Volume 14 - Chapter 4 Part 6 (2/2)
“Looks like I barely ht the deflected spear and prepared to defend fagall froain your senses?…Ahh, no need to answer, I got it”
Looking at Sherlene’s spear was enough to know the answer The sacred aura emitted by the holy spear 『Guildern』 was clearly felt by those in the rooulus』, it wasn’t just a powerful weapon
“Well, let’s see how long you can last, with that weight on your shoulders and all!”
Sherlene parried Nasith the hilt of her spear He was still at full power, so a single bloas enough to force Sherlene to her knees fagall’s twin 『Regulus』 swords were still lodged in Namsaar’s shoulder and stoe that, so the weight would be gone too Or do you want to finish hio ahead”
“You’re a pretty chatty fellow”
Sherlene’s expression clearly showed how dire the situation was She had used a recovery potion on fagall without being noticed, but maybe because he had pushed his body to the limits with the power-up skill, his limbs couldn’t uess I have no choice”
Naainst 『Guildern』 Even if the spear was a superior weapon, Naher The jet black sas closer and closer to Sherlene’s face
“In the end you just bought so?”
“Just say, whatever”
The blade and hilt grinded against each other It was just a matter of time—anyone would say so, but the next all, Sherlene and Namsaar too
There was no sound, but all of thehout Erkunt
“What the…? Gah…GHAAAAAHHHH!!!”
When this “soall and Sherlene and reached Naed Na in pain
fagall, who barelyfroulus』 had inflicted on Nah speed
Soon enough, the black mist formed a sort of black puddle next to Namsaar’s body
“What in the world?”
“I don’t know But whatever just passed through our bodies seeall walked next to Sherlene He was feeling ressively disappearingaway
Na to normal too Soon after, the ulus』 blades fell on their own, leaving no wounds behind Namsaar’s body collapsed to the floor, unscathed but powerless
“WhAtDId…yOu…”
The mass of black mist forced out of Namsaar’s body spoke The two heroes did not knohat it was, but readied their weapons nonetheless
They did not reply Without a word, Sherlene thrust 『Guildern』and fagall swung 『Regulus』
The shapeless mist reduced in mass after every blow, as if bloay by the wind The area struck by the weapons disappeared along its surroundings, so it did not take much time until the mist completely vanished
“Is it…over?”
“Possibly Sir Naetting rescued, aren’t we…”
Sherlene replied to a sigh to fagall, their nerves finally relaxed
The threat wasn’t coone, but they were confident that the end was near
◆◆◆◆
The people under the devil’s influence were all freed shi+n received this e just as Luxuria had been sed by the 【Lifedrain Sludge】
“!!!”
The round with all his h he didn’t kno devils absorbed each other, he had no intention of giving up
shi+n passed by Avaritia with one step and leapt towards Luxuria with the second
“I hope it’s not too late…haaaAAAAh!!”
『The Ark』 sliced through the cocoon, which put up little to no resistance
shi+n’sinstant, an explosion of light burst behind hiot back on his feet, turned around and saw light seeping out of the cocoon He also saw Avaritia, his arht fro his whole body
“The cocoon is breaking down?”
Cracks extended all over the cocoon froash cut open by shi+n
Dozens of seconds later, the cocoon cruht, was nowhere to be seen
“That’s…”
Luxuria was there, but in human form However, she was much different than what shi+n reht, rapped in white bandages, shi+ning as strongly as the light A bright halo was even shi+ning behind her
The shi+ning halo was projecting a kind of pattern, as tall as Luxuria was There were 4 of such patterns on her right and 4 on her left, looking just like wings
“Is that really…Luxuria?”
The ” expanded in the surroundings It passed through shi+n’s body, but he didn’t feel anything
The only one affected seemed to be Avaritia
“GWAAAAAHHHHHH!?!”
Avaritia’s whole body distorted and contorted He had to be in indescribable pain
“Who knew so like this could happen…”
Pale blue and white light shone fros She shot repeatedly spears of light, which stabbed Avaritia’s body, still in the throes of pain, opening large holes in it
“YyoU…thAt’s…”
“Do you even need to ask? Any devil could tell I was really surprised too, though”
“A deVIl…tuRnIng inTo an AngEl…? GivE…mea…fUc…”
Avaritia’s body then vanished into smoke What remained was just the 『Drop of Avaritia』, proof of his defeat
shi+n was confused by the sudden develop
“Oh my, did I scare you?”
Luxuria descended next to shi+n and asked hi her head to the side
“I’ve just never seen or heard anything like this To be perfectly honest, I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing”
Before disappearing, Avaritiathat she had defeated a devil, it was fair to think that she would be an ally
However, shi+n -despite his vast knowledge of THE NEW GATE’s bestiary- had never seen an angel The game’s producers had hinted at their existence, but no player ever reported encountering one
Angels were often depicted as the counterparts of devils Just like devils, however, they were categorized asas they were onize hu from, but I have no idea why this happened But I do understand that I’ve turned into an angel, and still have my memories as a devil I reels really existed…”
“I suppose they were a transformation of Deadly Sin devils I kind of felt it after transfor, but it looks like I’m the protector of “Love” now”
“The virtue opposite to the deadly sin, I guess? I heard that they aren’t officially established as opposites though…anyway, there’s no need to probe deeper into that right now, I suppose”
shi+n tried recalling what he had read when researching about the deadly sin devils, but did not reot Now that Avaritia’s defeated, I have to go into town The su wild”
“No need to worry, that’s already taken care of”
“…what?”
shi+n was about to leave to go help Schnee, but Luxuria stopped hi she released – 【Saint Wave】 – erased both the ic circles influenced by devil power and the monsters they summoned
shi+n checked the map and confirmed that the presences of monsters across toere indeed nowhere to be seen
“Aht that we had still a lot to do”
“It only work against devils and their influence Though, I could only do this thanks to you If you didn’t cut open the cocoon, I think I would have been assimilated by Avaritia”
“If you have to thank soes, that’s why I could act”
shi+n was forced to do nothing while Luxuria was suffering Avaritia’s attacks, so he felt guilty instead
“Don’t say that I could doin devil for hies were freed, even if she were to lose
She had asked Avaritia if he would withdraw after absorbing her for the sa her assimilation a viable option
“Even if I lost, Avaritia would be defeated by you Thanks to this experience, it would be possible to prepare counteres in the future That’s why my sacrifice wouldn’t have been in vain…after I realized that, I felt a weight off my chest”
“You…”
shi+n was about to say that she shouldn’t even think about things like that, but Luxuria ser on his lips
“I’rateful to, so you don’t need to concern yourself with anything Isn’t there anything you’d like me to do, instead? I’m not a devil anymore, so you can entrust your whole self toat the moment, up here or down there…so I’m a bit chilly, I would love to be warmed up, honestly”
“Hey! Tell the truth, you’re still half a devil, aren’t you? Or el of lust…”
Luxuria’s words quickly took a turn for the “ro hih in disbelief
Stopping Luxuria fro her belt, he was relieved that at least one major threat was over