Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 250 (Part 2):

As Helmut drew near, the knight who had been holding his breath watching the situation began to move.

Rustle. The small sound made the beast’s gaze return to the knight.

“Kyaaang!”

It immediately lunged towards the knight. This time Helmut was able to intercept.

Helmut, activating his whole body with Vis, approached at high speed and plunged his sword into the demonic beast’s back.

Crack! The sound of a spine breaking was heard. The beast let out a horrible scream as it turned its body. Finally, he had landed a successful blow.

Helmut managed to pull out his sword and shouted at the frozen Black Wing Knight:

“Go, now!”

He must have been one of those escorting the Grand Duke. His appearance here alone meant he was likely going to the main force to seek help.

The Grand Duke was likely still alive. For now.

If he could be quickly rescued and secured, Helmut could decide whether to continue fighting this monster or withdraw.

“Who are you…!”

Bang! Without answering, Helmut met the beast’s attack with his sword.

“Kyaaang!”

The beast, seemingly enraged at being blocked, let out a fierce roar and swung its arm at Helmut.

That slight injury didn’t seem to have much effect on it.

The clash of magical energy and Vis created a powerful wave that spread in all directions.

The shockwave lashed at the trees and wind. It was like a scene of a storm hitting.

The Black Wing Knight flinched and stood up.

Without any hesitation about whether he should fight together, he quickly realized he wouldn’t be of much help here.

That unknown boy was strong and could handle the demonic beast.

The knight determined he would only be a burden.

He had to complete his mission. To report the Grand Duke’s whereabouts.

“Hold on a little longer, I’ll bring reinforcements!”

Shouting that, the knight gritted his teeth and ran. Helmut’s arduous battle resumed.

*

At that time, another knight who had taken a different path arrived at the main force.

Breathing a sigh of relief, he was immediately led to Charlotte and Alonso.

“Your Highness the Duchess. Knight Commander!”

“You are.”

The knight who reported on the Grand Duke’s location and current situation bowed his head. The two conversed, leaving him aside.

“Securing the Grand Duke’s safety is the priority, so it’s not wise to engage in a fight with that thing. If we send mages, they can use stealth magic to hide from the monster’s sight. We should dispatch mages. Using teleportation magic from that location to move the Grand Duke to safety would be best.”

As Black Wing Knights’ Commander Alonso suggested this, Charlotte nodded.

“That’s a good idea. Wouldn’t it be better if you went with them, Commander?”

“I must protect not only the Grand Duke but also you, Your Highness. The monster could appear here, and I can’t go there alone. Nor can we both leave this place empty. We need someone to command the troops.”

Charlotte agreed. She wanted to confirm the Grand Duke’s safety herself, but that could be done after moving him with teleportation magic.

Michael and her mother were there too.

There was one more thing Charlotte had to do now.

“I understand. But we can’t leave that monster be… It attacked the Grand Duke, killed Black Wing knights, and terrorized nearby residents.”

She knew it wouldn’t be easy to deal with such a creature.

It had killed no less than seven Black Wing knights.

But it wasn’t a situation where they could leave it alone either.

“We can’t keep such a large force away from the capital for long. Since we have a substantial force here, it would be best to eliminate the monster. But that boy called Helmut…”

Alonso furrowed his brow.

“There’s been no word of him at all. I don’t know what’s happened.”

He looked towards the misty forest and soon spoke again.

“I should go and see.”

*

It was a grueling battle. Even though he wielded Darien’s sword, it wasn’t some legendary weapon that would suddenly make a difficult opponent easy.

Many factors were unfavorable. It was fortunate that the Dark Seed wasn’t convulsing from sensing the magical energy.

‘It seems to want to survive too.’

Or perhaps it was slowly absorbing the magical energy, enjoying a feast after a long time.

The Dark Seed, once as small as a bean, was gradually swelling in size within Helmut’s heart.

‘I wonder if they’ve reached the main force by now.’

Fighting against a strong opponent isn’t a bad thing. Helmut sometimes enjoyed it.

Even when he charged at Darien, even when he charged at Elaga.

But even Helmut didn’t want to die right away fighting an opponent who was clearly stronger and likely to defeat him.

Helmut was rational above all. Those with the Seed of Darkness cling to life. Helmut wanted to live. His battles were premised on the possibility of victory.

‘Should I retreat?’

Helmut considered it once again.

When two swordsmen of similar ability fight, the outcome is determined by the total amount of Vis.

Although Helmut had an enormous amount of Vis for his age, it wasn’t at a level comparable to a demonic beast that had bloomed the Seed of Darkness.

The beast seemed to be growing stronger.

While Helmut was gradually getting exhausted, the beast seemed fine.

He had inflicted several wounds, but they didn’t seem to have much impact.

No, he could see with his own eyes that the wounds it had received were healing.

It was reabsorbing the magical energy it had spread throughout the mountain, making the forest’s energy its own.

It was absorbing magical energy through the fight, just like practicing Vis techniques.

That magical energy greatly aided its recovery.

‘What an enviable cycle.’

At this rate, it could fight indefinitely.

As long as the forest doesn’t wither and die. A feat possible only because it was a magical beast, not a human.

In any case, Helmut had to make a decision before his Vis ran out.

Escape wouldn’t be impossible. He was confident in his ability to conceal his presence.

And soon, unexpectedly, the tide of battle changed.

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