◈ 485. [STAGE 23] Sid
The distant past.
Four ordinary fishermen’s families lived in an island village in the southern part of the continent.
The husband and pregnant wife went fishing together, and the two daughters took care of the housework.
It was a difficult life because the fish were not caught so well, but the four families lived happily for each other.
Then one day. The couple hoped to catch a little more fish.
It was because his two daughters were growing up day by day and the child in his wife’s womb was due to be born soon, so he wanted to make more money for the future.
After a lot of thought, the couple went fishing in a sea area set as a prohibited area by the village.
It was a sacred place in the village and it was a place where no nets were cast, so it was because there was an abundance of fish.
This was the root cause.
There was a sea dragon living in that area, and the child of the sea dragon got caught in the net the couple set up and was torn to pieces.
The angry sea dragon appeared in front of the couple and chewed and swallowed the husband and cursed the wife.
– Curse the child in your belly. Like my child who was caught in your net and torn to pieces, I will live a miserable life and meet a miserable end.
After barely returning to the land, his wife suffered for ten days and nights and died after giving birth to a child.
The child born was of an ugly appearance. It had snakes instead of hair on its head, animal fur on its body, and metal limbs.
Its eyes turned everything it met to stone.
and.
The two older sisters did not abandon their younger brother who was born with such a terrible appearance. Instead of the deceased parents, they decided to raise the child with care.
The names of the two older sisters are Steno Euryale.
And the name of the youngest born as a monster was Medusa.
***
Day 2 of the invasion of the Gorgon Sisters.
It was overcast. It looked like it would soon rain or snow or hail.
Kugoogu Palace… … !
The nest of the Gorgon Sisters that had been built on the Crossroads collapsed.
Along with the thick dust, the stone structures all at once lost their power and scattered like ashes.
And in the dust, the shadows of the two monsters slowly walked out.
thud… . thud… . thud… .
Steno and Medusa.
The two monsters coming out of the nest were bigger than yesterday.
Not only Medusa, who ate Euryale and absorbed her wings and petrified skin, but Steno also absorbed the remaining magic power, making her already gigantic figure swell even more.
The forearm, which had been cut off, was also completely joined together as if it had never happened.
“… .”
Chuck-
The two knights stood in front of the two monsters who were advancing like that.
It was Lucas and Evangeline.
As if in a hurry, Lucas, wearing the high-end armor left on the crossroads as if putting it together, wore a black cloak over the armor that didn’t match.
On the contrary, Evangeline was standing leisurely wearing a suit-fitting armor with her white cloak wrapped around her like a scarf.
“… When the lord returns.”
Lucas glanced at Evangeline and grumbled.
“I will also ask you to match me with the best armor.”
“What about this? There will be no more armor as good as mine.”
“There will be.”
“Yeah, there isn’t.”
The two knights had a brief snowball fight between the pitches.
“Then we should ask Kelly Bay to make it for us.”
“Our old Dwarf skills are quite good, but they are not as good as mine, which contains the essence of the ancient magic kingdom. never.”
“You’ll know when you see it.”
“Let’s see. I’m not afraid at all.”
The two knights, who were chatting back and forth, deployed their mirror shields and ice shields at the same time.
Kiyiying!
Steno and Medusa’s demonic eye of petrification swept across the area.
Kugoong! Kugu Palace… … !
Between the petrified and collapsing buildings, the two knights slowly straightened themselves.
“… Don’t these guys’ eyes attack look heavier than yesterday?”
“It wouldn’t be a bad feeling. It sure seems to have gotten stronger.”
“I’m going to have a hard time today too, eh… .”
“The better we do, the less sacrifice others make. Let’s do our best.”
Evangeline held out a fist to Lucas.
“Don’t die.”
Lucas also put out a fist and bumped into Evangeline’s fist.
“You are.”
thud!
The fists wrapped in the gauntlets of the two knights touched and fell.
«Kiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!”
Medusa and Steno let out a loud roar at the same time.
A strong sound wave flew in and blew away all the buildings that were tattered around, leaving only the skeleton.
The two knights fluttered their cloaks and scattered as if they were bouncing from side to side.
***
The strategy of the second day was slightly different from the first day.
Lucas decides to lure Medusa to Steno Evangeline.
As long as the purpose of the operation is no longer to kill the enemy, but to wait for Ash’s return.
There was no need to fight too hard.
All you had to do was run away from within the city while keeping a reasonable distance while blocking the demonic eyes with the mirror shield.
Basically, Lucas and Evangeline take charge of the two monsters, but when they become tired or in danger, the remaining hero parties deployed throughout the city are sent in to help.
And one of the hero parties so arranged.
The three survivors of the blacklist were huddled on the roof of a building, having a meeting.
“Let’s run away.”
The golemist woman looked around with shiny eyes and lowered her voice.
“I really can’t anymore. We’re not even in a state where we can fight more in the first place.”
“… .”
“Let’s run away for sure this time. no, i’m not a fugitive I will leave you alone and run away alone!”
“what… Poetry? leave us… … I will run away alone… … ?”
A child in a prisoner’s uniform who used black magic and was chained all over the body… … He had grown old and had become an old man.
When the youthful appearance maintained by black magic faded, the original appearance came out.
The black magician pointed his finger at the golem master, shaking his dark spot-covered hand.
“Meantime… I fed him and raised him… … ! Good thing… … ! How many times have I paid off your gambling debts… … !”
“Thank you for paying off my gambling debt. But that is no reason to lay down my life here.”
The Golem Master glared at the other two.
“With the old black magician, who has exhausted all his strength and struggled to make a hand sign, and the swordsman with his legs broken even though he can’t see! I have no intention of hanging out here.”
Then the blind swordsman who was squatting in the corner jumped up from his seat.
“no. You were healed by the priest yesterday? It’s worth walking now!”
And the blind swordsman, who was trying to demonstrate walking, couldn’t see the stone beak in front of him and stumbled and fell.
“Quack!”
“Hey, hey, look at that asshole. Why didn’t you ask me to make your eyes better while you were getting leg treatment?”
The grumbling golem master turned over his empty bag of magic materials and robbed them. Only dust particles flowed out.
“So do i. It means that the materials to summon the golem are no longer suitable.”
“… .”
“Oh Dumb and Dumber and Dumber… There’s nothing the three of us can do against those mighty monsters.”
“… .”
“Stop talking nonsense like this, let’s just run away together. huh? How can I airlift the last ingredient, summon a golem, and run with you guys… … .”
It was then.
Quagmire and light!
The building where the three sat on the roof vibrated violently with a roar.
“what?! What’s going on?!”
The frightened Golemist urgently looked under the building.
《Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
》 … Ugh!”
It was Lucas and Steno.
Steno charged with maddening ferocity, and Lucas tried to block the charge with his sword.
However, Steno didn’t care whether the sword of light penetrated his hand or not, and pushed forward as it was.
Lucas was helplessly pushed away – and after being pushed almost a block into the street, he was slammed back into the outer wall of this building.
Flash-!
Even in that state, Lucas vigorously swung the sword of light horizontally and
patter!
He succeeded in cutting off all the fingers on Steno’s hand.
However, Steno grabbed Lucas by the neck with the hand that had lost his fingers and only the palm of his hand remained.
The pressure from his palms crushed the neck of Lucas’s armor, making it difficult for Lucas to breathe.
“Kuhh… Ugh!”
Kugoong! Kugoogu Palace… … !
In that state, Steno pushed Lucas through the wall. Breaking the outer wall of the building with his back, Lucas was sucked into the building with his collar caught.
The three blacklist members who were watching from above broke out in a cold sweat.
“What about this? Aren’t you supposed to join me?”
“if… If that knight’s friend dies, then this city is really doomed… … !”
As the blind swordsman and the warlock murmured, the golem master became angry.
“Calm down you bastards! What the hell are we going to do if we get into that fight? Just like those bastards who died yesterday, they will be trampled on like insects!”
“… .”
“Oh, it’s done, it’s done. You guys should take care of whether you join us or die here, I really am… … .”
next moment.
The Golem Shaman had to stop talking.
Mmm… … !
A faint sound came from across the city.
wah wah… !
The unmistakable sound of a baby’s cry.
Surprised, the three looked that way. The baby’s cry came from the direction of the temple.
“uh?”
“Wait, this… no way?”
Even in this situation, a smile crossed the lips of the three who heard the baby’s powerful cry.
“That baby right?! Were you finally born?!”
“Damn that shit yesterday was worth it… !”
“Congratulations. baby. Don’t ever gamble… … .”
The three gangsters celebrate the birth of a child even from afar.
Kwagwagwang-!
Suddenly, the outer wall of the building was smashed to pieces, and Steno jumped out from inside.
In the middle of a bloody battle with Lucas inside the building, when he heard the baby’s cry, he abandoned Lucas and ran out immediately.
《Kreuk Kreuk Kreuk… .]
Steno, who was looking around his head from side to side, raised his head.
Mmm… … !
Towards the temple where the cries of babies can be heard.
Tuhak-!
Kicking off the ground, Steno started running towards the temple at a terrifying speed.
“Uh… .”
“Wait a minute, where is that bastard going?!”
“Such a crazy monster! hey! What’re you doing! hey-!”
Ignoring the cries of the three thugs, Steno charged toward the temple with the ground shaking.
The three blacklisters looked at each other with pale complexions. The Golem Shaman said in a trembling voice.
“… It’s no use looking at it like that. Because I really want to run away.”
The blind swordsman and the warlock didn’t say anything.
Glaring at the temple, the Golem Master trembled.
“Oh damn world why are you using evil to make me a bad person… !”
***
Temple.
With a bone-like face, Lily looked down at the baby in her arms.
The child, wrapped in a cotton cloth, was soundly asleep in Lily’s arms as if crying vigorously was a lie.
“You poor boy. It took a bit of effort to be born, right?”
Janice, also covered in blood and sweat, wiped her sweaty face with a stained towel.
“I suffered really badly. I have never seen such a difficult delivery in my life, and it is the first time I have seen a mother and baby who survived such a difficult birth. Ugh.”
“… .”
“So, have you decided on a name for the child?”
Lily, who had been silently looking at the child’s face for a long time, answered slowly in a hoarse voice.
“Sid. I will name him Sid.”
“Sid… .”
Janice grinned.
“That’s a nice name.”
next moment.
Kwagwagwagwang!
The walls of the temple burst open.
Janice, who was swept away with the shattered wall, collapsed under the rubble, vomiting blood. Lily, dumbfounded, hugged the child tightly and looked ahead.
《Kreuk Kreuk Kreuk… .》
A monster stood in the thick dust.
It was a gigantic Gorgon.Stheno, whose whole body was covered with metal and rocks with a flying snake head.
And the moment Steno’s blurry, open gray gaze is about to reach Lily and the child –
Chow!
Torkel, who intervened between them, raised the mirror shield forward.
“Run away!”
Thorkell, who had already tried to block Steno’s charge once and was thrown back, was covered in blood.
In that state, Torquell looked back and shouted at Lily.
“I’ll stop you, so come on!”
