130 – symbol-8

It makes no sense. There was no way that the goddess who hadn’t said anything until now would appear to have prayed, ‘officially’.

But something was felt. The soft light, the impulse that guides me, or the revelation.

“I can feel the divine power… No way.”

Farseer looked at me without a word. Celia was running from far away.

“Something. That! Enerel… Could it be?”

The silver-haired saintess was running towards me, looking straight at me.

“It’s the power of a goddess. I don’t understand it… but that’s how all the actions of a god are originally. Congratulations, Enerel.”

clenched it tightly. It was hard to think that the goddess wanted something from me now.

If I were going to tell you, I could have done it sooner. Why don’t you come now, like this.

“this…”

Before I had time to say anything, Celia grabbed my hand.

“Celia, how did you know?”

She hesitated for a moment, but then opened her mouth.

“For a while… God didn’t answer. But just as I was praying, I felt something. Something for Enerel.”

There were so many dubious parts, but it was as if I knew nothing about God.

“I could clearly feel Enerel. As if a goddess was guiding me…”

“Has it been like that before?”

“No. Back then… He just told me in words. In that warm, friendly voice.”

I knew right away what Celia was talking about. The voice of the goddess was so soft that it could not be explained otherwise.

“The situation is more serious than I thought. Even after escaping from the demon lord’s territory, are you saying you never heard the voice of God?”

Farseer’s small face twisted.

“yes…”

Celia bowed her head in shame.

“Is that serious?”

“It’s not such a big deal if you haven’t heard it from the beginning. But, if the clergy who listen to the voice of God on a daily basis didn’t hear it, the situation was a bit serious. Anyway, I heard a little bit, so it’s okay.”

Farseer turned his head towards me.

“So, what was the goddess saying?”

“Nothing. Just…”

I looked at the mountain that stretched the highest.

“It seems to tell us to keep going, to where we are going.”

/////

There was a huge cave at the bottom of the mountain. A cave so huge that even people who can’t feel magic at all can feel the flow of air.

“Are you sucking up your wishes here…”

Demonic energy flows out. No, it was a little different from what was flowing. That space is a space that sucks in, not a space that lets something out.

So, this is overflowing. The resentment and emotions inside of it go beyond the limit and pile up again and again, and then come out without being able to fill the inside.

“Is there a god in this?”

“Some people believed so, but I guess not.”

Unicorn shook his head. The way the horse turned its head in refusal was a very strange gesture.

“If there was a God, he wouldn’t have let this situation go unnoticed.”

“but…”

It was a space too arbitrary for a god to live in, and it didn’t seem like the emotions and demons that flowed into it were being managed.

“Originally, what kind of gods were there, do you know anything?”

“There are people who can guess in the language of the unicorn… but not in the human language. Even if they knew, it wouldn’t help because it’s been a long time. Humans call gods arbitrarily. Sometimes they call the same god, and they call different gods together. also do.”

“Hmm…”

It was a word that made me wonder about the age of the unicorn. It was difficult for me to understand, it seemed that I had been protecting this place from the distant past.

“Inside, there must be monsters that have become lumped into them. You can defeat them all without thinking too hard.”

“What else do I need to do?”

“Go deep inside and defeat all the monsters that exist. Purification beyond that… I wish I could do it, but I don’t expect it.”

It’s nothing complicated, it’s just a kind of sewer cleaning. Even if you can’t remove the grease stain, if you can break through the blockage, that’s enough.

After checking the status of the party members for the last time, I slowly entered the cave.

“Ceres, are you really okay?”

The cave was not small, and it took quite a lot of luggage to bring the items necessary for survival and the minimum amount of food.

Packed tightly into a huge backpack like the one I used, she was following us with a tired body.

“You don’t have to push yourself too hard.”

“Well, to be honest, I’m kind of tired.”

I still couldn’t understand the identity of the maid, but she was the one who left the imperial palace for no reason and followed me until the end.

It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t sorry.

“I’m sorry. It’s my fault.”

“Maybe… I don’t know.”

She gave me a look of resentment, which I had never shown before.

The maid uniform, which I had become so accustomed to, felt unfamiliar to me.

“Did I disappoint you?”

“To be honest, I was very disappointed. I don’t want to blame you, but…”

I couldn’t even guess what kind of image she saw and followed me, or what I had to do for her.

Perhaps, even not knowing that would be disappointing to Ceres.

“Well, it’s okay! Now if you think you’re almost there, you can bear it!”

“Are you all here?”

“If this is over, you can get the corpse of the unicorn, and the demon dragon… heh, if you get the heart of the demon dragon, you’ll complete the goal, right?”

Ceres had a beautiful smile that made her fall in love.

“That’s… that’s right.”

“Apart from being disappointed, it doesn’t change that I am a devoted maid. Always willing to serve and love my master is the same!”

“thank you.”

Despite his deteriorating condition, the load on his back did not seem heavy. Despite his small stature, he may have a well-trained body.

“Celia… looks fine.”

“For now, no problem.”

After meeting Shin, Celia seemed to be able to distinguish who she really was.

“Have you seen the hallucinations yet?”

“It doesn’t matter. It pops up every now and then, but as long as you know where the real thing is in the first place, hallucinations aren’t a hindrance at all. Just ignore them.”

“Hmm…”

The greatest danger of fantasies is that they become unable to distinguish between truth and lies. If you know for sure what is true and what is false, you can ignore it like a blind spot.

“Well, if it’s inside there, it’ll be no problem even if I pour out my holy power.”

It’s a place that wouldn’t be strange even if it was full of monsters. Even if you pour divine power at will, some of the monsters will burn and disappear.

“Then let’s go.”

I left the unicorn and the two horses and walked into the cave.

/////

“come!”

A huge monster wearing a crown with gold studded inside greeted me.

“A tremendous guy came out from the beginning!”

Strictly speaking, it wasn’t the first time. The monsters that appeared at the entrance were just a bunch of ghosts with nothing special.

But as soon as I went a little further inside, the gigantic grip of the lying monster swept past me.

“That’s… real. It won’t be like the toys I made.”

“Find your weakness! Celia, ignore me and focus on your attacks!”

I tried to extract the hero’s power just in case, but the power didn’t leak out at all.

It is the power to drive away evil demons. If I had it now, it would have been of great help, but right now I had no choice but to honestly cut down that monster with the Holy Sword, which was only a ‘hard and sharp sword that would not break’.

“synthesis!”

I jumped to avoid the giant grip sweeping the ground, and struck my sword before the hand passed.

I heard a bang. The holy sword could not completely cut through that hand.

“Is it… a skeleton?”

It was covered in demonic energy and I couldn’t see its shape, but at least I could tell that it wasn’t flesh.

It didn’t cut out perfectly, but it seemed like a valid hit.

The monster howled with an indescribable sound. Magi shuddered.

“How did such a monster come out?”

“Prayer… is a kind of divine spell! A divine spell that involves emotions! It’s a monster that combines the desire for wealth, the resentment of those who have wealth, and the greed of those who have wealth in one place!”

“is it…”

It was a bigger monster than I thought. And, it was weaker than Farseer’s grandiose words.

“Celia! Now!”

“I know!”

At the signal, Celia’s sacred flames rained down on the golden monster. It didn’t burn all over its body because of its massive size, but it was enough to limit its movement.

“Haap!”

The wispy intelligence that I felt from the time I prayed clearly showed the weakness of that monster.

“Ooh, ee, ah, ah, aaa!!!”

Among the numerous jewels embedded in the golden crown, the sword was embedded in the darkest and shabby jewel. A disgusting, mushy sensation flowed through the holy sword, as if stabbing a creature.

With a huge scream, the monster collapsed. However, it was too early to celebrate the victory.

“Farseer, how many more do you think there are?”

“Even at a minimum, there are more than three of these guys. There is a high possibility that there will be more.”

“driving me crazy…”

However, it seems that the unicorn was right. I couldn’t leave this horrible space unattended.

Standing up again, gripping my sword, I moved forward.