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159 – That Church Was Full of Evil Spirits

159 – That Church Was Full of Evil Spirits

“Hoo.”

Eileen let out a soft breath and shook her head.

‘Focus.’

Now was not the time to think about Max.

Thinking about him always brought forth the human desires she had been suppressing.

The desires of a female, not a saint.

Due to the rules of a saint, who must maintain her purity, she needed to keep the chastity she had promised the goddess in order to protect her power.

‘Now is not the time for this.’

You came all the way here to work, didn’t you?

Focus.

It’s a missing person case.

Kitten, a small village located in the southwestern part of the empire.

Once a peaceful rural village, it became an abandoned village where no one lived after the war with the Demon race.

Several years after the war with the Demon race ended.

Now, by the emperor’s order to slowly rebuild even the outskirts of the empire, the Order dispatched priests and followers to purify Kitten.

This was not land filled with Magical energy, nor was it land once occupied by the Demon race.

It was just a village where people lived but fled due to the threat of war and was abandoned.

And so, an incident occurred in which the priests and followers dispatched to the abandoned church went missing.

This kind of incident was not something the saint would usually deal with directly.

People going missing and disappearing was a common occurrence in the outskirts of the empire.

Even though the Demon King had been defeated and all the Demon race had disappeared, bandits still existed between cities, and monsters still existed in remote areas.

The security of major cities and fortresses centered around the capital, as well as the direct territories in each region, might not be a problem, but security could not be perfect in the outskirts of the empire.

People suddenly disappearing? It was a common enough occurrence in the outskirts of the empire.

Nevertheless, the reason why the saint came here with the Holy Knight Order was.

Two of the five people who went missing in Kitten were priests dispatched by the Order.

Furthermore, one of them was a pilgrim who traveled around the empire, visiting holy sites and spreading the word of God.

In this world where security was not perfect, it was impossible for a pilgrim to move alone without considerable qualifications.

Those who possessed the martial prowess to take on bandit groups, as well as mercenary groups of considerable size, became pilgrims of the Order and traveled to remote areas to spread the word of God.

Such a pilgrim had gone missing.

Without any warning signs.

Kitten was not a town famous for bandits or monsters.

A quiet mountain village that no one had visited even after it was abandoned because there was nothing to plunder.

It was rare for a pilgrim to go missing here.

Since such a skilled person had suddenly disappeared, it was only natural that the Holy Knight Order would be dispatched.

Saint Eileen came with the Holy Knight Order in preparation for any unforeseen events.

A report that it might be the work of a Nightmare.

Or perhaps a new demon had been summoned.

“An eerie energy permeates the entire church.”

At the Holy Knight’s words, Eileen looked at the church where people had gone missing.

‘It’s not just an eerie energy.’

A cold and chilling energy.

A power that felt unpleasant even to approach.

Amidst the unique energy of the Demon race that made her skin tingle, there was a strangely sweet fragrance.

Eileen, who had faced countless Demon race, knew what this fragrance was from.

‘Yin energy.’

The power and energy emanating from a Nightmare, commonly known as a Succubus.

That power was now being felt in this church.

‘It might really be the work of a Succubus.’

If the power she was feeling now was real.

Suddenly, she thought of Max’s appearance when he had turned into a demon.

The demon Max with golden hair.

His body exuded Yin energy that drove women crazy.

When she had come multiple times in his arms, it was truly a fantasy…

‘Ah.’

She had thought about it again.

Now, the lingering fantasy of Max in her mind.

Just smelling a hint of Yin energy reminded her of Max.

“Hoo.”

She sighed and wrote on a piece of paper, showing it to the Holy Knights around her.

-I think it’s really a Succubus.

“Demon summoning? How on earth did a demon appear in such a small village?”

-I’ll start purifying the space first.

Taking a deep breath, Eileen put her hands together.

And closing her eyes, she uttered a word.

“Purification.”

Along with a soft and beautiful voice.

Hwaaa!

Divinity covered the church.

The church, which had been contaminated with Yin energy and Magical energy, was purified in an instant.

“As expected of the saint.”

“Amazing…”

“To purify such a large space in one go.”

“Those chosen by the goddess are different.”

The completely purified church.

Eileen’s gaze was fixed on a place where Magical energy was still seeping out, even though the space had been purified.

Below the altar.

Faint Magical energy was flowing from a small gap.

When she pointed to one spot with her hand, the Holy Knights rushed over.

Thump, thump.

Stepping on it produced a hollow sound.

“There’s a door. There seems to be a basement connected to this place!”

One of the Holy Knights who found the gap lifted the floor.

Thump!

There were stairs leading down to the basement.

Eileen followed the Holy Knights down there.

“Heok!”

“Oh, God.”

“How could it be so gruesome.”

Those who arrived in the basement could only wear shocked expressions.

There, the missing people were naked and dried up.

Four men and one woman.

They had all died with their Essence sucked out.

“Succubus…”

It was the moment the saint’s warning came true.

Eileen swallowed as she looked at them.

Because she couldn’t find even a trace of life in their dried-up appearances.

“…”

“I’ll issue a search warrant immediately.”

Even at the Holy Knight’s flustered words, Eileen quietly examined the bodies.

‘It’s not a strong demon.’

The Succubus itself was one of the weaker demons, but this Succubus who had created the victims was particularly weak among them.

The way she could tell was.

‘The method of extracting Essence is clumsy.’

Ordinary Succubus were famous for maturing their prey as long as possible once they caught them.

Due to the nature of a Nightmare, they usually fed through seduction rather than forcibly creating prey with power, so they tended to keep the prey they had successfully seduced alive for a long time.

Living beings regularly produce Essence.

Furthermore, they were characterized by turning their charmed prey into minions and bringing new prey through them.

The hunting method of a strong Succubus was to make the brainwashed prey not even realize that they were being brainwashed and charmed.

Looking at the bodies, it seemed that the Essence of several people had been extracted in a short period of time.

The fact that they had sucked out the Essence and killed them without even doing the aforementioned acts meant.

‘It was either too weak to use seduction, or it was a novice demon who couldn’t perform it properly.’

The reason why the pilgrim was attacked by such a demon was probably…

Because of the backlash from the arduous pilgrimage.

Unless they were those who had achieved extreme training, they were often helplessly attacked by this type of Nightmare.

The desires they had been suppressing burst forth by the Succubus.

Examining the bodies and tentatively assessing the state of the monster, she got up from her seat.

-You don’t have to issue a search warrant right away.

Everyone looked at her with dumbfounded faces at Eileen’s words.

It was time to dispatch inquisitors to subjugate the demon immediately, but she was saying that they didn’t need to issue a search warrant.

“What do you mean…?”

-It’s still nearby.

No sooner had Eileen finished writing the words on the paper than.

-How did you know?

A voice that charmed people was heard from above.

Eileen raised her head and said.

“Who do you think I am?”

-Oh my, how scary. The saint who can’t kill a single monster without the Hero.

“I’ve seen many Succubus like you. And I know how to deal with them.”

-Hehe, the stuffy clerics always say that. But you know what? Do you know what happened to those people?

A Succubus with purple hair popped out from the shadows on the wall.

An existence with a beauty and body that was difficult to capture in the eyes.

‘It gained power.’

The Succubus, who had eaten the Essence of five people, including the power of two high-ranking priests, was a complete demon, unlike her expectations.

A powerful demon that made her wonder where such a demon had been hiding.

Ttak!

The Succubus snapped her fingers.

“Heok!”

“Heeup!”

The Holy Knights around her trembled.

Unable to move and exhaling wet breaths, they rolled their eyes and collapsed.

They had been charmed to the point of feeling an orgasm.

However.

-Oh? Our saint, it seems like you’re not just all talk? But still, judging by the fact that you’re not climaxing.

Eileen was standing there unharmed.

Eileen also felt it.

The Succubus’s charm had reached her.

The powerful Magical energy that a high-ranking Demon race could emit had enveloped her.

If it had been her in the past, she would have struggled to undo it.

However, the moment the Succubus’s charm reached her, the words of Max in the fantasy she had seen came to mind.

-You are mine. Not the goddess’s, but mine.

-No one else can seduce you.

The charm spell that was trying to dominate her mind disappeared as it was.

-Could it be that you’re more faithful to your desires than I thought? Aren’t you a saint who secretly masturbates a lot?

It seemed that she thought her spell had worked even a little.

She let the Succubus, who was still sneering with the corners of her mouth raised without even preparing, know who she was.

“Exorcism.”

A short word.

But the power that word held was enormous.

-Keok!

A deathly scream.

The Succubus stepped back and clutched her chest.

Magical energy was flowing from her entire body.

-My charm didn’t work, you said? Why?

“Who do you think I am?”

Just as she was about to put her hands together and chant a spell to finish off the Succubus.

-Ta-da.

The Succubus shrugged her shoulders with a cute smile.

She looked completely unaffected.

The scream from just now was as if it was all an act.

“The incantation didn’t work?”

-Surprised?

“What on earth are you…?”

-Hehe, I can’t tell you that. But you know. Our saint…

The Succubus said, fluttering the wings attached to her waist.

-If you only believe in incantations, you’ll get a big surprise?

“…”

-To be honest, I didn’t think the saint would be able to withstand my charm, so I should stop here for today. But you know.

The Succubus licked her lips and continued.

-I have a feeling we’ll meet again soon.

Eileen glared at the Succubus.

She disappeared back into the shadows.

She wanted to chase after the Succubus, but she couldn’t leave the Holy Knights who had lost consciousness due to being charmed as they were.

If she did, they might become minions of the Succubus.

“I will purify.”

Giving up on chasing the Succubus, she put her hands together and cast purification with an incantation.

The Holy Knights who had lost consciousness as the charm was released got up from their seats one by one.

They stared blankly into the air for a moment, and staggered as they got up because their legs had lost strength.

“I, I’m sorry. We were lacking…”

She shook her head.

It wasn’t because they were lacking that they had missed her.

‘I was too complacent and relied too much on incantations.’

Eileen was regretting her inexperience with incantations for the first time.

At that time, Max was.

“Hero?”

“Oh, it’s been a while. Boss.”

He was greeting Nikki, who had come to visit after a long time.

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