Episode 34
It had a purpose.
to eat.
Eating makes you stronger.
And then it will naturally become more perfect.
But it’s not just quantity, it’s quality.
prophet.
If he is a being with the power of great prophecy, he will surely give him enormous power.
“As expected, it has no nutritional value.”
It looked around while muttering in a much more natural tone than before.
After eating the rat, I gained some sense.
One wasn’t enough.
this empty stomach.
To quench their thirst, they also need large prey.
“Hmm, I can’t reunite with others in this state.”
Originally, I was going to stick to the rat a little more.
Anyway, in the end, the result of eating the rat would not have changed, but if the rat had moved as expected, it would have been a few years later.
One schedule has changed.
The rat started to contradict his thoughts.
furthermore….
“Servant of Asar.”
It grinned.
They thought it wouldn’t matter if they ate only one prophet.
But I thought I would feel the abominable energy of Asar here.
“Heh heh…Now I have to eat some more of them.”
I ate and ate and ate….
develop cognitive skills
Right now, my head is hardened, so it’s hard to make a proper decision.
「Memory first.」
Let’s find incomplete memories.
If you find even a little bit of memory, you might at least come up with a skill that will help.
“Hmmm, I had a good idea.”
A thought came to me suddenly.
The rat was an unsatisfying catch, but this little hair was quite useful.
Just a trick like a rat.
「Humans have a lot of responsibility for being young.」
It was an emotion that was hard to understand, but there was nothing like it to use.
“Then I should use it.”
Giggles.
The ugly monster laughed.
* * *
‘It’s not particularly difficult.’
A bloody smell stings the nose.
However, if you are a member of the sword family, you are used to this.
‘see.’
In her eyes, she could see the swords that everyone around her was wielding.
What she has lacked so far is practice.
That’s why this underworld subjugation was a good opportunity for her.
Adapt to many things.
Numerous variables that occur in various battles.
Adapting to them, Eileen developed her swordsmanship in real time.
It was very fast.
Just as the family members became accustomed to the family’s training and swordsmanship at an astonishing speed, she began to get used to this actual combat as well.
enemy movements.
path of the sword.
Everything is clearly imprinted in the brain and instinctively reproduces the optimal movement.
but.
‘no.’
something wasn’t right
No matter how much I swung my sword, I felt frustrated instead of feeling comfortable.
something. I think I can do better… ….
‘More irregular…’
“Aww!”
Leaving behind the enemy’s screams, she began twisting her aura irregularly.
You shouldn’t do it if it’s original.
She followed the teachings of Lindell, who is known to be the closest to the standard among existing training methods.
Irregularity is an act that directly goes against that ‘degree’.
Absolutely not a good way.
But what can I do?
‘Things that keep coming to mind.’
Now I understood why Mikhail had recommended her as his teacher.
From the moment I saw that sword, it kept popping up in my head.
How can I do that?
How could it be twisted enough to deal with the aura in an anomalous way?
‘Was it like this?’
Eileen unconsciously tried to imitate her sword.
Of course, it was not easy for her to imitate her now, but she tried anyway.
However, the price was high.
Jjoong!
The sword she was holding could not withstand the anomalous aura and shattered.
At the same time, the aftermath of the storm returned to her intact.
“Cool!”
I regretted it later, but to no avail.
She barely supported her staggering body.
‘Did I get too damn excited.’
But then.
“You really have talent.”
A familiar voice sounded in her ears.
Millium Aria.
With those words, Milium passed her and raised his sword.
“What about Mikhail?”
“…Earlier, I said I had something to look into personally and disappeared.”
“Right.”
Milium nodded and raised his sword. A thin blade that seems difficult to contain even the slightest bit of power.
Suddenly, Milium asked.
“So how far did you look?”
“How far do you mean…“
The sword I unleashed on Mikhail when I threatened you during the day. You would have seen it.”
Didn’t you see something different from ordinary people?
Milium was asking her that.
“Paslov’s child is a complete test in itself. You’ve even learned the training method that’s best for you. However, you are different.”
Gradually, he began to bring the sword and wrap it.
cracked cracked.
A dangerous-looking rupture was heard.
However, it was different from Eileen.
Milium’s sword never broke, and the aura began to densely surround the sword.
And simply lowered the sword from top to bottom.
An unusually rare action.
one moment.
“ah.”
Auras shot out from her sword.
It was like a meteor.
“…crazy.”
“Run away too!”
Quaguagua!
Soon, the auras fell and devastated the surroundings all at once.
The enemies were horribly swept away by that single attack.
Milium planted the sword into the ground and watched them with nonchalant eyes.
“Did you see it?”
Eileen blankly stared at the sight she had created.
It’s not the first time I’ve seen the Master.
Isn’t her father, Duke Lindel, the master right now?
I got one intuition.
I couldn’t find a teaching more suitable for her than this, that the sword was right for her.
She immediately bowed her head.
“I think I know.”
what is she trying to say
he was lacking
And the clue to fill that deficiency is in the Master in front of you.
“Please teach me.”
“good night.”
Milium looked at her with calm eyes.
But then.
“hmm…?”
She frowned and looked down.
“Millium?”
“There’s a guy down there who’s playing jokes that aren’t even funny. It’s really ridiculous.”
“What do you mean by that…”
“You don’t need to know. There’s a child to take care of anyway, so you don’t have to worry about anything else.”
Saying that, she put the sword into the scabbard and turned her back.
“Follow me. Teaching is not enough even if you receive it right away.”
“Ha, but the work is not over yet. The number of enemies… …“
Don’t worry about that. Like I said, I have a child to take care of.”
“…You mean Mikhail?”
“okay.”
With those words, she turned around for a moment in the direction where she felt the uneasy aura just before.
‘furthermore.’
Why?
It seemed like it shouldn’t be related to ‘that’.
There would be no fear for her, who had risen to the ranks of the Master, but for some reason.
‘It doesn’t matter. The child said he would solve it himself.’
If it was that child of Walpurgis, I would keep my word no matter what.
For a moment, she remembered what Mikhail had said.
-I will cut the rat.
Then what do you want me to do, she asked.
Michael’s answer was simple.
– Please block the surroundings.
Mikhail’s words that a considerable aftermath will hit the surroundings.
Even she couldn’t figure out what exactly the aftermath meant.
I decided to believe in one.
‘If I’ve decided to do that, I’ll have to trust you.’
She walked with her hands behind her back.
* * *
“As expected, it was over soon.”
I muttered as I looked at the light of the aura that I could see in the distance.
The anomalous aura was like a symbol defining Milium.
Among them, ‘Meteor’ is the extreme of using that anomalous aura.
With it, the demons under the corps commander were razed to the ground.
I could tell at a glance that it was the meteor.
“Whatever.”
That’s not what’s important now.
Separated from the group, I slowly looked for traces of the rat.
[…] …You’ve gotten stronger.]
Set warned me nervously.
[Be careful. Apparently, that lack of patience eventually ate the parasitic sacrifice.]
“That means that it finally showed up.”
< The Ugly Lord >.
Originally, now is not the time for him to show himself.
Before returning, he was persistently hiding from the rat.
‘Well, it’s different from back then.’
Milium didn’t move the way he intended and rather aimed his sword at him.
Enough of the situation to panic.
It’s quite possible that he tried to escape and was eaten.
So, what would be the best choice for him in this situation?
‘There’s no way I’ll give up being a prophet.’
If it wasn’t now, there wouldn’t be a chance to catch Cassandra. He must know that well enough.
Then Set said.
[Maybe it’s not just the Prophet.]
“I bet he didn’t regain his strength enough to notice that?”
[Power is not the problem. They basically exist to devour the gods. Finding us is the same as their nature.]
“Hmm.”
[…] …Is that okay? You overreacted quite a bit in the process of dealing with the Master.]
“That’s fine.”
I didn’t come all the way here with the intention of dealing with myself anyway.
But there’s a need to get him out before he does anything stupid.
“Well then… ….”
As he detected the mana around him, he felt a disturbing aura from the underground.
No, not only that.
“…Tsk.”
[Why is that?]
“I wondered what he was doing, but he’s doing something just like a guy.”
The direction the ugly lord headed was the place where the rat kept the children.
If I had eaten the rat, I would have absorbed its memories as well.
“There is no particular benefit to him by eating children. But if you had to go that way, there would be only one conclusion.”
[…] …You’re a hostage. To prevent us from acting arbitrarily.]
“The good thing is that I haven’t grown enough to think more closely than that.”
If he was going to use it, it would have been possible to pressure us in a more elaborate way.
However, not doing so means that the head has not yet turned to that extent.
I moved down
Finding the passage leading down wasn’t too difficult.
As I approached the place, I could feel a frown on my face.
“Damn it.”
It was weak enough to be incomparable to before the return, but it was definitely the energy of the damn demon.
[…] …It’s not a place for small children. It’s not managed at all.]
“From their point of view, it’s not life, it’s just a commodity.”
A product that does not require any maintenance.
All the rats wanted were simply poisoned children.
Because customers want that.
It’s disgusting.
Well, that’s why the ‘ugly lord’ must have chosen him as a sacrifice.
If you stick around, there’s a lot to eat.
‘Seeing that he eventually became complete before returning and grew into the 7th Corps commander, he might have eaten Cassandra.’
It gains the memories and knowledge of those it ate.
The potential and knowledge she had must have been invaluable.
If you think so, the answer is simple.
We need to cut him off here.
It must be eliminated when it is at its weakest.
how long did it take
After passing through a long hallway, I finally reached the room where the Gypsy Rat had kept its wares.
Beyond the iron bars, children crouched helplessly.
and among them.
[Hmm.]
There was a ‘pit rat’.
No, that expression might not be right.
Because the one in front of me right now is a different being covered in that skin.
“Did you wait?”
“Ah, it’s okay. It was quite nice to see the little ones struggling. Rather lucky.”
He giggled.
“Isn’t it fun? Sometimes it seems that human malice is greater than our own. There are times when I think that I should imitate them.”
“Hmm.”
ah reminds me
I’ve never seen the 7th corps commander in person, but all the corps commanders under the Demon God were like this.
“I’m lucky.”
“….”
「I thought I could only eat a girl with the blessing of ‘Prophecy’, but I thought there would be an idiot who just got his hands on a divine object.
」
“You’re right. Are you in the 5th circle? Didn’t you come all the way here by yourself with just that skill?」
Slowly, he got up.
「Isn’t the power of the divine object consumed, so you can’t even use it for a while? There’s nothing in your favor.」
Saying that, he stretched out his hand.
The only door there was still blocked in the black darkness.
「Thanks to that, I can become stronger faster than planned.」
“Hmm.”
that’s not wrong
It’s also true that from his point of view, it looks like a favorable situation for him.
one.
“whatever.”
What the hell does this bastard believe in so confident?
In order to annihilate the Demon God, I studied countless times over and over again.
And of course… ….
“…Um?」
Among that ‘research’, there is also something about you, the commander of the 7th corps.
Great mage who transcends by regression
