42 – Chapter 42
Two days have passed since I rode the carriage.
Suddenly, the surroundings turned into a forest with thick trees, and the sounds of animals that were heard from time to time were enough to increase the tension.
Contrary to our worries, there was no shortage of supplies, and there was no need to stop and hunt in this rugged forest.
“Hmm. All come and go Let’s get ready to get off.”
As Adela said while looking at the note in her hand, Noctua slowly began to slow down her carriage.
After waiting for a while, the carriage finally stopped.
-Sabak
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Even the grass I step on while getting off the carriage is gloomy.
It’s definitely time for the sun to rise, but in the dark forest without any sunlight, it seemed as if something would pop out at any moment.
“Umm… This way?”
“…This way.”
In place of Adela, who was at a loss even with a compass, Ethan started moving forward.
It was pitiful to see him carrying his luggage on his back like a porter and guiding him to the road.
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While we were making our way through the woods, the conversation cut off abruptly.
Even Adela, who we always talked to.
And as if she was instead, there was some tension between us.
The tension grew as we progressed, and whenever a rustling sound was heard, the sharp tension inflated our bodies as if we were going to run away at any moment.
How long did she have to walk with the sound of her footsteps muted in such tension?
I started hearing an unnatural rustling from the front.
As if Adela and Ethan had noticed that they were different from before, they seemed to be strengthening their arms holding weapons.
Ethan started beckoning as he hid in the bush with such nervousness.
He pointed to Noctua and then gestured to the sky.
It is a set hand signal while moving in a wagon.
I lightly toss the Noctua sitting on my hand into the sky, and Noctua flies away.
Noctua flew silently between the trees by moving its wings instead of blowing steam. After flying for a while, it returned to my shoulder.
-Kiririk
There was a small clicking sound, and Noctua’s eyes lighted up.
An illusion shot to the floor soon after.
The illusion was showing two seals.
What was strange was that he was wearing ordinary clothes, not the clothes worn by members of the eclipse church.
But there was an unforgettable smell that could not be covered with clothes.
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On one side of the space, Illyana and the others were being consulted by hand signals.
Perhaps they are debating what to do with those clergymen dressed as ordinary people.
Anyway, it would be difficult to kill carelessly as he looks like a normal person.
In the end, it seemed that they had decided to talk for now, Adela took her spear out of sight and left the bush.
“Who, who are you!”
“Oh, hello. I’m lost…”
At that, the two believers faced each other, nodded as if exchanging signals, and slowly began to approach.
“…Then our village is over here. Please come.”
Their movements looked suspicious even to me, who was unfamiliar with combat.
“Why did you set up a sentry with those kids…”
But if you consider that they are really slash-and-burn people, it is natural to be wary of suspicious people who suddenly appeared.
Adela, as if she thought so, was still watching the situation unfold with her spear hidden.
However, the confrontation broke down in less than a minute, and the cause was the surprise attack of the believers.
The believers could be called first-class assassins at the moment of a surprise attack.
One threw a dagger, and the other drew a dagger from her sleeve and thrust it into Adela’s heart.
Something happened in an instant.
But Adela was faster.
When she swings her arm, the hidden spear moves to the proper position riding on the centrifugal force.
I grabbed the spear and swung it, and in an instant, the believers’ heads separated from their bodies and fell.
It’s a bonus that he even cut off the flying dagger.
“Phew, no big deal.”
Saying that, the moment Adela turned around to call the two, something unexpected happened.
-Chururureuk
Like flesh exploding, the cuts on the believers’ necks begin to swell.
The chunks of meat that multiplied in an instant took shape.
…The shape of tentacles with purple flesh and carapace.
It was only when I saw that scene that one piece of information came to my mind.
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Numerous figures appeared on a hill full of dead grass.
“…For Him.”
As the girl in front of them said that, the people around her shouted with the momentum to burst her eardrums.
“For Him!”
At the same time, waves of believers attacked Floyd and his group.
One layer, two layers, three layers…
A number of believers that would be considered useless to count.
Floyd decapitated a believer in front.
A believer’s head that falls in vain.
And just as he was about to swing his sword again to take the second believer’s life, an accident happened.
-Kurreuk
The corpse shuddered for an instant, then changed its shape in an instant.
From a human form to a piece of meat, from a piece of meat to a long figure.
And finally, in the form of tentacles wrapped around a carapace.
The body of the evil god that appeared like that.
The body rushed straight into Floyd’s empty flank.
“…Manifestations.”
A sword is formed in Floyd’s empty left hand with Floyd’s voice muttering softly.
A sword of light that shines brightly in white.
The sword, which could only damage a god, cut off the carapace without any resistance and then easily cut off the entire tentacle.
That was the beginning of a battle without a corpse.
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“Adela!”
“Suck!”
Fortunately, Adela succeeded in blocking the tentacle’s attack.
To block an unexpected attack from behind, it was surprising, but I felt Adela’s strength.
I hurriedly took control of the tentacles, and they started to move according to my will.
Adela succeeded in easily cutting off the tentacles from both of her bodies, since she attacks roughly and rolls around.
…But when I think about it, it’s strange.
What the hell is a trigger?
Will followers die around Illyana?
However, during the attack of the bandits, followers died, but this did not happen.
Even if you search here and there in the blue window, these functions are not written anywhere.
“Ha… It’s a bit difficult to do this…”
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What the hell was that?
In conclusion, they were believers.
If it weren’t for that, there was no way his body would emerge from their corpses.
But the phenomenon just now wasn’t caused by me.
Is that what he caused?
Then the purpose is…
…
I don’t know.
I have no idea.
If your goal is really to kill Adela, you can take out her tentacles as much as you like.
I didn’t have to go through such complicated methods.
Is it true that humans cannot understand God’s will?
Is the only thing I can do to be as careful as possible?
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“…Perhaps the battle just now made it known that we had invaded.”
“I guess so. By the way, what was that earlier?”
“I have no idea.”
Adela just looked at me and winked at me, but there was nothing I could say.
“…I don’t know either.”
“Hmm… Yeah, I think we’re almost there.”
It was as he said.
There was a huge door in front of me that said, ‘This is the entrance.’
But the odd thing is that no one attacked us while we got here.
Perhaps it’s because they believed in artificial gods and shut themselves in.
As long as it exists, most enemies will not be able to set foot in the center.
“After… Open?”
-Kurreuk
The stone gate opens with a sound dragging on the ground.
At the same time, the endless stairs leading to the basement caught my eye.
Adela signaled to Ethan, who took a stone from the bag containing Jim and threw it inside.
-Tak Tadak
The shining stone falls down the stairs and illuminates the stairs.
Then it fell all the way to the bottom and stood still, shining only a small light.
“What was missing?”
“For now…”
Adela leads, followed by me, followed by Ethan.
Like that, we started going down the stairs in a single file.
How long has it been since I went downstairs, listening only to the echoing footsteps, with my tension raised?
Contrary to the tension, I succeeded in reaching the end of the stairs without any resistance.
Then, a long corridor unfolded before my eyes.
“No. 13.”
As Ethan muttered softly, one of the jewels in the gauntlet glowed and the hallway became instantly transparent.
Then, the various devices behind it were visible for a moment, then disappeared as the hallway turned into opaque stone again.
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“Um…”
Ethan seems to be thinking for a moment, then throws a stone here and there, traps popping out every time he throws it.
Poison darts, spears, even pits.
If classic, these are classic traps.
“Looks like you’re done.”
“Then let’s go.”
As I carefully took each step after disabling all the traps, I was overcome by the sensation of my body falling.
And the sound of shouting.
“Little boy!”
In an instant, the surrounding landscape soars into the sky.
What the hell happened?
Are you sure you haven’t taken care of all the traps?
“Number 11!”
With Ethan’s cry, a transparent membrane passes through my body.
Then the speed slowed down even more.
But the body did not stop.
Suddenly, the faces of the two cannot be seen, and the ground is getting closer.
As I tried to crouch down in preparation for the shock, a tentacle appeared in the air and snatched me up, gently lowering me to the ground.
“Are you okay?”
I can hear Adela’s voice resounding from up there.
“It’s okay, it’s okay!”
“Stay there! I’ll be down soon!”
“Okay!”
Be still.
Certainly, I can stay still.
Because the believers can’t hurt me.
But I’m worried about those two.
If you go without knowing anything about divine objects, you will surely die.
As I was contemplating whether or not I should talk about it, figures appeared from the darkness.
“…Saint. Hello.”
“…Yes.”