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EP.58 Chapter 58 Sage, the Hero of Aslan Kingdom (5)
Unlike when I was attacked by Reilly and Kina's joint assault, my severed arm did not regenerate easily.
Was it because of the holy sword's power?
The wound site did squirm and regenerate, but the speed was quite different.
"You're certainly strong."
I said looking down at my severed arm.
It was pure admiration.
I hadn't planned on giving up an entire arm in the first place.
Her swordsmanship was much sharper than I had expected.
The holy power shot from the holy sword was also so dense and powerful that my entire left arm flew off.
She glared at me with a bright red face while covering her exposed chest.
Even a warrior is still a woman.
No woman likes having her chest exposed.
"Haa, haa."
But my real goal wasn't just exposing her chest.
A thin red line drawn between her large breasts.
Through the open wound, Arubis and my demonic energy were infiltrating her body.
A small crack had formed in her body protected by holy power.
And through that crack, the dungeon's demonic energy was slowly seeping in.
It was a strike I had put quite some effort into.
To the point of sacrificing one of my arms.
[Demonic Energy Infiltration] [Poisoned] [Bleeding]
[Demonic Energy Infiltration: Reduces the target's holy resistance. Strengthens status effects.]
New status effects floated above Sage's head.
It worked properly.
And as the demonic energy infiltrated, I could see the colors of various curses and status effects cast by Amy earlier gradually darkening.
This was a strategy I often used while conquering this game.
The only attack that could deal with adventurers far stronger than the dungeon's traps and monsters.
Adventurers with power above a certain level had mana barriers to resist the demonic energy imbued in dungeons.
And those mana barriers protected them from demonic energy corrupting their bodies no matter how deep into the dungeon they went.
It was an attack that caused almost no damage, but damaged the mana barrier surrounding the body.
Then demonic energy would infiltrate and various curses would be applied complexly, and elite monsters would beat down the weakened adventurers.
I had used that attack on Sage.
'I could kill her if ordered, but I'd rather capture her without injury if possible.'
She was talent I desired even more than Bergio.
What kind of cries would she make if I corrupted her?
A fallen hero wielding a holy sword.
It was an irresistible situation.
After confirming the curses were strengthened, I opened my mouth.
"You're on a different level from the knight who came before."
"What?"
"Ah, you didn't see? The owner of the head I sent. His level was so poor he couldn't even wound my body. To think such a guy was Knight Commander, I wondered if he got the position through bribery."
It's a lie.
He was quite a difficult opponent among those I've faced.
To the point I wanted to make him a subordinate.
"Don't insult him. Don't sully his honor! Lord Bergio is not someone the likes of you can mention!"
Anger settled in her eyes.
She didn't even think of covering her chest anymore.
As she took her stance, two snow-white hills and two cherry blossoms blooming on those hills were clearly visible.
"Was he your master? He was too weak for that. Perhaps you followed the wrong master?"
I saw a burning anger in her eyes that seemed like it would never be extinguished.
A state where she couldn't see anything around her because it was burning too brightly.
[Berserk]
A new status effect appeared, and at that moment the Hero disappeared from view.
Clang!
The holy sword and demon sword clashed again.
The air shook from the collision of enormous powers.
Sage's breasts also jiggled each time.
It was quite fun to watch.
"It's troublesome if the Hero loses her reason."
I said while deflecting the Hero's holy sword with one hand.
"You son of a bitch... I'll kill you. I'll tear you limb from limb so no one can find your corpse. Then Lord Bergio will be able to rest in peace..."
She grits her teeth and swings her sword.
However, the sword of the Hero caught in anger no longer showed the meticulous sword path seen before.
I exchanged swords with her while continuing to bring up Bergio's story.
"Your strength is considerable too. Unlike that man. He begged on his knees to be spared once he knew he had no chance of winning. That cowardly expression he made just before his head flew off."
"Uwaah!"
Sage raged again at words praising her skills while disparaging Bergio.
[Trauma]
The word Trauma floating above her head turned pitch black.
'Avenge me.'
Sage knew this voice was a hallucination.
It must surely be a hallucination.
Bergio was killed by the Demon King and crossed a river he could never return from.
It should have been so.
"Avenge me."
But the figure of Bergio repeating those words beside her now, shedding tears of blood, was exactly as he was when alive.
He looked back and forth between Sage and the Demon King and spoke.
"That bastard is the Demon King who killed me."
"It's all lies."
"I fought honorably and died like a knight."
"You must win."
"Kill him! Kill him! Aim for his severed left arm! He won't be able to block even if he knows!"
"Attack is the top priority! Drive him so he can't extend his sword!"
It was exactly like Bergio in life, but the harsh voice was completely different from his kind tone.
Though she knew he wasn't real, it felt like he who had died had come back to life.
"Lord Bergio..."
Sage moved as if entranced by that voice.
She attacked because he said to attack.
She broke through because he said to break through.
Like when she learned swordsmanship from him in the past.
She moved like a disciple strictly following her master's words.
The problem was that the Bergio Sage was seeing and hearing now was not real, but an illusion created by her trauma.
And that illusion's advice...
"Kuhuk!"
Was leaving deeper and deeper wounds on her.
'Lord Bergio...'
Though wounds were increasing on her body, Bergio's illusion kept demanding even rougher attacks.
Attack-only with no defense whatsoever.
Sage's sword gradually grew heavier.
The numerous curses overlaid on her weighed her down.
Sage felt the blessings that had resisted the curses gradually fading.
She turned her head to check where the priests were.
And there...
"Now you're becoming the Demon King's faithful apostle too."
She saw Amy kissing the foreheads of the dazed priests.
The priests began carving unclean demonic symbols on the parts where she kissed them.
"Aah..."
They let out moans mixed with ecstasy rather than pain, and stared blankly at Amy with eerie smiles.
The priests were smiling even as blood from their foreheads covered their faces.
The fallen priests joined their hands looking at Amy.
"Aah..."
A terrible hymn that grated on the ears echoed through the dungeon.
[Disgust]
A new status effect appeared above Sage's head.
After confirming all the priests were annihilated, she belatedly looked around.
"Kuaaak!!!"
The knights were annihilated.
"Kyaaak!"
Crack!
All the mages were frozen and pierced by wind.
All party members except her were annihilated.
[Rage] [Aphrodisiac] [Trauma] [Evil Woman's Curse] [Lustification] [Disgust] [Demonic Energy Infiltration] [Poisoned] [Bleeding] [Berserk]
[Holy Sword] [Hero's Protection]
All blessings covering Sage disappeared, and terrible status effects and curses floated messily above her head.
Only the holy sword and Hero's protection still protected Sage.
No one was left.
She had failed.
Miserably.
She ended up killing all the comrades who came with her.
"Avenge me! Hurry!"
Bergio's deepened hallucination urged her.
He wanted revenge.
He wanted her to kill the enemy with her death.
'Yes. Kill the Demon King and die.'
That would be atonement for her comrades who died in battle due to her misjudgment.
"Huaap!!"
Sage rushed at the Demon King with all her might.
"How foolish. Do you still think you can win?"
The Demon King swung his sword.
Clang!
The Hero was defeated.
***
"Amy, good work."
I praised Amy who was tying a bandage on my severed left arm.
As soon as the wound site touched, the severed flesh and bone began to squirm and align in place.
The feeling was quite novel.
I looked at the priests Amy had brainwashed.
The fallen priests who carved demonic symbols on their own heads stretched out both arms looking at me.
"Ah, Demon King..."
There were also pretty female devotees, but I didn't bother touching them.
If I touched them they would disappear like dust, so it's better to use the female devotees as breeding stock.
"You must have struggled to corrupt them all, you worked hard."
"Not at all, Demon King. Rather, it was easy. There was hardly any direct combat."
In fact, except for the small number of knights guarding them, they were no different from having no combat power.
Most of the knights were all blocked by Frederica, Rebecca, and the gargoyle that ambushed the knights fighting them.
"It's not that difficult to make those who believe in a foolish god believe again."
I stroked Amy's head.
"Use the women with a lot of mana as breeding stock for monsters, and have those without act as missionaries for the order."
"Yes, understood."
At Amy's gesture, the fallen priests all stood up at once.
They trudged into the depths of the dungeon.
Some of them will sacrifice themselves for powerful troops in the future.
"Check how the battlefield outside is going, and if the enemies haven't been annihilated yet, join in and repel them. When the battle is over, distribute appropriate rewards to the hardworking monsters."
The female subordinates including Yulia who bowed her head quickly went outside the dungeon.
"How should I cook you..."
***
Sage felt her distant consciousness awakening.
She thought it was a sensation she would never feel again.
Because she believed she had died after her final battle with the Demon King.
'I didn't... die...'
In the end, she couldn't die.
She had tried to meet her end honorably like a knight.
Everyone died because of her inadequacy.
Yet only she survived so miserably again.
Tears came.
Her face grew hot, and she unknowingly began to sob.
"Hic, huuk. Lord Bergio..."
She couldn't do anything.
Neither revenge nor victory.
She was just thoroughly violated by the Demon King.
Clank.
Her arms wouldn't move.
Her legs were the same.
With both arms and legs bound by iron chains, she was imprisoned in a cell.
A dark ceiling.
The damp underground prison where water dripped from cracks in the rocks made her keenly feel her current reality.
Is the kingdom finished now?
Though they lost considerable forces, it wasn't a kingdom that would crumble to this extent.
With this failure, the kingdom will find new ways to deal with the Demon King.
So she shouldn't give up either.
She must find a way to escape somehow.
And then.
A voice was heard from outside the bars.
"Are you awake?"
A familiar face.
The priest who came to her and cast Cure whenever she experienced trauma.
It was that priest who removed Bergio's hallucinations.
"You're... alive?"
"Of course. I didn't die."
Her distorted smile and condition were strange.
The bright red demonic symbol drawn in blood visible on her forehead.
Sage belatedly realized all the priests had drawn demonic symbols on their own foreheads.
"Y-You've gone over to that Demon King too?"
"Ah, of course! I belatedly realized the Demon King's grace and have just started walking the proper path. It's truly fortunate, isn't it?"
The woman wearing black priestly robes smiled brightly.
"The Demon King has given me a very important mission too."
"Get a hold of yourself. You're seeing hallucinations. You're being used."
"My, our Hero is still trapped in the ghosts of the past. Well, someone of the Hero's caliber would have deeply believed and followed a foolish god, so it's understandable. But you know what? If you follow the Demon King, there are many better things!"
Madness was settled in the priestess's eyes.
She twitched and trembled with each word, looking down at Sage.
"That's because you can receive rewards you couldn't get from god."
The priestess who finished speaking took off her priestly robes.
Rustle.
When she lifted her clothes, a bulging lower abdomen was visible. Like a woman 5 months pregnant, obscene writing was engraved on her swollen belly. Her crotch was tightly wrapped in pure white spider webs.
"I became a breeding ground for the great spider. The spider's children are growing inside me now? When time passes, these spiders will hatch inside and become part of the Demon King's army using me as nourishment. He considerately allowed even weak and stupid bitches like me to become part of the Demon King's army. Such a merciful person... Ah, to be able to become part of the Demon King even like this... Aren't you happy?"
"Y-You're crazy. You're all crazy."
Sage couldn't believe it.
How could such a devout priest change like that?
"It's okay. The current Hero wouldn't understand. This feeling of being able to become part of the Demon King's army. But you'll know soon."
The priestess reached her hand inside through the bars.
"Now I must carry out the mission the Demon King gave me."
A black light flickered in her hand.
"Cure."
The black light rising from her hand slowly seeped into Sage's chest.
A nauseating, disgusting feeling pounded Sage's chest.
"Stop! Don't send such filthy energy to me!"
Clank! Rattle!
"Haa, how can you be so foolish... It seems it will be fun to watch the process of the fallen Hero realizing the truth and becoming a true sister..."
Though I won't be able to see it to the end.
The priestess who finished the spell opened the door and entered, feeding Sage soft soup.
Ptui!
"I won't eat. Food from the likes of you."
"Well, alright. The Demon King said not to force feed you anyway. Then I'll be going. See you tomorrow."
The priestess left.
Sage watched her retreating back and vowed she would never crumble.
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