Volume 9 Chapter 12 A Peaceful World
Telekinesis.
The power to move things. Its essence is 'the power of thought.'
Things move because you wish for them to move. That is what telekinesis is. But... what if you amplified that 'thought' and 'wish' to the extreme?
For example, what if you wished, 'Let the world be at peace,' and the world became peaceful?
That would no longer be telekinesis. It would be a miracle like that of a god.
"Th-this!!"
The fake Pipina forcibly breaks Elk's restraints.
Indeed, the power has increased. But it's not enough to escape.
Pipina opens her 5 fingers and flies toward Elk.
"───...It's useless."
"!?"
Pipina's movement stops. She completely halts in mid-air.
But then, she breaks free. She approaches again, but stops once more.
Elk's telekinesis is holding her back.
"What is this...!?"
"I'm serious."
"Eh..."
"My true power. My telekinesis can only stop Pipina for a moment."
"Just a moment? Then..."
"Not against the real Pipina. You, the fake one, don't have the power to resist!!"
Elk tightly clenches both hands. Then the fake Pipina becomes completely unable to move.
That's not all. The space where Pipina is trapped starts to warp. The binding force is so strong that 'the world' and 'common sense' are beginning to break.
It is a step toward 'collapse.' A step toward the world's destruction.
"Ku, hehe... the world is going to break, right?"
"It won't break. I'm going to protect this world!!"
Then─── the collapsing space is enveloped in a soft light.
"Goddess Pipina!!"
"Elk, you're doing great...!!"
"I won't allow it."
"This is beyond the Trial!!"
Piasola, Lolofaldo, Lily, and Rapucel aim for Elk.
But─── Elk quietly whispers.
"Your skills─── 'Disappear.'"
""""!?""""
The 4 of them suddenly kneel and fall down.
Lolofaldo is in shock.
"W-why... my cheat skill, it disappeared!?"
"No way, no way... I can't use magic!?"
"...Did the gods abandon us?"
"Elk... what did you do?"
Piasola, now pale, speaks.
Elk looks at the 4 of them and smiles.
"I erased your cheat skills. 'What I wish for,' 'my prayer,' 'my thoughts' become reality, a one-time cheat skill. The power of 'the peaceful world that the goddess loves (Pipina Fortissimo)'!!"
Then, Elk shouts at the fake Pipina.
"In a world where people live, we don't need gods!! What we need is just a little faith and a step forward fueled by our wishes!! Pipina... you are not needed in this world!!"
"You really say that, you little brat...!!"
"!!"
Elk's telekinesis bursts, and Pipina is freed.
Wings sprout from Pipina's back, her claws extend, her face distorts, and horns grow from her head.
Elk wishes... and then, the eye patch mask, blade, and all equipment are restored.
Re-adjusting his mask, pulling up his hood, and extending the blades in both hands, Elk glared at Pipina with his left eye. Then, he quietly spread his arms wide.
A pitch-black crow, a pitch-black scarecrow. It was hard to tell which it was, but the strongest assassin of Galatine Royal Academy, 'Scarecrow,' was there.
"I won't lose to you."
"Shut up!!"
Pipina rushed in. Elk dodged the claws from her right hand and stabbed his blade into Pipina's chest.
But the wound closed up quickly. He followed up with a roundhouse kick to Pipina's temple, but it had no effect on her. She tried to tear Elk apart with her claws, but he crouched down to avoid it. At the same time, he loaded his gun and fired at Pipina's chin. The bullet pierced through, but it healed almost instantly.
Elk then slashed her throat with his blade and stabbed her side with a toe blade.
"Doesn't hurt, huh!!"
Pipina instantly healed all her wounds.
Indeed, it wasn't working.
Then, he just had to pray. He just had to wish.
"You're not invincible. You're not the real Pipina. If it were her... I'd be dead in an instant."
"......"
"You're not needed in this world!!"
"...!!"
Pipina's body suddenly dropped.
Elk quickly slipped into Pipina's space and stabbed both blades into her heart.
"Ugh..."
She coughed up blood.
The damage wouldn't heal.
Thanks to Elk's prayer, Pipina's regeneration was disabled.
Her heart was destroyed, and her life force gradually faded.
"...Did I lose?"
"Yeah. I win."
"...Aww, I finally got to come to this world..."
"...You won't die. You'll go back to Pipina."
"...Is it okay to go back?"
"Yeah. Go back and rest well."
"Mm... good night, sorry."
Pipina's body was enveloped in light and vanished.
If Elk's wish came true, she would have returned to Pipina.
And he felt the one-time cheat skill gradually fading away.
"...This is the last time."
Elk spread his arms wide and prayed quietly.
Then── the shattered school building was wrapped in light, the country destroyed by Pipina, the dead people, all the injuries began to heal. Everything would be as if it never happened.
"...Oh, what."
Emma's wounds were completely healed.
All the students crushed under the rubble of the school returned to normal.
Everything was healed── and Elk's cheat skill disappeared.
"Thank you, Pipina."
What remained was the love given by the goddess Pipina. The sweet feeling that lingered on his lips was all that was left.
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