71. The Saint (6)
71. The Saint (6)
"Ughhh!"
"Urgh...!"
"Argh..."
"Is everyone alright!!!"
The Captain rushed toward his subordinates in a hurry.
Fortunately, thanks to Viviant's barrier, the Holy Knights didn't suffer major damage.
The Acidic Blood couldn't pierce the barrier.
The Holy Knights only felt as if hot water had touched their bodies.
"Haa...! Haa...!"
The problem was that the barrier protecting the Holy Knights burst all at once.
Viviant was exhausted, her Mana and Holy Power having vanished in an instant.
"Viviant-nim!"
As soon as the Captain confirmed his subordinate's safety, he also rushed to the collapsed Viviant.
"Haa... I-I'm fine. I-if I rest a little, it will come back."
Viviant slumped, her strength drained as if she had come down with a severe flu.
It was because her Mana and Holy Power had hit rock bottom in an instant.
But it was fortunate.
If there hadn't been a barrier, the Holy Knights would have suffered serious damage in an instant.
'Just how intense is the acidity!'
She had never had her Mana and Holy Power run dry while her barrier was under attack before.
But it had vanished in an instant due to a single attack.
Viviant, experiencing such exhaustion for the first time, found it hard even to breathe.
The biggest problem with the Ners is that they are undetectable.
A large Ners would be detectable, but Ners the size of a human hand were hiding in the women's clothes.
"There's no choice... We'll forcibly remove all their clothes."
The Captain made an unavoidable choice.
It was because there might be more than one Ners hiding in the women's clothes.
"Huu... Huu... W-wait a moment."
Just then, Viviant said while catching her breath.
"Viviant-nim. This can't be helped."
"What do you mean?"
"It's too dangerous to take those women with us."
"Are you saying we should just abandon all these pregnant women!?"
"Think carefully. Those women are not on our side."
The women were clearly on the side of the creatures.
Despite the shouting, they stuck to the side of the Ners.
Furthermore, they tried to kill the Holy Knights by letting the Ners hidden in their clothes loose while pretending to be supported by the Holy Knights.
"They have been brainwashed."
"Ugh...!"
The Captain knew it too. If they moved while taking all these women with them, they would be in danger themselves.
"This is unexpected."
Viviant hadn't imagined that the monsters wouldn't just kidnap humans to eat them, but had built a village using humans.
She had come with this many personnel, judging that all kidnapped humans were dead.
The Ners were not such easy monsters that they could fight while protecting living women.
"We can't predict what those women will do. For now, we must bind them and deal with the Ners Queen, Dagos."
"...Viviant-nim is right. Everyone, bind the women securely."
""Understood...!""
==
"Ha... They've finally come!"
Yui put down the fork she was eating with and stroked the Ners that had handed her the note.
"Holy Knights who possess Mana and Holy Power... This is my chance to grow."
Yui has been obsessed with humans lately.
To be precise, human meat that contains Mana and Holy Power.
The food she was eating right now was also food that Narim had made into human meat.
Yui is having the happiest time of her life.
In the past, she had tried until she was almost fainting, vomiting blood, just to increase her Mana even a little, to increase her efficiency even a little.
But her growth was very minimal.
And that growth, if you think about it, only increased her proficiency in magic, and things related to Mana didn't grow.
Mana is like that.
Talent.
Mana is almost 90% talent.
The remaining 10% is filled as one becomes an adult.
Usually, shortly after becoming an adult, Mana hardly grows, and only Mana efficiency increases.
But now?
You just have to eat humans who wielded Mana to grow.
Reluctance to eat humans? She had it.
At first, she felt nauseous as soon as she saw human meat.
Fortunately, Narim didn't just throw human meat around as arms and legs, but cooked it like pork, beef, or chicken.
The finished dish was to the point where it couldn't possibly be seen as human meat. It was just a normal dish.
Humans.
If you eat the flesh of a human who used even a little bit of Mana and was familiar with Mana throughout their body, your Mana increases. Efficiency increases too.
Moreover, thanks to Narim's Unique Ability, the taste of the food was top-notch.
The food is top-notch, and you get stronger just by eating it?
Who could resist this?
The problem is that there are very few opportunities to eat Mana humans.
The top priority for eating Mana humans is the [ Overlord ] creature, followed by Amber. Then it's herself.
The Mana humans left over after even she eats are eaten by the creatures who have made great contributions.
Usually, she just eats ordinary humans.
If you ask why she eats ordinary humans, it's to strengthen her body.
Yui has no arms or legs.
Instead, a Mimic Creature is parasitizing Yui's body, taking the form of arms and legs.
While the Mimic Creature is attached to Yui's body, it is slowly eroding Yui's body.
And Yui has no intention of stopping it.
Rather, she is eating human meat to speed it up.
Because the creature's body is much stronger than a trashy human body.
Yui craves strength.
That's why she needs a great contribution.
So that she can eat the Mana humans entirely by herself.
To become stronger.
Yui's job is to manage the human farm.
She isn't participating in combat, and she has to manage the human farm in the safest Colony.
In short, there is no chance for her to make a contribution.
But now.
There was a group that raided the external human farm.
It's Viviant and the Holy Knights.
'Do not kill as much as possible for the freshness of the humans. Viviant must be kept alive.'
Yui recalled what Lea had repeatedly told her in her head once again.
Originally, the best method would be for Dagos and Gluttony to go out, but [ Overlord ] classes don't have good fuel efficiency.
It consumes the fewest humans if a human with very good fuel efficiency handles it.
Therefore, Yui decided to deal with the humans who raided this human farm.
To be precise, it's Yui and Erina.
'Erina is useless.'
She is truly useless.
Having had all her Mana and Holy Power drained by Ea, all that remains is a tiny bit of Holy Power.
She is a human who can only heal pregnant humans at the human farm.
'I will handle everything by myself and eat the Holy Knight all by myself.'
Yui stood up, grabbing her staff.
==
"Now, let's enter that cave."
They bound all the pregnant women in one place.
It is quite dangerous to leave these women here, but they made this choice because they already knew that the Ners were protecting the women.
The moment they finished regrouping and were about to move to subjugate the Ners Queen, Dagos.
"Mana reaction detected in the sky ahead!!!"
A Holy Knight who possessed a Unique Ability related to Mana detection shouted.
"An attack is coming!!!"
Hearing that, Viviant deployed a barrier to block the magic filling the sky with the strength she had recovered from a short rest.
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gang!!!
As soon as Viviant defended against the magic, she looked up and stared at the figure standing loftily in the air.
'A female human...?'
<Information>
Name: Yui
Race: Creature · Human
Affiliated Country: -
Affiliated Organization: -
Gender: Female (23)
Height · Weight: 165.8cm · 54.5kg
Alignment: Neutral · Evil
<Stats>
Strength: 64(+14)
Durability: 66(+16)
Agility: 65(+10)
Stamina: 62(+13)
Magic Power: 95(+21)
<Unique Ability>
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'A person who has been eroded!'
"It's coming again!!!"
Numerous magic circles covering the sky.
The moment Viviant was about to cast a barrier again.
Thump.
"Keu-heuk-!"
The recoil from forcibly pulling up her Mana and Holy Power came, to the point where she wondered if her heart would pop out of her mouth.
But she bit her lip until it bled and cast a barrier.
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gang!!!
"Stop them from using magic!!! Everyone use a magic barrier!!!"
The Holy Knights, who started to attack rather than just watching Yui's attack.
The Holy Knights' attacks were easily blocked by Yui's magic barrier.
However, the number of Holy Knights was large.
No matter how easily it was blocked, a magic barrier requires a considerable amount of Mana.
"I feel a large amount of movement in front!"
Yui is a creature.
Yui is not alone either.
The Holy Knights did not tremble in fear even at the Ners pouring out of the cave entrance.
Even though magic was pouring down from above and monsters were pouring out from below.
Because.
"Everyone, don't give up!"
Viviant took out the Holy Water.
Holy Water imbued with the power of the Goddess.
Holy Water that only Saints or Saint Candidates chosen by the Goddess can use.
Viviant took out the Holy Water and drank it. And she clasped her hands together.
As if praying.
Pa-at-!
A brilliant light erupted from Viviant's body and permeated the bodies of the Holy Knights.
A blessing that wrapped around their whole bodies warmly, as if cheering on every single cell.
"Everyone, you can do it!"
Viviant, who is not a Saint Candidate, but a Saint at this very moment.
A Holy Knight to protect this world.
The moment everyone braced themselves for the fight that was about to happen.
Yui also clasped her hands together like Viviant. As if praying.
'No way...? Nah... A-it can't b-'
[ Physical Enhancement ]
Magic that strengthens the body with Mana.
Pa-at-!
A blue light erupted from Yui's body and permeated the bodies of the Ners.
<Information>
Name: -
Race: Ners
Affiliated Country: -
Affiliated Organization: Dagos
Gender: Male (-)
Height · Weight: 317.5cm · 101.3kg
Alignment: Chaos · Evil
<Stats>
Strength: 90 -> 100(+10)
Durability: 68 -> 80(+12)
Agility: 89 -> 97(+8)
Stamina: 98 -> 105(+7)
Magic Power: 0
'Fuck...?'