Chapter 845 – 845. Air Strikes (3)
In the forest where there was an uproar, Ju-hong set up the tent that had been overturned due to the uproar.
He surrounded the rekindled bonfire in the center and began to explain.
“… Is there such a mission in Heilangdan?”
“Huh.”
Juhong nodded his head and continued his explanation.
He received a mission from Runan, who came to the Heilangs’ training ground, and in order to be considerate of the Heilangs’ members who were exhausted from training, he volunteered to carry out the Heilangs’ mission on their behalf.
And Eunhyeon and Eleanor, who had heard that they had encountered vampires while traveling from town to town in the south and had finally reached the Viscounty of Brawlton, responded with firm expressions.
“I can’t believe that vampires haven’t been completely destroyed yet…”
It was quite shocking to hear that the vampires who were supposed to have been wiped out together were still alive as they subjugated Nosferad with a pincer attack by the knights and wizards led by Riod and Simon.
Besides, most of the civilians in the South have already been eaten by vampires or turned into vampires.
It was hard to fathom how many lives were sacrificed.
“That kind of thing happened in the South…”
It was hard to believe, but it was an unreasonable situation that I had no choice but to believe.
Unlike Eleanor, who muttered with a sorrowful expression, Eunhyeon put on a thoughtful expression.
“Hongah.”
“Huh?”
“There are still vampires left in the Viscounty of Brawlton, right?”
“Uh, maybe so?”
If so, what needs to be done is fixed.
To wipe out all the remnants of the surviving vampires.
“Eleanor.”
“Yes.”
“As soon as the day dawns, we will head to the Viscounty of Brollton. I’ll clean up the remaining vampires.”
“All right. I will prepare it right away.”
“No.”
Eunhyun shook her head.
“Eleanor, check the condition of Cha Han-seong and Hong-yi here.”
“Yes? But…”
Eleanor reacted in bewilderment.
Except for herself, she didn’t see anyone who would join Eun-hyeon and the vampires in this place.
Cha Han-seong is currently in a state of unconsciousness while resisting naturalization as a vampire, and Ju-hong is very tired from the continued battle.
The only ones left are Tia and Letty, but since the two mothers and daughters are no different from ordinary people, it is hard to expect a battle.
One concern was that the girl named Letty was a vampire.
The young girl’s superhuman patience in enduring the vampiric urge for months was certainly admirable, but now Letty has tasted Cha Han-seong’s blood.
‘I think I’m fine now, but…’
She wasn’t sure if she would be able to resist the vampiric urge again.
It is best to leave the scarlet, the only one capable of fighting, here.
“This is the best fit.”
“…”
Eleanor bit her pretty lips and shut her mouth.
She knew that too well.
In such a limited situation where only the two of them can act, a priest without any fighting ability is apt to be a target.
On the contrary, Eleanor could not find any suitable words of rebuttal to the fact that a situation could be created that would hold Eun-hyun’s ankle.
But even so, wouldn’t this be a little different?
She couldn’t readily agree that, no matter how much Eun-hyeon had more power than the others, it was okay for her to let him go alone.
Eunhyun smiled bitterly at Eleanor’s disapproving gaze.
“It can not be helped…”
“I can’t.”
Eleanor was adamant.
“Eleanor. Now…”
“I will ask for support.”
“What?”
As if Eleanor would not accept Eun-hyeon’s objections, she immediately began her actions.
She infused her magical energy into the earrings she was wearing, activating her artifact’s function.
It was an exclusive communication tool used only by Eun-hyeon’s wives.
It was the so-called wives’ dedicated line.
[Mrs. Iliana! What are you doing?]
As if she had been waiting, in a second she received the communication, and a cheerful voice came from her earring.
It was Erin’s voice.
“Erin? Are you in hurry?”
[No? Do you need help?]
“Huh. I’m in a bit of trouble right now…”
[You weren’t with Hyun, were you?]
Erin’s voice was full of doubt.
In general, she implied that if she was with Eun-hyeon, she wouldn’t be in big trouble, but it was an urgent matter to the extent that she contacted her on her wife’s line.
Eleanor sighed and answered Erin’s question.
“This person is trying to go to a dangerous place alone again. He said that if the two of us moved together, I would get in the way…”
[Omg? Are you Hyun? Really?]
Erin’s voice, heard through her earring, contains a variety of emotions: her surprise, disappointment, and worry.
“No… When did I say so badly…”
Eun-hyeon was dumbfounded by Eleanor’s words that did not change the color of her face and lied.
She was so dumbfounded that she didn’t even feel remorse.
[How can you say such harsh things! Hyuna!]
“Ha… I know… Really… How devoted I was to this person, but treated like a burden… Whoops.”
Eunhyeon couldn’t say anything at the sight of the smoke reaching its climax while pretending to sob.
[Are you okay! Miss Eleanor! Hyun is bad!]
“So, Erin, can you come here instead of me, who is ‘unhelpful’?”
“…”
It was strange.
She didn’t say a single word that didn’t help, but at some point her words are becoming a fait accompli.
For some reason, she feels like she’s becoming trash herself.
It was an indescribably complicated feeling.
[Sure! I’ll tell Riod and ask for support from the Artia Knights, and I’ll lead the reinforcements!]
She hadn’t even heard the details, but it was to the extent that Eleanor called and asked for help.
Erin didn’t hesitate to ask for help from Riod or others.
“No. Excuse me…”
It was a big deal.
Things are getting bigger
It seemed that she had a strong intention of burying her own wives by turning them into garbage, plus herself.
Perhaps because she eventually got the answer she wanted, a smile spread across Eleanor’s lips as she pretended to shed tears while weeping.
“Huh. Please. Erin. Can you come to me as quickly as possible, regardless of the means and methods?”
[Umm, no matter the means and methods…]
As Erin pondered, Eleanor continued her extra blows.
“Because they say I can’t be of any help on my own.”
[Yes! I’ll run right away!]
After Erin’s lively reply, the communication was cut off.
As the process proceeded swiftly without any explanation whatsoever, not only Eunhyeon but those around her all looked dazed.
“Wow…”
Tianna Letty had a strange impression that a human voice could be heard from her jewelry, her earrings, and in the case of Juhong, she couldn’t keep her mouth shut at Eleanor’s speech, which drove Eunhyeon for nothing.
From the tone of her voice to her facial expressions as well as her tearful gestures, her perfect acting was truly unparalleled.
As a daughter of a duke’s family, she wore a mask and entered the social world, which was a battleground for female aristocrats. Even after her marriage, her skills were demonstrated without fail.
“Is this okay?”
“…”
Eunhyun couldn’t answer to Eleanor’s smile.
It felt like being hit in the back of the head with a big blow.
She wasn’t particularly in a bad mood, but she couldn’t help but feel a tingling sensation.
Eleanor was fine even if she didn’t have to be by Eun-hyeon’s side.
What could she say in her heart that she didn’t care, as long as she returned safely to herself and her other wives.
“Heavy…”
Love was too heavy
“Your brother is very caught up…”
Ju-hong put on a complicated expression as he felt as if he had glimpsed an aspect of his brother’s married life.
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“Ugh…”
Cha Hanseong, who had gradually awakened, frowned and tossed her body.
The hard-opened eyes regained sight, and the blurry background gradually came into focus and began to be seen clearly.
Inside the tent, inside the sleeping bag, she got up, and her head was dizzy from her intense headache.
“I am… Ugh!”
At the same time, she recalled the situation right before she lost her mind.
She hurriedly looked at her own forearms and checked their condition.
“The wound… Doesn’t exist?”
The wound that had been bitten by Letty was completely gone.
She must have been bitten by Letty and turned into a vampire, but she was fine now than she thought.
“I am… Have you become a vampire?”
[No. Now you are human.]
“Ah.”
A familiar thought ringing in her head awakened Cha Han-seong’s daze.
It was Durandal’s thought that was connected to her own soul.
“… What happened?”
[The ‘vampire factor’ that penetrated into your body was able to be extinguished through my divinity and the divinity of the great being. But the aftereffects remain.]
“… A great being?”
Cha Hanseong tilted his head at Durandal’s grandiose expression.
The existence that his own partner, the Holy Sword, called that was only one person that he remembered.
“No way…”
Cha Hanseong cautiously stepped out of the tent and looked around.
“Hansong!”
“Uh?”
When Ju-hong, who found himself, rushed over and checked his physical condition, Cha Han-seong was taken aback.
“Are you okay? How is your body? Do you have any pain? Are you in a weird mood, nauseous, dizzy, or something like that?”
“Oh, no… I’m fine right now…”
“Thank god. Doesn’t look like you’re in any serious pain.”
Cha Hanseong turned his head to the voice of Eunhyun who had been talking to him.
Faced with Eunhyeon with a puzzled expression, she shook her head to figure out what the situation was.
“Why is Eunhyeon here… ?”
“I called.”
“Hongi, you?”
“Huh.”
Ju-hong had to explain in detail the situation after Cha Han-seong fell.
“That… I did…”
Cha Han-seong, who heard through Ju-hong how Eun-hyeon and Eleanor came to this place using the artifact, bowed his head as if he had no face.
“… I owe you.”
“It’s okay. How is your body better than that?”
“Yes. No matter where it hurts…”
“According to Durandal’s explanation, the aftereffects will remain.”
“Aftereffect? Hey. Really?”
Ju-hong asked Cha Han-seong for an explanation with a worried expression.
“No. It’s not particularly painful… It’s been a little strange since before. I must say my senses are a bit sensitive.”
Even Cha Han-seong himself couldn’t find the right words to explain.
It was just that my vision was brighter than before, and I could feel the sound and smell of the wind better.
“All the vampiric factors in Cha Han-sung’s body were destroyed. However, the body itself, which was altered through the vampiric factor, could not be restored to its original state.”
“That word…”
Cha Han-seong’s expression hardened after hearing Eun-hyeon’s explanation.
As if his guess was correct, Eunhyun nodded in affirmation.
“To explain it precisely, I can say that Cha Han-sung’s body is in a state where the mutation stopped during the process of becoming a vampire.”
In other words, Cha Han-seong’s current body, unlike an ordinary human, had a powerful physical specification comparable to that of a vampire, but on the contrary, he was in a halfway state, not endowed with the characteristics of a vampire.
“I am… Can we call it human?”
Cha Han-seong asked Eun-hyeon with a dark expression.
If he had become the vampire he hated the most, Cha Han-seong was not confident enough to accept that fact.
As if reading Cha Han-sung’s expression, Eun-hyeon smiled bitterly and reassured him.
“Are you feeling vampiric or thirsty?”
“Yes? Uh no… Yo. This?”
“I bet. That’s because the blood-sucking factor just before that trait manifested has disappeared. Cha Han-sung is a human being.”
“Ah…”
Cha Hanseong sighed lightly.
It wasn’t until he heard the affirmation that he could walk on his feet in the sun and not eat human blood, and he felt relieved.
“Black…”
“Hey! Why are you crying!”
Perhaps because he was so relieved, Ju-hong comforted him by lightly patting Cha Han-seong, who was suddenly shedding tears without realizing it.
“Don’t cry over things like this, son-of-a-bitch! You are a person! None other than my older brother!”
These siblings probably don’t know how much of a salvation that comfort, that affirmation, has become to Cha Han-seong now.
