Becoming a Shadow in the New World

Seeing this, Sid nodded in satisfaction, a wisp of magic gathering at his fingertips and spreading out.

As the atomic radar provided feedback, a three-dimensional image of the entire Foundation Gate appeared in Sid's mind, and Sid closed his eyes.

Astallo's presence... is absent!

Another wisp of magic flowed out of Sid's body, compressed, and diffused.

Sid opened his eyes, and his pupils trembled.

He searched the entire Itogami Island, even looking at places with barriers, and even found Rudolph, but still couldn't find Astallo's presence.

Where could Astalti have run off to in such a short time?

The bottom layer has an aura that is 60% similar to Astaluti's. Although there are more than a dozen auras on the island with this degree of similarity, what a coincidence.

has a problem!

With this thought in mind, Sid ran straight to the large hole that Akatsuki had smashed open, and leaped down into it.

Listening to the sound of the wind, a wisp of black magic shot out from Sid's body toward the exposed wires caused by the damage to the wall.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

The black magic spread through all the electrical conduits, causing a series of shattering glass sounds, and all the surveillance cameras were destroyed.

Just as its legs were about to touch the ground, the impact of its descent from the sky disappeared, and it landed on the ground without stirring up a speck of dust.

Looking up, Sid finally saw the person he had been looking for.

A blue-haired loli sat by the wall, parts of her body were rotting, and a large amount of magic power was oozing from the decaying parts.

"Is it because of demonic possession? What that old man said was actually true. I'm starting to wonder what kind of criminals would dare to do this?"

Sid walked slowly to Astaluti and began to speak.

"A demon possession of this level is impossible to suppress. Luckily, I was the first to discover you. If it were Natsuki-chan, she would probably have killed you to prevent you from providing the conditions for the other world to descend."

As he said this, Sid reached out his hand toward Astaluti, and blue light appeared in his hand.

"Ah! Ahhh..."

After the magical light merged into Astallodi's body, Astallodi suddenly opened her eyes and let out a painful cry. The intense pain made her roll on the ground.

Seeing this, Sid immediately stopped what he was doing. As the blue light disappeared, Astallo's expression gradually calmed down.

He stroked his chin, and the magic within Sid gathered in his eyes, turning his dark pupils crimson.

He saw it!

At this moment, a massive amount of magical power was gathering within Astallo, destroying her life force. This magical power was obtained by exploiting a demon's possession.

At this rate of exploitation, before Astallodi enters the final stage of demon possession, the magic within her will completely destroy her life force, causing her to lose consciousness and ultimately turn into a humanoid bomb.

The reason Astallo felt pain during his treatment was because his magic entered Astallo's magic cycle, causing her to lose control of her magic and begin to damage her body organs.

If Astallo doesn't stop her self-destruction, treatment is impossible. If he ignores her and forces treatment, he will only make Astallo become a vegetable due to the pain.

So... we can only wait.

The moment Astalti lost consciousness, an identical surge of magical power instantly flowed in and neutralized the violent magical force.

After only a few seconds of looking, Sid came up with a way to stop Astalloti from self-destructing.

"What? Isn't this pretty simple?"

After saying this, Sid planned to remove the magic from his eyes. After all, turning his eyes red would make him see some boring and bad things, and he was afraid he would be unable to resist killing those things.

His crimson pupils gradually turned pitch black, but a spatial ripple suddenly appeared in Sid's vision. Instinctively, he looked towards its source, and there it was...

"Natsuki-chan's spatial magic circle!"

The sudden turn of events caught Sid off guard, and his habit instinctively shot out the magic power still lingering in his eyes. The unformed spatial magic circle in front of him seemed to be thrown into a shredder, instantly shattering.

The damage to the spatial magic array also alerted Sid, who instantly mobilized his magic to pass through the wall and encounter the other four pillars that were also buried deep in the sea, forming the feng shui array of Itogami Island where he was now located.

"move!"

The feng shui of Itogami Island... has become chaotic.

The damage to the central foundation affected the other four pillars, causing temporary feng shui disturbances on Itogami Island. This indirectly led to the shattering of Natsuki-chan's spatial magic array. It seems like a good reason, but...

Her eyes, now a deep crimson, turned to the center of the room, where a small but rapidly expanding spatial fluctuation was visible. At this rate of growth, it wouldn't take more than a few minutes for Yue-chan to descend amidst the turmoil of the feng shui.

Because the problem occurred here, Natsuki-chan will use all her strength to get here and replace the foundation of the device in the middle.

He could continue to increase the chaos of the feng shui, but increasing it further would seem suspicious. It's reasonable for the feng shui to become a little chaotic after losing the foundation for more than ten minutes. But if the chaos is so great that even Natsuki-chan can't teleport, anyone would know there's a problem. Besides, he doesn't really want to destroy the island.

How to do?

To save Astallo, one must wait until she loses consciousness. If his magic is inserted along the way, she will become a vegetable and one can only wait.

Should we knock her unconscious the moment she arrives, and then wake her up after healing Astaludi?

No, no, no, this is like trying to hide something obvious – it's like admitting guilt without being asked.

killed?

No, this doesn't fit the identity of a Shadow-level user.

Just erase Astallo's memories and let Natsuki-chan handle it?

No, that won't work either. Whether it's self-destruction or demon possession, Nagatsuki-chan only has one option: to kill Astalute.

what to do? what to do? what to do?

As the spatial fluctuations grew larger and larger, Sid felt like his head was about to explode.

Sid suddenly stopped, a flash of inspiration in his eyes, and he had an idea.

She walked quickly to Astaluti.

"Astarte, what orders are you carrying out?"

Upon hearing the voice, Astallo opened her eyes, which were closed. She was taken aback when she saw Sid, and immediately spoke in her somewhat mechanical voice.

“I am carrying out the self-destruct order given by ‘Rudolph,’ Master.”

With an expression of surprise on his face, Sid immediately gave the order.

"Then I now command you to immediately stop the self-destruct command and return to your normal state."

"The orders are contradictory. The self-destruct order is the highest priority order. We request that the order be reissued."

Upon hearing this, the blue magic in Sid's hand suddenly froze.

"Make 'Stop Self-Destruct' a command one level higher than 'Self-Destruct,' and then stop self-destruction. You want to live too, don't you?"

He didn't know if the order could be carried out, but he still tried to make use of the faint will to live in Astaluti's eyes and issued the order as a last resort.

If possible, he really didn't want to further exacerbate the chaotic feng shui.

If people were to associate this with the fact that the Shadow returned to reinforce the Foundation Gate and used feng shui techniques to avoid being discovered, the prestige of a Shadow-level expert would be completely ruined.

He wouldn't allow a Shadow-level user to be arrogant or anything like that!

The thought of this possibility made Sid's voice sound anxious.

"Order……"

Astalti, who was staring at Sid’s face and was about to repeat what she had just said to Sid that the order to self-destruct was the highest priority, paused involuntarily when she noticed the worry and anxiety on Sid’s face.

Astallo felt as if something had changed about her; something that had made her uncomfortable ever since she received the order to self-destruct seemed to have suddenly sprouted.

Do I want to live?

Astallo began to ponder Sid's problem.

I don't know, but command priority is absolute.

The brain gave its conclusion, and Astaluti resumed her movements after pausing.

"...Accept!"

A slightly mechanical voice, tinged with emotion, came from Astaluti's mouth.

Astallo was stunned by her own answer, but the destructive magic that had been raging within her body had stopped.

Ignoring Astalie's expression, and noticing that Astalie had stopped destroying her body, Sid once again emitted a blue light from his hand and pressed it against Astalie's body.

He started competing with Nazuki-chan in speed.

The spatial ripples grew larger and larger, and the cyan magic within Astaluti calmed her rampaging magic.

The magic circle began to flicker in the air, and magic flowed through Astalutie along a strange path.

Finally, the magic circle in the air began to solidify, and Sid lowered his hand.

“Astarothie, I am about to issue three highest-level orders.”

First, you must not tell anyone in any way that you have been possessed by a demon.

Second, from now on, I will prioritize protecting my own life.

Third, from now on you will only have one master, and that is yourself. Delete the authority held by anyone else besides yourself, including me and Rudolph.

After saying that, a small magic circle appeared at Sid's fingertip and he pressed it onto Astaluti's forehead.

"bye!"