The Devil Who Grants Wishes

98 – Wizards (2)

“Then, I’m going to tell you what to be really careful about. Everyone listen closely.”

Everyone’s eyes widen.

I’ve been telling you to be careful until now, but you really have to be careful?

Above all, the word that you have to be careful doesn’t reach that far for a party of warriors who have killed countless enemies, such as demons who have received power from the goddess.

“Do you know why we are going to Aileuze?”

“Well… isn’t it to process the demon’s prestige?”

“Yes, as I said before, the magicians living in Eilyujie are very curious enough to attempt kidnapping as much as they have gathered to explore more knowledge. What will happen if you bring a very rare and noble thing called Shinwi to such a place?”

A short time after answering Lena’s question, everyone’s faces slightly distorted as if they had imagined it in their heads.

There will be utter chaos.

Just looking at Lucia, Iris, Celestine, and Lena, it’s a group that draws a lot of attention, and you can feel the divine prestige there, and there is no wizard anywhere in the world who can just pass by this.

What if Faust, Flora, Aigokeros, and Nero are combined? It’s not strange no matter what happens.

“Of course, I can stop all of those goofballs from attacking, but an attack from the front and an unexpected attack from the shadows are two completely different things. Always be careful.”

“…There’s one person who isn’t a gossip.”

Perhaps noticing something strange in my words, Iris said that while frowning.

Well, except for the existence of God, this is just a recitation of what I said earlier. I’ve been talking about it until now, but if I insist on not being kidnapped again, it just hurts my mouth.

“Yes, Elias, the leader of Eileuze and the owner of the Mage Tower.”

The word owner here means that he owns the Mage Tower completely as a personal asset, beyond being a simple ruler.

As an analogy, a company whose stocks are not listed is similar to a private company that has no shareholders and can make decisions with the will of only one person.

And that woman… According to Noah’s setting, she is the strongest and best wizard.

“…”

Seeing my reaction, everyone’s mouths fell shut in an instant, as if they were considered a formidable being.

Lucia, who continued to laugh and stroke the sentence while stuck in the corner, also raises her head and looks around as if she felt an unusual energy.

“Of course, I will win Elias as well. But fighting while protecting is a completely different matter.”

Of course, no matter how powerful the wizard is, it doesn’t matter as long as I’m the final boss. I will simply take a picture with just the body specs.

However, the problem is that he has a rather eccentric personality and I can’t overwhelm him.

He commits all sorts of eccentricities, such as following and helping the hero because he suffered a small amount of damage, even to the boss raid, and committing all sorts of outlandish things just out of curiosity.

The abduction of the hero that occurred in the original work was also committed by Elias.

I just wanted to analyze the blessing of the goddess dwelling in the hero, so I kidnapped her.

If you accidentally hit Elias’s trigger and turn the party of warriors against you… well, it’s horrible to imagine.

“Then… why don’t we just stay far away and go to Ailyuje to take care of things?”

Celestine, who vaguely guessed the seriousness of the matter, spoke.

Well, that’s not bad either. Except that a party of warriors can’t venture unbefitting of a party of warriors.

In the first place, going to Aileu Festival wasn’t just for the processing of Shinwi.

for everyone’s growth.

As Eilyuje was the last village in Chapter 2 for a year before moving on to Chapter 3 in the original Noah, there will be opportunities to become infinitely stronger everywhere.

“It’s good for a while now, but it’s a loss in the long run.”

“I see… well, that’ll be fine.”

Celestine obediently comprehends even though I didn’t properly explain anything else.

It’s not just Celestine.

Lucia, Iris, and even Lena, who is a bit distant to me, all show the same reaction even though they didn’t listen to the explanation properly.

As if it were the truth when I said it, I firmly believe in the word loss in the long run without a single doubt.

Uh… um… that’s kind of creepy.

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“hate.”

“Yes…?”

The old man’s bewildered voice echoes. Even though he must have heard it clearly with both ears, he doubts the reality of hearing it. It was as if his own ears were broken, or the woman in front of him went out of his mind somewhere.

Unfortunately for the elderly, however, this is a reality. No distortion, no manipulation, no abnormality.

“I don’t know why you’re so upset.”

However, unlike him, Elias, the leader of Eilwage and the owner of the Mage Tower, is very unconcerned. She has absolutely no idea why she’s so upset about this.

From Elias’ point of view, the old man’s proposal should of course be rejected.

Because there is no fool who will listen to the words of a guy whose ego is distorted.

“What… This is a riot!!”

“I have nothing to say to you.”

From Elias’ point of view, the old man’s condition is truly serious.

Everywhere in the brain and soul is pickled with divine power and damaged, and the language and emotions are quite similar to those of a golem without a self.

To Elias, who has been using golems a lot, the old man’s condition feels like a highly decorated golem.

It was as if, even if you grabbed the old man’s neck right here, lifted him up, and killed him by pulling out his entire spine, you wouldn’t feel that he was murdering you.

But Elias doesn’t.

There’s no need to spend those feelings on a guy like this.

“Go and tell the Emperor of the Aquileia Empire. If you want to negotiate an equal alliance, send a proper person, not someone like you.”

Elias declares to the [Golem Envoy] as if he were entering an order, but even the emperor of the empire has no idea that he has become a state no different from this golem envoy.

However, Elias is not interested in what is wrong with the emperor of the empire who makes strange judgments.

Indeed, even if the Emperor of the Empire had become like this living golem, it would not matter too much to Elias.

Elias’ work is not idle to the extent that he devotes his attention to worldly affairs.

Only the quest for magic is what Elias values.

And Elias has no doubt that in the deepest part of his quest, there will be a true God, not the god he always wanted to find.

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“Wow…”

“This…”

“…To think that mana stronger than the great forest is overflowing, it’s a very strange sight.”

Everyone who has come down from the boat to the port is gazing up at the sky and literally mesmerized.

Outside, there are really thick dark clouds, creating a very humid atmosphere, but unlike him, there is only a blue sky without a single cloud floating above the Eilyu Festival. The intense color contrast makes the viewer shudder.

And that’s not all.

The dozens of layers of magic circles floating in the blue sky truly amazed everyone, even Iris, who was completely unfamiliar with magic, and the huge tower that rose proudly through the magic circles was obscured by thick clouds, so it was impossible to see it. It shows off its overwhelming presence to everyone who visits.

“I’ve only heard of it, but it’s the first place I’ve been to… It’s amazing. It’s such a city full of mana, but I can’t feel any divine power.”

Celestine is amazed at the fact that no divine power is felt in such high-purity mana.

For her, places with high mana have always been sacred places, such as sanctuaries or holy places, so it was the first time in her life that she did not have the divine power that always accompanies high-purity mana.

“Umm… But why is there so much mana?”

At that time, when everyone was admiring, Lucia, who had been watching Eilyuze, spits out a question.

For Lucia, who has lived in all kinds of places since childhood, it was common for Lucia to experience overflowing with such high-purity mana. However, no matter how much it was, it was beyond common sense for Lucia to overflow like this regardless of time and place.

It’s not Mother Nature overflowing with mana, but it’s ridiculous that such a thing could happen simply because the magicians gathered. How much do wizards value their mana, so there’s no way they’re releasing it everywhere?

It is common sense that people who use even the mana contained in the mana stone sparingly would waste mana to such an extent that the city was not full of mana and overflowed.

“Lucia, you saw it correctly. That’s why wizards gathered here.”

Without answering everyone’s eyes asking for an explanation, he pointed his finger at the sky.

If you follow that finger all the way, you should be able to see the top of the magic tower, but unfortunately, the dark clouds are thick and you can’t see it properly.

Maybe if you go near the city, the clouds disappear and you can’t see them?