Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 166 (Part 1):

The Red Scorpion was not a difficult enemy. It was a higher-rank demonic beast than the monkey beast he had encountered before. However, its magical energy was strong but immature in many ways.

It was skilled at hiding its body, but its combat power was not significant.

‘It has become strong by inheriting a core, not by accumulating its own power. Moreover, it is under the control of a priest.’

Such a creature couldn’t be stronger than a beast that fights of its own will.

Only the desert terrain assisted it. It attacks by stirring up sand and obscuring vision with dusty haze.

The creature, imbued with magical energy, moved swiftly, and its forelimbs were as hard and powerful as rocks.

It dug into the spot where Helmut stood several times with its limbs like a shovel. Each time, a huge pit was dug in the sand and then disappeared.

‘It’s powerful because it’s large.’

But Helmut was confident he wouldn’t be easily defeated. He suddenly raised his eyebrows.

Boom! A vibration emanated from inside the mountain. He felt two presences. And even their collision.

Luckily, Luke Yeager didn’t die from a direct hit right away.

However, there’s no guarantee that he can delay for long, so Helmut needs to enter quickly.

Helmut glanced at one side.

‘The problem is that priest.’

He didn’t attack openly. But whenever Helmut aimed for the scorpion’s head, the priest threw sacred magic spells to pressure him.

Not knowing the power of the sacred magic, Helmut avoided it as much as possible rather than counterattacking.

The seed of darkness was sensitive to the holly power that once tried to annihilate him. It was easy to evade by precisely detecting the range of sacred magic. Even a slight entrance into the range made his heart ache.

It was the first time the seed of darkness dominated him like this. It’s struggling to survive.

‘Annoying.’

He wanted to be hit properly and purified to remove the seed of darkness, but that wasn’t possible.

‘Archmage Antiol said the source of my life is the seed of darkness.’

If the seed of darkness disappeared, Helmut would die. That’s why he couldn’t recklessly confront the sacred magic.

“How interesting. You, you react to my sacred magic just like a demon.”

High Priest Dolos chuckled with laughter.

The sacred magic he performed wasn’t of the kind that exerted physical force. An ordinary person, even if hit directly, would only be confused and not affected at all. They wouldn’t desperately evade like that.

“I wondered what kind of magical energy I was sensing from you, but it turns out you have the seed of darkness. I’ve heard that occasionally, some survive hiding from the eyes of the temple.”

He observed Helmut with interest.

“Meeting you here must be the will of Lumen. I came to this desert to deal with you.”

It was no coincidence that a person with the seed of darkness appeared before him, a high priest!

“I will personally send you to Lumen’s side today!”

High Priest Dolos declared arrogantly. To those imbued with magical energy, the High Priest of Lumen wields absolute power.

Even powerful knights and beasts that make even strong fighters nervous, even the red scorpion itself, had no choice but to submit to his sacred magic. It was a matter of compatibility.

‘Too much unnecessary talk.’

Helmut landed softly on the ground. The red scorpion, failing continuously in its attacks, shook its body and was angry.

Swoosh! The sand swirled fiercely at the movement of its tail. Being oppressed by the bead embedded in its forehead, it had reasons to be angry.

The creature was thoroughly blocking the path to the high priest from Helmut. It prioritized protecting Dolos over attacking Helmut. That must have been the high priest’s order.

It was similar to the camp of knights and mages. But there was a clear difference.

‘It’s hard for a demonic best and a human to synchronize. Moreover, the cooperation between those two isn’t very good.’

Dolos’s purification power seemed to bother the red scorpion, so its attack method was simple.

At the moment of the sacred magic’s impact, Helmut evaded it in a somewhat predictable direction.

If the red scorpion had been smarter, it would have blocked that obvious direction and attacked him.

But it wouldn’t risk entering the influence of sacred magic to attack.

Because of that, the high priest and the red scorpion launched a clumsy and gap-filled cross-attack.

To be caught by such a thing, this side is not easy either.

‘That so-called high priest, doesn’t seem to have much combat experience. He doesn’t know how to utilize the red scorpion.’

Even though he’s called a high priest, he’s not an opponent who gives off an untouchable aura like Antiol.

If anything, he’s like a non-combatant, research-focused mage. Helmut didn’t know about Dolos, but he accurately grasped that fact.

‘It’s time to conclude.’

Fighting a priest was a first, so it was just seeing how far he could go. He can’t delay any longer. One thing that worried him.

‘Will the seed of darkness react if I kill the priest?’

Even when killing a human, he felt nauseous. Surely, the death of a high priest wouldn’t be the same as that of an ordinary human. That was the problem.

‘But I can’t let the high priest live.’

He saw Helmut. And he noticed that Helmut had the seed of darkness.

He must be an enemy of Darien, so he must be killed here.

‘I have a good idea.’

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