56 – Narundra (3)
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“There is no point in running away.”
Riku raised his sword high towards the trembling leaders in the corner.
“die.”
The moment the sword was struck, the scene in front of my eyes changed.
He was standing on the central podium before he knew it, and Harfeo, who should have died, was smiling and looking at him.
With both hands filled with the energy of lightning that flickers.
Even the tops he killed were all alive.
“Like. dissappointed.”
Riku’s eyes widened.
“You fool, you fooled me!”
“You cheated.”
Without hesitation, Harfeo fired the lightning bolts gathered in both hands at Riku.
Two powerful streams of lightning pierced Riku’s body.
Paperweight!
“Kuaaa!”
Shocked by electricity, Riku screamed.
‘Child of Harfeo! Did you notice it in advance and use optical illusion magic!’
Optical Illusion Magic, which manipulates the scene in front of you, was Harfeo’s main specialty.
“You are a warrior! How did you get possessed by the devil! Rick! Answer me!”
“I couldn’t live with my sober mind. It was better to be a demon.”
Riku laughed eerily and energized his sword.
The lightning is sucked into the blade.
Harfeo immediately stopped using magic and stepped back.
His party mates, a warrior and a paladin, walked forward with dignified faces.
“Hiding behind a colleague is shameful.”
Riku laughed.
Harfeo also laughed.
“As you know, I am a weak wizard.”
“I’ll hide behind you and sprinkle optical illusion magic again. Did I come unprepared?”
Suddenly Riku roared and turned into a demon.
All her hair rose up and her eyes were red.
His height increased by 1.5 times, and his upper body muscles also became bloated enough to break through the armor he was wearing and pop out.
After transforming, he swung the sword in his hand into the air in an X shape.
“Heh… Optical illusions are now useless. It is the power given by the Demon King. Be prepared, Harfeo. I will definitely kill you this time.”
Harfeo clicked his tongue when he saw Riku who had completely turned into a demon.
“What kind of offer did you get that made you a monster… ”
He fixed the wand.
I had to kill a friend today.
***
Fuck!
The devil’s head, hit by Maru’s fist, burst as it was.
Among the things that came out of the demon den, low-level demons were also mixed in, so the easy ones fell out with a single punch.
It’s comfortable to die easily, but it’s uncomfortable to hit with bare hands because the skin touches it.
The ax he had left at the dorm was desperate.
Perpuck!
“Quite a bit… !”
He continued to swing his fist around the demons so that they wouldn’t cling to them.
Every time I punched it, it pierced the devil’s body like an arrow.
It was an inexorable force.
The people who were watching the scene exclaimed involuntarily.
“Wow, I never thought the crown prince would have such strong power… .”
The captain of the escort and the knights glanced at each other in amazement even while fighting the devil.
“Ohhh, seeing it in person after only hearing about it is amazing… ”
“That’s amazing.”
The king and queen were stunned and staring at the floor.
“Oh! behind! behind! right! and! cool! there! There’s another one over there! my husband is good! Wow! right! right! Five!”
Audrit exclaimed exclamation and cheered by clapping her hands.
Meanwhile, Edward was in a hurry.
On the way to the lodging, when the demons he encountered seemed to be sorted out to some extent thanks to Maru’s performance, he hurriedly shouted.
“Wait a minute, I’ll come back after some business!”
I ran into the alley right next to it.
I saw a wooden box left in the alley, so I went there and lowered my pants and squatted down.
“Whoa, I think I’ll finally live.”
It was the moment when Edward put on a happy expression.
Suddenly, a voice was heard from the other side of the alley.
“I see people over there. Looks like he’s fighting a demon, let’s go and help him.”
The woman’s voice was somehow familiar.
Edward tilted his head.
‘It sounds like a voice I’ve heard before… ‘
no.
Now was not the time to leisurely rummage through old memories.
‘Sah, people are coming this way!’
Edward had goose bumps running down his spine.
As soon as I was about to pull up my pants, I realized it was too late.
The woman’s face came into view after passing the wooden box that covered her body.
A familiar short-haired woman.
She glanced casually to the side and met Edward’s eyes, who were squatting in the corner.
She quickly covered her face with her hands.
“Aww! Sin, sorry! I didn’t know you were running errands!”
“ah… Ahh… I’m a nerd… !”
Edward was shocked and froze on the spot.
Putting aside her embarrassing appearance, the woman in front of her was Aslag, the priestess she had been searching for so long.
“Oh, you are wrong! I’m not really like this!”
Immediately after she passed, a man passed, followed by a woman.
“Poop!”
“Ugh! smell!”
Everyone ran out of the alley as if they were running away.
After a while, Edward trudged out of the alley with a dazed expression on his face like a man whose soul had gone out.
The person seemed to be dyed in gray light.
Maru made a sad expression and shook his head and approached.
“Floor… I saw her… ”
“I saw it too. There you are.”
Maru looked at Aslag, who was talking nearby, and patted Edward’s shoulder.
“What is life? It’s okay if the shit comes out well. Health is the best.”
Anyway, Aslag didn’t seem to recognize Edward.
Well, I’ve only seen it once, so maybe I can’t remember.
Because I saw it very briefly.
Edward, who couldn’t forget such a person and searched for him until now, is a madman.
“Floor!”
“Maru!”
I turned around when I heard women’s voices behind me.
Lucy and Natalie ran.
“Hey, hey! I was looking for you!”
“Are you not hurt?”
As if they had stopped by the inn, they each had their own weapons.
Lucy held a magic wand taller than her height, and Natalie held a two-handed sword with a blue edge in her hand.
“I’m here to help.”
Lucy smiled, wiping the sweat from her brow.
Natalie shrugged too.
“Leave the devil to me. I will stand in the vanguard and protect you as before.”
But Maru was calm.
“Are you protecting me? why?”
At that callous question, Lucy and Natalie’s faces turned sullen for an instant.
“I, I… It’s okay because I came here to help you… ? If I don’t stick with you, Luciella will scold me.”
“Please let me help.”
“Hmm. To be honest, I hate receiving your help.”
Now is the time to put aside your feelings and make a rational decision.
The more people there were, the better.
In addition, Lucy and Natalie were the best in their skills to the extent that they were active in a warrior party that was difficult to enter with tolerable skills.
Going together will be of great help.
Maru reached out.
“It is a temporary alliance.”
“Temporary Alliance… ?”
Lucy blinked her eyes at first because she couldn’t understand the meaning.
“I will do anything for my master!”
“What about you, master?”
“If you have something to command, say anything… Wow!”
Lucy trembled and sat down on the floor.
I was so happy that I forgot that a thrill of pleasure spreads throughout my body just by touching the floor, and I stopped shaking hands.
Suddenly feeling hot, she slumped on the floor and let out an excited sigh.
“Ah, I feel good… ”
Maru scratched his head.
What did Luciella teach you?
I feel like the kid is obsessed with me.
In the meantime, Natalie wiped away tears.
“finally… I became a teammate with Maru again… ”
“It’s a temporary alliance. When this job is over, we will disband immediately.”
“I’m still happy. We can go together for a while… ”
why is he like this
We won’t even talk and we’ll just walk around together, but it’s burdensome.
Anyway, Lucy, Natalie, Aslag and her companions joined the party and headed to the inn while defeating the demons.
On the way to the inn, I suddenly met a group of elven knights.
The elf knight who was riding in the lead jumped off the horse.
“Are you on your way to the lodgings of the leaders?”
She was a beautiful elf.
The first thing I noticed was her long, slender legs wrapped in shiny leather pants.
The curve of her slender, stretched legs was enchanting.
Next, two pointy ears and a long, slender line on the nape of the neck caught my eye.
There was a special beauty in her face that human women never had.
The age seemed to be in the early 20’s in terms of human age.
“It is.”
The king answered and she smiled.
“Since you have several escorts, I was wondering if it made sense. We were also on our way to the lodging where the leaders were staying. Please go with me.”
The female elf, who introduced herself as Reina Silverwalk, had a gorgeously patterned angular bow on her back.
To use such a large bow with such a slender wrist, I could guess that his arm strength was amazing.
Anyway, with the help of Reina and her subordinates, I was able to safely arrive at the accommodation.
It was perfectly safe and comfortable to slay demons running from afar with magic arrows from a distance.
After Reina arrived, she gathered the guests who were shaking in the room together.
The guests were only family members or acquaintances of the leaders.
Currently, most of the leaders are confined to the 47th floor of Yugurdia, a giant tree.
“We are a unit that has been training in preparation for enemy raids since half a year ago for the successful holding of this Western Continent Conference. The mission is to defend the quarters where the leaders are staying. In addition to us, several other units are active throughout the city with different missions. So please rest assured.”
Only then did the guests smile brightly and clap.
After that, Reina also gave me some tempting information.
“In a few minutes, the Iluna will be activated to defend the city. Illuna is a very powerful weapon that can annihilate all demons in one fell swoop by blowing the natural power of the trees all over the city. After Iluna is cast, all demons in the city will vanish in just a few seconds, and you can go back to your normal life.”
After her words, all the guests cheered and rejoiced.
Maru also clapped and smiled brightly.
‘Is this finally the elf’s counterattack? What are you looking forward to?’
Like in the middle of a movie, it only planted a lot of expectations and then failed, right?