Chapter 422
Veil’s gaze was directed directly at me.
“Make your appearance. rat.”
In an instant, my heart sank.
‘… … did you find me how?’
Right now I’m using Umbra to hide my presence.
There’s no way the current veil can detect my presence.
How did you determine my location?
‘Have you recovered enough power to see through Umbra?’
no. That’s not it.
Veil is not much different from when we met in Donghae before.
I haven’t recovered enough power to see through Umbra.
‘And even if I’ve recovered my strength, it’s ridiculous to see my location so quickly.’
Even if the veil succeeded in rapidly recovering its strength for some reason, it would be impossible to see through my position.
‘Since I made a direct contract with Umbra, my stealth has become even stronger. There’s no way I’ll be able to see through it so quickly.’
My stealth has grown even more than before.
It is not at a level that the current veil can see through.
‘But how… … .’
I couldn’t understand the current situation.
In what way is the veil defining my position?
“Are you going to keep hiding like that? then… … .”
The veil’s mana began to condense at one point.
A mass of corrupted mana.
Soon, that lump of mana will become a magic and fly towards me.
“I will force you to come out.”
The mass of mana gradually began to form a single form.
aura of death.
Black magic that only Bale Stallman, the originator of black magic, can handle.
death attribute magic.
Death converged in the form of a sphere above Veil’s palm.
‘It should be avoided.’
It’s a magic that I can’t stop now.
All you can do now is avoid it.
I immediately shifted to evasive action.
No, I was trying to do it.
‘… … Stay still.’
It would have been if a man’s voice hadn’t suddenly resonated in my head.
‘just. Stay as is. You can’t move.’
familiar bass.
A flat tone with no emotion.
‘Persona-sama?’
Persona.
‘I’ll warn you again. Never move.’
he was warning me
never move
stay like this
‘But if you don’t avoid it… … .’
It was an incomprehensible word.
If you get a direct hit from that magic right now, Min will be seriously injured.
You have to make an evasive action.
‘Because it’s done. Stay still.’
Persona’s voice shook for an instant.
It was a very slight trembling, but it felt like a big trembling, perhaps because my original voice was so shallow and insensitive.
‘It’s best to stay still. The best, not the second best, not the worst. Except for being still, everything is the worst.’
Persona’s voice was shaking from the heat.
With the heat called stuffiness.
“Isn’t it coming out anyway? then… … .”
At that time, dark red eyes poured out of Veil’s eyes.
“Die as it is.”
The crystals of death formed on Veil’s palm began to fly towards me.
I really don’t have time anymore.
If you don’t avoid it, you die.
0.1 second of hesitation will call death.
If you are avoiding it, you should avoid it now.
Common sense makes sense to avoid it.
Avoid.
‘… … but.’
I couldn’t avoid it.
Persona dares to warn me directly at the risk of being annoyed.
That persona is.
This is not an ordinary thing.
There must be a reason not to avoid it. That’s why it’s also very important.
If you think so, it is right not to avoid it.
‘how should… … .’
should be avoided
should I stay still
Either way, it’s not cool no matter which one you choose.
I would like to consider it a little longer, but there is no time.
You have to make a decision right now.
‘I am… … .’
I decided to trust my senses and instant judgment.
‘Stay still.’
I believe in Persona.
I believe in my persona and don’t move.
“Heir! what are you doing… … !”
Mimir, unable to hear Persona’s voice, was stunned.
why don’t you avoid
He is glaring at me with those eyes that say that.
I met Mimir’s eyes for a moment, then turned my gaze back to the veil.
No, it would be more accurate to say that he turned his gaze toward the magic that Veil had cast on me.
‘come.’
The growing crystal of death.
It will reach me soon
Because they didn’t even defend themselves, they would die the moment they touched it.
“Heir!!”
He heard Mimir’s shrieking screams.
and right after that.
‘… … direct hit.’
The crystals of death touched my body.
In an instant, the image of my body becoming dust and scattering into pieces filled my head.
I vividly recall my image as it turned into dust and fluttered through the air.
‘good job.’
But that was just a delusion stemming from my anxiety and fear.
‘… … Are you okay?’
My body was fine.
“Rye, successor? Fine… are you okay?”
Mimir looked at every part of my body with a surprised expression.
He hangs around with an expression that he doesn’t know what to do.
“… … .”
I stared at my hands and lost my mind in a daze.
why are you so fine?
Apparently, the veil’s magic touched my body.
“hmm.”
At that time, Bale’s voice was heard.
A voice full of displeasure.
“… … Did you think wrong?”
He frowned as if the world was unpleasant.
And the next moment, an unbelievable sight unfolded.
“Rice, has it changed?”
Bale’s appearance changed.
No, rather than saying that the shape of the veil has changed, the direction in which the veil is looking has changed.
‘… … Weren’t you looking at me?’
It doesn’t mean that I slowly turned my gaze now.
Bale’s gaze suddenly twisted in a different direction.
As if the video was skipped backwards.
Suddenly, Veil’s gaze shifted from mine to the other side.
“Heir? What the heck… … .”
Mimir asked with a puzzled expression.
Looking at Mimir like that, I shook my head slightly.
I couldn’t understand the current situation either.
‘It’s a welcome magic.’
Then Persona spoke again.
‘He cast an illusion spell on the whole area. It’s a very basic illusion magic using reflection. With that, in all defenses, he casts an illusion that makes him feel like he’s looking there.’
‘In all directions, a welcome that gives you the feeling of looking there… … ?’
I see what you mean.
‘therefore. You mean the veil didn’t really sense my presence, he only opened it once?’
I thought he was looking at me, but he wasn’t looking at me.
It just gave me the illusion that he was looking at me as a hallucination.
‘that’s right. I thought that I wouldn’t have been able to run away yet, so I tried it once. I didn’t detect your stealth.’
It was a situation where you could get a glimpse of the subtlety of the veil.
Do you think of it that way?
How fast is your brain turning?
‘No. I should say this is skillful rather than quick-brained.’
It would be correct to say that it is the skill that comes from real-life experience.
The previous operation is a strategy that only those who have dealt with stealth can set up.
‘… … He’s a clever guy. Stealth magic doesn’t work unless the caster’s own mana is removed. It’s easy to fall prey to such basic illusion magic.’
Stealth magic releases all of the basic mana that is worn around the body in order to hide the mana.
When I’m hiding, I’m no different from a normal person.
In such a state, it is impossible to detect, let alone respond to illusion magic.
Veil knew that and set up a strategy to float the opponent through illusion magic.
‘If there I had moved to avoid… … .’
If I did, my existence would have been known to Bale.
Then you’d know I’m the true heir to the bi-tenor style.
The smoke screen operations we have prepared so far must have gone to waste in an instant.
‘… … It was dangerous.’
A cold sweat ran down my back.
I give a big applause to me for making the decision to suppress reason and not move in that situation.
‘thank you. I live thanks to you.’
And, thank you to Persona for coming out to give advice at this timing.
‘Goodbye. Because I did it for my own purpose. It will be difficult if you die here.’
Persona replied in her usual impassive voice.
‘Then I’ll get some sleep. After overdoing it one after another, I’m a little sleepy.’
Persona disappeared after those words.
It must be very tiring to intervene outside like this.
The fact that Umbra didn’t bother to show up in this crisis situation would be a proof.
‘Umbra. The gods that exist within the holy relics, including Persona, can intervene in the outside world through contracts with me, but in return consume considerable power.’
Is it roughly like this?
Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-!
thinking like that
A strange noise echoed around Veil.
Sounds like a radio tuned to the wrong frequency.
Or it sounded like a walkie-talkie with bad radio waves.
‘It’s a walkie-talkie.’
The answer was the latter.
Vail pulled a small radio from his pocket and held it to his mouth.
“… … The rat missed.”
Is it because the radio is connected?
Noise has improved a bit.
-Is that so. Hmm.
A voice came over the walkie-talkie. It wasn’t clear because of the noise, but it was clear that it was a male voice.
―Well, it can’t be helped. Because the distance was the distance… … .
“… … Tsk.”
Veil clicked his tongue with all the irritation in the world.
“Things are going badly in many ways. If only it was a little closer… … Or, if I had sensed it a little earlier, I could have caught it.”
It contained two pieces of information.
one. The current base of the veil is located quite far from here.
two. Judging from the late detection, it seems that there is no device installed here.
If the device was installed here, there is no way to say that the detection is slow.
‘I don’t know if the veil is alone. With his subordinates accompanying him like that, it doesn’t make sense that he discovered the device’s value change so late.’
I wonder if he sensed that the miasma was being purged and the wind in the air was changing.
There must have been some mana in the wind formed like that, so it wouldn’t be that difficult to find out that something went wrong.
‘Then, assuming that Veil sensed the situation here through the wind… … .’
Although it is located quite far from here, it is a place where the wind can go.
‘Using these two pieces of information, the current base of the veil can be specified.’
With Mimir’s help, you can determine with 100% which direction the wind blows here today.
If you use that information to track it down, you’ll be able to pinpoint the location of the veil.
―Then are you going to come back?
“no. I will come back in two days.”
-Are you going to look for it again?
“okay.”
Keywords that are hard to just hear and skip came out.
that.
‘What are you looking for?’
What is Bale looking for now?
―I wish we could help, but… … .
“There is nothing you can do about this. Just focus on preparing the food.”
—… … haha. yes. It’s sad, but I will.
one more info.
The thing Bale is looking for cannot be helped by anyone else.
This means that only Bale himself has the means to find things.
‘Then this can be specified to some extent.’
It is very likely that it is related to the special power of the veil.
If you skim through the books on Danteroa and the books on black magic that exist in the grounds of Halamanium, the answer is likely to come out.
―Then, for now, we will remain here and focus on attuning the dragon’s soul.
“There is no tolerance for mistakes. Make no mistake.”
-of course. I am different from my predecessors. It’s not someone else, it’s the soul that Lord Bale will eat. Could I make a mistake or something?
predecessor.
Are you referring to the man who clashed with Bale the first time he met him?
Bale warned me not to look at him as if he were a test subject.
Is the man dead?
-Don’t worry. two days later. Until Vail returns, I will prepare well.
Finally, an important keyword came out once again.
Two days.
‘It’s two days for the veil to be away.’
In other words, the abode where Bale is staying now will be virtually defenseless for two days.
‘then… … .’
Using the information obtained now, the base can be specified to some extent.
And there was no veil at the base for two days.
that means this.
‘… … It’s an opportunity.’
The unique chance to check the veil has arrived.
