HPDBC Chapter 101
Chapter 101
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Chapter 101
Slash!
Without hesitation, I slit his throat and ended his life.
Even though it was his own death, his expression looked incredibly peaceful.
Leaving the dead cultist behind, I fixed my gaze on the woman from the Moon Watchers.
"Do you know anything about this situation?"
"I don’t know anything."
"Really?"
I gave a sly smile, and she returned it awkwardly.
"That won’t do."
"Wha... what?!"
"Come on. Whether it’s a cult or a murder group, it’s all the same, isn’t it?"
As I drew my black spear and stepped forward, she screamed in terror.
"Aaaah!! There’s a crazy murderer here!!"
For someone who killed their targets without hesitation, she had a surprisingly human air about her.
If things had gone as usual, I would have tortured her to extract information since I couldn’t get anything from the cultist.
However, if she was willing to cooperate, there was no need to go that far.
Based on what the cultist said, neither group seemed to be directly related to this incident.
If the cultist’s words were true, she was probably in the same situation.
Ultimately, the suspects I was lucky to come across weren’t the real culprits.
There was no helping it.
When I put away the black spear, she looked at me blankly, then quickly realized she’d been tricked.
Her face flushed red.
But she didn’t lose her temper or lash out.
There was no choice but to continue searching.
Just as I was about to leave, she called out to me.
"Wait a minute."
"What is it?"
"Are you... trying to resolve this situation?"
I shook my head at her question.
Resolving the situation would be great if possible, but finding Luna and Melissa was far more important.
"If I come across anything, I’ll deal with it, but it’s not my priority. I need to find my sister."
She quietly closed her eyes for a moment before opening them again.
"I actually have a bit of skill."
She produced a black spirit in the palm of her hand.
"This is a special spirit that can be contracted under rare circumstances. Its power allows me to read the fog and quickly find whoever I’m looking for."
However, she was the only one who could handle the spirit.
"You’re looking for your sister, so I’ll help you."
"What’s in it for you?"
She chuckled.
"Mutual aid. We don’t have a reason to be enemies, do we? We both want to solve this situation. Plus, you helped me by eliminating that person."
She cast a cold glance at the cultist’s lifeless corpse.
"Fine."
After I described Luna and Melissa’s appearances, she began communing with the spirit.
Soon, dark tendrils extended rapidly in all directions from the spirit’s body.
Its form and energy were distinctly different from typical natural spirits.
About ten minutes later, she opened her eyes.
"I found her. Luna is currently in a safe zone with other survivors. You don’t need to worry too much about her."
Luna was quick-witted.
She could probably handle a monster or two on her own.
"What about Melissa?"
When I asked, she closed her eyes again and communed with the spirit.
I turned my head slowly and saw the corpse of a massive beast.
It was a type of monster I had encountered once before on my way here.
Based on its level, even Melissa’s current abilities would have been tested against it.
She must have been ambushed right after dealing with that thing.
While I felt a bit proud of her, seeing her current state made me sigh.
“So... why are you here?”
“What do you think? I came because I received a divine revelation.”
“A revelation? Don’t tell me it was the saintess’s revelation? What have you been up to this time...?”
I should probably explain the deal I made with the saintess, but that didn’t seem important right now.
“Forget that. Can you just help me out? I’m starting to have a hard time holding on.”
Melissa’s increasingly desperate expression made me think it would be fun to just leave her there for a while.
“What were you planning to do if I wasn’t here?”
She averted her gaze slightly and answered quietly.
“I was going to gather aura and blow it up.”
Well, that would work.
Of course, she’d have to swim around inside its stomach until then.
“Geez.”
Slash!
I drew my cursed sword and slashed down through the air, slicing the giant worm’s body in a clean line.
It burst open immediately.
“Ahh! That’s disgusting!”
Covered from head to toe in the worm’s bodily fluids, she screamed as she tried to approach me.
“Don’t come any closer. You smell.”
“...”
Sure, it’s festival season, and there are plenty of people around.
But when I heard “access to information,” only one person came to mind.
“No way. It couldn’t be him.”
“Do you have anyone in mind? If we leave this situation unattended, whoever did this will gain enormous power. The force from the rampaging mist has matured over the years of being sealed, and its density is close to that of a disaster.”
She seemed eager to hear who I had in mind, but I couldn’t definitively say, “It’s that bastard.”
[Based on all available data, the person most likely to be responsible is Prince Dorn Lu Pascallia.]
‘For someone like that, he sure was rescuing survivors.’
If his goal was to consume the power of the mist, he shouldn’t have been wasting time doing that.
He should’ve been absorbing the mist as quickly as possible.
“You seem to have someone in mind.”
“If it’s a member of the royal family, they’d at least have access to information like this.”
Her eyes narrowed at my answer.
“Royal family? In this territory? Wait....”
Her eyes widened.
“Don’t tell me you’re talking about Prince Dorn Lu Pascallia, a branch member of the royal family?!”
She asked me again in shock.
“Is there a problem?”
“There is! Prince Dorn would never do such a thing!”
Just as we were having this back-and-forth, Melissa, who had been shaking off the liquid on her body, sneaked up and grabbed my clothes to wipe her face.
“This fabric absorbs well... ouch!”
I flicked her forehead and looked back at the other woman.
“You sound like you know a lot about the prince.”
After contemplating briefly, she let out a sigh.
“I am Meryl Dyne, a knight who serves Prince Dorn.”
“I thought you were something else earlier.”
“My role as a knight is a cover identity.”
So, in the light, she serves as the prince’s knight, and in the shadows, she’s a member of the Moon Watchers?
Unbelievable.
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