Parallel World Pharmacy

Without letting go of the darkness, some of them rushed toward Pharma.

It was not until immediately afterwards that Farma noticed the discomfort.

When the world is examined through eye examinations, the field of view enters a world like augmented reality.

Someone who was coming towards us was captured as a point of light, but it was going "straight ahead" as it penetrated the bedrock.

I don't know where the light from the eye exam lies.

(People. Or else...?)

To determine the characteristics of the opponent, Farma deployed a trap on the spot and waited.

The moment someone jumps out of the cave wall, it creates an iron wall that blocks its path.

(It would be quite troublesome if you could penetrate it.)

When someone suddenly stopped in the bedrock to distinguish the sound, he took the back of Pharma, penetrated the iron wall, and appeared from inside the wall.

Farma jumped forward without looking back, and finally turned around to see who it was.

The opponent was a dark-haired girl with sharp eyes and a distinctive tattoo on her brown skin.

Farma takes a breath away by its unusual atmosphere.

(Girl? Human? It has a similar nature to mine...?)

As if to give Farma no more time to think, she screams something by grabbing the cane in her hand.

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As if echoing her call, there is a sound from the murals painted behind Pharma.

The abstract paintings drawn on the opposite side of the wall were materialized one after the other and attacked him all at once.

(I see...... you're actually going to attack me)

The spirit generated from the murals, once materialized, became a meat mass and continued to grow, filling the space and forming a mass until it instantly blocked the cave.

(Don't reproduce like a malignant tumor. Less differentiated tumors and spirits are troublesome.)

While observing the Pharma, the girl's fingers kept moving, and she sparked a spirit that had materialized in one breath.

However, the attack from the Spirit of Phenomena does little damage to Pharma, and even if the Spirit materializes, it is not much different from being attacked by humans and animals.

Pharma does not accept Physical Attacks, they are also disabled.

It makes sense to hit an object with an object, and a spirit body with a spirit body.

Farma was about to be drunk at her pace, but gradually calmed down and rebelled to teach herself.

(If it becomes real... it can be handled by the laws of physics. Erase silicon!)

When Farma switched her head and waved her right hand directly next to her, the spirit materialized from the wall was pulled out of the silicon that was the core of the structure and could not maintain its shape, escaping the control of the girl and disintegrating.

She was staring at both hands of Farma, who was using her bare hands to perform the divine technique while sowing a pale light.

(This girl... is trying to analyze my abilities?)

In time, her gaze clung to Farma's shoulders.

(Have you noticed the medicine mark?I have a bad feeling about this.)

It may have similar abilities to eye examinations.

With that intuition, Pharma felt she shouldn't be given much time to think.

When he couldn't decide what to do next, her figure disappeared into the ground.

The next moment, a girl's staff emerged from the ground just behind Farma, piercing her heart.Feeling her clear intent to kill, Pharma raised his guard against her.

(Will it kill you?)

When Farma grabs her penetrating staff, she pulls it out of her body and snatches it away.

If it weren't for Farma, it would have been fatally wounded and the battle would have been decided.

But that didn't happen.

The girl's eyes seemed to have a color of fear.

(This is a place where physical attacks are ineffective and spirits are scattered.You must not have encountered such an opponent before being analyzed.)

In the darkness, the Pharma's body, through its divine power, is accompanied by a pale glow.

I'll take this cane.

The Staff for the Divine Magician is nothing more than the Divine Magic itself.

Even if the girl is in battle, the staff she was holding should be seen as helping her to amplify and activate her alien powers, just like the Divine Magician.

Taking away her wand, she stopped attacking Pharma, fumbled and collapsed, and was strangled from her knees.

At the same time, her dark shadow fell beneath her.

(Same as me. Was it only semi-substantiated when I held the staff.....?)

She instantly puts her right hand on the ground, making it look like it was flickering.

It looked like he was still trying to summon a spirit.

(Do you still want to do it?)

Farma does not miss it, laying iron plates on the ground while simultaneously creating and erasing substances in a series of movements, preventing further summoning.

Farma took the middle finger of her left hand, which drifted in the air, and slowly bent toward her elbow.That's all, but she was incapacitated so easily.

She seemed to be the most surprised by her trivial movements.

With such a small movement, you can neutralize people without exerting any force.

Farma spoke to her with a calm tone of voice.

It should be painful enough, so I'm only applying force there.

I don't think we can reconcile, even if the goal is not to incite hatred.

“It might be a little unsettling, but I need to talk to you.”

However, she did not lose her rebellion, and she continued to expose Pharma to abhorrent words.

"I'll keep it short." Do you know this girl? "

Farma takes out a notebook inserted in her chest pocket, pulls out the photo that was inside, and puts it on an iron plate.

Clara is shown in the group photo of the sailors as they leave the port.

“See? I'm looking for her and I know she's here.”

She turned her attention to Clara's picture and drew her face a little closer to the scrutiny.

You look familiar.

Farma peers into her face and determines.She turns her face away from Farma's gaze.

"I'll bring her back, she's a non-combatant and I don't see any reason to be captured." Isn't it nice? "

Immediately after Pharma asked, a large group of people with the torch that was lit again rushed through the passage of the cave and rushed towards us.

Their eyes were jumped by a boy as tall as her to dominate the girl, but the method was so plain and modest that they seemed to be unable to tell what Farma was doing.

They are staring at the state of things while holding their weapons.

"Don't come. Honestly, I don't want to fight anyone.Stay there! "

Pharma created an ice wall inside the cave and built a bulkhead between them.

When the girl was released from the restraint while determining Clara's whereabouts after the eye exam, the girl grabbed her hand in an attempt to strangle Pharma.

In a sober motion, Farma slips through her arms.

At the same time, she lost her balance and fell down on the spot, and did not move.

Farma left everyone there and vanished into the rocks to melt into the thick fog.

Farma identifies Clara's whereabouts and runs through the wall of the cave just as the girl did.

(Great. I should've done this from the beginning, it's a good idea.)

Reaching Clara at the shortest distance, she was pushed into a cavernous, iron lattice-like prison.

With courtesy, the entrance is barricaded with furniture and other items.Farma emerged from the back of Clara's cell, but she couldn't see what was happening outside.

(It's unappealing, isn't it? Any barricade will be blindfolded from the sentry.As long as you don't even make noise.....)

Thinking that it would be difficult for Clara to scream when she suddenly appeared, Farma revealed herself from the inside of the wall, while blocking Clara's mouth from behind.

When Clara swallowed her screams and breaths, she bit her fingers with tremendous force, perhaps lightly panicking.

No matter how much I bite, it doesn't work for Pharma and it doesn't hurt or itch.

Farma was somewhat impressed by the brilliance of the counterattack.

(It's such a bite! It's so powerful that you can bite your fingers off completely, it's reliable.)

Clara was still rampant, but Farma suppressed her and whispered.

"Clara-san, don't speak up.I'm sorry to surprise you from this place, Farma. ”

Clara notices that the monster that appears from behind is Farma, and she shows some confusion.

"Huh, is it real? It's not a fake made in a painting....."

“It's real. Um, how can you trust me?Ah, yes. Did the seasickness medicine work? "

Clara believed the information that only Farma knew, even though she was half skeptical.

"That medicine seems to have worked well..."

Although she answered with tears, she still seemed uncomfortable and tilted her neck.

"If you say so, maybe you're a pharmacist...?"But, hey... it sounds suspicious... "

Clara gets stuck in words.

"Oh, and where are you from now?"Behind it is a rock, and in front of it is a grate and a barricade. "

She hung her neck diagonally, another step suspiciously.

"Well, I came in through that prison gap."

"Where is the gap?" I couldn't get through, could I?Are you saying it came from the front? "

"No, look, it's a slender figure, so I went through it."

Farma said something she didn't want.

Huh? I guess I'm fat, I'm thinner ~

Farma, worried about how to excuse herself, smiled in love.Clara will always turn to herself.

"If you were really a pharmacist, you would have touched my fortune."I felt like I would see you again on this continent. ”

"Well, you were in the middle of it." The accuracy of your prophecies is incredible. "

While saying that, Farma turned to a complicated expression.

"You've come this far... your chest is full.How are you guys doing?I'm the only one brought here, what happened to the others..... "

Clara squinted her eyes as if she was nervous to see if they were safe.

I just rescued you. Everyone should be safe.

I haven't found Noah to be exact, but I haven't told Clara yet because I'm worried.

Clara took a big breath, relieved.

"Even though I should have known, I'm so sorry and so grateful."From the beginning, we should have stopped sailing before it became even stronger and irreversible.Even though you should have taken various measures, there was not enough sense of crisis. "

Clara lets out a complicated mood along with her gratitude.

I didn't have enough sense of crisis and prospects, either.

Farma accepts her thoughts.

"I don't think fate is set."Any future can be chosen from a myriad of options.There was an interaction between Morinomi and I, and this time I was in this situation.Not to mention there's nothing you can apologize for. "

Farma looks around because Clara has fallen down.

(Well, I wonder if this area is made of lime tunnels.Well then, erase the calcium carbonate)

Farma turned her right hand toward the ceiling and tried to clear some of the lime tunnel's main ingredients and make a big hole while Clara was squatting.

However, as she tried to concentrate, Clara kept Pharma.

"Um, the pharmacist. Did you meet a girl named Mélène before you came here?"It's a girl with long black hair and a tattoo on her shoulder. "

"I may have met you, but I didn't know how you looked until it was dark."I don't even know his name. "

Before I stepped into the cave, I looked at a lot of men and women, but I didn't pay so much attention to the appearance of each of them.

"Well then, you're one of the most powerful girls in the world." It's a bitch. "

"Just now, I met a girl who seemed to be strong-minded."For the time being, let's leave the story behind and get out of here.I've gotten stuck, but if I can get back here, it'll be tough. "

Farma spared a little time.

"... but I couldn't escape."

Why?

When he refused to be rescued, Farma felt a shock through her shoulders.

"Well, the child can manipulate the spirit skillfully, and with the help of the spirit, he will make the picture real and attack.I'm sorry, I can't explain it well.... "

Clara is struggling to catch up with her vocabulary.

"Oh! Okay. I just got him rolled up."

"Is that child safe?"

Clara's desperate appearance brings Farma to a close, and Farma sweats coldly to see if she has done anything.

"I think you're safe, but what do you mean?"

I wonder why you're worried about her.Farma can't swallow her intentions.

"I, the child, was under intense curse.That kid... uh, it's called Mélène, but if anything happened to her, I think I might have died of joint and several liability.So, even if I'm free, I'm still a prisoner... I can't escape. "

Clara's fingers are clinging to and releasing her fingers.

You must be ashamed of stepping on it.

Farma ran her gaze towards Clara's body, and there was a curse mark around her neckline.

(This is similar to the one Juliana was following.)

Farma recalls the sacred crest that Juliana, a former cardinal, was wearing from the Grand Shrine.

It is also worthwhile to browse the literature in the Great Temple, and Pharma has also accumulated knowledge about mysterious phenomena and curses.

"Haunted, is that the one with the neck?"If that's the case, I'll take immediate measures because it's a noise. Hands out. "

Farma pinched the medicine wand to the side and poured water potion from the vial into Clara's hand with one free hand.

It was the remnant of the God Potion that I had just created.

If I hit this medicine, it will only immortalize me for one day, so no one can harm Clara anymore.

Now we can put that curse on hold for now.

Is that like a de-cursing drug?

Clara asks, rubbing the potion into her hands like a hand gel.

I don't know if that's how it feels.

"Good. I was told to be a slave or die if I betrayed you..."

"Yeah... that's what I said..."

I didn't realize it was such a character because I didn't understand the words.

There, "Farma remembered the catch.

"Does Clara and Mélene understand words?"Actually, she speaks the Imperial language? "

Clara briefly told Pharma what happened after she was kidnapped.

"I see. Mélène was captured only by Clara's predictive abilities."So, you had a conversation with a child named Mélène through a spirit, right? "

"Yes, it is."

Remember, she was persistently trying to summon spirits from the ground or from the cave wall.

(Was it an attempt to converse through the Spirit, not for the sake of attack?)

Farma, who saw the opportunity as a sign of a counterattack, had been thoroughly crushed anyway.

(Ahh, you've done a terrible thing... you failed to communicate with other cultures at first hand)

Farma's chest hurts.

"Master Yakuza, do you have the anti-curse medicine for everyone in the expedition except me?"Ladies and gentlemen, I entered a lake called Pichikaka Lake in Mélène, but it is said that there was a death curse! "

That's what I heard from the expedition.

"What should we do!" Your lives are in imminent danger. "

Clara began to panic as if she remembered.

“Well, I'm starting my medication now, so that's fine.”

"Is the Master of Medicine a prophet?"You're carrying a pinpoint medicine that works against the curse of a cursed lake!Isn't that a bit too godly! "

"No, it's not my job, it's the way of the unusually well-prepared child..."

Farma reminds her of Ellen.

"Glad... I'm so relieved"

"I wonder what kind of grudges Mélène has made against the expedition and Clara."Don't you care if strangers come ashore?Did he say anything? "

According to them, the expedition was pushed from the sea, without any understanding of the language, without any apparent intruder, and with a certain understanding of the Pharma raid.

"When I first landed, the guru and the magicians cast purification spells all over the land to ensure my safety."

"Huh? But if the evil spirit disappears, is there a problem?"They can live safely, too.If you can explain it properly, there will be a settlement. "

Farma wonders if it is rather a good deed.

"That's why... unlike our continent, there is a culture that cares about spirits. It seems that it was the spirits of the ancestors that the clan cherished when they disappeared from the purification spell. The spirit of those precious ancestors has disappeared, so everyone on this continent, including Mélène, seems to be unable to hold back their anger."

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Farma is about to hold her head.

He can't tell the difference between evil spirits and other spirits, but from the perspective of Mélene and the others, the presence of the expedition is harmful and unprofitable.

(Besides, is it my fault...?)

Since there is a sanctuary around Pharma, it would have unintentionally played a role in removing the spirit even if I visited the continent to see it or rushed to rescue it.

"For now, let's get out of here."That's not the same as being imprisoned by the two of us.Then let's think about the future policy. "

Farma scratched her right hand again to clear the entire bedrock of calcium carbonate and open the wind hole.

However, I didn't have the feeling that my divine power was flowing from another world through the Pharmaceutical God Mark.

Farma touched her right shoulder as a ha.

I don't know.

It glowed pale, pulsating, and there were no marks on the Pharma God who had given the Pharma God's blessing.

Farma's whole body is going to be stiff.

I reflexively looked for the medicine wrinkle on my left arm, but there was no abnormality here.

Farma remembers with a frozen spine.

(Creates NaCl)

A white powder appears on Farma's left hand as expected.

Even if it's not sodium chloride, it's evidence that material creation can still be used.

Usually, it was possible to identify synthesized substances using material erasure, but this stopped the technique of checking whether there were any mistakes in the created ones.

Without a choice, if you partially check the physical properties of what you just created by licking it, you will certainly sense the salt content.

(Most methods of identifying synthesized products are possible using chemical analysis methods that have been established since time immemorial)

However, there is a limit to how quickly we can do it here.Cannot be used in actual battle.

(What about the eye exam?)

Next time I activate the eye exam, my vision is sharpened and Clara's body can be seen through.

There is no particular change in the sense or field of vision of eye activation.

The enlarged view of the right hand was still alive.

(There are no problems with the creation of substances, eye examinations and magnifying glasses.In other words, only material erasure was taken away!)

If it's been stolen, I'll take it back, but even if I recover the crest, I may not recover my ability to erase the substance.

Moreover, if the right upper arm's crest was not stolen but erased, the crest would be permanently lost.

That's not all Farma noticed.The situation continues to deteriorate.

(The divine power is falling dramatically...!)

Realizing that the divine power filled his body was diminishing, Pharma was the first to come to this world to notice the existence of a vessel that filled his divine power.

Although it may not be possible to quantify its reserves with a power meter, it is true that there is a bottom, and Pharma recognizes that her power was limited.

(My divine power, which I thought was infinite, was secured for the first time by two Medicine Spirit Marks......)

According to information gathered from the temple, the patron saint of the past had only one sacred crest.

Considering that, it is believed that Yakushi was originally a guardian deity with only material creation or material elimination.

Even if it is only returned to its original state, the loss of material elimination still hurts.

Yakushi-sama, you don't look pale... do you have a stomachache?

Clara turned anxiously.No heart, or my stomach hurts.

"It might have been a bit bad."

There are other things to be wary of.

It is possible that Mélène could also steal or erase another Potion Sigil left in Pharma.

When and when?

I remembered if Melenie had taken my right medicine crest, but I couldn't remember the timing.

It was bypassed to make unpleasant contact.

(Maybe you peeled off the crest of the medicine with what Clara called "the ability to embody pictures"?)

The question arises as to what kind of principle, but once you put it to the side.

(Or did you possess the Gladiator Mark on your own with a principle similar to the one I stripped of the curse under the Holy Lord?No, she didn't have the divine power, and that's impossible... if there was something like a curse vein...?)

Farma's thoughts began to tangle.

(For the time being, I should give up recovering the Yakuza and stay away from Melenie.If it is sealed until the creation of matter, it will be completely blocked!)

Worst of all, they may be able to take away their abilities one after the other and kill them without being able to return from the continent.

Clara asked in horror whether Farma was freezing.

What's wrong with that?

"It looks like Mélene has sealed off some of my magic."

Eh, with the divine vein stripping?

(Oh, do you have that kind of hand?)

Farma has never seen her divine pulse.

Even Ellen could not see Farma's pulse.

However, Mélène sees the Pharma Divine Vein, and she closes it off and switches it on herself, so I can come up with such a hypothesis.

(In that moment?)

Farma was impressed with her prowess.Clara opens her heavy mouth while looking at Farma worriedly.

"No matter how it was taken... at least, I don't think it will come back from this journey."

Clara, blessed by the God of Travel, keeps the prophecy unchanged for the duration of the journey.

Farma accepted Clara's prophecy, thinking it was true.

There was a scripture saying that recovering the Pharmacopoeia would definitely end in failure.

If so, I will give up completely once and for all.

"Alright, Clara-san's curse can be contained with medicine for a while, so let's stop looking for Mélène." We need to retreat immediately. "

You've decided to retreat, but it's hard to get Clara out of the cave without getting rid of the material.

Both of them are locked up in a cell.

Inspired by the creation of matter, material erasure is a destructive and absolute ability.

Especially if exercised against the human body, it may be almost invincible.

(Calm down, she won't be able to use the material erasure if she takes it.)

Farma regains her coolness.

There are two limitations to how she can get her hands on a substance eraser.

One is lack of divine power.

She can't use divine magic without having a divine pulse.

The other is that it is not possible to identify the name of the substance necessary for the elimination of the substance.

Compared to material creation, the ability of material elimination is ambiguous in control, and it is not necessary to recall the molecular structure, which is essential for material creation.

Still, it is an ability that cannot be activated without a clear understanding of the nature of the object.

(She shouldn't be able to use the material erasure. If she could, how much water would it be?)

Thinking like that, the lowly thoughts shake Farma's brain.

You're two prisoners now, aren't you?

The barricades in front of them were removed one by one, and the dust danced.

Beyond that - the light of the torch appeared just before the girl, Mélène, whom Pharma thought should avoid contact at all costs.

Mélene, who was following the natives and following the spirits alongside, turned a sharp, grudging glance at Clara.

If you betray, you will die.Besides, I should have told you. "

The spirit that subordinates Mélène's words to Pharma also conveys her thoughts.

”Hee... it's impossible!”

Even though Clara was decursed, she was stuck in Mélène's intimidation.

Farma enters and shelters Clara.

I still don't have enough time.I have to let my body know until I give in. "

Mélène declared to Farma and Clara in a hateful tone.

"I asked her how it happened.I apologize for the disrespect.If words make sense, can't we talk?We have heard that we have cast away the spirit of your precious fathers. I want to make it up to you. "

Pharma tries to negotiate.

I thought that if I could use the plague god tree, which is a curse weapon that has the property of bringing in spirits, I might be able to summon my ancestors' spirits again.

There's no need to talk, I'm not interested in buying time.

Mélène gives a kick at Pharma's proposal through the Spirit.

I can see some impatience, but is this what you were looking for?

She clasped her right hand and unwrapped her clenched palm.

From there, it looked like a small red thunder with a dazzling flash.

At a distance from her palm, she was sucked into it and discharged violently.

Mélene shimmers at Farma and the others while being illuminated by the terrible red light.

(Is that the altered Potion and Divine Mark that was taken from you...?)

Farma has seen something like it on the news once on Earth.

It is called a red sprite, and it is a light-emitting phenomenon that occurs in the upper layer along with the discharge phenomenon of thunderclouds.

While being overwhelmed, she sensed that Farma was looking at the red lightning, and Clara looked frightened.

Farma noticed Clara's fear and pulled her back.

The emotions of human fear make evil spirits tough.

If Mélene uses her spirits, it's like sending salt to her enemies.

Clara-san, back off a little, don't worry about anything, don't move there.

No, no, I'll fight too.

Clara takes a breath.

I'm happy with my feelings, but I don't want anyone else to be aware of them.

Asked not to move from there, Farma called Mélene again.

"I'll have it returned to you."It's more harmful than useless if you have it. "

What is that, the root of nothing?

Mélene shows Pharma the red lightning as she sees it.

(... I see. Mélene knows this.Does the name mean that there is another legend related to the sacred crest on this continent?)

Farma responds to her words while letting her imagine.

"I don't know the name, but that's it."

Lutareca, who dwells in the supreme magician, destroys everything that betrays the ancestral spirit.This is essential to our survival. ”

What is the purpose of using this rootless thing?

Therefore, it is beyond Pharma's understanding that the ability to erase matter is essential for survival.

Material creation is still understandable.

Substance creation is the ability to bring enormous wealth by targeting precious metals and the like.

However, I don't know how to use the material removal which is limited to water only.

At best, the idea is to prevent flooding or use it to fix water.

Are we going to talk about this or something?Since the root of nothingness was lost, we have been forced to suppress the family for two hundred years, using the cave as a bed.I won't put it back in the hands of the invaders anymore. "

Clara whispers a warning to Farma when she hears it.

"Yakuza. I heard from the residents here while I was captured, but it seems that some of the indigenous people here have supernatural powers that are different from the divine power of magic and can use magic."Those with magical powers have tattoos. ”

"Thank you, that information would be helpful."

While surprised by Clara's ability to communicate across cultures on the spot, Farma receives information honestly.

If you look closely, most of the people behind them, including Mélene, have tattoos on them.The three she followed seemed to be magicians.

(How do they get their magic powers?After all, is there something like a curse vein corresponding to this divine vein?)

Farma holds the staff of the medicine god and uses his eye on them again.

There are lesions that appear blue around the heart of Mélène.

I wonder if he has a heart condition or something.

But I couldn't see anything that seemed like a curse pulse.

Concerned that the left arm's Gladiator crest and the ability to create the substance residing there would also be taken, I missed a bit of my divine power on the Gladiator Staff's Crystal Stone.The stored divine power acts like a battery and can be used even when the divine power is depleted.

Even if you suddenly lose your power, you can at least fight back with the Divine Magic Array.

Farma scrutinized his abilities and prepared for the shock that was coming.