Chapter 159 - Heros Descendant 2 (1/2)
Chapter 159 - Hero's Descendant (2)
[Ggoo-ahhhhhhhk!]
The death throes of the monsters filled the night of the desert.
If the demonic beasts of Nirotacid were all gathered in a single herd, they might be able to put up a good fight against the Demon King.They possessed that much power.However, the Genesis Mermaids were able to gather and transfer their power into one being through the Race Command ability.On top of that, the member of the hero’s party had grown to such a level that each of them were walking calamities.When the hero’s party worked together with the Genesis Mermaids, the monsters couldn’t stand up against them.
“My god······.”
“Let’s stack the corpses over there.Roa, you should eat those first.”
[Nyaa?]
In the night, Artpe’s party had defeated over several hundred monsters.The stripping of the temple’s stealth magic was very effective.He had no idea where these monsters had been hiding, but a lot of monsters had rushed towards the temple.The monsters had attacked them in a blind rage, so every moment of the hunt was thrilling.
The monsters were all over level 360 and 370.If 10 monsters appeared all at once, it was overwhelming even for them.However, Artpe directed the merfolk to surround the monster, and Artpe’s party focused on killing one monster at a time.This method was good enough to kill all the monsters.
Of course, this method made them share EXP with the merfolk.From Artpe’s perspective, it was a good thing.The merfolk were getting stronger, so he didn’t minding sharing the EXP with them.
They fought until monsters no longer appeared.At that point, there were no monsters left in the desert.
“There really are a lot of them stacked here.”
“Now I understand why the Demon race didn’t step into this place….However, I didn’t want to find out this truth with my body!”
“Calm down, Elrick.If not, you won’t grow taller.”
“I’ll kill you!”
The sun rose over the Demon realm right on time.The oppressive heat evaporated the blood of the monsters, which had soaked into the desert.The evaporated blood rose into the air to form red clouds in the sky.It was quite the sight.
“I raised 5 levels in one night…..Hoo.My sinews and joints hurt.”
“I think there's no more monsters here, Artpe.”
“They’ll respawn in no time.Actually, they would if Roa wasn’t here.”
The corpses of monsters were returned to nature, and nature supplemented their Records.From these Records, new monsters would be born once again.If one wanted to slow down that process, one had to do what Roa was doing right now.One had to completely consume all the Demonic energy within the corpses.
[Nyaa nyaa nyaa, nyaa nyaa-ah nyaa-ah-ah.]
Roa’s two tails were swaying from happiness as she sucked out all the Demonic energy.Artpe was watching Roa eat without thinking too deeply about it.However, his eyes widened soon.
“Hey, where in the hell did you get an extra tail?”
[Nyaa-ah nyaa.]
It seemed she had been successful in digesting the Evil Heart through her normal process, and she had grown another tail as a result.From what he could see through his Read All Creation ability, she looked fine, but….
“The battle is done!Everyone rest!”
“Please make us stew again!”
“Holy priestess, stew!”
“Ah.The stew is supposed to be for Artpe-nim….It can’t be helped.Please wash your hands and help me.”
At some point, Vadinet had become captive to her stew.The merfolk kept begging Vadinet for more stew.She reclaimed the pots that been eaten clean yesterday night.She started to make a new batch of stew.She was used to being in the hero’s party now.Cooking right after battle didn’t bother her at all!
“Artpe-nim, you worked through the night.You must be hungry.”
“Yes, please make some too.”
After the battle ended, the merfolk camped in a similar fashion as last night.After he looked over them, he turned away.
Did those inside give up on using the temple’s stealth magic?
The temple remained boldly in sight under the sun of the Demon realm.
“Ah.You should make some stew for those inside too.”
“Yes.Understood.Please go finish your business with them.I’ll have your food ready when you get back.”
“Thank you, Vadinet.”
The only thing that was different from before was the fact that three humans were standing in front of the temple.One of them was Maetel’s father, Promes.
“As expected, the heroes are reliable.I was worried, because I thought the heroes had overestimated their abilities······.”
“I still think it was unreasonable for them to strip the temple’s stealth magic.If anything went wrong, a calamity that couldn’t be compared to the Demon King would have descended on this land!”
There was a man that was of similar age as Promes.The other was a very old lady.He was sure that the granny had sent the telepathic message from within the temple.
Both of them possessed similar level as Promes.It was also apparent that all of them had stepped onto the path of magic.
“If you want to insult me, you should do it to my face, you old hag.”
“H...hag!?”
“The monsters won’t bother you for the near future.That is why I would like an explanation.”
Artpe spread his Mana Strings in all direction, and he put them on alert.Then he walked towards the three figures.Roa had absorbed all the Demonic energy from the corpses of monsters stacked nearby.She quickly climbed atop Artpe’s shoulder.It seemed she really wanted to eat the item within the temple.
“What are you doing here?Did you perhaps predict that Maetel and I would become heroes?”
“No way.”
At Artpe’s words, Promes let out a bitter laughter as he shook his head from side to side.
“Anyways, this won't be a short story.Please enter.Just you and Maetel….No, you can come in with the comrades you trust.”
“······let’s do that.”
Vadinet was too busy making stew for everyone.He took everyone except Vadinet into the temple.When they entered the temple, the inside looked surprisingly similar to the architecture of the great temple of Paladia.
“You noticed it.When you guys came with the holy priestess, I knew it to be true.You guys visited Paladia?”
“Paladia······ It must mean…..”
He had already been pretty sure of it, but it was a certainty now.Artpe mumbled to himself in a low voice.They arrived at a room that was hidden behind several layers of barrier.Artpe let out a sigh when he saw it.
“You can open it.There are no monsters left in Nirotacid.No one willl seek out the contents of this room.”
“Still, your actions were too reckless!”
As if to prove that she was an old hag, the old lady spoke up once again to nag.Artpe ignored her as he opened the door to the room.It was a very small space where only couple people could fit inside.There was a small altar there.
“Oppa, look at that!”