Chapter 24 – Curse….Power Change

Looking at the blue flames, I felt as if I wanted to escape from this place.

As I was thinking about how, Koa retreated and bumped into me.

I looked at Koa in surprise and she looked at me too.

Next to her, Chai is stepping backwards too.

I looked around and saw that the pups were retreating as they stared at the flames.

Something is wrong, are we being manipulated?

In my mind, I imagined strings controlling a puppet and imagine the strings being cut by the silver power.

「Control Rejection!」

As a fluffy breeze passed by, the bodies of my companions jolted in an instant.

Everyone’s eyes wandered around.

It seems like they have returned to normal. Thank goodness.

However, I already covered everyone with an additional divine power barrier, does that mean that it can’t prevent that thing?

Or is this blue flame special?

Come to think of it, is magic called magic because it uses magic power?

How about divine power then…divine law?

Should I really be worrying about that kind of thing now?

In the first place, divine power isn’t something that I can’t use without permission. I don’t even know whether it’s really divine power.

In addition, can magic power be even converted to divine power like what I’m doing? Also, it became silver power which is different from the two.

Let’s just think about it later.

I got distracted again. Let’s just approach that pile of bones.

Then, blue flames’ intensity increased.

《Can’t take…..pain….》

Hnn?

What?

Out of nowhere, I heard a Japanese voice that was about to disappear.

《save me….mama papa》

《Don’t…I’m scared, really scared》

A voice of a little girl calling for her parents, a voice trembling with fear….

They are probably the voices of the victims that died here.

Feeling helpless, I can only clench my fist tightly.

《it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts》

《《《《《AAAAAHHHHHHH》》》》》

「Uwaa」

Dozens of voices in pain suddenly echoed.

「It seems like a curse」

My heart is being crushed.

The blue flame intensified again, almost reaching the ceiling.

The voices that had echoed in the space for so long disappeared.

I’m a little relieved but

《《《《it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts》》》》

Voices of complaints about pain echoed.

I got the impression that they were still suffering.

「Could it be….they haven’t been freed yet?」

Is it possible to lock up the dead?

I’m sure those idiots would do anything for their own benefits.

If there’s such a thing as forbidden magic in the god’s realm, I’m sure they wouldn’t even hesitate to do it.

《《《《it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it save me save me save me save me save me》》》》

《End this already….. end me》

I’m not sure if he sensed our presence.

A man’s voice full of pain demands us to end him.

Calm down, me. Don’t be dragged by their pain.

「Fuh, how can I free you?」

I change my mind and look at the pile of bones wrapped in blue flame.

If I put out the flame, will they be freed?

I hold out my hand to the blue flame, imagine the flame disappearing, and cast it using my silver power.

「Escape」

….not working?

The flames wavered a bit but instead of disappearing, it intensified.

Cries come to mix with suffering voices.

My heart is aching.

Fumu, I shouldn’t get disheartened.

I wonder what the power of this blue flame is based on?

I thought it was divine power judging that it was something they made…..let’s check it out.

Suddenly, Koa and Chai rubbed their faces on my body.

The next thing I knew, Boss-san and Koa’s pups also came to me.

I don’t think they understand Japanese but I think they feel the fear and suffering.

「It’s okay.」

I pat everyone’s head and let them back down.

I looked at the blue flame again and saw the skull lying on the floor.

I remembered that I had taken one of the skulls out of the pile of bones.

I must have dropped it when I was started by the blue flame.

I pick up the skull lying on the floor.

I wonder why this doesn’t have flames.

As I recall, the barrier was triggered when I held this.

If the barrier created by the silver power prevented the blue flame, then I can conclude that that power is effective.

However, it couldn’t extinguish the flames.

…..I don’t even know what that silver power is.

Now, more than that, let’s do what we have to do.

For now, let’s take a look at the blue flame and determine what it was.

Yeah, it’s a lot more powerful than the divine power I’ve seen so far.

If I make the silver power stronger, will it be able to extinguish the flame?

But if it fails, they will suffer more.

In the first place, I don’t even know if extinguishing the flame is the right thing to do.

What should I do?

Let’s sort it out first.

The magic that’s making them suffer is activated by divine power, right?

If I change the divine power….yes, why don’t I just change it to a power that I can use?

I should turn it to silver power and then, release it.

Can I even do that?

Well, I have no choice but to try.

I held out my hand to the blue flame and imagined its huge amount of magical power into silver power.

Next, imagine the divine power changing into silver power and cast.

「Change to silver power」

Silver power pours from my palm holding out towards the blue flame.

I think the divine power is being repulsive, I felt a tingling pain in my hand.

As the blue flame flickered and tried to come towards me, a large amount of silver light flooded out of my body and enveloped the blue flame.

As I was surprised with the brightness of light, the blue flame turned into deep dark blue.

And the voices that have been echoing around since earlier stopped.

Did I….succeed?

Even so, that was a huge amount of power.

….however, I don’t feel the feeling I have when a huge amount of magical power inside me is consumed.

Areh?

I feel like another power other than magical power inside me….is it silver power?

Hnn?

Is it already accumulating?

….that can happen?

Ah, let’s think about it later.

For now, the deep dark blue flame is enveloping the pile of bones in front of me.

Let’s see if I can handle this.

What I’m worried about are the voices of suffering.

I want to do something about it.

「Heal」

The deep dark blue flame glows into soft silver.

I can’t hear the voices so I don’t know if it worked but let’s pretend it did.

Next, I imagined light entangled by a thread being released and imagined the same light returning to Earth.

I’m not sure if they can really go home.

However, this is all I can do.

「Liberation.」

The flame sways and a small silver light appeared in the sky. After a while, it disappeared.

《I can go home》

《I can go return》

《Thank you》

《Finally, it’s over》

Various voices were heard and then disappeared.

Then, little by little, the pile of bones turned into sand and disappeared.

The skull that I was holding in my hand suddenly turned into sand and disappeared.

It seems like I have succeeded.

I don’t know if they can make it back to Earth but I believe they will.

「Fuu～, I’m so tired」

My companions also seemed to be tired.

I think I’ll go home for the day.

I shifted my gaze to the place where the pile of bone had been and….froze.

A dark blue flame is floating in the air, not disappearing.

I thought the flame was getting closer but it was absorbed in me.

「……………Eh!」

What had just happened?

I hurriedly checked the power in my body.

I was relieved to see that my magic power was as usual.

But when I checked the silver power I just found out a while ago, I felt it was changing.

…..I’m tired, let’s just go home.

And get some sleep.

Yeah, let’s do that.