Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 249 (Part 1):

“Hey.”

At Helmut’s brief call, the creature’s movements came to an abrupt halt.

The sound of it ravenously devouring the corpse ceased completely.

Silence.

An eerie quietness settled.

Helmut silently observed the creature. It slowly turned its body. The moment stretched, feeling as slow as a snail’s crawl.

And in the next instant,

Boom! It felt as if his hand had been torn away. A barrier formed by Vis spread around his sword.

Nothing reached Helmut’s body, but blood and flesh scattered everywhere from the impact.

The creature had thrown the half-eaten corpse.

“Graaaah!”

As if to say, ‘How dare you interrupt my feast.’

Its eyes blazed fiercely with rage. Rough, panting breaths echoed.

Helmut frowned. He stood his ground, not dodging, to test the creature’s strength.

But its power was beyond his expectations.

No wonder it had been able to break through the Black Wing Knights and harm the Grand Duke.

With attacks at this speed, one might only realize after being hit.

‘This is an opponent I must use my full strength against from the start.’

Tension rose. Helmut sharply observed the creature.

Dark, cracked skin and swollen muscles. Blood-red eyes. Something like clothing draped around its waist.

The form couldn’t be called human, but the creature resembled a human more than expected.

Demonic beasts generally take on the form of some animal. An animal infused with demonic energy becomes a demonic beast.

So, what was this creature’s original form?

The question naturally arose, chilling his heart. An answer he didn’t want to consider surfaced within him.

As if confirming his suspicions, the creature shrugged its shoulders and cracked its neck, like a thug intimidating an opponent.

That gesture…

‘It can’t be.’

All the blood in his body went cold.

Helmut had seen beasts that resembled humans before. The monkey beast he had faced was like that.

But this was different.

The body size, movements, and the clothing it wore. Everything pointed to its original form.

‘A human.’

That word pierced his heart like a cold blade.

Boom! The creature didn’t give him time to think. A rock flew like a meteor and struck Helmut’s sword.

Even though he had drawn more Vis than before, the impact traveled past his grip and made his arm tingle.

It was undoubtedly a powerful demonic beast. One that would fit right into the Forest of Roots.

‘But I survived even in the Forest of Roots.’

There was no need to overthink. Just because it was a powerful beast didn’t mean it was unbeatable.

If the creature was strong, so was Helmut. Helmut raised his sword towards the creature.

The basic stance for unleashing the Sword Saint’s swordsmanship.

Now he knew the level of its attack power.

Knowing that, he could dodge next time. Blocking the creature’s strikes consumed a significant amount of Vis.

Seeing Helmut’s stance, the creature grinned widely.

After briefly looking around, it snapped a branch from a nearby tree.

As the thick branch passed through the creature’s hands, it was shaped into the form of a sword.

The creature pointed it at Helmut. That stance looked familiar.

‘Continental common swordsmanship.’

It felt like a nightmare becoming reality.

In an instant, the creature vanished from sight.

Its movements were so fast they blurred. Bang, crash, bang! It didn’t sound like branches and swords clashing.

Helmut parried half of the attacks and dodged the other half.

He intended to dodge all but couldn’t. It was impossible.

The creature’s attacks were so fast, it was as if they didn’t face air resistance.

With that much demonic energy in a human-sized body, its speed becomes explosively fast.

And one more thing.

Demonic beasts don’t use swordsmanship. But this creature did!

And at a very high level, thoroughly ingrained in its body!

‘As I thought.’

The attacks paused briefly. But Helmut couldn’t relax his guard.

Flexing his numb grip, Helmut had to admit.

This was once a human. Not an ordinary human.

Judging by its swordsmanship, it was a swordsman of considerable skill. One that wouldn’t have been easy to face even when it was human.

He couldn’t be sure if it had completely lost its sanity.

If it retained its intelligence merged with its vicious instincts, it was even more problematic.

It would have both the strengths of a human swordsman and a monster!

As the creature exuded demonic energy, the Seed of Darkness in Helmut’s heart wriggled. As if responding to the demonic energy.

No, it wasn’t demonic energy. It was recognizing a similar existence. The beast in front of him.

Yes, the creature had something similar to Helmut.

‘The Dark Seed.’

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