＜ 10 : Awe and Fear (6) ＞
Rick drew his sword and started moving towards the girl.
Because he didn’t want a surprise attack, he didn’t bother hiding the sound of footsteps.
At the sound of Rick’s footsteps echoing through the bushes, the girl’s gaze turned to him, who was staring into the air.
The distance that seemed to have taken hundreds of steps decreased in an instant.
Rick arrived in front of the girl with swift steps and stopped his legs, leaving only a few steps behind.
“…the investigator of the cloud?”
The girl who spotted Rick looked at him once and said.
When he saw Rick’s uniform, he recognized his identity.
The girl’s gaze alternated between the neat uniform and the sword in his hand.
He was wearing Cloud’s uniform and was drawing his sword.
It wouldn’t be difficult to guess what Rick was thinking.
“Are you living here?”
“I don’t think it’s something you’d be interested in.”
The girl’s eyes grew wary when she heard Rick’s question.
It was an unusual reaction.
He is wary of himself as a cloud investigator.
Rick intuitively realized that the girl in front of him was hiding something.
“If you weren’t trying to work in a village that was nearby, you’d be better off obediently cooperating with the investigation.”
“Did something happen to the village?”
“Yeah. A few villagers have completely disappeared. Without leaving a trace.”
Was she not able to help but be surprised by the story that the whole village had disappeared?
The girl Rick was facing looked puzzled.
Just looking at her innocent appearance, it seems like it has nothing to do with it.
However, the opponent was a person living alone in a dangerous mountain.
Looking at the baguette in the cave, it doesn’t even look like it’s eating a boat.
It is too rich to live in the mountains.
Rick did not slow down his tension towards the girl in front of him.
“It’s strange that the whole village has disappeared.”
“It’s a more blunt response than I thought. But lady, where did the bread in the back come from?”
“The bread in the back? Oh, you’re talking about grace.”
“blessing……?”
“It’s a meal given to me by a great man.”
great one. and grace.
Either way, it was enough to be misleading.
Rick was convinced that the girl he was facing was someone’s priest.
Judging from his attire and choice of words, he was not a priest from the holy land.
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Moreover, it was strange for even a high priest in the Holy Land to download bread.Rather, the link with the evil spirit was questionable.
“Great one? Who are you talking about?”
“How can a mere man call his name?”
“…is there any possibility that the great person took the villagers?”
The last question was half-joking.
Of course, even Rick, who asked the question, didn’t expect a meaningful answer.
However, the girl in front of Rick was more unusual than Rick had expected.
She answered Rick’s question with a sympathetic face.
“I don’t know about that. But if he said he took him, wouldn’t they be happy because he’s going back to where he was supposed to be?”
“Very crazy.”
“It’d be better if you kept your words a little bit quieter, because you might be punished.”
The girl in front of me is not normal.
The moment he faced that fact, Rick pointed the sword he was holding at the girl.
Any further interrogation was meaningless.
She is obviously a person who worships evil spirits.
If the girl was not executed right now, more damage might have occurred in the future.
“It seems that the great author took the people.”
“What is this now?”
Seeing the sword pointed at her, the girl asked.
You’re still pretending to be innocent.
Rick felt like he was going to vomit.
A girl who lives alone in a mountain range where all kinds of wild beasts frequently appear.
It was natural, but it was far from normal.
Even if they move in human masks, the fact that they are the priests of evil spirits has not changed.
“I asked what you were doing? You move an evil spirit to devour so many people and act shamelessly.”
“……Also.”
“Also?”
“I think the world with people like you would be better gone.”
Immediately after the girl’s words with cold eyes were finished.
Rick gazed at the enormous pressure he felt in the sky.
not visible Still, you can feel it.
Something beyond cognition was moving towards him.
The aim is the head.
Rick reflexively raised his sword to protect his head.
Kaan-!
A heavy tremor is transmitted from the grip that struck off the attack.
Rick could not help but be astonished as he blocked the sudden attack.
“…!”
It has neither form nor form.
Nevertheless, the pressure that weighed on his body had a certain substance.
The girl in front of me was doing something.
Rick sensed that fact and ran straight to the girl.
“I won’t let you play tricks!”
The light footsteps quickly closed the distance with the girl.
five steps. four steps.
——And three steps.
Just as Rick was about to swing his sword at the quickly reduced distance.
He felt intimidated again and raised his sword.
Kaang!
With the heavy impact felt from the sword, Rick’s body reflexively retreated a few steps back.
“I told you. If you are rude, you will be punished.”
The girl holding the book looked at him with a smile.
It’s a feign of ignoring you with your craftsmanship.
wow.
At the sight of the girl who looked relaxed, Rick, the bad guy, changed his posture.
In this way, only when the initiative is taken away from the opponent will the battle be at a disadvantage.
Rick took a stance and tried to run towards the girl again.
If it wasn’t for the staggering amount of magic that started gathering over Rick’s head.
‘Attack magic is coming.’
On the surface, it was a simple, low-level magic.
However, the amount of magical power gathered to use magic was unusual.
It was too late to get out of the magic range.
The only option left was to defend.
Rick raised his entire body’s magical power to prepare to withstand the attack.
Kwareung!
A strong thunderbolt pierced Rick’s body along with the vibrating thunder.
Rick screamed in pain as if his intestines were burning.
“Ugh…!”
Even though the amount of impact has been reduced by raising the magic power, it is still this powerful.
If he was hit a few more times, his life would be in danger.
Rick analyzed the situation while suppressing the pain from his whole body.
The opponent can pour magic power from a distance.
If the distance widens, you will have to deal with the opponent’s attack unilaterally.
I had to reduce the distance with the girl in front of me somehow.
‘Rick Sway. Calm down.’
Rick exhorted himself and got back into position.
If you stand still, you will be attacked by the enemy.
In order to stick close, you had to break through the opponent’s ranged attack.
It is easy to be stopped by a simple dash.
Rick, who had devised a strategy to deal with the Priest of the Evil God, picked up his sword and started running forward.
“Uh-huh…”
To and fro—.
With light movements, Rick’s new model moves forward.
Even as Rick proceeded with anomalous movements, the magic pouring towards Rick did not stop.
Kwareung! Quarreung!
A thunderbolt fell on the spot Rick had passed along with a continuous thundering sound.
Even if it was a threatening thunderbolt, it was meaningless if it didn’t hit.
Rick, who escaped the lightning with his quick movements, swung his body with magical power and rushed towards the girl.
“Just die—!”
Rick’s sword, which was clinging close to him in an instant, was swung at the girl.
The girl with the magic book had not even prepared any response.
Rick had no doubts that his blow would cut through the girl.
Until the lips of the girl who was watching him move.
“…Barrier.”
Kaga Gaga!
A sharply swung sword strike passed through the barrier’s surface.
A large crack formed on the surface of the barrier through which the magical sword passed.
The sudden appearance of the Barrier was a moment of bewilderment.
Rick got back into position and tried to swing his sword.
If he swings his sword once more, it seems that he will be able to destroy the barrier in front of him.
If it wasn’t for the lightning that fell from Rick’s head.
“Kuh uh uh…!”
Kwareung!
Rick’s body trembled at the lightning that fell from the sky.
After being struck by lightning, Rick tried to block the next attack by boosting his magical power.
However, the evil spirit who was watching Rick did not tolerate it.
Kwareung! Quarreung!
Lightning struck Rick several more times over Rick’s head with the sword.
Rick’s body convulsed at the lightning strikes in succession.
“Uhhh…”
pooh.
The sword fell from Rick’s grip and pierced the floor.
Rick lost his sword and fell to his seat with his eyes closed.
However, the evil spirit’s wrath directed at Rick had no mercy on those who fell.
Kwareung! Aww!
Lightning struck nonstop from the dry sky.
Rick’s consciousness slowly began to fade as the lightning struck his body in succession.
The moment when Rick felt his end and looked up at the scattered consciousness.
The girl in his eyes was full of awe.
* * * * * *
cloud. Centuries Branch.
A second-level investigator, Hus Alamere, looked at the paper in front of him and made a confused expression.
It has been ten days since Rick, a third-level investigator, went to the branch to find traces of evil spirits.
However, Rick, who had started the investigation, had yet to return to the branch.
If I had not found any traces near the village, I would have come to Huss to ask for help, but only a single report came back, not Rick.
“Rick Sway…”
Huss read the contents of the paper in front of him once again.
Rick Sway. missing.
His horse was found in a nearby village.
Cloud’s investigators missed their regular reporting deadlines, and they left their used horses elsewhere and disappeared.
Surely something must have gone wrong.
Huss, remembering his missing junior, grabbed the report in his hand.
“The evil spirit… the evil spirit.”
Without leaving any traces, all four villagers disappeared.
When I first heard the report from Rick, it was hard to believe.
What should I do to make the villagers disappear without a trace?
It was clear that Rick could not have done a thorough investigation.
However, even investigator Rick, who posted the report, has now disappeared without a trace.
“……”
There is something around here.
Huss sensed that fact and chewed his lips.
An existence capable of destroying people without a trace.
And an existence capable of erasing a village without a word.
Such a being was staying nearby.
“I’ll have to seek advice from the Holy Land.”
Huss took out a piece of paper and smeared ink on a dry pen.
Whoops. Huss unfolded the paper straight and began to write a letter on it.
The opponent was a different being from an ordinary criminal.
And to deal with evil spirits, a suitable expert was required.