Chapter 2 (1/2)

(Helium) 2nd Chapter | Enter the Hero of Science

“Quick! Everyone, run!”

“Luna!”

“……Don’t worry, Mother Rest easy I’ll show you I can protect this village……because I’e”

“Maaze……we can only rely on Luna now……please understand”

Luna=Lanford evacuated everyone in the village to a hilltop in the outskirts of the village and stopped midway in order to block the path to the hill

However, even if it e, Luna’s mother, Maaze, couldn’t hide her iure of her daughter, as trying to bear the brunt

Even though it was the duty of the village chief to protect the village, the ritual of sacrifice had been continuing on from the olden days

Once every decade or so, a Blue Ogre, against which even a member of the Guild would be at a loss for what to do, let alone the villagers, would attack this village

On that occasion, this village would offer a girl What was transpiring was exactly that

This time, however, the circumstances were different

A Mage, a rare hu in this world, who could e

To begin with, Mana was an energy that infinitely existed in this world Occasionally, it would crystallize The hu those crystals

So; sos to subsist; so force for an object to move; and sometimes, as a weapon to hunt beasts……it was an indispensable object

Although the power of that object could be harnessed, the crystallization of Mana was entirely natural

In contrast, there existed a race that could absorb Mana, also known as energy, in their bodies and manipulate it freely

That race, referred to as elves, was the only race with such a potential ast many races, which existed in this world beside humans An elf, that could use such a poas a precious existence

There would seldo the sae

As a child, Luna exhibited the saes

The whole village was ecstatic For such a human to be born in such a remote location was an immense honor Now, they wouldn’t have to perform that ritual anymore

And then, when Luna turned 17, the Blue Ogre attacked the village

However, ‘with Luna here, that e chief thought

Everything was entrusted to a girl

Luna was confident, too, that she could protect everyone After all, she was a special existence ought to be respected

Until a group of Blue Ogres attacked the village……

“……No way……there are so many……it’s not……one”

Ordinarily, the village would be attacked by only one Blue Ogre

However, when Luna evacuated the villagers to the hill, what barged into her sight was a group of bluish black tough bodies clad in a bizarrely stagnant aura

Their number easily exceeded ten

To confront one Blue Ogre, multiple members of the Guild, ere confident of their skill, were required Such was its level

Even though she was a distinguished existence in this world, a Mage, it was beyond the scope of a lone 17-year-old girl’s combat experience no matter how one looked

Upon witnessing it, the villagers, who had escaped to the hilltop, were dumbstruck

Having abandoned the daughter who she had carried in her woiven birth to, herthat she wouldn’t live long either, she felt relieved

When the villagers, ere clinging onto the hope that was Luna, realized it was hopeless, despair clutched their hearts

“Ku……it’s going to be alright……I’ht Arrow of Water (Water Ray)”

Luna had yet to give up

She manipulated Water Mana to the limit of what she could hold and fired it at the troop of Blue Ogres