episode_0163

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Regripping the sword.

“Mount Tai Split!”

A single flash that is drawn at the same time.

The thing that bursts at the end of a white flash that splits the world in an instant is an overwhelming storm of swords.

As a result, the countless arrows that poured down threateningly lost their power and fell to the ground.

And not missing the gap, it was Seollin who aimed and came in like a snake.

Pabababababat

Invisible hidden weapons fired from Seollin’s fingertips.

The hidden weapons coated with paralysis poison reached the raging dwarves in the blink of an eye, paralyzing their movements.

Leaving the paralyzed dwarves behind, Seollin and I continued to move forward.

Behind us, while being protected by Baekryeon and Lucy, Leviathan will be erasing the devil’s marks engraved on the neutralized dwarves and moving forward. I don’t know how many times we’ve done this process now.

Wouldn’t it have been easier to kill them all? I regretted it several times….

Still, as a person with modern, healthy values, I feel a little uncomfortable.

“Aww, there are so many freaking dwarves!!!”

But I shouted without realizing it at the sheer number.

Of course, you could say, “You dealt with orcs for days without rest, so what are you complaining about?”, but there is a difference between doing it because I chose to and being forced into that situation.

“Leon!”

“Yeah!”

Another rain of arrows pouring down.

Swinging the sword to deflect the arrows, I approach the dwarf group once again and blow them all away.

Repeating this process several times, we succeeded in purifying all the dwarves in Nidavellir after about 40 minutes of fierce fighting.

* * *

The highest building located in the very center of Nidavellir.

Myrkheim, where the elders who lead the dwarves reside. We, who were invited as special guests, were taking a short break inside.

The dwarves seemed busy cleaning up the mess they had made, and we also needed a short break.

The reason was none other than Leviathan.

“Where’s Leviathan?”

“She’s sleeping. It seems she’s very tired from pouring out too much divine power.”

“…I told her not to overdo it.”

Leviathan, who had been massively releasing divine power to erase the dwarves’ marks, eventually reached her limit and collapsed.

I don’t know whether to say it’s admirable or foolish that she erased the marks engraved on the dwarves even when her divine power was running low….

Anyway, because of that, we had no choice but to stop until Leviathan woke up.

“I’m sorry…. I should have stopped Lady Leviathan from overdoing it…”

“No, it’s okay. After all, Leviathan was the only one who could remove the marks in that situation…. If it weren’t for Leviathan, all that would have been left was killing the oncoming dwarves. So you don’t have to blame yourself too much.”

Baekryeon, who had been right next to her but didn’t stop Leviathan from overdoing it, lowered her head deeply.

But what could Baekryeon do?

It’s Leviathan’s fault for overdoing it, and it’s the fault of the entire party for making Leviathan overdo it.

Knock knock knock

“May I come in?”

“Come on in.”

While we were resting, a familiar man’s voice was heard.

Because it was Dain’s voice, I told him he could come in, and Dain and one dwarf came into the room together after opening the door.

…Who is it?

“Who?”

“This person is Eidelphcine, our dwarf representative.”

“Eidelph Garundarane.”

“Ah….”

Well, is he like a king or something?

I nodded and accepted the greeting.

“I’m Leon. These are my companions, but given the situation, they are all exhausted, so I hope you understand.”

“We are a race with some sense of shame. We can easily understand that the fact that not a single one of our dwarves died during that commotion was thanks to your mercy and consideration.”

Eidelph nodded at my words.

“The reason I came is because I heard about you from Dain. You said you wanted to go to the vicinity of the World Tree through our dwarves’ underground passage?”

“That’s right. You’re not going to say no, are you?”

“Of course not. Normally, I wouldn’t…. But we’ve had enough experience with the threat of . Going to fight against such ,… We are not such a heartless race as to refuse the request of our race’s benefactor.”

Still, they have some shame.

I was about to grab him by the collar and slam him against the wall if he came out with the attitude that ‘that’s that, this is this’.

“However….”

“…However?”

“We can’t go there right now.”

“What are you talking about?”

You’re not saying no, but you can’t go there?

As I frowned and looked at him, he gestured as if to calm me down.

“I’m not joking. There’s a minion there right now.”

“…Minion?”

“That’s what we call it…. We don’t even know its real identity. But one day, it suddenly appeared and blocked the path to the World Tree’s roots. We also have legends related to the World Tree and in our race, so we call it a minion.”

What is that?….

“So because of that, we can’t pass through?”

“Hmm. That’s right.”

“It’s okay. If it’s an enemy we can defeat, there’s no problem.”

“Umm…”

He seemed to ponder for a moment at my words, then scratched his head and said.

“Well, I guess…. We’ll have to see it for ourselves to know.”

“?”

I don’t know what’s going on that he’s acting like this.

“And is the girl who saved us okay?”

“Yeah, she seems okay for now.”

“Normally, we would have to treat our benefactor, but…. Given the situation…”

“It’s okay. Just make sure you take care of the defense here.”

He nodded as if he understood my words.

“Then get some rest. And thank you again for saving our dwarves.”

Leaving those words behind, Eidelph and Dain left.

We who remained in the room exchanged glances.

” A minion, huh….”

“Judging from the way they’re talking, it might be quite a dangerous being.”

“If it’s a minion…, surely it has that mark engraved on it, right?”

“That’s highly likely.”

As expected, perhaps Leviathan’s power is needed.

If not…, maybe just killing it is an option.

“Either way, if we just get to the World Tree, it’s a final battle with . Let’s prepare thoroughly and go….”

Kwaaaang!!!

“…Go.”

A sudden explosion.

At the same time, an intense magical reaction caught in my senses.

And whether this reaction was felt not only by me, Baekryeon and Seollin each grabbed their weapons.

“Young Master!”

“I know! Lucy!!”

“Yes, I’ll go to Leviathan right away.”

After kicking down the door.

The three of us, Leon, Baekryeon, and Seollin, ran outside.

“These damn long-nosed guys! What are you doing invading here!!”

“Kill all the barbaric dwarves!!!”

And what was seen there was a burning city and the shouts of dwarves.

And black-skinned elves were attacking the dwarves with their respective weapons.

“Elves?!”

“Are they tree-huggers? Why suddenly them….”

“Why else? They’ve been marked by and have become minions.”

“But those…, their skin color is black. Is that also an effect of the mark?”

That’s definitely true.

In my memory, elves in this world are characterized by clean, white skin, but there are no elves with such black skin.

Of course, dark elves are a staple of fantasy when it comes to elves….

“Anyway, we have to help the dwarves and drive those things away.”

“What about killing them? What are you going to do?”

“…Leviathan isn’t here right now. In that situation, we don’t have the leeway to save them all.”

At my words, they nodded as if they understood, and each ran to where they could be active.

“…But what the hell is really going on?”

The marks that engraves only make the target go berserk and turn them into puppets of .

It shouldn’t have the function of changing skin color….

“…Well, we’ll find out the details when we take care of the .”

* * *

“What did you say just now?!”

“Hero Leon has set out to defeat the fragment of the Demon King that appeared in the Western Continent.”

“That’s ridiculous! How can a guy like that catch the Demon King!!!”

Bang!!!

Hero Abel.

While trying to resolve the orc invasion, he suffered a major injury and was recovering. He heard the story that Hero Leon had resolved the orc invasion and rushed to the cathedral to meet the Pope, but without even meeting the Pope, he faced a bishop who was said to be her representative.

And Abel was furious at the bishop’s words.

“Watch your words. Leon has already defeated the fragment of the Demon King that had established itself in the Eastern Continent.”

“That kind of thing is obviously a lie! I know that guy’s skills, what is that idiot going to do!”

“It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not. But this place is a place for the Goddess. So please be quiet.”

“You!….”

The moment Abel couldn’t contain his anger and tried to draw his sword, the bishop’s eyes flashed.

An overwhelming sense of pressure.

Abel shut his mouth at that very thing.

“It seems that Abel’s treatment is almost over, so it seems like you should leave on your journey as a hero now.”

“Tch…. Ha, good. You mean all I have to do is defeat the fragment of the Demon King!!!”

“….”

Abel left the cathedral with rough steps.

And the bishop, who was watching that figure, let out a faint sigh.