NOVEL NEXT chapter 33
33 – Supplementary Test (2)
『─ERROR─ ─ERROR─』
『Fatal damage to the barrier has been detected!』
『If you are inside the barrier, please evacuate as soon as possible!』
『─ERROR─ ─ERROR─』
“Even if you want to evacuate…”
Looking at the quickly darkened barrier, the guru inside muttered.
“What is this all of a sudden…!”
“It seemed that the wizard was out of control, and suddenly the barrier was stained. What the hell is this…”
When the situation turned strange, the three quickly joined in and could not hide their perplexed expressions as they looked inside the blackened barrier.
How many times have you looked around?
The archer said to Noah, who was looking for the missing wizard.
“Let’s take a truce for a while. It’s obviously a strange situation right now.”
“Yes. I don’t think this is the time to fight each other.”
“Umm… I can’t help it. Even from my perspective, it doesn’t look like a spirit right now.”
Even the guru nodded and agreed, and the archer, who was looking around, continued.
“Everyone, don’t move hastily and wait for rescue. As long as the barrier is blackened, they will surely notice the change from outside and come to rescue you.”
I had to refrain from hasty exploration because I didn’t know how the interior might have changed.
I was worried about the missing wizard, but now I’m in a hurry to protect myself.
Leaving the remorse behind, the archer insisted, and the other two nodded with a disgusted expression.
“Okay then let’s be vigilant here. I’ll check to see if there’s any danger nearby.”
“Yes!”
“Yes.”
“Sylphid, please.”
At the same time as the archer’s words, a small green spirit appeared in the air.
“Check your surroundings.”
──!
As the sylph disappeared leaving behind a breeze at the archer’s command, Noah, who had been staring at it, slowly opened his mouth.
“But it’s the first time I’ve seen black magic.”
“It’s a matter of course. Originally, black magic is the exclusive property of the demons.”
“A demon?”
“Yes. Beyond the continent, only demons who live on the continent of Diabolos have black magic. It’s magic that can only be seen on the front lines…”
At the guru’s unusual words, the expressions of Noah and the archer also hardened.
“Is this the demon’s magic?”
“But the mage we dealt with must be…”
“Yes, he was human.”
“Certainly, I thought it was quite a bit of magic for a dropout, but…”
I wonder if I joined hands with the enemy I was fighting with feeling that I had no chance of winning.
In particular, the archer, who was able to grasp the enemy’s presence through the spirits in more detail, looked distrustful.
“Human beings have demonic magic. Impossible! Black magic is the deadliest poison among poisons to non-fiends! Unless you’re willing to risk your life, you can’t accept demonic magic…”
“Well, I don’t know the details, but anyway, the scene right in front of me is real.”
“Hmm…”
It was then.
“Aaaaah——!”
“Hey!”
“……!”
The air around him changed as the archer, who had been restless as if he was anxious, suddenly let out a scream and sat down.
“……! Avoid!”
The first to notice was the guru.
The guru, who quickly lifted the fallen archer and left his seat, twisted his body to avoid the black arrows flying at him.
“This is…!”
After kicking the arrow that followed him to the end, he landed on the floor and swung his foot forward.
As the aura-infused feet swung, the arrows flying towards him could not withstand the wind pressure and all fell.
“Hey! Are you okay kid!”
“It’s okay! And I’m not a kid!”
The guru, who shouted at Noah, who was relatively short for a man, that he was a kid, nodded his head as if relieved by the immediate answer.
“Watch out! Someone is after us!”
There is a high probability that it will be a wizard, but certainty is prohibited.
Responding to the guru’s cry, Noah also approached him, slicing the flying arrows with his sword.
“Ugh…”
“Hey, girl! Are you okay!”
“…It’s okay.”
At that time, the guru who found the archer who staggered and raised his body hurriedly shouted.
“Someone’s targeting us! Watch out!”
“I know. The Sylphid that was scouting the surroundings was reverse summoned.”
The archer added that the shock just now was due to the reverse summon, and began to guard his back with a bow.
“Hey woman! Did you figure out who it was?”
“No! The moment I saw the black silhouette, Sylphid was reverse summoned in an instant!”
“Tsk! What a headache!”
Now, when an explosion occurred in the air like a mine, the guru clicked his tongue and pulled him back.
In the meantime, Noah, who had joined her archer, slashed the magic bullets flying towards her and shouted loudly.
“Mister Archie! Back!”
“……!”
Reflexively looking back at Noah’s warning, he felt the magical energy filling his vision and immediately raised his body’s aura.
“Awesome!”
“Oops…! You! Cover me!”
As the guru raised his aura, a huge magic bullet hit him directly.
There was a loud roar and as he fell to the ground, Noah swung his sword as he quickly approached him.
At the same time, an archer who was drawing a string from the rear intercepted a magic bullet flying towards the archer.
“Mr. Yangachi! Are you okay!”
“Keuuuuuhuuuuu…. Not a bully!”
“I’m not a kid either! I guess I’m fine because I have the energy to shout!”
The guru, who was bleeding from all over his body and stood up, stared strongly at the other side of the void.
“Whoa… Hey, I don’t think I have time to wait for support.”
“……I will.”
“Damn it! He’s completely out of his mind!”
Just in time, they spotted the wizard approaching from the other side of the air, and each of them looked nervous and fixed their weapons.
At first glance, the sorcerer, floating in the air with his eyes closed, seemed to have lost his reason, but thick black magic power was constantly flowing from his body.
“That seems to use even the life force.”
“What the hell did that idiot eat!”
He must have been taking some suspicious drugs.
If that’s not the case, did you receive magic directly from the demons?
Anyway, it was clear that he had committed something mediocre.
The three of them looked at the wizard and each sighed and started attacking.
“I’m in charge of the vanguard! Leave the cover woman!”
“I’ll draw your attention!”
As the guru stepped forward, Noah put an aura on his foot as if he had been waiting for it, and was fired like a bullet.
“Sylphid! Help them!”
At the same time, the archer, who was shooting arrows at the wizard, summons a lower wind spirit to support Noah and the guru.
■■■■■──!!
As the wind whirled under the feet of the two and their speed increased, the sorcerer, who had been screaming fiercely, naturally deployed his magic.
However, there was no way the magic that was deployed without reason would activate properly.
The mana that was drawing the magic circle distorted like a scribble at the moment, and then it was shot at Noah with pure physical force along with a huge explosion.
“Watch out! If you get hit, you’ll fall behind!”
It was unknown whether the barrier would be transmitted even if they were fatally wounded, so they approached the magician passively, taking evasive movements as much as possible.
Luckily, the guru, who had safely avoided the magic bullet, aimed at the wizard with an aura on his fist, and at the same time, Noah also swung his sword at the wizard.
“Take it!”
“Haha!”
However, the two men’s attacks are about to reach the wizard.
“Wait! Both blood…!”
■■■■■──!
A strong shock wave suddenly exploded from the wizard.
───
“Ugh…”
My head hurts.
Did you pass out for a second?
Grabbing my throbbing hair, I slowly raised myself.
“What the hell…”
After saying that, I couldn’t keep my mouth shut at the sight in front of me.
■■■■■■■──!
A mage who screams incessantly while bleeding all over her body.
A swordsman and an archer, lying motionless on the floor as if they had passed out.
Finally, the great black sun rose above the wizard’s head.
I felt my hands tremble at the overwhelming magic that was felt there.
‘Everyone has collapsed.’
‘Isn’t help coming?’
I don’t even know how long it’s been since.
I feel like it lasted for 30 minutes, but in the middle of a battle, the original time feels slow.
‘Actually, it may have been less than a minute.’
It is difficult to judge what is right now.
But one thing is certain…….
“If I don’t act, everyone will die.”
It’s not about whether you can or can’t.
I do it because I have to.
I raised myself up with a strong thump on my shaking leg in fear.
If others see it, they will dissuade you from acting out unnecessary things.
Of course.
I wasn’t a gifted genius, nor a gifted genius, I was a Common genius (凡才) Who only learned a few tricks.
Even myself standing in front of him feels that way.
However.
But it is.
{Noah, fear is always within you.}
‘Fear is always inside me.’
The hero I dream of never runs away from a crisis like this!
I bit my lip hard as I looked at the black magic power digging into my skin.
Are you afraid of the magic that fills the barrier?
‘I’m scared.’
Are you afraid of the black sun rising above the sky?
‘I’m scared.’
Are you afraid of dying?
‘I’m scared.’
But.
“I’m more afraid of not being able to protect people and dying than that!”
At the same time, a strong explosion erupted from under my feet.
The aura that was used to the extreme is condensed in the feet.
I accurately hit the magic bullets flying through the fast-passing scenery.
{Remember, Noah. Magic is imagination. Believe you can do it. That’s what’s important.}
As I jumped into the air while punching the magic bullets, I immediately remembered what my mother had told me.
‘Magic is imagination.’
{If you can’t cast magic, it’s not because you don’t have enough mana. It’s your lack of imagination. Get clearer, more detailed images. If that’s how the perfect shape is formed──}
{Magic will always answer your call.}
“Magic always answers my call.”
Imagine a huge shield.
I think of a solid shield that will protect me from all attacks around me.
Cool ─
Blood pours from all over the body due to the use of mana beyond the limit.
‘Just a little more.’
But it doesn’t stop.
Think constantly until the image in your head is perfectly realized.
I let dozens of magic bullets flow, but I couldn’t stop them, right before they reached me.
『Magic Skill -Aegis-』
A huge shield appeared to surround me.
■■■■■──!!
“Haha!”
As soon as the shield blocked the shockwave that exploded, I stepped on the shield and leaped as if I had waited.
Thanks to the shield blocking all of the magic bullets fired with the shock wave, the wizard’s body is empty!
Remembering it was the strongest blow I knew.
A blow that shines in golden color——!
Push Shoot—!
“Kuhup!”
Blood spurts from his arm due to excessive Aura usage.
The hand holding the sword is already not functioning properly.
“Ahhh!”
At that moment, the sword wrapped in blue aura suddenly began to glow in golden color.
■■■■■──!!
‘Black magic!’
At the same time, engrave in your eyes that black magic disappears as if evaporating along the path of the sword───
“Creepy!”
I thrust my sword into the wizard.
The two fell to the floor at the same time right after.
On the verge of losing consciousness with the slowly falling mage in sight.
“…….”
A warm hand suddenly embraced me.
“Chairman… Sir?”
“Good job.”
I slowly smiled at the trustworthy face I could see through my blurry vision──
【You have confirmed the acquisition of the Brave Sword.】
【Confirm the target’s personal information.】
【… Searching… 】
【… Searching… 】
【Search complete.】
【Confirmed that the target is the next hero.】
【Set target, Noah Premier as player from now on.】
【View status window will open.】
【The quest system is open.】
【Likeability system is unlocked.】
【Automatically accepts the main scenario】
【… Failure… 】
【Try again.】
【… Failure… 】
【Try again.】
【… Failure… 】
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【Identified a major flaw in the main scenario.】
【Search the cause.】
【… Searching… 】
【Search complete.】
【Target, flammability information does not match.】
【Restore the target to its original state.】
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【ERROR! ERROR! ERROR!】
【Confirm the intervention of the incomprehensible!】
【Wprjgkftn defect…… !]
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【It is judged to be unsuitable for carrying out the main scenario.】
【Start modifying the main scenario.】
【Target, Noah Premier explores the optimal path to complete the goal.】
【… Searching… 】
【… Searching… 】
【Search complete.】
【The optimized route has been explored.】
【The route guidance starts.】