2. The Lord is with you (50)
A solid silver line crossed the air.
Brilliant clusters of light leave scars on the world. The demonic beast’s blood gushed out in tears and dripped down.
As if trying to grab my missing head, the hands of the monkey witch’s hands were groping around my neck. However, no matter how much I searched, his head had long since fallen to the floor.
One of the magic beasts collapsed. It was an opponent he had already defeated countless times.
I brushed off the blood on my sword without any inspiration. Looking around, the forest seemed to have been roughly cleared.
Five or six monkey monster corpses were lying next to Delphine-senpai. The sword marks carved into the bell gave off an acrid smell of burning skin.
Draw multiple swords at once, and clear up the monsters that rushed at once.
It was a golden sword. Originally, silk grass and loose grass are mixed in the golden silk sword, but the higher the realization, the higher the proportion of real grass.
For example, Seria can draw three sword blades at the same time, and two of them are threadbare. If he was a little more skilled, he could draw a sword path made only of thread without weeds.
If you’re more skilled than that, you’ll be able to handle five sword blades.
That was the stage Delphine reached. The golden silk sword she draws has a total of five lines drawn at once, and three of them are real.
As proof of that, there were traces of a sword left on each of the corpses of the monkey witch beasts now lying in front of Delphine-senpai. The appearance of three birds reaching out at the same time meant that they were overpowered at once.
On the other hand, the monkey witches who fell in front of Seria were lying in pairs. It was because there were only two threads of the Golden Snake Sword she handled.
Looking at Delphine-senpai and Seria who were out of breath, I clasped and opened my hands.
I don’t know the principle, but I was also able to handle the golden sword. My proficiency was higher than Seria’s, but lower than Delphine’s.
Three stems of swords and three weeds.
That was my level.
It was only to the extent that I depended on the memory engraved in my body at some point.
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t figure it out. How was the future ‘me’ able to learn the secret techniques of the Yurdina family, even the secret jujutsu of the Holy Kingdom and the secret of the sword circle?
It wasn’t even a question that I had to think about to get an answer right now, so I shook my head and put my thoughts aside.
My eyes went deep into the forest. The cave was now in front of me.
“Once we are done, we will move again. Flesh seeds may come out near the cave, so be careful of surprises.”
Then, as I was about to start moving again, I suddenly looked at Celine.
She looked very nervous. His trembling arms and legs and his pale face made him wonder if he could continue the battle.
For Celine, today was no different from her first actual match.
However, monkey masters, mythical monsters, and now the Dark Church were heading to destroy the nest where they were conducting their secret experiments.
I couldn’t help but be scared. I put my hand on Celine’s shoulder without saying a word.
Celine, who had stiffened her body in shock, let out a sigh as if she was relieved as soon as she saw me.
Those tawny eyes were helplessly sunken.
“… … Brother Ian.”
“scared?”
Celine’s eyes trembled slightly at my simple question.
After thinking for a moment, she shook her head helplessly.
“… … no.”
Hearing that, I smiled and laughed. It was obvious to anyone, but it seemed that he wanted to build his own self-esteem.
“You can get out of here if you’re scared.”
“Ha, but… … .”
“Instead, there are many things to risk your life for in the future. I don’t know, but especially when you’re next to me.”
Celine’s mouth was closed. She looked up at me with sad eyes.
It was like a dog in the rain. I smiled lightly and patted Celine’s head.
When I pressed down on Celine’s head, Celine let out a gasp and glanced at me. Even so, he did not refuse my hand.
“Celine, as long as you have a sword, there is no choice… Die or die, one or the other. You have to get used to it in the future.”
“… … yes.”
Celine was sullen and answered that. In the end, I had no choice but to turn my back with a wry smile.
It was a question that Celine had to find the answer on her own. I couldn’t immediately understand what I was saying.
But wait, did I give Celine advice on what she was good at?
My hand gripped my chin. Come to think of it, I also had very little practical experience. If I had to argue, Delphine and Elsie must have had more experience than me.
But my troubles didn’t go any further. It was because brown hair suddenly burst in front of me.
It was a petite figure, senior Elsie.
She hesitated for a while, looking at me. Looking at it with a curious look, Elsie-senior closed her eyes as if she had made up her mind and shouted.
“I-I did well too!”
I stared blankly at Elsie-senpai for a while, then I guessed his intention and held back my accusation.
It seemed that he mistook Celine’s hair for a reward. It seemed like they were protesting against me out of jealousy.
Of course, it was just Elsie’s one-sided misunderstanding. Elsie-senpai was the only person around me who considered being stroked on the head as a reward.
The way she was looking at me with a glancing, expectant look was very lovely, so I had no choice but to stroke Elsie-senpai’s head.
Then, Ehehe, a relaxed face and a squirming mouth.
“Ian-sama, hehe… I like… … .”
As a puppy expresses affection, Elsie-senpai hugged my arm and rubbed my cheek.
It was a shocking sight, but even Celine and Seria didn’t pay any attention. It was because I was used to it.
To that extent, Elsie’s expression of affection was active. He was on the verge of thinking about what to do if he returned to the academy like this.
Still, it wasn’t a bad feeling.
Senior Elsie trusted me and followed me. Even if it was a matter of life and death. Originally, I was a person who did not care about commoners, so it would have been difficult for me to agree with my cause.
It wasn’t just Elsie senior.
Celine, Seria, and Delphine were like that.
At some point, there were so many colleagues around me. In other words, it meant that there were so many people I had to protect.
I calmed down without a word. Sharper than anyone else.
My pupils sunk deeply. I remembered the murmur of a man I saw the other day.
‘I won’t regret it again.’
Those words resonated resoundingly in my chest.
The cave was before my eyes.
**
It was still damp and cool inside the cave.
It hadn’t been long since I left, so there was no way the climate had changed in the meantime. But it was now late in the afternoon, and there was only a more eerie chill hanging over it.
It was night soon.
When the time of the evil god Comeros comes, her followers become stronger and more savage. The flesh seeds were no exception.
I had to put an end to it quickly. This was the reason why the party was in a hurry even though they complained of fatigue from the long battle.
We are proceeding as carefully as possible, but there have been no invasions of flesh seeds yet. After exiting the long passage, it was soon a pit.
I looked behind my back. On behalf of the party, Delphine nodded.
We slowly entered the cavity with the pit.
There, the flesh seeds were walking around making grotesque noises. When I first saw it, there were many dormant flesh seeds, but not now.
Dozens of monsters were wriggling and running around the pit. Some of the dogs were screaming inexplicably.
And the flesh nest, located in the center, squirmed and vomited flesh seeds.
The open skin like a fruit tore away, and the newly born flesh seed staggered to its feet. A terrified voice mingled with the resounding sound.
It must be the human voice used as the material.
It was a landscape that aroused visceral revulsion. The faces of the party had been frowning for a long time, and when I got there, I could even feel the anger burning in the shadows.
should not be left alive
I realized again that my judgment was correct. I was whispered to by senior Elsie.
“Elsie-senpai, go straight into the brothel. Entering, senior Delphine and I lead… … .”
It was then that a strange presence was caught in my senses.
My eyes slowly turned towards the ceiling. There, a flesh seed was crouching and glaring at Elsie. It was the signal right before the jump.
I sighed inwardly. Come to think of it, the flesh seeds were able to climb walls with those claws. It wasn’t strange even if they were lying in ambush on the ceiling beforehand.
I immediately pushed Elsie-senpai away, and my swordplay that I pulled out in advance fell to the bottom left.
And three vertical lines drawn in the air as if soaring.
Kieee
The flesh seeds that passed through the silver bars broke into four pieces and rolled on the ground. Soon after, he did a push, and the perforated line in half from the top of his head spewed out blood.
One flesh seed stopped moving.
Yes, there was only one at most.
My eyes scanned the ceiling urgently. There were flesh seeds hanging like bats, glaring at us with red pupils.
The moment I saw the embarrassment in the eyes of the party, I shouted.
“All ready for battle!”
It was time to recreate the bloody myth.