Saikyou Mahoushi no Inton Keikaku

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I'm sure you call this dark.

Not deep darkness like the bottom of a hole, but thin and shadowy darkness invades every last one of them.

Looking up, the occasional light of the moon on his face was pouring down in an unattainable direction, and he felt like he would never light this valley river. That's also because branch leaves stretched out like roofs have been successfully hidden.

Now Loki and Alice were just waiting for the two of them to return inside the resting area.

Mindful conversations pass only incrementally and without being exchanged with wonder.

Loki didn't even know exactly how long it had been. However, there is no conversation between the two of us that would pass the course of time. Even so, I was never aware of that moment when the outside world would turn dark.

Loki felt the world swallowed by darkness in a flash of gap with her lid closed.

Maybe that's something I can't do either. Darkness is swallowing as it slips between perceptions. I guess the only reason I don't get suspicion there is because I experience it more than once.

That's what night is all about.

But this darkness in the outside world was like being driven by anxiety for those who knew only within the survival zone.

Especially on nights when a moon like this has been hidden.

A few meters away, you may not even notice the signs if you see them, even if someone is inviting them.

That's the kind of darkness that the outside world is. An indeterminate poison - nothing more than a poison that erodes nerves - that would embody any anxiety or fear there.

"I don't know if it's okay to burn a fire."

Second, Alice opened her mouth, wrapped in a robe and looking at the blur and fire.

"It would be better not to light the fire if it were, but the cooling will be even tougher from now on, and I'm thinking about the area and choosing a resting place."

"Oh, you're right."

Despite asking himself, Alice's gavel shrivels somewhere without power.

It was certain that this was a conversation to connect between. At the same time, however, it is also true that we cannot cut inside into the key topics.

Seeing Alice's anxiety like that, Loki drops her gaze and turns only once to the impending darkness right there.

"Mr. Alice, I hope you don't think too deeply"

"... yeah"

"Al has little experience working in the force. Regardless, the knowledge is more abundant than anyone else, but to tell people that... Al probably doesn't believe it's the best way"

Loki's conversation, which I don't get the guidelines for, is because he was spinning back in time - to dig back into Ars' past.

"There was a time when Al used to belong to the force only once"

"-!! Oh, shit, you're right"

Alice had the assumption that he'd been fighting alone the whole time, even though she knew that was the norm. Because she knew Ars was number one from the start.

"But there was also a great invasion of that force, which caused a devastating death. Later or earlier, Al was only in the unit once. So maybe Al had a hand explored part this time, too, and maybe he accidentally got a hurdle up. But from what I've seen, I think it's good for the first time."

At least accomplishing a B-rate crusade is enough as an achievement out in the outside world.

"I lost my mind. That's what I say, thank you."

"For the first time only, that means"

Loki shifts her gaze away from Alice with the burning orange light on her face.

Depending on the circumstances, the crew needs a precise analysis of the orders imposed. That's the same with regard to winning and losing. This time Ars is in the position of captain, but there's no need to take his orders or instructions seriously.

If you can't, you have to advise so. Failure to play a role to not say it affects the entire team. It also helps where people say intentions like "hard work" or "whatever".

Each person must ensure that the order is fulfilled. If that possibility is cut in half, I can ask the captain for instructions again and request a reconfiguration of the operation.

I'm sure this is what healthy squad functionality is all about. At least that's what Ars should think.

I can't let Loki tell Alice about it. Because it's Ars' role and responsibility.

But - and Loki turned consciousness back to reality and divided her thoughts into a worrying current situation.

"And yet, you're just too late"

"Right, you know what, the fia's a long way off or something?

"It won't. It was a long enough distance for my detection, and Al seemed to be aware of it..."

So Loki began to think with her hands on her mouth with a difficult face.

Some errors, or if you feel a little slow in the outside world, there are often unexpected bad things happening.

"Loki? Maybe you're arguing with Fia, or you're lost?

"It would be nice if it was such a rare thing, but we always need to assume the worst here. Mr. Fier, if it's tangled up in the first place, take charge. But you'll bring him home. Only Al is lost..."

Impossible, he opens his mouth and Loki cages for a moment.

That would never happen if it were. But just before he picked him up, Ars was complaining of an apparent malaise. body with heat in addition to sweating.

Als shouldn't sweat first just because he moved to that extent. In addition, the use of magic... even thoughts are interrupted there.

"[Raging Predator (Gras Eater)] Al's condition may have been weird because of its influence..."

As he confessed, Loki couldn't help but open her eyes and dispel her unpleasant hunch. Loki is also firmly tapping into his head about Ars' incompetence.

Ars began to feel ill shortly after the use of the [bulimic predator (Gras Eater)].

"Things have changed a bit, Mr. Alice!?

"What's going on?

Loki's leopard freak was too abrupt a switch. Keeping her elusive expression, she turned her gaze outward from face to face, wondering if she had even more ruggedly creased between her brows.

Alice also looks like Loki to peek in so that she can be fished by it.

"What is it, that? Are there other magicians coming nearby?

…………

Loki knows that the possibilities are endlessly close to zero. of the outside world, that's also unlikely to wander around with the lights on at such a late hour. Besides, it's normal to report in advance if this many are paid for.

If...

"[Night Walker]!"

"Could it be a demon?

I saw Loki snort right next door, and Alice just made her look strong, too.

"It's hard to think of coming this way in places, Mr. Alice,"

"Yes!

"From here, press and retain as much magic as you can. We will curb the release of magic as much as we can. That is a demon that reads and tracks magic information. Perhaps Al can't go back because he realizes the presence of the [Night Walker]."

"You're a terrible guy."

"Yeah, I've never seen it either. To be honest, that's not the kind of demon I run into, but apparently it's something else here."

From terrain to demon types if within Alpha's crusade, it's a known place to predict.

However, even the nature of a place called the outside world, if it is also a hydraulic lunge, changes with gallery.

"Distance is also distance, and as long as you don't release excessive magic, you won't have a problem. I just sense magic, and the incendiary fires and such are fine as they are. But then you had a little trouble."

After a little thought, Loki takes the magic crystals out of the porch and sprinkles them with naturally leaking magic around here in case.

It would have been a good time when I had to be on my way home. Regardless, we also determine the meeting point in the event of fragmentation, assuming the worst.

"In the current state of Al, it should be difficult to take Mr. Fia on a mission..."

Right on Alice's side, Loki devises a policy for the rest of this. The next command in the absence of a captain as a unit was now in Loki.

Alice just pinched her mouth to what Loki would say.

"Ma, wait! I don't know what you're thinking, but what do you mean by finding Al and the others with Loki's detection first?

"I had the means if I could do that. As soon as Al leaves, the reaction is lost, and flying a detector sonar in there is like telling you where it is."

Shown with a chill jaw was a flock of lights that spread into the darkness.

Now I queued up, and it seemed as if I was aiming for a point. Wrong is not a wanderer, etc.

Then Loki said by herself, "The other demons should hide themselves while the [Night Walker] roams... as long as you are aware of the leak of magic..."

"Hey, wait a minute!! What are you trying to do?"

"You'll be fine here. Because it's definitely safe, at least until morning."

Unlike usual, it was a made smile to reassure Alice that had changed her blood phase.

"No, you can't."

"Alice, for a little while, I won't let you be alone for hours."

There was already no argument, Loki had spoken words for persuasion.

But Alice shakes her face left and right without a head wound.

"Loki, I can't let you go alone!!

"But Mr. Alice has some scratches, and there's not enough magic manipulation to take him."

"Yeah, I know that. But you can't let Loki go alone."

"But I've had a few of these things on assignment before."

"No, I'm not. Probably not. I can't say it well, not like that, but I don't think Al would ever let me go."

Ars' name creates room for thought in Loki.

"Why do you think that?

But soon I couldn't get an answer from Alice.

In fact, there is so much persuasion at the moment that I have a bad feeling. The state of Loki's sealed detection, and encounters with this unnatural demon, all of which seem to be ominous signs.

Not to mention because this is an investigation into the inexperienced phenomenon of [night clubs].