My Demons - Chapter 83



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My Villains Episode 083

22. Witch (3)

I sat down on the stone steps, wiping the blood from the corner of my mouth.

“Whoa, that’s tough.”

I didn’t feel it during the fight, but after it was over, my whole body ached so much.

In particular, my shoulder was hit by all kinds of weapons and my side was stabbed multiple times with the tip of a knife, causing me to feel intense pain every time I took a breath.

My stomach and thighs were throbbing as if I had been hit with a fist several times, and my shins were sore as if they had been cut with a sharp knife.

It’s a shame the armor was strong, otherwise he would have fallen to his death by now.

wo O ” ———–9

After sitting and groaning for about ten minutes, the pain subsided a little. No, have you gotten used to the pain? anyway.

I stood up against the wall and looked around.

I came in through the 3rd floor and came down the stairs, so this must be the 2nd floor of the palace tower. Candles in brass candlesticks dimly lit the room.

In the room with an arrow hole in the wall, there was only one soldier’s corpse lying around, and there were no other objects.

On one side stood a spiral staircase leading to the upper and lower floors, and on the other side stood a thick wooden door with an iron frame.

“The door seems to be locked.” Even when I put my ear to it, I couldn’t hear any sound.

There’s no way they wouldn’t have noticed the chaos here, so they probably don’t have the capacity to send reinforcements.

“Okay.”

Geek.

I held on to the doorknob and wrestled with it for a while, but there was no sign of the door opening.

If your strength is 23, you are no better than a wild boar, but is it still lacking? . I guess I’ll have to improve my strength next time I level up.

Shall we destroy it with Hrunting?

No, no. If you hit it recklessly and the blade gets damaged, there is no way to turn it back… . Of course, since it is a unique weapon, it will not be damaged that easily, but you never know.

To my disappointment, I picked up a battle ax from upstairs and tried to hack it, but the door wouldn’t budge.

This is because the heart material piled up in layers on a sturdy frame was quite tough. I think I’d have to spend at least 20-30 minutes with an ax to break it and get through it.

I went upstairs again, but the door was twisted, probably because of the earthquake. Moreover, seeing that there were pieces of stone sticking out between the cracked doors, the wall might collapse if touched carelessly.

Ugh, I can’t help it.

I went down to the first floor, lighting the way ahead with a candlestick.

A damp, musty smell fills my nose. Obviously, in terms of the number of floors, it is above ground, but it feels dark and damp as if you are entering a basement.

I went down the stairs and looked at the lights around me, and on the other side I went up to another palace tower.

There was a thin staircase and a well in the center. There were miscellaneous items such as wooden barrels, boxes, and ceramic dishes rolling around, and in the corner… , “•••hmm?”

“Phoenix? it’s you?”

“Huh?”

Familiar people were locked in a small iron cage. They were Sisters Grania and Olga. The two had been stripped of all their weapons and were tightly bound with rope.

“What are you doing here?”

“that is… .”

Grania looked sideways at Sister Olga with an embarrassed expression.

Oh no way. really?

“Sister, did you happen to hear the letter?”

“•••huh. I didn’t do that on purpose… .”

Ha, I’m going crazy and jumping up and down. Was the sudden movement of the SS really because of Sister Olga? Because of the letter I wrote?

“I think I accidentally spilled it on my way up to the bedroom. “I didn’t even know it was because the stairs were so dark.”

•••Really, if it weren’t for the nun, I would have been in love right away.

I said with a small sigh.

“… I’m glad I didn’t die on the spot. “What about Farrell and Gilius?”

“I do not know.”

“You don’t know?”

When I narrowed my eyes and asked, Grania who was next to me answered for me.

“Apparently they were captured together, but we were brought here and the two of us were sent somewhere else. First of all, please release this quickly. “It looks like it’s still under siege.” The key was not that difficult to find. Among the soldiers dealt with above, one with a different appearance was a guard.

After opening the cage and releasing the restraints, Grania explained the situation.

“After being trapped in the salt castle, the castle owner started to become a little strange. “He wouldn’t even touch his food and kept saying bullshit that if he did anything, the prince would attack me.”

“Why all of a sudden? “Have you gone crazy?”

“Things like that happen, too. “They went on a rampage saying that the reason my son was sick with a fever was because of the prince’s curse.”

“son? Oh, was Seongju’s sick family member your son?”

This time Sister Olga answered.

“that’s right. “Me and another sister took care of the sick.”

“Uhm. “Then where are all the Seongju family members?”

“It will be in the throne room. Since the lord of the castle is not a person worth fighting, he will stay with his other relatives.”

“Is it because of the castle lord’s orders that the SS is resisting now?”

“I guess so. After the letter was discovered, there was a lot of panic. “They were screaming that they were going to hang us in the square.”

Wow, the scenario is really twisted.

If we recall the original scenario… .

The order was to follow certain quests, catch ‘Kingpin’ Uvar at the dock, and catch the ‘Unveiled Location’ in front of the Salt Castle.

In the process, there was no conflict with Seongju, and of course, there was no fighting with the SS. Since it was the castle lord and his vassals who gave the quest in the first place, there was no reason to fight.

However, an earthquake occurred and Prince Ulkar took control of the city, situations that had never existed in the game occurred.

Of course, it may have been because I intervened in the events here and there, but I think the scenario was probably greatly distorted because of those factors.

Umm… … .

Okay, that’s it. This is not the time to worry about this. Let’s start with what needs to be done now.

“I have to go and open the lattice door. The knights are just waiting for me with their necks bent. Are you going together?”

“Well, I can’t just suck my fingers here.”

“Then both of you arm yourself first. “There is a lot of unclaimed equipment up there.”

“above?”

Grania glanced towards the stairs with a gloomy expression on her face.

“I heard a strange noise earlier.”

“A weird sound?”

“huh. please… I heard something like an animal howling. “Didn’t you hear?”

“… I’m not sure. “Didn’t you mishear the sound of a fight outside?”

“I’m not sure exactly because it sounds like an echo, but… I definitely heard it from above. Is that right, Sister?”

“that’s right. “It was an extremely blasphemous laugh.”

Looking at the two with uncomfortable expressions on their faces, I burst into laughter.

“It was so dark that I must have been hallucinating. If you feel uncomfortable, you can wait here.”

Grania made eye contact with Sister Olga for a moment and then shook her head.

“… No, not even that much. “Let’s go up.”

The mercenary and the nun stood behind me, armed with the equipment of the dead SS members.

Sister Olga wrote a healing prayer for me, and thanks to this, the pain that remained throughout my body seemed to subside.

Since we couldn’t waste any more time, we went straight up the stairs on the other side. I quietly walked up to the room on the second floor, keeping the sound of my footsteps as low as possible, and wow!

“Ugh!”

X-arm, what is this?

Something flew from a corner of the room and hit my chest. He twisted his shoulder reflexively, but the speed of the projectile was so fast that there was no way to avoid it.

I quickly raised my shield and looked down to see an arrow with three feathers rolling around on the floor.

The steel plate held in place with rivets bounced to the point where it made a deep dent, but the pain in my breastbone felt as if I had been hit by an iron club.

“Ugh, *cough* you bastards,” he let out a frustrated cough, then straightened his wobbly upper body by pulling his waist. Then he threw down the candlestick, pulled out Hrunting, and kicked it on the floor.

Then, a total of eight soldiers jumped out – three from the front, two from the stairs leading to the third floor, and three from the door leading to the hallway. A sturdy weapon that is familiar to the eye. It was the royal guard of Seongju.

They seemed to have been in ambush for a while, each holding a piece of wood in their mouths. Even with my sensitive hearing, I couldn’t hear a single breathing sound. Was that the reason?

Since the number of enemies is large, the correct answer would be to keep your stance firm and fight slowly. But the pain rising from my breastbone passed through my throat and turned into anger, so I couldn’t hold back and rushed forward.

“Quaap!”

Quang!

Hrunting swung with a fierce shout and knocked away a soldier with his shield intact.

Next, he blocked an ax coming from the side with his shield and stabbed his sword deep under the attacker’s helmet.

“Geez,” I left behind the guy whose eyeball was pierced and his body was shaking, and I started running away with my blade dyed red.

Since Sister Grania and Sister Olga were watching my back, the enemies were unable to completely surround me.

Thanks to this, I was able to sweep the narrow room to my heart’s content, and it took less than 3 minutes to kill all the enemies.

“haha. “Ugh, I’m going to die.”

I plopped down and pulled the sword out of the last soldier’s chest.

“Phoenix, are you okay?”

“No, *sigh* it’s really hard.”

The battle with elite soldiers was more tiring than expected.

The royal guards of Seongju fired their weapons from a blind spot whenever there was even a small gap.

Thanks to this, I had to twist my body to use my armor to catch the attack, and every time I did that, it felt like my muscles were torn and my bones were breaking.

Moreover, because it was well-armed, it was not easy to deal with it.

The only place to aim was the face, and even then it was covered with a chain cover. Perhaps because it was a proper product and not a cheap one, my wrist felt sore every time I pierced the chain with the knife.

I’m glad the blade wasn’t damaged, but I think I’ll break my wrist and elbow before that happens.

This fatigue continued to accumulate from the successive fierce battles, and although my body was strong and I was able to withstand it, it was difficult.

Of course, it would have been better if I had used the ‘Plunder’ skill… It is impossible to suck human blood in front of a priest.

“Lord, who looks down on all ages. “Please come to your servant’s hand and give him love.”

With a short mutter, Sister Olga’s hands glowed white. As her shining hand touched her head, a faint light poured out and enveloped her whole body.

Slurp.

Wow, the pain is much relieved.

Although it is inferior compared to the priest in the church, Sister Olga’s Holy Order seems to be quite useful.

This must be why Grania is dragging this shaky nun around.

“Whoa, thank you. “It’s worth living now.”

As I took a breath and turned my shoulders, Grania said as if she was dumbfounded.

“You’ve already killed more than twenty people from the fight in the palace tower over there, right? No wonder they wiped out half of the castle lord’s personal guards… . “You couldn’t even hold a knife properly until a month ago?”

“Huh, I guess so. “Because I fight until I’m almost behind every time, my skills improve quickly.” When I joked, Grania burst out laughing and shook her head. I also got up and smiled.

I went out into the hallway through the door through which the enemy soldiers came in, but I felt no presence at all.

The candle holders lined up brightly lit up the hallway, allowing me to see the lattice door on the other side at a glance. There certainly isn’t a single trace of an enemy in sight.

“•••what?”

“It might be a trap.”

Grania’s dark brown eyes were shining beneath her heavily covered helmet.

“Watch out for the ceiling and corners. “An arrow could fly out of nowhere.” But, to put that statement to shame, there were no attacks or traps as we slowly passed through the hallway.

When I reached the winch that raised the lattice door and no one showed up, I let out a sigh of relief.

“Could it be that he ran away?”

“There is no corner to run away to. “It must have gone up.”

Hmm, I guess so.

The hallway leading from the palace tower to the lattice door was narrow enough for me to barely walk through.

Even considering that my physique was far above average, it was a structure that would have made it impossible for more than two heavily armed soldiers to stand.

What if the SS encounters me in this environment? They won’t cause much damage and will all be cut down.

The reason they were so dangerous was because they surrounded us with water. Even if there are a bunch of elite soldiers, if you attack them one by one, they are nothing but difficult opponents.

When I think about it that way, I understand why they retreated… Still, I feel uncomfortable.

•••Uh, but?

“Hey, why is it like this?”

“huh? why’?”

Grania’s face scrunched up when she noticed what I was pointing at.

“Holy shit. “You bastards, you destroyed the machine, right?”

Fuck, that’s right then. I wondered how things were resolved so easily.