Chapter 73 – 073. The Growth of a Girl (2)
“That…”
Alex had a lot of thoughts when he saw the technique she used at the end.
“Who did you learn from?”
Each movement reminded me of the spirit and movement of a sophisticated and precise expert.
Alex was convinced that it was not something that could be achieved with the experience of a girl who had held the sword for a little over three months.
Eunhyun is not.
He really only gave Erin basic physical strength, magic training, how to use it, and education that could barely get her a beginner in swordsmanship. Existed.
But those swordsmanship and movements were not for beginners.
Erin’s appearance as she rushed forward with explosive speed that was unbelievable for a young girl’s body was like that of a ferocious wild horse.
Even so, she does not waver at all, and her attack, which pierces the devil’s neck with a rapier without an inch of error, is like a bird of prey snatching its prey with fierce eyes.
Alex, who in every way seemed to see a glimpse of her battle-worn hero, had to change her perception of her.
‘I’m no longer at the level of a student.’
Who would believe that she was a little girl of 17 in the form of her warrior piercing her demon’s throat.
On the other hand, another woman who watched the fight between the demon and the girl next to Alex noticed something different about Erin.
“Huh, that’s the ‘energy drain’ that Hyun-i said.”
Since the mental body is ultimately an aggregate of energy composed of mana and soul, the soul of the succubus is absorbed without even resisting the energy drain of the nine-tailed fox, which belongs to the highest ability among the ‘absorption’ series of abilities.
Erin absorbed her pleas without hesitation as she screamed and begged for her life until she died.
At the time of her defeat, Lira’s body was in a depleted state because all remaining magic power was used up by Illyana, but since she absorbed the mental body that is the core source of demons, she was replaced with an enormous amount of magic power. It became and settled in Erin’s body.
“Eww… Eww!”
The shape of Lyra, the succubus held in Erin’s hand, completely disappeared and was absorbed into her body. Suddenly, Erin dropped her rapier and her body trembled.
Feeling strange about her behavior, Alex asked Illyana for her opinion.
“Erin’s condition seems strange.”
“Of course. She didn’t absorb human energy, she absorbed demon energy. If you eat spoiled food, you will get sick.”
If the mana that exists in the human body is a resource like pure spring water, the mana that exists in the body of demons is polluted mana, different from the normal mana that exists in nature.
If the color of magic used by humans is blue, then the magic used by Lira, a succubus, was dark red.
Just as the type of blood flowing within each race is different, the nature of the mana they have is bound to be different.
“That… Are you okay? Action must be taken immediately…”
“It’s not me, the child will take care of it.”
‘To be exact, there is a divine being inside that child’s body.’
“Eww… Body…”
Hot.
As soon as Erin absorbed the soul of the succubus, she couldn’t control the heat inside her body, and her whole body was shaking.
It is as if her own body is burning from within her body.
[Concentrate. I will purify the contaminated mana I absorbed from now on.]
Erin struggled to nod her head in affirmation at the echo of Galahad’s voice in her head.
[If you’ve raised your magical power management ability to this point, you’ll be able to do it. Concentrate the polluted mana flowing inside your body in one place.]
Slowly, as Galahad explained, he moved the magic within his body and concentrated it in one place.
It wasn’t a level of work that could be done right away just because he explained it in words, but Erin understood Galahad’s explanation without difficulty and put it into action right away.
Galahad admired Erin’s skill in her heart as she was carrying out her method in a smooth manner according to her own description.
‘Maybe it’s because of that man.’
Galahad thought of the silver-haired man named Eun-hyeon who defeated him, who had manifested as a soldier of the Night of the Hundred Ghosts in an abandoned warehouse.
‘He was a great man.’
The thought he heard of a man who overcame the odds of one to nine and took down himself and his comrades one after another was pure admiration.
The swords, techniques, and tactics that Eun-hyeon showed were like Eun-hyeon’s own history built up through countless experiences.
‘I want to compete with him one more time.’
There was no humiliation of defeat.
The only thing he has is a sense of pride as a “Warrior.”
I was genuinely curious about how far his own three sword techniques would work against Eunhyun.
The White Ghost was not the only one who had such thoughts.
The same was true of the swordsman Baek-gwi, the spearman, and the great swordsman Baek-gwi, who had the role of leading them.
Everyone was full of desire to see Eunhyeon properly stick together once again.
After a few hundred years, they came out into the world, fought, and faced a rival that they did not unilaterally crush, or a being stronger than themselves, and the anticipation of the hundred demons soared to the sky.
In order to fulfill her desire to compete with Eun-hyeon one more time, it was urgent to help this girl, who became the new owner of ‘Baekgwi Night’, including herself, grow in strength as soon as possible.
‘I hope you grow up quickly, at least to the point where you can manifest one of us…’
As Erin gathered all of her contaminated mana into one place inside her body, Miho, who had been watching the scene, stepped out.
[Barbarian Seonjutsu (狐族 仙術)]
[Cleansing up the air]
A technique that purifies evil energy and purifies energy into pure and clean energy.
It was a remnant of the magic of Earth’s civilization, which existed in ancient times but has now disappeared.
“Ah…”
As the hot sensation that burned inside her body disappeared and the refreshing mana began to walk inside her body, Erin let out a small sigh.
Eventually, as her tension eased, her legs loosened and she collapsed on the floor. Illyana and Alex walked towards Erin.
“How is your body?”
“Okay, it’s okay… I’m a little tired…”
“Huh.”
I let out a nasal sound and slowly stared at Erin, observing her condition.
He nodded her head and said while stroking Erin’s head.
“Great job. This time, the baby did something.”
“Lol…”
There were only two occasions when Illyana complimented her Erin, when Erin came to live as her guest in her Illyana’s mansion.
The first time was when she praised Erin’s strong heart for not shedding a single tear while undergoing Eunhyeon’s hard training. It was the time when they complimented me for being so admirable.
That’s why, unintentionally, Illyana, who was very stingy with her praise, was very happy to stroke her hair and give her a word of praise.
However, there was someone else who wanted to praise herself more than Illyana’s praise.
“Should Hyun-i praise me for doing well?”
“Getting compliments from him is as easy as memorizing magic tricks in your sleep, and every dog passing by will be laughing.”
“I can’t do that…”
“It means that it’s that wide and widespread is her praise.”
Unlike Eunhyeon, who raised her on her back, Illyana was more of a laissez-faire, not caring at all about what Erin was doing.
“Then let’s go now.”
“Yes. By the way…”
“Why?”
“Uh, how do you get out? I got rid of the demon that brought me here…”
“What are you asking?” Illyana looked at Erin, narrowing her eyes.
“If you were worried about that, would I have made you kill that demon?”
“Uh, no?”
Ugh
As Illyana slams her staff on her floor, she begins to crack in front of her, leaving a large crack.
It was similar to the crack that appeared when she first appeared.
Alex looked at the crack and made a surprised expression.
“This… Is it an exit?”
“Huh.”
Alex didn’t know much about her magic, but she remembered what Lira, the succubus, had said to her, and out of sheer curiosity, she questioned Illyana.
“As the devil dragged us along, he told us. The only one who can bring us out is the one who brought us here. Is this also the exit created by the witch-sama’s magic?”
“I just maintained the passage that the demon created while dragging you in, not destroying it. Only they can open, close, and create passages, but humans can do it too if they know how to use the already created passages themselves.”
It was Illyana’s work that she noticed the succubus trying to escape in the first place and blocked her exit.
“Okay…”
She couldn’t figure out how much work the process would take, so Alex just nodded her head in agreement.
“Go in.”
Following Illyana’s words, the two threw themselves into the crack and opened their eyes as if they were dreaming.
Alex and Erin, who had slowly awakened, stood up in surprise and looked at each other, feeling a sense of relief and relief that they had really been lying down and dreaming.
“Really… I’m back…”
Looking up at the night sky blankly, as Erin murmured, Alex couldn’t believe that the experience in the ‘Forest of Dreams’ was really a dream experience.
“It’s back to normal…”
The fox ears and nine tails, which had been embodied by her own magic, had disappeared without a trace, as if they had never existed.
Even if she tried to activate her power again, Erin, who unconsciously became a ‘nine-tailed fox’, had no way of knowing how to transform into that state at that time.
Even if you just activate the magical power inside her body, blue mana surrounds it, but it does not take the form of a tail and fox ears like before.
There were too many questions about why the power suddenly manifested in her, and who was the woman who had taught her the three swordsmanships in her head, but Illyana, who expected to be able to resolve these questions, showed an attitude of ignorance. Because of that, she was just frustrated.
“If you wake up, move quickly.”
Alex and Erin’s bodies reacted reflexively to Illyana’s urging voice, and they stood up from the floor where they were sitting.
Alex asked Illyana about her future plans.
“We need to officially announce that we have dealt with that demon.”
“But I already got rid of that demon?”
“It was a mental body in a dream world. The body is different.”
Illyana pointed her index finger in one direction, and the two of them moved their gazes in that direction as well.
“Ah!”
Erin let out a gasp as she closed her eyes and noticed the bat-winged woman lying on the ground.
The penalty that the body of reality falls asleep while in the dream world was not applied only to humans.
“No time has passed.”
Looking at the moonlight in the sky, she realizes that not so long has passed since their encounter with the succubus.
“First of all, the body of that succubus is an empty shell without a soul, so it is as good as dead. Just cut her throat and take it to Riod.”
“All right.”
Alex silently nodded her head and followed Illyana’s words.
He also participated in Eun-hyeon’s plan, at least in part, because there was a need to move according to Eun-hyeon’s thoughts.
Thinking of the price he would receive after that, Alex cut off the demon’s head, which was nothing more than a corpse.
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Three days have passed since the incident was put to an end by killing the culprit of the aristocratic serial raid that caused a stir in the capital, Pernin.
The fact that the culprit of the serial raid was a succubus, a demon that sucks people’s spirits, shocked the nobles of the kingdom of Pernias.
In the meantime, many aristocrats denied and hid this fact, such as ‘there is really no way the devil exists’ and ‘suspicion that the devil is infiltrating’, etc. Got scolded
And the people at the center of the topic of this case were the unidentified man with silver hair and ‘Erin Hersha’ who was at the center of the Baron Hersha incident.
One of the two, Eun-hyeon, was currently standing on a podium in the middle, handcuffed.
Numerous aristocratic eyes were focused on Eunhyun, who was standing on a platform in the center of the large hall.
In that gaze, the gaze of the person who currently holds the highest position in this country is also mixed.
‘That woman is Diane Fernias.’
A woman who sits on top of the head of the country through proxy cleaning on behalf of the decrepit king.
The position facing Eunhyeon.
The gazes of Queen Diane and Eunhyeon, who were sitting on the highest throne at the end of the center, met.
As soon as Queen Diane saw Eun-hyeon’s face as if she didn’t like something, she narrowed her brows.
“Hmm, hmm!”
A middle-aged man standing on a platform a little lower than the throne where Queen Diane was sitting cleared his throat, then opened his mouth right away.
“Then, from now on, we will hold a hearing and public trial for the criminal Eun-hyeon.”
Starting with the declaration of the middle-aged man in charge of the moderator, the trial to decide Eun-hyeon’s treatment began on the podium in the center.
