Spell Return: The Wheel of Time

Chapter 42 coma
Fushiguro Megumi still has some combat experience. After all, he has tamed several kagami. Although the Onikiri in his hand is not as effective in resisting curses as Dojigiri, it is still a cursed tool and can kill cursed spirits without any problem. .

There were two more jade dogs assisting in the attack, and there was no problem for a while, but...this cursed spirit seemed a little different.

Its body was torn apart by Fushiguro Kei several times and then gathered together again like a mist, only to become a little smaller. Although its appearance was that of a snake, it was just an appearance after all. Shenyuan Yi had never seen it before. A snake can stretch its mouth like a bottomless pit.

And at the same time, there was a strong suction force that pulled everything around it towards its black hole-like mouth. Fushiguro Megumi, who had stabilized his body, did not fall victim to this move. The stones and plants around him that were pulled in were strangely submerged in it, but they were also missing. What changes have occurred in his body shape?

Megumi Fushiguro just dodged and attacked calmly, dismembering the black snake again and again, and the size of the big snake condensed by black energy gradually shrank. Under the siege of one man and two dogs, he could not escape, so he could only resist in vain.

As the balance of victory gradually tilted, the black snake suddenly spit out a lot of wood and rocks from its mouth. After dodging the flying debris, Fushiguro Megumi was surprised to see a figure falling from it to the ground.

Shenyuan Yi was also caught in the eye, and then used a spell to drag the figure back. This person was a man, wearing a thickened jacket for outdoor sports. The whole person was already unconscious, but there was still a weak energy. breath.

Shenyuanyi, who had read the mission information, immediately recognized this person. He was the missing person reported by the police nearly four days ago. Was he swallowed by this cursed spirit?
"Hui, don't get rid of it at once. This cursed spirit seems to be able to swallow both dead and living things. Maybe there are other people swallowed in its body."

After hearing this, Fushiguro Megumi thought that it was a good thing that he didn't use Orochi. Although this curse spirit has been reorganizing his body like mist, it is just a curse. It is estimated that it will not be able to survive a few attacks that are too strong and cover a wide range. He just happened to It was also because he was practicing his actual combat experience that the black snake spit out the man.

After hearing Kamogenichi's words, Fushiguro Megumi circled her hands and flexed her little finger, summoning the shikigami "Toad" from the shadow. A toad as big as a calf crouched on the ground, and then under Fushiguro Megumi's command Xia and Jade Dog staggered to attack the Black Snake Curse Spirit.

Not long after, as the body of the curse spirit further shrank, some debris was spit out, and three bodies also fell to the ground. However, when the source of the gods checked, they found that these people were already dead, but The cause of death was hanging.

In other words, these people were swallowed by the cursed spirit after committing suicide. Moreover, the cursed spirit not only swallowed these people, it also absorbed some debris. I don’t know how the body made of black energy came into being. To accommodate all this, I can only say that the curse is really magical.

"In that case, can this cursed spirit swallow the cursed tool? Isn't this the kind of 'storage tool' I'm looking for?"

Over there, Fushiguro Megumi has almost beaten the cursed spirit to death. Her combat experience is okay, but she still seems a little unskilled with this inhuman existence, and her weapon skills are also very basic. She will ask Maki to teach her when she returns to school. Him.

"Hui, wait a minute, this curse spirit may be of some use. Don't exorcise it first. I'll try to subdue it and then make a contract."

The so-called shikigami in the world of magic are those who make a contract with a collection of curses condensed by magic or other methods to drive them to fight. There are also those who capture wild curse spirits and use them as their own shikigami, but the latter is too uncertain. In addition to some special spells, if ordinary spellcasters do this, they must also consider the specific situation of the target spell spirit.

Cursed spirits are born due to some kind of opportunity. Powerful cursed spirits are often accompanied by extreme negative emotions and aggression, and most of the cursed spirits are unable to communicate. Even if you forcibly make a contract with a certain cursed spirit, But if there is a gap in strength or the "personality" of the curse spirit is very aggressive, you will even have to prevent it from causing trouble later, so it becomes a closed loop: there is no way to conquer a strong enough curse spirit, and there is no need to conquer a weak one. .

Therefore, only some curse spirits with special abilities can be selected, but shikigami users cannot control shikigami without limit, so most of them only subdue shikigami within their own capabilities after careful consideration. This kind of battle Even fewer people will be interested in functional spell spirits that are not very good in other aspects.

Of course, there are still such examples, and Shenyuan is not short of this fighting power. What he wants is the ability of this curse spirit to store objects in its "body". It seems that it can also store living objects. , but it can’t last long.

Shen Yuanyi still knows the method of making a contract. He has also learned the magic of enchantment before, but he has never had the opportunity to use it. Now is the time to try it. It seems that he had to "surrender" the cursed spirit before. Yes, it's just that Fushiguro Megumi was fighting just now, and the current appearance of this cursed spirit doesn't seem to be able to withstand its own attack.

But Shenyuanyi still thought too much. When he walked in front of the curse spirit, the latter who wanted to escape returned to the place in an instant. After several repetitions, he faced the god carrying Tongziqie. As soon as the source came, the black snake curse spirit gave up decisively and lay on the ground shivering.

Shenyuanyi then tried to make a contract with the cursed spirit on the ground, and then the contract was successfully completed when neither party had the will to resist. Shenyuanyi also felt an inexplicable connection connecting himself with the cursed spirit. Together, it also occupies a part of his spell power and mental burden, but it is minimal in comparison.Then the black snake on the ground rose up and turned into an almost substantial black mist floating up. Its essence is such a black air, but it can be transformed into a certain form. Under the control of Shenyuan Yi, this A stream of black energy gathered at his left ear and formed a small black magatama earring.

Originally, I wanted to put it near my hand so that I could easily pick up things, but I also considered that it would be easily damaged by enemies if it was near my hand during combat, so I changed it to an earring.

The next step was to test the ability of this curse spirit. When Shenyuan Yi used it for the first time, black air suddenly flowed down from the magatama pendant next to his ear, and then wrapped around it a little jerkily but not too slowly. He got the boy cutter and spider cutter in Shenyuan's hand.

The two cursed knives melted into black mist as if synchronized, but they seemed to be stuck in a quagmire or pulled into an unknown space by invisible hands. Looking at his empty hands, Shenyuan smiled, Then using the magic power, the tip of the boy's knife poked out from a thin layer of black mist on his hand, until he held the handle of the knife.

"It's very useful. Finally, I don't have to carry a big box everywhere."

Fushiguro Megumi, who had received the Kage Shikigami over there, looked at Kamogenichi's actions and asked, "Succeeded? What should we do next?"

After taking the Onikiri thrown by Fushiguro Megumi and putting it away, Shenyuan replied: "It's basically over. When you get back, you pack up and say goodbye to Tsumi-san, and we'll prepare to go to the high school."

After Fushiguro Megumi used a toad to put the surviving man into his belly and prepared to hand it over to the logistics personnel who had already been notified, on the way back to Yamaga Shrine, Kamogenichi was still deriving from it through the contract concluded with the cursed spirit. From the simple and even difficult-to-be-said activities of thinking, we learned that it was indeed not entirely born out of the negative emotions brought about by these suicidal people. In fact, it was related to a wild god in the legend of this place.

The legends related to it have some elements of terror or intimidation. Unlike the most famous gods, its legends bring some negative emotions such as fear. Originally, this is not enough to induce a curse. There may even be no special places where curse spirits are likely to be born.

But the bad thing is that the nearby forest has become a place for suicide. After people connected a series of things to the legends of gods and ghosts, more and more negative emotions occurred, and then some strange things happened. A curse was born under the surging negative emotions.

However, it may not be born simply out of fear, resentment and other emotions. Although this curse spirit has no clear thinking, it usually does not attack people. It only sometimes swallows things according to instinct, but it is not a living thing. Because of its ability, most of the things were well preserved. The man who was exploring it must have been unlucky enough to encounter it, and then it was swallowed and was deemed missing.

Kangenichi and Fushiguro Megumi first waited for someone to arrange for the man with weak breath to be sent to a doctor. Maybe they could learn what happened from him when he woke up, and then they returned to Yamaga Shrine. After thanking Akashi Nohiko and bidding farewell, they also prayed for Tsumiki at the shrine and bought a royal guard to bring to her.

Then they politely said goodbye to everyone. Although they only got along for a short time, the two of them seemed a little weird, but their polite words, deeds, and appearance left an impression on them. After learning that they were going to pray for the guardian of their sick sister, Afterwards, Akashi Emi immediately decided to give Yushou to the two of them for free no matter what.

"You see, we both have the word "hui" in our names. It seems to be a bit of a fate. My mother told me before that it means I am a favor to both of them. Your parents must also love you very much, and you The two siblings are quite similar to ours, haha."

Fushiguro Megumi opened her mouth but still didn't say anything. After accepting her kindness, she politely thanked her and left the shrine with Kangenichi.

After returning home, Tsumeki looked much better. When she saw that the two men had brought her an imperial guard that meant warding off disasters and two boxes of incense sticks, which were said to be able to calm the mind, improve health and cure diseases, she His eyebrows curled up happily, and he insisted on cooking a big meal for the two of them.

In the end, it was Shenyuan who persuaded her to stop and let Fushiguro Kei take over. He made a meal himself. It might not be that delicious, but the food cooked by his family always had an irreplaceable taste.After finally coming back, Shenyuan Yi was not in a hurry to return to the college immediately, but planned to rest for two or three days before going back.

However, at this moment an accident happened.

Fushiguro Tsumiki fell into coma again.

(End of this chapter)