episode_0149

“Is the horsepower okay?”

Leo tilted his head.

I wasn’t armed separately.

It was because I was always in a fighting stance and didn’t really have anything to prepare for.

The same goes for the rest of the secret service agents.

In the end, the only one who prepared hard was Luke.

“Yes, you can drink the potion.”

Luke opened his inventory and showed it to me.

I couldn’t eat it because my mana heart showed a rejection reaction.

It wasn’t that I couldn’t use it because I didn’t have a mana potion.

Gulp.

Luke drinking the potion.

Immediately cast a warming spell.

A portal was opened.

“Doesn’t potion have side effects?”

“There is.”

“Then, shouldn’t you not drink a lot?”

“It’s okay since my body is already broken.”

“… … ”

The reason Luke’s body is still intact now is because he is fighting against providence with the power of the dragon.

I can’t feel the pain that’s been building up right now.

It all comes at once later and tears your soul to pieces.

“… I might get killed.”

Leo muttered quietly and entered the portal.

If you knew that Luke was with the secret task force in this body.

There was a possibility that Elin might rebel against the royal family.

Wheeing-

We arrived at the outermost region.

If you go past here, the north might open up more.

At least on the map, this was the end of the north.

“Luke.”

“I saw it too.”

Exactly.

Luke floated a mana sphere.

I felt movement in front.

This time, it was not the priests of the Holy Land.

They would have already gone back.

“… I feel like my heart is not beating.”

Those who entered the space exploration were not ordinary life forms.

“What does it mean?”

“Movement is detected, but no heartbeat is felt.”

Even the chimera I had faced before had a beating heart.

Of course, that’s natural, since it’s a monster created by combining different living things.

But the beings walking around there were not alive.

“There’s no chance of it being a golem.”

Let’s get a little closer.

It was visible even in the heavy snowstorm.

Bang! Bang!

Grab a pickaxe and dig up the ore buried in the snow.

Pull a cart and go somewhere.

“… It looks like a person.”

Surprisingly, their appearance was human.

A person whose skin is slightly… no, very pale.

So I was sure.

“I think this is the right place.”

“Yeah, that must be the base of the demon followers.”

“Captain, don’t the devil followers’ hearts even beat?”

When Tristin asked, Leo shook his head.

“They must be the servants of the followers.”

In the first place, devil followers don’t all flock together like slaves.

Sling-

Leo slowly drew his sword.

“Get ready.”

“Yes? Are you thinking of breaking through here?”

“Yeah, I already got caught.”

“How is it hidden… .”

Luke’s mouth slowly closed.

He’s clearly hiding behind a rock.

All the servants’ eyes were focused this way.

“… These are not beings that can be recognized by the eyes! Everyone, prepare for battle!”

Boom-!

Luke fired the mana sphere he had prepared.

Whoosh!

The servant holding the pickaxe dodged, twisting his neck in a bizarre manner.

As expected, it was absolutely not a human being.

Dadadadada-!

A servant running towards you with his neck broken.

Swish-

Leo brought his sword down gently.

Chook-!

The servant’s body was split in half.

“Grumble… Grumble.”

But the servant tried to crawl over, crawling.

It was a shocking scene though.

Leo swung his sword a few more times with indifferent eyes.

Chook- Chook-

Only after splitting into several branches did the servant stop moving.

Although he escaped, it was still Bertain’s eldest son’s skill.

It was fortunate that we didn’t turn into enemies again.

Luke cast a strengthening spell on all members of the secret task force.

“Oh? What is this? My body feels light?”

“It’s like a strengthening spell, sis.”

A dark-haired woman named Cheryl Howard jumped lightly in place.

The blue-haired man, Watt Howard, answered as he assembled a three-part spear.

“I see why the captain wanted to bring you here.”

Cheryl looked at Luke and pursed her lips.

It was exactly like the face of a professor who had witnessed Luke’s talent during his undergraduate days.

“I’m in the secret task force for a short time.”

“Yeah, I heard. It’s really too bad… I wish he hadn’t died so soon.”

Then Cheryl turned her gaze to Tristin.

“It seems much more useful than Tristin?”

“What?”

Tristin’s eyes suddenly became sharp as sparks flew.

“Have you forgotten the barrier I opened for you so far?”

“Honestly, isn’t it true that you never do anything like that?”

“You are really… !”

Cheryl chuckled and Tristin growled.

“Leo, is it okay to leave it like this?”

“What are you talking about?”

Leo was still slaughtering the servants.

It was a swordsmanship that was all the more brutal because it made no sound.

“I think there’s going to be a fight.”

“It’s not that urgent yet.”

“Yes?”

“Once the battle starts, it’s okay.”

Leo’s words soon came true.

“Wow… … .”

A few of Leo’s henchmen rushed at him, their joints snapping.

puck!

“You’re talking, but you’re rude.”

Cheryl threw the water ball without looking.

But it was never weak in power.

Jeokjeok-

The water beads that hit directly froze.

Elemental transformation.

To accomplish this in an instant, you had to be a battle wizard like Victor.

Bam! Bam!

If Cheryl matches the water beads and freezes them.

Phagecic-!

Watts that wrap electricity around the window are organized one by one.

Flash-

The lightning gathered in the window followed Cherel’s water element.

Hit by water.

Frozen.

Even the most tenacious of servants would be unable to move if they were struck by lightning.

“They didn’t call me an excellent battle wizard for nothing.”

The Howard twins’ use of water and lightning was beyond Victor’s level.

“I don’t say empty words.”

The corners of Leo’s mouth slightly rose as he spoke calmly.

No matter how bland a person is.

He couldn’t help but feel proud when his own men were praised.

“Hmm.”

Because the secret task force was showing off such splendid skills, Luke seemed like he would only be a nuisance.

“You must be having a very comfortable time.”

Luke, who had stepped back slightly, sat down next to Tristin.

But he was twirling the dagger around.

Tristin, too, was unable to find a way in and was quietly hiding behind a rock.

“… Even my senior is ignoring me?”

Tristin, who was upset by Cheryl’s words earlier, glared at Luke.

“I know there is no barrier magician who can surpass you, my junior. But you have nothing to do during battle, right?”

“… … ”

“That’s because they are from the same non-combat background.”

“Senior, you were the leader of the magic training, right?”

“What is that… … .”

Luke, at a loss for words, shut his mouth.

Tristin’s eyes became sharper than before.

“After all, actual combat and magic training are different―”

When Luke finally found the words to say.

Phew!

“!”

A hazy servant’s arm rose from the ground.

Even though they don’t look human, I never thought they would dig tunnels to move around.

Keying-

It was when Luke aimed the mana sphere at the servant’s head.

Crunch-

Before he could even fire the mana sphere, the servant’s head flew into the sky.

“Are you hurt?”

Leo, who had been at the forefront, was suddenly right in front of me.

“Yes, thanks to you… .”

“That was what I said to Tristin.”

Luke released the mana sphere awkwardly.

“From now on, respond a little faster. Be especially careful with non-combatants.”

Leo said that and then stepped forward.

“… … ”

“… … ”

There was silence for a moment.

Let’s take a quick look to the side.

Tristin’s face was red.

Because there was a warming spell cast on it.

It wasn’t because I was cold that my face turned red.

“I think I know why you fell in love.”

I didn’t understand it at first.

If this situation had been repeated in every operation… it would have been favorable enough.

“… If you know, please help me.”

Tristin said in a crawling voice, covering her face.

* * * * *

The servants were quite persistent, though.

The hidden sword of the imperial family could not defeat the secret task force.

“You’ve been sucking honey alone again, Tristin?”

“Why can’t you catch me and be impatient?”

“Just because you’re cute?”

Cheryl chuckled.

It seemed like he was treating me like a younger sibling who was easy to tease, as he would growl at me at the drop of a hat.

“I can fight if I want to fight, right?”

Tristin twirled the dagger.

In fact, he is not a completely incompetent Gem soldier.

In that case, you wouldn’t be able to work in the secret task force in the first place.

only.

“Conserve your strength, Tristen. You should be using your strength elsewhere.”

Leo, who pursued efficiency, simply decided that he could do without Tristin.

“Look. I’m just staying still because of the captain’s orders.”

“Oh my, is that so?”

Cheryl trying to tickle her chin like a puppy.

Tristin swung her dagger!

Cherel summoned water and poured it out as if she was used to it.

“Ugh… !”

“This kind of scene is refreshing.”

When I was attending the academy, I think I had a prince-like style that was popular with the female students.

He’s the youngest in the secret task force, so he’s easy to tease.

“Tristine.”

“No! Captain, I didn’t really swing it with all my heart… .”

“That’s not it. Look ahead.”

Tristin, who was about to make an excuse in surprise, looked where Leo was pointing.

“It’s a boundary.”

A strangely overlapping barrier that was difficult to recognize blocked the way ahead.

“Yes, I have something to do.”

“Please wait a moment.”

“You’ll lose if you fight Cherel anyway, so don’t get involved.”

“… … ”

Tristin began to interpret the barrier with her mouth tightly shut.

Cheryl giggled behind him.

“Don’t be like that, Sister. You might get stabbed in the sleep.”

“What do you think? We take turns doing night watch.”

“What would you do if I wanted to stab you?”

“… … ”

Cheryl’s laughter suddenly stopped at her sister’s shocking betrayal.

“Senior. Help me out a little.”

Tristin asked Luke for support.

“If you can’t even release the barrier, won’t the status go down even further?”

“I can do it all by myself if I just interpret the ancient texts. I’m asking for your help because my senior interprets much faster.”

“Okay.”

Luke got right to work.

It was because I didn’t really want to test out for myself how sharp Tristin’s dagger was.

Luke’s translation and Tristin’s sophisticated barrier-breaking techniques combined.

Ss …

The barrier was blown away by a heavy snowstorm.

“Ugh.”

“You can see that they are committing terrible acts without even looking.”

At the same time, all kinds of bad smells and horrible rotten smells spread inside.

“Luke, Luke. Is there no magic to stop the stench?”

“Sister. No matter what, there must be something like that… .”

“I walked.”

Exactly.

With a snap of the fingers, bubble-shaped respirators were attached to all members of the secret task force.

When we went on a dungeon exploration as a group project.

It was Luke’s convenience magic that he developed after struggling with the smell.

“… Can’t you work for the secret task force until you die?”

“That’s too cruel.”

Ignoring the Howard twins’ words, Luke followed Leo, who had gone in first.

“Is there something in front?”

Leo stands tall before long.

He silently pointed with his finger to the tower in front of him.

At the entrance….

“You found it. The final piece of evidence.”

The last mark of the Demon Resurrection Circle that had been pursued so desperately was drawn.