109 – Virgin’s Prayer (2)

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“Okay, go back.”

As if it was annoying, Selina’s figure gesturing lightly shone in the moonlight.

It was because the information that one of the demons had just reported to her was very disturbing.

“What the hell are you going to do after leaving the academy tonight…”

The story of the discovery of two piercing ships of the elves who were sneaking out of the academy a while ago.

Selina’s eyes narrowed because she had a rough idea of the list of people who would be on board, but she couldn’t keep track of the purpose.

Moreover, since the two drilling ships were heading in different directions, Selina’s head only got more complicated.

One ship went in a straight line toward the domain of the demons they were staying in.

The other ship went to an old castle located in a more remote location, where traces of pain and fear remained that Selina did not want to recall.

‘It’s safe to say that Ian is coming to challenge us head-to-head with this one ship… The remaining one ship is the problem.’

Of course, the head-to-head match with the awakened Ian cannot be ignored either.

However, for some reason, a vague sense informed me that the one to keep an eye on was the other drilling ship.

Is it more secure safety, or is it a gamble based on anxiety?

Selina, who had tapped her cheek a few times, then called Mine, who was waiting for an order outside the door.

“Tell me to prepare to meet you. Not a single one is missing.”

The method Selina chose was the third option, not aiming for either side.

After destroying the perforated ships flying in a straight line towards them on the way, as soon as they win the battle, they immediately advance towards the castle where the other ships are headed.

Even Ian alone is close to impossible to kill all the demons, including himself.

Because this side has the means of attacking the spirit world, which can be said to be his weakness.

Therefore, if their forces are divided in half and are operating, it is good as it is, and if this is a simple fake, it is reasonable to shoot it down on the way and chase the other ship.

‘I’ve completely recovered my strength now.’

Now, Ian’s ankle can be held tenaciously and stretched.

The human side lost the Sword Saint, and the princess, a colorless magic user like herself, was also unable to use her strength due to the shock.

A deep smile fell on Selina’s face when she judged that Seunggi was leaning this way.

“…Because Ian can’t win anyway.”

It was a tone of voice that seemed to have nothing to do with the safety of the demons. Selina had only one goal.

To put it in a common expression, if I can’t have it, I will break it.

But since he couldn’t kill Ian, he decided to kill all the other women around him.

“Come to think of it, these days, I feel like my mother doesn’t give me a spirit oracle.”

Even if they are called devils, gods are gods.

Selina felt that she had suddenly lost contact with her mother, whom she had been able to communicate with through trust.

“…Well, you must be busy.”

Because you were the one who couldn’t catch the species from before.

A voluminous dress that looks like an aurora drawn in the dark night sky.

Selina, who was tidying up the ends, rose from the throne.

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“So, if you go back to the place where Berry died, you can revive Berry, right?”

“That’s right. Since Berry-sama left this world without leaving a body, we need to trace the traces of Berry-sama’s soul.”

The deck of a skyship that swims fast in the night sky, where you can’t see an inch ahead.

Ian Cedric tilted his head at Grace.

“…I don’t think I’ve heard anywhere that a saintess has such power.”

“It’s literally a power that only a saintess can use.”

So it’s natural that you don’t know, Grace doesn’t think it’s a big deal.

Ian threw a series of embarrassing questions to Grace.

“Then, why did you say that you could save Berry now? If you needed to be prepared… It was a problem that could have been reported to Her Highness in advance. Why do you have to…”

“It’s a bad habit to pry into a woman’s secrets, Ian Cedric.”

Liliciana, who had been silently watching the situation, began to glar at Ian.

The light purple jewel glows in the dark, and you can feel that strange pressure all the more.

“…There’s something I don’t know.”

“…”

Ian looked at Lilithiana and Grace alternately with a sigh.

She blatantly avoids Ian’s gaze.

If they knew what the maiden’s prayer was like, everyone would be against it.

Grace and Lilithiana decided to keep the detailed effects a secret from everyone.

“Anyway, in the meantime, Grace and I have become defenseless, unable to do anything. Even though divine power is overflowing in the land of demons.”

“So, in the meantime, we must protect Her Highness and Grace…you mean?”

“Yes, I know.”

Lilithiana nodded with a refreshing smile.

How many times have you seen a real smile? How can people change so much just with the possibility of saving someone they love?

Ian Cedric let out an empty laugh at the absurdity.

Basically, demons and divinity are completely opposite points.

Therefore, demons react sensitively to divine power, and similarly, those with divine power react sensitively to demons.

Grace’s constant reluctance toward Selina was the same logic.

Ian was given an order to protect Grace and Lilithiana from the demons attacking them with crab foam while they revived Berry.

-Unknowingly, you kept pretending to be my knight, my subordinate, Ian Cedric. This is the first and last command. watch over us

A knight’s outer skin, taken according to the will of a friend who no longer exists in this world.

However, since he had never moved to protect a single person in his life, Ian was questioning whether he was acting properly.

In the meantime, given the opportunity to take comfort in the fact that at least the outer skin was a knight.

Ian Cedric swore to protect Lilithiana’s lively eyes, the first time he had seen him since becoming a knight.

on your own sword.

And for a friend who left first.

It was because there was something I really wanted to say when I met him again.

‘As expected, I don’t think this kind of thing suits me.’

keep your girl

Even if death comes, overcome it and live like a tenacious person and watch over it.

In order to honor his friend’s will and proudly reclaim the responsibility that had been arbitrarily passed on to him, Ian Cedric chanted softly to the night sky.

“Selina, Selina Callie…”

surely you will come here I have a hunch that I will be able to meet you soon.

Ian chewed on the feeble crush that was dormant in his heart.

“So… it must be my role to kill you.”

Secretly gripping Durandal’s handle, Ian’s eyes sank like an abyss.

“We’re landing!! The airship has now arrived at the borderline of the demon side!!”

At the same time, each of them begins to make their final preparations for battle.

Bianca Lopez.

Elania Refre.

Irene Justia and her party members.

Grace.

Lilithiana Ekaterina.

Ian Cedric.

And even the other student council members who followed Irene’s persuasion.

If he brought in a student who could not even take the next seat, there was a fear that the number of useless people would increase, and even if he did not get caught, he was at best a prey for the devil.

Lilithiana and Irene directly ordered the knights of the Empire and the Justia family to secretly follow them on horseback this time and leave the retreat open.

The eyes of one of the knights of the empire became strangely narrow, but Liliciana did not bear to notice him and arrived here.

“Her Highness the Princess!!!”

The two of them who have to act most swiftly than anyone else.

Grace called out Lilithiana and ran towards the short-distance Jeonjin.

“okay!!”

Following her, Lilithiana climbed onto the front line.

snap.

The figures of the girls holding hands disappeared, appearing with light in an all-too-familiar scene.

As the two lower their heads together, Liliciana recalls that day with a painful expression on her face.

“…It’s okay. We’ll see you again soon.”

Saying that, Grace clasped her hand tighter.

“You’ve memorized all the prayers, right?”

“yes.”

Even if you just recite it, it is an enormous amount of prayer that lasts for 30 minutes.

The girls knelt down on the bush under the tree where they could feel the warmth of the berry at any moment and began to recite the maiden’s prayer.

“”I hope that the Lord, who is like the sky, will shine light on this person again with grace like the river… .””

Whoa!

At the same time, a white light filled with sacredness hovered around Lilithiana and Grace and soared into the sky.

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On the deck of a crashed and wrecked drilling ship.

Seeing a pillar of light soaring high into the sky in the distance, Selina’s teeth snapped and gnashed.

“…We have to stop it.”

That light is definitely a spell that can be said to be Grace’s last resort to revive the dead.

Even at that time, ‘It’s possible because I have Ian-nim in my heart.’ I was relieved because he said… Apparently, that bitch had a crush on the Sword Saint at some point.

“Move quickly!! Come on!!”

Selina’s cracked voice felt that the anxiety had taken shape and was approaching.

Following Ian, the Sword Saint, who uses even his own death as a means of attack, should never be left alive, so Selina accelerated even more.

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sniff sniff.

Finn has been sniffing like a starving dog ever since.

Oh, come to think of it, we haven’t eaten anything in years, have we?

I asked because it was strange to keep smelling when a body that was already dead would not feel any appetite.

“what’s the matter?”

“…What does it smell like?”

… ? What do you smell like?

sniff sniff. Even if you move the tip of your nose, all you can feel is the foul stench of demons, the smell of rotten river water, and the smell of blood.

His eyebrows twitched as there was nothing special.

“I can’t smell anything? What’s wrong, aren’t you already senile?”

No matter how much I’m a swordsman master, I don’t want to take care of a dementia patient… .

The moment I turned my head while thinking about such a silly joke.

“…”

seemed

A speck of light, the size of a speck of light, that appeared at the mouth of the river that passed into hell.

“… Hey, I was wondering if I could see anything empty, but do you see that too?”

“What a mysterious sphere. Light in hell is quite rare…”

oh fuck

It seems that what I saw was not an illusion.

“…I was going to give that bitch Grace a real ideological change.”

Horrible.

Very different from usual, a feeling of tension that made my hair stand on end stabbed my heart.

“No matter how you look at it, it seems that the demons across the river are obsessed with that sphere.”

In our time, it was a reaction that a person who had delicious food in front of their eyes would show, but this time it was different.

Almost the same reaction as finding a handful of white powder that drug addicts couldn’t stand withdrawal symptoms and constantly craved.

The patience of the devils, who were at their peak because of us, is on the verge of running out.

“…Pin, pull out your sword.”

“Hmm.”

Silently pulling out the Solaris, the pin aimed at them.

“You don’t have to ask me why.”

“There was always a reason for your actions. I just trust my disciple.”

“From now on, that sphere of light will soon turn into a portal. Our goal is to prevent demons from entering that portal.”

“…Simple.”

Before long, demons began to fill the other side of the river with red color.

Now it seemed to be a number close to tens of thousands beyond the thousands.

“Simple is crazy.”