My Demons - Chapter 122



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My Villains Episode 122

32. Wizards and Druids (2)

In my opinion, Atalanta’s offer was attractive enough. But there were some parts that bothered me.

First of all, Baron Mallory.

I think they were trying to eliminate Atalanta, the strongest candidate to win the hunting festival, but I was worried that they might get us involved for no reason.

But on the other hand, I wonder, ‘Was it really just the Atalanta gang that the lord was targeting?’ Of course it’s because of money.

At first glance, I heard that you can build a fortress by spending about 2,000 silver coins. This is not just a small stronghold, but a proper fortress complete with a moat, watchtowers, and even a courtyard.

But the money Baron Mallory spent now is 3,000 silver coins. It’s a simple comparison, but half the cost of the fortress was spent on mercenaries.

Well, thanks to this, the estate is enjoying a crazy boom, so we will be able to recover some amount through taxes. Still, it doesn’t change the fact that a huge amount of money was spent.

So suddenly, I thought about the lord, ‘Isn’t he planning to wipe out all the mercenaries after defeating Anupad’s army?’ I even have doubts.

If this suspicion is true, joining forces with the Nudein tribe would be a better way to deal with the lord’s threat.

“Poi, what are you thinking about for so long?” As soon as Ellen narrowed her eyes and spoke, Atalanta quickly came forward.

“Of course you have to think carefully. “I will respect whatever decision you make.”

“… … Really, from earlier.”

The blue eyes look like they might burst into flame at any moment.

Yeah, that bothers me too.

Ellen must be a bit picky, and I can’t even tell how many troubles she’ll have if she accompanied Atalanta.

His attitude has become somewhat more moderate as he is not the kind of guy who just ignores what I say, but it is true that I am still worried.

“Think slowly. “I have a lot of time anyway.”

Atalanta was smiling with her legs crossed. Her shapely thighs grab her attention.

Hmm, there are some elements of anxiety. Wouldn’t it be worth the risk if you could attract Atalanta as an ally? He’s not just an ordinary person, he’s definitely a hero character… … .

“Well, I think.”

Just as I was about to answer, two couples, a man and a woman, approached the table where we were sitting.

“Are you Lord Phoenix?”

The person who stepped forward and spoke was a woman with impressive eyes the size of bells. She seemed to be a sorceress, as she was wearing robes with strange patterns on them.

When I glanced around at the people sitting at the table, they all had puzzled expressions on their faces.

“I am Phoenix. What happened?” “You’ve come to the right place.” The woman, who appeared to be in her early twenties, smiled slightly and continued her words.

“I came because I wanted to make a request to you.”

“… … “You mean a request?”

“Yes, a request.”

Big green eyes stared at me. By the standards of this world, she was a woman of average height, so her eye level was roughly the same as mine as I sat in her chair.

“hmm. “I don’t know what brought you here, but we have something else to do.”

“I heard. “Are you participating in the hunting festival?”

I took a quick look at the people standing behind the woman.

A boy wearing a wizard’s robe like a woman, a young man with a slim figure wearing thin cloth clothes, and a woman wearing leather clothes, steel vambraces, and a sword at her waist.

What is this combination?

“Yes, that’s true, but… …

“Our destination is Mount Graduil. “I want you to escort me there.”

“You mean escort?”

“yes. You have to climb the mountain to hunt monsters anyway, right? “We will pay you comfortably, so please take us to our destination safely.”

“… … “Where is your destination?”

“The top of Mount Graduil.”

normal? If it’s normal.

Ellen, who caught my gaze, suddenly opened her mouth.

“Why do you want to go there?”

“… … Are you the fire witch? nice to meet you.”

The woman with big eyes spoke as if she was glad to see her, but Ellen still had an expressionless expression.

“Why do you want to go there?”

“I have some investigation to do.”

“…Investigating the flow of mana.

“What are you trying to do?”

The woman’s already large eyes grew even wider at Ellen’s question. If you hit me in the back, it will pop out.

“How did you… … . “Do you know anything?”

“… … I don’t know the details. “I just felt that some magic power generated at the top was pushing the mana away.”

“You felt it? “Have you tried going up?”

“No, I checked it halfway up.”

The woman’s mouth opened slightly.

“You said you confirmed the flow of mana from the summit halfway up the mountain?”

“huh.”

“… … “How can that be? What is the level of magical power?”

Ellen still had an expressionless face, but if you looked closely, you could see that her mouth was twitching. I guess I really liked the woman’s strong reaction.

I sighed inwardly and opened my mouth.

“Even if it’s not us, there are so many mercenaries in Longville. “Let’s go and get to know the others.”

“… … Big, big. I already looked into it. “I asked the scribe to check all the mercenaries with high scores, but there wasn’t a single group that could accept the request.”

“… … “You mean there isn’t one?”

When I made a puzzled expression, the woman nodded and answered.

“yes. “It seems like three or four of the gang have already left, and most of the remaining gang were waiting for the lord.”

“Waiting for the lord, what is that?”

“They say the road will be cleared soon. I heard that he is gathering people to defeat Anupad’s army.”

“… … “This is my first time hearing this news.”

The woman said, ‘Oh, is that so?’ She shrugged her shoulders with an expression and continued speaking.

“In the end, the only thing left is the Nude people and the Lord, so it’s not right to leave the work to the Nude people… … The female swordsman wearing her vambrace tapped her woman’s arm. The woman, who had been talking for a while, finally found Atalanta and her companions and said, ‘Oh… … ‘ she muttered.

“Um, are you in the group?”

“We were discussing it before you came. “Whether we will join the group or not.”

“okay. uh… … I wish we could be together. “I heard that the Nudein warriors are very, very brave.”

Atalanta looked at me and shrugged her shoulders. The woman, reading the slight displeasure on her face, quickly took something out of her arms.

“Well, I’ll give you this as compensation.”

” hmm?”

What the woman took out was a small crystal sphere. The transparent crystal ball, slightly smaller than a tennis ball and slightly larger than a ping-pong ball, was emitting a soft blue light.

“Uh, that one.”

Ellen, who had been sitting quietly, stood up and slowly flew up.

… … hmm. I think I just took a step or two. Am I wrong?

“Hey, can I take a look at this for a moment?”

The woman looked surprised for a moment when she saw Ellen suddenly rising from the ground, but then she handed her the crystal ball.

“••••••and.”

Ellen opened her mouth blankly as she examined the crystal ball she had been handed. Blue eyes sparkle with admiration.

“There isn’t a single blemish. The amount of mana contained is enormous. “This is my first time seeing something like this.”

The big-eyed woman smiled at Ellen’s muttering.

“It’s something every wizard dreams of.”

“… … There are only a few places in the kingdom, no, in Middle World, that can make crystal balls of this level. “Where on earth did you get it?”

The woman’s smile became a little deeper.

“It’s something made in our family.”

“••••••droughty?”

“I’m late in introducing myself. “My name is ‘Siren Lao.’”

Siren Lao. It’s an unusual name.

By the way, Rao?

“I think I heard that somewhere.”

At my muttering, the woman who introduced herself as Siren nodded vigorously.

“That’s right, it’s the Lao family. “Toulon Rao, the current head of the family, is my uncle.”

At Siren’s words, not only Ellen, but also the Amias gang and the Nudein warriors opened their mouths in surprise.

There are three powerful groups of wizards in the Kingdom of Milanol.

The first is La-Palais Palace, famous for its elemental school. It is rooted in Tirin Mel, a mysterious island next to Eyland, and Ellen’s hometown is also this palace.

The second is the ‘Dawn Council’. It is famous for illusion magic and is based in the royal capital. The last one is the ‘Lao family’. Masters of golem making and earth magic, located in the northern Baden region.

Siren, a woman from the Lao family, was sitting down and introducing the group one by one.

“This is my brother Ethan, this is my lover Xanabas, and last is the mercenary Simos.” I looked closely at the three men and women.

Ethan Rao was a boy with green eyes and brown hair, like my older sister. He’s probably around Ellen’s age. He gave off a very cold impression and a somewhat arrogant air.

Xanavas was a young man who looked to be about twenty years old. He had a slim figure and was wearing thin clothes, but he had a sickly look, perhaps because the area under his eyes was slightly sunken.

Lastly, Simos was a female swordsman who appeared to be in her mid-twenties. Leather armor, steel vambraces, dark gray hair, dark blue eyes… … . Her face, um, looks like I’ve seen it somewhere before.

As I stared at him, Simos slightly turned his head as if he felt burdened by the gaze. Around that time, Siren opened her mouth again.

“so. Will you accept my request, Lord Phoenix?”

“… … Could you please wait a moment? “I have a story to finish first.”

“Of course.”

After asking for Siren’s understanding, I looked at Atalanta.

“If you accept this request, what will you do?”

“Nothing changes. “My conditions are the same.”

“… … good. “Then let’s go together.”

At my words of consent, flowers bloomed on Atalanta’s face.

“Good thinking, Nyx.”

“Instead, you must absolutely follow my orders while accompanying me.”

“of course.”

Atalanta leaned against the backrest with a satisfied face. I took a quick look at Ellen, but fortunately, he was distracted by her crystal ball.

I looked back at Siren and asked.

“I know your identity very well. By the way, what is the exact reason you want to investigate the summit of Mount Graduil?”

“… … “I’ll tell you if I accept the request.”

“O ugh”

—M3

Utequai sensed my hesitation and opened his mouth.

“Tricksters, very useful. “It will be helpful for hunting.” When he says trickster, he means a wizard. They are the ones who deceive their mothers.

“And there is one who is in his mother’s arms. “We have to help.”

“… … “The one in his mother’s arms?”

When I turned around with a puzzled expression, Siren and her lover, Xanabas, looked a little surprised.

Xanabas, a young man with a sickly appearance, hesitated for a moment, then looked at Utequai and asked in a hoarse voice.

“Urwha, iya ti tanka’ute?”

“Zui. Rec’ne heplan somae riquwa ti hatanka.”

When Utequai answered, Zanavas fell silent for a moment and lowered his head.

“Rec’ne bota enden aunka dirldi. “Nje lavdi tille ur.”

At Xanabas’s words, Utequai quietly nodded.

“… … what. “What did you say?”

“Author, dirldi. “It’s a wandering druid.”

“Druid?”

“right. The reason Druids came into the human world was because something bad happened. He must help with his work.”

Druid Dra.

Although it was not a playable character in the game, I remember that the profession of several major NPCs was Druid.

But I don’t remember the name Janabas…

As I stared at myself, Zana Vas hesitated for a moment and then opened her mouth.

“Let me tell you why I want to climb the mountain.”

“Janabas.”

“It’s okay, Siren. “The great warrior of the plains is here, so he will notice even if I don’t tell him.”

After dismissing Siren’s worries, the young man coughed slightly and continued speaking.

“About a month ago, I had a dream while I was passing through Abidden far away. “It was a dream that illuminated the summit of Mt. Gradu Il.”

“… … “Is this like a precognitive dream?”

Zanabas slightly shook his head at my question.

“It’s a little different. Let’s call it far-sightedness rather than foresight. In that dream, I saw souls gathering toward the summit.” Ellen, who had been listening in silence, narrowed her brows and opened her mouth.

“Souls are gathering, does that mean there is a necromancer?”

“It was not a human soul. “The spirits of old nature and spirits in the process of being transformed into spirits were gathering.”

Ellen asked again with a puzzled expression.

“Isn’t it rare for spirits to gather in one spot? Moreover, if it is a place like a mountain top where mana is clear and abundant… …

“This case is different.”

“You mean different?”

“yes. The phenomenon currently occurring on Mount Graduil is extremely artificial. “Some powerful shaman is twisting the natural order of things.”

“A shaman so powerful that he bends the law of nature… …

Xanabas noticed the look of disapproval on Ellen’s face and lowered his voice.

“It is something that must be done. “If we leave it like this, disaster will happen.”

“disaster?”

“yes. Perhaps, the spirit world may come into contact with the present world.”

“… … Dimensional conflict? “There’s no way something like that could happen that easily.”

As Ellen mumbled with a bewildered expression, Xanabas looked at Utequai and said.

“Daejeon will know. ‘Gitgula ti akanku’.”

“… … He is an outcast from the grassland. “No way, is that what he did?”

“yes. That evil bastard is pulling on the spirit world. If we don’t stop him, this area, and possibly the entire Marva region, will be devastated. “The aftermath of a dimensional collision.”

Ah, it’s frustrating. Why are there so many things I don’t know today?

“What is Gitgula ti Akanku?”

“Gitgula, it is the name of a grassland tribe. Akanku, a very powerful shaman who manipulates spirits.”

… … A shaman who deals with spirits?

Wait a minute, Akanku?

“… … Isn’t that shaman’s name ‘Ka Ramek’?”

Utequoi looked surprised at my question.

“How do you know that?”

“That’s right?”

“right. Akanku Karamek, the name of one who was exiled from the grasslands for seeking evil power.”

I unconsciously covered my face at Utequai’s answer.

“… … “Holy shit.”

Akanku Karamek.

This is the default name of a male soul shaman.