# 164
Helmut
Episode 164
A melee unfolded on Helmut’s side. The horse couldn’t move because of the scent it was giving off. It’s like I lost my feet.
It stretched out its long body and surrounded the Palma knights who jumped off their horses.
The knights struck the creature’s body with swords loaded with vis, but none of them worked.
Kang! Kagang! Kang! My grip ached from the rebound.
“So fucking hard!”
“He’s a strong guy!”
The giant snake knew how to strengthen its skin with demonic energy. Its scales even deflected a sword loaded with vis.
Helmut narrowed his eyes.
‘The magic energy isn’t great, but he handles it well. ‘Instantly strengthens the area where the sword flies.’
It was a monster that had lived for quite a long time. Just as Basor’s knights are accustomed to fighting against monsters, it seems that Basor’s monsters are also accustomed to fighting with humans.
‘Interesting.’
Fast movement and huge body that moves freely on the sand. Those dealing with him felt tense.
Except for one Helmut.
Helmut was a man who had dealt with someone who could be called the Lord of Snakes. A partner like this is cute.
An attack with more vis would have been able to pierce its reinforced scales, but here, strength had to be conserved.
So what Helmut chose was the next best option.
‘Aim for the weak spot.’
The guy who stayed still seemed particularly easy, so the guy opened his mouth wide.
Helmut did not avoid the flashing red eyes on the face of the attacking bastard, but faced him.
The mouth opened wide and swallowed the space where Helmut was standing. Kwagak!
There was a depression in the sand where he had been standing. Helmut’s appearance disappeared. It was as if it had been swallowed whole.
“Hyde!”
“no?”
The next moment, the snake’s eyes opened wide. A strong vis energy radiated from within him.
-Keeeeeeek!
A figure came out, tearing the back of the guy’s neck and pouring out black blood. Puzzle!
It was Helmut, who was not even remotely injured. He landed lightly on the ground and at the same time his huge body collapsed helplessly. dump!
Helmut lightly looked back at the snake that had stopped breathing. Black blood poured out from the trembling body and soaked the white sand. Acrid smoke rose from the sand.
Its core may be valuable, but the influence of demon energy cannot be ignored when harvesting it.
The weakest part is the inner flesh. Helmut, who had pulled up Vis, tore his inner flesh and came out, protecting himself from the poison.
He shook off his clothes that had snake blood on them. Fortunately, the cloak I received from Talon was durable and could withstand most damage.
‘It’s a dirty method.’
His clothes were expensive. It would be difficult if it went bad.
But I couldn’t help it. Helmut, who chose to be swallowed by the snake without hesitation, had an eerily calm expression.
Even the members of the Palma Knights, who had fought countless monsters, were amazed at his fighting style.
“This guy is dangerously bold.”
“You look like a finalist in a martial arts competition.”
“white.”
Helmut approached the horse and tapped its back. It’s still standing, but it doesn’t look in very good condition.
‘It would be troublesome if I died.’
Helmut’s eyes glanced towards the village.
Two faint specks of sand were seen running away from the village.
Helmut’s extraordinary eyesight was able to capture the two figures in the sand and dust. My feet were shaking.
A knight offered words of comfort.
“It seems like you’re saying it sparingly. It’s just a paralysis poison. “The effects of the medicine will wear off over time, so you’ll be fine.”
“Then please speak to me.”
“what? “Where are you going?”
At the same time he shouted in despair, Helmut’s appearance disappeared.
Since there are no horses, you have to run on your own two legs. However, he could run as fast as any horse in this desert.
His feet skimmed across the sand. The tension finally sets in.
The time has come. The Knight Commander of Palma began to move. If I even missed him, everything I had endured so far would be ruined.
‘I told you to be careful of Luke Yeager.’
Follow without even thinking. My eyebrows furrowed.
‘You should be aware of it.’
The fact that he was acting alone with the Commander of the Knights of Palma, a person of interest.
If you are aware of it, you will be able to endure it, even if it is not for long. Until you arrive.
It wasn’t difficult to trace their tracks. The sand dust scattered by the horse’s hooves flew in the air as particles for a long time.
Helmut chased after the fog-like particles, feeling them with his skin.
The members of the Knights of Palma ride warhorses familiar with the desert. The same thing happened to the horse they were riding. Although the distance gradually increased, I was able to chase after them without losing sight of them.
But it wasn’t easy. I was completely out of breath.
Before I knew it, an unfamiliar landscape appeared. It was a towering cliff and mountain made up of several large rocks stacked on top of each other.
I saw two horses standing in front of it. Helmut took a deep breath from the position where he could see the horses.
My lungs were in so much pain that it was numb. My throat is burning.
‘Luke Yeager.’
Helmut felt the strongest feeling in his life that he wanted to hit someone.
I saw a large hole between the overlapping rocks. It seemed to be a road leading inside the rocky mountain.
Helmut walked there without delay.
He will now come out into the human world and face the strongest man he has ever met. Lutus Cicero. He was Darien’s enemy.
‘Kill him and save Darian’s descendants. ‘The reward is enough.’
There is no guarantee that you will win. It would be arrogance to make such a guarantee to the Commander of the Knights of Palma.
There is nothing to do but hide your skills. He’s not Luke Yeager. Even if it means showing off your full power, fight with all your might!
As Darian’s swordsmanship, which was learned and ingrained in every bone in his body.
There wasn’t much distance left until the entrance to the cliff. At some point, instinct awakened his senses.
It was below.
Helmut took action as soon as he recognized it.
Quagwagwang! The sand that came out hit my whole body. If I hadn’t been protecting my body with vis, I would have suffered bruises.
The red scorpion’s claws shot up from below and split the spot where he was.
Whiiing! It seemed as if a weak human body could be cut into pieces as soon as it was caught.
-Keeeeee.
The giant scorpion that had failed to attack looked back at Helmut. Red eye lights colored the air like flames. Ominous red light. I felt strong magical energy.
He is the strongest person I have ever met in the outside world. Even in Pahe Forest, it is at the top of the food chain.
However, it was not comparable to guys like Elaga and Naho. I think I’m just used to using my surroundings.
‘You were hiding in the sand for a long time.’
Kills Magi like a ghost. With guys like this, it was almost impossible to exterminate them from Bashor.
It’s almost as if it’s hibernating, so it’s a very faint presence, so it would be difficult to detect if it were to hide.
But something was strange.
‘A foreign energy on your forehead?’
Helmut gazed suspiciously at the white bead embedded in the bastard’s forehead. I felt like I knew what the energy felt in those white beads was. But why?
His mind quickly ran through a number of possibilities. Helmut was soon able to find the answer. by external factors.
“Oh dear. “It looks like my cutie is excited to see you.”
A low voice was heard. Helmut turned his head. A man was walking from the right side of the red scorpion. The pure white attire was unfamiliar.
‘That outfit is like that.’
Temple. Helmut recalled the word he had avoided ever since he left the Forest of Pahe.
I felt a gentle energy coming from the man’s body. The power of purification that once brought him close to death. It was the same power I felt from the sacred barrier.
There’s no way I can forget it. An eerie feeling ran down my spine. Helmut realized his identity.
‘fuse.’
It’s not an ordinary priest either. Divine power radiating from the whole body.
Although he reveals little, the power within him is so great that it implicitly suppresses the buds of darkness.
The red scorpion hissed and looked at Helmut. However, the guy started to tone down right after the man appeared. Almost as if he was submissive.
The man laughed.
“Unlucky boy. “I won’t ask you why you are here.”
Brown eyes with soft brown hair. Although he had the impression of being a model priest, there was a cold and cruel light in his eyes.
A face so young that it almost looks like a young man. But the energy I felt from him was unusual. He is a strong man who can hide his energy.
“You’ve come to a place you shouldn’t have come to.”
The man’s gaze looked up and down Helmut. Sharp, penetrating eyes.
“You know how to use vis, and you’re disguising it as magical power. And this energy… I feel the power of darkness in you. “What are you?”
“I’ll tell you when you beat me.”
Helmut answered simply. If you have to fight, just fight.
The blade reflected a cool light in his grasp.
*
It was only 15 days ago.
“It’s been a long time since I was in Bashor.”
High Priest Dolos muttered as he stepped on the sand. The feeling was new.
A barren land where not a single blade of grass grows, accompanied by intense sunlight that cooks your whole body and bitter cold at night.
‘How can this happen without being cursed?’
The temple once believed that Basor was a country where even the gods had abandoned it. Although he has become incredibly wealthy now.
‘That also means lumen. You must be willing to come into the embrace of the temple.’
Dolos clicked his tongue disapprovingly. The Basore people, who became strong by fighting against the monsters of the desert, were independent and arrogant in temperament.
The Temple of Lumen wanted to branch out into Bashor, but Basor would not allow it.
The Basoreans vehemently refused to even build a temple because they did not help defeat the damn red scorpion.
The Temple of Lumen saw an opportunity to sneak in on Basor.
And about 20 years ago, that opportunity came. An opportunity I can’t refuse.
Dolos searched for memories.
‘Darian Differt.’
A man called Geomsung. He who dared to exert a divine influence on a nation as a mere human being was a thorn in the temple’s eyes.
All humans must remain human vessels. Therefore, Basor’s public sentiment toward the Sword Saint was dangerous. Because it could be said to be faith.
It would be great if it could be removed, but the title of Sword Saint is not something to be given in vain.
He was strong and could not have collided head-on with Basor even in the temple. Because there was no good reason for that.
However, if it is led by Basor, it is a different story. All you have to do is lend a helping hand.
The first prince, who had always been close to the temple, succeeded in recruiting Geomseong’s close associates.
No, is it inclusion? It is unknown who reached out first. It is not clear why he turned away from the Sword Saint, but it did not matter.
It was secretly planned and secretly carried out.
Three ministers were mobilized. Dolos willingly volunteered for the mission. It was a good opportunity to test his research.
Sending the swordsman caught in the trap to the Forest of Pahe was not a difficult task in itself.
It would be better to kill him, but a priest cannot have blood on his hands. The traitors of Bashor wanted it too.
But no results have been achieved yet. The King of Bashor was still alive. He will not allow the Temple of Lumen to be built in Basor’s royal capital during his lifetime.
However, God’s history is longer than human history. From the Temple of Lumen, I looked a little further away.
The king will die someday, and the successor only needs to be the first prince. There was no need to rush to build a temple in Basor.
But the descendants of the Sword Saint.
