The Devil Who Grants Wishes

107 – Runaway (4)

‘…why can’t you see?’

A question pops into Lucia’s mind.

So far, I’ve searched all the labs in the Mage Tower, but I haven’t found any research that’s dangerous enough to explode the Mage Tower, just like Dad said.

Even so, Lucia does not doubt her father’s words. I just think either that I haven’t found it properly because my eyesight isn’t good enough, or that there are labs I haven’t seen yet.

“Do you have any complaints…?”

And the staff and wizards of the Mage Tower watching it from the side were nervous.

It doesn’t make any sense with their common sense that they’re still not satisfied after seeing a lab they’ve seen so many times.

However, even if common sense makes no sense, they have no choice but to admit it as it is happening right in front of their eyes.

Above all, in their eyes, Lucia’s attitude is justified.

[Hey, hey…! Who the hell is that person!?]

[I don’t know, they say they’ll decide whether or not to enter the Mage Tower after looking at the lab.]

[For an outsider to see the lab, why the hell would you listen to it—-… could it be possible? Write…]

The magical power that flows through Lucia’s body is a realm that ordinary wizards of the Mage Tower cannot possibly touch.

Just by walking by her side, Lucia’s naturally emitted mana overwhelms the wizards of the Mage Tower.

The mana in the mana accumulation that filled the tower was pushed and crushed by Lucia’s mana, and the wizards who witnessed it in real time resolved to bring Lucia into the tower at all costs.

If Lucia’s appearance and grace had been ordinary, she would have forced her to enter the Mage Tower instead of carefully persuading her like this.

“It’s dissatisfaction… Yes, is the lab over now?”

“It’s not the end… but it’s a bit of a problem…”

“All right, let’s go there.”

The wizards of the Mage Tower, who do not want to go against Lucia’s feelings at all costs, carefully try to explain to Lucia, but Lucia, who has already completely taken the initiative, doesn’t care.

“Because it’s the private laboratory of the Master of the Magic Tower… that’s…”

“Magic tower master… Private laboratory…”

The wizards tried to explain what the rest of the lab was to divert Lucia’s mind, but Lucia was rather intrigued to hear it.

If you’re a mage tower master, you’ll have tremendous magical power, and if you’re a private lab, you’ll be able to conduct all kinds of risky research without being noticed by others.

Above all, as there was no harvest in the public labs of the Mage Tower, Lucia had no choice but to go to the private lab of Elias, the owner of the Mage Tower.

“Okay, please guide me.”

“Yes…?”

“Please guide me to the private research room of the Master of the Magic Tower.”

“Ha, but… the Lord of the Magic Tower…”

“I can convince you, right?”

Lucia’s obvious answer left the wizards speechless.

No, that’s true, but it’s a very difficult area for wizards to convince Elias, who has an eccentric personality.

Hearing such a bold request from a wizard who doesn’t even belong to the Mage Tower? Wizards have no choice but to worry about how Lucia will be harmed by Elias.

“…is this place?”

Lucia leaves the hesitant wizards and starts walking alone.

Lucia, who felt her father’s magic spirit, the divine power of the demon god, and the magic power of someone who surpassed her from the moment she entered the tower, decided that Elias would be there if she followed this, and walked in the direction she felt them. I hurriedly chase after Lucia.

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“…It’s difficult.”

From Elias’ mouth, words come out that are hard to believe if anyone hears them.

is it difficult

Is it fun or difficult?

This is the first time that Elias, who has done a lot of high-difficulty work, has found something difficult.

“Where and how should I touch…”

However, Elias doesn’t care about his remarks that seem to declare defeat.

Because this is really difficult.

Until now, Elias had only dealt with magic that was subject to the laws of the present world, but this crystal of the Demon Godhead was not properly applied by the laws of the present world.

There may be some similarities, but like asking a physicist about chemistry, Elias is facing a wall because of the different fields of study.

If it had flowed according to the original story, Elias would have created an artificial deity, and he would have accumulated related knowledge by tinkering with the artificial deity.

As it was a real trust, not an artificial trust that could be handled easily, the inability to do various experiments was holding back Elias’ ankles, so Elias’ eyes darkened.

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“…What.”

At that moment, hearing a knock on the door, Elias speaks in a disgruntled voice and asks who it is.

It’s not that I’m dissatisfied because my concentration is broken or the progress of my work is blocked.

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Knocking on the door of the lab was something Elias had sworn to never do.

It wasn’t for nothing that when Faust appeared in the lab before, the wizards only gathered in front of the lab’s door and didn’t do anything else.

“Elias-nim, a guest has arrived.”

“customer?”

A vein rises from Elias’ temple.

To be a guest, to disturb my research with nothing more than that.

In the first place, even though he had not contacted the owner of the Mage Tower himself in advance, and even though he hadn’t made any promises, coming here to meet him without hesitation is an act of denying the authority of the owner of the Mage Tower.

“Get out of here!! And kick that bastard out of the magic tower!!”

Elias shouts and drives the uninvited guests out of the door without looking back.

Being distracted by such things, Elias, having had a very unpleasant experience, is trying to focus on the divine power of the demons again.

“But… I think you should meet him. I’m sorry, please.”

“Hey, hey…!”

However, the wizards never backed down, and Elias was even more angry with those wizards.

Even after saying this, Elias suddenly grabbed the doorknob and asked him to open it. Elias regretted not kicking these guys out of the tower in the first place, and strode toward the door to see their faces.

“What kind of bastard dares—”

Woowook

Elias’ breathing stops momentarily.

No words come out.

It’s not just a level where the mouth doesn’t move. Since the lungs are not contracting and are not properly absorbing air, there is no air passing through the throat.

Elias is unable to speak because there is a hole through which air can pass, even closer than the throat, and the air escapes through that area.

“—-Ke-ke, ke-heo-eok…”

Looking at the blue silver dagger pointed at his chest, Elias collapsed.

No matter how much he is a mage tower lord, his body is just an ordinary human, and because of that, Elias couldn’t effectively respond to a surprise attack from such close range.

“Move away!! I’m first!!”

“deity!!”

“Finally… finally…!!”

Sorcerers, no, poor mortals who were blinded by divine powers, all rush towards it.

In the process, the body of Elias, who fell on the floor, bleeding, was trampled mercilessly, but they, who are only looking at the divine status, do not care and trample Elias as a carpet.

No malice, no personal feelings.

It was just because he was blinded by the gods that he couldn’t be conscious of Elias.

Despite the fact that Serapia did not intervene with the magicians, the desire for divine prestige is enough to make the minds of all living things clouded.

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“Lena, how are you?”

“What do you mean?”

“Does Celestine seem to be doing well?”

“Yeah… well, it looks like that for now.”

Meanwhile, the party of warriors staying at the former Church of the God of Light is proceeding smoothly with the conversion of the church into magic tools.

Even though it was a warriors party, Celestine was only in charge of the work.

“To be honest, it’s a little strange.”

“cool?”

“Yes, I received the blessing of the goddess, right? Since I accepted Faust-sama, I wished for the light a lot now… but for now, the blessing remains. Because of that, whenever I get close to the church, I always get that light. The blessing reacted and the power of light circulated through my body, but now it doesn’t.”

“This place is a god of light, but strictly speaking it’s a church of another god. And… it’s not clear whether this can be called a church, right?”

After listening to Lena’s words, Iris looked around and smiled.

As Lena said, this place should be seen not as a church but as a church ruin. The walls are broken down, some pillars are missing, and some of the ceilings have collapsed, so they won’t be able to keep out the wind and rain properly.

All we can tell that this place used to be a church is the symbol of the light above the podium, and apart from that, this place can hardly be called a church.

“Well, that’s true. If it’s all over, I’ll have to ask Faust to explain in detail the process of the transfer of the Goddess of Light—- What!?”

The moment Iris smiled and spoke, something unexpected happened.

Because the symbol of light on the podium, the symbol that was just a pattern, really started to shine.

The light so bright that it blinds them is enough to embarrass the party of warriors.

Iris, with her palms covering the light, frowns and barely looks at Celestine to see what has happened, but Celestine is also perplexed and bewildered.