Chapter 318: Zainan Gorge (3) (1/2)
The high-ranking demonic human, Caracal, turned her head.
She was far from the rainforest that surrounded Zainan Gorge.
As soon as the lava giant was born, she left the rainforest without looking back, but she was gazing at Zainan Gorge now with a frown.
‘As I thought, they stopped it.’
She did not know what trick they used, but it seemed like they completely prevented the lava giant from becoming one with the dragon vein and be reborn as a true disaster.
‘Demon Slayers…’
Jude August Bayer and Cordelia August Chase.
The two had suddenly become known in the past one to two years, and were more active than the generals of the Guardians of the Holy Cross.
The damage caused by the two were truly enormous, whether it was the Devil’s Eye or the Devil’s Hand.
‘Haraken.’
A high-ranking demonic human of the Devil’s Eye.
He left for the wild lands to instigate a war against the Sälen Kingdom by controlling the barbarians, but met a tragic death and failed his mission too.
He could not completely subdue the barbarians, and even wasted the Hell Gate created by the Devil’s Eye.
And instead of a war, an atmosphere of reconciliation was created between the kingdom and the barbarians who were originally at odds with each other, which was something truly absurd.
There was also their loss of personnel.
Dozens of demonic humans under Haraken’s command had died fighting.
Most were low-ranking demonic humans, but there was something more serious than that. Because more than half of the combat personnel needed to run their organization had been killed.
Haraken was not incompetent.
He was originally a competent person who made a lot of contributions, so he was entrusted with the huge task of subduing the wild lands.
But he failed.
A lot of speculations were said at that time, but she was sure of it now.
‘Demon Slayers.’
Jude Bayer and Cordelia Chase.
The two were the culprits behind it all.
“Ha.”
Humans tended to laugh when faced with such a ridiculous situation.
Caracal was a demonic human that was half a human, so she burst out laughing without realizing it.
‘It’s fortunate that I escaped.’
Had she recklessly used the lava giant to fight them, Caracal herself would have met the same fate as Haraken.
‘Perhaps those two are really… the secret weapons sent by Heaven.’
It was a rumor that was secretly circulating among the demon followers.
Because the growth rate of the Demon Slayers was so unnatural.
‘It wasn’t that they got stronger, it was that they were strong in the first place.’
Up until now, they must have been hiding their power.
If the Devil’s Hand that had been observing Jude and Cordelia for a long time had heard her, they would have immediately denied it, but from the perspective of the Devil’s Eye, it was a plausible idea.
‘Grand Sword Master…’
It was seriously absurd at this point.
A boy who had been weak enough that he could not even go out for a walk had now become a Grand Sword Master within 2 years.
Such a development never happened in hero novels.
The Devil’s Eye did not come up with the idea of them being the secret weapons of Heaven for no reason.
‘Anyway.’
Caracal’s life was saved, but she had failed her task.
She would not be able to avoid being reprimanded when she returned.
But Caracal was always optimistic.
Even she, a high-ranking demonic human, would not have been able to easily stop them at a time when the the number of demon followers had decreased due to their fights with the Guardians of the Holy Cross.
‘Moreover, our opponents are the Demon Slayers.’
Because there were so many people who fell victim to the two, she had a lot of excuses to use to lessen her punishment.
‘I’ll have to focus on the fact that those two are in the west, that they’re in a remote place.’
The Devil’s Eye were cautious of the Demon Slayers. So having secured the fact that those two were in the west, they had two options.
Whether to send powerful forces to attack them here or not attack them at all.
‘If it’s a high-ranking demonic human or another complete disaster…’
They could kill those two.
The two were bound to have limits no matter how strong they were.
But Caracal could not imagine the Devil’s Eye to invest all its power in killing the Demon Slayers.
The demon follower groups had gathered under Archbishop Manuela, and were focusing their activities on the eastern part of the empire rather than the western part.
The Devil’s Mouth had conquered the eastern nations.
They who served the overlord of love and hatred, Lilith, had led a huge army and infiltrated the eastern part of the empire.
With the help of the Chancellor, they had entered deep within the empire without shedding much blood, and while destroying the bases of the Guardians of the Holy Cross one by one, they had also removed the key figures of the pro-Imperial Family faction located in the east.
Jabberwock, the most powerful demonic human of the Devil’s Horn and also called the One-Man Army, had also joined them, so even if Iron Man Landius or Ghostblade Kamael appeared, they would not be easily defeated.
They would conquer the east.
They had failed in the west, but a true disaster would befall the east.
‘Let’s return.’
Caracal made up her mind and turned around without any regrets.
She held no expectations for Serpent King Nagaros, the ruler of Zainan Gorge who had slaughtered numerous people in the past.
A huge monster like Nagaros would not be able to stop a lava giant.
Caracal sighed as she spread out her moth wings and flew up. She hurriedly made her way towards the center of the empire, the imperial capital.
***
“Wow.”
“Woah.”
Cordelia and Kirara exclaimed at the same time.
White light shone out as soon as the door to the stone chamber opened, and a place that smelled like a treasure trove was revealed.
“Wow, wooow, wow.”
Cordelia in particular was so excited that she was jumping up and down because of a simple reason.
‘First discovery!’
Because it was a place that none of the players in Legend of Heroes 2 were able to find.
Therefore, even Outboxer009 and Yellow Storm who were rotten waters of Legend of Heroes 2 did not know what was in the stone chamber and what information it contained.
Her heart was pounding from what was unknown.
She was excited in possibly hitting the jackpot.
Cordelia turned to Jude and pressed down her pounding chest, and smiled beautifully again.
Because Jude had a similar expression like Cordelia.
‘Hey, you too?’
‘Yes, me too.’
It was the first time for Jude too.
A place that even Outboxer009 did not find.
“Master, let’s go in quickly.”
Kirara’s eyes sparkled as she pulled Cordelia’s hand.
She wanted to go in quickly, but she thought that Cordelia had to go first.
“Yes, yes, let’s go. Jude, can I go in first?”
“Of course.”