How the Regressor Loves the Reincarnated

29. Spilled water cannot be picked up again

1.

Anyway, I felt like I had to admit it now.

What?

Of course, the fact that provoking one of the apostles of one of the highest risk religious orders, fearlessly aiming for something like the re-creation of the world, was a huge mistake.

It is absolutely not that I have neglected my training. You can be proud that you have enough skills to compete with Julius, who only uses swordsmanship.

However, dealing with Julius, who wields the authority of Aquarius, without exaggeration, is a knight, especially a powerful man who holds the position of knight leader of a duke’s family, and a wizard with skills that even my father cannot match in the field of water. It was like fighting alone against an opponent.

For me who couldn’t reach the realm of transcendence, Julius, who, like me, didn’t reach transcendence but could handle two types of power, was a wall I couldn’t easily cross.

Kang!

Julius rushed forward and swung his sword straight at me, but the moment he hit the shield that was fueled by my mana, his sword lost the power to go any further.

But at the same time, a stream of water rose from under my feet and wrapped around my ankles.

In the first place, isn’t it water at the point where water can exert such a direct physical force? I had a question, but I didn’t have time to think about such a trivial part.

While my feet were tied to the water stream he caused, Julius swung his sword at high speed. Right now, this shield itself, which is being maintained without any major problems, is a magic that continuously consumes my mana, so if it becomes a one-sided push like this, I will not be able to handle the consumption of my mana.

However, to respond with aggressive magic, the water armor that Julius originally wore over the knights uniform was too much for him.

It may seem obvious, but as soon as I saw the water armor Julius was wearing, the first thing I threw was a lightning-type attack magic. Even though Julius, who was hit by it, didn’t get any damage.

I seem to remember hearing the story that pure water is close to an insulator. Is the current flowing weakly?

Anyway, given the situation, there were not many options available to me. Among them, the best move I could think of was to get out of the place where I was tied up right now.

Tsupat!

The method was short-distance teleportation.

But the moment I moved back about 5m and escaped from the bondage of the water. The cold sneer that Julius possessed came into my field of vision belatedly.

“What the f*ck…?!”

As I looked back, I couldn’t help but curse. In a situation where something made of water was attacking me with its mouth wide open, how could it have stopped that much?

“Freeze-“

The response to the attack aimed at me was reflexive, like a knife, before I could fully perceive the situation in my head. It was because from the first time Adele heard of Julius’ ability, he had thought about how to respond to it to some extent.

The beast of water that tried to devour my back and swallow me whole, just before it reached me, it froze from its snout to its body, and Julius lost control over it.

Since his authority is limited only to ‘water’, this is a countermeasure that was conceived with the expectation that there would be a high probability that he would not be able to interfere with water that had become solid.

The process of chanting spells is not necessary at all to unfold the magic. The caster’s will, mana, and imagery. Magic is what you can cast if you have these three beats.

However, the words spoken in such a tense situation make the realization of the image much faster and more stable. That’s why it’s not necessary, but it’s a good process to have depending on the situation.

Although there is a downside of making it easier for the opponent to grasp my goal if I reinforce my image with words, I can still say that the trade-off in an emergency situation like this is certain.

“After…”

When I caught my breath and looked at Julius again, I saw him looking this way as if he was having fun.

“Oh, my goodness… where did that confidence from a moment ago disappear, boy?”

Julius, who gave off an eerie smile, lifted his hand, and water gushed out from all sides of him. Even without any foreshadowing. Seeing the rising pillars of water take the form of living snakes, I thought it was indeed the power of God.

“It’s not too late. If I can just change her mind now and call her here, I won’t be able to forgive her for her former rudeness.”

I can’t keep my head up and keep talking nonsense.

“If you want to be criticized that much again, there’s nothing I can’t do. Listen carefully and don’t miss a word, Julius. Article-“

“I will decline. If that’s your will, any more than that would be a pointless waste of time.”

As Julius cut me off, at the same time, ten water snakes rushed towards me.

I’ll let you do the swearing you used to say, you’re like a narrow-minded guy.

However, it was difficult for me to regard Julius’ attack this time as particularly bad. Rather, it can be said that it is perfect for laying the groundwork for achieving my goal, and for using the goal I just came up with.

What I need right now is a wildly burning flame. It causes a fire so intense that it cannot be quelled by such an absurd stream of water.

Chiik-

The corners of my mouth curled up as I watched the crimson flames fueled by my magic power devour the hordes of blue snakes.

While misty steam rises and obscures the view for a while, magic power is generated once again. By spreading cold air and rapidly cooling the surroundings, artificial fog was formed.

It was like I had achieved my initial goal of turning Julius’ attack to nothing and at the same time changing the state of the battlefield to suit my purpose.

Of course, that didn’t mean that the situation itself was in my favor. It might be possible to completely freeze the water and turn it into a solid state, but in the current situation, there were no restrictions on Julius’ ability to exercise dominion over the water in the air again.

But what I needed was not much time.

Blinding Julius’ eyes for a very short time. That’s enough.

“I’m telling you in case you’re an old woman, but you’d better stop thinking about running away. Unless you want to see the Duke Castle completely submerged in water.”

…Are you really crazy?

Ah, that’s right.

Seeing him casually say that he would drown thousands of people if I escaped makes me vomit for thinking he was a loyal knight of the family.

If this is the average personality of the apostles, wouldn’t that average be at least twice as high simply by my existence?

Anyway, looking at the letters still scattering bright light in the thick fog, I regained my mind.

Julius here today. No, that damn crowds are killed.

It is absolutely unacceptable for the person who will rule this duchy in the future to let go of a bastard who keeps threatening to harm the residents of the duchy without blinking an eye.

Of course, I didn’t have the strength to kill or subdue that bastard right now. If that had been the case, there would have been no reason for me to be working my ordinary brain so desperately from a while ago.

But in life, there are times when you benefit from others.

To put it simply, it’s called “Network.”

If there is an apostle in front of you, there will be someone who will tear you limb from limb with a happy smile, so wouldn’t it be enough to borrow her power to kill Julius?

However, Adele’s reaction when she heard me talking about the last apostle or something was a bit scary. Still, since she has affection for the past, I believe that she will listen to what she has to say. Maybe.

If there is one more trivial problem besides that, is it that there is a task that must be preceded in order to benefit from Adele?

Unless Julius was a mindless idiot, he wouldn’t try to deal with Adele without any preparation. It was so obvious that even a child could easily recognize that the mysterious characters and lines spread throughout this dungeon were part of it.

So what I had to do was very simple. I don’t know exactly what it was, but I broke the target that Julius had prepared in advance and called Adele.

In order to do that, I deliberately created a fog when repelling Julius’ attack. By covering Julius’ eyes, even for just one moment, in order to create an opening for me to stare at.

Parts Tsut-

You only get one chance.

When Julius reaps this fog with his authority. That moment is the only chance for me to win with my purchase intact.

So…

“Haha…! After all, should I call him a young master or really stupid? After all, there was no way that the heirs of Isvant would be able to abandon the territories and run away.”

Raise the curtain with your own hands, Julius.

I’ll set my bowstring accordingly.

“But I hope you don’t misunderstand that you managed to cover my eyes just this much. The power He gave must be absolute!”

The fog lifted.

And at that moment, a spear of lightning that scattered blue light appeared in front of my eyes. For this one-time goal, the mana that was stored up was released at once.

“Astraphe, the spear of the Lord.”

It maximized its power by giving it a grandiose name.

“It’s a good recipe, but it’s useless!”

Kwarreung-!

The spear of lightning, which was given the arrogant name of the god’s spear, was shot, and a deafening sound of thunder spread from the dungeon to the entire castle. It wouldn’t be raining outside, so for the family members of the original family, it was literally lightning in the dry sky.

However, along with Julius’ cry, a whirlpool-shaped shield made of water appeared in front of him and took Astrafe without difficulty. It was not particularly a hopeless situation in which the number of conversions was so easily blocked.

Well, after all, this was just a trick for the next step.

“What…?!”

The lightning, which was blocked by the shield and was losing its power, split into several branches in an instant and was shot beyond the shield. Unfortunately, Julius, who was wearing water armor, escaped its influence.

“No…!”

The core cornerstone of the unknown sacred magic circle hidden behind him, the incense burner, most likely a sacred object, could not escape the fate of being struck directly by lightning.

At the same time, the moment I confirmed that the letters and lines spread throughout the dungeon were losing their light, I sent magical energy to the ring.

“Well… Well done! Now that it’s like this, I’ll buy it or whatever, I’ll kill you first!”

Julius, furious that his plan had gone to ruin, growled with an expression as ferocious as that of a beast. It was clear that he had become impatient, seeing as he had given up even polite manners.

But Julius, it’s too late.

Ugh-

The mana stone inserted into the ring consumed all of its mana and turned into powder, and at the same time, a portal opened only after the majority of the mana remaining in the body was consumed.

The price paid for a single ultra-long-distance movement was high, but the existence that came through that portal was worth paying the price.

“…Luke!”

It’s not been a long time, but it’s been a long time since I’ve heard her worried voice. So it must have been. Her strength in her legs gave way and I sat down on her floor and smiled helplessly at her.

“It’s a bit harsh to say this as soon as we meet, but… Can I ask you a favor after this, Adele?”

“…Ugh. I’m taking a break. I’ll finish it soon.”

It was the moment when Adele, who smiled lightly as she answered me, was about to throw her body at Julius.

“Excellent, Last Apostle! I never doubted that you would find the light from the start!”

“…What? The Last Apostle?”

The moment Adele, frowning, asked Julius back, I had a hunch.

“Now, my brother! Now let’s offer the blood of the one who went against the laws of heaven to our god!”

That Adele and I were caught in the antics of this crazy fanatic.