Saikyou Juzoku Tensei ~Cheat Majutsushi no Slow Life~

Chapter 222 - Episode Seventeen - High Elf Sorcerer, Devin (10)

“I-, it’s you again ……”

As expected, even I was fed up with the appearance of the elf for the third time.

It’s the type of person I don’t want to be associated with, to be honest.

“You just keep running away but …… that’s as far as you’ll go. Look, Marren. Don’t you think this is a fitting place to end it?”

The interior of this sixth level is made of stone, and it has a rather stately atmosphere.

Even the statues of demons lining the aisles are quaint.

However, if this is the final battle with a long-time rival or the fate of the world against a great villain, the stalker elf who’s coming at me with a grudge, the actors are losing too much.

“This Altamir or something did a very stylish performance too.”

The elf looks around in a circle and sniffs with a humph.

I almost said, “Apologize to Altamir”.

The elf turns to me and narrows his eyes.

“I admit, you are strong. I did not expect to find a sorcerer like you among the mundane people who live on earth. However, I still have my standing to maintain. The fact that I am a high elf and was humiliated by a groundling does not change the fact that you are a prominent figure. I can’t just walk away. Ready your wand, Marren.”

The elf said and pointed his wand at me.

“I’ll tell you my name before the duel. I am the oracle of the sky god and I have come down to earth wearing this vestment. I am Devin Deodornode, a High Elven priest of the sky country, Alfheim. I will allow you to call me by my name, Marren.”

“………… Ehhh, what a pain.”

“I said name yourself and ready your wand! Are you deaf! I! I was chosen by the sky god, I cannot and should not have lost! In the name of the sky god, I cannot lose!”

“I just don’t have the motivation …… I’m tired of walking, and I don’t want to do anything unnecessary, or something …… To begin with, due to your convenience, I don’t have anything to gain ……”

“If you beat me! The treasures of the sky country Alfheim! The magic ore! Even the grimoire! I’m willing to give you as much as you want! Did you got cold feet, Marren!”

“You said you wouldn’t be able to return to the sky country Alfheim, if you lost to me ……”

Elf, or rather Devin, shushed.

See, what did I say, is what I thought. From the very beginning, this elf has never thought about the consequences of losing.

“Guh …… The-, then I’ll give you this staff. This wand is made from a thousand-year-old sky tree ……”

Devin shifts his eyes to the staff in his hand and thrusts forward somewhat hesitantly.

He seems to be not sure of how he feels about it. But for me, if that’s how it is, I want something more than the wand.

“Ah! Then give me that one. You know, the vestments you’re wearing. If you give it to me when I win, I’ll have a duel with you.”

The treasures of the Great Temple of the Elves would surely be of some use.

I’d also like to analyze its magic circle.

If you’re going to give it, I’ll gladly take it. Then even I will have the will to properly fight the opponent.

“Wha, Huh? Wha, what are you talking about! Are you crazy! Listen? This vestment is proof that I am recognized by the sky god as the best sorcerer in the sky country of Alfheim!”

Devin cried out with a vein on his forehead, nose breathing wide and lips pursed.

“This was never my thing to begin with! It is customary to return the gift to the Temple of the Great God at the same time as the recipient dies! It’s like being on loan, so to speak! I would be a disgraceful sinner forever if the people of the earth had taken it from me!”

Devin shouted so, then his shoulders going up and down, breathing hard.

The veins are showing on his forehead thickly.

I honestly did not expect him to be so angry.

“But you said you couldn’t lose to me, right? You must not or cannot lose ……”

“No, no! In the first place, using something borrowed from the sky god for a bet is not even possible! What, the Marren’s must be an idiot!?”

I close my eyes for a few seconds and choose my words.

If I can successfully inflame Devin’s faith and tribal self-esteem, I should be able to drag him out somehow.

I gather my thoughts, then open my mouth and speak up at once.

“Your strength is guaranteed by the sky god, right? You said that you were chosen by the sky god and that you couldn’t lose. Isn’t it only natural to use what you borrowed from the sky god as collateral for the words of the sky god? Or is the oracle of the sky god so lax? If you don’t believe in the oracle of the sky gods and you’re unsure of your own abilities, put down your staff. Why should I bother to take a duel with a guy who blushes and yells at you to make the wound of defeat less severe?”

“I let you talk and you shamelessly! Once you realize what I’m really capable of, you won’t be able to speak so lightly! The fools of the Dinrat Kingdom who worship the evil god Kudor do not understand the greatness of the sky god!”

“So you want to bet on it?”

“…………”

Devin froze, silent, and glanced at me with his left red eyes.

Then hesitantly, he opens his mouth a little.

“Oh, ohhhh …… okay ……”

“Yes! I am Abel Belek of the Marren tribe! Then let’s go!”

“Oh, no, I don’t mean I agree with that ……”

When I hold up my wand, Devin is distraught for a moment, but his expression quickly returns to his face, his red eyes filled with hostility toward me.

“N-Never mind! We who dwell in the sky bathe in the light of the Moon-Din more than those who crawl on the earth, and gain a part of the immense magic of the Moon-Din! Let me show you! How big the high elves and Marren’s difference! Overwhelming magic! And shudder and fear!”

Devin flipped his vestments and released the seven stones around him.

“Let me go all out from the beginning!”

On the seven stones scattered around Devin, each magic circle rises to the surface.

“Stone, serve me”

The thrown stone swells up and turns into the size of a short man.

“Who says I can’t control more than one Stone Servant at a time? It’s not time to despair yet, Abel!”

Devin closes his right eye and opens his left red eye wide.

As Devin raises his staff high, a large magic circle unfolds around him.

I put a little more magic into it and then float the ten magic circles and wave my wand.

“Wind”

The wind blows past the tip of my wand.

The magic circle of the vestment appears to protect Devin, but it is being scraped away more and more by the force of the wind.

In the blink of an eye, Devin has taken the wind’s momentum seriously and covers his eyes with his arms from its intensity.

“Guh!?”

Devin’s feet nearly lifted off the ground, and he bent down to counter it.

However, the stone doll of Devin, blown by the wind, collided with his abdomen.

“Bufu!?”

Finally, Devin’s body floats in the air.

Aiming at their faces, the three stone dolls fly away.

Devin’s face was covered in blood from the triple blow of the stone doll. With what appeared to be teeth flying through the air, Devin’s body flew backward and slammed into the wall.

Devin’s body collapses on the floor.

“Not yet …… Not yet, Marlen! Don’t get too cocky! Mere crawling insect, messing around……!”

Devin thrusts his elbow into the floor and tries to raise his upper body.

“Wind, transport”

I continue to wave my wand.

The wind arises again around Devin and lifts his body into the air.

“W-What the ……! Ah!”

The wand slips through Devin’s hands and floats in the air.

Devin hurriedly tried to retrieve the staff, but although it grazed his fingertips, he was unable to take it.

While in the air, he was looking like he was drowning in water.

I spun Devin’s body around and dropped him to the ground.

Devin nearly fell headfirst, but turned his body just before he hit the ground and collided with his shoulder first.

“For you to play with me like this …… Hm?”

The wind I was controlling with my magic stripped the vestments from Devin and brought them to me.

I put my wand in my pocket, grabbed the vestments with both hands, and rubbed them with my hands.

“Ohhhhh, It has a pretty interesting set of magic formula. And the material is …… what it could be. I’m not sure. Well, for now, I’ll take this one as promised.”

I was about to run my hand up and down the vestments to show them to Devin, but the vestments were unexpectedly heavy, and my body stumbled forward to lean forward.

Mea said, “Do you want me to hold it?” and I decided to ask Mea to take care of it for now, since she was trying to put her hands on it.

“You-, you’ve got to be kidding me! I’m telling you that that is in the form of something I borrowed! These fools on earth can’t even understand a word! Get your hands off it! It’s not something you people are allowed to touch with your hands! Think that it’s also presumptuous of you to look at it! Let go of it, let go of it……! You! You’ve wrinkled it now!”

Aiming at Devin who is shouting, I made the group of stone doll that I floated up high fall down.

Devin caught the doll with his head.

A dull, disgusting sound could be heard.

Devin’s head snapped to the floor and he stopped moving. He seemed to have lost consciousness.

Mea and I looked at Devin for a few seconds, but there was no sign of him getting up.

I pointed my wand at the ceiling.

“I’m going to analyze it a bit and see if I can make a good hole in it while keeping the wards intact.”

“Oh …… yes. Mea decided to give up on stopping you, For now, the vestments are too heavy, so can I leave them on the ground?”

“Oh, just leave it there.”

Finally, at the next level is the witch’s tower, the seventh level.

The seventh level was also my highest target point.

The witch’s tower, which had been so long it made my legs scream many times, was finally over.

I’ve just received Mea’s permission, and after touring the seventh level, we can take a shortcut back home by breaking down the walls and floors.

At the sixth level, an A-ranked Jormungand appeared.

What will Altamir show us at the seventh level?

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We received a supportive illustration from illustrator Mika Pikazo!