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Release the hand from the handle of the hammer.

"What are you doing?"

A man with a hammer looks at me.

"I have no intention of confronting you guys." Will you stay out of this town? "

Perhaps they were hired by the Melston Adventurer's Guild. They were also invited as adventurers, so they decided to break into the city because they couldn't leave without results.

We cannot allow that to happen. But their presence will help us too.

Go home and tell Dodo what's going on.

Even if I tell you, I can't be completely trusted. But you can trust them if they're familiar to you from before.

Investigate the cause. Your request will fail, but you will be responsible for communicating the danger.

"I'm sorry, but I can't accept that."

Not the man with the hammer, but the man behind him.

Bartolo-B-ranked adventurer and leader of this party

Do you know?

It's not that I'm famous. However, in this area, it is an adventurer that is trusted to the extent that it is trusted by the guild. "

I didn't know his name, but Iris, who stood behind him, told me the story.

When I stopped by Melston, Iris asked me to look into the adventurers operating around the city of Dodo.

"I know you've been asked to investigate, but this place is really dangerous." Regardless, I think it would be better for you to leave. "

"You guys don't know how I feel, but I'm in the middle of a rank-up. We can't just back off."

I see.

While questioning Bartolo, the man with the hammer pounds his weapon against the earthen wall.

"What...!"

Attack with more power than before.

I couldn't help but be stunned that I couldn't even get a crack in just because I thought it would break.

You did it!

Oh, yeah.

Magically constructed earth walls. As long as it was nearby, it could strengthen only a part of it and increase its endurance. This will not destroy their attack.

"Are you interrupting me!?"

"... even though I'm helping you out in good faith."

Given the past, it was possible that Dodo's proximity to the city itself would be dangerous. It was the safest way to keep them away.

"We need to check this place out!"

"That's why...?"

I feel like my spine is freezing.

At the same time, I noticed that the skill was automatically activated.

"The [world] is on its own...?"

Some abilities are passive or automatically activated when they meet the requirements.

"My [World] is not like a passive." The ability is now automatically activated because it meets the requirements.

"The world is distorted."

Me and Ellis are protected by World .

But the consequences for the unprotected were immediate.

"I'm......"

"Nh, nnh..."

"Huh..."

……

Four people, other than Bartolo, disappeared in an instant. The four of them disappeared like twists around parts of their bodies, such as their arms, legs, and chest. I don't know if there was pain or not. It disappeared in an instant.

The problem was Bartolo.

"Ahh, ahhh...!"

Bartolo's body was twisted at the starting point at three places: the left shoulder, the right elbow, and the left hip. The head and the right foot held the original shape, but it was no longer transformed into an anomaly.

"Why, he's the only one..."

We're safe because there's a [world].

I was satisfied if it disappeared just like the others.

"Look at that."

I saw Bartolo's chest, which Iris pointed to. A necklace with a strong glow was raised there.

I see. That necklace is protecting Bartolo.

I was able to use [Labyrinth Magic: Appraisal (Analysed)], which should only be used for objects unearthed from the labyrinth. There was a labyrinthine city nearby, so it was not surprising that valuable magical tools from the labyrinth were available.

A magic tool that protects you from strong magic effects. Suddenly disappearing, Bartolo suspected a decline close to magic and magic.

I want to protect myself a little.

I was getting magic tools from my thoughts.

I would have been impressed if I had gotten enough for my people.

As expected, it's impossible for an ordinary adventurer to prepare a number of magical tools at that level.

It would have been the best I could do just by buying my share.

As a result, the people I couldn't give it to disappeared in an instant.

However, given Bartolo's current condition, it might have been better if he hadn't.

Couldn't you have prevented a magic tool worthy of rank A?

Magic tools could not completely prevent the anomalies that were happening, and spatial distortions occurred in several places, which was the limit to endure at the very last minute. And if the limitations of the magic tool itself were to come, this state would also come to an end.

"T-They... help me."

I was squeezing my voice out desperately.

I want to move somehow, but I can't even move because I've twisted the space. If you want to reach out and ask for help, you can't move forward. All I can do is complain with words and eyes.

"That's why I said it."

I didn't expect this to happen at all. Still, something unusual could happen, and I was trying to stay away from it in the easiest way to make sure it was safe. It was Bartolo who approached, ignoring the words.

I have no in-laws to help. But I also felt bad about leaving him to die.

"Wait a minute."

I used World on Bartolo with my hand.

[World] stops the target time when it is used for other than me and my family. This will allow Bartolo to move to a safe location while time is down.

"W-what the hell...?"

But the moment I activated my skill, it felt like I had never felt it before.

At the same time, something was wrong with Bartolo.

"Ahh..."

Bartolo's body was twisted off where the distortion was.

There must still be the endurance of magic tools left.

He told me to turn to Iris.

I was able to calmly use my skills because I judged that I could withstand at least one minute.

Considering the events of the immediate past, the cause and consequences are connected.

"I can't stop time...?"

The left and right arms, which were twisted and blown away, fell to Bartolo's back.

The left foot was also lost, but because the distortion of the space was still continuing, it was fixed while standing.

Bartolo was beheaded by something invisible.

When I looked at her just before she was dying.....

"Ugh...!!"

Bloody red flesh gushes out of a thousand cuts and swells out of Bartolo's body.