episode_0272

“I made everything.”

A body that is restored to its original state even after being shattered. Looking at the fracture surface, it was wood.

“Are you a tree too?”

A persistent demon seen in humans’ memories. The guy in front of me didn’t seem to be a demon, but his regenerative power went a step further.

“Eujin, get out of the way for a moment.”

Grumble!

Rube stepped forward and burned the gatekeeper with flame magic.

“…Huh?”

But surprisingly, the automaton did not ride. Perhaps because it is a body that cannot catch fire in the first place, it ignores the strong flames and rushes at it.

“It looks like Akasha made it deliberately. Leave this to me.”

Rube caught the charging automaton and threw it far away. I watched the doll fly across the sky like a toy for a moment.

“I think it’s over.”

“No. It’s coming back at a really fast pace. Go first.”

Rube came out and waved his hand towards Arjen.

“Anyway, if you want to find the kids quickly, you have to spread out and search. I’ll clean up that guy and look for him separately.”

“Okay. Then.”

Right now, finding Asha and Adele was more important than anything else. I left Luv with Arjen and moved inside the rare.

‘Tsk, it’s complicated because it’s someone else’s rare.’

The original Dragon’s Nest is as complex as a dungeon maze. In particular, the owner of this place is Akasha. The rare was also twisted, just like its owner.

“I just want to destroy everything…”

“That’s not possible….”

Arjen was literally on the verge of exploding. I wanted to do that too, but if I recklessly destroy the rare, there is a risk that the children will get hurt.

On the contrary, the mindset was to just look for the children and this time, I wanted to see the end with Akasha.

“This way.”

The good news was that as we approached this point, we could almost feel the presence of the children. Therefore, no matter how complicated the rare structure was, I did not get lost.

The person who stopped Arjen and I, who had been moving forward without stopping, was another person who appeared to be Akasha’s automaton.

“Stop. How did you get in here?”

Dark skin and golden hair. It was the demon that Asha and Adele had fought in human memories.

“You, you bastard…!”

I was so angry that I threw a punch instead of answering. The children were my top priority, but since this guy was going to block the road anyway, I decided to kill him right here.

Quang!

“Eugene? What’s wrong?”

Arjen’s puzzled question. I knew that since this was an enemy camp, everyone I saw was an enemy, but it seemed like my sudden haste was too much.

“My kids owe me something. Would you like to go and look for Asha and Adele first? I’ll settle the bill and follow you.”

“…Yes! Okay!”

After Arzen passed first, the demon that had been blown away by my fist straightened up.

“Querkus This idiot… You sent these guys, but you don’t have time to report on them?”

“You still don’t have time to spare in real time, do you? Same goes for you.”

No matter how much effort Akasha put into making it, it is ultimately an automatic doll. Even if he couldn’t become a dragon because it was Orha’s body, there was no way Rube would lose.

“Ah… Now I see that they are their parents. Give up. As long as you are in the master’s sight, you will never be able to get it back.”

“What are you saying, you bloody bastard? Do you know how many times I’ve bumped into that guy?”

“…Hmm?”

Perhaps because he sensed that my words were unusual, the other person’s expression, where everything seemed meaningless, showed caution.

Although I make it sound as if there have been countless fights, this is the third time I have had a direct confrontation with Akasha.

Of course, just because I confess that fact, that guy’s vigilance won’t lighten. Still, since he’s a confidant, he probably knows more about Akasha than I do, and the fact that he’s still alive despite fighting twice gives him plenty of reason to be wary.

“…Really? Then, let’s check if you have the skills as I said before…gagging!”

Hits the same place as the first blow. The guy who couldn’t react at all to my movements flies away once again.

“This is crazy…!”

“Oh… I guess I was prepared this time though.”

I give a soulless applause to the demon who quickly regains his composure.

“Why? Why can’t I get it at all?…!”

“What, trying to figure out my capabilities? It must be difficult.”

The demons I saw in human memories were not slow at all, but they did not react to my attacks at all. This is because faith cannot be sensed except by God, and because I am reinforcing my own movements with faith.

On the other hand, the opponent was not using the power of the demons at all, which was still unknown territory for me.

“I would like to tell you that it is not a wise choice to not use magic energy just because this is the residence of the owner you love so much.”

“It’s useless interference.”

“If you think like that, you’ll be dead now.”

Just because I’m stuck with two young children who haven’t even grown up yet, doesn’t that mean I don’t know how to kill myself?

I used faith again. This time, I’m just using it to deal with Akasha, so unless they come up with some kind of countermeasure, I think I can kill it with this.

“I avoided it!”

This time, the opponent must have had his eyes wide open and managed to dodge his fist. I sighed as if I was lamenting to him.

“Ugh.”

Pow!

“!?”

Obviously a fist across the face. However, faith is not something you can avoid by twisting your body. The faith that escaped from the missed fist was aimed directly at the opponent’s solar plexus, and his entire body was scattered below his shoulders and flew away.

“Obviously… I avoided it…”

“My faith measures are not working properly. Blame your lazy master.”

Although Stella’s divine power and Prinia’s space magic were honed, they had no plans at all for me when I faced them in the dwarven village.

‘It’s kind of bittersweet.’

Although this is clearly an advantageous fact for me, I feel sick because it seems to have been ignored.

“Damn….”

“Even when her body gets to that point, I see her mouth open, so a doll is a doll.”

“That is his greatness. This means that you are not someone you can easily disparage…”

“This is serious. Even though I look like this, I am still a god, so are you putting a mere dragon above me? Well, since he created you, he may be a god from your perspective.”

To me, you are just an enemy.

“Okay. Then, stay loyal to that guy until the end, do nothing, and die.”

Even though Akasha has strengthened the hardware, the fact that she is a demon and does not use magic means that she is just an automaton to me. At least as long as you have faith.

Without any hesitation, I put my foot down with faith and tried to hit him on the head, and at that moment, an energy that I had never felt before erupted from him like an explosion.

“Aaaah!”

“What?”

It was an alien energy, but it wasn’t difficult to suppress. The problem happened next. The suppression itself was easy, but the magic began to slowly erode their faith.

“Wow, what is it?”

I thought I could understand why Stella had designed an opponent for the Demon King with a holy sword and a warrior, and why Prinia had personally stepped in to block the link with the Demon World.

Considering that magic can be used to fight against it without any problems, it seems that magic is at odds with faith.

‘Akasha is the only one playing.’

This is a guy who took corrective measures regarding faith from the beginning. If Magi had these qualities, he would definitely have used them in his research.

‘Wait a minute, so is this the reason why this guy has no solution to his faith?’

It’s shocking. Of course, if it were in the past, you wouldn’t be able to deny that he would have struggled quite a bit.

But now, hundreds of years have passed since I became a god. The automaton demon in front of me is not threatening at all.

“Whenever you act like you’re loyal and sacrificing your life, it’s only when you’re about to fall behind that you quickly unleash your magical energy.”

So, you should scratch the inside without worrying. No matter how much he feels like a small child to me, he is clearly a bully to my children.

“…Because death has not yet been granted.”

The demonic energy surrounding his body gradually regenerated the body that had not been restored by faith. I nodded to his words.

“Okay. good choice. As you can see, even if you unleash magical energy, there is no particular damage to the rare.”

Rather than encroaching on the surrounding structures, the demonic energy was spreading all over the place, and was busy colliding with my faith.

“But I can’t say that’s a good thing from your perspective.”

I am once again wrapped up in faith. It is true that water can put out a fire, but a watering can cannot put out a forest fire.

In any case, since I found out that Magi was eroding my faith, I calculated that it would be beneficial to risk the immediate loss and use a little of the faith I could use on Akasha.

In other words, this means that the jokes will stop here and I will pour out my faith with all my might.

“This is crazy….”

Even though he couldn’t feel it directly, the demon’s complexion immediately became pale, perhaps because he indirectly felt the pressure of faith coming against the demon energy.

“In the next life, please make sure you meet the true Creator. If there is such a thing as an afterlife for demons.”

The released faith tears the body to pieces. I didn’t bother to check the results. Now that the children’s revenge has been completed, all that remains is to join Arjen and retrieve the children from Akasha.

‘If I had known that Magi was destroying faith, I would have left it to Arzen and gone to find Akasha.’

As I walked, I thought about something useless.

And I painfully realized that that thought was right when I arrived at the place where Akasha was.

Arjen had collapsed.

I felt faith in Akasha.