# 441
Helmut
Episode 441 Chapter
13 The Sacred Barrier Collapsing
I thought that if I were to approach the Forest of Pahe again, it would only happen in the very distant future.
When Helmut found enough time to reflect on his memories.
But that time came all too quickly.
Everyone, including Helmut, Area Ella, Xian, and Heike, hurriedly got on the back of Ygrel, who had magically moved to the vicinity of the Forest of Pahe and transformed.
Charlotte was to visit the Empire immediately with the Archduke.
There is a mountain beyond the mountain. I thought I had finally overcome one crisis and found peace, but before I had time to feel relieved, a new crisis struck.
The temple that was Helmut’s most powerful enemy so far.
It got to the point where not even the temple was a threat to him, but then a completely unexpected threat came.
Xian, who was suddenly called in, looked dazed after hearing the story.
“But why am I wearing it? Honestly, I wouldn’t be able to help.”
He was reluctant to approach Pahe’s Forest again.
After going there, Sian decided to never go on an adventure again.
Helmut responded simply.
“It’s because of the earth spirit. “You are Rodril.”
He is connected to the spirit of the earth.
If we look at this situation through Xi’an, the Earth Spirit may tell us something.
It must have already felt these signs.
The Earth Spirit had already visited Helmut through Xian’s mother and showed him the strange phenomenon that had appeared in the sacred barrier.
However, Helmut could not connect it to the collapse of the sacred barrier.
Because he had a priority issue called Rinosa. The forest of Pahe, which I had already left, was far from my consciousness.
The sacred barrier has been an absolute barrier to Helmut from birth.
Even though he crossed the sacred barrier twice. Helmut had never dreamed of a situation where it would collapse.
When I was very young and endured harsh training, I think I thought, ‘It would be nice if that thing collapsed.’
Did your wish come true belatedly?
‘But the problem is that I don’t want that now.’
The wish was now becoming a reality. A reality that no one can stop.
Even though I thought about fighting against the temple, I never thought about fighting against the opposite being.
Helmut remembered the story that Area told in the Forest of Pahe.
He finally said what Heike had been reluctant to say.
“Is the Demon King being resurrected?”
Heike, who had had a serious expression on his face ever since he left the royal castle, received the message.
“The sacred barrier seals the forest of Pahe. The forest of Pahe blocks the gate to the demon world. So, when the seal of Pahe Forest is released, it means that the door to the demon world is opened. Then the Demon King too…”
Xian also seemed to recall what Area said at that time. He had hope.
“Magi is a fragment of the Demon King. But Magi is originally abundant in the forest of Pahe. Don’t we need to think that the Demon King will be resurrected just because the sacred barrier disappears and the gate to the Demon World opens? No, the door to the demon world may not open as expected. It’s just monsters pouring out. Even that would be a threat.”
Area retorted firmly.
“It’s all related. “The sacred barrier does not simply serve one function.”
“By blocking the entire Forest of Pahe, we not only confine demon energy, but also close the gate to the demon world and prevent the demon lord from being resurrected. “You do it all?”
“okay.”
Area nodded as if there was no doubt.
Xian’s face crumpled.
“Okay, then what will change when the door to the demon world opens?”
“Things with demonic energy will receive an endless source of power and become stronger. Maybe there will be a flood of beings that are incomparably stronger than those that exist in the Demon World. “It won’t be easy to cross the world, and it will consume a tremendous amount of power in the process, but it will still be very threatening.”
[Still, she’ll be weaker than me.]
Elaga’s small eyebrows, still in her cat form, twitched.
He was proud of himself as the strongest monster in the world.
He couldn’t accept that a monster stronger than him would appear.
Area said as if it was no big deal.
“When the demon world opens, Elaga naturally becomes stronger. Because the source of power is Magi. Demonic energy will constantly be replenished and accumulated. “More than being in the Forest of Pahe, which is full of demonic energy.”
Elaga’s eyes widened.
[So, I was a monster too, right?]
[Then wouldn’t it be good for us if the demon world were to open?]
Igrel, who was flapping his wings diligently, immediately showed signs of wanting to turn back.
In order to become stronger, a monster eats other monsters without hesitation. I never decline to become stronger.
“No, the Demon King… rules over all things with demonic energy. Even if you can’t control Elaga and Igrel, who have powerful demonic powers, you will try to absorb their power. And a monster cannot defeat a monster stronger than itself. “Is this correct?”
In response to Area’s question, Elaga obediently responded in the affirmative.
[That’s true.]
Xian thought of a question.
“No, what on earth is a demon lord?”
Heike chanted like a song.
“A being from the demon world. Like Lumen, a being where power is will and will is power. The purpose of its existence is to devour the entire world with demons. That’s why I’m trying to destroy things that don’t belong to the devil. Because demon energy itself is a force that opposes our world.”
Area added.
“That’s why even a warlock can be swallowed up by demonic energy if he or she is careful. This is also the reason why those with sprouts of darkness go crazy. “It is impossible for humans to completely control it because it is a force that opposes our world.”
“Even if it is a body that has demon energy from birth and has it deeply rooted in it.”
The moment Helmut opened his mouth, his and Area’s eyes met.
What was contained in those beautiful purple eyes was no qualms about him.
Pure concern and worry.
Heike’s voice was heard.
“Memories from a thousand years ago will not even exist in the temple. Records will remain, though. In the past, they claimed that those who go crazy with the sprouts of darkness reflect the image of the devil.”
A being simply filled with the instinct of destruction and slaughter.
Helmut had once been like that. He put his hand to his heart without realizing it.
The sprout of darkness, sealed and cut off from the outside, was silent.
But when it took control of Helmut, he was transformed into something more fearsome than the runaways he faced.
It was only because there was a stronger being than him that he was able to escape.
Elaga asked curiously.
[Why can monsters do this while humans can’t?]
“According to the hypothesis, it is said that demon energy is a power close to instinct, and it is because monsters have strong instincts. “Humans have lost that instinct a long time ago.”
Heike added to Area’s explanation this time.
“Instead, humans can draw on the power of their souls. “It is said that the closest thing to the essence of that power is vis.”
Vis, a force that appears as a unity of body and spirit purely through suffering.
Helmut caressed the handle of his sword.
It’s what kept him here and what allowed him to endure the sprouts of darkness.
“Is it because of us that the barrier collapsed?”
Xian muttered confusedly.
As Rodril, who maintains the world’s balance, it was not easy for him to accept the fact that he had participated in causing the world’s crisis.
Helmut corrected him.
“I guess it’s because of me.”
If the sacred barrier suddenly weakened, it is correct to believe that it was because Helmut passed through the barrier.
Elaga opened her mouth.
[Isn’t it because of me? For some reason, I was hesitant to leave the barrier.]
Elaga firmly believed that a small child like Helmut could not have had much influence on the sacred barrier.
It was highly likely that the fact that he passed through the sacred barrier, as he was the strongest in the Forest of Pahe and had the most magic power, had an effect.
Not only that, but he somehow seemed to want to say that it was he who had caused this great crisis.
[I came out too, right?]
Igrel added. As if I wanted to have a shot at becoming something that great.
The two monsters were very carefree and did not hesitate to become villains.
The situation of humans facing threats to their survival is not a big deal to them.
Area said.
“If the reason is that the axes supporting the forest of Pahe disappeared, it may have started with Naho’s death.”
[Then it’s me again.]
Elaga’s eyes lit up. It was Elaga who killed Naho.
Helmut may have added some spice, but he couldn’t have killed Naho.
Helmut shook his head.
“It’s me who killed him because of me.”
[No, I didn’t like him originally. At some point, they would have fought to the death.]
“That was a prediction, it didn’t actually happen.”
In the end, Elaga fought Naho to protect Helmut.
If he hadn’t helped, Helmut would have died there.
When Helmut complained, Elaga said angrily.
[You idiot! I want to say that it is not because of you.]
Helmut was an easy target.
Holder of the sprout of darkness. It is something that stands shoulder to shoulder with the word “divine achievement.”
That fact always acted as a shackle for him.
Isn’t it enough that he was already left to die in the forest of Pahe?
The person who survived there is now seen as the culprit bringing about the end of the world. It’s a miserable situation.
But Helmut’s dark eyes were calm.
“But I also don’t want Elaga to overwrite it.”
The conversation became as if we were protecting each other in advance in case someone criticized us.
Amidst a somewhat warm atmosphere, Area summarized briefly.
“Well, if I were to be particular about the cause, it would be because the temple sent the innocent Sword Saint Darian to the Forest of Pahe. “If you hadn’t met him, you wouldn’t be where you are now, right?”
This time, no one denied it. Helmut and Elaga were convinced.
“Yes, it was because of the temple.”
[Those guys are always a problem.]
