324 321. Disqualification of assassination.txt (1/2)

It was truly a white sun that took the purpose of killing as its magic (form).

It wasn't magic directed at me, but I almost burned to death just by being near it. I can't think of a way to defend myself in this small space.

That vicious and murderous blow rushed straight at Ragne-san.

To be honest, it's not that fast of a magic.

Compared to the earlier Flame Arrow, it's too slow. It's only as fast as a woman lightly throwing a pebble at it. Even a child would be able to avoid it.

However, there is no point in avoiding that sphere, the surrounding pool of dead blood tells me. This isn't magic that penetrates a point, it's magic that burns through space.

Above all, if it was released by a wizard with superior magic control, it could be remotely controlled.

Hence, again Lagne-san doesn't move, calmly choosing defense instead of evasion.

''-- Resonant Magic 《Field》. Each of you, your favorite defensive magic.

Just like the crystal's defense earlier, Ragne-san also began to deploy magic of an attribute that was supposed to be unusable.

At the same time, the crystal sword that Ragne-san is holding at her waist shines as it leaks dark magic power.

That's not all. The two pendants on her chest do the same. Here I am convinced that she is drawing the power of the 'Stealers of Reason'.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to find out what's going on, but I'm pretty sure it's the ”Treasured Sword of the House of Alais” that Ragne is wearing, as well as the magic stones of the ”Stealers of Reason” of darkness, wind and wood.

-- magic is drawn from the four magic stones.

However, that's not the way I and Christ drew it out when we had it.

In our case, we had to pass our own magic power through the magic stone and borrow the magic formula of the 'Stealers of Reason' to activate it.

Lagune-san in front of me was clearly not using his own magic power. The magic stone itself created magic power and shared it with her. If I had to ask who that usage was similar to, it would be Maria who was confronting her.

I understand the cause of the difference, though it's faintly obvious.

What is not in me or Christ, but in Ragne and Mary - perhaps it is something called 'affinity'.

I've been told by Tiara that ”affinity” is the most important factor when drawing power from a magical stone.

In other words, Lagune-san is now in ”affinity” with all four of the ”logic thieves” at the same time. Even I, who don't know much about ”affinity”, can understand that this is abnormal. I don't know much about affinity, but I can understand that it is abnormal.

And it is because of this skill of ”bad feeling” that I finally understand the meaning of the chill I once (...) felt.

That once (...) was a year ago. It was at the end of the final match of the Allied Nations ”Dance Tournament”.

That was when I snatched the Sword of the House of Ares from a wounded Christ, and then snatched it from Ragnet.

That was the first time Lagune held the Sword of the House of Ares in the audience, and I couldn't help but admire him.

Seeing her, I felt a chill.

I was struck with a feeling of excitement in my chest that I should never let her have it like this.

Why did I think that?

It was probably because Ragne-san was trying to 'relate' to me by some unusual means. So both Christ and I instinctively turned blue in the face and tried to get it back at once.

Fortunately, it didn't turn out to be a big deal at that time, thanks to Elmirad Siddharth, who took advantage of the momentary gap. But in truth, after the 'Dancing Tournament', it might not have been surprising to have a fight with Ragne-san, who had gained the power of the 'One Who Steals the Reason of the Earth'.

The reason for the former chill is unraveled thanks to this worst situation and the newly acquired skill 'Evil Sense'. In the midst of this, four-colored magic spread out from Ragne's body.

As she herself had just spoken and asked for it earlier, it was the magic of each of the four people's strongest attributes.

All of them were just basic magic that only stretched a film of magic power, but the source was that foul 'thing that steals reason'. Moreover, all of the attributes lived together, resonated and overlapped each other without conflict.

If it was a school textbook, it would be introduced on the first page of the school's textbook, the basics of the 'field'. It turned into a completely different, high-level defensive magic.

The magic power of darkness, earth, wind and wood. The colors of black, white, green and green.

It overlaps, melts, blends, increases in thickness, and finally settles into one.

It is a strange black color with many impurities.

It was a black that seemed to have been painted over for thousands of years with paintings of the land of fertility and forgot how many colors of paint had been used. If you look closely, you can catch a glimpse of the glow of crystal naturally deep within the blackness.

Such a strange black membrane spread out to encompass the entire underground cavity and made contact with Maria's white sun.

In an instant, the world flickers strongly and vividly.

The two magics fought each other while scattering black and white magic particles.

The two were in equilibrium.

Black, which is a mixture of multiple colors, and white, which has been purified by pushing only one color through.

The opposing magic pushed together, producing a monstrous high-pitched sound as if the underground cavity were a musical instrument, violently shaking the entire underground cavity.

Upon closer observation, it appeared that the black membrane in contact with the white sun, which was moving straight ahead to burn Lagne-san to death, was trying to drop him to the ground (・・・・).

The white sun trying to move forward as the black film pulls downward and forward.

Combined with the unique sparks and pleasing sounds, it's a terrifying fantasy.

Most of all, Ragne murmurs as he analyzes the situation.

...... Gosh, if you forcefully mix them together, the magic power will be closer to black. And what's more, it's kind of heavy ......!　It's supposed to be defensive, but it's weird magic. ......!

The person who released it was surprised that it was only meant to prevent and play, but before he knew it, it had become a drop (...) magic. Maria, who was confronting him, was equally surprised and muttered.

'The source of this power, the same ...... as mine!　If so, it's more of our years: ......!

Like me, she was shocked when she realized that Ragne-san had an 'affinity' with the magic stone of 'The One Who Stole the Reason'. However, she quickly rethought her killing intent and braved the fact that their bond was better than ours.

''Even though I'm more used to that one, this one is four ......!　I was just asking for a power contest from you!　I'll take it!

They chose to bludgeon each other's magic with no tricks.

The dense magic of both of them poured additional magic power into the two magic that is being maintained now.

Finally, the two of them roar as they compete to say that I am the one who is the most 'friendly' with the 'reason stealer' in the world.

'Burn it all out--!

”Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh--!

The white sun swells even more.

Instead of swallowing a person, it increases in volume to the point of swallowing even the ”World Tree” behind it.

The black membrane grows even thicker.

It turns into a robust, massive magic, so robust that it has to change its expression from a membrane to a wall.

Without a doubt, they are both probably the highest level of magic in the world.

The competition is so powerful, so pure, and so full of killing intent that I may never see it again, and I'm absentmindedly blinded by it.

As a knight, I have a certain admiration for strength. And you could say that what we are witnessing now is the ultimate in one.

The pool of blood beneath my feet has evaporated and turned reddish-black, the color inside the underground cavity is dyed black and white in half, and the surrounding walls are pierced with countless particles of aftermath magic power, drawing patterns like stardust.

However, we are made to understand early on that it's impossible to keep an eye on that equilibrium.

One of the aftermaths, the hot wind, has begun to outstrip my wind defenses.

If this continues, I'll be killed before Ragne-san and Maria, who are clashing magic with each other, who are just watching.

I checked Fafner-san behind Ragne-san and he is generating a wall of flowing blood and holding on. As expected of one of the 'Stealers of Reason', there's still plenty of room for more.

I just want to avoid being the first one to give up roots.

I don't want to just get in the way of my friends fighting.

However, reality is not easy. The scattered magic particles erode and try to break my wind magic. The hot wind that blows in the air tries to melt the skin all over my body.

I can't even stay here anymore without using the back of my hand.

It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with them.

-- but before that, fortunately or unfortunately, it happened.

''I mean, what?''

What--?

Ragnet-san made a barefaced noise and Maria voiced her doubts.

Then the magical tussle came to an end.

It was a momentary thing.

Just when I thought the white sun had surpassed the black wall's magical power, the next moment, the power relationship had 'flipped'.

The heat of the white sun cooled off - it was scraped off.

It wasn't that the black wall had eroded or swallowed him. By itself, the white sun weakened and disappeared as if it had stopped building magic.

Both sides were puzzled as to whether it was an unexpected resolution or not.

It was Ragne who analyzed the phenomenon and spoke to herself.

''I, what was that just now, the power of the ”Star's Reason” ......?　Could it be that it doesn't just work on people, but on magic as well?　And, without permission: ......

”d*mn, 'counter-magic'. ......!　It sounds like a disarming system: ...... No!　Even so, this time, I'm going to shoot multiple spells in all directions--and ......--

Ragne-san was standing there, maintaining the black wall.

In contrast, Maria tried to take a step forward while kneading her magic power, trying to prepare a chase - she fell forward.

She fell to the ground and lay down, unable to move with a twitch.

''Eh?''

Ragnet-san, who was standing relative to me, opened her mouth with a plop.

I was watching from afar, and Fafner-san felt the same way.

Maria, who was clothed with more than ten thousand people's magic and life force, suddenly lost all her power and collapsed.

The heat source that had made me feel that if it was bad, it would burn down not only the castle, but the country as well, had cooled to zero in an instant.

I was saved thanks to the disappearance of the hot air inside the underground cavity, but the battle between the two of us--

Could it be that ....... Did your ability transfer from the flames to the main body and ...... die?

Ragné-san was right, Maria didn't move as if she was dead.

Seeing her fallen form, a chill runs down my spine. I immediately run over to check her condition, but before I can do so, a girl crawls out of the hem of Maria's clothes and cries out.

'Ma, Maria sis!　What's going on, sis!

Instead of the black color drained from her clothes, the Reaper raised Maria's fallen body and checked her breath. From her expression, it could be seen that Maria was not dead. However, it could also be seen that she would not wake up immediately.

The Reaper stood in front of the fallen Maria and generated a scythe by condensing the dark magic power.

''When it comes to this, I'm ......!

He glared at Ragne, showing his wariness.