Chapter 86: Possession Shadow Spell
[space_man][space_man]”This is a farce! It’s all a farce!! That’s enough! Don’t screw with me!!”
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[space_man][space_man]What Orpha took out from under Nuythos’s desk was a pale fur. It was the fur of the Ice Tiger that Orpha and the others had defeated.
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[space_man][space_man]Orpha put the fur over his head and started chanting a spell. Sensing that Orpha had started something, Eld looked over at him. And his eyes widened.
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[space_man][space_man]”That chant, is it the Possession Shadow Spell?! Are you trying to die?!”
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[space_man][space_man]The Possession Shadow Spell is an ancient magic that allows the user to gain the power equivalent to a monster or magical beast by wearing its fur. It was commonly used by those with low magical power, but it was designated as a forbidden spell because it could even consume the caster’s life if they were incompatible or possessed by the fur’s grudge.
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[space_man][space_man]Originally, even the method itself should not have been left behind, but the royal family and the Five Great Houses, who believed that they should be aware of forbidden spells, had inherited the materials for generations. And a part of those materials was also stored in the Central Temple.
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[space_man][space_man]”I offer my life as a sacrifice to destroy everything in this world!!”
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[space_man][space_man]As Orpha shouted, his body glowed, and when it subsided, there stood a bipedal Ice Tiger.
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[space_man][space_man]”This magic power…… I guess he’s been consumed……”
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[space_man][space_man]Eld said while staring at the monster in front of him, which could neither be called Orpha nor an Ice Tiger. Eld took out the magic sword Tempera from subspace.
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[space_man][space_man]”Marie, to the front! Moira, cast a barrier on this room and support magic on us! Yarolk, take the High Priest who’s sitting there and get out! And issue an evacuation order to everyone in this church!!”
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[space_man][space_man]As Eld shouted, he stabbed Tempera into the ground, generating ice. The generated ice turned into spears and attacked the monster, but when the monster swept its arm, the ice shattered.
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[space_man][space_man]While Eld was distracting the monster, Yarolk took Nuythos and left the room. After confirming that Yarolk had left, Moira activated a strong barrier spell. At the same time, she cast physical enhancement support magic on themselves.
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[space_man][space_man]”Eld, you’re attacking with a clear intent to kill from the start, but can’t you save him?”
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[space_man][space_man]Marie was bewildered by the first attack, which was intended to kill from the very beginning, something he hadn’t even done to the Goddess of Curses, and asked Eld.
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[space_man][space_man]”If we don’t want to die, we have no choice but to kill him. That forbidden spell is that kind of magic.”
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[space_man][space_man]Eld removed the ice blade he had created with Tempera and threw it at the monster. The monster dodged the thrown blade and attacked Eld with a punch. Ice clung to its fist, making it harder than a normal fist.
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[space_man][space_man]Marie stood in front of Eld and received the monster’s attack with her heated left hand, then punched the monster’s abdomen with her right fist. The monster was blown away with great force and slammed into the bookshelf at the back of the room.
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[space_man][space_man]”I see. It certainly feels like this, like a monster, not a human.”
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[space_man][space_man]Marie said while staring at her fist.
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[space_man][space_man]”Hey Moira, can you restore magic power?”
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[space_man][space_man]She called out to Moira, who was maintaining the barrier spell in the corner of the room.
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[space_man][space_man]”Y-yes, I can restore it to some extent, but are you going to use that much magic power?”
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[space_man][space_man]Moira asked because she didn’t think the two with high magic power would need recovery.
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[space_man][space_man]”I’m fine, but keep casting it on Eld. It might be troublesome if we don’t go all out against this guy.”
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[space_man][space_man]As soon as Marie finished speaking, the monster stood up. The books it had touched were frozen. The monster chanted a spell in a small voice, and the frozen books floated up and flew towards Eld and the others.
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[space_man][space_man]”It seems to be able to manipulate ice just like the Ice Tiger. Since it was originally Orpha, it’s safe to assume it can only do the same things as the Ice Tiger.”
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[space_man][space_man]As Eld said that, he swung Tempera, and the ice on the frozen books melted, causing them to fall to the ground. Tempera was wielding a blue flame blade.
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[space_man][space_man]The monster froze its hands again and attacked with punches. Marie stood in front and blocked the attacks, trying to kick it away, but the monster generated ice on its body at the moment the kick was about to land, preventing damage.
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[space_man][space_man]So Eld stabbed Tempera into the ice, robbing the surrounding area of heat and freezing the monster solid. However, the monster destroyed the ice from the inside and punched Eld away.
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[space_man][space_man]”Eld!!”
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[space_man][space_man]Moira rushed over to Eld, who had been slammed against the wall.
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[space_man][space_man]”I’m okay…… Ouch……”
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[space_man][space_man]Eld stood up and imbued Tempera with a flame blade again.
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[space_man][space_man]”Marie, let’s burn it all at once!”
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[space_man][space_man]Eld poured magic power into Tempera, increasing the heat of the blade. Marie countered the monster’s attack and slammed it against the wall, creating some distance. Then she poured heat into her fist.
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[space_man][space_man]The monster got up and came towards Marie. Marie also went towards the monster and punched it in the abdomen. The heat Marie had poured into her fist was transmitted to the monster, and its fur began to catch fire. The monster rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames that had started on its body.
[space_man][space_man]This time, Eld stood in front of the monster and held Tempera at the ready. The monster stood up and attacked Eld. Eld swung Tempera and sliced the monster from the top of its head.
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[space_man][space_man]The monster fell backwards without bleeding. Eld watched to see if it would get up, but after confirming that it wouldn’t, he extinguished Tempera’s flame blade. And then he immediately peeled the fur off the monster’s body.
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[space_man][space_man]”Eld? What are you……”
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[space_man][space_man]When Marie peeked from behind, she saw that Eld was trying to pull Orpha out from under the fur. He was unconscious, but he seemed to be breathing.
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[space_man][space_man]”Thank goodness…… He’s not dead……”
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[space_man][space_man]Eld said, breathing a sigh of relief.
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[space_man][space_man]”Moira! Healing magic!!”
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[space_man][space_man]Moira rushed over at Marie’s voice. And seeing Orpha’s condition, she hurriedly started casting healing magic.
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[space_man][space_man]”You said we had no choice but to kill him if we didn’t want to die, but he can be saved.”
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[space_man][space_man]As Moira began to cast healing magic, Eld sat down on the ground. Marie snuggled up to Eld and said.
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[space_man][space_man]”Well, it was a gamble. I thought that if I cut only the epidermis, the fur part, since not much time had passed since he used the magic, maybe…… I came up with that idea before I cut.”
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[space_man][space_man]”You came up with that at that critical moment? If you hadn’t, you would have killed him, it was quite a situation.”
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[space_man][space_man]Marie gave a wry smile.