Chapter 194 – Chapter 194. A Series of Unexpected Encounters (3)
Barmash.
No one here knows why he is angry.
In the first place, the reason we entered this Demon King’s territory was because of the person he had a grudge against.
“… If you’re Galbo, are you talking about Garbonya?”
“Yeah, you know that. A hard bitch.”
Barmash uttered an angry voice at Verdia and gripped the axe.
His face, which had been felt benign until now, was filled with fiery anger.
“I thought the story would end well, but the story will be different for the humans who are swung by that galboy.”
“Being swung around, it’s not like that. We are…”
-Kooung!!
The moment the ax in my hand hit the floor.
While the whole area trembled with only his young strength, his bloodshot eyes began to feel weak as if he was pressuring Verdia.
“Get out of the way right now. If it’s now, I’ll be able to take care of it to the extent that I was deceived and swung by that bitch… !!”
“I understand how you feel, but calm down! Please explain what happened…”
-Quaang!!
Verdia’s body was pushed back by the ax being swung again.
As she was swayed by the shock that made her whole body tingle and bitten her teeth, Yumir, who was watching her situation, crumpled her expression and started shooting Barmash.
“Why is that child suddenly like that? Wasn’t he a nice guy?”
“… It must be because you haven’t suffered much. Even if it’s me, my teeth gnash when I hear that bitch is alive.”
It’s easy to forget because of his thoughtless and lacking moves, but he’s a long-lived being who has served as the head of a faction within the long-lived Demon Tribe.
The amount of things that such a guy has done after rising to the ranks of the Demon King’s Army are innumerable.
Right now, even in the organization I belong to, that guy sat at the head, and it’s been damaged to such an extent that it’s impossible to recover in about a year, but it would be strange that I can’t turn my eyes because I’m an executive in the same Demon King’s Army.
“Hard bitch! If you don’t get out of there right now, I’ll break your whole body!!”
That’s right, since I’ve already lost half of my reason, I’m not someone who will listen to me. Biting her teeth, Verdia hurriedly shouted as she retrieved her shield from which her ax had fallen off.
“Ymir!!”
– Damn it!
A black barrier that rises in response to Ymir’s mana. As soon as it stopped the Orcs from attacking, cracks began to appear in the ground beneath the barrier.
The moment when the exhausted body sat down heavily. No matter how much the barrier boasted absolute defense, it would not be free from the aftermath that would damage the mind.
“Damn it, it’s a shield harder than diamonds, and they’re trying to break it.”
Even so, Ymir does not back down and wants to strengthen his defense even with a tired body.
Barmash, recognizing her through the barrier, slammed her ax down in succession and shouted.
“Get out of the way right now. A girl who seems to be raising children well!!”
“I’m glad you praised him for being big, but if you look at him broadly, he’s a kid I have to raise, so I can’t listen to that!!”
-Pazu means!
An electric current welling up beyond the barrier.
Barmash’s body stiffened from exposure to the attack, but even so, his muscles only gained more strength.
“It’s like, like electricity… !!”
That’s right, there’s no way that an officer of the Demon King’s Army would die at that level.
-Kooung!!
However, it is not only Ymir that he has to deal with.
Verdia, who created and wielded a hammer made of light, pushed her body away and stood in front of Ymir again, raising her shield.
“You’re not the only one dealing with me.”
“… Annoying things.”
A moment is enough for the body that has been pushed back to stand tall again.
Having withstood both magic and physical attacks with his body, he frowned and began raising his axe.
– Go go go.
The moment when the air around you feels heavy just by standing there. That it wasn’t just an illusion, the two who directly received his attack would know best.
“Chwiiik! Those bitches are disturbing the chieftain!”
But the worst thing is that he is not alone in his strength.
“Chief, help!”
“The Galbo Year is the enemy of the moms! We must protect the chief to protect our family! So fight to the death!”
“For Barmash!!”
The Orcs, burning their fighting spirit, began to settle down in front of them.
Feeling pressured by that fighting spirit, Verdia held her breath and raised her shield.
“… I’m not in the mood to listen.”
If you look at the atmosphere right now, your eyes will go back to hatred.
Even if it was only a fragment of the year of Calvary, the single-mindedness to erase the traces from the world was depriving even the opportunity to have a conversation.
Verdia looked back at Celica and me and said quietly as if she had soon given up on the noble attitude that she would take care of it even if she died on the spot.
“Dave, take Heira and Celica and run away.”
“… Mr. Verdia.”
“Barmash is targeting Celica. I understand that it’s because of the grudge against Garbonya, but I can’t hand over Celica for any reason unless I’m persuaded!”
“Okay, I’ll be following you soon, so come on!”
Even in a serious situation, even Ymir, who throws a joke or two, has lost his sense of humor.
Right now, the standoff is maintained, but as soon as one of them sees an opportunity and starts moving, a fight will break out.
“… Celica.”
But I couldn’t get out of the seat right away when I heard those words.
Celica, who was actually hugging Heira, was still staring at the two people who were confronting Varmash.
“Also…”
What was drawn on that face was fear beyond simple worry. It was anxiety about the repetition of what happened in her past.
“Again, leaving her companion behind and running away?”
Because the future girl had the experience of her comrades being slaughtered by her demon lord.
Even after that, she couldn’t defeat her demon lord, could she choose with her own hands to abandon her comrades and run away?
“Whoops.”
A faint laugh escaped from her mouth. She immediately raised her body from her seat and prepared to draw her sword while entrusting her still unconscious Heira to me.
“Anyway, even though it’s the Demon King’s territory, it must be difficult to travel normally.”
“… Celica.”
“I’m sorry, Dave. I wanted to travel quietly, at least until I met the witch.”
No, I have nothing to apologize for.
Because I understand her heart. I also agreed that she wanted to prevent the unfolding of her miserable future in any way she saw it.
I’m just sorry. The fact that in this dangerous land, we have to deal with those who might do us a favor right here and now.
-Sureung.
Even so, she was willing to endure it, and the sword was pulled out, and the moment it was about to be quietly forged into mana in response to her will.
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“Chwiiik! Everyone run!!”
While Barmash and Orcs, unaware of what the sword would do, rushed forward with shouts, Verdia and Ymir also prepared to respond to their attacks.
And before the collision, Celica’s sword was also swung there.
No, it should have been.
“… What.”
Before she even drew her sword, Serika stopped in her place and said goodbye as if she noticed something about her.
Immediately after that, with a shrieking sound cutting through the atmosphere, something suddenly intruded in front of them and began to swing its arms around Barmash and Verdia’s shields.
A black shadow, or something called a black afterimage.
-Paang!!
Along with the rotation that took place immediately after that, Barmash’s ax was skillfully twisted.
He points her hand in front of Verdia’s eyes, who was about to crash her shield, and puts a restraint on the move.
“What’s this time… !!”
Barmash gritted his teeth as he was stopped from attacking again.
However, the intruder, on the contrary, was very cold-hearted.
“… Weapons.”
In a cold voice, straightening the weapon that had slashed his axe.
“Please put away your weapons, Warchief Varmash.”
She is a woman in black who whispers to him so quietly.
Scary to meet the eyes as sharp as the dagger in his hand, his body froze for an instant as he tried to rush into it like fire.
Verdiana Ymir.
More than two people who are said to be the strongest of mankind, as if they were wary of the woman in front of them.
“Our organization has no intention of antagonizing you.”
Yes, it was clearly a woman who suddenly intruded between them.
It’s a face I’m very familiar with.
“Ka-ka…”
Recognizing her belatedly, her name began to pop out of my mouth reflexively.
“Katarina!!”
“Your lord, I am your faithful vassal.”
Katarina nodded her head and was polite in front of me.
“Katarina, the leader of the Anti-Human Alliance. We report that she has just returned to her master’s side with her crew.”
Katarina. My faithful vassal, who carried out my instructions and returned to the main base in the Demon King’s territory, and was on a mission to search for her witch.
At the same time that she appeared here, the shadows rising behind her began to harden their shapes one by one.
Dozens of men armed with black clothes like her. The members of her anti-human alliance’s action squad, led by her, appeared here with her.
“As for Katarina, what Dave said?”
“Hey, did a reliable friend come to you at such a good time?”
Verdia is wary of the presence of strangers. And Yumir, who likewise feels her relief in her being her old side.
I don’t know why she is here when she should be at her destination, but it is clear that she is my ally no matter what.
The moment Celica noticed that, she put her sword back into the scabbard.
When she looked back at Katarina, feeling her relief at that, she was already preparing to confront Varmash with her own men.
“… You are the girl in my memory.”
“Yes, we were old friends. Because I wanted to maintain a relatively friendly relationship with you and the former chief.”
The head of the Anti-Human Alliance was also an executive of the Demon King’s Army.
His entourage, Katarina, will also have a chance to face her barmash, and she seemed to have a crush on her there, so she did not show any hostility towards her barmash.
“By borrowing from that past, I will ask you one more favor, Barmash.”
It’s probably the same that Katarina doesn’t want to antagonize the strong person in front of her.
But if I have to fight, I will also fight.
“The people behind this are important guests of our Anti-Human Coalition. For whatever reason, would you please withdraw your weapons and step down from this position?”
As she raised her dagger and threw her warning, Bar Marsh snorted and began to straighten his axe.
“Come to think of it, even when that Galbo year fell into the World Tree, I brought you humans with you.”
“… That is, she was bewitched by her tricks. Now she has already lost her life.”
“Under! Do you believe that the calvary year is dead!? Nonsense talk. I wonder if that bitch faked her own death, there’s no way she could die so easily!!”
Damn, did you already know that Galbo-nun took control of the Anti-Human Alliance?
Rather, the moment when members of the Anti-Human Alliance broke into this place and suspicion arose.
“Do not try my patience further. No matter how much you humans rush at it, it will only increase the number of victims… !”
Still, Barmash urged him to step down with his last mercy.
As the bodies of her operatives stiffened one by one from the aura he emitted, Katarina let out a small sigh and began to retrieve her own dagger.
“Certainly, there may not be an answer in a head-to-head match.”
Is it because you gave up the fight?
No, it’s not like that. The two eyes that are still staring at Barmash are weak.
“If only we were here.”
Right after that, blah blah! The floor creaking with a sound.
The thorny vines that soared with him were thickly entwined, isolating the opposing forces and beginning to emit a sense of presence.
The moment a plant grows on a barren plateau where it is difficult to grow a single blade of grass.
– Whoa!
Huge flower buds bloomed between them, and those who were seated in them began to appear.
Black-robed women wearing masks and cone-shaped hats.
As soon as I saw it in my eyes, I knew it instinctively.
That they are the beings called ‘witches’ that we have been looking for so long.
