Chapter 25 – Taste

Esir is famous for giving birth to many cubs. If they don’t catch it quickly, it’ll lead a hundred cubs later. Like during the demon’s Age 1, it meets Druid and they fought like hell. How many cubs did this Esir give birth to? Anyway, they shouldn’t think of just one Esir alone. The medium-level demon, Disero, is a chariot with a skin harder than ironclad and two horns. Ed wasn’t sure if he could kill it even if he were to fight it in person. Ed waited with his arrow and bow. With the howling of Esir, the cries of wolves were heard everywhere. Then they heard a low breath and a running sound. They saw Esir’s cubs shaped like a wolf, but its size as already in the realm of beast. The yellow eyes of the cub shone in the dark, and the number seemed to be fifty pairs.

“That’s a lot.”

Esir impregnated many women. And those woman gave birth to a demon baby. Ed looked around and shouted.

“Esir!”

At his cry, yellow eyes that were glistening in the dark, slowly receded and a man with a subtle shining body appeared from the dark. It was a beautiful man that would make even the fairies cry. Esir appeared as a human form and smiled at Ed.

“Nefthael told me to tear your limbs apart and bring them to him. You ruined the world that we’ve been preparing for a long time.”

Ed measured the distance between them. The distance was so far that the arrow wouldn’t work. But he won’t know for sure until he tried, so he shot an arrow. Perhaps because the arrow was coming far away, Esir was able to reach out and grab it. The demon grabbed his arrow without fear, perhaps because he had never seen an ice arrow before.

“Are you here alone?” “I told him that I can handle you on my own. But he wanted me to take this guy along with me.”

Standing on all fours, a three-meter-tall medium-level demon named Disero also appeared next to him. The black skin looked like ironclad, and was not seen properly in the dark. Ed put his arrow back on the bow and said,

“I think you’re the coward of all the demons, Esir.”

Esir’s face looked pissed. Then he shouted with open arms.

“I’ll take you back alive!”

The wolves rushed in unison at his cry. As many as 50 wolves rushed in and fell down.

Awhoooooo!

The wolves screaming and falling were severed from their ankles. Some of them died when they were caught in the web. They died as fast as they bravely ran, but some survived even though their ankles were cut off. Those wolves took an arrow in their heads one by one. Perhaps because they were an intermediate demons cub, they had more experience than the beasts. Today, he thought his level would rise if he could finish them off by killing those intermediate demons. It took less than three minutes for all of Esir’s baby wolves to die. Esir was stuck when he saw the cubs whose legs were cut off in an instant and their heads being crushed to death. He couldn’t move when he watched the scene unfold. As such, however, he was unable to contain his anger.

“My, my cubs!”

Ed replied back while preparing an arrow on his bow.

“I don’t keep anyone alive.”

Esir’s spine popped up, his snouts popped out, and his head shoots up into the sky. Ed saw it and fired an arrow. He fired an ice arrow with mana. Perhaps thanks to the investment of leveling-up his Mana, his power has become stronger. Instead of Esir, who was transforming, Disero ran in front of him and punched the arrow with its horns. At this distance, he was already responding to intermediate demons. However, the cold air poured over Disero’s face and froze its eyeballs.

Grrrrr!

Arin’s hammer flew toward Disero as he screamed and ran wild. With the divine power in his mouth.

Boooom!

Disero had iron-clad skin, so it instinctively swung its horns toward the hammer. But its horns cracked. In the meantime, Esir had completed his transformation and ran over Disero. Ed laughed in vain as he saw him stepping on the bodies of his cubs. He couldn’t believe what was going on. Arrows flew one after another from Ed’s bow.

Kakakakan!

However, Esir’s long-grown nails seemed to sparkle, and all the arrows were thrown to the ground. As he turned into a werewolf, his speed seemed to have increased. Ed thought he couldn’t win against his agility. However, if he sets a goal, he would be able to deal with it simply.

“Arin, I’ll deal with it.”

Ed jumped into the Arakra’s web. If Ed made the wrong move and accidentally jumped on the string, even he could have cut his ankles. But Ed could read the spacing of the traps. So he was able to step into the dangerous place, and when Esir saw him, he stepped on the tree. If Esir falls by mistake, it’ll break into pieces. Ed smiled when he saw Esir running toward the tree. Esir has avoided a few arrows and become very cocky. He smiles and narrows the distance as if he is going to chase him and chop him into pieces. Ed fired five arrows in a row. Esir lightly cut out the arrows. It was still strong enough to cut out the arrows, but one arrow bent up Esir’s claw and got stuck.

It’s a big hit.

The last arrow was not from the infinite arrow barrel, but an arrow from the ic arrow barrel. It was an arrow that could not be prevented. The cold air was weak because it was shot without time to inject mana, but its movement was clearly slowed down. Esir approached faster rather than stepping down because he was hurt. He seemed to be approaching faster because he thought there was nothing more stupid than losing, but he chose the wrong opponent. Ed started shooting arrows without further backing down. Seven shots in one breath. Two of the flying arrows hit his shoulder again, and finally Esir, who narrowed the distance, swung his claws at Ed. In two attacks, Ed tilted his head back and avoided all attacks. He shoots more arrows and one of them stuck in Esir’s chest. Ed fired three more ice arrows and stepped back when he saw Esir wielding his last power. Allowing access was to prevent or avoid Esir, and now he doesn’t need to be close. Ed stepped back and fired an arrow which was lodged in Esir’s forehead. Esir collapsed weakly onto Arakra’s web and it cut off his neck.

There was no time to enjoy the rush of experience. Even though Arakra’s web killed him, Arin was still blocking Disero with a shield and hammering him down. Perhaps because he had already dealt with a medium-level monster named Deborah, it was a wise choice to swing a hammer against Disero wearing a hard iron glove. She already broke one of Disero’s legs. But she thought it would take a little longer to kill him completely. So it’s Ed’s job to cut off Desero’s breath as promised. Ed pulled out an arrow from the Ice barrel and began to gather mana. A definite blow. Disero happens to be blind and doesn’t know what Ed is doing. As Ed focused his mana, the arrowheads of the arrows that were hanging on the bow began to glow white. Seeing the light, Arin leaned under Disero’s chin, wielding her sword to raise its chin. Ed’s arrow flew into his mouth as Disero’s jaw turned. As the arrow disappeared into his mouth, and Disero’s body hardened. Even if he was surrounded by ironclad, his stomach was not hard enough. An arrow filled with cold air froze Disero’s guts and body. There was a flood of experiences. Ed’s level has risen. Level 20. Ed hummed inside and raised his agility. He was in a happy dilemma about which skill he wanted to raise, but he didn’t choose right now. Arin looked back at Ed as she saw Disero.

“How was it?”

Ed gave her a thumbs up. Thanks to the opportunity she created, he easily killed Disero.

“It was the best.”

Arin smiled at Ed’s words. In fact, with her weapon, the game against Disero was getting longer. Leather, such as black ironclad could not be cut properly even with a holy sword. She beat it with a hammer, but it would’ve taken a long time to kill Disero. And he wasn’t sure if her sacred power would be maintained until then. It was a more difficult demon to deal with than Deborah, but Ed caught it at once. It didn’t matter who took the demon’s life. As long as the demon stopped breathing. Seeing Ed recover Arakra’s web wearing gloves, Arin poured holy water on the intermediate demons and prayed. Watching the bodies of intermediate demons burning in the torch disappear, Arin felt her sacred power becoming stronger. The torch is an offering to God. Astron gave her divine power as a reward, and her divine power was getting stronger. All this was thanks to Ed. With him, she was able to burn many demons with the torch. She killed more demons since she met him than ever before. Astron’s glory was with them.

When Ed returned from recovering Arakra’s web, Thane approached.

“This is an irreversible relationship with Nefthael.”

They killed both the lower and intermediate demons in Nefthael’s genealogy. Now all that remains is the higher demon itself. No matter who Nefthael was, it won’t be easy for it to move. But Nefthael was determined to kill Ed. And as Thane said, someone has to die.

“All demons and I are in an irreversible relationship anyway.”

Was that funny? Thane burst into laughter as he choked, and Arin looked at Ed with admiration. Ed thought for a moment and asked.

“Do you happen to know where Nefthael lives?” “The Great demons always hide. The moment their location is discovered, the holy knights of all the churches will go kill it. The demon itself is strong, but it can’t handle a full attack. So there’s a saying that the hardest part of hunting the Great demon is finding it.”

Ed mumbled.

“It’s not my cup of tea to be beaten like this.”

The number of experiences gained recently is higher than the number of experiences gained in the past year. The higher the level, the more experience he needs, and the faster the level-up seemed to be like the snow bowling effect. But being swayed like this is not his taste. He was going to find the demon and make it pay for making him lose his sleep. And he’ll have to put an arrow on its forehead.

“Thane.” “What’s wrong?” “Please find the Nefthael.”

Thane smiled pleased at his words.

“I’ll try.”

The woman, who was watching the rain falling outside the window with her hands behind her back, opened her mouth.

“Sonna is dead.”

The eyes of the man standing silently behind the woman shook. The woman turned slowly toward the man. And said in a dry voice.

“The man who killed her is a demon hunter. His name is Ed. He appears to be a survivor of the elite Ranger Unit Crowe from the Kingdom of Dalia.”

The woman, who was watching the man repeat his name, and looked out the window again. The sound of heavy rain knocking on the roof sounded particularly gloomy today.

“Bring his neck to honor her death.”

The man disappeared without a sound or sign. The woman watched the rainfall outside the window for a long time with her hands behind her back.