Flillian, I want to live.

Hugh Tark quickly remembered the Headless Horseman he met when he rescued Sophia.

"It's Aura..."

Xutark finally realized the message that the Earl was willing to convey to him at the cost of his own life.

The meaning of being a trap is very simple, because when Xutalk was self-righteously wasting time with the Earl, he had already fallen into Aura's trap.

Count Gulanat had long been a pawn of Aura, and it was actually he who was delayed and unable to support his companions.

however……

Xutark gripped his not very comfortable long sword again.

It's not an easy task to defeat a swordsman who doesn't care about pain and doesn't feel any pain even if he's hit in the vitals...

Just when Huttark was about to get into a tough fight, Gutel and others finally climbed to the upper level of the castle through the stairs. Andy, who was walking in front and leading the way, pushed open the door in front of him, and a section of stone road on the city wall appeared in front of everyone.

"It's just ahead. After passing this section of the wall, the room with the defensive array is in the tower opposite."

Andy pointed outside the door. At the end of the city wall hidden by the misty wind and rain was the room they were looking for.

"Then we must hurry up."

Sophia, who was supporting Andy, looked back at Frillian who was pursing her lips and thinking about something, then pulled Andy and took the lead to walk out of the gate leading to the top of the city wall.

"Be careful."

The moment Andy followed Sophia out of the door, he suddenly noticed something strange. Almost instinctively, he pushed Sophia away with his weak body.

The next moment, a tentacle made of blood came from above like a sharp arrow and pierced Andy's shoulder straight through.

"oops!"

Andy, whose collarbone was pierced, hugged his shoulders and fell to the ground in pain. At the same time, looking up, he also discovered this unsportsmanlike attacker.

"Liuguna..."

Andy remembered the other person's face. It was under the influence of this seemingly polite demon that the count stubbornly turned off the defensive magic and treated the other person as a guest of honor.

"I'll cover you."

Seeing the sudden change in front of him, Philen turned his head and gave Gutel a wink, then summoned his staff and rushed out the door.

"Wait, leave me alone—"

Andy was shocked by Philen's actions. Knowing Liuguna's strength, he raised his hand and shouted to stop Philen from doing such a reckless thing.

However, it was too late.

Before Andy could finish his words, Philen had already rushed out the door.

Andy's worries were not unreasonable. In fact, the moment Philen stepped out of the door, far more blood tentacles than before shot out from the hands of Liuguna, who was floating in the air close to the wall, and attacked Philen from the blind spot above his head.

The previous attack was just a feint to show weakness, and the attack now was Liuguna's killer move hidden in his backhand.

What Liuguna used was the ability called blood exorcism magic.

It was magic that could harness one's own blood, transforming it into a sharp blade capable of easily cutting through solid armor.

With the help of such characteristics, it becomes possible to penetrate defensive magic that is not very effective against physical attacks.

"Go to hell for your recklessness."

Liuguna looked at Philen who rushed out the door, and a smile of success appeared on his face.

Over the years, countless people who believed in defensive magic have died from the sneak attacks of the sharp blade made of his blood.

However, almost at the same time when Liuguna's attack approached Philen, bright beams of light shot out from Philen's staff like blooming red lotuses, smashing Liuguna's blood tentacles one by one in mid-air.

Then, Philen slowly raised his head and looked at Liuguna who was floating above the city wall, waiting for them.

Compared to the last time they met on the street, Liuguna was still calm and elegant. Although her carefully prepared attack was resolved by Philen, she was not surprised.

"As expected of you, you're the disciple of the great magician, Fulilian."

Liuguna looked at Philen who treated him coldly and spoke to him in an approving tone.

"Do you know who we are?"

Philen's gaze followed Liuguna, watching him fly slowly from overhead to the city wall in front of them in the heavy rain.

"Even though I only fought her once, the experience of escaping death was enough to make me unforgettable for the rest of my life."

Liuguna, who was standing in front of several people, seemed to have forgotten his despicable sneak attack and spoke to Philen in a casual tone.

"Really? So we've fought before?"

Fulilian stepped out of the door and looked at Liuguna in front of her, and said in a somewhat surprised tone.

"You are truly forgetful. But that was all in the past. Although you killed many of our companions, Earl Gulanat and I put aside our hatred ten years ago. This city has lived in peace with the demons for ten years. So, I want you to believe that there must be some misunderstanding between us..."

puff.

Before Liuguna could finish his words, a beam of dazzling light suddenly shot out from the dark door and accurately hit Liuguna's chest where his heart was.

Chapter 85: Intelligence is the key to victory

As the fluorescent magic particles dissipated, a large piece of Liuguna's body, who was standing on the city wall, was missing.

However, a shield made of blood protected Liuguna's heart at the last moment.

"cough--"

Liuguna coughed up a mouthful of blood. If it were an ordinary demon, such an injury would have been fatal.

However, years of practicing blood magic also gave Liuguna top recovery ability among the demons.

As the plasma gradually coagulated, Liuguna's body was repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye.

So, at this moment, Liuguna was more concerned about who attacked him in the dark than his own body.

Because from Liuguna's perspective, the attacker's magic power was not inferior to that of the great magician Frillian who appeared at this time.

Is there a powerful magician beside Fulilian?

This was information that Aura had never told him.

"What a pity."

Guter lowered her sunhat and spoke with regret to Liuguna, who was staring at her.

"who are you?"

Liuguna desperately wanted to gain information about the powerful magician in front of him to prevent her from becoming a variable in Aura's plan.

"Do I need to tell you?"

However, this time, Guter had no intention of introducing himself.

In fact, this was not the first time that Liuguna had seen Gutel. During the day today, he had more time to investigate Gutel, who was brought with him by Fulilian as a companion, but that time, Liuguna simply ignored Gutel's existence.

The demon's innate arrogance made him automatically ignore Guter when he noticed that Guter's magic power was as weak as a child, and treated Guter as an insignificant existence.

"Don't be so excited. I told you there's a misunderstanding between us. Can you give me some time..."

Liuguna did not blame Guter for the sneak attack on him, but once again talked to the other party to reason and delay time.

"Phelan."

Of course, Gutel didn't want to listen to Liuguna's nonsense.

After receiving the order, Philen raised the staff in her hand. The next moment, several beams of demon-killing magic shot out from her staff and flew towards Liuguna, whose injuries had not yet fully recovered.

"hateful……"

Knowing that he was unable to resist at this moment, he reached out and grabbed the battlement on the edge of the city wall, then turned over and jumped down from it.

"give it to me."

Philen gave Guter a look, then flew after him.

"Hey..."

At this moment, Andy, who had watched a good show, once again realized that the wound on his shoulder was still oozing blood, and he immediately groaned in pain.

"Mr. Andy."

Sophia, who was standing by, looked at Andy, who was seriously injured while trying to save her, with an anxious expression on her face. She tried to press the wound with her hands, but she could not stop the man's face from turning pale due to blood loss.

"let me see."

Guter bent down and reached out to move Sophia's hand away from Andy.

The wound in front of him was shocking. Given the medical conditions in this world, it was probably impossible to heal it unless there was a monk as powerful as Haita.

"Flillian, give me the Holy Scripture."

However, after observing the wound, Gutel suddenly turned around and said to Fulilian.

"Ah, oh."

Fulilian blinked, then took out the holy book that she usually used as a cushion for the pot from the suitcase she carried with her and handed it to Gutel.

Gutel pretended to open the holy book that stung her eyes whenever she looked at it, and then placed her right hand on Andy's wound.

As the magic power flowed, the festering wound instantly recovered after a burst of light, without even a trace of scar left.

"Eh?"

Not only Andy, but even Sophia beside him was shocked by this incredible scene.

"Are you such a powerful monk?"

Sophia looked at Gutel with some surprise.

"That's it."

Gutel did not deny it, but closed the holy book in his hand and put it in his arms.

"Well, it seems that I have saved my life..."

Andy touched his old wounds in disbelief and said with emotion.

"However, I don't have the energy to act with you anymore, Fulilian. It's up to you now..."

However, after experiencing the near-death experience just now, Andy no longer had the energy and courage to move forward. Instead, he looked up at Fulilian.

"I understand."

Standing in the pouring rain, Fulilian nodded to Andy and agreed to his request.

"Then you can rest here first. We will come back to pick you up after we complete the mission."

Sophia held Andy's hand and spoke to him with concern.

"well……"

Andy looked at Sophia and nodded in agreement.

"You stay here and don't move around. We will be back soon."

Sophia emphasized this to the man once more.

"I see, but speaking of which, girl, have we met before?"

Andy looked at Sophia in front of him. He always felt like he saw someone's shadow in her.

"No? Ah, I have to catch up with those two."

Sophia turned her head and looked at Gutel and Fulilian who were heading towards the room where the magic circle was set up in the rain, and hurriedly chased after them.

"is it?"

Andy looked at Sophia's departing back and suddenly thought of an old friend.

That happened when he was still serving as an advisor in the Earl's household. One day, the Earl brought in a timid little girl.

"This is my adopted daughter... her name is..."

"Sophia..."

Andy silently recited the name that the Count had told him. Although the girl was only asked by the Count to help look after the child at first, she soon showed great magical talent. She always asked questions while he was working and even read his magic book.

"never mind."

Andy, lost in memories, shook his head. Although the girl just told her not to run around, his intuition told him that he should not continue waiting here.