158 – Blood Mother – (5)
“Left!”
Ema’s cry.
I hurriedly tilted my head upward. A red blade glided right in front of my forehead. If he had been hit directly, he would have been pierced right through the middle of his forehead.
Papak!
The bloody blades fly again. He immediately swung the sword in his left hand and shook it off.
On the other hand, I feel the eyes pouring down from the surroundings.
“How many people caught up with you?”
“Maybe…… About forty.”
Emma seemed to be unable to run anymore, and was being dragged almost clinging to my arm. The wind slowed him down and he was chased by vampires.
I clicked my tongue. I really didn’t know that we would be able to work together like this.
There was no reason in their eyes. There is no way strategic judgment is possible in that state. In other words, my conclusion was that Kazimir, the angel of fresh blood floating in the sky, was controlling them.
How? I didn’t even have a question about it. In the first place, didn’t Emma’s manipulation of blood magic seal and deal with the abilities of her blood relatives?
“Ugh.”
At that moment, Emma stumbled and rolled on her ground.
She hurriedly grabbed her arm for support and swung her sword.
Chaechaeng!
At the same time, the surge of blood magic was consumed by Ernst’s brilliance and disappeared.
“Can you run more?”
Emma shook her head.
I can’t help it. I tied her up and kicked her into the ground again with her mana.
Anyway, this is the beginning of the forest. If you go a little further, it will open up. And there is no open space for them to hide.
In other words, it means that you can hit it once.
After making that decision and continuing to run, Emma spoke her words in a melancholy voice.
“I’m sorry.”
“…… Hoo-wook, what?”
“Because I couldn’t help.”
Emma put her hand on my shoulder and put strength on it. Her fingernails dig in and sting slightly.
“Kasimir, that kid is right. Jim was more concerned about his own comfort than his blood relatives. Not increasing true numbers, not using a new blood transfusion method…… And colluding with the vampire hunter was all Jim’s mistake.”
“Huh? Hunter?”
I can feel Emma’s small nod in my ear.
“It’s an old story. Once upon a time… …. The days when the ancestors were persecuted and there was no place for blood relatives to stand……. I made a very small contract with the head of the hunter who was chasing us.”
“…… What a contract it was! Whoop!”
Wield your sword and decapitate the vampire that is rushing towards you. Her severed head exploded and spattered bloodstains.
After being bathed in hot blood, his mind seemed to become relatively clearer.
“…… A pact with foreign media.”
“A foreign press?”
“Yes. And that is why Jim became an Apostle.”
To sum it up, that’s it.
The hunter who was chasing his blood relative was a church, and as a result of the contract with him, he was put under the command of a foreign minister.
It was a story that could only come out of a noir movie.
“In the end, it became the shackles of blood relatives. In fact, it wasn’t even a contract made for family members. Simply…… Jim was afraid to die.”
Ema continued to mutter.
“So…… You can leave your luggage now. After all, there are no True Ancestors within the Imperial Territory. It means that this body is no longer useful…….”
Listening to it made me feel dirty.
I caught my breath and opened my mouth in a calm, subdued voice.
“So, Emma. I have a question for you.”
“What is it?”
“Huh. Is that important now?”
I stomped my feet loudly. Using a tree as support, I jumped, hooked the handle of my sword to a branch, and bounced in a semicircle. All kinds of leaves and branches hit me in the face.
“I’m not interested in your confession.”
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I took a deep breath and swung my sword.
The limbs of the two vampires who rushed at them were severed.
“Let’s get away from serious talk like that. At that time, I will listen to you.”
“… ….”
“So, right now, it hangs tight on the back.”
At my last words, Emma was silent for a while before letting out a small breath.
A cold yet hot breath touched the nape of my neck.
“You are right.”
After that, Emma said nothing more.
*
After running some more, we finally arrived at an open area. Plains where the cool breeze blows. Due to the thick darkness, the only signpost was the moonlight above.
While coming all the way here, the offensive of the clans poured in without knowing how to subside.
The wind left scratches all over my body. There were no major wounds other than a bloody blade embedded in the shoulder blade.
“Honey, the blood… ….”
“It’s okay. Because it will get better soon.”
I took off the pauldron and threw it away.
Anyway, armor wasn’t very effective against their fluid attacks.
As I straightened the hilt and looked toward the forest, close to dozens of vampires stumbled out.
In the sky, the apostle Kazimir, who appears to be in command of all of this, is enveloped in black mist.
“How familiar is this picture?”
I have a feeling of deja vu.
Was it during Aranion’s attack? I think it was a similar composition back then.
“Little boy, I guess this is… ….”
“Hmm. It’s more than you think.”
Contrary to what I initially expected to be around forty, when I came out to the open field, the number of them was almost three digits.
Even if Fried dared to be a warrior of one hundred and one hundred, there was no guarantee of victory against these vampires.
If there is a difference from the time of Aranion, it is that the raiding parties at that time were simple swordsmen. On the other hand, the enemies in front of me now are vampires who shoot bloody blades with a single gesture. The power itself was different.
As expected, an apostle is an apostle.
The number of clans that will invade the capital after that will be dozens or hundreds of times larger than that. Because it was like that in the original.
“It’s dark.”
I straightened up with Ernst.
Anyway, this is an open area. Even if she runs with all her might, she cannot run away as long as Emma is by her side.
Actually, he told me to throw it away, but I had no intention of abandoning Emma, who had the precious ability of resetting stats.
Above all, Milia and Emma too. It is not acceptable to see an important NPC in the original work die.
At least, this world didn’t flow as simply as a game, and the characters weren’t just pieces of data.
“Okay. Let’s do it.”
I finished preparing to swing the sword with a slap on the cheek and filled with mana.
Casimir’s alter ego, enveloped in black smoke, lifted the corners of its mouth, and that was the signal.
Quaggagak!
Innumerable bloody blades cover the sky. You can’t intercept them all. I swung the sword with all my might and tried to minimize the damage.
However, unlike our concerns, their attacks did not reach us.
“… ….”
The hot heat hits your face.
Looking up, a huge figure engulfed in fire was covering our stomachs.
A beast that looks like a wolf. The four feet were thicker than most pillars, and the roaring mane lit up the dark night sky.
“…… This.”
I’ve seen it before.
Not as an ally, but as an enemy.
Attempted corruption in the spirit realm that took place in Highlings. A wolf clad in flames that attacked us from the throne of the Spirit King.
The highest ranking flame spirit, Flamrus, was right in front of my eyes.
Why is Flamrus, who should be in the spirit realm, here? Such doubts were eventually dispelled by a girl who jumped from Flamrus’s mane.
“…… Lyncia?”
Lyncia Eyren, a girl with platinum hair with a hardened expression, landed on the ground and approached me.
She was supposed to be in the imperial palace by now, but why did she come all the way to the outskirts of the empire, and she didn’t ask her questions about how she signed her contract with Flam Ruth.
The reason…… It was because Lincia was wearing a bug-bitten face.
“It’s because of that woman.”
Lin Xia said, pointing at her ema.
“…… Yes?”
“It was because of that vampire woman that the apostle recognized Freed’s location.”
She growled as if she would eat Emma at any moment.
When Emma looked at Lynxia, she exclaimed with round eyes as if she remembered Cleta.
“You, what did you say to Freed while hiding your vision using the Cognitive Disinfection Magic? Threatened? Are you cheating? Or did you pass the position to the apostle? Confess immediately.”
“Lyncia, that’s not it. Where is Emma…….”
“Don’t call that vampire by his friendly name!”
“…… Yes?”
When she tilted her head, Lynxia blushed in embarrassment. She
She seemed to realize that she had made a mistake.
“…… Ugh.”
Lyn Xia couldn’t help but stomp her feet.
“That’s strange. No matter how bound she is, she seeks cooperation from the old apostle! I put my blood as a condition of the deal! Then, like this, it becomes a mess again! I was watching everything!”
“… ….”
“You know what Fried said. That you won’t get hurt I have a great will, so please lend me your strength.”
This was what she said when she persuaded Lynxia.
“You even gave me blood!”
“…… You’re right.”
“By the way…… Being hurt like this…….”
Looking at me drenched in blood, Lincia cried.
“Lincia. This is not my blood.”
“Yeah! Whatever it is, Fried shouldn’t be hurt…….”
Lin Xia hurriedly took her handkerchief from her bosom and wiped my face.
And while doing so, staring at her ema was definitely hers.
As I continued to explain, Lyncia let out a sigh as if she finally understood.
“Anyway, when we return to the palace, that woman will be interrogated for sure.”
“…… Ok.”
I clicked my tongue.
So, did you mean that Lyn Xia was continuously aware of my every move through her spirit? It’s nothing surprising. Even at the time she went to the Iscoval Mansion, Lyncia was watching our journey through her spirit.
I just found out that Emma used her perception-disabling magic, but if she had good senses, she might have noticed Lyncia’s surveillance. Above all, the story of her oath was a sensitive matter, so Emma could have been considerate in her own way.
However, from Lyncia’s point of view, she might feel that the evil being called the vampire’s mother did something to harm me by covering my eyes. Most of all, it was decisive that Kazimir appeared almost the next moment.
“Anyway, why did you come all the way here?”
“You are worried. The apostle has appeared and it looks like Fried will be pierced by the blade any second.”
“Huh.”
No matter how worried I was, is it true that the emperor, who should be protected by the entire empire, came alone to such a dangerous battle?
But I was thinking of putting an end to that kind of questioning.
Because the body of Flamrus was right in front of me, shaking as if it would explode at any moment.
If you rode this wolf, it would be dangerous and meaningless.
“Lyncia.”
“Huh.”
Lyn Xia turns her head away as if pouting.
I asked without hesitation.
“That…… How did you summon this wolf?”
“Yes, I received help from the Spirit King. It is the result of training. Except for Denebris, all the highest level spirits can be summoned temporarily, now.”
I opened my eyes wide.
Lin Xia looked at me and pouted her mouth and added a little.
“For a while, of course.”
“…… You’re great though. To handle several of the highest level spirits with limbs. This is an overwhelming state that not even Lautrec has achieved.”
I said it with sincerity.
I felt the power of Flamrus and Sylphy smartly a few months ago in the spirit realm.
At this level…… Lincia might be stronger than me.
“…… Greatness. This is a natural thing for an emperor of the Millennium Empire to do.”
When Lynxia heard her praise, she coughed and blushed as if she felt relieved.
Emma was smiling at her.
“Didn’t I tell you?”
“What?”
“I am loved.”
“Noisy.”