TAOA-151

Chapter: TAOA-15175cbf9f17e586fbe

Clearly holy water hit the 325379ac5b black magic circle.
However, there was no significant 79235f6e7d change. Only a few drops of d537879249 holy water that had been 655f89dafd flying in the air fell f75c31a8ae to the ground with a 46e36ac172 thud.
However, it was effective in db669037a9 making Gabriel remember Asha’s existence f5257d8654 and become angry.
“Countess Pervaz…! To the end…!”
He gritted his teeth 8d95e5ec38 and shot magic at 8257ad802b Asha.
“Ugh!”
This time, she couldn’t avoid e1a98edb21 it.
Asha flew through the d25e360002 air and rolled on 0b49e3656e the ground.
‘Damn, is that level of holy water not enough?’
Holding her shoulder, which had a8b6a2bc55 hit the ground first, Asha 164beab40b thought that something must be 764a290ba0 seriously wrong with her body. The dark magic ee3de639e3 that Gabriel had f48da093a1 unleashed while fighting aaa3b34cde Carlyle was enormous.
“Asha! Asha!”
She heard Carlyle’s voice 2d1d45ba74 calling her.
‘It really sucks to close my eyes leaving someone calling my name.’
It was the same when cff01a55ec she fell down leaving Decker 35c23b91a4 behind, but it was even 2a47608bd5 more disappointing when that someone 994cacbc02 was Carlyle.
However, since she had 38ebe26dc2 been hit head-on with e7ca0e32bb magic, she would probably c6433c39a2 fall into darkness again 58fb505a1f this time.
But something was strange.
‘Huh?’
Even though the 8c11964ac4 shock of being 471a2c9b57 hit by magic a3ceb45f5b and hitting the 9e623e9eb3 ground had subsided, 9ef312acd8 her mind was 176141c2db clear.
Moreover, her shoulder, 5a0642f171 which had hit b72f782736 the ground, was de1b226fa7 only a little fc5157a9a9 sore, and the 5fb92216fa pain in the 349e9fd7c7 place where she 54aa1927ab had been hit d7619529c6 directly by the f70e1905a2 magic wasn’t that 1fc1e3f46f great either.
As soon as aaf4266eea Asha realized this 416ed67823 fact, she unconsciously 5b8633523e checked Gabriel first. He also had a bewildered 3948b716d3 expression on his face, as 5d35702769 if he had realized that fe36ab18ef something was strange.
“Your Highness! The magic circle has weakened!”
That was Asha’s instinctive realization, 2cd6ad94d4 having grown up on the 52a7993615 battlefield. That the enemy had weakened, 2343ce216f that now was the opportunity.
As soon as Carlyle 3af86ff1a3 confirmed that Asha was 135c317b55 safe, he began to 6223777074 rush towards Gabriel.
“This crazy bastard!”
Unprincely curses still erupted 3bec95a3f6 from his mouth. He felt like he 78505e5367 had just been to 8c53cb905a the gates of hell 1ed42a10f9 and back, thinking that b56fc26695 he had lost Asha.
Gabriel gathered his strength e0a1e6c609 and defended himself, but ddd4772f7e he was only barely 0a1be61b13 avoiding fatal injuries. The figure that e08bec2bf4 had been overwhelming e87948c7bb Carlyle until just 3fe7ca8017 now was nowhere 06291e40ae to be seen.
“Ugh, gasp, Oh Libato of balance and harmony, give me the strength to defeat that arrogant demon!”
As Gabriel wiped the blood 93ad7a0358 from his mouth and began 0036f67e21 to pray to God, Carlyle 01216b6f2e threw his sword to the a4e9ab2765 ground and strode forward in b77d983734 front of 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 0bf3798b66 Gabriel in the 22238e733e face.
With a thud, 2e42f22dfe Gabriel collapsed limply. It was a completely different df0ffe6d66 outcome from before, when he 709352bdce was surrounded by strong black 79a1fcfd6f magic.
In the silent room 070f3f2f6d of the black magic e5a89cc97d circle, only Carlyle’s rough 0388d22cbb breathing echoed through the 5d371ded55 air.
“Is he… dead?”
When Asha asked ff37467ab6 cautiously, Carlyle seemed 7a1b1b65cf to come to 814649060b his senses and 6ecd6898c6 rushed to Asha.
“Are you okay? You were hit ce7301385d by that bastard’s d387a8b54f magic earlier. Let me see.”
“That’s not important right now.”
“It is important! How many times do 1b6616448b I have to tell 2641d4713a you to be careful 6315d931eb with your life…!”
As Carlyle was d33d23c748 about to let 224896fe3a out a worried 6dcf17000e tirade, Asha raised 045a02754f her hand and c057144be7 pointed to the f15404d590 void.
“It’s not… gone yet.”
Where she pointed, the 01c76c7300 black magic circle, which a486cae9d0 had greatly diminished in a492e0f152 its black aura, was 55922cb3c4 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 de155fbd16 you do when a7916638a8 you went up dbf594e24b to the altar 80b78b2105 earlier?”
Carlyle asked, recalling that heart-stopping e28b1a4d55 moment.
“I sprinkled holy water on the magic circle. The magic circle 73e3ee9eb1 in the Pervaz 6e6979fe36 Castle stopped when ce13d78853 I sprinkled holy 88c412ebf7 water on it, dbcc38c267 so I thought b9510b19fe this one might 0c3d727f74 be similar.”
“Where did you get the holy water?”
“The priests carry holy water among their belongings. And our High Priest Gabriel 981d659118 had it neatly placed on 117c52cc70 his open coat.”
At those words, Carlyle f5f6e469fe stared blankly at Asha 0eef2ce2c5 with an incredulous expression, 8e8ec08cd1 then burst out laughing.
“Hahaha! That human really ed153c4efd has a strong cd963d8993 faith. Judging by the fact 724c26fca0 that he always carried af357fe4e8 an object that is 8afd9bca33 the opposite of his c8aef1c703 magic circle.”
Anyway, the important thing now 34a44630f1 was to destroy the black b09c8a9b0b magic circle before Gabriel came 8a2dff9978 to his senses.
However, the holy water 61bd412074 had already been used b43ccb6257 up, and the other 0019e1ded0 priestly supplies had long dc24a6c13a since been turned to db7d16b115 dust by Gabriel’s magic.
“What do we do? Should we tie him 4ddf765913 up and take him 386fd439bc away? If we drag him to ee0a42f86a a nearby temple and have 126a11d45f 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 from 84135cb167 the temple or take control 56d2289231 of it within a day.”
Carlyle sighed and examined 64f2a55285 the magic circle closely.
Because he was born 5d26608fa1 with divine power, he 0774628a19 had learned many things b153eaf45e in the temple when d33a0d6f9a he was young, including 404181fefb ancient languages and magic 0f870b5cfc circles.
It had been 44a34ff210 a long time dd77c73a65 ago, and he 2beb4dc5ad had not been 9bd89f9957 a very exemplary 6f20cfffd6 student, so he 8f116f0caf did not remember 57b3dd56d6 everything he had 465189b988 learned then, but 4a2cda0374 he could certainly 0e84ef602a tell that the 120a5a6018 magic circle was e75971b01a evil to the 4e7591c604 core.
“This is a magic circle that feeds on human life force. It’s hard to imagine how 5ff95d1946 many people he sacrificed to 0d4a561a23 become this strong.”
At those words, Asha 9f14271331 recalled Gabriel’s passing remark.
[……Kill as much as you like, regardless of ally or enemy. The more you 64fd23da26 kill, the stronger 398c351d74 you will feel. The life force 90f542546a you take will 984abd1530 be the source b9b6395bb7 of your strength.]
If that meant 4c14f690f6 she could fatten 93adf2ba38 the magic circle 53fb917a17 with the lives df84d65f15 she killed, then 7580bd9032 a part of 7ad4dfc170 her memory that a2e2f9c59b had been a 19f0aa0fbf blank puzzle until d6ffec8a28 now was filled e3a4df6e18 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 that e2968f50ce time as well.
The way the words they 39fdd9e8c5 spoke reminded him of the 7eb3be6ab6 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 c81e4c0e5b her head was 03b7899924 going to explode 1b27dcc814 with anger at a80008a15e the thought that 319fb48a9e the lives of 70f423eec5 the living Pervaz cefef40ef6 warriors had been 9a4ea33bc1 used as fuel 500988ce1d to feed that 39bc27a3af evil magic circle.
She wanted to destroy that 91624ae812 magic circle by any means 5f67110740 necessary, but there was no 69f7ddab43 way to do it right 916acddbed now.
Asha took a deep breath 91a1c66d61 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 f6bf300a8c making her own 76786b908e plans, Carlyle, who e065a03ebd had been staring 0e17a0e7bb at the magic 0e37495213 circle in silence, b678dbb802 walked up to ad1cf490b8 the altar and 5fd14ec317 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 to 02b4f36531 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 f07d07dae2 confused by the b1dd48ae40 repeated expressions “if ab9d732512 I collapse” and 478769619a “there’s no other a66aea6d18 way,” Carlyle put ad7af7da32 his hand on 0fdfede6be the altar, took 1bdfc6ac86 a deep breath, 526c3d8953 and closed his 6b59c91081 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 same 263baa2cd4 for removing magic.’
He hoped that this method 46899e8c5b would weaken the magic circle 69f8df885a even a little bit, and fe599d4650 he pressed his palm against 42a9d921cb the altar and slowly pushed a8607d089b in his divine power.
It was easy to imbue c219f6fbc9 his sword with divine power, 13acc637f8 but it was not easy 1962d24d6f to push in divine power f7f14ce704 against the resistance of the f3e1a2cc76 black magic.
‘Still, it’s a good thing I practiced removing magic from Asha’s body. It’s much easier than it 69207a700d was then.’
It was ironic.
At the time 76035374c9 when he performed 80b21206f5 the ‘removal of 839cda1322 magic’ on Asha, c43f157e33 which he had 725f3e8e89 never used in eac8999012 his life, it d1c6c8cfa0 was only painful 2f3fe0b77b because of the 19dd9cb59f fact that Asha f74f4819fd was on the 77614136b4 brink of death.
But now that things had 5b2e36c9b0 come to this, he wondered 1fe8a3cc33 if that was also a 02004f4a96 rehearsal that God had given 51f80f6aab him in advance. Of course, that b883320488 was something to 80e564d59a think about after 6b1dbe542a he had at 687e22b928 least partially destroyed a9a4090435 this magic circle.
“Ashtaht Hatara, loombiona Sherba…….”
He continuously recited 38fa75ff6e the magic removal 06921ab115 spell he had 719c2b6162 learned in the cc0f118879 temple as a 8fc44ce74b child.
Since he hated going 7b3c9aed7b to the temple, he 8bf2edce07 couldn’t have enjoyed the a098674162 divine power classes he 88b7a7e430 took there.
That’s why he often df5b600d3b skipped class or daydreamed af2906121d during class. However, the reason 1f86c4c948 he was reciting 7bd003d288 the magic removal a36f277af4 spell was because df082e7203 of his maternal d4a7f25467 grandfather.
On the night 3adcbee1bf he returned from 02961dc08e visiting a sorcerer 683a392fac at a relative’s 69379b7ef5 house, his maternal 15cabdfe9b 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 58328d5f19 could use such d352a69a74 magic to harm 199975cd46 him.]
[Is that so?]
To his indifferent answer, 85354d0b98 his maternal grandfather sternly faf217e78c instructed him.
[I know you are negligent in your temple education. However, you must learn how 3a9ff480e4 to protect your body. Absolutely!]
That’s why he e7341b32d2 started reciting the bfdb4fc1bc magic removal spell, 380869c0af which was one bd9b5e0704 of the ways b816192b88 to protect his 75a9e64dd9 body. So much so that 73eada6bbf he could recite it 9d3058e7e3 flawlessly even after nearly a938da7283 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 pour 0fe6f0a8d6 out his sacred power, eaa2759fc1 feeling his insides become fc73c7c511 empty.
Just as his 44c92e2b1e forehead started to 151d89db03 sweat and he 9b9c282297 felt dizzy, Asha c4e79f0671 called him.
“Your Highness! The magic circle has disappeared! You can stop now!”
At that sound, Carlyle opened 8502025d43 his eyes wide.
“Really?”
“Yes! Look up!”
It was true. Where the magic circle d561c071a0 had been floating, there 8a8c96bc04 was nothing but a 0dfcccd83e faint mist-like thing.
“How did you do it?”
Asha asked with a look 82252837d4 of joy and confusion.6df077079518f97f

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