Chapter 138: Demi-god (1) (1/2)

[Loki's Mansion]

”Zehn! Behind you!”

Drei did not hesitate to send two curses in order to save his companion.

<<Slow>> <<Confusion>>

”Huh?”

The moment Zehn saw Drei launch those spells, she immediately felt the threat of death behind her and used all her power to move a little toward the right.

*Swoosh*

Blood splashed, while one arm flew in the air,

”*Tch* I missed.”

Zehn paid no attention to the new voice and slowly looked at her left arm, or rather what was left of it.

As if waiting for her to remark on it, the pain finally hit her at full throttle.

Gritting her teeth, she jumped backward, while letting a trail of blood behind her, and managed to avoid another nearly deadly hit.

Sadly for her, not completely, as a blade made out of shadow cut a ghastly gash on her stomach, tearing her robe open along the way.

”Kuh!”

Vomiting blood, she used her remaining arm to cover the wound as much as possible and keep her organs in.

It has been a long time since she had been so gravely wounded.

'Those shadows aren't normal.'

Even though she had been taken by surprise, the body of a vampire and her constant reinforcement should have made it impossible for her to be so easily wounded.

Moreover, 'My healing has slowed down.'

In terms of regeneration speed, vampires were second to none. Even more so for her, a daywalker.

Her arm aside, the wound on her stomach should have already begun to heal, but it showed no signs of it.

With her brows covered in sweat, Zehn observed the new intruder with wariness and shame warring on her face.

A brown-haired woman wearing a black skin-tight uniform showing off her ridiculously voluptuous body.

”Who are you!?”

Even though Zehn did not recognize her, both Drei and Sol did, and gasped at the sight,

”Milia?”

Drei's mind immediately connected the dots. Even after fighting the crown's shadow, he had wondered where she could have been. It seemed that he got his answer,

'She used her shadow power to meld with Sol's?'

He shivered, not in fear but rather in delight, at the thought.

This was a level of control that even most magical beings born with the shadow attribute could never reach.

And not only that, 'This speed, this strength. She is without a doubt a Duke or near that level.'

Milia, a cow woman who should have not even been able to use magic.

A woman whose destiny should have to simply have a simple life like most of her brethren, never to do anything of importance.

A rank D with basically no other redeeming features aside from her erotic body.

Such a woman had reached a level that even A rank magical beings might never reach in their whole lives.

'Hahaha~! We were fucking right! The genesis theory was without a doubt the right way! Sister, can you see this!?'

At first, he had been somewhat disheartened because even after observing the crown's shadow by using Berthold's body, he never really managed to get a confirmation since Milia was happier playing the maid than fighting.

As for the rest of the crown's shadow, while more powerful than normal, were also not particularly impressive either, aside perhaps Ketia whose power was unstable.

But now, all his doubts vanished.

This moment of exhilaration was so high that even the pain from his wounded soul and pride as well as the dire situation they were currently in seemed to be nothing more than trivialities.

Still, their situation was rather bad now.

Aside from him who could discard the current body he was using at any time, the other three should be unable to use the <<Dimension shift>> engraved on their rings by their leader.

The cause should most likely be the <<Holy territory>>.

At this rate, even if Neun succeeded, it would be useless.

It was then,

{Drei. What  happened to you?}

A cold voice sounded in his mind, more precisely in the mind of his body back in their headquarters. This way of communication went at the speed of thought and as such was the most useful in situations where each moment counted.

The moment the body fighting Lilith had been destroyed, even his main body suffered from that soul-searing pain.

This of course didn't escape Nihil's attention.

{Neun contacted me. She managed to recuperate the item. But she mentioned being unable to activate the shift function.  How is the situation on your side?}

Drei hesitated a little before answering honestly. He knew how much his leader hated being lied to,

{Bad. Really bad. The last body I have is too weak to use anything but some little curses to stall the enemy.}

{...I see. Then, I am coming.}

{No! You should send Ein or Zwei. You know very well that if you show yourself, you will be locked on by those goddesses. Who knows what could happen?}

{That does not matter.}

{Nihil? Nihil! Fuck.}

Drie cursed again, before calming down his emotions.

Using mortal shells always made controlling his emotions more difficult.

Thankfully, even though this conversation seemed to last long, in the real world, only an instant went past.

Turning toward Zehn, or rather her right arm, he was relieved that her ring was still on.

”Zehn. Be ready. You need to bail out.”

Zehn showed a surprised expression before the shame and humiliation that had been brewing after being wounded overtook her.

”Drei! Are you for real!? How could I leave while swallowing this insult!?”

She couldn't accept the fact that after everything, after all those preparations, all she succeeded in was serving as a diversion against a prince who hadn't even reached the Duke level.

The worst? She had nearly lost her life at the blade of some unknown assassin.

It didn't matter that she could heal all her wounds if given enough time.

It didn't matter that it was the result of a surprise attack.

She could not accept the fact that a proud daywalker like her would suffer such humiliation,

”Drei, I will…”

”Zehn.”

Drei only spoke one word. He was already worried about how Nihil was risking her life to act. He wouldn't let some worthless pride make this act of her useless.

The repressed anger in his voice was clear. The temperature in the surroundings immediately dropped by several degrees and Zehn woke up from her fury.

She understood very well that there were limits not to cross. Gritting her teeth, she lowered her head in defeat,

”I understand.”

”If so, then withdraw now. I will use this body to buy some time. The boss should come soon.”

”...!”