3-04: The Unreasonable Palm (5/5)

3-04: The Unreasonable Palm (5/5)

To be more precise, youve been set up. The saint had been in an annoying position for you, right?

What did you say!?

Only Gulde himself knew the biggest reason why he came here.

Even the saint who drove him here did not know he was here.

Otherwise, he would have long been destroyed.

If so, then why did this boy know about it?

The boy answered just that with a huge smile.

The reason she was in Kulash was because she was looking for Masquerade. It was easy to lead her around by giving her fresh information about his whereabouts.

I-Impossible! So youre saying you led me here!?

Exactly. After all, there was no way that you wouldnt look for that monster beast after fleeing here from the saint. This also made the perfect place since even if a corner of the forest was erased or the land sank, everything could be blamed on the Tenkorius. That sort of thing happens here from time to time, you see.

The boy, who should have been a human, laughed like a demon.

For a moment, Gulde found himself stepping back. This was a trap. The boy had been expecting him.

No, he had been made to come here. Was his body trembling because of the humiliation? Or was it the fear?

He had been dancing on the boys palm this whole time. It finally made sense why the boy had been acting so arrogantly from the start.

From the very beginning, something had been prepared here to destroy a lich lord such as himself.

Bingo!

!

He should have been void of facial expressions, yet the boy read him perfectly, then clapped his hands in applause.

That frightfully bright voice sent chills down Guldes back.

He had to come up with an answer to this situation, but after being scared once, he found it hard to collect his thoughts.

Then as if to mock even that, the boy shook his head as though he were an actor in a play.

Ah, but, if I prepared something too big, you would have noticed it and might not have approached, so I prepared just one thing. Its pretty small.

As a suspicious smile surfaced on the boy, he reached out his hand and touched the space in front of him.

In the next moment, the magic formation that had been hidden showed itself, and just as he said, it was a small, palm-sized magic that even he, who did not know of gravity magic, knew.

Turret Magic?

That was a kind of magic often installed in military bases, forts, and military camps during wars.

It was generally classified as Ceremonial Magic, but most of the spells under Turret Magic could be easily prepared.

W-What did you do?

Normally, just moving a turret magic that has already been deployed was worthy of praise.

But even for Gulde with his lich lord body, that was no longer limited by a physical brain, it was impossible to copy the same turret magic to such an astronomical number.

That remained true even if he multiplied himself many times.

I copy-pasted it, not that any of you can understand that. Hmm, though I suppose in this situation, control key and shift key is more apt?

Dont mess with me! Just what the hell are you saying!?

The boys attitude frustrated Gulde to no end, but all he got in return was a crescent moon smile.

Of course, its something from another world that you know nothing of. Werent you a pursuer of knowledge?

Yet you dont even know something like that, the boy seemed to say in mockery.

No, he was mocking him a roundabout way on purpose.

Just what the heck is this thing!?

What was it that Gulde encountered? What was it that he was fighting against?

Should he attack, retreat, or negotiate? He needed to make a decision now, but fear gripped him.

No matter which way he looked at that boy, he possessed nothing more than a tiny presence. A child even lesser than commoners.

Even now, he could lose sight of him if he didnt focus. And yet, whether it was the princess from a magic kingdom, or an Undead King that uses forbidden arts, none could stand against him. Gulde could all too easily imagine himself dancing on the palm of the hands of this seeming omnipotent being.

Then suddenly, the boy raised his hand.

Eek!

Just that was enough to make Gulde scream, but then in the next moment, the magic formations in the sky lit up all at once.

Seemingly designed to shoot bullets of fire, dots of fire filled the sky.

But that scenery was

Uh, what was it again? If I recall correctly, you said youd show me the power of numerical superiority, right?

A-Ah, ahh Gu!

Gulde ruminated on the words he said with so much confidence earlier while the boy(demon) laughed.

When he thought of how many fires there were in the sky right now, Gulde realized just what a joke he was, and the humiliation from that felt like his chest was being gouged out.

An incomprehensible sound leaked out of his jaws. For some reason, the rattling of his bones sounded so painful.

In that case, Ill teach you the power of the stars.

With a vicious smile on the boys face, his hand swung down like an executioners blade, and in the next moment, the false heavens born between the earth and the sky shone beautifully and without mercy, and then

The stars fell.