"- O demon eye of the curse, be abominable and obscene."
The flash ravages the sight of the hostile sorcerers. The slightly dazzled moment, the noise, the hands and feet, the ears and the nose, become stones relentlessly.
Everything just doesn't petrify. I can't stop thinking about it. Because there is no way to undo the body that has been petrified in this modern era.
Screaming. Jared relentlessly sparked a second flash of petrification at the desperate sorcerers, who said that attempting to curse them would have no effect on whether they could restore their petrified bodies.
"Stone and Fossilize"
Sorcery strikes, omitting even chanting. It was less powerful, but surely stones the garments of the frightening enemy soldiers in front of them.
I screamed again.
"Don't be a wolf! You don't have to let the sorcery go! Shoot us, too!
Light returns to the eyes of the sorcerers who were panicked by Leonard's fury. Not because they were scolded by Leonard, but because they try to turn to Jared with one heart that is stoned and doesn't want to die.
but sooner than the magic chant finishes, Jared performs the magic.
"Become stone, crush, die"
When the unprecedented intense flash painted everything white, one magician who was about to unleash the magic became a completely stone statue, which was then crushed.
Shin, and there was so much silence that my ears ached.
Everyone forgot to even breathe and turned their gaze to their smashed buddies. And when I moved that gaze to Jared, I began to cower back.
"I'm not listening, I'm not listening! Petrified magic? It's ancient magic lost in modern times! How am I supposed to deal with something like that!
"Don't get upset! You're telling me to unleash magic and stop moving!
"You didn't do anything! How am I supposed to fight such a monster!
The magicians, who were supposed to be intoxicated by Leonard for the first time, were about to turn to their teeth.
"What? I didn't do anything, did I?
"You're not! You're just an order. In the first place, why is Jared Murphy here! You said you'd pawn, I mean, you failed, didn't you? Then take responsibility and kill me!
"You."
My men defied me and all of Leonard's remaining calm disappeared.
He points out that I failed, and he also tells me to take responsibility. From everyone who is supposed to be a subordinate, Jared doesn't know, and I don't want to know, what's in Leonard's heart, seen with a blameworthy eye.
But...
- Look at that.
I just thought so.
I didn't expect this to happen, but Jared didn't dare target Leonard. In his heightened consciousness, he was the only one who decided to kill him at the end and kept attacking him.
But I can't stop laughing inside that an unexpected effect has been achieved.
"That's unusual, Leonard Gallagher."
"... Did you just say that you and I are different?
"I told you. You may think you're smart because you can't use me, your people blame me you, but you're not."
Jared smiles at Leonard, who has become as faceless as a doll. I just broke my face saying it's fun, the best smile I've ever had.
"You lost."
"I don't want to lose! Are you going to be a winner now that you've stoned a few people? Then it's pride!
"Then call me. So are you guys behind Leonard. Until we defied our country, we tried to create our own world of sorcerers, didn't we? Then take it down with no questions asked, just one enemy."
Despite the obvious provocation, the sorcerers cannot move. If you attack, you can't even move slightly until you know what Jared is going to do.
Jared scorns.
"Ha. Honestly, I'm disappointed. Do you want to end up here, keeping it this far? What were you guys going to do in the first place, make our own country? Who was going to be king and what were the countries around us going to do? What about our allies? Other countries treat magicians the same way, so do other countries attack?
There is no reply. Former members of the Royal Sorcery Division only asked about Leonard. I suppose they originally listed sorcerer supremacy, but that's about all they have a doctrinal claim to.
"Tell me, more than anything, what were you going to do with people who can't use magic, who don't have magic? Kill him? Were you going to make him a slave, too? No way, were you going to live close?
Couldn't have coexisted. Even if we defeat the royal family and the Leonards rule this country, we still have the Knights. There is no doubt that it would be a civil war if they stood up.
Some nobles have not been defeated. There are also many mercenaries and merchants connected to the royal family. All of them will not obey the rebels.
Even the people do. If the lord rises, the people will also be soldiers. Because the majority of the people are not magicians, you don't have to think about standing up to protect yourself from your family.
How did you intend to deal with all of that?
If you kill him, you may complete the land of magicians, but there will be fewer people to call it a country. Not all sorcerers are putting together for the Leonards.
Through the Sorcerer's Association, the Court Sorcerer, the unaffiliated Royal Sorcery Division members, etc., the number will be even reduced.
Successfully embraced students from the Royal School, but the Mage's Egg is also in other educational institutions. There is no chance that they will follow all of them.
"Answer me, Leonard Gallagher"
…………
The response was silent.
That's the answer, Jared is discouraged. Whatever, it could have been a dream, a dream, an unreal answer.
I wanted Leonard Gallagher to confidently say what he believed was the end point.
"Can't you answer that? Or does that mean you don't even have to tell me? That's enough. Either way, you're not my enemy anymore."
"... what?
"Hey, I'll give you guys a final notice. Surrender."
"Don't lend me your ears!
It was Leonard who panicked about the sudden surrender recommendation.
Ignoring him for roughing up his voice, Jared continues.
"No more battles are beneficial. I swear I won't fight anymore, and if I promise to give you back Olivier, I won't kill you guys anymore. But if you're going to turn your teeth around, if you're not going to return Olivier, I'm going to kill you after suffering so much that I think it's better to die without any mercy."
Jared went on to try to kill as much as he could and make him give up resisting.
"My family, my friends, I will kill everything that concerns you. You're not complaining, you guys took your loved ones away from me. There's only one thing they could have taken away."
Step forward. You don't have to deal with Leonard or anything anymore. No matter how much the head of the Royal Sorcery Division had comparable power to a court sorcerer, he cannot take the country alone.
"I say it once now, surrender and be judged by the country. I won't say it again."