234 – Shale Bridge (3)
My baby?
Did I just hear something wrong?
There was no need to make an astonished expression.
The blood girl immediately approached me and helped me stand up.
Surprisingly, my body began to listen again.
However, it was still not possible to generate magic power or power.
It seemed as if all the important mana circuits in my body were blocked.
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Even the head was the same.
“I’m sorry. She almost lost you because of her mistake.”
Quuk.
The blood girl hugged me.
Before I could react, she pushed me out of her arms.
At the same time, she looked down at me with her red eyes.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“… What is this all of a sudden?”
“That damned old man. I left it there to see if it got damaged during the move, and then you ended up doing this to my wife’s child?”
Growing.
A fiery energy emanated from her blood girl.
I almost took a step back without even realizing it.
When she saw that, the spirit of the blood woman quickly faded.
“Oh no. I didn’t mean to scare you.”
I’m not scared. Since earning her title, she has become quite far from that feeling. Rather, I was only briefly surprised.
The energy that radiated from her blood girl.
The flame-like force that seemed to embody anger was definitely stronger than any flow of mana I had ever experienced.
The problem is that the blood girl just did not give it her all.
‘… I thought there was a difference in rank.’
This would be at least two steps.
Now that she’s able to free herself a little from her powers – the ability to stop time with a bell ringing out of nowhere – she sees the next wall.
How much stronger is this woman than me?
“Don’t look at me like that. Your qualities shine brighter in her true daughter’s eyes.”
It was as if my thoughts were read from the beginning.
Maybe it was natural.
If my situation were opposite, I would have thought the same thing.
It’s nothing special.
It was a thought that anyone who was a wizard or someone who practiced magic should naturally listen to.
‘Growth’.
In that background, the blood girl and I share one common value: growth.
“Why me…”
I was going to ask the blood woman.
Why did you save me?
However, I soon realized that it was not an appropriate question.
If she was going to kill me, she would have done it already.
This is not the nature of Shaleam Bridge, which does not know where it is, and is kidnapping and bringing them in like this.
The blood girl said with a smile.
“You are precious.”
“…….”
I had nothing to reply.
She was even more so because I could feel her sincerity.
In the first place, she gave me three chances.
The first time was when I returned from the north.
The second time was when he was almost assassinated at the academy.
And finally, the way back from the Holy See.
All three times I couldn’t find a way to beat her.
Even though she knew that this tight web was forming around her, she could not find a way to escape.
So she was caught by the spider.
It was my fault.
Rather, there may be a separate question that is more appropriate here.
It’s not about why you saved me.
“…Why did you catch me?”
The blood girl looked at me intently.
The blood-red eyes glowed deeply in the light.
The eyelashes cover the eyes thinly.
It was a bewitching eye smile.
“Are you planning on sucking me off?”
I have heard of it.
It is said that among blood people, there are people who draw blood from their opponents just enough to not kill them.
It is used as a so-called biological vitality vending machine.
“Woohuhu.”
The blood woman laughed as if my question was amusing.
“I wouldn’t ask you to do something so simple. If it was just going to be that simple, I wouldn’t have put in this much effort.”
“Then why on earth did you capture me? Weren’t you planning on eating me?”
“If that’s what you like, I can eat it.”
How crumpled was my expression?
The blood girl said, “Ahahahaha.” She did and she laughed once more.
“I will raise you.”
Her smile was exactly what she said.
“I’m going to pour my skills and knowledge into the talents you showed me. I can’t wait to see how you’ll absorb them. Just like you absorbed Evan’s, you’ll come up with something really great. That’s what I’m going to do. “It’s the way to go.”
Shale religion worships strength.
Strength presupposes growth.
The Shaleamists are those who seek to grow by any means – usually immoral.
The blood girl says she will use me for that purpose.
She wants to find her own way forward.
“I wouldn’t be of any help at all.”
“Hmm. You underestimate your abilities.”
“There is no reason for me to cooperate with you.”
“No. You are smart enough.”
The blood girl’s eyes sparkled brightly.
What on earth is this woman seeing in me?
Perhaps this woman valued me more highly than I did myself.
If this is a crazy woman, there is no telling what she will do.
“Every time I see you, you are amazing. I can even vaguely feel the energy of the cult leader.”
The blood girl’s eyes were becoming more and more mad.
It felt like acceleration.
Her eyes were definitely not shallow. It was a look in her eyes that seemed to bring together all the obsession she had shown towards me.
But for some reason, I felt like she could understand.
Shale Bridge.
A group of fanatics who only worship strength and pursue it without any restrictions.
He had magical eyes full of madness, as befits a person who is among the three fingers of that group.
At that time.
“Everyone stop right where you are!”
Crack, crack.
There was a group hurriedly running towards this place.
Everyone had gray hair.
Are you a soldier?
I felt a discipline that is not usually found among Shaleam believers.
They ran towards us and bowed to the blood woman.
“Meet the Triad.”
“Yes.”
The blood woman’s answer was short.
It was also somewhat cold.
It was different from the passionate appearance of her that I was always used to seeing.
It seemed as if the surface was covered with ice.
“The blood group’s consciousness suddenly stopped and they ran out.
Is this a bad thing?”
It was a polite tone, but it was clearly an interrogation.
The blood girl answered as if she didn’t care.
“They tried to kill me.”
The soldiers looked alternately at the red-armed men who had fallen on the ground and at me.
Soon, eyes were fixed on me.
“Who is this person?”
“Mine.”
“… Don’t you know, Trinity? The ceremony is something we cannot easily pass over.”
“You guys? How dare you face this woman?”
“… Please. The leader is angry.”
The blood girl’s eyebrows, which had been raised a lot, sank.
“Well, I had to talk about it anyway.”
“Yes. So who is this person?”
“Ian.”
“Ian?”
“Yes. Ian Black Angus.”
That was all.
The blood girl only said my name and closed her mouth.
‘… I don’t think they will be convinced by that explanation.’
I swallowed my words internally.
It was somehow funny to even talk about it in detail.
Should I at least PRize in front of them about what kind of person I am? It was an impossible task.
But was it unlucky?
“… If it’s Ian Black Angus, are you talking about the vessel you’ve been looking for so much?”
“No. It’s the original woman’s.”
The blood girl who shot back like that added.
“And… That’s right.”
She looked at me anxiously and muttered.
“The bowl that the religious leader kicked. That is this child.”
There was some kind of determination in her voice.
As if he was going to protect me.
The reason was quickly apparent.
“… I am the person the cult leader was looking for. I will serve you.”
It seems like there is someone looking for me.
Panta
This is the final boss of this game.
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Shale Bridge.
Panta
As they travel around the continent in various ways, various information about them circulates, but there is one fact that has never been made public.
This is their home base.
Not once, not even with any hints, has their home base been revealed in the game.
Therefore, various speculations circulated among players.
— In fact, Shaleam Bridge is a dot organization. The leader of the Shaleam cult is just a popular guy among the cultists.
—No nonsense. What are the specs for predicting the shale cult leader? hahahaha. If you had caught an executive of the rank of six, you would never have been able to say something like that.
— In fact, doesn’t Shaleam Bridge not exist? We’re all brains in a vat
— When I saw it, there was a high possibility that it was well hidden somewhere. There’s no way they don’t have a home base. An organization that operates this smoothly must have a system in place, so it must be hidden somewhere.
— hahahaha, did you hide it in some subspace? How many Shale Church members are hiding their headquarters?
All kinds of ghost stories were shared among the players.
“Open your inner self!”
— Sigh!
An iron door opens with a harsh sound.
I finally felt it as I looked at the red-gray buildings unfolding inside.
‘… This is the headquarters of the Shale Cultists.’
First and foremost before anyone else.
I have stepped into the true nature of the Shaleamists.
And a long, straight street spread out before my eyes.
The thing standing tall at the end clearly gave off an unusual atmosphere.
It’s as if it were the devil’s castle.
“That’s where the shale leader stays.”
The blood girl next to me said.
Her eyes were serious without a trace of laughter.
It was my destination.