Chapter 136 – Success

Episode 136 – Succession

On the fifth day of the Western Front, with only two days left until we return to the Academy, we have entered the beginning of the Demon World.

In this place where the pitch-black forest spreads endlessly, monsters mutated by demonic energy reside.

-600 years ago, the Dark Church broke through a crack here and brought Behemoth, the demon of destruction. The Church of Light dispatched seven paladins to carry out the subjugation. As a result, three paladins lost their lives. Magyeong was created in the aftermath.

As Cedric said, there was a big fight here.

And what Abel needs to gain is the maintenance of the Paladin who lost his life.

Today, a monster wave occurs here.

“Our goal is entry-level exploration. The monsters that appear are not that high level, so you don’t need to be too nervous. Of course, you shouldn’t let down your guard. Then let’s proceed carefully.”

Cedric gave some advice lightly and navigated the demonic landscape with the familiarity of a veteran.

Time passed quickly.

The magic landscape was completely covered with black trees, so I couldn’t see the sun clearly, so my sense of time wasn’t working properly.

I just check the time through the watch I brought with me and often take a break.

It was just after lunch.

─Cooooo!

A roar that made my whole body tingle reverberated throughout the Demonic Land.

It was almost like a dragon fear.

As everyone looked around in panic, Cedric quickly grasped the situation and gave an order.

“We are leaving the demonic world right now!”

“Now?”

“Yes. This is not a normal situation. Come on!”

Immediately after the roar spread like those words, the presence of the Demon Lord was very bustling.

The entire forest was shaking like a living creature.

There, everyone seemed to feel an unprecedented sense of anxiety and quickly followed Cedric’s orders without complaining anymore.

It was about 5 minutes later.

─Kee Iik!

Goblins with impressive black skin blocked the path ahead.

Those eroded by demonic energy boast five to six times the strength of ordinary goblins. Of course, even if we did that, we couldn’t overcome the limitations of our race.

“A group of goblins appear ahead! Change the formation to a wedge shape! Break through quickly!”

At Cedric’s cry, with him as the leader, Isis took charge of the left wing, Veronica took charge of the right wing, and the rest supported them.

After a while, we clashed with goblins.

Kwagwagwagwak!

“Kkieek!”

“Turn it off!”

Bloodshed struck.

The goblins hit by the whirling blade’s awl lost their breath in an instant.

Even those who managed to escape and survive didn’t dare to jump in again after seeing that scene.

We easily penetrated the goblins.

But it is still too early to be convinced. No matter how much he was transformed into a demon, he was still just a goblin. There’s still a long time left until we get out of the Demon World, and the fight will continue in the meantime.

As expected, the number of monsters charging at me increased, and eventually it became difficult to handle.

It’s not just because they’re powerful.

If you manage to take out one group, others will immediately take their place.

The monsters never fought each other, as if they were being controlled by someone, and they were strictly targeting us.

It was in the meantime.

─Wow!

A terrifying roar tickled the back of my head along with a loud roar from behind.

At the same time, Isis took a leap.

Kwaaang!

The ogre that came out of the forest clashed with the spear of Isis.

The two bounced off each other and entered into a confrontation.

Isis spoke to us without taking her eyes off the ogre.

“Everyone go first! “I will follow you shortly after defeating the ogre.”

“Yes? It’s not possible! Just fighting together—”

“That is absolutely not possible! Come on! “You’re the squad leader!”

The sacrifice of the cow saves the majority.

In some ways, it’s a really shitty thing to say, but if the person involved comes forward like this, Cedric has no justification for refusing.

He bit his lip and nodded his head.

“… All right. Once you kill the ogre, follow me right away. “I will leave a trace.”

“Yes. “Hurry up.”

“I’m sorry. And thank you.”

Cedric, who left an apology and a thank you at the same time, shouted at us with the feeling of spitting out his blood.

“Everyone leave! “We must get out of here as soon as possible!”

“Squad leader. But!”

“Come on! Are you going to make the sacrifice of the Isis squad members in vain?”

All the extras swallowing their tears.

I was looking at them curiously, and when I turned my head, my eyes met Isis.

– Luan. Don’t be stubborn and go first. Got it?

Her eyes, she was dripping with regret.

I grinned at the unspoken expression that he wanted to be with me more.

“I will stay too.”

“I will stay too.”

As soon as I took a step forward and spoke, Regina did the same.

At the same time, our eyes turned to each other, and our gazes naturally met.

“…”

“…”

At that moment of silence, Isis and Cedric rebelled against our decision.

“Luan! Regina! That’s not possible! I can’t allow it! Hurry up and go!”

“You’re right! This is an order! Follow me right away!”

We were glaring at each other fiercely, but then we decided that now was not the time to fight, so we turned our heads.

“I will disobey orders. “I’m a mess anyway, so it doesn’t matter what the evaluation is.”

“Oh, no, what do you mean by that…”

“Squad leader? I’m not staying to die with you. The three of us will be enough to kill the ogre and escape the demon world. So go first.”

Cedric sighed, as if he realized that persuasion would not work due to the stubborn attitude of both of us.

In the meantime, I encouraged Abel, who was hesitant.

-You too, come here.

-Uh, huh?

-Are you going to abandon your friend? Come here quickly.

Originally, the plot would have been to leave with everyone and turn back only at the end, but now so much has changed with the game.

Since the two of us decided to help, wouldn’t there be a case where we can leave with peace of mind?

In order to reduce even the minimum number of variables, I had to pull it in myself.

Abel carefully lifted her hand.

“I will stay too.”

“No, you mean Captain Abel too?”

“Yes. “I can’t abandon my friends.”

Abel stands next to me.

Cedric grabbed his forehead and then realized he didn’t even have time to do this and turned his back.

“Please come back. Please.”

They left with faces full of guilt.

Was I just waiting for that moment?

─Kwaaaaah!

The ogre who was wary of Isis threw out his fist with a powerful roar.

“Where!”

Abel stands in the way.

Kwaaaaang!

The fist hit the shield. Abel’s body shook her once due to the strong impact, but she quickly regained her balance.

It was much more stable than in the Berndia Forest.

Even though it was only a week, his experience on the Western Front made him grow.

It was truly tremendous growth.

Although I was a little impressed, I took advantage of the gap and dug in from both sides with Isis.

Leaps from a blind spot and hits the stomach.

Wow!

The knees her naturally folded and the ogre lost his balance, widening his gap even further.

Since I can’t hit the ogre in my current state without using Rape Declaration and Incarnation, it was wise to assist in this way.

True to my plan, Isis nimbly kicked the guy’s body, jumped up, and struck his shoulder with a spear.

Phew!

Strength can pierce even hard skin.

“Kaaaaa!”

The ogre screamed in pain.

But he should have calmed down. If he had done that, an arrow wouldn’t have been stuck in his open mouth.

Pooooo!

The arrow of flame exploded inside the mouth and burned the guy’s mouth.

Smoke rises from the mouth.

“Big… Uh…”

The ogre groaned and stumbled before falling down.

Just when I was about to finish it.

Simplicity and honesty! Kwazijic! Wow!

Trees everywhere broke and fell, and three cyclops appeared.

However, their strength is not as strong as that of Ogres, but unlike them, Cyclops live in groups and are very annoying.

Isis immediately shouted.

“Run!”

And then, without any hesitation, we turned our backs on the hand that pushed Abel and me.

Run away following the traces left by Cedric.

─Big!

The Cyclops glanced at the squatting ogre and started chasing us.

“What, those bastards? “Why aren’t you fighting!”

Regina vented her anger at him and fired arrow after arrow to stop Cyclops.

As she goes at the pace of Abel and I, she actually has more time to spare. Of course, she wasn’t positive about that.

Cyclops, the distance is gradually increasing, but monsters continue to flock in due to the commotion.

In the end, we ended up being unilaterally chased.

Because of them, the traces that Cedric left behind became faint, and there were many cases where there were monsters waiting along the route, so my sense of direction became strange as I tried to avoid them.

While running away without knowing where I was going, I came across familiar terrain.

‘It’s over there.’

The ground is strangely lower than the surrounding area.

It looks fine on the outside, but it is empty and very poor on the inside.

We can never support the weight of the monsters chasing us.

“This way!”

I guided the group there.

At the same time that we finally got on the ground and the weight of the monsters concentrated.

Blah blah blah!

The ground collapsed.

“Isis. It’s dangerous!”

“Oh! Luan! “Take my hand!”

“Aaaaah!”

Each member of the group showed their individuality.

Regina only shows Isis’s worries, and Isis doesn’t even pretend to see Regina, but she extends her hand to me.

And Abel just screams and is swallowed into the hole.

I felt the fear of death and relief as I looked at the bottomless pit.

After that, we fell apart for a while.

In the meantime, we looked for ways to stop the fall, such as nailing weapons to the wall, but unfortunately, the ground here was not hard enough to support us.

But the good news is that it wasn’t the ground that welcomed us down here.

“Everyone be careful! It’s sleep!”

Immediately after Isis’ warning, a stream of cold water engulfed the entire body.

I was wearing self-defense gear in advance, and as soon as the shock subsided to some extent, I skillfully flapped my arms and legs and jumped out of the water.

“Puh-ha!”

After taking a deep breath of air, I found my companion.

“Is everyone okay?”

As soon as I asked, air bubbles bubbled up next to me and the companions appeared.

Isis checked me, sighed in relief, and pointed to one side.

“I think that’s the ground. Let’s go upstairs first.”

We followed Isis to land.

When I stepped on the ground like that, I finally had the time to look around properly.

“Where is this?”

“Well. I don’t know either. “Regina, do you have any clues?”

“No, not at all. However, it doesn’t look like a naturally formed cave. How about moving forward first? If you see a road, maybe there is an exit as well? Above… It seems so high that it is difficult to escape using common sense.”

As I looked up at those words, I was able to discover the sky that existed far above.

It’s definitely impossible to climb that high.

Isis, perhaps thinking the same thing, shook her head and took out an extra spear from her space pocket.

“There’s nothing we can do. Then, let’s explore this cave first.”

“Be careful. “I can feel the powerful magic energy from within.”

After gathering opinions, we formed a formation and moved along the road.

It was the beginning of the dungeon attack.