267-261 Estia's sixth sense

He was able to use his Breakthrough, a skill that allows him to use a power beyond his limits, and was able to take out his enemy, Cloud, by using it.

However, the Breakthrough skill is a double-edged sword.

You can use power beyond your own limits, but the power that surpasses your limits will recoil as soon as the skill expires and attack you.

I used it on myself when I fought the evil god before, but I'm sure I would have suffered for days if I hadn't been knocked out.

When I looked at Mr. Bazak's condition, he had an anguished expression on his face.

''If the Dark Spirit hadn't put me to sleep, it would have been a close call.

I decided to activate my recovery spell on Mr. Bazak before housing him in the casket of the hermit.

''Master Luciel, what will you do with this Cloud's body?''

Well I don't want to put too much in there, but I can put it in the magic bag.

I understand. I'll go check and see if there are any demons who missed a shot.

Please.

Then I placed Mr. Bazak in the casket of the hermit, and then Lionel and I gathered the bodies of the demons together in one place.

'Let's do it then,'

After activating the sanctuary wards, they were purified with the Purification Magic Purification.

The corpses of the demons were burned by the blue-white flames and disappeared without leaving a trace of dust.

''........None of the demons that were turned into the demon race had an ego. The one named Cloud also lost his ego. But Melfina is the only one who has retained her identity. Is there a law?

'I don't think Melfina kept her ego intact, I think she was hijacked. Or maybe it was a memory meld or something.　If you have the materials, you'll know. But maybe they hadn't yet completed the experiment of preserving the ego when they turned him into a demon race.

I'm sure that's not a mistake. Because when he confronted the demonized Melfina, the fake Mr. Bazak, Lysak, called her by a different name.

Well, at worst, even if we don't have the data, we can ask the two people who have awakened for more details.

I told Lionel that and turned my attention to the remains of Cloud's laboratory that Mr. Bazak had destroyed.

''........No matter how driven the situation was, would they do such a dangerous thing?''

Lionel didn't seem to be able to make sense of it somehow.

Well, I can understand the concern, but I'm sure he thought he was the chosen one, a reincarnated person, even in that driven situation...I have a strong impression that he was the chosen one.

''I'm sure he never failed, or he's managed to get by even when he was backed into a corner. (Maybe it's also the fact that he's been able to hurt people in a world where lives can be easily lost...)

Lionel made a little thoughtful gesture, but he knew he was going to the lab and started walking ahead.

Cloud's lab wasn't just the smell of chemicals, it was the smell of blood and beasts mixed in with it.

I was fine with it, as I'd built up a tolerance to it after taking Object X, but Lionel seemed to be in pain, so I gave him a nose plug.

I thought about purifying him, but I also considered doing something poorly and getting rid of the evidence.

It was very dim inside the institute, but thanks to the blessings of the dark dragon and the dark spirits, I was able to maintain my vision.

Thanks to that, I was able to judge the size of the interior and the situation, but on the other hand, I was forced to look at corpses and corpses that I didn't want to see.

There was even the corpse of a child inside, and as expected, only the corpse of a child decided to invoke the purification magic first and pray for the repose of his soul.

Then I looked around the laboratory again and saw that it was as large as the Adventurer's Guild's training ground.

''It's pretty big.''

'They must have been experimenting here. But when it's this broken, there seems to be a lot of things we can't determine. We can't detect any sign of anyone other than Estia, so it's unlikely there are any survivors...

'Yes. Let's go to Esther's for now.

Ha!

When I went to Estia's side, she was holding the corpse in her arms and crying.

'Estia, where is the corpse?'

I spent time with him in the slavers' market with him as a friend and I made him stop.

I was shocked by his words.

Because I couldn't believe that Estia knew I could turn me back from a demon to a person, but she didn't do it and turned her blade on my friend.

'Why?'　Why didn't you wait?

'........I was eating. People ... so...

Those words shocked me again, and I didn't know what to say to Esther.

So I decided to do what I could to the best of my ability.

I put my hand on Estia's shoulder as she sits up.

'Estia, let's send her to heaven with a cleansing spell so that she doesn't suffer. I'm going to look inside once, and I want you to be done with the separation by then.

After telling him that much, I was about to head to the back with Lionel when Esther grabbed me by the hand.

'Please let him come to fruition with purification.

Esther cried, forcing a smile to form as she told him so.

''Okay ... okay.''

As I chanted with my heart, wishing for Estia's friend to be able to achieve Buddhahood, the corpse of my friend that Estia held was slowly burned by the pale flame.

Suddenly, Estia raised her voice.

''What?　Is he alive?　What does that mean?

Estia uttered that as she stared into the purifying flames and continued to speak to me quickly until the flames were extinguished.

I don't know if I could see a spirit I couldn't see, or if the spirit was talking to Estia, but it certainly seemed to be talking to her.　

Me and Lionel looked at each other and waited for Estia to calm down.

Then, Esther suddenly stood up and turned her attention to the back of the institute.

''Oh, thank you, Luciel-sama. Mee-chan also thanked me. So, according to Mee-chan, big sister Alice is alive and trapped in the back of this place...''

The words Estia said shocked me again.

The word Alice was more shocking than the fact that she was talking to a spirit with her sixth sense.

The woman named Alice, who was thought to have already died, should have been a reincarnated person.

''Do you want to ... help?''

I didn't know why these words came out of my mouth, but then I realized they had spilled out of my mouth.

'Yes,'

Estia just stared straight at me and nodded.

I had a very bad feeling, but Lionel nodded and we decided to head to the farthest reaches of the Institute, where there was no magic or signs of magic.