The Devil Who Grants Wishes

179 – Shard of Power (8)

“Hmm… Lucia?”

Everyone should have had a good rest, so I was going to go through the process of sparring with me starting today, but Lucia’s condition is very strange. Even when I speak, he is not listening properly, as if his mind is elsewhere.

This is truly a first of its kind. The fact that Lucia, who tried to listen to anything I said, even breathing, couldn’t concentrate on my words to this extent.

“Yes?”

Still, I went completely close to the nose and talked to him, fortunately he responded. If she hadn’t understood even this and had been in a daze, she would have been heartbroken knowing that something serious had happened to Lucia.

“Are you okay? Why?”

“Ah, yes… I’m sorry. I think it’s because I haven’t been able to sleep.”

“Sleep? Then, shall we do sparring in the afternoon?”

“No, it’s okay. Sorry, let’s do it now.”

Lucia’s condition is not normal at first glance. To be honest, I’m afraid of what will happen if I practice in this state, as my whole body shows that my mind is not clear and cloudy.

However, it seems that Lucia is even more afraid of changing the training schedule because of her. Because of one of them, Iris, Celestine, Lena, and Irene are causing damage to the other four.

Hmm… In that case, well, I need to relieve the blood with magic first.

Paaa!

“I’m sorry…”

After putting your hand on Lucia’s head, use recovery magic to relieve Lucia’s fatigue.

Of course, this is just tinkering, so you might need to get a better night’s sleep later, but you’ll be fine for now.

“that…?”

“Hmm…”

Other people who saw the blood recovery magic cast on Lucia narrowed their eyes and evaluated the effectiveness of the magic.

It was as if he was estimating the possibility that if he had that recovery magic, he could continue to practice for days and days.

“…Just in case, this is just a stopgap. If you depend on this magic, your body will forget how to recover from fatigue.”

Of course you can’t.

If you continue to use this magic that temporarily relieves fatigue, your body will eventually forget how to recover from fatigue and rely only on this magic.

It is similar to how Lloyder’s body, which has been constantly receiving male hormones from the outside by taking steroids, forgets how to make male hormones and becomes an eunuch.

‘Really, Faust’s, no, my knowledge knows very little about magic.’

After realizing the truth about my existence, my mind was refreshed as if something had been opened, and countless knowledge that had been locked and could not be opened began to pour out.

These are the knowledge that I, that is, the knowledge I accumulated before being separated into two people. With this knowledge, I was able to find out the side effects of the fatigue recovery magic I just had. No, is it more accurate to say remember rather than find out?

Anyway, looking at this fact, the other me and my knowledge of magic will be exactly the same, which means that I can make preparations for all the magic that the other me will use.

Thankfully, if there was a difference in knowledge about magic, no matter how much I practiced, it would have been a lot of work.

……….

“First of all, there is something I want to tell everyone. The other me is fundamentally the same as me. The only difference is whether or not I experienced despair. In other words, the fighting style is likely to be the same.”

“Hmm… The presence or absence of despair has a very low probability of affecting the fighting style.”

“In other words, if you continue to train with me, you will get used to my attack pattern. Of course, the god of light absorbed by another me, the god of wind, the god of fire, etc. are separate issues.”

Except for the attack using divine power, the warrior party will be able to effectively respond to all other attacks. No, even an attack using divine power.

In the first place, as attacking is a very revealing personal taste and fighting style, isn’t there a chance that your preferred fighting style will suddenly change completely just because you use some divine power?

Of course, “I” has a fairly diverse fighting style, so the probability of using divine power is quite high to an extent that I can’t even imagine… Well, that’s the same for me too.

Once the warriors’ party gets used to fighting with me, even if an attack they’ve never seen before comes, if it’s me who cast it, I’ll be able to respond sufficiently.

go oh oh

“Then let’s begin. Try to attack first.”

With that said, the training begins.

When you lift your foot once and put it down, the dome-shaped barrier that spreads in all directions in the blink of an eye is formed not to protect the inside from the outside, but to protect the outside from the inside.

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Kaaang!!

As soon as the dome-shaped barrier completely spreads out and settles in, Iris’s sword rushes at me as if waiting for it to come in and completely covers Shia.

The sword that shines brilliantly in the sunlight flashes enough to make you blind just by looking at it, and even though it only lasts for a very short time, it is enough to catch someone’s attention.

And Iris has the ability to use that fleeting time very effectively.

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Kagagag-!

“…!”

However, unfortunately, Iris’s ability doesn’t mean much in front of me.

Iris’s sword strike, which literally cut me in half, was blocked by my forearm, which I extended forward to block it.

Iris’s sword and my shell skin rub against each other, creating innumerable sparks as if welding, and Iris, who saw it, took steps to quickly retreat backwards with wide-eyed eyes.

“I can’t let it go like that.”

“what?!”

However, Iris’s attempts go in vain.

Iris, who stepped back to retreat, fell into the swampy ground and fell backwards, and soon her body tilted completely as if she were doing a moonwalk upside down.

The posture she had always faced straight ahead to prepare for my attack was greatly disturbed and collapsed, and Iris’s hand holding the sword was unprepared to stir the air as it was, unable to prepare to block my attack.

Okay, Iris first—

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Kwaaang!

“…?”

But at that moment, a huge wall forms between Iris and me.

Even if you say a wall, it is a simple level wall that can be seen from the other side and only materialized by condensing mana, but the degree of condensation of mana is so dense that it is only for a moment, but it is enough to block my attack.

The wall collided with my fist and made a huge roar, and then it crumbled into pieces.

And that’s not all.

Pissiung-!

Paaa!

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Kwaaa!

“hmm…”

Right after that, Lena’s arrow, Celestine’s divine magic, and Irene’s ice awl hit me at the same time.

It’s an attack at a level that doesn’t do much damage, but even so, it can’t be completely ignored, so first of all, spread a shield to block their attack and give up the chase.

“Thank you, Lucia.”

“Why are you thanking me for something like this?”

Lucia reacts to Iris’s gratitude with ticks, but it doesn’t seem to be that bad. Even if you don’t have to read the emotions, you can tell just by looking at the slightly reddened cheeks and twitching corners of the mouth.

Hmmm… well, the cooperative power is quite good as expected.

I could confirm it in advance in the fight with Glacies and Cerberus, but honestly, it was quite difficult to feel it because they were far below the level of a warrior party, so it was the first time I’d seen them working together with such a crisis in front of them.

‘And the attack power is as good as the cooperative power.’

When I looked down at the forearm that had blocked Iris’ slash a while ago, there was a big scratch. No, at a cursory glance, a gorge of about 0.5 cm was formed. Can this be called a scratch?

If Iris keeps attacking me in the same place, one day the exoskeleton covering my body will be pierced and the sword will be able to reach my inner flesh.

It’s not just Iris.

The shield that blocked everyone’s attacks was also not completely blocked.

It was made in haste to block everyone’s attack, so the quality must be low, but didn’t you push it back with a big shake of the shield?

“Excellent. Then I’ll keep going.”

After realizing this, my body trembles by itself.

To hurt me, to create the possibility of defeating me.

Of course, the quality of the weapon is quite good, but since the weapon follows the user’s ability and cannot be used properly if the user’s ability is insufficient, this can be seen as enough that everyone’s skills can catch me.

If I can damage my body like this from the first clash, the warrior party will be able to kill another me with a high probability. Even if I don’t have to intervene.

It has to be like this, it’s worth watching everyone’s growth so far.