Chapter 150: Great Purification Operation
Having parted with Jairo and the others, Liliera and I decided to purify the opposite direction.
“Come to think of it, is Lady Idola okay while operating the golem? Isn’t it dangerous because she can’t see the surrounding scenery while operating the golem?”
Liliera shows a gesture of worrying about Lady Idola.
Yeah, the weakness of operation-type golems is the defenseless main body, after all.
“It’s okay. The golem’s control device is equipped with a function that activates a powerful barrier to protect the user during use. So it’s safe while operating the golem, and incidentally, the barrier is designed to last for a little while after finishing the operation with some leeway. Since I made it a design that can be used normally, it can also be used as a self-defense item to protect oneself.”
“Once again as if you made a slightly convenient accessory… well, if Lady Idola is safe, that’s fine.”
Understanding that Lady Idola‘s body is safe during golem operation, Liliera voices her understanding.
“Wait, huh? Did you notice, Liliera?”
I’m surprised that Liliera had noticed Dora‘s true identity.
“Well, if you go to deliver a golem and suddenly come back with an unfamiliar girl, I’d realize ‘ah, so that’s what it is’.”
Ooh, as expected of Liliera. Not an A-rank adventurer for show.
That observation skill and perceptiveness are as expected.
“Then shall we begin purification soon?”
I hover in midair and begin preparations for purifying the Rotten Earth.
“But we’ve come quite far inside. Wouldn’t it have been better to purify from the edge?”
As Liliera says, we had infiltrated deep into the Rotten Earth.
Even looking around, normal earth is nowhere to be seen, just a poisonous swamp as far as the eye can see.
“Yes, since we’re doing it, I want to purify efficiently.”
“Efficiently?”
Nodding to Liliera‘s questioning voice, I concentrate magic power to activate magic.
“Because the magic I’m going to use from now is larger in scale than the usual purification magic. It’s better to go as deep inside as possible so I can purify to the very limit.”
“Scale, what does that mean…”
“GRAND AREA PURIFICATION!!”
Light is born from my held-out hand, and that light instantly fills the surroundings.
“KYAAAAAA!!”
The light spreads to the ends of the earth in an instant, purifying the completely rotted earth.
“GYGAAAAAAA!!”
“GUBOAAAAAA!”
“JAGYAAAAAAA!?”
From every direction of the Rotten Earth, screams of monsters rise.
It’s the sound of the defiled monsters hiding in the swamp being purified.
“What what WHAT!? What is happening!?”
Liliera, dazzled by the light, is shaken by the monsters’ screams while covering her eyes with both hands.
“It’s just the monsters hit by the purification magic suffering, so you don’t need to worry about it.”
“Y-Y-You say I don’t need to worry, but an incredible number of screams are coming from all directions!?”
Ooh, even with her eyes closed, she’s roughly judging the enemies’ positions from the monsters’ screams.
As expected of Liliera, even surprised by unknown magic, she tries to grasp the situation calmly.
《GYAAAAAAAAAAA!!》
And at the very end, the monsters’ death agonies overlap, raising a voice as if from one giant monster.
Then, when the light subsided, the poisonous swamp as far as the eye could see vanished, and the Rotten Earth had returned to the original earth of soil and rock.
“It’s okay now, Liliera.”
“…”
Timidly moving her hands away, Liliera opens her eyes.
Next, she looks around restlessly, confirming the situation.
“…”
“……!?”
And Liliera, having apparently accurately judged the situation, opened her eyes wide.
“WHAT IS THIIIIIIIIIS!?”
“It’s the upper-tier purification magic Grand Area Purification that purifies a wide range. Because the usual High Area Purification has a narrow purification range, I purified a wide area at once with upper-tier purification magic.”
“W-Wide area!? All of this!?”
“Yes, all of it.”
Grand Area Purification is magic I created in the life before my previous one.
Mages of a certain country failed miserably during the development of new strategic magic and contaminated an outrageously large area of land.
So I was asked to do something about it because not only would people become unable to live on the contaminated land as it is, but the surrounding lands would also be contaminated, causing a disaster.
But with normal range purification magic, it was absolutely impossible to purify land of such massive scale.
Because the remaining land would be contaminated right from the edge being purified.
Then I should just purify the whole thing at once, I thought, and made this magic.
“This magic is a magic that purifies the surroundings centering on the caster, and its scale depends on the caster’s ability, but… it can sufficiently purify an area roughly the size of a small country. So there’s no worry of towns being eroded by the Rotten Earth for a while.”
“H-Heh… a small country… I see.”
For some reason, Liliera‘s state is strange.
It’s just a simple purification magic with expanded effect range, though.
“…I thought I got quite used to Rex, but as expected of Rex. If I let my guard down, my heart feels like it will stop.”
Liliera is muttering something softly, but what did she say?
“A-Anyway, shall we go to the next place? You intend to purify many more places, right? With the intention of purifying the entire Rotten Earth, even.”
“Huh? Did you notice?”
“I know. You were being considerate of me, right?”
Liliera turns her gaze to the distance.
Beyond that is the direction where Liliera‘s home village is.
“Looking at that village that was about to be swallowed by the Rotten Earth, you thought it was the same as the Demon Beast Forest that swallowed my home, right?”
I’m stumped, I’m completely found out.
“…The Demon Beast Forest, recently it seems it hardly erodes the surrounding land compared to before.”
“Eh? Is that so?”
“Yeah, I was told at the Adventurer’s Guild. The Guild said maybe the subjugation of the Ancient Plant, the master of the Demon Beast Forest, is the cause. The Trap Plants and Killer Plants expanding the forest were the same plant-type monsters, after all.”
I see, because the Ancient Plant was leading other plant-type monsters, the Demon Beast Forest expanded at an abnormal speed.
In my previous life, if we found Ancient Plants, we immediately hunted them or cultivated them in exclusive afforestation zones, so I didn’t even notice they had such characteristics.
“…Thank you, Rex.”
“…No, you’re welcome.”
Liliera is my party member, after all.
I don’t want her to have unpleasant feelings.
“Then let’s continue purification!”
“Yeah!”
◆ Jairo ◆
It was a sudden event.
Just when I thought light suddenly surged from the distance, the next moment, all the surrounding swamp as far as the eye could see had returned to normal ground.
“Th-This is…”
Even while asking myself, only one cause comes to mind.
“It’s Rex, definitely…”
“…Right.”
Yeah, the only one who can do something like this is Big Bro.
“I can’t see Rex‘s group anywhere, just how far away did he purify from…”
“…”
I tremble without realizing it.
Not because I’m scared. Because my excitement won’t stop.
I knew Big Bro’s amazingness, but even so, Big Bro always surprised me.
I can’t see the bottom of Big Bro’s amazingness.
And this light.
We also received the purification magic Big Bro unleashed.
It wasn’t something that hurt us, but still, from that magic power, I could feel a fraction of Big Bro’s power on my skin.
So I understood.
That my current self doesn’t even reach Big Bro’s feet.
I have no idea how strong I have to become to even see the place where Big Bro is.
But you know, even realizing that, I was thrilled.
Big Bro is unbelievably strong! Dragons are nothing to him, far from that, he’s definitely stronger than the monsters stronger than dragons Big Bro mentioned!
I want to catch up to such a Big Bro too! I want to try climbing to the pinnacle of strength!
“Umm~~”
While I was thinking such things, Dora called out apologetically.
“Does this mean, by any chance, there was no point in me purifying?”
” “…” “
Mina and I looked at each other, then turned back to Dora and said.
” “Don’t mind.” “
