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#106. Back to where (8)
“Why! Why! You didn’t protect your skin with Mana! You could have done it!”
A white halo of light poured down like a waterfall and covered the boy’s skin.
The burns were not serious because the fire did not directly touch the body, and thanks to this, the skin quickly returned to its original state.
‘It must have been incredibly hot though.’
The girl bit her lips hard.
The heat left by the flames still made the surroundings hot.
The boy must have felt pain that would have made anyone else scream, and that was enough to break the girl’s heart.
It was always like this, boy.
I wasn’t afraid of getting hurt.
“See… .”
The clear tears that ran down her cheeks fell onto the black marks on the floor left by the embers.
“That’s it─”
That’s when I heard a voice.
Veronica looked up and met Ray’s gaze.
Each other reflected in each other’s eyes.
But the expressions are conflicting.
“─Because that is more effective in provocation.”
“… … .”
He said he did it on purpose to provoke the other person.
Should I nag you?
Should I hit him on the back one more time?
Veronica, who had been thinking about it, decided to do both.
“You─.”
“And because you’re here with me.”
Veronica’s hand, which had been flying upward, stopped.
The lips are slightly open,
The eyes became round,
Soon, heat rose to my cheeks.
In an instant, Veronica’s disarmed lips became soft like clay.
The moment when the girl’s opposite s*x appears and shouts, ‘That’s not what I meant.’
Pay attention.
The girl’s emotions appeared and hit the back of the head of the opposite s*x.
The emotion that dragged reason out and threw it outside crossed out the boy’s sentences and added words.
“G, how dare you suddenly say something like that… Ah, you want me to stay by your side forever.”
Philip approached slowly.
“Veronica. Ray didn’t say that.”
“By your side… for the rest of your life…”
“I told you I didn’t say anything like that.”
“In front of everyone….”
“… … .”
Veronica is already lost in her own world.
Ray asked Philip, who was shaking his head.
“how is it?”
“Um… um… what you just said.”
Philip crossed his arms.
I licked my lips.
Philip’s specialty was figuring out other people’s personalities and characteristics through the subtle habits or mannerisms that they unconsciously displayed.
But this time, the opponent is.
“It’s difficult. There are so few visible clues.”
Philip uncrossed his arms.
“His voice was flat. His hand gestures weren’t big either. He seemed to have a lot of pride, but, um, no. Rather than pride, it was more like… arrogance? Presumption? No, that’s not it either.”
A momentary frown.
The answer came quickly from Ray.
“Arrogance.”
“Oh, right! That’s the word I was thinking of!”
The opponent used the word omnipotent and expressed boundless confidence in himself.
Arrogance. Haughtiness.
Self-esteem. Confidence.
That was the impression Ray and Philip had in common.
When we were continuing the conversation about this.
Colin, who had left the interrogation room, hurriedly came back carrying medicine including ointment.
“Re, Ray, thank you for your hard work.”
“Please give me the medicine.”
“Yes, Veronica. Here he is. By the way, Ray. Was that guy just now…?”
“Yes. I think he’s the one leading the enemy magicians right now. Judging from his reaction earlier, he’s almost certainly a senior officer.”
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“As expected… it was indeed inhabited by another being.”
Colin swallowed dryly.
He turned his head and looked at the dead prisoners.
“… But I can’t get any more information about the enemy. I’m sorry. I should have prepared more thoroughly before capturing the prisoners.”
“No. You prepared well.”
Ray truly thought so.
It was impossible for ordinary people to detect latent magic that even wizards could not detect.
Who would have thought that enemy officers would appear in such a way as to take the lives of their own men?
‘Still, the harvest was not small.’
We were able to get a clue about the tendencies of the enemy officers.
It was also discovered that while dealing with the subordinates, no enemy officers would appear.
“Honeyple… no, Mr. Colin. What exactly is the power situation?”
“Currently, the supporters have 67 members who can participate in the battle, including me, excluding the injured.”
“What about the opposition?”
“I’m not sure, but it would be close to 250.”
There are even wizards from Murcred there.
Due to the overwhelming difference in power, the front was pushed significantly to the west where the supporters were.
“As I said, we are barely holding the line thanks to the geographical advantage.”
The western part of the sector was an area with narrow and complex terrain that made it difficult for many people to enter at once.
Additionally, most enemy magicians used explosive magic, and were unable to use their magic spammily in other areas due to concerns about damaging their allies.
“… So, they are not able to easily enter our streets. We are taking advantage of this and continuing to use our small number of guerrillas. We go into the enemy’s streets, strike, and then return.”
“Are you sure it’s causing damage?”
“… … .”
Colin hesitated for a moment to answer Ray’s question.
“To be honest, we are not seeing any gains. As you can see from the map, most of the sectors are currently occupied by the opposition.”
The supporters were running low on supplies, including food and ammunition.
Most of the warehouses previously managed by the organization were located in opposition-occupied areas.
Because of this, they had no choice but to force their way into the opposition’s territory to steal supplies.
“Although we are successful in seizing large quantities of supplies every time… the number of casualties is not small.”
It is said that in many cases, serious injuries are sustained that are life-threatening.
On the other hand, it caused little damage to enemy forces.
“In every engagement, I felt like our every move was being read. There were enemy forces waiting at our moving locations, or our retreat routes were blocked and we were being driven to a specific location.”
In most cases, you are unilaterally pushed back and barely manage to escape the enemy’s territory.
And the common impression of those who participated in the battle was.
“It seemed as if the enemy had deliberately allowed me to escape.”
Like a cat playing with a mouse.
As I say, you are all in the palm of my hand.
It was the same case today.
Because it felt like they had deliberately cornered Colin by separating him from the group and playing with him.
“The enemy was clearly reading our movements, as if they were looking down from the sky. But there was not a single guard on the roof of the building in the enemy area.”
As here, each enemy combatant wears a radio receiver in his ear.
However, no enemy personnel were found anywhere on the battlefield who could grasp the situation and send radio messages.
It was a situation that could not help but come as a mystery to Colin and his supporters.
“It could be magic.”
“With a high probability.”
Ray agreed with Philip’s muttering.
In my experience to date, the vast majority of phenomena that cannot be understood by common sense are related to magic.
Of course, the details─
“Mr. Brook, can I go to the next battle too?”
─You’ll only know if you experience the battle yourself.
“Yes, we can. Then, our rear support… .”
“No. I’ll go by car.”
“… … .”
Colin’s thoughts paused for a moment.
“Wouldn’t it be dangerous…?”
“It’s okay. The enemy officer is the one in danger, and he won’t come forward until all his subordinates are down.”
Guns and swords were not a major threat.
Unless two hundred or so people rush in at once in an open area.
Only the variable was the same wizard.
The human figure that appeared on the map drawn with drops of blood was thirty-two.
The number was too small to represent the opposing fighters, so I thought it might be the number of magicians under the command of the enemy officers.
‘Three at a time. If you push yourself, you can handle up to five.’
Assuming they are all 1 circle.
They have to hold the line, so it’s unlikely they’ll all be gathered in one place.
If you are not impatient, you can reduce the enemy numbers at a slow but steady pace through guerrilla warfare.
… Of course, there is no way that variables will not occur in the middle, but if all enemies are eliminated as planned.
“Try to defeat my subordinates first. I don’t accept a challenge from just anyone.”
The next opponent will be waiting.
Ray asked, snapping out of his thoughts.
“Philip. If we encounter the opposing officers, is there a chance that we can get through it without fighting?”
“Hmm… I don’t think it’s completely nonexistent. It felt like we were having a conversation earlier. He also said that if we defeated his subordinates, he would tell us what he wanted to know. Veronica, are you listening?”
Philip glanced away.
There was Veronica, thickly coating Ray’s skin with ointment, which was already clearly fine.
There were already several dried and twisted ointments rolling around next to him.
“Yeah. I’m listening to everything.”
“Are you planning to bury Ray in ointment?”
“This way, there will be no scars.”
“… … .”
“Grow new flesh. Grow quickly.”
Anyway, Philip continued the conversation.
“But I think it’s better to keep in mind the possibility of a fight. If someone has a twisted emotional state, it means they might act impulsively at any moment.”
Ray nodded.
Strictly speaking, the chances of fighting a battle were much higher than not.
So, if you fight an enemy officer.
‘Can I win?’
Ray was looking at his opponent’s level as being between 3 and 4 circles.
It will be higher than Walter’s 2nd circle, which is the weakest among the executives.
It would not go beyond the 4th circle, which is already far off track.
Because they say that the level that a genius reaches throughout his life is the 3rd circle.
If I give it my all without regard to the means, how much power can I exert?
If you push your emotions to the limit and don’t put any brakes on them.
If you use Walter’s ring and all the red bloodstones you have at once without worrying about mana poisoning.
“… … .”
It was not easy to gauge the power that could be exerted.
I can’t guarantee it.
Victory, but also defeat.
Whether the opponent is a 3rd circle.
It will depend on whether it is a 4 circle or not.
What was clear was that there was a very high possibility that emotions would run wild and lose their sense of reason.
Just like back in Sector 49, I was overcome with the urge to destroy everything.
Ray glanced at Veronica.
“Huh? Ray, why?”
“… … .”
“… … ?”
The boy stared at the girl’s bowl.
The reason he was able to stop at that time was because of the white sun.
The white sun rose up in the girl’s bowl, shining brightly, disarming her emotions for a moment.
In front of it.
The boiling anger evaporated, and all I could think about was how beautiful it was.
If you let your emotions run wild, you may be able to regain your senses through the white sun this time too.
‘And the conditions for the white sun to appear are.’
When Veronica was really worried about me.
at that time.
The white mana in Veronica’s bowl formed a breathtakingly beautiful sun shape.
and.
If you plan on letting your emotions run wild, you should tell your party about these facts.
“… … .”
But Ray wasn’t as eloquent as Philip, who could convey a complex story in one go.
After much thought, I came up with a sentence that contained some information.
Open your mouth slowly.
“veronica.”
Spit it out.
“You are my sun.”
Veronica melted as if she had been hit by direct sunlight.
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At midnight that night.
A sector where darkness has fallen.
Crackle─ Crackle─
A street where only broken streetlights gasp for breath.
A small silhouette ran along the wall.
It was a cat with shiny black fur and eyes that resembled moonlight.
Dododo─ Dodo─ Do…?
The four legs that had been moving quickly stopped in the middle.
On the other side of the long wall.
Another cat appeared.
Haaa …
A long scar on one eye.
A fat body and dirty brown fur.
The guy, who was probably the owner of this neighborhood, made the hair on his body stand on end and let out a fierce growl at the intruder.
The black cat neither backed down nor made any meowing sounds.
The reason I didn’t back down was because there was a place I had to pass through in front of me.
The reason it doesn’t make a clicking sound is.
… … .
It was because I had something in my mouth right now.
It was a small ring with a red gem on it.