Chapter 255


    <strong>CHAPTER 255 – ALL EXTERMINATING FLAMES</strong>


    「That’s so amazing……」


    Melissa looked amazed in front of the countless corpses of Opis in front of her .


    Although she is wearing clerical clothes, she’s different from the other priests that I know .


    She is a dauntless woman who can stand on bloody battlefields, scenes of carnages without faltering .


    And right now, she lookspletely unaffected in front of a mountain of snake corpses .


    「Kakeru, you became stronger again?」


    「Just a little bit」


    『Oi, don’t be too modest . I regained my peak strength . I won’t let you call it as just a little bit』


    Eleanor protested, but I ignored her .


    「Leaving aside the snakes……it looks like they didn’t appear」


    My battle against the Opis took me some time .


    I could do nothing about it since it’s an opponent that would increase its number the more I kill it .


    We decided to wait here for Hemishes to appear, but even after passing some time, it doesn’t look like they would appear .


    「It looks like there’s no more」


    「I think so too」


    「Thank you, Kakeru . It was very helpful」


    「Don’t mind it . I just went to a date with my woman」


    I said, then pulled Melissa into an embrace and kissed her .


    「Thanks……」


    She blushed, answering with a face happy with more than one reasons .


    But that was only for an instant . Melissa who looked like she was indulging my embrace quickly regained her face as a Saintess .


    「The only thing left is to wait for the water」


    「Wait again? But the Hemishes are already annihted」


    I have defeated all of the sources that pollluted the water around hereーー


    『You idiot』


    「Mu?! ……ah, I see」


    Being called by Eleanor, I noticed it as well .


    Cutting off the main cause, doesn’t mean that the water would be purified immediately .


    We could only wait for the water that was polluted to naturally cleanse itself .


    「It would be great if there’s heavy rain, but it can’t be helped . From how the water flows around here, it would be fine after waiting for half a month . It’s enough if I could provide the water during that period . Thank you, Kakeru . Thanks to you, it became a lot easier」


    「Oi, Melissa」


    From her words, I involuntarily imagined what she’s nning .


    「What?」


    「The water provided, it will be donated by the Solon Church right?」


    「No? I’ll pay for it myself . It’s fine . Donating water is a small thing . With Kakeru’s help, I know now how much I should provide, soーーow!」


    I knocked on Melissa’s head .


    The Immortal Saintess Melissa . She has an undying body that would recover even if she was split into halves by Eleanor, so I knocked a bit stronger .


    「W-What are you doing?」


    「……」


    “There’s a limit on being too kind” was what I wanted to say, but .


    『Kuku, those are useless words for that selfless Saintess whose lifework is to save peopleーーhey!』


    I also gave Eleanor who spoke cheerfully a flick of my finger .


    After doing that, I looked at Melissa .


    Melissa whose covering her head with her hands while looking at me with teary eyes .


    ……*sigh* .


    「Let’s go to the water source」


    「Eh? WhyーーAh, wait for me, Kakeru!」


    I ignored Melissa and quickly walked . Melissa caught up soon .


    I walked in strides with her following me from behind .


    We arrived at the water source where the sound of flowing water echoed within the darkness .


    「It’s here huh, the water source」


    「That’s correct, but what are you going to do?」


    「I’ll purify it at once」


    「H-How?」


    I only need to burn it with mes .


    The first magic that I learnedーーI received with my body aftering to this world is mes Magic .


    If I use all the magic powers I possess at once, thenーー


    『Shall I lend you my powers?』


    「Do you have a good idea?」


    『Not exactly an idea, but it’s the powers I regained』


    「He?」


    『I could use it myself, but……I’ll give it you . Make that Saintess retreat』


    「Melissa, move back . I’ll prepare to do it」


    「U-Un . I got it」


    Melissa obediently moved back as she was told . After taking a few steps back, she tilted her head and walked a few more .


    「Is that enough?」


    『No problem . Are you ready?』


    「I can guess what it is, do it」


    『Kukuku』


    Eleanorughed, she seemed so cheerful, yet so evil .


    The next instant, my body was enveloped by mes .


    It was the mes released by Eleanor, it was dark mes .


    「Kakeru?!」


    Melissa called out with worry . I raised my hand to stop her .


    There are two ways to learn magic in this world . One of them is this .


    If one is able to survive after receiving a magic attack, and if that one possesses the aptitude, then they would learn it themselves .


    And, all of my aptitudes are multiplied 777x, a state where I could learn any magic as long as I get hit by it .


    The only thing left is to endure .


    Eleanor’s dark mes were more terrifying than the usual .


    It doesn’t only burn in the surface, I could even feel pain from deep within my bones .


    But I endured, I endured while releasing all of my strength .


    The mes continued to burn for a while . But finally, it was finally extinguished .


    「Are you alright, Kakeru?」


    「You found out what I’m doing halfway right?」


    「But it’s still worrying . It looked so……it was simply terrifying」


    「It’s Eleanor’s mes after all . Just its looks are terrifying」


    『Hmph, what do you mean just its looks』


    Eleanor protested . Of course, she wasn’t seriously angry .


    「Now, let’s do it」


    I once again faced towards the water source .


    I reached out my hand, using the dark mes that I learned from Eleanor .


    Dark mes only the size of a spark slowly flicked while it advanced, but the moment it entered the water source,


    *BOOOSH!!!*


    The mes instantly surged .


    It burned upwards as if the ordinary water turned into gasoline .


    The water source was instantly enveloped by dark mes .


    The water evaporated as soon as it touched the mes, but it did not end with just that . It continued to burn the ground .


    That only happened for five seconds, but the water source turned into ake that waspletely dried .


    But although all of the polluted water was extinguished, it does not mean that the water source was destroyed .


    New, fresh water quickly sprang out .


    「It should be alright now」


    「Kakeru’s really amazing……I couldn’t imagine this way of solving it」


    “It’s all your fault”, I thought, but I didn’t say it out .


    Instead,


    「I’ll make you pay for it, personally」


    「Un! dly」


    The Saintess that I pulled into an embrace nodded with her happiest smile .


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