When the Charstenas were traveling and three weeks had passed, I finally found the Spirit. Spirit I found gradually. But the spirit seemed badly debilitated by the lake. It's as if I'm going to do everything I can...

"Are you all right?

'... you, I... can you see?

"Yes."

"Yes... rare... wow"

Speaking very spicy, she was seeping something sweaty into her thin clear watery skin.

"Sounds spicy. Is there anything I can do?

That's what I asked her, who doesn't seem crazy whenever I fall. If we don't help her before we ask her why she's strange, we can't even talk slowly.

I don't know what I can do, but I asked her.

"One, just one.... Somebody, I can make magic vegetables... I can call people and I can't get them... '

Magic? You sure had that skill.

"If it was a magic vegetable, I would."

That's what I say, convert magic vegetables. In the meantime, I converted about half of my current magic power.

"Well, the age of... so, magic convert, can, can..."

"So what do I do with this?

"Later, I'll... do it..."

That said, she touched the magic vegetables I made.

Magic vegetables are a strange thing. It is like a substance and not a substance. Magic and not magic.

Such a mysterious primitive.

If you dare to put it into words, it's something to say even with the crystal of magic.

When she touched the magic vegetable, she converted the magic vegetable into magic and took it into her own body.

"Huh, thanks. Thanks for your help. I almost disappeared."

"Yeah⁉ Was it that bad?

To tell you I'm gonna disappear, I look calm...

'That's right. The Spirit is made of magic. So, if it's gone, it's gone from the world. Instead, as long as there is magic, it will not disappear'

"Heh. But you can't make magic yourself?

'No, I can make it. It's just not enough. That's all... Usually, the world tree sends power to this lake. But they're not sending me now. It's interrupted somewhere.'

Interrupted?

Is that, in other words, the cause inhibiting the power sent from the world tree?

Right. So this lake has lost its brilliance...

"... Do you know where we're interrupting?

'Unfortunately, I don't know.' Cause I just stopped by this lake to supply... and probably no more spirits who lived around here... '

"Really..."

I didn't think there was any damage yet.

But it looks like the damage was already done out of sight.

I gripped my fist hard.

I regretted it.

That I couldn't help the Spirit...

I had my eyes full of people. I realized this sooner, and if I had gotten my Spirit Eye skills, I would have saved you...

'... don't look like that, boy. You're not bad. You saved me. That's enough. "

"But... I would..."

I could have saved it. Guys. If we'd done it differently, we'd have been helped.

'That's not true. Individuals have limits. Nobody can do anything.'

Limits......

What's the limit? Why, there's such a word.

Was I the limit again?

Two years after that, am I the only limit to this extent?

I thought about what my limits meant. I wonder how long I won't be beyond that determined boundaries...

One day, two months after I met the Spirit, I was coming to the lake.

Since then, I have spoken to the Spirit and he has been able to help me.

She is a spirit who travels the world and her name is Urati.

It seems that the Spirit can use magic, magic and materialization, but it can't do that because there is no replenishment right now.

The magic I gave you was also exhausted in a couple of days. So every time I lose it, I supply her.

Instead, Urati has been asked to investigate the cause of the lake's aberration.

They say the Spirit is sensitive to magic and the power sent by the world tree, so find out where the power is interrupted.

And today, I got a report from Urati.

"I've found a place where my powers are blocked."

"Is it true? ⁉

When I heard the report, I was screaming out of joy.

Finally, they found me. It took me years to finally...

I was filled with accomplishments.

Quickly, get Urati to show you to the place.

"Right here."

"Is this the place?

There was nothing there.

I don't see anything unusual. It's a normal mountain slope.

"Behind this. I can feel the power in the back."

"I see, you mean underground..."

I can't find it on the street.

I see, we got it all figured out. There's a source of groundwater behind here.

The water flowing out of there opposite the lake contains the protection of the Evil God.

And it is taken in by the demons. A little bit of power builds up in the demons, and activation occurs.

And even animals take in the protection of evil gods and demonize them.

The longer it takes, the more pronounced it appears. Because the protection of evil gods moves from the mountains, from the trees, from the soil, from the water.

In addition, the underground waters were connected to the waters of a river far away. So even the rivers unrelated to Cliff Mountain included the protection of evil gods.

Water is what organisms need most. Even a little bit, if taken in every day, would take in a significant amount of protection.

What a load of chili.

"……… finally arrived"

When I said that, I drilled a hole in the ground.

And go inside with Urati. The groundwater was flowing there as I thought.

Dark vision is activated because of the darkness, and the appearance inside becomes clear.

An unnatural spot was found looking around, chills. Rock skin, as if melted by something, dots the other side.

"Looks like you melted it with fire..."

Urati shrugged so quietly.

Urati is right. The only thing that melts rocks is acid or fire.

Furthermore, in this case, it is more natural to think that it has been dissolved with fire than to think that there is a powerful acid in this world.

Heat enough to melt a rock... who could do this...?

Can I...?

It would take a lot of magic to do it.

If you look closely, it's not just where you just saw it that has melted marks. It also melts around it as if a rock came out from below.

It's like being hit by a brace... a fire dragon! Right! The Fire Dragon broke out here!

But why is there a cause for the protection of evil gods...?

No, there's no protection for the evil gods around the fire dragon. It's the other way around.

With the protection of the Evil God, the Fire Dragon went wild.

I've always thought it was strange. I wonder why a dragon as gentle as the Wearinese attacked the King's Capital. Until now, I was wondering if that fire dragon was a bad one, but I'm sure the fire dragon was a good one.

But here I am, under the protection of the evil gods. This molten rock is a sign of resistance at that time. But that resistance didn't materialize, and it fell under the control of the evil gods.

"... Urati. Tell me where you're interrupting. And don't go any further inside."

I thought about the possibility of being placed under the control of evil gods, and I didn't try to get close. Perceiving its intentions, Uranti pointed to a point in the groundwater vein.

'Over there. Um, where the water is gushing'

"Okay. … storage space"

I threw everything she pointed at into the storage space.

'Also, strange skills... but the flow is back to normal. Still weak, but it should all go back to normal...'

"Right. You can still feel safe."

'Right. I still have the protection of the evil gods in this land... I hope there is Shizuku...'

Shizuku? What is that? With that, will it all work out?

"What's Shizukuishi?

Shizuku, the tree of the world. With that, we should be able to override the protection of the evil gods that remain in this land... Because that is the crystal of the power of the world tree... '

"Where do I get that?

I'm going to get Shizukuishi, and I asked Urati.

'We'll have to go to the World Tree or give it up to whoever has it. Either way, I can't. The world tree is far away. It'll take at least two years. We can't just leave this place in the meantime, can we? … and Shizukuishi, also known as the Water of Life, is said to cure all illnesses and injuries. So you should think that whoever has it won't give in.'

Water for life. If it does have that much effect, don't you think I'd give it away...

Can't you do something about it if you give me the money?

I have money...

"... well. Okay, I'll see if I can find someone who has it."

'Yes. I'll help as much as I can, too. I can't leave this place alone. If you come here, we can supply you.'

"Okay. Also, if you need anything, I'll go to the lake. I'll be in King's Landing for a while, so let me know if you need anything else.

'Hehe, okay. But take your time for a while. That's the limit, you are.'

Urati cared about me and said that, but it doesn't.

I don't have time to rest anymore. Already, the mountains are just before they break down.

There are over 500 Class A, and Class S is about to reach 50 as well. We need to reduce the number of A's at least now.

"That'll be a little while. My dad should be home soon..."

When I heard about Urati, I thought. I thought my father was headed for the world tree.

Then my father should come back with the Shizuku of the World Tree.

Even by day, Ni, my father should be back in three months.

That ends it all.

When my dad gets back, the mountain should go back to normal and he'll take down all S-grades as well.

I'm just a little impatient.

In April, I was in fifth grade.

We have succeeded in removing the cause of the mountain, but we still do not see any signs of sedation.

Every day I pray my father will come back soon.

For the martial arts tournament, Charstena scored second place. Gilk was third and said he lost to Charstena.

I was relieved that that would not change the relationship between Gilk and Charstena.

Gilk graduated after the martial arts competition.

I left the college with the face that I did what I did with a really refreshing face.

And I thought, I'm back. Become a teacher...

I wondered what the prince would do when he became a teacher, but he didn't say anything in particular.

He said things like you can't be king, and working isn't anything bad. I think I can rather praise it. It's definitely better than some kind of prince scratching a horse in his position and being luxuriously trivial. Besides, I'm glad I can still live in the same college as him.

I just kept it tight and messed with the teacher stuff.

I live a busy day on a rough class schedule.

I also thought about stopping it all and devoting it to the mountain, but I made it the same as last year because I had to think about excuses for the militant tournament and about when my father couldn't make it.

Honestly, I can't afford it at all right now. The speed of occurrence and evolution has doubled before. For this reason, life has become imperative: going hunting in the mountains after class. Grade A no longer protects the bondage of oneness in a day. I couldn't afford that at all.

Looks like that mountain was over the limit already. Me and Urati are pushing it in.

I'm not out of my hands.

I'm close to the limit, too. No, it could be beyond. There are times lately when I don't know what I'm doing.

But I can't rest and wait. If I rest, it's dangerous for all of us.

That's all we have to avoid...

I'll (...) protect everyone.

One day in June, after class, I was on my way to the mountains. So I realized that there was someone on the way to follow me.

I stopped and spoke to my tracker.

"Charstena, what are you doing?

To my angry voice, Charstena came out of the shadows shaking her shoulders.

"Oh, I'm sorry... But, Ray, these days..."

"Is that why you followed me?

I've been thinking about it. If Charstena finds out how I've changed, she'll find out.

So I'm not in a hurry.

"Oh, I'm sorry..."

"Don't follow me if you want to apologize."

I apologize. I let Charstena go cold. I can't rest like before now.

It could be terrible, but it would be better for me, for her, to have her go home like this, no. It would be for the people who live in the King's capital and the village of Sierra.

Just a little more, just a little more.

So without worrying the Charstenas, it's all over.

I left Charstena behind and ran out.

"Ma, wait! Please! Wait, I... Don't go..."

I reprimanded my mind for nearly stopping and sped it up even faster.

Sorry, Charstena...

I apologized to her every day in my heart.

Like every day, Charstena followed me and has always tried to talk to me at school.

But I completely ignored her. And every time I apologized in my heart.

I thought you might hate me.

But that's still bearable. But if she gets hurt and dies, I'm sure I can't stand it.

So, ghosting my heart, I kept ignoring her.

So are the Gilks. They've seen me and Charstena interact, too, and tried to say something, but I didn't even try to hear it.

Huck says it like every day, too, but I didn't say anything.

You can only talk after everything is done...

"Will you wait..."

I shrugged like that at the entrance to the mountain.

In front of him were a bunch of 100 below B demons and two A's with them, plus an S demon with that A's with them.

Things happened that I was afraid of. Finally, the S-level moved out. Class S was the evolutionary species of Auga, King Auga, who was marching to King's Capital with two augs and many demons.

That day I finished class as usual and headed to the mountains to hunt. We left Charstena on the way and reached the entrance.

So we caught a swarm of space exploration headed this way.

More often than not, demons of Class A and below are brought in. I repelled each time and managed to stay calm, but today, for the first time, S class showed movement.

We don't seem to have much time left. I just have to do it.

If I don't stop here, it'll be harmful to the Charstena I left behind.

That's what I thought, I pulled out my sword. The sword felt very heavy. The body, which had exceeded its limits due to repeated fatigue, felt painfully even with just that amount of motion, with a sword.

But even in that situation, demons don't wait for me. I screamed and intercepted the herd to keep my temper at bay.

"Come on! I'm not letting you go from here!

I unleashed magic on a bunch of demons. Overlaying firewaves, it became a huge wave of fire that swallows all the demons.

But it will work up to Grade B or less.

That presumption was that, to the extent that their skin was slightly burned, the orgasms seemed to have been wiped out until grade C, but although grade B was not intact, it had not yet been defeated.

Kugoaaaaaaaa

The roar of King Auga rings. Apparently, you're angry at my pre-emptive strike.

But that doesn't matter, I release even more magic.

Now is your chance with the distance available.

If they keep getting close, they won't beat me. I need to knock everything down except the S-level at least...

Doburn

I thundered when I called the rain cloud. Drop arrows with even more ice magic. It's the combination Charstena and Gilk were doing before.

I'll put more hands on it.

Pickah!

In an attempt to avoid the ice arrows, the flash flashed at the end of the gaze of the demons who were looking up. An arrow of ice pierces the demons who are blinded by the light and can no longer avoid it.

Now all that's left is two orgasms and a king.

The orga was stabbed with an ice arrow, but it hasn't been fatally wounded because of the size of his body.

There wasn't even a scratch on the scratch leading up to King.

"Ha, you don't mean intact..."

When I saw King coming this way without a scratch, my voice leaked unconsciously.

I put a lot of magic into my current magic. Still not intact...

Are you saying that the S-grade name is not Dada?

And when the distance between me and King is just a few more steps, I'll finish the magic.

"Water dragon!

Huge chunks of water that emerged in front of me. It reshaped and electrified the dragon.

"Do it."

I gave the order to say so. The water dragon who received the order opened his jaw wide.

This is the same move I made when I swallowed the Charstenas before.

But it's not that easy this time.

Dragon's biggest attack. That's a brace. It is unleashed by Chenglong. It has the power to destroy the King's capital.

Of course, I took it in. The power does not extend far to Chenglong.

But not the power of the line.

From the mouth of the water dragon, a brace of water was released. Momentum sprayed water blows the king orga wide and also wraps up the orga that was behind it.

Water flows through the dragon's body with tremendous momentum. The momentum is not comparable to that of a river or anything else. Once inside, I'm so proud that even my father would struggle to escape.

This is a phenomenon that happens because we are making streams out of wind magic.

This flow is all about water dragons. Changing this flow created movement and allowed the braces to be released as well.

Create a one-way flow around your mouth and suppress it from the outside. This greatly increases the pressure and, when the limit is reached, it releases the accumulated pressure and releases it out of the mouth.

This is how the water dragon braces work. The stronger the restraint, the more powerful it becomes.

But when you get aggressive, that's the limit.

Orga and King, blown away by the braces of the water dragon, are already up. Auga makes no sense to King apart, such as the extent to which it blows up.

When I put the water dragon on standby, I stepped forward. The water dragon is now in the midst of increasing pressure to the extreme.

I'll buy you time until that maximum brace of power is ready.

"Come on, Flamewind Sword!

I made swords out of my best magic. Point that at the orgasms and get down.

Multiple overlapping fire and wind blades strike the orgasms.

Auga moves that slow. Even if I say it's late, it's a story compared to other A grades. Generally speaking, fast.

However, this attack cannot be avoided to that extent.

The orgasms get caught up in my triggered explosion properly. I added fuel to the explosion without taking a break. That adds to the intensity of the explosion, rather than allowing it to subside.

But there is not an infinite amount of fuel: less than a minute later, I used the magic that resided in the fiery wind sword.

But in the meantime, the water dragon completed the filling. I turned my back on the burning orgasms.

"Eat it, this is the real brace"

Gobbaaaaaaaaaa

The braces were emitted along with the roar of scraping the ground. That blew the flames out of every org with speed and size compared to the earlier braces.

Still, however, the power did not diminish, knocking down everything on the road that the orgasms had come by and crashing into the slopes of Cliff Mountain.

"Phew,... have you managed"

I shrugged like that looking at the blown trees. At the time I turned my heels that King Auga would not be safe with this, I growled and sounded.

Ggoaaaaaa

It was an angry cry.

It emanated from the direction in which the Kings blew up now. And the shock of shaking the ground in no time and the sound of crushing the rocks rings.

"... you're lying"

You can still move...

King Auga came running, leaving his great footprints in the path of the earth.

Its right arm bends in a strange direction and the bone is broken at a glance. Still, my legs and left arm are alive and well.

King Auga, with his big leg, stuffed a distance from me in just a few seconds, opened his mouth wide, red stained with blood, and stuck his teeth out just chewing it up.

"Gu..., ugh!

I tried to stop with King's fangs fortified flesh and sword. But he was blown behind without even dust, such as antagonism.

I broke the branches of the trees and was blown to the side. I was beaten by a rock about 200 meters away. I hit him hard in the back and blood crawled out with the air.

But still, you didn't give up. You jumped into my eyes looking forward to

"Ha ha!

It was a big fist. The fist was protruded by me relentlessly. I was stuck in a rock, and I got that fist without even being able to avoid it.

I heard a broken bone, and even the rocks were shattered and scattered, and I was blown high in heaven.

"Gee ho......!

I was thinking as the sky continued to rise.

Why would I have challenged a battle like this fool...

Normally, why didn't I know there was no way I could win...

I'm only 11. There's no way you can beat S-Class.

I was complacent... that I could do it. He said he could save everyone...

But the result is like this.

I can't defeat 1 S-Class.

Don't let me die if I fall like this...

I can't help you this time.

King's waiting downstairs to kill me.

Would Charstena have returned safely to the king's capital?

Is there anyone in Wang Du who can defeat this guy?

Could I have saved everyone...

As I ascended to heaven, I saw the king's capital. The walls of the Wang capital reflected the moonlight and were glowing beautifully. Protect the city in it.

But there was a red-haired girl outside the walls. The red-haired girl is running toward this side in agony.

Dokung

Something waved in me.

That was the sound of a relapse. My broken heart sounded beaten back.

Not yet. I can't die yet.

You made up your mind.

Protect Charstena from everyone...

That's what I'm fighting for.

You're just gonna give up. You just got beat up.

I won't let that happen.

"Gu, koi, flame-style sword!

A red, shining sword was born in the sky. I grip it with my right hand.

If I give up now, I can't protect Charstena.

I rebuilt my system in 3D orbit and ran through the sky using the three spaces I created.

"Bring the fire on!

I put magic through the sword in my left hand and lit the fire.

Defeat this guy. Always.

"Breaking the limits!

Make sure that light wraps around your body and leaks out. And at the same time, the flesh exceeds its limits, and I accelerate. I'm waiting downstairs for King.

I will defeat you and protect Charstena!

Everything I could get out of it, me falling at a fierce speed, and King Auga's fist hit me from the front.

Dogowowo on.

The impact of two burning swords and one fist crashing through the earth and wooden spirits to the king's capital. Trees that rock big as if that was also the source of the earthquake. The leaves fall, and the shock breaks the branches.

My leap of abandonment, which maximized momentum, antagonized King Auga's fist. But that's antagonism only because we've gained momentum. I immediately decide I'm going to be pushed off, and I'm going to hit the next one. That was an idiotic hand, even though I was cornered.

"Flamewind Sword Liberation!

With the words of liberation triggered, a flame-style sword with enormous magic broke its shape, involving me and King. It swells up instantly, centering on the sword.

Bowaaaa!

A fireball large enough to swallow the giant King Auga whole chops, burns and swallows the trees around it.

It burns like the sun that illuminates the dark night. In it, the stuffy King Orga and my figure of eating and enduring teeth was projected into a sphere that burned up into a black shadow.

The blade of fire that burned the ground and returned the trees to charcoal engraved not light damage on me and King Auga.

King orga with one arm folded and the other extinguished and disappeared.

On the other hand, I had burns and lacerations all over my body, and blood was leaking out of my mouth. The right hand, which was at the heart of the blast flame, had not yet extinguished the fire, and it was strangely severe that it did not become charcoal.

Still, I have a sword wrapped around the fire like the rest of the scum in its opposite hand, and I put my opponent in sight with both eyes whose vision no longer appears to be sumptuous.

Both were already full of creativity. But neither is willing to stop fighting.

I put my strength into Kasumi's eyes and into my left hand.

It was King Auga who made the move first. I've lost both arms. King Auga's still been trying to crush me with his feet trying to kill me.

But the attack was too slow for me to break the limit. Get rid of me gently and get a laceration on the counter. But it's not going to be a decision hit.

It's too light, my attack. Before King Aug, who boasted more than an aug of hardness, it was to the point of being scratched by my attacks and such.

But on the other hand, it was enough to irritate and hasten a King Aug who could not be attacked and vice versa could be attacked all.

The hurried King Auga opened its big mouth and pressed me not to chew it up again.

"I've been waiting for that."

I took a step toward the impending Auga fangs without panic. Sifting a firesword with more intensity into a horizontal giraffe, I screwed it.

"Erase it! Burning Demon Sho Kill!

I turned the last remaining magic into fire and shoved everything into that idiot-like empty mouth.

Slash containing explosive heat. That was separate from what used to be. The slaughter captured King Auga's mouth in different dimensions and blew King Auga's head off from the inside.

The fever contained in the slash exploded, swelling up the slash. That blew King Auga's head off from within, as if it had caused a huge explosion.

Having lost his head, King Auga fell to the ground powerless and disappeared.

All that remained was King Auga's big demon stone.

"Gu......"

I watched as King Auga disappeared and fell to the front.

Breaking the limits is the sword of the blades.

Always fall down after use. I can't even move my body with a pickle.

I closed my eyes and tried to follow the screams of my flesh. But at that time,

"... I... Yikes... Ray!

I heard Charstena. It was a terribly sad scream.

I can't move my body, I can't even see my voice. Eventually, the voice was right around the corner.

"Ray! Ray! Hold on! Please, don't die!

Charstena fell down and looked at me and cried out. When she leaned back on me, she held her head.

Her tears pour down my face.

All I could do was watch it.

I can't stroke my head like I always do, or cheer up Charstena with words.

There was no power anywhere in my body. I can't move, I can't even talk.

I made her cry again. I should have been able to protect her, but everything should have worked out, how can it not work like this...

"Please, don't die... don't leave me alone anymore..."

I didn't want to see your face like this anymore...

I couldn't leave her crying. So I stared straight into her eyes.

That was the only way to keep Charstena safe.

Don't cry, I'm alive.

So I put words in my eyes, and I was looking into Charstena's eyes.

"Ray, you're alive! Hang on! I'll fix it now!

Charstena looked at the consciousness in my eyes and her expression only slightly brightened. And immediately began chanting, curing magic.

A very warm light enveloped me.

This light... I think I've seen it before.

When was that?

I don't know... but I remember this warm, gentle light.

My heart knows this.

At the same time, I was relieved.

Listen to Charstena.

Look at that.

And feel that warmth.

I slowly closed my eyes, wrapped in that warm light...