Chapter 167 – But the Bus Flips Over

All stats went up except for endurance.

Even the magic power, which was becoming difficult to raise even one, increased from 21 to 22.

In terms of pure magic power, she had already surpassed Elisha, and now it must be on a level similar to or slightly higher than that of Carla.

Of course.

“Eek…. Is that all, Yandel student?”

I can’t compare to Iona, who is frowning at her as if she drank green juice from which she accidentally ground a caterpillar.

Iona asked while looking at the blood transfusion packs at her feet her.

“It’s over, but… Are you really okay, Professor? It seems that more and more blood transfusion packs are being consumed.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. It’s not that he lacks mana, it’s because the more he fights, the more his vampirism builds up. Although animal blood is less efficient, vampirism is vampirism.”

“It is, but… No, if the professor is okay, then it’s okay. I will tell you the location of Kundal Port.”

Recalling the scenery she saw on the mini-map, she drew a brief map on the ground.

“Here like this… There is a place where warehouses are lined up here, a little away from the port and town….”

“Yes? Is it smaller than expected? Although it is spacious, it is not as much as the Yandel student was worried about.”

“Seeing is not everything. These guys tend to bury them in the ground all the time, probably because their main focus is the undead. Professor, have you seen the branch you’ve destroyed so far? It was all in the basement.”

“Aha? Aha? Then, like the other branches, if you think that the entire area centered on the warehouse is an undead field….”

“The entire port town harbors the undead underground. It’s not just an arsenal of narrow-minded usurpation.”

“… Surely not all the villagers are followers of usurpation?”

Iona shut her mouth tight and erased the slightly mischievous look.

The bloody eyes of her seemed to erase the entire village.

Even though it wasn’t directed at me, I swallowed my saliva without realizing it at the weight of the emotions I felt clearly.

“Similar but slightly different.”

“Yes? Yes? What are you talking about? If it’s a cult, it’s a cult, and if it’s not, it’s not.”

“I’m not a believer, but I’ve been brainwashed for a very long time, and I’m working for narrow-minded usurpation against my will.”

“… The whole town?”

“Yes. The whole town.”

One of the representative powers of narrow-minded usurpation is the Mystic Eye.

The effect of the magic eye is different, but among them, there was always one that appeared without falling out.

The mental realm is just like that.

The inhabitants of Kundal Port appear normal on the outside, but show a twisted side when it comes to narrow-minded usurpation.

For example, when asked if he had seen the undead recently, he tried to subtly say something.

When asked if there is anything hidden in the warehouse, they pretend to be different and say that it is a different item, but each person who asks is saying that the items in it are all different.

If you try to check the warehouse on such a subject, an outsider will foam at the mouth and rush at you, saying that you are stealing.

More than anything, if you point out this inconsistency, you repeat what you said over and over again as if it was out of order.

I don’t serve evil spirits, but… Their words and actions clearly cover narrow-minded followers of usurpation.

“Perhaps they want to use it as a hostage or as a meat shield.”

“Yes. No matter how much my brain was salted with the evil eye and the curse, it would be difficult to maintain the mental control I bet on so many people. … By the way, are you a beastman again?”

Iona let out a deep sigh.

Kundal Port is a small village located on the outskirts of Krasius, a kingdom of beasts.

Most of them are other countries, not the Levantine Empire, but there is nothing wrong with that. Academy professors and students belong to the academy, not to a specific country.

For the purpose of subjugating the cultists, a treaty was signed allowing them to go to any country except for a few areas.

However, the problem is that the main race of Krasius Kingdom is the beast race itself.

If the elves had their spirits sealed and their power cut in half, the Beasts had a fatal weakness discovered through the last war.

Beast races, born with strong physical abilities and high self-esteem, are an excellent warrior race….

There is a weakness that the ferocity that makes them strong conversely eats away at their spirit.

For example, getting drunk in battle and going wild without being able to cover one’s peers, or when a certain period comes, the body heats up when it comes to heat.

As much as their instincts are stronger than any other species, they have many problems.

Of course, the Beasts are not fools, so they go through their own education to be able to control them.

The problem is that we become vulnerable to mental attacks from the outside while controlling our own instincts.

Thanks to this, in the early days of the War of the Gods, I was robbed by cultists who stimulated my spirit and instincts like narrow-minded usurpation or ugly prosperity.

As much as it is a race with great innate strength, it must be difficult to escape from innate weakness.

Iona remembered what happened at the time.

“Still! Still! It is not that there is no way! It takes a bit of time, but you just have to focus the impact on the ground instead of on the surface, right?”

“Uh? Is there such a thing? I was just going to tell you that the potion is enough, so it’s okay if you don’t kill it….”

“Scared! But remember! As insurance for emergencies!”

For a long time after that, I checked her plans her with Iona, telling me all the information I knew her.

And by the time I’m convinced that this is enough.

Holding Iona’s and Carla’s hands at the same time, I surrendered to the magic that surrounded me.

***

Ugh-

A sense that transcends the space that I am quite used to now.

The dark red magic light that had covered my vision along with a strange feeling of depression slowly melted into the air.

I quickly captured the surrounding scenery, which had changed drastically from a moment ago.

The sky is burning orange as the sun slowly sets.

Likewise, the vast sea that shimmers and reflects the light of the sky.

And finally, the image of the fishermen finishing their day….

“… Uh?”

The fishermen are nowhere to be seen.

Just in case, I looked toward the village, not the beach, but it was the same here.

I was able to see the vicinity of Kundal Port in a clear view thanks to deliberately moving to a place a little away to blow the first bread with a wide range of magic.

But even if you look at the food and look around, you can’t see anything moving.

Only the silent silence weighed heavily on the village.

“Professor? Do you think something is wrong with this?”

“… No. No. Looks like you’ve come to the right place. Yes. You really came to the right place.”

Iona’s voice trembled.

Glaring at the lifeless village with a serious face without a hint of laughter is like looking at a different landscape from me.

Turning my head slightly, I checked Carla and Elisha, and it seems that there is not much difference between them.

Suddenly Iona was tilting her head as if she didn’t understand why.

But her doubts that she were short-lived. Iona pulled a bottle of ash from her bosom her.

Strange ashes swirling inside the bottle without even shaking it.

It feels like reacting violently to something.

“Professor? What the heck….”

“It’s the ashes left over from burning Ayla’s arm.”

“… Yes?”

Why is the professor’s brother here?

At my dumbfounded voice, Iona took her bottle her with her trembling hand and put it into the space.

“You know Yandel students, right? That I’ve been looking for Ayla for a very long time.”

“Sure. She saw the diary and heard it herself.”

“It’s not like there really hasn’t been any achievements in 300 years. Just once. She has found Isla.”

In that battle, he managed to tear off one of Ayla’s arms hers.

But that’s it.

Geary Isla succeeded in running away from Iona, and she has been stuck somewhere for several decades since then.

The research that Iona did while pulling out the hair of the hair loss professor was a study that allowed Ayla to be traced with her arm her, which was torn off at the time.

The study was half-successful, and the originator of the arm nearby… So, if Ayla was present, he succeeded in making her react.

It’s like finding some kind of connection in the body that must have been damaged, so you only need to succeed in tracking it, but it was blocked there and was killing the hair loss professor’s hair.

“And and. Do you remember what the branch manager said at the beginning of the interrogation?”

“A meeting of the top priests of the Order of the Evil Gods… No way?”

“Not sure. But doesn’t that explain Ayla’s being here?”

Now that the evil spirit has not yet recovered enough to appoint an apostle.

The cardinal rank is virtually the same as the head of each order.

That’s why even if high-ranking priests gather and have a meeting, it usually means that archbishops gather.

But this place is an arsenal of narrow-minded usurpation.

No matter how much they all belong to the same evil god denomination, strictly speaking, aren’t they different denominations?

I wouldn’t mind revealing such an important facility.

Sophia wasn’t enough, so I sent Cardinal Ayla… If you think about it, the front and back are roughly correct.

Of course, it could be that you just came here for other reasons.

The important thing is that Isla is here, and that something nasty is happening.

Only these two

Only then did Iona open her mouth to us who grasped the situation.

“Anyway, anyway. If this is the case, the story is different. It’s too dangerous here, so go back. I don’t know if it’s an archbishop, but I don’t have the energy to deal with cardinals and care about other people.”

“But the promise….”

“I don’t know what’s going on, but isn’t that more important than life? I’ll teleport you right away, so go ahead.”

That’s right. No matter how important your achievements are, they are not as important as your life.

“What about the professor?”

“I….”

After thinking for a moment, Iona raised the corner of her mouth.

“I have to finish what I set out to do.”

“…….”

It must be talking about a showdown with Ayla.

It’s not like it’s going to dry out. Iona’s principle of action is revenge.

Even in the face of a great war and 300 years, the flame that had not been extinguished could not be extinguished in the face of threats to their lives or my persuasion.

Iona she will fight Isla today and try to put an end to her.

No matter what the ending is.

“… I’ll call support right away. Is that enough?”

“That’s enough! That’s enough! Maybe it will be over before then.”

Iona, sneaking her bluff, stood in front of us hand in hand.

This time without holding hands with me.

“I will send it to my lab right away. You might get a little sick because you travel a long distance at once!”

After saying that, Iona draws a circle over our heads.

Once again, a huge amount of dark red magic rose up and covered our vision.

Now, if you close your eyes for a moment and open them, you will be able to see the scenery of Iona’s laboratory.

On that path, the Righteous Light Church and the academy must inform this news.

Whether it was from another branch or directly from the royal family, so that support could be sent directly to Iona.

That’s all I can do.

No, to put it bluntly, I can even tell you the weaknesses of archbishop-level cultists.

After that, we just have to hope Iona and her reinforcements her fight well.

I forcibly suppressed the bitterness in my stomach, thinking over and over again what I had to do.

However.

When we blinked, what unfolded in front of us was not a changed landscape.

Wow Chang-!

The dark red magic curtain shattered into pieces with the sound of breaking glass.

And Iona clicking her tongue and a doll staggering from afar.

Iona took a step forward as if blocking our way, she said.

“Run back now.”

At the same time as the feeling that something surrounding Iona was disappearing, the oppressive charm of her began to take over her surroundings.

She must give up her powers her to control her own fascination her and give her all her.

Iona shouted again in a voice mixed with a strange sense of intimidation and sweetness.

“It looks like I won’t be able to teleport because I’m being interrupted, so run to the nearest town right away! I’ll stop you here.”

As soon as Iona’s words were finished, familiar faces appeared behind the staggering guy.

From the bishops to the archbishops of each denomination, he saw and felt the strange combination sparsely mixed.

That the Iona bus overturned.