188 – If-5
The original way to track down mines and warlocks is based on demonic energy. Although it is a common method to detect and track demons with disparate characteristics.
‘…It’s light, but this smell is definitely…’
Chimera, which did not have mana itself, could barely be tracked by smell.
Of course, the story would be different if the body odor was hidden, but for some reason, Ain’s sense of smell was accurately detecting the smell.
‘…Why…?’
I could understand the idea of raiding the village itself. Provoking family members or acquaintances as hostages is a terrible thing, but it’s one of the strategies.
However, the timing was ambiguous.
Because I was convinced that attacking now, shortly after killing the enemy tower owner, would be unreasonable even for a demi-human who only knew theoretical strategy.
“…Is it an illusion…”
If you look closely, this is the village where Ren lived and his family home.
Even if the smell of Ren was permeated, there was a high possibility of an error in detection. Besides, there were flowers and herbs of various scents in the forest around here, so she could have mistaken the smells for mixing.
‘…I have to go back.’
Anyway, leaving my father like that was a kangi even for a child.
I have to go back and appease him right now…
“[It’s been a while. Type the art?]”
There was no sign. She couldn’t even feel movement.
I finally found out. That entity deliberately revealed some scent to lure it away.
Ain sensed that he was covered in body errors. It was the first feeling that the data so far could not catch up with.
A primordial fear that a machine would absolutely not feel came over me.
“[Right now, Ahin, I am grateful to you. Thanks to you, I was able to reach my goal quickly.]”
Ain couldn’t refute even the gratitude that was tantamount to an insult. Instead of recognition, he freezes in fear and loses the concept of rebellion.
“[If possible, I would like it to stay as it is. I want to escort rather than kidnap.]”
It was a gentle move, but Ain could understand it. If he moves even one millimeter, he will divide his five bodies.
Even though he was away from the concept of death because he was a servant, Ain was now more in touch with death than anyone else.
Wedges…!
As soon as there was one step left until death, an arrow flew and stopped the existence for a moment.
“…Get your hands off of him…!!”
It was Dean. He came out to do a simple hunt and rushed to this place because of the smell.
“[Hoh, I thought it could attack because it was weak.]”
Anyone who has learned the bare minimum must have felt absolute fear from the intimidation earlier. Even so, the reason Dean was able to attack was because he was so weak that he didn’t even know the gap.
“… Huh?”
“[Although not significant.]”
As if space and time had been erased before that, the enemy’s fists reached right in front of Dean’s eyes. With the same appearance as Ren, Dean didn’t even realize that he would die in the blink of an eye.
Only one thought filled his head.
‘Leo always fought these monsters.’
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He could only think of this.
Kaaang!!
“Are you okay?! Mr. Dean!”
In that instant, other knights arrived on the scene. So as not to be ashamed of the name escort, they squeezed out herpes with their own weapons, and kept that existence in check.
“Olga! Evacuate the people!”
As planned, one evacuates the villagers and the escort while the other three engage in battle.
And Olga, who can be checked from a distance, preoccupies the position as a sniper.
It was a standard strategy for basic knights.
“Okay…!”
But it didn’t come out to the end.
“…Ouch…! Cuckoo…!”
“hahahaha…! Aagh…!”
Starting with the words, the movement of muscles, the circulation of aura and mana, and even basic breathing were not easy.
All senses were dulled, as if drowned in a deep, cold abyss, and the mind became extremely sensitive.
“[Are you afraid of me?]”
What was in front of my eyes was not a being without mana. The essence of the body is the same as the previous test subject, but this time, a sharp and sloppy morale ate into that being.
“[Don’t be afraid. Because I’m just presenting you with inevitability.]”
With a benevolent warning, the being walked like a water bird over the waters of terror. Everyone who was immersed in that fear was not free even to breathe.
He raised his hand to Bennett’s head in his avant-garde and slowly turned his wrist with a grip. Bennett was unable to do anything, even with his neck snapping in his grasp.
Like an old man lying in a hospital bed and unable to struggle.
The young man was watching his death with his neck turning with a dismayed expression.
Ugh…!
The sound of a fracture echoed around Bennett. The girl who was the only one who kept her expression between the stunned expressions was the main culprit.
“…Run away!”
With the physical ability of Ain’s werewolf, he scratched the arm of that being. With skill, the power to tear even iron armor like a piece of paper is enough to deflect from your fingernails.
“[Did insensitivity to emotion give motion to fear?]”
Even with such strength, the being’s arm was unscathed except for a torn sleeve. Rather, it seems that the movement itself is great. Leisurely, he even exclaimed.
Kwajik…!
A roar like a thunderstorm, such an explosion rang out with simple bodily movements. Ain soon realized that his chest had been pierced.
“[Although pain and fear are less, the principles of the body are the same.]”
Death principles are complicated, but they are not immortal. As long as it is a living organism, the principle as a life cannot but be the same.
“…This…”
I urgently try to find his toenails and grow them, but there is no time. As long as his heart was ruptured, his overall physical abilities were blocked.
“[Then what if you break your head?]”
You don’t even have to think about it.
If the subsequent attack crushes his head, Ain’s self will be ‘erased’.
That was tantamount to death for Ain.
Kwaji…!
A thunderous sound rang again.
The thunderbolt of fear only filled my vision.
[Holy Blood Art – Red Sanctuary]
But there was a man who blocked the fear as the red area spread.
“…Father…”
Even as his heart was pierced, Ain quietly called for his father. After confirming the title and injury, Ain’s father revealed his life without filter.
“If you are curious, you should experience it yourself. Why are you messing with a child?”
As the divinity of darkness unfolded, Leonardo did so. The aura was circulating to crush the hand that grabbed his fist.
“Uwe eh… Ek… Leo…!”
“Keah…! Haa…Ha… Mr. Leonardo…!”
As the Red Sanctuary unfolded, people who were unable to do anything in fear gradually regained control of their bodies.
Like a true child in the arms of darkness, they barely escaped their fear.
“Everyone gets in the way, so get out of here! Run away while you can move!!”
Leonardo shouted harshly and somehow did not let go of his hand.
The experience honed over 40 years on the battlefield screams.
That entity is capable of making the town itself disappear from the map tonight.
“…Retreat quickly!! Civilians must be evacuated!!”
The knights hurriedly retreated on orders from their superior, Leonardo. As a knight, it was pitiful to see him supporting a colleague who was still unable to move.
“…Are you okay…!? Ainah…?!”
“…Yes… I will not die…”
Dean tried to run away towards the village with Ain in his arms. The communication magic tool he received from Leo was stored in a drawer in the house.
Every time he ran, Dean couldn’t help but blame his complacency.
“What is the purpose?”
I can still hear Leo’s voice even though I’m far away. As much as their senses became sensitive in a crisis situation, the werewolf’s hearing was developed to the point of being useless.
“[Right now, I guess I’ll just make you on my side.]”
At those words, Dean felt his steps slow down.
Even though it was nonsense, I instinctively stopped walking. It was such an absurd statement that it rather clouded the sense of crisis and judgment.
“Saying bullsh*t is also a skill.”
It was only his voice, but he could be sure that Leonardo was no different from his feelings.
“[Even if your birth mother is still alive?]”
My head went blank. I’m still confused enough, but I realized too late that I could be more chaotic than this.
“…Mo…Necklace…”
“…Mi, I’m sorry! Uncle will take good care of the necklace!”
Dean for a moment forgot that Ain’s injury was serious. Now is not the time to be concerned with such nonsense.
Din held on to the necklace that Ain had barely squeezed out and headed towards the village even faster.
The necklace clenched in a fist boasted a transparent red color reflected in the moonlight.
Not even a handful of light came out of the ‘Necklace of Facts and Truth’.
***
“[Even if your birth mother is still alive?]”
I was perplexed.
At that moment, Leonardo was clearly taken aback.
It wasn’t just because of those false words.
“…Why do you relax?”
As far as I could tell at a glance, that existence gave me a gap. It was not that there was no flaw in the defense, but it seemed that there was no intention to attack.
“[Why should I be rough with my would-be ally?]”
It’s bullsh*t, but it was an opportunity to buy time.
In order to evacuate the villagers and buy a gap to call in support, it was necessary to match the rhythm.
It was an enemy that could not be ignored, so there was a good reason to do so.
“Why do I have to be a colleague of a devil who won’t be satisfied even if I chew on it?”
He started preparing for battle by naturally swearing instead of talking. Both of his hands were covered with gauntlets of black stone, which stuck into his hands like needles.
“[Fortunately, there is no sage right now. It would be easy to explain why.]”
There was no sage at all in this place.
The sage maintained his spiritual body via the spiritual core of Ain in preparation for being erased by the black divinity.
But now, Ain is seriously injured, and the damage was too great to pass through.
“Do you mind? Seeing that you care so much.”
“[Isn’t that obvious? There would be no guarantee that the sage is on your side.]”
Leonardo’s expression subtly hardened at that leisurely doubt.
“[Precisely, where is the guarantee that the hero and his party are on your side?]”
Even though he felt pain in his hand wearing the gauntlet, Leonardo couldn’t let go of his expression.
I tried to make a conversation to buy time, but Leo realized too late that it was a mistake.
“…I don’t know what bullsh*t…? Then you who killed and insulted my parents are on your side?”
“[Dead? Did you forget what I just said?]”
The initiative already belonged to that being. In battle, as far as psychological warfare was concerned, that existence had more cards and had an advantage.
“[Your biological mother is alive. Although with this body, the reliability is low…]”
“Then shut up. I’ll tear you apart.”
Soon after, Leonardo’s black fist struck at that being. The fist, based on the deepening of the basics, accelerated like a shell and grazed the body of the being.
“[As you may know, your biological mother is not human. It’s impossible to die in the first place.]”
That’s bullsh*t. It should not dry out.
“[This body is nothing more than a replica. Rather, don’t you think it’s better to keep the original alive for cloning?]”
“Shut up!”
“[I can’t help but be angry.]”
Despite the swear words, the being didn’t fight back once, and he continued to say what he had to say. Rather, it seemed to induce them to become even more angry.
“[Because that means you are not human either. Doesn’t the power you use now prove that?]”
It can’t be. I am human He had reached this point as an ordinary human being.
Looking at Leo’s expression, the being smiled as if it was all right. It was a smile that Ren couldn’t have imagined.
“[Basically, you are not on the side of humanity. Leonardo.]”
That’s what Leonardo said over and over again.
He repeatedly shouted to his enemies and allies that he was not on the side of the hero, nor on the side of mankind.
But now, when I hear those words from that being, my emotions explode.
“Shut up!!”
Quaaa!!
That was because I had a vague understanding of what that being was.
Depending on the attack, the divinity explodes and creates a crater on the ground. The divinity that maintains the barrier has already run out.
Seeing the emotional outburst, the entity peeled off the veil of secrecy a little as if it had been waiting for it.
“[Do you know why I never saw your mother in the first playthrough?]”
It is composed of truth, but to the extent that it cannot approach the essence.
“Shut up…!”
“[It’s because Ariasviel killed your mother in the first playthrough.]”
With that one word, Leonardo’s attack stopped. The black divinity knew no bounds and covered Leo.
It was as if I was looking at a ghost from the east, Eoduksini.
“…Really?”
It may be true. Because he had too many things he didn’t know, and too few things he could trust.
“[It is true. Your parents have more secrets. You should understand…]”
Aww…!
“So what?”
So what?
With that thought, a bloody blade sprouted from his glove.
Pueruk!!
That existence is blown away one after another with fists.
“It’s hard to believe what you say, and I don’t want to believe it.”
It seemed to blow away my worries.
“Even if that were true.”
I wouldn’t have continued to fight if I was going to get knocked down by something like this.
“There’s no way Arya would do that for no reason, you bastard.”
Seeing that presence, Leonardo clenched both of his hands into fists.
“…Originally, I was going to somehow spare him and skin his face, but I’ve changed my mind.”
Divinity gathered in his blood as much as his sinful karma.
“I’m going to tear you to death first so that you can’t do that kind of bullsh*t and bullsh*t, Aria.”