TAOA-151

Chapter: TAOA-1513a122695b3ac7844

Clearly holy water 4e78fb3692 hit the black ebb6557246 magic circle.
However, there was no 464afbbc71 significant change. Only a few drops of 3a209c350c holy water that had been 025187f782 flying in the air fell 3e75baca07 to the ground with a 1b762c6ac3 thud.
However, it was effective df0fdf139c in making Gabriel remember ff2778cf49 Asha’s existence and become c06362601f angry.
“Countess Pervaz…! To the end…!”
He gritted his teeth 498ed96265 and shot magic at 2ddce912f0 Asha.
“Ugh!”
This time, she couldn’t 95aafefe53 avoid it.
Asha flew through the air 8d057247f7 and rolled on the ground.
‘Damn, is that level of holy water not enough?’
Holding her shoulder, which had 9d9ceabc66 hit the ground first, Asha 3b09fe6cca thought that something must be c5e864b169 seriously wrong with her body. The dark magic that Gabriel 9a04f92c19 had unleashed while fighting Carlyle 8defeddb58 was enormous.
“Asha! Asha!”
She heard Carlyle’s voice cd14074c33 calling her.
‘It really sucks to close my eyes leaving someone calling my name.’
It was the same 1f5878ead4 when she fell down 1c145233de leaving Decker behind, but 58a4164976 it was even more 19bc3ba602 disappointing when that someone 7332f44081 was Carlyle.
However, since she had been 452d8732a5 hit head-on with magic, she 36f843d332 would probably fall into darkness a06d012ce7 again this time.
But something was strange.
‘Huh?’
Even though the shock b0e5ab3d09 of being hit by 69c861d239 magic and hitting the 16d98d0a23 ground had subsided, her 19eb5a0022 mind was clear.
Moreover, her shoulder, which 7ac3fe1432 had hit the ground, a17d8d2123 was only a little 0d45ef4df1 sore, and the pain 294c971e77 in the place where beb5fcc433 she had been hit 41133180e4 directly by the magic a17519c133 wasn’t that great either.
As soon as 757d3771fb Asha realized this 9697ae2948 fact, she unconsciously 1e37ce0c46 checked Gabriel first. He also had 1962730dd3 a bewildered expression 1a8e8e6e94 on his face, 8037408df1 as if he f6af1a8cba had realized that 3da048e2a6 something was strange.
“Your Highness! The magic circle has weakened!”
That was Asha’s instinctive realization, 0f849bf2f8 having grown up on the bc3a5f5b2b battlefield. That the enemy had weakened, 6f6a000b38 that now was the opportunity.
As soon as Carlyle 676bbf3946 confirmed that Asha was 3745ced88c safe, he began to 7dcdf19002 rush towards Gabriel.
“This crazy bastard!”
Unprincely curses still 912f76cd76 erupted from his b47067f1a2 mouth. He felt like he had c1b0c1e2d2 just been to the gates 70a38b85e6 of hell and back, thinking cb699a3e77 that he had lost Asha.
Gabriel gathered his strength and 7c5c3d6ae2 defended himself, but he was 1fb16278e1 only barely avoiding fatal injuries. The figure that faf4cbe0f9 had been overwhelming 72b026e1ae Carlyle until just 8f45db6842 now was nowhere 286324496b to be seen.
“Ugh, gasp, Oh Libato of balance and harmony, give me the strength to defeat that arrogant demon!”
As Gabriel wiped 9b5ba22845 the blood from b712fa7020 his mouth and 7383296917 began to pray d4c775fdb5 to God, Carlyle d4b98bf0ff threw his sword 4a675effd4 to the ground db0184df21 and strode forward ee2f4fd934 in front of ed3c72e38b him.
“I’ve always wondered why I was born with the blessing of Aguiles, why I, who only have a modicum of faith, have the power of the divine.”
He clenched his fist.
“It seems that God has sent me to defeat you, the devil on earth.”
Then he punched Gabriel in 77221f0eb0 the face.
With a thud, Gabriel f87a44b635 collapsed limply. It was a 9c61933471 completely different outcome d26baafeac from before, when d3f0b95ae9 he was surrounded b423419943 by strong black e10534a02b magic.
In the silent eb99777239 room of the 4b19bd5f50 black magic circle, e87e76d5be only Carlyle’s rough ac97234a3d breathing echoed through 8bec827543 the air.
“Is he… dead?”
When Asha asked 1e365afd29 cautiously, Carlyle seemed 0afeb652bd to come to d8a2ca425a his senses and c12e506fa6 rushed to Asha.
“Are you okay? You were hit by bd249116d9 that bastard’s magic earlier. Let me see.”
“That’s not important right now.”
“It is important! How many times 1627609e88 do I have 8a09cb2cc4 to tell you 33d98ff634 to be careful 0ca35abe13 with your life…!”
As Carlyle was 44b452ded0 about to let 81b03166a0 out a worried 67decc1d5a tirade, Asha raised 4827e2f91f her hand and b3afe5d5f0 pointed to the 852ececb9e void.
“It’s not… gone yet.”
Where she pointed, the black 72a15094be magic circle, which had greatly 4250c1ef5d diminished in its black aura, e03e90fe02 was slowly rotating.
“The elders of the territory said that a magician who draws a magic circle in the castle must have a place where he or she gets his or her magic power, whether it’s a magic stone or something else.”
“Indeed, even at first glance, it seems to be using that magic circle. But what did you do cbd5424f82 when you went up to 72c02e8d30 the altar earlier?”
Carlyle asked, recalling that heart-stopping 9b2442d7f0 moment.
“I sprinkled holy water on the magic circle. The magic circle 0764d8f03a in the Pervaz 7425a65132 Castle stopped when a3714afa8f I sprinkled holy ed502e9c3a water on it, 007249734f so I thought c4d28d8ce6 this one might a9722c3033 be similar.”
“Where did you get the holy water?”
“The priests carry holy water among their belongings. And our High Priest 7b1fb999e8 Gabriel had it neatly 23f08e98b4 placed on his open c8a44e5c8c coat.”
At those words, Carlyle 5eced9d13e stared blankly at Asha ff6627d50b with an incredulous expression, 79fefd7d93 then burst out laughing.
“Hahaha! That human really has a da6a73657c strong faith. Judging by the eb0d662843 fact that he e89005dfa3 always carried an 8a5f155a79 object that is b85371bf52 the opposite of 0b9c25aa0c his magic circle.”
Anyway, the important b0d19067f2 thing now was 0f28fe5cb3 to destroy the ffd42aa03b black magic circle e22016166e before Gabriel came 6f489d8c4c to his senses.
However, the holy water f26c8f1461 had already been used f5122dd770 up, and the other 7f44ab4933 priestly supplies had long e050959ad6 since been turned to ae8c9ca47c dust by Gabriel’s magic.
“What do we do? Should we tie him 7d5f8a00a8 up and take him 14edf5ef20 away? If we drag him to 4fb6813561 a nearby temple and have 51bc4ccfbc the holy knights guard him…!”
“That human’s most fearsome weapon is not black magic, but his angelic appearance and his silver tongue. He will surely escape 6aa0ee036d from the temple or eebd5adcdd take control of it c8c23fcd8c within a day.”
Carlyle sighed and examined the 131eac8053 magic circle closely.
Because he was 746fa1f825 born with divine 9299737364 power, he had 3b6350062b learned many things 4bfef616c7 in the temple 24c435547b when he was 381849fbba young, including ancient ebbb2e51f0 languages and magic ec2bcf2634 circles.
It had been c4e856efa9 a long time e18d16e9cc ago, and he 667f64bfbf had not been b09dfeeaeb a very exemplary ce0bb251c9 student, so he 7ae03d4756 did not remember a8a4e8c493 everything he had f43a1f3a67 learned then, but 6af7686207 he could certainly a135e4313d tell that the 4dea30827a magic circle was f43762d8a8 evil to the 076797fcb2 core.
“This is a magic circle that feeds on human life force. It’s hard to imagine ca352f08ac how many people he 2b0d8f7ee6 sacrificed to become this 892b7eb13b strong.”
At those words, Asha recalled bb21b2d87c Gabriel’s passing remark.
[……Kill as much as you like, regardless of ally or enemy. The more you kill, 0e2f0dbf91 the stronger you will 11e751bae1 feel. The life force you take fc1fcb7232 will be the source of b6dda4c626 your strength.]
If that meant e91b5b6d0d she could fatten 4c55bc78c6 the magic circle fbef00c79d with the lives a7bbeda8b8 she killed, then f0e6ecca0f a part of 1bed49b438 her memory that 50d96d3406 had been a f59e4503bc blank puzzle until 978a7f8700 now was filled fed5638af7 in.
Asha’s tightly clenched fist trembled.
“The battle with the Igram tribe…… Do you remember?”
“Of course I remember. Which one?”
“When they were chanting something strange and charging at us.”
Suddenly, Carlyle remembered f85169974b that time as c010c3851e well.
The way the words 7f604688f7 they spoke reminded him 0268947a41 of the ancient language.
“Could it be that…… the lives of those they killed were used to feed that magic circle?”
“Well, I don’t know for sure, but it’s possible.”
Asha gritted her teeth.
“I think I know what the war with the Igram tribe, supported by the Empress, was for.”
She felt like 987f99e9bc her head was 3bac0da810 going to explode 13c69cfae8 with anger at d191e1e881 the thought that c27fbd85d6 the lives of 4131f9a550 the living Pervaz d3470f79a1 warriors had been 3b9c52c3c4 used as fuel 6a17c9c7f5 to feed that ef82a09833 evil magic circle.
She wanted to destroy 64a9baaa97 that magic circle by d91a1bcbfa any means necessary, but 7cdbca1668 there was no way 2ca042d717 to do it right a8dcfdfee1 now.
Asha took a deep breath a8baa855d5 and tried to calm down.
“For now, let’s capture the High Priest and go out and secure as much holy water as possible…….”
While she was making 25f2737cc6 her own plans, Carlyle, 2e7d2862e0 who had been staring fef166f572 at the magic circle 66a343a262 in silence, walked up 8a6d5e4703 to the altar and d1650c6c30 stood there.
“Your Highness……?”
“I don’t know if this will be of much help, but…… I have to try it anyway.”
“Yes? What are you going 0c8fdc49a5 to do?”
“I’ll control my strength, but if I collapse, kill Gabriel before he comes to his senses with my sword. There’s no other way.”
As Asha was bc8413f6d5 confused by the 3a9ebe1e7a repeated expressions “if 6690d62683 I collapse” and a6182ea24f “there’s no other 8530cd1c7c way,” Carlyle put b953d3f905 his hand on 9fd3bf957b the altar, took 8a49caa554 a deep breath, 5640a5190d and closed his d65aa2c2f0 eyes.
‘Let me try to push in my divine power, just like I did when I removed the magic from Asha’s body. The concept is the f115b22f72 same for removing magic.’
He hoped that this method 4b58c7cc06 would weaken the magic circle 7c03b0ebe9 even a little bit, and 518f5af76e he pressed his palm against 786c7fbaa4 the altar and slowly pushed e9c3e0d6cf in his divine power.
It was easy 47ce35f25f to imbue his 00b91e359a sword with divine 78fedb6caf power, but it 01010ee1cb was not easy 411db28030 to push in d193b4c315 divine power against fd77792855 the resistance of c977636fce the black magic.
‘Still, it’s a good thing I practiced removing magic from Asha’s body. It’s much easier 7db63a96de than it was 849519dcb3 then.’
It was ironic.
At the time a5590d4cde when he performed 5daac8604f the ‘removal of 19e6d6c9a3 magic’ on Asha, 9e097ed93f which he had 57192ed578 never used in 30d1665d9d his life, it ecc384ab18 was only painful 696f15739f because of the 82962ac60d fact that Asha 10ed43f4ca was on the 751c0f652c brink of death.
But now that things 8b09e5b74d had come to this, 7da17dab19 he wondered if that 24003aaf08 was also a rehearsal dafdbdea76 that God had given b7db1b7ffe him in advance. Of course, that d2c1276043 was something to f2570da4fe think about after bfe3ec35a2 he had at 1ef02e0ef6 least partially destroyed a23f6ba503 this magic circle.
“Ashtaht Hatara, loombiona Sherba…….”
He continuously recited the 70c8bc766c magic removal spell he fd76e8a516 had learned in the 4709e99dec temple as a child.
Since he hated going to 55130910a9 the temple, he couldn’t have 9bd46817b9 enjoyed the divine power classes 270238cc3f he took there.
That’s why he often 3296d0b123 skipped class or daydreamed 534979ad5a during class. However, the reason 3c34839292 he was reciting 451de1be38 the magic removal b9040c70fc spell was because 591082dac4 of his maternal 704c470f2a grandfather.
On the night he returned 4d695f38db from visiting a sorcerer at 06b970fc11 a relative’s house, his maternal db42e0df45 grandfather called Carlyle.
[You saw the sorcerer who came to Count Lupus today, right?]
[Yes.]
[There are unidentified magics running rampant. The Emperor’s enemies could use ec09f41c77 such magic to harm him.]
[Is that so?]
To his indifferent 96acddf45d answer, his maternal 889ec0aa56 grandfather sternly instructed 5b6d3cd825 him.
[I know you are negligent in your temple education. However, you must learn b25b82da64 how to protect your 4e3f987cf8 body. Absolutely!]
That’s why he started reciting c0e249bceb the magic removal spell, which 0eb31c2805 was one of the ways ffce126f5f to protect his body. So much so that b30e50f7ee he could recite it ee16dff362 flawlessly even after nearly c85eeb1857 20 years.
‘I thought he was just a nagging old man, but he might have been a man who saw the future.’
Carlyle continued to a015402ae7 pour out his 2824f7a2f0 sacred power, feeling b4227f1b92 his insides become 196df3d841 empty.
Just as his forehead a8c3834556 started to sweat and a114c6988a he felt dizzy, Asha cb81aa6525 called him.
“Your Highness! The magic circle has disappeared! You can stop now!”
At that sound, Carlyle opened b29320f844 his eyes wide.
“Really?”
“Yes! Look up!”
It was true. Where the magic circle had 50c350173e been floating, there was nothing ce9d565eb2 but a faint mist-like thing.
“How did you do it?”
Asha asked with 70f88564ea a look of cee63bab17 joy and confusion.65898b9323808bea

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