It can't be picky
A Banshee appeared, but... I never imagined it would be this big.
The Banshees I imagined were about the size of a human.
But a Banshee of that size?
It's a bit surprising.
It was hard to see a Banshee of this size while living in another world.
The mana emanating from the Banshee was so overwhelming that an ordinary person would have wet themselves on the spot.
"...It doesn't seem like just one Banshee."
It's impossible for just one Banshee to exert this much power.
Then the identity of the Banshee in front of me is-
-Growl..
It was a combination of numerous Banshees.
A natural disaster, so to speak.
But there was something I was curious about.
"..They don't usually combine like this..."
As far as I know, Banshees weren't beings that combined their powers like this.
Banshees basically become Banshees after someone dies and their soul becomes one, so there was no need to combine.
But seeing them all clustered like this...
'Are they scared?'
Or maybe it's a survival instinct.
That must be it.
It was rather funny that they still had a survival instinct even though they were already dead.
Since monsters, except for a few, are beings left with only instincts, they must have anticipated their own demise and acted like this.
If they had come separately, they would have been defeated one by one.
'By the way..'
What should I do here?
I've never dealt with a Banshee this big before.
I decided to take it slowly.
With that in mind, I took out my wand from subspace.
It was better to use a wand when dealing with enemies.
[Holy Shroud]
I cast the spell, causing a divine mist to spread around me.
Saaaak-
As I cast the spell, a divine mist spreads around.
I heard that the holy mist was effective against the undead and Banshees, but I didn't think it would be that good.
The opponent was a combination of several Banshees.
It would be ridiculous if they were defeated by this level of magic.
As the holy mist spreads, the Banshee begins to flinch.
It seems to have some effect.
'I didn't think it would have any effect.'
I thought it would be like hitting a rock with an egg, but now that I see it, it seems to be about hitting a rock with my fist.
With that in mind, I thought about what magic to use.
It was difficult to deal with them with ordinary magic.
While I was thinking about it.
-Kieeek...!!!!
The Banshee lunged at me.
Kang-!
But the Banshee's attack is blocked by the barrier.
Since the mage class dies as soon as it allows an attack from the opponent, I had to pay close attention to the barrier.
Classes like martial artists are fine even if they get hit a few times in the middle because of their good recovery, but mages don't have that kind of recovery.
It means I have to be as careful as possible.
I dodged back for a moment and cast the magic spell I had been preparing.
[Holy Sword]
This was the moment I thought it was a good thing I went to the academy.
If I hadn't gone to the academy, I would have had to deal with enemies with limited magic, but now I had learned and could use holy attribute magic.
Of course, it's a degraded version of what priests use, but-
Puck-!
If you put in an overwhelming amount of mana, it didn't really matter.
"...I used a little too much."
I did use quite a bit of mana.
Should I say I used 20% of the mana I had?
But it was fine.
Mana regenerates quickly anyway.
It was more important to kill the Banshee in front of me.
Kieeek–!!!!
A very bizarre sound, enough to frighten everything on the Cliffs of Illusion, filled the cliff.
And then-
Hook-!
Things around me started flying towards me.
For example... a sword someone threw away.
Things like that kept flying.
And it wasn't just flying, it was objects imbued with mana.
Bang-!
It meant that it was harder and more destructive than existing objects.
So I kept using the barrier.
But-
Bang-! Bang-! Bang-!
The barrier keeps breaking.
I was a little flustered.
I never imagined that the barrier would continue to break like this.
The barrier I worked so hard to create... While I was flustered, I cast the magic I had been preparing Divine Explosion.
The theory is similar to the Tsar Bomba, but the difference is that the explosion range is narrower than the Tsar Bomba.
But its destructive power was certain.
In the first place, monsters like undead and Banshees were good at getting hit by this kind of magic, so magic developed in this direction.
I checked the spell formula once again and deployed it in the center of the Banshee that kept attacking me.
[Divine Explosion]
Wooong-
I felt the light gathering in the center of the Banshee-
Bang-!
It exploded in an instant, sucking in everything around it.
But I'm not letting my guard down.
It wasn't a monster that would die in one shot with something like this.
You always have to be suspicious on the battlefield.
It was a world with so many strange things.
How can you not be suspicious when things die and come back to life?
-Growl...
However, it seemed that the Banshee had been hit, as it didn't look so good.
So, without missing this opportunity, I cast magic in succession.
[Holy Sword]
[Holy Lightning Chain]
[Condensation]
I used three magics at the same time.
The most important thing when using magic is not to use it just by looking at its power, but to think about how it connects with other magic.
And I had already completed the practice for that at the academy.
[Holy Sword] pierces the Banshee's chest, and [Holy Lightning Chain] invades and begins to tear the Banshee's body apart.
And-
[Condensation]
It's a magic that gathers the surrounding mana in one place. Originally, it's used for other purposes, but like now, it can be used to overload the Banshee's body with mana and inflict damage.
Since there were already several holes pierced around the chest, the surrounding mana continued to flow into the Banshee's body.
Think of it like inflating a balloon.
And after a while.
-Growl...!
The Banshee begins its last struggle.
As if it knew it was going to die, it was moving very violently.
For a moment, all the barriers I had put up were broken-
Chaak-!
I got hit.
I almost died.
To think it would launch such an attack.
It seemed like a tremendous grudge was embedded in this Banshee.
There was no way it could have exerted such power otherwise.
'...I think this is the first time I've been hurt in a while.'
This was the first time I had been hurt like this since I escaped from being broke.
I rarely got hurt if I used a barrier.
With that in mind, as I stepped back for a moment, the Banshee was collapsing due to [Condensation].
Thank goodness.
It would have been troublesome if it had struggled more here.
'I think it's almost over.'
So, I put the wand in subspace and treated my cheek.
[Heal]
But-
"...Huh?"
Even though I used Heal, blood was still dripping from my cheek.
I was a little flustered.
This was the first time something like this had happened even though I had used Heal.
'I need to stop the bleeding for now.'
I wouldn't die from just a cut on my cheek, but since Heal didn't work, it seemed that the Banshee had cursed me before it died.
"This is annoying."
I just came here to get a wand.
Why do I have to leave with a cut on my cheek?
That aside.
I decided to collect the Banshee's powder first.
The important thing now was to collect the powder.
Where the Banshee had died and disappeared, there was a lot of powder.
'It's not flying away.'
Normally, powder would fly away, but the Banshee's powder didn't.
I don't know why, but there must be a reason.
With that in mind, I opened subspace, took out a pouch, and put the Banshee's powder in it.
"Heave-ho."
While I was putting the powder in,
"Wait a minute."
I thought of the crystal I had in my arms.
Would it absorb this too?
A little curiosity arose, so I picked up some of the Banshee's powder on the floor and sprinkled it on the crystal.
Then-
Wooong-!
The crystal spat out the Banshee's powder as if it didn't want to eat it.
It looked like it was going to eat it all, but it's picky eating.
I thought it was a bit absurd, so I lightly hit the crystal and put it back in my pocket.
It seemed like it would take too long to put all the Banshee powder here into the pouch by hand.
"Why can't I put it in with magic..."
Annoyingly, I had to do the work by hand.
The thing I hate most in the world is manual labor.
"Sigh..."
I let out a deep sigh and put all the Banshee powder around me into the pouch. As I got up, a thought suddenly occurred to me.
'I wonder what was in the tomb.'
A Banshee came out when I broke the tomb.
Or was it just a coincidence?
With a bit of curiosity, I headed to the tomb I had blown up earlier.
Then-
"...Huh?"
There was a coffin.
I definitely blew it up.
I had a slightly ominous feeling, but I thought it would be more dangerous to leave it here, so I decided to open the coffin lid.
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