## Chapter 650 – The Scent of Flowers
ㅡ…
I calmed my anger for a moment and thought about why that bastard had transformed into a dragon.
Did Saint Kadia say that lizardmen sometimes worship dragons? If so, the transformation might have been to gain power by being worshiped by those lizard-headed bastards.
I can’t be sure, but it seems plausible.
That demon couldn’t easily mess with humans, so it compromised with monsters. In fact, the church doesn’t handle these monsters’ rampages very well.
They focus more on searching for demons and heretics. Dealing with monsters is the job of city adventurers or the lord. So, if the intention was to avoid the church’s eyes, it was a good move.
But now.
Looking at that demon dragon being worshiped.
Right now, the lizardmen are moving to the jungle near the city. A demon who chose to be worshiped by monsters rather than humans to avoid being noticed is doing that?
It immediately gets noticed.
It’s a contradictory action.
That means there’s another purpose… Well, I can kill him, find out, and then write it in the report.
My head, clearer than ever, finished its quick judgment and analysis.
The demon transformed into a dragon has some kind of purpose. And that purpose can be achieved by the lizardmen moving.
It must be an evil and terrible… purpose.
Given the nature of demons, it would be a purpose that greatly benefits the demon itself. Surely an extremely terrible and heinous scheme, so inhumane that even the most cruel serial killers would tremble and burst into tears like three-year-olds.
I must stop it.
I can’t just let something like that happen…!
“Hilde, retreat for now. We need to find the right timing to strike.”
“Yes, let’s do that.”
I immediately tried to get away from the lizardmen’s base. Just as I was about to check the scenery one last time to capture it in my eyes, something caught my attention.
ㅡKurururuk, kuruk! Kyuut, kyuuut! Kruruk!
It was a lizardman who was obviously wearing very flashy decorations. He adorned his body with strange paints and feathers, and held a staff made of lizardman skulls and spines.
Is that the lizardman shaman who leads the group?
He showed exaggerated actions, offering dances and spells as if fawning over the demon transformed into a dragon.
ㅡWharuruk!
The blooming blue flames added to the excitement.
He doesn’t even know it’s a demon and is worshiping it. He’s kneeling down to listen to the oracle, believing it’s a dragon. That’s how it looks to me.
As expected of a monster, he’s a dumbass.
“…”
I left the scene with Hilde without any regrets.
There’s no point in going in head-on when there’s even a demon. It’s the same even if there’s no demon in the first place.
We can observe them from a distance and strike when we find the right timing. Even if it’s a bit much, we must kill that shaman and the demon.
“Katt, it doesn’t seem like a super strong and powerful demon. The reason it transformed into a dragon is probably to be worshiped by the lizardmen.”
“I have a similar thought.”
But that doesn’t explain why they’re going to the jungle.
What’s in the jungle?
As I heard, after the killer wasp incident, they secured some stability through continuous development and subjugation.
“But Hilde, it seems like it will take some time to deal with them, do you want to go back? I’ll tell you what happened when it’s over.”
“No. I want to be with Katt. Can I stay by your side? I want to help if something happens.”
“There’s no problem… Okay, stay if you want.”
“Ehehe, I got permission. I’m so happy.”
Hilde smiled brightly with a flushed face.
“Katt, you know I love you, right?”
“You say it every day, how can I not know?”
“What do you think of me?”
“Demon friend?”
“Correct it. Say demon friend who loves Katt. I think I need to make you recognize it. That way, you’ll think of me even once more.”
“This girl’s advances are too much.”
She’s too similar to Ari.
While chatting with Hilde, I secured a suitable position and monitored the lizardmen. It seems like their senses haven’t detected my presence yet. Neither has the demon.
ㅡSreuk.
The sun began to set.
I was supposed to go in early, but I guess I’ll go in tomorrow. Anyway, the real thing started after the sun went down. The lizardmen, who had lit magical fires, began to march.
My enhanced senses allowed me to properly perceive the surroundings even in the dark.
ㅡ…
I immediately tracked them.
The speed wasn’t that fast. Just walking slowly. The demon transformed into a dragon was moving very comfortably, riding on a palanquin led by the lizardmen.
They moved leisurely, taking breaks from time to time. Sometimes, they formed small units and went hunting.
I tracked them until morning, avoiding their eyes. I stayed up all night, but I wasn’t particularly tired. I’ve become strong both mentally and physically.
And then the sun rose.
While Hilde and I were intently monitoring, the lizardmen suddenly began to move in unison. I continued to monitor while properly hiding myself, and indeed.
“Uwaaaaaaaaak!!”
“Kiyaaaaaak!!”
“Kill!”
I heard people’s voices from over there.
Judging from the situation, it seemed like adventurers had come to find the lizardmen. It’s not a terrain where merchants or travelers would pass by.
“Katt? I think they’re humans.”
“I’m listening too.”
“It seems like they’re fighting the lizardmen now… I’ll transform into a human for now.”
“Do that.”
ㅡSararak.
Hildegard, wrapped in pink smoke, transformed into a human.
The demon’s horns, tail, and wings disappeared, and her elf-like long ears became shorter, her black sclera turned white, and her fangs went in.
Her snake-like vertical pupils also turned round.
The decadent succubus instantly transformed into a human beauty.
“Aht, staring at me like that… Hehehe, I’m in human form now, what to do. Is it okay? I’m not a succubus now, I’m human, you know?”
“What’s so new about it. You’ve seen it a lot.”
“Still. Do you ever think about wanting to put it in, wanting to touch it? Don’t you ever think about that?”
“No, I don’t, you brat.”
Anyway, I immediately assessed the situation.
ㅡUreureu.
Now a large number of lizardmen troops have pulled out. They’re probably using their strength to deal with the adventurers. Since there were also the scouts I cut down, they must have been determined.
Whatever the case, the troops have been reduced thanks to the adventurer friends who came to work.
As someone who was aiming for the timing, it’s a good thing. If I use this situation to strike the shaman and kill the demon, it will be possible. No matter how great the adventurers’ skills are, they won’t be able to avoid a hard fight if a squad-level of lizardmen attacks them all at once.
Then I can kill them all.
“Hilde, hide here. I’ll go and take care of it quickly.”
“Yes? Let’s go together. There’s a demon too, I want to help if something happens.”
“You’ve transformed into a human now. Can’t you use magic well?”
“It’s not that severe of a penalty… Katt. It’s not like I’m doing this for the first time. I’ll take care of my body, so let’s go together? Okay?”
“Well… then do that. Anyway, thank you.”
There’s no need to stop her if she’s willing to help.
I took one last look at the main force. About half of the troops have pulled out, so what’s left now is the shaman and the demon in dragon form. And only the guards protecting him. That’s not a problem!
As expected of diligent adventurer friends!
If I strike their heads while they’re fighting hard, their burden will be reduced!
ㅡPaat!
Having made the decision, I immediately grabbed the Hwalin Sword tightly and sprinted at full speed. I’m the one running, but it’s really damn fast. The resistance of the air swirls around, and the surrounding scenery whizzes by.
I instantly broke through the terrain and reached their main force.
“Dejaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!”
The first one I need to kill is the shaman. Kill the magician first, clean up the surroundings, and then hit the demon! With that in mind, I passed through the lizardmen.
ㅡKeu, keureureureuk?!!
ㅡKeureuk?! Keureureureuk!
ㅡKyuryut?! Shwiik! Shwiik!
Because my speed is inhumanly fast, the lizardmen couldn’t react immediately. I ran straight towards the shaman in that state.
ㅡKeurallarak! Karak!
At the same time, the shaman glared at me, raised his staff, and created blue flames. Near him, four muscular lizardman warriors, slightly larger than the others, stood firmly guarding him.
Andㅡ
ㅡWharureureuk!
Flames were shot at me.
The four warriors spread out like a crane formation, preparing to attack me, as if aiming for a follow-up attack after the flames swept through, but you guys are thinking wrong now.
ㅡPachichik!
The anti-magic artifact made by Risha did its job. In an instant, black currents sparked and deleted the blue fireball that was flying towards me.
ㅡKeurak?!
The shaman stepped back for a moment, as if he hadn’t thought of that, and ㅡKwang! I stepped on the Cheonmagunrimbo and flew to the empty front of the shaman.
ㅡSswaeeeeeeek!!
In that state, I familiarly swung my sword and cut off the shaman’s head.
ㅡDeongeong!
The shaman’s head flew into the sky quite simply, and the lizardman warriors, who were briefly watching it, roared. They failed to protect him in an instant. Even right in front of their eyes.
ㅡKeuooooooo!
ㅡKeuroaaaaaa!
ㅡKeureureureureuk!!!
“Okay, come at me!! You lizard bastards!!!!”
ㅡPacheutcheut!
I pour mana into the sword and create sword energy. If I cut them all down like this and join up with those adventurers from before, it would be possible to annihilate themㅡ uh?
It was that moment.
ㅡSeumeolseumeol.
ㅡSeureureureureuk.
Suddenly, green smoke rose from the shaman’s severed head, oh shit!! I was about to be surprised, saying it’s a ghost!!! ㅡPeolleok! The demon in dragon form, who suddenly appeared from somewhere, flew over.
“Katt!”
ㅡPeoeok!
But he crashed to the ground before he could fly over. Hildegard created a magic circle and cast a binding spell. It was the same one that bound me and Elise in the past.
“Kiyaaaaaaaaaak!!”
The demon, who crashed to the ground in an instant, howled. The large wings flapped meaninglessly, and the long tail swept the ground. It certainly looks like a dragon, so the pressure is extraordinary. Anyway, at the same time as he was freaking out, the lizardman warriors, who let out a roar, approached the green, semi-transparent sphere that the shaman’s severed head had spat out.
“Katt! That’s a soul! The shaman’s soul!”
“That is the soul!!!!!”
I don’t know what it is, but I’ll cut it in half! I immediately set the target to the shaman’s soul and ran towards it, ㅡKeureureuk!! The lizardman warriors tried to stop me by holding out their respective weapons.
“Get out of my way!!!!”
ㅡSwaeeeeeeeeek!!
The Hwalin Sword, wrapped in sword energy, drew a large trajectory. The murderous slash, equipped with strength, skill, and sword energy, completely cut off everything in its path.
ㅡPushak!
ㅡHudududuk!
As a result, the lizardman warriors, who were cut in half, fell to the floor like pizza toppings. There was no other way to express it. Because their upper bodies and weapons were stuck in the ground like that.
Unless you’re a real expert or a monster, resistance in front of me is meaningless!
“Where’s the soul!!!”
“Katt, this way!!”
That’s how I was about to cut the soul right away.
“…!”
The place where that soul was headed was neither the sky nor the ground. That means it didn’t go to heaven or hell.
No, in the first place, was a soul supposed to be visible so concretely?
I’ve killed quite a few people, but I’ve never seen anything like this before. That means it’s not a soul… No. Hilde said it’s a soul, so it must be, and maybe it’s a soul that has been materialized by magical power or something like that?
A moment of understanding flashed through my mind, and what I saw was that green shaman soul entering the mouth of the demon in dragon form, who was being suppressed by Hilde. The warrior bastards got in the way, so it turned out like this!
Did he absorb the soul!
“Geu, geuhe! Geuheuheuhe…!”
And at the same time as a strange laughter flowed outㅡ
ㅡPachangchang!
“Kyaak!!”
Hilde’s spell broke, and the demon was released.
ㅡWharureureuk!
The released demon flapped its large wings and flew up, and in an instant, black smoke swept through, creating a small storm.
“Geuㅡhehehehehe!!!”
The demon burst into laughter.
Because that black storm formed a sphere centered on the demon.
Like an egg being reborn.
“Who the hell do you think you are transforming in front of me!!!!”
Of course, without hesitating any further, I jumped towards the sphere and swung my sword. It looked like the bastard was trying to transform by absorbing the soul, but there was no reason to wait!
ㅡChwaak!
The sword strike, which was excellently embedded, tore the black sphere and scattered the smoke.
“Geuhaaaaaaaak!!!!”
Then, the demon’s tearing scream was heard. That wasn’t the end of it. When the sphere scattered, something black flowed out like cracking an egg and crashed to the ground.
ㅡCheolpeok!
“What the hell is this bastard?”
Is he an idiot?
Anyway, as I was about to quickly finish it and clean up the remaining lizardmen, ㅡBureureureu!!! Suddenly, the Hwalin Sword, no. Bigaal started vibrating like a broken vibrator.
“Uh, uh?”
Why is this bastard doing this again!
