episode_0571

There are two main routes to travel from Blackwood Estate to the Northern Demon Borderlands.

One, a travel route that winds along an already established road, passing through several villages and estates.

And a shortcut route that moves as close to a straight line as possible to somehow move quickly.

Luke, who wanted to return to Seraphine as soon as possible, naturally chose the shortcut route, but the downside of this shortcut route was that he rarely passed any villages or estates along the way.

“It’s late at night, so let’s camp out here for today.”

Luke drove the carriage from morning till night, but stopped his journey only after the sun had completely set.

Thinking that we should start by lighting a fire, I had Sally light up the surroundings.

-Hwaruk.

“Let’s start by making a campfire and setting up the tent. I guess it would be better for me to prepare the meal, right?”

“Please. But among us, Lilith’s skills are the best. ”

“I can cook it too.”

“Yes. Thank you for your kind words, but could you help me set up the tent over there, Luke? I can prepare the meal by myself. ”

“Okay, and I’ll tell you in advance, I’m healthy, so you don’t have to make my own meal. ”

“Yes, I got it. But I have big hands, so I might make a little too much. By the way, I don’t like leaving food behind, so I won’t leave until I finish eating. ”

“Ugh… .”

Luke already let out a sigh of indignation as if he had roughly understood what I was saying.

I’m sorry, but I have no intention of compromising when it comes to Luke’s meals and sleep.

It’s for her sake, but Luke’s condition needs to be good so that Ethan and I can travel safely.

Luke was the one who drove the carriage all day long without any shifts, so at the very least, he should be fed plenty of food and given a good night’s sleep without having to do night shifts. That way, Edan and I could sleep soundly while leaning against each other in the carriage during the day.

“Princess Seraphine is still in the Demon Mirror… slurp.”

And, contrary to what Luke thinks, Seraphine is probably taking good care of herself.

If you use the ‘recipe’ and ‘space pocket’ of the ‘Gyeomjossegi Gyeom’, you can eat as good as you would in the palace even in the Demon Realm, so worrying about her meals was a needless worry.

After the meal, Luke was wrapped in a sleeping bag again with magic chains and forcibly taken away by Ethan. He stood guard for three hours each way. In the morning, he reheated the stew he had made yesterday and emptied it completely before setting off. The journey by carriage lasted several days.

‘Grrr, grooo!’

-Phew!

‘Keuuu… .’

We set up camp in an area with many monsters and spent the night with Edan hunting down monsters.

“Hey hey, what’s going on here, cute girl, driving a carriage, huh? ”

“Hey, there are only two women for the young master! Kill the man and the woman… Kkkeup?!”

As I was passing through a deserted mountain road, I also occasionally got rid of a group of bandits who came to pick a fight as if it were natural.

The journey of the three people who advance across the empire while gaining experience points despite the level difference being so small was completed in five days, not the expected week.

“Arrived at the Demon Border.”

“… Already?”

“That’s fast. I thought it would take a week even if you can’t do it.”

Could it be thanks to Luke driving the carriage the whole time he was awake and the horses eating hay soaked in recovery potions that never got tired?

Thanks to that, I was able to shorten my schedule by about two days. But starting tomorrow, I have to start my journey to the Demon Realm in earnest.

The Demon Borderlands were all I had seen from afar when I visited the Dephrin Kingdom last time, but now that I was entering a new terrain, I definitely felt a strange sense of oppression.

“You can leave your carriage and horse at this inn. Since it is an inn directly managed by the imperial family, there is no problem leaving your luggage here for a long period of time.”

Luke, who has already been there several times, is almost like a guide who guides us through the Demon Border Area.

The evening of the fifth day felt like it had passed without any particular order. We had dinner at a restaurant that Luke had shown us around, and spent the night at the inn where we had left our horses and carriage earlier. We started our journey to the Demon Realm at dawn, before anyone had even woken up.

‘Khuhhh… .’

-Whew, whoosh, whoosh!

‘Wow!’

-Crackle, crackle, crackle.

The next day, I entered the Demon Realm and walked for about 30 minutes. At some point, I started hearing loud noises from around me.

It wasn’t hard to guess that the strange noises that were not human sounds were coming out, and they gradually filled the area around Ethan and Luke.

‘Woah! Woof! Woof!’

“… It’s creepy. Is this the original atmosphere of the place called Magyeong? ”

“It’s a bit quiet today. The Demon King’s 3rd line of defense has been broken through, and just two weeks ago, the hero and princess’s party broke through the Demon Realm with the knights, thinning out their numbers considerably.

However, the unique aura of the Demon Realm will inevitably turn this place into a habitat for evil monsters, said Saint Serista. Even if the Demon King is defeated, it is expected to take a long time to purify this area. ”

… It would probably take at least a thousand years. I remember it taking about the same amount of time in the original work.

The protagonist who receives the protection of the warrior can live forever as long as he has a passion for life.

When you take the Silena route, you usually go on a thousand-year journey with Silena, saying that you can’t leave her alone and leave first, and during that process, you can also see the process of restoring the magic realm.

‘Khuh, khuaaah…!!’

“It’s the Demon Tribe! Both of you, prepare for battle! ”

“Confirmed!”

“… Yeah, it’s like this.”

Three people each grab their weapons and get into battle stance as they are attacked by bizarre insects with human heads attached.

There was no time to be frightened by grotesque monsters like the human-faced cicada or the human-faced locust. Deeper than here, there were more disgusting and yet stronger monsters.

“Hyaaap!!”

-Whoaaah!

‘Khaaak…!!’

As soon as Ethan’s sword slashed across the battlefield, the three bodies of the human-faced fox were separated into upper and lower parts. It seems that even a sword slash at the level of a later Sword Expert would be able to cut through it without difficulty, as its durability is high.

-Phew! Choaaaak!

“Ugh, ugh… !”

-Crunch!

“… Phew.”

Luke, who seemed to have dealt with it many times before, stabbed the dagger into the stomach of the locust without hesitation.

She looked slightly flustered as the guy’s stomach split open and white worms burst out from inside, but she still blocked the second attack with flawless movements.

-Shasasasasasak!

“This, this shit… !!”

-Crack!!

“Ugh, ugh, ugh… .”

Fuck… ‘That’s it’.

It was definitely a disgusting bug, but this one was particularly disgusting. Even though I have lived in this world for a long time, it seems that my experience of living as a modern person in the past Republic of Korea has had a big effect.

I didn’t want to touch it directly, so I hurriedly struck it with my fist loaded with mana night, and it was crushed to death in one blow, but the disgusting feeling didn’t change.

It was especially vicious in that it continued to eat away at my mental strength even after I lost. It was to the point where I thought I wanted to get out of the human-faced bug section as soon as possible, even if it meant being a little stronger.

“I’ll memorize the big spell! Luke and Ethan, please guard me for a moment!”

“Oh, no! Miss Lilith’s Mana Blast is too dangerous in this area! ”

“That’s not what I was trying to use!”

Do you know who the manablast one-tool wizard is?

Luke ignored the squeak and gathered his magic power in his hand to create a vortex of vision. It was a magic for dealing with trash mobs that he had learned briefly when he ran away from home.

It was more than enough power to deal with monsters that die in a single Mana Night. It wasn’t a magic that had no aftereffects like Mana Blast once it was used.

A huge vortex of magical power, created by consuming about a quarter of the total magical power, surrounded the three people.

“Magic power! Become a blade of wind and shatter all enemies before your eyes! Arcane Tornado!!”

-Crash, crash, crash!! Crash, crash, crash!!

‘Khuh, kyahaaa…!!’

‘Keuh, keuh…!! Keheeek…!!’

A vortex of visionary magic spreading out from the three people in the eye of the typhoon.

After the sound of the horrifying monsters being cut and torn apart by the sharp blades of the wind echoed around, all that was left were the remains of horrible insects that would make your sanity drop just by looking at them.

“When did you learn this magic, Miss Lilith?”

“There was a situation where I almost died if I didn’t learn. I want to get out of here faster than that. Can I hurry a little? ”

“Ah, yes! Then from now on, I will move a little faster.”

… I really don’t think I can stay here any longer. I’d rather be a skeleton or a zombie.