#441
Helmut
Episode 441
Chapter 13: The Sacred Barrier Collapses
If I were to ever approach the Forest of Pahe again, I thought it would only happen in the very distant future.
When Helmut found enough time to reflect on his memories.
But that time came all too quickly.
Everyone, including Helmut, Area, Elaga, Xian, and Heike, hurriedly got on the back of Ygrel, who had magically moved to the vicinity of the Forest of Pahe and transformed.
Charlotte was to visit the Empire immediately with the Archduke.
There is a mountain beyond the mountain. I thought I had finally overcome one crisis and found peace, but before I had time to feel relieved, a new crisis struck.
The temple that was Helmut’s most powerful enemy so far.
It got to the point where not even the temple was a threat to him, but then a completely unexpected threat came.
Xian, who was suddenly called in, looked dazed after hearing the story.
“But why am I wearing it? Honestly, I wouldn’t be able to help.”
He was reluctant to approach Pahe’s Forest again.
After going there, Sian decided to never go on an adventure again.
Helmut responded simply.
“It’s because of the earth spirit. “You are Rodril.”
He is connected to the spirit of the earth.
If we look at this situation through Xian, the Earth Spirit may tell us something.
It must have already felt these signs.
The Earth Spirit had already visited Helmut through Xian’s mother and showed him the strange thing that had appeared in the sacred barrier.
However, Helmut could not connect it to the collapse of the sacred barrier.
Because he had a priority issue called Rinosa. The Forest of Pahe, which we had already left, was far from our consciousness.
The sacred barrier has been an absolute barrier to Helmut from birth.
Even though he crossed the sacred barrier twice. Helmut had never dreamed of a situation where it would collapse.
When I was very young, enduring harsh training, I think I thought, ‘It would be nice if that thing collapsed.’
Did your wish come true belatedly?
‘But the problem is that I don’t want that now.’
The wish was now becoming a reality. A reality that no one can stop.
Even though I thought about fighting against the temple, I never thought about fighting against the opposite being.
Helmut remembered the story that Area told in the Forest of Pahe.
He finally said what Heike had been reluctant to say.
“Is the Demon King being resurrected?”
Heike, who had had a serious expression on his face ever since he left the royal castle, received the message.
“The sacred barrier seals the forest of Pahe. The forest of Pahe blocks the gate to the demon world. So, when the seal of Pahe Forest is released, it means that the door to the demon world is opened. Then the Demon King too… … .”
It seemed that Sian also remembered what Area said at that time. He had hope.
“Magi is a fragment of the Demon King. But Magi is originally abundant in the forest of Pahe. Just because the sacred barrier disappears and the gate to the demon world opens, don’t you necessarily think that the demon lord will be resurrected? No, the door to the demon world may not open as expected. It’s just monsters pouring out. Even that would be a threat.”
Area retorted firmly.
“It’s all related. “The sacred barrier does not simply function as one function.”
“Not only does it block the entire Forest of Pahe to confine demon energy, but it also closes the gate to the demon world and prevents the demon lord from being resurrected. “You do it all?”
“okay.”
Area nodded as if there was no doubt.
Xian’s face crumpled.
“Okay, then what will change when the door to the demon world opens?”
“Things with demonic energy will receive an endless source of power and become stronger. Perhaps, beings that exist in the demon world and are incomparably stronger than those here may pour out. “It won’t be easy to travel between worlds, and it will consume an enormous amount of power in the process, but it will still be extremely threatening.”
[Still, you will be weaker than me.]
Elaga’s small eyebrows, still in her cat form, twitched.
He was proud of himself as the strongest monster in the world.
He couldn’t accept that a monster stronger than him would appear.
Area said as if it was no big deal.
“When the demon world opens, Elaga naturally becomes stronger. Because the source of power is Magi. Demonic energy will constantly be replenished and accumulated. “More than being in the Forest of Pahe, which is full of demonic energy.”
Elaga’s eyes widened.
[Yes, I was a monster too, right?]
[Then wouldn’t it be good for us if the Demon Realm opens?]
Igrel, who was flapping his wings diligently, immediately showed signs of wanting to return.
In order to become stronger, a monster eats other monsters without hesitation. I never decline to become stronger.
“No, the Demon King… … It rules over all things with magical energy. Even if he cannot control Elaga and Ygrel, who have powerful demonic powers, he will try to absorb their power. And a monster cannot defeat a monster stronger than itself. “Is this correct?”
In response to Area’s question, Elaga obediently responded in the affirmative.
[That’s true, though.]
Xian thought of a question.
“No, what on earth is a demon lord?”
Heike chanted like a song.
“A being from the demon world. Like Lumen, a being where power is will and will is power. The purpose of its existence is to devour the entire world with demons. That’s why I’m trying to destroy things that don’t belong to the devil. Because demon energy itself is a force that opposes our world.”
Area added.
“That’s why even a warlock can be swallowed up by demonic energy if he or she is careful. This is also the reason why those with sprouts of darkness go crazy. “Because it is a force that opposes our world, it is impossible for humans to completely control it.”
“Even if it is a body that has demonic energy from birth and has deep roots in it.”
The moment Helmut opened his mouth, his and Area’s eyes met.
What was contained in those beautiful purple eyes was no qualms about him.
Pure concern and worry.
Heike’s voice was heard.
“Memories from a thousand years ago will not even exist in the temple. Records will remain, though. In the past, they claimed that those who go crazy with the sprouts of darkness reflect the image of the devil.”
A being simply filled with the instinct of destruction and slaughter.
Helmut had once been like that. He put his hand to his heart without realizing it.
The sprout of darkness, sealed and cut off from the outside, was silent.
But when it took control of Helmut, it transformed him into something more fearsome than the runaways he faced.
It’s just that I was able to escape because there was a stronger being than him.
Elaga asked curiously.
[Why can’t humans, but can monsters?]
“According to the hypothesis, it is said that demonic energy is a power close to instinct, and monsters have strong instincts. “Humans have lost that instinct a long time ago.”
Heike added to Area’s explanation this time.
“Instead, humans can draw on the power of their souls. “The closest thing to the essence of that power is called vis.”
Vis, the power that emerges as a unity of body and mind purely through suffering.
Helmut caressed the handle of his sword.
It’s what kept him here and what allowed him to endure the sprouts of darkness.
“Is it because of us that the barrier is collapsing?”
Xian muttered confusedly.
As Rodril, who maintains the balance of the world, it was not easy for him to accept the fact that he had participated in causing the world’s crisis.
Helmut corrected him.
“I guess it’s because of me.”
If the sacred barrier suddenly weakened, it is correct to believe that it was because Helmut passed through the barrier.
Elaga opened her mouth.
[Isn’t it because of me? For some reason, I was hesitant to leave the barrier.]
Elaga firmly believed that a small child like Helmut could not have had much influence on the sacred barrier.
It was highly likely that the fact that he passed through the sacred barrier, as he was the strongest in the forest of Pahe and had the most magic power, had an effect.
Not only that, but he somehow seemed to want to say that it was he who had caused this great crisis.
[I came out too, right?]
Ygrel added. As if I wanted to have a shot at becoming something that great.
The two monsters were very carefree and did not hesitate to become villains.
The situation of humans facing threats to their survival is not a big deal to them.
Area said.
“If the reason is that the axes supporting the forest of Pahe disappeared, it may have started with Naho’s death.”
[Then it comes again.]
Elaga’s eyes lit up. It was Elaga who killed Naho.
Helmut may have added some spice, but he couldn’t have killed Naho.
Helmut shook his head.
“You killed him because of me, me.”
[No, I didn’t like him originally. I would have fought to the death someday.]
“That’s a prediction, it’s not something that actually happened.”
In the end, Elaga fought Naho to protect Helmut.
If he hadn’t helped, Helmut would have died there.
When Helmut complained, Elaga spoke angrily.
[You idiot! I want to say that it’s not because of you.]
Helmut was an easy target.
Holder of the sprout of darkness. It is something that stands shoulder to shoulder with the word “divine achievement.”
That fact always acted as a shackle for him.
Isn’t it enough that he was already left to die in the forest of Pahe?
The person who survived there is now seen as the culprit bringing about the end of the world. It’s a miserable situation.
But Helmut’s dark eyes were calm.
“But I also don’t want Elaga to overwrite it.”
The conversation became as if we were protecting each other in advance in case someone criticized us.
Amidst a somewhat warm atmosphere, Area summarized briefly.
“Well, if I were to ask the exact reason, it would be because the temple sent the innocent Sword Saint Darian to the Forest of Pahe. “If you hadn’t met him, you wouldn’t be where you are now, right?”
This time, no one denied it. Helmut and Elaga were convinced.
“Yes, it was because of the temple.”
[Those guys are always a problem.]
