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The carriage stopped in the middle of the road.
As soon as Lucy got out, she moved to the coachman’s seat to figure out the situation.
The old man sitting on the coachman’s seat shook his head as if he had a headache.
Lucy, who had been wondering what was going on, was able to figure out the reason.
In the direction the carriage was going, a large tree had fallen in the middle of the road, blocking the road.
Only then did Lucy realize why the carriage had stopped and she headed straight to the front of the carriage to solve the problem.
The old man watched Lucy silently.
His eyes were filled with anticipation, ‘You’ll solve it with magic, right?’
As if living up to the old man’s expectations, Lucy solved the problem using a more primitive method than magic.
She lifted the large tree with her small body and threw it across the forest.
Boom!
An extremely simple solution.
The old man, who was watching from behind, made an absurd expression at Lucy’s incredible strength.
“Are you really a magician..?”
Lucy, who had easily solved the problem, was about to return to the carriage, shaking off her hands.
Just as she was about to do so, she suddenly noticed something strange.
The cross-section of the fallen tree was cleanly cut.
This meant that it had not fallen naturally, but that someone had intentionally knocked it down.
Lucy quickly sent a warning signal to the old man and looked around cautiously.
She casted a ‘physical attack shield’ with one hand and a ‘magic attack shield’ with the other, preparing for full force.
In the thief event that frequently occurred as a random encounter, a hidden boss would occasionally appear, so she could not let her guard down.
Lucy watched the forest covered in darkness.
All she could hear was an eerie silence.
Swish
Soon, many silhouettes began to appear between the trees.
At first, she thought they were thieves, but judging by their swaying movements, they were not.
Soon, the figures of the guys were reflected in the moonlight, and she could see their identities.
It was a monster with pale skin, gaping wounds all over, and a zombie-like appearance that let out the groans of the dead.
Ghouls.
Cannibals that roamed graveyards, and among all monsters, they were the most repulsive.
‘Did those guys cut down the trees?’
The old man was terrified when he saw them.
Ghouls are monsters that normally appear in battlefields littered with corpses; it was extremely rare for them to come out in the forest like this.
Lucy, on the other hand, was calm.
She leisurely walked toward the group of ghouls as if she was going out for a drink.
Then, about 20 ghouls began to charge at her fiercely like a herd of zombies.
At that moment, Lucy ‘teleported’ above the guys’ heads and chanted toward the ground.
Magic Skill.
Lightning Zeus.
A circle with a radius of 30 meters was created, and seven lightning strikes struck from within it.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The ghouls within range were annihilated without even a fight, scattering ash.
It was a bit noisy, but due to time constraints, it was necessary to resolve the matter quickly with annihilation magic.
After confirming that there were no other signs of life around, Lucy returned to the carriage right away.
The old man sitting on the coachman’s seat was looking at her like a ghost for some reason, but she tried not to pay attention to him.
“Is there a problem?”
“It’s just… It’s more amazing than I thought, but I’m fine with it.”
“Anyway, since we’ve finished cleaning up the area, let’s go again.”
Since there was no time to return to the castle, Lucy hurried her work.
As she was about to board the carriage again, she suddenly remembered the magic she had tried to show the old man’s granddaughter.
‘What kind of magic would be good to show her…
She thought about that for a moment, but it seemed unnecessary.
The girl who had been secretly watching Lucy’s battle had her face sticking out of the hole and her eyes sparkling.
Lucy thought that for some reason, they had a lot to talk about while moving.
Fortunately, the carriage continued without any problems after that, and soon they were able to leave the forest and arrive at their destination.
Gray Town.
It was a city surrounded by gray walls, and its size was not that big, as you could tell at a glance.
Soon, the carriage slowed down and entered the night checkpoint.
At the checkpoint, two men wearing military uniforms were checking the pass while yawning.
“It’s been a while, Grandpa Logan.
The one behind you is your granddaughter…
Oh, there are two of you?”
“One is an adventurer I hired.”
The guard looked at Lucy with a question mark for a moment, but then nodded after seeing the pendant around her neck.
“Confirmed.
The city is in chaos these days, so please take good care of your granddaughter.”
“Oh my, you bastard, how smart our granddaughter is, why are you worrying about that!”
The guard and the old man must have known each other before exchanging a few friendly words and allowing them to enter.
Soon, the carriage arrived at the loading area on one side, and Lucy was able to complete her request for the first time.
Lucy stretched out after getting out of the carriage.
Although the ride wasn’t very comfortable, it was still a useful experience, and it didn’t take long.
It felt like about three hours had passed.
Perhaps because the old man was good at driving, he arrived an hour early.
“Thank you for your hard work.
It was good that I hired you.”
The old man handed over five copper coins as a fee.
Lucy took the money without saying anything so as not to arouse unnecessary suspicion, and then decided to leisurely leave.
The girl who had asked me about magic stories so many times all the way here was waving her hand from inside the carriage.
Central Square.
Lucy, who had visited a different city for the first time in a while, decided to take a quick look around the city center instead of returning to the castle.
However, as in any other city, the streets at dawn were eerie and deserted.
There were no stores open or buildings that stood out.
There was nothing to do, and she was about to turn back, thinking that it would be a waste of time to continue.
At that moment, the leaflets scattered all over the central square caught her eye.
Leaflets were thrown away like trash everywhere.
Lucy, curious, picked up a few leaflets and began to look through the contents.
The leaflets were about… finding missing people, but there was something strange about them.
There were too many.
Each leaflet had a different person looking for them, and the number was in the dozens.
Here, the guard’s words, “The fortress city is in turmoil,” suddenly came to mind.
This was most likely referring to a series of missing persons cases.
Lucy, who had guessed this, quickly put the leaflets down on the road.
Missing persons cases.
Although they were interesting cases, she decided that it was not something she should get involved in.
Her activities as an adventurer were not to imitate the apostles of justice, but to gather information.
After thinking that, Lucy was about to leave the city without any regrets.
At that moment, whistle-♬
A flute sound began to play from somewhere.
The girl was helping her grandfather with his work as usual with her hands like bracken ferns.
Her eyes were filled with sleepiness, but her hands and feet wouldn’t stop.
Recently, her grandfather’s back was getting worse, so he had a lot more work to do.
She was moving things like that, starting with light items and carefully dragging heavy items so they wouldn’t break.
Wheeeeeeeek~♬
A strange flute sound began to be heard from somewhere.
The girl listened absentmindedly, wondering what the flute was in the middle of the night.
At that moment, the girl, as if possessed by something, began walking somewhere with unfocused eyes.
Soon, the girl headed to a dark alley, and there were other children around her as well.
Children who had lost focus.
The children headed to a passage leading underground.
A hidden underground passage.
Beyond the dark passage, there was a place meticulously prepared for the ritual.
Candles hung here and there lit up the space, and in the center, a jewel emitting an ominous light was floating in the air above the magic circle.
From there, eight demons wearing pitch-black robes were having a secret conversation.
“What’s the progress?”
“90%, but it’s a little tight to make the timing.”
The demon man stroked his beard as he looked at the scroll on the table.
A scroll filled with magic.
A scroll that dozens of magicians worked hard to make over a long period of time required a huge amount of magic power to use.
The most efficient way to open the scroll without going through a series of processes was a sacrificial ritual using black magic.
The soul of the sacrificed person was accumulated in the ‘command stone.’
Since the soul of the living had high magic power purity, the magic power thus implied became one great magic power.
Opening the scroll in exchange for that power was the reason they had gathered here, and it was a kind of long-held wish.
“The plan’s time will not change, right?”
“Yes.”
The man glanced at the order on the table from time to time.
It was written like this.
[Now that Satan is tied down in the North, this is the perfect opportunity. Accelerate the scheduled ritual, Sandros. We will invade Satan Castle that day, and kidnap the princess, Satan’s only weakness.]
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