Chapitre 207: Encounter 13
Encounter (13)
I, who had gone to bed early to leave the monastery at dawn the next day, was awakened by the noise felt in the monastery.
And it was only later that I realized that something unusual had happened.
Two of the children went into the forest behind the monastery and could not return, so the monastery was turned upside down.
One of them was Tom, a friend of Elica and Heren, whom I knew well.
'This kind of thing happens right before I leave…'
I stood by the window in the hallway outside the room, looking out over the forest over the backyard.
I thought it was a strange timing because I was going to leave the monastery tomorrow.
Of course, his disappearance was not a problem for me.
It was just me, as scheduled, if the day was bright, it was enough to go on my way.
However, Elica, Heron, and Tom were the three children who had been best friends during their stay in the monastery.
When this happened, I couldn't help but feel embarrassed to just turn off my mind and walk away.
"Mr. Ethan."
Then someone appeared from the other side of the hallway and came up to me and talked to me. It was Priest Thein.
It was midnight, but the dark shadows on his face were clearly visible.
"You have to leave tomorrow, but haven't you slept yet?"
"Yeah, well… because this happened."
At my words, Tane let out a sigh.
I asked him.
"Did you find anything?"
"·······Unfortunately none. I just pray that nothing goes wrong with the children."
"I see. Are you still continuing the search?"
"No, the director said to stop the search first, so when the sun comes up, the paladins will resume the search again."
is it.
According to Elika, priests and paladins had gone missing in the forest before.
In the middle of the night like this, the search was forced to continue, but the paladin could be in danger, so it seemed to have been stopped for now.
'Is there really something in the forest?'
Was it really that there was an unidentified monster lurking around as rumored?
However, the part I didn't understand was whether there could be no traces like this if it was really the work of a monster.
Heron said.
"Still, it is said that Sir Jerel himself went into the forest to find the children. I hope he finds anything…"
Sir Jerel?
Does that mean that the knight of brilliance went out to search?
If so, that was a relief.
His level is over 80. If you were that talented, you might be able to get any clues that the Paladins couldn't find.
"············".
But what if even the Brilliant Knight disappears in the forest?
It was something they could never solve at their level in the first place.
At that moment, a figure flashed through my mind.
'·······The Abbot.'
He was a skilled person over level 60 who was hiding something around him.
Of course, it was a guess and a leap to think that he had something to do with this case just by that.
But I had a feeling I didn't know why.
Without ignoring that intuition, I slyly asked Thein.
"Where is the director now?"
Thein tilted his head and replied.
"Yes? Maybe you are in the director's office."
It was as if he didn't know exactly.
I nodded without asking more.
"Anyway, Ethan, don't worry too much and go to sleep. It's very late."
Thein left, and I looked out the window at the forest again.
For some reason, an ominous feeling seemed to be emanating from somewhere in the forest.
I looked around and space leaped downwards.
Let's go directly into the forest.
***
Jerel felt his chest cool and looked at the gray-skinned man in front of him.
He knew very well what was the identity of that ominous creature emitting a formidable energy.
demon.
The achievements of the continent that took the lives of many colleagues in the past when they were young. worst race.
"·······You must be the demon who gave the director power."
The identity of the demons could not be easily guessed.
Because if it was a demon who suddenly appeared in this situation, it must have been something related to the director.
With all his nerves focused on the demons, Zerel pointed the sword at him.
The destructive power of the blow that flew in a while ago was never below his level.
The demon who looked around quickly sighed and muttered.
"tt, a bug-like bastard has paid attention to this, but he's done a great job."
The Dehorde, who was being held in Zerel's hand, trembled.
He cried out in a desperate voice, as if protesting with a face of fear.
"Me, Mefur-sama! You are misunderstanding! This is a knight of brilliance from the Papal States! I really did my best…!"
"noisy."
The demon interrupted him and waved his hand.
Whoa!
Then, dark red smoke came out of his body and was absorbed by the demons.
"··············································"
The Dehorde let out a tearing scream like a flurry.
His body was dried up like a mummy, as if his vitality had evaporated in an instant.
Jerel watched the scene while drooling.
The words of the person who made a contract with the demons, the recovery of power. Because there was no way to stop it anyway.
The demons, who had absorbed all the energy from the Dehorde in an instant, turned their gaze back to Jerel.
Jerel opened his mouth, standing with both Elika and Heren behind their backs.
"Tell me what you've been doing here, demon."
not a horse
They are monsters that are completely different from normal demons.
However, it was clear that the opponent in front of him was a strong person at the top level among the demons.
This level of demons were using the abbot as a contractor and making a secret here.
It was now a known fact that some unusual magical beasts were spread out here in the Lobelgio Monastery.
The demon looked at Jerel with strange eyes and said as if muttering.
"It doesn't seem like he knew everything and was dispatched."
"······what?"
"Well, if that were the case, the hero would have personally come instead of being a waste like you."
The demons indifferently reached out toward Zerel.
"I think I'll just have to deal with you and clean up this monastery and then recover it."
At that moment, Jerel did not lose sight of the demon's gaze on Elika.
But the attack flew in immediately, without any time to think any further.
The blood-colored energy of the past flashed from the demon's hand and shot like a beam of light.
Zerel also blocked the attack from the front with his golden sword.
Because there was Elika and Heren right behind them, they couldn't avoid it.
Aww!
A huge explosion occurred as the red energy mixed with the golden energy.
Jerel spread the shield wide to block the aftermath of the explosion and hurriedly shouted to the two people who were lost in their hearts.
"Run away! Out of the forest!"
Elica was the first to come to her senses and lead Heren's arm.
Even she, who hated being in a helpless position the most, had no choice but to obey Jerel this time.
Because they couldn't be unaware that their existence was only a hindrance to the battle.
Shoo!
The blood-colored energy flowing around the demons gathered together in the form of a huge sword blade.
At the two men who were about to run away, the blade smashed down the ground like a squash.
Zerel hurriedly fired a sword, destroying the blade. Another shock wave occurred in the air.
As if the demons were annoying, he inflated his energy once more.
The energy gathered around him, like a sphere, exploded with sharp thorns in all directions.
Kaka Kaka Kaka!
Jerel, who put the safety of the two of them first, had no choice but to focus on preventing the thorn from hitting them.
In the thick darkness of the forest, numerous golden afterimages were engraved along his sword.
Jerel's eyes, which had been bouncing off the thorns for a while, suddenly opened wide.
Bloody tentacles protruding from the ground just below him wrapped around his ankles.
"······································································!
At the same time, a huge energy different from the previous ones flowed from the demons.
I looked ahead in a hurry to see a large, blood-red sphere clustered together.
Slowly but quickly, a sphere that gave the illusion of distorting even the surrounding space approached him as if swallowing him whole and annihilating him.
Jerel used the last resort without much effort.
flash!
The Rosario hanging from his neck emitted a dazzling flash of light.
For a moment, the demons also distorted their impressions at the bright light.
The light extinguished not only the energy that bound Jerel's legs, but also the giant spheres that the demons fired without a trace.
Having regained his freedom again, Jerel rushed towards the demons at a formidable speed without missing a gap.
It was the moment when his blade was about to cut off the demon's head as it was.
Whoops!
Jerel's body staggered.
Suddenly, he looked down at the burning pain he felt in his chest.
Without realizing it, a sharp blood-red energy pierced his chest and came out.
'why······.'
Why were you attacked?
With blood pouring out, Jerel looked at the demons with a look of disbelief.
He was still looking at this with indifferent eyes that there was no emotion. It seems to have been the result set from the beginning.
It was only then that Jerel realized it. That he never showed his full power in the first place.
"Ughhh…!"
The blood-colored energy penetrated the inside of the body in an instant, evaporating all remaining energy.
Having lost the strength to stand still, Jerel knelt down in place.
Elica and Heren, who were running away from the scene, stopped and shouted.
"········ Sir Jerel!"
Jerel barely waved his hand to keep running away, but the two stood still and hesitated.
The demon said in a scornful voice.
"It's useless. You and the insects that infest this monastery will all disappear after the night."
Jerel was barely holding on to the consciousness that was drifting away.
He couldn't use the magic that he had spread by borrowing the power of the Holy Spirit a while ago.
At this rate, my life would end soon at the hands of this demon. And then there were the people of the monastery.
"What the heck…what's the purpose? Does it have anything to do with that girl?"
Jerel squeezed her voice and asked.
Obviously, before the battle began, the gaze of the demons toward Elica was unusual.
The demon did not answer any further and reached out towards him. It was meant to end it.
'Oh God······.'
Jerel closed her eyes, and the faces of Elika and Heren who were watching were filled with despair.
Blood-colored energy rushed like waves from the demon's hand and covered Jerel.
Aww!
If he had been hit by that blow, Jerel's body would have been destroyed without a trace.
But when the energy swept away, he was still intact.
Feeling doubtful, Jerel opened his eyes.
All he saw was the back of someone standing right in front of him.
"······Hmm?"
The demon, whose attack was blocked, looked at the man who suddenly appeared with a frown.
Elica and Heren stared blankly at the scene, not understanding what had happened.
An outsider who collapsed in the forest and was taken care of in the monastery.
The man's true identity was none other than Ethan.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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