Volume 2 Chapter 2 Part 4

It was even complete with the illustration of how the Chaos Globe looked at that time and the diagrams that showed the movement fluctuations of its two halves.

When Zelma turned the page, there was a section titled as 「The Awakening of the Demon Lord」, and on the next page there was another illustration of different patterns of movement within the Chaos Globe. However, no matter how many times Siluca compared it, she could not believe that the current Chaos Globe was showing the exact same pattern. But since the witch elder says so, then it must be so.

「No way! Does… does that mean that the Demon Lord is about to be born again? 」

Siluca asked the witch.

When it comes to layering, it would not take much Chaos in order to pull it off. However

If it’s a layer of lesser demons, there are still many. However, in order to become a Leyer of the Demon Lord, it would undoubtedly require extreme amounts of Chaos.

it is necessary to bring in extreme chaos. The female Lord named Adele managed to defeat the Demon Lord, so that probably means that she was also able to claim its Chaos Core for herself, in which case it would probably not be that difficult for her to become one herself if she wanted.

「This old crone cannot say for sure what is going to happen, but the arrangement of the fortune-telling cards came out particularly nasty. I am sure that something bad is going to happen in the near future. Once you go back to little Vilar’s castle, make sure to tell him to be extremely careful. 」

「I will make sure to pass that onto him. 」

Siluca nodded with a serious expression. If the territory of Artuk were to be swallowed up by the Chaos again, that would be a prime opportunity for the neighboring countries to try and invade it. It was Siluca’s job as a contracted Mage to prevent such an outcome from happening.

「Are you going to visit the Werewolf Queen and the Vampire King after this? 」

「Yes, that is what I was planning on doing. 」

「In that case, I think it would be best if you hurried up and visited them as soon as possible. The queen of the Werewolves seems to be dealing with some kind of problem right now, and the Vampire King is the only living witness to the Demon Lord’s attack on Artuk, so if you are going to be lucky enough, then maybe he is going to tell you something more about it. 」

「Was the Vampire King alive during that time? 」

She knew that the Vampires possessed the dark blessing that made them immortal, or at least unable to die of old age, but even that knowledge did not make the revelation that the current king of the Vampires was alive for nearly 2000 years any less shocking.

「That’s what he said to me one time. I wasn’t born at that time, so I had no way of discerning if he was actually telling the truth or not though. 」

Siluca obeyed Zelma’s words and decided to leave the witch’s village, even though it was mot actually all that long since they have arrived. When she left along with everyone else, they went towards the next stop on their current journey: the Werewolf village. But even so, the ominous words of the witch elder Zelma did not leave Siluca’s mind, and her heart continued to pound like crazy.

* * *

Two men who looked like hunters were lining up in front of each other on a path in the foggy forest, and they were walking while keeping an eye on their surroundings. They constantly pricked their ears, their noses were twitching, and occasionally they needed to look down at their own feet to check if they were still on the proper path.

They looked as if they were searching for prey. After a while, they seemed to have finally caught wind of something, because they looked at each other, nodded their heads and then resumed their march.

As they continued to walk, the fog around them grew thicker and started clinging onto their bodies… but at some point, it suddenly cleared, and they have emerged in a small open space in the middle of the forest. The two were surprised by the suddenness of what just occurred, and for a brief moment, it heir thought became paralyzed as they did not know what they were supposed to do about it.

That moment of hesitation proved to be a fatal one.

「I command you, fly forward! 」

They heard someone shouting some kind of command, and then both of them leapt left and right with amazing agility, but then a bright white light flew towards them. There were more than ten of them.

One of the two hunters was exposed to several shots of that light, and his body was disintegrated into nothingness. The other, however, had one of his arms blown off, but managed to land on his feet and not get hit by the other lights, so he ran full speed back the way he came.

「Leave me alone! 」
The man’s voice echoed in the surrounding area.

「It’s no use… 」

But a woman’s voice overcame it.

Her name was Yana. She is an ancient Shaman, and a 「Witch」 living in Artuk.

「Nothing is going to beat a Werewolf when it comes to speed. But even so… 」

Yana said so, and she pointed at the wrecked corpse. A black fog-like substance had already risen from the corpse, forming a Chaos Core.

「Understood… 」

The one who nodded was the captain of the Waldring heavy knights, Elmer Zeels.

During the retreat from the previous battle of Selvis, he got separated from the main part of his unit and strayed into Artuk territory. At that time, he met this witch named Yana. Elmer thought that their meeting must have surely been a fated one.
Doing exactly as Yana told him, Elmer put his right arm forward as he approached the Chaos Core.

「Khh… 」

Pain runs through him, making him feel as if his skin was melting off. Nevertheless, Elmer unleashed the power of his Crest and attempted to consume the Chaos Core before him. Before long, several streaks of light overflowed from the darkness, and the sphere of darkness was completely extinguished as if it were swallowed by the light.

「How are you feeling? 」

Yana asks Elmer, but instead of giving her a simple answer, Elmer showed her the Crest on his hand.

Yana touched the Crest, and for just a brief moment her face has become distorted with a dejected expression. However, Elmer did not notice that at all, but the other knight, who was skeptical of the witch, noticed it without any difficulties.

The knight’s name is Franz. He is the vice-captain of the heavy knights unit led by Elmer, and has been Elmer’s best friend since he was a squire.

「I wanted to kill the other one. I think it was Ion, the eldest son of the Werewolf queen. 」

「I was sure that we managed to hit him in the body, but he chose to sacrifice his own arm in order to deflect our bullets. 」

「And now they know that we were hunting werewolves. 」
Franz said to Elmer.
「Yes… 」
Elmer nodded.

「You might think that it is a bad thing, but is that not convenient for us? If they are going to be coming to us from now on, they will spare us the trouble of having to go look for them. 」

「But there are dozens of Werewolves, and only so many of us. Moreover,I heard that they are capable of sneaking up on their prey and attacking it without making as much as a single sound. This time, instead of being the hunters, we are going to be the ones who are going to be hunted! 」

Franz grabbed Elmer’s shoulder and said in a stern voice.

「We have no choice but to continue. If I will not make my crest grow in strength, I will not be able to fulfil my wish. 」

「If that is what you want to do, then why don’t we target some of the Lords from Artuk instead of the Werewolves? If I remember correctly, a Lord by the name of Eugen, who is supposed to have the rank of a Baron should have his stronghold somewhere near our hideout.

I heard that he was entrusted with the defense of the northern border of Artuk and fought against the forces of Waldrind many times before. Going after someone like him would be much better and more fair than ambushing and killing an innocent werewolf. 」

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