Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 155
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Episode 155: The Shadow of the Great Mountain Range (4)
She had no special name. She was only called the seventh because she was the seventh born.
No one found it strange, not even herself. There was no reason for it to be named and distinguished.
“… … .”
The seventh, who was looking down the mountain path below while hiding in the shadows, frowned.
Since they were just like the fish they had caught, I didn’t think that the fact that they were leisurely dealing with humans was a problem.
But honestly, my response after the assistant suddenly appeared was a mistake that occurred due to my own carelessness.
Because it was my first time encountering the concept of a ‘human flying on the wind’, I was so absorbed in watching it that I couldn’t help but notice that all the ogres and trolls were swept away before I knew it.
She had run out of cards to deal with. Her ability was not to create beasts that didn’t exist, but to control existing ones, and since ogres and trolls were not common evils, she couldn’t replenish them right away.
“… Tch.”
It’s a shame, but it’s not like there was nothing to be gained.
The ability to emit platinum flames that surround one’s entire body is a feat only a select few among those who call themselves servants of the gods have achieved.
Considering he killed two ogres in an instant, he might even be higher than that. It doesn’t quite connect with his young-looking face, though.
Besides, there was a half-sister, though it was invisible. No matter how good a servant was, he could not have the ability to fly.
That must be the help of a half-baked technique that humans dare to call the law of the devil. Perhaps it is part of the technique of controlling the wind.
Although I didn’t like either the servants or the half-brothers, I had no intention of ignoring the risks, regardless of my personal feelings.
If possible, I’d like to check Banpyeon’s face before I go. They’re weak and slow, so if I wait a little longer, they’ll probably arrive.
While thinking like that, the seventh one was carefully looking at the mountain path.
Ok!
Something cold and wet touched his scalp. Seventh instinctively raised his hand to his head.
“… … ?”
I checked my hand that had been caressing my head and it was water. It had no particular color or smell, it was literally just water.
Is it raining? The sky was clear. The seventh looked up, wondering.
Phew!
At that moment, a lump of water fell from the tree and hit the seventh in the face.
“Curruck?!”
The water mass caused stars to flash before my eyes, but paradoxically, the coldness of the water mass prevented me from fainting.
But the situation did not improve at all. The water blob that hit his face did not disperse, but rather grew in size.
The mass of water that had covered my face instantly enveloped my entire upper body and lower body. It was a prison made of water.
The seventh one tried to hold his breath and struggle as much as possible, but it was no use.
Even if you struggle to swim, the resistance is much greater than in regular water.
As she moved, the water prison grew in size towards her, so that the distance from the water did not decrease at all.
“Gulp, gurgle.”
I never thought there would be another guy besides the one who could control the wind. The seventh one felt dizzy. It was also because he couldn’t breathe.
It was obvious that Banpyeon would be in league with the servant, and it was obvious how the servant would treat him.
The possibility of being saved was not zero, it was just zero.
So, it’s better to die now.
“Kuruk, gurur… … .”
That’s so unfair.
The seventh quietly closed her eyes, spitting out blood instead of the air remaining in her lungs. Her consciousness fell into a darkness that would never brighten again.
* * *
Miraculously, no one died.
That was because both the ogres and the trolls rushed in relatively leisurely, as if they were playing with toys.
Of course, it was equally as painful to the opponent as it was to the point of death, so I’m not saying that I was fine, but even so, the broken bones and torn muscles could be sufficiently treated by the miracle of healing.
Phew!
While caring for plague patients in the southwest, Lilia’s medical skills improved, although she did not perform any surgical operations at the time.
With the Archbishop’s realm added to it, the miracle’s effect was literally miraculous. The seven people who had been exhausted immediately regained their energy.
“Thank you, Bishop!”
“You saved my life and even treated me… How can I repay this favor… ?”
“It’s something that needs to be done. Take care of yourself. Oh, and pack your bags too!”
“All right!”
After skillfully completing the actions against the seven people, Lilia finally turned to Myra.
The reason she deliberately saw Myra last was because Myra was in good condition. To be exact, she wasn’t in good condition, but she recovered on her own, as expected of a high-ranking priest. Even though her stamina was almost depleted.
Lilia quickly walked towards Myra, who was watching from a distance.
“Myra Ju―”
Lilia, who had just opened her mouth, was unable to continue speaking.
Myra hugged Lilia tightly without saying a word. Lilia’s eyes, which had slightly widened, soon softened.
After a while, Myra let go of Lilia and smiled proudly.
“You’ve really grown a lot. In both skill and heart. You’re amazing, Lilia.”
“thank you.”
Lilia laughed bashfully.
Even though they weren’t related by blood, their relationship was almost like that of a mother and daughter, so there was no need for useless words. A few sincere words were enough.
Again, Lilia threw herself at Myra in a playful manner, and Myra patted her on the back.
But the touching reunion was a reunion, and now that reason had returned, curiosity could not help but arise. Myra asked.
“How did you know about this place? I didn’t even know you were here.”
“I arrived in Abaca around sunset! I heard the situation from Sister Jenny, and I was worried, so I followed you.”
“I see. If you had given me the notice in advance, I would have waited for you to come and gone with you. Were you planning to surprise me?”
“I did feel that way, but I couldn’t contact you because I was crossing the mountain.”
“mountain?”
“It’s a mountain range!”
“…huh?”
“I came over from the Central Archdiocese right after the ordination ceremony!”
“… … ?”
There was so much information packed into one sentence that Myra’s brain briefly went into overdrive.
“You came over the Great Mountains?”
“Yes! Riding a wyvern!”
“Ah, that, that’s right. Wyvern.”
There was something like that in a letter I received before. That she went hunting on a wyvern. Of course, I never thought that Lilia would lie in a letter, but is it really that trivial to make a fuss like that?
No, that’s secondary.
I could understand that he had come from the central region. Although the last letter I received said, ‘He is going to the southwest,’ the speed of letter delivery was so slow that it must have been several months ago. It would not have been strange if he had already finished his work and gone to the central region.
But there was a strange word at the very front.
“Ordination ceremony…? Whose?”
“Me! I became an archbishop!”
“What, what?! Cluck, cluck!”
Myra was taken aback by Lilia’s bombshell announcement.
The birth of a new archbishop was such a big deal that it was relayed to churches all over the world, but no matter how fast the horse was, it had to go around the Great Mountain Range, so it couldn’t be faster than Lilia, who crossed the Great Mountain Range directly.
“Yes, you mean?”
“yes!”
There was not a single shadow in Lilia’s eyes. She was the one who had been the problem from the beginning because she spoke too honestly, let alone lied.
Certainly, if Lilia was the Archbishop, it would explain why she came to see Myra right after her ordination and why she was still fine after slicing down two ogres with one stroke.
Of course, we have to accept the premise that he is a twenty-year-old archbishop, but Myra was also the one who observed Lilia’s talent the longest.
Myra, who barely managed to come to her senses, let out a deep sigh.
“Oh my, oh my.”
Myra sighed and grabbed Lilia’s cheeks. The flabby flesh stretched out like rice cake.
“What should I do with this guy?”
“Ugh.”
“Your Majesty has placed too great a burden on you. Even if your faith is strong enough to reach the eighth miracle, the position of Archbishop is not one that can be overcome by faith alone.”
“He said he wouldn’t take over the archdiocese right away. He said it would be okay if I continued on my pilgrimage a little longer.”
Although her pronunciation was slurred, Myra understood it without difficulty. She had often done this when she was teasing Lilia in the past.
“That’s fortunate. Wait, if he’s still on his pilgrimage… What about Duke Galen? By any chance… … .”
“We didn’t break up?!”
Lilia jumped.
“I came first because it was urgent! You’re right over there.”
Myra turned around to follow Lilia, who was waving her hand vigorously.
Two horses were trudging toward us. One was ridden by Galen, and the other had an empty saddle. It was Lilia’s horse.
But what really stood out was that there were fireballs rolling across the ground to the left and right of the horses.
“What is that… what the… … ?”
“I guess it’s a substitute for a torch. I guess he did that because he had no free hands since he had to pull my reins too.”
“No, that… wasn’t Duke Galen a water wizard?”
“I heard you learned both Buddhism and Taoism!”
“… … .”
“Actually, I’ve known this for a long time. I’m sorry. At that time, you asked me to keep it a secret.”
“No, there’s nothing to be sorry about… … .”
Archbishop Lilia’s shock was so great that I thought there would be no more surprises, but it seems that the human mind is not so easily indifferent.
Galen, who had come closer, dismounted from his horse. He looked at Myra and greeted her politely.
“It’s been a long time, Your Majesty. How have you been?”
“I think things were going okay until just now.”
Myra answered in a hoarse voice.
“You may speak freely. You are a jewel magician now.”
“What I want to say is, please treat me like you used to. It makes me uncomfortable.”
“… Is it perhaps because of Lilia?”
“…I won’t deny it.”
“Yes? Why me?”
“There is something like that.”
“… Yes. If it’s convenient for you, then I’ll do that. However, you don’t have to call me Your Excellency. That’s really burdensome to me.”
“Yes. Then I will call you whatever you want.”
After Galen had grown so rapidly over the past two years that he re-established the problematic title.
“First of all, there is something I need to take care of. May I ask you a favor?”
“Of course. What is it?”
“Please follow me for a moment.”
Galen added, lowering his voice.
“Let’s leave them alone for a while. Just in case.”
“…Are you going far?”
“No, that’s the spot.”
Galen’s finger pointed to the ridge. It wasn’t close, but it wasn’t far either. At least for a high-ranking priest like Myra, it was a distance that could be reached in a few dozen seconds if something happened.
“Okay.”
Myra nodded.
She explained the situation to the group that was resting a little distance away. They were naturally anxious since they had just been attacked, but they were able to put them at ease because their destination was visible.
Leaving the horses behind, the three climbed the mountain. When the distance was large enough that even the silver warrior could not overhear, Galen opened his mouth.
“After sending Lilia away, I did some research around the area.”
“… Send it away?”
“I asked my brother! To push me with wind magic. As a result, I was able to run faster.”
“…You can use wind magic too?”
“Well, that’s not important right now. What’s important is that a bunch of ogres and trolls showed up.”
That’s not a wrong statement. Myra nodded instead of pointing out anything further.
“Yeah, it’s definitely not normal.”
“Recently, Lilia had a fight with a strange magician. He could control people with the sound of bells. I wondered if there was a magician who could control evil bells in a similar way. So I looked around.”
Galen stopped talking.
It wasn’t deep in the mountains, but rather a mountainside overlooking a mountain path, so we arrived there quickly.
There was something lying there, soaking wet.
The cat that had been guarding his side ran towards Galen, scurrying away. The spirit on his left arm slid back into its bracelet form.
“I tried to just knock him out by locking him in a water prison, but it seemed like he chose suicide.”
“It’s a bit disappointing, but it’s better than missing out. And… if the culprit was the guy I think he is, there would have been no point in capturing him in the first place.”
“Oh, did you have an idea?”
“I guess we’ll have to see it first… … .”
Then I should show you. Galen waved his hand lightly.
The fireballs made from the Vanity Flame advanced, illuminating the surroundings. The shadows covering the criminal were pushed away.
The silhouette that was revealed at first glance looked like a woman with very long, curly hair.
But that’s just a silhouette.
The figure revealed under the light easily revealed that its identity was not human.
Well, humans can’t have gray skin or horns on their heads.
“As expected. Unfortunately.”
“…What is this?”
“Evil spirit.”
Myra responded indifferently.
“They are children born of the devil.”