EP3. Happy Family (3)
Morta Ora
The monster in front of her was clearly the same as the boy had told her before.
Wilhelm calmly drew his sword.
And I was wary of people around me.
Surely, as Shaun said, there must be someone around here who can rule this monster.
However, no one felt Wilhelm’s presence.
Did you come alone? If that’s the case, defeat that monster first.
I don’t know how strong that monster is, but at least Wilhelm didn’t have the confidence to lose to that being.
How many crises of this magnitude have you had during your years as a guardian knight of the kingdom?
Even in that crisis, Wilhelm survived.
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Wilhelm stood still for a moment and watched the monster’s movements.
That monster, too, seemed to be wary of itself, and was not recklessly moving.
Where would that monster’s weakness lie? There is no other place to aim for the inside of that monster.
Wilhelm finished his thoughts and moved forward slowly.
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I could see the monster, Morta Ora.
Before he obeyed the owner’s order, he was eating delicious snacks in this village, but the humans in front of him now are not just snacks.
The old man’s moderation posture.
Perfect movement.
The eyes of a predator.
He was at least of the same kind or stronger than himself.
So he decided to do his best right away.
Mortaora pulled her tongue out of her own mouth. Her dozens of her tongues stretched out very long and hit the ground like whips.
And those tongues went to the old man in front of him as if they were shooting out.
The old man did not blink an eye at the attack.
I just swung my sword.
Slash.
There was no wastage in his movements.
That simple swing that was done only to slash the enemy.
Efficient, but with an elegance lurking beneath it.
Seeing that, Mortaora thought.
This fight could be a tougher one than you think.
Mortaora immediately changed his strategy.
No matter how strong he is, he is born with a different physical limit than himself.
The monster made up his mind to go for a long-term battle in which he drains his strength as much as possible.
Thought so, the monster spat it out of its mouth. His own pups.
Hmm. Seeing that, Wilhelm frowned. I thought about it during the previous attack, but this monster is different from other monsters.
If it were a normal monster, it would attack as soon as it saw a human, but that monster was wary of itself and tried to attack in a strange way.
He must have had a much higher intelligence. Then you have to hurry even more. I don’t know what will happen if time drags on.
Seeing how many monsters the monster in front of me was spitting out, the area around here was gradually being filled with monsters.
Wilhelm spurred his seat and began to cut down the monsters that were running towards them one by one.
The sound of swords tearing flesh enveloped the silent village.
And Wilhelm noticed something strange. That the monsters here don’t make any noise.
Since monsters are originally a mute species, I had heard before that the monster howled in an incomprehensible voice when Sean explained it to him.
But now is probably not the time to care about that. Wilhelm continued to slice through the monsters attacking him.
The killing continues, but there is no end in sight. It shouldn’t be like this.
Wilhelm stopped slashing the monsters and went straight to Morta Ora.
Morta Ora, who was defenseless as she spit out her offspring, was struck by such an unexpected attack.
However, Wilhelm’s attack did not work properly.
It didn’t feel like the sword was cutting through the skin, it gave the feeling of being deeply embedded. As if stuck in mud.
The old man gave a low sigh. This is because the monster realized that its attacks would not work at all unless it was inside its mouth, which seemed to be its weakness.
Wilhelm immediately tried to step back, but before that, Mortaora pulled out the remaining tongues of hers.
And the monsters he passed by were closing in on him before he knew it.
At that moment, Wilhelm had an idea.
Perhaps this is his last battlefield. Do.
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In front of the inn.
This was already a battlefield full of the smell of blood.
The front yard of the inn, which was secluded, was already lined with dead bodies of monsters.
And in the middle of the battlefield.
Morta Ora was stunned.
In this small town, there was someone who could threaten him.
And that existence has not yet collapsed.
Even though his whole body is covered with scars,
I’m already so tired that I can’t fight,
Still with that old man.
Standing without falling, relying on only one sword.
I also had little strength to fight anymore. In order to carry out the master’s order, the minimum amount of physical strength must remain.
There are not many opportunities left. In that opportunity, he must find that human’s weakness and kill him.
So, what is that human weakness?
At that time, in the middle of this quiet battlefield,
I heard a sound.
Very thin, trembling voice.
“········ Mr. Knight·····? Is it all over now…?”
It was Sean inside the inn.
Wilhelm knew he had to say no to that voice yet, but his body wouldn’t listen to him. Even the voice doesn’t come out.
“······ Knight? If you don’t mind, please answer yes…”
But it will be fine. He warned me never to come out until he said he was okay, so if he was that smart boy, he would definitely…
“Yes. Little boy It’s okay with me.”
!!
I can’t… No no. Can’t come out!
“········ Mr. Knight…? Is that right, knight…?”
“Yes. So come out soon Now that I’ve killed all the monsters.”
Morta Ora finally realized that human’s weakness. With this, his victory was right in front of his eyes, the monster was happy and the old man was frustrated.
Wilhelm prayed and prayed that the boy would not come out.
When the boy heard the voice of the knight he trusted the most, the inn door slowly opened.
The first thing Sean saw when he opened the locked door was,
He was so different from what he thought.
Obviously- the driver said it was all over…
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The monster in front of the old man struggling with his back to him was a monster that Shawn knew all too well.
Only then did Shawn realize.
Something is wrong.
And Morta Ora noticed that the boy was familiar too, but it didn’t matter too much.
Of course, his owner was a boy with an interest, but even so, it is like garbage that is not worth comparing with the owner’s long-cherished wish.
And surely, when the boy dies, then finally the old man will also fall. The reason he is still standing must be because of that one boy.
The monster jumped straight at the boy.
Sean knew he had to run away from that monster right away, but he couldn’t.
Because the body didn’t listen.
The memory of the day Luke’s brother died grabbed Sean and did not let go. As if to follow him.
And when he saw the inside of the monster’s mouth in front of him, the boy let go.
He conformed to his own destiny.
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Dark darkness.
The boy opened his closed eyes.
The first thing I thought of was strong sunlight. Even at this moment, the sun is still bright.
Sean, who was blinded by the sunlight, fully opened his eyes and only understood the situation after a while.
That reliable back that always protected oneself in moments of crisis.
“······At last, my body listened to me.”
The great Guardian Knight, Wilhelm, protected this time as well.
The monster realized after a while that there was something else in its mouth other than the boy it was aiming for.
And then Wilhelm immediately cut down the thing that stood in his way the most.
It was Sean, not the monster, who was most surprised by that decisive decision.
Why-
And Wilhelm immediately plunged his sword deeply into the monster’s mouth, which was flustered.
“□□□□!”
The monster howled at that blow. With that unknown cry Sean had heard before.
After Mortaora ran amok for a while, she suddenly ran away.
In the opposite direction to them. He escaped from the old man’s attack.
Wilhelm, watching that scene, sat down as the monster disappeared from sight.
“Knight!”
“·····Sean. . . . Go after the monster .
He knows that the truth is that he has to go after the monster, but the old man has no more strength left.
The boy cried and said.
“······But!”
“····You have…, You have something precious to protect… Don’t you? I decided to become a shield… So follow that will…”
Actually, there were so many things I wanted to say to the boy in front of me, but right now it seems difficult.
Because I am too sleepy to talk casually.
But I wanted to reassure the boy who was crying right in front of me.
Wilhelm said softly as he raised his remaining arm and wiped the tears from the boy’s eyes.
“·······Why are you crying but····? As if I were about to die… Heh heh, don’t worry…”
“········.”
“······I just want to take a break for a while········.”
With those words, Wilhelm slowly closed his eyes.
After waiting and seeing no response from the old man, the boy carefully placed his hand under his nose.
Even if it was weak, Sean was able to catch his heart with the exhalation he felt.
Yes, now is not the time to just cry here. Sean.
Just as the knight protected me, I must protect myself.
Levy. Wait for me!
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Morta Ora was distracted by the knight’s blow.
For that moment, I forgot the owner’s name and ran away from him just to live.
The wounds he left behind were too mortal.
Morta Ora could feel for himself that his condition was not very good right now.
But even so, he knows that he must follow his master’s orders.
The monster set out to find the girl by following the traces of the owner.
The monster moved slowly.
By preying on the beings they encounter around them, they were able to reach the building where the girl named Morta Ora was.
Just in time, a sound came from within.
“Levy! Dad, don’t go shopping. Oh, do you want something for dinner tonight?”
“····Um···. I am meat!”
“hahahaha, who do I look like who likes meat so much…. Yes i got it Let’s eat some meat for the first time in a while.”
“Ah! And Dad! Let’s have dinner with Shawn today! How is it?”
“That’s fine too. Okay. Later, when Shawn returns from hunting, you can ask him.”
“Yes! hehehehe. Thanks~ Dad!”
The door slowly opens after that conversation.
And.
“·······?”