Chapter 136 – Ah, Abel. This is not a wall!
Chapter 134
Abel went into the cave, and Elfriede, who remained outside the cave, put her holy sword in the scabbard and asked Estelle.
“…Is that simply the power of divine protection?”
“Yes?”
“I know that Divine Protection is a blessing far superior to other blessings. But even considering that, I’ve never heard of a hero who became so strong in half a year. Is there something about Abel?”
At Elfriede’s question, Estelle gave a slight nod of her head.
“I think Abel has a divine absorption constitution.”
“…Yes?”
“So after I blessed him and fought a dangerous monster, he always grew exponentially stronger. The first time I gave a blessing and fought was a battle I had in the Habsburgs, but after giving the blessing at that time, Abel’s reaction speed and things like that suddenly improved. At first, I thought it was because I had the experience of fighting high-level monsters…But it wasn’t.”
Of course, the experience would not have had an impact, but it was an irrefutable fact that the divinity absorption constitution had a more severe effect than that.
“Perhaps his hearing has improved, Abel can hear the flowing water of a valley hidden in the forest.”
“…Yes?”
“But this is why I couldn’t hear people talking softly again? So maybe I should say it’s a little strange…”
Elfriede blinked her eyes for a moment, then tilted her head and said.
“…That seems to be the power of the holy sword.”
“Yes?”
“Among the records of the warriors who handled the holy sword of order, there are many such records. ‘I started hearing the sounds of nature clearly’.”
Estel was a little surprised. She said it was because it was the first time she had heard of it. Ludwig, her former champion of the order, had never told her anything like this.
If Elfriede’s words are true, she explained why Abel could hear the murmur of a distant stream, but not the small voices of the people.
“How did Hero Elfriede know that?”
“Because there was a time when I studied about the hero and the holy sword. It is a record that can be found enough if you study it closely.”
“Ah…”
Estelle nodded her head. As Elfride said, she didn’t just go looking for the hometowns of the warriors of the previous order, but reading her records was also a way to get a hint of opening the holy sword.
‘I didn’t think of something simple.’
Estelle did she think it was too difficult, she asked Elfriede as she muttered she did.
“…Do you know anything else?”
“I know some things, but they won’t be of any help to Abel right away. According to Abel, I have already heard that the Holy Sword has been changed three times.”
“The changes that Hero Elfriede is aware of seem to be the same as the changes that have taken place in Abel’s Holy Sword.”
“Yes. I don’t know the conditions for opening.”
I don’t know the conditions. Hearing those words, Estelle was a little relieved. Among the changes in Abel’s holy sword, the saw blade was born, and the conditions for that change were because others knew nothing good.
“By the way… there must be something going on inside, right?”
“…If you feel uneasy, you can go, saintess.”
“Yes?”
Elfriede spoke in a tone that seemed natural.
“Isn’t the saintess Abel’s lover? She’s anxious when she falls, and it’s natural to be worried. Even so, I’m pretty strong, so it’s okay to go there in peace.”
“…Well.”
Estel honestly wanted to follow Elfriede’s words. But she chose to leave Estelle behind.
“I’ll be here.”
“Are you okay?”
“Yes. Abel told you to stay here.”
“…Abel could be in danger.”
Estelle smiled at Elfriede’s concern, and replied as if she was okay.
“Because I believe in Abel~♡”
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Inside the cave. The place was full of disgusting coffins that looked like dog fire, as if they had been made into nests a long time ago.
Even the floor was strewn with coffins, and I felt a tingling sensation whenever I stepped on it.
Ugh, that’s really bad.
“Celine, are you okay?”
“Yes?”
“The floor is a bit damp…”
“Oh, yes. Are you okay.”
Celine has a strong stomach. Alicia used to live in a place like this, so she should be fine.
“It seems that the hero doesn’t like it. You are frowning.”
“…Not good.”
Honestly, it’s not a good feeling.
As we moved forward, we faced something and had no choice but to stop.
“…Is that a wall?”
It wasn’t just the wall that stopped us. It was a disgusting red meat wall.
Ugh, that looks gross. I’ve never seen anything like this in a nest…
Alicia said then.
“Ah, Abel. This is not a wall!”
“What?”
“The queen who rules this nest…”
Grumble.
Suddenly, the walls began to boil. As I was looking at it, Alicia told me the identity of the wall.
“…A child.”
At that moment, thorns sprouted from the wall. I hurriedly took Celine and fell behind her, and Alicia hurriedly avoided her seat.
“…Is this a monster?”
The spikes sprang back again when no one was stabbed, and something split into a long horizontal line in the center of the huge flesh wall.
Damn it.
Ah, no way… Not really. But my anxious premonition was hit at once.
“f*ck, that’s disgusting!”
Eyeballs flashed in the middle of the six walls. A very large eye appeared in the middle of the red meat wall. Celine clung to me as well, perhaps because it was hard for her to open her eyes to that disgusting figure.
“Ah, Abel, that’s a bit…”
I patted Celine, who was so embarrassed that she forgot to call me the hero and approached me by my name.
“…This must be a high-risk monster, too, right?”
“Oh, maybe.”
“Tsk.”
After the elephant I saw in front of the cave, it seemed to be the second high-risk monster born by the mother here. But why do you give birth to something so ugly?
“Celine, stay over there with Alicia. Because it is dangerous.”
“…Yes.”
Leaving Celine and Alicia apart, I faced a wall with eyes. What does it really look like…
The glowing eyeballs stared at me, then released countless tentacles from the flesh. The procrastination and waiting was really disgusting.
The tentacles flew to catch me, but I swung my holy sword and cut them all off.
“…Not that fast.”
If there’s a problem, it’s in the shape of a wall, so I don’t know where to cut to die. If you poke your eyeballs, I wonder if it will work.
There was a coffin on the floor and it was wobbly, but I got my balance right and kicked off the floor. As I approached quickly, the monster threatened me with tentacles and spines.
Quagagak!
A thorn protruding from the flesh wall pierced the coffin where I passed. Seeing the coffin exploding in an instant, I was a little scared. I’m not going to be like that
Slicing off the tentacles that kept bothering me, I dodged the thorns that surged up at me and then used them in reverse. The moment the thorns hit the ground, I climbed on them and headed upwards.
Since the eyeballs were embedded in the center of the huge flesh wall, they needed a foothold to climb on, so they used thorns.
“Wow, Mr. Be dangerous.”
Every time I stepped on a thorn, a new thorn came out and threatened me. Still, these thorns were the body of a monster after all, so there was no problem cutting them with the holy sword.
On the contrary, new spines protruded and became a new platform, and thanks to that, I quickly climbed toward the eyeball.
The six-walled eyeball looked at me as I approached and pulled out dozens of thorns, but I had no intention of waiting for them.
Kwajik!
When the huge eyeball was cut off with the holy sword, the monster’s thorns stopped for a moment. But immediately after, the thorns moved quickly again. At a much faster rate than before.
“What?”
I hurriedly moved my body to avoid the thorns. In my hasty dodging, some thorns passed through my body, but I didn’t get any deep wounds.
…Wasn’t this a weakness?
“Hero! The walls are coming down!”
“Yes?”
With Celine’s cry, unlike the fast-moving thorns, the red meat walls were disappearing as the flesh collapsed.
…Was it a last resort?
I came downstairs, dodging and slashing the thorns, taking the utmost care not to get hurt. Eventually, the movement of the thorns stopped and Celine approached.
Seeing the small wounds cut by the thorns, Celine infused her divine power. You don’t need to treat this much.
“I guess it wasn’t a high-level monster. It dies easily.”
“I would believe it if I said it was Baal-class based on its appearance…”
…It was very creepy.
Alicia approached me while hesitating.
“Ah, Abel. It seems to be somewhere not too far away.”
“What?”
“The owner of this place.”
“Ah.”
Was this the last escort? I was a bit weak for that…
“Alicia, compared to the size of the nest, the monsters seem a little weak, aren’t they?”
“Me, I think so too. Judging by her size, she must have lived quite a long time.”
…Are they out there? That beast-type monster that looked like an elephant was outside anyway. Should I go help?
Then Celine spoke.
“It will be fine.”
“Yes?”
“Hero Elfriede is a veteran among veterans, and she is also someone who can handle even Barbatos-class monsters. In addition, Saint Estelle is also there.”
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“…That’s right.”
Am I worrying too much?
“I think trusting one’s comrades is an attitude one should have as a hero.”
“…Is that so?”
If you say that, I have no choice but to believe it. That’s right, Elfriede or Estelle aren’t the people who need my protection, so that’s fine.
“Then let’s keep going.”
“Yes.”
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It’s fast.
“Kuh…!”
Elfriede, who managed to block the enemy’s attack, was holding on to the rapier with both hands. Estelle supported her by activating her s*xual skills.
《 Sacred Sword 》
Quaang!!!
“…Avoid this?”
The huge sword of the sun struck the floor. Estelle glared at her monster, who had avoided her own s*xual powers.
It was a monster with a single sword and six slender eyes. A monster whose skin is entirely covered with a dark blue-green upper, standing on two legs and roaring.
“Get out of the way…”
It was a knight-type monster belonging to this nest that came back to protect Mother.
“…Aren’t the real informants doing their jobs too loosely?”
“I can’t help it. In the first place, monsters aren’t ones that can be grasped at once… And if it’s a nest in such a remote place, that’s understandable.”
Elfriede caught her breath and looked in front of her.
“…We need to buy some time until Abel comes out.”
“…I think it will be difficult.”
Elfriede narrowed her eyebrows at Estelle’s determined words.
“Compared to Abel, I am weak, but I am also…”
“No, I just said that it would be difficult for Abel to come out.”
“Yes?”
Estelle knows her skills very well. Even considering that she was weakened by using her divine power twice recently, that monster didn’t block my s*xual power, but just avoided it.
Estelle’s technique was exceptional from the speed of her activation, and avoiding it was not an easy task even for an Amon-level monster. While using her divine power, it was the power of the s*xual technique that weakened, not the speed of its activation.
“Saint Cynthia, go see Abel.”
“Yes?”
“Even if you stay here, there will only be more people to protect. Go and tell them.”
Estelle said as she looked at the monster that was most wary of her.
“Agares-class knight-type monsters have appeared, so hurry up and deal with Mother.”