Sword of the Philosopher

Romilda's magic gathers to her right hand at once - either because the motion was momentary or because Nehmeisa's face changes visibly.

"Become..."

After many battles she was able to manipulate magic quickly. For Nehmeisa, that move is unexpected - this would mean that Romilda's growth rate was far beyond Nehmeisa's expectations.

Nehmeisa's movements stopped. Clear opportunity - Immediately after Romilda thought about what to do, the purple glowing light - was emitted.

A flash of events. The unresponsive Nehmeisa face is stunned.

And the roar filled the hall, and the dust danced indoors.

"Huh..."

Out in front of her to protect Romilda with Sophia groaning small. Then me and Lesbail explored the magic... eventually slowly walked out as the light went out.

As the magical aftermath reflected the destruction of the walls and the like in his sight... the smoke cleared and captured the appearance of Nehmeisa falling.

"Gu, uhh..."

To my groaning opponent trying to stand up, I stopped one step in front of touching the magic formation, pointing at the cutting edge of my sword.

"It's over, Nehmeisa"

"... you mean there's no better way to beat me"

Self-derisive grin. I watch Nehmeisa in silence.

"But not trying to kill me... is there something you want to ask me too?

"You're not going to talk, are you? What I'm on guard against is the magic formation underfoot."

Resbail is coming next to me. Then he set up his sword and began pouring his magic into himself.

"You, too, would have known that if you had come here, you would have had a thin eye for winning. Then I thought I would take the appropriate measures... but I can't unexpectedly prepare for the move quickly. Then there's only one possible option."

Resbail stops moving...... if Nehmeisa has any movement, deal with it quickly.

"The magic of rewinding time... but it hasn't reached a time when it's ready to be used yet. Based on that, I'm forced to activate in the magic formation beneath this foot and take bets on things like......?

"... hehe, hehe..."

I heard a laugh. Is that because they spotted the motion?

"Apparently, you've got a theory about this magic too... so you figured it all out and put in place a way to go beyond it."

In a direction that does not reveal a gaze. Probably ahead of you, Romilda.

"If I could only realize... no, there's nothing I can do to regret it"

I keep pointing my sword at you without saying anything. You could have set me up at this point - but I'd rather not move poorly than not know the details of the magic enclosed in the magic formation.

If I interfere, it's activated. Oh, my God. You shouldn't meet the conditions under which magic starts, but it's not a good idea if it still succeeds. We need to be careful, though we pushed it beyond what is absolutely unacceptable to fail.

"... no earliest hands left"

Nehmeisa squeaks. Is that telling me, or are you mourning your desperate situation?

"But not yet - possibilities -"

Magic flashes. The next moment, me and Les Bailes shook their swords at the same time.

Before the magic started - the blade of magic unleashed struck directly at Nehmeisa and blew away. The magic formation does not activate, his body is blown away and he groans.

"Apparently, you can't activate it."

Gark says. When I tried to ask him what it meant, he opened his mouth first.

"The moment the magic started, the magic was born for a moment like surrounding Nehmeisa, but there was no further change"

"After all, because you don't meet the activation conditions, do you mean?

"Probably."

Nehmeisa tries to get up. In contrast, I converged my magic - releasing restraint magic.

That makes him completely immobile. All you have to do is destroy the magic formation just in case, and you won't be able to activate the magic itself, so this wins. It's a sad end.

"Well, I didn't think he'd do something alone,"

I heard voices.

"At the end of the day, I honestly missed my expectations when I activated some unusable magic."

"Hey, what...!?"

Nehmeisa groaned. Next to him, he looked just like me.

"I'm sorry, but you're done here."

What... the arrow tip I tried to call, the opponent - 'he' put his hand over Nehmeisa.

The moment, the magic bursts. The light suddenly bounced, and Nehmeisa screamed only slightly - his appearance was nowhere there when the light went out.

"I'm sorry, but it means forced exit"

"... it's a surprise to intervene so far"

'He' smiled at my words.

"Either way, he had no more hands. It would be at least a pity for you to end it here, wouldn't it?

"... so you're fighting next?

- Inside, I wonder why this guy in front of me interferes with this as well. I thought for a moment that Nehmeisa, who rewinded the time, was special... but I thought it was a little different.

"Why are you in our way?

"Rather than interrupt, I was just trying to help someone named Nehmeisa out a little bit. We've been moving around a lot, and it's been fun to watch."

An innocent way to say it like a child. I honestly have a strong aversion because that's what they tell me in my own outfit.

"This is the end of the battle for Nehmeisa, but just for the last time... I thought I'd clear his mind."

Zugun, and the air trembles. That is obviously due to the magic created by 'him' in front of us.

And what power it is... I could understand that.

"Emperor's Dragon Demon Stone...!?"

I hear Romilda whining in the rear, and 'he' smiles in full.

"I've only taken away my powers, so when I run out of them, that's it."

- Apparently, this guy can take away the power of others.

Yet not only does it take away its power, but it also manipulates the power of the Dragon Demon Stone precisely. I retreat immediately and go back to where Romilda and Sophia are.

"Romilda, give me your weapon."

Right here, I whine in my chest, demanding Romilda.

"I suppress the movement. Romilda asks for the magic she used at the castle lab."

"Now, what means do we use to counter this dragon demon stone?

"He," he said with heartfelt pleasure, had his magic converged on his right arm - Nehmeisa might not have shown true value in combat even if he had the Emperor's Dragon Demon Stone because he inherently had no combat experience.

But the power resides in 'him' … more troublesome than Nehmeisa can handle freely.

Romilda opens the box seal while I think about it. At the same time 'he' gave an interesting look.

"I see, is that what destroyed the power that was beneath the castle? Sure is a threat from me."

That's what I say, but it doesn't look like I'm in a hurry for what I saw. I send instructions to Romilda, looking at him like that.

"Whatever happens, never stop attacking magic convergence. And Sophia, there's me and Lesbail on the front line. Sophia's got a Romilda escort in the rear and an attack depending on the situation."

"Okay."

The moment she responded, 'he' moved. The difference with me is that I don't have any weapons. Probably a magic trick to attack. And if you're going to use the power that you took from Nehmeisa, that means of attack...

I think while assembling tactics in my head. We settle here - under that kind of determination, the battle began.