Is this really just an RPG? !

In the 16 years of my life, although only the most recent year has the clearest memory of traveling around as a brave man in these 16 years, I always feel that I have seen "the devil is kidnapped by the princess", "seeking the brave man from the neighboring country for help", "the brave man rescued from the princess" After saving the devil" this kind of alternative plot that would not make people feel boring even if it was written into a script and circulated for hundreds of years, I can already face everything in the future calmly.

Only now, when I am in this situation, do I realize how naive I was.

An unimaginably embarrassing scene.

Melville and I stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes, but there was no way to attack each other in the current situation; Emily concentrated on analyzing the sealing spell that was not completely destroyed, and took a few drops of blood from me from time to time It is used as a casting material for analysis aid magic.

As for the reason?

After releasing Ecnanoser Gnikcolcrevo, the entire palace became a magic-forbidden area, and Mana here fell into a state of decadence. Neither I, Emily, nor Melville could release large-scale attack magic under the current situation. If you want to continue fighting, you have to I can rely on strength for melee combat, but Melville can't move because of the seal, and I won't put my life on it myself, which will prevent the possibility of continued fighting between us.

Of course, if the ceiling or the gate of the hall were destroyed, Mana from outside could come in, and the ability to cast spells would be restored in a short time, but Melville could not touch the gate, nor could he destroy the ceiling. If it is discovered by people on the ground, and it has not fully recovered its strength, it will definitely be re-sealed.

Being forced to live in harmony with the enemy under certain circumstances is a rare experience in my life.

Perhaps I should record this incident and publicize it later?

The premise is that I am still alive after the end.

"Oh... Brave! Come here, give me some blood!"

"Aw!"

The pain from my arm made me cry out, and after watching another "HP-1" pop up on the left screen, I decided to rummage through the backpack to find if there were any props that could be used now, such as stacked in it The reply potion that I hadn't noticed at all.

Since the inside of the temple has become a magic-forbidden area, there are only two ways to release magic, using the mana stored in itself or the mana in the medium. But Emily, who is now a small size, can't store much mana in her body, so she focuses on me.

According to her words, "the whole body of the hero is excellent material".

I couldn't help but shudder when I heard this, because Emily's gaze made me feel like a magical creature about to be savagely exploited.

— even though she only asked me to bleed, only a few drops at a time.

At Emily's speed, in about a few minutes, I will become the first hero in history to be bled to death by my teammates, because as long as I am cut, no matter how shallow the wound is, it will be "HP-1" Although I don't know what will happen when the HP drops to 0, I don't want to try this kind of thing myself.

What a great tragedy.

After drinking a bottle of red liquid full of thick milk flavor and filling up my single-digit HP, I raised my head and looked at Melville, who said "I don't want to talk" with his arms around his eyes, and began to think about Wow. The reason why the Ren organization will release Melville from the seal.

First of all, this organization that "caused the emergence of the Doomed Century" cannot be a group of guys who only talk about it, and it is said that for some reason, most of the members can't speak except chanting mantras, probably to prevent "death from words" many"? Therefore, this organization should have a large number of people, and they all have certain strength.

Then the way to break the seal this time is very strange.

Is it because the seal is too strong or the members are not capable enough?

"Sister, have you determined what type of sealing formation it is?"

"Well... the center is Gloria, and then the three dependents Lorraine (son of the North Wind), Agnes (Agnes (master of the permafrost), Hosea (Frostwolf), lean towards the moon, The corresponding star position is Rigel, and the main output position is Hosea's position? Oh, that's right, he is a hunter after all, so it is not surprising that he has a better relationship with wolves."

"..."

What are you talking about?

For the first time, I suffered from the absence of Qiuqiu, the humanoid self-propelled encyclopedia.

—at least her words are easier to understand.

"The core mantra is '(water bottle)? Are you saying that the magic item used for sealing is a water bottle?'"

"It's kind of like... oh! I mean like Aquarius."

I pointed to the slightly cracked vial beneath Melville.

"If it's severe winter, it's normal to mention Aquarius, because the months of Aquarius are January and February, right?"

"yes."

Emily nodded and gave an affirmative answer. After a pause, she seemed to be talking to herself again.

"I understand all of this, but Gloria obviously has nothing to do with the bottle, and Pisces (Pisces) is more appropriate. Besides, what is the sub-core spell this time? Damn it, this place was destroyed, Don’t they know how to preserve historical relics if they have to use bloodletting to destroy this magic circle?”

"..."

Maybe really don't know?

Of course, no matter what I think, Emily will definitely throw the blame on the members of that organization. It was originally called a "ghostly cult with a problematic brain", but now it has been upgraded to "ghostly Sly Cult member of Tom's brain". Seeing her angry look, I decided to swallow some words that I really wanted to complain about, and wait for Emily's anger to subside before considering whether to say it or not.

But until then, I think it's better to change the subject.

"Sister, can you repair this seal?"

"without."

Emily gave a quick answer.

"So, what was said before?"

"Oh, anyone who knows a little bit can see that."

It sounded a bit of a natural tone.

I slapped my forehead, trying to divert my attention away from Emily, otherwise I'm not sure if I can control myself all the time, and don't have an urge to throw this poor girl somewhere, anyway Judging from the current situation, as long as it is not within Melville's reach, it is safe.

"Neil, do you have something that can 'Boom' blow up here, the gravel is blocking the spell."

Emily suddenly raised her head and looked at me. Her finger pointed to a small stone, which happened to be pressed against a corner of the sealing formation. It was really difficult for her to handle this small stone. But speaking of explosions, the blasting potions I had with me were long gone, leaving only a mess of magic scrolls.

"Should there be? Wait a minute."

I casually opened a space gap and began to rummage through it for props.

Because he often robbed bandits in the past, in addition to a large sum of money, there were all kinds of magic props and weird collectibles in his backpack. After rummaging through a pile of temporarily unused props, I finally found something that fit Emily's needs.

It is specially used to destroy stones, um...it can't be said to be a magic scroll anymore, because there is only one circuit for converting heat into magic power, and the rest is gunpowder. Just stick this thing on something and heat it up, and it will "Boom" explode.

Very convenient.

Simple and easy to use.

I handed this scroll to Emily, but I got a puzzled look.

"Brave."

"What?"

"Actually, your body is a blue civet cat without fingers!"

"……ha?"

I have absolutely no idea what Emily is trying to convey.

She didn't explain, and continued to study the spells after blasting the gravel. I raised my head to look at Melville, just in time to find that he was also looking at me, with a little surprise and disdain in his eyes... It should be disdain? Balrog's eyes were covered by magma, so he couldn't tell the difference, so he could only judge by feeling.

"Space trick?"

"Ah, it's a space trick."

Although I really want to refute it with "this is actually a spell", but after recalling the skills I have mastered, I really can only call it "magic". Whether it's teleportation, teleportation, or a different-dimensional backpack, discarding the special attributes in it is actually no different from tricks that deceive people's vision.

I feel so sad just thinking about it.

"Even if it's a trick, it's almost impossible to see someone who can use this power... Are you a hero? I mean a real hero?"

"Ah, I am a brave man, a real brave man."

Sensing the surprise in Melville's tone, I couldn't help but feel the power of the brave profession.

Even a random demon would know how to identify a brave man.

[Didn't it mean that the brave is just an ordinary profession that can easily grab a lot of tickets? ! I am always recognized so easily. Is it because I am too strong and diligent, or are the other brave men too weak and not doing their jobs properly! 】

I really wanted to question Emily like this, but she was concentrating on studying the incantation, so she couldn't receive the signal I sent with my eyes, but instead sent it to Melville, and got a mocking look.

——Don't ask me how I found out, the feeling of contempt is too obvious.

"Melville."

"Um?"

Probably knowing my identity, Melville did not continue to maintain that attitude of being an ant to everyone. Although he was very arrogant, he was able to speak well, so that he would not be so angry that people could not continue the conversation.

"I want to know what happened in the century of destruction. You were born at that time, right?"

"No, I was born at an earlier time."

"Yes, yes, anyway, do you know about the ruined century?"

"I know everything."

Melville's tone was full of pride, but soon became low.

"Of course, the premise is that when I can move freely, I was sealed here before the beginning of the era of destruction, serving as the core of power for this land and protecting it, even if it wasn't my original intention."

Eh?

It suddenly occurred to me that Lilith had mentioned that most of the water flow in the mainland converges here, but the water level in the waters around the college has always remained in a constant area.

Thinking of the existence of Melville, it is understandable!

Because of the existence of Melville, the land is relatively low, and the sealing array needs to attract the water from the entire continent to offset Melville's flame power and maintain the stability of the seal. incomprehensible situation.

This is why Aquarius is used instead of Pisces at the core.

However, the effect of Aquarius engraved on the magic circle in the form of a spell is "gathering water"? This is the first time I know this kind of thing.

On the other hand, the area where George College is located is very rich in mana, and it can now be considered that Melville brought it.

In the end, George College was built just before the destruction of the world began.

Based on this inference, the founder of George College or someone who has a good relationship with the founder brought Melville here and sealed it in a bottle, building such a palace to protect the sealed bottle, and at the same time let Melville's power Better pass on to the earth.

But Melville is the king of the Balrog after all, not a power that ordinary people can resist.

If you want to guess about the sealer, then the best option is Catherine! The god who lived in seclusion in the human world...or in other words, could not return to the heaven because of his meddling in the affairs of the human world, and eventually weakened and disappeared because of the power of losing faith.

All the oddities are connected.

"Melville."

I yelled again.

"You seem to have figured out something."

Melville used a flat tone, as if deliberately letting me know the news.

"Well, I've thought about it, and I've thought about it a lot,"

After I finished speaking, I felt that my words were not clear enough. I coughed a few times and reorganized my words in my mind.

"Judging from the current situation, there is nothing you can do."

"Um?"

Melville responds as if casually.

"It will take at least ten years to wait for the hall to become a demon-forbidden area. Although opening the ceiling is a quick solution, judging from your current situation, as long as you are noticed by the people above, It will be re-sealed soon, so you should go out from here only after you are ready to break free from the seal and recover most of your strength!"

Even though it's just speculation, I think what I'm saying makes sense.

Melville didn't make any rebuttal either, just looked at me and motioned for me to continue.

"So why can't we sit down, have a cup of tea, and talk about philosophy?"

"philosophy?"

"No no no, don't mind the word, I just want us to have a good talk."

After a pause, I sat down where I was and looked up at Melville.

"For example, your wish? For example, Warren's purpose? Or choose a compromise method?"

To be honest, I don't have too much expectation for resealing Melville, because according to my guess, it needs a god to do it, even if there is still a quarter of it left. The seal, all that needs to be done is to repair the seal, but this means to suppress Melville in all directions - beat him until he has no strength to resist the seal.

Only in this way can it be completely sealed.

But judging from the current combat power...

Brave · magic attack 0 · physical attack 0 · war five scum · Neil.

Magical girl, all attribute drops, magic power overdraft, unable to equip weapons, Emily.

With this kind of lineup, don't even think about fighting.

I turned my head and glanced at the screen on the right, and finally a new task with a golden title appeared on the task bar that hadn't been updated for a long time, with a special note that "the completion method can be selected".

"Main task: [Melville, Lord of the Fire Demon]

Mission information: The sealed Fire Demon King broke free from the seal due to the members of the unknown organization Warren. In order to save this land, you, as a brave man, should subdue this destroyer.

Mission objectives (optional): 1. Defeat Melville (not completed)

2. Reseal Melville (unfinished)

3. Convincing Melville (unfinished). "

If you can move your mouth, try not to move your hands.

I think if Qiuqiu were here, he would definitely agree with my point of view.