Chapter 95

Tomorrow, on March 27th, the third volume of this comic, drawn by Mr. Hanasiro Abe, will be released!

When we arrived in Verm, we were walking down the main street of the town.

The main street is a gentle slope, but it's not much different from walking on flat ground.

"Is it... just normal?"

Yuri said with a look of disappointment.

Apart from the coins scattered everywhere, there was nothing special.

The streets were eerily quiet and clean.

At this point, it would be fair to say that Ars, where Arrowclaw and Wisps were, was more dangerous.

"Be on your guard. We might already be in the enemy's palm,"

Elysia said. There was a possibility that someone was watching us the whole time.

Moreover, while the undead couldn't move outside because it was daytime, they might be active indoors.

There was also the possibility of being sniped from inside a house.

We proceeded with caution, but no one attacked us until we finally reached the square on the hill.

The square we arrived at was a typical one, like those found in other towns.

In the center of the wide stone pavement, a beautiful fountain spouted water.

Surrounding it were marble buildings, some three stories or more.

It had the appearance of a town center.

The only anomaly was the scattered coins.

And the fact that the streets were so well-maintained despite the lack of people.

"We've arrived. That building supported by columns is probably the lord's mansion. The town's administration was likely conducted there,"

Selena said, pointing to a building with impressive marble columns.

"I see. Unlike Ars, it would be good if some kind of documents were left behind... Let's go inside. If anything happens, we'll retreat using [Transfer] immediately."

Seeing everyone nod, I started walking.

However, as we approached the center of the square, the magical reactions around us suddenly changed.

"A trap...?"

I tried to use [Transfer] to return to Ars, but it didn't work.

It wasn't that I couldn't gather dark magic like when I fought the angel.

Something might be blocking this town from the outside world.

"Everyone, I'm sorry. It seems we can't use [Transfer]."

"Don't worry. If that's the case, we'll just fight our way through."

Selena said, drawing her sword.

At that moment, the coins around us floated up and released magic.

The magic formed human shapes centered around the coins.

"...Ghosts?"

Elysia said, sounding a bit uncertain.

Ghosts are known as undead spirits that attack in human form.

Some attack with their bare hands, others with swords or spears, and some use magic.

While they are more troublesome and have more varied attacks than Wisps, they are fragile and can be eliminated with even weak holy magic.

Dozens of ghosts surrounded us.

Yuri said, her voice trembling.

"Anyway, Elysia, go for it!"

"I don't need to be told – [Holy Light]!"

A blinding light leaked from Elysia's hand.

Elysia's holy magic, which she possesses as a [Holy Knight], is very powerful.

She has a lot of experience fighting undead as a tomb guardian.

The ghosts disappeared just by seeing the light, even before being hit by it.

"Amazing!"

"Brilliant!"

Yuri and Rahn praised Elysia.

As always, her technique was impressive – I thought, looking at the coins falling again.

But Elysia soon sensed something was wrong.

The coins began to absorb magic again and started forming human spirits.

"Could it be that we need to destroy the coins to defeat them?"

"Then, I'll melt them with my fire!"

Selena said, swinging her sword, which was enveloped in flames.

The coins melted and fell to the ground.

This should prevent the magic from gathering – I thought, but the melted coins floated up and formed spirits again.

"What!? Melting them doesn't work!?"

"Even cutting them – doesn't seem to work."

Elysia cut a coin in half with her sword, but it still floated up and returned to a single spirit.

Yuri's face turned pale.

"If cutting and melting don't work, then what... Should I turn them into statues with a hammer?"

"If you do that, an even bigger spirit might appear."

Rahn also cast a spell at the coins, but it didn't completely defeat them.

Meanwhile, a large number of ghost coins from the streets invaded the square.

The ghosts attacked us with swords made of spirits.

Some shot arrows, threw stones, or cast spells at us.

However, Elysia's holy magic completely nullified their attacks.

Still, we couldn't stay in this state forever.

Other enemies or traps might attack us.

"How... Oh, right."

Previously, in the underground of Ars, I made the guardians – now called the armor race – my subordinates.

At that time, their cores were covered in dark magic.

If the black-clothed woman did this, then these coins – indeed, that's it.

I could feel dark magic leaking from the melted or cut coins.

"Everyone, keep destroying the coins. I'll remove the dark magic contained in them!"

"Understood!!"

"That's no problem!!"

Elysia attacked the coins with her sword, and Selena with her magical flames.

Rahn also attacked the coins with magic, though not as much as the two of them.

Yuri, on the other hand, just cast lightning spells randomly.

Despite the coins being made of mithril, which is quite hard, everyone did a good job.

The coins changed shape one after another under their attacks.

"There are so many – but if it's just removing magic..."

I focused my mind on the dark magic around us and gathered it all at once.

I imagined gathering the dark magic in my palm and then clenched my hand.

As I imagined, the dark magic instantly gathered in my hand.

Meanwhile, the coins, deprived of their dark magic, clattered onto the stone pavement of the square.

Amidst this, faint voices echoed from all directions.

"Oh... freedom..."

"Free from... money..."

"Thank you, thank you..."

Voices of relief and joy filled the square.

Tomorrow, on March 27th, the third volume of this comic, drawn by Mr. Hanasiro Abe, will be released!

This volume is packed with charm, including bonus content on the back cover that can only be found in the single volume.

I hope you will read it!

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