Chapter 76 The One-Eyed Othinus III - The Advent Demon God
No one knows where exactly ‘she’ is.
However, 'she' does exist somewhere in this world.
just now.
In the corner of the Arctic Circle, 'she' stopped wandering at the top of the ice and snow cliff.
Even though she stood at the center of a world that could freeze her breath, until now, 'she' had always been able to move around here as if nothing was wrong.
In addition to wearing a wide magic pointed hat on his head, his body was even thinner, wearing only a fur coat that exposed most of his skin.
The most special thing is.
'She' looks to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, but her right eye is covered by a pitch-black eyepatch.
The facts are already obvious.
This one-eyed girl is named "Othinus".
His body.
"Devil".
And now, someone actually dares to peek in front of her at the "sacrifice" she left at the Fountain of Wisdom?
Looking down in one direction from the top with a carefree posture, the girl's remaining left eye narrowed slightly.
(……what happened?)
Othinus's expression showed some confusion.
Although she is a demon who has reached a pure state, she does not live a life isolated from the world.
Even so, she never mentioned that distant ceremony place to anyone.
Even if anyone can find out the connection between ‘Othinus’ and ‘Fountain of Mimir’ from mythology, what is the point of taking such action?
Provoking a demon god for the sake of unusable "wisdom" or an inflated thirst for knowledge is absolutely a fool's errand.
She was a little confused.
(...That guy, Orrels, will not do such boring things. Even if he angers me, it will not increase his chances of winning, and it may cause variables outside the situation.)
(That is to say, is he a ‘magician’ of this era?)
I really don’t know whether to live or die.
The girl's whisper contained no emotion.
All in all, there is no need to waste energy thinking about whether it was an accident or intentional.
Those who dare to touch the realm of God wantonly must be prepared to pay the 'price', right?
Othinus's face became colder and colder, not only because of the cold wind that was tens of degrees below zero, but also because he had found a toy that could pass the time.
Since someone wanted to 'provoke' her, there was no way she wouldn't express her desire to go back.
The one-eyed girl stretched her hand to the inside of the witch's hat.
The original lake near Iesco Castle is indeed a bit far away from where she is now.
However, distance is completely meaningless to Othinus.
Whether it's thousands of kilometers or tens of thousands of kilometers, she can go to any corner of the world at any time as long as she wants.
Like...
so.
——Gulu gulu gulu.
In an instant, the space around Othinus made a strange sound.
All the scenery began to distort, and then gradually returned to another appearance.
It looked completely different from where she was just now.
But Othinus himself never moved from beginning to end, just holding the thing she just took out in his hand.
It is a bone-shaped spiritual device with a straight shape that looks very suitable for being held in a dog's mouth.
"Bone Ship".
It was so named by its owner.
This is a magic item that only 'Othinus' can use.
The effect is as shown just now, allowing the user to cross any ocean in the world in an instant and move near the desired destination.
The disadvantage is that there will be some deviation due to the rotation of the earth, but if it is tens or hundreds of kilometers, it is completely within the acceptable range.
At least in the eyes of Othinus, this error is equivalent to nothing.
(...There are still about 70 or 80 kilometers left, maybe a little closer?)
(Alright.)
Looking in the direction of the Fountain of Wisdom at the edge of the unknown forest, Othinus stepped out casually after calculating the direction.
It was easy for her to cross this distance.
If it were normal, she would see the ungrateful magician the next moment, and then crush everything she insisted on in the other person's frightened expression.
Yes.
If, it's normal.
(…)
(Um?)
Othinus hesitated involuntarily.
Immediately afterwards, she confirmed that what was happening now was not her imagination.
The step she took just now not only did not shorten the distance at all, but actually spread it further?
(This is……)
The girl demon takes another step forward.
as expected.
She was a little further away from her destination.
(…)
(interesting.)
…
…
(come yet?)
Looking back in a certain direction as if sensing something, Zera suddenly felt a lot of pressure increase on her body.
At this time, the vast lake surface was already covered with strange phenomena, and the original calmness was also shrouded in cyan fluorescence that filled the sky.
What has changed the most is the azure gemstone in front of Zera, which is set off on the "Star Code" and wrapped by countless small magic circles.
This crystal is the 'eye of Othinus'.
It didn't take much time to find this sacrifice, but Zella knew very well that the real difficulty came from the moment he started extracting the 'parameters'.
As an important part and ceremonial ground of Othinus, it was impossible for her to hide it from Othinus if she wanted to 'tamper' with it.
Zella never thought that everything she did could avoid the demon. From the very beginning, she was preparing for the consequences she faced head-on.
That's why Yui is so worried.
Fortunately, Zera has taken the initiative in terms of intelligence superiority compared to Orrels.
She clearly felt that the 'first line of defense' that she had put a lot of effort into deploying some time ago had been activated.
Able to freely change and reshape the size of the terrain, and learn the world reconstruction magic from the Dragon Queen.
——『Universe one』.
Of course, Zella did not expect to be able to stop Othinus' arrival with this magic, but just hoped to delay her as much as possible.
In addition to this first magic, she also established a second and third line of defense.
During the battle with Orrels, Zeira determined an important baseline information.
The magic from another world she masters is still effective against quasi-demon-level beings!
In the same way, the more advanced the magic effect, the stronger it will naturally be.
Even though this 'effectiveness' will become smaller and more limited when it reaches the level of Demon God, it is valuable as long as it can be blocked for even one second.
The unknown is the most powerful weapon.
After calming down and feeling that the first spell of magic was indeed working, Zela, who concentrated on the lake, also speeded up the analysis of the 'Eye of Othinus'.
After all, she wasn't sure how long the defense she had set up would be able to stop the demon lady.
Ten seconds?
Twenty seconds?
Or one minute?
Zella doesn't know.
She only knew that one minute was probably the best result.