Chapter 77
"W-what is this . . . "
Arias asked me as the surrounding mana converged .
"It's your own body, you know without me telling right?"
"Imploding from mana overload . . . "
Correct .
The magic I've put inside Arias forces a demon's mana control to run amok and collect excess mana from the surroundings .
The demon that's forced to gather mana will lose control of their mana, running amok--in short, it will implode and die .
. . . However, looks like Arias is hanging on to it hard .
Were he a lower ranked demon, I wouldn't be surprised if he had already imploded by now .
"I see . A fitting magic for a monster . . . . But this isn't enough to defeat me see?"
Arias laughed painfully as he said that .
The converging mana began to rapidly decrease .
It's not like my magic is faulty .
The surrounding mana has simply dried up .
Since I had triggered Mana Disaster to materialize Arias, the mana in this vicinity had dried up .
"Right . Looks like it's not enough . Since you seem to be working hard to control your mana . . . I'll give you a present . "
I took out a magic stone from Storage magic .
"Present . . . Magic stone?"
Arias shifted his attention toward me while controlling the excess mana, looking dubious .
"Yeah . That said, I'm not giving this magic stone as is though . "
I answered while putting my mana into the magic stone .
Arias probably realizes what's going to happen after seeing this .
After all, He has seen me crushing magic stones to trigger Mana Disaster .
"St . . . Stop it! Please stop!"
"Ah, sorry . You're too late . "
I crushed the magic stone in my hand .
All of the vast amount of mana released from it got sucked into Arias's body .
And, after a moment .
"U, UGAAAAAAAA!"
Arias imploded while screaming, blasting the surroundings .
I wait for the blast to recede while protecting myself with defend magic .
Several seconds later .
The ruined building has disappeared--there's only a crater around where Arias was left .
After confirming that there's a metal stake-like thing in that crater, I send 【Enforced Detection】 toward the sky .
Iris started to descend .
"Mathi-kun!"
Ruli got off Iris and hugged me .
"Why did you suddenly jump off! I was really worried you know!?"
"Aah . I did it to deceive the enemy . It didn't work though . "
It's a lie .
I had asked Iris to fly off high above to prevent the two from following me down .
"But . . . . "
"Well, he got off safe anyway, isn't it fine . "
"Right right . Mathi-kun is Mathi-kun, of course he's coming back safely!"
Following after Ruli, Iris and Alma stopped .
"But Alma, you were also really anxious until you saw Mathi-kun weren't you!"
. . . . Ruli talked back to Alma .
Having people worrying about me is quite a fresh experience .
There was no one who would do that before I reincarnated .
Setting that aside, Ruli was still hugging me while we were conversing .
Personally, I'm very glad about this, I'd like this to continue a bit more . . . .
"I mean, Ruli, how long you're planning to cling on Mathi-kun!"
"Ah! I . . . I'm sorry!"
Right when I thought that, Alma pointed that out and Ruli separated herself .
Ruli is looking down with a reddened face .
. . . The mood turned odd somehow . I should change the topic .
We've got a new problem we need to deal with after all .