Volume 1 The Tale of the Forge Chapter 38 Temporary Victory
Daniel ran towards Lydia desperately, but it was obviously too late, the monsters were too fast, and it was useless for any of them to go.
At that moment, Daniel wished that it was himself who was swallowed by the monster, so that he could fulfill his responsibilities as an older brother and not have to endure the pain of being alone anymore.
In fact, despite having two family members, he always felt that he was lonely, that no one understood him and that no one really cared about him.
There was always a great sense of emptiness in his heart, and he often wondered if he existed, and it was only when he gave for Lydia that he could find a little solace and feel worthwhile.
But now, everyone in the Order is dead, the rest are seriously wounded, and I don't know if I will survive, and now his only sister is going to be taken away, the last person who can make him find his self-worth.
He ran like crazy, trying to rush over to stop the beast, but he couldn't change Lydia's fate, and could only watch her be swallowed by the monster.
Emile and Margaret also want to save her, but they also understand that it is too late.
After swallowing its first prey, the monster burped contentedly, then shifted its gaze to the remaining three.
"Damn it, give me Lord Lydia back!"
Margaret, filled with resentment, fired a magic missile into the monster's face.
However, the monster that turned into a giant wolf moved very fast, easily dodging all the missiles while constantly approaching her.
The emir quickly pulled her onto Lilith's back, and with Lilith's help, quickly escaped from the monster's attack range.
However, just as Emir wanted to go over to pick up Daniel, he found that he actually took the initiative to run towards the monster, as if he was about to break the net.
The huge monster naturally didn't take him as a small human in his eyes, but he couldn't let go of any human, so he opened his mouth without hesitation.
Of course, Daniel didn't go to die, after approaching the monster, he directly released his sword technique, and his body disappeared immediately.
However, the monster was not surprised at all, because it was able to perceive Daniel's presence, rather, its vision was not strong, mainly relying on the perception of the body.
So, when Daniel circled behind the monster and was about to climb up its body to attack it at close range, the monster shook its body vigorously and threw him out in an instant.
Thankfully, under the command of the emir, Lilith jumped up and caught him accurately, only to find that he had become like a walking dead after this defeat, and his face was lifeless.
This reminded the Emir of the recruit he had seen in the Weapons Workshop, and when he realized that he had lost hope, he chose to give up on himself.
Emir also felt heartache for Lydia being swallowed by the monster, and even felt empty in his heart, because he would never see the smiling girl again, but was that why they gave up?
The Emir knew nothing more than that, if he chose to give up, he would look down on Lydia even if she was still here.
So, he slapped Daniel hard, hoping to wake him up, maybe the force was too small, the other party didn't care at all, just continued to keep his head down.
Seeing him like this, Emir suddenly became angry, and directly asked Lilith to throw him to the ground, Lilith's back had a drop of six or seven meters from the ground, so this time he finally came to his senses, and he suddenly curled up in pain.
However, the emir had no sympathy for the cowardly man and just looked at him coldly.
"He, is he okay?" Margaret said worriedly.
"Hmph, leave him alone, let's avenge Lydia next." The emir snorted coldly and looked at the monster that was galloping towards him.
"Well, I'm going to make this guy pay." Margaret also said viciously.
In order to prevent Daniel from being affected, the emir asked Lilith to continue the transfer with them, although the monster was fast, but Lilith had wings to help her, even if she couldn't fly, she could easily shake off each other.
At the same time, Emir stared at the monster with a serious face, his brain racing, and he was thinking about what to do.
After a few minutes, Lilith was a little tired, and her speed gradually slowed down, while the monster behind her kept approaching.
At this point, Emir finally thought of a solution, and ordered Lilith to let him go down and let her continue to run away with Margaret.
"But what do you do, Emir?" Lilith's tone was worried, "You don't even have a weapon, how can you fight that guy." ”
"Hehe," the emile explained, chuckling, "of course I know this, so I won't resist. ”
"Huh? What an inexplicable idea. ”
Margaret said that she did not understand, she had heard about the Emile before, and thought how clever he was, but in the end he would come up with such an unobtrusive solution.
"Amir, while I still have the strength to do so, let's go together." Lilith also persuaded him.
"No, no, I hope you will cooperate, and as for the result, you will understand when the time comes." The emir insisted on not leaving, but smiled meaningfully.
Lilith hesitated, she saw Emile's stubborn appearance, and finally chose to obey, after all, Emile is now her master, but she did not speak to her in a commanding tone, which made her quite moved, and preferred to believe that Emile would not joke with her life.
"Well, well, take care of yourself."
Seeing that Lilith agreed, Margaret stopped dwelling.
Then the man and the dragon continued to retreat in the direction of the town, however, Margaret suddenly thought of something and quickly told Lilith to stop.
"Wait a minute, I have something for the emir."
"Oh?" Lilith stopped.
"What is it?" The emir hurriedly asked.
“…… This one. ”
Margaret pulled a small object out of her pocket and threw it at him.
The emir easily caught it, and when he looked closely, he saw that it was an emerald, just enough to hold in one hand.
"It's ......"
"It's a communication device." Margaret explained, "As long as you hold that, I can talk to you, regardless of distance." ”
"That's great, thank you." The emir nodded and said with a smile.
"Hehe, it's okay, after all, we're on the same front now."
Margaret finished speaking, and left under the guidance of Lilith.
After a while, Emir was finally caught up, and even the monster was surprised by his behavior of standing in place, but he didn't think much about it, and directly opened the abyssal mouth, intending to swallow him in one gulp.
On the other hand, Emir, he did not resist much, and was directly swallowed by the monster, and at that moment, Emir showed a smile that his plan had succeeded.
……
On the other side, Lilith took Margaret and galloped, but she didn't believe it herself if she didn't worry about Emir.
She had been in the basement for decades, and she was really tired of that life, but she just didn't want to say it, and she decided that when Moswood died, she would never make a contract with humans again.
However, after meeting Emile and hearing his words of concern, Lilith felt warmth for the first time in her life, something she had never felt when she was with Moswood.
She finally realized that she could no longer get rid of humanity, and she liked the feeling of being needed, so she chose to sign a contract with the Emir.
It didn't take long for her to take Margaret to the city wall, and then put her on the ground, intending to go back to help Emir, but as soon as she turned around, she witnessed Emir being devoured by monsters, and a sense of loss suddenly exploded in her heart.
"Emir......" she murmured.
However, just as she was in a state of grief, she suddenly felt that her body was out of control, as if driven by a powerful force, and gradually flew away from the spot.
Immediately afterwards, Lilith, who was completely overwhelmed, disappeared, and such a development directly stunned Margaret.
She hurried to look for Lilith on the battlefield, but could not find it, only to see the monster devouring the emir and running towards her.
"Tsk."
Margaret screamed that something was wrong, and quickly clenched her wand and prepared for a desperate battle.
However, the monster's body seemed to have undergone a change again, and its stomach suddenly swelled, as if it had swallowed something bulky.
Then a huge fireball actually broke through his stomach and flew out.
Perhaps because the damage was caused from the inside out, the monster let out a deafening scream of pain, and a huge hole appeared in its stomach, and the blood flowed in an instant.
"Hey, Margaret, can you hear me? It's up to you. ”
Coldly, Margaret heard a familiar voice, and she was stunned for a moment before she realized that it was Emir who was speaking.
"Huh? What's the situation, so you're fine. ”
"Hmph, of course it's okay, let's unleash the magic and give this guy the final blow." From her communication device came the emir's rather smug voice.
So she looked closely at the monster, and finally found a large figure in the hole in its belly, and it was Lilith.
It turned out that the moment Emir was devoured by the monster, he used the power of the contract to summon Lilith into the monster's belly.
In this way, the monster could not dodge Lilith's attack, and in addition, Emir also managed to rescue Lydia, who had not yet been digested and absorbed by the monster, but fortunately she only fell into a coma.
When Emile first used this trick on Kresti, Lilith didn't know what was going on, but now that she finally understood, she couldn't help but sigh that Emile was so much smarter than Moswood that she could think of such an operation.
Because they were in an almost enclosed space, in order to prevent Emile and Lydia from being affected by the dragon's breath, Lilith specially protected them with her wings, and then broke the monster's belly.
At this point, the wounded monster was shocked, probably not expecting to be deflated, but because of a large hole in his stomach, his movements were also affected, so he decided to do his best to recover from his injuries.
However, Margaret would not give it this chance, and she immediately used all the magic power in the gem to unleash an even more powerful magic missile.
The monster had no time to dodge, and its huge body suddenly became a living target, and it was instantly beaten to a thousand holes, and no matter how powerful its self-healing ability was, it could not be restored.
Seeing this scene, the emir finally relieved himself, he understood that everything was over, and the victory in this battle belonged to humanity after all.
However, he still relaxed too soon, and Margaret, who is a witch, is very sensitive to magic, and she notices that something is wrong.
The monster's body was smashed and fell to the ground, instantly stirring up a large amount of dust, covering the entire battlefield, but there was still a huge magical reaction.
"What's going on? Isn't that guy dead? She muttered under her breath.
After a while, she noticed something strange again, because the magic reaction generated by the monster was getting bigger and bigger.
When the dust cleared, Margaret and Emile saw an incredible scene at the same time, only to see that the monster's body had actually expanded to twice its original size, and it continued to grow.
"This, what's going on?"
"There's no time, we have to save Daniel."
"Uh-oh."
Then, with the help of Lilith, they quickly came to Daniel's side, but he fainted in pain.
At this time, the corpse of the monster began to glow and heat, and it seemed that it was about to explode.
Emile realized that there was really no way to escape this time, but in the nick of time, Lilith made an unexpected move, she immediately spread her wide wings to cover everyone, and she herself shrunk her head under the wings.
In the next moment, a loud noise was heard, accompanied by a wave of heat that was overwhelming, and there was no doubt that the corpse of the monster exploded.
Emir's brain was buzzing with shock, and he touched his ear, which was bleeding, but fortunately Margaret was by his side, and he was quickly cured.
After a few minutes, everything was calm again, and Emile and Margaret stepped out from under the dragon's wing and took a look at the battlefield.
I saw a huge pit in the center of the battlefield, and the body of the monster had been blown up, however, when their eyes continued to move and came to the edge of the city wall, they were immediately dumbfounded, because the wall about forty meters high was actually gone, and even the row of houses near the city wall were in ruins.
“…… That's an exaggeration, isn't it? Margaret couldn't help but exclaim.
"yes, I didn't expect it to be so powerful."
Emir couldn't help but sigh, but he suddenly noticed that Lilith's appearance was wrong, and she didn't move.
"Lilith, what's wrong with you?" The emir asked hurriedly, but after a while there was no response.
He hurried to Lilith's back to look, only to find that her back was covered in wounds, even the scales had been blown off, and blood was constantly oozing.
"No problem, look at me."
Margaret saw it too, and she immediately released her healing magic, as she decided to use her own magic because the gem's magic ran out.
However, although the bleeding on Lilith's back stopped and the flesh grew back, the hard scales could not be recovered.
At this time, Lilith finally regained consciousness, and she forced herself to support herself and thanked Margaret.
"Thank you for your treatment."
"But, your scales ......," Margaret still worried.
"Don't worry, the scales will grow on their own, it just takes a long time, but it's okay anymore, we've won this time, haven't we?"
"Well, that's right." Margaret nodded heavily.
At this time, the emir's face was full of sorrow, for now they had no power in their hands.
The walls near the battlefield were destroyed, and there were only a few seriously wounded knights left in the Knights, and Lilith had lost the protection of the scales, so he didn't dare to risk letting her go to the battlefield again, and as for Margaret, she didn't know if her magic could be replenished in time.
On the other hand, the demons, did they really use all their forces?
If you think about it, only these three waves and the last behemoths were involved in the battle, and their commanders did not show their faces.
In other words, the battle is likely not over yet, and perhaps an even bigger challenge awaits them.