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“Guhaaaaa!!!”
When me and Estelle got close to each other, we swung our arms that were as big as logs.
But even though he had doped up, I didn’t think he could beat us now.
We were able to avoid Kashira’s attacks while simultaneously slashing at his torso and arms, causing a spray of blood to dance around.
It seemed that we had done some damage only with normal attacks, without the need to use any special techniques.
However, he did not seem to feel any pain, perhaps due to the medicine, and his attack speed remained the same.
“Atria, how are you doing?”
“I’m ready!”
“Estelle, let’s get out of here!”
After checking on Atria, Estelle and I moved away from Kashira.
“Arcelay!”
The next moment, a white light shot out from Atria and hit Kashira, who was in a straight line.
Especially the light magic that is said to be heard by demons. A hero should be able to use magic of the highest rank, but Atria, who was not a hero, could only learn intermediate-level magic.
Even so, Kashira suffered in agony from the white light and was burned to a crisp on the spot.
“Gu………….”
Kashira was burnt by the white light.
However, because it was intermediate magic, he still had breath. But it was obvious that he was still badly damaged.
Estelle and I gradually closed the distance between us and Kashira while holding our swords.
“Castor-sama,……, what are we going to do?”
“Oh, …… wait a minute.”
Something was wrong with Kashira.
Honestly, I thought it would recover as if it had grown an arm again, but it seems that’s not the case.
Perhaps his body had become stiff after being hit by light magic, but he remained standing and did not move.
After I watched him for a while, the center of his body began to glow red for some reason.
“…”
No way.
How is that possible with drugs?
But there was no time to think about that now.
“Estelle! Run to Atria’s place! Now!”
“Yes!”
I turned around and ran as fast as I could, both of us together, backwards.
I could feel the light getting stronger on my back. And at the same time, I felt the heat as if the temperature around me was rising.
“Atria! Defensive magic
“! I understand! –Mahjold!”
When we returned to Atria’s place, we deployed a magic shield that would protect us from magic and long-range attacks.
Then a translucent curtain spread out before our eyes.
The next moment.
Kashira’s body expanded and burst into a huge explosion.
“–Kyaa!?”
“T-This is …….”
“Atria! You can do it! You can do it now!”
“! I will stop it! I will stop it!”
The effectiveness of this defensive magic, “Mahold,” increases as the ability level increases.
The strength of the defense depends on the magician, as there are no ranks that increase in strength by four levels, like other magic.
Atria is level 36 now. She can definitely defend herself.
However, in terms of the scale of the explosion, it was a “full flare” – the power of an advanced magic level.
Burning explosions rained down on the defensive shield, shaking the translucent curtain.
Atria, desperately holding her wand out in front of her, endured it with her face contorted.
Ten seconds in time. When the explosion subsided, there was nothing left where Kashira had been standing.
“Did …… he intend to let it self-destruct in the end ……? Who in the world gave him that drug ……?”
That demon-like appearance.
I thought the demons must have done something to it, but there was no way to find out anymore.
Later, Atria applied an abnormality recovery magic called “Ricoha” to Maybella, which helped her recover from the paralyzing poison.
After joining Kuruha, who was hiding in the shade of a tree on the hill, we returned to the city of Serpentis.
“Thank you! Thank you ……!”
The lord, Arques, thanked me for this and a large amount of money.
I was surprised when he told me that he would give me the 10 million galleys that he was going to give to the bandits as it was, but it was indeed too much, so I decided to take 500,000 galleys each.
After solving the case and finally getting out of town, we started to follow the heroes.
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–At the same time that Castor and his group left Serpentis.
The heroes had come to the city of Mirfak, located in the center of the western continent.
Mirfak is also known as the “City of Pleasure,” and is especially famous for its prosperity at night.
It has always been a lively town, with many people staying up until morning playing in the casinos and bars without sleeping.
However, something unusual was happening in Mirfak.
A group of heroes were staying in Mirfak.
Three days had already passed since they rented the inn, but something was attacking them.
“Stella,…… I want to sleep, but I can’t,……”
“Me too,…… why is this happening,……”
They took up lodging, lay down on their beds and closed their eyes.
Mira, a wizard who is sleeping in the same room as the hero Stella, rubs her eyes and mutters.
The same is true for Stella, who couldn’t sleep no matter how hard she tried.
Stella and her friends had not slept for three days already.
They were clearly in a state of insomnia.
“This …… is something the demons are doing,……?”
“I can only think so,……, but where are the Demon Tribe,……?”
Mirfak is also known as the “city of pleasure”. And at the same time, some people call it that. ——“The City of Sleepless”.
This is the name given to the city where many people play around without sleeping, but right now, all the residents are having nightmares of being forcibly kept awake.
It was another week after that that Castor and his friends arrived in the city of Mirfak.
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