be possible?

“Let’s go even hotter! Both of you will be a well-done steak like my mother!”

You’ve been keeping this fucking pad lip. Why did Lorsha blow such a terrible pad lip at such a fragile asshole?

“Shall we turn the temperature up? Enough to get you all crispy!”

It’s already hard to hold on, but you’re raising the temperature here? It was clear that he would become like a warchief somewhere crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. If that’s the case, it means we have to use the Spirit King to stop it…

The problem was that the spirit king’s magic that I could use was limited. Moreover, the magic that could be used for defense was magic that could only protect one person at a time.

“Spirit King of Steel…”

“The water spirit king…”

The situation itself was similar to that of Lorsha. Not long after I finished the contract, even the spirit king’s magic was unstable. If so, that would mean the same for Lorsha, who just finished the contract.

“Guard my friend.”

I don’t like sacrificing anything to protect a friend… but I can’t burn the body of a person who made me suffer for 12 years. However, the words that came out of Lorsha’s mouth were quite shocking.

“Guard my precious friend.”

Our jaws dropped in amazement at each other’s spells. No, fuck magic is unstable, so why do you insist on protecting others? I will protect my body. No matter how unstable it was, it would have been able to easily block the fire attack if two of the Spirit King’s magic were overlapped. But I couldn’t understand why they broke one perfect defense and made two imperfect shields.

Before I could protest anything, water droplets in the shape of a whale covered my body. And Lorsha was protected by a huge steel dome spiked with spikes from the magic I cast.

Then, blue flames from Gawain hit us. Fortunately, I was not seriously injured because my water magic was perfect for blocking flames. Even though the magic that Lorsha had blown evaporated and took on hot steam.

But Lorsha’s condition was a concern. Because steel gets hot. Can she really be safe in that heated steel dome?

That bastard, Gawain, was also breathing heavily, perhaps exhausted from blowing out the heat just like before. Because any ability has its limits. I hurried to Lorsha.

Then, he hurriedly dispelled the magic and checked her condition.

“Lorsha! Are you okay?”

“Uh… except for the fact that it was a little hot inside, it’s fine.”

Lorsha deliberately brushed her hair to confirm that she was fine. And when he confirmed that she was safe, the anger he had suppressed rose to the top of his head.

“No, by the way, are you fucking crazy? I have to protect you in that situation! What are you going to do if you protect me at all costs! I cast a defense spell on you, damn it! Just as that idiot said, it almost turned into a crispy steak!”

“That’s what I’m going to say! I’m going to take care of you first, even though I’m not doing well! Why are you coming to others! As that motherless bastard said, you almost burned to death! If I hadn’t cast a defense spell on you, you’d really be outdone this time! “

We couldn’t find an agreement between them. We did stupid things to each other, and each other saved each other’s lives. I knew that fact better than anyone, but I couldn’t help but get angry. she and me

Because if I did, my opponent would have died. Because a friend who cherished each other enough to give their lives almost died. The anger that the opponent almost died was greater than the fact that my own life was safe.

“hahahahaha… These little kids are going to have a cheesy love fight in front of me? That’s… It’s like advertising that they want to be followed!”

“Hey, stop bragging.”

“What?”

“Right now, you guys don’t have enough firepower to kill us.

“…how did you…”

That was simple. If we had been able to emit the same flames from the beginning as before, we would have died on the spot. However, he started blowing weak flames and then gradually started blowing higher-temperature flames. He wasn’t an idiot, and he couldn’t fight while adjusting his power output like that. Unlike games, it’s best to start fighting in real life with the ultimate.

Then there was only one answer. That bastard couldn’t emit a strong flame from the beginning, and had to warm up by emitting fire little by little. If you keep raising your body temperature like that, you’ll be able to emit strong flames like before. And that bastard has a limit too, so when you reach that limit, you’ll have to cool down just like before.

And after cooling down, the temperature of the flame is reset from the beginning. Of course, the flames emitted in the beginning could burn and kill quite a few monsters or knights… but it would be unreasonable to deal with the two archmages who signed a contract with the King of Spirits.

“It’s a situation reversal.”

“Kuh… You thought I didn’t have enough cards to deal with the two of you. You guys really underestimated me…”

Damn, is there any other way? It was the moment when she hurriedly tried to cover Rorsha.

“Lancelot, I hate to rely on the stuff that the bastard gave me, but… I’ll say goodbye first. “

After saying that, Gawain set off a smoke grenade. If you thought you could only block your vision with smoke grenades, you’d be very mistaken… After smelling the fuck, it’s paralyzing poison.

“Lorsha, close your eyes and cover your nose and mouth.”

There was a possibility that the poison could seep through the mucous membranes of the eyes as well as the respiratory system. That bastard, Gawain, took advantage of the gap and ran away.

After securing some visibility, I chased after him, but to no avail.

We came out of the iron mine, but it was not there. Only Glaceon, who was covered in scars, and Airi, whose clothes were torn in places, greeted us.

“By the way, Airi… Didn’t you see the blonde, skinny guy who ran this way? He was a kid using the name Gawain.”

“Not at all.”

As my anxiety escalated, the worst that could happen flashed through my mind.

“I’m going to the Halstead Manor right now!”