The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

A little time has passed since I left Usato and entered the ruins.

In the meantime, we had been going through this labyrinth of ordeals, avoiding unnecessary battles.

"Amako, is there a trap this way?"

Nair, who was riding on my shoulder, pointed her wing toward the other path.

"....... "Yes, there is a pit."

"Then I guess it's this way after all."

When I tell her what I saw with my precognition spell, she looks at me as expected and urges me to go in the opposite direction.

We go in that direction and find no traps, and it seems to be the correct route.

"Do you know which is the right way, Nair?"

Nono-san, one of Koga's subordinates who was standing guard by Néa's side, asked her if she had any doubts about Néa's smooth choice of path.

"I don't know if I'm right or not, but I'm getting to know if it's dangerous or not. They seem to be placed with some regularity, and above all, Amako's precognition magic can confirm it."

"Wow."

"And even if we get caught in a trap, Kannagi and Koga are there to make sure we don't make a mistake."

"You're both very sturdy, aren't you?"

"You may be sturdy, but you have a heart, ......?"

Koga's shoulders slumped in disappointment at my mutterings.

Kannagi chuckles, but seems to agree with me.

"The ruins are meant to test the intruders in the first place, so there are clues here and there. I would have enjoyed solving the riddle if it hadn't decayed so much. ......"

The wall to which Nair has added wings has a distinctive painting and writing.

Perhaps this is the clue that Nair is referring to.

"But if you go the wrong way, you'll be in trouble."

"What happens if you make a mistake?"

Nair replies to Kåga's question.

"You'll have to fight a lot of demons, some of which have lived for hundreds of years, or you'll hit a dead end in a one-way street.

"Wow, that sounds like a lot of work."

"Actually, it's a pain in the ass. Because they put anyone who takes a wrong turn into an ordeal worthy of death. Well, they're still thinking about what happens if they break through. ......"

Now, behind me, my ears did not miss Veena muttering in a small voice, "Eh, sounds like fun ......".

I knew there was something wrong with this demon.　But since Elle, who was probably listening next to her, didn't respond, I didn't want to mention it too much.

"Then isn't the second-in-command dangerous?"

Mr. Sein, one of Koga's subordinates, asked such a question.

Nair shook his head.

"He won't die so easily. It's no exaggeration to say that he's the best in the world at manipulating the inner magic of the body with his perverted development power.

The outer magic is controlled by the heroes of light, by the way," Nair said, and turned back to Sein, who was looking at her with a look of incomprehension.

"In the first place, they are as sturdy as Kannagi and Koga from the start. They're still moving around very energetically, ......."

"Ha,ha ......"

Nair smiles, as if she can tell by the way she feels.

Usato seems to be okay, too.

"Amako, there's no need to rush.

"Yeah."

"We're on the right route. We're on the right route, the shortest way. We're almost there.

I nodded at Nair's words.

Don't be hasty.

My job is to stay calm and use foreknowledge to keep everyone safe.

I'm not going to let them get away with it.

The number of skeletons is extraordinary.

There is no end to the number of skeletons we have to defeat, and we have to watch out for the occasional surprise attack by Mr. Ahl and the others, which makes the situation quite troublesome.

"Roone, Keira!　Let's do it!

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"Oh!"

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Hannah, who is in the box that I put back on her back, is sounding puzzled, but I know that explaining it to her will only cause her to panic, so I let her go.

She is covered in the blue-black flames of the rune as she transforms her cloak, thrusting the edges of it into the ground.

"Keira, I'll go on my signal!"

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Rune, unleash the magic!

I'm on it!

Super-acceleration caused by the outburst of Lune's magic power.

The blue-black magic power shines forth, becoming a rocket-like propulsion that propels my body forward and forward.

An extraordinary load is transmitted from both of my legs that I am stepping on, and from the cloak that I have stuck into the ground, but it is still not enough.

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After a short silence, Hannah's voice trembles.

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"Be careful not to bite your tongue."

At any rate, he warns Hannah, who utters a voice of despair, while he puts all his strength into his body and holds his ground so that he does not fly forward.

The second---third outburst.

When the power is increased to the maximum, I lift my cloak off the ground and jump forward as fast as I can myself.

"Nnnn!"

I accelerate with all the momentum I've built up, and transform, spreading my cloak wide with Keira.

She turns, and with the centrifugal force of her body, she slams into the skeleton horde and blasts them all away at once.

"Rune!"

"I'm beginning to understand what you want to do!　Like this!"

As the skeletons are all slammed into the wall at once, creating a pile of bones, Rune fills the healing bombs he has created in his hands with his flames and hurls them at the skeletons as hard as he can.

"Black Flame Healing Bomb!

The explosive, enveloped in black flames, hits the pile of skeletons and simultaneously sprays its flames around them, burning the bones of the skeletons themselves as they continue to regenerate endlessly.

It's a vicious trap!

A soulless corpse, I know.

But the bone figure reminds me of the souls bound to the sorcerer of Samaritan.

Now they are free from the sorcerer's spell, but it is impossible not to feel something when we are shown the same thing. ......!!!

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"Oh."

Keira prevents a surprise attack from behind with her cloak, and I turn around and hit her with a series of healing fist blows.

Gilg, one of Mr. Ahl's colleagues, is hit by the fist and stands up, though he is knocked to the ground with a blank expression on his face.

"I wish I could have talked not only with Mr. Ahl, but also with all of you. ......"

But it won't happen.

These people's souls are not here.

They are just corpses being used and moved for selfish reasons.

Rene, go with Hannah.

"What? Why?　What?

Immediately after I throw Rune into the box on my back, a white smoke covers my body, then a strong sound hits me.

Rune can't prevent this attack, so I'll have to take a break for now.

"Narca and Beth?"

Both are wind-based magic.

They differ only in sound and smoke, but when paired, they are a nuisance to living creatures, as they can block sight and hearing without question.

I would have had a hard time if I had been a man before I mastered ...... the healing sense.

And Josh's earth-based iron magic.

Multiple iron spears extending like tentacles from the white smoke.

I avoided them like a living creature, and the next thing I saw was boiling water pouring down from above my head.

"Gilg and Chris's combined technique."

A ranged attack combining heat from the fire system and magic from the water system.

"Healing Explosive Wave!"

The last one who was close by, while emitting a shockwave from his palm and bouncing the boiling water, grabs the arm of Mr. Dinh, a small man who hides his eyes.

"...... looks a little like Nack."

The hair color is completely different, but the way he hides his eyes and the impression he gives is very similar.

While I was mumbling something stupid like that, Mr. Dinh was struggling to get out of the restraints right in front of me... Mr. Ahl jumped out from the side and kicked him.

"Din!　You're too weak to take the initiative and attack!

What are you doing kicking your friends in the foot!

What are you doing?

No, I can understand if you're just going through the motions with your colleagues.

If I saw some tough guys in trouble, I would try to help them even if I have to kick them.

Healing bombs!

"You really don't hold back, do you?　You!"

Mr. Ahl waved his left hand covered with magic power in response to my explosive projectile.

Normally, my explosive would have exploded there, but somehow my explosive was bounced by his left hand and flew at an angle, exploding behind him.

"What!"

You're not the only one showing off your skills!

I let the shock magic flow and matched the flow of my healing bombs. ......?

"I saw through the flow of the magic and bounced it off with my magic ......?

"....... What, did you just find out the species?"

"That's brilliant,......!"

"No, no, I was supposed to tell you secretly so that Leahy wouldn't find out,...... but I guess it turned out all right,......."

A new method of defense, different from the healing bullet.

It may be difficult to use it on the spur of the moment, but it may be a good defense against a strong attack.

"Well then, this is where we start practicing!"

Yes!

They create magic bullets that explode and throw them at each other at the same time.

As they cross each other, you touch the one approaching you with your left hand, which is covered with magic power, and deflect it at an angle while letting it flow.

"Oh, it's so hard!"

"Look, if you don't deal with it, it will catch up with you!

As he declares, more and more impact magic is thrown at him, but he doesn't lose and throws it at them.

The others don't care.

Both of us are practicing by throwing explosive bombs at the skeletons while intercepting them.

"Alu?　They're flying this way!　Aah!

"Excuse me!　Please back away from the battlefield!　Ha ha ha!

"Isn't it funny that you have a big smile on your face?

You really look like you're having a good time laughing. .......

It seems that he doesn't like being controlled by the devil so much.

"I developed this technique when I got this body. It was not really worth using it in this body until now.

"!　I see."

"When Nero Agens killed me, I could not prevent his attack. It left a deep scar on the captain's heart and I died easily. ......"

She smiles fleetingly as she looks at her magic-clad left hand.

"I'm glad I was able to teach you this so that you don't have to go through the same thing I did."

"Mr. Aull ......"

"Now you can go to the other side without regrets."

No, no. It's decided to drag you before the Commander, but that's not the same thing, is it?

Can't you end it on a good note?　You're too stubborn!

I understand what you're saying, but my ultimate goal remains the same.

He declares once again, and is about to throw an additional explosive shell when... his healing sense detects a strange reaction.

"What!"

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Something's coming!

Instantly, the wall at the back of the space we are in is torn apart and destroyed.

Rather than being shattered, the wall is torn into pieces, and a girl of the demon tribe comes out of the wall.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

The twin sister of the dark wizard who uses the thread I fought.

She appears, swinging her long silver hair around as if lost in herself, looking around "as if looking for something" and tearing the skeletons that approach her into pieces with her dark magic threads.

"Oh my God!　It's coming this way!

"Reali!　Why is she running around like that?

I don't know!

Reaali, who seemed to be the only one who knew what was going on, explained to Mr. Ahl who came up to her with a half-crying expression on his face.

"I lost it with my sister and after a while I went crazy!

"What?　I thought she was not willing, unlike me!

"Sometimes, feelings so intense before death that they are imprinted on the corpse come out at the right moment...!　In this case, it was her sister who triggered it.

I see.

Because they cared for each other during their lives, their feelings would run rampant even after their deaths, huh?

As I look at the twin sister attacking the skeleton with this thought, she turns to me with a grin and shakes her hands in a big gesture,

"Oh no!"

The attack is detected by the healing sense---I immediately thrust out my right arm and repel the threads with a healing blast wave.

---Oh... it couldn't repel all of them!

As you are blocking the rest of the strings with your basket hand, the strings of dark magic attack nearby Rea and Mr. Ahl.

Mr. Aur is doing well with his shock magic, but that demon is .......

"Oh my God, Reaali!"

"Wabu!"

Mr. Aur pushed Reaali out of the way as she was about to be hit by the oncoming thread of dark magic.

Reaali seemed to be unharmed, but a slash passed through Mr. Ahl's arm and he was hit with a "Supan!　His arm flew up into the air.

"Aaargh!　My arm...?

Mr. Ahl?

I was also panicked when I saw Mr. Ahl exclaiming as his arm fell to the ground without bleeding, but she quickly came to her senses and picked up his arm, and then she pressed it against the sectioned surface and attached it to it.

"Huh, I'm a corpse now that you mention it. Safe, safe."

What do you mean safe?　Is it really safe?

I am a little surprised at how easily my arms are attached, but now I have to concentrate on my sister, the runaway twin dark wizard.

She is more dangerous than the skeleton.

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"I guess I'll just have to give her sister back to untangle her from the runaway. ......"

If you throw your sister in a lethargic state easily within the range of that thread, she will be torn apart.

If he attacked his own sister in front of him, even if she is a corpse, he could go even more out of control.

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"Yours is a little different, but similar."

In Keira's case, it is an example of not being able to accept herself, and as a result, the dark magic itself tried to take her life, but her dark magic that is running rampant now seems to be just spreading its power and looking for a place to direct its emotions.

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"Yeah. Let's do it."

He nodded at Keira's words.

I guess we share some of the same feelings because we are both dark wizards.

The fact that the other person is already dead is irrelevant.

"I guess I'll just have to approach ...... for now."

It's a pain in the ass, but it's the only way.

In that case, I will ask for Lune's help.

With that in mind, he opens the side of the box on his back and calls for Lune.

"Rune."

"You finally got me out. Hey, Hannah!　Don't try to keep me!

...... I'll apologize to Hannah later.

I've been too reckless even though I'm safe in the box on my back. ......

"I heard you. It's the same magic as mine and Keira's, isn't it?"

Yeah. Can you do it?

I don't know who you're talking to. I don't care if it's the same magic. If you stand in the way of the way to Shea, you are my ...... enemy.

At the same time as Rune's words, a blue-black flame of dark magic is lit in my right hand.

I leap forward, checking the tone of the flame as it covers my basket hand.

"If I fly in the air, I will be targeted!　Run and charge!"

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The cloak's defensive capabilities reap the skeletons that approach me.

Without hesitation, I approach the thread manipulator at the shortest distance possible, and... she notices me and fires a huge amount of slashing threads at me with a sideways cleave.

"Do it!　Usato!

No!

In response, she swings her right arm vertically, and the whip-like flames strike the space in front of her.

The extended, powerful, blue-black flame burns through the threads of dark magic, cutting them in two.

Now!

She moves the box, which has a deformed cloak on its back, to the side and pulls Hannah's twin sister, who was bound next to her, to her side.

Releasing the restraints and holding her in my arms, I plunged into her with the same momentum ......... no, not good!

"Aaaaaaaaah!"

It got even more intense!

I thought he'd find the sister he was looking for and be quiet!　Or is she being made to think I kidnapped her like Rinka and Rune?

I'm okay, but if your sister gets attacked..,

"!"

The slash of the thread that approached your sister was slightly deflected?

No, it was an attack that was perfectly accurate according to the healing sense, but it was bent unnaturally just before the attack?

Now is not the time to think about it!

I'm sorry if I'm a bit rough!

Excuse me!

When you get close enough, you vigorously push your sister against her.

She had her arms outstretched wide to manipulate the string, and when she caught her sister in a hug, she fell backwards without any effort.

"...... Is that all?"

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I didn't think such a forceful method would work. .......

She hugged me tightly, as if she would never let go of me again, and her sister remained as expressionless as ever.

"...... Really, is this person unconscious?"

When the attack was unnaturally deflected, there was a momentary unnatural reaction to my magic sensing.

I could have dismissed it as an error or my imagination, but for that brief moment, the index finger of the sister I was holding moved.

And a thin string of magic power extending from her index finger.

"......"

I wonder if it's a defensive instinct.

But it seems a little dangerous to rely on that alone.

"Gakka!"

I guess we don't have time to think about that.

There are skeletons and Mr. Earle.

As I try to deal with the oncoming skeleton's attack, a shockwave comes flying in from the side and blows the skeleton away.

"Mr. Earle, is your arm OK?

"Yes. Yes. It attached itself to the skeleton right away.

I'm scared that my arm will stick right back together.

I doubt if I can do it either, but I don't want to experience having my arm cut off.

I look at Mr. Ahl with this thought in my mind, and there is even Leali, who had not come near me earlier.

"Hey, healer!

"Ah?"

"Pee?　Did you really think that I, a demon, would be afraid of you?

He's scared out of his wits.

I don't forgive her for being the demon who ripped off Rose's wing, and probably the one who stole the corpses of Mr. and Mrs. Ahl and the others, but she seems to have talked to me ......, so I decide to listen to what she has to say.

"What is it?"

"Yes, let's fight together for once."

"......Why?"

I ask a genuine question, and L'Ali is flustered.

"I know the way ahead!"

"No problem."

We can move forward if we explore with healing senses.

"Hey, I'll sell you information about my friends!"

I don't need it, it's too trivial.

With Ms. Veena here, information about the enemy demons is not worth trusting.

It is hard to believe that a demon who has no sense of camaraderie would know so much about the demons on his side.

I'll give you these zombies too!

"......"

"Hi!"

I look at Reaali, who treats Mr. Ahl and the others as if they were his own.

....... It looks like he's really trying to make a deal.

"What do you want?"

"Uh, uh, well... ......"

I became even more wary of the devil, who was beginning to bow down with great force, and for some reason Leali began to shake and shake and cry.

"I'm not going to do anything bad anymore, so please let me get out of here. ......"

"...... Mr. Awl?"

"Please don't say it. I feel sorry for myself because I've been treated so well. ......"

Are demons all like this ......?

I sigh loudly as I picture Veena in my mind's eye.