Chapter 127: Mist. (1) (1/2)

“…Yeah. I know.”

Lia felt the tension smothering them. The intermediate boss at the moment

— Deculein – wasn’t just a professor.

He was a demon hunter handed down from an ancient bloodline, and the clan’s head destroyed demons.

Their best option was to run away.

As long as they were with Carlos, there was no way they could defeat a Yukline.

With a shout, Lia threw a dagger at Deculein, sticking it in his arm. It was the characteristic of Certain Hit.

Deculein moved the metal without moving himself, the dozens of pieces of steel moving in response to his will like a swarm of angered bees.

Lia released her mana and threw them back, but the wooden steel embedded in the ground vibrated with Psychokinesis and turned the floor upside down.She began to fall but was caught mid-air by an invisible force.

Her right arm was hanging in the sky as Deculein wrapped the bracelet artifact around her wrist with Psychokinesis.

“…I did not come to harm you. I have no interest in killing children.”

His cold tone sliced into her flesh. Lia turned to Leo, who was wobbling and waving upside down in the air like a monkey.

“I’ll just take that one.”

Deculein pointed to Carlos, the child caught in the explosion and thrown away.

Half-human, half-demon, suffering a fever caused by his demonic side.Lia and Leo responded immediately, causing a blood vessel to bulge on Deculein’s forehead.

“Do you know who you are protecting?”

“I know. I know better than anyone.”

Lia answered without hesitation. Deculein’s expression calmed down to one of indifference. It was a calm but still murderous aura.

“That is a bigger problem. You who protects the devil are also guilty.”

He spoke as if he were the judge, and he started moving the wood steel again.

Countless fragments of steel rushed at Carlos, grinding the surrounding room to dust.

Lia tossed off the bracelet that was tying her hand. Surrounding herself with protective energy, she ran to Carlos to defend him against the wood steel raining down.

Fortunately, her energy wasn’t destroyed, but she almost died in the first wave. Lia’s robe was torn to shreds, and blood flowed from the wounds now covering her body.

“…This is all useless.”

Deculein looked down at her with a sneer. At this, Lia spun around with venom in her eyes.

“It’s not useless!”

“It’s foolish. The very idea of ​​embracing one with demon’s blood is…”

At that moment, Deculein stopped speaking.

The tension in the area immediately faded, and doubt crept into his eyes.The resonance of the wood steel ceased, and his burning gaze mellowed out.

Like green tea leaves steeping in a pot, a strange feeling spread through his mind with a ripple.…It was a chance that wouldn’t happen twice.

Lia gathered her wits. The bedspread. She lifted the bedspread wide and covered Leo and Carlos; then, she changed the nature of the bedspread to metal.

The inside of the sheets was made into a closed space.Deculein manifested his magic belatedly, but it was already too late.

When Lia lifted the bedspread, they were already in a different space.

“Whew… I barely survived~.”

A wave of dizziness assailed her as she shouted. She staggered and sat down.

“…Wow. Lia! My body was immobile the entire time; what was that?! It’s really strange!”

On the other hand, Leo ran around excitedly. It was probably Deculein’s Psychokinesis… no, it was probably not.

In this world, there was no Psychokinesis capable of such power. Anyway, whatever it was, that magic was very threatening.

“Who was it just now?!”

Lia answered while mending the cuts all over her body.

“Yeah. He’s a mean noble.”

“Wow! But it was strange! There are a lot of real masters in the world~. Besides Ganesha, I mean.”

Leo was chattering with enthusiasm, but Lia couldn’t hear him. She was busy thinking about Deculein.

“Yeah. He was very, very… strangely strong.”

Deculein’s strength was abnormal. The person she just met was different from the original setting. Of course, even after considering that the Yukline family became unusually strong when dealing with demons…

“…Is it the butterfly effect?”

“No. It’s something else.”

Lia recalled the little Easter Egg she added one day. Deculein’s first fiancée, a setting that would not affect the progress of the game.

She instilled in him this feeling of love, and the death of his fiancée made Deculein stronger. It was a probable inference.

This world was not a game any longer, but reality and the characters moved three-dimensionally according to their own emotions and memories.

“…I guess it’s because of that?”

But, ironically, she lived thanks to that added setting. Lia remembered Deculein’s expression as he looked at her, recalling the moment when that instinct of annihilation engulfing his body was devoured by a certain pure emotion.

It was an impressive scene that would remain in her mind for a long time.

“Because I look like that fiancé….The thing Deculein’s younger sister Yeriel had said.

—The child named Lia resembles his fiancée.─The first… fiancée?─Yes. Julie also has a bit of similarity, but that kid is very similar to her.

Her eye color and hair color are different, but she will probably look more like her as she grows up. I can see people’s faces well.Lia closed her mouth and looked at Carlos.

She placed her hand on his forehead. Fortunately, the fever had subsided somewhat.She forced a bright smile onto her face and clapped.

“Let’s move again! We don’t know if he’ll come again, so we have to keep busy, alright?!”

This time, Lia carried Carlos. They just had to hold on like this until Ganesha came back.

No matter how high Deculein’s specs were amplified, he wouldn’t be able to defeat Ganesha.

* * *

…Somewhere in the Ghost Castle.

Fish was being cooked, but for some reason, the atmosphere felt awkward and precarious.

Waiting for the food, Jackal glanced at Carla.

Carla’s gaze reached Ganesha on the other side. She met Carla’s eyes casually.

“It’s been a long time~, the one who escaped from her ‘hell.'“

At Jackal’s words, Ganesha shrugged.

“Yeah, it was pretty hard. I admit it. Respect.”

Carla’s Authority. Her trait was to confine someone in an image.

Its scenery was equivalent to an infinite hell, and anyone designated by Carla as a prisoner was trapped inside.

The only way out was to break through that hell head-on.

Of course, the ability came with a penalty.Until the person imprisoned in the image died or escaped, Carla’s body couldn’t use mana.

However, that was an almost forgettable weakness as Jackal would protect her in the meantime.

“Then, I’m going~.”

…However, who would think there would ever be another monster that could break through that hell?

“You don’t want to fight anymore, do you? I am willing to accept it, though.”

Ganesha stood up, her hair flapping to either side. Jackal pouted his lips but continued.

“But Ganesha. I saw a strange scene, you know?”

Jackal swung his sword. Then, a scene was projected in the air. It was the last memory of his men who were killed by Deculein.

“I think Deculein has found the child.”

For a moment, Ganesha’s eyes widened, and Carla continued softly.