The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Mr. Usato is heading for the battlefield.

The back of his head, standing shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Rose, looked the same as in the previous battle, but it was completely different.

His back was strong with a great mission on his shoulders.

Seeing Mr. Usato heading toward the battlefield with as much "power" as Mr. Rose, I myself have strengthened my will to fulfill my own mission.

"--I have to keep my mind tight ......"

My mission is to protect the tent where the healing wizards of the Rescue Mission are.

The lifeguard plays an important role in this battle.

I understand how important it is to protect them.

Aruk, did you hear that?

Hear what?

He responds to the voice of his colleague who is protecting this place with him.

"I hear there is a betrayal of our allies on the battlefield.

"Betrayal ......?"

"I just heard from a guy who just came back to the front line, and all of a sudden he was attacked by his own people."

"......"

Are there demons like Nair that control people?

No, they can't suck blood in the middle of a battle like vampires do, putting themselves in danger.

Then is it magic?

"Anyway, you'd better be careful. It's the Demon Lord's army. I wouldn't be surprised if they try something.

Yeah. I'll keep that in mind."

As I was taking in my colleague's words, a knight of the Kingdom of Calm Helio, covered in blood, entered through the door that I was looking at - mainly through which the black-clad members of the lifeguard corps were passing.

"Hey! Is he all right?"

"What's that knight outside doing ......?"

The knight's upper body armor was stained red and he walked toward us with unsteady steps.

My colleague and I rushed toward the apparently dangerous looking knight as quickly as we could, but at that moment, we stopped in our tracks with a sense of discomfort.

"No, wait!"

"Wait, that guy's hurt, man!　If you leave him alone, he will die."

Ignoring the words of my upset colleague, I keep my eyes on the knight's body.

He is covered in blood and appears to be injured.

But something is wrong.

The empty eyes of the knight can be explained by the fact that he is wounded.

The blood is covered with blood because he is wounded.

But where is the blood... flowing from?

He was so clean. No, he is covered with blood, but there is not a scratch or a hole in his armor or the clothes he wears underneath.

I distance myself from the knight with my left hand on the sword at my waist.

May I ask you a question?

"Aruk ......?"

"Excuse me, but could you tell me where you are injured?"

Where did all that blood come from?

The calmer you are, the more you realize how strange the man looks.

There is no way he could have walked this far with that amount of blood loss, and he should not have been able to stay conscious in the first place.

"Healing, magic ...... user"

"Yes, I understand that you want to call a healing wizard to heal him as soon as possible. But first you must tell me where the wound is. Otherwise we will not be able to let you pass from here.

"magic......healing......use,magic"

"......"

Healing. Send out the wizard.

"Alc, this guy is ......."

My colleague, who is also a healer, puts his hand on the sword at his waist, as if sensing something is wrong, but I tell him not to wait.

If we make a commotion here, we will involve the members of the lifeguard team in the tent behind us.

If we are going to capture him, we need to get away from this place before--,

"Is that man injured?

The voice from behind me scared me.

A girl who had been dispatched as a healing magician---Kate-san--was standing in the doorway of the tent where the rescue team was working.

The man's eyes were fixed on Kate, but she didn't seem to notice it, beckoning him hurriedly and calling out to him.

"If you are injured, come here quickly!　I'll heal you with healing magic right away..."

The moment I heard the word "healing magic," I did not miss the man's right arm around my back.

Before he can remove the broken sword from his bloodied midsection, I slam the hilt of the sword into his wrist, twist his left arm up, and restrain him.

I call out to Kate, who lets out a small scream as I rope the man who is roaring and thrashing like an animal with my colleague.

"Gaaaah!

Please return to your tents immediately!　He is upset!"

What?　Yes, yes!

Kate returned to the tent with the agility of a cat.

After looking her off with her eyes, I looked for any wounds on the knight who was still struggling even though he was tied up, but he was not injured anywhere.

"So it's all blood."

"...... you mean a sudden act of betrayal?"

No, no.

He brings his face close to the knight's eyes and looks into them.

He may have originally had blue eyes, but now those blue eyes have a shimmering purple magic covering their rims.

The moment the shimmering faded away, the knight's body became weak and he fainted.

"Now, tell this information to the commander of Sigurth's army. They are using magic to manipulate us into fighting each other. And that the magician is targeting this place where the Rescue Mission is working.

"Kuh, that's what you're talking about. ......!"

While my other colleague hurries to inform the commander of Sigurth Legion, I think of a countermeasure.

First of all, I have to send a warning to all the men in black who bring wounded people to me.

They pass by here quite often, so I can tell them right away.

"But what if a manipulated person is brought into the tent under the guise of a fallen wounded person ......"

The thing that manipulated the knight earlier has clearly targeted this location.

It is the kind of person who would not hesitate to make us fight each other. It is not surprising that he would try to take advantage of their conscience.

We should do what we can now.

It is difficult to take perfect measures, but we should be able to take precautions.

I raise my voice so that the guards present can hear me.

"The demon king's army is trying to manipulate our allies and harm the lifeguards who are doing their best for us here!　Therefore, in order to protect them, from now on we will deploy guards not only outside but also inside the tent!"

We will not let the lifeguards get their hands on you.

That is what all the guards here are thinking.

I see my colleagues nodding at my words and quickly decide where to re-deploy them.

Returning to my post, I look at the wall where the battle is being waged.

"I will not let them touch you."

It was the same in Hinomoto, and the situation is the same now.

I have to trust him and fight my own battle.

---I am sure that Usato is still fighting for the wounded.

I am sure that even now he is fighting for the wounded.

After running around the battlefield nonstop healing the wounded, I tried to help a knight who was lying on the ground.

Just as I was about to take him to safety, he suddenly got up, picked up a sword that had fallen down beside him, and swung it at me.

Please stop!　I'll heal you now!

"Heal me, wizard!"

You are delirious!

He is muttering "healing wizard" as if in a whisper, while I grab his sword with my basket hand and desperately try to shout to him, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.

But I am sure that he is clearly hostile to me.

Could it be ...... that this is what Uluru was talking about when he said he was going to change?

"Usato, he's being controlled by magic or something!

"You mean someone from the Demon Lord's army did this?

Nair's voice makes me gnash my teeth.

I can't wait for him to come to his senses.

I can't help it!　I really don't want to do this!

Wake up, wake up!

Gohf?

You're going to faint!

If he gets violent, I'll knock him out with a healing punch.

I hold him as he falls forward, explain the situation briefly to the nearby knight, leave him with him, and start running.

"-We're getting pushed this way."

"Yes. The fear that our allies might be manipulated is probably slowing down the movement of the people here."

"I'm sure you've thought that much about your strategy: ......"

It is a vicious but effective strategy.

It is a vicious, but effective strategy, because it is making us nervous and at the same time slowing down the entire army.

Nair could do the same thing with his vampire and necromancer powers, but it would take a lot of work and most importantly, he would not be able to support me.

Considering this, we can assume that the person who is controlling our allies is a very powerful person.

"If we don't do something soon, the formation may fall apart ......!"

But there was nothing I could do.

As I grit my teeth at my helplessness, I see the sight of a flying dragon that has landed on the ground and is now rampaging before my eyes.

I see a knight trampled by a foot with sharp claws, and another knight with a fanged mouth biting his foot.

"I won't let you do it anymore!　Healing magic bullet!

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A soldier of the Demon King's army on the back of the flying dragon is knocked off the ground by a healing magic bullet.

After confirming this, I kick the flying dragon in the shin area with my foot knife to save the knights who are about to be killed by the flying dragon, and then I drive my right fist as hard as I can into the abdomen, which is off balance and exposed,

"Open your mouth!"

--He then strikes with a series of healing blows.

The flying dragon screams in agony and opens its mouth to receive the impact from the cage.

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Usato!

"Yes!"

I quickly catch the knight that was released from the flying dragon's mouth, and I break away while carrying the other knight that was being kicked in the leg.

"If I had been a little later, I wouldn't have made it ......!"

The flying dragon that the soldiers of the Demon King's army usually ride is more than five meters long.

The mere fact that it is bigger than a human is a threat, but a flying dragon breathes fire and has great strength.

......At any rate, we have to take the two who are completely unconscious to a safe place. ...... Hmm?

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There are soldiers of the Demon Lord's army looking for me, a healing wizard.

They will find me and attack me, but I don't have time to go around.

"You are treated like a rare animal in the Demon Lord's army, aren't you?

Nair, I need you to get a grip on the wind pressure. --We're going through it.

"What?　Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

I re-hold the wounded man and step into the ground as hard as I can, releasing him at once.

The magic of Nair had given me resistance to wind pressure and air resistance, and I pushed forward, forward, forward, leaving the sounds around me behind.

I was moving forward, leaving all the sounds around me behind.

"--The wound is healed. Please get them to safety."

Thank you!

We were able to safely leave the front line and leave the two wounded to the knights in the rear.

We are now one step ahead of the front line, where those who have been assigned to provide support in the rear are.

I am safe here, but I have to get back to the front immediately.

Nair, can you go?

"I had a bad experience earlier, but I can go. ......"

...... Are you rooting for the fact that you ran full speed right in front of the enemy?

I laugh at Nair's dismay, and try to run to the front line..,

"--!"

At that moment, I felt a strange chill that I had never felt before.

It was the same kind of chill that had been directed at Koga in Hinomoto.

However, it was far sharper than his, and had a coldness that made my hair stand on end.

Sensing that something is definitely approaching, I deploy my cage hand and at the same time change my running direction toward the direction where I feel the cold.

"Usato, what's wrong?

"Nair, give me ...... resistance to slashes!"

"What? Why are you--"

Come on!

Surprised by the urgency in my voice, she grants me resistance to slashing attacks.

As I run toward the front, I notice that the number of soldiers in the Demon King's army is decreasing.

If that were all, it would seem that our side was winning, but for some reason, the expressions on the knights' faces as we passed each other were not of joy at having the upper hand in the battle, but of fear of "something" that was ahead of me.

Gradually, I noticed that the knights stopped with their weapons at the ready and were looking in the same direction.

As I was about to move forward in that direction, a knight of the Lingle Kingdom came flying toward me with blood pouring from his chest, and I hurried to catch him.

"W-Wait, are you okay?

"Ugh, Usato-sama. ......"

Don't talk!

His torso is ripped open, armor and all. ......!

He immediately tried to cast a healing spell, but the moment he poured his magic power into the wound, it was drowned out as if it had fizzled out.

"What?

The healing magic doesn't work.

No matter how hard I tried to cast healing magic, I could not heal his wounds.

The knight who grabbed my arm as I still tried to apply healing magic, saw my frustration and called out to me, his voice trembling.

His sword is cursed. I cannot afford to lose you now. ...... Leave this place immediately. ......

"So don't talk. ......"

"......"

The light fades from the knight's eyes, and the hand holding my arm slips from my grasp.

I quietly lower his corpse to the ground, and after hitting the ground once with all my strength, I call out to the other knight standing by my side.

"......The effect of not accepting recovery magic should disappear with the passage of time."

"...... what?"

"Injured people who do not accept healing and restoration magic should be brought to the lifeguard's base after having their bleeding stopped. There are enough bandages and tools there. If you can, please call the black uniforms here and tell them how I instructed you to do it."

"Yes, sir!　What are you going to do, Usato-sama?

I'm ...... going to try to stop the enemy.

Before the knight can call for a halt, he advances toward the direction of the piercing, deadly fire.

"Nea. Hurry up and get the commander."

To tell you the truth, I don't want to bring Rose into conflict with the man she is about to meet.

But if we don't, there will be more victims.

"...... Okay."

Before I die, will you do me a favor?

Don't be so silly. I'll leave you the ...... resistant magic, okay?

Thank you.

I look forward, watching Nair fly away from my shoulder.

There - standing among the fallen knights - was a demoness.

Dull blond hair, twisted horns, brown skin.

Unlike the other soldiers, he was clad in armor and a cloak, and in his hand he held a blood-red sword.

He---Nero Agens looked at me and rolled his eyes a little.

"White Clothes ......"

"Nero Agence, I presume."

"Do you know my name?"

A wind and sword master, equal or superior to Rose.

He's not ready to fight at all, but he's not afraid.

I know it when I see it.

I cannot win.

But even so, I cannot back down here.

If we let him go, many people will fall prey to the cursed sword. If that happens, even we, as healers, won't be able to help them.

I'll die trying to hold him back.

"Oh, I see."

He nodded with a calm voice that seemed out of place on the battlefield as I remained alert with my cage deployed.

"So you are Rose's disciple."

As soon as he muttered this, Nero carelessly raised his magic sword and released the blade of the wind.