Chapter 161 - Heros Descendant 4 (2/2)
“In this world, there are many men aside from Artpe-nim.Also!You have to be way more careful when dealing with someone that is your master!”
“Nyaa-ah······.”
Roa looked as if she hadn’t understood what had been said.However, Vadient didn’t allow for any objections.Roa’s eyes narrowed as she replied.
“I don’t like you.Nyaa-ah-ah.”
“Aht.Where are you going?”
Roa’s two cheeks were puffed out as she escaped from the grasp of Vadinet.She curled up on top of Artpe’s knees.The eyes of Vadinet and Maetel flashed, but Artpe found it to be ridiculous!Those two did the same thing with impunity!
“I want to go back to my original form, nyaa.They are so annoying.Nyaa-ah-ah.”
“However, your aren’t confident that you’ll be able to control your Mana in your original form.Right?”
“Nyaa.I just need a little bit more time, and I think it’ll be fine.Not yet.Nyaa-ah.”
Artpe let out a bitter laughter as he stroked Roa’s head.
Nyaa~
She let out a pleased meow as she leaned in against him.In the end, she was a cat.He preferred Roa to Maetel and Vadinet.They stuck to him with impious hearts unlike Roa.
“Master.”
“Mmm?”
At that moment, Sherryl had approached him from the back, and she had spoken to him.Did she want him to pet her too?He became nervous, but unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.
“It looks as if the storm around the desert is receding.”
“······what?”
When he turned around to look, Artpe’s vision expanded in an instant.He activated his Read All Creation to its highest setting, and he stretched out several dozen strands of Mana Strings.He was able to use this method to extend his sight, and he was able to see the barrier that was separating Nirotacid from the normal Demon realm.
“It really is dissipating······?”
Why did such bizarre events occur whenever they started eating the stew?!At this point, he wondered if the stew had some magical power!
“The barrier between Nirotacid and the Demon realm is dissipating.Does this mean...”
“There is no ifs, ands, or buts.The Evil Heart was tied to the magic formation!”
Artpe pushed Roa off of him, then he looked towards the ground.No, he was looking deeper under ground.As expected, there was a magic circle placed underneath this region.The magic circle had a very close relationship with the temple, which the guardians had been riding around in this desert!
Of course, Artpe had known what type of spell had been placed over the temple.However, he hadn’t known that the temple had a connection to the underground magic circle.He wouldn’t have known it unless he was looking deep underground with his Read All Creation ability.
There was one obvious fact that was revealed to him.The Evil Heart had acted as a power source for the temple, and at the same time, it had been a power source for the magic circle that had created a barrier around Nirotacid.Basically, the enormous ‘barrier magic’ surrounding the entirety of Nirotacid had lost its power source.The barrier was slowly degrading!
“Roa, you ate an item of this caliber!Are you sure you are ok?!”
“I’m not ok, nyaa!I was so bloated that I changed to this form, nyaa!”
“You could have melted it in your mouth…..”
Roa had decided to swallow it instead of melting it in her mouth.At this point, the loss of the magic circle was inevitable.Why was Artpe able to leisurely eat stew with a large army like this?It was all thanks to the storms surrounding Nirotacid!
“Hurry up everyone.Let’s move before the magic completely loses its effectiveness!”
“But the temple······.”
“If we destroy the temple, the spell will immediately dispel.At that moment, those within the Demon realm will sense our presence.That will be disastrous.”
Moreover······ The guardians of the temple didn’t know about this, but the temple held words that implied that there was another Evil Heart out there.
Artpe was adept at the Ancient language, so he was the only one that had recognized it.It probably was talking about the underground world of the Dwarves, which was located under Diaz.The previous hero probably wanted his descendants to know about it too.
‘Basically, if we abandon the temple, those that will find this temple in the future will find out about the underground world.’
They'll probably search out the location mentioned in the temple.It sounded preposterous, but Artpe wanted that to happen.
He had left behind a present in the underground world for such a scenario.
“Hurry up and move!Don’t even think about taking the stew pots.Just poison the stew!”
“Get in line!We’ll immediately head towards the ocean!”
“Ahjussi, what are you going to do?You have to make your choice before the barrier falls.”
“Ssssp. We have to move so suddenly…..I wanted to spend couple more days cementing our family ties.However, events are moving too fast thanks to you, Artpe.It is as if we are being cooked by a lightning spell.”
Promes put the old lady on his back, and he firmly gripped Fred’s hand.Then he took out a pair of earrings from his pocket.It was a teleportation artifact.It was to be expected.If the descendants of the hero didn’t possess such artifacts, they wouldn’t have been able to travel between the Demon realm and Diaz.
“It doesn’t sit well with me that I have to leave you all behind, but I have no choice.We’ll go back to Diaz.We’ll fight the Demon race from there.”
“All right.The Demons will probably try to infiltrate into Diaz, so I’ll leave it to you when that happens.”
“Mmm.Artpe, I still have a lot I want to say to you.Please come back safe.”
After he gave a firm nod towards Artpe, he looked towards Maetel.
“My daughter, thank you for growing into a fine woman.You also chose an excellent son in law.You just have to make a baby now.If your task in the Demon realm doesn’t easily resolve itself, you can come back and take a 1 year break.”
“Yes!I’ll make one soon!”
“You took the time to bring up that topic again!What the hell!If we take an one year break, the human realm would be razed to the ground!”
“I really am going now!”
The earring in his hand broke.The three humans melted away.
At least, Promes didn’t educate Maetel on how to make a baby.Should he consider himself fortunate in that aspect?Artpe let out a sigh as he gave orders to his party.
“We’ll exit this place at full speed!”
“Understood!”
“Nyaa!”
Their first priority was to exit this desert.Then they had to successfully re-enter the ocean.That was their goal.Artpe hoped the barrier would last that long.He started running with his party.
After four days, the party was successful in entering into the ocean of the Demon realm.They were able to do it before the barrier went down.It was around time when couple Demonic beasts started to enter into Nirotacid.They were wandering in from the outside regions through sheer ignorance.