Chapter 618 (1/2)

『Well then, Fran, you ready now?』

(Nn! Sorry I kept you waiting)

The current stalemate was created by Fran, although it was Zelyse who said that it was them who was losing their interest. Well, I guess Zelyse was also deliberately playing along with us.

I think he was still observing me during our fight. That must be why he didn’t dare to attack me seriously.

(Master, let’s do it!)

『Ou!』

Normally. Getting away from here would be the best option. However, if we ran away here, Zelyse might do something to the seal of the great magic beast again.

She said that the seal was already very weak, so we wanted to stop him.

That was why Fran was so determined to win. If we couldn’t fight for a long time, then we would just have to fight for a short time.

『Haaa!』

「Thaa!」

『Resonance magic!』 (Resonance magic!)

The magic power released from me and Fran was merging into a single form.

This was our Resonance Magic, the secret technique we had acquired on the Plains of the Demon Wolf.

It was a technique in which multiple magic users resonated with each other’s magic power and activated it. And apparently, it was a very rare form of magic.

It was a unique skill after all. And in order to activate it, everyone who cooperated had to have this skill.

Even with all that, it was unlikely that the activation conditions would be met. Besides, it was not something that could be used by just having the skill alone.

The wavelength and intensity of the magic power must be kept under control to match.

In other words, they had to have resonance magic skills and advanced magic control but there were not many people who could do that in this world.

Even Amanda said she had only seen it activated a few times. She said that it was used by a group of high-ranking magic beasts that appeared deep in the dungeon.

I think the skill was originally developed for magic beasts in dungeons. Because it would be rather easy to activate it in a dungeon that could generate a large number of magic beasts of the same species and the same ability.

Me too, I just happened to have killed a magic beast that had the skill in the Plains of the Demon Wolf.

It was a mysterious group of five slimes that were connected by a tentacle-like object to each other. And their name was the Resonance Slime.

Well, we killed them before they could even use their resonance magic though.

「Kuh…!」

『Fran! Hang on!』

Fran grunted. This was also the reason why this magic could not be used in actual battles.

Normally, this magic was designed to be used by groups of ten or twenty magic beasts. The burden on the user was tremendous, as Fran and I were the only ones using it.

In particular, the stress on the brain seemed to be quite severe, and Fran got a bad headache when she tried to use this skill.

Fran even said 「It feels like someone is hitting me with a spiked hammer in my head」.

Because of this, Fran’s control was not stable at all.

「Aaaaa!」

『All right! You did a great job, Fran!』

But Fran, despite her screams, completed her part.

Fran mustered up all her mental strength and endured the pain as she completed the last part of the preparation. I then sensed my own magic power and instantly adjusted my output.

Then, a bolt of pale blue lightning shot out from us, rampaging in all directions and covering the surroundings.