Chapter 267 - Episode Fourteen - The FIrst Trial (2)
The vision of Priest Yohanan opens his mouth.
“After all these years, you are once again begging the gods for help.”
The language Yohanan used was a rather peculiar spirit language.
Only demons or high-ranking demonic beasts that do not use human language and use spirit language as their language, but Yohanan seems to have chosen spirit language as a language that can be passed on to people in the future.
Naturally, only a sorcerer could understand it.
Mea had no idea what he was talking about, and looked at me anxiously.
“I will select you in three trials.”
The priest continued.
Mea looked up at me anxiously.
“Um …… What’s that guy saying? Doesn’t he look kind angry?”
“I’d like to thank you for coming to my long neglected temple. I’m going to test you with three trials now, and if you want God’s power, you’ll have to challenge me. Maybe it’s the Wand of Destruction Peter-san was talking about. There seems to be no hostility in the words.”
I translated the words to Mea.
Mea nodded her head in agreement.
When I looked at Peter, he was leaning forward, biting his lip, and staring at Yohanan.
His eyes were covered by a mask, but from the wrinkles around his nose, I could predict that he was staring with a lot of force.
“W-What did he say, Peter-sama?”
Myunhi, Peter’s subordinate, asks, to which Peter responds with a slight pause.
“…… It’s ancient spirit language. I only have a rough idea, but …… it seems that he asked for something from the god Kudor twice. Then he asks us to choose one of three things.”
“As expected of Peter-sama. It seems to be some kind of hint to go on.”
Peter had turned into an inaccurate translation site.
W …… Wasn’t he an important member of the Kudor Church.
Even though it’s an ancient spirit language and the type is a bit different, there must have been an opportunity to decipher the stone tablet or something from the ancient times.
The only reason I was able to hear so smoothly was because I was reading the Great God’s Treasure Book, but even if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have come up with such a ridiculous result.
The woman who works for him is also a sorceress as she is holding a wand.
And yet, she didn’t understand it at all?
It’s true that to use magic, it’s enough to remember the combinations of words that are frequently used.
However, if you truly want to deepen your understanding of magic, you need to memorize all of the spirit language and grammar, the rules and exceptions.
Without that, it would be impossible to build a magic circle from scratch.
Zolomonia, hovering behind Peter, covered her mouth with her hand and stifled a laugh.
Peter glanced at Zolomonia, but when he saw that she didn’t seem to be able to explain, he let out a sigh and shook his head, this time looking at me.
I hurriedly tightened my face, shook my head, and returned my expression of dismay to normal.
“…… I’ll write down his words once I’m done. Abel-chan, let’s cross-reference the parts we heard.”
“Um …… uh …… ah, yes. Okay ……”
I thought it would be better to tell him, but looking at Peter’s confident expression, it was getting harder to say.
At that moment, Yohanan raised his staff.
“The first test is about to begin. Proceed onward, fleeing from the raging image of the god, and strike down the moon-slaughtering beasts that block your path.”
A light of magical power spread around the tip of the priest’s staff, covering my vision in white.
I sharpened my awareness just in case and looked around for any strange magical movement.
I couldn’t find anything unusual. It didn’t seem like it was …… taking us by surprise by stealing our vision.
The light faded and my vision returned.
There was no sign of Yohanan.
“…… Moon Din…… Devour …… no way, Din Eater?”
It was Peter who muttered.
He put his hand to his lips and said it fearfully.
The white cheeks that peeked out from under the mask paled.
I’ve also seen it in the High Spirit Book and the Great God’s Treasure Book.
They didn’t give many details, just that it was a spirit beast that was used by the god Kudor.
“…… Din Eaters, is it that bad?”
I asked Peter.
“…… It is said that the Din Eater has the strength of a dragon and the cruelty of a demon in a body not much different from a human. The only good thing is that it’s small. If you’re up against it, it’s an outrageous opponent. Abel, please team up with my Myunhi and somehow distract it. I’ll seal it for you.”
Peter held up the staff of Zolomonia and looked around.
“Just now …… wasn’t it said in plural?”
“What? Two of them!? No matter how much, I think you’re mistaken.”
Peter said confusedly.
But there is no doubt that Yochanan was referring to “moon-slaughtering beasts”.
In addition, the technique around …… is a form of summoning fifty-two demons into the passage.
Perhaps two will not be enough.
In the first place, the Din Eaters are just an added bonus.
As soon as I looked behind me, the giant statue of Kudor on the pedestal by the aisle began to tremble.
The stone tentacles creaked as it lifted up, and with a crunching movement, the god descended from the pedestal.
“W-What!?”
Peter turns around belatedly.
The human upper body of the god Kudor twisted in a lustrous movement that was not made of stone, and it painfully put its thin hands on his head.
Its eyes widened, it turned its head to the ceiling, and opened its mouth so wide that its face cracked open.
Then it roared.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
A single, large eye in the center of the bulbous, distorted body opened.
Only the eyes are not stone, but flesh and blood. It must be the core of this stone statue.
It’s an incredible mass of magical power.
I thought back to Yohanan’s words.
“The first test is about to begin. Proceed onward, fleeing from the raging image of the god, and strike down the moon-slaughtering beasts that block your path.”
I see …… So you want me to run away from that thing, and then proceed onward, fending off the fifty-two din-eaters that are blocking my way.
As if to confirm my prediction, the statue of the god Kudor is approaching us with a loud noise.
The speed itself is quite slow.
At the same time, the magic formulas engraved on the walls, starting from the front, began to light up one after another, and in conjunction, magic circles appeared at both ends of the passage.
There were roughly fifty magic circles, and the same number of spirit beasts appeared on top of them.
Their bodies could almost be described as rust-colored, bloated fauna.
But from the neck up, they are very different.
Their lips are swollen like a tumor, and they have large vertical, not horizontal, tears.
There are four eyeballs, left, right, up, and down. There were several deep wrinkles etched on his face.
“You- …… you’re lying, right ……?”
Peter and Myunhi froze when they saw the flock of Din Eaters.
The Din Eaters were approaching slowly, slowly, slowly, with their large, eerie mouths flicking stupidly from side to side.
They seemed to be playing with us too.
The four eyeballs circled around, looking at me, Mea, Peter, and Myunhi in turn.
“T-This is kinda bad, I think ……”
If what Peter said was true, it would be like being surrounded by fifty dragons.
It’s a bit different from what I’ve seen before.
In my anxiety, I waved my wand and conjured up five magic circles.
“Carry”
This is the magic of Teleportation.
On top of each of the five magic circles, an Ortem appears.
The World Tree’s Ortem, the former Evil Bound Asura 5000, and three ordinary Ortem’s that I had carved when I felt like it.
“Puppet, dance!”
I conjured five more magic circles and gave orders to each of the Ortems.
Five more magic circles appear and I command each of them to dance.
The World Tree Ortem stays with me, and the remaining four Ortems, led by Asura 5000, charge into the Din Eater swarm.
“Giji Giji Giji”
The eerie Din Eaters” voices echoed in the corridor.
The Din Eaters charge towards us, some with two legs bent forward, some sticking to the ceiling, and some climbing through the walls.
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