Chapter 257
Ignis.
The second mythic magic I acquired after Factio.
The magic effect itself is not much different from other fire magic.
Light a flame, burning everything around you.
This is the end.
If there is a difference, is it that Ignis’s flame burns more than just ‘material’?
Ignis’ flame burns even conceptual substances such as souls and mana.
“The three colors that make up the world. Red was the first of them. The primordial fire was the first to take the first step in the birth of the world.”
Ignis.
The primordial flame began to appear in the world along with my chant.
The form itself is no different from an ordinary flame.
Wouldn’t it be exactly like this when a young wizard who first stepped into magic used ‘Fire’ for the first time?
The appearance of the flame Ignis created was so small and insignificant.
“necessity. Everything in the world started with me and was derived from me.”
But the only thing that is insignificant is the appearance.
What the flame contains is so great that it cannot be compared to other ordinary flames.
“Then, I have the right of life and death of everything in the world.”
Ignis pulsed.
Like a living being, it pulsated loudly like a heart.
“Praise the primordial fire. Worship the color red. call out my name That alone is your salvation.”
Ahead of my final chant, the sparks contracted.
and. rapidly inflated.
Then, they rode on the ‘Mobius pattern’ formed by Caylum.
A flame that grows more and more alive.
Just like a child who has lost his emotions regains his smile while playing on the playground.
The primal flame began to come back to life.
“The primordial fire. Ignis.”
And at the same time as the last word came out of my mouth.
Rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-!
Ignis began to dye the world red.
* * *
In front of the secret passage on the shopping complex side.
Charles was concentrating with his nerves sharpened.
In order to prepare for the catastrophe that will come soon, even the slightest carelessness cannot be tolerated.
“Leader. Something huge is getting closer.”
Among the mercenary members waiting with Charles in the back, a female member in charge of the search mission spoke.
“This speed… … We’ll be there in five seconds!”
The woman opened her eyes and cried out loud.
With Charles at the center, the members settled into their respective positions.
“I’m here!”
As the female member gave a final warning, the wall blocking the secret passageway exploded.
Red flames appeared through the exploded passage.
As if the sun had been condensed, flames of ignorant density rushed in with the momentum to devour Charles.
At that time, a huge barrier formed around Charles.
A barrier using telekinesis.
Controls the movement of atoms and molecules unique to flame with telekinesis, so that it can no longer hold heat.
It was an acrobatics that only Charles, a telekinesis specialist, could show.
“Everyone, just stop the aftermath of the flames flowing out of your telekinesis!”
Seeing Charles like that, the search brigade member shouted.
When Charles was concentrating on something, it was always up to this member to give follow-up instructions.
“I know even if you don’t say anything.”
“But isn’t this more powerful than expected!?”
“It looks dangerous!”
After each of the mercenaries spat out a word, they spread out around them.
The edge of the huge barrier that Charles opened.
It blocks the flames leaking out before it even hits the barrier.
It was a close-to-perfect connection.
“Leader! Is this fucking hard?”
“Can’t the captain increase the barrier a bit more? I think I’m going to die without being able to get a proper girlfriend!”
Everyone is complaining with ticks and ticks, but their movements are unmatched smart.
If Sein saw this scene, he would have applauded from the bottom of his heart.
“Don’t talk, just hold on! You children!”
‘These are whining again!’ exclaimed Charles with a displeased expression.
“I’m the hardest right now, so why are you all whining?!”
Charles, who grunts and increases the range of his telekinesis.
Seeing Charles like that, the members laughed.
“You’re going to do it eventually.”
“I thought you all couldn’t stop it, so I overdid it! why! Pick it!”
“Because I’m the captain! It was an accurate decision. I was so tired I almost died.”
Charles’ expression became even more frowned at the members’ smirks and answers.
“Do you really not even have a bell? Don’t you usually hurt your pride when you say things like this?”
“Does your pride feed you?”
“Anyway, we’re stopping by the captain.”
“If the captain does well, that is our pride. Isn’t it?”
“That’s right.”
While making noise, the surrounding flames are also completely blocked.
It felt like their movements were changing more sophisticatedly by chatting.
“Cheer up, captain~ If the captain collapses, we die as well!”
“Fighting fighting captain!”
“Give strength to the ass! Open both eyes! Do your best to hold on!”
Blood vessels protruded prominently between Captain Charles’ forehead.
“Should I really kill them all… … .”
Let someone make one mistake.
I’ll kill you half as it is.
With that thought in mind, Charles began to focus even more on controlling his telekinesis.
‘okay. That’s enough.’
‘I was surprised that he was trying to concentrate.’
By the way, this is the reason why the members were joking around.
Charles is a typical sensory genius wizard.
When such wizards try to concentrate for no reason, on the contrary, their concentration is broken.
It’s like a basketball player who used to handle the ball only with his fingertips, but his movements become dull after gaining some incomprehensible knowledge.
Charles is a typical genius type who loses concentration the moment he thinks ‘I will concentrate’.
Because I know that, I’m saying things like that on purpose to keep you from paying attention.
“… … They are really dead.”
Of course, I don’t know about Charles.
Because he is a person who will not admit the fact that he is the type who loses concentration when he concentrates, even if he dies soon.
‘however… … . I’m barely blocking it with the help of the members. Are the other two places okay?’
Charles gritted his teeth and suddenly remembered the other two passages.
The secret passage to the Knights’ School headed by Saint Binoche and the secret passage to the basement of the Palace of Versailles headed by Shadow.
‘It’s the Shadow side, considering the ability, it doesn’t seem to be a problem… … .’
What I’m worried about is the knight school.
As it is located closest to the research center, its firepower must be incomparably stronger.
No matter how strong Binoche is, it will be difficult to block all the flames of this range and power.
No matter how great she is, and even if her sword can cut mana, she is only a swordsman.
‘no. Don’t you have to worry about Sain Binoche?’
Considering Sein Binoche’s overwhelming power, it seems like there won’t be much of a problem.
‘It’s okay. What worries me the most is not the outside, but the inside.’
Charles’ mind became more and more complicated.
The more he did, the sharper and more perfect Charles’ magic became.
‘good. As long as the captain maintains this state, this side can be stopped without any damage.’
The member in charge of the search, who was in charge of the command in place of Charles, was delighted inwardly.
‘It would be nice if I could go on a mission while thinking about other things like this.’
When Charles heard it, he thought nothing of running around and making a fuss, and stared at the back of the commander.
* * *
On the other hand, the Palace of Versailles.
Contrary to Charles’ expectations, this side was in considerable danger.
‘… … Dangerous.’
Somehow they are holding out, but as the size of the flames grows, more and more flames escape the shadows and shoot out.
In this state, it is certain that he will be consumed by the flames shortly after.
‘I wonder if I overreacted earlier.’
If Shadow was in the best condition, he would have absorbed the remnants of this amount of flame without any hesitation. He would have yawned and swallowed the flames with great ease.
However, the current Shadow is about 100 million light years away from its best condition.
‘If I hadn’t made the insane choice of blocking Sein Binoche’s attack, this kind of flame… … .’
Especially the final blow.
I took too much damage from that blow.
Compared to normal, the density of shadows that can be handled is less than half.
‘What do we do?’
Even worse, the shadows are still shrinking in real time.
The situation is heading for the worst in real time.
‘Should I run away?’
Fortunately, the Palace of Versailles is closed today. There is not a single tourist.
As there are no tourists, even if the flames overflow, the damage won’t be too great.
Since only the officials guarding this place will die, roughly 50 or so people.
That is tolerable enough.
‘no. no. The guy said he wished me well. If I run away from here, there is a high probability that he will not fulfill the contract.’
Shadow bit his lip.
Even if you try to stop it, you can’t stop it.
Even if you try to run away, you can’t run away.
All options are blocked.
‘What should I do?’
It was the time when I was staring at the flames that were gradually coming out.
“I will cooperate.”
A voice was heard from behind.
It was the voice of a woman Shadow knew.
“Adela Stewart?”
Adela.
She stood side by side with Shadow and moved Mana.
“How are you here?”
“I have a request.”
Adela’s gray mana began to block the flames that escaped through Shadow’s shadow one by one.
Shadow’s burden slowly disappeared.
“ask?”
“yes.”
“What request?”
No matter how much I said, I probably didn’t expect this to happen.
What did you ask for?
“I beg you to keep an eye on this place.”
Thanks to Adela’s support, Shadow, who had become much lighter, slowly turned his head to look at Adela.
“There’s a small chance of that, but in case something goes wrong, he might try to escape through this place, so I asked him to keep an eye on this place just in case.”
Concerned about the Doctor’s flight, did he deploy Adela Stewart as insurance?
understood.
“Besides that, I was also asked to make sure that no reinforcements were entering through here.”
“Okay, I understand.”
While watching, I felt a strange presence and entered this place.
It was like this.
“however… … . How are things going now?”
I blocked it because I had to stop it, but Adela is currently unaware of how the situation is going.
“I succeeded in killing the Doctor, but he self-destructed. And to prevent that self-destruction, Shin Ha-yul is struggling inside. We are blocking the aftermath from coming up from the underground.”
Shadow explained as concisely as possible.
“Self-destruct. So this aftershock… … .”
Adela nodded her head in agreement.
“I heard that the distance from the laboratory to this passage is quite far, but this kind of powerful fire magic… … .”
“no. This flame was not caused by the Doctor.”
Shadow corrected Adela’s misunderstanding.
“This flame is the aftermath of the storm caused by the magic of Shin Ha Yul.”
“Is it Hayul’s magic?”
“okay.”
I don’t know why he used this magic, but that’s for sure.
‘This magic. It is very similar to the mana emitted by Helios’ Heavenly Horse that was used near Mt. Baekdu in the past.’
As much as it was absorbed by the shadow, it cannot be mistakenly detected.
“This is Hayul’s magic… … .”
Adela’s eyes lit up with an expression of sincere admiration.
I’m already interested in what kind of magic he used.
“Concentrate on admiring time… … .”
That was when Shadow was about to say something to Adela.
Rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The momentum of the flames rose explosively.
“Tsk. Wasn’t it at max output yet… … .”
Shadow’s expression became serious.
It’s still a risky situation, but I’m getting stronger here.
‘Can I stop it?’
With Adela’s help, I think I can survive somehow.
‘There’s no law that says the flames shouldn’t get stronger here.’
Shadow’s expression became even more serious.
‘What happened down there?’
The flames grew.
In other words, it means that Shin Ha-yul increased the firepower of the flame.
And the fact that Shin Ha-yul increased his firepower means that he couldn’t erase the doctor’s remnants with the previous firepower.
It is certain that something is wrong with Shin Ha-yul.
Shadow bit his lower lip.
‘No matter what I do, I have to save Shin Ha-yul.’
He couldn’t let his servant die here, even for his own sake.
That was when Shadow engraved his desperate determination into his heart.
“… … Where are you talking?”
Adela muttered something incomprehensible.
“What are you talking about?”
“Didn’t you hear? just ask for help… … . uh now again… … .”
Shadow’s brow furrowed sharply.
It’s an expression of what nonsense you’re talking about.
“Come over here? But that… … .”
Adela’s expression went blank.
“I can’t go even if I want to because of the flames.”
Shadow frowned.
Did you really go crazy?
“Are you going to be okay?”
Adela’s eyes narrowed.
It looked like he had made a big decision.
“okay. I’ll believe it.”
In that state, I took one step forward.
Then, he stretched out his hand toward the flames.
“This idiot… … !”
That was when Shadow panicked and shouted.
“Really not… hot… … ? Then you really… … .”
Adela said with a calm expression, her hand in the flames.
“You, how… … .”
It’s enough firepower to turn your arm into ashes, let alone burn.
To think he was fine even if he put his hand in such a high-powered flame.
How did you do it?
“I. I think we should go.”
“What nonsense… … .”
Adela took a step forward into the flames.
Again, the flames did no harm to Adela.
Shadow’s expression became more serious.
“Mana is asking me for help. Something must have happened to Hayul. I have to go.”
“So what… … .”
Adela made no reply.
As if he didn’t have time to answer, he ran into the flames with an urgent expression.
