Episode 86
“How are you feeling?”
“… “It’s the worst.”
Seren closed her eyes for a moment and placed her hand on the Danjeon, then opened her eyes again and looked at me.
“Did you save me?”
“That’s the way it is.”
“thank you. “Honestly, I thought I was going to die.”
I looked around.
Charon, Evan, and Hector were watching the surroundings from a distance from this hideout.
I haven’t noticed that Seren has woken up yet.
If so, now is the only chance to talk.
“You foresaw this situation, right?”
Without going into detail, I started with the main point.
Seren was not surprised or embarrassed.
With a blank stare, I looked up at the sky covered by the bushes and muttered.
“It’s a prediction… … .”
“… … ?”
“You could say that too.”
It may be a bit ambiguous, but to this extent, he is a docile poet.
“I knew exactly how much.”
“At least I knew that the ceremony of the devil’s descent would take place.”
“then-.”
“Why didn’t you stop it from the beginning?”
Seren said with a giggle.
“I, Goodspring, am talking about a demon lord summoning ceremony taking place at Badniker’s retreat? Regardless of whether you believe it or not, in some cases, the two families may go to war.”
“… … .”
“Yes. I’ve been thinking for a very long time about how to stop this. But there was only one conclusion.”
“Participating in person?”
Seren silently agreed.
“Did anyone who knew anything participate in the retreat?”
“Is that possible? “Everyone I know hates Badniker.”
“So you came here to save strangers?”
“… Let’s live together and live together. “There is something to be gained in this forest.”
Somehow the last sentence sounded like an excuse to me.
We haven’t known each other for a long time, but even though this guy did the right thing, there was a part of him that was dishonest.
“I’m not the type to live long.”
“Nam Isa.”
“So the secret you spoke of was the ceremony of the devil’s descent?”
Seren was silent for a moment and then spoke.
“… “Some of it.”
“… … .”
“So what’s going on now? How long have I been passed out, and where are my companions? no way… … .”
“He’s not dead.”
Seren didn’t seem to remember the exact situation.
For some reason, when I cast Sharp Wind, my eyes turned upside down.
“As I was heading towards camp, I heard a scream and came to help. The guys who were with you fled to a safe place. “It’s only been about an hour since you passed out.”
“hmm… … .”
“Anyway, we’re planning on continuing to camp, what do you want to do?”
“… Is there anything else? “We should go together.”
Seren asked.
“But are you alone?”
“no.”
When I pointed to the guys scattered around standing guard, Seren nodded.
“You did a good job gathering those disobedient guys.”
“Even though we couldn’t communicate well with words, we communicated well with fists.”
“aha.”
And as I was about to call them, Seren suddenly spoke.
“… “Aren’t you going to ask any more questions?”
“what.”
“I’m sure you have a lot of questions about this and that.”
It’s not a lot.
But after meeting in person and talking about it, I realized that it wouldn’t be that important right now.
“It will be very long, right?”
“what.”
“Your story.”
Then Seren paused for a moment and spoke with a somewhat bitter smile.
“… It’s incredibly long. “If written as a book, it would produce several volumes.”
“Then let’s hear it later.”
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“Is that okay?”
“This is not the time to leisurely talk or listen.”
“Yes, but.”
“ah. But let’s ask this now. What is the power that wiped out the devil? God bless you?”
Then Seren answered.
“If it’s a blessing, it’s a blessing, but it’s not a normal blessing. “This is the blessing of a forgotten god.”
“Forgotten God… … .”
An unexpected name appeared.
I asked, lightly caressing the Seven Deadly Sins Sword.
“Then I guess the altar you stopped by was the altar of a forgotten god.”
“Did you hear from Eddie? that’s right.”
How Seren knew the location of the altar, some forgotten god.
That’s not really important in the current situation.
“Can you use it again?”
“… I think it’s probably possible at least once. The risk may be high, though.”
Of course, it was not a power that could be easily used.
It’s a pity.
If I had been able to use the skills I just had, I would have felt reassured as if I had a magician with high firepower as my ally.
Anyway, there wasn’t much time to spare, so the conversation ended like this.
I waved slightly at the guys who were away.
Then, the guys who were on guard immediately returned.
“You’re awake.”
“okay.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
What are you going to do with this atmosphere?
This problem arose when people who had no contact were brought in based on their skills alone.
Because these guys had so many different personalities, awkwardness encroached on the surroundings.
I, the leader, had no choice but to step forward.
“To promote friendship, I would like to introduce myself… … .”
“f*ck it.”
All three, except Evan, spoke at the same time.
‘Are we on good terms?’
It was my misunderstanding.
* * *
Charon, Hector, Evan.
Lastly, Seren.
These are the spiritual leaders that I thought were the most excellent at this retreat.
There were a lot of twists and turns, but it was a special feeling to get all of these guys together.
First of all, does it feel like you have formed a dream team?
For a guy who rose from the dead, Seren moved quickly and well.
Since there was no one left behind, we were able to move forward faster than expected.
When the hourglass runs out -.
So, exactly three days after the start of the test, I was able to return to camp.
“It’s a dramatic comeback.”
“I know.”
The camp seen up close was eerily quiet.
Because I didn’t feel like I was popular at all, I felt a sense of alienation.
I think it was even more so because the last time I saw this place, it was a place where the voices of the leaders suffering and the instructors yelling loudly rang out.
“… “It looks like something happened.”
“hmm… … .”
“What are you going to do now?”
I responded briefly to Hector’s words.
“Of course you should listen. “But since it could be a trap, only two people will go.”
“Two so-and-so.”
“Me and Karon.”
Immediately after that, Charon’s expression turned sour, but from the beginning, that guy had no choice.
“Then we will wait here.”
“okay. “If anything happens, I’ll send you a signal.”
“What signal?”
“Scream really loud.”
“hmm… i get it.”
Charon and I entered the camp immediately.
The first place to head, of course, is the instructor building.
Charon muttered lowly before entering the building.
“… “I can feel a presence inside.”
“Strange presence? devil?”
“It looks like a person.”
“How many people?”
“I’m not sure, but one person.”
There’s only one person… … .
It somehow smells bad.
Anyway, if there is someone, it is natural for them to hide their presence.
We didn’t go in through the front door, but tried to go in through the window… … .
“These don’t even ventilate.”
The doors were all locked.
Of course, you could easily break in by breaking the window, but if that were the case, you wouldn’t have moved around so secretly.
“I can’t help it. “Let’s go to the front door.”
It was dangerous, but I thought it was better than breaking the window.
I don’t know if it’s fortunate.
The front door was wide open.
Jerk.
That’s how I entered the instructor building.
The interior of the instructor building, where instructors were not allowed to enter, was more ordinary than expected.
What was shiny was the outside, and there wasn’t much difference inside.
“hey.”
“know.”
Immediately after stepping inside, the smell of blood assaulted my nose.
Strange.
If the scent of blood is this strong, it should vibrate from the outside… … .
The scent of blood filled only the building, as if blocked by an invisible membrane.
‘Are there any instructors?’
Are they all really dead?
Is that possible?
The ones in the instructor’s building were carefully selected knights and great criminals from Badniker – and from what I heard from Assad, there was even the younger brother of the Iron Blood Prince.
Even if he were a priest, he couldn’t kill them all by himself… … .
Tracing the scent of blood, I pass through the first floor hallway.
Then it stopped in front of a room.
It was a room with an unusually larger door than other rooms, but that wasn’t the reason.
Blood is flowing out from under the door.
“… “Is it inside here?”
“no. “The presence I sensed can be felt upstairs.”
Of course, I can’t take this guy’s feelings literally… … .
I thought I had to check first and then go, so I held the doorknob.
opened.
‘hmm… … .’
And a thick scent of blood that could not even be compared to before hit my nose.
I looked inside with a frown.
Is this a room that was used as a conference room?
The spacious room was covered in blood, but surprisingly, there were no pieces of meat or corpses.
no.
There was only one body stuck against the wall.
It’s a familiar face.
The instructor who spoke to me the most during this retreat.
Tanko, a hunting teacher.
“Charon, look for anything around. “I’m going to look at the body.”
“Do not give orders.”
Charon grumbled and started looking around.
Meanwhile, I approached the hunting teacher’s body.
The cause of death was a hole in the middle of the chest.
It was roughly the size of my fist, and looking at its straight cross section, it seems that the hunting teacher did not realize his death until the moment a hole was made in his body.
‘He died from a single blow? A person with Tanko’s level of skill?’
I can not understand it.
The blood splattered in all directions was too much to have come from a single human body.
“hey.”
Then Charon came back.
‘… But does this bastard only know hey, hey, hey when he calls others?’
Charon, who had no way of knowing what I was thinking, offered me something.
“I picked this up.”
“This… … .”
It is a communication fix.
Those crystals that were placed throughout the building.
“It was in this room. “It was a lot broken, but it worked.”
“indeed… Could it be that there is a record of what happened here? good job.”
“… … .”
Charon frowned at my words.
Even if I praise you, it’s damn good.
Anyway, I infused mana into the communication crystal.
Ugh-.
Soon, this magic tool outputs a noisy image… … .
I replayed what happened in this room.
fantasy,
