By the evening of the first day, the aftermath of the Big Wave began to hit the Crescent Islands as well.
“A lot more than you think? If this continues for days on end, it’s time to cooperate, not compete.”
Tiu stuck out his tongue as he counted the energy of the demons nearby.
The Demonic Beasts that reached the Crescent Islands were basically only those who escaped the sea defense line to the seabed or escaped by turning around.
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And those monsters were only a tiny minority compared to the total.
“Magic Beasts basically detect Auras and target humans. That’s not an action for hunting, it’s an instinct. That’s why it’s extremely rare to just pass by a human.”
That is why no matter how many knights there are, a human being can build a defensive line in the vast sea.
Just having a large amount of auras gathered in one place can lure the demons.
In other words, the only opponents Top Sword players face on the Crescent Islands are a very small number of monsters that have really lost their ability to detect and overlook the defense line.
“But why are there so many?”
But the number was too many.
“back!”
The sudden sound made Tiu hurriedly stance and looked back.
When I turned around, there was a demon in the form of a snake aiming at a poisonous tongue.
“Oops… … !”
A type of demonic beast that hides its presence.
The fact that such a Demonic Beast has appeared means that it is already ready to attack.
‘It’s late… … !’
Jigsaw Jigsaw!
Lightning struck.
“Hey, Tiu! If you are playing, you will catch up with me!”
“Noah!”
Noah, who used the thunder god, rushed in in an instant and split the demon beast in half.
Rather faster than Tiu, who uses swordsmanship that emphasizes speed.
Noah was out of the stage of using property conversion in a fist-pumping way.
“If you do that again, I won’t help you, so just try to sell your mind!”
Noah, who dealt with the beast that was aiming for Tiu, immediately ran to the other beast.
Suddenly, the brain was turned off.
Attribute conversion consumes 10 times more Aura than other sword techniques.
A skill that is difficult to maintain for a long time at their age.
Even if he said that, Noah was also tired.
“Something is strange.”
And Tiu’s anxiety was soon revealed.
“Noah!”
“Muimui?”
Ursula’s exclusive maid, Mui Mui, remained on Island 4 as a member of the Crescent Islands.
It was unexpected that she would show up watching the evacuated civilians, so Noah only questioned incredulously.
“It’s a big deal! The main unit is under attack!”
“what? suddenly? Are there any reserves left over there? There must be only one or two resident knights, right?”
“The reserve… … It was destroyed by an unknown demon beast!”
“… … !”
Things started to take a strange turn.
* * *
A few hours before the news of the annihilation of the Reserve Corps, Central Island 4.
Rogelia and Linaria decided to split their roles to investigate the island.
Roselia was watching the movements of the apostles, the Crescent Islands.
The movement of the Coast Guard, which was just like Linaria.
“Also find out about a guy named Vidal. The more dissatisfied you are, the easier it will be to get information.”
“Okay! Leave it to me!”
After sending Rogelia, the first thing Linaria found was the Coast Guard’s captain, Benjamin Narvaez.
“Long time no see. Mr. Linaria.”
“I’m sorry, but weren’t we meeting for the first time?”
“I have met him from a distance when my brother and I were having marriage talks. I didn’t say hello.”
Benjamin was the second son of Narvaez, one of the eight great families.
Upon graduating from Nightray, he joined the Coast Guard and rose through the ranks to become the head of the Coast Guard.
“Thanks to the one-sided marriage in Liberia, my older brother exploded in anger for a while. That accusation alone would have added several years to my lifespan.”
“You seem to have a good brotherly friendship.”
“If a person without ability stands on top, only the bottom will suffer. Didn’t the Lord Theodore do the same?”
Theodore, the current head of Ribery, was the youngest member of the family.
However, he was too brilliant to give up the succession because he was the youngest, and the other siblings were too inferior.
‘He’s second only to say this, but it means that he’s aiming for the position of head of the family.’
Benjamin would also benefit greatly from the competition if he teamed up with Roselia or Linaria, who were firmly positioned as the next head of household.
“I’m sorry, but my father is the kind of person who wants you to take care of yourself rather than worrying about other people’s chores.”
“Aren’t you the kind of person who will have to stand on the spot someday? If you don’t step out of the shadows, you’ll be in trouble when the time comes.”
“That’s something I’ll figure out.”
Benjamin’s expression rotted as Linaria firmly rejected her offer.
Benjamin was less than 10 years older than Theodore, but he was still immature in this respect.
“I’ll leave the matter at this point, but I’m sure you know about a man named Vidal.”
As if it didn’t matter whether Benjamin did or not, Linaria brought up the story of Vidal and took the story at her own pace.
She asks about Vidal, but what she really wants to know is the atmosphere of the Coast Guard after all.
She dug up this and that information through various questions, but Benjamin’s expression was wrinkled the whole time, and he didn’t seem to understand Linaria’s intentions.
“All right. They promise punishment, so let’s leave the unit’s internal problems to the captain.”
“Thank you for understanding.”
“Then I will leave.”
bang!
When Linaria left, Benjamin slammed his desk in anger.
“sh*t! What a cheeky b*tch! You looked at me favorably, so you kicked the opportunity?”
Benjamin called his henchmen.
“What about Vidal?”
“We confirmed that the star shaft also went inside. You must have reached the inside.”
“Keuk, I thought it was wrong when I wanted to deal with two master knights, but there is no law telling me to die. To think that the head priestess vacated her seat herself.”
In addition, contrary to expectations that Theodore would remain on the island, he went out to defend himself.
“Those who went out to the defensive line will start to come back only when the reserve’s shift doesn’t arrive. There will be no master nights here, at least until dawn tomorrow.”
The only ones left on the Crescent Islands are the Ribéry twins and the nuns who are below the standard.
No one could stop his plans.
“How dare you refuse my outstretched hand. It makes me cry out for help.”
Benjamin laughed softly as he imagined Linaria kneeling.
“Everything according to the will of the Seer.”
All that was left was to wait for the stupid Vidal to do his part.
* * *
The deepest part of the shaft.
Water flowed in from the sea through various crevices to form a large lake.
Arriving there, Vidal marveled at the vast aura of Mother Nature felt everywhere.
It was an overwhelming aura that was incomparable to Theodore, a mere human, no matter how much he was a Master Knight.
“Khehehehe. As long as I have this, I won’t be afraid of that damn Ribery dog!”
Theodore’s eyes looked down as if he were looking at a bug.
The memory was deeply imprinted in Vidal’s mind and did not disappear from his mind.
“That bastard tried to sell me to the captain, but he couldn’t. The captain believed in me and gave me a chance.”
Vidal approached the lake and carefully released the beasts in his arms.
Strictly speaking, the witch beasts are targeting humans because of Aurors.
Those who ate creatures and invoked auras evolved into even stronger monsters.
If this is a lake where star fragments melt, it will transform into a powerful demon in an instant.
The Demonic Beasts that were actually put down began to absorb the Aura with tremendous momentum.
“hehehe. Even Master Knight would have a hard time handling this. Then shall we just run away from here?”
“Wait, Vidal. me, that… … .”
Turning around at the lake, Vidal found his comrades pointing at him behind him.
When he turned around, the Witchbeast, which had been big enough to carry in his arms until just now, had grown to the size of a whale before he knew it.
And it didn’t stop there, it continued to grow at a tremendous rate even at this moment.
“what… … ?”
Push!
A tentacle protruding from the beast’s forehead pierced the hearts of the bewildered comrades.
Vidal’s comrades, hanging limp, climbed up on the spinning tentacles and hung around like corpses hanging from their necks.
“What, what is it? The captain didn’t say anything like that… … !”
Push!
As he tries to escape, his leg is penetrated.
“aaagh!”
I hurriedly drew my sword and tried to cut off the tentacle that had pierced my leg, but this time the arm holding the sword was pierced.
Then Vidal’s remaining arms and legs were pierced and held in mid-air, horrified as he watched the other tentacles approaching his face.
“Ha, don’t! this bastard! don’t do it!”
However, pleading did not work for the magic beast that moved by instinct.
The thick tentacles split into four branches, and thin tentacles protruded from the inside.
The thin tentacles opened once more, and from within they emerged thin tentacles like threads.
The last thing Vidal saw was those tentacles pushing through the holes in his face, including his nose, mouth and ears.
* * *
“Hmm, I think he said he went this way.”
Meanwhile, Rogelia, who decided to investigate the Temple of the Moon, was looking for Vidal’s whereabouts.
I wondered if I should look into the other side first, but I couldn’t help it, because Camilla, the attendant, was out on patrol, so I couldn’t find it.
“I can’t find where Ursula is stuck. At least this was the only clue I had.”
Even in the Black Moon Dormitory, Ursula was hard to find once she got stuck.
It will be even harder to find in the Crescent Islands, which are like your own home.
On the other hand, in the case of Vidal, there were quite a few people who saw him going inside the headquarters with his colleagues.
However, it was not easy to find traces of what was going on.
“I thought I went to the military, but they said they never came. I mean it smells like something. The smell of the case.”
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So, Rogelia was searching the inside of the main altar as if she was playing a detective with a completely exciting expression on her face.
“Mmm, I wish I had a capable assistant too. If it’s Noah, he has a good sense, so he’ll be able to find clues right away, right? good. I’ll take her later and use her as an assistant.”
Although the search was said to be difficult, Rogelia was basically regarded as the most gifted person in the history of Ribéry.
That talent applies not only to pure swordsmanship, but also to manipulating Auras.
In the end, Roselia succeeded in finding Vidal’s traces.
“hmm? This is the side the ladies-in-waiting told me not to go.”
Rogelia, who arrived at the entrance of the star shaft, was able to find the worker Vidal had cut down.
The worker had already stopped breathing, but the body was still warm.
‘This is the mark of a sword cut… … !’
I thought there would be something, but I never imagined that knights would really cut down civilians.
Rogelia changed her face to a serious expression and put her hand on the handle of her sword.
The inside of the star shaft is disturbed by the fragments of stars.
There was no way to know what was going on there unless you went inside.
“Chit.”
Unfortunately, Roselia, who thought she should inform the situation here, was about to turn around, but someone walked out of the light shaft.
that buck
that buck
“What are you… … ?”
Even Roselia could not help but be surprised by the bizarre appearance.
melted skin.
four arms.
three heads.
“Greuk, greureuk. save… … Kreuk!”
“Sah, I’m alive… … ?”
Vidal, with the dismembered body of a comrade sewn up, appeared with three swords.
“Big uh… … .”
And after that, a huge number of monsters crawled out of the shaft.