chapter 26
26 – They’re really awkward with each other
I don’t think there will ever be a gap. So, Seria decided to take a step back.
Look at that figure. Lion who teaches with all his zeal, and Enlil with all his hard work.
There is no gap between them. At least that’s how Seria herself sees it.
She may dare to dig in, but if she does, the only way to live is with suspicion and vigilance.
Anyway, there is plenty of time. You don’t have to get close today.
If you act in a hurry, the barely dormant doubts may deepen again.
So Seria decided to observe the situation from a distance.
“Still unstable. Enlil. If you do this, you will not be able to use it in the tower, and your mana heart will be destroyed first.”
“Everything, I will do it again!”
“Stop! At best, she would have said that refined mana would be tainted!”
“Be careful! I’ll do it again! Sorry!”
“Don’t apologize.”
Looking at him like this, he only looks like an instructor at the academy.
But Seria clearly saw something in her beyond that.
The reason she wants to keep her distance from her Leone a little closer.
When I first met her, I sensed something very ambiguous to express.
What should I say? Hmm, should I say that I feel a strange aura?
‘I’m sure he’s a strange person. But I don’t know what kind of weirdness this is.’
There is no way to accurately express what this is that keeps making me tilt my head.
One thing is for sure, when I feel this way, it always happens in one of two ways.
A person with a good heart beyond imagination.
A demon possessing power beyond imagination.
And so far, there have been more cases of the latter than the former.
Of course, openly doubting people is something you should never do.
Seria herself, she wants the former rather than the latter.
When she entered the academy and listened to the reviews, she seemed like a very nice person.
By the way, talented people don’t like to tell others about their numbers.
It’s a great decision to hand it over without any conditions.
Didn’t the hero, Enlil, even prove that it was effective?
Still, it’s good to be certain about anything.
So I tried to close the distance with her in order to gain that certainty.
Leon and even that Enlil did not respond.
In fact, from the point of view of those who don’t know anything, response itself is a strange word.
‘… Am I just doing something stupid by myself?’
It really could be. Maybe you’re just worrying about yourself.
It’s not another person, isn’t Enlil following him there?
As far as the Demonic Beast, it’s as much as the person himself. No, maybe more than that.
It is said that those who live in the tower are much stronger than those that spread across the continent.
There is no way that Enlil, who fought against them many times, could not detect the strange aura.
That’s why I’m quitting, because my intuition has never gone wrong.
She was Seria who had no choice but to leave a feeling of regret and shame in every corner of her heart.
‘Difficult, difficult.’
She’s
She’s like this She’s a saint She’s a warrior She didn’t want to.
I just wanted to stay in the combat priesthood and catch the beast.
What kind of wind of change blew and why did the holy relic point to him?
I miss the combat camp where my comrades are staying today more.
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I feel a little more at ease now. This is an academy instructor.
Lion taught Enlil with a comfortable smile.
When I saw Seria, she was paying attention to her differently than now.
As much as Enlil, he is a person who encounters and catches monsters.
At the same time, the sense of detecting ‘ma’ must have become extremely sensitive.
The body’s power is hidden as tightly as possible, but the world does not know about it.
Since she said that she felt a strange energy from the first meeting, she is even more suspicious.
‘On the contrary, Enlil trusts me very much right now. Even if their skills and senses are similar, there is a gap depending on how they feel.’
It was a reason to be able to put my mind at ease by Enlil’s side.
Not to mention her doubts, she completely believes in Leon himself.
Of course, there’s nothing good about being careless, but it’s true that she’s more comfortable than Seria.
“Ugh….”
At this time, Enlil, who was circulating mana, let out her groan.
It looks like you’re starting to use the mana you’ve refined through the longing method.
You have to get used to the path so that your body can move instinctively from now on.
It is the same principle that traffic is formed in earnest by passing through a highway.
On the contrary, you should be more careful. It’s a big deal if you make a mistake and stray along the way.
Treatment can be cured with magic or divine power, but internal injuries are not.
Especially if your mana heart is injured, you should recuperate for at least one month, if longer, for several months.
Please don’t get hurt, please don’t get hurt, Leon praying hard.
But maybe it’s because he’s not a believer, but the owner of the tower, a devil?
It seemed that God had no particular intention of listening to his prayers.
“Sooooo!!”
The mana that seemed to be going well in the middle of it went off the rails.
Even the speed and quantity are not easy, so it’s even more problematic.
Enlil kept her concentration and tried to do something, but it was not enough.
‘Damn it!’
Rion spat out a curse and hurriedly sat down behind Enlil.
In this state, no matter what Enlil does alone, it won’t help.
No matter how hard you try, it’s all about getting hurt moderately.
What we need to do now is to use refined mana to restore the broken road.
If you mastered the practice, you could do it yourself, but Enlil today can’t do that.
The only way left was to help as much as possible by pouring mana on this side.
“Enlil! It will be painful, but concentrate as much as you can, and take the mana I send you somehow. So we have to find the broken road and repair it somehow. If you delay further, the overloaded Mana Heart will be damaged. If you’re listening to me, don’t answer, just nod your head.”
Because I know that it is difficult to even answer.
At those words of Leon, Enlil barely nodded once before concentrating with gritted teeth.
The mana generated by Leon hovers around her for a while and then flows to Enlil.
Originally, it should have dispersed soon, but it was able to withstand the moment because it was refined several times.
And at that moment, Enlil did not miss it and succeeded in incorporating even a part of it into his body.
“Huh!”
Once again, the whole body felt like it would be torn apart.
I want to quit right now, but if I do that, my mana heart will take a lot of damage.
Bitting his lips until they bleed, Enlil struggled to find the misplaced place.
‘Where is it? Where is it Hurry up, find it quickly and fix it. Otherwise….’
If your mana heart is damaged, your training will be greatly hindered.
It is not simply a matter of not being able to fulfill the duty of a warrior.
Those who believe in themselves, those who are suffering from the Witchbeast.
I had to save them as soon as possible, but I accidentally delayed it.
‘And… Even if you see Instructor Leone, you have to do that!’
The more thoughts you have, the more nervous you become, and the nervousness keeps covering your vision.
I did lead mana to the vicinity of Eolchu, but what the hell should I do next?
Because of the completely different flow of mana, it is even more difficult to pinpoint.
Leon’s statement that everything he has done so far is only the beginning was true without exaggeration.
Tuk!―
At that moment, Mana, who had been unable to catch her galpi, moved in one direction.
I still feel the burning pain, but I feel something different in between.
At first, I wanted something. Then, she realizes that a refreshing energy is transmitted from behind.
‘Instructor Leone.’
Yes. It’s leon It is certainly. His aura, his mana, it was clearly conveyed.
He is helping as best as he can. It helps, shows the way, tells you to go on.
Correcting his disordered mind, Enlil moved Mana as Leon led him.
You shouldn’t delay any longer. It can also be shocking to those who help.
After a while, as we reached the target point, Leon took a step back.
As if from now on Enlil you had to do it, as if he had come this far.
‘I can do it. I have to do it.’
Although it is only the beginning, he has definitely learned how to practice mana.
If that’s the case, you’ll be able to do it even after that. Leon wants it.
I want to live up to expectations. I want to repay his trust.
Soon after restoring the damaged road, Enlil focused on the flow of mana again.
It is not the end just because it has been fixed. We must reach the end of this road.
Can’t stop. Because if you stop, you can’t do what you didn’t start.
“Whoa… Whoa… Haaa-“
The messy mana is gradually getting organized.
As if looking at her fog, things that had been vague get thicker and thicker.
When Enlil finally opened his eyes, everything was different.
I can feel it. The mana heart that had shaken violently a moment ago is now calm.
The whole body is still hot, as if on fire, but it is bearable.
Most of all, the flow of mana has changed. It has become completely different from before.
“… Congratulations, Enlil.”
Puff!
I hear Leon collapse behind me.
As he hurriedly turned around, his whole body was covered in sweat as if he had suffered quite a bit too.
“You have succeeded in going one step further. Standing on the starting line, taking the most important first step. Everyone stumbled there and fell, or had to get back on their feet, but I managed to do this again.”
Huu, Leone let out a long sigh and wiped away his sweat.
Enlil probably didn’t know, but this side used mana almost to the limit.
If Enlil’s body gets damaged while relaxing, it’s the worst situation, so it’s natural.
“I will rest for a few days and start the next step from the next day….”
Sureung!―
An eerie anticipation felt around the neck.
Since it was too close to move, Leon could only roll his eyes.
“….”
There, Seria stood there, drawing her sword and aiming at herself.