I was describing to Lucas and Eva the user demon, Nair, who was turning into an owl on the road, defeating Mr. Fegnis and going through the castle.
Master Lucas was very surprised when he explained that Nair was half vampire and necromancer.
Eva, on the other hand, seems intrigued by Nair's transformation from owl to man.
"So, Nair, you know exactly where the curse is, right?"
"Of course. Is that why I'm leading the way?"
Nair walks forward looking like a brunette red-eyed girl.
Our footsteps echo in the castle, illuminated only by the light of the magic props.
"Usato, I know you do, but I'll make sure, okay?"
"Hmm?"
"Listen to the two of you behind me."
Nair called out as she looked forward.
"It's me and Usat who deal with the curse. You two just have to watch back there."
"... right. Honestly, I'm just a king. I can only see through it."
"Fine if you know what I mean. So we'll talk about the next time you fail to destroy the curse?"
"Hey, Nair..."
I admonish Nair when I see Master Lucas stretched out on that word.
But she looks at me like a stare.
"There is no guarantee that we can destroy the curse with certainty. So you have to be prepared for the worst."
"-But"
"It's okay, Usato.... go on."
Master Lucas with a serious look on his face.
To him like that, Nair opened her mouth quietly.
"... By breaking the bell that was the source of magic, the curse is on its way to extinction. Eradicating is not a bad thing in itself. Neither captive souls nor the royal family of Samarial will be cursed from now on. But Eva, your taken existence and soul will be lost forever."
"... yes, what is it? That means I won't be able to live very long..."
Her life has been quite shredded, so she may not be able to live for a year at worst.
I feel toothpicked by Eva whining so bitterly.
"Ma, this hobbyist is breathing to destroy the curse to keep me from doing so. But if it fails… for example, if you have difficulty destroying the curse, or if Usat is in danger, you will give up destroying the curse."
If I find myself in a situation where I can't do anything about the curse, do I have to pull it off?
"It's too much danger than it was. In order to regain her soul and existence, I need Eva to stay close. But my spell of resistance can only be applied to either Usat or Eva. Still, if I had a clear intention of cursing, Eva would be targeted, who would always be defenseless.... you can't overwhelm hundreds of curses no matter how many usats, can you?"
"... oh"
"... don't look at me like I'm not convinced of that. I'm not saying this because I like it too.... I'll do everything I can to help."
To Nair, who said so casually, I also leaked a crunchy grin.
We were enemies before this, but he's a pretty human kid if you get to know him.
Eva spoke to me somewhat happily as I smiled and watched Nair walk forward.
"Usato and Nair are very close, aren't they?"
"You're a little different from your friends. Somehow, you might be more right to feel trusted"
"Huhuhuhuhu..."
Eva smiling small, but that smile has no power.
Maybe your body doesn't get well into it. If we do not regain her presence and life as it is, she will have no choice but to live a short life without being able to move satisfactorily either.
"What's wrong…?"
Turns a grin on Eva, who looks worried about me when I'm silent.
I don't even want to think about it after it fails.
But there's no guarantee anywhere that you'll succeed 100 percent.
Nair's right, I have to go destroy the curse with the worst possibility in mind.
"Here we are."
Delayed in thought, Nair stops in front of the big door.
She stopped at……!
"This door..."
Seeing the illuminated door with the magic prop lights, Master Lucas opens his eyes and is stunned.
"No way... is this the place...!?"
"Yeah. It was so easy to find. Anyway, the king seemed to have a strong desire for self-expression at the time."
There's - the throne.
When I was invited to this castle, the first place I met Lucas was where the curse that had eroded Samarial royalty was hidden.
"It was so close... that we couldn't even notice..."
Nair, who steps into the hall where the throne is located, walks without hesitation to the wall behind where the throne is located. Touching the wall with her hand at the thought, she nods one and looks at this one and opens her mouth.
"Usato, will you smash this wall?"
"I hope you don't take it for granted that I can smash the wall.... Well, I'll try."
It looks like a wall solidified by a guttural bee, but can it be easily broken?
If you can break it to yourself, or if you tap it against a wall that seems to solidify a straight kick as you get a little worried, your leg sticks to the wall more easily than you expected and breaks as-is.
At the end of the collapsed wall comes a spiral staircase leading to the back and more creepy winds.
"It broke unexpectedly and easily because there was this space behind the wall..."
Since it was the king at the time who instructed us to tie the brave, is it natural to place the body of that curse in a familiar place?
It was easy to break with reason.
"No, it's not that easy to break a wall..."
"Wow, Mr. Usato is amazing..."
……
There's a dejab nowhere in the reaction of the two behind me......
Why do you recall the situation when you hit through the target in Lukvis?
... No, no, let's change our minds.
"Okay. Nair, turn me into an owl. Master Lucas must not leave Eva behind me."
"Yes."
A pompous transformed Nair rides on my shoulder.
Master Lucas holds Eva back nervously and falls back behind me.
"Well, there's a big book of curses down here. Keep your head down, Usat."
"Oh, I'll slap you with all my strength"
I grabbed my fist so hard that I said it, I started going down the stairs so I wouldn't step off.
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A hidden room hidden behind the throne.
As we set foot in the spiral staircase, we head down the stairs in the face of tension.
At some point Nair lit his feet with the light of the magic props that had creaked from inside the castle, and he went down the stairs, and beyond that he saw a green light that stood out in the dark.
With that light in place, once I took a deep breath, I set foot in a space where the light was never leaking.
"……! This is…"
The space where the light was leaking out was an altar-like place.
Overall dusty, but large enough to allow dozens of people in, the altar at the back had crystal balls that emitted green light to worship something.
Perhaps that's the core of the curse.
You don't have to tell me. I see magical texts moving to mingle in the crystals, and more importantly, the atmosphere that seems to suck is transmitted in a vile way.
And -,
"... Usato"
"Oh, there he is. Besides, it's not as good as yesterday's."
Last night, I know because I was relative to the curse.
It feels ragged and disgusting and like a lot of gaze at us.
If I say so, does this place feel in the stomach of a curse?
"... eh"
Eva, are you okay?
Eva feels the same way about me, breathtaking.
Master Lucas worries, and when she speaks, Eva throws her voice at me like a squeeze.
"Mr. Usato... I... know how this feels"
"Know?"
When she asks Eva that without turning around, she trembles in her voice like she was frightened.
"It's the same as a dream. With those who were throwing words of resentment at me..."
"You don't have to force me to talk. I know what you're trying to say."
"... Yes"
I mean, is it also the work of the curse that was giving her nightmares?
I thought Samaritan's people's resentment was considerable, but I often try to hunt them down even in my dreams.
"... wait. Then..."
Who are the people who protected her in those dreams that you would have shown that curse?
There is no way that the people of Samarial, who have a grudge against the royalty, will shelter Eva.
Could it be...,
"Usat! As I expected, the curse has a nucleus! I'll smash the curse before it moves in earnest!"
"... oh"
That's what Nair says as she moves her patties and wings excitedly when she sees the crystals on the altar.
"Can you just smash it? Don't you need a curse?"
"I've been thinking about using it, but I don't need it. That crystal, so to speak, is a wedge that binds your soul to the world. Unlike magic, it was made by people, so if you break even that one, the soul that was disconnected will be freed..."
It should be, I'm a little nervous, but if that's what she is, let's obey.
But how dare you break it with your fist at the end like me......
"I'm gonna smash it, I'm gonna smash it. It's me, but in the end, it's a force move...!"
"What are you talking about now when all you can do is force..."
You're rude. I've been thinking a lot about hitting you, too, haven't I?
Well, that's quick because you don't have to think about it. You can smash the crystal in front of you without thinking about it.
You guessed this purpose, and the skeletons show up from all over the hall like no other last night.
"- Aah."
"Yu, ooh..."
"Ku, ah."
"You've gathered straw...! Nair, put a piece on in an instant! Change the spell of resistance to me at the right time! Master Lucas, Eva will be defenseless for a little while! Call me if you're in danger!"
"I get it. Mind your own business!"
"Yes!"
I made sure Nair over my shoulder nodded. I touch Eva's shoulder lightly as she held me up.
If I am equipped with a spell of resistance, I can ignore the interference of the skeletons and go destroy the curse in the shortest possible distance. For that matter, Eva could be defenseless, but I'll destroy her before she does...!
"Now!"
"Shh!"
Nair's de-curse is activated and the curse of resistance that covers Eva's body can be played while jumping forward thoughtlessly.
"Let's go, Nea!"
"I know!"
And the body is wrapped with the spell of resistance, and the spell of restraint on both hands.
The skeletons move out of my way, but it's slow.
And the skeletons extending their hands from the ground -,
And the skeletons coming from the ceiling...
Everything can't keep up with my speed.
"Hum!!"
"Gi, ah...!?"
Dealing with the healing restraint fist without difficulty with the disturbing skeleton floating forward, with further acceleration, I grip my right arm thoroughly and squeeze my fist firmly.
The distance to the altar is approaching the present.
All you have to do is tap this fist directly in...!
"That's it!!"
Swing down on the altar with your fists gripped hard.
But that was all that was working.
"Ahhhh."
"G., Kie"
"Nah!?"
Jarrajara!! and after hearing the sound of multiple chains, several skeletons broke into walls at an awesome rate to break between fists and crystals.
The fist, which was supposed to strike directly at the crystal, is inhibited by the skeleton, which is walled to overlap multiple times, and is deflected.
"Huh, what!? So that the skeletons are pulled into a chain connected to the wall...!?"
"What do you mean!? Now the chain has obviously moved irrelevant to their intentions! Back off, Usato! Could I have made a terrible mistake..."
"I can't help pulling! Hit me again! orah!!"
"Listen to me!?"
If it's stopped, you just have to make sure it's not stopped.
Raise your fists again, try to swing them down and the skeletons will crack in just like they did earlier, but this time I'll knock them in until they smash you in with both arms so you don't have a problem with being inhibited!
If you ignore Nair's stop and try to stick your right fist out -,
"Ya, Meth"
"Huh!!"
Small, child-sized skeleton. That's pulled out in front of my face, not in front of my fist. Not a scream, but a fist stops upset by a pleading word.
You're even going to use these hands...!
Pull the fist that nearly protruded and back off the spot, the agitated Nair turns this way.
"This isn't supposed to be a boulder. It would have been nice if I just wanted to. But this is... someone with a different will than the skeleton who is obviously asking for it to open up is standing in our way!"
"It's different from the skeleton... cum"
Protect the altar in front of you, avoiding all the skeletons that strike from around you - no, I see the skeletons that are being protected.
A chain tied to that collar. That's what's moving the skeletons from the ceiling/wall. I have unspeakable anger at them being forced to pull in front of the altar as if they were slaves.
"You're kidding me...!"
I mean, is that it? Are you saying that there are people who use the people of Samaria, who are suffering with their souls tied to the curse?
What if you think it's really there and you can stop it from breaking the altar?
The status quo, dozens or hundreds of skeletons, can't stop me protected by Nair's sorcery.
The means to make me see the gap, it's...
"Usat, there's a curse over here!!"
"- Eva!!"
At the same time I hear Master Lucas in a hurry from behind, I turn around.
Before I turned around, I was surrounded by numerous skeletons, like Eva and Lucas hugging her to protect her.
"I'm going now...... eh!?"
Trying to get to help is suddenly going to inhibit foot movement and tip over.
When I looked at his legs, the chains that were somehow connected to his skeleton were wrapped around him.
"Damn, you!!"
I can't prevent anything else because the spell of resistance only limits its potency to the 'curse'.
We can break the chain right away, but Eva's in danger while we're at it.
Besides, there are so many skeletons on their way over here that they can't count for stopping.
... no time to get lost!
"Nair, unlock the magic tricks that have befallen me!!"
"Ha!? I'm not kidding!! You know what happens when I unlock the magic that's protecting you here!?"
"Please!"
"... uh! I see now!! I wonder why I've become such a favorite demon! Ya!! Never die!?"
The magic of resistance inflicted on me is broken and rendered defenseless against the curse.
Anyway, I grab Nair, who's on my shoulder the whole time.
"Apologize now!! Sorry!!"
"Huh!? Why are you swinging around with me... hey!? No way this -"
Eva and Lucas, please!!
Momentum the light-held nair and throw it toward Eva and Lucas. Hicha ~!? and a screamed Nair, but soon unravels the transformation and returns to the original vampire figure, landing near the two of them.
Staring at this one with tears, she activates sorcery and turns away the curse when she can wave to Eva and Master Lucas, who are circling her eyes.
"... ugh!?"
Soon after, the skeleton that is chained to my leg bites my leg and the same headache as last night strikes me.
He instantly steps on the skeleton at his feet and waves his fist off at the skeleton that strikes him from all directions.
- Kaka, kaka.
Every time fragments of crushed skeleton increase like mountains at your feet, you hear a mocking, plundering laugh.
- Kakaka.
Compared to last night, the number and playback speed are out of step.
I couldn't make it, and my back and legs were stuck with two skeletons, sticking my teeth out.
"-Okay, haha...! This is what makes me stop in the same pain!!"
- Ka!?
Shaking off the skeleton tangled in my body and crushing it with a spinning kick, I eagle the affordable skeleton, gather a few and beat it to the ground and shatter it.
- Can't it be done in a decent way, then let us destroy the soul of the Lord by the right number and means.
"... whoa!"
It's not like ridicule, a voice that resonates with your head.
I tried to find the Lord of that voice, but at the next moment, the skeletons that held the chains connected to my neck threw them at me all at once.
"Ku, this stuff...!"
Skeletons that have struck down to earlier as if they had anticipated my gap, where I was restrained in limbs and unable to move for only a moment, bite all over my body in chains that fly like creatures from front, back, left, and right.
"but aguuuuu..."
Skeletons tangled and bitten with both arms.
It's not as usual as it was last night. I can't stand properly in pain and get on my knees.
"Mr. Usato!"
A mockery I don't know with anyone.
Eva's voice calling my name.
The next sight that I was shown to the skeletons, filled with sight by the striking skeletons, was literally a sight of death.