There are only a limited number of ways to reliably aim at the magical beasts alone while avoiding the private army from among them.
I would like to crush the commander, Hamelin, as quickly as possible, but until we can secure our safety, we have no choice but to target the magic beasts.
Then, I would have no choice but to aim at each and every one of them and crush them.
âCarryâ
Answering from my spell and the World Treeâs Ortem appears in my arms.
I toss it with both arms and point my wand at the World Treeâs Ortem as it hovers in the air.
âPuppet, dance!â
The World Treeâs Ortem receives the light from the wand.
This is where the real work begins.
It takes a bit of concentration.
I deploy 13 magic circles to cover my surroundings.
Iâm sure I could increase it tenfold if I wanted to, but this scale is the limit of how much accuracy I can guarantee to not involve the private army in each shot.
The World Treeâs Ortem glowed, and another thirteen magic circles were deployed.
Iâve built in a magic formula that responds to my actions and deals with magic in the World Treeâs Ortem.
When I activated the World Treeâs Ortem, I activated a part of the magic formula built into it.
This makes it possible for the World Treeâs Ortem to shift the target coordinates of the phenomenon and the phase of the magic power from my magic and re-activate it almost simultaneously.
Of course, the control is quite complicated here, but in the current situation, I can double the number of simultaneous activations of high-precision magic.
This is a technique called double chanting, which was the deepest technique of the Marren tribe a long time ago.
It was often used to exploit an opponentâs gaps and pincer shots, according to the books in the chiefâs archives.
Since it was difficult to control, it was more often used for diversionary purposes.
This is what I resurrected on my own since no detailed description has survived.
âWind, form, bladeâ
The mouth of the World Treeâs Ortem moves as I cast the spell and he mimics my voice and recites it.
âWind, form, bladeâ
White lines flew from a total of twenty-six magic circles and pierced the demonic beasts.
The spear of wind that pierced the magic beast pierced the ground as it was, sending up a splash of sand.
âGyaaaaah!â
âGuoooh!â
Magic beasts scream from all over the place.
âWhat, whatâs going on!?â
âDonât think about it now! Slay as many magic beasts as you can!â
The people in the private army seem to be doing a great job.
So far, I havenât heard that anyone has been hit.
All the magic beasts seemed to be terrified.
âPraise me as the Godâ
Asura 5000 mercilessly mowed down the magic beasts that had stopped moving.
Its six arms tossed the magical beasts in strips and threw them repeatedly as it rushed forward.
Its appearance was like a fierce general overrunning the enemy camp.
Following that, the members of the private army ran after it, shouting and screaming.
âLooks like weâll be able to manageâŚâŚâ
The magic beasts have stopped attacking.
With this, we can finally move on to the attack on Hamelin.
ââŚâŚâŚâŚâ
Hamelin was spinning in a circle and surfacing into the sky.
He closed his mouth, which was laughing fluently, and moved away at a great rate.
âWind, carryâ
He raises his wand.
A breeze rolls up, and Hamelinâs body is entangled.
âAh?â
The magically charged wind begins to plummet as it clings to Hamelin.
More and more, it fell down to me.
âAaaaaaah!â
âflame, form, ballâ
With my wand pointed at the falling Hamelin, I deployed six magic circles.
A total of six balls of fire are created and one by one they hit Hamelin.
With each hit, a black haze peels off of Hamelinâs body and disappears into the air.
The spirits that made up the demon were being worn away.
When the sixth one hit, one of Hamelinâs eyeballs ripped open from side to side.
The demonâs scream echoes through the forest.
âPuppet, suck it up!â
I point my wand at World Treeâs Ortem.
The World Treeâs Ortemâs mouth is opened wide.
Hamelin is swallowed up into it.
Several black arm-like things grow out of its mouth.
Perhaps itâs trying to escape from his mouth.
World Treeâs Ortemâs mouth closes mercilessly and the outstretched arms are bitten off.
The arm, which had lost its master, disappeared as it mixed with the air.
For a while, something shook like a riot in the World Treeâs Ortem, but soon it grew quiet.
As soon as Hamelin disappeared, the magic beasts scattered and fled as if they had sensed something.
Led by Asura 5,000, the members of the private army chased after the fleeing monsters.
âDonât be frightened! Weâve got a God on our side, uoooooh!â
âUooooooooooh!â
âŚâŚ theyâre probably in a state of excessive excitement due to fear and confusion.
The unit members left behind after being injured were staring at their backs with cold eyes.
âHah, hahâŚâŚ as I thought, Abel is as good as it gets.â
Mea sits down against a nearby tree while holding an arrow.
Meaâs arms seem to be quite tired from shooting arrows in succession as well.
Maybe itâs more of a mental fatigue though.
âAbel had to shoot that much magic and not get burnedâŚâŚ What a ridiculous demon. Was he that sturdy?â
âHmm? No, I just wanted to weaken it just enough to make that adjustment.â
âWhat?â
I pick up the World Treeâs Ortem, and pat him on the head.
âItâs a rare demon, itâs too wasteful to defeat it. Thereâs a lot we donât know about Hamelin yet, and itâs worth the research. I shot a few of them because I wanted to weaken them without annihilating the main body and also stripping them of their spirits for good.â
âIsnât it a weakness-like part that you found!?â
âNo, itâs not. And Hamelin itself is essentially an indefinite demon.â
âIt was screaming, wasnât it!? Mea heard that, you know!?â
If I feed it with my magic power appropriately, it should be fine.
I donât want it to get too powerful and uncontrollable, so Iâll have to fine-tune it.
Itâs a problem for me if the World Treeâs Ortem were occupied.
Iâll just shove it in another containerâŚâŚ or an appropriate bottle.
As I was caressing the World Treeâs Ortem, I was thinking about what name to give it.
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