Chapter 951 – A Star That Brings Miracles

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＂Oh. Am I in 3rd place?”

Lila, who noticed that the surrounding scenery had changed, looked a little surprised to see Sasha and Amelia sitting in the room first.

＂Ah, Laila!＂

When Sasha, who felt a presence in the middle of nowhere, raised her head and waved her hand at Layla, she stopped short when she saw Layla’s figure.

＂W-Layla!? Are you okay!? “

＂Keheuk.＂

Her face was scorched like charcoal, and there were holes all over her clothes because of embers.

Meanwhile, since her hair had safely maintained its original ruby ​​color, it was said that she was Lila Flame Watch.

“Ah. It’s okay, it’s okay. Originally, it wasn’t a magic with enough firepower to be useful in such a narrow space.”

Lila spoke as if it was no big deal and stumbled over, landing her butt on one of the chairs nearby.

Compared to her tattered and exhausted appearance, Lila’s eyes and the corners of her mouth were somehow curved as if she were satisfied.

＂Something. It looks like a relieved face.”

When Amelia said that, Lila nodded and leaned back against the backrest with all her might, answering with a relaxed posture.

＂What is the fairy magic system like? And how the wise man solved it and applied it to himself. Because I found out everything.”

＂Oh…＂

Looking at Layla’s confident tone and the V-shape drawn by her hand, Sasha let out a voice of admiration.

“Ah. That’s what you were looking at.”

Then, Laila confirms her vision showing the ordeal situation in the labyrinth unfolding in front of her chairs.

Now, there are two illusions floating in front of her.

In one, Cleon was reflected, and in the other, Kuon and Nagi were reflected.

‘Kuon and Nagi also came in.’

Although Lila was a little worried about the girls she left behind, she gave a vague confidence that Kuon would do well.

Therefore, her gaze moved towards Cleon’s trial, where she was able to see that Cleon was confronting the female knight in her blue armor.

“It’s simple. As for Cleon.”

Just looking at it, it seems like a trial with the goal of defeating that knight.

Well, if you put it that way, the trial of ‘interpret her own magic book, destroy the barrier, and come out’ is quite simple.

“It was huge until just now.”

However, Sasha spoke with a slightly shocked expression upon Lila’s sentiments.

＂It’s huge? How did it become so big?”

“In many ways… It was amazing.”

When Lila asked Sasha as if she was concerned, Sasha looked at Amelia, and Amelia nodded and expressed a short comment.

＂What is it? Why are you sympathizing with a story that only you know?”

When Lila spoke with a curious expression on her face, Sasha responded to her.

“I’m sorry, Laila! For Mr. Cleon’s honor, we must take what we saw here to the grave!”

“I feel sorry for Lila, but I think Sasha is right.”

＂…＂

If you try to hide it that much, it is inevitable that it is human nature that makes you even more concerned.

Lila narrowed her eyes after hearing those two people’s words, then slowly lifted one of her hands and extended her finger toward the vision unfolding before her eyes.

Then, a red light flows from Lila’s chest, and begins to flow along her shoulders and arms, all the way to the tips of her fingers.

She was glowing so brightly that it could be seen even under the clothes she was wearing, like a red pattern resembling the stem of a plant.

And, as if rewinding her watch, as she began to turn her outstretched hand counterclockwise, her illusion also began to rewind behind her.

＂Oh!＂

“I told you, right? They say they succeeded in interpreting the fairy’s magic.”

As Lila said this, she noticed that the scenery unfolding during Cleon’s ordeal changed, and adjusted the speed of rewinding her vision to check its contents.

＂… Huh?＂

And, upon seeing the scene unfolding there, he showed an expression of disbelief-

“Wow. Lolicon…”

Turning to her Cleon, she gave a short rebuke and abruptly placed her hand on the armrest of her chair.

Then, the rewound illusion will return to the duel with the female knight it was originally showing.

Unaware that her misunderstanding of herself was deepening, the Cleon in her illusion was swinging a sword with a serious expression.

001

Kwaang!

When intense bombing occurred, dust rose along with flames.

The imperial army’s black magic bullet that fell through the broken barrier was fired from magic armor, so its power was beyond imagination.

At the same time as burning the Tree of Life and the surrounding grass, the flames that spread around the area due to the impact even burned up the kingdom’s troops nearby.

Annihilation.

Although the kingdom’s army did well despite having only a few soldiers, it was still unable to overturn its overwhelming numerical and qualitative inferiority.

After the last person falls – the illusion surrounding Kuon and Nagi disappears with a pure white light.

And by the time the light faded, the soldiers and the tree had returned to their original form, with the imperial army swarming right in front of them.

＂Fail again…＂

Nagi stood up from her seat, biting her lower lip as if she were a little annoyed.

Stamina and magic power were returning every time the illusions and trials were reset, but the frustration that built up every time I failed did not go away.

Kuon calmly takes a deep breath, watches the situation repeating itself before his eyes, and organizes his thoughts.

This was the third time that the water of life was burned.

In the first attempt, Nagi took charge of the barrier and Kuon took charge of the recovery of the soldiers against the imperial army.

In the beginning, they used recovery magic hard enough to keep the soldiers from dying, but in the end, Kuon’s magic power was depleted, and the soldiers collapsed, and there was no one left to prevent the magic armor from destroying the barrier, so they were defeated.

In the second case, recovery magic was used only on the kingdom’s soldiers who were in a dying state to prevent depletion of magical power, but as a result, the soldiers were unable to move properly and were pushed back in an instant, destroying the barrier.

Thirdly, I thought about changing the role distribution and having Nagi treat the soldiers.

If you think about it, the magic of the Eastern countries did not include recovery techniques that instantly heal wounds, and it was all about boosting natural regenerative power, so it ended up with a similar result to the second one.

The good news is that just because everything is burned down, the ordeal does not end there; instead, you are given another chance.

And each time, Kuon and Nagi’s condition is restored, allowing them to try again under the same conditions?

Of course, although it was an illusion, watching a war break out in front of my eyes and people dying in that war was not very good for my mental health.

Especially for Nagi at a young age.

＂… I will ask you to establish a barrier once again. Nagi.”

＂… Yes!＂

At Kuon’s words, Nagi unfolds the barrier once again, and Kuon focuses on recovery.

First, this would be correct.

Next, distribution of magical power consumption.

This time, we will give priority to recovering kingdom troops who are injured to the point where they cannot move, so that their movement is not hindered.

If you scatter recovery magic without thinking, Kuon’s magic power will be depleted before you can defeat all the enemies.

At the same time, if you save too much, like the second time, the soldiers will not be able to fight properly and will be pushed back, and the barrier will be destroyed.

So-

＇The magic that needs to be used is not only recovery magic…’

Kuon slams the staff he had raised to use recovery magic on the ground, simultaneously preparing another sacred magic.

The role of the priest in a group battle was, of course, to take charge of healing and prevent the front line from collapsing, while at the same time assisting the movement of the rear guard.

Therefore, priests mainly learn healing magic, but at the same time, it is important to learn not only hindering attack magic that can easily protect one’s body, but also magic that prevents party members from getting hurt in group battles. It was.

A green light shines from Kuon’s staff.

Then, the light extending from the staff enveloped the kingdom army.

‘Increased speed, increased strength, hardened defense…’

After strengthening the kingdom’s army through auxiliary magic, we will be able to make up for some of the qualitative inferiority.

It was my first time using auxiliary magic against such many targets at once, but somehow I managed to strengthen it once towards the entire kingdom army that caught my eye.

They were maintaining a defensive position while dealing with the imperial troops a little more easily than the kingdom troops from before.

This time, make sure they don’t fall.

Although he knew it was an illusion, seeing them lose their lives before his eyes over and over again made him realize what he had to do as a priest.

Only this time we can protect them.

Thinking like that, Kuon was concentrating his mind and not letting down his guard.

Whick! Just as I thought I heard a sound that seemed to split the air, something strongly collided with the barrier that Nagi had formed, causing an explosion.

＂Tght…!＂

Even if Kuon and Nagi are injured by enemy attacks, they are completely healed every time the illusion is reset.

However, as humans, it was inevitable that we would instinctively flinch when such a strong shock sounded, and at the same time, it was inevitable that we would lose focus.

For now, Kuon himself and the barrier are safe.

If there is a problem-

＂The flow of magic power…!?＂

The explosion caused by the falling of a shell containing black magic fired from the Magic Armor just moments ago spread black magic around the area.

Thanks to this, black magic came between Kuon and his soldiers, and the auxiliary magic and recovery magic sent by Kuon’s divine magic had a repulsive effect with the black magic, reducing their effectiveness.

And the result was to directly affect the situation of the war.

Soldiers who fought with Kuon’s auxiliary magic were unable to adapt to the sudden slowness of their bodies and were killed by the enemies.

At the same time, recovery magic was blocked by the black magic, making it difficult to treat dying soldiers.

Once all the soldiers had been defeated, all that was left to do was follow the prescribed steps.

Once again, the sound of a cannonball hitting the barrier.

As Kuon knelt, and the illusion disappeared before Nagi’s eyes, the situation was being reconstructed.

＂It can’t be like this…＂

Nagi, too, thought he could overcome the ordeal this time, but when the enemy changed their strategy as if responding to this, he muttered blankly when he saw it collapse in an instant.

For her young self, her repeated failures may have been a bit difficult to bear.

In the end, Nagi sat down and lowered her head.

“It’s impossible… It’s impossible for the two of us to overcome this situation alone…”

Nagi muttered that, and Kuon lifted her head while wiping her sweaty forehead with her sleeve.

“I don’t have outstanding skills as a shrine maiden like Kuon, and I’m not a member of the hero party like Eska… I’m just an ordinary person with nothing special…”

After hearing her Nagi’s words, Kuon looks at her for a moment, then raises her body and approaches her Nagi.

And once again, she bent down and wrapped Nagi’s hand, which was tightly clenched as if she were angry.

“… If you think about it normally, resolving this situation on our own might be close to impossible.”

At Kuon’s words, Nagi slowly raises her head and makes eye contact with Kuon.

“But. Even when everyone else has given up, we must not give up hope. The moment we give up, the party falls apart during the adventure, and our allies fall and cannot stand up on the battlefield.”

Those who throw themselves into battle believing that priests and priests will heal them.

In order to repay that trust, priests pour out their magic and vitality to save precious people.

Until the last moment.

He believes that if he can heal even just one person, they will become a source of hope.

“Our role is to create miracles to protect people. For that purpose, we pray for light and sacred trees, right?”

Both shamans and priests.

Have faith and borrow strength from them and exercise it for the people.

What they do is not simply healing or protection, but literally showing people the miracle of God.

… So, in the sense of causing a miracle-

You have to make the impossible a reality.

Let’s think.

Not as Eska, but as Kuon.

With myself and Nagi, neither the recovery nor the barrier can be completed until the end due to lack of magical power.

Probably, this is a result that will not change no matter how many times it is repeated.

Also, through the fourth failure, I learned that even if you remain inside this barrier, the soldiers cannot recover if the black magic is sprayed by cannonballs.

So, why not try a completely different method?

Kuon looked down at his hands.

Of course, the general use of divine magic is to heal and assist people.

Isn’t there another way for Kuon to use magical power?

＇Now that I think about it-＇

I once heard that Escado, who was on an adventure with Lesia, used her martial arts to fight enemies directly so as not to be under her protection.

After Tal Check joined, her enemies in general became stronger and Escara could not approach her easily, but she used self-defense techniques to protect herself.

“Let’s try again. Nagi.”

＂…?＂

As Kuon said this, he stepped out into the open grass.

＂Spread the barrier to the same size as before.＂

＂…!? Then, Kuon, you cannot enter the barrier…!”

＂It’s okay.＂

When Kuon said that, the next moment.

Flames spread throughout her body, and a moment later, the brilliant Holy Sword of the Sun was in her hand.

Fight the imperial army directly and with her soldiers.

By doing so, you can make up for any numerical and qualitative inferiority, and even if artillery fire comes and hits the barrier, you can be in a position where you will not be interrupted by dark magic.

Fighting directly while always healing soldiers nearby.

Perhaps, this may be the ‘best answer’ possible for Kuon.

Until now, I only thought of the holy sword as a secret weapon – but if you think about it, there’s no need for that.

The holy sword Galatin is her sword that made a contract with Kuon.

Just as Cleon uses his magic sword Galatea as his main weapon, she can fight right next to Cleon with Galatine instead of her usual staff.

Of course, you have to check now whether you have the skills to do so.

The eyes of a determined girl shine.

The great sword of the sun with its ruby ​​embedded in it emits flames in response to its will, becoming a ray of light that guides the girl.

And the moment when Nagi witnessed the ‘miracle’ that Kuon had talked about was also the moment when Kuon became Nagi’s ‘star’.