Since When Did You Have The Illusion That You Don’t Have Magical Powers?!

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Sapphiras Perfectio, 2nd son of the Earl of Aldridge

Percival Belisario, 3rd son of Margrave of Vanderwall on the Eastern Frontier

Bruno Kingsleigh, Commander of the Kingsleigh unit

Matteo, Percival’s horse

 

“When we meet up with Kingsleigh-san, we will set off fireworks. As soon as I give the signal, reinforce the barrier magic and do not go outside the barrier, no matter what happens.”

“Understood.”

Margrave nodded.

I had intended to undertake defensive magic as well, but I was told that since they could protect the camp by themselves, I should use my magic to subjugate the magical beasts. I was worried about the magical power of the magicians who were covered in wounds, but they also had pride in fighting as warriors of Vanderwall. That’s why I decided to entrust the defence of this place to them.

“Let’s go!”

I straddle Matteo and together with Percival, we transfer to the entrance of the magical beast forest.

The outbreak of magical beasts has subsided somewhat, and although there are magical beasts everywhere, there is no sign of an avalanche coming out of the forest. Matteo, who had landed in the midst of the swarm of demonic beasts, stomped his feet and was full of fighting spirit. Even though they are protected by barrier magic, the horses of Vanderwall show no signs of fear even though they are surrounded by magical beasts!

While admiring Mateo, I quickly looked around and saw what looked like a trench near the entrance to the forest.

“Percival, over there!”

With the trench behind them, Kingsleigh-san and his men are fighting several huge magical beast bears. I immediately struck down the bear with a thunderbolt and surrounded them with barrier magic.

“Kingsleigh-dono! Are you safe?”

“Percival-sama? And Sapphiras-dono?”

When I rushed over, Kingsleigh-san was in a bad state, but he appeared to be in good health with no major injuries. Rear guard magicians and wounded soldiers are resting in trenches protected by barrier magic. Everyone in the unit is not unharmed, but fortunately there seems to be no danger to their lives.

I heard that when the magical beasts overflowed, they immediately dug trenches and fought in shifts while protecting themselves there. As expected of Kingsleigh-san. Without this trench, they wouldn’t have been able to hold out as long as they did here.

“Is there anyone who can’t move?”

“No. Just the horses have been killed. I am sorry…….”

“No, it’s the situation. It was an unavoidable loss. Above all, you have held on very well.”

“No, Percival-sama is the one who has come so far…….”

Kingsleigh-san relaxes his stern face.The feeling of being tense to the limit must have loosened involuntarily when he saw Percival’s face.

“If it wasn’t for Sapphiras, I wouldn’t have made it this far.”

“So it was Sapphiras-dono’s magic? Once again, we have been saved.”

Kingsleigh-san must be very disappointed at the loss of their excellent horses. However, in this situation, ensuring the safety of the soldiers was all they could do, and it can’t be helped that they couldn’t even protect the horses.

“Kingsleigh-san, I will avenge the horses. I’m going to wipe out the magical beasts now with wide-area extreme magic, so everyone get into the trenches.”

“……Ha? What?”

Kingsleigh-san made an expression as if to say that he didn’t understand what I was saying. ‘Yeah, I can see that. That’s usually what you’d think.

After a frustrating explanation, I pushed the soldiers fighting outside into the trench with Kingsleigh-san and applied another layer of barrier magic. With this, even if a dragon comes, it won’t budge.

Then, as a signal, I shot fireworks high into the sky so that the margrave could see them. The fireworks were so loud that they didn’t fit the tense situation, and they coloured the sky with a thin layer of clouds.

“Matteo can’t get into the trenches, so he’ll stay by my side.”

As I patted him on the neck to reassure him, Percival came up next to me and took hold of Matteo’s reins. I’m sure that with me by his side, he won’t be in any danger, and Matteo will feel safer with his master by his side.

Now it’s time to show the results of all that practice in the backyard of the academy!

I quickly pulled out the wand from its holder and, spinning it around, raised it to the sky with a snap. The wand’s trajectory drew a golden circle, and particles of light danced in the air around me.

Yoshi! It’s decided! All that’s left to do is to make a cool chant and it will be perfect.

“Wind up all magical beings! Blowing tornado!”

It’s very different from the original chant, but it’s just a performance to make me look like a great magician, so it’s fine as long as it looks like it.

The air around me trembled slightly, and soon several gigantic tornadoes, clad in lightning, shot up towards the sky. A large amount of magical power leaves my body, but it’s so pleasant that I even felt a sense of exhilaration, as if a wind is blowing through my whole body. This sensation seems to have become a habit.

A huge tornado. It moves over the ground, swallowing the magical beasts one after another.

I thought about wiping them out with lightning, which has little effect on the land, but that would require a lot of effort to collect the magical beasts scattered all over the place. After this, we have to rebuild Oriens and the surrounding area, so there’s no need to waste our energy and time on such useless things.

It would be easy to clean up afterwards if we use a tornado to roll up all the magical beasts and gather them in one place. If we select and sell the ones that look good as materials, we can use the money to rebuild. There are that many magical beasts. We should be able to get some valuable materials. The rest can be burnt at once.

A fierce wind blew so hard that it knocked down the trees in the forest, but not a single strand of hair swayed here, protected by barrier magic.

…….That said.

I felt a little uneasy, like a tornado rampaging with increasing momentum and making a roaring sound. Isn’t this pretty strong? The number and power of the tornadoes were clearly greater than I had expected. This power must be due to the influence of the tricorn wand……

I don’t think so, but Margrave and the rest are okay, right? The city of Oriens is protected by a sturdy fortress, so they’re fine, right……?

While leaving some uneasiness, the multiple tornadoes eventually gathered in one place and became a single thick pillar, and then disappeared in a huff. The area is enveloped in silence.

It seems that the extermination of the magical beasts has been successfully completed.

“……Th-that’s amazing.”

I heard Kingsleigh-san muttering from behind.

Yeah, I kinda thought so too. The power was extraordinary. From now on, it might be better to consider the effect of the wand when using magic. I’m glad the opponent was a magical beast this time.

“Sapphiras, are you alright?”

Percival gently placed a hand on my shoulder in a caring manner. I guess he was worried that my magical power would run out. But that’s okay.The words ‘running out of magical power’ does not exist for me.

“Yeah. I’m fine. I’m more concerned about the source of the magical beasts, can I go inside?”

“Is that, in other words, the third layer?”

After crawling out of the trench, Kingsleigh-san seems to have regained his composure. A warrior who has overcome many battles has a different mindset.

“Yes. There’s something there, isn’t there?”

“……There is.”

That is the so-called abyss, a hole in the earth that spawns magical beasts. Abysses aren’t that rare, they’re everywhere even if you don’t notice them. Most of them are found in forests and mountains, and they range in size from small monsters the size of magical beast rats creeping out to large monsters like magical beast bears are generated.

If so many magical beasts have overflowed, the abyss in this forest must be quite large. Half of my interest is that I want to see that great abyss, and the other half wants to confirm what the abyss is like now.

“In any case, I think we have to check it once. If we don’t find out the cause, the magical beasts might overflow again.”

“Certainly, Sapphiras-dono is right. However, I’m not sure if we are equipped to go right now.”

“Don’t worry, don’t worry, I’ll just go and have a look.”

I have to clean up after the magical beasts, so I don’t plan on staying too long.

“There is quite a bit of distance.”

“Have you ever been to the abyss, Percival?”

“No, I’ve never been to the third layer.”

“Then let’s take the opportunity to go there. Wait for a moment.”

When I transferred towards the sky, a wind blew up at my feet. The wind that erupts from below supports my body.

“Oops.”

It’s a little difficult to balance, but once I get used to it, I can stay in the air. When I used the tornado to wind up the magical beasts, I thought it might work, but it went better than I thought. It is difficult to move, but just floating like this is no problem.

I was a little worried about the margrave, so I checked the area where the ranch is located and saw horses heading towards the piled up magical beasts. I was relieved to see that they were apparently safe.

Well then, next is the abyss.

Looking over the forest, there was a hollow in the distance that looked like the navel of a forest. That place is probably the abyss.. As long as I can confirm the location, it is possible to transfer.

“I’ve confirmed the location. Let’s go have a look at the abyss.”

After returning to the ground, I took the arms of Percival and Kingsleigh-san and transferred to the abyss.