Meikyuu Toshi no Antique Shop

Anemone was running through the battlefield.

All I see in my eyes is a crowd of melancholy faces.

They are undead monsters.

An ancient soldier who should have died a long time ago - a spirit of resentment manifested by his desire to still fight, possessed of the land.

The Seeker's leader instructed him to 'always act with his companions and fight while securing his escape route'.

But at some point he left the line and was drunk by the enemy's march.

The point is we're lost.

Still no way out, no sign of a fellow explorer.

I didn't even know where I was around.

- But you can keep doing this.

Anemone thought, feeling the paper-cut response of a grudging spirit that had been slashed by mistake.

I don't like herds, and I'm good for solo action.

It was easier to be alone.

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"... um"

If we run around, we can get out of the siege net sooner or later.

That's what I was thinking, but rather the situation was on the side of getting worse.

The resentful spirits are not looking neglected, on the contrary, they are becoming more dense.

It's probably moving towards the center of the enemy formation.

Running around, hitting them off one after the other, trying to sew the gap made between the herd and the herd.

Eventually, however, the walk slowed down gradually, and when I realized it, I was unable to move off the spot.

"This guy's a pain in the ass."

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

Resentful spirits filling all directions.

They were creeping closer to us as they groaned.

They each had weapons on their hips and backs, but there was no way to hold them in their hands.

Instead, he just reaches this way, like he's even on a call, or asking for something.

That 's--

Wrinkles everywhere. Yellow of nails. of blue and white skin. Hairy. Missing fingers. Blood everywhere. My fingers bent the helix.

hand. Hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand.

Countless straws loom from front, back, left, and right.

Anemone knows that it is above all a dangerous substitute.

"Caressing the Dead (Drain Touch)".

The fearful ability of the grudge spirits.

By touching the other person's flesh, they were able to suck out their life force.

This one has no way of defending that one.

Anemone was wrapped around his whole body armor, but they are spiritual bodies.

It transmits matter and comes into contact with the flesh easily.

What is more, it was dangerous under this circumstance to take it once.

Because if you give the 'caress of the dead', not only will you be deprived of your strength, but you will not be able to move due to shock (shock) for a while.

If that gap is poked, and the other grudges fold it up, it's over.

If you become a crook, you can't just be debilitated.

It will uproot your spirit and cause you to lose your mind.

So Anemone even waved her sword.

They come from all directions without leaking their hands.

Slash it off one end so that it doesn't even reach your body with one finger.

In the middle of it, something snapped at the edge of his sight.

If you look at your feet, there's a grudge spirit there with both legs severed.

He was approaching from behind as he crawled at some point, and now he was just trying to grab Anemone's tibial-handed ankle.

Unconscious!

He tried to avoid it, but he couldn't make it, and Anemone finds herself reflexively.

But...

Nothing happened.

There is no change in physical condition.

Instead, there was something wrong with the grudge spirit.

He's reacting like he touched a fire, shaking his hands off.

Anemone waved her sword down unsure, ending the grudging spirit beneath her feet.

With a knife to return, it took countless hands to deal with looming again.

……

I could avoid an unintended blow, but I couldn't relieve myself.

Let it have been just a moment, in this way of interaction, the gap (lag) that has arisen was huge. The situation was leaning in a more unfavourable direction.

He managed to outmaneuver the enemy's attacks, but he gets squeezed and pressured by their quantity.

……

Three resentful spirits did not receive the sword of Anemone.

The neck of the helmet, the back of the armor, the arm of the hand - comes into contact with a total of three places.

I didn't know how much it affected my body, but I probably wouldn't be safe. I'm not sure I can even stand where I don't make a gap.

"... cum!!

I can only get up and prepare for the robbery of life that I would visit.

But something unexpected happened.

Despite being contacted by a grudge spirit, Anemone had not suffered any damage.

I don't feel deprived of my strength, and I don't feel any change in my physical condition.

Instead, the resentful spirits touched were holding back their movements as they solidified.

From where I touched it for some reason, it emits smoke like burning.

And he keeps groaning, evaporating his whole body and disappearing.

"... what's going on!?

I couldn't swallow the situation in front of me.

There are two questions.

First of all, why have the grudges suddenly disappeared?

And why didn't they touch their bodies?

The "Caress of the Dead" was not activated because they were touching the armor part - the shin, the helmet, the small hand, etc.

For them, who are spiritual bodies, such as shields and armor, are non-existent. No matter how thick their armor was, they were supposed to slip through and come in direct contact with the flesh.

Anemone turns her attention to the silver armor she is wearing.

The part that had been touched by the grudges emitted a bluish light. It seemed like some kind of pattern, but it consisted of strange letters that I had never seen when I looked closely.

"Then it's a promise."

Oh, and it falls to my heart.

Now I remember.

that what you are equipping now is holy protective equipment.

Just before I went on the Hundred Ghosts hunt, that it was something that that guy had prepared for me.

"This set of armor is made of material that inhibits interference from evil spirits. There's a little trick I can't touch you with a finger if it's spiritual."

This all-body armor protected Anemone from the attack of the Grieving Spirits.

And be noticed.

your stupidity and arrogance.

That I wasn't alone.

Be protected at all times.

……

Not just this time.

It should have been so many times before.

Yet I almost forgot.

I almost mistook the journey so far for something I had walked alone.

I almost got lost again.

I almost let go of what I got because of it.

"Fugu..."

Suddenly the whimper crept up.

But you can't cry out in a place like this.

"... sun"

Anemone chewed down her lower lip.

And his eyes seeping with tears, he turned around.

The resentful spirits seem to feel the strangeness of their companions.

Alerting to Anemone's armor, he asks how this one is doing.

It looks like we can rebuild the system now.

I couldn't afford to intercept all the grudging attacks until earlier because I was nervous.

But if you are so stubborn against grieving spirits, there are other things you can do.

Let's rendezvous with our detached friends first. That's what Anemone thought.

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Identification Card: "Earless Armor (Luxury)"

"Tell the wandering immortal, and collect the shards of his precipitate distortion and soul - and the world shall be trapped, and rubbed, and burned, and smoked, and purified, as the petals of the Jabalam Rawer."

Armor built on an old story, with strong resistance to evil spirits.

The original story is also unique, but this grant tool itself is quite unique. First of all, this armor is a grant tool for a mechanism called a trap formula, and the wearer does not require any magic. The moment the evil spirit that came instead tried to penetrate the armor, the contract for the magic circuit engraved on the surface of the armor was in a mechanism to activate, and the evil spirit that became the user (...) is forcibly ascended by a powerful resistant barrier for the dead spirit, which arose in accordance with the contract.

This armor makes good use of the lessons of the story, it has a set to protect the whole body, and now the evil spirit exorcism is just the same.

However, please be careful not to let the magic letters on the surface plunge or shred. Permitting the intrusion of evil spirits from damaged places may lead us to trace the same fate as monks of old stories.