On the Secret Path leading to the North Coast, the King and his troops arrived. They were emerging from a secret cave in the rocks near the beach. Here, they had found the Beastman Slaves. The latter was being cared for by Merina and Smarter.
"Destroy and kill everyone who is there!" King Gorry ordered the soldiers to attack.
"Ready, Sir." The soldiers raised their weapons and began to attack the slaves and prisoners.
Some of the Slave Beastmen were fitter and several prisoners together resisted the soldiers' attack. A battle has broken out. Morine climbed onto the Fire Sirius's back a few minutes later and flew towards the north coast. Finally, they arrived on the North Coast, which was full of fighting. Smarter tries to carry the wounded slaves. Merina uses long-range healing magic to protect the prisoners and slaves who are fighting.
This isn't good. How are Master Nina and others? || Merina asked Smarter via telepathy, who was taking the wounded slaves to a safer place.
I will find them soon and ask for help. || Answered Smarter, who was helping the slaves.
Sometime later, Morine arrives and meets the Healing Angel, who is about to be attacked by the soldiers, jumping from Sirus's back.
"Mass Manipulation: Area Shrinker Magic." Morine activated mass shrinkage magic, which made the Royal Soldiers' bodies shrink and made them scamper away. The Beastman Slaves and the cornered prisoners are now starting a counterattack.
"DAMN YOU, MORINE. I WILL KILL YOU!! Black Magic: Feather Sleep." It looks like the angry King Gorry is using his illusion magic.
"This is bad..." Morine suddenly became sleepy and collapsed. Instantly, they fell asleep.
King Gorry smiled, took a dagger from his pocket, and walked to face her, who lay sleeping.
"This is my chance, DIIIIIEEEEE MORINE!!!!" the King of Gorry said as he stuck his dagger into her heart.
When the dagger approached her, a fire shield suddenly appeared, which destroyed the sharp blade. Sirius creates a protective wall of fire to protect her from his assault. Then it appears above the protection that it made.
"I will not let you hurt Master Morine. On Master Nina's orders, I swear not to deny it!" Sirius said with a sharp gaze.
"DAMN...!!!!!!" Shouted the King of Gorry, slamming his shattered dagger. Then the King of Gorry attacked Sirius with illusion magic. When he took action, it spat out its flames at the King. Instantly, the King became charred and fainted. He was defeated by the Fire Spirit.
Meanwhile, Clori flew by carrying the three people. You can see the look on its face that it is holding a hefty load.
"Gosh, carrying three people at once is difficult, but it's for their lives. I can't give up." Clori excitedly escorted them even though It looked troubled.
After a long journey, they finally arrived on the North Coast. Clori saw Merina, who was treating the wounds of the slaves and prisoners, and approached her.
"Merina San, hurry and heal them!!" Said Clori, begged Merina in a hollow tone.
Morine, Merina, and Smarter quickly led them to the bed provided by Beastman.
"Master..." Merina held Nina's hand, which was on Clori's back, trying to call her, who was unconscious...
"Holy Spell: Area Holy Healing" Merina uses Area Holy Healing to heal Nina, Nijiro, and Natasha's wounds.
Slowly, Nijiro and Natasha's conditions improved, but Merina's healing effect did not affect Nina. On the other side,
"We are hungry. Is there anything we can eat?" asked the Beastman Slaves to Merina.
Merina heard the request from the Beastman and felt that she couldn't bear to try to reach Nina's pocket and take a Golden Spirit Coin. Then, she summoned Queen Flora's golden spirit coin, Kome. A dark green-haired girl with two bangs appeared immediately beside her. She had turquoise eyes, glasses, white and green, and her clothes formed a flower pattern. Stand on one side.
"Meri, what's up?" Why did you summon me? "Asked Kome.
"I am sorry for summoning you. Master Nina is now unconscious, but the Beastmen are hungry. Can you make something food they can eat?" Ask Merina to Kome.
"Of course... Wood Release: Fruit Trees." Said Kome with a smile. Suddenly, from below the ground appeared many trees that were growing fast.
The Beastmen boy who saw it was dumbfounded and ran to the trees to pick fruits. A Beastman child approached Kome and thanked her. Kome just smiled while stroking the Beastman boy's head.
Nijiro finally woke up. With his body wrapped, not wearing clothes, he saw Nina's condition beside him. His face looked scared, remembering how scary Nina was when fighting Popol. Morine saw his frightened expression approaching him.
"Surely, you are afraid of Nina, right? When you were dying, she massacre the enemy sadistically, right?" Said Morine, guessing what he felt in a calm tone. He just nodded.
"Don't be afraid. Actually, she is gentle. What you see from her is another personality. It's a curse that she has. When she sees blood or people being persecuted in front of her, she will be scared, sad, and weak. This is where her other personalities have a chance to control her mind. The another of her personality is an ancient devil who is forceful and capable of devouring frightened souls."
"The devil gives Nina a curse. This curse makes her unable to be injured by magic attacks of any level. However, she is very weak against physical fighters, Assassins, and Marksman (Sniper). She can also not receive the effects of support magic buffs such as Enchantment Magic and Healing Magic. Nina also gets a curse that she can't eat normally. If she eats regular food, she will be poisoned. She can only eat vegetables and the liquids of male life. She needs it." Morine explains everything about Nina's Curse and her eating disorder to him.
Hearing Morine's explanation, he was silent. He only looked at Nina, who was lying on Clori's back. While holding her hand in his heart, he said (I'm sorry, I finally understand why you are so scared. I promise I will always protect you.) His tears were dripping. He finally fully understood her condition. Then he gently kisses her forehead. When kissing her forehead, he remembers the memory of him being saved by her yesterday.
"(Nina... Why is she always the one who gets romantic (T...T) )." Morine was jealous when she saw his Icha-icha. After that, suddenly, Smarter and Merina's bodies glowed dimly.
"It's time..." Smarter has realized something.
"What happened to you?" I asked Morine about Smarter and Merina, whose bodies were radiant.
"Looks like our deadline is over. I can't stay long in this world," Merina explained to Morine ...
"I understand... You guys, come back first. Thank you very much for helping us. Leave the rest to me." Said Morine casually and smiled.
"I wish you all were healthy, Master." Smarter smiled.
Slowly, the light in their bodies continued to shine until it disappeared. Smarter and Merina have returned to the spirit world.
"How about you?" Morine asked Kome, who was looking at the Beastman Slaves and the prisoners who were eating.
"I still have time," Kome answered with a smiling face.