89. restore

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“By the way, what the hell is this?”

After a long time, Elnor, who barely came to his senses, spoke the first words.

The blush isn’t gone yet, but compared to before, I look around with a much calmer look.

Everything around is still frozen. The time of the world plastered in gray still has no sign of passing.

“I get the feeling that it’s a phenomenon that has some kind of ‘relationship’ with me…”

Saying that, Elnor raised his hand and gently touched the gray auras that clumped together around him.

“Do you know what this is, Daud?”

Elnor clenched his fists and moved the gray energy around.

“…I do not know.”

bluntly give an answer.

“I don’t think I should dig that deep.”

“…? Are you digging deep?”

“I feel that way, Elnor. Promise me that you won’t bother to find out more about this.”

“If you say so… so it is. It doesn’t even feel like harm to me right now.”

It was a promise that he pushed forward with recklessness, but Elnor accepted it meekly while tilting his head.

You probably don’t even know in your dreams that the unknown power that dwells in you is a ‘devil’.

‘…because the very existence of demons is top secret.’

Currently, very, very few people know the mechanics of the Devil Sculpture and Bowl.

Probably the very few people who know about my ‘constitution’ that is almost unconditionally loved by the devil, that’s all, and other than that…

[About the Heretic Inquisition?]

yes. there.

A bitter laugh comes out of Caliban’s voice coming from inside the amulet. Because the cold expression in the sentence was not normal.

Perhaps this person has a great animosity towards the group.

Even if they were just a bit… a ‘normal’ group, this person and his fellow Guardians would have been able to survive during the Red Night Crisis.

‘anyway.’

It is the worst thing to tell the devil’s vessel right away that you are such a being.

It’s not that I haven’t been honest with myself until now.

‘…The main scenario is twisted.’

Usually, the reaction of people who find out that you are a ‘vessel’ is really worth watching.

Having the achievements of mankind in one’s body can never have a positive effect on a person’s mentality.

Considering that the runaway of the devil’s vessel depends on the person’s state of mind, such an act is nothing more than suicide.

Not to mention, the vessels that the demons dwell in are all people who play a huge role in the scenario.

There is a high probability that the blue demon dwelling in Riru will show its true value in the highlight of this chapter, ‘The Great Battle’, and the white demon dwelling in Yuria will come out in ‘Invasion of the Holy Land’ in Chapter 6.

It is clear that it would never be a good thing from my point of view for these people to know such a fact and then the whole scenario is twisted.

Even more so, if it’s the gray devil, the core axis that runs through the entire game, there’s no need to tell Elnor exactly what it is.

It’s a fact you’ll find out sooner or later. Chapter 5 of the scenario takes place in the background of Elnor’s third and final fragment, and if you go to that point, you won’t be able to know what it’s like.

Until then, it’s only right that I’m just keeping quiet.

“…I think I’ll get used to it soon.”

While I was thinking about that, Elnor was dealing with the gray demons that were spreading around me by moving them around and creating complex shapes in the air.

Anyone can see that it is a skill that seems to have been practiced for a long time.

＜ System Message ＞

[The hidden stats of the target ‘Elnor’ are open! ]

[From now on, the target can handle the ‘Gray Magi’! ]

This… is understandable.

I did meet that condition.

It is natural that the power of the devil will be released to some extent if you have eaten two pieces in the bowl and runaway once.

‘Okay, should I say?’

To be honest, if I get entangled with other demons in the future, there is a very high chance that I will explode like now, but Elnore is nonetheless one of my strongest allies.

Even more so, if you can use the energy of the gray devil.

“So, can you do something with it?”

It would be nice to test that power first.

That’s how I ordered Elnor, who kept moving the gray demon.

“Can you?”

“…something that can fix this.”

Saying so, I looked around.

As Elnor ran rampant, he could see the furnace of struggle completely split in half and harpooned.

‘…Anyway, this is the main background of Chapter 3.’

At this point, I can’t even proceed with the scenario or anything.

All of a sudden, I realize what a tremendous thing this person has just done.

To build one of the most famous buildings on the continent like this in seconds.

“…probation.”

Having said that, Elnor tilted her head.

“Once… I’ll try. There is something that will happen.”

Then Elnor slowly closed his eyes. I take a deep breath and move the demon.

at the same time.

The world has been ‘rewinded’.

“…!”

Gee, crazy.

Mouth gaping.

Previously, when I manifested a fragment of a gray demon during a Purifier boss fight, you had repaired my perforated chest by ‘rewinding time’. Like rewinding a video.

What is happening now is exactly the same phenomenon.

However, the difference is that the unit is not rewinding in one place as before, but in the entire range that can be reached by the eye.

The dome split in half leads to a smashed dome. In the aftermath, people who fall from the building and fall into the sea return to the building again against gravity. The explosions that exploded here and there, the exterior materials and objects of the buildings that were pouring down, everything.

My body and Elnor’s bodies also floated up, and the surroundings were positioned in a state just before they became like this.

Where I stood in front of Tatiana and asked for what I wanted, Elnor near the crowd watching it.

It took less than a few tens of seconds at most for the furnace of struggle to return as if it had never happened.

While the question of whether it is okay for only one person to handle this kind of power is plastered in my head.

A window popped up in front of me.

＜ System Message ＞

[ The target ‘Elnor’ used the ‘Gray Magi’! ]

[The fusion rate of the second piece is greatly increased! ]

…What?

Frightened, he turned on his search eye toward Elnor.

[ Use ‘search plan’. ]

[ Retrieve the information of the target. ]

[ A 24-hour cooldown is applied to the same target. ]

＜ Character Info ＞

[ Elnor Elinalize La Tristan ]

[ Feature: Bowl – Gray Devil ]

＜ Status Info ＞

[Normal]

Strength: S+

Agility: S+

Endurance: S+

Luck: C

Power: A+

[Ability]

mana: B

Legal power: F

Divinity: F

Gray Magi: EX

＜ Misc. ＞

-Currently fused ‘Devil Shards’: 2

-2nd stage fusion progress: 55%

-Corruption progress: 0%

“Elnor, stop, stop!”

“…Well?”

At my urgent scream, Elnor finally opened her eyes. Because of the changed location from before, they look for me while looking around their heads.

“…make me one more promise, Elnor.”

And as soon as their eyes met, he hurriedly said so.

“Something?”

“I will never, ever, ever use this power again, even if I die. Promise me.”

“…”

The look on Elnor’s face asked what you were talking about because you just ordered it, but it was really urgent for me.

Since I had never used this ability in the original game, I never imagined that it would have such an effect.

“Somehow, you promised me a lot today, dear.”

Elnor sighed and replied.

“…You may be offended, but-”

“It doesn’t really matter. Rather, it feels good because you and I seem to have many secrets in common.”

“…”

I’m glad you listened to me.

“Then… First, I’ll try to get rid of all this energy.”

Elnor sighed and opened his mouth.

“It seems that the stopped time will flow again from then on. I’ve never done it, but I feel like it.”

“…okay. I will also find a way to silence the people here so that what just happened will not leak out.”

Even so, if one human being handled this much power, the aftermath that would occur would be unimaginable.

So, to make sure that doesn’t happen-

“…No, it doesn’t seem necessary.”

“Yes?”

“…?”

“First of all, I’ll get rid of all the energy. You will know when you see it.”

Having said that, Elnor snapped his fingers.

Then, at the same time as all the gray aura disappeared.

The time of the world began to flow again.

“…”

“…”

but.

Nowhere there was the confusion or chaos I had thought of.

its sillent.

The expressions of the people around him are all calm. To the point where it feels as if the building itself had never been split up before.

“…why is that guy standing still?”

“Hey, didn’t the priest ask what you want? Speak quickly!”

As I continued to dazed, such angry cries came from the crowd.

“…Everyone, are you all right?”

“…? What is he talking about now?”

“Is there anything wrong with…?”

When I spoke to them in a slightly bewildered voice, that answer came back.

Only then do you realize

As Elnorre reverses time, everyone here has ‘lost their memory’ of what just happened.

As if it never happened.

[…that’s incredible power.]

Inside the amulet, Caliban opened his mouth like a moan.

[It seems that the timeline itself is distorted. Except for those who are resistant to demonic energy, they probably don’t even know what happened.]

…I know.

Even in the original work, the power of the gray devil only appeared briefly during the last boss fight, so I didn’t know it would be effective to this extent.

‘but…’

Not all have had that effect.

Check all the people around you who are making confused faces.

Tatiana. Liru.

And.

‘…Elijah?’

What is he doing here?

Not the devil’s vessel, not a devil worshiper like Tatiana?

A guy like these two who doesn’t even have the slightest basis for having such an ability?

“…”

This is something to check later.

Rather than that, let’s somehow pass this spot naturally right now.

Right now, that’s the best.

“Priest. Then I will tell you my request.”

“…”

He opens his mouth to Tatiana, who is absent-minded.

As if nothing had happened.

“When Riru enters the clan’s territory, the right to enter together-”

Continuing to say that, Caliban opened his mouth again from inside the amulet.

[By the way, let me ask you one question.]

You ask what?

[You can handle such tremendous power, why did you stop me from using it so desperately?]

Oh, that?

That’s because if you use this kind of power often, you get ‘side effects’ that are far more terrifying than the effects you can enjoy using it.

[…What?]

No, really.

‘If the fusion rate of the second piece rises so fast…!’

The higher the fusion rate, the stronger the dark side of Elnor that the fragments arouse.

It means that the probability of the Corruption level jumping wildly increases greatly.

If you’ve been out of control once and see what’s happened now, you should definitely avoid it.

“…”

And now I’ve been able to block it with temporary shock therapy.

What if I did run out of control the next time.

‘At that time, I should at least get married…!’

In my opinion, if Elnor goes berserk again, that’s the only ‘measure’ to suppress it.

Being caught over there and having to spend a newlywed life where you can’t even imagine what kind of future awaits you.

[…So, summing it up.]

Caliban’s voice came out from inside the amulet with a laugh.

[The more she uses that power, the higher her chances of getting married are, so why not use it?]

“…”

[You know what I’m going to say, right?]

No, I know I’m trash.

To be honest, it’s a bit like putting up with marriage after committing this far, but that’s absolutely not the case.

Even because of the existence of other demons, as soon as the means to avoid death are narrowed down to that, I am already confirmed to be dead…!

[Well. I don’t want to stop trying.]

Caliban continued to speak nonchalantly.

[If you twist your body somehow to avoid it, it will explode in the end.]

“…”

[Having your nose pierced by that lady is like a future that has already been decided, and the only difference is when it comes?]

“…”

[Maybe in the not-too-distant future?]

please.

please be quiet

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“…Yuria?”

Lucien looked at Yuria, who was lying with her head on her lap, in a suspicious voice.

As usual, it’s time to feel the warmth calmly in your arms until you fall asleep.

It was a routine that had been going on ever since the consecration work to delay the curse coming out of the severance. That is still valid even now after crossing over into the furnace of struggle and sharing a room together.

But, right now.

Yuria’s ‘feeling’ is a little out of the ordinary.

“…Sister, didn’t you just feel that?”

Yuria opened her mouth with slightly narrowed eyes instead of the sleepy eyes she always had at this time of year.

“…What?”

“Something, rewinded. just now.”

“…?”

What do you mean?

Rewind, what?

Do you think so?

Someone knocked on their door.

Lucien’s expression darkened.

“…Who are you? Do you have any special appointments?”

No matter how foreign it is, she is a saint who is treated as an honored guest in the Holy Land. It’s not a common situation for just anyone to come to you without an appointment like this.

However, the opponent on the other side of the door opened his mouth without hesitation.

“Did you feel that too?”

female voice. It was a sentence with soft manners.

at that point.

YuRia flinched.

There was no word referring to anyone, but it was an atmosphere of realizing that the sentence was directed at him.

“…I asked who it was-”

Lucien, whose expression hardened at that appearance, tried to ask, but the sentence that changed the atmosphere 180 degrees from the soft voice from before flew again.

“You keep your mouth shut. You don’t remember allowing a lower creature to open its mouth?”

Seriously, it was a voice full of contempt.

As if talking to Lucien herself made her even feel nauseous.

“…”

Lucien opened her mouth in amazement.

What, what, this madman?

“Ha, lower creatures! What are you…!”

“I came to see you. Yuria Greyhounder.”

The other party, ignoring Lucien’s protests, opened his mouth again with a soft voice.

“I am Phenol Laipek. He is a court mage belonging to the Heretic Inquisition.”

“…”

While YuRia looked over the door expressionlessly.

“…There is something I really want to share.”

sentences followed.

Undoubtedly.

“About a man named Doud Campbell.”

It was a poisoned sentence.