I Don’t Want To Be the Main Character

98. What Happened Beyond the Wall (2)

1.

At first I started counting them one by one, but at some point I stopped.

I don’t know if there’s any point in counting since I’m not going to collect evidence separately anyway. In fact, rather than thinking about anything else, I had a greater desire to finish quickly and stay alone somewhere.

I just felt weak all over.

If it were normal, I would have been excited every time snowflakes fell on my skin exposed through my thick winter coat, saying, “Oh, it’s cold!”, but I didn’t have the energy to do that.

“……it’s bothering.”

As I was walking through the snow-covered mountains, sinking up to my ankles, leaving the lake behind and looking for the monster, my true feelings involuntarily came out.

I said I would do it because I had no choice but to say I would, but I wonder what the meaning of it is that I have to wear the title of court magician like this.

Sometimes, a monster the size of a house whose name I didn’t even know would appear. It didn’t make much difference whether a huge monster whose name I didn’t know would suddenly appear in the white snow-capped mountains without being noticed, just as everyone is equal before a bamboo spear, any monster was equally hit in front of magic.

The more durable the magic, the longer it lasted or the more it died. There was no monster that could withstand even one of my magic attacks.

At first I was surprised because I thought, “I’m this strong?” But now I’m just treated like a trash mob in the game.

If you think about it that way, it doesn’t give you experience points or items, so this is the worst kind of grinding.

Kieeeek!

While I was thinking these pointless thoughts, a goblin suddenly jumped out from the square and rushed at me, wielding a crude club.

It wasn’t that big, coming up to my chest, so I didn’t feel any pressure.

Hurrruk!

There was no need to cast a spell to deal with goblins. The flames fired without a single word engulfed the goblins without giving them a chance to scream.

The distance was so close that I frowned and covered my nose with the sleeve of my robe as a pungent, disgusting smell hit me as my skin burned.

“At least three hundred already……”

One of the knights of the Norse duchy who had been silently following behind muttered with a weary face.

Three hundred horses.

It’s a lot, but have you caught that many monsters already?

As I thought earlier, I stopped counting and the article behind me seemed to be counting diligently. In fact, I think that even this much is enough for today’s quota.

The problem, if there is one, is that this mountain range is so vast that three hundred or so are not even noticeable.

Just now, a goblin came running out.

“Where are they reproducing…?”

There were so many monsters that it reminded me of the little hairy demon cards that some Pharaohs use. To be honest, it’s a bit overwhelming. Especially since I’ve caught three hundred of them and they still haven’t shown any signs of life.

It was hard work, feeling like I was being forced to fill my quota, but I shook my head and started walking again.

And at that moment.

“……?”

I stopped walking, almost instinctively.

Suddenly, I felt a huge wave of magical power from far away. The distance was so far that I thought it was long, but it was definitely a clash of magic and magic. And it wasn’t just ordinary magic, it was great magic that could be felt from this great distance.

“……what?”

I was so flustered that I almost slurred my pronunciation, but that wasn’t the point.

When I looked back, wondering if it was just me who felt this way, Eileen looked at me as if asking what was going on.

The collision just now was clearly something I had felt alone. The aftermath of the clash between magics that had occurred at such a great distance that only my unparalleled senses could have sensed it. I could almost instinctively sense it.

The magic that just collided was the kind of power that would come out if I used magic with all my might.

‘… … It doesn’t make sense that magic of that level could be displayed in a place like this.’

It was an ominous sign that such magic was being unleashed in a mountain range where there was no sign of human life, only monsters swarming about.

He frowned as he felt a sense of foreboding creeping up his spine, then turned around and spoke.

“Eileen. I’ll be back for a bit.”

“You’re back, where are you going?”

“I think something’s going on over that ridge. I think I should go check it out.”

“I didn’t feel anything…….”

“It’s because it’s far. It might take a while, so if you’re too late, just go back first.”

“You might be in danger… Ludrick, wait!”

Eileen, who was flustered, grabbed me from behind and said something, but rather than explaining it here, it was better to first confirm what was happening. With the strange sensation of flying in the sky with my bare body, which I never got used to no matter how often I used it, I flew high in the air, cutting through the cold wind.

And as I flew through the bone-chilling cold wind, I began to feel a powerful wave of magical power from far away again.

“……It wasn’t my fault.”

Obviously, between the sheer cliffs visible beyond that ridge.

Something strange was happening that I didn’t know about.

2.

“This is crazy, this is really crazy.”

“It’s not me who’s crazy. It’s you who said such things.”

Abel, who stuck his tongue out, spread several layers of protective magic around himself with a very tense expression. Among them were many ancient magics that had already been used by humans, but the flames that Sylphia created shattered even the protective shield made of ancient magic and created a blast.

In fact, Abel did not understand this situation itself.

Putting aside the ridiculous joke about a dragon falling in love with a human, this was the first time in her long life that she had ever fought a life-or-death battle with one of her own kind.

“Well, Sylphia. I still don’t understand why we have to fight like this, trying to kill each other. Why didn’t you just give in?”

“Close your mouth.”

Now that they were already polymorphed into humanoids, each direct hit from each other’s magic would be fatal. It was natural since in their polymorphed state, they would not be protected by scales that were thick and inherently resistant to magic.

Even if he wanted to reincarnate as his main body again when he got the chance, it would be impossible for him to get that timing easily while fighting like this.

So, Abel tried to have a conversation while looking for an opportunity, but Sylphia’s reaction when she returned was cold. To be more precise, it was closer to an attitude that was not worth thinking about rather than being cold.

Silphia, as if her anger was running high, continued to growl and attack Abel with her specialty, fire magic.

“Before I rip that filthy mouth off.”

“……Is this something to be so angry about?”

When Sylphia came out like this, it was Abel who was more embarrassed.

But when he thought about it calmly, Abel glanced around and quickly made a decision.

Magic is naturally affected by the surrounding environment. Magic is certainly a miracle that creates something from nothing, but it is easier to create fire in a hot desert than in the harsh cold where the temperature drops below zero. The amount of magic power consumed is different.

And for Abel, who has lived his entire life in the snowy mountains of the Norse Mountains, her lair is home ground.

Moreover, it was an environment favorable for her to use her ice magic, which she specialized in. On the other hand, it was a slightly more troublesome environment for her to use her fire magic, which was Sylphia’s specialty from the Red Clan.

‘If I try to buy some time… … it won’t work… … right?’

There was no need to even utter a single word. They were fighting each other using high-level magic using only words. Abel, who had built a wall of ice to block the surging waves of flames, thought back.

The enormous magical power contained in each other’s hearts would not run out even if they fought for three days and nights using magic.

If they really fought until their hearts’ magic power was depleted, Sylphia’s magic power would run out before Abel’s, who had the advantage, but if that happened, it was obvious that Abel’s lair would not remain.

In a situation where the same dragon is making a life-or-death decision, it is funny to talk about things like the damage to the lair, but for Abel, who has an attachment to his treasure trove, it is a somewhat heartbreaking situation.

So then, the answer was out there after all.

Making the most of the home ground advantage. And, having lived longer than Sylphia, using the various skills acquired through experience and experience to gain the upper hand first.

“I never dreamed that I would fight my own kind. I must have fought before.”

“Don’t complain. You brought this upon yourself.”

“…Is it something we should fight for and risk our lives just because we said we would kill one human?”

Abel, who was grumbling, built a wall of ice that was dozens of layers high. Of course, Silphia, who was chewing and chewing, used her specialty, fire magic, repeatedly to break the ice wall that had been built, and instead of melting in the face of the high-temperature flames, the ice immediately sublimated into gas.

The white vapor produced in the process instantly filled the entire lair, naturally obscuring the view.

It was natural that the Dragon’s Eye did not have any special ability to prevent vision from being obstructed, but Sylphia said it irritably.

“What kind of trick is this? Just showing off some tricks.”

This way, you don’t have to aim for a target, you can just launch a wide-range attack that affects the entire area.

With that thought, Sylphia cast her spell again, but Abel answered in a playful voice from beyond her obscured vision.

“Of course, it’s to create this kind of gap.”

and.

Hwaaak!

A strong flash of light pierced through the flames. A phenomenon that occurs when the polymorph magic is withdrawn and the main body is materialized.

The gap created by the obstructed vision was only a moment, but for a seasoned dragon like Abel, that momentary gap was enough.

In this situation, it would naturally be disadvantageous to give her the chance to manifest into her body first, so Silphia bit her lip and tried to withdraw her polymorph magic.

“Sylphia, I’m sorry, but I seem to be a little faster.”

A giant body filled with majesty and skin as blue as a lake. Just like the appearances told in human myths, Abel, who had materialized as a body, endured Sylphia’s attacks with his body as if the mere flames were nothing and struck down his giant forelegs.

The moment when Sylphia was putting up a protective shield with a dumbfounded expression at a speed far beyond her expectations.

“……Hold.”

The huge foreleg that had been slamming down just above Sylphia’s head stopped dead in its tracks.

The entrance to Lair was completely devastated by the aftermath of Abel and Sylphia’s magic clashing dozens of times. Ludrick, who was flying through the air with Fly magic, landed on the ground, and Abel’s movements were stopped with Binding magic.

Considering the magical resistance of the dragon that had manifested as the main body, it was almost impossible, but Ludrick, who had no way of knowing such a thing, opened his mouth with a frown.

“……What is this situation?”