Black animal carcasses, desolate forest stumps, walking the earth of death, that's what Zera and the others see along the way.

"How so...... Before......"

Hovering from above, Mebis's little face flashed a trace of unbearability, and he muttered uncomfortably.

Looking down from the air, they could intuitively see that all this was like the traces of some terrible creature after moving, and there was no grass everywhere they went.

(...... 'The Curse of the God of Ankselram'...... ）

Zela, who knew the middle one, couldn't help but squint her eyes, it seemed that some things, she was still thinking too simply.

(Just a will that does not know whether it exists or not, can make people immortal, and even reverse the realm of 'life' and 'death'...... ）

(Is this the realm of God...... ）

（…… ）

"Hurry back, Zela!"

"Hmm!"

Hearing Mebis's shout, Zela, who was a little depressed, pursed her lips and increased the speed of her flight again.

……

"It's so slow, where are the two eldest ladies?"

Sitting around the campfire lit, Yuri leaned against a fallen tree stump with his head in his hands.

The hot-blooded fool always recovers his spirit quickly, and Volod and the others can't really leave this guy alone.

Anyway, somehow I'm used to it.

"Hehe, maybe they dislike Yuri, you dragged your feet, and maybe they left like this."

"After all, Zela can fly."

He threw a twig into the fire, and the honest Volod also made a 'joke'.

“…… Really?! ”

Only this time, someone really panicked.

"Probably not...... How so...... This ......"

Covering his head and babbling nonsense, he finally 'found' his fellow magicians, and their adventure to show off their skills has not yet begun, and they are about to disband for such a ridiculous reason?!

"Don't panic, stupid."

Precht, who closed his eyes and recuperated, couldn't stand Yuri, who was starting to make a fuss, and spoke out to stop his seizures.

"Do you think they look like people who will leave without saying goodbye?"

Calmly analyzing, it is estimated that only this blonde single-celled creature will worry about this kind of problem.

"Really?"

With a look of hope, Yuri looked up for confirmation.

"Ahh

Precht replied noncommittally, and Volod shook his shoulders as if relaxed.

“…… Good! I'll apologize when they come back! ”

With a fist full of energy, Yuri, who had regained his spirits, jumped up from the ground.

The other party is a new magician, and he still has this sense of teamwork.

It's just that a voice from the sky is telling him that he doesn't need it anymore.

“...... We'll take this sentence, it seems that you haven't reached the point of hopelessness yet. ”

"Zela! Mebis! ”

Seeing them, Yuri, who finally stopped worrying, also seemed to have put down a big stone.

"Yuri! Precht! Volod! Are you all right? ”

Screaming and jumping from behind Zela, Mebis looked around and asked anxiously.

Finding that the feather-eared girl's expression was unusual, the trio also realized that something special might have happened.

"We're okay, what's going on?"

Standing up and looking at Mebis, Volod asked with some puzzlement.

"This will be explained later, anyway, let's get out of here first."

With a command, the brown-haired girl flew into the air again.

Feeling the flow of magic around them, Zela knew that they had caught up for the time being, but the terrifying shadow in her perception was still slowly approaching here.

Now I had to get out of this area quickly, even if that person didn't mean to fight, the curse on his body wouldn't tell the difference.

"Huh?! All of a sudden, you're talking about something, it's so late, where are we going to get out of here? ”

Squeezing his eyebrows, Yuri admitted that it was indeed his fault before, but he would not accept such a 'willful' behavior without a suitable reason.

“…… It's black magic. ”

"We were ahead, and we found traces of black magic."

Time was tight, and knowing that not explaining clearly would reduce efficiency, Mebis had to explain it succinctly.

"What? Black magic?! ”

After hearing this, the three of them all looked incredulous, in this era, this is not something that can be used to talk nonsense.

"Hey...... I said, ......."

Pulling down his face in annoyance, before Yuri could express his opinion on this, Zela, who had been on guard in the air, suddenly changed her face and shouted at a few people below.

"Get down!"

“——！？”

Out of trust in his partner, he did so, and a black circle of light suddenly erupted in the dark dark forest, corroding everything around him at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“……”

(That's all there is to it in the aftermath...... ）

The nightmarish fluctuations were fleeting, and looking at the momentary depravity around her, Zela slowly descended from the sky in fear.

Letting them lie down was actually mainly said to the three Yuri, because she was worried that the three people who didn't know magic couldn't stand such a high density of magic impact.

Zela, who is familiar with the dark arts, knows very well that if she just stands and endures, although she should not be fatal if she is so far away, she will not be able to run away from a serious illness.

Mebis's words themselves are a system of light attributes, and they have magical protection, but they are the ones who are the least affected.

"Shhh......h

Groggily got up from the ground, and when the three of them found out what had just happened, they all gasped.

One second they were sitting in the thick woods, and the next they were a grave-like wasteland, and anyone would be afraid.

"It's not funny at all......"

Swallowing their saliva, the three of them still looked confused, but this did not prevent the instinctive warning.

Something terrible exists, approaching!

......

“…… I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I didn't expect anyone else to ...... here."

Just as they were secretly on alert, a warm and apologetic male voice came from the stumps of the trees, and a young man in a retro robe walked out with a gloomy expression.

"Don't come near me, please get out of here quickly."

deliberately kept his distance, and the boy reminded everyone in time.

Then, as if remembering something, he shook his head and smiled bitterly.

“...... Yes, it has nothing to do with you, and I'm the one who should leave. ”

The inexplicable self-talk that made others a little inexplicable, and the sense of disharmony that filled the young man's whole person, was still obvious under the starry curtain of dead leaves.

"'The Black Magic of Anxellam'......"

Subconsciously expressed his guess, this phenomenon is exactly the same as the spell once mentioned by his friend, and it also allows Mebis to judge the source of the other party's wonderful "contradiction".

It was one of the ancient curses, also known as the "Curse of Contradiction."

In other words, the more he respects life, the more he will unleash the evil energy that spreads death.

“…… You're so knowledgeable, it's the first time I've met someone who can say such a spell. ”

A look of surprise appeared on the boy's face, and then changed back to a gentle smile.

"What's that...... What the hell is going on?! ”

Finding that someone was aware of the current situation, Yuri and the others all looked at Mebius, hoping to get an answer from her.

"Uh-huh...... Specifically, I just listened to what Zela said......"

Shaking her head, Mebis didn't know much about the dark arts, because the only knowledge in the library that dabbled in this area was 'sealed' by her friends.

“…… yes, that's how it ......."

His expression became a little surprised, after seeing Zela who stopped beside Mebis, Yuri may not have understood it, but as the strongest dark mage in the history of the wizarding world, he had already come up with the answer he wanted.

“...... Originally, I was just a little nostalgic for the generation around this neighborhood that appeared with the magic reaction that I was familiar with, but I didn't expect to meet someone who pursued the same magic path as me. ”

"I hope that in the future, you will not go down the same path as me......"

“——！”

......

It wasn't a pleasant chance encounter for Zela.

Although the other party did not say it explicitly, the girl knew that the black-haired boy had seen through her 'bottom line'.

That's the fact that she's also in the dark arts.