Episode 526: Esmeralda (1)
Ludger quietly looked at the dead Lucid.
Lucid, whose life was exhausted, slowly turned into golden powder and dispersed.
It was sand brought about by Nirva.
The golden sand flew away with the wind and disappeared out of sight.
Since he was born by Nirva, he will return to him again.
“teacher! Are you okay?”
Sedina approached and checked Ludger’s condition.
Considering that Ludger usually carries magic recovery potions, the power he just showed was obviously unreasonable to anyone.
“Okay.”
However, despite the fight, Ludger was fine.
There is no headache and breathing is normal. The only thing that bothers me is the strange feeling of strangeness, as if there is fog in my head.
It was a phenomenon that occurred because I was not used to using all my abilities with a clear imagination.
Even this will heal quickly if you rest a little.
“I can’t believe it came true just as I imagined.”
“Didn’t you see that Sheridan made dynamite?”
“Still. “The difference between the scenes the teacher showed me is very big.”
Ludger rubbed his chin.
When I thought about it, it was true.
“You don’t have to worry. Rather, because of this environment, I was able to use my original abilities without any significant repercussions. “It’s a good thing.”
“Ha, but what about the others?”
Lucid introduced himself as one of the five clans.
Doesn’t that mean that there are still four more strong players of the same level as Lucid?
Since they said they came in pursuit of a powerful energy, it was highly likely that a fight was taking place elsewhere.
Rudger fought well, but can others do the same?
“If the Owens seniors get into trouble….”
“It’s no use worrying. There’s no way those guys could be defeated that easily, right?”
“This is Dreamland.”
“I say this because it is Dreamland.”
Ludger’s eyes did not waver.
He truly believed that his colleagues would not suffer.
Ludger, seeing the look in Sedina’s eyes, chuckled.
“It looks like it’s hard to understand.”
“That…”
“If we had gathered people based solely on talent and ability in the first place, there would have been a lot more members of Owens than there are now.”
“Are you saying there was another reason for choosing them?”
“okay.”
Sedina’s eyes widened at those words.
Now that she has become a member of the Owens family, I wonder what kind of criteria Ludger used to select people.
“eye.”
“Eyes?”
Maybe it’s because it’s such an unexpected answer.
Sedina unconsciously ran her hands over her eyelids.
“You can tell by looking at their eyes. Is this person a person with only strength and talent? “I wonder if he has something more than that.”
“What is that something else?”
“I don’t know that.”
“to.”
Sedina relaxed her shoulders in response to a somewhat disconcerting answer.
“Are you disappointed?”
“Oh no? “It’s not like that.”
“I won’t ask you to understand. Because what I see is something contained within those eyes. No one else can dare define what it is. “In the end, it’s up to you to decide.”
“But,” Ludger interrupted the conversation and continued.
“Most people with eyes like that have stronger mental power than anyone else.”
“Then was that why you chose me?”
“What do you think it will be like?”
When Ludger turned around and asked, Sedina looked away without realizing it.
If I stared at Ludger right now, I felt like my face would turn red from embarrassment.
“Sedina. Have you found the reason for what you are going to do and what you want to do in the future?”
“That’s…”
Sedina thought for a moment and then nodded.
“yes.”
“Are you ready to do anything for that?”
“…yes!”
Sedina’s voice gained strength.
In response, Ludger smiled faintly and nodded.
“That’s enough.”
“Ah…so you don’t have to worry about your seniors?”
“That’s the way it is.”
“But what about other people? “The fact that the teacher has come means that all the students are also caught up in it… and others may also be in danger.”
“Maybe so.”
Even if Nirva’s retinue goes to the Owens members, there are still three more retinues left.
“If the Dreamwalkers from the Dream School came in, one of their descendants would have gone there.”
“What about the other two?”
“One side probably went towards the president.”
“ah.”
Elisa Willow, a Lexorer-class archmage.
Considering her skills, it was no wonder that the dream family visited her.
“I’m sure the president will be okay?”
“He is a Rexerer-level wizard. “It’s not a level you can reach simply by having a lot of magic or being smart.”
It is up to the 5th rank that a wizard can become stronger purely through power output.
Starting from the 6th rank, the Lexus level, internal training must be carried out in earnest.
It is often called enlightenment, but if you have this enlightenment, you can use 6th rank magic even if your mana reserves are extremely low.
Ludger actually did that.
When I think about Elisa Willow, whom I have seen so far, her strength does not lie in simple magical skills.
“And there’s less reason to worry.”
“What is that?”
“There are other teachers there.”
President Elisa would be joining other teachers and moving forward.
Teachers should not be looked down upon just because they are teachers.
Even if they taught students, they were Seorn’s teachers.
People whose abilities can be recognized wherever they go.
A person who normally didn’t have much of a presence was actually able to show his true value in Dreamland.
Because human potential cannot be measured by simple standards.
“Then what about the other one?”
“That’s…”
Ludger came up with an answer after thinking for a while.
“You must have gone to where Julia is.”
“yes?! “Julia has come too?!”
When Julia’s name came up, Sedina was startled.
“I came all this way to save you.”
“Then isn’t it dangerous? “Even if it’s Julia, it might be difficult to deal with the descendant of the dream just a moment ago!”
That was something Ludger also agreed with.
I felt it while fighting Lucid, but the family members were very difficult to deal with.
They had the power to control dreams and each had their own characteristics.
The power of ‘self-awareness’ shown by Lucid should be seen as having characteristics comparable to that of other guys.
“Hurry and go save Julia…!”
“You don’t have to be so hasty. “Because there is a trustworthy person next to Julia.”
“Are you saying you are a trustworthy person?”
Ludger thought of Selina.
The best guide in Dreamland is Julia Plumheart.
However, if it were to actually go into battle, it could be said without a doubt that Selina would be able to demonstrate the greatest power there.
If you can’t summon spirits in Dreamland, how can a spiritist become the strongest?
‘That’s because there’s something that isn’t a spirit next to her.’
It is not a contractual relationship established by the laws of Mother Nature.
An inseparable, strong relationship established from the soul, which can be said to be the most fundamental source.
As long as it exists.
Even in Dreamland, there was no one other than Nirva who could touch Selina.
* * *
[…What is it?]
Mirage’s face filled with darkness was filled with red eyes.
His gaze never left the black mass that appeared next to Selina.
[government ordinance? Are natural beings coming to Dreamland?]
No. Was that really a spirit in the first place?
Mirage had no choice but to think that way.
That’s because that black guy greedily swallowed all the ‘dreams’ he created.
The red chains that bound Selina no longer existed.
It was because Esmeralda, the spirit of darkness, ate them all.
[It is a sight that is difficult to understand.]
It is still the same now.
Esmeralda spread darkness in all directions and ate up all the red chains that bound the students.
“This is…”
Julia, who had managed to free herself from bondage, trailed off when she saw Esmeralda’s darkness.
Summoning a spirit to Dreamland was amazing, but the power it showed was truly beyond imagination.
[Hmph.]
Mirage narrowed her eyes and snapped her fingers.
Then, a red energy appeared and large figures were created.
Unlike Mirage, he has wide shoulders, bulk, and a red-colored suit.
The face felt even more foreign because it was like a mannequin and there was nothing there.
[Let’s take a look.]
Mirage snapped her fingers and the red suits moved.
The red suits, moving quickly and befitting their size, surrounded Selina from all sides and rushed at her at the same time.
At that moment, Esmeralda moved.
──!!!
The darkness spread in all directions like ink spreading on drawing paper.
The spreading darkness fluttered like tentacles and spun around like a top.
The red suits that were rushing towards Selina fell down as soon as they touched the tentacles.
There were some who managed to avoid it, but the area where the tentacle touched was cut open as if it had been dug out with something sharp.
It looks like a huge invisible beast is taking a big bite.
The red suits retreated in a state of death, but Esmeralda had no intention of letting them go.
The tentacles of darkness that persistently pursued them swallowed up all the red suits.
“Esmeralda?”
Selina was astonished by Esmeralda’s power.
Although I knew that it had already surpassed the average spirit in that it appeared alone, unlike other spirits that did not come out even when called.
I never thought that the power would be this much.
What was even more surprising was the change that occurred to Esmeralda after swallowing the red suit.
Esmeralda, who was just a black cotton ball, gradually grew in size.
The darkness that poured like a waterfall, like finely folded silk flowing out all at once, hung in the air like a curtain.
The black curtain split left and right and something came out.
It was a human face.
To be exact, it is a mask that imitates the shape of a face.
As a woman with waist-length straight black hair came out of the curtain, her black dress fluttered lightly.
[That’s surprising. Did you really gain strength by eating my dreams?]
Esmeralda did not answer Mirage’s question.
Instead, he just turned his head to check whether his owner, Selina, was safe.
“You’re Esmeralda, right?”
Selina couldn’t believe that the cute little dark spirit had changed so much.
But that sight wasn’t unfamiliar.
If I had a sister, would I feel that way?
Selina shed tears from the corners of her eyes without realizing it due to the closeness that resonated deep in her soul.
“Huh?”
Selina, who shed tears, did not know why.
It was surprising that tears could suddenly come out like this.
Esmeralda approached Selina and wiped away her tears with the tips of her fingers.
The darkness that absorbed everything even erased Selina’s tears.
Selina could feel Esmeralda’s emotions in that soft touch.
─No matter what happens, I will protect you.
Esmeralda, wearing a pitch black mask with no patterns or holes, stared at Mirage.
At the same time, her dark hair began to flow.
Mirage, seeing the scene, snapped her fingers.
A red dream was created in a slow motion.
The dreams that expanded in an instant like stacking blocks turned into huge beasts.
Countless beasts over 10 meters in size bared their teeth at Esmeralda.
[I will feel relieved if I kill them all here, whether they are captured alive or not.] When
Mirage pointed his finger, the beasts rushed forward as if they had been waiting for them.
Compared to the momentum of the beasts charging at her from all directions, Esmeralda’s existence was very slim.
But Esmeralda stood there as if pinned to her spot and watched the beasts approach.
Just before her body touched the giant tiger in the lead.
Esmeralda held out her hand.
Then darkness swallowed the beast.
The red tiger, worthy of being described as the size of a house, could not even resist the darkness.
There was nothing left where the darkness passed by.
Even after seeing that scene, the beasts did not stop attacking.
The idea was that if it didn’t work in one direction, it would be enough to attack from all sides at once.
A huge red hawk aimed at the back of Esmeralda’s head with its sharp claws.
Esmeralda did not turn around. Instead, her hair fluttered as if caught in the wind.
Hair extending in all directions.
The darkness that dwelled there swallowed up everything the red beasts could reach.
The beasts created by Mirage could not even touch Esmeralda.
Before she could do that, everything was consumed by her darkness and disappeared.
Esmeralda pointed her finger at Mirage.
The darkness spread wide like a puddle beneath the skirt of her loose-fitting dress.
The darkness moved slowly and eventually vomited out the animals it had swallowed a moment ago.
In a pitch black form, not red.
[Oops.]
Mirage looked embarrassed for the first time when she saw that.
[I thought Lucid, who was defeated, was being complacent, but was it me who chose someone who didn’t fit the topic?]
