I Surrendered My Sword for a New Life as a Mage: Volume 7 [Parts 1 to 8] by Shin Kouduki

Author:Shin Kouduki
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Nicolaus nodded with satisfaction at the scene before him. The magic circle had been drawn perfectly; all that was left was to chant the spell. Then the Evil Spirit would be revived. He couldn’t help but smile.

“And this is all thanks to you... Oh? Might you have died? We can’t have that just yet...”

The thing at his feet wasn’t reacting anymore, he noticed. He had enough sacrifices already, but this was the core of the ritual. He kicked it to motivate it to hold on a little longer, and it groaned faintly.

“You...can’t just...decide I’m dead...”

“Ah, still capable of speech? How stubborn you are. Well, that may make them happier, so this is perfectly fine.”

After a satisfied nod, he muttered to himself in preparation. It was all ready.

“Thank you for your patience. The ritual is complete at long last. I don’t expect it to fail... There should be no need to worry about that, seeing as you were created for this purpose.”

The thing at his feet gave a wordless exclamation.

Nicolaus’s mouth warped at the reaction. He thought the thing’s reaction would have been more interesting if it had had more energy...but there was no helping that. Nicolaus was just barely Low-Grade level in terms of Skills. He had to accept that; even this thing could have killed him if it hadn’t been so weak. Musing that once the Evil Spirit was revived, he could act however he wished, he continued.

“My one concern is that you’re defective...but I suppose that concern is unnecessary as well. As a vessel for the Dark Lord, you were defective, but he himself determined you adequate as a priestess of the Evil Spirit.”

“Shut up...and get this damn...ceremony or whatever...over with.”

“Ah, and perhaps you aren’t aware... Being a priestess, in this case, is the same as being the Dark Lord...in the sense that it makes you a vessel. No, you must have been aware... After all, it was for that reason that Albert and the others installed you as leader. Of course you of all people would know.”

The thing cried out again.

He was half lying. It was true that the Dark Lord had made Stina priestess of the Evil Spirit to serve as a vessel, but he didn’t know what Albert and the others had intended to do. Maybe she’d simply been made leader and nothing more. Nicolaus, having only been an underling, had no way of knowing their intentions...but the truth didn’t matter, not as long as there was that despair on her face along with surprise. How audacious of her, when she intended to betray and overthrow them, he thought audaciously, smirking to himself.

The preparations were truly complete now. Hope invited resistance, but despair drove it away. He couldn’t afford to take any chances. It was a given that he would use every means available to ensure success. Yes, that was all it was; he had no other reasons.

Nicolaus straightened his face against the smile that came to it and opened his mouth to chant the ritual words.

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