Chapter 315: Proclamation (4) (1/2)

“She’s late.”

At the campsite.

They were in the middle of a tropical rainforest, but Jude and Cordelia were not sweating even a single drop.

It was not because Cordelia was no longer just a human like Jude.

To begin with, they had the Cozy 1-pyeong.

Most of the items they received from the wild gods like Blade Song had been replaced with better items in accordance with the rules of RPG, but there was one item that they still actively used, and that was the Cozy 1-pyeong.

As its name suggested, this item created a tent with 1 pyeong of floorspace that had a cozy atmosphere.

Moreover, the archwizard Cordelia was present here.

She spread a shield to prevent bugs and the heat from entering, and lowered the temperature inside the shield with ice magic.

One would obviously die of suffocation if they completely covered an area, so there was an air hole near the ice.

In addition to this, Jude made a cold juice with the help of his extreme Yin energy.

Cordelia sipped the juice while in Jude’s arms, and narrowed her brows as she looked at the direction where Kirara had gone.

“Are you worried?”

“Yes, shall we go look for her?”

“But she’s a playable character. And we’ve given her lots of items. Maybe it’s better to wait for her first rather than missing out on each other later.”

Moreover, Kirara’s growth rate had been quite significant recently.

She was initially a child with an aptitude for thievery and monster taming, but these days, her thieving abilities had exponentially grown.

‘Is it because she met Scarlet?’

It seemed like she had learned this and that from just watching Scarlet.

Cordelia agonized over it for some time while Jude was thinking about something else. She soon said in a firm voice as though she had finally made a decision.

“Then let’s wait for another 10 minutes. If she is still not here by that time, let’s go look for her.”

“10 minutes? Not 20 minutes?”

“Eh? Why?”

At the time when Cordelia innocently asked.

Jude’s large hands gently wrapped around Cordelia’s waist, and Cordelia flinched, turning to Jude with a coy gaze as her lips twitched. Instead of removing Jude’s hand that was slowly going up, she naturally met lips with him.

‘There’s no way that Kirara got lost.’ (Jude)

She’s a smart girl.

Maybe she just left for a while in order to make time alone for us two.

‘She’s a good girl.’

Later, I’ll give her some snacks – no, some delicious food.

Jude praised Kirara in his mind before focusing on Cordelia. As his hand felt something incredibly soft and squishy, he gently increased the strength of his hand.

And Cordelia did not sit still either. Instead of being swayed by her impulse as a girl who was strong in games, she pushed Jude only with the tip of her tongue.

Their battle began in no time.

Jude and Cordelia’s cheeks were both flushed red. The two parted their lips for a moment and exhaled as they remained in their own world.

And it was at that moment.

“Master! Master! Master!”

Startled by the loud noise coming from beyond the bushes, Cordelia immediately urged Jude to stand up, and Jude poured out curses in his mind.

‘Cancel the snack!’

Why did you have to come back now?

But Jude quickly regained his reason. Kirara yelling and running over to them meant that something had happened.

“Kirara?!”

“Master!”

Kirara was drenched in sweat as she appeared through the bushes.

A large snake was wrapped around her waist and neck, and she was gasping for breath before shouting again at Jude and Cordelia.

“D-demon followers!”

Kirara’s words ended there. She could not speak any further.

BOOOOOOM!

A terrifying boom engulfed Kirara’s voice.

Jude and Cordelia turned their heads and saw it.

What Kirara had meant.

What had happened in this place right now.

Cordelia looked back at Jude who nodded his head.

They came up with an answer at the same time.

***

Caracal, a high-ranking demonic human of the Devil’s Eye, was quick in making decisions.

A vast rainforest surrounded Zainan Gorge.

It had already been four months since she had settled here and held a ritual.

There was one reason why she, a high-ranking demonic human, came to this place in the middle of nowhere.

To create a disaster that would cause a great disturbance in the rear of the empire.

After clearing a part of the rainforest that no one passed through, they drew a huge magic circle.

They regularly offered sacrifices and gradually increased the completeness of the ritual.

It was a long and tedious work.

But after 4 months of hard work, it was finally on the verge of completion.

‘However.’

At a time when the situation in the kingdom and the empire changed, and this disaster plan became more important.

There was a black-haired female cat beastkin.

They had seen that girl catching sight of the pit full of bodies from the countless sacrifices they had made so far, but could not catch her.

So after dissuading her subordinates from pursuing the girl, Caracal made a decision.

“Finish the ritual.”

“What?”

One of her nearby subordinates blinked their eyes with a puzzled expression.

It was natural for them to do so.

They still needed more time to finish the ritual. And also more sacrifices.

But Caracal had her reasons too.

“It’s highly likely that the cat beastkin travels with the Demon Slayers. In other words, it’s possible that the Demon Slayers are somewhere in this rainforest.”

Jude and Cordelia.

From the perspective of the demon followers, the two were like plagues that always stood in their way.

“We’ll only suffer damage if we get careless. So hurry up with the work. Get the job done and withdraw before the two come and make a mess.”

Their problems would be gone once the ritual was completed.

Even the infamous Demon Slayers would not be able to prevent the birth of a disaster.

“B-but what about the sacrifices and mana…”

Her other subordinates also nodded at the words of the low-ranking demonic human.

In order to forcefully complete the ritual, they needed more sacrifices and magic power rather than time.

“If that’s the case, then it’s fine.”