Damn Academy chapter 153

153 – Taming the Madman (13)

The old woman’s joints break. It was a strange movement like a marionette.

Damian slipped his baboon behind his back.

Then the old woman suddenly rushed at Damian as if to strangle him.

Damian twisted his body, grabbed Vivi by the waist, and swung his wooden sword as she dodged to her left.

Awesome!

As the old woman’s rotting body split in two, it flew obliquely following the inertia.

Damian turned and posed to face the old woman.

The body of the old woman, whose upper and lower body was separated, was floating in the air.

As expected, the old woman’s body was dominated by unknown magical powers.

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The old woman clapped her tongue mockingly at Damian.

“Ooh…. It’s a shame to die here. Look at those luscious lips If I had been a little younger, I would have breastfed and raised them myself.”

“I didn’t eat anything, but it came up from inside.”

“Ah, don’t be afraid, baby.”

Damian took out the potion bottle and drank it all at once.

He remained calm in the face of the terrifying sight. Bibi could tell from Damien’s back and her body against hers. She has no tremors whatsoever.

“Careful… do it.”

“Get away from me.”

Damian mercilessly cut the rope and gently pushed the baboon away with his fingertips.

Knowing that Bibi would only get in the way in this situation, she backed off meekly.

A flock of crows flies at the old woman. They had staffs topped with skulls at their feet.

The old woman takes the wand and casts a strange spell. Black smoke began pouring out of his skull’s mouth.

The smoke rotated in the form of a sphere, wrapped around the old woman, and gradually began to grow in size.

Damian looked around.

Even the ghouls began to crawl out of the thicket behind the old woman. The guys started following the old woman into the sphere of black smoke.

The sphere gradually increases in size. The area was gradually being eroded.

“Here, baby.”

Suddenly, an old woman’s voice came from behind Bibi.

Turning around, I saw an old woman approaching Bibi at some point and trying to touch her.

The baboon screamed reflexively.

“Wow!”

“… !”

Damian hurriedly pulled Vivi and cut the old woman with his sword. However, as soon as his body touched the blade, it became black smoke and scattered.

The old woman’s laughter echoes in the empty air.

“Ahahahaha!”

And suddenly, I hear a voice next to me.

“Ooh, what a beautiful pair.”

Damian turned his body to check, but there was nothing there.

“Can I be blessed with such a prince protecting me?”

This time from the back. Sounds were coming from all directions.

“But baby, don’t be mistaken. Women are inherently cunning servants.”

“Kill-kill, do you think a girl would sacrifice her virginity to you just because you would sacrifice your life to save it?”

“A mountain could be piled up with the knights who died for that one b*tch. At least one of your corpses will be spotless.”

“Remembering your sacrifice is only for a moment. I will soon forget about it and devote myself to the prince of a neighboring country. That is the filthy nature deeply ingrained in girls.”

Vivi’s expression distorted.

“When you are barely surviving on your broken body and military pension, that b*tch will be having a party with the prince.”

Cried the baboon.

“Shut up!”

“Ooh…. Look at her fury when her true nature is revealed.”

The black smoke grew bigger and bigger and slowly swallowed Damian and Vivi. I was once again locked in a black cell.

“Stay with me now.”

“…I got it.”

The old woman’s provocation continued.

“The one who ruined my life was a knight of the principality. I tended to the lost and fallen knight, but he came to his senses, smashed my poor little brother’s head like a dented pot, and raped me.”

“….”

Regardless of whether it is true or not, it was a story that would make you uncomfortable just hearing it.

“It’s enough for the people of the principality to suffer this. That b*tch will dump you. You can trust me, sweetheart.”

It was Vivi, not Damian, who was greatly shaken by that provocation.

So far, Damian has completely proved her faith in her princess through her actions, but Vivi has not proven anything to Damian.

Thanks to watching their actions, the old woman skillfully entered the gap in the relationship.

There was nothing she could do even now. She was just mumbling in her words.

I wanted to show her faith that she would not abandon Damian after everything was over.

Bibi trembled and tried to place her hand on Damian’s left hand.

However, due to Damian’s sudden move, they couldn’t make contact and broke up.

Damian suddenly twisted his body and swung his sword.

Push!

A ghoul suddenly emerged from the smoke and was cut in two by his sword.

“Ahahahahaha! I love how you cringe like a frightened mouse.”

Damian quickly pushed Vivi aside. And where she was standing, another ghoul attacked.

It was tossed to the side with its muzzle pierced by Damian’s sword.

“I can play this hide and seek all night long.”

The old woman giggled mockingly.

Then he suddenly appeared next to Vivi and tried to scratch her body.

Damian reacted quickly and cut off one hand, but couldn’t stop the other, leaving deep nail marks on his forearm.

“….”

As Damian put the knife through his stomach, the old woman disappeared into smoke again.

I was completely fooled. It’s a type of magic I’ve never seen or heard of. I couldn’t see any way how to do it.

“The owner of this land has already opened his eyes. The disaster has already begun, and the end has been predestined.”

Meanwhile, Damian whispered to Vivi.

“Do you feel anything?”

“Can you feel it?”

“Certainly not immortal. It seems that the main body is hiding and controlling the old woman’s corpse and the ghoul.”

“Yeah, that’s right. But what do you mean detect?”

“I don’t know. Anything suspicious is fine.”

Again, the ghoul launched an unexpected surprise attack, but was driven away by Damian’s sword.

Bibi trusted Damian and closed her eyes for a moment. And she focused on the strange aura she felt around her.

I couldn’t feel the source of the magical power that could be called the main body.

“… There is one.”

“What do you mean?”

“Suddenly… it appeared again A mass of insubstantial magic that is said to shimmer in front of us.”

“Where are you?”

“It’s near us… are moving very slowly….”

Bibi pointed with her hand and moved his arm in the direction of the move.

Damien’s gaze also moved to follow that hand.

“I will follow you.”

“Yes, yes.”

As Damian moved in that direction, the ghouls’ ambush became more frequent. As if resisting.

The old woman suddenly fell silent. If you were bored, it was more than enough time to clap your hands and mock.

Finally, the figure of the blue deer began to catch Damian’s eyes.

Damien also seemed quite suspicious when that blue deer suddenly appeared.

Faint blue light emanates from beyond the black smoke.

And it came to a sudden stop. Like pointing to something.

There was a place where the flow of black smoke subtly changed. Damian was able to catch it sensitively thanks to the Griffon Potion.

Then he relentlessly threw the wooden sword away.

Soon after, something penetrated.

“Kiaaagh!”

At the same time, the horrifying scream of an old man rang out.

Damian grabbed Vivi’s wrist and ran to the sound.

The black smoke lost its center and began to disperse slowly.

Where they went, there was an old woman struggling, clutching at her chest, with oil on her face and her stomach fluctuating from how well she had eaten. The appearance definitely matched the face of the priest they saw, and a skull staff fell on the floor.

The hungry, pitiful appearance was also a trick. The old woman was the most likable of the settlers in Barbisia.

Damian’s wooden sword penetrated his chest. Even the old woman did not seem to understand how this had happened.

“Uh, how….”

Damian teased me with a word.

“If you’re going to cheat, you should have held back your breath.”

“This, soon, the owner of this land… Not long… “

The old woman collapsed without finishing her words. And he didn’t move anymore.

Almost all of the black smoke has now dissipated. Damian put his hand in his pocket where the bomb was still and looked around to see if he was still wary of the ghoul.

The ghouls ran away and there were no enemies left around.

Vivi hurriedly checked the situation and looked at Damian’s wound.

“Blood comes out. Will you be okay?”

“I am familiar with blood because I have always seen it. But….”

Damian stopped talking and staggered as he grabbed his head.

Bibi was so startled that she hugged and supported him with her whole body.

“Muh, what happened!”

And Damian’s body was as hot as fire.

“I think his fingernails were poisoned.”

“Do you know how to decrypt it?”

“There is no way to know what poison it is. And my recovery potion only works for trauma… There is no detoxification.”

Vivi’s complexion turned pale.

“We have to find a way. There was also an alchemist in my escort, so I’ll capture him….”

“It is too dangerous.”

“….”

“You have to move first. The surroundings are too open here.”

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Fortunately, in the swamp, there was a solid road paved with human feet. Vivi and Damian first moved along that road. It was because there was a possibility of being re-infected by moving to the swamp.

“It’s a village! There is a village ahead of us.”

I saw a village that seemed to have been abandoned for decades. I was in an urgent situation right now, so I was not in a position to cover a place to lie down.

She led Damian into a house that had at least an intact roof and laid him down.

“I will find something useful for a while.”

Damian didn’t answer as if he was tired.

Bibi went around the empty house looking for useful things. At least she brought pots and bowls that seemed to be in good condition. And while she was collecting books to use as firewood, her eyes widened when she saw a notebook with recipes for folk medicine.

She flipped through the pages of her notebook, checking her recipe. She and she searched for a poison that exactly matched Damian’s symptoms.

The affected area turns green and symptoms of high fever appear.

About Gorondis arrow poison and antidote….

Her face lit up when she saw the recipe for the antidote.

“Heaven helps.”

She hurriedly put the necessary ingredients in her head and ran to Damian. He tried to get himself up, but Bibi pushed her back with force.

“Wait here. I will pick herbs right away.”

Then Damian answered while his consciousness was blurred.

“… It’s not possible. Dangerous.”

Then the baboon insisted on her.

“If you die, I will die anyway. In the current situation, I wouldn’t cover that up. What’s the risk?”

“…… It’s not possible.”

As if he had reached his limit, Damian then let go of his consciousness. When he saw it, his heart broke.

She laid the stunned Damian on his back, leaning against her wall.

Bibi rolled up her arms and went outside.

By the time she returned after picking herbs, the sun had almost gone down.

Her legs and forearms were mangled with mud and insect bites. Even so, her mind was in a hurry and she had no time to tidy her up.

Damian still had her unconscious.

“Wait a minute….”

She lit a fire and poured water to make decoction. And the recipe was relatively simple, and I nursed her while brewing her herbs.

Damian was still, but he was drenched in sweat.

I brought a rag abandoned in the village, boiled it, and took off Damian’s top to wipe the sweat.

“… ….”

And seeing the traces of the past engraved on his body, he became solemn for a moment.

How the hell is this supposed to be the body of a teenage boy?

She ran her fingers across her abdomen. A lumpy feeling. It was a real scar.

I could guess that there was a time of pain that was hard to imagine before he became so hard.

Damian was muttering nonsense, as if he was out of his mind.

“I, I will protect you….”

Rubbing put her hand on Damian’s cheek and swept it slowly. Am I seeing something in vain? Crying, something strikes inside her and comes up. The man who had been so strong and unwavering felt so pitiful now.

Meanwhile, Damian muttered someone’s name.

“I will protect you… Liza….”

“…… Liza?”