Chapter 202 - Episode Twenty-Seven - The God of Water, Levi (1)
“Well, Abel Belek. You’ve been a pain in the ass for so long, haven’t you?”
A low, loud voice rang out from the crack in space where Levi’s huge hand was crawling out, speaking to me.
I shuddered and pointed the tip of my wand at Levi.
The Levi followers don’t seem to know what to do, and they’re just shaking in their boots.
“Don’t be so defensive. Abel Belek, do you intend to be in charge and fill the hole you have created for yourself? Your magic skills, I’ve seen them until now…… but I like them.”
“Wha-! No, Levi-sama!”
Nelgliffe interrupts the words.
Levi ignores Nelgliffe and continues.
“Eventually, I’ll replace Sateria with you as Pope. How about it? Obey me and you will have all the Riveras Nation. Let bygones be bygones, and take possession of the world with me.”
Ri-, the Pope of Riveras?
Apparently, Levi is trying to recruit me into it.
I understand what he means, but I don’t understand it.
“I’ve been thinking that retrieving the spear is not enough to rebel against him. We thought that we had to take back our spear in order to rebel against him.”
“Rebel against…… him?”
I was wondering if Levi was on top of it, but is there still something up there?
“It’s already decided that the alliance is going to break down. Kuku…… But even if he has found out, but he doesn’t have the luxury of turning on me. But I’m not going to tell you about this until you’ve sworn your allegiance to me and I’ve decided that I can trust you. So, let’s hear the answer first……”
“Flame, form, ball”
I chanted the spell.
I have no intention of helping Levi Church to do anything like they have been doing so far, and it was easy to predict that if I refused, my opponent would immediately come out to attack.
If that is the case, the first move is a must.
I’m going to create a ball of fire on the tip of my staff and fill it with unlimited magical power, compressing it with wards to force it to remain spherical and increase its energy.
It is the usual thing, Abel ball.
“So that’s your answer, Abel Belek. What foolishness. However, alright…… Then, I shall just collect one of them and go home. Spear, come to my hand.”
Levi bent the fingers of his hand, and a large blue spear appeared in his hand.
The spear was monochromatic and seemed to be made of blue ore with an identical handle and tip.
A large number of techniques were carved into the spear like a pattern.
“Li, Levi’s spear!”
Levi’s spear is the most famous weapon in the world.
It is said to be part of Levi’s, and the exact name does not exist.
From the fact that Levi brought it out, it’s probably the real thing.
I had read in a book that Levi’s spear had the ability to return to its owner’s hand, no matter where in the world it was located, simply by changing the direction of his hand.
The book also said…… that Levi’s spear also has the power to ensure that it hits its target by redrawing its destiny even if it is removed.
It’s a suspicious cheat ability, but it’s hard to deny it now that I’m facing that intimidating feeling.
Because of his fame, I have the information from the beginning, but whether or not it can be countered is another story entirely.
Even in mythological times, Levi has been described as having gone on a rampage with that one.
It is said that he made a large hole in the land where he believed in other gods, shunned the invasion of other gods with the power of his spear, and even made a large hole in the body of Kudor.
“Nelgliffe, take a good look at this. I’m going to show you…… a little bit of me being serious. You can’t show the true value of this treasure in your nimble little hands.”
A blue magic power ran on Levi’s arm, and as if resonating with it, Levi’s spear was enveloped in magic power, making its main body so dazzling that it was impossible to see.
“Y-, you can’t! I-, if it’s that much damage, even I will be implicated……!”
“If I lose thee after Marias, the Four Great Priests will be left with nothing but the ornamental Sateria and that fool. I’ve got a few things I’d like to retrieve …… Don’t worry, I’ll narrow down the range and make some adjustments. But …… it would be better if you don’t make any sudden movements.”
The aim of the spear, clad in brilliance, is focused straight on me.
“Goodbye, Abel Belek. Be honored that you will perish from my hand in person.”
Levi strengthened his grip on the spear.
“Thi-, this!”
I waved my staff and launched my completed hellfire, the Abel Ball, at Levi.
After a moment’s delay, Levi threw his spear.
The Abel Ball and Levi’s spear collided in the sky.
The world is whitewashed by the extreme light emitted from the point of the colliding spear.
Instantly, a roar and blast hit me.
I crawled to the ground and somehow survived the storm.
My hearing and vision did not come back.
But if I was still alive, I must have managed the spear.
I rubbed my eyelids and looked at the sky.
I could see the shadow of the spear falling in a blur.
The spear held its shape, but its power seemed to be safely offset.
“…… Wasn’t that the most powerful weapon in mythology.”
I wish I could deviate from the trajectory, but it’s more manageable than I thought.
Maybe it’s a fake, though.
At any rate, I’m glad it collided on Levi’s side.
If it was a bit more on this side, the storm would have blown me away, not just because of the delayed visual revival.
However, the damage I pointed at the other side would not have passed through.
That spear has three famous characteristics.
I waved my wand again.
“Transport”
Eight magic circles…… unfolded a huge cube around me on the ground and the spear falling from the sky.
An Ortem appears in the center of each magic circle.
“Deploy warding.”
A curtain of light was stretched between the Ortems, surrounding the spear, completing the cubic ward.
This would prevent any magic interference from the outside to the inside.
“Certainly, you can even stop a spear strike! I misread it a bit, but this is the realm of my spear…… so look at it clearly with your eyes and despair. Spear! Return to my hand!”
The spear didn’t answer Levi’s words, it just dropped into the nearby church hall.
On top of the roof was Nelgliffe.
“Oh, oh, oooohhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
The Nelgliffe jumped down from the church hall.
In the next moment, the church hall exploded with a loud noise.
What happened to Nelgliffe is hidden by the dust cloud, but he won’t be safe when he jumped down from the three-story ceiling.
“Return to my hand! In my hand! Return to my hand! W-, why …… why don’t you return! Return to my hand! Return!”
Far up in the sky, I saw Levi frantically flipping his wrists around and around.
“W-, why!? You say it’s because of that flimsy ward!? Wasn’t the power of the spear supposed to take precedence over any other magical interference! Return to my hand!”
He was probably going to fire a second shot instantly.
I’m glad that I sealed off the interference with the wards.
…… or perhaps that god, if he doesn’t have the spear, he wouldn’t be able to do anything.
I pointed the tip of my wand near the collapsing church hall.
“Dirt, form, arm”
I scramble through the wreckage of the crumbling church hall and a huge arm of dirt appears.
I control it and let it grab Levi’s spear.
“Return to my hand! Return!”
“If you want it back so bad, I’m gonna smack it back to you!”
I threw the spear into the rift in space where Levi’s arm was crawling out.
The spear flew in a straight line, passed through Levi’s hand and went straight through the thick clouds, leaving a huge hole in the heavens.
“………… Ju-, just now, what?”
Levi’s hands did not seem to be affected by the spear.
It looked as if the spear had slipped through Levi’s hands.
It didn’t hit, did it?
The next moment after thinking that, a large cross-shaped wind hole spread out on Levi’s wrist, and it began to crumble and disintegrate in tatters.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!??”
The widening windhole completely severed the top from Levi’s wrist. The wrist that was severed from the main body fell through the cleft.
The remnants of the ripped hand that had fallen to the ground hit the front and back of the body from side to side with a clatter.
It was just like a fish that had been fished to the ground.
“Abel Belek! I’ve learned your name! Woe to thee forever! May your days be numbered! My congregation will never forgive thy barbarism!”
No …… don’t curse, I’m right in front of you, so come out now.
The rift in space closes as Levi’s hand is left outside. At the same time, the great hole in the clouds swirled and widened, returning to a beautiful clear sky.
“That spear…… what a waste, I think?”
Maybe it was a replica, but it must still be an expensive magic tool.
It has the strength to withstand the Abel ball. It seems to be hard to get a chance to get one.
It seems that Levi’s body didn’t have the durability in the place that the spear pierced that I just threw at him that is not clad in magic power.
Even though there was no other way to attack right away, I threw it out of the blue, and that’s another thing to reflect on.
It’s still okay If it was completely lost, but with that, if Levi was still alive, it would be returned to his hand again.
I should have sealed it inside the warding.
“Since I’m at it, I should retrieve Levi’s hand…… Hmm?”
My eyes shifted to Levi’s hand as it fell to the ground.
Levi’s hand, which had been torn in two, was bouncing around painfully just as before.
It’s like a lizard’s tail.
However, that’s not what bothered me.
It was the emblem that is shown halfway down the back of Levi’s hand, which was split to the left and right, and seemed to symbolize a spear.
I had my doubts, but……
How does the spear identify its owner?
I didn’t think deeply about it because it’s a mythical story, but if that crest plays the same role as the demon’s summoning crest, it makes sense.
After a short period of silence, a cheer went up from the entire village.
As I looked around me again, I saw the villagers rejoicing with joy, and the Levi Church members who had aged quickly and were now squatting on the spot.
“H-, help us! I’m going to die at this rate…… someone get the cure ……! I administered first aid myself, but I was trapped in the debris! I, I, I can’t die yet ……!”
Suddenly, I heard Nelgliffe’s appealing cry.
“…………”
He was still a key witness.
We can’t let him die.
As I was approaching, I noticed the followers and villagers making their way to Nelgliffe.
I stopped in my tracks.
I don’t know to what extent Nelgliffe’s words and actions were false.
But it is clear that this is where the hearts of the followers and the villagers are.
It is not something that can be easily dismissed.
“W-wait! No! I’ve been duped. It’s true! I, I’m ……! I understand! I’m going to tell you all about it! So put your arms down, please!”
“Huh ……?”
The villagers and the followers, with anger on their faces, each holding a stone or piece of rubble, were slowly encircling the paralyzed Nelgliffe.
I hurriedly rushed over to Nelgliffe’s side.
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Sorry, I didn’t need to number the title.
It’s a pain in the ass to fix, so please store it in your brain and erase it.