Chapter 487 – Conflict
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Cyrus moved his legs diligently.
“Heh! Heh!”
I was out of breath, but I couldn’t stop.
-Cow…
The loud noise coming from behind me and the wave of force that made my head stand on end made it impossible to stop.
As Cyrus was running through the forest, his toe got caught on a tree root.
-Tuck!
Cyrus just rolled around, looking hideous.
“Ugh!!”
Cyrus, who rolled several times and fell to the ground, groaned from the pain he felt throughout his body.
“Ugh…”
His body hurt from falling… But at the same time, he felt comfortable lying down on the floor.
“Haa… Haa…”
Cyrus was carried on her back and caught her breath, smelling the rich earth.
So she was catching her breath for a while.
-Crumbling…
I heard an ominous animal sound.
Cyrus felt her heart sink and slowly lifted her head.
I could see the feet of an animal with dirty hair.
The gaze went up the beast’s feet.
Cyrus could see a bipedal monster with a dog’s head drooling at her.
“No, no!”
Cyrus forgot about the pain and writhed, widening the distance between him and Gnoll.
It was a low-level monster only slightly stronger than a goblin, but it was a monster he could not handle.
When the Gnoll saw Cyrus, he approached him and raised the rusty sword he held in his right hand.
“Hi!!”
Cyrus’ crotch became wet as he thought about being slaughtered by that dirty knife and going into that guy’s mouth.
‘Lord, I’m dying! If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have run away…’
Cyrus closed his eyes in belated regret.
-Squeak!
The sound of something being cut was heard and there was a faint smell of blood.
It didn’t hurt.
But Cyrus’ body stiffened, and he could not move.
As I close my eyes and tremble like that.
“Mr. Cyrus.”
A heavy male voice was heard.
It was a familiar voice.
‘Hauditory hallucinations? Is he dead?’
Cyrus had that thought for a moment.
There was a time when I was annoyed by his nagging.
Even that voice was nice to hear now.
“Cyrus. Are you okay?”
A man’s voice is heard again.
“Huh?”
Cyrus cautiously opened his eyes.
I saw a knight with a familiar face.
At his feet, he could see the decapitated corpse of a gnoll.
“Eh, Lord Emerson?”
“Are you okay?”
“Uh, how did you get here… Uh, did your mother send you?”
“That’s…”
-Cow…
At that time, the explosion of sound heard from far away silenced them.
Emerson felt a tingling sensation throughout his body.
Monsters were fighting.
I just can’t get enough of it.
‘She’s holding her back alone?’
A person comes to mind in Emerson.
Even Emerson doesn’t know if that’s true.
This is because I heard nothing from Bianca.
I could only guess.
Now that Bianca has lost her power, there are only a few people she can move around.
And since there had never been a human with that level of ability before, she couldn’t help but think of a person who had recently become close to her.
For a moment Emerson’s mind was filled with confusion and questions, but he shook his head to clear the thoughts.
“Cyrus. There is no time for a leisurely conversation right now. We have to get out of here quickly.”
Emerson urged Cyrus, who was still sitting down and seemed to have no intention of getting up.
“Oh, I understand.”
Cyrus stood up, giving strength to his shaking legs.
Emerson took Cyrus with him and headed north.
In that direction was Crea Territory.
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Hestia found me, but she was more angry than expected and rushed towards me as if to kill me.
I raised my blood-red sword to block Hestia’s golden auror blade that was cutting me apart.
It was a blood sword.
-Wow!!
A clash of powerful forces.
A shock wave explodes with a loud explosion.
Hestia’s ferocity, which was completely different from her usual behavior, made me realize that she was a holy knight.
-Bang! Bang! Bang!
Red and golden swords collide quickly.
The aftermath of that battle swept through the surroundings.
Trees break, uproot and fly.
The dense forest became a mess due to our fight.
Hestia’s fighting spirit seemed to ignite even more when she saw me lightly receiving her sword without difficulty.
‘Hestia… I’m your friend. Don’t be too upset.’
I complained to her and continued the battle with her.
When I met her in person, I could see that her Hestia level was quite high.
It seemed like she had surpassed the level of a sword master.
It seemed like her sword would split my blood sword at any moment.
‘I’m weaker than I thought?’
It was an evaluation of this demon avatar that I possessed, not of Hestia.
No, the compatibility was not good.
‘It’s a hurry…’
The blood magic power was not as effective against the paladin’s auror as I expected.
This was the second time I had a direct encounter with a paladin.
One time, as soon as I was summoned, I was beaten to death by the Paladins and was reverse summoned, so I wasn’t in a situation to determine that.
Now that I have some time to spare, I was able to analyze it.
The magic power of the paladin was quite effective against her demons.
The attack power of a paladin’s auror is increased by 30% to 50%, but the attack power of a demon’s blood magic is greatly reduced against a paladin.
If I hadn’t had the skill to use the power of thought and the experience of fighting in the demon world, my head might have been blown off without even a chance to do anything.
‘It’s going to be difficult like this.’
It seemed like I needed to improve my blood magic skills.
In the meantime, even when leveling up, skills were not further strengthened, only ability points were distributed and reinforcement points were accumulated.
I know that strengthening blood magic significantly increases combat power.
However, since it is a skill that shows deceptive performance, I must say that I was afraid of being caught by the Terra Church.
You wouldn’t know if you were playing as a real demon who lives far away from humans.
I wanted to live in a human city with lots of pretty women, not with drab warlocks.
Life in Ramona was quite satisfying.
Above all, life has become considerably easier since I took the position of knight commander.
Thieves and monsters will appear constantly, and if you use the knights, your avatar will level up smoothly.
In that respect, Ramona was an excellent hunting ground.
If this continues, it will soon be possible to contact Goddess Terra.
It would have been a waste to give it up because of a momentary mistake, so I was just careful.
However, in its current state, it seemed difficult to subdue Hestia without strengthening blood magic.
Current avatar level is 23.
I also accumulated 10 skill enhancement points.
I decided to raise my blood magic skill by two levels.
〔Magic power has increased by 10 points.〕
〔Blood magic can be evolved into a higher ability.〕
〔Evolution selection: Rigid body. Intermediate blood magic.〕
Skill evolution?
It seems to be a similar phenomenon to the sealing skill becoming an intermediate sealing skill.
It doesn’t seem like I’ve improved even half of the sealing skill, but I’m already doing something called evolution.
As expected, the efficiency was extraordinary.
It seems to be on a different level from the clumsy evolution of an intermediate seal.
〔Rigid Body: Evolves the avatar into a body more suitable for blood magic. You can use blood magic to create more powerful physical strength.〕
It seems to be a similar skill to the knight’s steel body technique.
〔Intermediate Blood Magic: The power of blood magic becomes stronger. Acquire additional magic.〕
Will you follow the path of a melee warrior?
Or it seems like a crossroads whether I should continue to follow the path of a wizard.
I chose rigid body.
Now was not the time to try something new.
It was time to choose something familiar.
“…”
There was no external change.
I felt like the magic power flowing through my avatar and my body was moving more quickly.
And the effect appeared right away.
The tense fight quickly turned against me.
“What?!”
Hestia must have felt that I had suddenly become stronger, so her face distorted.
“The side is empty.”
-Kang!
She urgently blocked my sword.
However, she quickly counterattacked and lightly deflected her sword.
“Big…”
“It seems like you’ve put your thoughts into the sword, but… It’s clunky. That power is not omnipotent. Proper balance is important. If you rely on it too much, it will only lead to a severe drain on your mental power. And that will lead to a decrease in concentration.”
I try to act smug based on what I heard from Chaos.
“Ugh… Are you going to insult me?!”
When Hestia saw that I was playing with her, she seemed to get angry.
“Tsk tsk! I was so shaken by the demon’s provocation.”
“Yes, you guy!!”
Did it hurt your pride to be taught by a demon?
Hestia was unable to maintain her composure, and her sharp sword skills quickly became dull.
“I’m disappointed.”
-Wow!!
Hestia’s sword, which could not withstand her powerful attack, flew far away and stuck in her ground.
Hestia got down on one knee as if her legs were weak.
In fact, she had withstood my strong offensive and had reached her limit.
“Ugh…”
If it had been an ordinary demon, the result would have been different, but it wasn’t enough for me.
“Kill!”
“I think so.”
He struck the sword down on Hestia’s defenseless head. But the sword stopped above her head.
Hestia lost consciousness and fell down.
-Soak…
I looked at her fainting.
It’s not that she was scared by my sword and fainted.
It was a sword strike filled with powerful intent that she, whose mind and body were already weak, could not resist.
Hestia must have thought she had really been cut down. And her consciousness, exhausted as it was, was cut off.
When I felt the priests of Terraism approaching, I left the place.
