The True Identity Of The Magic Power
I, who split up with Aerith and company, cast Dark Magic on myself and dash inside the darkness once again. It’s a given, but since I’ve not done such stealth operations before, I’m only a tad bit better than an amateur. I just simply hide in the covers and proceed quietly.
As I grow increasingly irritated at the bandits through the women’s cries that I can occasionally hear, I finally arrive at the core of this village.
“Give it one eye-catching blow here!”
“Yeah, if you’re going to draw their attention then Lightning Magic might be the way to go”
I guess I’ll adopt the suggestions of the Spirits that are on top of my head. In the middle of the village, at the core, there’s a large bonfire, and over there, the bandits are sitting around it and eating something. A boar-like creature is being roasted above the bonfire.
“Alright, Lightning Blast!”
I aim at the bonfire and cast my Lightning Magic. I use Body Reinforcement and start running simultaneously when the lightning ball was released. Wondering what’s the sound, the bandits look over here but it’s already too late.
When the Lightning Blast, that passed the bandits, impacts the bonfire, it makes a thunderous sound and releases lightning into its surrounding. This magic is a magic that releases lightning in an approximately 5 meters radius from the place where it struck. It’s ideal against a group of opponents.
The bandits who ate it become charred and collapse without even being able to let out their voices. And then, those from the houses around hear the thunder and appear one after another. Now, come.
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That right now was the sound of Lei’s magic huh! I have to get moving right away!
“Now, everybody. Tell me the locations of the other women who are being held captive!”
I speak to the women who we saved just now. Ever since they know that they can escape, the women have also been apprising me of various information. It’s just that, there are also girls whose fatigue has accumulated and couldn’t move properly, so those around have to help them.
I enter the other houses while being directed by the women. Wherever we go, the women there are completely exhausted and frightened of the sound just now. The only saving grace is that the women we saved are acquainted with the other women.
It seems they’re not sexual partners in the afternoon, instead, they’re being made to look after the bandits’ living necessities in this village. Hence, it appears that they’re acquainted with the women who are being confined in the other houses as well. Although they were frightened of me the moment I entered, everybody was willing to escape with us thanks to the women we saved persuading them.
And then, when we go to where the house that appears to probably be the last one is,
“Hold your steps!”
the bandits turned up. Not all of them went to where Lei is huh. Although there are about 10 people in total, it’s a little bit tough if I’m to deal with them while protecting the women. But, I can’t be retreating here. As I’m about to draw the sword that’s hanging on my waist which I received from Otou-sama, Flame Sword Heat Haze
“Aerith-sama, please leave this to me. Aerith-sama will return to everybody’s side after saving the women here as planned”
Lei’s spirit, Light, says.
“What about you?”
“I will join up with Lei-sama after defeating these fellows. Since there is something I want to verify as well”
He says and smiles at me. Behind me, the women, who saw Light’s smile, raise their voices going,「Hau~」. I don’t care for it since I have Lei, but it’s indeed a charming smile.
“I got it. I’ll leave the rest to you”
I say, and accompanied by the women, I enter the last house. Although I have a feeling that I could hear the bandits’ screams and Light’s laughter at the back, it’s not the time to be bothered by it now. Even if, Light’s attacking them while laughing.
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“Guheeh!”
It’s about 50 people with this? If nothing else, there’s a large number of them. Seeing that they’re no match at all, the bandits are losing their morale as well.
“What’s the matter. Is this all ‘bandits’ can do?”
I provoke the bandits simply and, they lose their temper and start running. How easy.
“Diee, you shitty brat!”
A bandit who says and swings his sword down. It’s too slow so I get in close to the bandit, divert the bandit’s sword with my left hand, and carry on to punch the bandit with my right hand and send him flying.
As for the bandit who tries to slash at me from behind, I thrust the butt of Rolgar at him as it is. The bandit who caught the butt of the Rolgar right in his abdomen is in agony, but I spin Rolgar vertically and strike upwards at his jaw with the butt of Rolgar. I then carry on to spin Rolgar, point the tip at the bandit and thrust as it is at his wide-open throat.
“Shitt! We’re no match for such a monster! I’m giving up!”
Perhaps the bandits thought they’re no match for me anymore, they run away one after another. But there’s no way I’ll let you run away, right.
“Lightning Magic Electric Prison!”
I face the sky and cast Lightning Magic. And when it flew up to a certain extent, lightning was released in all directions from there. I’ve narrowed the range to the houses that the bandits were residing so it shouldn’t affect Aerith and the others. And from the lightning that’s released, new lightning starts flying out like spikes and extends towards the other lightning. A lightning prison that’s built like a fence is complete.
“Wha, what’s this! Gyaaa!”
“If you touch this, you’ll get electrocuted, ah, too late huh”
Right now, a bandit was electrocuted because he touched the lightning prison. The bandits around, who were watching that, were nearly about to touch it so they back down in a hurry. There were even those who were in too much of a hurry and fell on their backsides.
“If it comes down to this, there’s no way but to kill that brat! Guys, slaughter him!”
I guess he’s probably this bandit group’s head. As that fellow shouts, perhaps the bandits also understood that that’s the only remaining option, they ready their weapons and head towards me.
“Lightning Vortex Body Endowment”
If they surrender, I’ll hand them over to the troops and that’d be the end of it, but if they’re heading towards me then I won’t go easy. My anger had been accumulating right from the start. I’ll vent it using you guys.
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“I see you did it an eye-catching manner huh, Lei-sama”
Light timely turns up when I stabbed and killed the last person. He then looks at my surroundings and mutters that. In my surroundings are chunks that were bandits being scattered about here and there. It’s because I turned them to cinders with Lightning Magic that they’ve all become charred.
“How’s your side?”
“Yes, our side, we saved all the women and Aerith-sama brought them along to where everybody is. I came over here after defeating the bandits that we came across on the way so I don’t know what happened afterwards though. Judging from the presences, it appears that they managed to join up though”
“Is that so. Fire Magic Flame Wall. Wind Magic Wind”
I burn the corpses that are lying around with Fire Magic and blow the things that became ashes away with a gust of wind. With this, it’s probably slightly cleared up.
“Oh, it appears that 1 person is alive though?”
Light looks at the bandit’s head who retains his original form.
“Aah, there are things that I want to ask this fellow so I kept him alive. He’s currently unconscious so let’s tie him up and leave him behind. Leaving that aside, let’s first verify the magic power that Light is bothered by”
I enter the mansion that the bandit’s head had used as it is. The inside was littered gold coins and gems that were presumably stolen. And when I proceed inside
“……Hey, that’s”
“I finally remembered. It is no wonder that I am bothered by it”
Light is nodding like he’s convinced, but why is it at a place like this? When we get closer, it appears that the other side also notices us, it raises its face
“Kyuru?”
and tilts its head. In front of my eyes, there’s an approximately 1m³ cage, and inside, an approximately 30cm in length, shining silver on its entire body without any dullness baby dragon was sprawling there. I have nothing but an extremely bad feeling.
