CH 85

Natalie was growing impatient as she and Julian engaged in a magical battle.

‘We’re not going to get anywhere with this.’

“What’s the matter? Your attacks are getting sloppy.

Julian calls out to me as if to provoke me.

As time goes on, I can feel myself being pushed into a corner.

It’s obvious that Julian is out of touch, but he hasn’t even been able to scratch Julian.

“Lightning strike…!”

The lightning that dropped over Julian’s head.

But Julian offset that with a lightning strike.

—It lacks decisiveness.

Generally speaking, Natalie’s lightning magic was high-powered, and most opponents could be defeated with lightning strikes alone.

But you have no means of defeating an enemy that is superior to you.

The fact that she didn’t have powerful magic like Owen’s【Ifrit】was also Natalie’s weakness.

There is no technique that can reverse this situation.

Natalie, on the other hand, was itching to get her teeth into it.

“……!”

Suddenly, Natalie is unable to move her body properly.

“I think it’s finally starting to work.”

“What the hell did you ……?

“I cast a shadow spell on you, that’s all.”

“Oh, no…”

Julian never once showed any pretense of using Yin magic.

I wasn’t letting my guard down.

I’ve been on the lookout for Julian’s movements from the beginning until now.

It’s impossible not to notice.

No, there’s one thing I can think of.

“No way, no chanting!”

I was astonished to think of the possibilities.

As the name suggests, no-chant magic is a technique that uses magic without chanting.

Of course, non-chanting magic is more difficult to conjure than chanting magic.

Magic is activated by an image, but it is difficult to put it into phenomenon only by an image.

Therefore, the image is complemented by chanting, and the magic is activated.

Without chanting, it requires more vivid imagery and finer control of magic power.

“But… when?”

“It took a lot of work to get the whole place covered in Yin magic, so let’s get this out of the way and get this game over with. Yin, cling.”

A black shadow was heading in a straight line towards Natalie.

Natalie tries to avoid the shadow magic.

But Natalie couldn’t move her body, as if her entire body was weighted down.

“We got her.”

Then a shadow clung to Natalie.

At that moment, with a gulp, her body suddenly became heavy and she fell to her knees on the ground.

“That’s the end of the game, game over, sorry about that.”

Julian approached with a slow gait.

As she watches, Natalie desperately tries to take action, but she can’t move a finger.

Furthermore, the magic power also feels weighty like a sludgy, muddy liquid.

Yin magic can’t damage the opponent directly, nor can it protect you.

Not many people want to use Yin magic because it is not easy to use, but if you use it well, it is a powerful magic.

I was made to feel it firsthand.

“As the name implies, Yin magic is the magic of the shadows, and it’s only fitting that I, the one who never sees the light of day, should be the one to sneak up on them and reap what I sow.”

Julian was right in front of Natalie.

“The game is over, will you surrender?”

“No.”

“Well then, I can’t blame you, it might hurt a bit, but bear with me.”

With that, Julian touched Natalie’s forehead.

At that moment, Natalie felt a foreign object enter her.

“Go to …… Oh, ……”

My body feels heavy and I can’t breathe.

I feel sick and nauseated by the headache and nausea.

And I’m dizzy and I can’t focus.

Natalie nearly loses consciousness from the discomfort, as if she had experienced every physical ailment at once.

But…

“Don’t lose, don’t lose, don’t lose!”

I could hear Owen’s voice from somewhere.

(I can’t lose ……!)

“Yikes. ……”

Natalie bit her lip, the pain keeping her conscious.

I can’t lose yet.