Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 224

Episode 224

Raising the Flag

“This guy!”

“Get away from the priest!”

At that time, a member of the SS urgently rushed toward Elric.

“If you want.”

Elric laughed and let go of the ice spear stuck in the high priest’s chest and fell back a long way.

The SS members’ attack barely passed by where he was.

Elric stretched out his hand and made the gift he had left shine even brighter.

“【Explode】.”

Kwakwakwak!

“Aaaah!”

“Priest…!”

“Kaaak!”

“Oops!”

The moment the ice spear exploded, dozens and hundreds of ice fragments were scattered in all directions.

The high priest received a direct hit, and his entire upper body was blown away.

More than half of the surrounding SS troops also had to be hit by ice shards.

The unlucky ones had their heads smashed on the spot. Even if they were lucky, there were many cases where part of the body was broken, and even if they barely survived, the ice poison quickly covered their entire bodies, and demons began to cry out in pain one after another.

“Hel.”

Looking at those guys, Elric quickly summoned Hyul’s thoughts.

Tsutsutsu –

Elric’s shadow flickered slightly.

Hehehe. Why do you do that?

“Look for a seal related to brain energy. “There must be at least one.”

Do you even order errands now? Still, I hope you don’t forget that I am also a devil in name and color.

“If you don’t like it, just come back.”

Hehehe. To be uncharacteristically serious like Mervinger. You can’t even tell a joke. What kind of brain trick will do? Does rank matter?

“As high as possible. If it’s not possible, it doesn’t matter if it’s low. “Ah, if possible, a gravity-related seal.”

There are a lot of things to do. good. Let’s look for it.

A seal containing the brain energy. And even a seal that deals with gravity.

Three of the brain walls. It was a combination necessary to complete one of the ancestor’s magics.

Tsutsutsu-

Elric pulled out a new ice spear lengthwise from the thick ice on the floor and held it in his hand.

In front of me.

Among the pieces of ice scattered everywhere, demon energy was gathering again in a sticky form. As the broken upper body was restored, the high priest’s appearance reappeared.

“Mervinger…!”

His face, which looked quite exhausted, was distorted with pain and anger.

“It also plays?”

『Maybe it’s because he’s Azazel’s apostle, so he can regenerate. No, is that almost the level of restoration?』

Mephisto laughed out loud as if it was amusing as he watched the situation next to Elric.

『But maybe it’s because all the Azazel guys look like that. He looks somewhat familiar…?』

[How does Mephi know about a guy who lives in the present? No matter how many demons there are, they will probably all die.]

『Hmm. Is that so?』

Mephisto tilted his head with a strange expression.

[But why is he so weak?]

『What?』

[No. I heard you’re the leader of Grigori and Azazel’s apostle? Then, even if I can’t, shouldn’t I be stronger than people like Leda?]

Mephisto let out a bewildered laugh.

『You seem to have grown at an unbelievable rate so far. Looking at it so far, it doesn’t seem like he’s weak by human standards?』

[Still, it’s true that he’s lacking.]

『An apostle is someone who represents the power of the being they serve. From that perspective, that guy is bound to be weak too.』

[Hmm…? If you are an apostle of Azazel, you must be that strong…! ah. That’s not right.]

Elric was belatedly able to understand what Mephisto meant.

Although Azazel is currently seeking resurrection, he has not truly been fully resurrected on this earth.

This had a very big difference in meaning.

This means that there is a limit to the power that an apostle who serves Azazel can wield.

If Azazel was there, he would be able to draw his magic power to near infinity, but what if he is ‘non-existent’ right now?

『It has no choice but to be weak. It looks like only the ‘name’ is left. What on earth are you going to do with that?’

It was natural for Mephisto to snort.

However, there were no advantages for the high priest as an apostle.

[So, if you turn it around, that guy will never die as long as Azazel’s ‘name’ remains?]

『That’s right.』

[Kya! I’m a bit jealous of that.]

『You can do anything.』

[Huh? Is it possible for me to be restored even if I die like that?]

『Any number of times.』

[How?]

『I just need to become an apostle of this King.』

[Are you

crazy?] Step, step

, step Elric walked and chatted with Mephisto as usual. We were busy exchanging messages.

But his eyes, which were wide open, were not like that.

“【Push in】 and 【Push in】.”

Elric created a series of blizzards and intentionally blocked the approach of the SS, while picking out and quickly killing those who managed to break through.

Elric’s movements were much faster than before.

After receiving complete supply of dragon blood. He was already a born warrior.

Visual acuity, reflexes, and even the strength to hold a spear.

Even Hermann was amazed several times, and even at this moment, the dragon blood was rapidly reconstructing Elric’s body.

Even Batuu became that much stronger with a small amount of dragon blood.

What if Elric swallowed the dragon’s heart whole?

It goes without saying.

Spill it and throw it away.

Then, when a gap is found, I poke at it several times.

Meanwhile, Elric waited while quickly closing the gap between himself and the high priest.

May someone else intervene.

But the guy I was waiting for didn’t show up.

“It’s definitely been abandoned.”

Bellot, who was clearly supposed to step up to protect the apostle, did not even show his nose. It was not possible to detect it not only in the scene drawn by the mind’s eye, but also in the cognitive realm captured by the ghost.

This meant that no matter how well he practiced hiding, there was bound to be a limit to how well a person of his size could hide himself, so he ran away to a faraway place.

‘I guess I’ll have to look for the shadow separately later.’

But no matter where he ran away, as long as some of Hyul’s thoughts remained in the shadows, he was like a rat in a poison.

Sigh!

Degurr-

The head of the last remaining SS was cut off by the blade of the ice spear.

The high priest was still trembling with rage.

But only his eyes are harsh.

Without any protection, he was no different from an old man living in a shabby single room.

“Mervinger…! “My biggest mistake was not being able to kill you right away…!”

“Ah nyuni nyun. Everyone said that. “Why didn’t you do it right away?”

I had heard this from Viscount Curanciville and Count Calliger as well, so it was almost a bother to listen to it now.

Elric lightly tapped his ear hole with his ring finger and smiled coldly.

“You keep coming back to life? How long do you think it will last?”

“Azazel is the shadow of a great demon. As long as he is there, your ambition will never last long…!”

“I’m curious. “Can I try an experiment?”

Elric lets out a mysterious smile.

found. Although they are very small things.

Is this okay?

[That’s enough. After all, the purpose is an experiment.]

At that moment, the voice of Hull’s thoughts rang in my ears.

“【Soak in】.”

Along with the mantra, the seal that Hyul’s thoughts found was completely absorbed.

Then, demonic energy seeped along the floor, creating small tattoos along his left shoulder and back.

A new concept flooded into my mind.

One had the properties of a thunderbolt striking from the sky.

“【Ride and burn】.”

The other had the quality of sinking infinitely downward.

“【Sit down slowly】.”

Thunder fire. And heavy pressure.

Although it is infinitely weaker compared to the seals of winter and brute force that Elric currently possesses, it was enough for Elric.

Pajik Pajijik!

The brain energy bloomed brilliantly from the fingertips, turned into flames, and began to gather at one point in a whirlpool.

Whihwihwihwi!

The brain energy raised by the seal of Noehwa is tightly compressed to high density using medium pressure tension.

What’s unusual is that

‘oh. ‘Look at this?’

In the process of completing the magic, the energy sphere was absorbing a huge amount of magical power.

This is an absurd figure considering that the amount of magic power that Elric already possesses is enormous.

And the more magical energy was invested, the faster the magic slowly took shape into a sphere.

As it absorbed as much brain energy as it had, it gradually took on the shape of a brain sphere.

The magic power absorption could only be completed once the seals had overheated to the point that they could not withstand the class and skill level of the two seals, Thunder Fire and Heavy Pressure.

In this way, the thunder sphere compressed to its limit spewed out great heat and brain energy as if it were the sun.

Pajik Pajijik! The brain

energy

bounced violently on the surface of the brain sphere as if it were about to explode at any moment.

It was so fierce that I thought Elric might not have been hurt if he hadn’t had the seal of the winter world.

『It’s unpleasant. The shape.』

Mephisto looked at it and his expression distorted as if he remembered something.

‘I guess this is what it looks like at first glance.’

Looking at his expression, it seemed like he had succeeded in imitating the ancestor’s magic.

however.

“that…!”

Even the high priest, who had not expected to react, opened his eyes wide as if he had seen something he could not possibly see.

“How did you use that magic…?”

“huh? Do you know this?”

『Hoo. Unless you’re from our generation, you wouldn’t know?』

Mephisto’s eyes sparkled. also. When he saw the high priest’s face, he felt ‘familiar’, and it seemed he was definitely not mistaken.

That means…!

“Let’s try an experiment first.”

Elric spread his palms wide and relieved the pressure of the furiously spinning Thunder Ball.

Three of the brain walls.

It was the moment when the magic left behind by the progenitor was unleashed at Elric’s fingertips for the first time.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!

Qrrrrr-

* * *

“Wow. “This almost sucked.”

Elric slowly got up from the collapsed castle.

The thunderbolt was much more powerful than he had calculated in advance.

The nature of the brain energy itself was strong and vicious enough, and what’s more, when it was compressed and exploded, it boasted a force so strong that it was impossible to predict.

And the result. The fortress has completely collapsed.

Even Elric would have been seriously injured if he hadn’t pulled up not only the ice barrier but also all the shadows through his thoughts.

‘It’s this much with a low-level seal, so what happens if it manifests with a higher-level seal?’

While Elric was clicking his tongue, I felt Herman and others rushing towards me in a hurry.

“Elric!”

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

They must be surprised that Grigori’s headquarters suddenly collapsed.

Elric was confused and wondered how to explain that it was his mistake, but suddenly turned his attention back to the faint wave he felt under his feet.

Tsutsutsu –

As the demonic energy gathered again, the high priest appeared again.

Elric grinned.

“Wow. You’re still alive after this?”

Wizard who swallowed talent