Sword of the Philosopher

The man who tried to answer the knight stepped forward - Dan on the ground!And momentum stepped on it. Obviously strange behavior.At the same time, magic spreads from under my feet...!

Even so, we are prepared for the attack.The state has prepared a technique to forcefully disable enemies in case they use magic on the main street.This is ancient technology… its application.

I don't know what the enemy will do.That's why we use everything that's available - as Princess Emena said.Of course, unlike anything related to the star gods, I have also made sure that it is safe.Forced invalidity also affects allies, but given the potential for collateral damage to the general public, we naturally decided we should do it.

As a result... magic never disappeared.Through the magic of Nullification, magic travels around.

"It doesn't work...!?"

You don't recognize it as an attack.

García made a statement.

The magic nullification effect is activated when magic clearly appears in the atmosphere... If you nullify everything, people will forcefully nullify even the magic they emit every day, and there is a risk of problems in everyday life.So I took the form of erasing something harmful.... "

"That means just using magic doesn't trigger Nullification..."

Hmm. The opponent must have read our preparations and executed them.I wonder if you were given information or if you could guess how to use technology with the Stargods... even in the latter case, it's not strange.I was exploring the ruins with Prince Livina.From the information we have there, it is possible to determine the operation. "

"That may be so... if you're talking too long already..."

Nevertheless, it's only spreading magic.There should be no injuries to the people around them, as long as it doesn't have an offensive effect. "

And the magic broke. There was nothing unusual about the wizard... but the knight who was talking stopped moving.Not only that, but also the people around them stopped moving uniformly.

As if the time had stopped... I thought it was a strange sight, but as I watched through the magician, I heard footsteps.

Perhaps it's the knight who was trying to surround them... but the man who was talking to the knight here moves.

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Adventurers scatter with instructions.It was not aimed at standing residents, it was like trying to intercept a knight coming from behind an alley… When I understood what I was doing, the knights finally got close to the adventurers and they stopped me.

"What...!?"

"I can read it. How do you do it?"

The man pulled out the sword from his hips - he stood on the ground.At the same time as you can hear things like booms and feathers, magic spreads.The knights who were about to surround them all stopped moving.

"Does this... stop moving and keep you hostage?"

"No, I don't think so."

Garc answered my remarks.

The magic analysis is complete.It's literally a magic that stops time. "

"Time...?"

Stopping the time of the enchanted man...... Like a boundary covering his body, it's like forcing the space to stop passing by.It doesn't hurt the opponent like attack magic, it just covers the human body with magic, so it won't be recognized as an attack. "

"The magic of finally manipulating time... even if it's limited to human opponents, it's finally futile..."

Nevertheless, there will be many constraints.

"Do you know what it is?"

When asked back, a different adventurer than the man who was responding to the knight... a small woman with a wand stepped forward and poked her wand on the ground.

The magic swells up even more... if you want to cover the castle from town with this magic...

"Don't worry, there's no problem."

Garc says. For a moment, magic touched the walls... but the magic dissipated.

Magic itself is very weak.To the extent that the boundaries are played more lightly... you just have to keep the boundaries on your body at all times "

Magic spreads even more while Garc talks.It spreads like fog, and quickly spreads to the whole king's city.Along with that, the movement of the inhabitants stops completely.

Nevertheless, the site where the knights were stationed, including the border, was safe.There is no problem with the mansion, which is our base.

First of all, have you eliminated the knights from the chaos?

"Exclude..."

Nevertheless, I'm not pointing my sword at you... but I can't.That magic, it means stopping time, but it protects every space... even if you try to slash it, it will only return the feeling of being inhibited by a hard metal. "

"Garc, you know a lot."

"Even if there is distance, I can understand the characteristics... and furthermore, if someone touches it, it's magic enough to solve it lightly.Otherwise, we can't expand to the scale that covers King's City, nor can we maintain it. "

Certainly... the man who was opposed to the knight here speaks up.

"Don't touch the people around you.We're still on the move. "

At the same time as I heard the voice, Garc thought about one thing.

The goal is to magically contain the knights in the town and castle.I mean, the inhabitants are assholes. "

"Nevertheless, there is still the possibility of taking hostages..."

It was then. A knight appears from the alley.An elite knight who uses boundaries to prevent magic.

"You guys....!"

"As expected, there will be people who will not be able to bind themselves - prepare for battle."

Adventurers pull their swords together.Then the knights who came out on the avenue also held their swords and entered the battle.Nevertheless, the magic of Magic Nullification is still active.

"Currently, allies are also subject to Magic Nullification....."

If we were to fight, we might be able to fight with the magic inside of us by strengthening our muscles... because of the large number of people, it might be tough just for knights...

Increases the number of knights.On the other hand, adventurers don't attack just by pulling out their swords and showing their readiness to respond.

"... start the operation."

So the man told me. At the same time, many of the adventurers around scattered.

"What...!?"

The knight reacted immediately.Scattered adventurers didn't aim for knights, they tried to get away from the boulevard.Therefore, the number of knights will also be reduced by the number of scattered adventurers.

This is probably the purpose of spreading the power.

"Time out, knight who prevented magic... you mean cut it down a bit and break through?"

Actually, it's pretty good. If left alone, there will be even fewer knights and adventurers… Loden will reach the castle lightly.

Now, what to do... as the knights were dwindling, there was a closer presence to the adventurers.