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The home of the pandemic.

Chains treated with special magical power and a multi-layered magic circle were installed, and a centaur was bound in the center of them.

Although there was no particular resistance, the Centaur’s power was so strong that it would be dangerous to not do this.

“Apostle, please spread the flames of hell to the human world…”

The Maestro prayed with his hands folded in front of the centaur.

– These stupid people can’t communicate… They can’t even recognize an F-class mercenary card.

And Rebecca, who was standing behind him, quietly closed her eyes.

‘Crazy guys.’

The centaur who hides his magic power and pretends to be weak, or the maestro who knows everything but acts like it.

It was clear that both of them were crazy.

“Human genocide or human slavery. We can help with anything.”

– I’m not interested, so get out.

“Apostle, if you responded to the summoning contract, doesn’t that mean there is something you want in the human world? It’s okay, so please tell me.”

– Sigh, I’ve never signed a contract or anything like that. I don’t even know why I’m here.

However, despite the Maestro’s continued courtship, the centaur did not change his mind.

In the end, the Maestro also had to change his methods.

It would have been best to persuade him like this, but he had no choice but to use his magical energy.

“… Rebecca. This won’t work.”

“Yes, Maestro.”

As soon as the Maestro called her name, Rebecca raised her magic power.

Jiying-

Soon, a rune barrier spread around the centaur.

“Ha, baby animals can’t understand speech, so they are animals.”

– Say whatever you want. Anyway, I… Sigh?!

Rune barrier.

The reason it was called the best, worst, and most evil barrier was not simply because it was not easily broken.

The Rune clan spends their entire lives honing the Rune barrier.

When combined with the power of the bloodline flowing from Rune’s clan, a completely different magic from an ordinary barrier is created.

That’s why their barriers are different.

The ability to control the inside of the barrier.

The ability becomes stronger as the barrier becomes narrower.

– Sigh. Big….

“Apostle. Look into my eyes.”

The air completely disappeared inside the barrier.

Even though strong pressure and shock were applied, the centaur was still fine.

“Hmm, Rebecca. Let’s keep the barrier as is. It seems like it will take a long time to convince the Apostle.”

“Yes, Maestro. I will go.”

– Ugh….

“Now, Apostle. I’ll say it again….”

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Seeing the Maestro clinging to the centaur, Rebecca closed the door and exited the base.

“Ha, ha… It takes too much mana to stop Maestro’s brainwashing. Anyway, he’s crazy.”

Rebecca is able to prevent Maestro’s brainwashing by covering herself with a barrier of runes, but even she can be seen acting out if she makes eye contact for too long.

What makes that guy so dangerous is his ability.

That centaur may rebel, but he will fall soon like the other executives.

“Thank you for your hard work, Rebecca.”

Rebecca’s henchman who was waiting outside approached.

“Yes. How is Lee Ho-yeon’s situation?”

“After checking the hospital’s data, it looks like he will be discharged soon.”

“Oh… okay.”

Rebecca smiled with joy at the thought of soon meeting the survivors of her clan.

*

Nam Da-hee was busy playing around and wasn’t paying attention, and Nam Da-eun was still playing with Da-hee with a slightly red face.

“What about people from hell? Are they monsters in hell?”

“No, I don’t know that. But do you see the mercenary badge hanging around my neck over there?”

“Mercenary pack?”

I stared at the TV screen with my eyes glued to it.

I was able to watch it in detail because the video was paused while experts came out and explained things.

“I think it says F…”

“That necklace? What does that have to do with hell?”

Although the design was strange, it was a necklace with nothing particularly unusual.

Because monsters like weird designs.

“It’s not a necklace, it’s a mercenary card used in hell.”

“No, wait a minute. It says F. But why in hell would you use that?”

English is the language of the human world.

Why do they use English in hell?

“What are you talking about? Of course, mercenary cards must be written in English.”

“….”

There are a lot of things I wanted to point out, but I just skipped over them.

First of all, I’m also talking to a succubus, so what’s the big deal about using English in hell?

“So who is that centaur? Is he famous?”

I don’t know why that guy is here, but isn’t it dangerous if he’s a famous name in hell?

“No. F is the lowest. Among the mercenaries, they are the most trash. They are the ones who clean up trash in the dungeon.”

“Didn’t you see the video? People flying around like trash?”

If the cleaners are that good, even if they are just chore workers, the day they come, the world will be destroyed.

“Hmm… That’s right. There’s no way that level of power is F-level.”

Fortunately, even in hell, I think I’m strong enough to do that.

“First of all, that’s not what’s important. So do you have any idea why that centaur is doing that in this world?”

“I don’t know. He probably signed a contract like me.”

Liliana’s eyes were fixed on the TV, as if she was happy to see a friend she hadn’t seen in a long time.

He’s useless when it really matters.

“Contracts, hell, monsters, city raids….”

I slowly looked back at the original work and wondered what I could infer from that centaur.

Although it is a monster I have never seen before, there may be some hints in the original.

“If an intelligent monster attacks and commits terrorism like that, it will definitely be difficult to deal with.”

“Right… Wait a minute, terrorism?”

“Yes. Why are you doing that?”

A word Scarlett threw by accident.

terror.

When you think of terrorism, there is a group that comes to mind.

Mine collective pandemic.

And the story of fighting the pandemic in the original story came to mind one by one.

“… Apostle.”

Pandemic has the concept of an apostle.

The concept is that you are the devil’s servant, but from then on, the attacks of the pandemic become more intense and strong monsters that do not exist in the original world appear.

There was a lot of criticism that it was a forced setting to balance the broken power balance… but that’s still it.

Among the apostles, I have never seen a centaur like that.

The first apostle that appears in the original work is not a monster like that, but a round, gooey slime.

‘I don’t know where it started… but something was twisted.’

A sentient centaur.

In other words, it means that words can be communicated.

“I want to talk to that centaur at least once. Is there a way?”

I said while looking at Scarlett, who was the brainiest among us.

Since he is a person who can communicate well, he may know information about hell, the Demon Lord, or Liliana that he didn’t know before.

“Well, we at the Iris Guild are still looking for a way to subdue that centaur. It suddenly disappeared in the middle of the city, but it seems to be still located on the French side.”

“That’s right. The Iris Guild is also in France.”

Ellis must be having a hard time too.

Let’s delve into that as well.

Something like joining forces with the Iris Guild to catch a centaur…

‘When I think about it, I wonder how I can subdue that thing.’

Just by looking at it, it looks really strong.

Even if you have fighting sense, it is difficult to deal with someone in a completely different weight class.

I wonder if there is another way.

“Yes. It might be difficult for me to be here every day now.”

“Okay. Okay.”

In fact, every day I have been here so far has been abnormal.

Scarlett is also a person with her own job.

“Hell… hell…”

Liliana wasn’t paying attention to our conversation and was staring at the TV with vague eyes.

★ Heroine status window

[Liliana]

– [Likeability: 97] (+1.6)

– [Liberty: 76]

– [Appetite: 42]

– [Fatigue: 30]

Current Status: What is Mom doing?…

“Liliana.”

“Yep?”

“Do you want to talk to that centaur?”

“… It’s nothing in particular, but I get a strange feeling every time I see that horseman.”

Why is this so unusual?

“Just do as you normally would. Just whining is what suits you.”

“What do you say, you must be crazy. Where is the succubus as calm as me?”

hell.

It was a place I didn’t think much about, but it kept appearing in the story.

Pandemic, and Liliana.

Maybe it’s really important.

*

“…Honey, what is this?”

“Huh? Why all of a sudden?”

When I returned to the hospital and received a regular checkup as usual, Baek A-young’s voice, who was placing her hand on my body, was strangely trembling.

“The circuit… no, the entire body has become healthy. Rather than becoming healthy… I’m getting healthier…?”

“ah….”

I received a significant increase in natural healing power as a reward, and it seems like I did that because of that.

But is it really that surprising?

“I recently gained a skill. But is that as much as it is?”

“It’s healing so cleanly and completely naturally. At this rate, the efficiency of the mana circuit will be better than before the injury.”

Oh, looking at things like that, it must be incredibly efficient.

“Then will discharge be brought forward a little?”

I asked Baek A-young with the expectation of being discharged.

“Tomorrow… no, I can be discharged tomorrow if it’s sandy.”

Is it so good?

I already had so much to do that I thought it was a waste of time to stay in the hospital.

However, Baek A-young’s expression was not good.

I guess it’s because we’ll have less time to meet each other once I’m discharged from the hospital.

I feel sorry again for no reason.

“But… you should come for health checkups often, right?”

Baek Ayoung heard me and made eye contact with me.

“Huh? Ah… Yes. That would be good.”

“I’ll keep coming. Don’t worry.”

“…you have to come every day, honey.”

“all right.”

Kkook-

As I was hugging Baek Ayoung, who had a gloomy expression, Baek Ayoung, who was in my arms, started speaking in a serious voice.

“… It’s time to leave the hospital, so I have something to tell you.”

“Hmm. What is it?”

I’m setting the mood like this to say something.

I waited slightly nervously for the next words.

“I didn’t tell you because I was worried about your physical condition… During the terrorist attack, you fainted and someone approached me.”

“… yes.”

This is my first time hearing it.

Baek A-young said she didn’t tell me because she was worried about my condition, so maybe there was a shocking incident.

“He asked me to tell you this.”

Phew.

Baek Ah-young sighed once and slowly opened her mouth as if she was remembering that time.

“I came to visit you from my past clan, so I will visit you again when I recover.”

“… A clan from the past?”

“You don’t have to tell me right now. You probably have things you want to hide, too. But… please tell me someday. I want to be helpful to you, too.”

Baek Ayoung held my hand tightly and gave me a desperate look.

It was the look in his eyes that he would embrace whatever secrets his beloved had.

Of course, I was just embarrassed to be looked at like that.

‘No, what is the clan of the past?’

My head really hurts.