CH 62

: Ruins (1)

"I wanted to have a conversation with Sears, but the conversation with the Marquis became too long."

"I'll see you next time."

"Then I will prepare a good car and wait for you."

Archbishop Sepira finished his greetings and returned to the church with a group of priests.

"It was late at night. Get a good night's sleep and I'll see you tomorrow.

"Sleep, Grandpa."

haha. Sleep well, our Jamie."

rest.

okay. You worked hard today too, Sears. Get a good rest."

The Marquis Bell headed to the bedroom.

Sears hugged the sleeping Sarah and kissed Jamie's forehead.

"See you tomorrow, my son."

Good night.

Sears went back to the room.

When Jamie entered the room after confirming that the adults had disappeared, Bena, who was ready, opened her mouth in a quiet voice.

"Are you leaving soon?"

"A pile?"

Here you go.

As Bena pulled on the blanket, Jamie was sleeping soundly.

Jamie nodded with satisfaction.

Although Bena had no talent for other magic, she only used transformation magic at a fairly high level.

I'm not maintaining my squirrel shape right now, so I'll have plenty of mana to keep.

"Tell me if you think you're running out of mana."

I know.

Jamie quietly opened the window.

Summer is almost coming to an end, and the night breeze is a bit chilly.

I looked outside once.

"Sable?"

why?

Bena squeezed through the narrow window and poked her head out.

Her chest pressed against Jamie's head.

Jamie's head, still young, couldn't hold her chest and went down.

"Move away, mama!"

why?

"Heavy!"

"Oh."

Just then, as if realizing it, Bena pulled herself out of the window with a puzzled expression on her face.

Then he covered his chest with both hands and opened his eyes.

transformation.

"Die, just."

Jamie shook her head and looked back to the window.

Sable was leading the soldiers to somewhere.

His expression looked quite dark. Did the incident happen again?

'Did [Daemon] appear?'

I can't think of anything other than that.

Jamie thought so and stepped out the window.

come out.

"Twitch!"

Bena also struggled to get out of the window.

Sable and the soldiers must have disappeared too, no one saw them.

Jamie took Benna's hand and soared high.

"Wow-"

Noisy. What are you going to do if someone hears it?"

"I always like it."

"Magicians don't even know how to fly."

Jamie, who said that too, couldn't fly properly until a few months ago, so Black helped him.

"Speed up."

"Wow!"

In line with Jamie's acceleration, Bena clinging to her hand exclaimed happily.

Jamie once again told him to be quiet, but Benna couldn't hear it. It was only after I let go of one hand that I was assured that I would not do it.

* * *

Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!

Late at night, a man was running away from something.

I turned around and around the corner of the alley.

In an effort to keep him from knowing where he was as much as possible, the man constantly teased his legs.

Still, a beast-like noise was heard from behind.

'Hate! I don't want to die!'

I heard rumors that the ghost of [Demon] appeared in this city, but the man didn't believe it.

I just thought he was someone crazy about murder.

If he appeared in front of him, he had aspirations to knock him down.

But it was completely delusional.

The man learned that it wasn't just someone crazy about murder who was chasing him.

It looked like a human, but it wasn't human.

'It's really the ghost of [Daemon]!'

If caught, the heart will be pulled out.

It will become a cold corpse.

At that time, the nape of the neck became cold. The man bowed his head close to instinct.

crush-

A creepy sound that cuts through the wind.

"Hey!"

The man started the race, somehow corrected the center of his collapsing body and started running again.

Don't even look back. Because that momentary pause was sure to send him over the Jordan River.

'Damn it! Damn it!'

My breath hit the tip of my chin.

The thigh muscles were also overloaded.

The muscles of the whole body became hot.

As the man's body reached its limit, a dimly lit lamp appeared in the distance.

'God has not forsaken me!'

The man exclaimed with all his might, drenched in emotion.

My chin was full of breath, but it's not the time to worry about that.

Help me!

It hurt as if my lungs were being ripped apart.

Since the rules of breathing are broken, it is impossible to run any more.

Suddenly, at that moment, the soldiers with lanterns found the man.

A smile of relief was drawn on the man's face.

Relief ."

But the smile didn't last long.

The soldiers just quietly watched the man.

standing still, doing nothing.

It was then that the man realized that something was wrong.

Whoops-

late.

A black hand pierced his chest.

The man saw something red in his hand in his dying consciousness.

It was obviously his own heart that was slowly beating.

* * *

"I got hit again."

The soldier, with a serious face, reported to Sabl, the Inspector General of the case.

There was a hole in the chest of the man who had become a corpse.

This time, only the heart was removed.

"The warmth is still there. It hasn't been long since."

"Close this neighborhood, set up a tracking team and search all over the city. The culprit may not have gone that far."

Okay.

The unit commanders were busy moving to fulfill their respective orders.

Sable squatted down to examine the corpse.

The perpetrator left no traces other than having his heart taken out.

"It's strange. There were sentries guarding this place. They said they didn't hear anything. It makes no sense."

Centurion Reboss, assistant inspector, told Sabble.

"Isn't there an insider? It doesn't make sense. It's impossible for us to get this far."

"The inspection assistant is right. Everyone else thinks the same. Clearly there are insiders."

stop.

Sable interrupted the two of them.

"Don't be suspicious of your colleagues. It's never too late to do that when you're in trouble. We are not in a corner yet, and we can solve it."

However ."

"I understand. It's not like I didn't think that way either. But the more you do, the more you have to be united."

" Okay.

"I'll be careful."

The two looked uncomfortable, but the command of the superior was absolute. Even what Sable said was not wrong.

They left to fulfill their assigned duties.

Alone, Sable closed the victim's eyes, which were still open.

And then, the monster appeared.

"Stupid things."

The monster, whose whole body was covered with hideous scars, was holding the heart of the inspection assistant Ribos.

While waiting around him, he had come out for a while for a mission and attacked him.

"Just keep looking. can you catch me Kkukkuk!"

It felt good to feel my heart beating slowly.

He put the heart in the cloth pocket. The night is still long. Harvest at least three more hearts and return.

Startle-!

That was then.

The monster felt a strong presence right behind him. And an unknown scent of flowers drifted around.

The monster turned his head. he laughs out loud

"Hehehe!"

There, Sable with a sword was glaring at the monster with fearful eyes.

* * *

The sound of the leaves rustling in the night breeze resounded.

The forest at night was so dark that it was difficult to see an inch ahead.

Even the noise of grasshoppers, which is insignificant, makes people nervous.

This was especially so here.

It was gloomy just looking at it, and I didn't have enough strength to put my shoulders down for nothing.

A forest that feels so bad that you want to turn away even if you are prepared to enter.

"It's unnamed."

Jamie smiled as she stood at the entrance to Miri's Forest.

Upon visiting, I was convinced that this was the dark forest the Pyro was talking about.

Although it is the end of the Ariazad Great Forest, this place is also part of the Great Forest.

Just standing at the entrance, as it was a forbidden outskirts area, was tense.

'How about Bena?'

If it was Bena who was timid and cowardly, she might have urged her to go back, saying it was scary.

I looked at her while imagining such a pathetic figure.

"Are you okay?"

"Why, Master?"

Jamie was taken aback by the unexpected reaction.

It was simply not at a different level than expected.

"Be, Bena?"

"Something is overflowing with power!"

Bena's big eyes seemed to shine brighter than usual.

Her pink hair was shiny and her skin seemed to have improved a bit, and her condition was very good.

"Why? I feel refreshed as if I had slept for 12 hours and woke up."

He didn't seem to understand why he was so energetic.

Jamie looked at her with a bewildered look on her face and remembered the characteristic of the Valkyrie that had been forgotten.

'By the way, the Valkyries were a race of the forest.'

The Valkyries were a race that depended on the spirit of the forest more than the elves, the same fairies.

In other words, the Valkyries out of the forest are unable to exert their power.

It was said that Vena, who has now entered the forest, can draw out all the abilities of the Valkyrie.

"Not bad."

What?

done. Let's go in.

Yeah!

Bena replied vigorously.

His voice seemed to grow louder as his body was full of energy.

Or maybe the stress that Sarah has given her for a while is being relieved.

The two went into the forest.

The forest of Mirinine was so dark that I couldn't see ahead unless I made a light.

"The further you go in, the darker it gets."

"Are you gloomy? I'm feeling a little bit better."

That's right, you're a Valkyrie.

I was about to bang my head.

Jamie didn't neglect his surroundings. Because there might be a monster popping out by any chance.

'Because it's called the loser's shelter. It's still on the outskirts of the forest, so it'll be fine, but there's a high chance that dangerous monsters lurk.'

If you ignore it as a defeated monster in the realm battle in the great forest, you will get a big nose injury.

Fighting for territory means that you have your own territory in the Great Forest. Even if they were pushed out by defeat, the fact that they established a foundation there was proof that they had enough power.

just as expected-

Tsu ee eh!

The trees on the left began to crumble with a bizarre cry.

A huge object appeared in the empty air.

No, the transparent appearance was returning to its original state.

Can a single monster use invisibility?

It was quite a shock to Jamie, too, but he wasn't too embarrassed.

"Yeah, something like a monster."

Jamie's eyes turned purple.

Black mana rose from his fingertips. I will erase you from the world without a trace.

It was time for Jamie, who was so determined, to use his dark magic with a smile.

pick-

Black mana was scattered.

The purple eyes returned to the emerald color again.

Jamie froze at the sudden situation.

At that moment, the monster was right in front of you.

The moment when the thought of being hit like this flashes through my head like a lightning bolt!

"Master, what are you doing?!"

tight!!

After jumping high, Bena thrust her fist into the monster's face.

The monster's jaw was twisted properly.

Bena didn't stop there and lowered her legs that were raised up.

When the heel touched the top of the head, the monster's eyeballs came out as if they were being pulled out.

Quang-!

The monster, which was thrown into the ground as it was, only wriggled and couldn't get up.

"Whoa-"

Bena landed on the floor and wiped the dust off her skirt.

Then he pushed Jamie, who was still.

"What if I stay still? It must have been a big deal."

"Mi, I'm sorry."

Jamie said so and looked at his hand.

I tried to raise black mana again, but nothing happened. I didn't even feel the eyes change.

Bena sensed something strange about Jamie's bewildered look, which was rare.

What's wrong?

"I can't take out black mana."

"What ?"

Bena tried to pull out the black mana, saying no to nonsense, but she did the same.

Her black mana and Jamie's black mana are different in nature. If you still can't get it out, there's only one reason.

It seems the forest doesn't allow warlocks.

Jamie's expression wrinkled slightly.

looked forward

In the darkness, the monster's numerous eye beams were glistening.

It's probably going to be a little cumbersome.

- Continued on next episode -