The Place Where He Was Reincarnated Was Hell - The 300-Year-Old Frontier Defense Line of the Margrave Family - Episode 37

Raven and Julius von Muriel, a genius magician from the kingdom, set out on an incredibly dangerous mission to test a hypothesis about Eclipse’s mental contamination.

In the past, Raven had carried the eight-year-old Victor from the Frontline to Vanguard Castle, a distance of about 500 km, in about six hours. The distance from the Middle Line to the Frontline was about 200 km.

Raven could probably reach the front line in an hour and a half.

–If nothing happens, I think we’ll be back to the Middle Line by the evening…

Well…Raven’s physical abilities are seriously out of the ordinary.

If we calculate that it would be possible to travel from the Frontline to Vanguard Castle at a speed of at least 85km/h, then if the distance were shorter than that, it would probably be possible to travel at over 100km/h.

Victor looked around Middle Line Fort while thinking about such things.

Middle Line Fort is still on high alert after receiving the news of the Gorewalker’s appearance, and the installation of new guns and reinforcement of the walls is almost complete, with recruits and existing troops being hurriedly deployed. No particular problems have been noticed.

Elias still forbids me from using magic that involves advanced manipulation of magical energy.

………However, for the past few days, Elias had given his permission with a look of half-resignation on his face, and he had begun to silently do his rehabilitation in a corner of the training grounds, practicing his sword swings without using physical strengthening magic and training in basic martial arts. Whether Victor was faithfully sticking to the category of “light exercise” was another matter, though.

Right now, Victor’s mind is filled with the words of Julius that he heard at the strategy meeting.

“Doesn’t mental contamination occur the moment Eclipse’s gaze directly crosses ours?”

This hypothesis gave Victor a strong sensation, as if a thick iron door that had been closed for many years was about to be slammed open.

And along with that, a magic system called [Farsight Magic] was mentioned.

It stimulated his never-ending intellectual curiosity and his petty rebelliousness against this bullshit injustice.

——But even so…

Isn’t Julius amazing?

Graduated top of the class from the Kingdom Magic Academy and is also a Kingdom Magician?

Moreover, he can use rare far-sighted magic… what a bundle of talent that is like an “assortment of hero aptitudes”!!

How annoying!

He’s so damn handsome!!

I’ve never heard of it before, but what is the Kingdom Magic Academy?

Where in the royal capital is it?

It has a damn fantasy feel to it…

Is that it?

Cute girls will be wearing uniforms and robes, studying magic circles in a large library, and attending lectures, They’ll say things like “Today is a special class, we’ll be practicing forbidden spells,” right?

Damn it!!!

I’m so jealous!!!

I want to go too!!!

Is it impossible to bring it in now?

No, that’s no good!!! I can’t get out of Vanguard!!!

——Dammit!!

Julius, you should just watch Eclipse and throw up!!

　”Why, why me?! I have to mess around with someone who’s like the final boss of a horror movie every day!

At least let me fight a dragon or some other “normal strong enemy”!! You idiot!!”

——Well, I guess that’s impossible.

As long as I, the beloved of the Abyss, lived in this world, I could not hope for even a millimeter of such a sweet turn of events.

Unless I somehow manage to shoot “ no ” at “ no” in the time I have left, I have no chance of winning.abyssAbyssoutside worldRiga ExReasonTerra

So, sorry, Alfonse. I can’t keep the promise I made earlier.

Go with Clarice.

Well, that’s ok though…

If what Julius said was true, then avoiding eye contact could prevent mental contamination.

“Tactics are fundamentally different.”

For example, well… if we could create something like goggles that allowed people to see indirectly through some other medium rather than directly, then the kingdom’s soldiers might be able to fight Eclipse without being affected by the mental contamination.

blessingSomething like thisEven without that, the kingdom’s army could fight properly with a bit of ingenuity…maybe?

“…But still, it’s farsighted magic. What’s with there being only twelve users in the entire kingdom…?

Hmm… I wonder if I can use it too… A rare magic related to the eyes… It’s kind of like something from a middle schooler and sounds damn cool… Well, I guess! I can replicate the movements too!!」

–I asked Leonard to tell me.

Could you please tell me?

But was Leonard okay attending the meeting with bl00d stains all over his face?

Now I’m going to tell you…

I wonder how I’m feeling physically…

However, if it’s tomorrow, we might have to fight the Gore Walkers due to the time of the invasion, so now might be the only time I can ask…

………Well, I guess it’ll work.

I’ve been with Vanguard since I was about three years old, so they’re practically like family to me.

If you’ve lived in Vanguard territory for that long, you’d be immune to the atmosphere!!

That must be it!!!

Armed with this absurd logic, Victor tries to cause Leonard as much trouble as he can.

Suddenly, I turned my gaze beyond the sturdy walls of Middle Line Fort, to the far distance where Front Line Fort must be.

–But how did Raven get Julius so close to that dangerous area?

There’s no way I’m carrying it on my back and racing through that wilderness like I used to…

No — with Raven being a bit of an airhead, he might do it for real.

I remember that Julius graduated at the top of his class from the Kingdom Magic Academy, so he must be around 18 years old?

And then, 16-year-old Raven was carrying me like a baby and running at a speed of about 100km per hour…

If you’re not from the Vanguard territory,

I’m sure anyone would be screaming and yelling in agony.

–So that’s what an elite would look like being carried…

a little bit………

Well, it could be quite interesting.

I wonder what kind of expressions they had and what kind of screams they made as they were carried away.

………No, or

Something more… beyond imagination—

All right!!

When I get back, I’ll ask him all about it.

In the first place, I’d love to discuss magic with a pure researcher like that.

The magic that Vanguard possesses is too specialized for practical combat, and specifically for killing Eclipse efficiently and reliably, so it has almost no connection to theoretical research or other academic subtleties…

As Victor was imagining such a slightly inappropriate yet somehow amusing thing, a quirk of a smile unconsciously formed on his face.

To Victor, Raven is someone he trusts absolutely and respects more than anyone else.

But at the same time, he sometimes does things that are so out of the ordinary that it makes you think, “Huh, is that for real?”

That’s why, although he was a brother he had to keep a close eye on, he was also a much-loved older brother.

“–But, if I keep thinking about stupid things like that, I’ll run out of time. Let’s just hurry up and go to Leonard’s place.”

Julius had taken the risk to investigate. I would do what I could here in the Middle Line.

Victor muttered something like that to himself and headed off to Leonard’s office.

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Leonard’s office was still filled with piles of papers and reports, but his own complexion looked slightly better than it had been at the meeting.

When he noticed Victor’s visit, he looked a little surprised, but then politely invited him to take a seat.

“Mr. Victor, thank you for coming all the way here. What can I do for you?”

“I’m sorry for bothering you with the burden of magic transmission. I’ll ask you straight out, but there’s something I’d like you to explain in detail about farsightedness magic. After hearing about it with Julius-dono, I became very interested…”

Leonard was momentarily at a loss for words at Victor’s overly direct way of speaking, but then he remembered that Victor was only ten years old.

I thought it was only natural for him to be curious at his age, and although I found it a little cute, I began to explain things to him sincerely.

“The principle of farsightedness magic is that the caster’s visual information is converted into extremely fine particles using magical power, which then travel to the target location at high speed, and the scenery there is then fed back into the caster’s brain as magical information…”

“Of course, precise magical manipulation skills are necessary, but–

What is most important is the surgeon’s own “eye.”

This magic cannot even be activated unless one has a unique ability to exchange visual information… a power that could be called a “magic eye”. In my case, unless there is bad weather or magical power in the surroundings, I can see with a usable resolution up to about 150km away.”DisturbanceJoran

“However, to do so, one must concentrate all one’s energy and control a huge amount of magical power with great precision for a long period, and one’s use will use up almost all of one’s magical power…”

Hearing that explanation, Victor once again understood the highly specialized nature of farsighted magic and the enormous risks that the reporters who use it take daily.

I was excited to find out that there are real magic eyes.

150 kilometers ahead – that means you can see right up to the front line. An incredible range.

In a different world, it would not be surprising if assassins were sent from every country to possess this ability.

Certainly, sending Leonard near the front line now, with the possibility of losing this advantage, is too risky. He is irreplaceable.

“…Amazing… Such a thing is possible with magic, Leonard-sama is incredible…”

As Victor let out a voice of honest admiration, Leonard showed a slightly proud look on his face.

“So, I have one request for you, Lord Leonard… Could you let me try out that farsightedness magic, even if just a little? I don’t need to worry about it. I just want to see for myself what it’s like.”

This time, Leonard was so startled by Victor’s sudden suggestion that he nearly dropped his quill into the inkwell.

“Victor?! B-But, as I said before, farsightedness magic requires an extremely rare aptitude…! If you’re not careful, there’s a chance that you could suffer serious mental damage! In particular, I’ve heard that Victor is still not in perfect condition…!!!” magic circuit Aether Bane

Tch!!

Even Leonard knows!!

“…That’s…well, it’s okay.

It’ll be fine!!

Anyway!! Nothing will happen if we don’t try it!! If there is a possibility that I can use it, it will be a great asset in future battles!!」

To Leonard, it seemed as if Victor’s eyes held the pure curiosity of a child, and more than that, the strong will of a man of Vanguard bl00d to try to overcome this hopeless situation, even if just a little.

In reality, most people use it because it looks cool…

Leonard was intimidated by that sincere gaze and remained silent for a moment, but then he nodded deeply.

“…If you say so…I will be so bold as to teach you the basics of how to channel magical power and concentrate your mind. However, please do not push yourself too hard. If you sense even the slightest bit of abnormality, stop immediately.”

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Victor was at the top of the watchtower with the best view, located at the southern end of Middle Line Fort, attempting to perform the farsightedness spell that Leonard had taught him.

Concentrating all his senses, he let magical power slowly but steadily gather in his eyes – and then he felt his consciousness fly far beyond the fortress walls, into the vast wilderness beyond.

— Thirty minutes have passed since then

No good… I guess it’s not going to be that easy after all…

It was the same as having your eyes closed. All that remained was darkness. No matter how much magic you refined, no matter how much you concentrated, you couldn’t see anything.

However, all I felt was a gradual sense of mental fatigue and a slight headache.

——Thinking this might be the last time, I tried changing the flow of magical power ever so slightly.

It was his own unique, extremely delicate, and intuitive sense of magical manipulation, cultivated through years of training and the precise control he had gained while using 『 No 』 to simultaneously cast countless spells.fake heroEpic ofdemon armorreplica

It is as if one is trying to pull out the one correct thread from a complex web of threads.

So, what do you think?

It was as if a thick curtain was slowly but surely parting, and a vague, hazy, yet very real scene appeared in his mind.

It was a view of a wilderness with sparsely growing dead trees stretching out beyond the horizon. Dead grass swaying in the wind. And several small, pea-sized brown shadows moving faintly – perhaps a herd of wild animals that live in the area.

“…Oh? Oh?!?!?”

Victor cried out with childlike, innocent excitement. Leonard, who had been watching in half-disbelief, trembled in shock.

Although it was vague and indistinct, I could make out the shadows of trees on the horizon, branches swaying in the wind, a flock of birds flying in the distance, and then… I could make out the silhouettes of people, who looked to be soldiers scouting, about 10 kilometers away.

“Yes!!! I saw it…!”

Victor suddenly exclaimed.

“…Eh……”

Leonard, who was watching next to her, faintly let out a voice.

“Victor-sama… that’s quite amazing… no…. Normally, it’s a type of magic that can’t be used by anyone, no matter how talented they are…. You see.”

“However… no matter how hard I try, I don’t think I can see any further… I could see up to about 10 kilometers ahead.”

Victor asked, slightly disgruntled, cutting off Leonard’s praise. He was using Leonard’s 150km distance as a benchmark, and his achievements seemed far too small in comparison.

“I see… The standard distance for the farsightedness magic used by a ‘normal magic eye holder’ is around 50 kilometers, so your aptitude seems a little low. However, Victor, I want you to understand that there are very few ‘magic eye holders’ who can use farsightedness magic in the first place…”

Leonard chuckled at Victor’s reaction, but continued speaking politely.

“I see… Then, I guess I just barely had the aptitude to use farsighted magic.

This is interesting in its way, as it seems like it could broaden your tactical options depending on how you use it!”

Victor still didn’t seem to fully understand the true uniqueness of that talent, but he spoke with the same joy as a child who had discovered a new toy. Leonard finally seemed to relax and returned a faint smile at the relief and joy that befitted his age.

Afterwards, Leonard suddenly turned serious again and asked, “By the way, I wonder what Lord Raven and Lord Julius are doing these days… Reporter Garcia has contacted us and said that there are an unbelievable number of Gorewalkers out there… Aren’t you worried about them?”

asked Victor.

Victor spoke firmly, not one bit unashamed as he gazed in the direction leading to Frontline Fort, but with absolute trust in his brother in the depths of his eyes.

「Brother? I’m not the least bit worried. If you’re not injured and your magical powers are in top condition, then you’re the strongest person in Vanguard in hand-to-hand combat.

There’s no way that a physical monster can be defeated so easily.

Rather, I’m worried about Julius-sama. I wonder how he manages to keep up with his brother’s crazy speed without being thrown off… I don’t think that’s the case, but maybe he’s really being carried, or… dragged along somehow.”Human KiteHuman

“Ahahaha!” Victor laughed, somehow seeming amused, and yet also a little malicious.

However, Victor’s jokey imagination, which in some ways may have hit the nail on the head, may not have been entirely off the mark…