After the gathering with Kuraki Mai and the others, Sei Itō, who had nothing else to do, regained his calm. Every day, he would either stay at home and read books, or head to the Great Merlin Library to secretly record books. Sometimes, he would change the rules in the dead of the night, so that he could quickly enter Level S.
"Chen?" On this day, just as Sei Itō finished copying books and walked out of the Great Merlin Library, a familiar female voice suddenly rang in his ears.
With a puzzled expression, Sei Itō immediately turned his head and looked in the direction of the voice. In an instant, a young woman with a height of 1.7 meters with a slim figure and short blonde hair appeared in front of him. She was dressed in an avant-garde fashion in this very retro environment.
"Betty?" Sei Itō called out in a puzzled tone when he saw the woman's appearance.
The woman was one of the three sorcerers that Sei Itō had hired through Marya of the Forth Magic Agency as a magic consultant. She was outgoing and had the strength of a one-star sorcerer, Betty Arnold.
"I didn't expect it to be you. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me." Betty strode over to Sei Itō with a smile.
"You are …?" Sei Itō asked with a smile.
"I suddenly became interested in potions recently, so I came here to buy some materials for cultivating potions," Betty explained. Then, she looked at Sei Itō and smiled. "Oh, right, I forgot to congratulate you."
"What?" Sei Itō, who didn't realize that he had done anything worthy of being congratulated, asked subconsciously.
"I heard from Ingrid that you became an official sorcerer," Betty quickly explained.
"Oh, so that's what happened. It's all thanks to your help. Without you and Ingrid's careful guidance, I might not have been able to pass the test so quickly, "Sei Itō said modestly.
"That's because you've worked hard enough. I can't stand going to the library to read books every day," Betty said as she turned around and looked at Ito Sei, who was glowing with a faint magic light behind him.
"Oh, right. Since I met you here, I don't have to go to the association to find someone to team up with. How about it? Are you willing to accompany me to the Tapei Forest to collect some potion materials? " Betty, who seemed to have thought of something, looked at Sei Itō again and asked with a smile.
"That place doesn't seem like a place for us to go," Sei Itō said with some hesitation.
Sei Itō knew where the Tapei Forest was located. it was a special forest in the south of the Great Merlin Academy. Originally, it was the seclusion place of an alchemy and magic magician, Tapey Cralley. However, during one of his special experiments, the intruder's intruders accidentally invaded the forest. Due to the unexpected intrusion of the enemy, the experiment had failed. Not only had the caster, Tuppel Clarrie, suffered from the magic backlash and was on the brink of death, even the attacker had been heavily injured by the magical elemental tides produced by the experiment's failure. However, the most dangerous thing was the special summoning circle that Tapei Craly had set up during the experiment. It was connected to an unknown dimension when the magic went out of control. At the same time, a large amount of magical elemental energy was released. It also attracted a group of powerful magical beasts from another dimension. This made the entire Tapei Forest extremely dangerous. Anyone who was not a two-star sorcerer or above could not enter.
However, there were gains and losses. Under the influence of the magical elemental energy released from another dimension, many plants had mutated. Most of the plants in Taber Forest had mutated, turning from ordinary plants to abnormal plants with magical properties. It had become a paradise for magic potion enthusiasts.
As for the portal to another dimension that was opened by Tapei Craly's magic, it had long been sealed by the legendary sorcerer who was guarding it. However, Tapei Craly and his enemies, who were involved in the incident, were devoured by the magical beasts that rushed out and turned into something unknown.
"Don't worry, we will only walk around the periphery. We won't go too deep," Betty replied with a smile, as if she had expected Sei Itō to ask.
"Okay then." Sei Itō nodded and agreed, pretending to be hesitant.
Seeing Sei Itō agree, Betty laughed happily and beckoned Sei Itō to the shared teleportation circle set up on Merlin Street. However, Betty, who was walking in front, did not notice that Sei Itō, who was following behind her, had a serious expression on his face. His eyes flashed as he stared at her back, observing something.
When Betty turned her head to talk to him, Sei Itō's expression returned to its original state. He talked and laughed with Betty as they came to the public teleportation circle. He took out his bank card and paid the teleportation fee in a very gentlemanly manner. After that, he activated the teleportation circle and teleported them to a small circle located not far from the Tapei Forest.
"There is still some distance from here to the Tapei Forest. We can rent two good horses over there for transportation." Betty, who walked out of the teleportation circle, pointed to a place not far away where more than ten horses were stored and introduced.
Sei Itō, who looked in the direction Betty pointed, nodded and went with Betty to the place where the horses were rented.
The way to rent the horses was very simple. One only needed to pay a deposit and leave a magic badge that represented one's identity. Of course, the money was still paid by Sei Itō.
"Giddy up!" Betty and Sei Itō, who had each chosen a good horse from the group of horses, got on their horses, shook the reins, and shouted.
Amidst the pain from the whipping of the reins, the two fine horses neighed and charged forward at high speed.
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"Neigh …" Just when Betty and Sei Itō were halfway, Sei Itō suddenly tightened the reins and stopped the horses.
"Why did we stop?" Betty, who had stopped the horses after galloping for some distance, turned the horses around and slowly walked back. She was puzzled.
Sei Itō, who did not answer Betty's question, looked around and said, "This place is in the middle of nowhere. It's empty around here. There is no one within a radius of ten meters. It's a good place to solve problems."
Hearing Sei Itō's words, Betty's eyes flickered slightly.
Sei Itō, who was looking at Betty, asked calmly, "Just tell me. Who are you?"
"Chen? What are you talking about? How come I don't understand? "Betty asked in confusion.
"Although your disguise is almost fake, and if you don't pay special attention to it for a long time, or if you know some secrets, it's almost impossible to tell the difference between you and the real you. But it just so happens that I know some habits that even Betty herself doesn't pay attention to. So, you don't have to pretend anymore, "Sei Itō said calmly as he summoned more than ten transparent air bombs around him.
"Chen? You're saying that I'm a disguise?! Are you crazy? " Betty looked at Sei Itō in disbelief as if she was looking at a madman.
"Tsk, as expected of a professional. You have a strong mentality!" Sei Itō looked at Betty with disdain. "Unfortunately, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. I don't want to be entangled by your people who will rush over after discovering the accident."
With that, Sei Itō ignored Betty and ordered the air bombs to fly toward her.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang …" A series of explosions rang out. Large amounts of dust and blood splattered from Betty's location and spread across the yellow dirt road.
Sei Itō did not care if the blood on the ground was human or horse blood. He immediately waved his right arm and several wind blades flew into the white smoke created by the air bombs.
However, the moment the wind blades flew into the smoke, a gray air belt shot out of the smoke like an arrow and flew straight toward Sei Itō.
Although Sei Itō did not know what kind of magic the air belt was, he knew that it was not something good. He flashed and appeared behind the smoke, right behind Betty.
In the next moment, due to their animal instincts, the horse neighed and kicked forward, only to be struck by the grey mist. The muscles of the horse that was hit shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye. Soon, it turned into a horse corpse with only fur and bones remaining. With a plop, it fell to the ground, stirring up a large cloud of dust.
"Necromancy magic?" Sei Itō thought to himself. At the same time, he did not know if the other party was an assassin sent by the Church.
Although he was confused, Sei Itō did not stop his actions. First, he clasped his hands in front of him and quickly pressed them on the yellow dirt road. In an instant, a large amount of blue-white lightning bolts flew out from Sei Itō's hands and covered the ground beneath Betty's feet. It changed the terrain and huge rectangular stone pillars rose from the ground. The corners of the pillars were connected to each other and formed a rectangular pillar with only an opening at the top, trapping Betty within.
But before the square pillar rose to a certain height, a figure stepped on the ground and broke through the top of the pillar at an even faster speed. She chanted an incantation and released several strange pitch-black arrows that emitted a cold aura towards Sei Itō.
Sei Itō did not think and immediately jumped back. He glanced at the holes in the ground that were corroded by the pitch-black arrows and charged towards the woman who still maintained Betty's appearance. At the same time, he clenched his hands into tiger claws and released several lightning bolts at the woman.
To everyone's surprise, Betty's body floated and she also used magic to fly up in the air. It was just that her flying speed was much slower than that of Ito Sei who used telekinesis to fly, but it was more than twice as fast as the flying speed of ordinary two-star sorcerers using levitation and flying spells.
Sei Itō laughed mockingly when he saw this. He once again charged forward and instantly appeared in front of Betty, swinging his fist at her.
"Pfft!" The next moment, with a slight explosion, Betty, who had been attacked, suddenly turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared in front of Ito Seiji's eyes …
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