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[Old Man and Girl]
“You… .”
Seeing Lily, the old man was so shocked that he even forgot for a moment the pain of breaking his dantian.
After a while, Manbak Nogee finally came to his senses and continued speaking.
“…You are the girl Daein mentioned. Lily. “Is that the right name?”
Lily blinked her big eyes for a moment before answering in broken Murim language. I still needed Abraxas’ interpretation to understand it properly.
“yes! This is Lily! “Is your grandfather the teacher you mentioned?”
“Heh heh…”
I had heard about Lily’s appearance from the person in charge, but I had no idea that the girl’s hair would be this red.
Red hair and crimson eyes that seem to have been filled with flames.
If I just looked at it, it felt like I was going to be sucked in.
“Cluck. “I thought you were going crazy as a group because the believers at our school consider you to be the incarnation of Mazda… I think even the original country would have believed this in that situation.”
Lily’s appearance was unfamiliar to the martial arts people and was a mystery to the Heavenly Demon believers.
“Grandfather. “Hold on a moment.”
Lily held with her small hands the stake that had pierced the arm and leg of the Manbaku no Kai. And I pulled it out with all my might.
Sigh.
The iron stake was pulled out and blood splattered out. This was nothing to Lily, who had grown stronger after learning martial arts.
Lily pulled out all the stakes from the old monster’s limbs and diligently sprinkled potion on the spot.
Slurp.
The wound healed quickly and Manbaknogoe was finally able to control his body properly. He sat with his back against the wall, breathing heavily.
“Whoa….”
“Grandpa. It hurts a lot?”
The old man forced a smile at the girl who was looking at him with a worried expression.
“It’s okay now.”
However, Manbaknogoe’s face was still pale and cold sweat broke out. All other wounds were treated with potions, but the damaged Danjeon could not be recovered.
Lily asked Abraxas, who was wrapped around his neck.
“Grandpa, why isn’t my pain getting better?”
Abraxas, who looked at the condition of the Manbaknogoi, shook his head.
[The magic core martial arts people say that the danjeon is damaged. That can’t be cured with potions.]
“Can’t Asga heal it with magic?”
While Lily was learning martial arts in the Heavenly Demon Church, Abraxas also recovered his strength and was able to use magic to some extent.
Before coming here, it was Abraxas who created an illusion that looked exactly like Lily on the bed and used invisibility magic to sneak into the prison.
But Abraxas also shook his head, saying that it was difficult to repair a broken danjeon.
[It’s difficult with my abilities right now. You must have a top-level healing spell or an artifact imbued with the divine power of a bishop-level priest. If you’re an adult, you might have one…]
“Grandpa, you look very sick…”
When Lily looked at her with worried eyes, the old man shook his shoulders and chuckled.
“Cluck…” He
found it very funny that he was saved after telling his disciple that he would bring this girl to him.
“Oh my. I have already lived enough. So you don’t have to worry about me.”
Manbaknogoe straightened his posture and crossed his legs.
“Whoa…”
The physical wounds were healed, but the old body, which could barely use internal energy, was like a lump of burden.
The old man looked at Lily with a bitter face and said.
“But how did you find out that I was trapped here?”
“Grandpa Grandpa told me.”
“…Great Elder?”
To be precise, I followed the path of the location tracker that was given to the Great Elder as a gift.
The Grand Elder moved the fainted old man to this place, and Abraxas read the coordinates and came here.
After listening to Lily’s explanation, the old man looked at Abraxas in amazement.
“What a clever snake you are. “Do you understand what people are saying?”
When the old man reached out and tried to touch his head, Abraxas raised his head and showed his teeth.
Kyaaa!
Other animals are better. But comparing him to a reptile was an unpleasant Abraxas.
[Lily! Quickly explain the greatness of dragons to this old human!]
Lily sighed and shook her head.
“As. Adults, don’t be childish. “You’re a sick, pitiful grandfather.”
[Don’t you pity me for being inside this stupid snake?]
“Smallers aren’t stupid!”
While the two were bickering over something insignificant, Manbak Nogee closed his eyes and was quietly lost in thought.
‘There isn’t much time left. My life is about to end, and the head of the cult is being eaten by the spirit demon…’
Unless a miracle occurred and Danjeon was healed, Manbaknogoe knew that he would not live for another ten days.
“Whew…”
After organizing his thoughts, the old man opened his eyes.
He said to Lily, who was trying to make a ribbon knot with a snake.
“…Stop that. “You must run away from the Heavenly Demon Church right now and go find Daein.”
Lily’s eyes widened at the sudden words.
“yes? why?”
Manbaknogoe explained the situation step by step.
He talked about how the current head of the Heavenly Demon Cult has fallen into the evil spirit, how dangerous the evil spirit is, and what will happen in the future as a result.
“If the cult leader is eaten by the demon, a great catastrophe will occur. No one will be able to stop him. Even if the Murim Alliance and the Heavenly Demon Gods all attack the world, even if all three worlds attack…”
The old man knew the temptation of Simma better than anyone else.
The moment you fall for the trick and give up being a human being, the leader loses his reason and becomes a great demon who repeats slaughter until he dies.
‘Furthermore, the sect leader absorbed my demon energy. How much stronger Simma will become… I can’t even guess.’
The old man said with a face full of despair.
“Go tell the person in charge. To push back the Murim Alliance forces at all costs. “Tell the cult leader to run away until he goes crazy and destroys himself!”
That’s the only way. Running away.
The only way to shed the least amount of blood is to wait until the Heavenly Demon that has been eaten by the Sim Demon destroys itself.
The old man held onto Lily’s shoulders with both hands and said.
“There is no time. “Go and tell it right now!”
“…….”
Lily’s eyes shook as she was suddenly taken aback by the unexpectedly serious story.
“Then what about your grandfather? “Aren’t you going together?”
The old man shook his head with a bitter expression.
“I was wrong anyway. Even if we go together, it will only be a burden.”
“But…”
“Go now! If you don’t spread my word, many people will die!”
“Now wait a minute! “You can just call him!”
Lily took out a magic communication device from her pocket and contacted Daein. However, Daein did not receive any information about what to do. It was the same no matter how many times I tried it.
“Why aren’t you answering the phone?”
Lily stamped her foot. Abraxas checked the time and said.
[I can’t stay here forever. I came out with an illusion spell, but if I leave the room for too long, I’ll get caught.]
“What should I do about my grandfather?”
[They say we should go by ourselves. Let’s go back because we’ve heard everything important.]
Abraxas said coldly. But Lily couldn’t walk easily.
“But…”
The old Manbak, who couldn’t understand the conversation between the two, shouted as if he was frustrated.
“Why are you sitting still! “Go away now!”
“…….”
Lily bit her lip tightly.
If I go back alone from here now, this old man who is sick may die soon.
What would you have done?
The answer came easily.
“Grandfather. “Come out with us.”
The old man sighed and shook his head.
“I am no longer able to use martial arts. You too will be in danger because of me. So, make sure you tell the person…”
Lily did not argue for a long time with the chatty old man.
“Tskcha!”
“What are you doing!”
The old man shouted in a panicked voice.
Any adult would react the same way if a little girl hugged him or her.
“Can’t you put it down right now!”
“Shh! “Be quiet!”
The old man who was hugged like a princess by Lily shook his body and resisted. However, the girl who had recently learned martial arts easily suppressed the resistance.
“Be quiet, grandpa!”
“Ugh….”
[Anyway, the landlord and you…]
Abraxas grunted and cast an invisibility spell on the two people.
Slurp.
Lily escaped from the underground prison holding a self-destructive Manpaku Nogei.
‘What kind of shame can I have at this age…’
The prison where Manpak Nogee was imprisoned was on the lowest floor. As I climbed up, I saw warriors walking around watching over criminals one by one.
The old man who had given up on resisting with his body sighed and whispered to Lily.
‘Please, leave me here. Even if you run away alone, it won’t be easy to escape from Protestantism.’
‘Shh!’
‘…Did you not understand what I said earlier?’
‘no. Ass explained everything I didn’t know.’
But Lily smiled brightly at her grandfather, saying there was nothing to worry about.
‘Do not worry. ‘My uncle will come and scold the bad Cheonma uncle.’
No matter how strong the opponent or how serious the problem is, everything will be solved when the man comes.
It was always like that, Lily assured her, and it would be like that this time too.
‘Didn’t you say that was impossible! ‘No matter who comes, the current Heavenly Demon Cult leader can’t compete!’
The voice of the Manpaku Nogei was probably a little loud, so one of the warriors patrolling the prison walked towards where they were.
“Who is there?”
Slurp.
The warrior slowly walked towards me with his sword drawn. The passage was narrow, so there was no room to run left or right.
Lily swallowed hard and sent a message to Abraxas.
[As. What do we do? Shall we fight?]
[Do not use fireworks. Then, your true identity will be revealed right away.]
[Then all you have to do is not use the flames, right?]
[…What are you going to do?]
Lily took a few steps back and then lunged at the approaching warrior with all her might.
Bah!
I don’t know anything about proper martial arts techniques, but anyway, the headbutt with the power of a peak expert was explosive.
“Ugh.”
The warrior fell to the floor, clutching his solar plexus. Lily skipped over the fallen warrior and started running quickly.
The warriors who heard the screams and rushed over shouted when they saw their fallen comrade.
“It’s a prison break!”
“There is someone who escaped from prison!”
“Check the criminals right away!”
Torches were lit from all directions, and warriors from the Heavenly Demon Church poured out.
“Someone escaped from prison!”
Shouts erupted from all directions, and in an instant, the entire Church of the Heavenly Demon was lit up and a heavenly battle unfolded.
““Find it-!!””
Since we were recently preparing for war, everyone responded surprisingly quickly.
‘Shh! ‘Be careful.’
Lily quietly slipped through them, holding on to the old man.
***
After climbing onto the roof of a nearby building, Lily looked down and wiped her forehead with the back of her hand.
“Whew… I almost got into big trouble.”
The old man who landed next to Lily shook his head as if he was fed up.
“That’s why you told me to run away alone.”
Lily said, glaring at the old man.
“I almost got caught because of my grandfather earlier, right?”
“That’s… ok.”
Even though there were ten mouths, the old man had nothing to say, so he kept his mouth shut. The old man who couldn’t use martial arts felt sad.
At that time, Lily noticed the warriors approaching them and placed her finger on her lips and whispered.
‘Now shush again!’
“Gun…”
Lily hugged the Manbaknogoe again. The old man must have given up now and was held as gently as a baby.
The two men killed their presence and moved on.
‘What are you going to do? Even if we used a technique to make our bodies invisible… If the masters and magicians of our school come forward, they will find us in no time. It won’t be easy to get out.’
‘I’m not going to run away.’
‘what!’
‘I’ll just hide Grandpa and we’ll go back to our room. You can tell him over the phone later.’
Lily explained what a phone was and the old man sighed and nodded after roughly understanding.
‘okay. That being said… since Cheonnajimang has spread, there will be no place for me to hide in this school.’
Manbaknogoe was once the leader of the Heavenly Demon Church.
He knew everything about the structure of the school, including hidden places that others did not know about.
By now, news that he had escaped must have reached the cult leader. The cult leader will search through all possible hiding places to find him.
‘It doesn’t matter if I die. But you shouldn’t be caught and treated badly. So leave me here. Come on…’
‘But is your grandfather really that talkative?’
‘Keu!’
He was an old man who would hit the back of the head if he didn’t like it, but he couldn’t move when it came to this little girl.
‘Why are you trying to save me like this?’
‘The uncle said to be kind and help poor people. And later, if I succeeded, I was told to receive 10 times the amount.’
Manbak Nogee, who had suddenly become a pitiful old man, groaned inwardly.
‘This guy, big man. Why didn’t you say that this kid is worse than you…’
Instead of moving to the outside of the Heavenly Demon Church, Lily went inside.
‘Where on earth are we going?’
‘Shh! ‘I’ll know when I go.’
The closer you get to the center, the fewer warriors there are.
After a while, they arrived at their destination. Lily put the Manbaknogoe down on the floor.
The old man opened his eyes wide and looked around.
“Why here….”
[The Old Man and the Girl] End
ⓒ Ganjjajang
