“Eh?”
Clank!
The raindrops that filled the sky disappeared, and the previously chaotic ship settled down.
Even Redberry, who was in the middle of fighting, looked dazed as she lowered her staff and turned to me.
“Could it be…?”
“That’s right. That thing.”
The cage of the Many-colored Bird.
It’s a magic that seals the power and techniques of the opponent.
It was created to save a Young Lady who was being corroded by the fragments of the Demon Race.
I had used it on Black’s guild members during a mock siege war.
“…?!”
The Child gaped and stretched out her arms, just like before.
Naturally, nothing came out.
“…Come out. Come out!”
No matter how much mana seemed to be overflowing, if the ‘road’ is blocked, it loses its meaning.
Ultimately, mana needs to flow outside through a path to be useful.
“Ugh…!”
“It’s no use. I’ve already blocked it.”
“…What did you do to me?”
The Child, hiding the sword behind her, stared at me like a wild animal ready to pounce.
Had all her earlier confidence and ambitions vanished? She looked full of vigilance.
I slowly approached the Child and reached out to the fainted Kal behind her.
“Don’t touch Kal…”
“What’s your name?”
“Huh?”
“What’s your name?”
“…En. En Kaums.”
The little one named En hid Kal even deeper.
Considering personality and the same race, they seemed to be siblings due to their similar appearances.
Despite En’s protests, I reached out and drew the Holy symbol.
“Wait… huh?”
“You’ll be fine now.”
Kal’s wounds completely healed.
Without a trace, just like that.
[Healing ㄷㄷ]
[Dispense disease, then provide medicine?]
[LOL]
[Looking cuter now that I see it]
[Saintess Lily]
[Lily was a healer?]
[Come on, just kill her]
[Why spare her?]
[Kill her]
“Alright, En. Will you guide us to the village elders now?”
“…This is going to be a big deal.”
“What do you mean?”
“If the adults find out what we’ve done to you, they’ll kill you. Especially if they see my condition.”
En spoke with as much intimidation as possible, despite being nervous.
Right now, En was completely unable to use mana.
If they realized she had completely lost her power, her tribe would horrifically attempt to kill me.
But.
[What does that mean]
“I don’t care, though?”
“Huh?”
“I’m not here to fight. I’m here for trade.”
If I explain it well enough, they’ll understand.
[LOL Anyway, she says she didn’t come to fight]
[Trade (Physical)]
[LOL LOL LOL]
“More importantly, the ship is a wreck now. Seriously. I think I’ll need some repair costs…”
“Well, I think I should charge for the repairs…”
“It’s not that broken…”
“No way. Look over there and there, it’s broken and soaked with water.”
There’s a ripple from the moments when Kal briefly revealed himself and the drops of water that Redberry couldn’t fully block.
It’s not as bad as back in Yena’s time, but it’s still a situation where I should charge for repairs.
“Well, I can just negotiate a fair price when it’s time to pay. First, please show me the way.”
“If you unseal this first…”
“If we delay, the repair costs will probably increase. I don’t mind though…”
“……”
■
“What the heck are those?”
“I don’t know either. Just hurry up and follow me.”
En, the boy from the Kaums tribe, glanced back at the women following him.
With the red-haired girl, a beautiful woman with blue hair murmured while glancing around the forest, seemingly oblivious to everything.
“Unbelievable! Is it even possible that we can’t use the ancient powers?”
“……”
“Say something! You must have been the first one hit.”
Kal grabbed himself with a cage drawn on his forehead.
But En had no idea how to understand this bizarre phenomenon.
He himself had his every attack neutralized in the blink of an eye, and his powers, including mana, were sealed.
He first learned about the cage drawn on his forehead after Kal attacked the blue woman after he awakened.
“What kind of stigma is this?”
A pure white cage was firmly marked on his forehead.
Inside, a red and blue bird flapped around, and Kal commented that if he tried to use his power, that bird would go wild.
But it only flailed about; there was no sign of escape…
Kal glared at the blue woman and whispered in En’s ear.
“It seems we brought an incredibly strong person after that incident. She’s probably stronger than Uncle Ounta!”
“…No way.”
“No, I’m sure of it!”
Kal glared once more, confidently stating,
“That woman twisted my arm in an instant. Aside from sealing mana and ancient powers, her physical abilities must be very high.”
“…Then what about the Grim Reaper? Can’t the Grim Reaper handle this?”
“Well… maybe.”
Kal and En both glared at the woman.
The blue woman didn’t even glance their way despite their continued scrutiny.
En cleared his throat and thought to himself.
“She’s strong, but… so what?”
He still didn’t understand what was happening.
Yet, growing up and living in this land, he felt one thing.
“In the face of stronger power, one is bound to break.”
No matter how strong the sealing ability is, it can’t seal away more numerous and more powerful forces.
In the end, the winners will be the elders of the tribe.
In the end, the ones who will win are the elders of the tribe.
“I have arrived.”
“…? It’s just a forest, huh?”
The red woman tilts her head and looks around.
As she said, what we see now is just a forest.
Just a forest with no buildings or structures.
“Of course it looks like this now. There’s no way they’d show the village to those with no connection, right?”
“……”
“… Well, we can see it because we’re here.”
Cough!
“Ah, anyway, loosen whatever’s on my forehead. Only then can we enter.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah. The village won’t let just anyone in. Unless you open the door with ancient power, you can’t even see the existence…”
Whoosh…
The illusion barrier that concealed the village disappears.
In an instant, a remarkably mysterious giant village reveals itself to the outsiders.
In this place full of blue light, the blue-haired woman lightly retracted her snow-white hands and took a step forward.
“Let’s go.”
“Uh, uh?”
… What kind of human is this?
■
As soon as we stepped inside the village, what hit us was the flow of mana.
There was an overwhelming amount of mana permeating the atmosphere.
For someone not adapted to mana, it would have been a case of mana overdose; there was just so much mana.
‘The issue wasn’t the flow of mana, though.’
Kal! En!
Even at the entrance of the village, Wenetuses were already rushing in.
I pulled Kal and En towards me, surrounding myself and Redberry with them, as they seemed to already know what was going on.
“Goodness, there’s… no mana feeling in the children’s foreheads…”
“Is anything wrong at all?”
“What did you do?!”
[He seems to be over thirty, right?]
[Can we handle this?]
[Well, no one’s hurt; why are we all gathering like this? lol]
[Let’s just kill them all ㄱㄱㄱ]
[I’m really itching to wipe them out]
There were over thirty of them, stronger than Redberry, who had been almost equal, or maybe even stronger, than those kids.
Each one had abilities that surpassed even Besk, who was one of the Eight Swords.
In front of them, I took out the Blue-Red Stone that I had purchased earlier.
“I have come to trade. For this stone.”
“What?”
“This crazy thing…!”
The Wenetuses were outraged.
It felt like a fight would break out at any moment…
“Stop.”
With someone’s intervention, the village fell silent in an instant.
A middle-aged man, clearly much taller and sturdier than the other Wenetuses, stepped forward.
As he moved, the mana trembled, and his dark blue eyes emitted an exceptionally blue light.
“… Ha. How ridiculous. Did you touch the children?”
“Did you really just use your hands on the children?”
“It truly is unfortunate. I wanted things to go peacefully, but…”
“Things have turned out this way.”
“It can’t be helped.”
[King, it really can’t be helped, lol]
[But you killed them, right? This is just ridiculous]
[Couldn’t you just let them die?]
[But weren’t the kids the ones who started it?]
[Is that guy the chief?]
“By the way, are you Chief Karuns?”
“…No. I am Shaman Umphura.”
“If you’re a shaman, what rank are you? Below the chief, maybe?”
“……Are you trying to play word games with me?”
“Word games? Not at all.”
I wasn’t really in the mood for games. When I tilted my head, Umphura’s face turned red.
“Unusual for the Blue Ones.”
“I’m just looking for the most suitable conversation partner. To buy magical stones at a reasonable price, it’s best to talk with the final decision-maker.”
“And after all this?”
“The children attacked first. They taunted our knight and even damaged the ship.”
“Isn’t the real issue that you all came here?”
“Is the fact that we came a problem? According to the knight, it wasn’t.”
When our merchants and knights first arrived in this land, the Wenetus greeted the outsiders warmly. They were joyful and proclaimed the greatness of their land. They even demanded proof of the tribe from merchants who had almost no power.
‘Even knowing they couldn’t do it.’
“But now, the fact that we came is a problem…”
“……”
“How should I take this?”
“That’s rude!”
Swoosh!!
“Stop!”
Despite Umphura’s plea, a Wenetus, whose face had been changing colors for a while, launched a punch full of rage.
The power of the strike and the concentration of mana were on a completely different level than the sword’s strike.
But.
Crash!
“Ugh?!”
The grip on the Wenetus’s hand reversed their vision. It was as if the sky and earth had swapped places from the start, revealing countless legs in the Wenetus’s eyes.
And then.
BOOM!!
It came crashing down.
“””……”””
[Wow]
[???: Let’s keep this peaceful]
[Where’s the peace?]
[Look at how it just landed, LOL]
[This is Lily’s work]
[Peace (physically)]
[Lily-style peace, hahahahaha]
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