"What... this?

I snap at the sight that spreads in front of me.

- The coma forest wasn't as far away as I thought.

Ten days on foot, on the road without a path, he reached a woodland that looked familiar.

At the edge of the central plateau, at the foot of the steep slopes of Mount Outer Ring surrounding the Middle Plains, there is a woodland that looks like a woodland.

To the sight of awakening distant memories, I proceeded through the forest with complex thoughts.

Meanwhile, Asura, who sensed my feelings, was holding my hand.

That's how I followed the coma forest settlement - it was devastating.

The houses that were built on giant trees and on trees have been destroyed without exception, with the murdered dark elves rolling in them.

"This is... terrible"

"Yeah......"

Asura nods at me when I snap.

"What do you mean? According to the story of the man who attacked us, the young man must have taken over the tribe by eliminating the ancient..."

That's how it's wiped out.

Mr Ciel (Holy Sword) said.

"Hey, can you show me, too?

To Shiel's words, I pulled out a "space feather grip (space ruler)" on my back.

"Hmm... aren't the bad guys, the devil?"

"The Devil?"

'Yeah. The devil eats people's negative emotions. Despite the fact that the body has been maimed by mischief, there is no indication that she has been sexually assaulted. You won't be a burglar. In the first place, corpse damage so far is impossible for a burglar. Because it takes a lot of work to do so much with human power.'

"Could be a bunch of demons"

"Demons can damage corpses while they're excited, but they don't dare to leave them alive. Demons should eat corpses, but there's no sign of them. '

That's just what I was called a brave man, a sober analytical eye.

Knight also crawls out of Asla's backpack.

She looks like a fairy in black Gothic-style clothes, but is a demonic girl called a vampire who was formerly a second personality in Asla. Now by Mr. Alphesia, the original elf, consciousness has been shifted to the fairy body.

Knight made me snap my nose and said.

"Amazing smell of blood..."

"No way, you say you want a drink, right?

"No way. Vampires drink only living blood. If you drain the blood of a corpse, it's already scavenger."

That's what I said, and Knight moved his nose crackling.

- That way.

"What?

"The smell of blood is in a fresh direction. By the way, I don't know if the body there's been around half a day since he died."

"Half a day!? I mean..."

"Yeah, maybe the Raiders are still close by."

I start walking towards Knight's finger.

I'm afraid of raiders, I don't think.

We need to be vigilant, but there's no way we can be enemies now.

Steph, Alfred, and Edgar are good at demon warfare in your order, but I can fight demons enough with the power of the Holy Sword (Space Wing Grip (Space Ruler)).

"If the devil comes out, I will fight. Asura needs backup support."

"Yeah, okay -"

Even if it looks rather like it, Asura also has considerable experience in action.

In the case of Asura, she even absorbs the experience of demons taken into her body, so she fights in a sophisticated way that is not suitable for her age. Ability drawers were unusually high, and like you, Edgar, I had a fear of not knowing what I was going to do.

But it's another thing to fight demons hiding their bodies in the surplus dimension. In the power of demons, which are only the existence of this world, it is difficult to fight demons.

We rely on Knight's sense of smell to move into the back of the settlement.

The coma forest is bright, contrary to its name. Settlement in a wooded sassu forest. It was usually a place where I would like to come to a picnic.

Of course, it was very unlikely we could do a picnic in the woods now that the trees were destroyed and the tragic corpse rolled.

As I proceeded through the coma forest, I noticed that there was a place in the fuzz, fuzz, and fuzz that darkened.

"It's the junction."

Says Mr. Siel.

Every time we cross the line, the luminous forest of the leaky day gradually darkens.

"The junction, it's all been broken. It's a force move. If it's a demon, it could be an advanced demon. '

An advanced demon who is said to have only a dozen throughout the continent.

Is that what attacked the coma forest?

Was that all there was to it in the coma forest?

No, I've decided that.

"Master Kurayami."

We reached the front of the cave.

There was a huge rock there called a mirror rock.

During the ceremony, as many as ten large men gathered to open it.

When the witch enters, she closes the door from the outside.

Inside the cave is closed to Kurayama.

There's no way I can move a mirror rock with the help of a child even if I want to get out.

I cried out.

I stuck it in the mirror rock until my nails peeled off.

Even if I did that, no one helped me.

Eventually give up the resistance.

Accept the darkness.

In the darkness where I can't even see my own hands, I lose my senses.

In the meantime, I don't understand the contours of a human being named Bok.

It interacts with the darkness, and I don't know where it's coming from.

That was it in training.

But apparently there was a "beyond".

Integrate with Kurayami and unload "Kurayami" onto him.

Because witches are specially trained, they can quell the Kurayami they unload on themselves.

(But that's not all)

I happen to have heard the adults talking.

In the unlikely event that a witch screws up control, there is only darkness around her cavity. Though Master Kurayami said that there was nothing more I could do if I lived in a witch.

In time, the witch dies mad or starves to death. Master Kurayami loses his generations and is unable to manifest himself in this world.

Be a tranquilizer, just in case.

That was my role as the Witch of the Coma Forest.

"... Hey, are you okay?

Asura takes my hand and asks.

"Oh, yeah...... it's okay"

I shake off my past fantasies and see the cave.

The mirror rock was shattered and scattered.

Behind it lies darkness.

"There... they said you should never bring light in there. So no one knows what's going on in there. I knew it was as big as a hand job..."

I was lost for a moment wondering if I should observe that ban.

Shake your head.

"Xu (light)"

I magically create the lights and send them into the cave.

Surprisingly, there was no such thing as a philosophy, just a cave, there.

I get a feeling of neither discouragement nor relief about that.

Come on, let's go.

In my words, we set foot in the cave.

Is the cave something like a few hundred meters deep?

Immediately, I followed him to the back.

There was a lot of space in the back.

It's about four meters tall with a big stalactite hanging.

There, there's a big altar.

No, should I say there was?

The altar was so broken.

"Master Kurayami... taken?

In the first place, I even thought it was suspicious if I really had such a thing.

But I just have to think that there was something more serious here than the settlement was attacked this way.

"I don't feel anything. Okay?

"Neither do I feel any sign there."

"Likewise."

Asura, Mr. Siel, Knight said orally.

I will carefully examine the altar.

Going off the rubble, I found an old book.

No, it's not so much a book. More than a dozen pages of paper.

I'm surprised I dropped my eyes on that paper.

"... I can't read it"

What was written on the paper was not the Marquette Common Word.

"Let me see"

Mr Ciel says.

I put the Holy Sword (Space Wing Grip (Space Ruler)) on paper.

'Oh, these are ancient magic letters. It's a magic letter used a long time ago. Edgar, you were doing some temporary research, weren't you?

Indeed, Edgar, you also studied ancient magic letters.

Anything, it seems that ancient magic characters have more magical power than modern ones.

But it's hard to handle because of the complexity of the shape, and again, Edgar, you said you haven't used it much lately because you can do force moves with a huge amount of MP.

"Can you read, Master?

I call Mr. Siel my master.

Because they teach me about the treatment of the Holy Sword and all kinds of skills.

In fact, wrap your tongue around it.

I wondered if this was the move of a woman called the brave one.

Anyway, if Mr. Siel can read ancient magic letters, the story is quick.

"Yep... Kurayami... is... the castle of... Dustle, Vine... of, the heart... hits... something"

Mr. Ciel grabs on. Grab on. Read out.

"Demon Castle... is... a living castle... in itself... a giant... demon... whose power... even the stars... smash it"

Mr. Ciel's voice echoes in the cave.

"The... heart... also... lives... out of nothingness... creates power..."

I turn the page silently.

"That, power... as... food, as... Devil's Castle Dustlvain, is... movement... growth... that power...,... what!

"Duh, what's wrong?

'Oh, I'm sorry, I'm surprised... here it is. "The Devil's Castle Dustlvain is a living castle, eating and growing the darkness that the heart produces. Its power is insignificant at first, but it is said that it will eventually acquire enough power to surpass the evil god Monugonuese' '

"Ah, the power beyond the evil god Monugonez!?"

Monugonez, the evil god who keeps fighting the good gods.

The power is arguably the strongest in this world.

Because the current situation is that the good gods are finally holding back the evil gods in bundles.

"Monugonez, the evil god, was afraid of his power and had sealed the heart of Dustlvain in this place. Sounds like that's who Kurayami is."

I shall cease to be uttered by Mr Ciel.

This tribe was the force of evil gods. That's, well, some parts of it are convincing.

But I didn't know that what the evil gods feared might transcend themselves was sealed here.

"Yay, oh my god!

"Well, if it's true, it is."

Mr Ciel tells relaxation.

"Mr. Ciel says it's not true?

'No, the probability of the fact, unfortunately, is high. It's just...'

"Just?"

"Who attacked this tribe? If the contents of this note are true, forces on the side of the evil gods cannot strike here '

"Ah..."

That's right, Mr. Ciel.

"The leader of the raider the other day also said something that someone had done to him. Who the hell was that...... '

"Could it be some nation?

Knight says.

"It's only a matter of not being federal, right? The Nakahara Empire will also be unlikely. Molecules searched for the Dustlvain of the Magic Castle in an attempt to relapse...? Well, I don't think that's possible."

"The Coma Forest is a closed clan. I don't think it's that easy to get information about Kurayami."

I argue with Knight's words.

'Don't forget that it was the devil who raided this place. I don't know that there are countries and organizations that are familiar with demons.'

"You mean someone we don't know, or something is moving..."

I think deeply.

but I can't find an answer like this.

"I mean, what do you mean?

Asura leans her neck and asks.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I mean... right. Edgar, it means I have to catch you anyway."

This case, to be clear, is in our hands.

I don't think a big problem like the survival of the world can be dealt with very much without you, Edgar, who is also connected to the goddess.

"... oh dear, where have you been"

"... that's what it is"

Sigh at Asura's words.

While we're stopping by, Edgar, you must already be beyond Central Mountain Ridge.

Then it's the western part of the continent where we don't even know what's going on.

"I resent you, Edgar."

My twinkle stuck to the cave.