My Demons - Chapter 129



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My Villains Episode 129

34. Soul Shaman (1)

As the sun was setting, white snow came and eagle owls flew into the camp one after another.

Birit, beep-

“Beep!”

Druid Za Navas welcomed the birds warmly, had a short conversation with them, gave them plenty of food, and sent them on their way.

“The fight will begin soon.”

“at las.”

The party immediately prepared to move.

Since I didn’t know what would happen on the mountain, I made sure to pack all miscellaneous camping supplies such as pots and blankets.

The hunting team, including Utequai, was already fully familiar with the surrounding terrain. The forest path leading to the summit had also been prepared in advance.

When the sun had completely set and the torch was out, a robin flew in from somewhere and sat on Xanabas’ arm.

“The fight has begun.”

“The birds are doing their job well.”

“I was lucky. “They were all faithful friends.”

They are faithful birds, that’s a funny saying.

Unfortunately, Xanavas’ luck ended there. This is because no other birds came while climbing the mountain for nearly half a day.

“It’s probably because of the strange birds that live on the rock walls.”

“A monster? “What kind of guy are you talking about?”

The person who answered my question was Atalanta, who was walking next to me.

“Peropica. “There is a habitat around here.”

‘Peropica’. It is a magpie-like monster with feathers as strong as metal.

Although they are not very threatening individually, they are quite stubborn and travel in groups, making them quite difficult to deal with in the game.

As I scanned the night sky with alert eyes, Atalanta added.

“If there were as many people as us, they wouldn’t bother hunting. “You just have to avoid the nest.”

“How do you avoid the nest?”

“Uh-if we look closely, wouldn’t we be able to avoid it? “You just have to be careful.”

Atalanta shrugged her shoulders and I burst out laughing. Then, Ellen, who was sitting on my arm, tugged on my collar.

“Stop chatting and look ahead.”

“Oh, I understand.”

“Wait, but… …

Ellen lifted the collar she was holding, looked at it, and narrowed her eyes.

“What kind of mark is this?”

“uh?”

“Here, there’s something that looks like a red mark.”

“…Red marks?”

When I glanced back at Atalanta, I saw that she was covering her mouth and her eyes were wide open.

“It looks like a bite mark from something.”

“Uh, really?”

I desperately tried to muster up my energy. Feeling the blood that had gathered under my skin dissipate, I tilted my chin back and asked with a nonchalant expression.

“where? “Did you get bitten by a bug?”

“No, it’s not a bug, it’s something that looks like human teeth marks… … . uh?”

“Why, what is it?”

“… … Umm, no. “I guess I saw it wrong.”

Phew, that’s a relief. How did he hold back the sound so well, leaving traces like this… … .

As I was trying to console myself, I heard a strange sound coming from in front of me. It was a cackling sound, similar to that of a magpie, but much more vicious.

“… … Wow, maybe I wasn’t careful enough.”

As I said those words and pulled out Hrunting, Ellen, whose wings were shining, stepped back.

“Ute kwai! “Come forward!”

“I am going right now!”

At my shout, Utequai, who was guarding the rear of the line, climbed up the slope at once.

Quack, quack!

Dozens of Peropica with sparkling wings appeared all at once. While the other mercenaries hurriedly formed their battle formation at the sight, Atalanta came to the side.

“Hey, Nyx. “I’m telling you just in case.”

“uh?”

“You know very well, I didn’t do that on purpose.”

“… … “I don’t know how to answer.”

Atalanta burst into laughter at my muttering.

At that time, Ellen’s voice rang out.

“Archuire ensa—ra!”

The fireworks fired as if grazing the hair hit Peropica, who was flying in front.

“Oh my, you’re scared.”

A purple glow burst from Atalanta’s round eyes. Afterwards, her whole body took on a soft glow.

“A-takhtarq!”

Two strands of purple spears rose from beneath the upturned ponytail. As the purple spear extended, Atalanta flew out of her body and swung white thorns. Three peropica fell to the bottom of the rainwater.

I feel it every time I see it, but Atalanta, wielding her purple spear and wielding it, looked like an eagle with purple feathers and a white beak. At that flexible and elastic movement, I swallowed dry saliva again.

… … Holy crap, what am I thinking.

I shook my head and started swinging the Hrunting. Occasionally, he would block the ones that flew at his face or chest with his shield, and he would delicately but lightly shake off his sword to cut down the Peropicas.

“Dumb!”

Utequai roared and swung his dolme violently. However, the Peropicas, with their quick wings, easily avoided the Dolme and instead pecked at the Utequai.

Ugh!

The Milky Way on its back shone and one Peropica jumped out, but the rest stuck their beaks in without any resistance.

“Gua lune’telil!”

Utequai snorted and pulled out a long sword, no, a war hammer of shock, from his belt. Each time the hammer was swung, Peropica died, but despite the deaths of his companions, the monsters continued to bite Geute Kwai.

Peropica’s dagger-like sharp beak instantly covered Utequai with blood. However, the beak only barely tore the skin and did not inflict any more fatal wounds.

Thanks to the recent increase in level and the strengthening of the ‘Iron Seal’, Utequwai’s flesh and skin had become as tough as that of a rhinoceros.

Still, I can’t just sit back and watch.

“Whoa.”

I controlled the blood that was spraying everywhere and burst it toward the sky.

Kwakagak!

A violent explosion of blood hit the Peropicas. °1 where they paused for a moment,

“Dek saenkilr!”

Boy wizard Ethan Rao shouted. At that moment, a sticky flow of mana blew towards Peropica.

Kwak, kak!

As their wings began to flap slowly, they fell to the ground, screaming in panic. Of course, the monsters crawling on the ground posed no threat to us.

Is that a ‘slow down’ spell? It’s pretty useful.

“Chop it all up!”

At Amias’s cry, the mercenaries who were on the defensive shouted and lowered their weapons.

After the battle, reorganization was quickly completed. No, is it correct to say that it was finished in a hurry?

The Freckled Mummy was badly injured, so I used a little potion to recover, and Peropica’s body was given up on recovery.

There were two reasons why we were in such a hurry.

The first reason was the news that the brown-haired tentacle had brought to Druid Xanabas.

“I never imagined that the lord would lose.”

Xanavas opened his mouth at my muttering.

“I’m not sure yet. Choksae is a smart guy, but he doesn’t have the eyes to read the situation.”

“They say there are people who are throwing away their weapons and running away, but the situation can’t be good.” “Of course it is.” It was broken while dragging hundreds of veteran mercenaries… … . I don’t know the exact situation, but it was not a situation for leisurely hiking.

The second reason for our haste was because of strange signs.

Atalanta said that although the monster Peropica is naturally fierce, they are not stupid enough to fight until the group is destroyed.

The Peropica must have moved abnormally because there was clearly some artificial force at work.

“trunnion.”

“huh?”

“I can feel it slowly. “It’s incredible magic power.”

Ellen sat on my arm and closed her eyes tightly. Her blonde hair fluttered for a moment, as if she had unleashed her magic.

“… … “The flow of magic power is getting faster.”

“It’s getting faster?”

“huh. Are you sure.”

Druid Xanabas intervened in an urgent tone.

“They are in a hurry. “They must have sensed our approach.”

“You noticed? how?”

“He is a powerful Akanku. “There are probably many means.”

Xanavas scratched his head and blamed himself.

“I shouldn’t have wasted time getting scared by Anupads and the like. “I should have gone straight up the mountain as soon as I entered the forest.”

“… … I don’t think now is the time for regrets. Everyone, hurry up! “Go faster!”

After almost running up the mountain, we were finally able to reach the top.

“… … “What, there’s nothing?”

“What happened?”

Just as Steedman and Buni muttered, there was only a small pile of stones piled up on the flat floor at the top, and no traces of people were visible at all.

“Spread out! “Spread out and look for anything strange!”

At my shout, the unloaded mercenaries scattered in all directions. Ellen muttered softly, holding the hem of my clothes tightly.

“This magical power… … . “I can feel the power of the spirit.”

“I guess so. “I heard you’re pulling the spirit world into the present world?”

“That’s not all. “Not just the power of the spirit.”

The hand holding the hem of the clothes trembled slightly. Ellen took a deep breath and continued her words.

“I can feel the power of the underworld.”

“… … “If it’s the Underworld,” people often believed that there were nine dimensions in the world. It was a story about the existence of four ‘dimensions of goodness’ and four ‘dimensions of evil’, centered on the ‘real world’, the dimension in which people live.

The dimensions of goodness include the ‘heavenly world’, the ‘spirit world’, and the ‘eternal world’, and it is believed that there is a ‘light world’ that is one level higher than that.

It is said that the dimension of evil is the ‘Underworld’, the ‘Salt Realm’, and the ‘Hwan Realm’, and beyond that there is the ‘Dark Realm’.

There is also a story that countless alien dimensions exist outside of the nine dimensions, but this was considered a myth.

But, is it possible to feel the power of the spirit world and the power of the underworld at the same time in one place?

“What do you mean?”

“I don’t know. “I don’t understand either.”

When Ellen was confused, the calm Jenessa screamed loudly.

“There’s something strange here!”

I quickly went there and looked, and between the piles of stones I saw what looked like wooden planks lined with iron.

“What is that?”

“Move over, I can see too.”

As the mercenaries took turns looking between the piles of stones, a swordsman with dark gray hair made a threatening noise.

“Uh, that one.”

“Simos, do you know what it is?”

Simos answered Siren’s question with a shocked expression.

“That’s a cart used in mines.”

“A cart?”

“It’s the bottom part, to be exact.”

Utequai, who had been watching this in silence, turned his wrist and walked out.

“If you dig, you’ll find out. “Get out of the way!”

“Don’t waste your time and step back.”

“Ur?”

It was the boy wizard Ethan who set out to dissuade Utequai. He glanced at Ute Kwai, then stood in front of the pile of stones and placed his palm on it.

“hmm. “All young tricksters are rude.”

Ignoring Utequai’s words, Ethan began to chant a spell. After a while,

Passs.

The solid rock pile collapsed into small pebbles and fine sand.

” oh.” As I exclaimed in admiration at the sight, Ellen pursed her lips and said,

“It’s just an application of the earth shattering spell. “What’s so great about that?”

“I heard that applying a spell is difficult? “He looks like he’s about your age. Isn’t that great?”

“If something was that great, I would already be a grandmaster. And, if you do it like that, it’s no better than having Ute Kwai clean up, right?”

As Ellen said, the gravel and sand were piled up in the same place. But that was only for a moment, when Siren took a step forward and put down the clay doll, and the sand and gravel stuck to the doll as if they were attracted to a magnet, and a large golem was completed.

“… … They used two main doors just to remove one pile of stones. “It’s inefficient.”

“Now is not the time to worry about efficiency.”

In the place where the pile of stones had been removed, there was a hollow hole. Through that hole, magic power was flowing out that I could feel.

I looked back at the party members. Through his tense face, Utequoi smiled.

“Hatanka takes the lead.”

I also burst into laughter.

“it’s okay. “A slow bastard.”

“I’m not slow!”

I tapped Ellen’s calf. The guy’s blue eyes wavered for a moment.

“Stick well behind Utequai.”

“Why you?”

“Because I am the strongest.” Ellen closed her mouth and quietly floated her body. I pulled out my Hrunting and looked back at the party.

“Those who are scared can wait here.”

My eyes turned to Atalanta.

“… … “Why are you looking at me?”

“There’s no need to follow me.”

“You must have been mistaken because I am so beautiful, but I am a warrior in the wilderness and a mercenary whose motto is faithfulness.” She shrugged her shoulders and continued her sentence.

“You can’t just score points and get away with it. “You seem so obedient.”

Atalanta smiled brightly. Agos and Vittorio were just keeping their mouths shut and their eyes shining.

Next, my eyes turned to Amias Pae Street. Amias, who was looking back at the group, cautiously opened his mouth.

“… … “Can we help you?”

I shook my head.

“It won’t be much.”

At that time, the stubborn Steedman hit the silent Amias on the back of the head.

Sigh!

“Ah, what are you doing?”

“I want to ask you something, you coward.”

“Holy shit, now is not the time to be emotional.”

Freckled Mira quickly added.

“that’s right. Don’t you know that it’s a rather unpleasant place just by looking at it? Small children like us are included

“Let’s see,”

“You damn bitch, stop saying such cowardly things as if it’s normal!”

While the three were bickering, archer Cole asked me.

“Not much help means it helps a little, right?”

“Well, well.”

Archer Kol quietly looked back at his colleagues and said.

“If you leave here, you are no longer a mercenary.”

Buni, who had been silent, opened her mouth.

“that’s right. “He is not a mercenary, but a gangster and a scoundrel.”

“••••••shit.”

Leader Amias, who was scratching under his helmet, adjusted his grip on his ax and looked back at me.

“It will be more helpful than expected. “Now we can get one serving at a time.”

I scratched my eyebrows for a moment and then nodded.

“good. Do whatever you feel like.”

Siren, who was watching the conversation, came forward.

“Thank you, Lord Phoenix.”

“What do you mean?”

“You are actively helping me like this.”

… … Oh, right. Now that I think about it, this was just a simple escort request, right?

Since our destination was the top of the mountain, going further than this was not part of the contract.

Perhaps because I heard that an alt-character was causing trouble, I think I thought it was my job for some time.

“O”

I hesitated for a moment and came up with something suitable to say.

“Prince Ulkar’s only command to me was to protect the weak and do good.”

“yes? but-”

“If a dimensional collision occurs, countless innocent people will die. “I’m just following the prince’s orders, so there’s no need to thank me.”

An unreasonable amount of emotion filled Siren’s large eyes. Several other party members also had similar looks in their eyes.

Certainly, the idol of the kingdom is an idol. Just one word, Prince Ulkar, makes me crazy.

“Then, let’s go.”

Leading the determined party members, I entered Donghyeol.