Avalanche
Avalanche
comes pouring.
The white waves spewed out by the snowy mountain engulfed everything without hesitation and swelled my body without hesitation.
The pace was too fast. If this continues, not a single person will be swept away.
If I was swept away by an avalanche of that magnitude, it was clear that everyone would die except for me.
for a moment. I had to stop that avalanche even for a moment.
A way to prevent that distant natural disaster for a while. Was there such a way for me?
no i don’t have for me
I quickly looked around. The mercenary guards and my party fleeing here and there. It was fortunate that he listened very carefully to my urgent words.
At that time, the back of Dakia’s head running hard caught my eye.
found. How to stop that avalanche for a very short time.
I jumped out of my seat and shouted as I chased after Dakia.
“Princess!”
Dakia, who had been running without looking back, heard my call and turned her head.
“yes?”
“Stop there right now!”
“yes?!”
She answered in a very embarrassed voice, but very kindly, as I said, she stood tall in her seat. I grabbed her by the shoulder and screamed.
“Do you believe me?”
“Yeah? Suddenly, what are you talking about?! I have to believe it, of course I believe it! That, but over there!”
Kwagwagwa!
A huge wave of snow narrowed the distance at a terrifying speed. Time to explain was running out.
“Princess!”
“yes yes!”
I pointed to the avalanche and shouted.
“You’ve always been looking for a chance to use your magic! Now is your chance!”
Dacia’s pupils trembled violently.
“Eh?! As the priest said, I was looking for a chance to use magic! No matter what magic I use, I can’t stop the avalanche to that extent!”
I looked into her golden eyes and spoke with utmost sincerity.
“Gather all the magical energy you can use and give it a shot at that avalanche. Only then can everyone, including the princess, survive.”
“Then I’ll collapse from exhaustion! Besides, I can’t even move while I’m still gathering mana!”
“I am!”
I added a little more strength to the shoulders I held with both hands. to give you faith.
“I will protect you no matter what.”
The trembling pupils stopped. Dacia bit her lip and shouted vigorously.
“Because I’m going to try it once! You must keep that word! I only believe in the real priest Marnak!”
I let go of her shoulder and smiled whitely.
“Please give me a cool shot.”
“yes!”
Dacia took a step forward. As the ancient language she murmured completed the phrase of the sentence, the magical powers fluctuated violently. Her shiny silver hair fluttered wildly in the strong waves of magical power.
gathered and gathered The rampaging magical powers began to get out of her control. Dacia did not stop. She made the casting speed even faster. In the first place, control was not important.
The target she was aiming for was so huge that it was impossible to miss it.
Finally, the spell she had hoped for was completed. Dakia gestured wildly and shouted.
“I’m dying!!!”
I don’t know if it’s meaningful to shout out to die at the sight of an avalanche that isn’t even alive, but the completed spell started doing its job anyway.
Aaaaaang!
Waves of wild flame raged against the flow. A wizard’s will stood in the way of an irresistible natural disaster. He went out as if he was being pushed, but he still had the will to serve others.
The fire blocked my eyes.
But it was also not enough. Snow began to devour the fire.
“Death oh oh oh!”
Due to the use of magical power beyond its limits, Dacia’s thread veins burst. Blood ran down her cheeks in tears. Dacia did not stop drawing and using her magical powers.
“Aaaaaaaa!!!”
The flames of earnestness flared wildly once more.
The fire blinded his eyes. half a step. No, to the extent that I couldn’t even reach half a step.
‘killing.’
Right now at this moment. Mother’s declaration that Dacia spread half a finger.
three and a half fingers.
Dakia took a step towards the divinity of 10,000.
My body was staggering. it was the limit I accepted her rapidly collapsing body. Dacia, held in her arms, muttered in a crawling voice.
“Really die…”
“Enough already.”
“… Really?”
You’ve done an even better job. The time she’s earned should allow others to get out of the avalanche’s direct range.
“sure.”
Kwagwagwagwa!
The eyes that had swallowed the fire rushed back. Now it was my turn to use my strength. To do so, a prerequisite was required.
“Princess Dacia? Can you hear me?”
There was no answer. She seemed to faint as a result of pushing herself to her limits.
Thanks to that, there’s no need to deliberately faint.
Kwagwagwagwa!
Now the snow is pushing in to where it’s really not far.
“Mother! Call me!”
‘killing!’
The air distorted and the huge fuselage fell. The ‘Giant of Decay’ roared wildly.
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!
“There is no time for shouting! Come and save me!”
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!
Recognizing the urgency of the situation, the giant quickly leaned over and embraced Dakia. Activated the ‘Gate of Corruption’ in the darkness created by the giant.
The divinity that had been accepted to the limit raised my body endlessly. I hugged Dacia and prepared for the shock that was about to come.
block the body
Extremely ignorant, but currently the best I can do.
Kwaaang!
The shock of the crash swept over us.
***
Plump.
The decaying giant protruded through the snow and screamed wildly.
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!
With Dacia in my arms, I walked out along the path created by the giant of decay.
“What are you going to do if there are people around you? First of all, remove the rock stuck in your body.”
The giant casually pulled out the sharp rocks stuck in his waist. The open wound healed quickly.
Now what?
I managed to escape thanks to the giant of corruption, but the future was a problem. The surroundings swept away by the avalanche were starkly white. Thanks to this, the location of the landmarks that I had memorized while walking up until now became completely useless.
“Ugh…”
Dakia groaned and I quickly gestured to the giant. The giant of corruption, who understood my intentions, tore through the air and returned to where I came from.
After a while, she came to her senses. My eyelids opened, and my face was reflected in the eyes that seemed to have melted gold.
“Priest Marnak…?”
“Yes. I am.”
“… am I still alive?”
“Although I was completely lost, I lived for now. Can you move your body?”
Dakia, who had written a dragon while whimpering, replied in a gloomy voice.
“No… it doesn’t move at all.”
“Little by little it will be fine.”
It was clear that the mana in the body was exhausted. A skilled wizard could move well even in a state of magical exhaustion, but Dacia, who had refrained from using magic herself, seemed to be experiencing magical exhaustion for the first time.
“But there is…”
“Yes. Feel free to speak.”
“I’ve seen them all.”
“yes?”
no way?
Dacia looked straight into my face and said clearly.
“Priest Marnak is calling a giant with an ominous shape.”
I got goosebumps. Because of the avalanche, they called the giant too hastily. I should have checked again to make sure Dacia had lost her mind.
‘killing!!!’
My mother usually didn’t like it very much, but she said that it was very good and shouted at me to kill her right now when I can’t move.
Should I really kill him? Should I end my life when I can’t even resist, aiming for now when I can’t even move my body yet?
Dakia smiled as she saw me worrying about not being able to do this or that.
“As expected, Priest Marnak was not a priest who served the goddess of maintenance.”
One word bothered me.
“Is it…?”
Dacia nodded slowly.
“Yes, of course.”
“Do you mind if I ask why?”
“Priest Marnak, I’ve seen some priests of other ranks, but they were very different from Priest Marnak. First of all, they didn’t fly around with swords full of energy like Priest Marnak. ”
“It is the result of individual training.”
“It’s not just that.”
She stared at my breast pocket.
“The hand you carry. You talk to yourself a lot with it.
“It’s a constant prayer.”
Dacia glared at me with her eyes narrowed at my reckless excuse.
“Certainly, the preceding ones are just heartbreaking, but I saw it? Priest Marnak shouted ‘Mother!’
“You’ve seen the wrong thing because of magical exhaustion.”
“No. I saw it right. Absolutely right.”
I answered while looking at Dacia.
“Stop insisting. If you use more groups there, it will be very difficult.”
I was still thinking about it. Should I really kill her or not?
“Priest Marnak is also worshiped by evil spirits…”
Dakia covered her mouth. not to kill her.
decided.
“Princess. Let me give you a piece of advice. White lies are necessary for good human relations. Silence like gold sometimes saves people’s lives. Princess, at least until her body recovers. No, you should have kept pretending you didn’t see anything.”
He removed the hand that covered his mouth. I looked into her eyes and asked.
“The Princess didn’t see anything. Not anything. Since the Princess is a person who knows the truth, I can trust that she will listen to my request for saving the life of a princess who was almost swept away by an avalanche…”
“It doesn’t matter! It doesn’t matter if Priest Marnak is a worshiper of evil spirits! I was about to say that!”
“yes?”
Dacia spewed out words like a waterfall.
“Priest Marnak is a good person! Of course, he can be very ruthless sometimes, but basically he is a good person! I brought it up because I thought Priest Nak would take his time and listen to me!”
Before I could answer, she spoke again.
“In the first place, I think the most important thing about power is how to use it. Besides, I don’t have any particular god I believe in. I was born as a simple wizard, so I know it well because I was fed up with the eyes of contempt and hatred for no reason. I am also a Marnak priest. I can understand your point of view!”
I opened my mouth slowly.
“What do you want to say?”
Two golden eyes stared at me. A clear conviction was felt in the two sharp eyes.
“Nothing will change! Even if Priest Marnak is a worshiper of evil spirits! I will deal with Priest Marnak tomorrow as I did yesterday. Of course I’ll keep the secret.”
‘Murder!!!’
With the dark light, the mother who transformed into a girl jumped out. The mother jumped up and hit Dakia’s face with her small fist.
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
He waved his fist vigorously, telling him not to make fun of his wicked tongue and die immediately, but there was no one in the world who would die from being hit by his mother’s padded fist
. Priest Marnak! Dry him off! But where the hell did this kid come from?!”
‘kill!’
I quickly let go of the hand supporting Dakia and picked up my struggling mother with one hand, telling her to shut up and die
. Calm down for a moment.”
‘Murder!”
My mother looked me in the eye and pointed her finger at Dacia. Yo was simple. She meant that she would blow everything up as soon as she got to the city, since it was clear that she was playing with her light tongue in order to live right away.
“It seems sincere to me.”
‘killing!’
“Certainly, people are not to be trusted, but Mother, I am also a human being. Do you not believe me, Mother?”
‘killing?!’
Mother was taken aback for a moment, then vigorously shook her head.
“I know very well what Mother is feeling. She must be saying these words because she is worried about me. Just like my mother believes in me, I will try to trust people. Based on what I have seen her during the past trip, she is a person who knows what trust is. And since Dacia is a magician, I intend to make her ‘swear’.”
‘Murder…’
The mother sighed and said she couldn’t stop it. She turned her head and spread two fingers toward Dakia, pinched her eyes, and pointed them out menacingly toward Dakia.
Embarrassed Dacia asked me.
“What do you mean?”
“I’ll keep my eyes open, so be careful in the future.”
Dakia opened her mouth in embarrassment and asked me very carefully.
“But can I ask you one question?”
“yes.”
“Is that really Priest Marnak’s mother? Priest Marnak’s mother is very young.”
“…”
***
I made Dakia ‘swear’ in an ancient language that from now on she would secretly carry the information I speak to the grave. With this, at least after confirming that she could not divulge to others the information I had decided to keep secret in any ‘way’, I gave her general information about me and my mother.
After being stunned for a while, the real Dacia asked playfully.
“But I could have made a false ‘swear’. Why are you so quick to believe it?”
“I understand that ancient language.”
“Huh?! Really?! Priest Marnak is also a wizard like me?”
“No. I just understand the ancient language.”
“That’s amazing! Seriously! You’re not a wizard and you understand an ancient language!”
Dacia was as surprised as she was when she heard that my mother was a god whose powers were sealed. Maybe it’s because she’s a wizard.
I put the returned mother in my breast pocket and picked Dakia back into my arms.
“We can’t stay here forever, so let’s move first.”
“Okay. But which way are you going? We need to find Carmen and Sagittarius.”
“I feel divinity from a little far away. For now, I’m going to go there.”
It was clear that Carmen and Sagitta’s physical abilities would have been enough to get them out of this avalanche.
Dacia said in a slightly excited voice.
“First of all, are you going to find the holy relic that the worshipers of evil gods are targeting? Little by little, my strength is returning to my body.
“I will take care of the relic. Hide nearby when you can move your body again.”
“Help me? Do you really need the help of the wizard who stopped the avalanche for a while?”
Actually, there is no need to cover the means and methods to find the holy relic.
“… if you really need it, please.”
I moved slowly towards the direction where I felt divinity.
***
“This is… a piece of gold.”
There were a lot of golden shells on the floor. It was a sign of battle. Apparently, Aurelius and the worshipers of the evil spirits clashed here.
It’s still crashing, seeing the divinity not far away.
“As expected, Aurelius sees a piece.”
“What are you going to do?”
I replied with a smile.
“What’s wrong. We have to give back what we’ve been through. Mother!”
‘killing!’
The space distorted and a giant of decay came out.
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!
It’s nice to be able to use authority without paying attention. I looked up at the giant and said.
“Please go first and attack the worshipers of evil spirits. Instead, if it seems a little overbearing, you can run away without regrets and then attack again. I mean hit and run and harass them. Do you understand?”
The giant pounded his chest and nodded vigorously. The look was really believable.
“I’ll trust you.”
– That ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!
The giant of corruption roared and stomped and ran toward the worshipers of the evil god.
From now on, it was time to give back as much as I received from the worshipers of evil gods who caused the avalanche. Taking the holy relic as a bonus.
