Immortals From My Past Life Are Still Obsessed With the Reincarnated Me

40 – Save the witch (2)

After half of the witch’s cloak was cut off, the life-sustaining magical devices she wore were clearly revealed even without her clairvoyance ability.

The ones wrapped around the shoulders, the ones covering the chest, and the ones wrapped around both legs were all life-sustaining magical engineering devices.

The moment I thought Justina and Elfin would be able to come soon, the cloak was cut off, the slow world returned to normal and a headache hit my head.

“Kwaaa… ….”

It was because the proficiency of protection magic was still lacking.

When I first wrote it, blood flowed down my nose, but it wasn’t to that extent now, so it was fortunate.

“Bocchan, are you okay?!”

The first thing that surprised me when I grabbed my hair was Charlotte.

She prepared the defensive magic behind her and measured the optimal timing.

“Did you fall under the witch’s spell? Uh, what should I do? I’m not good at using healing magic…… I should have stopped it, sorry. I still don’t know how to block mental magic…….”

“I was not enchanted. It’s not even mental magic. I was just dizzy for a while.”

I took Charlotte’s hand from my forehead and lifted her head.

The cloak was cut off, but the fight wasn’t over.

It was the same as having to buy time until Elfin or Justina came, and in fact, it was not a meaningful attack on that witch.

The witch is still alive and well and she will keep coming out and shooting her bloody ice magic at Charlotte until she collapses.

I didn’t break the trigger or life support system by breaking her leash, and at best, I only cut her collar.

‘Still, the barrier should have been lifted, but… ….’

I closed my eyes and looked around.

The sense of mana is still lacking compared to the other senses, but within the witch’s concealed barrier, the existence of the barrier was clearly conscious.

A barrier that is never seen from the outside, but easily felt from the inside.

It was like that before cutting off the witch’s cloak, and it’s like that now.

‘…… Wait, is that the same?’

I thought I felt wrong for a moment, but I didn’t.

Even though the cloak was cut off, the barrier was still there, and it was impossible for Elfin or Justina to find this place from the outside.

I wondered if cutting off the cape was an illusion or a mental manipulation, but it wasn’t like that.

Even if the cloak was cut, the barrier was not damaged.

I don’t understand what the heck happened, but that was the only truth.

“Didn’t it damage the function of the cloak?”

“Ah, or maybe the already created barrier won’t break even if the cloak is broken…….”

“I don’t understand. How did you end up with magic engineering…….”

The frustration was no joke, but I couldn’t stop here.

I decided that I would definitely take the magic engineering class when I returned home safely, and I concentrated my attention on the hand holding the sword again.

The situation was not so good because he had consumed mana by maximizing not only sword skills but also protection magic.

As a result, the only thing we got was information that it would be meaningless to cut off the cloak.

“Then now I have no choice but to aim for the leash.”

“Well, the difficulty itself seems like it would be easy to break the life support… ….”

“That’s true, but.”

I bit her lip softly at Charlotte’s words.

The life support system had far more hit points than a leash, and it didn’t look that strong from the outside.

And unlike the cloak, once you break it, it can’t work again.

In other words, as Charlotte said, aiming for the life support system and killing it is the only way to survive.

“But… You’re a person who has been brainwashed and forced to do that.”

However, I felt a bit reluctant to kill them.

As an assassin, I was commissioned to kill countless people, but I felt uncomfortable killing a pitiful old man who was manipulated by others without guilt.

Besides killing it, there is no other way, and there is also the option of cutting off the leash.

It may be a bit difficult and difficult, but it wasn’t impossible.

“Aim for the leash. Charlotte, cooperate. A shield at the right time in the right place.”

“Yes, I will follow what the young master said.”

I met her eyes and looked at her witch, keeping her distance.

As her cloak was being cut off, the witch was observing me more closely than before, perhaps feeling uneasy.

By the way, I was also taking a closer look at her witch.

‘I feel bad.’

Her cloak came off and her hat flew off, revealing the witch’s bare face.

A face so wrinkled that it is safe to say that it is already as good as a corpse, and a weak body that appears to be on the verge of melting.

It looked as if if you accidentally hit it, all the wrinkly flesh would disappear and only the hard bones would remain intact.

If I had to sum it up in one word, it was like a forcibly moved corpse.

‘It’s strange.’

I couldn’t even guess how old he was.

If the life support system is attached like that, it must have already exceeded the lifespan of an ordinary human.

I know that his skills as a mage are excellent, but I couldn’t find a reason to keep him alive and control him for so long.

And the wicked witch who lives in the candy house… It seemed that the demonic brother and sister, or the people behind them, had undergone strange brainwashing.

But that wasn’t the only reason I felt bad.

‘You look alike, with that kid.’

I remembered the conversation I had with Charlotte on the way up the mountain.

I told you that I’ve teamed up with other mages.

The magician I matched the most with was Katarina, a genius magician who belonged to the same resistance group.

For some reason, Katarina, who was a young and talented wizard, was peeking out of the old witch in front of her eyes, so she was very confused.

‘No way.’

Even though I thought it wouldn’t be, I was overcome with anxiety.

It’s trivial to say it’s evidence, but it’s because we saw similarities.

First of all, as Katarina was a wizard from 500 years ago, she could use various types of magic, but she mainly dealt with ice magic.

And quite coincidentally, the witch in front of me had only shown ice magic to me and Charlotte until now.

When I started to have such doubts, it seemed that the last thing I saw of Katarina could be seen in her old face.

Somehow, I also thought that the muddy and dark voice resembled Katarina’s voice.

The last Katarina I saw was only in her early 30s.

So she wasn’t exactly the same, but as she got older, it seemed like she could change enough.

Moreover, Catarina loved to bake and present sweets, so the fact that the house of sweets mentioned by her witch sounded significant.

‘…… Nonsense.’

I shook my head to get rid of the useless thoughts.

Katarina is already her past 500 years or her last life relationship.

It’s no surprise that longevity species like Elfin and Justina live for over 500 years, but she, Katarina, is a simple human.

It was impossible according to common sense that humans could live for more than 500 years.

Unless resurrected as undead or forced to breathe.

“Ah.”

I frowned at the witch’s face, trying to ignore the existence of life-supporting hema engineering devices.

‘This is… Isn’t that a bit too much?’

If the witch who was brainwashed by someone and tried to kill me was Katarina, a fellow sorceress from 500 years ago, wouldn’t it be too harsh?

– ‘…… Save the bad witch.’

Suddenly, the strange words the witch had uttered came to mind.

If it was really Katarina, how much effort did she have to resist brainwashing and say that one sentence?

But I couldn’t figure out how she could save her.

Breaking her life support would kill her instead of saving her, and I wasn’t strong enough to cut her leash.

Weee!

Just then, as if her quest was over, the witch spread her arms.

Did you notice that a wide area skill is better against me than a single skill?

Due to her witch’s magic, a cold wind blew inside the barrier.

She shuddered from head to toe at the low temperature that seemed to freeze her body.

“This, this… ….”

“Dolyeonniiim… ….”

Frost clings to her skin and freezes her hair.

Extreme chill that seems to freeze even the moisture inside the body.

At least it felt like Charlotte was wearing some kind of heavy coat, with her shield wrapped around her body, but it wasn’t enough.

Not only did Charlotte, but her lips turned blue as well, and she trembled.

‘I’m getting stronger…… !’

I suddenly realized that the witch’s attack was getting stronger.

At first, the attack, which was condescending, changed to an attack containing a firm aggression the second time, and now it showed only the intent to kill.

Not only that, but the attack that was aimed only at me was now targeting Charlotte behind her and trying to kill everyone.

‘Please resist brainwashing a little longer…… !’

I swung the sword with trembling hands.

I prayed in my heart, raising my sword spirit that gave off a warm light.

For an old woman who might be Katarina or some other woman.

Then, I put the hand that was not holding the sword into my pocket and squeezed her mana core tightly.

‘If I use up all of this… ….’

A witch who can’t resist her brainwashing and is getting ruined.

If you can’t calm down even after using up all the mana in her mana core, she’ll attack her while being captured by her brainwashing.

If that witch released her full power, it was obvious that me, who had exhausted her stamina and mana, would be slaughtered in an instant.

Therefore, the only thing that could be decided was now.

Ugh!

The magic core glowed blue and supplied mana to my body.

The fountain of mana, which had dried up like a lake during a drought, soon filled up as it accepted the torrential rain of mana called magic core.

The higher the water level in the fountain of mana goes up, the more you can use swords and magic, and your stamina increases so that you can fight longer.

I immediately resupplyed my stamina with the protection of my stamina, and glared at the witch with a golden sword that emitted warm heat.

‘I can’t see very well anymore.’

The blizzard created by the witch covered all directions.

If she wasn’t concentrating, she couldn’t see an inch in front of her, and she couldn’t even see Charlotte, who was supposed to be watching from behind, and even the enemy witch.

The witch shouted something from the front and Charlotte from the back.

But it was hard to hear what they were saying because of the snow and the sound of the wind blowing like a knife.

Wedge love liquid!

But even in the midst of that, I was able to recognize the icicles flying from afar.

I managed to avoid it by moving my body, but as soon as I dodged it, I regretted saying that I should have taken it instead of dodging it.

It’s because my heart sank when I heard a scream from behind and a scream that could tear apart even a blizzard.

“Quaaah!”

“Charlotte! Are you okay?!”

I hesitated momentarily.

If you turn around from here, you will surely die.

Aside from being hit by another icicle, I can’t stand this blizzard any longer.

I’d rather run to the witch and stop the blizzard without looking back would have a better chance of surviving,

‘Then Charlotte…… !’

As I finally turned back, I heard Charlotte’s voice from far away, louder than the screams.

“I’m fine! Young master! Please go forward quickly!”

I was about to start running, but my feet hesitated.

I thought I was hit by an icicle because I was screaming, but didn’t I?

But then, what about that pop sound…….

No matter how you look at it, it sounded right to the body, right?

“Because it’s really good!”

However, Charlotte’s voice was too vivid and clear.

I decided to trust her, and turned her back on her feet.

The first priority was to stop that witch as her Charlotte requested.

And if it’s really Katarina, if it’s a fellow mage from the Resistance who’s in a position I have to save…… I just had to tie the knot.

“Once again, visual enhancement… ….”

I stopped trying to activate the Protection Magic.

Anyway, it seemed like it would be more effective to reinforce other senses than sight here.

I don’t have a high level of proficiency in this magic either, but now wasn’t the time to cover hot rice with cold rice.

[Prophecy – Hearing Enhancement]

Visual enhancement makes invisible things visible and makes visible things more visible.

In that respect, hearing enhancement was similar.

Because it was the same thing to make audible things more audible and to make inaudible things audible.

In the midst of the noisy blizzard, I picked out only the witch’s footsteps and breathing and the sounds Charlotte made and focused on them.

‘It’s fortunate.’

Charlotte’s breathing was perfectly normal. She couldn’t find any ideals.

After some time, it is not known whether she was really hit by an icicle, but at least she was shivering from the cold and her life was not in danger.

On the other hand, even though I couldn’t see right in front of me because of the snowstorm, I was able to pinpoint the location by the sound of the witch’s breathing and footsteps.

I leaped in a straight line towards the witch, unlocking her ability which is the center of her auditory enhancement.

Cheongsimsul (聽心術).

Listen to people’s hearts and thoughts.

Cheongsimsul, which allows you to hear all the sincere stories that cannot be spoken outwardly or that should not be spit out, was applied to witches as well.

No matter how brainwashed a person is, he or she will be able to hear what the real heart that sleeps in the depths is talking about.

[You can finally hear it, Dane.]

The witch’s face was distorted like her ghost, but her voice was as warm as her heart.