I Got 999 Level With One Cut

Riko's excitement for the next few days that she was going to spend in this castle did not last long.    

    

Because the house was big, other than Riko and Meiko who came in to live, there were also maids, cooks, and butlers and other service jobs that were much more than 2. There were two guards standing at the door. They did not have any combat power and were purely pretty.    

    

In other words, if they turned a corner in the corridor, there was a high chance that they would not recognize anyone...    

    

Although these people existed to take care of her, Riko felt that it was too awkward no matter how she looked at it.    

    

Even if the maids here found that they were actually very friendly, the chef's level was also very high - at least it could make Meiko feel that her cooking skills still needed practice when she ate it.    

    

But Riko was staying here now. It was like staying in a public place with many outsiders. She did not dare to relax.    

    

This kind of fear finally reached its peak when she slept at night.    

    

The silver-haired girl lay alone on the bed that was too spacious. As a result, she was lying in the middle of the bed with her arms spread open without touching the side of the bed. Her entire body sank into the soft mattress.    

    

The candle flame in the corner of the room swayed gently, emitting a dim yellow glow. The sea breeze gently lifted the translucent curtains that looked like fine gauze. Everything looked quite beautiful.    

    

But Riko could not sleep.    

    

The maids outside did their best to lower their footsteps as they walked in order not to disturb her. However, they did not realize that such a sound could only make the silver-haired girl unable to tell whether it was a person or a ghost outside. She could not stop her thoughts.    

    

The more she thought about it, the more terrifying she felt. The shadows that floated in the darkness vaguely looked like vengeful spirits that flowed in the darkness.    

    

She hugged a pillow under her blanket and curled into a ball.    

    

After waiting for the footsteps outside the door to stop, the girl gently jumped off the bed and opened the door. Her gaze swept across the empty corridor.    

    

The dim magic lamp extended her figure into a distorted shadow and projected it on the wall of the deep corridor.    

    

Taking a deep breath, Riko pinched her pillow and ran forward.    

    

The lighting in the castle during the day was not very good. There were many places that looked gloomy. At night, the feeling was even more intense.    

    

In the end, as she panted, she knocked on the door of Meiko's bedroom.    

    

After a few seconds, the latter rubbed her eyes and opened the door.    

    

"What's wrong?"    

    

Riko was so nervous that her two hands almost pulled out the stuffing from the pillow in her hands.    

    

"I... am a little... scared."    

    

"Then come and sleep with me..."    

    

Meiko smiled as she rubbed the silver-haired girl's head and smoothened her hair, which had become messy due to the constant flipping of her body.    

    

"Yes..."    

    

Hence, Riko responded softly and followed the blond Shield Knight to pull herself onto the bed.    

    

After she laid down gently, the latter snapped her fingers and the magic flame light in the room went out. The whole world fell into a deep darkness.    

    

Riko could feel another person's warm breath gently brushing across her neck.    

    

"You are so powerful, what are you afraid of?"    

    

Meiko said with a smile in the dark night.    

    

The silver-haired girl was silent for a moment.    

    

"... " Because that's what the stories I've read in the past say."    

    

"Eh?"    

    

"A little girl went deep into the mansion at night and saw all kinds of terrifying creatures... and ended up being eaten and so on and so forth... "    

    

... "Can't we just use magic to get rid of them?"    

    

"... " What if they aren't afraid of magic?"    

    

"Then draw those strange runes with special powers."    

    

"What if those things are useless?"    

    

"Then use the medicine to soak them to death."    

    

... ""    

    

Riko tilted her head awkwardly.    

    

"Alright... I know what you want to hear."    

    

This made the blonde girl look a little funny. She gently hugged the former from the back in the darkness.    

    

"I will protect you... Good night..."    

    

Whether it was the horror game or reality, the final common point was... In the darkness, no matter how terrifying the place and things looked, as long as the sun rose, after the light scattered across the land, there was no longer the horror of night.    

    

In the end, it was still because humans had natural fear towards the night where they were unable to make full use of their naked eyes.    

    

On the contrary, they had a natural sense of familiarity towards light that came from nowhere.    

    

To the believers of the Church, what was sacred was light, and what opposed it was darkness.    

    

For mages, light magic was mostly blessings that brought about buffs. And healing injuries and providing life. Dark magic, apart from a few large-scale destructive magic, most of them add various debuffs and curses to the enemy.    

    

When Riko had breakfast the next morning, she started to think about why no one had developed a dark spell, such as the Blessing of Darkness, from "Why are you afraid of the dark" all the way from Why are you afraid of the dark to Why didn't you develop a dark spell?    

    

After the rising sun dispersed the thick night sky, the whole world gradually woke up.    

    

She and Meiko sat on the balcony of the bedroom that stretched out to the outside. There was a small table in front of them that was filled with all kinds of food.    

    

The sea breeze slightly messed up her hair.    

    

"By the way, the mayor said yesterday, where should the level test be?"    

    

Riko pulled out a map from somewhere nearby and planned to study which direction she should fly in later. Meiko walked to her side and pointed.    

    

"Here it is..."    

    

"Is it so big?"    

    

The silver-haired girl looked in the direction where her finger was pointing. It was a large piece of territory that had been surrounded. It was probably about the same size as the central city of Rome.    

    

"Probably..."    

    

In fact, she only found out when she flew. The testing ground that was designed to be used by high-level Titled Devil Instructor. It was totally different from the empty Magic Test Hall that Riko had imagined when she obtained the Great Mage certification.    

    

As long as they were in the air, they would be able to see the large area that was completely surrounded by the bright red fence from afar.    

    

There were also few people in the surroundings. There were basically no houses within three kilometers. It was probably to prevent the repercussions of the magic from causing damage to the surroundings.    

    

The only thing left was an elven building in the corner. It seemed that... it should be the place he should go.    

    

In the square in front of the small building from the Elven era, a dozen mages were already waiting there.    

    

Unexpectedly, Riko Hasegawa found a few familiar figures among them.