The Devil Who Grants Wishes - Chapter 193
193 – Training (1)
“Lucia!!”
“Okay!!”
Now you don’t have to say what you want, it seems like you can communicate just by calling your name.
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Lucia, realizing why Iris is calling her, uses her demon’s unique power, demonic energy, to cover Iris.
Covering someone with demonic energy would normally be thought of as an attack, but this is not the case.
Pajik-!
My attack made of demonic energy is blocked by Lucia’s demonic energy wall and I cannot proceed further.
The conflict between similar demons resulted in them not being able to invade each other’s territory, but from the warrior party’s perspective, the principle doesn’t really matter. First of all, it is more important that my attack was blocked.
‘Hmm, everyone’s skills are definitely improving as time goes by.’
As I finished my work in the Empire yesterday, I returned from the Empire and devoted myself to training again.
Yesterday, everyone didn’t sleep well, so we didn’t move very well, so we took a day off, but today is great. I almost feel like I might be attacked unexpectedly if I don’t concentrate completely unlike usual.
I, who only attacked using magic, didn’t use the devil’s power using magic energy for no reason.
Magic that can be used by all races once learned, and powers that only demons can use are completely different in nature. Do you not use magic energy at all?
It has considerable power, and unlike ordinary magic, its effects, forms, and methods are very heterogeneous.
For example, there is Dementia.
Just touching the black fog destroys the ego of all personalities that come into contact with it and even bleaches their souls.
All magic does things that make no sense physically, but the power of the devil adds to it a very strange effect that probably shouldn’t exist in reality.
Because of this, there is a high probability that those who are not familiar with it will inevitably fall victim to the devil’s power, and there is no way that another me, whose actions are controlled by the system, will not use the devil’s power.
In the end, I decided to show the devil’s power to my heart’s content without adding or subtracting as the warrior party had to become familiar with the devil’s power. Of course, there are also magics like Dementia that are extremely dangerous when hit.
“Haaab!!”
But it seems my prediction was slightly wrong. The entire warrior party fights perfectly, treating the demonic powers as if they were just ordinary magic.
After confirming that the magic energy that covered the space had disappeared, Iris jumped out of Lucia’s magic energy shield and attacked me, cutting down all kinds of tentacles. Despite the fact that there is a trap made with the power of the devil called ‘Swamp of Selflessness’, Iris steps on the floor while dodging the trap so perfectly that you can’t believe your eyes.
It’s not just Iris and Lucia.
Celestine, Lenado, and Irene are all responding very efficiently to the devil’s power that I randomly sprinkled around them.
“The edge of my vision is getting blacker?”
“The eyes… Ugh, the image doesn’t form properly. It’s easy to hit the arrow, but if it goes a little further, it’ll be difficult.”
“Based on the symptoms, it’s Caequus taking away your eyesight. It’s a devil’s power that’s easy to solve, so don’t worry!!”
Despite the fact that the devil’s power is just released without attention, the hero party solves the power one by one and gradually approaches me.
“It’s Medusa!! Don’t look!!”
“No, just turn your head!! You can’t even open your eyes!!”
When a red eye that looks like a snake’s eye rises high above my head, Irene and Celestine let out a roar and let everyone know.
Iris, who was rushing at me with the momentum of cutting me just a moment ago, turns her head and looks behind her as if she had never done that before, and the others also turn their heads like Iris and show me the back of her head. .
“Medusa is so powerful that you can be petrified just by looking at it, but because of that, the penalty is large!! It takes a long time for Medusa to take effect, and the devil who casts Medusa has “After casting, you will be stiff for a few seconds, so dig through that gap!!”
“Yes!!”
With everyone showing the back of their heads, Irene explains to everyone what will happen next.
I know it very well. Is it not for nothing that I have lived so long?
If you know Medusa’s weaknesses, which can only be used by fairly strong demons, as well as strategies to attack it, you must also have a high level of knowledge of most demons’ powers.
Pajik!!
“Medusa is over!!”
Irene, who saw the dark red lightning strike once from behind and disappear in an instant, like the shape of a tree root with an enormous number of fine roots, screamed as she confirmed that Medusa was over, and the warrior party who heard Irene’s words went straight to their heads. Turn and take an attacking stance again.
“Attack again–huh?”
“It’s a shame.”
Pajik!!
Unfortunately, although Irene knows the weaknesses and strategies for using the devil’s powers, that’s all. When the devil’s power overlaps, even Irene, who knows a lot about the power, cannot respond properly.
The hero party turns its head and sees Medusa’s eyes closed, and Medusa’s eyes still wide open.
And Medusa’s wide-open eyes immediately start to start pounding even before the hero party can properly react, and a curse activated by recognizing her is released everywhere.
“…”
As the dark red sparks sweep through the training hall, the training hall, which had been very noisy just a moment ago, becomes very quiet. The contrast compared to just a moment ago was so great that it made me wonder if I had lost my hearing.
No one escaped petrification… Not a single one.
Well, it can’t be helped if you overlap Medusa. First of all, if the petrification continues for a long time, it will be difficult, and aftercare is important, so let’s release the petrification first and call it a day.
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“Ouch…”
“My muscles still feel weird… They’re too stiff…”
“How long do I have to soak in this medicinal bath…?”
“Just… Three more hours?”
That night, the warrior party, completely exhausted, was concentrating on recovery in a limp state. At first glance, you might think that your muscles are stiff because you’ve been exercising too much, but in reality, that’s not the case; it’s an aftereffect of the de-petrification spell.
If you were to restore your previous appearance by simply turning back time, all of your resistance to being hit by the petrification magic and the knowledge you gained while dealing with the petrification magic would disappear, so Faust had to use the magic to remove the petrification one by one to restore everyone. Gave.
However, petrification is a state that is no different from instant death, and removing the petrification state is strictly speaking the same as reviving a creature that died instantly, so no matter how high the level of the petrification removal magic is, the target is bound to have aftereffects. .
“Ugh… Your body will completely swell and your skin will become wrinkled…”
“I can’t help it. If you want to practice again tomorrow, just be patient.”
“Hiyi…”
Irene responds to Celestine’s complaint with a straight answer, and when Celestine sees Irene like that, she makes noises of displeasure.
Of course, the target of her dislike is not Irene. She just hates herself for having to soak in her medicinal bath for so long.
“…Have you seen that, Irene, when Medusa is used overlapping?”
“No, this is my first time seeing it.”
“Ugh… The scene where the snake’s eyes are looking down at us… Wow, my heart still flutters when I think of that time. Anyway, do you think there is a solution?”
“Well… I can’t think of anything right now. As soon as I try to check if there’s another Medusa, the second Medusa activates and that’s the end of it.”
However, such complaints were short-lived and the warrior party soon began to reflect on the battle that took place during the day.
If it were normal, we would have discussed what was good and what was lacking today, and how to make up for those shortcomings, but now we are only thinking about how to deal with Faust’s power.
Answering Iris’ question, Irene shakes her head and sighs.
“Even after Medusa is over, how about keeping a close eye on the Medusa that will come later?”
At that moment, Lucia, who had hitherto been still and bubbling with her mouth up to her bathtub, opens her mouth and speaks.
“It’s a good method, but… If there is no second Medusa, it would be like giving Faust a chance to attack. We would be attacked defenseless without seeing Faust’s appearance.”
“Ah… Well, then how about using a canary?”
“Canary?”
“Oh, this is just a metaphor… The miners who enter the mine carry a canary, which is sensitive to oxygen, to check for danger without oxygen, and when they confirm that the canary is dead, they immediately turn around and come out. So, roughly, they summon a summoner. So wouldn’t it be okay to make sure there’s a second Medusa?”
“However, Medusa only activates on living beings. It does not respond to created summons.”
“Then, all you have to do is summon a summoned beast that has life. You can roughly make a contract with demonic beasts and use them as summoned beasts.”
“Right now… That seems to be the only way.”
Summoned beasts are also life! There is no one here right now who would say something stupid like that. No, even if it means using a real, live canary instead of a magician, everyone nods to her that of course it should be done.
What is more important than anything to the warrior party now is not such weak morals, but the power to defeat Faust.