TEASER CHAPTER 7 PART 19
The
light that filled his vision subsided.
Nozomu
slowly opened his eyelids and saw not the outer edges of Arcazam, but a dense
forest in front of him.
"……Where
is this?"
The
light was shining through the gaps between the leaves of the trees, and the area
was filled with the scent of trees.
They
should have been on the outer edge of the city until earlier, but now they
found themselves in the middle of the forest. The situation was so confusing
that Lisa let out a bewildered voice.
"This
is probably the forest outside Arcazam..."
Lisa
looked around with a stunned expression.
Nozomu
was calmly trying to grasp their situation from their surroundings.
"You
can tell?"
"Yeah,
look over there ..."
Nozomu
pointed to a collapsed and battered tent and wooden fences scattered about. It
was the site of the goblin settlement that had been wiped out by the Abyss
Grief.
“But
how did we get to such a place in such a short time?…”
"It's
hard to believe, but it's probably teleportation magic ....... It's not magic that
humans can use."
Lisa's
eyes widened at Nozomu's words.
There
were currently no humans on this continent who could use teleportation magic.
It
had been confirmed that it existed as magic in ancient times, but there were
barely traces of it in old ruins. Naturally, it had not yet been clarified.
At
that moment, the sound of rubble crumbling echoed in the area.
They
looked in the direction of the sound and saw Azel, who had brought Nozomu and
Lisa here, looking down at them with furious gazes.
"This
will be your grave, Tiamat. I will cast your filthy soul into eternal darkness
so that you will never be able to come out to this land ever again."
In
front of the scattered wreckages, a white-haired girl glared at Nozomu with
eyes filled with murderous intent as she made such a declaration.
Nozomu
gritted his teeth.
The
girl in front of him knew about his secret, after all. If so, Zonne would
definitely be involved in this.
"Tia-mat...?"
While
Nozomu was alerted, Lisa looked bewildered at the name that Azel mentioned.
She
was unable to keep up with the stormy turn of events and the words that kept
coming at her so abruptly.
"What
in the world is she talking about?"
Lisa
unintentionally called out to Nozomu. However, her words were stopped by
Nozomu, whose face distorted in pain.
"...
Nozomu?"
"Guh~
...!"
Nozomu
had a pained expression on his face as if he was gritting his teeth. Surely,
there was something wrong with him.
Suddenly,
he was sweating profusely and his complexion was turning pale.
Lisa
was so surprised by his unusual appearance that she rushed towards Nozomu
without thinking.
"H-,
hey, what's wrong!?"
His
mouth was tightly clenched as if he was enduring something. Nozomu's legs were
wobbling and shaking, and finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and fell to his
knees.
"Haa,
haa, haa ..."
Rough
breathing intermittently leaked out of his mouth.
Lisa,
who did not know the details of the situation, had no way of knowing, but the
moment Azel came into sight, Tiamat had begun to go berserk, trying to break
through Nozomu's body.
