65 Episode 65: The Flavour of Wings and the Guardian Saint of the Forest

Before us there was a giant demon who had lost his neck.

The body of Bahamut, a demon that had dominated the precious hunting grounds of people living on empty islands for decades, lay.

"Oh, I didn't know you were going to defeat that horrible Lord of Morijima..."

"That's Lord Rex."

The knights praise me for defeating Bahamut. [M]

"No, no, thanks to disposable magic items. And..."

"And what is it?

"No, the only thing that could easily be defeated is that this Bahamut was small."

"Huh?"

Mr. Carm and the others will look like Kyotons.

"Is this the small one?

"Yeah, because Bahamut's adults are Zara over 40m long. This Bahamut is small because it's around 20m. You didn't have enough food... maybe it's a child"

"Ko, this is the child!?"

"The demon that has tormented us is a child!?"

The knights round their eyes and stare at the body of Bahamut, who has lost his neck.

"Nevertheless, I've already defeated you, so it doesn't matter if you're an adult or a child"

I can't take care of the knights who have become anxious. [M]

The battle is over.

"Come on, there 'll still be a lot of demons on this Morijima, so let's be efficient."

"Huh? Didn't you crusade a ton of demons earlier?

That's what Mr. Carm says as he points to the remains of the demon he just blew up.

"No, it was some of the demons on this island that knocked you down. Morishima is quite large, too. There will still be many demons left."

Yes, Morijima is huge.

The exploratory magic reaction showed that it was part of a demon nesting on this island that had just been defeated.

Morishima is not a very unscrupulous crusade simply because it is a land of grace for valuable food.

So it will take a long time to crusade all the demons hidden in Morijima.

"Then leave the remaining demon crusades to our Knights!

"To Mr. Carm and the others?

"Yeah, we couldn't take Morijima back because this Bahamut was there. But if Bahamut becomes this man, there will be no more blocking us."

After years of suffering from food shortages, Mr. Carm and his team were motivated by the defeat of Bahamut, which was the biggest obstacle.

"We can't leave it to our guests until we get rid of the groceries."

"And some magic items have been repaired by Lord Rex."

The knights stick their spears up to heaven to show their will.

Well, if that's what you're gonna say, I'll take care of it.

"Okay. I'll take care of it."

"Yeah, I'll take care of it!

"Have you forgotten to say that the rest of you are kings? Or have you forgotten the rest?

Oh, I totally forgot about the Sky King.

The knights are gone, too. Be the face to do it.

"Ha ha, no such thing, Your Majesty."

It would be great if Mr. Carm were to forgive the Sky King as if nothing had happened.

"Is that true? You really wouldn't have forgotten the rest, would you?

"Well, then, shall we collect the bodies of Bahamut and demons and go home?"

"Right. Most of the demon bodies were blown up, but we need to recover the safe material."

Yeah, speaking of disposable magic items, they helped defeat the demons, but in the sense of stuffed materials, they're useless.

Somehow, I blew up most of the demons.

Well, still, the majority of the bodies in Bahamut remain, so it'll be money.

And I thought...

"Cu!"

"" Ah. "

What a moffmoff was eating Bahamut feathers.

"This is Moffmoff! You can't eat on your own!

"Ahhh, you're eating other demons too"

If you look, the feathers of the demonic corpses that were scattered all around you are also twisted.

Maybe you like feathers?

If you think it's pretty quiet, you're a total helpless guy.

"Cuffoon!"

Don't shake your tail happily.

You can't chew sweetly and sweeten it!

"These guys, even I get angry when I get angry! Wow! I leaked my dick!? He can't help it at all."

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Huh!?

What is this? What is this?!? It's so delicious!?

... Cohon.

I am the king of demons at the apex of every demon.

I was savoring the demons that were defeated by my Lord.

The opponent was quite strong, but he seemed to lack the strength to deal with the Lord.

Of course it's my opponent.

But don't you want to blow your head off and take it down or something, Egg?

And I'm supposed to be mealtime while the Lord talks to the featherless human being.

'Cause I'm hungry.

That's why I eat from my feathers.

The taste of demonic meat can be seen by the taste of feathers.

I can already smell my appetite.

That's why I'll take it!

Huh!? Uhm! Uhma!

It's so delicious!

Return to the opening remarks for this reason.

This demonic feather was very delicious.

The gravy comes out juicy when you chew.

Blood and gravy spread in your mouth and your teeth are excellent.

Exquisite balance without being too hard or soft.

And the fat gave me a slight sweetness, a joy I never get bored with.

Modestly, it is excellent.

Ah, my God!

But the beauty of this demonic meat wasn't just the flavor.

This demonic flesh is full of good quality aromatic magic, and every time I eat that flesh, my body is filled with magic.

I can feel the power of a storm blowing through my body!

Oh, here it is.

This is what the ruler eats.

Surely meat mixed with grass and nuts prepared by the Lord is also good. Soft and lots of flavors are fun.

Dessert fruits are delicious too.

But this is still it.

My beast instinct was for a life I had just hunted.

Most importantly, your meat. Wow!

Ha-ha-ha! Eating magical and bloody flesh, gaining new power, and awoken by a dreaded wild instinct, fear me, but good!

Ham ham...... gazigazi......

... Me, I love the rice the Lord made me, don't you?

Oh, shit, different voice than usual.

I pinch, hey, seriously pinch.

Cholo cholo cholo ~.

I'm not bad, Mon.

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"It's tough!

That was when I was collecting Mohumov's toothed Bahamut and checking for any remaining demonic material.

A knight who changed his blood from an empty island flew in.

"What is it!?"

Mr. Carm is here. Get out in front of the knight.

"The western village has been attacked by demons!

"What!?"

"We left the number of people needed to defend the castle and the people on standby went out, but Morishima's crusaders were assigned personnel, so we thought we'd have a hand in evacuating the villagers."

"Have you overmanned Morijima's crusade... no reflection later. Your Majesty, our Knights are on their way to the west village rescue!

"Ugh, um. I'll take care of it. It's Calm. And Bahamut has crusaded, and the rest will return to the castle. The Kingsguard will return to the castle with the rest. The protection of the castle is too thin as it is. Morishima's demon crusade will take place at a later date."

"" "" Ha!

"Sky Knights out!

"Ohhhhhhhhh"

The Knights rise in the sky with Mr. Carm's decree.

Then we'll go with you.

"Which way?

Mr. Liliera, isn't that so decided?

For the Knights, of course.

The people of this empty island are being attacked by demons in exactly a place called the West Village right now.

Then I want to help them as adventurers. [M]

Because it has nothing to do with the lives of the villagers and my distrust of nobility and knighthood.

"Yeah, you're starting to look like the usual Mr. Rex."

"Huh? Really?

"Yeah, I've been a little mean the last few days, Mr. Rex."

... Oh well. I wasn't aware of it, but I saw it that way from the people beside me.

"Thank you, Mr. Liliera."

"Huh? Why are you thankful?

"Somehow, yes.... Come on, let's go!

"Yes!"

We follow the preceding Knights up into the sky.

"Mr. Carm, is the village in the west straight this way?

Chasing the lead, I ask for the exact direction of the west village, just in case.

"Yeah, you're right. If I had this feather repaired, would it arrive in an hour?"

An hour, that's a little late.

This looks like you should go first.

"Mr. Liliera, I'll be ahead of you, so please join the Knights later."

"Okay."

"Cu!"

When I leave the Moffmoff with Liliera, I increase the speed of the magic of flight.

"Mr. Carm, I'm going first!

"Huh?"

By the time Mr. Carm turned this way, I was already out in front of the Knights.

Then it accelerated further, and after getting away to a distance that was not annoying to everyone, seriously, but it started flying at critical speeds that did not damage the empty island.

"I'm coming!

Wind magic reduces the strong wind pressure blowing on the body, and even more magic relieves the impact on the body.

The surrounding scenery passes with great momentum, and the landscape changes as soon as possible. We crossed the river, we crossed the meadows, we saw forests and artifacts coming.

"That's the village to the west!

I look for demons attacking villages.

But there was absolutely no sign of being attacked by a village that had seen it with magically enhanced vision.

"Is that it? What do you mean?

I don't know, is it a good thing the village's safe?

and then the light stretched out of the woods and vanished into the sky.

"Magic? No, it's not. It's the light of the Knights magic item!

If you look into the woods, you can see the demons in that corner.

Apparently, the demon is attacking something in the woods.

Perhaps, but the evacuees fled to the woods, and the demons attacked you.

He said there were a few knights heading from the castle to the rescue, and it must be tough to protect the villagers.

We need to cover fast.

"All right!"

I will storm the herd of demons while maintaining speed.

The demons noticed me approaching, but I couldn't react in time to this velocity that stormed at high speed, and I was caught in the wind defensive junction that wrapped me up and blew up.

With my people blown up, the other demons notice my raid, but this one is already slowing down and taking a fighting stance.

"But there's a lot of trees in the woods."

The demons are flying pretty low to attack those who fled into the woods.

If you do the magic of attacking a wide range in this situation, you could mess up not only demons, but even forests.

"If so, use the surrounding environment here!

Once I ascended, I grasped the demons around me and activated the magic of not vandalizing the forest.

"Forest Fang!"

Magic activation moves the branches of the trees and stretches the branches toward the demons.

The branches grow gnarly, poking pointy branches like fangs at the demons.

Ordinary tree branches would only penetrate about a weak demon, but branches strengthened by this magic are different.

A branch harder than iron pierces the opponent, chasing him everywhere that the operator perceives as his enemy.

This magic will not destroy the forest.

Anyway, the woods themselves become hounds, and even more powerful weapons.

The trees of the woods hunt all the demons.

For he that fleeth into the sky stretcheth forth his branches, and catches up; and he that fleeth into the woods shall be hunted down with a net entangled with his own branches, and he shall stab him with his fangs.

Thus, the demons were wiped out in so little time.

This was magic that couldn't be used in the Warcraft Forest, where the forest trees themselves were demons, right?

"Well, then I guess I'll try to help treat the injured by the time the Knights get here"

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Lord Rex joins us from behind us as we march out to the west village.

Looking at it from the mouth, apparently he's going to help rescue the west village.

I'd really appreciate it if you said you met like that.

Though we had a Knights mission, it seemed that we had long lived in isolation from the ground and had become quite closed.

I'll have to thank this boy again later.

When I was thinking about it, Lord Rex called out.

"Mr. Carm, I'm going first!

"Huh?"

By the time we waved to that word, Rex had already moved far forward, and the next moment, his appearance was much more elusive.

Then suddenly a storm hit me like a storm.

"Wow!?"

What the hell!? Did you even show up with a new demon?!?

But there's nothing unusual about looking around.

The wind fits right in too.

What the hell was that, the wind now?

"Lord Rex, there is no wind right now!?"

If you noticed, Lord Rex was nowhere to be seen.

As if it had disappeared with the current wind.

I turn back to the girl left behind.

"Mr. Rex would have gone first. Perhaps the current wind was caused by Mr. Rex."

Even the girl tells it as a matter of course.

I look in the direction of the village to the west to which Lord Rex turned, but there was no sign of Lord Rex ahead.

"How fast can you fly so far away that you can no longer see anywhere in your sight?"

Isn't the power of the boy we've seen only a fraction of it yet?

I couldn't help but think so.

And an hour late for us too, by the time we finally arrived in the west village, everything was already over.

All the demons have been crusaded and the villagers who seem to have been saved by him are grateful to Lord Rex.

"Am I supposed to be glad the damage was minimal?

Seeing the village safe, my men groan with a bitter smile.

Yeah, I guess so.

But...

"We didn't make it..."

"Yeah, there wasn't..."

The spear I got fixed, I haven't used it in action yet.

"By the way, Captain..."

My men are reluctant to speak to me.

"What the hell is that?

Stop it, you idiot, you said you were pretending you didn't notice with all your might.

"The forest trees are stretching all over the mess, and there's a demon stabbing at its tip."

Oh, I said it.

I knew it! But I was pretending not to notice because I thought it was a new hell!!

"They also said branches were intertwined like nets in the woods, piercing demons."

I'm going to add more reports that I don't want to hear.

"Ha..."

I guess this is what Lord Rex did, too.

"If a kid sees you, he'll cry. Absolutely."

But surprisingly, the villagers have a good reputation.

"It's the tree of those who protected our lives. From now on, I will be offering you as the patron saint of the village."

I started saying things like that.

Are you guys insane?