Volume 3 Chapter 21

Volume 3 Chapter 21: The Heroes

Just before the execution of the plan.

Saki, Daisy and I were inside of the Magic Science Guild’s laboratory, making our preparations. Andー

「Confirming poison entering pre-alteration stage! Antidote manufacture to begin in 30 seconds!」

Saying that, Moka was peering into a tube-shaped apparatus standing at the center of the lab.

The tube contained lenses, that apparently allowed her to get detailed information on the state of the poison.

A wave of nervousness ran through the laboratory after her words.

The expressions of personnel were saying that the real fight starts now.

Of course, Moka gave off the same air as she was looking into the tube, having her hand on the switch of the machine that will produce the antidote.

「Granz-san. Lysnoir-san. You remember the plan, right?」

「Yes, of course.」

「Yes. I will proceed just as we discussed, Chief-san.」

Moka will create the antidote immediately after the poison finishes transforming.

After finishing preparations by putting the medicine into pistol-type injectors, she is supposed to hand them over to Saki and me, with me going to the injection point on the top and Saki going to the bottom of the tree.

The injection points are marked with paint by the knights, so we only have to travel there and pull the trigger.

Next, I’ll have to return to the laboratory, and then head to the injection point on the ground.

That’s how it’s supposed to go.

「Yes. I’ll do my best creating the medicine as fast as possible… We are counting on you for the rest.」

As we exchanged a few lines, Moka began countdown while looking into the tube.

「Five seconds… Three, two, one, 【Pharmacological Magic: Antidote Revised Version]begin…!」

Confirming the alteration, Moka-san pressed the switch on the machine and simultaneously activated a magic skill.

A moment later, cylinders, set on the machine meant to produce the antidote, began to move.

Two of them at the same time.

Start of the manufacturing process.

…Currently, only Moka and Daisy are capable of operating the equipment to produce the antidote.

In medicine, having all of the ingredients is not enough to get the final product, you also have to have sufficient skills and knowledge.

In fact, I have no idea what is going on.

「…It’s working. Two doses are coming……!」

But it seems that for Daisy it was clear.

Well, that’s her expertise after all.

…It seems that they also settled on pistol-type injectors to make the administration of medicine possible without any special knowledge.

I appreciate such consideration.

「Ten seconds until completion!」

Once again Moka’s voice sounded.

And just as she announced, ten seconds later Moka retrieved a fresh green colored medicine from the machine, already charged into the injector. Andー

「One dose for the top part and one for the bottom, finished! Please, Lysnoir-san! Granz-san!」

She handed it to us with those words.

Accepting the medicine we dashed out of the laboratory.

My goal is injection point at the upper part of the tree, not that far from the passageway leading down.

Knights painted the spot just as we agreed, so I could see it even from here.

As for Saki, she was heading in the opposite direction from me to the lower part of the God Tree.

「Then, I’ll be going ahead, Axel.」

「Yeah, wait for me down there.」

Then, parting with me, Saki went for the God Tree’s plaza.

Looking at her actionsー

「Eh? Lysnoir-san? The passageway is in the other direction…」

One of the knights exclaimed in surprise. Howeverー

「Yeah, it’s fine. Rather than using that, it would be faster to go from the outside.」

Saki kept running without care Andー

「【Freeze・Ice Air]」

「Eh…?!」

Activating a spell she then jumped off the God Tree.

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Sidonius, who was waiting at the warehouse district along with the other knights of the order, caught sight of Saki.

She was sliding through the air.

Creating a spiral path from ice pillars, she now was descending, sliding on it.

「No way, she is using magic to get down……!」

「Well, that’s Lysnoir’s specialty.」

Berzelia who was apparently was assigned to standby on the ground after her talk with Saki said.

Her tone is quite indifferent. However, we couldn’t help but feel uneasy. The reason isー

「U-using magic near the God Tree is dangerous, isn’t it……?」

「One can’t stabilize the magic in its proximity. The magic power of the God Tree gets in the way.」

「Yes. If Saki-dono is using a spell while simultaneously absorbing the magic power of the tree it’s another story, butー」

Using two spells at the same time is an outrageously high-level technique.

Furthermore, Sidonius never saw a person who could do that continuously.

In fact, the City Of God Tree didn’t have even a single person capable of that. Consequently, they had to resort to physical means to go up and down the tree.

However, contrary to what was going through his mind, Berzelia tilted her head.

「Simultaneously? Ah, I think she can do that, but…… I think Lysnoir uses a more effective method.」

「……What? Wha-what might that mean?」

「Well, there. Look at that.」

In the direction, Berzelia pointed.

We could see pillars of ice, from which the path consisted, gradually crumbling.

…The magic, the magic wasn’t stable after all…!

If you just use magic, as usual, that would be the result.

In less than a few seconds, magic will forget it’s given form and losing stability will rampage.

Even spells of the hero of magic were no exception.

They aren’t, and yetー

「Eh, she is accelerating……?」

As if she was riding the crumbling ice like some kind of wave.

Saki’s speed kept increasing as she rode the melting ice.

「Do-don’t tell me, she is using the fact that the magic is not stable……?」

Berzelia nodded to Sidonius’s words as if saying, yup, that is so.

「I hate to admit it, but Lysnoir is a genius when it comes to magic. After all, she seriously was saying some incomprehensible stuff like 『As if a bit of instability makes it unusable』or『If it’s unstable, I just have to make a stable instability』. 」

This very moment, that icy path is close to crumbling completely.

At which point Saki created additional ice pillars, and revolving around them like in a dance, kept going down.

「To think she can slide down such a rough path, with all those constant changes from vertical surfaces to an unstable mess…」

「……And I can do nothing but wait after losing rock paper scissors. Well, since it’s Lysnoir, she should be able to assist with Master’s work without any problem, so it’s fine I guess.」

And while Berzelia kept mumbling such words, Saki’s figure gradually grew bigger andー

「Phew, arrived. Did I make you wait?」

The icy path reached our immediate vicinity, and Saki softly landed on the ground from it.

「Just a bit. Master would’ve made it faster after all.」

「I thought you’d say that. Well, for now, I finished my task. Captain-san, the injection point is here, correct?」

「Ah, y-yes. Go ahead.」

When Sidonius pointed to the arranged location, Saki slowly approached it and pulled the trigger of the injector.

With a pshun sound, the syringe was shot at that location, administering the antidote.

「With this we are done here. Then, Captain, I shall go to the Axel’s drop point.」

「Ah, yes. Please do.」

「See you later. Sidonius-ojisan」

And like that, half-running, Saki and Berzelia made their way to the other side of the God Tree.

One of the subordinates looking at that said.

「So that is… The power of the heroes…… Amazing isn’t it, Captain……」

「Yeah. Truly so. I thought that Axel-dono was amazing, but other heroes are also outrageous. The outlook on carriers might completely change if people learn that they are doing carrier’s requests as a team..」