231. Deius Ex Machina
“Failed?”
After hearing that the second subjugation had failed, I could no longer wait quietly.
I don’t know what the large monster of the desert is, but we couldn’t keep Eleanoa in the German Kingdom any longer than this, and our time was a waste.
It’s a wide desert anyway.
It wasn’t difficult if you were careful as you only had to avoid one large monster, and I also had a capable scout.
[Why me! You can just send Stella!]
A dark spirit temple that says it doesn’t want to go but is inferior to others.
Stella also felt awkward, so he smiled and said he would go, but I shook my head.
“Go.”
[Junior! What are you doing! Go quickly!]
“I’m telling you to go.”
[Oh no! Why am I going!? Are ghosts going to destroy the hierarchy like this? What if he is a necromancer?!]
“Huh.”
[We also have our own system, right? The hard work, chores, and annoying work is done by juniors!]
[I will go instead of you.]
Stella also smiled and said that she would do it herself, but I frowned and glared at the dark spirit.
“Go quickly.”
[Wow.]
Heungryeongsa, who sighed and said that it was unfair, turned his body around in annoyance.
[Very handsome! I’ve already forgotten who taught me necromancy! Yes! I’ll go!]
A dark spirit who left for the desert in advance to find the location of a large demon.
As I was preparing to let her go and leave, Stella came up to me with a bitter smile on her face.
[It was okay for me to go.]
“The Sahar Desert is a place where many people have died for a very long time.”
[…] ….]
Stella knew that too, so she kept her mouth shut.
“Close her eyes, block her ears. “These are emotions you don’t need to feel.”
[Deius.]
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“I’m not doubting your sanity.”
On this continent, who could possibly have Stella’s level of mental power?
Even though she was tortured by demons, she lived solely because of her love.
However, what I was worried about was precisely that love.
“I just hope you don’t experience pain and suffering that you don’t need to feel.”
As Stella crosses the desert, she will see the dead and be tormented again and again. Still, we will overcome it.
But it is a hardship that does not need to be overcome.
[…] ….]
“Hand over leadership to Velika.”
At my words, Stella closed her mouth and slowly closed her eyes. Soon she has horns sprouting from her forehead.
[Well done.]
Just one word.
Velika thanked me and went straight into the prosthetic hand of her right hand.
It felt a bit rattling, but this is better.
“Master, are you leaving?”
“Yes.”
In order to cross the desert, the wheels of the carriage were replaced with thick enchanted ones, and the horseshoes on the horses’ hooves were also replaced with enchanted ones.
Horses will be able to run in the desert just as they run on flat land.
Originally, the heat was the biggest problem, but as the sun went down, the cold became the problem.
At least Finden Ai put a separate cover over her horses so they could withstand the cold.
“Get on quickly.”
Finden Eye patted the seat next to her, holding her reins with one hand.
Normally, she would have sat in the carriage, but since she needed to immediately inform the dark spirit of the location of the large demon beast, she decided to sit together in the driver’s seat.
The seats were spacious, so it was easy for two people to sit down.
There were other carriages loaded with gifts to be delivered to the Germanic Kingdom behind them, but they decided to wait here.
Since Jerman failed in his subjugation anyway, there is no need to risk them as well.
Hey!
Our carriage is the only one leaving.
“Ugh, I’m so sick of it.”
“We’re finally leaving!”
Deia and Aria in the carriage are also excited that they are finally leaving.
We are on a starry night.
I started crossing the desert.
[Quaaa!]
[Please! Please! Please!]
[Muuul! Muuul!]
“Huh.”
I expected it.
Because strange voices were already coming from in front of the desert without stopping.
However, the weight carried by the Sahar Desert, which is said to suck human blood, was heavier than I thought.
“…… “Are there that many people left behind?”
The Finden child next to me glances at me to check my expression and then speeds up.
In places like the desert, there are especially many ghost stories, so pretending to know them was quite dangerous.
Just because time is dragging on, you are giving a big monster an excuse to chase you.
“… ….”
The ghosts of dead people, whose bodies were as thin as mummies, kept popping out.
It almost feels like you are watching an apocalyptic zombie outbreak.
Even if you run for a while, you won’t get used to the screaming. In the end, I just closed my eyes and quietly waited for time to pass.
[Oh, it’s coming!]
A fussy voice heard among the screaming ghosts.
When I opened my eyes, the dark spirit was in a hurry and was pointing beyond the sand dune.
[Great, large beast! He’s a weird guy with the body of a lion but the face of a human!]
Sphinx?
It was a name that came to mind the moment I heard it. But speaking of the Sphinx…….
‘It is a magical beast handled by the devil.’
A strange sensation hit the back of my head. I thought it was simply a magical beast that appeared naturally.
If he had such a deformed appearance, it would be hard to think of him as a large monster.
“Findenai, speed up.”
“I guess it’s coming?”
Hearing my words, Findeneye urges the words again. She was still running quite fast, but that wasn’t enough.
Boom! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Heavy yet regular footsteps echoing from beyond the sand dune pointed out by the dark spirit.
Deia and Aria, who felt the ground shaking, also stick their heads out the window to check.
“I don’t think he’s an ordinary guy?”
“Hey, is this something you can escape from?”
“… ….”
In a situation that could lead to a battle if done incorrectly, it appears by smashing the hill and scattering sand.
Kiaaa!
The one who appeared with a bizarre scream really had the face of a human, but the smooth body of a lion.
“Wow, Mr.! What is that! “It’s so f*cking bizarre!”
Finden Eye swears and says he has never seen anything like that.
Even a demonic beast is its own thing.
No matter what, that thing looked really creepy.
“I think I know why the subjugation in Jerman failed twice.”
“…… “It’s really disgusting, it’s so disgusting.”
Deia and Aria also say a bitter word to each other. Did I even hear it?
The Sphinx lets out a bizarre roar and becomes even more indignant.
“I guess you heard me…… De!”
Deia climbs out the window, carrying a shotgun on his back. He whined and climbed onto the carriage and straightened his hair.
“They’re going to attack us anyway, so it’s okay to at least keep them in check, right?”
Crash.
I nodded to Deia’s question. Anyway, it wasn’t an instinct, it was approaching us under someone’s command.
Devil.
If he were to handle such a magical beast, he would be at the level of an arch-demon.
I was so tired that I wondered if I had to fight those monsters again.
This time, I wondered who it was, but unexpectedly, the answer came out from the prosthetic hand on my right hand.
[It’s Learic.]
“…… “You mean the great devil of deception?”
Velika declared with displeasure.
[Of all the great devils, that bastard and I are the only ones who can make something like that.]
“… ….”
[Everything else isn’t that great, but he has a pretty good aesthetic sense.]
If she was a deformed archdemon, she would be able to like such grotesque things.
“We meet again.”
The fact that the demon he created is loose in the Sahar Desert means that Learic is also interfering with the Kingdom of German.
He won the battle against the demon, but was unable to save the souls captured by him.
“This time.”
I promise to put to rest the countless souls who are being held captive by him.
“Master, will this catch up with you?”
Then the Finden child clicks her tongue and looks toward her sphinx. There was still some distance, but it was gradually narrowing.
Bang! Bang!
Deia’s shotgun was spouting fire, but the guy only shook his head and gave a stinging sensation, causing no significant damage.
“Do you think we should fight?”
“It’s hasty.”
We are not gathering troops for no reason to subdue large monsters.
From the beginning, it could be seen that beings called large demon beasts had an overwhelming advantage in compatibility with humans.
Even among the great devils, those with high combat power can be dealt with alone.
“Then are we going to run away like this and get run over by that guy’s feet?”
“…… After.”
If he had known that the large demon was intentionally placed, he would not have moved so hastily.
“Professor, how can you give me just 10 minutes?!”
Aria sticks her head out and shouts that she will run at any moment. She has a fighting power comparable to that of an archdemon. If she, I, and Finden Eye join forces, subduing her is not completely impossible.
But.
It takes too long.
It was not a good idea to stay in the desert for a long time.
Aria excitedly shouted 10 minutes, but it would take several hours to break through that hard body.
“I can’t do it.”
In the end, I needed to get help.
“Hold on to the reins tightly. “Don’t let the horses get confused.”
“As expected, it’s a trick bag! “Highly commendable!”
“…… “Don’t talk like that.”
“You’re so annoying, aren’t you adorable?”
“Huh.”
“Professor, I love you too!”
Arya adds, sticking her face out her window straight away to find her way to Finden Ai.
Deia’s expression as she looks at me becomes strangely distorted.
I thought that the expression on her sister’s face when she was watching her brother’s love story must have felt exactly like that.
“Dei, turn her muzzle.”
“To whom? “You or Findenai?”
Taang!
Deia, who continues to fire her shotgun at the Sphinx, grumbles in her frustration.
Since I didn’t have time to do that, I raised my mana and spread her hands forward.
“It means clearing a path.”
My mana is spreading towards the desert. The ghosts that were swarming like zombies and clinging to people passing by gradually began to materialize.
[Wow! Can I see it too?!]
A dark spirit who spins his body in the air, saying he is excited. As she was doing this on her carriage, Finden Eye opened her mouth and muttered.
“f*ck you.”
[Wow, that’s vulgar!]
“What does the chest gap look like? Really. “I understand why the owner won’t stop looking at my breasts.”
“Professor, if it’s not at that level, you won’t stand?”
“Crazy.”
“Huh… ….”
Her head feels dizzy and painful.
I sighed, focused on my magic, and warned.
“If you don’t shut up from now on, you will all become prey to the demonic beast.”
The three people finally closed their mouths.
I carefully push away with mana the souls that gradually materialize and begin to cling to the carriage according to their desires.
Bang! Taang!
Deia is firing a shotgun at the shapes of souls appearing in front.
Anyway, it couldn’t cause any damage and only slightly distorted its shape, but it was enough for a carriage to pass by.
“Wow.”
An exclamation flows from Arya’s mouth as she watches the sphinx.
Because of my magic, the materialized souls blindly cling to the Sphinx.
Because it is so large, many souls cling to it, and because the mana it contains has become magic, it feels heavy and the Sphinx’s movements gradually begin to slow down.
You can’t kill it, but you can delay it.
The problem is that there are souls that attack us too.
Deia and I headed forward, separating them as much as possible.
“But is it okay to shoot dead people in the head like this?”
“The living come first.”
As I have always said, although we care about the dead, the living have no choice but to take priority.
As he said that, he relaxed as he checked the Sphinx, which was gradually covered by spirits and was no longer visible.
[But it’s amazing.]
At that time, the dark spirit came next to me.
As she came closer, the Finden child opened her mouth, but she didn’t say anything because she noticed me.
[You’re replacing the mana of souls within the range with magic, right?]
“Yes.”
[The magic gives shape to the soul, gives it weight, and even allows it to have a voice.]
“That’s right.”
This is a magic used for those who were wrongfully killed by Romuleus in Greypond.
Magic that allows the living and the dead to meet, even if just for a moment.
[Is this a kind of resurrection?]
“…… “It’s not a word I like very much.”
I showed signs of displeasure, but the dark spirit did not back down.
[But that’s right. You can speak, it’s a way to color your soul, but you can still see it.]
“… ….”
[It’s not the magic I told you about. I don’t know if there is anything similar.]
Most of the magic taught by the dark spirit was for attack. To begin with, most of the black magic is like that.
In the end, this was a magic I created myself.
[Hey, Deius.]
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The dark spirit’s expression, which had been as bright as a child until now, changed in an unusual way.
Finden Eye also glances at me while listening to our story from the side.
I recognized that something was strange.
[What on earth are you planning to do, making something like this?]
A fairly sharp and probing question.
My mouth fell silent for a moment and I was unable to give any answer, but the dark spirit continued to ask questions.
[It is a magic that awakens souls in a wide area. But that’s still unfinished, right? It’s like a stepping stone for other magic.]
“There is a lot of talk.”
I said something for no reason, but for an instant, the dark spirit’s eyes widened.
She wasn’t the only one.
The other three people in the carriage also reacted with shock.
[Are you hiding something?]
“… ….”
[You can’t even tell me?]
“Huh.”
I let out a short sigh in response to the dark spirit’s question, and then answered calmly, as if drawing a line for her.
“Not to you, but to anyone.”
I have no intention of answering.
As he added that, the dark spirit’s expression slightly distorted. The others on the carriage also fell silent again.
Soon, I could no longer hear anything except the heavy breathing of the horse pulling the carriage.
That’s how we arrived at the German Kingdom.
The castle gate was of course closed, but the moment they found out that we were Griffin’s delegation, they freaked out and opened the gate.
The place we headed straight to was the Royal Palace.
Even though it was late, I planned to leave the carriage outside and head inside alone, thinking that I had to meet Eleanor in advance.
“The smell of blood?”
Even before arriving at the palace, Finden Ai sniffs her nose and smells a fishy scent.
“Is it near the royal palace?”
As you approach the royal palace, you hear harsh screams and noise.
I could tell right away that this was not a normal situation.
In front of the main gate of the royal palace.
I tried to stop the carriage and assess the situation.
“Deiusuuu!”
Elenoa’s call heard from inside. I don’t know how I knew, but the moment I heard that cry, I was already moving.
Mana wrapped around the right arm.
The front door is bent and broken.
And what unfolded was a bloody battle between the princes.
I could tell right away that it was a rebellion, but that wasn’t important to me.
“Learic.”
The now familiar energy of the great devil was everywhere. Not only the princes in battle, but even the soldiers were under the great evil’s spell.
“Is it madness?”
It’s not that great of a magic.
Magic used by the devil to play with humans to further heighten and deepen emotions.
However, if it rises to the level of an archdemon, this is the result.
They had now forgotten their cause and were swinging their swords in a frenzy.
“Ignore it and pass by.”
Anyway, even if you remove the magic, they won’t stop fighting. The emotions that bloom do not disappear.
Because I couldn’t cross the middle of the battle, I tried to fall to the side.
Eleanor, who had landed on the first floor using a man who looked like a prince as a cushion, shouted to me.
“Deiusuuu!”
Was that funny?
The white-haired man standing at the 5th floor window smiles heartily.
Great Demon Learic.
“Deius! Sorry! “I think I did something big.”
“… ….”
“Look at that.”
Aria smirks and says she expected it to be grinning.
“Are you going to solve it like Doraemon?!”
Because she loved cartoons, she also used her cartoon characters as metaphors.
“What a shameless b*tch! “You’ll get an F next semester!”
When Aria shouted harshly, Eleanor screamed in response.
“Oh, I don’t know! “I’m a princess!”
“Isn’t that crazy? Should I take this opportunity to kill him?”
“Princess Juuu!”
“You half-hearted b*tch! How can you start a rebellion wherever you go! “You should have been born in the Clark Republic!”
“Deius Ex Machinaaa!”
After.
“You two, shut up.”