Spirit's Attack
(Master! This is bad! A mighty mana is gathering there! A spirit will manifest!)
I was woken up by Ginko's words, and I immediately got into position.
"Rain! It's an emergency! Wake up Fran! Shamu! Let's go!"
I run towards the tent where Ains and the others are.
(Ginko! Will you make it in time!?)
(Sorry! Not right away! Master! Don't get into a fight with the spirit!)
(I understand!)
"Light-sama! What is this mana!?"
Shamu caught up with me and called out to me.
"Yeah. I can feel it too. This thing is dangerous! Ginko says it's a spirit!"
Shamu began to turn pale at those words. Even so, since I was far away from Ains' tent, I wonder if I'll make it in time...
As we ran through the forest, two royal guard knights were lying dead.
"Ains-sama! Sylvie-sama! Are you okay!?"
Even if I shout out loud, there is no response. It looks like they ran away... If that's the case, that's fine...
In front of the fallen knight, there is something shining in a humanoid form. Is this thing a spirit? That's dangerous... I feel a lot of mana.
Shamu and I watch the spirit with caution, but the spirit doesn't move from its spot. I subtly used [God's Eye] on the knights, but those two were already dead...
What should I do... If I don't do something about this guy, I won't be able to let Fran and the others escape...
A staring contest with the spirit continued for a while, but the spirit suddenly began to waver with mana.
(Demon King... wasn't that what you wanted?)
A sudden telepathy... and it wasn't Ginko's voice...
(Who is it? A spirit?)
(No. The spirits are my followers. The spirits are only acting on my orders.)
(Why did you attack us?)
(Fumu. Apparently, it was my misunderstanding.)
(What do you mean?)
(Demon King. Didn't you want these people to die?)
(No. I don't want that.)
(Is that so? Weren't you hoping that if these guys weren't there, you could go home with Fran?)
I thought about it for a while...
(Ah... I may have thought about it for a while... but that was just a joke...)
(Fumu. I see, you were joking. That was unnecessary. Sorry.)
(No... um... how do you know what I'm thinking? And why did you go to this length for me?)
(I can understand what you're thinking if I look at it. If you ask me why, it's because I owe you.)
(Owe?)
(Fumu.)
(What? What do you mean by owe? Did I do something to you?)
(You did.)
So tell me what is it!
(Demon King. You were emitting mana in this forest a while ago.)
(That's right. I did.)
(That's it.)
Ha?
(That's what I owe you.)
..................?
(Um... I really don't understand. Who are you...?)
(You'll figure it out eventually.)
Ehh...
(Sorry about this time. I'll try not to make mistakes next time. See you then.)
..................See you?
"Light-sama! What's wrong!?"
When I heard Shamu's voice, I came back to my senses, and the spirit had disappeared.
"Shamu...... what have I been doing?"
"What do you mean? Light-sama has been staring at the spirit for a long time..."
I thought for a while and was about to open my mouth to explain to Shamu when Fran, Rain, Ginko and Ayako came toward us.
"Fran! Close your eyes!"
I quickly put the dead knights into [Spatial Magic] and hid them from Fran.
"Light-san... what happened? And Ains-sama and the others..."
I told them that we were attacked by a spirit and that Ains and the others escaped first. Of course, two knights were sacrificed.
Fran heard this and had a dark look on her face.
"Let's leave the forest for now. It might still be dangerous around here."
That's right. Attacks by spirits aren't the only danger. There is a possibility that there are still assassins out there who are targeting Fran.
I put Fran on Ayako's back and had Ginko run to keep an eye on the surrounding area. Rain and I run with Ayako between us. Shamu is at the back.
We have to get out of the forest quickly......
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