16. i don’t finish
Let the deafening noise resound loudly.
I immediately pulled out the hand holding the ring.
Chiyiyi profit!
Smoke rose from the left arm where the ring was removed.
The forearm had turned black.
However, there was no damage to the arm.
It was because the clothes she was wearing completely burned and turned to ashes.
Although my arms are a little sore from the effects of the black thunder…
‘It feels like a rat.’
It’s just annoying.
Besides, this sense gradually faded, and it would probably disappear soon.
I looked up and tried to get out of this now forgotten temple.
But… everyone was staring at me in a half-fazed state.
“What’s going on?”
Albert barely opened his mouth.
“Are you… are you okay?”
You seem worried
I waved my arms.
The burnt protective gear fell down.
“As you can see. He’s fine.”
“……”
“Is there anything else you want to say?”
“Oh, no, let’s not come.”
“Then let’s go.”
“So be it.”
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Just before leaving the exit of the forgotten temple.
I stopped walking.
‘Well?’
Seeing me like that, the others stopped one after another.
“What’s going on?”
I didn’t answer, but pointed a torch at the spot where my eyes were stuck.
Then there.
‘Claws…… marks?’
There were scars deep enough to scrape off the wall.
In the original work, this forgotten temple itself was expressed so darkly that it seemed to have been missed.
As the light from the torch shone, it was seen in detail.
Albert was also surprised.
“What is this?”
“Well…I don’t know either.”
Black soot was visible on the inside of the trace.
I touched the soot with my finger.
‘It’s a burn mark.’
I knew right away.
Because the soot that remains on my arm right now was just like this.
What’s on here?
In this empty space…
‘Wait a minute.’
Why did you think it was an empty space?
On what grounds?
After repeating that point, I realized that my judgment might be wrong.
I went right back to where the Black Thunder Ring was.
Then he looked carefully at the place where the ring had been.
That time when I looked around for a while.
I found some marks on the ceiling.
It was the hole drilled just above where the ring had been mounted.
‘It’s as if electricity had flowed over there…’
There were roads in the ceiling in all directions centered on the hole.
For some reason, it looked like a wire to my eyes.
However, at that moment, a memory passed through my head.
‘This, no way?’
I jumped out of my seat and ran out of the forgotten temple.
Then it continued running towards the north.
When you finally arrive at your destination.
I realized that my anxious hunch was correct.
‘Unbelievable……’
In this corner here in the original work, there was a white bone of unknown identity.
A white bone presumed to be that of a monster.
But now.
‘none!’
It meant that there was nothing here that should have died.
And I looked at the black thunder ring in my hand.
It was still just speculation… but a hypothesis popped up in my head.
‘What if this place is not a temple but a prison?’
And what if the jailer was this ring?
As soon as the ring was removed, the sound of the monster was heard.
A white bone that should be in this place now.
Those white bones were probably those of the monster who had just screamed.
A monster that was dead three years later, but is not dead at this point.
then……!
‘It’s like I’ve just released a monster that’s still alive.’
I turned and looked at Albert.
“Is the area where the missing people are said to have occurred, not in the city center but up here?”
“That’s right. That’s why we’re not here.”
“Where did you guys come in from?”
“You mean us? Let’s see, I think it was right around here… Oh, over there. There’s a hole in the ceiling over there.”
My expression changed seriously.
“Guide me.”
“Ah, I see.”
We headed straight for the hole through which Albert’s reconnaissance party had entered.
“Here. The first disappearance also occurred around here.”
Standing beneath it, I saw what I had been missing.
‘Here, too, there’s a wire-like path on the ceiling. But…it disappeared as a hole was formed.’
Perhaps the black thunder created by the ring was striking a barrier that held the monster.
However, as time passed, the ceiling collapsed, leaving a small gap…
‘Looks like he hunted humans by extending his arms through that gap.’
But in the original story, it seemed like that was the end.
The hole didn’t get any bigger, and in the end the monster couldn’t escape and died of starvation there earlier.
But this time he was released before he starved to death.
It was my fault.
“Go up now!”
My heart was in a hurry.
* * *
“Whisyu!”
The middle-aged man with a gentle mustache and silver armor let out a rough breath.
A paladin shouted from behind him.
“Sir Krause! Are you okay?”
“Don’t worry. It’s just a little bit. Who am I? Isn’t it the Seven Knights! Haha.”
Krause smiled and replied as if it was nothing.
But the reality was a little different.
‘It only took one shot… but at least three ribs must have gone out.’
While rescuing a child who could not be evacuated, he allowed only one attack.
The armor is strong, and I thought that there would be no problem with my own strength.
It was a disappointment that the monster’s power far exceeded expectations.
Every time I breathed, my side tingled.
Even if you could fight for a short time, it was hard to guarantee if time dragged on.
“Have you contacted the Archdiocese?”
“I did! Reinforcements will be arriving soon!”
“Okay. You evacuate some people.”
“Yes, I understand!”
Krause licked his lips as he looked at the Witchbeast standing in front of him.
“You want to play with me some more, huh?”
“Kurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!”
“A filthy ugly guy, his cries are filthy filthy.”
“Kyaaagh!”
“Huh? Do you understand what people say?”
The boy opened his mouth wide and screamed.
It was, as Krauss said, the appearance of nausea.
Strangely long and bony limbs.
It has no eyes and ears, and its mouth opens up and down to the left and right.
It was more unpleasant because it looked like a person.
People freaked out and ran away.
“Kyaaagh!”
“A monster, a monster!”
That’s the devil’s beast.
It was a magician.
How did the earless guy react to people’s screams, and he flew towards it with his mouth wide open.
Krause also reacted immediately and swung his sword.
Booung!
As a result, the Witchbeast could not attack the people and retreated again.
“Where are you going to play with me?”
Awesome!
It also wasn’t in good shape.
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Just guessing, that demonic beast seemed to be in a fairly weak state.
I’m very hungry, but… so hungry that I feel like I’m reaching my limit?
Thanks to that, Krause was still able to endure.
‘I heard that a demonic beast appeared in Straun not long ago… The frequency seems to be getting more and more frequent.’
Krause felt ominous and manifested his authority.
‘I’ll have to take care of this guy first, then stop by the church!’
A thick fog rose around Krause.
It’s hard to even see his face.
It didn’t stop there.
His fog gradually engulfed the space.
Finally, even the Demon Beast was swallowed up in the mist.
However, to Krause, the fog was like eyes and ears.
The opponent’s vision was obscured by the fog, and Krause himself could sense everything moving in the fog.
Fog Knight.
That was the nickname of Kraus, the seven knights of Laderun.
* * *
The fog-covered space belonged to Krause.
His true value was used against large corps.
No matter how many enemies there were, if they covered all their sights, they would be confused.
It was difficult even to identify friends and family, so there were cases where allies killed each other.
Even if it’s a demon.
Especially the magic mist he creates is full of moisture.
It even had the effect of making the body heavy and making breathing difficult.
Krauss was the one who could best fit the nickname of the one-man army.
But is it weak in small battles like now?
That was a mistake.
Rather, Kraus personally enjoyed dealing with a small number of enemies like now.
In large-scale battles, the range of movement in the fog is reduced.
But what if the fog is wide and only one enemy like now?
This meant that all the remaining space could be used.
They were seven knights who reached the level of superhumans with just basic physical abilities.
But what if you cover the other person’s eyes and only yourself are fine?
It was right to see that this had already been determined.
In fact, even among the seven knights, Krauss was classified as being difficult to fight.
And Krause was confident today as well.
“Kurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!”
He watched him silently through the fog.
The Witchbeast did not move, only moving its head slightly.
sh*t.
The corners of Krause’s mouth went up.
‘Even if it looks disgusting, I can’t see it, you bastard!’
He slowly lowered his sword.
That’s right!
It ran in a straight line toward the Witchbeast.
It was then.
See profit.
The corner of the witch’s mouth also went up in the same way.
Krause’s eyes widened.
‘Stop, no way…… that bastard. Pretending not to be able to see…!’
In the next moment, the Witchbeast made a sudden leap using its elongated limbs.
towards Krause.
He, too, twisted his step foot as hard as he could to turn.
But this time, the side that was attacked first caused trouble.
Cheer!
“Keugh!”
A momentary hesitation.
However, the moment during the battle caused a too big butterfly effect.
Because of that flinching, it was too late to turn around.
It was too late to change direction, so the head-butt attack of the demonic beast that flew in accurately hit Krause in the abdomen.
aaagh!
Kwa-dang-dang-tang, fluff.
Krause rolled on the floor several times before drooping.
At the very least, I fell at the last minute and avoided losing my mind…
I thought I’d rather faint.
It was to the point where I couldn’t even tell how many bones had gone out of my body.
Moreover, even though the monster could launch a series attack right away, it was circling around Krauss, wasting time.
The fit wasn’t too good.
“I never thought the day would come when I would be treated like a toy…haha.”
That moment when you smile in vain.
The Witchbeast leaped towards himself once more.
Dig!
If he flew at that speed, he would definitely run out of breath this time.
Krause looked straight at the Witchbeast and gnashed his teeth.
I will not take my eyes off the enemy until the last moment.
It was the cut of the article.
at that time.
Wooo…..
I thought I heard a strange noise.
It was sensed that someone had entered the fog, which was their domain.
The mysterious being was falling from above at a tremendous speed.
The demon’s teeth approached right in front of me.
aaa…!
It stopped with a roar.
A man with a golden left arm was standing in front of Krauss.
And beneath his fist was the head of the beast that was flying toward him.
The mysterious man said with his back turned.
“You worked hard. You endured well. The rest of the work… I will finish it.”