episode_0134

======[Damian]======

Damian stood up quickly, supported by Millia.

It was difficult to adapt because my sense of balance was messed up.

So much so that you don’t even realize whether your body is standing up straight or tilted to the floor.

“… ! … … ?! … curse… … , this… !”

Millia was shouting urgently, but Damian could barely hear her.

I can only roughly guess what she means by looking at the holy water she holds out.

‘Is it a curse that damages hearing? That’s a good thing.’

Although his body was constantly shaking, Damian’s mind was as cool as a lake.

He planted his bayonet in the ground, leaned against it, and calmly checked his condition.

There was no major damage to the armor, and the body was intact except for the ears.

So much so that once I regain my sense of balance, I can fight right away.

Damian drank the holy water given to him by Millia and looked towards the demon-cursed mother.

The guy was wreaking havoc, swinging a sword and an axe.

Perhaps it was time before the doll that disabled Damian could be used again, but the monster only had two arms to wield.

Friede, holding the saw with both hands, ran around the monster’s side and constantly repelled the monster’s attacks.

Friede’s movements were flashy yet practical.

He dodges swords and axes with quick, dance-like steps, and when he shows signs of shaking the bell, he swings the hem of his coat to cover the bell.

Perhaps because they were wary of the acid, they did not even approach the front of the cursed mother.

Because of this, gaps were sometimes revealed, but each time, Millia’s arrows flew in and kept the cursed mother in check.

Every time an arrow flew towards her six chests, the cursed mother stopped all movement and tried to block the arrow as her top priority.

Thanks to this, the stalemate barely continued.

It was a balance that would end the moment Friede’s stamina ran out or Millia’s arrow fell.

Damian threw away the empty bottle of holy water and then took out a bottle of recovery liquid and drank it.

The holy water breaks the curse and the healing fluid regenerates the damaged eardrum.

Feeling his distorted senses quickly recovering, Damian pulled out his greatsword again.

—-

A fierce battle continues.

The room, which had originally been a mess, was now caught up in a battle between three people and monsters, and was now reduced to nothing more than a ruin.

The fierce fight demanded blood from all four.

Damien, who took the lead and took most of the attacks, was already covered in wounds all over his body, and Friede’s clothes were cut here and there, darkly stained with blood.

Fortunately, only Millia suffered no major injuries.

Perhaps it was because he only shot arrows from a distance, but the only injuries were his two fingers, which had been torn apart due to the constant pulling of the bowstring.

However, it was Milia who was the most frustrated among them.

Millia looked at the quiver of arrows on her back with nervous eyes. There are only two arrows left to shoot forward.

Most of the arrows that bounced off had their tips crushed and their shafts broken, making it impossible to pick them up and shoot them.

In other words, unlike Friede and Damian, who still have the strength to fight, after shooting these arrows, Millia has no way to harm the cursed mother anymore.

If you engage in close combat with a rapier, there is a higher chance that you will be attacked and grab your allies.

These two shots had to be fired more carefully than ever before.

Millia put an arrow on her bowstring and waited for a decisive opportunity to come.

—-

The cursed mother was also not in very good condition.

The stretched skin was torn to pieces and bleeding, and the arm holding the ax was cut off.

There wasn’t a single wound on his chest, but in return, blood was flowing out from his cut forehead and dripping down his face.

The arm holding the bell could not even be raised because the shoulder blades were shattered, and the arrows embedded in various parts of the body dug into the flesh every time it moved.

As if it wasn’t getting tired of it, the monster held out its arm holding the doll again.

The flesh doll that had been crushed several times was restored again.

This is the fourth curse.

Damian urgently blocked Friede’s path.

To limit the target of the curse to only yourself.

For Damian, this was the best decision.

Even if he was cursed and incapacitated, Friede’s skills allowed him to endure until he recovered from the curse.

On the other hand, if Friede were to be cursed, it would be difficult for Damian and Millia to protect her with just the two of them.

“Aaaa!”

Once again, the curse of death vomited by the doll enveloped Damian.

Damian gritted his teeth and prepared for the effect of the curse.

The first time I was hit was a curse that destroyed my hearing.

If it weren’t for Friede, it would have happened the same way.

The next curse aroused a fierce passion.

He almost attacked Friedena Millia, but his lust subsided when he remembered Hashal beating him.

It was something that had to be kept a secret from her.

If he finds out that he used his face as a tranquilizer, he’ll go on a rampage again.

The third thing that struck me was the curse of weakness.

Out of sheer helplessness, he dropped his great sword and fell down.

Thanks to Millia firing arrows like crazy, I was able to escape, and I drank all the remaining holy water… .

A deep sense of fatigue weighs heavily on my shoulders. still.

‘Then the fourth is… .’

A curse is activated.

Light pink smoke penetrated Damian’s body.

Damian’s movements stopped.

“Fascination… !”

Friede, who recognized the identity of the curse, took a step back and raised the saw.

Rather than protecting the defenseless Damian, his attitude was clearly wary.

It looked completely different from before.

It was a natural reaction for her.

Because fascination was, after all, the most difficult curse.

The curse of fascination turns the afflicted into a prisoner of love.

Even if the opponent is Marshal Cheolcheon, he sacrifices himself to the point of giving up his life for him.

In other words, the person under the spell will help the monster attack its allies.

Damian raised his greatsword and slowly turned around.

He turns his back and raises his sword towards his allies, as if trying to protect the cursed mother. Friede groaned.

“Damian?! Wake up, Damien!”

Millia desperately called Damian’s name, but Damian did not respond at all.

The cursed mother, sensing victory, laughed like a child.

The swinging black iron greatsword draws a black line.

Blood sprayed out.

—-

“Ahhhh!”

The laughing monster let out a tearing scream and retreated.

Black blood spurted from the cross section of the severed arm.

Damian’s great sword extends one after another, scratching the back of the monster’s neck.

The gills of the cursed mother split open and wriggled like crazy.

‘Was it a little shallow…? !’

Damian, who sensed that he had not been able to inflict fatal wounds, lunged again at the flinching and retreating monster.

“Huh? What, did you stop the curse?! With your bare body?”

“Are you okay, Damien?!”

Damian didn’t answer.

I didn’t even have time to reply because I was too busy cutting off my remaining arm.

The hand holding the bell had already been cut off, and the large sword that was swung upward was struck by the armpit of the arm holding the doll.

The sword body penetrated without stopping and cut off the monster’s shoulder.

“Aaaaa!”

The cursed mother pushed out her chest with a poisonous scream.

Acidic liquid. The moment you get hit head on, you die.

Damian let go of the handle of the great sword and rolled on the floor.

The great sword left the fingertips and became stuck in the monster’s body.

The fluttering clothes melted when they came in contact with the acidic liquid, giving off a strong smell, but Damian’s body was unharmed.

‘I was lucky.’

Damian muttered to himself.

The curse of fascination may not have been known to others, but to me it was pure luck.

There was no point in casting a curse of love on someone who did not know love.

Sure enough, the curse had no effect on him.

Thanks to this, I was able to catch the monster off guard.

Now that the most threatening curse attack has been blocked, it would be safe to say that the monster’s power has dropped to less than half.

“That’s not a curse that can be endured with such tenacity… ?”

Friede was so embarrassed that he rushed at the monster and swung the saw while muttering in confusion.

A black iron greatsword that cuts endlessly in a circle.

A saw blade that cuts and tears away rather than cutting.

The cursed mother desperately resisted, but it was difficult to block all the attacks with her only remaining arm.

Soon, a ray of light swept across the monster’s abdomen.

The skin on its belly tore apart, and a pink flesh sac oozed out from inside.

“Aaaa!”

The sounds of children crying.

The bag of flesh that fell to the floor with a crashing sound wriggled wildly.

As if there were several children trapped inside.

The cursed mother screamed and lowered her head.

As if checking a cut wound on the abdomen.

“Now! Drop your head!”

Friede’s cry of joy.

She grabbed the chain around the cursed mother’s arm and pulled again.

I could only hold out for a moment, but it was the moment when the monster was completely defenseless.

Damian also judged this to be a decisive opportunity and took a leap.

I intend to cut off his head like a guillotine.

At that moment, the guy raised his head.

With his mouth full of acid.

‘This guy, not his stomach, but his chest… !’

Damian’s expression distorted.

The cursed mother did not lower her head to check the wound.

I was planning on sucking my own milk into my mouth and squirting it out!

As long as I jumped into the air without knowing that, there was no way to escape.

Damian hastily drew his great sword like a shield.

I don’t know if I can stop that acid, but I hope to at least reduce the damage.

A premonition of death runs down my spine. His pupils were greatly dilated.

Old memories flashed through my mind, filled with urgency.

A childhood where I couldn’t understand others.

A past where he was ostracized even by his father, calling him a monster.

Even the last will left by my mother while she was sick.