Chapter 286

In the midst of arresting those who surrendered in an instant organized situation, it was Tennessee who noticed the change the fastest.

However, even though she became insensitive to change due to the blessing she gave her, Cheryl also intuited that something had happened due to soaring displeasure, and naturally moved her gaze to Tennessee and opened her mouth.

“Saint?”

“...We have to join Siegfried. He doesn’t feel the devil’s presence, so he won’t know about this situation.”

“Are you the devil?”

“Yes, that’s right. That could be very... serious. Entire! Go first!”

“What? Me? Why?”

“There’s something I have to explain to these people. There’s no time to waste, come on!”

Looking at the faces of the party that stiffened at the moment, Tennessee’s head began to spin at an unprecedented speed. Deeply troubled enough to forget even the noise made by Entire as she hurriedly ran, Tennea tried tirelessly to determine whether she was feeling this kind of pressure because she was close to the being that radiated this evil aura, or if it was this much despite the distance, but in the end she failed. .

Because the last battle consumed too much power? It was obviously not an easy battle, but it wasn’t just that exhausting. That said, it was caused by a pervasive evil energy... There were only two cases she knew of that could mess up her senses like this.

When beings called great demons or grand dukes have materialized, or someone has opened the gate through the power of that kind of being, and the energy of the other world is flowing out.

So Tennessee had no choice but to hesitate. If it’s the latter, there’s a chance they’ll stop it. However, if you collide with the former case, it is safe to say that you just die. The title of Grand Duke was not given by humans, but by those evil demons, and it was because of their strength.

“There is a possibility that it is the Prime Evil. However, it could be that it opened the door to the other world with the help of a demon with such power.”

“...Can be prevented or not.”

“Yes. I want you all to wait for Siegfried to join you.”

Giving room is because she is an imperial citizen. Her purpose was to help, not to force. If they refused to retreat to join them, Tennea had to respect that intention.

“I will go on a reconnaissance trip alone. The saintess, please take them and join the hero.”

Cheryl, without a moment’s hesitation, gave Tennessee an unexpected answer. Then, before she could argue, he began to explain why he had made that judgment.

“Others don’t feel this energy. In the end, either I or the saintess are essential to track it down, but if you attend the saintess, you will inevitably need an escort, and in that case, you’ll have problems with your mobility and can’t do that when you have to retreat quickly. Cases do happen, and fortunately I have the answers to all of them.”

It may sound arrogant, but it was all true. Even knowing that there was an option to just promise the next time together, Tennea couldn’t bear to say it. Cheryl, as if noticing Tennea’s hesitation, added a few words.

“As the minor head of the Ogatorv family, sworn to protect the royal family, this is my duty.”

“It is said that demon worshipers may be trying to incarnate the Prime Evil.”

“That bird... Hmm. What kind of offering do they have?”

If we simply summoned them with an advance payment, they would be in a hurry because we hit the front line, and if we couldn’t summon them with an advance payment, they wouldn’t even be able to properly summon them yet. Even if the stems of magical power I had been slashing all over were the aftermath of such a summoning ritual, compared to Ingladio, they were at a level that could only be described as new blood, so they weren’t too threatening.

However, the words Eselua uttered while biting her lips exceeded my complacent predictions.

“Maybe they didn’t just come to the capital to escape. Tennea... told me from the battle at the Headquarters of the Holy Light Cross that the devil worshipers may have already prepared most of their offerings.”

At that moment, I managed to stop the swear words from coming out of my mouth with great patience.

Yes, no matter how much it is, the Holy Cross and the Warriors Party are not idiots, and there’s no way they couldn’t have predicted this situation while seeing corpses without a drop of blood left everywhere. I didn’t feel that sign, so I guess I didn’t expect it either?

“...The demons I met were manifested through the medium of blood. The demons the hero encountered were different.”

If it had been really unpredictable, they would have had to taste my unpredictable anger as well, but fortunately, such misfortune did not happen to them.

“That’s right. The thing I was most concerned with was sacrifice through death, but what kind of method did you use...”

Okay. So what I do is simple.

“Princess Eselua, please lead them upstairs and inform the academy. I will follow the warrior.”

“But it won’t be easy to track down...”

“Everyone has their own way.”

Of course, it is difficult to find those who moved unexpectedly on the stone floor, no matter how quickly they moved and left traces.

However, the flow of magic that I could see right now was so clear that it didn’t matter at all.

“Well, then we’ll go together...”

“I know you’re worried, but it’s slowing down. Even if we run away at any chance.”

Siegfried seemed to be quite concerned, but I was also taken aback by the unexpected situation, so I cut myself off like a knife and ran after the magic I could see.

Did they say that curiosity kills the cat?

Fortunately, Cheryl, the long cat, had no chance of dying from curiosity, but the possibility of her dying from noblesse oblige was very high, so I hurried as much as possible.