35. At the founding festival (9)
Judas and Elijah spent quite a while.
For something like that, it was rare for them to go into battle together.
At least, it was about when I came out of the dark mage’s lair recently.
In the first place, it was rare for an escort knight and its owner to fight together.
Anyway, this was the first time the two were working together.
Unexpectedly, the sum worked well.
Elijah was the first to get rid of the giant Cyclops.
If you burn it, a fire may spread around you.
Therefore, it was dismembered with mad whips of fire.
Dozens of flames rose from the air and ovulated the giant.
Six pieces will pour in, but she didn’t worry about Judas.
There’s no way her own escort knight could even escape that much.
She was rather worried that there might be a threatening entity among the monsters.
Elijah floated in the air and looked down at her.
Aerodynamics using wind magic.
This is a skill that only the best wizards can use.
Blood rained down, pieces of flesh poured down like hail.
As expected, Judas slashed the monster while avoiding the wreckage. She
She used or rubble to hide her body for a while, tricking monsters.
In the meantime, Elijah had put a curtain of fire around him.
Monsters can’t go out, and no one can come in from the outside.
This is an opportunity.
Now is the time to grab the weak point of the empire and explode it.
If you take advantage of the fact that the empire’s security management system is messed up during the founding, your side will increase more.
The moment Judas slashed one Werewolf, another Werewolf rushed at her blind spot.
Elijah felt her heart skip a beat in her moment.
She simultaneously stretches out her hand and fires her magic.
Flame Spear.
The golden spear of flame fell fiercely.
Right before it reaches Judas, it pierces Werewolf’s head accurately.
Yuda went out to clean up the monsters around her without even having time to say hello.
Her ivory afterimage remains along the trail of the sword.
The cut monster splits cleanly and falls down.
The monster he couldn’t get rid of was shot and killed by Elijah.
The suppression went very smoothly.
*
“Judas.”
Elijah came down to the floor.
Judas raised her hand to her, drawing her sword from her last monster.
“Don’t come closer. It smells a bit strong.”
It was as he said.
He was a hideous figure covered in all sorts of corpses and blood.
I know.
For some reason, Elijah’s refusal gesture and words hurt him.
Not only that.
Every time Judas gets hurt, his heart beats dangerously.
I’m nervous.
You can’t do that.
Judah is a sword and shield that can die for itself.
It is not right for the owner to be so keenly concerned about his injury and death.
Even though I know it, I can’t stop my emotions from running wild.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“… Huh. You?”
“Thanks to your help, I am fine.”
Judah smiled lightly and looked at Giudecca.
The southeast entrance that the demon ripped through.
There should be more monsters inside.
I thought the suppression was actually over, but the monsters remaining inside caused secondary damage.
The other door also had to know which one was attacked.
“My lady. Could I check to see if there are any remaining monsters inside?”
“… Why?”
“Yes?”
“You have to fight only for me, by my side. But why….”
Elijah hastily shut her mouth.
I said it impulsively.
Even she couldn’t understand what she had just said.
She knows how much she feels, but how much of her feelings she feels.
I was afraid.
What is it?
For Judas to leave.
She just raised her hand to tell her not to come closer.
The sight of her reminded her of a bad imagination.
If only.
Very well, if Judas leaves him.
What should I do then?
She couldn’t understand why she was so worried, but fear suddenly surged.
Lewi and Hagar wanted Judah for different reasons.
I don’t believe they will completely back down like this.
It’s not just those two.
In the future, as now, someone will want Judas.
You may take it from yourself.
What if you die fighting for yourself?
What if the world takes you away without you knowing? Like mom?
I haven’t even decided on a mountain yet because I’ve been attending the founding festival.
She was irrational, and she was unfamiliar and awkward.
Elijah shook her head.
“… No. Pretend you didn’t hear what I just said. You can come and check.”
The hesitant Judas said as if to reassure him.
“I’ll be right back.”
“… Huh.”
Elijah watched as she disappeared into the doorway.
The darkness engulfing him.
At this rate, the hypersensitive delusion that he would never return to came to mind.
*
Gudecca is very spacious.
In particular, its internal structure is like a labyrinth because it has undergone various processes of extension and reconstruction.
However, Judah went on without hindrance.
She was helped by her memories before being possessed.
‘There are monsters that didn’t come out as expected.’
Yuda walked around the maze quickly eliminating the remaining monsters.
There were dead bodies all over the place.
A fighter who died fighting.
A slave who was tied up and couldn’t even resist.
Or slave manager, etc.
It is completely different from the place he used to belong to the nobility.
‘… Iron bars.’
A crude prison where slaves are confined.
My stomach twisted just by looking at the passing scenery.
It wasn’t just an ethical issue.
‘Before the possession, the owner of this body was in Giudecca….’
It feels like the memory of that time floods in.
Emotions twisted as if it were a strong memory.
Confrontation. Murder. Abuse.
A weak self.
The compulsion to achieve something.
Fear of the same volume as obsession. I want to run away.
But that’s a betrayal.
Who are you betraying?
‘… No, come to your senses.’
Judas brought out the emotions that tried to sink into his memory.
It’s not something to do now.
Slicing monsters, cutting them again and moving forward.
Activate one trait.
[A hunter’s sense.]
The traces of all kinds of monsters lead somewhere.
Nearest northeast entrance.
‘I went that way.’
Yuda ran while scavenging every monster.
*
‘… What?’
The northeast entrance where monsters appear.
I expected it to be a mess, but I missed it.
“Huh? Judah?”
If it’s a mess, it’s a mess.
It’s just that it wasn’t the kind of mess he expected.
“Why are you out there?”
The surroundings were full of corpses of monsters that had already been subjugated.
There seems to be no civilian casualties.
And at the center of it, there was the Elijah bodyguard.
It was Richard who first found Judas in the nearest place.
“… That’s what I want to ask. What happened?”
“Ah, that is….”
“Go and help with the body or something.”
Dylan interrupted, directing Richard.
“I don’t lose….”
Richard grumbled and went to help him.
Dylan explained instead.
“We were all enjoying a festival around here when the door over there was suddenly ripped apart. Since he had just come out armed, the battle began immediately. I was lucky.”
“… Her. Certainly, the city is lucky. Are there any injured?”
“Esmo and Gauss were hurt, but they weren’t serious. By the way, you, Yuda…. What happened?”
The situation of Judas was much worse than that of them.
She had monster blood and flesh all over her body.
“This city is definitely lucky. I’ve been through the same thing. I was walking with the lady, and the southeast door was torn down.”
“Hmm. The two of us had a good time together, but the monsters interrupted it.”
“Are you making fun of senior Dylan now?”
“… I wanted to give it a try.”
“Ah, yes….”
“Rather than that, can I stay here? I have to go back to the lady.”
“Yes. It should be. I will go and report the situation here.”
Judah went back to the gate.
You can use her necklace, but she had something to check.
Memories of Judas.
As she wanders around the interior of Judecca, she is intensely revived.
I was curious about that fragment.
I pass through a maze that has become cluttered due to people who are late in grasping the situation.
A space like a prison placed here and there.
‘Here…. I was stuck. Surely….’
A small fighting arena for skill checks.
‘Here we kill people….’
Fragmented memories come back stuttering.
Every time that happens, unfamiliar emotions come to mind one by one.
Fear, loneliness, sadness, disillusionment.
And anger, hatred. Revenge.
Revenge?
To whom?
‘Before you come here…. Someone already….’
The fantasy stings the senses.
Fireworks shimmering in front of your eyes.
The burning wagon.
Someone who should be in it.
‘I was going to kill you…. But, who came first…. I do that….’
I went back and got scolded.
Where did you go back?
Somewhere underground in the desert.
That’s, I mean, the place where I was hurt.
Black magic and brainwashing.
The auditory hallucinations I once heard linger in my ears.
‘… Have to endure This is all necessary.’
‘I can’t, please….’
‘Are you going to give up then? Yes … to all… , Do you mean to give up everything?’
A dumb mind.
The following muffled voices are a conversation between two people.
‘… I made it more strongly remind me of the memory of killing.’
‘It must have been a little better.’
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‘However, it is not complete…. Will loosen up….’
Above. Suggestion.
Something I can’t forget.
Judah thought.
I have to remember.
I must not forget.
‘I, I did the job….’
That moment.
A signal came to the necklace.
A teleport necklace received from Elijah.
“… Ah.”
Judah was startled by the vibration-like signal.
My hazy mind quickly returned.
She hesitated for a moment to respond to the signal.
‘Just now, um….’
I thought I should know something, but it was cut off at an important part.
She could not complete the sparse fragments of memories that came to her mind.
Don’t try to consciously think again.
Even clues that seemed familiar quickly faded and evaporated.
She couldn’t figure out anything in the end.
‘I can’t help it….’
I immediately gave up and received a signal.
The field of view changes rapidly.
Suddenly, Elijah was right in front of me.
Judah hesitated.
Elijah’s round face.
Looking up cat eyes.
That face.
That face I see every day.
I was used to it, but suddenly, for some reason, I felt strange and strange.
It’s probably not her own….
“Why is it so late….”
Elijah shut her mouth as he spoke.
Judah was looking down at him persistently.
Beast-like golden eyes.
Elijah carefully called his name.
“… Judah?”
