Final Trial of Mankind

For Yuma, who is a witch, the "Guardian" is not simply a familiar or a weapon, but a price for sacrificing his soul to the devil. It is a part of his own body obtained by abandoning his identity as a human being.

As for Xiandumu Aye, even this wanted to take it away from Yuma, from her own daughter who didn't even give her a bit of motherly love.

"Fourth Primogenitor, is there a sword shaman from the Lion King organization... What are you angry about? This girl is a doll I made... Ah, what to do with it is my freedom, right?" The woman in Fire Eye , showing a genuinely surprised expression.

The blood in the whole body was swept by the anger like a countercurrent, Gu Cheng clenched his teeth, accompanied by the uncontrollable killing intent, it was hot and violent fluctuations in magic power.

"...Are you kidding me...!"

The ancient city squeezed out an extremely low voice, and the magic power spewed out like flames slowly formed a huge shadow. This was produced in response to the anger of the ancient city, and the beast of the fourth primogenitor was waking up.

"Let my best friend suffer such a thing, but that's all I want to say...!"

"...!"

Bathed in the storm-like magical power of the ancient city, Xiandumu Aye frowned. Sure enough, even for her who was pretending to be calm, the fourth primogenitor's magical power was a threat.

However, before the beast was fully materialized, Gucheng's body suddenly shook a lot, and he knelt down on the ground as if feeling dizzy, coughing violently and spitting out blood.

Contrary to the rising rage, the strength is slowly disappearing from the whole body.

Blood flowed out in the form of mist from Kojou's chest, which was held down with his right hand. While bleeding, even the power he possessed as a vampire seemed to have withered.

"senior!?"

Sensing Kojou moaning in pain, Yukina's face turned blue.

It was Yukina who caused this wound to the ancient city. This was to retrieve the body of the ancient city that was taken away by Yuma. Yukina stabbed the wound with the "Snow Wolf", which can nullify any magic power, even vampires. The demon-destroying spear that can defeat the ancestors of the gods——

"So that's how it is. You were injured by a seven-type subduing assault machine gun, the fourth true ancestor." Aye, who realized the reason for the poor state of the ancient city, was not complacent but just muttered lightly.

Then she narrowed her eyes and looked at Yukina as if she was very happy.

"I found the user of that gun or something, the old foxes of the Lion King agency are old and cunning... Well, what I did to my daughter is not cute enough compared to what those guys gave you. Yet?"

"!?" A Ye's words sounded like a curse, making Yukina's expression freeze.

Yuma, who was created as a tool for her mother to escape from prison, and Yukina, who was raised as a sword shaman whether she wanted to or not since she was a child—it is true that the circumstances of the two are very similar, and they were never given a choice. In the sense of leeway, there is not much difference whether it is Xiandumu Aye or the Lion King agency.

But from Ah Ye's tone, one could feel the malice beyond that.

It's not that "Xuexia Wolf" was given to Xuecai, but Xuecai was prepared for "Xuexia Wolf"——

It sounded like he was laughing so hard.

"...you bastard... that's enough, shut up!"

Yukina couldn't be allowed to listen to that deceitful witch's words anymore—— Kojou, who felt so intuitively, stood up stubbornly.

From the blood-soaked right hand of Gucheng, blue and white lightning was released. This was the lightning strike of one of the three beasts that Gucheng barely mastered, the "Lion's Gold".

The chest wound hadn't healed yet, and even if he could call out the Familiar Beast safely, there was no guarantee that he could completely control it, but for the current ancient city, there was no other way to stop Xiandumu Aye.

A Ye is a powerful witch who has the power to unilaterally take away the "Guardian" from Yuma, and she is not an opponent who can be defeated by just throwing water.

However, as if trying to contain the ancient city that had already made up its mind, Ah Ye pointed at the place where he was standing and smiled provocatively.

"Is this okay, Fourth Primogenitor? It is true that with your strength, it is easy to knock me into the air, but the prison barrier will not be safe, right? That will also harm the magician who maintains the barrier. It will also have a corresponding reaction!"

"...Are you talking about that moon sauce!?" Looking up at the steel-colored fortress standing behind Ah Ye, Gucheng once again knelt on the spot.

Nazuki's whereabouts are still unknown, but since the prison barrier created by her magic is still maintained, it means that Nazuki is still alive somewhere.

If the prison barrier is used as a shield, then the ancient city has nothing to do, because it is impossible to attack Ah Ye without causing damage to the prison barrier if the beasts that are too powerful in the ancient city are used.

"——However, it seems that there are guys who are counting on such a thing!" Xiandumu Aye muttered with a happy expression, and looked behind him.

Only then did Gucheng realize for the first time that Xiandumu Aye was not the only one overlooking Gucheng and them from a height.

On the building bounded by the prison, there were several strange figures. They stared at Gucheng and the others, who were staring at each other with A Ye, with an attitude as emotionless as looking at insects crawling on the ground.

"These guys, what's going on!?" Feeling a strong chill, Gu Cheng unconsciously stiffened his body.

There are six figures standing on the black fortress.

Old people, women, men in armor, gentlemen in top hats, small young people, and young people who seem to be very thin. Although there is no sense of uniformity in terms of age and clothing, none of them looks particularly scary. However, such a thing is even more terrifying.

"Could it be...they are..." As if to fight against the eerie atmosphere, Yukina raised her gun again and muttered.

Even Kojou understood the continuation of her unfinished words.

Xiandumu Aye should not be the only one imprisoned in this huge prison barrier.

And if Xiandumu Aye can escape from the prison barrier, then there is no reason for the rest of them not to be able to escape from the prison.

Those are the prisoners of the prison barrier, the most ferocious magic criminals who failed to be incapacitated by the usual means——

"This is enough...too bad..." Gucheng muttered with a distorted expression while protecting the injured Yuma.

The pain from the wound on his chest intensified, and the bleeding gradually wet Gucheng's shirt.

076 Prisoners in prison

"Xiandumu Aye...'Secretary's Witch'? First of all, let me thank you for prying open that hateful prison barrier."

The first person who spoke was a gentleman wearing a top hat. He was about 45 years old. Although he had a muscular body, perhaps because of the clothes, he had an intellectual and gentle feeling. Even if he mixed with the upper-class crowd In a club or opera house, it won't make people feel suspicious.

But what emanated from his whole body was an incomparably powerful murderous aura that couldn't be concealed. His eyes burning with anger were staring at Gucheng and the others who were concerned about the safety of Nangong Nayue.

For the prisoners in the prison barrier, the companion of the "Witch of the Void" who arrested them and imprisoned them in this different world is probably not enough to vent their anger even if they are torn to pieces.

Looking back at the murderous escaped criminals, Ah Ye proudly asked: "Are there only six of you... What happened to the others?"

"It's nothing! Look at this guy, look at this guy!" The small young man on the fence answered A Ye's question rudely.

Tie up short Yunshui hairstyle.Wearing a brightly colored suit with low-slung jeans, although it is outdated street fashion, at least the appearance is no different from the ancient city.

However, he was indeed one of the ferocious criminals imprisoned in the prison barrier. The evidence is that his left wrist is still cuffed with light gray dull metal handcuffs.

"Look!"

While making a vicious cry, the young man with the cloud-shui hairstyle flashed his right wrist.

What happened next, Kojou couldn't understand, the only thing he could understand was that the body of the gentleman standing in front of the young man was splashing blood like an explosion, that's all.

"Shotra D, you bastard—!"

Guha, the gentleman spat out blood, and looked at the Yunshui hairstyle with disgust.

From the clothing and the breath around him, he is probably a magister, or a magus criminal who committed a serious crime and was imprisoned in a prison barrier. His body is protected by a powerful magic barrier, and he attacks half-way. It won't even leave a wound, and that's why it was sealed in a different world as a vicious criminal.

However, Yunshui's hair-style attack tore apart the gentleman's defense like a piece of paper, causing the defenseless body to be seriously injured, from the shoulder to the abdomen, and the gentleman could not even counterattack. Get down on your knees.

"Haha——! If you want to hate it, hate your fragile body, Magister! It's coming!" The man with the cloudy hair yelled excitedly.

Immediately afterwards, the handcuffs on the magister's left wrist released light. From the lead gray handcuffs, countless chains spewed out like a turbulent flow, and those chains mercilessly tightly bound the magister's dying body. , dragging towards the empty void, the destination is probably the inside of the prison barrier.

"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

And the gentleman wearing the top hat tried desperately to resist with his injured body, but the magic he released with all his strength did not even have the power to cut off the chains, as if sinking into a bottomless swamp, his body Swallowed by the void and vanished.

"...So that's the case. That is to say...the prison barrier, the escape prevention mechanism, is still alive..." Xiandumu Aye muttered in a calm voice.

Neither she nor the other prison escaped criminals seemed to have any sadness about the disappearance of the magister.

Of course, he didn't feel any anger towards the man with the cloudy hair who attacked him. They just happened to be imprisoned in the same prison, and they didn't even have the slightest sense of companionship.

"It means that a guy with weak magic power or physical strength will be brought back into the barrier like this. Get it. It is impossible for a weaker guy to get out from here from the beginning." Known as Shutella ·D A young man with a cloudy hairstyle bared his canine teeth and said bitterly.

"...Until we kill the "Witch of the Void" and make the prison barrier disappear, we still don't seem to be completely free, hehe... After you understand this, can you quickly tell us where that woman is? Is it? As a witch, there are at least one or two clues, right?"

It was a young woman with violet hair who asked Ah Ye the next question about Yunshui's hairstyle.

She is said to be a beauty, but she has a decadent atmosphere, but she has an obscene aura on the other hand. The clothes under the long coat are very revealing, and she always feels like a whore's breath wafting around her.

However, her eyes staring at Xiandumu Aye were infected with extremely terrifying killing intent.

But Ah Ye accepted the killing intent as if nothing had happened, and shook his head slowly.

"Sorry, I don't know. If you want to kill that woman, you should try your best to find it."

"Is that so, isn't this very interesting... Miss General of the 'Library' (LCO), if that's the case, you're already useless." Shutella D, belligerently He raised the corner of his mouth and smiled.

Just like attacking a gentleman wearing a top hat, he raised his right hand and glared at Ah Ye. The arrogant attitude seemed to say that if he didn't help, he would kill Ah Ye too.

For him, human beings who have no use value are enemies.

With the usual lazy expression, Ah Ye raised his left wrist wrapped in a long sleeve to Shutla in front of him, and in that hand was an ancient book.

"Don't worry, country bumpkin... Although I don't know the location of Nangong that month, I didn't say I won't help you."

"what?"

Shutla stopped his movements in the gesture of raising his right hand in this way, as if he was confused because he couldn't understand the meaning of A Ye's words.

"'No.014'...is it a magic book inherently accumulating time manipulation? So it's so...interesting." Instead of Shutola, the one who nodded with a clear expression was a young man with a delicate face.

"What do you mean, ghost driving?"

"Can you please don't call me by this name too affectionately... well, forget it." The young man named Ming Jia pushed his glasses unhappily and looked at Shutla, "In a word, it's a curse, Immortal With the help of the magic book, Dumu Aye cursed the 'Witch of the Gap', and Nangong Nanyue probably lost her memory—is that so, Xiandumu Aye?"

"That's right, to be precise, it's not just the memory that was taken away, but the time itself that that guy spent."

"Snatching the time accumulated in other people's bodies... Is that the ability of the magic book that is only given to the head of the 'library'? I see... I am very interested in this..."

The young man spoke in a flat tone, while Shutla D interrupted the conversation with a displeased hum.

"It's actually said that capturing memory is still time or something... What's the point of doing such a thing?"

"That is to say, the current Nangong Nayue can't use magic, I'm afraid, even her 'Guardian' power can't be used," the young man revealed with a cruel smile.

Nangong Nayue is a powerful witch who can freely manipulate the space. In order to obtain the power of the witch, the price she paid for the contract is the harsh task of being the prison barrier manager.

Proportional to the huge price, she was also endowed with exceptionally powerful magic power, and more than ten years of experience in fighting demons trained her to become a more cunning magic attacker. The magic criminals imprisoned in the prison barrier all know the horror of Nangong that month.

But Xiandumu Aye's magic guide book took away the source of her power from that month——

"So that's how it is...that magic guide book, the magic power that that woman got... no, the time and experience it took to obtain this power, it was wiped out... that's it." Xiute Ra finally understood the situation and grinned happily.

"It took ten years of planning and using the body of my own daughter as bait to finally get the chance to avenge the 'Witch of the Void'. Although it was just one blow...but let my magic book activate It's already enough..."

Xiandumu Aye caressed the cover of the magic book affectionately, while talking to himself, in order to escape from the prison barrier, Nangong Nayue must be killed - Aye knew this very well.

Because of this, she has been waiting, waiting for that month to reveal a momentary flaw, waiting for the moment when the effect of the magic book as the trump card touches her body.