My Demons - Chapter 204



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My Villains Episode 204

45. Into the fog (4)

It had been two days since I left the Oressa tavern, and in those two days there was good news and bad news.

First, the good news was that my and Utequai’s levels had risen.

This may be thanks to the experience gained from dealing with the vampire lord Tenvierma, his second wife Ganesh, and countless other low-level vampires.

So, looking at the current level of the group, I was level 26, Utequai and Mungchi were level 25, and Ellen was level 24.

Average level 25. If the scenario wasn’t messed up, I would be able to clear Chapter 4 without difficulty… … .

The problem is that this chapter is ridiculously twisted. It’s because of Saitz, the spell thief with the Dark Knight on his back.

The bad news had to do with this twisted scenario.

A group of about thirty people diligently made their way through the dark forest.

As I was walking at the front, I sighed at the sight of a black silhouette visible through the hazy fog.

“… … Ha, rotten.”

After about fifteen more steps, the black silhouette took shape. Then, a sigh and swear word similar to what I had uttered came from behind me.

“Damn it, again?”

“What the hell is this… …

What was revealed was the Oressa Tavern, a wooden building with several walls and flags broken and the roof halfway down.

“… … “I’ve already fucked you three times.”

As the archer Kol who followed said, it was already the third time that he had left the Oressa tavern, wandered through the fog-covered forest, and returned here.

It was a strange thing.

I deliberately walked eastward, following the sun, but I ended up returning to the same place. That’s three times in two days. Yes, this is the bad news. We were unable to escape the foggy forest, as if we were trapped in an invisible maze… … .

When I glanced back, I saw that Munggi was catching his breath, looking downcast. Since he was quite active as a guide during the previous journey, he seems to be worried about not being able to use much power now.

Ellen, on the other hand, could not overcome her irritation or frustration and suddenly swung her wand.

“Archuire, en-sara!”

As if in response to the man’s sonorous voice, sparks flew out at the tip of the wand, and two streams of flame rose out and took the shape of an arrow.

The resulting two flaming arrows were fired, one towards the north and the other towards the south.

Good luck!

It only lasted for a moment that the two fire rays swallowed up the hazy vapor and stirred up the fog. The trajectory created by the flaming arrow was filled with fog rolling in from somewhere without a trace.

Ha, good.”

Ellen, with a cynicism in her face, raised her mana with a look that said, ‘Let’s give it a try.’ And her tongue-twisting words were pouring out like a rapid fire.

“Quod papillon! Ventum, avem!”

A pale green wind swirled around the guy’s left hand, and at the end of the wand, a butterfly spreading white light spread its wings.

“Saltare!”

At Ellen’s command, ‘Dance Spirit’ and ‘Frost Butterfly’ drew a circle as if they were playing tag. When the white butterfly scattered cold air under its wings, the light green wind spread it in all directions.

Huh-

Rain poured down behind the frost butterflies and dancing spirits swimming in the fog. The water vapor condensed into water droplets due to the scattered cold air.

The sight of a white butterfly swimming in the air and scattering wind and rain was quite beautiful, but

“H-Hitch!”

“Damn, does anyone have any dry towels?”

“Is there anything left like that? … No one enjoys that sight.

As cool rain, almost like sleet, poured down, the mercenaries fell. Some of the older people even secretly glanced at Ellen.

“Ellen, don’t lose your strength for no reason.”

In response to my dissuasion, he bit his lower lip.

“It’s definitely not an ordinary fog, but I can’t feel any magic. “Something is strange.”

“… … Yeah, it’s definitely weird. “Let’s find another way.” When I tapped Ellen on the shoulder, she waved my wand. The mana was withdrawn, and the dance spirit and frost butterfly disappeared without a trace.

I felt anger, fear, and anxiety flowing behind me, and I raised my voice with a pretense of calm.

“Let’s take a break here! “Let’s warm up inside.”

The mercenaries who entered the half-collapsed tavern lit a fire in the fireplace and took off their cloaks and boots to dry.

I roughly placed my butt on the damp table. After a while, Wu Teqwai and Cole approached.

“It disappeared again.”

“••••••How many?”

“This time there are two.”

Cole added a few sentences to Utequai’s short words.

“One mercenary from our side and one porter from Mr. Max’s group.”

“Our mercenary, who?”

“It’s ‘Enio.’”

Enio was a mercenary from Alvivton, a young man who was good at wielding a long spear.

“No one saw it this time either?”

“yes. There were Gidons and Dervishes behind him, and it was only when they got here that they both realized that Enio was gone.”

I kept my mouth shut.

I wanted to pour out some double insults, but I couldn’t further aggravate the already cold atmosphere.

It seemed like the ominous fog surrounding the forest couldn’t be satisfied with just letting us get lost. A total of seven mercenaries and merchants disappeared into the fog over the past two days.

Even though the movement line was tight, no one noticed their colleague’s disappearance. Even a group of human radars could not sense the presence of the missing person.

My head was pounding, so I pressed my temples and called out to the vampire Kelsenne.

Kel Seine, who was dragged by Steedman and Esanna, had all the silver swords embedded in her body pulled out. However, she was unable to use her powers at all due to the aftermath of the, um, ‘interrogation’ that took place two days ago.

Well, it’s only natural since I used up all my remaining strength to repair my wounds.

I looked at Mibu kneeling in front of me and opened my mouth.

“Kelsen.”

Kelsenne trembled as if struck by lightning and quickly opened her mouth.

“yes yes. Please speak.”

The sight of her shaking at every word made me feel satisfied and disappointed at the same time.

It was a feeling of satisfaction that I had conquered a powerful vampire, and a feeling of regret that it would have been better if I had been a little more rebellious.

“I’ve been wandering around for two days.”

Kelsenne was wearing a tattered cloak over a tattered chiffon skirt. Compared to her previous noble lady-like demeanor, she looks no different from a beggar.

“Do you really not know how to get out of here?”

“Yes, I don’t know. “Really.”

Despite such behavior, the long eyes and plump lips still gave off a yo-yo vibe.

“really?”

“Yes, really. I can swear with my very being. “I really don’t know.” I glanced down at Kelsenne, who was bowing her head.

To be honest, this vampire’s beauty suited my taste, that is, Seungsu Kim’s.

Of course, compared to Ellen or Hayla, it was inferior… … . She was in her mid-30s, and her mature aura, alluring face, and voluptuous body were enough to grab her attention.

And well, the touching voice was quite worth listening to, and I also liked the expression of emotions that closely resembled a human.

Of course, the best part was that some of the damage to the knife could be repaired on its own. Besides, since she was a dirty vampire, she could destroy things to her heart’s content without worrying about what others thought… … .

-Yes, it is the best toy. It would have been nice to have captured the other two as well.

“……eww ”

……

Oh, I’m kind of in a daze.

I felt sleepy, so I blinked a couple of times. Then she opened her mouth, swallowing the saliva that had accumulated on the tip of her tongue.

“Then do you know who is controlling this fog?”

“……eww”

Kelsenne, whose face was somehow more frightened than usual and who was holding onto the hem of her skirt until her fingertips turned white, answered with difficulty.

“I don’t know. But you can guess. “It has to be one of two things.”

“Either one?”

“yes. It would be either ‘Achillemnur’ or Saitz. “It’s just the two of us.”

‘Achillemnur’. The unfamiliar name reminded me of the story Kelsen had told me.

Count Mattianber, the ruler of the Gistol region, was like the embodiment of desire from a young age.

He enjoyed gourmet food and famous liquor, took on women whenever he felt like it, and was obsessed with gaining power and enhancing his reputation.

When ‘King Jun-eom’, the 6th king of Milan, died, it was because of the count’s desire that he got involved in the war of succession. The desire to gain greater territory and power.

However, by the side of the previous king’s legitimate son, Lionel III, there were the king’s standard-bearers, and there were also great nobles with whom the relationship was good until then.

In the end, with the death of Prince Alot, the claimant to the throne, Count Mattianver suffered his first real defeat in his life. He lost all his farms, cities, and castles outside the Gistol region and confined himself to his hometown, Raven’s Cliff.

And as more than 20 years passed, Count Matianver, who collected mysterious magic books and studied evil power, sacrificed countless lives and was reborn as ‘Vampire Lord Tenvierma’.

Even though he gained ageless body and great power as a vampire lord, he was never satisfied. He knew that a single prayer from a high-ranking priest would turn him into ashes, so he wanted more power and authority.

Thus, Tenvierma began to reach out to the power of the second dimension that would completely fulfill his infinite desires.

That second dimension was the ‘illusion world’, the dimension of evil and the world of dreams.

Tenbierma’s plan was this.

With his power as a vampire lord, he would open a dimensional passage, bring in the world of illusions, and place the world he brought in under his control.

It was a somewhat absurd plan to fill the entire Middle Earth by inflating the ‘Dream Territory’ filled with one’s desires little by little.

But the surprising fact is that Tenbierma almost realized his plan.

He actually descended the world into his own nature, at the cost of countless blood.

Completed ‘Dream Territory’.

And just before the territory was completely engulfed, the spell thief Saitz appeared. With a dark knight named ‘Achillemnur’.

“As you know, the Dark Knight is both a fearsome monster and a powerful mage.”

Kelsenne barely managed to calm her trembling body and continued speaking.

“It would be easy to control the fog flowing out of the dream realm.”

“… … “So the only answer is to wander forever in this fog?”

“That’s not it.”

I narrowed my eyebrows at Kelsen’s words.

“No? “You don’t know how to get out of here?”

“That’s right, I don’t know how to escape. But I know a way to break this fog.”

The vampire with the face of an alluring woman carefully raised her head and whispered quietly.

“You just have to destroy the dream territory.”

“… … how?”

“The Raven’s Castle. “Kill the owner of the territory there.”

I closed my eyes tightly.