episode_0044

‘I think I appeared too much like a spectator’

Aion felt the gaze of the knights and monsters looking at him and thought.

He was embarrassed to just show up, so he just said whatever came to his mind, but the aftereffects of his thoughtless words were bigger than expected.

Although he was embarrassed by this situation, he could feel that something was terribly wrong.

“It looks weird..”

He spoke as he saw the monster attacking the knights.

The monsters that attacked the village were low-level monsters known as goblins, and were weaker than humans and other monsters, so they were common monsters that stayed in the lower levels of the pyramid.

The sight of them that met Aion’s eyes was so different from the goblins he knew.

First of all, their eyes were bloodshot and their bodies, which were smaller than those of adult men, had become even larger.

Their mouths were constantly flowing with a mixture of saliva and foam, like a rabid dog.

Aion felt instinctively intimidated when he saw those guys.

The moment he looked at them, Aion felt that they were creatures that should not exist in this world.

He first approached the knights who were surrounded by monsters to save them.

“Khaaa!!”

As Aion began to approach them, the goblins who appeared to be the vanguard rushed to stop him, but Aion made a face of laughter and reached out his hand to the monster that approached him.

“Die.”

A red flame flickered from his hand, and the monster that charged at Aion was reduced to a handful of ash without leaving a trace.

“Who are you..? Are you a wizard?”

The knights who saw Aion’s appearance could not help but be bewildered.

They were taken aback by the sudden appearance of a civilian, but they couldn’t take their eyes off him as he easily dealt with the monster.

There were no more monsters that would rush towards Aion in a reckless manner, as he was defeating the monsters that approached him one by one.

You would know that demons, like other animals, are creatures that learn many things. Trying to run at him without any knowledge would only lead to death.

So the goblins who didn’t know this started to back away one by one.

Aion, who created a space from the monsters, beckoned them to come and helped them out of the siege.

“I don’t know who you are, but thank you..!”

These are the knights who were able to save their lives thanks to the appearance of Aion.

They bowed their heads in gratitude to Aion for saving them.

Aion scanned their appearance and quietly looked at them as they bled.

The condition of the knights was not good enough to be described in vain. They were working their bodies to the point that it wouldn’t be strange if they collapsed at any moment, and some of them seemed to have difficulty even breathing, as if a part of their body had been pierced by a monster.

‘You’ve managed to hold out with this body.’

He looked at those articles quietly.

Soon he told them that he wanted to test the power of the ring he had obtained through trials.

“It may be out of the blue, but could you please put your hands together and pray for a moment?”

Aion looked at the wounded knights and said.

They looked at Aion as if he was a strange person because of his actions, but they followed Aion’s words and put their hands together.

At that moment, the relic of the goddess in Aion’s hand began to sparkle, and the light from the ring began to heal the wounds on their bodies.

“What is this..!”

They were surprised and asked him what the unknown light from the ring was doing to heal their wounds.

He looked at them as the bleeding stopped and said.

“This is only a temporary measure. If you move your body violently, the wound will open up quickly.”

He said this while looking at those who were amazed to see that the wound had healed.

Although the process of obtaining the power of the goddess was not very smooth for him, the power coming from the holy relic was not a lie.

With this, Aion said, as a temporary measure, he healed their wounds.

“First, those who can move, please take care of the fallen people. They are still breathing.”

“And the rest of you, you should go on the evacuation route and protect people in case of an accident. I will block this place, so everyone else, please leave this place quickly.”

He tried to make them retreat, worried about what other things might happen.

In response to Aion’s words, they were speechless, unlike before.

After seeing his skills, the knights had no choice but to believe and follow Aion’s words. The knight commander, who was watching this, stood up and approached Aion, saying:

“Hey, young one! You’re better than I thought. Do you have any plans to join our village’s knights?”

The captain lightly patted his back and made a small joke, perhaps because he had recovered his stamina.

Aion responded with a small laugh to the man’s words.

“I’m more suited to being a free-spirited adventurer. Unfortunately, I can’t accept that offer.”

Aion looked at him and answered, and the captain laughed loudly at Aion’s words and actions.

“Haha! Somehow, you look so cute from the face! Then, let’s go protect the evacuating residents.”

“Okay, leave this to me.”

“I’ll trust you and go. Please take good care of this place. And.”

“I can’t say enough good things to you.”

Before the captain went to the refugees, he looked at Aion and expressed his gratitude.

Aion, who received his greeting, simply waved his hand without saying a word.

The knights who risked their lives to fight the monsters carried their living comrades on their backs and went to the refugees.

So only Aion and dozens of monsters remained there.

“Sorry for keeping you waiting. Now that the knights are all gone, let’s have a proper fight.”

Aion looked at the monsters that had been waiting for him and said.

As he moved step by step, the monsters became very wary of him and bared their teeth.

“Should I properly test out the power of the newly acquired goddess?”

However, Aion did not show any concern when he saw them. Rather, he seemed delighted that he had something to test his new power on.

He began to concentrate his mind to transplant the mana remaining in his body into the ring.

Since ancient times, the power of sacred objects varied depending on the user’s thoughts, determination, and personality, so he focused all his nerves on the ring.

“Kihehe…!Kihe!!”

When Aion stood still and did nothing, the monsters who had been on guard began to rush in to eliminate Aion.

They took up arms and rushed at Aion, determined not to repeat the same mistakes.

As the weapon soaked in human blood approached his neck.

“Okay.”

He was able to use the power of the goddess.

Just by infusing magic power into the ring, his body became much lighter.

His strength also seemed to have greatly increased, and he destroyed the weapon that was coming towards his neck.

That’s why he was able to deal with them like a troll, based on his increased strength and speed.

In this way, he was able to deal with all the monsters that invaded the village in less than an hour.

“Huh.. Did you catch them all?”

He said, sweating and breathing heavily.

They were not easy to defeat because they had powerful weapons that surpassed them, but unlike the monsters, he had something to protect, so he fought while controlling his strength.

As a result, he fought for an hour to minimize the damage from a fight that should have only lasted 10 minutes.

Aion defeated all the monsters like that.

He thought as he looked at the monsters that had turned into cold corpses.

‘Where on earth did these guys come from..?’

Where the hell do these guys come from?

The monsters he fought had completely changed appearance, and they did not run away until the very last moment, but continued to rush forward to defeat Aion.

Since they originally lived at the lower levels of the ecological pyramid, if they saw their comrades being treated, normal individuals would run away for their lives, but these guys did not run away until the very end.

Aion was looking at them, lost in thought, as they had now become cold corpses.

“Oh my! Time has already passed so quickly..!”

He looked up at the sunset sky and realized that he had been here for quite some time.

He was so excited to test his new powers that he didn’t realize how much time had passed.

He became anxious as he thought about what they might be waiting for.

Since Aion had promised to return quickly, he got up from his seat to head to the house where they were waiting.

Before heading home in earnest, Aion headed home carrying meat and leather collected from corpses.

Aion, who didn’t know why, thought that Haru would know the identity of these guys, so he put leather and meat in the item box.

He left, thinking that this time he would definitely not let Hine eat this.