Chapter 197 – #43_Festival(3)

#195

One.
Around the 16th century, people firmly believed that they could pioneer a new continent and conquer nature with the power of science.
Witches were also interested in combining technology and magic.
Even if it was a humble human skill, it was believed that plausible results would come out if the magic of a great witch was added.
Witches versed in alchemy as well as other types of witches were immersed in the possibility of magic engineering, and it was the age of magic engineering.

Of course, in less than 100 years, popularity has declined and most witches now consider magic engineering as only one means, but the lavishly decorated ‘Yenisserie’, as if it were for formal wear, was an offensive artifact that was created at that time.

This gun requires neither gunpowder nor lead bullets.
This is because it is an artifact that creates magic bullets and releases them with several times the power.

The magic formula engraved on the gun body made of oak takes magic.
The magical power sucked in like that passes through the powder dish and creates a single bullet.
The moment the trigger was pulled, the special steel wire engraved inside the barrel amplified and compressed its power dozens of times.

-Bang! Bang! Bang!

The magic bullet fired in an instant exploded the piranha with an orange trail.

“Sister!”
“Know!”

The twins did not have to send and receive complex signals to each other, and each assisted in each other’s gaps and wiped out the piranhas without clogging.
It was much easier than hitting a disc of baked clay or a flying duck.
This is because the distance to the target, the size of the target, and even the movement are simple.

A bullet tore through the slimy scales.
I gnaw my teeth and dig out the eyeballs that are looking at me crookedly.
Instead of the smoke of gunpowder, the twins fired their muskets aimlessly in the thick smoke of magical power.

When the number of piranhas, which could number in the tens or even hundreds, was reduced enough to be counted in the blink of an eye, a blue light flashed from behind and a great shimmer of magic was felt.
Siwoo succeeded in getting the citizens out.

“Thank you. Thanks to you, I finished well.”
“As expected, assistant is cool!”
“We’ll do the rest!”

Sweat dripped down Siu’s chin.
It was the first time that this amount of people had been moved by coordinate movement.
In addition, the magic flowing inside this was something different from the normal one.
It should be said that it interferes with the activation of magic, or it should be said that it sticks to it.
Because it changed slowly like flowing mud and interfered with calculations, I had to force myself to perform twice as many calculations as usual.
In the process of mentally calculating complex calculations, I felt a throbbing headache and nausea.

“Whoa…”
“Are you okay, assistant?”
“Gwa, are you okay?”

The twins who neatly arranged even the last piranha ask if Siwoo’s complexion felt very bad.
He wiped away the sweat on his palm and nodded his head.

“Yes, it is not unbearable.”
“I have something to tell you, assistant.”
“What is it?”
“I just felt it while catching those fish… I think I remember reading about the ‘preceptor’ that causes this phenomenon.”
“Uh? No, that’s right!”

At Odette’s words, Odile also shouted as if he had suddenly realized.
The library that the Count gave to the twins was filled with all kinds of miscellaneous books, and there were also various kinds of books and artifacts that existed in history.

“Those monsters are not homunculus. It looks completely different from a homunculus, and above all, there are no crystals.”

And I see.
The homunculus Siu had dealt with so far were all animal types, but they had bizarre appearances with almost no remaining original appearance.
On the other hand, that piranha is in a very intact form, as if it was taken out of a tank and enlarged.
Well, that makes me feel even worse.

“So what?”
“You probably know it from the formal title of ‘Dagon’s Flute’. It is said that it was possessed by a witch five hundred years ago… It is a formal wear that transforms the surroundings into a hunting ground for familiars…”
“That means that it is not a homunculus created by the witch of creation, but a familiar. Since the medium that allows the familiar to exist must be the courtesy card, it means that if it disappears, this chaos will also disappear.”

How many people died in this mess?
How many people are alive?
If alive, they’re probably hiding everywhere, avoiding the monster’s eyes.
Ending this situation would be a fundamental solution rather than finding survivors and sending them out one by one.

“We’ll find the location of the coat of arms.”
“Can you?”
“It won’t be difficult if it’s the kind that always activates.”
“Then, the goal has been set.”

Odile and Odette held hands.
A beautiful melody that does not suit the department store where the disaster took place harmonizes.
The mysterious timbre, which is clearly different from human vocalization, is rather close to the melody of string instruments.
The surrounding mana pulsated and became a gentle wave that began to spread in all directions.

Hyperperception through sound waves did not stay nearby.
If there was even the slightest gap, I started mapping by extending deep into any part of the building.
2-3 minutes passed like that.

“Found.”
“I found it.”

The twins stopped singing and opened their eyes.

“It’s the roof of this building.”
“Come with me, assistant! We can help now too!”

The twins, who had only trembled when they collided with Ea in the past, seemed to have grown even more with that incident.
There’s no way you can’t help but feel the smell of blood stinging your nose with the corpses lined up, but to suppress your fear and come out to help Siwoo.
It is both admirable and unique.
That’s why we can’t go together anymore.

“I think that would be difficult.”
“Yes?”

The twins glanced down at Siu’s feet.
The coordinate shift formula that helped the citizens escape is stretched out beneath their feet.
While the two are diligently looking for the flute, Siwoo has completed the calculations to move the two to the officetel.
When the twins, who belatedly grasped the situation, hurriedly move their bodies to get out of the magic circle.

“For a moment! You didn’t say anything like that…!”
“I do not like it! We will also fight with the assistant…!”

A bluish light flashed, and the twins’ raucous voices disappeared.

“Whoa…”

Magical power sucked from the stigma in the left eye.
This time, I took a much longer distance, and even with only two people, it was quite difficult.
Maybe it’s because it’s right after evacuating 10 citizens.

“I will apologize later.”

Siwoo muttered an apology that could not be heard.

I am grateful for the twins’ willingness to help Siwoo in harmony.
But it was also dangerous to leave it here.

The risk wouldn’t have been so great if he had just focused on helping people by hunting the small pikes.
The piranha Siu faced was so weak that it would be embarrassing to call it a homunculus, and the twins’ muskets were strong enough to defeat it.

However, if someone intentionally caused this hell by using the ‘ceremony’ of Dagon’s flute, the identity would probably be a public achievement.
Of course, the closer you get to the royal palace, the more thorough your defense will be, and the higher the risk will be.

It is not that Siwoo is not afraid to face public achievements.
Soon the witches who figured out the situation will come running.
In other words, Siwoo doesn’t have to do anything.

However…
Siu looked around.
A horrific scene reminiscent of a massacre.
As she watched it, she felt anger welling up in her chest.
He never thought of himself as a righteous person, but he can’t sit idly by.

They were just ordinary people living their daily lives.
Good citizens who don’t even know about the existence of magic, let alone witches.

Even at this moment, they must be dying all over the building.
I didn’t want to sit idly by, saying I would be sacrificing myself.
I plan to move forward so that there can be even one more survivor and no more victims.

“Let’s see what kind of crazy bitch she is.”

Siu once again wrapped his body in shadow and held the sword in both his hands.
He threw down his helmet and ran out into the darkness, where his blood flowed like a valley.

2.
“Didn’t I hear something wrong…?”

Location Point Seoul Gwanghwamun Branch.
Sitting in the branch manager’s office and enjoying afternoon green tea, Sua’s eyes widened.
It was because of the report of a witch who came running in a hurry.

“Are you saying that Dagon’s flute was played in the middle of downtown Gangnam?”
“That’s right.”

It was such a major incident that even the witch, who had heard and heard of many casualties caused by homunculus or exploits, turned her face white.

Dagon’s flute is one of the coats of arms used by the ‘witch of the deep sea’ who was killed by Duke Keter.
In fact, that in itself was not a very dangerous courtesy to the witch.
Even if they turn the whole area into another world and release their familiars, monster fish that are weaker than homunculus are not a threat to the witch.

The nature of Dagon’s flute was geared toward massacring humans.
In the other world summoned by the flute, the life force of humans hunted by the monstrous fish is converted into enormous magical power and stored in her flute.
In other words, it is an item whose purpose is to collect mana rather than an official badge for battle.

Sua shook her head.
You don’t have to complicate things in advance about things that haven’t happened yet.
The important thing now is that the Outer Magician has opened in the middle of Gangnam.
And that her responsibility as a human being to prevent it falls on her shoulders.

“I’m asking you to summon the witches you have contact with immediately.”
“Four!”

While Sua prepared to move to the place where the flute was, she contacted Tiphareth.

“Can you hear me?”

Her earrings, which Sua is wearing around her neck, hum and vibrate.
Communication using radio waves becomes impossible inside the barrier.
This earring was a magic tool made to communicate even in such a barrier.

[I’m listening. Almost arrived
“It was Dagon’s flute that became the main axis of the chaos. The owner and purpose are unknown. Please leave it to the other witches, including the girl, to collect the survivors and prevent damage, and may I ask you to secure the culprit?”
[Duke Keter?]
“…No movement.”
[Okay]

The communication that was only exchanged for business was cut off.
The witch used magic to massacre three, maybe four, civilians.
Even so, Duke Keter did not move.
Even if she is, she must already know.

If it was an incident of this magnitude, she would have been able to move her body directly.
This time, she didn’t move.

“What the hell were you thinking…”

People who don’t know what they’re thinking.
Sua muttered.

3.
Elroa was running as hard as she could toward COEX, where the incident occurred.
She kicks off the outer wall of the building and soars from top to bottom of the roof of a tall building.
In the distance, I saw a building wrapped in a huge spherical barrier.
Sharp sirens and evacuation orders can be heard across the river.

It is said that the air in the original Seoul is not good due to smog, but only that part is dyed with a deep blue light as if poisonous fungi have eaten it.
It was evidence that alienation was in progress.
If it had been eroded to that extent, it would be impossible to cover it with a back barrier.
There has never been an accident of such great magnitude in modern times.

“We have to go quickly and save people…”

Eloa, who had been muttering like a habit, realized.
Surprisingly, no emotions arise.
The indignation that should have welled up in her heart, and the condolences for the victims and their bereaved families who must have been sacrificed there.
As if it were empty, it only wrapped around her heart once and disappeared.
In the emptiness of Eloah, as if she had exhausted all her strength, she was merely carrying out what she had defined as her duty and atonement.

“…….”

She has no purpose in life.
There is no reason.
All of her empty duties were left behind.

Revenge.
It’s funny how all her hypocrisy is stripped away as soon as that driving force disappears.
With her nonchalant expression on her lips, Elroa nevertheless ran swiftly toward her accident site.