Reckless Act (9)

“Cerica! “Step back!”

At Tyria’s voice, Celica quickly stepped back and raised her staff.

While blocking the air attack by spreading a barrier towards the bat monsters falling from the ceiling.

Tyria grabbed the bow with both hands.

‘If only there were more arrows… !’

I want to fight back by shooting arrows right away, but I only have five arrows.

Even with a small estimate, it was over ten.

Celica blocked the monsters with a barrier, but she couldn’t hold on like this.

I took the bow from the bat that was flying away from the barrier.

Fortunately, the bow had a sharp blade, so I was able to fight back to some extent.

It was only an auxiliary tool, and could not be treated as a main specialty.

“Ugh…!!”

I swung my bow and cut the body of a flying bat in half.

My shoulder was bitten by another guy flying right in front of me.

“Tyria…!”

“Cerica! Release the barrier and ask for healing!”

If you release the barrier, the bats will rush out in an instant.

Tyria would not have known that fact either.

After believing in her and dismantling the barrier, the light of healing began to shine.

Numerous bats falling from the sky at the same time.

Tyria made Celica step back and took out the dagger hanging from her leg.

Bat monsters flying from all directions. Tyria faced numerous bats with her back to the wall.

Suddenly!

He started slashing at the flying bats, swinging his bow and dagger.

Of course, it was not possible to block all attacks.

There were numerous wounds on my legs and shoulders, but they were healing quickly thanks to Celica’s healing.

Even though my clothes were a mess, I didn’t have time to worry about that.

“Huh… Huh… “

I was slowly running out of breath and losing stamina.

I began to feel a sense of discomfort as I watched the flock of bats running around without stopping.

‘No matter what, there are too many!’

I’ve only seen about 10 of them with my own eyes.

However, the attack by the bat swarm showed no signs of stopping.

Even the lights that were brightly illuminating the surroundings began to gradually become darker.

The amount is so enormous that you can’t even tell how much it is.

Tyria swung her bow and dagger without stopping.

Her physical strength was also gradually decreasing.

“Tyria…! “Step back!”

In the end, Celica, who was worse off, stepped forward.

Celica faces the flying bats with a determined expression.

Tyria was shocked and tried to stop her, but it was no use.

“Cerica! What are you doing…!”

“…”

Despite Tyria’s screams, he did not flinch and slowly knelt down.

Numerous bats rushed at her and started biting her.

Celica paid no heed and continued praying.

“Goddess. Please have mercy on this place…”

A faint light blooming on her body.

The small piece of divinity that was as dangerous as a candle gradually began to eat away the darkness.

A firework brightly illuminates the cave. The flames spread around Celica engulfed the monsters.

Soon, everyone except Tyria lost their strength and began to collapse.

Sanctuary. A miracle that recreates the realm of heaven, even if only for a moment.

A secret technique that even high-ranking priests who approach saints and the Pope cannot easily use.

Celica was able to perfectly implement the sanctuary on her own.

But her limits end here. Gradually, the voice reciting the prayer began to become harsh.

“Ha… Goddess… Bless this place… Haha… “

Celica is breathing heavily and holding on to her staff tightly.

Tyria clenched her teeth as she looked like she was about to collapse at any moment.

Celica only took her time for a moment and did nothing more than stun the monsters around her.

If Celica loses her strength and collapses like this, she will be in even more trouble than before.

‘Why am I…’

Tyria fell into helplessness, clutching the bow and dagger in both hands.

If it’s not you, but other people.

Seohyun, Erina, Kayla, Catalina and Malcolm.

They would have easily annihilated the monsters.

I fell into a feeling of despair that I couldn’t even accomplish this because I was weak.

Meanwhile, Celica was sweating and spoke to Tyria in a thin voice.

“Ha… Ha… Tyria… Run away quickly… “

“Celica…!”

“Probably across the street… There may be others…”

Celica tells him to leave her behind and head towards the back of the cave.

Tyria could not move after hearing her words.

Celica’s words were wise. Rather than staying like this, there was a chance of survival if I ran away to find my comrades.

However, Celica had to remain here alone and fend off the monsters.

In fact, it meant sacrificing oneself.

‘That’s not possible… !’

Tyria held her bow firmly and looked at the monsters in front of her.

Bats flocked in countless numbers.

If only I had arrows, I could have done it.

‘Arrow…’

Suddenly, memories of the elf village came back to my mind.

Chloe. Her second older sister.

The family she loved the most and a traitor to the village.

When friendship was good, Chloe told Tyria one thing.

‘Look carefully. Tyria. ‘Isn’t it amazing?’

‘Wow…! What is this?’

An arrow filled with the power of spirits. As a test, let’s hang it on a bowstring and shoot at the target.

Poop!

The target was shattered with a bloody noise.

At that time, Chloe and Tyria were started and ran away.

They were scolded by their parents who later found out the truth.

Memories of childhood. Since then, Chloe often went into battle with the help of the spirits.

‘But I…’

However, after being abandoned by the spirits, Chloe lost her strength.

In the first place, Tyria didn’t even know how to use the spirit’s power because she couldn’t.

“Nie…”

Even I couldn’t figure out why Tyria was looking for her.

Is it because it was the closest relationship to her?

Does he still have regrets for Nie, who was both his friend and his enemy?

Or maybe he wants help from her.

‘…’

At that moment, a wind that could not have come from inside the cave, which was closed on all sides, blew.

The clean and fine natural air that I have never felt since coming to the Demon World.

I could clearly see that it was not a coincidence.

I was able to know that someone was giving me strength and hope.

Is it really Nie’s power? It may or may not be true.

But Tyria was sure. The fact that someone is helping you.

“Whoa…”

Tyria inhaled the air blowing in front of her and pulled the bowstring.

I felt a familiar sensation on the empty bowstring.

There was an energy at the fingertips that was too pure and powerful to be a magic arrow.

Understand!

When I finally let go, the arrow flies.

The flow of wind that tore through the air tore the body of the bat monster.

‘Celica, I’d like to ask you a favor.’

Tyria catches her breath and focuses on the target in front of her.

I aimed at numerous bats and pulled the bowstring.

As even the time to load arrows disappeared, arrows were being replaced at a virtually infinite speed.

Rain of arrows. Rapid fire that raised the limits of her abilities.

A barrage of attacks comparable to that of a unit of knights was raining down on the monster.

Bat monsters falling one after another with a strong bursting sound.

They couldn’t dodge at the incredible speed and fell down one after another.

When Tyria finally exhaled and put down her bow.

Except for Tyria and Celica, all living things were dead.

When she finally found out that she was safe, Celica withdrew her blessing.

I fell to the floor with massive anemia.

“Celica… !!”

Tyria quickly put down her bow and ran to Celica.

I had to force Celica, who couldn’t get up due to her physical strength reaching its limit.

There may still be monsters hiding in the cave.

If I stayed like this, the possibility of being isolated was too high.

“Thank you… Tyria… “

Serica also knew how tired and tired Tyria was.

Nevertheless, he was so thankful for her leading him that he hugged Tyria tightly.

“Don’t worry. I will definitely let you go outside.”

Tyria moves forward carrying Celica on her back.

I slowly got used to the dark cave and headed deeper inside.

Inside the gradually widening cave. Inside the quiet cave, silence flowed with a cool sensation.

Do monsters not even exist here?

As I continued to move forward without slowing down, a sudden tremor came.

“… !?”

The two people immediately get into a fighting stance.

There was a being slowly rising from the darkness.

“That… !”

A huge figure rising from among a huge pile of stones.

The golem that had blocked them a little while ago appeared in front of them.

“…He was still alive.”

“Huh… “You have to be careful.”

Can these two people fight against each other and win? To be honest, I wasn’t sure.

But in order to move forward, it had to be defeated.

Two people gather their tired bodies and take up weapons.

The six arms of the golem in front of me clenched their fists targeting them.

‘You must avoid… !’

Just as he was holding onto Celica’s arm and trying to back away.

“Get out of the way.”

“Tsk… ?!”

A low, gloomy voice. A cold and dark energy passed behind my back.

Let’s look back with instinctive fear.

“Ah…”

Celica felt so scared that she almost dropped her wand.

Empty eyes, tangled hair, and an icy expression.

I couldn’t open my mouth as I couldn’t believe it was a human being.

Erina. As soon as she appeared, the air around her became heavier.

The golem didn’t miss the opportunity and lashed out with its fist.

At that moment, a flash of light flashed within the cave.

Kaang!

In an instant, one of the golem’s arms flew off.