episode_0233

“Sa, save me! I didn’t see anything! I didn’t hear anything!! So please just save me…, just save me!!!”

“….”

A little one, desperately appealing to his ignorance and begging, is hanging in mid-air.

The little one dangling through the magic circle seems to have a human appearance, but the aura felt is not human.

If I had to specify….

Yeah. It feels like seeing the Great Sage Equaling Heaven or the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven.

But he doesn’t have the strong power like them, and maybe he’s just essentially the same being as them.

“Tamiel.”

“Yeah~ What’s up?”

“Considering the heinous story I heard a little while ago, he doesn’t seem to be that special.”

“Well…. He’s still a child. And even among humans, there are many differences in ability and disposition between individuals, right? It’s not like all monsters are warlike and strong.”

I guess….

I think I had too narrow of a view. Let’s reflect.

“So, what should we do with this….”

“Hiiiik?!”

The monster reacts greatly to my words and thrashes desperately.

But unfortunately, that level of struggle was unlikely to break Tamiel’s restraints, and the monster kid, realizing that there was no way to escape on his own, stopped thrashing and bowed his head deeply, accepting the fate that would come to him.

“T-That, um, Hero-nim….”

“What’s wrong? Leviah.”

“Are you going to kill this child…?”

“Hmm….”

I’m debating whether to kill him or not, but I think it’s better to make it a surprise without the other party knowing? I think.

“D-Do you have to kill him?”

“What’s your reason for thinking that?”

“T-The reason is…. He’s still a child….”

Regardless of the actual age of the monster in front of her, it is true that he is outwardly in the form of a young child, so it seems a bit uncomfortable to kill him. In addition, the monster restrained by Tamiel raised his head, which had been deeply bowed, and looked at Leviah, wondering if there was any hope that he could live?

“I’m sorry, but I can’t just let it go because I feel sorry for him. For example, if we let that child go, if that child tells ‘Yoma’ that we’ve come, the other party will naturally prepare for us, right? Then, things that we could have easily solved become difficult. I don’t want to make Leviah bear the responsibility for that.”

“T-That’s….”

“It doesn’t matter whether you kill him or not, but wouldn’t it be better to find out as much information as possible?”

Tamiel’s words slip in there.

When I looked at Tamiel, Tamiel smiled without saying a word.

And as if agreeing with that, Baekryeon also said.

“This one agrees with Tamiel’s words. If this monster is a native living here, he must know the geography of this place well. In that case, it would be good to listen to some information about it before acting.”

“…Hmm.”

My gaze turned from Baekryeon to the captured monster.

The monster looked at me with desperate and glittering eyes, as if thinking that this was the last chance he could seize.

“Okay, well…. The other kids are saying this, so it’s not difficult to listen to the story.”

“I, I’ll tell you! I’ll answer anything I know! And I won’t tell anyone what I’ve seen or heard here!!”

The monster shouts desperately.

I calmed the monster down and started listening to the story.

“M-My name is Kameko.”

“I’m not particularly curious about your name.”

“Hiiiik…. I-I’m sorry!!”

The monster, Kameko, reacts greatly to my words and bows her head.

At the same time, she carefully looked up at me and opened her mouth.

“T-Then…. What are you curious about?….”

“First of all, where is this?”

“You mean here?…. This is Akukaku, a sea village in the Shimimane region of Jugo….”

“Akukaku, huh….”

I glanced at Baekryeon.

Baekryeon’s eyes met mine, and she shook her head.

“This one’s main house was in the north of Joui, so I don’t know much about the geography of Tayo Country, Master.”

“Is that so?…. Then there’s nothing I can do.”

I turned my gaze back to Kameko.

Kameko flinched as her eyes met mine.

“Do you know ‘Yoma’?”

“Y-Yoma…. Do you mean Lady Tamamo?!”

“Tamamo?…. Is Yoma’s name Tamamo?”

“That’s right.”

After hearing Tamiel’s affirmation, I nodded.

“Okay, do you know anything about that monster named Tamamo?”

“Ah, I know something, but….”

“Then tell me everything you know.”

“Yes, yes!….”

Kameko, who was desperately nodding to survive, started talking hard about Yoma Tamamo.

“L-Lady Tamamo is so great that lower-class monsters like me can’t dare to see her. She is a hero who suppressed the monsters that flocked in from overseas a long time ago and restored peace to this Tayo Country, which was in chaos.”

“Is that so?….”

Is that the feeling here?….

But I have to kill such a hero.

“Where is Tamamo staying?”

“T-That’s….”

“…Shall I just kill you easily?”

“Hiiiik!…. I-I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you!!”

It seems that she respects the hero, but she wants to live, so Kameko quickly changed her attitude, which she had been reluctant to talk about, and started talking.

“L-Lady Tamamo is staying at the White Mask Castle in Tofuco, Ganta.”

“How long does it take to get there from here?”

“Uh…. If you go by horse, it will take about 3~4 months….”

3~4 months.

If it takes 3~4 months by horse, if I run there directly…. Is there still not enough time?

“Tamiel.”

“I can move you, but…. I have to calculate the coordinates for places I don’t know.”

“Never mind if you can’t.”

“Oh my, you’re making me competitive.”

Tamiel smiles at my words and closes her eyes.

And I can feel a faint magic power spreading from Tamiel’s body.

I confirmed that and said to Kameko.

“As you know, we came here to kill the hero of this place.”

“!”

“It doesn’t matter if you run away as is and tell the other guys, and it doesn’t matter if you stay quiet like a mouse.”

Sreung, Piiing

I lightly cut off the magical shackles that Tamiel had put on and freed Kameko.

When I took out my sword, Kameko trembled as she looked at me, thinking that I was going to kill her, and then tilted her head as she saw her freed body.

“Go.”

“A-Are you letting me go?”

“I told you. The truth is, it doesn’t really matter which one you choose.”

“….”

Kameko stared at me without saying a word for a moment, then quickly moved away from us.

No, at the moment she was about to leave, she stopped for a moment and said to me, looking at me.

“B-But…. Lady Tamamo is a very strong and kind person! She doesn’t give up easily!….”

After saying that, Kameko moved her stopped steps and disappeared from our sight.

I felt Kameko’s disappearing aura and muttered as if I was dumbfounded.

“…Is that right to say after blowing the location of the person you admire so much?”

* * *

Kwaaaang!!!

A tremendous roar echoes.

If you turn your gaze to the source of the roar, there stood a woman with white hair and large cow horns standing on the sky as if she were standing on the ground.

She held a long and large double-edged axe as long as her height, and coldly scanned the surroundings with her lowered eyes.

“…Basho.”

Uuung!

As if responding to her call, the silver glittering double-edged axe cried out, spewing out a ferocious energy.

At the same time, huge ice spears soared up from the surroundings and rushed towards the white-haired woman.

Swaeaek! Peoeong!!!

However, with just one swing of the white-haired woman, the ice spears shattered into pieces and were swept away by the wind pressure created by the axe being swung.

However, as if aiming for the gap created by swinging the double-edged axe, a woman with unique hair that was half black hair and half white hair wields a sword with a blade that has the same color as her hair.

As if responding to that, the action taken by the white-haired woman was to clench her left hand into a fist and swing it.

Kwaaaaang!!!

Once again, a roar echoes. In a strange situation where the sharp blade and bare skin collided but were not cut and reached equilibrium, the two people retreated at the same time as if they had made a deal.

“Hyunmu.”

“….”

Mino, the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven, staring at Hyunmu, one of the Four Gods, slightly frowned her beautiful face.

It’s good that I felt the aura of the Master while things were going urgently in the Holy Country.

Now that the Master has moved, the situation there will be resolved soon.

Therefore, she left first to prepare for the subjugation of Tayo Country, which was the Master’s original purpose.

Yes, it was good up to this point.

If only she hadn’t been suddenly blocked by her.

“….”

Hyunmu silently grips her sword.

It’s already been 2 days since this.

She was one of the most outstandingly strong among the Four Gods, so she was able to withstand the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven, who also had outstanding strength along with the Great Sage Equal to Heaven among the Seven Great Sages, without falling. But that touched the patience of the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven.

She, who had reached the limit of her patience with an opponent who only mechanically blocked her without saying a word, further increased her strength.

Teoeong!!

The Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven, swinging Basho with the momentum to split Hyunmu in an instant.

“Not like that….”

“It can’t be done. Sister.”

“!!”

And at that moment, ambushing the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven were a young girl with blue hair and a languid voice, and a masked freak wearing thick clothes that completely covered her body.