Chapter 76 – 17. Demon Disease. (4)
Just in time for the sun to rise, the mercenaries finished their break and rose from their seats to line up.
With a solemn expression on his face, Count Villa glanced at the sophomores and nodded. It means start the mission now. In particular, his gaze was eagerly reaching Allen Danju for a while. It means that I wish you well.
First, the count’s mercenaries, who decided to lead the way, approached the rusty iron door, hooked the hook on the ring-like doorknob, and began to pull hard.
“Pull-!”
The big mercenaries gave them strength, and the rusty hinges screamed and started to turn.
… And, the big, huge iron gate that had been closed for a long time finally opened. The mercenaries stood around the door and peered down into the black space.
The old wizard of the count’s mercenary corps illuminated the dark interior with a bead at the end of his staff. In the aisle that stretched under the dark, there was an iron ladder that was connected.
I couldn’t judge the width of the space below just by looking at it. I’ll have to go downstairs myself.
The Count nodded his head towards Budan Joo, his mercenary corps. Seeing the signal, the vice owner took the lead.
“One by one, go down in order!”
First the count’s mercenaries, then Allen, and the other three in order.
After the eight count mercenaries had all descended, a cry was heard from below telling them to come down. Thus, the Allen-Mercenary Corps climbed down the ladder one by one.
Allen looked towards Natasha one last time before going down the aisle. He just met her gaze as she was lifting her wrapping cloth.
Intense and hot eye contact. …… Then he climbed the ladder and down the aisle.
The aisle was very cool and slightly damp. Of course, it wasn’t comparable to a dungeon.
After climbing down the ladder for a while, Allen soon landed in a wide aisle. It was a space that looked like a sewerage system, with long openings to the left and right. … At first glance, it was not a place to store anything.
Plant roots hung like willows from every crevice in the ceiling of the round archway. Allen had no idea how long this place had been neglected.
…… Certainly, a monster cub would like it just right.
When all the other three mercenaries came down, the aisle felt a bit crowded. Allen took off his blindfold and asked Odd Noon which way to go. She pointed her finger in one direction.
“It leads over there.”
Having determined their direction, the group of mercenaries moved in two lines attached to the left and right sides of the wide aisle wall. The gloomy passage was illuminated by the wizards’ magic orbs.
Captain Aiden, who was looking around the wide aisle, quietly whispered to Allen Danju, who was walking next to him.
“Why did you make this?”
“Well…. It looks like an evacuation passage.”
Of course, whatever purpose it was made for, it didn’t really matter. After all, they only had to kill something that was sucking up the life force of the noble lady.
The aisle was quite long. Then, in the distance, I saw that the wall of the aisle had been cut off. … It means that a wide space comes out at the end of the aisle.
The count’s mercenary corps, Bu Dan-ju, stopped the mercenaries for a moment. For some reason, it looks like a battle will begin if you go there.
Allen Danju met her crew one by one without saying a word. There would be no reason to talk painfully about the things I have emphasized several times before. Because they are already veterans.
After a very brief rest, as if to catch their breath, the group moved again. Odd-Nun, who sees colors, confirmed that there was an evil being crouching beyond the end of the passage. The long black line from Natasha was connected to her body like an umbilical cord.
As expected, it is a monster.
The group of mercenaries came out of the passage and came down slightly into the space below. It was a very spacious space, filled with water up to my ankles. It seems like it could comfortably accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.
And they found something like a stone altar prepared nearby. As soon as he saw it, Allen confirmed that this was no mere evacuation site.
…… Here is the priest…… !
A place prepared to summon something evil, whether it’s a demon or a monster…. Looking closely, the ceiling was engraved with all sorts of phrases in runes. Not only that, at first glance, there were hundreds of skeletons hanging all over the place…. The bones submerged in the water completely softened and crumbled with each step.
Everyone was in a state of half-headedness, as if they had never imagined that a place like this would exist. The old wizard of the count’s mercenaries slowly approached the altar and noticed something huge crouching over there.
ㅡㅡ!!
Surprised, he looked at Budanju and pointed at it with his finger.
The monster that grew up sucking the life force of its host for a long time was bigger than Allen expected. Fortunately, however, it seems that it has not yet woken up because it has not completely swallowed its host. … It wriggled intermittently, existing as a shapeless mass.
One deputy owner and four danju exchanged glances. And immediately took the ranks. Allen prepared Elena for magic.
“With the most powerful single shot.”
Other wizards also prepared the strongest magic they could use. As if trying to prove the fruits of his painstaking training, Master Pattong also cast a spell that looked more powerful than before.
When the preparations were finished, the five leaders looked at each other and nodded slightly. And soon, along with an incessant hand gesture, magic poured toward the monster.
Excluding the mercenary corps without wizards, the powerful magic from the other 3 mercenaries flew away and landed on the body of the monster. And the powerful explosion that followed—.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!!!!!
When the magic hit, a large part of the monster’s body exploded. The ruptured body disappeared into smoke as if it were vaporized.
“Again!”
However, before the second magic flew away, hundreds of black lines stretched out in all directions from the monster’s body. It clung to the skull and began to rattle and move.
“It’s down there too! Watch your ankle!”
The black line even controlled a skeleton submerged under the water. The mercenaries stomped on the head of the skull that was trying to tear off his ankle and burst it. At the same time, he dealt with hundreds of skeletons falling from the ceiling like pattering rain.
“Shoot the magic! Do not rest and attack!”
The crew broke the approaching skeletons with their weapons. After fighting the fast ghouls and dealing with the slow skeleton heads, the Allen-Mercenary Corps was definitely able to afford it. Hundreds of skeletons attacked at once in a limited space, so the difference in numbers was a bit obvious, but it wasn’t an order that couldn’t fight.
Two mercenaries without wizards also approached to fight the monsters, but dozens of hands like hands stretched out from their slime bodies to block them.
The magic continued to fly sparsely. It slammed into the monster’s body and continued to explode.
Just then, the blind saint witnessed that the black cord that had been connected like an umbilical cord suddenly became thicker and she began to swallow something, and she informed Danju of the fact.
“Danju-nim, the line connecting the monster has become very thick. If we don’t get rid of it quickly, the lady is in danger!”
Hearing that, Allen ordered another powerful shot from the sucker.
“Then the light cannot be kept!”
“Can everyone survive?”
“I’ll hold on!”
The crew responded by saying that they would try to survive as much as possible in the dim light around them. It might not be as nimble as a ghoul, but the skull head wasn’t that fast.
“Elena. Try. As strong as possible. With the intention of ending it in one blow—!”
As soon as her command was given, light fled from her wand. Then, as mana began to accumulate there, she soon transformed into elemental magic of enormous power.
Elena aimed her monster with her wand, then fired her elemental magic at her bastard.
And…….
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After the group of mercenaries disappeared, quite a bit of time passed.
Natasha was sitting on her earthen floor, wrapped in her robe, in the shade out of the sun, holding her feeble breath.
Then, while immersed in her meditation, she suddenly felt a terrible pang.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!!!!
“Aww.”
She was involuntarily moaning in agony. It started on her side and spread all over her body.
“Natasha-!”
The Count, who had been waiting for the mercenaries to come out nearby, ran towards his daughter, who suddenly fell forward and began to tremble.
“Ugh, ah… !”
“Natasha, Natasha… !”
It was a terrible pain that really took my breath away. But she endured, biting her lip until her blood bleed.
Have to endure You have to hold on. With the power of the mind, my last, with the power of the mind……… !
Her body trembled, but she groaned no more.
It was felt that something parasitic on her body was attacking her. As she floundered in her long agony, it suddenly began frantically sucking something out of her.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!!!!
It was such a shock that her eyes darkened for a moment. She couldn’t breathe All of her own is fast, a terrible sense of fear.
Lord, die, Lord, die, die, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah
Natasha rolled her eyes and foamed at her mouth. …… However, until the last moment, she struggled to hold on.
Until the very end, until the very last moment…… !
Allen believes that he can do it. In the end, I firmly believe that that person will save me.
The count cried out for his fallen daughter, but she heard nothing, saw nothing, felt nothing. Sensation is already gone. Just like a candle on the verge of going out, only a faint spirit remains.
…… And, the moment when the last breath was about to pass.
Something gurgled out of her throat and her breath cleared.
Wow.
It was dark, dead blood.
She gasped to death with a harsh cough.
The blackened vision opened, her deaf ears pierced, and the numbness of her body returned.
…… And finally,
I could see the blue sky.
Very comfortable.
