I headed towards Sowol’s room for now.
As if there had already been an attack, several warriors were fighting against men in black clothes.
“Where’s Sowol?!”
“The young lady is in her room!”
Oh? That’s a relief.
After slicing off the head of the black-clothed man fighting the warrior as a reward for answering, I kicked open the door to Sowol’s room.
-Bang!
“Sowol! Are you okay?!”
“Huh? Yes.”
In Sowol’s room, two black-clothed men were lying down.
Seeing the wooden sword in her hand, it seemed Sowol had taken care of them.
There’s merit in having taught her diligently until now.
“If you’re safe, let’s go to the clan leader’s room.”
“Yes!”
I kicked up the real sword on the floor and put it in Sowol’s hand.
She’s only used a wooden sword until now, so a real sword might feel awkward, but this is real combat.
Equipment can’t be ignored either.
“Can I hold a real sword?”
“Of course.”
With Sowol’s current skills, she’s far better than the decent warriors of the Eastern Clan.
Then, is there any reason not to use a real sword?
After waving the sword in her hand this way and that, she seemed to adapt quickly and followed me out of the room.
Compared to when I entered earlier, the number of black-clothed men had increased quite a bit.
Seeing the warriors being pushed back,
“Moonlight Flash.”
“Haaaa!!”
Crescent-shaped sword energy shot out, cutting through the black-clothed men pushing in.
As the black-clothed men caught in mine and Sowol’s sword energy were diced up, the warriors’ morale strengthened.
“Master Lee Hyun and the young lady are fighting together!!”
“Keep pushing!!”
“Slaughter all those who dared invade the Eastern Clan!!”
This is why sword energy is great.
It’s effective in boosting morale, I tell you.
I stopped Sowol from continuously using Moonlight Flash and changed direction.
“Who do you think they are?”
“Who knows.”
Originally, people with lots of money tend to have many enemies.
But if I were to say what I think…
“I think it might be the Asura Cult.”
“The Asura Cult?”
Yes. The final enemy that appears in the religious war event.
A heretical sect also related to the true ending.
While heading to So Jung-yang’s room, I told Sowol the information Serin had conveyed to me.
Listening to it with a calm expression, Sowol closed her mouth for a moment, then growled as if spitting out.
“…Unforgivable.”
Yes. Don’t forgive them. I have no intention of forgiving them either.
Arriving near So Jung-yang’s room, warriors and holy knights were seen fighting hard there.
But it seemed they were being pushed back by the numerical advantage and looked like they would be broken through at any moment.
And right then.
“Aah!!”
Laila, who had been fighting with difficulty, dropped her sword.
Before she, with a startled expression, could pick up the sword, the black-clothed man swung his sword at her.
“Spider Web.”
“…Master Lee Hyun!”
The threads of mana flying from my hand blocked the guy’s movement.
A bright smile appeared on Laila, who had almost been hit.
If you have time to smile, I wish you’d hurry and pick up your sword.
“Hup!”
While Laila was picking up her sword, Sowol, who had rushed over, sliced off the neck of the guy caught in Spider Web.
How refreshing.
Despite it being her first time using a real sword, seeing her use it well, her talent really overflows.
“Thank you! Young lady!”
“It’s fine. More importantly, where’s father?”
“He’s inside!”
Sowol immediately opened the door.
So Jung-yang was seen sitting inside with two holy knights.
Despite being under attack, So Jung-yang’s expression was extremely serene.
“You’ve come, Master Lee Hyun.”
“Are you alright?”
“Haha. I’m fine. With Master Lee Hyun and our excellent warriors here, what is there to fear?”
He’s got guts too.
After smiling at him, I put Sowol next to him.
With the holy knights and Sowol, there shouldn’t be any problems.
“By the way… could it be?”
“I believe it is.”
“I see…”
Well, it doesn’t really matter who the opponent is. What’s important is the present.
I’m curious why the Asura Cult is targeting the Eastern Clan, but that can be found after the attack ends.
“There are many enemies. Don’t come out and stay here.”
“I understand.”
He readily accepted my suggestion not to wander around unnecessarily and get attacked but to stay squished in one place.
A bit better.
When playing the game, it was annoying how the targets that had to be protected kept moving around.
“Sowol. You know what you have to do, right?”
“Yes!”
“Good.”
I patted Sowol’s head.
No matter what, she listens really well.
“Master will be okay, too, right?”
“Who do you think I am?”
After pinching her chubby cheek once, I went outside.
The first wave of black-clothed men rushing in seemed to be wrapping up to some extent.
“Master Lee Hyun!”
As I came out, the warriors gathered near me.
They all looked tired.
I lined up the injured warriors, used Heal to treat them, and waited for the second attack.
“They’re coming. Everyone, get ready.”
“Huh? What do you…”
-Thud!
I didn’t think the attack of the black-clothed men stopping meant it was over.
And as if proving that, a loud sound began to come from the darkness.
A little later, when the moon, obscured by clouds, revealed itself, we could see who owned that huge sound.
A monster with a massive body, thick arms, saw-like teeth, and a hideous face as if ‘violence’ was engraved on it.
Wow. They even sent an ogre.
The Asura Cult put in quite a bit of effort.
“Th-that’s an ogre, isn’t it…”
Among monsters, ogres are top-class.
There was no one who didn’t know about the man-eating demons that would tear people apart with their bare hands and then devour them.
That’s how vicious and dangerous ogres are.
In the actual game too, ogres were considered quite dangerous, so their reaction wasn’t wrong.
“Lord of Fire.”
Of course, it was nothing for me.
When the flames condensing on my sword touched the ogre’s body, its terrible scream rang out.
Everyone turned pale at that bizarre sound, but I paid no attention.
I only stared at the guy behind the ogre.
– Uooooohhh!!
The ogre, writhing in pain engulfed in flames, charged at me, and I used Moonlight Flash.
Hit by consecutive sword energy, the ogre flew off and let out a pitiful groan. At the same time, the man who walked out from the darkness laughed unpleasantly.
“My, my. I prepared quite a bit… but it seems an ogre isn’t enough?”
“Bastard, reveal yourself.”
“Fine, let me introduce myself. I am Louville, the Priest of Sloth of the Asura Cult.”
Louville?
He’s the guy that appears during the religious war event!
The guy who can lead numerous monsters as a monster breeder.
Why did that guy appear here?
“Why did you come all the way here to bother people?”
“Hahaha. Our financial situation isn’t very good… Amidst that, I heard there was a famous wall-, oops. My mistake. A famous clan called the Eastern Clan, so I came to request some donations.”
“In other words, you’re a broke beggar bastard.”
When I stabbed the facts into his solar plexus, Louville’s expression distorted.
But what is he going to do about it?
“To persecute those requesting donations to this extent. Unforgivable.”
“Oh my, how scary. Sowol! Come out!”
“Yes?!”
Sowol, who had been with So Jung-yang, came forward.
Putting her, looking puzzled, forward, I lightly grasped my sword.
“You catch that guy.”
“Yes? But…”
“Look. He’s coming.”
Louville’s specialty is moving monsters.
I glanced at the sky.
Along with the sound of flapping wings, something was coming this way.
“Th-that’s!”
“A wyvern!!?”
Wyverns. Like ogres, they are powerful monsters.
Among the people present here, there was no one who could catch a wyvern.
To catch a wyvern, anti-air weapons are needed.
Of course, it’s not that there aren’t people holding bows, but a wyvern’s scales are hard, so ordinary arrow attacks are useless.
In other words, a mage who could unleash powerful attacks from long range was needed to catch that thing.
But in the Eastern Clan, let alone powerful long-range attacks, I was the only one who could use magic, so I had to face that thing alone.
Catching the wyvern in the sky while also dealing with Louville was too much for my hands.
I decided to entrust those empty hands to Sowol.
She should be able to catch him well.
“You can do it, right?”
“…Yes.”
“Hahahaha!! You’re looking down on me too much! Do you think I would lose to a little girl like that?!”
“Yep. I think so.”
I taught her with passion and sincerity.
After patting Sowol’s head, I used magic to float into the air.
“Everyone!! Move!!”
With Louville’s shout, monsters began to jump out from the darkness.
Seeing that, the warriors of the Eastern Clan grasped their weapons, and around that time, the wyvern began to descend from the sky.
***
Can I do it?
Sowol stared at the opponent before her, tightly grasping her sword.
The force of the man who seemed to control monsters was by no means weak.
To the extent that it seemed difficult for her, who had learned the sword for less than a year, to face him. So Sowol, nervous, slowly dragged her feet and approached Louville.
“Hahaha!! Come! I will eliminate you and tear apart that insect-like bastard too!!”
“…What?”
For a moment, Sowol felt as if something had snapped inside her.
How dare you. How dare you. How dare you.
“…Who are you calling an insect?”
You insulted my master?