Chapter 166
I was sleeping in bed when I woke up to the sound of loud destruction .
Just like the other day, something had entered this room .
I hurriedly jumped off the bed and landed on the floor, clutching my wand in my hand and strangling it .
As it was, I pointed my wand tip in the direction of the sound .
“Guooh!”
A terrifying cry that was clearly different from that of a human or normal magic beast .
In addition to that, I could hear a bruising sound that seemed to be intermittently hitting something continuously .
The self-defense totem I had set up was repeatedly slamming its body into the beast that was emitting a blue-white light .
The beast is screaming and desperately begging for forgiveness as it turns its abdomen upwards, screaming .
Ortem spun and jumped up, gouging the beast’s abdomen .
The beast bounced its body wide with a jolt and transformed into countless small balls of light, disappearing into the air .
“Spiritual Beast……”
Quietly, I mutter .
There are many definitions of spirit beasts, but they are generally a group of spirits that have e together to form a single individual creature, and they represent a low level of danger .
Whether they do not possess plex magic, language abilities, or take on the form of a simple animal …… depends on the region and time period, and the clear criteria for judging them vary somewhat .
They may be considered in the same category as low-class demons .
In short, it is safe to assume that they are a generic term for lower-level demons that do not have plex powers, do not have the ability to speak, and tend to take on the form of simple animals .
Some individuals are rare and difficult to determine, but that’s about the extent to which a watermelon or strawberry is a vegetable or a fruit .
To be honest, it doesn’t matter .
The one that came to attack me the other day when I caught a cold was probably also a spirit beast .
I should have reasonably killed it, but I instead have lost sight of it .
The body couldn’t sustain it and it was probably dispersed among the spirits .
They should have noticed it when the enemy was using Hamelin .
e to think of it, I think there were also reports of damage caused by spirit beasts during the damage of magic beasts .
The other party was a spirit user .
“Two spirit beasts and a high-ranking demon, Hamelin, huh……”
It’s not an easy thing to get a summoning crest from a spirit beast or demon and use it .
I once forced a summoning crest on a demon and annihilated it because I had too much momentum .
If the tendency, quality, and wavelength of magic power are not right, it is not so easy to get a summoning crest .
My current Hamelin also looks happy to e to me when I’m raising my magic power, but he looks like he’ll never give me a summoning crest .
That’s how sensitive they are .
That’s why they do their best to follow someone who has given them a summoning crest once .
“He must know quite a bit about dealing with demons if you’ve been following three of them…… I envy him . Can he teach me some tips and tricks?”
However, those three should have been taken care of by now .
However, I don’t know why they decided to attack at this time .
I’m sure they know that they also know now that they failed once .
Is this an appeal for an all-out war that they have no intention of retreating in the future?
As I was thinking this, screams came from other parts of the mansion .
No, that wasn’t all, screams were also heard from the residents’ houses, and a spirit beast could be seen running in the distance .
As expected, even I’m surprised .
How many spirit beasts are they using?
And I can’t even predict what kind of results they want to draw out by attacking the entire village now .
Did they give up and move to attack out of desperation?
I don’t think they were the type who would act that short-circuited …… .
Anyway, I have to ensure that Mea…… and the people inside the mansion are safe .
And then the people in the territory, too .
“Carry”
When I chanted, thirteen magic circles appeared in the room, and an equal number of Ortems appeared .
Unlike the ones made of the World Tree, the teleportation of the Ortem made from a normal tree requires an enormous amount of magic power .
However, all of these Ortems were in the Fage territory, so with my magic power, it’s still within an acceptable range .
It’ll still be a bit of a pain, though .
“Puppet, dance”
Once again I deploy thirteen magic circles and control the Ortem .
I let the ten Ortem’s fly out of the broken window and run the remaining three Ortem’s inside the mansion .
Immediately, the screams of the spirit beasts echoed from inside the mansion .
I ran down the hallway and into Mea’s room .
“Hey, it’s okay ……”
Mea was shivering on the bed, wrapped in a blanket and shivering, with two Ortem’s spinning around on either side of her .
“A, Abel… . . thank goodness…… Mea thought I was already done for……”
Mea said with a tremor in her voice, and stood up, dressed in a painful walking outfit with the blanket wrapped around her body, and waddled over to my side .
The outer wall has a large hole in it . It seems that the spirit beasts have broken through it with their bodies .
Mea seemed to have been attacked by the spirit animal and was scared .
Anyway, I decided to reassure her and put my hand on Mea’s shoulder .
“You saw a strange magic beast, didn’t you?”
“N, no, just now in Mea’s room…… um, I saw two pale, glowing wolves e in……”
Two?
There was only one of them getting into my room, though……
“Have those guys already escaped?”
“…… The two Ortem’s spinning over there have trampled them down . ”
I turned my head to where Mea had indicated, and the two Ortems were dancing a victory dance .
“…… I see, that’s good to hear . No, that’s the one I’m controlling, you don’t have to worry about it . ”
As I pointed my wand at them, Ortem walked out of the hole in the wall, looking for the other spirit beasts .
…… Lark’s mansion, it’s totally airy now .
After that, a loud noise sounded from below with a thump, thump, thump, followed by the screams of the spirit beast’s decapitation .
I joined with the humans in the mansion .
Lark and three of his relatives and three live-in servants …… There were a total of nine people gathered there, including me and Mea .
There were some people that were injured, but not something that will take their life .
“So that was Abel-dono’s wooden puppet . Really, thank god . I didn’t expect so many magic beasts to enter the territory……”
“If it weren’t for Abel-sama’s wooden puppet, it would have been really, really dangerous . Thank you……”
“That puppet, like the one that was smashing a first-class instrument made by a craftsman in Royal Capital by throwing it around……”
“Thank you! I don’t know what I would have done if it weren’t for Abel-sama!”
Lark’s relatives and servants thanked him verbally .
But Lark himself was pale and trembling .
“Ma, Marias is not here……”
Hearing those words, the expression of all the people in the building darkened and looked down .
Among the faces of the remaining servants, Marias was not among the remaining servants .
Finally, the enemy side’s intentions came into view, and it made sense .
“Don’t worry, she shouldn’t have been killed . Probably …… eh, they took her hostage . ”
“Hostages?”
“Yes, I heard that two spirit beasts also jumped into Mea’s room . They might have thought it would be a card against me and tried to attack me in priority . ”
The reason he turned the spirit animal against me was probably because he was thinking that he was lucky and could take me by surprise .
It may be that he only sent one of them to me because he thought it would be useless to have several of them facing me .
“Perhaps…… some influential people have been taken out of village as well . Let’s ask around to see if anyone has seen a spirit beast that escaped with a person in its mouth . ”
They should be showing us where they escaped on purpose .
Perhaps…… this raid is a letter of challenge against me .
My opponent, who has decided that his territory will recover, is trying to move me into a direct confrontation with him .
It may also be a threat to me, saying that I can turn the spirit beasts against them and certainly bring death to the territory .
In any case, if the predictions were correct, there would be some missing people .
If Ringus is among them, we can already see it as a certainty .
But when I think about it, there’s one thing that’s stuck in my mind .
He knows that I have defeated Nalgarn, Hamelin, and Icarus, and he wants a direct confrontation with me, that’s the point .
I don’t think they still have something more in depth than…… reproduction Nalgarn to hide behind .
I may have underestimated my enemy somehow, because it was surprisingly smooth, despite all the problems I’ve had so far .
I have to brace myself, too .
Maybe, the place that they’re luring me out may have some kind of terrible trap .
I have to be fully vigilant .
“…… Abel, your face is loose . ”
Mea made a tube with her hand and sneakily gave me an earful .
I hurriedly adjusted my expression and looked ahead to see Lark looking at me with resentful eyes .
I-…… I’m sorry .
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