|What are you doing here, Transylvania······!|
“Why does it matter what others are doing?”
|······|
Murderer Transylvania.
And next to her, the Frost Duchess.
The expression of the Great Demon facing them twisted.
What was the Frost Duchess, who rules the Northern Region, doing in Elvenguard?
And why on earth was the Murderer Transylvania standing next to her?
The Great Demon couldn’t comprehend the situation unfolding right in front of them.
Though she was on a different path now, Transylvania had once been part of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Moreover, Transylvania originally feared the Great Demon.
Not so much the Great Demon itself, but rather the ‘person’ behind him.
However, Transylvania was merely a bit tense at first.
She glanced sideways at the Great Demon and quickly revealed her combat intent, stepping forward.
This surprised the Great Demon greatly.
|Aren’t you afraid······?|
“What? Are you talking about being abandoned by ‘Him’? You’re hilarious.”
|······|
Caught.
She let slip the fact that ‘His’ power had vanished.
Now the Great Demon had neither the qualification nor the strength to open the door to ‘Him’.
Noticing this, Transylvania now gazed directly at the Great Demon.
She was about to pounce at any moment.
“I don’t know who you are, but since you’re an enemy of Yoo Jin, I must kill you. If you surrender quietly, you might have a chance to live. How about begging for mercy in front of Yoo Jin?”
|Stop talking nonsense······!|
“Then we’re going to fight?”
Her expression turned icy as Yerina tightened her grip on her sword.
The Great Demon felt that there was no longer room for compromise.
Though it was their first encounter, the Frost Duchess was already fully prepared for battle with hostile intent.
|AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!|
“·····?”
Suddenly, the Great Demon burst out laughing, causing Yerina to tense up.
“Oh right, you’re the one who supposedly made the mayor of Cologne your minion·····!”
Not a lightweight opponent at all.
Yerina thought so and began to get fully ready.
Being a being from another realm, she couldn’t predict what kind of attack might come her way when—
“What are you doing, Frost Duchess! Attack at once!”
“Huh? But what if it does something—”
“That guy’s main body is weak enough for you to take down with one hand!”
“······?!”
Transylvania yelled out and leapt forward.
Weak?
Someone who radiated such intense demonic energy couldn’t possibly be weak.
As Transylvania soared, causing sharp winds with her sword, the Great Demon released a massive amount of demonic energy all around like shedding a skin.
The field of vision was obscured in an instant.
As Yerina spread the mana in the atmosphere to disperse the demonic energy, the Great Demon was already escaping back into the dungeon.
“No······. You’re spending this much energy just to run away?”
“That’s just how he is. His talent lies solely in fleeing or parasitizing the powers of others. Even if he used all that demonic energy for a fight, he couldn’t beat me.”
“Then if you’re so weak you can’t beat someone like you, you must be really weak. Unexpected. I thought I’d have to gamble my life to fight a Great Demon.”
“······.”
Weakling.
Transylvania couldn’t help but stiffen in her expression at those words for the first time.
Only the Frost Duchess could treat a murderer like this.
She wanted to argue back, but
Realistically, Yerina would just knock Transylvania down again, insisting on proving herself with a rematch, so she stayed silent.
“Thank you, Frost Duchess······!”
“The Frost Duchess has come!”
“Palana has come to support Elvenguard!”
Suddenly, the area became noisy.
Reinforcements for Elvenguard had arrived.
As the wounded were taken care of and defenses against the dungeon were strengthened, praises for Yerina erupted from all sides.
Yerina simply found it irritating and turned away.
“Hello, Frost Duchess. I am Rex, a high warrior of Elvenguard. Thank you for dealing with the enemy while reinforcements were delayed.”
“The defenses look pretty sloppy. At this rate, Elvenguard might get conquered in reverse.”
“······.”
“If you need defenses, how about I help out?”
“Sure. Those elves don’t look trustworthy at all, so you should keep an eye on things, Transylvania.”
Standing aside in front of the dungeon, the Frost Duchess entered Elvenguard, following the high warrior’s guidance.
‘They said they called me because of the dungeon. But no one mentioned that dungeon belongs to the Great Demon······.’
It was a little, no, a lot disconcerting.
Elvenguard had requested support, so she came to assess the situation and decide whether to send troops.
She certainly didn’t expect a battle to break out right from the start.
The Great Demon was actually someone only seen as weak in the realm of transcendent beings like Transylvania and Yerina.
If it were to face regular soldiers, it seemed likely it could crush tens of thousands alone.
This high warrior looked strong enough.
But it was clear to her that they’d fall short against the Great Demon.
If she burned through her lifespan entirely, she might be able to fight evenly, but above all, an elf who places importance on their lifespan wouldn’t commit such a suicidal act.
‘It seems quite urgent.’
Passing through Elvenguard, she noticed quite a few mercenaries lounging around.
For elves, who are usually wary of outsiders, to allow mercenaries in their city was quite something.
Moreover, many citizens seemed to have their belongings packed and ready for evacuation.
She felt the reality that Elvenguard was in a precarious situation.
Now that they couldn’t bring in mercenaries, it seemed they were resorting to hiring foreign help.
It didn’t look like Elvenguard’s status would easily return to its former glory.
As Yerina began to feel a bit sympathetic, she suddenly heard the noisy sounds of carriages approaching from the back.
Two carriages raced side by side as if in a competition, arriving nearly simultaneously.
As the two doors swung open, two women stepped out from opposite sides.
“Huh······?”
“Long time no see, Frost Duchess?”
“Wh-Why is the Frost Duchess······?”
Despite recognizing the carriage design, when the Priestess, Jill Diner, and the Witch, Yulia Petenburg, stepped out, Yerina was left utterly dumbfounded, letting out a sigh.
These three had once come together for a common purpose.
Since that day, she thought they’d never meet again.
Here they were, gathered once more in the same place.
It was too unlikely to consider it mere coincidence.
The three slowly realized the reason they had gathered here, their eyes widening.
“Wait?! No way!”
One common denominator among the three.
Yoo Jin.
.
.
.
It’s coming.
What I must face.
My karma has returned.
I felt my heart racing and instinctively knew it.
“Yoo······ Jin······.”
Fumbling.
A nameless being grabbed the hem of my sleeve, calling my name.
This was the nameless being who regained control of her body after Kali fainted in shock from Belphegor’s attack.
“Hm······.”
As I placed my hand on her head and stroked it, she closed her eyes, enjoying it, and let out a moan.
Then at one point,
The nameless being placed her hand on her chest and spoke.
“I also······ help······.”
“······?!”
Something began to shine within the nameless being’s chest.
As the nameless being withdrew her hand from her chest, a dark red light swirled out, forming a circular shape.
This was once again shaped from her hand and compressed into a familiar form.
[Kali’s Dead Soul]
[Status: Good]
[This is a magical tool created by processing the Dead Soul of the Great Druid Kali. It will bloom at the appropriate time.]
[Accumulation: 0/62,500]
She had reverted Kali’s soul back to the form of a Mana Stone.
With only her own strength!
Then, the nameless being held out Kali’s Dead Soul as if to say, “Take this.”
“No. No, put it back.”
“Uh huh······.”
“Seriously, what the heck? The accumulation has reset to 0?!”
The nameless being looked a bit sulky.
At that moment, I felt the world around me spinning.
The accumulation had dropped back to 0.
That meant I couldn’t revert Kali back to her soul state until I accumulated over 60,000 points once again.
My entire plan was on the verge of collapsing.
As I racked my brain for a solution,
Noticing my distress, the nameless being started to fidget with Kali’s Dead Soul again.
“······!”
Kali’s Dead Soul began to dissolve and shift into a fluid form.
Once more, it became a dark red light swirling at the tip of the nameless being’s finger, forming a circular shape.
With her hands brought together, she pulled it toward her chest, slowly letting it seep into her, losing its light.
Kali’s Dead Soul had once again nestled within the nameless being as a soul.
A sigh of relief escaped me.
“What a talent for handling souls······. I never knew you had this ability.”
“Help······!”
“Right. That should be helpful. Thank you.”
“Uh huh!”
I suddenly had a realization.
This nameless being, she’s no ordinary entity.
Reverting Kali’s Dead Soul back to its soul form didn’t require any skills or abilities.
I merely activated the functions of the item by accumulating the necessary points.
But this being was different.
She was manipulating Kali’s soul itself, regardless of the item’s functions.
If Temurlen merely viewed souls, this being could freely control them.
I had no clue how this was even possible.
What was certain was that this ability has endless potential.
I must nurture her and train her, making her a key asset.
Just then, a door opened, and Mia stepped in.
“Yoo Jin. I’ve gathered all the guests.”
“Guests?”
“Yes······. They all arrived at the same time.”
“······.”
It seemed I was not the only one who had just arrived.
The time to face them had come.
The monsters I had created.
