136 – Scene 136# I saw a demon
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“2nd Platoon! Wipe it away!”
“Nyaat!”
Cat librarians wielded large brooms against the flocking skeletons.
Skeleton, a low-level monster, was easily knocked down just by being touched by a magical broom.
The first monster they encountered after entering the underground library was a skeleton.
A monster that has no intelligence and just attacks living beings out of jealousy.
They were slow-moving guys, but they couldn’t be careless.
“The 2nd Platoon, help the 1st Platoon advance! Follow the 3rd platoon and protect the retreat from the rear!”
“Nyaat!”
The librarians moved in perfect order under the direction of chief librarian Cheol-soo Myo.
Among them, the fiercest battle took place at the front of the ranks where the 1st Platoon was located.
The librarians were diligently removing the skeletons, wielding bookmark swords.
And in their lead… .
[Isak Hellu]
[1st Strike, Light Slash]
At the same time as Bella’s right foot came out, the flash spread out in a straight line.
It is the light that pierces the darkness.
Skeletons on a straight line collapsed in vain.
The mouths of the librarians around them opened wide at the overwhelming power.
Bella asked, pushing away the bone fragments on the floor with her foot.
“How much is left now?”
“ah? Yes, yep! If you go one block further, you will find books related to curses.”
“like. We keep moving forward like this.”
When Bella, the silver-haired princess, took the lead, the librarians from the 1st Platoon followed suit.
As expected, the underground library that had been neglected for a long time was overrun with monsters.
At most, it was a skeleton.
Judging by the shape, it seemed that the corpses of monsters had turned into white bones and turned into skeletons.
However, their numbers were unusual.
“… It would have been terrifying if all these guys were alive.”
The navy cat, 1st Platoon Leader Myoru muttered.
On the way here, I’ve defeated a lot of skeletons, but I can still see them constantly crawling out of the darkness.
Skeletons in far greater numbers than books.
In other words, it was proof that many monsters lived here in the past.
“Did they run out of food, so they ate each other?”
“Maybe… .”
Bella looked around.
The underground library, which had not been visited by humans for a long time, had become a dungeon.
However, it was not a living dungeon. It was a dead dungeon.
A dungeon is an ecosystem.
An organic environment where living monsters influence each other.
In that respect, this place was obviously far from the natural order.
The smell of death grew thicker the further we went inside.
There was nothing alive.
Between the huge bookshelves, there was only heavy silence and bone fragments.
Seeing that, Bella seemed to know why this place was like this.
The blood flowing through her body spoke.
There is a ‘guy’ here.
“miss.”
Then, a familiar voice was heard from the front.
In the darkness of unknown depth.
The one who appeared silently was Bella’s escort knight, Blanche.
She, who went on reconnaissance a step ahead, reported.
“I found it.”
It was just that one word, but no one asked me what I had found.
Because Blanche’s expression was unusual for asking that.
She took Bella and the librarians to a bookshelf.
“… egg?”
The librarians who saw ‘it’ tilted their heads.
It was a huge egg that seemed to be 10 meters long.
It was the first strange object I finally found in an underground library full of books and bones.
Besides, the egg was strangely stuck in a half-broken bookshelf.
It was only after getting a little closer that I was able to recognize its identity.
“this… . Aren’t they bones?”
It was something difficult to describe.
Should we call the surrounding bones lumpy dumplings?
Or should I say an art installation made of bones?
But Bella had a hunch what it was.
From the moment I saw the unknown egg, I felt an unpleasant sensation deep in my chest.
The librarians began examining the huge bones.
I hit it with a broom, but nothing came back.
“Platoon commander. Look at this.”
“Well?”
One of the librarians found something and illuminated the bones with magic.
Then, something drawn on the surface was outlined.
“Um… … . I can’t see, what is it?”
“Nope. It is the ‘Flower of Hell’.”
“Yes?”
The eyes of the librarians, including Myoru, were focused on Bella.
It was very familiar to her from the Isakhel family, but seemed unfamiliar to others.
So I slowly explained.
“It’s a pattern that all demons have. It is also called devil’s spot or hell flower… .”
“Then this… ?”
“Yes. It’s the devil.”
The librarians held their breath.
Unlike monsters, demons are of a different class.
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Dealing with demons was a daunting task even for the most trained librarians.
Bella reassured them.
“Do not worry. It doesn’t seem like a demon with a hierarchy.”
The hierarchy of demons could be confirmed just by looking at the flowers of Hell.
The darker the color and the closer it is to black, the higher the rank of the demon.
Fortunately, the demon in front of me had an achromatic flower drawn on it.
‘then… .’
Bella fixed her rapier.
I stabbed the bone as hard as I could with the magic of light.
Kagak.
However, it could not inflict a single wound on a hard surface.
Bella confirmed that and said.
“Hmm… . It seems to be hibernating. Or it could be in suspended animation… . For now, there is no reaction to the magic of light, so I think you can be relieved.”
“I’m glad if it’s Bella-sama. Then we will quickly find the book.”
“Yes. Please.”
At Myoru’s command, the librarians were divided into two groups: those who sought the book, and those who stopped the hordes of skeletons.
He was well-trained, befitting the most elite librarians of the great masters of truth.
“phew… .”
Bella squatted in place for a moment.
I came all the way here, so I showed signs of exhaustion without even realizing it.
“miss. Are you okay?”
When he looked up, Blanche was looking at him with worried eyes.
She also took the lead in reconnaissance, and it must have consumed a lot of stamina.
Rather, he was worried about Bella first.
Bella smiled lightly.
“Whoops… . of course. This is nothing.”
“Is that so… ?”
In fact, it was nothing.
I only dealt with a bunch of skeletons, but there were too many of them.
Of course, mana was also consumed more than expected.
However, he could not express it in front of Blanche.
“The reconnaissance is now over. I will take care of you when you return.”
“That is very reassuring. All that remains is to be carried by our Blanche?”
“Can I pick you up?”
“Nope. whooping… . That’s your next chance.”
“There is no next.”
“Despicably.”
Blanche, who had been exchanging friendly conversations for a while, looked at the hibernating devil.
“But I’ve never seen such a demon before.”
“Because there are many kinds of demons. Not all demons have intelligence or mimic human appearances.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Rather, such demons are rare. Most demons are more like beasts driven by instinct. If you think about it carefully, there are monsters with intelligence, right?”
“Ah, I see… .”
Although lacking in intelligence, right now goblins and orcs can handle tools and express emotions just as well as humans.
Bella stabbed the demon with the sword she was holding and said.
“Perhaps if you have an achromatic hierarchy like this guy, it would be difficult to expect anything grandiose about your ‘desire’, let alone intelligence. Even if you had it, it would be nothing but a simple desire. It won’t break away from one-dimensional things like appetite or sleep.”
“okay… .”
“That’s why the devils eat each other to raise the hierarchy. The higher the hierarchy, the higher the level of existence, and the more complicated and many things you can desire.”
The devil is a being who feeds on desire, and a being who suffers eternally in a desire that can never be satisfied.
It was the mission of the Isakhel family to free them from suffering and put them to rest.
“Is this the flower of Hell?”
“Yes. that’s right.”
“It seems to be some kind of unpleasant flower… .”
“Whoops… . Also our Blanche. That’s how talented he is.”
“Yes?”
“A normal person vomits or gets a headache just looking at that flower. At worst, you may even suffer from nightmares and die.”
At those words, Blanche quickly separated Bella from the demon.
“Whoop whoop… . It’s okay because I’m used to it.”
“still… .”
“It is a characteristic of our family. At least among those here, I’m probably the most resistant to demons… .”
no. wait for a sec… .
“miss… ?”
“Blanche. Why is this flower ‘here’?”
“Yes? What do you mean?”
“Stay here for a minute.”
Bella hurried back to the other side.
And lit up with magic.
However, this time, the range of the light is expanded.
“ah… .”
A sigh escaped Bella’s mouth when she finally found it.
She was standing where she had discovered the devil’s spot, the flower of hell.
Taking a few steps back, I found achromatic flowers that shimmered in the light.
yes. flowers.
“miss?! Are you okay?”
Blanche’s voice was heard, but no answer came.
Seeing the flowers of hell blooming everywhere, Bella realized.
The fact that you made a big mistake.
Anxiety crept in.
An underground library where everything is dead.
These demons, no, these demons were already dead.
It was eaten by ‘something’ and only bones remained.
“Then this… Could it be a cocoon?”
It was then.
“I found the book!”
A librarian who was looking for a book exclaimed.
“Oh, yes! Good work!”
“These are the books about the curse you were looking for! I will bring it down right now.”
It was the moment the librarian pulled out the books on the bookshelf.
shred.
I heard the sound of something breaking.
When Bella turns her head… .
Fire.
The demon’s cocoon, which had not been broken even by her sword, was cracking.
A fire soared through the cracks that once formed.
The hot heat was felt by Bella as well.
And the bones surrounding the ‘guy’ like an egg began to crumble.
Patter… .
Flames burned in the air like butterflies.
The bones of the demons collapsed powerlessly, and a naked woman emerged from among them.
Standing up in the middle of the burning flames, the woman met Bella’s eyes.
“… … !”
At that moment, Bella saw it clearly.
A bright red flower blooming on a woman’s forehead.