Chapter 151 - 151. Zagoras and Ekis (1)

After getting a confession from Jeto.

There were no big changes.

Jetto gave me a friendly smile as usual, and I still couldn't express my feelings for him.

'Expression' was a lot more difficult than I thought.

After confirming Jeto's feelings, he was insanely happy and good... Maybe that's why.

If you stand in front of him, your hair will turn white and you will become an idiot.

Today, I couldn't even answer his words properly. It would be better if I acted without hesitation, driven by desire.

Blanc suggested dating, but it didn't seem easy to confess in this state.

After all, if he had answered something instead of running away, would it have been different from now?

It was a meaningless story, but on the other hand, I couldn't erase my regret.

Oh, if there is another change, Kaen from Class A and Class C has skipped classes.

It's an unusual thing, but I didn't pay much attention to it.

Since she seemed familiar with Jetto, she could have been called another competitor, but... Jetto said she liked me.

Rather, it seemed that Jeto's kindness to other women was starting to annoy her.

Anyway, in order to release Zeto's curse, it was necessary to get ahead of them and reach the destination of 'Kiss'.

Now that I have taken a meaningful step in such a situation.

My desire to live grew stronger.

Now that I have come to know this kind of joy and happiness.

There had to be no further return, no return of everything to nothingness.

The demons that Edward met in his fantasy.

It was a very familiar face to me, even if others did not know it.

It was Murka, the head of the demons who slaughtered the clan and the one who turned me into a lab rat.

The meeting with Murka, which was not expected at all, became an opportunity to recall the horrors of 'that day' for quite a long time.

Thanks to her, her feet are busy.

Zeto's curse, of course. I had to come up with the best move to survive.

The most important thing in the process is the safety of jetting. I didn't want to see his sacrifice this time.

Anyway, Krektar is already dead, so there are four left.

Among them, Ekis and Albed remain except for Murka, who is in the land of demons, and Zagoras, who can be said to have a difficult status to catch.

Albed was so cunning that it was very difficult to find him.

However, Ekis is different.

Ekis can be found.

She has her own characteristics.

Again, it belonged to an axis that was easy to track.

However, it was a hassle to ask Blanc every time because the area in which they were active was wide, so it seemed like they were wandering.

Well, not all of them are good at finding them.

There was also a time when I went to find her Ekis out of vengeance and got her slaughtered in an instant.

With the exception of Krektar, who has a unique 'eating habit', all other four have black horns. In the beginning of the regression, it was difficult to deal with even one person.

'...Now it's a different story.'

I ran across the rooftops with my eyes on the darkened city.

According to information, a corpse was recently discovered in the city, 'displayed' in a strange form.

'I should still be in this city...'

The reason why you can find Ekis wandering here and there is simple.

She has peculiar tastes.

A very disgusting taste of sucking the life out of humans and then displaying it like a work of art.

All of the corpses suffered by the demons are thoroughly controlled by the Knights, but I was able to reach them in time because I had Blanc.

Where did you get this information from?

It was the information that Ekis himself, who had been torturing me, gave me.

He said he was making art.

Art is like this.

He said he wanted to write you as my work someday.

As a test subject, Ekis often told me such terrible stories.

Maybe it's because she overcame the fear of torture for a long time, so now she only looks like a crazy bitch.

Was there a summit among the demons chasing me in the first place? There was no one, just lunatics who seemed to have a screw missing somewhere.

As I was walking on the roof, I noticed that the barrier was touching my body.

It was a well-organized barrier.

Even though it was a barrier that was spread out with the power of the demons, not a single bit of magic was leaking out.

This is the part where you can feel the thoroughness of the demons who opened the barrier.

A barrier wrapped around this small building beneath my feet.

"..."

It was so quiet inside the barrier that I couldn't hear the noise that I should have heard from outside.

But that silence is short-lived.

ㅡQuaaaaa!!!!

A scream echoes inside the building.

A perfect soundproof barrier with no clumsy points, well-organized with Magi. And a scream, presumably human, coming from within.

There were many inexplicable parts to say that it was the work of demons who had nested in it.

There is only one answer.

Ekis.

The disgusting meal of Ekis, who only sucks the vitality after being tortured until death, is being done down here.

ㅡChulkkeok.

I immediately took out the thunderbolt spear from my bosom and opened it.

Paradoxically, if Ekis has anything to thank, it is that she has become insensitive to most pain thanks to her torture, and that she has learned how to torture better.

In particular, the knowledge of torture was very useful in this episode.

Unfortunately, Ekis will not be able to exhibit the work this time.

No, how about exhibiting yourself as your final piece?

It wasn't a bad idea.

As a bonus, I have a question.

How long can a competent torture technician survive torture?

***

That's how Eisel met Ekis, and around the time when he was fighting.

In another city, an unknown demon was dying.

The demons collapsed without being able to resist the monster that attacked them.

"Kuuuuu..."

The demons who were still hiding were struggling to get to the floor while moaning in pain.

The combination of the two men and women slowly following the demons was a very strange picture on the surface.

A blind man with white bandages around his eyes and a girl with pure white hair.

Either way, the tendons in his ankles were cut and he was not getting along well with the Demons, who were leaking black blood.

Meanwhile, the blind man asks the girl.

What I heard through the demon's ears was a terrifying question that sent goosebumps all over my body.

"Should I keep him alive?"

As if the current situation was nothing, a voice that was uttered like a normal conversation.

He didn't even have time to think about why he was asking such a question, and why he kept himself alive instead of killing himself.

However, thinking that his life depended on the answer to that question, the demon stopped crawling and turned over to look at them.

"Please... Please save me..."

The demons prayed.

He touched her hands and prayed to the point of starting a fire.

Before long, the girl's cool gaze reaches him.

The girl's red eyes didn't show the emotions that every human should feel.

Was it the girl right in front of her eyes?

No, is 'human' correct?

"...Let's save it for now."

"Well, whatever is convenient."

The two of them left behind the desperate voice of the demon and had such a conversation, and soon the girl crouched down and looked down at her demon.

"This is the organ that stores energy. Anyway, why is it shaped like a horn? I think it would be more efficient to have it inside the body."

The demons were being 'observed'.

The girl's eyes were focused directly on the horn growing on his forehead.

The demon quickly shook his head.

The girl who had now approached his nose appeared to be carrying no weapons.

The blind man over there certainly had unusual skills.

He was supposed to be an opponent who had no chance of winning just by precisely cutting off the tendon of his ankle, but the girl was different.

Unlike the blind man, he didn't feel any overwhelming energy, so he seemed to have a good chance.

'I don't know what kind of relationship the two have, but it is certain that they are close.'

Eventually, the demons come to a conclusion.

Having come to the conclusion of taking the girl in front of her as a hostage, the demon immediately raises her back up and wraps her neck around her neck with her arm, which was fine unlike her legs.

"Don't come any closer...!"

Then he pointed a finger at the girl's head and warned.

"Joe, if you move even a little, you know that these two years will not live...!"

"..."

However, the blind man did not take any action, disregarding the demon's desperate warning.

Can't you see what's going on right now?

I'm blind, so I guess I need a more detailed explanation.

The Demon, who was suspicious of the blind man's lukewarm response, explained the current situation in more detail.

"I-I'm holding this bitch as a hostage...! There's a hole in this bitch's head?!"

"..."

Even after a sufficient explanation, the blind man merely scratched his head and did not even reach for the sword at his waist.

It was the same for the girl that there was no agitation.

The girl, who was holding her arm around her neck, naturally turned her head to see his fingers pointing at her head.

"This is Magiro. It's definitely a different form of energy than Mana. It has a very similar aura to the tears of the dead that we saw in Zeto's heart the other day."

The girl's careful analysis continued even in the immediate situation of her being held hostage.

"Tears of the Dead...? Heart...?"

The demons couldn't follow their story at all.

However, the blind man always ignores the demon's words and talks to the girl.

"Hmm... I wonder if it's similar in that it converts life force into energy. Well, that jewel must have been made by some crazy demon in the first place."

"I see. Is this the end of the amount of magic you have?"

The girl stopped talking to the blind man and looked at her demon tribe and asked.

It wasn't a question to ask the demon holding him hostage, but the demon, thinking that he was ignoring him, collected all the demon energy and focused it on his fingers instead of answering.

"Don't ignore me..."

Only then did the girl's eyes widen.

Did you even feel fear?

Touched by such a thought, the demon continued to warn once more. He had to take control of this crazy situation.

"Do you understand the situation now? If I die, you will also die. I touched the wrong person. I will not die in this place! I, Kundral, am a demon who will become a black horn one day!!"

In the deserted alleyway, Kundral's threat and solemn declaration echoes.

The blind man who nodded lightly at this opened his mouth.

"Ah, I'm Jorgal, though I don't have horns."

Jorgal, isn't it a demonic name?

Even before that question dissipated, the girl's lips opened as she gazed at Kundral's fingers with serious eyes.

"...Is this the end of Magi?"

"...It's over."

"Strange. That's way too little compared to the amount of energy that Tears of the Dead hold."

"Even if we couldn't shed the tears of the dead, the lives of hundreds and thousands of people would have gone into it... It's only natural!!"

Weren't you scared?

As the girl's analysis continued once again, Kundral raised his voice and became angry.

"...Then how many humans did you kill and accumulate that power?"

"How many...? I've never counted that... About 20...?"

"About 20 people will have this amount of magic. I understand."

"Ah, yes."

"..."

Unexpectedly, Kundral, who answered the question obediently, recalled the absurd conversation from just before.

"...Stop asking questions."

Thinking that he might be playing with them, Kundral endured the anger that was rising to the tips of his heads and slowly drew his magic circle with the magic tools stored at the tips of his fingers.

It was an act that showed his sincerity.

Why can't these guys understand the situation? The girl's hair looks like it's going to fly off, how can she be so relaxed?

The answer to that question was known only after the girl's voice continued.

"It's okay. We've run out of questions anyway. After this..."

Soon after, a clicking sound is heard from the girl's arm, who was speechless.

That strange sound that could have been made by something like a machine was definitely coming from the girl's arm. Then, the girl's arm splits and a sharp blade emerges from the split.

"After all, he wasn't human...!"

Startled as if his eyeballs were about to pop out, Kundral quickly tried to cast his spell.

ㅡSuddenly!

Just like that, the girl's blade slashed her wrist.

"Click ahhhhh !!!"

Kundral's scream continued.

"...I think it would be better to disassemble it yourself and find out."

A clicking sound continues and all sorts of blades start to come out of the girl's body. She still had no emotion in her red eyes.

Then the 'dissolution' began.

Jetto turned his back on the horrific sight that was difficult to describe. The scene was so cruel that Sierra, who was next to Jeto, frowned.

However, Zepeti was collecting information from Kundral casually.

Jetto, who heard Kundral's endless screams in his ears, thought that it was a good idea to set up a soundproofing barrier in advance.

They were currently collecting data to make the machines of the alien species, that is, Zepeti, into 'anti-demon weapons'.

However, there was a bit of embarrassment on Jeto's face, who did not know that data collection would be a deconstruction analysis show.

By the time the thought crossed his mind that he was asking Petty, who is obviously her sister, to dissect her demons.

ㅡ Beep.

Inside Zeto's arms, a beep sounded at a steady rate.

Zeto's excellent hearing didn't miss that small sound that could have been buried by Kundral's scream.

'Crystal ball...'

Jetto took out the portable crystal ball he had previously received from Saint Bernice from his bosom.

Jetto then speaks to Zepetty, who was on the other side of him.

"Zepetti, call me for a second."

"..."

I don't know if the expression currency is used in this world, but Zeppetti, whose face and clothes were splattered with demonic black blood, nodded as if he understood it well.

After escaping from the barrier, Zeto pours mana into the crystal ball.

I haven't heard from him for a while since I gave him the information about Zagoras, so I wonder if there's any progress.

"This is Jetto."

As Jeto said that to the crystal ball, a crackling sound came from the crystal ball, and Bernice's voice was heard.

[Jetto, are you awake? ]

"What am I..."

[ I must have told you to take a break... ]

"...I didn't do much. I didn't catch too many Demons."

[You mean you got caught? ]

"...About three or four people..."

Even though he was hearing it through the crystal ball, the voice of Jetto, who vividly pictured Bernice's face with a cool smile in his head, gradually diminished as he continued to speak.

"...Sorry."

[Puhyuk... You'll have to accept the crime of violating your superior's order. ]

Bernice, who had such a cute attitude, smiled lightly.

"So what's going on? Maybe..."

[ ...Yes, according to the information, Delion, the vice-captain of the Golden Lion Knights, was undoubtedly a demon. ]

Delion was the human status of Zagoras, the demon.

Zagoras.

One of the demons chasing Eisel.

It was difficult to touch because of his status, so what Jeto had entrusted to Bernice was finally showing results.

"As long as there is a solid witness or evidence..."

Wouldn't it be possible to go to subjugation?

It was around the time Jeto was about to say that.

Bernice's voice from the crystal ball cut off his words.

[ ...The evidence is now in my hands. ]

"What is that?"

Jeto's question was purely curious about the situation.

We hear Bernice's calm and relaxed voice answering this.

[ If it's Delion's neck with a black horn on his forehead, you can see it as proof. Can there be any stronger evidence than this? ]

"Yes...?"

A question mark is drawn on Jetto's face at Bernice's answer, which seems to have gone beyond a certain level.

Bernice's voice that follows confirms this.

***

[ Yes...? ]

From the crystal ball, Jeto's unflattering answer is heard.

What on earth does he see the saintess as?

Could it be that he thought that Delion had only figured out that he was a demon during this long time?

Bernice, disapproving of Jetto, who seemed to be underestimating himself, raised the horn in his hand and answered Jetto, making eye contact with 'the thing that was Delion'.

"The subjugation has just ended. Now all that remains is to take this and go to the Golden Lion Knights."

In any case, I wonder if this eased Zeto's burden a little bit.

Delion and Zagoras were quite difficult demons even for her saintess, Bernice.

Rather than being picky about military force, it must have been easy from a simple investigation due to the nature of his status.

To learn more about the subjugation process of Zagoras, we need to go back to the time when Eisel visited Bernice a few days ago.