TCIWTFY - Part 2 Chapter 100

 At the campfire where the three men disappeared, Gallo drank the mead again.

"Gallo. Why do you keep pouring it in when you're going to blow off all your alcohol?"

Terence gave a scolding.

"Actually, if it weren't for Her Highness the Princess. I would have died today. I wonder why I was sitting here racking my brain."

Late at night, the scent of sweet honey wine made Gallo pour out his heart.

"I was just surprised. This forest wasn't as easy as I thought..."

He lowered his head.

"So, for a moment, I felt afraid. We will soon have to deal with the evil dragon, and I wonder if I can help. Even if Her Highness the Princess knows this forest inside and out, will we be able to destroy the evil dragon?"

Gallo's fingertips trembled for a moment.

"On the one hand, I'm also excited. It's been a while since I've risked my life like this. I can't even explain it..."

"This is a land that even seasoned rangers are unfamiliar with. Your reactions are extremely emotional and human."

"Huh, don't say that like you're a wizard."

Paat...!

At that moment, Gallo glared at the darkness and threw his axe like lightning.

The sharp iron blade cut through the wind menacingly.

However, rather than cutting through the demon's chest, the axe was caught in the opponent's hand like a child's toy.

Gallo's eyebrow furrowed severely.

A bipedal, humanoid demon that can use its hands, and it even hides its presence until it gets very close...

It was when Gallo was burning all his momentum to draw his sword.

"Your Majesty, are you here?"

A deep, booming voice came from the black figure.

The dim light of the campfire illuminated the opponent's chest.

On his chest, which was dirty and covered in dried crimson blood and leaves, was engraved the symbol of Agema, a running horse.

"Captain D'Angel?"

Silverand fell from Neril's hand.

***

The next day, thanks to the World Tree and Silverand, Medea woke up refreshed for the first time without any nightmares.

"Peleus sent you?"

But that relief faded away when she spotted a familiar face among the expedition team members and put her hand to her forehead.

"You, Your Highness. But how could you leave out God when you go catch the evil dragon?"

D'Angel, who had already heard all about Kengsington's future plans, expressed his regret to Medea.

"Your Highness, that's why I insisted on bringing the captain. Even now, you see, he went through this forest alone without a guide and found us. It's not just madness."

Tom stuck his tongue out inwardly.

'That human, he might not be human...'

"How did you get here? I followed human traces. Who else would go this deep besides you? Otherwise, we'd have a showdown."

"What did you do with the demon? What did you do with it? I just killed it."

Because when D'Angel first appeared, I found out why he was wearing the blood of a demon.

"But still, you are our messenger. I thought that the strong and unbreakable bloodline of Valdina would not just run away."

D'Angel turned around and bowed to Facade and Cesare as well.

It's a shame that the person Medea asked for help was the Prince of the Katzen Empire...

"Valdinian never forgets kindness or favors. I will not forget this hand extended to my Highness. My Majesty will do the same."

Of course, this was said without Peleus's consent.

D'Angel saw Cesare, the First Prince, again, who helped Medea both materially and spiritually and even went on an expedition to hunt the evil dragon.

'No one would risk their life for others in a fight where the outcome is uncertain. Not even their subordinates.'

The First Prince reveals his true identity beneath the mask of the Facade that he has kept hidden for decades.

D'Angel, who had been constantly crossing the firing line on the battlefield, knew this fact even more keenly.

"I, too, will do my best to complete Her Highness Medea's mission."

Thud.

He struck the sword he was carrying on his back on the floor.

"On behalf of His Majesty."

Medea stopped when she recognized Peleus's sword.

"...Peleus, is he okat? Isn't he worried about me?:

D'Angel swallowed the many words Peleus had told him to say and said only one thing.

"Yes, Your Highness. His Majesty is waiting for you."

In this way, the 10-star knight D'Angel joined the expedition.

D'Angel's addition gave further impetus to the expedition's progress.

"Where is the time to rest? Even now, the Holy Nation's Naburangs are getting closer and closer!"

"Tom, get up. Do you want to burn your butt? What's the point of camping here? We can go on for another hour."

Gallo discovered the secret of mobility across the vast plains.

Ose-sided threats and whips.

Agema's strength may not have been intentional.

"We have to bring it forward even by a day! You never know what variables might come up in defeating the evil dragon!"

"The devil is out? What are you avoiding? Just hit me! Hold on with your body!"

D'Angel now seemed to have forgotten that Cesare and his party were foreigners, and he mixed up the high and low ranks.

"Boss, speak up. We're the Facade, not Agema. How about we first decide the ranking among the 10 stars?"

Gallo, who couldn't stand it any longer, tried ti slyly tease Cesare, but Cesare just crossed his arms and snorted.

"I like it."

Also, the simple D'Angel did not take Medea's foresight too complicated.

"Have you all forgotten who our Highness Medea is? The one who saw through the battlefield a million miles away and saved Valdina from the hands of the corrupt?"

But is it only to this extent?

"That's true. Well, I've opened my mouth wide at the news of Your Majesty many times."

"They say that true pioneers walk through the darkness, unable to see an inch ahead as if it were road daylight."

D'Angel snorted.

"The continent reveres the Saintess as the representative of the Goddes, but, huh, that's because the Holy Nation hides all her evil schemes. Our Highness sis much more kind and pious than her..."

If that were the case, the oracle wouldn't have designated me as a sacrifice to the evil dragon.

"Stop it, D'Angel."

Medea tried to dissuade him.

They had just moved to higher ground to check the path leading to the canyon where the evil dragon's lair was.

The thick trees gradually thinned out, and the view widened. It was a place where I could see all the way to the other side of the forest because of the high elevation.

At that moment, a silver light flashed from the mountain range on the other side, clearly visible. Even though it was broad daylight, the silver halo spread out and sparkled, dazzling the eyes.

At the same time, the trees around it were swaying like waves, and colorful smoke was seen exploding.

"It's a white light bomb."

It is a human item that is rarely seen in a natural forest.

That meant there was another group of rangers exploring the forests in those mountains.

The moment she heard those words, Medea froze.

The leaves swayed delicately on the silvery rim. Medea was well aware of the rainbow-colored smoke that could be seen from afar.

'Shadow tentacles.'

Smoke is emitted by the parasitic demon shadow tentacles when they die.

Shadow tentacles are the highest-level parasitic beasts that only live in this pitch-black forest, and they feed by absorbing darkness.

It was as intangible as darkness, so no weapon, not even a sword or knife, could cut it, and poison did not work on it.

The only way to eliminate this legion of demons was with light.

But how can we remove all those giant tentacles in the dense forest that block the sky?

'Blowing up all the white light bombs and annihilating them with that light.'

It was a method that Medea had discovered after losing five of her allies in her past life.

The existence of the Shadow Demon and its solution was only made known to the continent after the expedition team defeated the evil dragon.

So, the only person who can use that method in this life right now is...

'Jason.'

Meda looked at the ridge opposite.

She could tell instinctively.

'You finally came back, too.'

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