Chapter 327 - Episode Twenty-Seven - Continuation - The Fierce Leaders of the Fage Territory (2)
Peter took me out of the inn where Lark was staying, and we headed for the house, which had been destroyed by the enemy sorcerer.
It seems that Peter had already seen the devastation of the mansion once.
He said that the quickest way for me to understand the seriousness of the situation was to have a look at it.
Most likely, his goal was to get me to point my wand at the Riveras Kingdom.
As for me, I didn’t want to be used in that way, but the truth is that the interference from the Riveras Kingdom is getting to be too much.
If things continue as they are, it could eventually lead to war.
In fact, it seems as if the other side is even hoping for that.
I may not be able to afford to be complacent.
“This is terrible ……”
I was stunned when I saw the state of the Fage mansion from a distance.
Half of the building was completely blown up.
No, that’s not all.
The north side of the mansion has turned into a barren wasteland, with not a single dry grass remaining for several dozen meters.
“Yes, I’m sure it is. It’s insane to think of using this magic in the middle of nowhere.”
I nodded at Peter’s words.
“I understand now. I was wrong. They’re not sane.”
They’re not even remotely human.
The sight of the devastation made me angry all over again.
From the way he was going about it, Levi didn’t care whether Lark or Mea died or lived.
He probably wanted to use Penrath as bait and have me pay him back with the spear while he was at it.
If feel like it, we can take this kind of action, so just keep on shaking, is what they’re saying.
In my mind’s eye, I can see the arrogant Levi’s big fisherman’s arms fluttering as if provoking me.
Oh, I see.
From God’s point of view, humans are just like that.
You should keep looking down from a great height. I’ll make you regret this, you spearless spear god.
I turn my head towards Altamir, who is walking behind me.
Altamir is a witness who has directly confronted the assassin, Rathboutt, who was sent by Levi.
That’s why I asked Artamia to come along with me when I consulted with Peter about the Riveras Kingdom.
Altamir, the key person, was looking down at the ground and shaking her shoulders.
Mea tapped her on the shoulder in a comforting manner. It’s really amazing how quickly they’ve come to know each other.
“…… Nevertheless, I just can’t understand what those guys are thinking. It seems to be a magic that converts magic power into a huge amount of heat and radiates it, but the effect range is too distorted. Even if they wanted to be flashy to scare someone, I don’t understand what they’re saying. It’s like storing magic power and then throwing it down the drain.”
Altamir’s shoulder jolted.
I tilted my head at the movement, but paid no attention to it and turned to Peter.
“Really? Even though he borrowed the magic power from Levi, I think it’s the highest class sorcerer if he can use magic with this much power by himself …… Well, if Abel-chan says so, then it might be true.”
“It’s not that hard to raise the scale. Well, it seems the sorcerer who used this magic had no control over it.”
“Well, the Levi followers are all uneducated, selfish, narrow-minded and hard-headed people. They may borrow the magic of the water gods, but they don’t know how to handle it properly.”
Peter said as if to throw up.
In Peter’s position, it seems that he had a lot to think about when it came to the rest of the faithful.
I don’t really like this kind of judgmental and demeaning language, but I don’t have enough of an attachment to the Levi Church to stick up for them, so I just nodded vaguely and let him have his way.
“The people who call themselves the new Levi faction’s are just barbarians who have too much power, according to the information I have. The country is being torn apart by the forced sectarian unification, and all they want to do is harass the Dinrat Kingdom, so no matter how you look at it, they won’t last long. Even if we don’t do anything about it, it will go bankrupt in ten years. But I don’t think I’ll be around for that long.”
“I don’t know how to talk about it, but if you look at this mess, you can understand what I mean. I don’t see any civilization or intelligence in the magic marks. This is a kind of desecration of the history of magic, a desecration.”
I felt a deadly presence behind me and turned around.
Mea was holding Altamir’s shoulders as she leaned forward toward me with her veins showing.
Altamir is breathing hard, and staring at me with half-moon eyes.
“You’ve got a very high opinion of me ……”
“Ple-, please hold yourself back! Abel doesn’t know anything about this! It’s not like he had any bad intentions! Right?”
I tilted my head and turned to face Peter.
Peter, too, did not understand the reason for Altamir’s sullenness and shrugged his shoulders.
“But you talk about intelligence and civilization as if you’ve seen magic in action, Abel-chan.”
“I can almost tell. It’s like you just poured some magic into it and then, after wondering how to handle it, you couldn’t control it and it exploded. This is not what a sorcerer would do. This is like saying, “I threw a piece of trash right above me and it fell and hit my head! This sucks”.
“D-Do you have to go that far ……? I don’t want to defend the Levi followers, but if anyone can instantly convert the massive amount of magic power that caused that into a single stroke of magic, then it can be said that a single sorcerer can change the course of a major battle without any other preparation, as long as they have a magic stone …… Well, it’s probably useless to say that to Abel-chan who can destroy the world all by himself…”
“Even the goblin shaman is this bad. The shameless person who exercised this magic should now break his wand and retire from being a sorcerer. By doing so, the average level of sorcerers in the world will be raised a little bit, and those stupid Levi followers will be able to contribute a little bit to sorcery studies.”
I can almost tell from the trail.
The situation itself is too incongruous.
I can only assume that the enemy has properly formulated his magic and used it against his opponent.
I thought for a moment that it might look more like an Abel ball than a magic mark, but that was not the case.
My Abel ball is nothing like this.
“Ah! I get it! You know everything and you’re making fun of me! I see!”
“Hold it down! Hold it down, Altamir-san! I know exactly how you feel! I can’t blame Altamir-san for being angry! But Mea will apologize as much as she can, so please hold back here! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”
Mea is hugging Altamir and making a lot of noise.
…… what are those two doing?