TAOA-151

Chapter: TAOA-15120c5fc4731256977

Clearly holy water d12a211c70 hit the black 7b72afb295 magic circle.
However, there was no 270cfa9eef significant change. Only a few drops of fa6b3eb14f holy water that had been 3451c268a4 flying in the air fell 3afe7f9106 to the ground with a 48d798da8c thud.
However, it was effective in 9b426ef3f3 making Gabriel remember Asha’s existence c7304f4848 and become angry.
“Countess Pervaz…! To the end…!”
He gritted his teeth f17fe3cd8b and shot magic at 5dc6485c62 Asha.
“Ugh!”
This time, she couldn’t f54411f884 avoid it.
Asha flew through the air 99bb7cd388 and rolled on the ground.
‘Damn, is that level of holy water not enough?’
Holding her shoulder, 2926176c38 which had hit 3ff7ac24e6 the ground first, 4797be40d7 Asha thought that b15add5c95 something must be ca9605bac3 seriously wrong with 87ecd89a21 her body. The dark magic that 76b5b17fc0 Gabriel had unleashed while 3d2396acd4 fighting Carlyle was enormous.
“Asha! Asha!”
She heard Carlyle’s voice 0e92d6d24b calling her.
‘It really sucks to close my eyes leaving someone calling my name.’
It was the b1f55a8f80 same when she 03495e4495 fell down leaving 17aeb2b813 Decker behind, but 8a973a1f22 it was even a3bbf99079 more disappointing when 32a52da42f that someone was ef9bcf4c17 Carlyle.
However, since she 2a21ac5639 had been hit 701c4b241d head-on with magic, 65b4ca3b33 she would probably 9aca143422 fall into darkness d6c9f737cf again this time.
But something was strange.
‘Huh?’
Even though the 8027389379 shock of being 7acbda868b hit by magic 50f2ec2efe and hitting the f47891b738 ground had subsided, efc7fd1307 her mind was b4c66eba45 clear.
Moreover, her shoulder, ee783fd225 which had hit e00a246d1f the ground, was 40f365fa73 only a little 10dffafca0 sore, and the 7760d1578d pain in the 5cbbd9a103 place where she e63d0cdd66 had been hit d0804bbe5f directly by the de4309b827 magic wasn’t that 3e60c52e73 great either.
As soon as Asha realized 85cbe7517b this fact, she unconsciously checked b92a20ca3f Gabriel first. He also had a b75ab8bd5f bewildered expression on his c4f7f2e4e5 face, as if he 24df1fa9ab had realized that something 5942a98b90 was strange.
“Your Highness! The magic circle has weakened!”
That was Asha’s 07c8a66498 instinctive realization, having 499d889b82 grown up on 47e8c2a544 the battlefield. That the enemy had weakened, ffe466ae44 that now was the opportunity.
As soon as 99ad87e4aa Carlyle confirmed that cc1d6f53d7 Asha was safe, d802aeecd6 he began to d5be23d589 rush towards Gabriel.
“This crazy bastard!”
Unprincely curses still erupted 9e90469ba6 from his mouth. He felt like 38f3107d68 he had just e54841d650 been to the ada413848d gates of hell 4927e4c399 and back, thinking 3919355911 that he had da1d0701b2 lost Asha.
Gabriel gathered his 56edeb0d0d strength and defended 740075b16a himself, but he 2d14f57dc7 was only barely b5b25cc9cf avoiding fatal injuries. The figure that had 588651e911 been overwhelming Carlyle until 1c9c97384a just now was nowhere b8bcfa64ab to be seen.
“Ugh, gasp, Oh Libato of balance and harmony, give me the strength to defeat that arrogant demon!”
As Gabriel wiped 27cd88be75 the blood from 435ee68154 his mouth and 15ae9c7e7e began to pray fd195b55c7 to God, Carlyle 787db286ed threw his sword 05a241ed6d to the ground 70046c8200 and strode forward 0c77a776d7 in front of 5a3665fb74 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 a42287f557 Gabriel in the 77ee561cf0 face.
With a thud, Gabriel collapsed 1454d94b14 limply. It was a 6f4e50d251 completely different outcome 4cec72185f from before, when 987601f291 he was surrounded eb934466a8 by strong black fdf0e30121 magic.
In the silent 306b5b8271 room of the 18c006f761 black magic circle, 90d7c36764 only Carlyle’s rough b774d305e9 breathing echoed through 3dd0ba654e the air.
“Is he… dead?”
When Asha asked cautiously, 54e9ea2da8 Carlyle seemed to come 2aa4109963 to his senses and 74bf3ef163 rushed to Asha.
“Are you okay? You were hit by 7353a5c0ba that bastard’s magic earlier. Let me see.”
“That’s not important right now.”
“It is important! How many times do I 8301c75a8d have to tell you to deb5f3fa17 be careful with your life…!”
As Carlyle was 6a1fbbd1c4 about to let 18b291421c out a worried 2e319553bc tirade, Asha raised 79bbb4489e her hand and 3921560232 pointed to the d6f47f5448 void.
“It’s not… gone yet.”
Where she pointed, 9081ab5be4 the black magic 8c67557391 circle, which had 5352deefc9 greatly diminished in 6483975809 its black aura, e07701865a 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 98618511d5 you do when 4b900c3d3b you went up 2ccba83451 to the altar 4e6ea798de earlier?”
Carlyle asked, recalling 24bc0cb671 that heart-stopping moment.
“I sprinkled holy water on the magic circle. The magic circle 1fb1e4c258 in the Pervaz 9b6367cb5b Castle stopped when a6e1006a60 I sprinkled holy 233801aa92 water on it, b2dea6ebf6 so I thought f1d766fb33 this one might 2bb06e249f be similar.”
“Where did you get the holy water?”
“The priests carry holy water among their belongings. And our High 2466610343 Priest Gabriel had 87df12ba9f it neatly placed 44ba7e1a81 on his open 48d956689e coat.”
At those words, Carlyle stared 980d22fa71 blankly at Asha with an c08755a291 incredulous expression, then burst out 6937f84a99 laughing.
“Hahaha! That human really 89dfaf27a7 has a strong fae0aee99b faith. Judging by the fact that d2f51e34bb he always carried an object ae01c519df that is the opposite of 31b8765414 his magic circle.”
Anyway, the important 51c4daa904 thing now was 374e4b4059 to destroy the 85961b35b1 black magic circle a46dc506ad before Gabriel came 2c8b871cd7 to his senses.
However, the holy water e595679e2e had already been used 13cc2a997c up, and the other c983a418e7 priestly supplies had long 3a4bb4bd5e since been turned to a02dbecd29 dust by Gabriel’s magic.
“What do we do? Should we tie fbbb6de35e him up and 59b06f354a take him away? If we drag him to e5a010b78a a nearby temple and have 6d1ac934f5 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 87bf9b4d37 from the temple or 2c7f8814c2 take control of it eea538dfe4 within a day.”
Carlyle sighed and examined the a2cc042a70 magic circle closely.
Because he was born with 8f607d2ec5 divine power, he had learned d8620ee5e5 many things in the temple 1cad2bf2bc when he was young, including 879893d6bd ancient languages and magic circles.
It had been 4368fc66c7 a long time da3a48c8ba ago, and he 3ad54ccdb0 had not been 91574db403 a very exemplary dec94a4cb6 student, so he f9ad446412 did not remember 0202c551cd everything he had 23cb02abd2 learned then, but 67e9dfd775 he could certainly 3c55f20c50 tell that the 8bf9151dbc magic circle was bc8cbd3b57 evil to the a90d82cffe core.
“This is a magic circle that feeds on human life force. It’s hard to imagine ac43abd7ca how many people he 412d714629 sacrificed to become this 86d85bbb7c strong.”
At those words, aeecd0d6d8 Asha recalled Gabriel’s 2d3b1d2d8c passing remark.
[……Kill as much as you like, regardless of ally or enemy. The more you 4332dab6b1 kill, the stronger 3b3fe81c4e you will feel. The life force 70af1d19c6 you take will 50be884491 be the source dcb92393d8 of your strength.]
If that meant she 9344314041 could fatten the magic 0194bc2456 circle with the lives d4cf01071d she killed, then a 6b2cb8c274 part of her memory da35653a25 that had been a 6b95602bed blank puzzle until now fbc41c7862 was filled 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 5817eb9af2 that time as 1255bb94f4 well.
The way the b3320d8061 words they spoke db7fa760fe reminded him of 9309caa29b 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 her f00910e07e head was going to 31182e6818 explode with anger at d2eb2fa668 the thought that the 94a67e4b00 lives of the living 6472e6ee0d Pervaz warriors had been 6963db8652 used as fuel to 436a517fe9 feed that evil magic 44f3a4b025 circle.
She wanted to destroy that 43a335f1f3 magic circle by any means 177e301b6a necessary, but there was no 49e1e9bbb2 way to do it right 142f5b55c3 now.
Asha took a deep breath 452f17a477 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 b2047551f7 making her own 3355177f87 plans, Carlyle, who fb97096d62 had been staring b7efaea761 at the magic 75a2caf9f6 circle in silence, ffd6b0fb46 walked up to de7a9f9329 the altar and b48f725121 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 e14917290c 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 confused by b28969f083 the repeated expressions “if I c04b1eb984 collapse” and “there’s no other de784cf4ac way,” Carlyle put his hand d6cb000824 on the altar, took a fd2632d696 deep breath, and closed his e5231eaf0a 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 ff4591721f the same for 4e2361dc54 removing magic.’
He hoped that 15efd263cb this method would e84b09fd70 weaken the magic e0b2f2fd52 circle even a e19e9a0fd3 little bit, and d72a80aa80 he pressed his 334bad371d palm against the 13f291063d altar and slowly b7cf6571d5 pushed in his 946e20aca6 divine power.
It was easy to imbue 1f47e86ee0 his sword with divine power, ae0fcc3917 but it was not easy 03d29d0164 to push in divine power 9b8541f921 against the resistance of the 7915b7c008 black magic.
‘Still, it’s a good thing I practiced removing magic from Asha’s body. It’s much easier than b4df637cc5 it was then.’
It was ironic.
At the time when he 8b4cfff668 performed the ‘removal of magic’ 55eec5d3a6 on Asha, which he had eefcc7023c never used in his life, 135181561b it was only painful because cf2f4e5dcc of the fact that Asha 79e200949d was on the brink of 8ccd145b28 death.
But now that things had 95b137e210 come to this, he wondered 96a2e86ca9 if that was also a 3276e892c8 rehearsal that God had given c9e2e50955 him in advance. Of course, that was fbcca399e3 something to think about 8cd34444d7 after he had at c232eac7d7 least partially destroyed this d8e8d5aad3 magic circle.
“Ashtaht Hatara, loombiona Sherba…….”
He continuously recited the magic e5ca22e8d2 removal spell he had learned 96338fd7a1 in the temple as a b1707f368f child.
Since he hated going to 1feed70cb1 the temple, he couldn’t have 3431b11e4c enjoyed the divine power classes 2d9f5a797a he took there.
That’s why he often skipped 15d265b1fc class or daydreamed during class. However, the reason he was d1b5409933 reciting the magic removal spell 3f43ad9418 was because of his maternal ed70f2b567 grandfather.
On the night 43bc924a34 he returned from aed8bf3b6b visiting a sorcerer 4884382291 at a relative’s cc2e5b1e43 house, his maternal 2964e0e756 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 2a1f14e653 such magic to harm him.]
[Is that so?]
To his indifferent answer, 513331549a his maternal grandfather sternly df31e31202 instructed him.
[I know you are negligent in your temple education. However, you must learn 94867924a9 how to protect your 2bf7558933 body. Absolutely!]
That’s why he 747d542266 started reciting the 0d371c327c magic removal spell, ea44738fbb which was one b8001874f1 of the ways 33c9c29a83 to protect his 664f35ee26 body. So much so 765666af37 that he could cf394afd12 recite it flawlessly 761e793721 even after nearly 3f6ecdafaa 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 21c12ad58f out his sacred power, 4f96accea5 feeling his insides become e3f99f85b5 empty.
Just as his forehead dfac686449 started to sweat and c06561c03f he felt dizzy, Asha 28c92610e0 called him.
“Your Highness! The magic circle has disappeared! You can stop now!”
At that sound, Carlyle opened 28e24450bf his eyes wide.
“Really?”
“Yes! Look up!”
It was true. Where the magic circle 190b4668eb had been floating, there 132583466d was nothing but a d0ada94f3e faint mist-like thing.
“How did you do it?”
Asha asked with a 8b8461121a look of joy and 5b4c1d2d3a confusion.823008b18fb57dfe

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