But even if you didn’t see it in person, it wasn’t difficult to guess what was going on.
“Ugh, wow!”
Bonpiju’s desperate screams continued.
“Please help me! “Please save me!”
Erica’s small body trembled.
Each time, Sebastian gave more strength to his arm around her shoulder.
He was carefully moving backwards to get Erica even a little further away from that saddal.
“Cover your ears.”
He commanded in a low, stern voice.
“Your Majesty, Grand Duke.”
Erica, who was struggling in his arms, looked up at him.
Her big eyes were full of tears, as if they were about to fall at any moment.
However, Sebastian could not confirm the condition of Erica’s face.
This was because they were watching the situation unfolding at the front without blinking, as if it seemed to be very serious.
However, as if he knew everything even without looking, he urged me once more.
“hurry.”
That low yet strong tone firmly held Erica’s ever-shaking heart.
“… … yes.”
Erica closed her eyes tightly and covered her ears with her small hands.
Sebastian leaned back a little more and led Erica to Milod.
“What’s left? “Is there one?”
“That’s enough.”
Since I was in Sebastian’s arms, I could quite clearly hear the stories he and the knights were having.
“Ha, but those types of guys are a bit of a pain in the ass.”
“surely. “It doesn’t taste good when you cut it, so it just drains you.”
Sebastian responded harshly to the knights’ complaints.
“The guy in front of me was too easy. “To the point where you could see it as bait.”
What on earth does this monster look like?
Erica was instantly curious.
However, BongPiju’s screams, which were almost forgotten, were so heartbreaking that the girl trembled and held back her desire to see them.
I was so scared that I could no longer hear the conversation clearly as I put more pressure on my hands covering my ears.
“It’s hard to save… … .”
“First, block the border, and then… … .”
“Okay, let’s do that.”
Sebastian ordered in a firm voice.
“The important thing is safety. Be careful not to touch them all. “I’ll be back soon, so please wait for a while.”
“My name.”
First, Sebastian brought Erica back to the Archduke’s carriage.
He lightly lifted the girl’s body and placed her inside.
“Just like before, close the door and stay still. “Nothing will happen.”
When Erica nodded, Sebastian immediately opened the door.
He immediately joined his men.
At that moment, the driver who came from the rear to check the situation returned to his place.
“What is the size of the second border?”
“It’s smaller than before.”
“good. Deal with it right away.”
With Sebastian’s brief words as a signal, the knights gathered their spirit again and began to deal with the monster.
Meanwhile, BonPiju seemed unable to overcome the pain and fainted.
Unlike the first monster, which had a rock-like shape, the one that appeared behind it was closer to a sticky liquid form.
In many ways, I was at a disadvantage in close combat with a guy like that.
This is because it cannot stab or cut, so it cannot inflict any damage at all.
Moreover, if you even come into contact with it, your skin will melt immediately.
In many ways, this was an opponent where only the loss of power was significant.
Therefore, it was better to fight from a distance rather than close combat.
The best way to respond was to burn the arrowheads by lighting them on fire or shooting them, but this could not be used now because Bonpiju was held hostage.
“Marquis de Blanche’s chief maid… … Can you buy it?”
One of the drivers who was watching the situation frowned and asked his colleague next to him.
No matter how you look at it, the situation was not optimistic.
That was because the skin on both her legs had already melted away, exposing the bones.
All that was left of her was her thighs above her knees and her upper body.
Sebastian pointed to BonPiju with his eyes. It was an indifferent expression.
“Are you alive?”
“Right now, yes, but honestly, it’s hopeless.”
Sebastian tightly closed his lips.
After thinking for a moment, he soon made a decision.
“First of all, we don’t use fire.”
Milod and the knights looked surprised because it was an unexpected decision.
All I could think was that the decision was made with Erica in mind.
But an order is an order.
The knights each took a deep breath and straightened up their battle lines.
“It must be a hassle.”
Even though he complained for a moment, he didn’t say that everything was impossible.
In this case, the first thing to do is to close the border.
This was because monsters that lost their guard rapidly lost their power from that moment.
The knights were divided into groups of two.
The monster, whose intelligence had degenerated and whose appetite was superior, focused only on eating people and was not very wary of the knights’ movements.
The knights, including Milod, who approached the border, immediately dropped something into it.
Just like when the first boundary disappeared, the vortex began to blink again and the ground soon returned to its original appearance.
Milod nodded his head in Sebastian’s direction, and as a signal, the second group also started moving.
First, two knights put their hands into both armpits of Bonpiju, who had fainted, and pulled his body out slightly.
As soon as the distance widened, the other knights quickly prepared fire and lit it on the monster’s body.
“Guo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!”
Although he was shaking, he could not escape the flames.
Black smoke blazed with an acrid smell, and in an instant, the body began to burn from the edges.
Perhaps because the border was closed, the monster disappeared without much resistance and without even leaving behind any ashes.
“Situation over.”
Only then did the knights relax their shoulders and let out a long sigh as if the tension had eased.
“It was fortunate that the border was small and the lowest among the lower classes.”
Sebastian nodded as if he agreed with Milod’s words.
“excuse me… … Grand Duke. You should take a look here. ”
Meanwhile, the knight who was taking care of the rescued Bonpiju called Sebastian with an embarrassed look.
“The head maid has passed away.”
“… … Tsk.”
Apparently, the bleeding and shock were too great.
Sebastian scratched his temple with a rather troubled look on his face.
Milod said, sighing with a stern expression on his face.
“Shall I tell you?”
“… … no. “Let me do it.”
Sighing again, Sebastian turned toward the carriage.
Meanwhile, a blanket was covered over Bonpiju’s body.
The carriage door opened and a girl came down with a pale face.
He seemed to have no strength in his legs at all, and his knees buckled several times, and in the end Sebastian had to help him.
* * *
Even though Erica’s eyes were so red and pitiful, she did not shed them.
Due to the knights’ strong dissuasion, the blanket that covered the head was only raised to the collarbone and did not fall any further.
The girl took in a trembling breath and closed her eyes. At Sebastian’s glance, BongPiju’s figure was once again hidden up to her head in the blanket.
“Near… … “Can I bury you?”
If he was a comrade who fought alongside him, he would have taken the body to the Archduke because of course the body had to be handed over to the bereaved family. But BonPiju was not one of those cases.
However, it was not possible to send only the body back to the capital.
Therefore, Erica’s decision was valid, and when Sebastian remained silent as if giving permission, the knights of the Archduchy Acliffe family came forward.
They immediately dug the ground.
It wasn’t a proper procedure, but it was the bare minimum of duty and sincerity.
“Little madam. “What should I do with the maid’s luggage?”
“I will check.”
While the knights were digging the hole, Erica decided to select the burial items to be buried with Bonpiju.
The girl and Milod headed towards the marquis’ carriage.
Erica’s luggage had been moved to the archduke’s carriage, but BongPiju’s luggage was still there.
“I’ll take a look at it myself.”
Erica, who only asked Milod to guard her, boarded the marquis’ carriage alone.
It had only been a few days, but the place felt so small, perhaps because I had gotten used to the Archduke’s carriage in that time.
Erica took a short breath and immediately began to look around with hard eyes.
The luggage bag placed in the compartment under the carriage seat caught my eye.
Of course it was BongPiju’s.
‘Let’s find it quickly.’
The buried goods were actually an excuse.
There was something Erica needed to find in BongPiju’s luggage.
The bag, which was about half the size of my body, was in some ways a little bigger than Erica’s.
Erica whined and pulled the bag out to the center, then opened it.
The girl started taking out the items inside one by one.
After taking out some clothes and miscellaneous items, I felt a solid touch deep inside.
‘… … found.’
