54. It’s a reaction!
At dawn, a disturbing sensation slowly raised my spirit from sinking in the darkness. When I open my eyes, my eyes meet Cream.
Cream, who had been asleep until just a moment ago, opened her eyes as if she had never done that. Ugh, anyway, how can you not give me a break for the day?
Only the starlight in Cream’s eyes twinkled in the darkness. We stayed still, not exchanging any conversations or mental waves. Soon, the inn’s window slowly opened.
The window hanging on the end stopped. It was close, but enough for one person to enter. Silence for a moment. Soon, a head poked out beyond it.
“Wow!”
At that moment, Choco, who had been lying on the bed and looked like he had just fallen asleep, jumped out.
The opponent attacked by Choco couldn’t even react properly and rolled on the floor of the inn. This strange guest could not easily escape her pressure, perhaps because of her lack of physical ability.
“I got it, master!”
However, the moment she shouted in triumph, the uninvited guest sprinkled glittering powder right on her face. Choco easily avoided it, but the moment the assailant muttered something.
“Ugh!”
The powder exploded and a bitter sensation hit Choco. The moment she stumbled, who suffered more damage due to her keen senses, the uninvited guest loosened her restraints and quickly moved away.
As the smoke cleared, the figure of the uninvited guest was revealed. As far as it was detected, a middle-aged human male, she seemed to have been seen somewhere, but it was impossible to find out who she was because she covered her whole body tightly.
I didn’t pay attention to the stranger’s identity, I focused on what he was holding in his hand. A subspace sac like that of Cream. Strange things pouring out of it.
[It’s a wizard.]
Magic is the power to cause phenomena within the laws of nature. Of course, the power is maximized the more variables there are. Conversely, in a place where there are no variables, wizards become infinitely weaker.
Unless they were at the level of a great wizard who can pull even distant clouds like cream, halfway wizards used to carry ‘means that can cause variables’ to supplement their fighting power.
That’s why there is a story that prepared wizards are dangerous. Yes, like that one now.
“Profit!”
The moment the distance widened, he pulled out a plain-looking staff from his pocket. However, the moment he aimed it at us, the head of the staff split open and the muzzle opened.
Each wizard had different tools, but the trick of disguising those tools as everyday objects was common. The uninvited guest screamed and aimed his staff.
“Die!”
And the percussion. Bullets were fired along with gunshots.
Of course, there is no such thing as technical skill to make guns in another world. It was embarrassing to even call it a matchlock gun, just a combination of a special ignition stone and bullets.
There is not even a trigger. However, the moment it was held in the wizard’s hand, the stable material, which did not move at the slightest shock, ‘accidentally’ exploded, and the concentrated impact force pushed the lead ball.
It gives the user a huge recoil, and it is impossible to reload, let alone fire. One shot and that’s it. The moment the bullet was fired, the uninvited guest’s arm broke at will, but that much power was certain.
“What!”
Yes, enough to make Cream act defensively.
It’s not that crude magic wand that doesn’t even look like a gun, but even if you bring a real modern firearm, it’s not good enough to deal with real monsters. Crim opened his hand, and the crushed lead beads fell.
“Nonsense, the masterpiece of my conversion…!”
Anyway, I think I heard that voice somewhere. The moment the uninvited guest rummaged through the subspace bag again with his busy hands, the cream had already reached his back.
The merciless kick broke his knees, and Cream grabbed both of his wrists with his tiny hands and twisted them. Thump. An ominous sound rang out.
“Keah! Uh uh uh uh uh uh oh!”
He couldn’t even scream properly and sobbed. After throwing away the uninvited guest, Cream put her foot on the back of the uninvited guest who was sprawled on the floor and gently gave her strength.
I didn’t know because I only killed people every day, but our hero seemed to have a good knowledge of suppression. As if stepped on by a giant’s foot, the uninvited guest could not move properly, only wriggling like a worm.
“Hey, let’s see who it is.”
When the suppression was completely completed, Choco took the bastard’s subspace bag and then took off his mask. What was revealed under that mask…!
[Who is this?]
“Okay.”
I must have seen it somewhere, but I don’t think I remembered it because it wasn’t a very important person. As we typed, the holy sword, which had been quiet until now, raised its voice as if it was frustrating.
[It’s the Viscount’s Torture Wizard!]
“Ah.”
One of the three strongmen who protect the city. The Knight Commander and the Bishop of the Moon seemed to be doing quite a bit of outside activities, but it was the first time I saw this nobleman since then.
If my memory from my hosts is correct, I’ve heard that this mage seldom comes out of his tower he builds in the corner of his estate, so why did he come here?
It was hard to believe that the visit had good intentions, seeing as they even hid in the middle of the night like petty thieves.
“Kuhh, damn it. After all, the hero is a monster…”
[For what purpose did you come? Say!]
The wizard, still moaning in pain as he was trampled by Cream, raised his head. I felt an inexplicable chill as I watched his eyes glisten.
“Is this voice… A demonic sword?”
No, that man’s eyes look dangerous. Before Cream could press it any further, the wizard ardently confessed his purpose.
“My purpose is you!”
[Such crazy.]
“A demonic sword that devours the soul! How the hell does it work? Curious. Curious! Isn’t it a research material that magicians can never miss!”
It’s good to be popular, but I won’t accept courtship from an old man like that. He laughed like a maniac, then gasped for breath. But aside from the pain, the madness in the name of quest still burned.
“Demon sword, isn’t it a good story from your point of view? Seduce me! Ego items cannot maintain their existence without parasitizing on someone’s soul. There was no way he would have bonded with a hero who had a being of light and a companion called a holy sword…”
[No, I did.]
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“What?”
It’s good to pretend to know, and it’s not actually wrong, but in the end it was wrong. The hero and my soul are firmly connected even at this moment.
The sorceress shouted with a feeling of vomiting blood, no, actually vomiting blood.
“Nonsense! How can a hero leave a holy sword and a demonic sword…!”
“Noisy.”
But before he could speak any further, Cream gave strength to the foot that stepped on him. Kudeudeuk. Kwadeuk. An ominous sound echoed without ceasing, but soon the wizard pulled out his tongue and passed out.
“You dare, who, girl, touch?”
Cream’s eyes flashed as he removed his foot from his back. Unexpectedly, I asked Cream a question.
[Doesn’t it kill?]
“Yes.”
[I told you not to kill that human.]
Are you the holy sword again? As her I stared at her with her pitiful eyes, her holy sword touched her hand. Anyway, why did Cream, who usually ignores the holy sword, listen this time?
When the spirit wave of the holy sword came again, there was a bit of mischief in her mind wave.
[Because there is a better way.]
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[The lord, come out!]
“What, what is it?”
The Torture Wizard is not yet dead. After briefly administering first aid, we cleaned up until morning and set off for our own hometown.
The wizard still couldn’t come to his senses, so he roughly put him in a blanket and brought Choco with him. The words I shouted in front of the guarded soldiers made the soldiers tremble.
[Ah, your lords are already dead, right? Sorry. I was not considerate.]
“Who are you! Even after making such rude remarks, you’ll be fine…!”
One of the soldiers was furious, but soon calmed down at the whispers of another soldier. It was because everyone recognized that Cream was a warrior in Hairre, where even the announcement ceremony was held, even if it was not known in other cities.
[The words you just said were not from the hero, but whispers from the demonic sword. The more you listen, the more your mind gets corrupted, and you fall into the heart, so it’s best not to listen to anything they say.]
“That was it. Yes. I heard that the hero seals the demonic sword.”
No, it turns me into some sort of incomprehensible monster. It’s not impossible, but there are much easier and more convenient means that don’t bother you.
That’s my grumbling. Anyway, thanks to Cream’s position, we were able to meet the deputy lord right away. Even though the viscount died, Yeongji maintained its daily life because there was a successor who took over the role.
“Nice to meet you, Champion of Peace.”
On behalf of Viscount Hairer and his eldest son, who disappeared after being caught up in the alien world, the lord Dae-ro is currently in charge of all the affairs of the territory. His second daughter Lelan Heir.
“Did you come to see me on some business?”
She had a smile that was just right for an honored guest. Since she has no knowledge of her dealings with her brother Al Ruud, who is trying to take the place of her Lelan, it is to maintain just the right stance towards her champion.
Keep courtesy and respect. But not deeply involved. A warrior who wielded omnipotent authority but had no contact with any group was a nuisance to any person in power.
“Where is it?”
However, today she will be forced to become deeply involved with us.
Choco undid the wrapping that was on her shoulder. As the sorceress, tied up all over her body, rolled down inside, Lelan let out a shrill scream without realizing it.
“Kyaaa!”
“What is going on!”
In response to her screams, knights rushed into the office. Among them, there was also a leader who had an adventure with them. Even the knights who went inside were silent as they saw the scenery soon revealed.
One of the city’s three guardians is brutally chained like a criminal. The leader asked a question in a heavy voice on behalf of Lelan, who was still in shock.
“This is what it is. Hero, can you explain?”
And instead of answering, Cream pulled out the holy sword.
It was so fast that the knights couldn’t even respond. As they flinched and reached for their weapons, Cream held his straight blade at the wizard without wavering.
The one she chose wasn’t me, but Aries. The moment the blade of the Holy Sword aimed precisely at the wizard’s heart, the Holy Sword began to shed soft light as if reacting to something.
[Just last night, this person attacked the hero.]
It’s been a while since the time has come to use the Holy Sword’s special skill. That’s black propaganda and witch hunt!
[This person is the Demon King’s minion!]