Uncle Hunter’s Login Life 488

Chapter 488 – Contact

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“Lord Hestia! Are you okay?”

Hestia opened her eyes and was dumbfounded by the priest’s question. She was clearly defeated by a demon wearing a strange mask.

She saw her sword fall on her head, and she felt that she had been cut.
She was dead, she thought.
However, her physical condition was extremely healthy.
He was just exhausted from the intense battle.

“… What about demons?”

“When we found Lord Hestia, she wasn’t visible. Looking at the traces, it looks like she headed east.”

“… If it’s east… Is it towards Somerton?”

“Yes.”

Somerton Manor is the place they were trying to pass through.

“I’ll have to contact the Temple of Somerton.”

“I have already made an emergency contact.”

Even as she spoke with her priest, Hestia’s mind was filled with confusion.

‘Why didn’t you kill me?’

She was defenseless.
She would have had enough time to process it.
Hestia could not understand the actions of her demon, who had left her alone.

No matter how much you think about it, there was absolutely no reason for the demons to do that.

“Are there any victims?”

“That was strange. No. The priests who were on watch only fainted for a moment.”

“…”

At first, I couldn’t pay attention because I was busy tracking down Cyrus after hearing the news of his escape… But what the priest said meant that the demon didn’t kill a single person.

It was too foreign to be considered the behavior of a demon.

If it were the power of the mask demon, wouldn’t it have been possible to annihilate the prisoner convoy?

‘But he just backed off… ? What is this plan?’

It was lucky that he was a strange demon.

There were questions about the Mask Demon’s actions, but they were questions that could not be resolved.

It was something only the demon could know.

No matter how much I thought about it now, there was no point.

Anyway, the convoy failed.

And Hestia was defeated by the masked demon.

I was angry.

Her heart boiled.

“Whoop! Whoop!”

She took a deep breath and calmed her mind.
The more this happens, the more calm you have to be.

Hestia wanted to deal with his demons with her own power. But she had to admit that it was impossible now.

The masked demon was something he couldn’t handle alone. This is not the time for her to be proud.

Hestia soothed her bitter heart and gave an order to the priests in the convoy.

“Let’s go back to Ramona. I think we’ll have to call the Holy Knights.”

That was the only thing she could do now.

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After subduing Hestia, I first moved east.

This is because it was thought that the reverberation of magical power would remain when the seal was released.

While moving, I used the sealing skill to seal the blood magic again.

I focused my consciousness towards the avatar to see if there was any strong magical power.

Since the blood magic skill was strengthened, I thought it might be a burden to seal, but fortunately it didn’t seem to leak.

“Well… I don’t feel anything…”

After thinking for a moment… I decided to strengthen the sealing skill a little more.

Although the blood magic was only strengthened by two levels, the magic stat increased and the skill evolved.

I feel fine, but I thought that a Terranist might feel something that I couldn’t.

‘Shall I upload just one? No… Let’s go for sure.’

By using 5 reinforcement points, I strengthened the sealing skill 5 more times.

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Surprisingly, the sealing skill did not show any change.

When I think about how blood magic evolved with fewer reinforcement points, I once again felt that it was insignificant in comparison.

Honestly, even if it had evolved, I don’t think it would have mattered.

Still, the sealing performance will improve as it is strengthened, so I decided to be satisfied with that.

Investing 5 points in strengthening the sealing skill felt excessive, but safety comes first.

… I should say that it feels like paying a very expensive monthly rent.

In any case, leveling up the avatar is not as difficult as the main body.

Although the sealing skill is of little use other than sealing the avatar’s magical power, it is also an essential skill that is essential for living with humans… I decided to think of it as an investment in maintaining Ramona’s stable infrastructure.

If Ramona’s infrastructure was lost while saving a few points, it would have been a bigger loss.

I strengthened my sealing skills and sprinkled the holy water I had prepared in advance on my body.

It was to erase any traces of blood magic that might remain in the body.

Holy water reacts to blood magic power, but does not have a significant effect on the body itself.

Deciding that I had roughly erased any traces of blood magic, I headed to the thieves’ hideout occupied by the Mongoose Knights.

Even after returning to the thieves’ hideout…

Just in case, I stayed there for a few more days and subdued the surrounding monsters with the Mongoose Knights.

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When the Mongoose Knights return from defeating thieves and monsters, is Saren surprising? I brought you news.

This is news of Cyrus’ escape.

“Are you saying that a demon appeared and rescued Cyrus?”

After hearing Saren’s story, Caria asked in surprise.

“Yes… They said a fairly powerful demon has appeared.”

“Hmm… So you saw a lot of Terra religion priests on the streets?”

Saren says that demons have appeared in the territory, so she seems worried.

“If Cyrus escaped, did Hestia come back?”

“Yes, I heard she came back.”

Hestia met a powerful demon, and Cyrus disappeared, so she couldn’t leave Ramona.
It was as I expected.

“There is a story that the Holy Knights of Terraism are coming.”

“Holy Knights?”

Hestia was defeated by her demons.
It seems that she decided that it would be difficult on her own and called in reinforcements.

She wasn’t too worried.

I have no intention of revealing that I am a demon anymore. I thought that if I stayed quiet and leveled up for a while, things would calm down on their own.

Still, she decided to meet Hestia to understand the situation in more detail.

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“Bark.”

“Hestia, I heard you met her demon, are you okay?”

“It’s okay. Anyway, I’m embarrassed. I said goodbye… But now I’m back again.”

“I’m glad to see your face again.”

“You’re good at saying such embarrassing things.”

“I heard it was dangerous for Io…”

Before entering the temple, I met Io first.

And she made a fuss to me that it seemed like Hestia had fought a very powerful demon of her own.

“It’s a shame to say… But I was defeated by the demons.”

“You managed to survive.”

“I wonder that too, why did you save me? It’s not just me… The entire convoy that went with me is also safe.”

“Could it be… A good demon…”

“What kind of nonsense is that? A demon can’t do that! He must have something up his sleeve!”

I was scolded.

When I tried to gently hit the shield, the reaction was violent.

I felt a little embarrassed.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to get angry at you. I got excited without knowing.”

Hestia, who was excited, came to her senses and apologized to me as if she was embarrassed.

“No, I made a mistake. If there is anything I can help you with, please come and tell me anytime. Now, Hestia, I have achieved enough success to help you.”

“Puhup… Thank you.”

Hestia smiled and answered my words.

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Cyrus was in the dark.

“W-Where is this?”

I looked around, but couldn’t see anything.

I couldn’t even tell if my eyes were closed or open.

I felt dizzy.

“Oh, is there anyone?! Lord Emerson!!”

-… Warlock?

-Hmm? How did I get here?

-Wait a minute… My magic power is so weak… Huh… You connected this far with this much black magic power?

Hearing in the pitch-black darkness.

No, maybe voices I hear in my head.

Cyrus was horrified by the conversation she couldn’t understand.

“Who, who is there?!”

-This… Seems like a pretty good ‘suitable candidate’?

-But why are you being so foolish?

-Isn’t it better to be foolish?

-That’s true, but.

“W-how rude! Show yourself!!”

-If you want.

In the darkness where nothing was visible, two huge demons revealed themselves.

-Did you call us?

“Ouch!”

Upon seeing the demons, Cyrus jumped up, screaming as if he would faint.

“Cyrus, did you have a nightmare?”

“Huh! Huh!!”

The darkness and demons have disappeared.

I saw Emerson’s face with a worried expression. When I looked around, I saw that it was the cave I came into yesterday to sleep in.

Only then did Cyrus realize that he had had a nightmare.

The escape was quite difficult.

After sleeping out on the street for several days without a proper fire, my whole body was sore.

A musty odor comes from his body.
It wasn’t like he was an aristocrat.

Even if someone tells you that you are a beggar, you will believe it.

“Damn it.”

Cyrus had not been able to sleep well for several days due to anxiety about when Terraism might attack.

I thought that being in that situation had weakened her mind and caused her to have strange nightmares.

At that time, a voice that he thought was a nightmare stirred in his head.

-Cyrus… Because of Terraism, you could not become the lord of Ramona and became a fugitive. Isn’t it unfair?

“Ugh!!”

Cyrus shook his head, clutching his head as the demonic voice echoed in his head.

Emerson was watching with concern as Cyrus seemed like a crazy person.