I Wish My Husband Were Dead - Chapter 102
Only Krnovel
Contract with the Devil
2024.02.10.
Leaving Matilda’s surprise behind, Cordelia concentrated again. Since she had done it once, it was a little easier the second time.
“Ugh.”
However, her body didn’t seem to think so. Soon, blood welled up again. A bloody smell filled her mouth.
Cordelia spat out the blood that had gathered in her mouth and gasped for breath. Matilda said,
“Stop it. That magic consumes a tremendous amount of mental power. If you do it again without stopping, your body won’t be able to handle it. I’d rather… … .”
“No. I can, huh, I can. Don’t worry about me and go to the master. You’ll need Matilda more than me.”
Matilda couldn’t deny those words. The situation was that bad. Nazabut, whose connection with the host had become stronger, was going crazy. Leonard was the only one who was able to stop her, but he was having a hard time too.
“Just hold on a little longer.”
“Go quickly.”
Matilda looked at Cordelia with worried eyes and left.
Cordelia braced her wobbly knees and focused on designing her magic. At that moment, a small noise was heard from the side.
[Are you okay?]
“Lotty.”
The gray dog limped toward Cordelia. She looked out of the corner of her eye and saw that its front paws were soaked in blood and twisted horribly, and its ribs were dented. The injuries looked serious, but Lotty’s voice remained the same. Instead, she left a word of concern for Cordelia.
[Don’t overdo it.]
“I’m okay.”
At that moment, with a sharp sound that cut through the wind, dozens of fist-sized rocks rained down from the sky. It was so sudden that there was no time to dodge. Fortunately, Lotty blocked a few with his body, but a few hit Cordelia directly.
“Ouch!”
She fell down without regaining her balance. Fortunately, she was hit in places like her arms and legs, so she wasn’t seriously injured.
“Ugh, haa.”
Cordelia sat on the floor, breathing heavily. Her arm, hit by the rock, was throbbing, making it difficult to raise it. Naturally, the magic she was working on was interrupted.
Loti stared at the sky for a moment and then hurriedly ran to her side.
[Let’s run away. Quickly.]
“No. If you don’t use the magic you taught me, the master, the others… … .”
The power of the demon that had descended was beyond imagination. He was not at all defeated by four high-level magicians. In fact, he seemed to have become stronger than when they first met.
Loti cut off her words and urgently pushed Cordelia’s body with his nose.
[That demon is trying to summon ‘Viriocum’ right now. We need to get out of here right now!]
“What is Viriocum?”
[A rock floating outside the sky.]
“There are rocks in the sky?”
[The rocks that just fell are the remains of that rock and the beginning of the summoning. If they fall here, everyone will die. I can’t stop that. [Move quickly, move quickly!]
As if that was true, a huge amount of magical power began to be sucked into Nazabut. Even in broad daylight, she could feel the temperature on her skin gradually dropping.
Cordelia stood up with strength in her legs. However, she was not headed to where Loti had pointed.
“Master, Master!”
Nazabut had retreated far away, taking a moment to catch her breath, perhaps in preparation for performing a great magic spell. Leonard responded immediately to Cordelia’s call. He looked back at Nazabut and ran to Cordelia.
“It’s dangerous here, so get inside the magic circle. What’s that blood? Are you hurt?”
Leonard asked worriedly, seeing the blood on her forehead. Cordelia shook her head firmly.
“It’s nothing. More importantly, Master. That demon, Nazabut, is trying to summon Viriocum.”
“Nazabut? Is that the demon’s name?”
“Yes. Loti told me. And now, the magical power around Nazabut is being sucked in with a tremendous surge.”
Leonard’s face turned serious at Cordelia’s words.
“If that demon really summons Viriocum, this area will be ruined.”
“What’s going on?”
Matilda, Kanon, and even Rosenblu came over. Cordelia repeated what she had just heard from Lottie. They looked like they wanted to ask Cordelia how she knew that, but Leonard stopped them in the middle.
“That’s not what’s important right now. If Viriocum falls here, there will be hundreds of casualties.”
“We have to stop it before it’s summoned,”
Matilda said, brushing off her dusty cloak. Kanon grimaced at the wound on his side, covering it with one hand and asking.
“How? We still haven’t been able to cut off a single finger of that demon.”
“There is one way.”
Matilda’s gaze fell on Cordelia. The others automatically looked at Cordelia as well.
“Me?”
“Yes. If you weaken Nazabut with that magic and the four of you rush in at once, you should be able to stop him. Viriocum is a magic that takes a long time to summon, so if you inflict a big wound in the middle, he won’t be able to continue.”
“That magic?”
Rosenblur asked. Matilda gave Cordelia a brief explanation of what it was.
“Does such a magic exist?”
“I’ve never heard of it before.”
Kanon and Rosenblur stared at Cordelia’s face at the same time. Matilda hesitated for a moment and then asked,
“I’m sorry, but can you do it?”
“Yes. I will.”
Cordelia nodded without a second thought. If she gave up here, hundreds of people could die.
Leonard lightly grabbed her shoulder.
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
“Of course.”
She wasn’t okay at all. Her stomach was in shambles, and her head was pounding like it had been hit with a hammer. Even
so, Cordelia smiled at him. She was a little happy. She had always been protected by Leonard, but this time, the fact that she could help him gave her strength. Cordelia
sent her worried-looking master away first and moved. Lottie noticed her strong will and let out a long sigh instead of trying to dissuade her.
[Ha, I told you that magic for nothing.]
“I’m sorry. But thank you, Lottie. For protecting me.”
[Promise me that you’ll run away if the plan fails.]
“Okay.”
Cordelia wasn’t going to just sit there and die. She was just trying to do what she could. She
started her third attempt. She concentrated and carefully designed her magic.
Her body was not in good shape, so her magic was flying around. She gathered them neatly and placed them where she wanted. It was a complicated formula, but if you look at it, you can quickly calculate it. The pain is coming. Cordelia closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
“Ugh.”
She had expected it, but it still hurt. The eerie sensation of her stomach being torn apart gave her goosebumps.
Whenever Cordelia felt like giving up and just sitting down, she dug her nails into her palms. The faint pain actually helped her endure.
As she began distributing her magical power, an intense pain took over her entire body as if the pain from before had been nothing.
“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!”
The terrible pain of bugs eating her internal organs came. Her body trembled as if she had chills. Maybe it was because of the feeling, but the sky felt darker than before. Cordelia became anxious.
The only good thing was that the magical power sucked into Nazabut had decreased significantly. However, she could not completely rest assured. It was not clear whether this was simply because her magic had succeeded or whether it was no longer necessary because it was irreversible.
The four wizards pressed Nazabut with all their might.
Perhaps because he had already used a considerable amount of magic power to summon Viriocum, Nazabut’s movements had become increasingly sluggish. Just a moment ago, he had barely made a scratch, but now five out of ten spells were hitting him.
“Eww!”
Nazabut suddenly curled up and let out a scream. The four of them didn’t miss that moment and poured their magic power on him at the same time. Thick smoke settled down and Nazabut was no longer visible.
Leonard gathered his magic power to strike him one last time. At that moment, Nazabut, who had been hidden in the smoke, soared into the sky.
“Soared?”
Cordelia, who had been watching from afar, followed the afterimage of Nazabut flying in the sky with her eyes.
How? Her question was quickly resolved. She could see strange black wings behind Nazabut’s back. Even though she was quite far away, she could clearly feel Nazabut staring at her. And at that moment, it swooped down toward Cordelia.
[No!]
Loti noticed first and blocked her path. Nazabut’s claws grew long in an instant. Without hesitation, he cut Loti, who blocked his path. Although Loti was thin and not very big, blood gushed out like a fountain.
“Loti!”
Time passed slowly. Thanks to Loti’s time-saving measures, she had time to cancel the magic that separated the demon and its host and cast a barrier magic, but if she did that, everything would be in vain. The fourth attempt would probably be impossible.
Cordelia made her choice after a brief moment of thought.
She closed her eyes and concentrated even more on the magic directed at Nazabut. Now, she felt no pain or suffering. All that remained was her determination to face the future that was to come.
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