Having met my father kept me walking in a quiet city to calm the feelings I had bothered to make. By the time I realized, the moon was rising high in the sky, and the time to crusade the demons of the desert was just that close.

"It's time to go back."

"Oh."

Returning to the mansion, two people already ready were waiting.

Ellis is carrying a black sword and seems pissed off at me for being a little late.

"I didn't know you were gonna be late."

"I'm sorry... for everything."

"Huh, is that what I'm convinced of?

Ellis and Roxy...... and watching Memil and Lishua refrain behind me, I found myself slightly confused.

Because this was also a matter for us parents and children.

But if you were looking at Roxy's straight eyes, you couldn't possibly not tell me.

"It was for my father."

"What!?

Ellis was very surprised. And Roxy sends me a worrying gaze, surprised as he puts his hand on his mouth, too.

"Were you okay? Wasn't it a fight?

"It didn't happen. If that's the case, the city will be making a scene by now."

"Right. So, were we even talking about it?

"Sort of. It's information from my father. I don't know if I can trust you. First of all, Rhine says he's safe. He's acting with his father now."

Roxy and Memil were horrified to hear that. Roxy was taking care of me for switching, and Memil was seeing her body when she started asking for blood.

They had a lot of interaction with Rhine.

We've been worried about cheap, so we were happy to hear you were safe.

"Mr. Rhine... good..."

"Yes."

Listening to that voice, I keep talking.

"Another thing about the demons of the desert. Dad says it's called the Holy Beast."

"Holy Beast!?

When Ellis heard the word, it solidified.

Roxy and Memil seemed worried about her face that she wouldn't normally show. Until Lishua, who doesn't know much about Ellis, that upset has been transmitted.

"What's up? You know the Holy Beast?

"Yeah...... sort of. Holy beast..."

The look on Ellis's face, who shrugged so much, remained cloudy. And as I look up into the night sky, I say potpourri.

"This fight looks like it would be better for me and Faith to go alone"

"What!?

It was Roxy who raised his voice. She was starting to take part in this crusade, so she can't seem to hide her surprise at the sudden story.

She also knows that the status cannot be fought with us on the front line because we have not reached the realm of E. That's why I was trying to turn to support and be useful.

Ellis says it won't even work. If she says that to me in the queen's shoes, I can't say anything as Roxy.

I'll ask Ellis why.

"That's too much. What's this all about?

"The Holy Beast... is not like just a demon in the realm of E. If so, can you protect Roxy? If you can't do that, I just don't think you should take him."

"Be sure to protect it. Besides, the Holy Beast is not the only demon. The desert has become aggressive, and there are other demons."

When I looked at Lishua sideways, she nodded and answered.

"If we don't ask Roxy for their opponent, we won't be able to focus on the Holy Beast."

"Faye......"

Roxy knows best that he is inferior in status.

Hand control her for trying to say something.

And when I tried to open my mouth to convince Ellis, she approached my ear. Keep talking in a voice that only I can hear.

"What I'm trying to say is that if you brought Roxy on this journey... to battle, you should be ready."

"That's..."

"You already know that. When she tells me she wants to bond with Faith, it means she should respond properly! Even if the E realm is in danger of collapsing out of control."

A collapse phenomenon...

It is that, while reaching the realm of E, like Hud and Raphal, the mind has transformed itself into one who is not a person without being able to stand it.

If Roxy has bonded with me and fallen into the collapse phenomenon Ellis said... if it has become a monster...

That was a terrible thing for me.

The act of further narrowing the distance - bonding - also had the fear that I could not predict at all what would happen in my body because my bulimia skills crave her.

"Oh... I'll make it right then. But I just need a moment."

"Fine. I just wanted to say, that's for Roxy to decide, though."

"Right."

Absolutely. I turn my gaze softly to Roxy.

She nodded back forcefully as she was about to fight an unknown demon to us called the Holy Beast.

Ellis walked away from me when she just said what she wanted to say. And say cute things to everyone about the hanging of the exit.

"Bye! Shall we go?"

"Whoa!"

"Yes!"

Lishua and Memil drop us off like that.

"I'm sorry I'm just impudent. Good luck."

"Dear Faith, Ellis and Roxy! Good luck! You can't lose here to Hausen."

"Leave it to me!

I tried to answer well because I couldn't make you worry unnecessarily... but my vague anxiety about the unknown demon kept sitting in my heart.

Lishua had Roxy on his side because he was more nervous than usual in this fight. The look on Roxy's tense face is also more soothing than before. As a same-sex, as the same saint, Lishua seemed to do to Roxy what she asked.

When the battle is over, I have to thank her.

With that in mind, Lishua and I waved to Memil waiting for us here, leaving the city behind.

The place called the Desert of Doom is adjacent to the east from the city. Stepping in, the cold winds of the moon and night were blowing, and the earth of sand continued until the end of the horizon. And a nostalgic demon greeted me, a tenacious person spreading the barren land. But he looks a little different.

Roxy and Ellis had also noticed the anomaly.

"Sandman's appearance is... perverted. He's also a mess, what can I say... like he's living in a black temper"

"Is that a collapse phenomenon?

"No, you're not like that. I can't help but notice that you've been given the protection of the Holy Beast."

"Coverage?

It is said to be an object that unleashes the potential of a creature.

"Is that the possibility? Didn't the monster just turn uglier?"

"Haha, you're right. No one can adapt to holy blessings. If it doesn't fit, even if it does, it will. The carbide goes more to the carbide. But don't insult me. Faith, use your appraisal skills to find out."

"Okay."

Activate the Appraisal skill for what I was a Sandman.

At the same time, I was concerned about certain words by Ellis. When holy protection is not appropriate, it is in that it becomes more of a monster. Because it seemed to resemble a bond of major crime skills. Those who fail to bond well are somewhere turned into monsters by the phenomenon of collapse.

I can't say for sure, but sensibly the Holy Beast may have some connection to the Grand Sin skill. When Ellis heard the word Holy Beast, I also had a bad feeling because things were just a little strange.

But now is not the time to think. Check the demon status and skills you see.

Previously, it was about level 30, and each status didn't exceed 2,000. Agility should have been a slow-moving demon at 100. Skills only... should have had mental enhancement (inside).

But what was Sandman who showed up with his appraisal skills...

-Darkness-Sandman LV90

Health: 239000

Arm strength: 290000

Magic: 132000

Spirit: 176000

Agility: 10000

Skills: Wind Cutting Magic, Auto Recovery

Dude, status is obvious, but your skills have wind-cut magic and automatic healing.

Automatic recovery is a convenient skill that I have too. I can't get a fatal wound, but I can heal a little bit otherwise.

This Darkness-Sandman is not like the Crown Demon. It's just a demon out there. It's too dangerous for a guy like that to retain such useful skills. Now I know why Lishua was burning her hands with this demon alone.

Appraise the wind-cut magic and tell Roxy and Ellis what you know combined.

"That name is Darkness-Sandman. The status is not comparable to Sandman's. Your arm strength is nearly 300,000. Agility is the worst at 10,000. Skills are wind-cut magic for automatic recovery. Sounds like the magic effect is to create a vacuum blade that can attack at a long range. If you're alarmed it's too late, you'll be torn apart."

"Because. Roxy, be careful."

"Yes."

Roxy had to know the most about this information. Because me and Ellis have reached the E realm, so we don't accept attacks from opponents with status below that.

For example, no matter how much wind-cut magic strikes me from Darkness-Sandman who is here now, I don't get one scratch.

I don't take it, but it conveys some shock.

If that eats in large quantities during Holy Beast warfare, you won't be able to concentrate on fighting. If you capture that gap, you could be deadly attacked by the Holy Beast.

It was an operation to get Roxy to expose the Darkness-Sandman surrounding the Holy Beast.

Ellis stares at her and says:

"Okay! Roxy, are you ready?

"You're going to fight"

"That's right. You alone. [M] We'll get a tour. And let me attach one condition."

"What"

"Heh heh... that's right. Before that, the demons who failed with the blessing of the Holy Beast were collectively called Dark Fallen. Darkness-Sandman is a long name, so let's say Darkness in the future. And Faith."

"Yes."

"Ooh."

Ellis laughed niggly as she looked out at Darkness.

"Roxy will have that darkness defeated in less than ten seconds. What do you say? If I can't, I'll have you back here."

"Ellis!? You still say that?

"Yes, let me tell you something. It's a real leg wrap for me to get stuck in this degree of darkness. I'll tell you in advance. I'm a cynical fighter. Come on, what do we do?

The gaze looked at Roxy in a straight line. Answer her without distracting herself from it.

"I'll do it. Because I want Ellis to know that I'm not that clumsy."

"Like! I love cancer shops. Then let's go!

Roxy pulls the holy sword out of his sheath and sets it up. Darkness hasn't noticed us yet.

Stuff it in between at once, and if you don't mind, you'll be able to clear no more than ten seconds presented by Ellis.

The problem is that the scaffolding is sand. Unlike the hard ground, the harder you step in, the bigger they take your feet.

I didn't tell her that. Because even I want Ellis to survive the trial. I can't have a pure cross section.

Sounds like you're ready.

"Yes."

"Okay, here we go!

Was Roxy nervous when he stepped out or was about to get his feet taken by the sand? But soon, I'm going to rebuild the system and run for Darkness's vision. Light footsteps that I don't think are sandy, just fine.

But we're just getting started and we can't be alarmed. All I have to do is quietly believe in Roxy and watch the fight.