After changing the search method from searching for the owner of magic to searching for the time when magic was created.

The search, which had been delayed, continued properly thanks to Lulu, who was able to catch on and move.

Her movements, which had been hesitating and hesitating, began to set a clear direction, and after that, she seemed to be exploring and entering the depths of the Demon Forest without delay.

What I said seemed to be valid advice for Lulu now.

As I followed her movements and entered the forest of demons, I could clearly feel the magical energy changing.

Perhaps if my senses are this high enough, Xian-senpai, an elf who is sensitive to magic, must feel it even more strongly.

It wasn’t just the energy of magic that had changed.

As an element that tells us that something is strange, clear evidences are also lined up in front of our eyes.

Dried grass and bushes, rotted tree stumps.

And even the dead bodies of insects and small animals that are exceptionally common.

These were the factors that convinced me that the cause of this situation was getting closer.

“… Something is eerie.”

In addition to that, even Lulu’s animal senses seemed to warn of the threat she was about to face.

It was at that moment that the thought that it might have been better to bring Stella or Saint Clair passed through my mind.

Even so, it was after I had already entered too deeply.

“this. this way. This way.”

Even though her instincts were warning her of danger, Lulu’s steps, which had begun to catch on, did not stop even for a second.

Senior Xian and I also entered a deeper place following her.

When we finally arrived at a point in the northwest of the Demon Forest.

As if she had found something, Lulu’s steps finally stopped.

“Here.”

“here? Are you sure?”

“yes. The magic I feel around here is the strongest, and I feel like it’s the source of the magic I’ve been entrusted with for the first time.”

“Certainly, this is an unusual place.”

You could tell just by looking at the surrounding landscape.

The surrounding trees and grass had long since rotted away due to the already concentrated magic power.

Even the stench from that was creeping up.

Anyone who could see it could be certain that there was something out of the ordinary around here.

‘Brush.’

“““… … !!!”””

The attention of the three people was focused at once at the presence of the person nearby.

“There… There is someone.”

I moved my gaze along the fingers of senior Xian who found something among the rotten tree stumps.

At the end, the back of a woman was clearly visible.

Seeing him wearing the academy uniform, he must be a student.

In the current situation, she was only assumed to be a suspicious person.

Still, I couldn’t kill an innocent life at all, so I needed to check it one last time.

“hey.”

“… … .”

“Are you an academy student?”

“… Did you call me?”

“Yes, you. What are you doing here?”

The female student turned her head and asked herself again with an innocent expression.

On the front of her coat was a blue badge symbolizing the Ministry of Pensions.

“I, I, came in to collect herbs for my research… .”

“In this place where there is nothing but rotten grass around?”

“Sir, they came all the way here because there was nothing but rotten grass!

Originally, there were a lot of good herbs in this area if you came here a little bit, but for some reason, this is the situation around the place where I used to gather herbs… .”

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Judging from the circumstances, it was already a situation where certainty was completed to some extent.

Unless it was a special case, there was no way that an alchemy department student with poor fighting skills could have entered this deep.

Even so, I still wasn’t sure it was 100% a lie.

So the last time I turned my head to listen to Lulu’s advice.

‘Tumbling… .’

She was already crouching close behind my back.

“Lulu, what’s wrong?”

“I-that’s it! that… !”

“yes?”

“That woman… !! sure… !!!”

Lulu, who had swallowed up a fear so strong that she had never seen it before, pointed her finger at the alchemy department student.

“… … .”

For an instant, I noticed the unsettling energy from her eyes, so I aimed the blade of light at his neck first.

‘Shit.’

As soon as I saw her last smile before her hair fell.

I had to intuit that my judgment was a bit late.

‘Coo-goo-goo-goo… .’

“What, what?!”

“vibration… ?”

With a huge shaking that shook the ground, her corpse fell to the floor, and the ground she was sitting on rose up.

The shock caused the forest around here to shake as if an earthquake had struck.

I started explaining with the meaning of calming them down.

“Be careful, it’s a summoning technique.”

“… Summoning?”

“What, what are you summoning?!”

You don’t know until you see it.

But I felt like I was going to guess.

It was because I remembered who the face of the woman I had dropped my head on right before the witchcraft was cast was.

Summoner Skevella.

He was one of the Church leaders who had bothered me and Stella several times on the battlefield in my previous life.

Even so, he was not at the level of the Demon Pope or the Magi-Kyung, but he was at most a master priest.

Anyway, in terms of being annoying, it wasn’t much different from Magi-Kyung-class guys.

Because Skebella was a prudent guy who would never show his face unless it was something unclear.

In that he always hid behind other Magi-Gyeong or Demon Pope-level figures and brought in troublesome summons, he was rather difficult to end than the other major executives.

I could say that it was a considerable achievement because I was lucky enough to meet such a troublesome guy in this lifetime and cut his throat in one fell swoop.

It didn’t mean that he could control even the giant bone golem summoned in front of him.

“Keee!!!”

“Bone Dragon… !!”

“It looks very, very dangerous.”

Even senior Xian, who always maintains his composure, was clearly embarrassed.

That alone could represent how dangerous the summoned creature that appeared in front of him was.

As it was a summon that I had sacrificed my life just before dying, its size and momentum were also quite gigantic.

To the extent that it felt like it would be a bit difficult to guarantee victory with this member.

“Uh, what should I do? Leave it alone and run away?”

“No, of course it’s a monster that shouldn’t be left alone.”

“If there is a strategy, if there is a strategy, tell me quickly, Junior Conrad.”

Both of them were in a situation where it was difficult to make a proper judgment because they were in a panic.

I had no choice but to come to my senses and make the right method.

In fact, it wasn’t impossible to defeat the Bone Dragon even with the skills of the demon subjugation team.

The problem was that the compatibility between Lulu and Xian was not very good.

Melee attacks, attacks using poison, and Lulu, whose specialties are assists, wouldn’t be able to deal any damage.

Senior Xian only had four arrows left to use.

If Stella, who could use blue energy enough to break bones, or Saint Clare, who could use divine magic, beside her, it would have been of considerable help.

It was not a matter of overturning the board just because the hand held was poor.

Because it was the life of me and my colleagues that went up to the stake.

“Keee!!!”

The Bone Dragon, which had no vocal cords and let out a second cry, recognized us and howled.

It came out and flew towards the two at a speed that I couldn’t imagine coming out of that gigantic body.

“Split on both sides!”

‘Koo-gu-gu-goo!!’

“Kyaaa?!”

“Great!”

The right foot of the Bone Dragon stepped out and trampled the ground where the two were standing.

As per my plan, the two of us split into two sides to distract him.

Lulu, who was on the left of me, ran away to the left.

Xian-senpai and I split up and dodged to the right.

Of the two, it was a choice, not a coincidence, to avoid in the same direction as senior Xian.

In order to defeat him, I needed to explain the strategy to Xian-senpai first.

“It’s not without its weaknesses.”

After jumping out to the other side of the dragon as fast as possible.

Nervous, I started explaining the strategy to defeat him to senior Xian, who was paying attention to my words.

“The second cervical vertebra below the head. That is the Bone Dragon’s weakness.”

Originally, if it was a dragon, it was a part corresponding to the reverse.

“If you can somehow destroy just that part, the rest will just become bones and collapse.”

“I like how simple it is.”

“And of course, my magic doesn’t produce destructive power. You know what I mean?”

“yes. I thought you would say that.”

Pure elemental magic would only scratch the hard bone fragments of that Bone Dragon.

In addition, the explosion magic also had the disadvantage that the farther away the aiming distance was, the weaker its power exponentially.

Out of the three, only one, senior Xian, had the means to break through the huge guy’s movements and stab his weakness.

“Aagh! Kyaaa!!”

Fortunately, the Bone Dragon’s first target was being pulled by Lulu, the most mobile among us.

The first environment in which Xian could concentrate and shoot was created.

“Me and Lulu will make the most of the gap. Senior Xian, please focus on shooting.”

“Okay, Junior Conrad.”

After asking her for the last strategy, he immediately jumped in a different direction from her.

This time, he approached Lulu, who was pathetically wandering around alone and drawing the attention of the Bone Dragon.

“Keee!!!”

‘Kwajajajajak!!’

“aaa!!”

Even though it must have been a situation where I was tired of instinctive fear and my skills were not coming out.

It looked like he was buying time while dodging the Bone Dragon’s attack with risky movements.

I approached her with body strengthening and wind magic and opened my mouth.

“Lulu.”

“No, Conrad? what to do with this?! No matter how strong I’ve gotten lately, I’m not strong enough to attack something like this!”

“It’s okay, because Xian-senpai is preparing an attack.”

“That, yes… ? Then can you take care of it?”

“Probably, definitely.”

If the sorcerer had been alive, he would have acted while protecting his weakness, so he would have been a rather tricky opponent.

Fortunately, it was moving with only the intelligence of a simple bone golem without the owner’s command.

At that level, just creating a little gap would make Xian-senpai’s arrow reach the monster.

“So, Lulu.”

“Yes?”

“Cheer up a little more.”

“Hey, what do you mean by cheer up… .”

‘Kuuu!!’

“Heeheee!!”

Lulu’s words, which were asking me with anxious eyes, cut off in the middle.

I again distanced myself from her in order to prepare a spell to attract the Bone Dragon’s attention.

“Keee!!!”

‘Ughjijijik!!’

“Huhhhhh!!”

Silently wishing that Lulu would endure until I created an opening.