CH 6.12

I pulled out the dagger that was stuck in my side.

The blade is enchanted with barrier destroying magic.

Its level is a few levels lower than Yui’s gungnir.

However, if we only look at its barrier destroying effect, its ability surpasses gungnir.

It is disposable but with a specialized function.

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At the same time, I was stabbed in the side, I felt the barrier that I always had was penetrated.

The dagger seemed to have used up all of its magic power at that time and had already become a mere dagger.

「Futaba, what did you see?」

Futaba shouted before I realized that I had been stabbed.

「The chief slowly approached oniichan and stabbed you normally! The chief’s figure is kind of blurry but….on your neck!」

I panicked and evaded but a part of my skin on my neck was cut.

I touched it and found blood on my hand.

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Why didn’t I lose track….no, why can’t I recognize it?

This is not a simple cognitive inhibition magic.

There is no lack of magic that makes you think they are not here even if you know they are, but I can’t believe that even I, who’s already concentrating, can’t detect him.

Moreover, Futaba, who has less magic power than me, can see the movement to some extent.

How is that possible?

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No…..perhaps.

The memory of the person who is eaten by variant is erased and the human dispersing effect is automatically deployed.

If you extend those characteristics, you might even be able to create a magic that makes you realize that they are not in this world.

Magic that interferes with the law of causality.

Like teleportation, it would be a kind of magic that humans are theoretically incapable of casting.

The chief is synthesized with variants so he was able to do so.

However, I wonder why he is visible to Futaba. Is there a range in that technique?

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No, Futaba will be targeted!

Due to the nature of the technique, it is normal for an opponent to destroy the “eye”.

Before that happens—

「Haaaa!!」

I filled the room with fire magic that only has enough where Futaba’s barrier won’t be destroyed.

With this, the chief’s ability is irrelevant.

「Absurd!」

Through the door in the wall, the chief, whose clothes and thin hair scorched, ran away.

He must have had some good defensive items or something to be safe in that fire.

Given how the chief looks, it seems like they run out of steam.

「Futaba, be my eyes!」

「Yeah! I can finally be useful」

I’ll think of why the magic earlier didn’t work on Futaba later.

I pull Futaba’s hand and cast defensive magic on her again.

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The door where the chief escaped from is already closed.

It’s not recognizable as a door at first glance because it is blended in with the design of the wall.

I release a vibration destruction magic from my hand to the door.

—-crush!

Beyond the destroyed door, there is a wide corridor and an elevator-like facility.

I fill the corridor with fire magic just in case.

The fluorescent lamps are cracked by the heat and the darkened corridor is lit by magic as we make our way to the elevator.

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The elevator seems to have stopped at the floor above.

There are no stairs nearby.

Using the elevator is not a good idea considering it might be a trap.

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I made a hole in the ceiling and jumped into the upper floor with Futaba in my arms.

I fired lightning magic into the corridor stretching to the left and right.

The lighting spell, which crawled along the floor and walls, filled the rooms around the corners and empty doors as if licking them.

Since there is a possibility that there are civilians on this floor, the power is adjusted to the extent that even an unresisting person will only be stunned for a while.

I’m actually struggling to consider them as civilians.

At the very least, we cannot ignore the possibility that there are people who have been deceived by the “organization”.

「Gaaaah!」「W-what is!?」「Gyaaaa!」

Screams come from all over the floor.

Enhanced hearing—

「Kuh…….I didn’t know that the kid would go this far….」

Found you!

Although he didn’t scream, I heard the chief’s murmur.

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I pulled Futaba’s hand and ran toward the chief.

That was the room where Susanoo’s head was.

The chief had taken Susanoo’s head out of the liquid into his hand.