Chapter 54

"Whoa, I need to stop the bleeding first."

If I lose too much blood, I'll die.

Using healing magic to heal the wound on my wrist, Taria's wound also closed.

Hmm, it's linked to that too.

"What! A, at such a speed of recovery...!?"

Taria seems surprised by my healing magic.

That attack seems suitable for assassination, but it would be less effective against a magician.

"Damn it!"

Galilea sends threads flying, but I block them with a magic barrier.

The magic barrier can be deployed automatically and infinitely, so no matter how much you peel it off, it's useless.

Or maybe the threads she can produce are limited. It seems like the amount has decreased compared to the beginning.

"Heh...! What a number of magic barriers! I can't even hit you...!"

Babylon twists her body in an incomprehensible direction through the gaps in the magic barriers and attacks, but basically she just slashes with a knife. If I keep my distance or push her away with a magic barrier, it's no big deal.

Honestly, it would be hard to use in battle once the trick is revealed.

"‘Blow away’!"

A gust of wind rages with Crow's words, but it only ruffles my hair.

His incantation only affects the area around me, so if I fix my position strongly with ‘levitation,’ it has no effect on me.

It might be useful for lower-level opponents or to immobilize the enemy, but... can it be used for anything other than combat?

For example, to make food taste better. Probably not.

And Ren, because her ability involves affecting the surroundings, she can't participate in the attack.

The ability to generate poison from her body seems a bit difficult to use.

Well, after seeing all of their abilities, it's time for me to take action.

If I only defend, I won't understand the full extent of their abilities.

I'll try to hold back as much as possible...

"‘Wind Ki Bullet’"

A combination of wind magic ‘Wind Ball’ and ‘Ki,’ I release it by riding the wind.

Since I'm still inexperienced with using Ki, I can't hit it directly, but by riding it on a Wind Ball, it becomes possible.

The advantage is that it can deal damage without hurting the opponent, a peaceful attack.

"Ughhh!""Kyaaa!"

The Wind Ki Bullet hit Galilea and the others, blowing them away and slamming them into the wall.

With regular magic, it takes a lot of concentration to avoid killing them for sure.

This is just a preliminary test... huh?

I was bracing myself for when they would get up after being slammed into the wall, but they didn't get up no matter how long I waited.

"...Huh? What's going on?"

"They're completely out cold."

Grimo said in a disappointed tone.

No way, I held back a lot.

Or maybe this is how non-magicians react.

"...Can't be helped."

I cast healing magic on them.

"What are you doing, Lloyd-sama?"

"I haven't seen all of their techniques yet. I need to keep fighting until then."

The attack was too strong last time, so I'll use a weaker one.

Martial arts experts can subdue their opponents without hurting them.

I'm not good at combat.

I'll seal my magic and Ki... yeah, I'll use this.

I draw the magic-absorbing sword from my waist.

With regular ‘Magic Absorption,’ only existing magic can be absorbed, but this sword reacts to and absorbs all phenomena involving magic.

Moreover, it can store multiple and long-term.

I'll absorb all of their techniques and examine them later.

As I was doing this, they seemed to have recovered from the healing magic.

"Ugh... What did you do to us..."

"Good morning. Let's continue, shall we?"

I said this with a cheerful smile.

Galilea and the others turned pale for some reason.

"...I feel sorry for you, humans."

Grimo muttered.

After that, I fought with them for a while.

I let them attack, countered appropriately, and healed them when they couldn't move.

It must have been about an hour.

"Enough! P, please stop it!"

Galilea put her hands up and sat down.

"Huh? Why? Let's do more."

"No way, everyone can't move anymore! I'm at my limit too!"

Looking at the others, they were all completely down.

That's strange. I cast healing magic, so there shouldn't be any damage.

"They're out of magic. They seem to have very poor efficiency."

When magic is completely drained, a terrible sense of exhaustion hits and they lose consciousness.

For ordinary people, the amount of magic they leak is small, so it's not a problem, but magicians control their output.

However, it seems that these special individuals, who are natural magic users, can't do that well.

It's like they always have a hole in their bucket.

In a battle that consumes a lot of magic, their magic runs out quickly.

"So you can't fight anymore?"

Galilea and the others nodded.

...Mmm, to be honest, I'm still not satisfied, but it's no use to push them too hard here.

"Alright. If you say so..."

At my words, Galilea and the others looked at me with hopeful eyes.

"I'll teach you how to control your magic. That should be fine, right?"

At my words, Galilea and the others looked at me with eyes filled with despair.

"Hey! Hold it! We don't want to fight anymore..."

"Come on, it's fine, it's fine."

I placed my hand on Galilea's back and poured magic into her.

"Ahhhh!"

Galilea's large body trembled and fell.

"Galilea!"

The others hurriedly ran to her and helped her up.

Galilea opened her eyes and looked at her body in surprise.

"What the...? My body feels... sticky...?"

"R, really... What did you do, Seventh Prince?"

"I directly engraved a spell on your body."

If you can't control it yourself, I'll force it from the outside.

I engraved a spell to circulate the leaking magic inside the body, reducing its consumption.

Of course, you can still use your abilities at will.

This is the first time I've attached a spell to a human body, but it worked well.

The result of making a lot of magic swords.

"How do you feel? Any discomfort?"

"...No, this is amazing. I'm surprised..."

Looking closely, the spell seems to be working properly.

"Alright, I'll do the same for the rest of you. Line up."

The others looked at each other and nodded. Good, they're being cooperative.

Well, even if they refuse, I'll do it anyway.