Chapter 15 (2/2)
As I stood at a branch point, I shook the Wand of Mage Finger
The invisible fingers grasped the bottle that sealed a part of Zaratan, floated and went to a dark passage smoothly
Ann's Alarm was also set on the bottle
If the monster picked it up, the bell that she held would emit a sound
”With this, if we e, ill earn more time”
”As expected your craftiness function well, Erica Your mind and your face are an equal”
This guy……
There were sos, do not despair
”Oh my, I'm sorry that my mind and my face are inferior”
”N-no, it's different Erica, what I mean was……”
”Onii-sa tiet out of here quickly”
Ann kicked off Klaus' back and urged him forward
I would like for the sister to train her older brother more
”Even so, Onii-sauous”
”It can be said even if there is little to no uidepost Cantrip2, there is still the ical power trap in this layer So yeah, I can't use it frequently”
Klaus and Ann's coue
As expected, this ruins es
”I ao around and return to the monster What should we do in that case, Klaus-sama?”
”……It's alright The passage is narrow If that , you can tell by the sound of his claws digging the wall”
”Before the o towards the bottle first We are safe until the Alars, Ericsama”
At that round trembled
We stood up reflexively
However, I iing
Squeaking sound of gears, the sound of rubbing stones
”This is the sound of the ht it was that monster”
”Ah”
”That said, the ed as usually it would, Ericsama”
Theeven after we threw off Zaratan
This , so it sounded somewhat ominous
At the end of the passageso
On the wall on the right side of the end of the passage, there was an entrance to a room closed with an iron door
”I hope it's a small room this time”
”Let's open it first, Onii-sama”
Klaus opened the door, which seee room
Should we search again?
However, the last branch point was the place where I put the bottle for Zaratan to earn us time
If we turned back, that strategy would be wasted
I hope there was another entrance in this room
Huh?
But as we entered the room, it seemed like another room I saw today
”Wait! It's bad here……Erica, Ann, get out of this room quick–”
I finally understood what Klaus said
Decorative walls and pillars, countless of rubbles scattered around, ceiling which had crashed down
This was the cathedral where Zaratan was sealed - ere on its side entrance
At thefell down before the entrance where we entered
Black rigid scales, empty orbits like the abyss, sharp nails that could tear rocks easily like butter
With his hind leg that was supposed to have been destroyed already regenerated, Zaratan in his full condition was there
Did he climb the wall and ambush us?
Even though he had such a huge body, soile and shrewd
『I a, humans』
”What! No way, this must be a coincidence!”
『It is not a coincidence, I aht you here
I used thelabyrinth
This is the place where my body was I understand the construction most intimately』
Looking at the direction shown by Zaratan, the walls and the others were destroyed, and there were places where the gears inside were exposed
Did he directly interfere with the gears anddirections?
”Onii-sa Ray?”
”I don't have another one Before that, that ic we use”
”Then, what should we do……”
”I don't knoe have come this far……”
After running away so far, ere now like cornered rats
All of our escape paths were blocked for sure
”Ann, Erica! His assault is dangerous! Disperse and hide in the shadow!”
Klaus scattered all his re spell cards and formed the Protective Circle to the maximum
With little hesitation, he rushed towards the monster
Ann and I dispersed in two directions and hid in the shadows of thick columns as he told us to
However, as the hugewith a blow, the air froze
The er, and brutally distorted than how they were seen last time
『I also got tired of playing with brats like you
Well, how should I kill you?
Hey, Golden Madness!?
That's right, daughter of Aurelia
First of all, let's kill people other than you, in front of you, for you』
Zaratan declared with a voice full of pleasure while looking at me
”What did you say!?”
『Fu, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaa……wonderful
Your pain is my bliss!
Noill season your soul with deep despair and loneliness!
Your soul and your te, dedicate them to me!』
As he see, the monster raised a shriek-like sound
『First of all, the s you
Who gave me the deepest wound—
Your hope, I will cut it off!』
Zaratan crushed the pillar where Ann was hiding by swinging his two arms
She was freezing fro up by shaking the staff towards the monster
”Come, Monster! The one you're really scared of is not Ann but ht me first!”
Klaus stood up with body full of wounds
Along with the provocation, he attacked with spell cards, but Zaratan didn't pay it any mind
『Kuhahahahahaha! I can feel it, little girl!
The s soul!
Your soul seehter of Aurelia's!』
The space in front of Zaratan becahtly distorted
It was a ical phenomenon similar to spatial manipulation
Fro like a vast black shadow
(He's going to unleash the ic that would take in Ann's body!)
More than that, what Zaratan chose was the ic of Death
If he struck against the s death
”Stop it—–!!”
”Kya!”
Was Ann going to be killed?
I had come so far, but couldn't escape from the fate of her death!
In one
I didn't want that
Did such thing have to happen?
Would such a sive such unreasonableness?
At that moment, I moved
Without thinking of the consequences, I waved the Wand of Castling3
1 Panicpeople who confront sudden abnormal situations such as disasters and catastrophes
2 Cantrip: is a category of spells that can be cast at will, without usingto prepare in advance Repeated practice has fixed the spells in the caster's ic needed to produce the effect over and over ()
3 Wand of Castling: If you forget, this wand can trade the user's place with the target, just like aapped with one of the Rook (I edited the explanation in chapter 5 since this makes more sense)
The ic of Death that Zaratan used was the one he absorbed from Erica’s attack earlier in this chapter
Poor Klaus was trying to coot misunderstood wipe tear