Chapter 106 – Incarnation

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“Lyla. Were you here again?”

The voice of a gentle yet strict old man.

When she looks back, started by the voice of her favorite person in the world.

There, an old man with white hair and a thick beard, with an old pipe in his mouth, had a bitter smile on his face.

Her grandfather her, Agni Flamewatch, stood there.

Agni’s room, which had a large amount of magic books, was like a treasure trove to Layla.

Some of them were written by Agni, and contained the results of his research that he devoted his life to finding the ‘primitive flame’that the Flamewatch family longed for.

The book Layla was reading today was one of those books that was more difficult and enjoyable to read.

Her grandfather’s book was kind enough to be written by a magician, and it was written to arouse a thirst for knowledge of magic even more.

“Have you already finished reading the book I gave you last time? Studying magic is good, but why don’t you try other hobbies from time to time?”

Agni himself, however, worries that Layla is too engrossed in magic, and she strokes her hair.

Layla, even in the eyes of her grandfather her, Agni, was a one-handed genius born with her gift for magic.

Even so, dedicating one’s life to ‘magic’ alone is meaningless, Agni knew well from her own experience of her.

Layla smiles broadly at Agni, nodding her head proudly.

“If it’s that book, I’ve already read it and put it back on the bookshelf!”

“Hmm, already? Are you sleeping properly? You’re not using ‘advance money’ again without this old man’s knowledge, are you?”

“Oh no!”

Seeing Agni’s suspicious eyes, Layla denies it by shaking her head left and right.

Agni was shocked to learn that a child who was less than 10 years old was immersed in magic, even using spells that put a lot of strain on her body.

Raising a loud voice for Lila was her first and her last her, and it must have been quite a bitter experience for Lila as well.

Of course, Leila followed her grandfather’s command her well, so she did n’t use the advance payment now.

She just read the book, saving her sleeping time without using the advance payment.

That seemed undesirable in its own right, but she thought it would n’t matter as long as her grandfather her didn’t get caught.

To divert her attention from a conversation with her self-doubting grandfather, Lila points to a section of the book she was reading.

“Ha, Grandpa! What is this ‘Avatar’ magic here?”

Agni rubbed her beard and opened her mouth at Layla’s question.

“You’re looking at a pretty difficult book. That’s the last book I’ve ever written. Avatar, along with primordial elemental magic, is the ultimate goal for elemental mages like us.”

Agni spreads out his index finger, and a small flame rises at the tip. It was a natural action, as if breathing, but it was only possible for magicians of a certain level to express unformed elemental magic in a limited area without chanting.

“The magic of the elements is scattered throughout the natural world, and we use our own magic as a central point to attract the elements we want from the surroundings and shape them with magic. Shamans go one step further and pass their magic through the spirits, but there requires a fairly high level of magic control.”

Lila nods her head as she listens to her grandfather her. It was something I had read in previous books, but hearing it directly from my grandfather’s mouth was a new feeling.

“Magic power is controlled by the three elements of the body, soul, and spirit. Among them, the soul is the most closely related to magic. However, it is the biggest obstacle for magicians to strengthen their bond with magic.”

“Barrier…?”

Agni extinguishes the fire that had been floating in his fingers by clenching his fist, then moves his hand over his chest.

“Yes. It is the body of our wizard.”

It was a strange word, because you have a body, you can control magic through the magic organ inside it, but the body is the biggest barrier?

“The reason we use the magical organ of the body-heart is because we are living beings belonging to the material world. If magic can be used only with a magical organ, spirits and spiritual beings who do not have bodies cannot use magic. Because we operate according to the laws of the world we belong to.”

Laila nodded at Agni’s words.

In other words, the will to use magic is controlled by the mind and soul, but the will alone cannot move the mana flowing through the material body. Therefore, the magical organs in the body are needed.

“But if we get rid of the bondage of the body and become spiritual beings like the spirits of the natural world, we can reduce the 2nd process of soul-body-magic to the 1st process of soul-magic.”

“Uh… But isn’t death the soul leaving the body?”

At Lyla’s obvious question, Agni raises the corner of her mouth and nods her head.

“Yes. Wizards of the past made numerous attempts to escape the shell of the body, and many lost their lives in the process.”

“Uh…Then, is ‘Avatar’ a scary magic?”

“It’s not so. ‘Avatar’ is the last elemental magic developed at the end of such research. It is to shed the physical body and change it to pure elemental magic. By doing so, the body is freed from the limitations of the body and the body becomes a living being. It’s like magic, allowing the spirit to manipulate the elements as it pleases.”

That’s why the name of the magic is ‘Avatar’, that is, ‘Avatar’. It is magic that sublimates the caster’s body into pure elemental magic and temporarily transforms it into a spirit-like being.

“Awesome…! Can I learn it too!?”

Layla asks Agni, her eyes twinkling, if the magic sounds attractive.

“Of course you can learn it. But there is a great danger in using this magic as well.”

“Is it dangerous?”

“Yes. The body that is cast off temporarily disappears. This is because all bodies are converted into magical power. Therefore, when the magic is over, it is necessary to return the magical power to the physical body… Many wizards fail in this area.”

At those words, Lila shut her mouth as if to swallow her breath.

“And the magic of the soul continues to be consumed, and in the end, like the spirits of the natural world, it slowly disappears. In other words, the ending is harsher than death. The soul disappears.”

“That… Then, it’s a scary magic…”

Layla at the time was still afraid, but her face her turned dark.

“No, avatars are the most human magic.”

“…?”

“In order for a wizard who became magical due to an avatar to return to normal, he needs a strong connection with a precious being.”

“A precious existence… ?”

“Yes. He loves you, and he is the person you love. To me, Layla is that person.”

Agni’s words were harder for Lyla now than anything she’d heard from him so far.

Of course, Ryla also thinks of her grandfather as a precious person, but what role does that play while using this magic?

“No matter what form I change, if it’s Lila, I’ll be sure to remember me, right?”

“Of course! Grandpa’s stylish beard, the wrinkles on his forehead his, and his favorite red jacket his!”

At Lyla’s confident words, Agni stroked her hair again.

“A being that has become magic gradually moves away from humans, and is freed from the constraints of ‘memories’ and ‘connections’ that are not needed by spiritual beings. Even though these restraints are not bad by any means, they are what make humans human. “

Even if you stop using ‘Avatar’ and try to regain a human body, the beings who have lost all such restraints look like and what kind of existence they were. If I missed that, I would have to spend the rest of my life using magic.

To prevent that from happening, Avatar’s servants had to find their existence from them, using precious humans as the wedge of existence.

“…Most wizards only study magic and neglect relationships with others, so there are too many people who know how to use this magic but fail in the end.”

Layla didn’t fully understand, but somehow she took in the meaning of Agni’s words and nodded her head.

“So Layla. If the time comes for you to learn and use this magic. At that time, you must be with someone dear to you.”

“…Like Grandpa?”

“Haha! Of course, if I were there, it would be fine… But no matter how much I am, I can’t be with Layla forever. Even if I’m gone someday, I hope Layla can be with someone like that. It’s great, and it’s going to be full of wonderful things.”

She hopes to the ‘God’she came to believe in at a later age that she won’t take her own life until she can tell her everything she wants to tell her.

Agni looked at Layla with such a small wish.

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Lyla, who has become her form of pure flame magic, even when not using her flight magic her, she naturally identifies her own body her floating in the air.

Avatar Magic ‘Magic Flame Watch’.

Lila, who has literally become the incarnation of a burning thirst for knowledge, she blushes at Cleon, who looks at her in amazement.

“What, what is it? It’s so amazing?”

Then, Cleon answers Lyla’s question without realizing it.

“No, it’s a beautiful flame. So…”

“~~~~!! W-what are you talking about! In a situation like this! Now! I’m not looking at you, but over there! Stare at the Witchbeast!”

Hwareuk! The flames swelled greatly, and Layla stretched out her hand, and this time chains of countless flames appeared at her will her from the air and bound Humbaba.

The magic of pure flame imprisons, burns, and restrains the body contaminated by the magic of another dimension, even if not as much as the divine magic.

`It’s amazing… Even if you don’t use the chant, it feels like the magic is moving as you imagined. This is the power of a wizard beyond the limits of the body…’

Lyla was a bit shocked by her self-inflicted magic on her, but she naturally understood how to use her powers on her.

The eye gains the sight of the spirit and follows the traces of Humbaba’s magical power even without using magic poetry, and grasps another soul inside it.

“It’s the chest area! There’s another soul in it!”

[Damn wizard bitch… ! Do you think you can stop me with fake magic like that… !]

As if to interrupt Layla’s cry her, Hum Baba echoes her voice her.

At the same time, she tried to contaminate and erode her other-dimensional magic by entangling herself in a chain of burning flames.

“Kuh…!”

Although the power of fire magic rose remarkably, and the control power increased to an incomparable level.

It was certain that he was more easily affected by other magical powers because he had become a body of pure magical power.

Lyla gritted her teeth and increased the magic of her flames, slowing her erosion of her.

She must hold onto this demonic beast herself so that Quon and Cleon can deliver effective blows.

“Quon!”

When Cleon sees the figure and calls out to her kuon, the quon immediately does what she needs to do.

“Yes! – Under the right will and in the name of thy justice, purify the unclean. Purification!”

The wave of purification made up of divine magic spread out, suppressing and purifying the second-dimensional magic that reached Layla’s chain her.

Meanwhile, Cleon flew up once more and swung her sword in the direction Layla said.

When the sword blade coated with divine magic cuts through Humbaba’s chest with the sword master’s swordsmanship, there is surely ‘Enkidu’ made of steel inside.

In other words, it was clear that there was a black golem that was the nucleus of this monster and had a rail inside.

However, this guy regenerates faster than that beast, so even if it leaves a sacred scar, it immediately covers it with new mud.

“We need a more powerful clash of divine magic… But if Quon stops purifying Layla…”

With Cleon biting his lower lip, he borrowed Quon’s divine magic and tried to use it, but the same thing as before just repeated itself.

The moment Cleon’s concentration turned to another place for a moment to think of a way, Humbaba’s claws swung at him.

But the next moment, when nearly dozens of arrows lodged in Humbaba’s hands at the same time-

“Storm!”

With Sasha’s voice her, her magic arrow her explodes and blows away her hand without a shape.

The impact of the explosion caused Humbaba’s huge body to momentarily twist and lose balance.

When Cleon looked down at Sasha’s side of her, she saw Sasha glaring at Humbaba with sweat dripping from her brow and her sharp eyes shining like never before.

The previous one must have used a lot of mana for sure.

Even if it went to a war of attrition like this, it would be impossible to break down the demonic beasts that were constantly being supplied with magic power in the gaps in the other dimension.

If you don’t close the gap, or pull the rail out of Humbaba’s inside- Enkidu.

Cleon understood why it was ‘Arondite’ who had defeated Humbaba.

When it comes to long-term battles, arondite, by its nature, becomes more and more powerful.

And, the fragments of the holy sword containing divine magic block the ‘second dimension gap’.

In the meantime, create a storm of swords and tear Humbaba to shreds.

However, Arondite is now in a state where neither its user nor the body of the holy sword is perfect.

The barrier won’t last forever, and Arondite’s fight will inevitably involve everyone around him.

Defeating Humbaba before Aruru arrived here was the best outcome.

However, the situation is narrowly lacking in strength to bring out the best results.

If Lubera was here, he might have the same thoughts, but Cleon clenched his fists as if he could hear his teacher’s sneer her.

“Wait! It’s dangerous to go in there!”

Then a shout from the back.

In a sudden situation, when everyone’s heads turned to that direction, Beatrix appeared in front of the party with a determined expression, standing there with Ariadne in her hand.

“Beatrix!? If you die, all of Demiurge’s factors will be taken away, so I told you to stay in a safe place as much as possible!”

At Cleon’s words, Beatrix shook her head.

“As expected, I want to fight alongside you… Ryla and Senpai risk their lives fighting the enemies of the world, but I can’t be alone in such a place!”

The next moment, her Ariadne spreads out and wraps around Layla like a barrier.

Then, through her Ariadne, Beatrix’s magic unfolds, and the wave of her magic that she possesses replaces Quon’s purification magic and protects Lyla.

“Lyla, I’ll protect you…! Mr. Quon, help her senpai so she can attack her core her!”

“…Yes!”

When Quon nodded at Beatrix’s words, the next moment a huge amount of divine magic gathered in her body.

“Resonate, the breath of the stars. Gather here and become the light that illuminates the sacred path…! Starlight Lord!”

Eventually, when the chanting is finished, a huge magic circle of divine magic spreads around Quon’s body her, and the surroundings are embroidered with divine magic that sparkles in golden light.

And those magical powers gradually coalesced into one, compressed like the breath Humbaba used.

Soon after, a shot was fired to pierce her chest at the same time as her intense impact on her.

[UROaaaaa!]

Humbaba screaming in pain.

Certainly divine magic is his weakness of her, and the other-dimensional magic that was wrapped around his chest his evaporates in an instant.

Unlike Iona and Cleon’s attack earlier, the regeneration speed there had slowed considerably.

[Cleon!]

One step ahead of Iona’s cry, Cleon swung his master’s sword towards that part.

The famous red sword possessed the power to cut physical enemies more reliably than Iona, who was clad in divine magic.

The will, the body, and the sword are united, and the sword is swung in a perfect straight line.

Then, Enkidu’s outer armor, which was so hard that it couldn’t be compared to anything like steel, cracked open with a ‘jjeok’ sound, finally widening the gap.

And Cleon catches his breath at the human silhouette seen between them.

Beyond that was the shape of a dry, twisted rail like a mummy.