Chapter 141 - Devil’s Plague 2 (1/2)
“Yes, I was lucky.”
The brown-haired girl pointed at her necklace.
It emanated divine power, which proved that it was an artifact.
Woohyuk observed it closely and spoke to her.
“Did a priest give you that protective necklace?”
“It's something that Saint Maria gave to me in the past. She told me that I would need it in the future when the village would be in danger.”
Saint Maria was famous for her intelligence.
Helena nodded to the girl’s words.
“Maria could very well have done that. She serves the goddesses of fate.”
The three goddesses of Urdarbrunn.
They were the ones to have given Woohyuk the Return Scroll in his past life for completing the epic quest.
The peculiarity was that they hardly appeared on the Eeth Continent, and that the three shared one divine throne.
Therefore, according to some ancient documents, it was debated that they were originally one existence, but separated themselves due to circumstances.
Anyway, it was surprising that Saint Maria was chosen by such mysterious goddesses.
The morbid fanatic, Rosenkreuz, was also being cautious against Saint Maria.
“Urgh... Saint Maria! I will definitely get you!”
The young man on the floor drooled and shouted while Woohyuk and Helena were talking with each other.
The evil spirit had regained its strength while the two were distracted by the girl.
“Is Maria the saint that the demons were chasing recently?”
“Kekeke… Indeed. Lady Lilith is asking for her...”
It appeared that Lilith wanted to use Maria's powers to get information about the future.
Once he understood the situation, Woohyuk glanced at Helena.
”I understand. Let us finish the purification ritual.”
”You can’t! A great tragedy will happen if you do!”
As Helena unfolded her magic book, the girl with brown hair hugged her legs.
A desperate plea.
Woohyuk looked down at the girl.
“What do you mean? If we leave him be, there is a high possibility that your brother will not survive tonight.”
“That evil spirit is the cause of the plague that has spread throughout the village.”
Apparently, the young man, who was currently lying on the floor, was the first infected person in the village.
The evil spirit in his body was an individual personally selected by Aleister.
Even high-ranking priests could not easily defeat it, and if it felt threatened, it could sacrifice the host and cast an explosion spell to destroy the nearby area.
If that were to happen, the damage would be much greater than now.
Therefore, they had to give up on the purification ritual and find another solution.
'Is this one the head of evil spirits?'
These kinds of evil spirits were usually the ghosts of those who had contracted with witches.
They often used wicked tricks and required considerable attention to deal with them.
“Kekeke… Now, what are you gonna do now? Will you continue reciting the holy spell?”
The young man looked at Helena as he sniggered.
As chills went down Helena’s spine, Woohyuk stepped in front of her.
“We don’t need to use holy magic to defeat you.”
“… Are you thinking of using your abilities, Asura? However, I am a new evil spirit created by Sir Aleister. I will not give in easily. Moreover, as the little girl said...”
“Accept my summon, Dantalion.”
Woohyuk ignored the words of the evil spirit and opened Lemegeton.
Then, dark demonic energy leaked out of the book, and Dantalion appeared.
“Ha-have you called, Lord Asura?”
“Do you know how to defeat that evil spirit?”
Woohyuk gestured with his chin to the brown-haired young man.
Dantalion observed him closely and nodded.
“I have learned some things from Aleister. It won’t be possible to completely expel it from the host's body, but I can at least make it so that it can’t use explosion magic.”
“That's more than enough.”
They had to go to the Devil's Crystal Cave and catch Mandragoras to make the cure.
Whether it was the boss of the evil spirits or not, it would be impossible to keep possessing the host's body if the Ghost Disease were to be cured.
When Dantalion performed a sealing technique, the young man frowned deeply.
“Urgh... Now that it has come to this, I must use my last resort. I tried not to make a move since it would be annoying to find another village, but if you keep pushing me like this...”
He meant that he would now cast the explosion spell as his last resort.
But Helena didn't stand still at his words.
“I won’t let you do that. I am technically a saint, so I can easily temporarily neutralize evil spirits like you.”
“Ugh… ! Arrgghhhhhhhhh!”
The young man screamed as the divine spell crackled like lightning.
Dantalion quickly completed the sealing spell using this opportunity.
Swoooosh!
Immediately, a dark vortex and a jet-black magic circle appeared below the evil spirit’s host.
“Thi-this can’t be… I'm being sealed...”
“Stay quiet until we come back. Otherwise, you will be purified by my vassals.”
Woohyuk stationed Bailey next to the magic circle, to monitor Dantalion in case he tried doing anything suspicious.
Although he was sealed inside Lemegeton, he hadn't pledged loyalty to Woohyuk as of yet.
“Lord Asura, who is this man…”
“He’s Bailey, the current lord of the Schwarz county.
Dantalion reluctantly bowed his head at Bailey with a gloomy expression.
[Noble Dark Knight Bailey]