My Demons - Chapter 161



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My Villains Episode 161

40. Again, The Chasers (5)

After leaving the dirty armor with Amias and Steedman, I sat down on one side of the courtyard of the lord’s house.

“Whoa.”

Sir Esselda was a very powerful knight, befitting her reputation.

Not only did he possess sophisticated technology and abundant experience, but his physical abilities were also superhuman.

My current strength is over 30 including equipment effects. Even if he doesn’t know about trolls, he can overwhelm ogres with his strength.

The fact that I was able to block the sword I swung with all my might proved that I was extraordinary in itself.

It was also surprising that he was still alive after being hit with two punches with all his might. No matter how much you think about it, it’s not human tenacity… … .

It was very encouraging that he defeated Lord Esselda without even using blood magic. But I couldn’t be happier.

‘The best knight in the Marva region.’

This is the public opinion about Sir Esselda.

He was not an unprecedentedly strong man, nor was he the greatest swordsman of his time, nor was he a knight competing to be the best in the kingdom.

There were more than ten knights who were considered to be superior to her, about thirty who were estimated to be at a similar level, and less than a hundred who were considered to be slightly inferior.

… … It’s truly a world full of superhumans.

Well, magic and supernatural powers are real. It would not be surprising if humans as powerful as monsters were crowding around.

Because I realized this all over again, I couldn’t be happy even though I won the duel. I felt that my power was not yet at an absolute level.

It’s absolute powerlessness.

Suddenly, ‘Pique Request Note’ comes to mind. A level 95 blood knight who travels through dimensions, chopping up legendary monsters like eating food, and sometimes killing divine beings… … .

At that level, campaigns in Middle World would be considered tourism rather than hardship.

“… … no way.”

As I shook my head to shake off useless thoughts, the training leader, Chester, approached me and spoke to me.

“Lord Phoenix. “The Baroness is looking for you.”

“What about your wife?”

“yes. I have something to say about our conversation this morning… …

“……eww ”

When I glanced back, Amias and Steedman were still cleaning their armor.

“Could you please tell me that I will go up as soon as the armor is finished?”

“I will do so, sir.”

As I send Chester away, I feel a stinging gaze from somewhere.

The person glaring at me with her arms crossed was none other than Ellen.

Because he heard the news late, the guy who didn’t even know I was dueling seemed upset.

“Hey, stop staring. “My face will be pierced.”

When I smiled, Ellen pursed her lips with an unpleasant expression.

“Why are you laughing because you did a good job?”

“There’s nothing I couldn’t do, right?”

“There’s nothing I couldn’t do, but I ended up doing something useless.” “I said it couldn’t be helped. “I couldn’t just listen to that guy talking nonsense.”

“Since when did you value honor so much?”

Having nothing to say, I smiled awkwardly and stood up. Then he immediately put his arm under Ellen’s waist and lifted her up.

“Ugh, hm, what are you doing!”

“Let’s take a walk like this. long time.”

“It••••••

The guy with a bright red face said that you can’t spit on a smiling face, so he ended up keeping his mouth shut.

Contrary to her shy expression, Ellen’s arms were wrapped around my neck like always. It is a familiar movement that has almost become a habit.

When the bundle standing in the corner quickly caught up, I turned to him and tried to stop him.

“I’m going to walk for a while, so rest in my room.”

Then, Mungchi stopped, saying, “Eh,” and pursed his lips while looking sideways at me and Ellen.

“… … “I also walk.”

“no. You’ve been putting a lot of effort into this and that since dawn. “Go and rest.”

“That’s a nice touch.”

” hurry.”

“… … Ugh. yes.”

As the bundle retreated with a sullen expression on its face, Ellen, who was sitting on my arm, straightened her back.

“Hmm, hmm.”

… … How triumphant you look.

After leaving the residence, I walked around the fence and talked about various things with Ellen.

Newly learned spells, the wind getting colder each day, sheep’s milk cheesecake with honey, and grumblings that were confusing as to whether they were complaining or bragging about my abundant hair flowed one by one.

“By the way, Ellen.”

” huh?”

“Meditation seems to be effective.”

“… … “You already felt that?”

When Ellen asked in surprise, I nodded my head calmly.

“huh. “I felt it during the duel.”

“how?”

“that is… … . “If it’s an opponent of Sir Esselda’s level, my blood gets hot without me even knowing it, right?”

“Your blood gets hot?”

“huh. It’s not a metaphor, it’s actually hot. And then when it gets worse… …

He licked his dry lips and chose the right words.

“Well, that’s a bit of a turnaround. “Like I said last time.”

Ellen nodded quietly and looked into my eyes.

“But, wasn’t it like that this time?”

“huh. just… … . “It was only moderately pleasant.”

“Are you saying it’s because of the meditation I did last night?”

“maybe. “I definitely felt like my mind became clearer.”

Hearing my confident words, he sighed slightly and smiled.

“Great. I’m glad, really.”

Slightly parted pink lips drew a soft curve.

Suddenly, my eyes were caught by transparent skin dyed in sunlight and large eyes with blinking long eyelashes.

When I stopped without saying a word, Ellen, who was relieved, looked puzzled.

“… … what’s the matter?”

That too for a while. As if my eyes had ignited fire, his face started to burn red.

The series of flows where the smile I made out of relief hardened into excitement was like a rainbow shimmering in various colors. It was like a pond receiving green rain. It was like a flower getting wet with dew.

“••••••trunnion?”

“uh,”

I swallowed all my evil desires and imaginations with dry saliva.

“Well, um, how much did we talk about?”

“Oh right.”

Trying to avoid direct gaze, I snapped my fingers as if I were nonchalant.

“meditation. “Meditation.”

“••••••Yes.” “Can you get me the potion you gave me yesterday?”

Ellen, who had a blank expression on her face for a moment, narrowed her eyebrows.

“Potion of concentration? why?”

“Keep one for emergencies. “I think it will help clear my mind.”

“no.”

“••••••Um, why?”

The face that had been mushy as if it had been soaked in warm water had disappeared, and the boy had a determined look in his eyes.

“I only get help once from a potion of concentration. “After the second time, it becomes rapidly difficult to meditate alone.”

“So, I’ll keep it for emergencies.”

“You’re not saying you’re going to take a potion and calm down when you feel like you’re going to ‘go crazy’, are you?”

“… … “Is that correct?”

Ellen’s eyes became even more stern upon hearing my acceptance.

“Don’t be stupid. “Do you think that makes sense?”

“Why not?”

“you… … . Well, it’s when you’re in combat that you become mentally unstable. “Are you going to meditate instead of fighting?”

“I’m not saying you’re going to meditate, but if you drink water, your mind will become clearer. therefore,”

“no. Controlling your mind through meditation is not that simple.”

Wow, I can’t understand.

I scratched my eyebrows and opened my mouth again.

“I don’t mean to take any shortcuts. I literally want to have an emergency means. just in case… …

“trunnion.”

Ellen softly called my name and gently touched my face.

“Are you nervous?”

“••••••yes?”

“Are you nervous?”

I closed my mouth.

well. Am I nervous?

Standing next to the wall of the residence, I remained silent.

“It will be fine.”

“Don’t fret, let’s take it slow. “I’ll help you, ugh.”

widely.

I impulsively grabbed Ellen’s hand. It was because her hand touching his face felt hot like fire.

“……trunnion?”

Looking into his slightly surprised eyes, I tried to smile. The blue eyes wavered slightly.

The next day, we climbed Mt. Graduil. The goal was reconnaissance.

Ellen, Utequai, and Mungchi, as well as Amias’ gang and Siren’s group, were also there.

The main goal was to find out where and what the remaining Anupads, including ‘Queen Ramashda’, were doing, and I also looked for traces of Baron Mallory.

As for Baron Mallory, first of all, nothing came of it.

Well, two weeks have already passed since the Baron was defeated by Anupad’s army and went missing. There is no way it would be easy to find traces now.

Actually, there was a separate corner that I believed in. I was planning to use Druid Xanavas’ abilities to find nearby humans.

“First of all, it looks like people are moving. “Recently.”

” Recently?”

“yes. It looks like the story lasted about three or four days at most… …

Xanavas sent away the small sparrow he was talking to. Then, with an ambiguous expression, he said, “Hmm,” and fell asleep.

“Well, they seem a little confused too.”

“Are you confused?”

“Everyone says something different. Some say there’s only a handful at most, some say there’s an enormous amount, some say they crossed the mountain, and some say they came back… …

While listening to the story in silence, I looked around at the group.

“Did something like a top go over the hill? Has anyone heard anything?”

No one answered, and everyone just shook their heads.

Well, the rumor that the pass was blocked by Anupad’s army must have spread widely around here. Unless you’re crazy, there’s no way you’d take this route.

“They could be mercenaries.”

“Mercenaries?”

Archer Kol opened his mouth.

“Yes, Randall’s mercenaries. “They may have decided that there was nothing to save if they stayed nearby and moved north.”

It was a plausible opinion, but not certain. There is nothing you can do about it since it is an assumption you made after hearing the stories of the wild animals in the first place.

We climbed the hill again.

At the request of Xanabas, a group of mountain birds and robes went out to scout.

Since we didn’t know when the Anupads would attack, we were on high alert and on guard in all directions.

But Anupad didn’t even see his nose until he climbed all the way up the hill. Anupad is alive.

Ute Kwai, who was examining the corpse of Anupad, muttered something like he was chewing.

“Darran miqiel……

Xanabas, who was next to him, looked surprised.

“Miqiel? kanggu sepa?”

“Nge’elti.”

Utekwai felt the traces of his internal organs being taken out and then stood up.

“… … What are you saying?”

The guy just looked around with hollow eyes and didn’t respond. Just as I was about to pick up the coin, Xanavas quickly gave an answer.

“They say there was an offering.”

What does this mean again?

“… … Offering? “You say this is a trace of offering?” I looked around again. There was a rotten and bloody smell everywhere, and animals big and small, bugs, etc. were feasting. The food served was the countless corpses of Anupad. It’s a terrible sight… … .

Ellen and the brother and sister of the Rao family were so upset that they couldn’t even climb up the hill, and the mercenaries, including Amias, also had pale complexions.

I burst out laughing, holding my throbbing head.

“Ha, I guess I said something wrong. “Isn’t this a massacre, not an offering?”

“No, it’s an offering.”

“what?”

Utekwai looked around at the number of corpses, which seemed to exceed 200, and spoke in a heavy tone.

“The thing that animals like to eat is the intestines.”

“••••••however?”

“Even though its internal organs are clearly exposed, no one eats it.”

Come to think of it, the flesh of all the corpses had been eaten away, but the internal organs stretched out on the floor were still in good shape.

No, it wasn’t fine. It looked shriveled, as if someone had sucked it through a straw.

“… … “Why are you doing that?”

“You can’t touch it. “Because it has a separate owner.”

I looked around with a somewhat ominous feeling. At that time, the bundle that was standing at the top of the large spruce tree landed on the ground, showing off its movements like a squirrel.

“trunnion.”

“Did you find anything?”

“no. Anupad, I have gone.”

As he said that, he pointed towards the north.

“You went? How do you know?”

“Smell. “It stinks.”

“… … smell?”

“yes.”

Mungchi nodded with a confident attitude.

“No, you can figure out things like that just by smell? “Are you a puppy?”

“Animida, puppy annieo. Yes, I can smell the bundle too. “Because the smell of Anupad is strong.”

As I watched the bundle answering with slurred pronunciation, I quietly scratched my eyebrows.

… … Well, my sense of smell would have been abnormally heightened along with my agility, so my sense of smell would also be good.

By the way, what the hell is going on?

I checked with Simos again last night, and he said that the ‘Messenger of the Dark World’ would be nearby.

Originally, he should have stopped by ‘Robber Baron Albianne’, but he got caught early.

I was told that since it was dead, it would be waiting for another host… … .

He sent a questioning look, but Simos also looked confused, as if he didn’t understand what was going on.

And what was even more questionable was the whereabouts of ‘Anupad Queen Ramashda’, the boss of Chapter 3. This is because among the numerous corpses, there was none that belonged to Ramashda.

“… … “What the hell?”

Did the queen escape while the other Anupads were dying?

Or did the queen herself sacrifice her children to something and then leave?

After thinking about it for a while, Mungchi added, pointing to the south.

“There are a lot of people over there.”

“huh? “What people?”

“Wear armor. “I’m hiding.”

At the sudden remark, not only me but also the other party members’ expressions hardened.

“… … “You’re hiding?”

“yes. “Wait for us.”

These are the ones waiting in hiding, wearing armor. Malice vibrates.

While I was thinking for a moment, Mungchi opened his mouth again.

“so,”

Black eyes flashed like glass and scanned the group. Then a wide smile and a look as if asking for permission.

“We kill first.”

While everyone was silent, only Ute Kwai clicked his tongue.

“This girl is also strange.”

… … I agreed.