123 – Moths (4)

After a long absence, Elena was excited.

In fact, it would be unreasonable to say that the two of them, hiding in black clothes and moving away from others, were people going out on a picnic, but Elena didn’t care at all. For her, moving alone with Damian was an outing and a picnic.

The night street of Luden looking down while being held in Damian’s arms was truly beautiful.

I know it’s not the time to leisurely enjoy the scenery, but it’s inevitable that Elena Edelweiss is the one who melts just by being with him.

‘long time no see.’

Elena recalled memories of the past one by one at the familiar scenery unfolding under the shade of the dark night.

Damian probably wouldn’t know, but it wasn’t the first time for her, a regressor, to take a night walk with Damian like this.

In their previous lives, they shared that she was a regressor and that he knew the future, so it was normal for the two of them to secretly go out and kill the heretics like now.

She remembers that it was thanks to these experiences that she narrowed the distance between him and herself, which was as far as the distance between the sun and the moon.

Damian, who was holding Elena, let out a pained sound, probably because he recalled the past memories.

“Helena. Don’t move and stay calm. It’s tickling. What if I fall…”

“Yes. I’ll hold on tight. Very tight.”

“…Well done.”

That’s why Elena really liked this moment.

If walking side by side with him was the end in the past, now I can be hugged by him like this.

If there is one unfortunate thing, is it that he does not try to rely on himself?

Elena looked up at Damian, feeling the warmth in his arms.

His golden eyes, shining brightly even in the dark, were like the sun, but Elena could feel the anxiety inside them.

Yes, the cause of his worries was none other than Elena and himself. Elena knew that he feared that he was exposing himself to danger.

Should I say that this is also different from the past?

Perhaps it was because he knew that Elena was a regressor in the past, instead of worrying, his eyes were reassuring that he was by her side. Because it was a story about loving yourself that much. More than anything else, these feelings were something that could be changed at this opportunity.

Elena, who had been quietly waiting for him, could clearly see Damian’s silent attempt to solve even the matter related to Eltman, even if it was the cultist issue. That the present self had become a precious existence to him that he could not take to the battlefield.

‘You worry too much.’

In fact, he should have already known.

It was easier to solve the problem by joining forces with Elena Edelweiss rather than cooperating with the Sword Saint and the heir to the imperial family. Because it was Elena Edelweiss.

The main character of the novel he read and the solver of everything.

Even if she is not a regressor, her outstanding talent and competence do not change. He must not know that Elena Edelweiss is the best option he can choose to solve the problem.

Even if it was just the life before Elena’s return, it was like that.

He always said that he would live a peaceful life away from the incident, but when the incident was about to explode, he took the lead in stopping it. And the best option he chose was cooperation with Elena.

It would be the difference between the present and the past that he does not make the same choice as then. he’s a stupid man Because he was a warm man. Even if there was an easy path, he would take it if he could do everything to keep his people out of harm’s way.

That’s why you came to Luden and talked to Orcus about everything dangerous. In the past, she would have talked to herself… Elena regretted that.

Could it be that he would not like being protected and loved by him? But Elena wanted him to rely on her a little more.

Not Orcus or the others. This Elena Edelweiss.

It wasn’t that she was jealous of Orcus for making things up.

I know he’s trying to give him only good experiences, but Elena felt the same way. Even if he doesn’t remember, Elena does. How much he sacrificed and devoted himself for himself and for others.

He was a man who deserved to be happy.

And he returned to this moment for his happiness.

After pondering over the resolution she had made a long time ago, Elena made up her mind completely. She said this, trapping Damian in her purple eyes.

“Damian, don’t do anything when we arrive. I’ll take care of everything.”

“Yes? What is that…”

“You know?”

Seeing Elena speak confidently to himself, Damian couldn’t bear to refuse and nodded his head in agreement with her wishes.

Of course, he didn’t think that Elena, who told him to be quiet, that he would be quiet, but he would make him do it. Elena was serious about giving him this opportunity to rely on her.

Although the purpose was to rescue Eltman, the purpose has long since been forgotten.

If he was truly in danger, she would have noticed, and the last time they met at the mansion, she hadn’t taken any action against it.

The distance to Eltman’s location was not long.

It wouldn’t be an illusion that the noise in the streets gets worse the closer you get there.

Elena burrowed into Damian’s arms, hoping that Eltman would have left his share.

“Hee hee, it’s warm…”

“…”

‘Are the two of you on bad terms?’

Of course, Damian, unaware of such circumstances, saw Elena like this and thought about the relationship between the two siblings again, but this was a different story.

***

After releasing the shackles, Eltman got out of the basement and began conquering buildings one after another at high speed.

Being caught by them wasn’t because I didn’t have the ability to deal with them all at once. It was calmly held in preparation for an unexpected reinforcement, but if he knew all of them, there is no reason to worry. There was no hesitation for Eltman, who grasped the strength of the enemies.

Eltman, who freely uses golems and magic, subdued the pagans with unstoppable force.

“Alpha (α)! Beta (β)! Gamma (γ)! Go!!”

“Suddenly?! What is it? Someone released him!!!”

“Mo, I don’t know! aaa!!!!”

“Damn it!! I definitely tied it up with a magic restraint!! Everyone don’t get hit and fight back!! Our position has been revealed anyway. He’s the only way we can live!! Everyone unleash the divine power!!”

Of course, it wasn’t just that the pagans were treated calmly. As if to show that it was not a lie that they had been the antipode of the imperial family for a long time, despite the sudden surprise, they quickly regrouped and blocked the golems that were approaching them.

Even if it was a fake academic society, in reality, all of them were magicians who had a path to magic.

Superhumans with powers that ordinary people can never surpass. In addition, they were not ordinary mana users, but pagans with foreign divine power. Those who use both magic and seongbeop at the same time were not power that one wizard could handle.

Of course, it would be too much to dismiss the Eltman they were dealing with as a mere wizard, but even if they were rotten, they would be incompetent, and once the ranks were completed to some extent, they were able to withstand the Eltman’s golems by maintaining a certain line rather than being pushed unilaterally.

Looking at the current situation, the flow of the battle is completely white.

If you think that each other is in each other’s hands, you don’t know how the situation will go in the future. Eltman wanted to capture them alive and get information about the people in the upper ranks, and in the case of the cultists, they had to capture Eltman in order for them to escape safely.

“Damn!!! Where the hell did so many golems come from? They were all stored in subspace?!”

A harsh curse came out of the mouth of the cultist who was dealing with Eltman’s golem.

Of course, the one who couldn’t afford it was a pagan. The place they were at was Luden, the center of the empire, and it was practically halfway inside the tiger’s mouth.

The reason they were able to survive so far was because Eltman was here, and there was nothing good about taking a long time to subdue Eltman in the yard where the strange imperial army might attack at any moment. Hardly able to gain the upper hand, the cultist who was acting as the leader shouted to his comrades.

“There’s no time! Cut off an arm or a leg, don’t kill but subdue somehow!!!”

The pagans, who had been defensive until now, suddenly changed their momentum at that order.

It wasn’t a very dramatic change. Except for the golem, those who had focused on defense and suppression in the battle against Eltman became more aggressive in attacking Eltman. He could still sense his cautiousness, but he was willing to cut off one of Eltman’s limbs as ordered.

“Why do you do this when everyone knows my skills?”

Eltman was not taken aback. He looked at the aggressive cultists in amazement and waved his hands in the air.

Eltman’s slightly exaggerated hand movements reminded me of an orchestra conductor, and it wasn’t just a feeling. Here and now, Eltman Edelweiss was the conductor. The golems under his control changed their movements to match his command.

It was good to release the power they had been saving, but their impatience became poison.

“The golem comes later! Anyway, secure him first!!”

“If that’s possible.”

Eltman refuted the cultist’s words and operated the golem.

If not all of them, there were definitely some who had their vision narrowed because they could not overcome the pressure of time. Eltman accurately caught those people and prioritized them among the cultists who attacked him, reducing the number of enemies.

If the enemy is stronger, you should strengthen your power accordingly.

I wonder if Eltman couldn’t handle the increased fighting power by opening the divine power. His capacity was sufficient to handle it. Their active offensive was a gap for Eltman, and it was a dissonance that had come a long way from the aligned chords. Eltman quickly filled the position with his own.

“Giant. Charge.”

After confirming that the enemy’s power was reduced, Eltman gave the order.

A gigantic golem that silently protected him beside him when he heard the command. The Giant charged towards the cultists. They didn’t just watch this, but the magic they poured out was not enough to stop the giant’s rush.

“aaa!!!”

“strike.”

Like bowling pins hit by a bowling ball, people scatter in all directions. Eltman cast a restraining spell on those floating in the air, pulling them towards himself, and after checking to see if even one of them was dead, they went into battle again.

“I’m glad they’re all alive.”

It was Eltman who spoke in a bright voice, but to those who heard it, it was something that gave off a creepy feeling.

It was because Eltman’s eyes were too cold to say that he was afraid of murder. It was never a human eye.