33-4. Even glass roses have thorns.
Sophitia and the others continued to walk inside, but the inside of the cave was so long that they did not know the end.
You can’t even see an inch ahead.
“First, I’ll turn on the lights.”
Asha used her elemental magic to create a fire that lit up the surroundings like Nex and paved the way.
Similar to when Licht entered the dungeon the other day.
But there were many differences. First of all, there were not one or two things that were unnatural for a place where the Apostle of Wrath was located.
“Why are there no guards inside?”
Unlike the high-star monsters that guarded the outside, there were no footprints or hair marks.
Wouldn’t it be advantageous for the enemy if monsters would come out of these places and block the entrance they entered?
This is an apostle who deliberately dragged down the monsters at the top to confuse them.
She couldn’t help but think of a deterrent when her hiding place was discovered.
Sophitia Coldheart, a masterful tactician, continued to walk forward, but still could not solve the question that stuck in a corner of her mind.
If the white-haired man she had met a few days ago had been by her side, would she have known the reason for the contradiction she felt?
Besides, it was so quiet. Strangely enough, like a cave where there were no people or animals from the beginning.
“A fishy smell….”
Fine, who has a keen sense of smell, sensed the abnormality first, and the rest of the people stopped walking. The fishy smell of blood piercing your nose.
“I need to use a little more force.”
Asha Aureus turned on the light using elemental magic. In a place that instantly becomes bright like daytime,
“Aww!!”
A girl tied up with a rope was sprawled across the stone altar. A place where the snow has not hit in this cold snowy mountain.
There is a piece of cloth around her mouth so she can’t even scream, in addition to her appearance that she would have frozen to death if Sophie and the others didn’t come.
“These crazy bastards….”
An inverted pentagram drawn in blood was drawn around the altar, and the corpses of monsters were piled up like a mountain as if wrapping it in a circle.
No, there were people, to be precise.
Due to the cold environment, the body appeared to be frozen and not rot. They lie down as if they are asleep, not infested with maggots or worms.
“As with Head, these guys are for real!!”
What were you trying to do here?
Drake yelling loudly for someone to hear. That voice only echoed in vain.
“Wait, Fine….”
At that time, Fine Grancia walked in front of the altar without hesitation.
Bloodstains were smeared on his footprints, giving off a creepy feeling, but he didn’t care.
She focused on saving people rather than the suspicious pentagram, and went to the stone altar.
The glass knight’s transformation was largely due to the black knight’s willingness to risk his own life.
“..Disgusting.”
Fine untied the rope that bound her little boy, and pulled out the cloth from her mouth. She then barely breathes her freckled, red-haired girl.
“Sal, thank you for saving me..”
“Hey kid, what’s your name?”
Fine frowned at the sight of her scars, red as if she had been tied to the rope for so long, and, soothing her child, she asked her name.
“Esther… Esther.”
The Grand Duchess of the North and Asha felt something uneasy when they saw the girl, but the heavily armored glass knight picked up Esther and brought her to their surroundings.
“..Yes, do you know what the cult of warriors was trying to do here? Are you a kid?”
A black-haired woman with bear ears asked a question without letting her guard down. No matter how you look at it, this case is suspicious.
“I… I don’t know… Haaa….”
The kid saw her corpse and the aftereffects of her were so great that she started crying right next to Fine, her tears dripping down her face.
“Sophie, that was bad.”
“..It must be suspicious.”
“Don’t cry. Esther. Pop.”
Leaving behind the only witness who cried so loudly that he couldn’t talk,
“Looks like they tried to summon something by making a human sacrifice.”
The Master of Elemental Sorcery gave his opinion after organizing his thoughts. As I used the reverse pentagram as well as the altar,
The most likely was to summon a corpse and a child as a medium.
“This is…. Are you trying to summon a higher level demon? I don’t know what it is!”
Drake ruminates over what happened in the secret meeting. It was different from what Licht had told me after the incident had ended the other day.
At that time, the cult of warriors said it was for the punishment of non-believers, but now it seems that there is a clear goal.
Monsters that keep coming down to the northern territories, all of them trying to break down the castle walls, and the plan made even before the demon king died.
Those three things scared the dragon slayer. The hand holding the sword trembled.
“Wait, Fine.”
“..Why, Sophie?”
Pine calms the crying child by patting the back.
“Get away from him.”
Looking at that, I realized the identity of the sense of incongruity that the Grand Duchess had felt from before.
“It’s been a long time since the corpse around me died, and if it was going to be used as a sacrifice, don’t make it so lax.”
Sophitia pulled out the spear she was wearing behind her back. The tip of the ice weapon aimed at Esther’s neck.
“And where the apostle is most likely hiding.”
“Wait, Sophie..!”
Seeing him wield his spear without hesitation, the glass knight pulled out his sword to block it, but it was too late.
“..With a kid like this, it’s strange that he isn’t involved.”
You should look at your true self rather than your appearance. This common fact was also something that a mysterious man with whom I had dinner before told me.
Sophitia, who has a cool personality, attacked the red-haired girl at the sentence that came to her mind.
“..Ah, I was caught.”
As Esther blocked the window with her small palm, the corner of her mouth burst into a tearful laugh. Subsequently, Fine expressed surprise at not detecting an abnormality.
“I thought I cheated, but why did I get caught?”
The reason Fine’s eyes couldn’t see through the lies.
In fact, the name of the apostle of wrath was Esther, and it was because he deliberately did not answer what he knew.
“Well, but…. I can make at least one person angry!”
The apostle who meets her eyes with Fine, who was closest to her. Despite being a masterpiece, Fine Grancia’s glass armor specializes in anti-magic.
“Uh, uh…”
This kind of resistance is completely non-existent. As she consumed her rage, her eyes turned red, the color overlaying her golden eyes, turning them bloody.
“Damn it!!”
Surprising immediately of the change, Drake struck Esther on the neck, but the girl did what she wanted and died with a comfortable smile.
“…”
However, even when the caster disappears, the princess does not even move. Her red eyes in a glass helmet terrified the figures around her.
“Is it an ability that will affect you even if you die? I heard she was like that during the Apostle of Gluttony….”
This may have been what I was aiming for from the beginning. Deliberately allowing people to approach and enraging the most difficult to attack.
“Pine. Are you okay..? It’s okay, right?”
Sophitia called out Fine’s name to see if she was sane, but
「Glass.. Night..」
Instead of answering, she chanted glass magic, and a large glass knight came out from behind. A knight holding a greatsword similar to the grade exam.
“Pine, wait..! Calm down!!”
Boom! A huge sword made of glass was slashed at the Grand Princess of the North, and Drake was barely hit and no one was hurt.
The ground shook, and stone dust fell from above. A glass knight who tries to attack repeatedly regardless of whether the space is small or not.
“Something happened. If the spirits are harvested, monsters may come down to the north….”
“No matter how much I do, I can’t point a knife at my brother’s daughter!”
Other characters started to hesitate while watching Fine.
In addition to that, this is a narrow cave. The place itself could collapse if the Glass Knights were to go wild.
“Even if I run to the entrance, I will be late….”
The Grand Duchess judged her situation, worried about her friend who had changed. Even if she runs to where she came in, Fine’s attack will continue.
“What should I do..?”
Even if they responded with spirit skills, sword skills, and spear skills, it was impossible to subdue Fine without getting hurt. Who could neutralize the princess without harming her?
“Pine, come to your senses. Are you just angry? Huh?”
In the end, her best bet was to calm her down. Sophitia freezes in ice and tries to stop movement.
“Let’s think about it a little more calmly. We.”
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Deuk deuk. Pieces of ice gradually wrapped around Fine, like frost, but she acted unfazed.
「Mirror Mirage.」
Summoned the alter egos, broke the ice wall that was coming up, and dug in without missing the gap where the destruction was over. A large number of glass illusions attack the remaining three characters.
“At this rate, the cave will collapse!!”
“There is a limit to melting glass.”
Drake and Asha were using swordsmanship and spiritism to block them, but Glass Knight broke the ceiling of the cave and dropped stones.
A moment when you desperately need someone to save you.
“I’ve been looking for you for a long time. Our princess.”
Someone rushed to the side of Fine Grancia and appeared.
As if using Wolf Fang, a cobalt-colored flash of light flashed across the cave at high speed.
Clang, Chang. The sound of metal and glass clashing resounded in succession, and the moment the clones rushed at him, the man evaded the attack and shattered it.
“..Why are you angry? Blood.”
The person wearing the black knight’s helmet, which was treated with reverse stabbing and red eyes, felt a sense of déjà vu while looking at the glass knight in front of him.
“Disciple!! The princess was killed by the apostle of wrath!!”
Licht, who had escaped from confinement, sighed as he looked at Fine, whose eyes had turned red.
“Pine, even if you get angry, don’t do that to other people.”
“…”
Unlike his grade exam, he said calmly, knowing the identity behind the glass armor. As if this were to be expected.
“If you’re angry, just release it to me.”
No questions and answers. Immediately, the large sword of the Glass Knight flew at Licht. He reacted instantly and evaded to the side,
“Contemplation, recall.”
I summoned another sword and pulled the black lever into the sword. Jerk, jerk. Fine’s Glass Knight, which has begun to crack, even if it’s small.
The crack grew bigger and bigger as it climbed up the body, and soon it broke again and again—!! It shattered with a sound, and the glass magic was canceled.
“..If it’s what you do.”
As soon as he spoke, Licht assumed the pose of a shadow fang. As the grade exams repeat, Fine has a sword-raised opponent.
Actually, her heart slash that she casts is a difficult move to block. For that reason, it was best to avoid her,
“Because I have the confidence to accept anything, whether it be a pure child in confinement.”
Once or not, the black knight continued his conversation calmly, and put on a slightly nostalgic expression inside the helmet.