How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Episode 44

“Delis!”

Something like a large praying mantis’s arm sprouted from the Dark Eater’s body. The sickle blocked Xian’s sword, and at the same time rushed to counter.

Seeing that, what Xian did was just to strike the sword.

Awesome!

The mantis arm fell off, showing a smooth cross-section.

Dark Eater clicked his tongue loudly.

What the heck has happened to kids these days, clumsily slicing a demon the size of Delis as if they were slicing some kind of slime!

[ Sangcheon Sword – Island ]

There is no way to leave a guy who has lost his weapon.

Xian immediately stabbed the fastest blow.

The tip of the sword surges like a beam of light.

“This bird… … !”

Dark Eater freaked out and turned around.

Chew!

It was impossible to completely avoid it, but it missed the vital point. Xian clicked his tongue.

‘Once more.’

He stabbed ‘island’ once again.

“Caeltus!”

However, it seems that two times in a row weren’t enough.

Something like the shell of a turtle appeared in front of the Dark Eater. However, it has a vicious thorn on its back.

Xian stopped and retrieved the sword that had been poking through the shell.

It’s not a matter of breaking it and stabbing it, but the thorns get in the way.

There might have been some kind of poison applied to the tip, but I couldn’t risk it and sting it.

Taking advantage of that small gap, the Dark Eater attempted to escape.

‘sh*t! sh*t!’

On the very day of Advent, a human kid who was not a great being was defeated by two guys and ran away.

It was humiliating. I couldn’t bear to let go of this resentment.

“I will kill them all!”

However, the only thing he could do right now was to spit out a few curse words and get out.

“… … .”

Xian looked at the Dark Eater, who was about to disappear out of the passage.

While he was retrieving his sword, the distance had already fallen considerably. At least, it was out of reach of an ordinary sword.

he raised his sword

A black aura rose from the sword.

It had risen from stem to stem and even wrapped around the sword, it was not enough and flowed down to her hands and arms as well.

[ Changhae ]

[ Heavenly Sword (霜天劍) – Heavenly Thunder (天雷)]

And, the blade fell.

Cheer up!

Like a whip, the sword fragments of Changhae, which were separated, fell vertically, accompanied by ferocious streams of water.

A lightning-quick, waterfall-like blow.

“Cuck!”

It was a distant Dark Eater, but it did not escape the range of the window.

The Dark Eater’s small body was split in half intact.

The split in two fell to the floor.

It was trembling, not even able to crawl, let alone fly.

“Goodbye, Warlock.”

“Cuff, cluck! yes, your boy… … ! What district are you from!”

“I don’t know.”

which area? Are you talking about the realm of hell?

It seems that the place is divided into districts.

this is new information

“Quaaagh!”

The Dark Eater’s existence was sucked into Ravi.

The fight between the beings of hell is literally a fight for existence.

Eating and being eaten, a fight to annihilate by stealing all of the opponent’s strength and soul.

He descended to this land with a longing for the earth, but the moment he descended, this land became a prison for Dark Eaters.

Advent was not an easy thing to do, nor was it risk-free.

“I… … I’m in a place like this… … ! my body… … !”

The tearing eyes of the Dark Eater were full of resentment.

One’s own body that will remain in hell.

More than 300 monsters were killed by Allen, but the soul disappears leaving the body that still has close to 700 remaining.

When it comes to the soul and the body, the soul usually looks great, but in fact, there is no such up and down between the two.

There are beings who are strong in the soul, and there are also beings who are strong in the body.

Dark Eater was the latter.

That’s why it was cynical.

Even if his own body had been able to descend properly, no, only half of it, he wouldn’t have been annihilated by these little bastards.

“This bird… … I… … my last… … Like this… … !”

“Die quietly.”

Ravi absorbed the soul of the guy who was struggling to the very end.

Xian was in the special seat.

Before long, the small body that contained his soul turned to ash and disappeared.

[The Black Spirit is delighted with the new ability.]

I feel that Ravi’s energy has risen even more.

However, it was much weaker than Beriam’s time.

Absorbing only ‘a part’ of the guy who protected Verium is stronger than absorbing all of this guy’s soul.

It must be said that there is a difference in class even among the demons of Hell.

[ Sword Spirit (劍靈) – Sword Wheel (劍輪) ]

Thanks to absorbing the guy’s power, another skill was created.

Again, it was a sword.

sword wheel.

I summoned the new sword I just obtained.

Its appearance resembled that of an ordinary iron sword. A slightly large round guard with a gleaming gray blade. The handle is tied tightly with a leather strap.

I could sense what kind of sword this sword was.

“this… … .”

After switching the sword to his left hand, he spread his right hand.

Then, the exact same sword was gripped in that right hand. Even though I’m already holding it in my left hand.

“It’s being copied.”

After sticking his sword into the ground, he opened his hand again. Then the third sword was grasped. 4th and 5th.

I was wondering how many were created.

However, the place and time were not suitable to test it now.

After putting the sword wheel back into the seal, he looked ahead.

I saw the flames surrounding the ruins space disintegrate.

That said, the battle was over.

* * *

Although a doppelganger can imitate the Dark Eater for a moment, it cannot imitate everything.

The guy didn’t even resist Allen very much and just let it go.

When Xian arrived, he saw Professor Derek, who had returned to his original form, collapsed on one side.

on the other side.

“Did this guy pass out too?”

I saw Allen lying face down.

Whether physical strength, mana, or mental strength, it seemed that he fainted because he used excessive force.

Maybe all three.

Took.

Then something rolled over and touched Xian’s foot. Allen’s clear stream. I missed it because I fainted.

Xian bent down and picked it up.

‘It’s a fairly splendid artifact.’

Xian didn’t know, but it was an S-class growth artifact.

In terms of case, it is equivalent to Everwhale’s Vigo, which is deeply asleep.

However, since it was a growth type, it wasn’t that strong yet, and most of all, because Allen was putting all his energy into it, there wasn’t much energy left.

Even with that little remaining energy, it seemed like he easily surpassed rank A or higher.

“Do not come!”

Xian, who was about to approach Allen with a clear-flowing jade, stopped at the sound of a high-pitched voice.

Blue flames gathered in front of the stunned Allen and formed the shape of a small girl.

The guardian of the blue flame, the spirit of the blue flame.

The ancient spirit Altima lost her power and shrunk to a smaller size.

A small child who looked only about five or six years old was blocking Allen’s way with his arms outstretched.

With a lot of shaggy eyes rolled up.

“Who are you?”

Xian asked.

“… … .”

However, the boy only growled with a wary look.

Rather than being particularly hostile to Xian, it was to be wary of everyone around him.

Like a mother hedgehog protecting her young, with her thorns raised up.

‘It must be Allen’s spirit.’

It was a natural guess, and it was also the correct answer. However, I didn’t know that she was an ancient spirit.

Xian let out a small sigh and tossed the crystal clear jade in his hand.

“uh? Aww!」

Altima opened her eyes wide and hurriedly caught the flying jade.

He seemed to be delighted with the safe return of Cheongryuok for a while, but soon came to his senses and started glaring at Xian again.

Leaving that gaze behind, he looked at Professor Derek first.

‘He’s not dead.’

Professor Derek just fainted.

How lucky you are

If Allen had lost and he was the opponent. Or if the Dark Eater hadn’t abandoned him at the end.

Professor Derek wouldn’t have passed out so perfectly.

Unlike Allen’s flame, he couldn’t hide his black blood.

A ‘bloodstone’ that had lost its light fell beside him as he fell.

But Xian didn’t even care about that.

I couldn’t even detect it at first.

Having lost all of the Dark Eater’s power, it was now just an ordinary stone.

Xian grabbed the fainting professor by the waist and wrapped it around his shoulder. Then he went back to Allen.

“… … !”

As he approached again, the Altima set fire to it.

It means that the blue flame that made up the guy’s body burned more sharply.

“Move.”

“no!”

“Then continue to live here. I will go.”

Xian passed by and headed towards the exit.

There won’t be any problem if you leave it. Even though it looks like a child, I can feel a lot of energy from that spirit.

It wouldn’t matter if a low-level monster attacked.

「Hey, wait! Are you really going?”

Then I heard a call from behind.

Turning around, he saw that he was looking back and forth between himself and the fallen Allen, not knowing what to do.

In particular, he wondered if he was restless at the sight of Allen lying on the cold floor, and he talked to himself.

“You seem to remember. Are you Allen’s friend?”

“It’s not.”

“uh? Oh, isn’t it?」

“Not friends.”

“But Allen… … .」

“Did he say he was a friend of me?”

“huh.”

Whoa.

Sian sighed and approached Allen. As he got closer, Altima shut her mouth, and poof! turned aside

Then, raising his eyes again, he began to monitor Xian’s every move.

I wonder if it will harm Allen.

After giving Altima a snort, Xian lifted Allen with the other hand.

Professor Derek on his left shoulder, Allen on his right flank.

Altima followed him as he came out through the passage.

“If you put a finger on Allen, don’t let go!”

“I already put my finger on it.”

「That, that’s not it! I mean, I won’t let you go if you hurt Allen!”

“Yes, yes.”

Is it not only the body that is young, but also the mental age, or is it because it is a spirit that is a pure being?

Xian came up to the city with a little spirit next to him who had no sense of incongruity compared to a kid of that age.

“… … .”

The city was quiet.

The city of dawn that fell asleep.

Xian let out a small sigh of relief.

The fire seemed to have been safely extinguished, and it didn’t look like the monsters had escaped.

‘It’s not specifically to protect the city.’

Still, seeing the peaceful appearance didn’t make me feel too bad.

Suddenly, when I was talking with the householder, I remembered that the householder looked out the window.

At that time, the head of the household was looking at the same peaceful city scene as now.

… … Of course, I didn’t know what the family head was thinking when he saw that.

“Follow me.”

“I’ll follow you even if you don’t say anything!”

Xian returned to the academy, taking the two fainted people and the cheeky little spirit.