CH 516

“I wonder where that horse man is ……?”

“No, it’s going to be hard to get close to him, so I don’t it’ll be possible unless I get help from Sarge, you know?”

When we got to the house, we were searching the area to find the horse man named Adramelech. There was no sign of him around, and Sarge and I were standing at the gate waiting for Dedite-san and the others who had gone to the garden to come back.

As I was talking to Sarge, they came back to the gate with the knights.

“Sorry to keep you waiting, but he wasn’t there.”

“On the contrary, there wasn’t even a single monster, right, Dedite-sama.”

“I’m not the lord, so you don’t need to say “-sama”. Then, it looks like we’re going to have to go in, so let’s go.”

“That’s right! The three of us know the villa well, so why don’t we go alone?”

Since there were more knights left than with Master and the others, so I thought it would be better to have fewer people than to have them all in the house.

“H-However, for us knights to not go in is too much …… we can at least be your shields.”

“That’s why we’re going to take back our house with our own people. But if we don’t come out after an hour, can we ask you to go in? Five people at a time, every five minutes, so that you don’t get stuck at the entrance.”

“…… I understand. Please be careful.”

“I’ll open the door then.”

I took the lead and opened the front door.

The completely darkened house was a far cry from the brightly lit Irving house we knew.

“…… It’s possible that the monsters of the mist will come out, but it’s hard to move in the dark like this. .”

“I see that there’s nothing ransacked inside.”

The first floor living room, dining room, and reception room were all quiet and clean.

“From what I’ve heard, the demons were just barely able to shake off the mist, and I don’t think they were able to do much about it. Now, which is the real deal, the second floor or the third floor?”

“What? Ahhh, you’re right. I’m fine for now …… Master and Urka trained me a lot, after all ……”

When my voice changed, Sarge remembered that time and panicked. It was the kind of training with Urka calling ghosts and with me talking to them, but it was scary at first …… After listening to about a hundred ghosts talk about how they died, the fear faded away.

“I was doing something like wringing his neck, after all. Well, I don’t think Lars is angry, because he’s kind.”

“I-I guess so …… It seems that he’s not upstairs either, that horse demon.”

“Then he’s hiding on the third floor, huh. I’ll take the lead from here, so let’s be careful. Lars can be scary If anything happens to Makina, after all.”

“I’ll be fine, you know!?”

When I hurriedly waved my hand to Dedite-san, who jokingly answered, Sarge took the lead and then looked back at us.

“Haha, can I ask you to do it, please? It’s the same hardness as the dragon form even in that form, right?”

“It was terrible at first, though.”

We reached the corridor of the third floor, chatting while keeping an eye on our surroundings.

“It’s quiet. ……”

“Even if he’s in one of the rooms–“

Just as Dedite-san began to speak, explosions and shouts of anger rang out from outside, and we dropped to our knees and braced ourselves.

“That was ……!”

“It’s outside! Oh no, I see now! Sorry, Dedite-san, I’ll go ahead!”

I opened the window on the front door side and stepped over the edge and jumped out, and below me, knights unfolded in a jumble, and in the center of them was that horse-faced demon Adramelech!

“You were after the knights, weren’t you!”

Kicking the wall and using a nearby tree as a cushion, I landed on the ground and jumped straight at Adramelech

He turned around and opened his mouth while stabbing one of the knights.

“Fuhahahahaha! My [Greed] absorbs the power of the opponent and becomes infinitely stronger. I’m going to let the small fry be the feed in order to make up for the humiliation last time.”

“This guy ……! “Thunder Dust Fist”!”

“Whoa! Now, I’ll give you the dregs.”

“Kyaaah ……!? H-How could you …….”

The knight is pale and unconscious, bleeding profusely from the stab wounds, which could be fatal if left untreated. There are already seven such knights and wizards lying on the ground.

“You monster! ”

“Kuh, get out of the way ……! I’ll absorb you too!”

“Hah!?”

A wizard woman tries to stop Adramelech from stabbing a knight who has fallen to the ground by unleashing a spell, but got targeted instead and attacks her.

“I won’t let you!”

“Tsk!”

“Ugh ……! N-Not yet! !”

I immediately caught up to him and struck Adramelech, knocking him off balance and sending the spear into his side. The woman grunted, shot a fireball at close range, and rolled back. As expected, she’s got a lot of nerve! 

“I-I’m sorry, I lost my strength suddenly ……”

The woman still seemed to be drained of her strength, and she sagged down on her buttocks, breathing on her shoulders.

“I’ll do the rest! Yaah!”

“Whoa ……! I’ve seen that face before, woman. Isn’t that guy here?”

“If it’s Lars, he’s doing something different!”

“Damn, I had to pay him back, but I guess I was wrong ……! Oh well, I’ll take you back as a souvenir after tearing you apart!”

“Don’t think that it’s going to be easy. “Thunderclaws”!”

“You’re great …… After absorbing your power, I’ll be even more …… Kuh!?”

Adramelech grunts when he should have speared my fist. I thought it was a graze, but I soon found out why.

“I’m sorry, but you’re done here. I’ll show you the fruits of my training! “Whirlwind”!”

“Nuh ……!?”

Dedite-san emerged from the shadows, struck with his greatsword, and used the technique he had learned in his training with the Storm Dragon to attack Adramelech.