Endless Silver Machine

"Here...it seems we can't go any further."

Teacher Letika who was walking in front stopped.

This is already the border of the jungle, and a steady stream of streams is hidden in the green shade.

It was getting dark, and this was where everyone planned to turn back.

"That's it for today, go back first."

The road that has been walked has become much simpler, and the magic-marked fluorescent agent has been marked along the way, but it is still necessary to return to the meeting point before it turns completely dark.

Tylua-senpai was the first to notice the strange feeling.

What forced everyone to stop was a large swamp.

"Teacher Letika, when we came here before, was there a place like this?"

The entire land is sunken, and the dark soil is not caused by the dim light, but has fundamentally changed its nature.

Moreover, the magical fluorescent agent that could originally be felt nearby has now lost its response.

Of course, because now this is not at all the place we just passed through.

Or maybe the place you just passed has been replaced by something else.

Dirty foam kept rising in the deeply sunken earth, and the "cracking" sound it made when the foam burst was particularly disgusting.

Aika felt Wei Xi holding her little hand unconsciously and forcefully.

"Wei Xi, it's okay."

"No...this is a barrier..."

"Eh?"

Aika originally planned to comfort Wei Xi, who was frightened by the sudden appearance of unknown things, but the reason for her fear did not seem to be that reason.

"Boundary? Classmate Wei Xi, do you think this swamp is a boundary?"

"No..." Wei Xi was still a little hesitant about her judgment, "I can just feel..."

"It doesn't matter, just say whatever comes to your mind."

Tirua-senpai tried to encourage her to speak out boldly.

"That's it...here is..."

Wei Xi was about to say something when bubbles suddenly surged in the swamp.

The "cracking" sound of cracking sounded without interruption. Some kind of gas was released from each bursting bubble, and the surrounding area was covered in turbid air for an instant.

The sound of breaking wind sounded in the dimness with unclear vision. Tiluya reflexively summoned the blood-coagulated knight's spear. Something sharp brushed the body of the knight's spear, and then quickly disappeared into the darkness, and even the entity could not be seen. clear.

"Tsk..."

A painful moan escaped from Tiruya-senpai's mouth.

"Everyone please come here!"

When Wei Xi sensed the danger hidden in the thick fog, she unfolded the barrier that blocked everything. Senior Tiruya withdrew her knight's spear and ducked back to Wei Xi's side.

"Telua-senpai, are you injured?"

"It doesn't matter……"

Before she could finish her brave words, Senior Tiruya's feet suddenly went weak, and Aika quickly reached out to catch her body.

"Telua-senpai..."

Aika's voice breaks off here. Because when he touched Tirua-senpai's hot body, his body also felt the same.

The whole world began to shake, and the scene in front of him began to distort. The temperature I felt became higher and higher, and breathing became difficult.

It was obvious that he was already in Wei Xi's barrier and had not inhaled any harmful gas...

Aika persisted until she laid Tylua-senpai's body on the ground, and then knelt down weakly.

My body was very hot, probably the same as when I felt Senpai Tiruya's body temperature just now, as if all the blood in my body was boiling.

Aika didn't have the energy to think about the reason anymore.

"Brother Aika..."

Wei Xi called out anxiously.

But the malice directed at Senior Tiruya had not disappeared. The impact was transmitted to Wei Xi's barrier, and the force was so great that Wei Xi focused all her attention on maintaining the barrier.

Teacher Letika rushed to Tiruya-senpai's side. Because Aika felt pain after touching her body, she did not touch Tiruya-senpai's body rashly.

"Student Wei Xi, can you still hold on?"

"It doesn't matter……"

Even if she doesn't concentrate, Wei Xi's barrier cannot be broken by brute force. But she didn't know the true form of this brute force in the mist, so she was cautious and didn't dare to let down her guard.

Your own barrier is the last line of defense. If it is breached, the four people here will encounter more serious dangers.

"Then please continue to hold on, and I'll take a look at the situation of the two of them."

"but……"

"I know I won't touch their bodies."

Several balls of light lit up within the barrier. Exposing the light source in the fog is undoubtedly exposing the position, but the other party can obviously know their position in this situation, so hiding is meaningless.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-"

A chaotic cry that was enough to cause eardrums to vibrate painfully sounded from the depths of the mist, and its sound caused a violent impact on Wei Xi's barrier.

Teacher Letika, who was about to squat down, suddenly changed her direction.

"Classmate Wei Xi, unfold your barrier with the highest defense power now!"

"Eh? Okay, okay...please, Cang Phosphorus' Birdcage——"

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The switching of barrier magic is the same as elemental magic. There is a time difference of about two seconds between different systems. But in this case, such a time difference is not allowed.

Precisely because he believed that Wei Xi, who was called a genius, could do it, Teacher Letika confidently gave her the task of protecting Tylua-senpai and Aika.

Although she didn't know what Teacher Letika was going to do, Wei Xi quickly constructed a new magic circle.

The pale magic barrier is superimposed on the original barrier.

Wei Xi had higher expectations than Teacher Letika, avoiding the time difference and maintaining two high-level barrier magics at the same time.

There probably isn't anything in the world that can break through this barrier.

Only in this way can Teacher Letika be able to use her power as she pleases.

A thick magic book appeared in front of her, the cross chain wrapped around it broke, and the magic circle with the unfamiliar crest as the center of the structure rotated and unfolded under the feet of Teacher Letika.

"Turn into sharp arrows, turn into spears, penetrate the invisible darkness..."

Pure white light beams shot vertically into the sky from the inner barrier of Tou Wei Xi.

"The Aurora of the Mirror - the endless piercing light prism!"

Immediately afterwards, everything Wei Xi saw happened in just one second.

When it was about to break through the sky, a huge triangular light curtain spread out in the sky, refracting the vertical light beam toward the ground at an obtuse angle.

Independent triangular light curtains emerge like stairs. Each light curtain is like a piece of glass, guiding the direction of the pure white light beam projected obliquely.

At the same time, countless light spots lit up in the fog, and this was the only sight that could be seen from Wei Xi's perspective.

A pure white light beam penetrated the fog. At this moment, the dazzling light filled the entire field of vision, and Wei Xi had to close her eyes.

The magic light beam with extremely high temperature was continuously decomposed and refracted by countless light curtains within a fixed range.

Strong winds and heat waves far exceeded the previous brute force impact.

If she was in the center of the light screen, even if it was the "Cang Phosphorous Bird Cage" that completely offset the impact of a three-thousand-meter fall, Wei Xi would not be confident that she could persist to the end.

It wasn't until the impact gradually lessened that Wei Xi cautiously opened her eyes slightly.

The turbid fog has been blown away by the hot wind.

The swamp that was originally sunken into the ground was several times lower than its original altitude. The monster's huge body became riddled with holes and curled up into a ball in the center of the pit.

If the tail section made of dozens of giant sarcomas were straightened, it would be roughly equivalent to the four-story school building of Shimozuki Academy.

The end of the sarcoma is a bone spur glowing with an unknown purple light. This tail is the weapon used by this monster to attack.

Instructor Letika recalled her magic equipment and began to try to get in touch with the aviation magic ship "Mystis" that was on standby. Wei Xi felt the fluctuation of magic power around her.

"The barrier... is about to be lifted..."

Following her gentle voice, cracks appeared in the scenery in front of and around her, and then shattered like glass.

The deeply sunken swamp and the fragmented body of the huge monster also disappeared like a joke.

"This... is the 'realm'... this ruins..."

Wei Xi raised her head in confusion. The setting sun had completely sunk into the horizon, and instead the moonlight shone on the ground.

This is just an ordinary forest, and the gurgling sound of the stream can be clearly heard not far away.

"Why do you feel like this..."

None of those sounds reached Wei Xi's ears, and she was haunted by deep confusion.

Wei Xi could already clearly feel the magic flowing in this ruins.

For no reason, an unknown warmth flows in my heart like a gurgling stream.