Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 478 (Part 1):

“Damn, it’s splashing sand everywhere!”

Asuka grumbled as he thrust his sword into the creature’s body.

When sand poured down like this, visibility was completely obscured.

He protected his eyes with Vis, and evaded or blocked the rest with his senses.

They had lost count of how many demonic beasts they had slain on the way here.

But that had been atop the carriage.

As he freely moved his legs and swung his sword, the sensation of battle sharpened vividly.

It wasn’t just him; everyone felt the same. They moved agilely, handling the creature effectively.

It was a powerful demonic beast, but it had virtually no combat experience.

Moreover, against swordsmen who wielded Vis.

“Where the hell is this thing’s core?”

Levant frowned.

Black blood gushed out from every spot he slashed.

But compared to the creature’s body, his sword was like a toothpick. He’d have to dig deep for quite a while to kill it.

It would be simpler to shatter the core and end its life.

Luke Yeager responded.

“I don’t know about that, but if we block the entrance to the demon realm, won’t it weaken?”

“You slowpoke, hurry up!”

Asuka glanced toward Sian and shouted. Before they knew it, they had become comfortable speaking casually to each other.

[Bored.]

Elaga was sitting behind Sian with his tail curled up. He was finally enjoying some leisure alone.

He had done all sorts of things he’d never tried before, like pulling a carriage.

He had the right to take a brief break after setting aside his heavy duty.

Even as he used his body to block the sandstorm heading for Sian.

At some point, Sian spoke.

“It’s almost done.”

A powerful energy was still surging from his body, where the Earth Spirit had descended.

That energy flowed through his hands into the ground, pushing into the gate of the demon realm.

Still with his hands pressed to the floor, he asked.

“Elaga, you know what you have to do, right?”

Elaga turned his body. And met Sian’s eyes.

Sian’s eyes held a subtle iridescent sheen.

Wearing Sian’s body, speaking with his mouth, but it was not him.

Elaga narrowed his eyes.

[So it’s the Earth Spirit. You seem close with Lumen.]

A faint smile tugged at the corner of Sian’s mouth.

“This is for the land where you were born and raised. Please do your part.”

[Making a demonic beast do all sorts of things. Anyway, got it.]

Elaga sauntered forward.

From behind, a loud clamor echoed.

The battle between the three and the tentacle demonic beast.

Unconcerned with that, this place was peaceful.

Elaga climbed onto the gate without any interference.

The gate was cracked in various places, and it seemed like it might shatter under his massive body, but it held up surprisingly well.

The moment he plopped his rear down there, the black pillar faded. As if the flow had been blocked.

That was it. Elaga’s presence was a suppressor.

All the rulers of the domains were like that. They were massive clumps of demonic energy, and in themselves, they were beings that pressed down on the entrances to the demon realm.

When Elaga and Igrelle left the Forest of Roots, the suppressors vanished, cracks formed in the barrier, and the entrances to the demon realm opened.

So, if they returned, the opposite was possible.

Elaga sat atop the gate, absorbing the surrounding demonic energy.

His demonic nature, grown over a thousand years, was still strong enough to take in much more demonic energy.

The moment Elaga rapidly absorbed the demonic energy, creating a vacuum in the surrounding air, the powerful energy flowing from Sian’s body surged in all at once.

Right beneath Elaga’s body, into the gate of the demon realm.

Paaaaah!

It was a blindingly bright light. The power of nature, the power of the earth.

Beneath the demonic energy covering the Forest of Roots, the original land slumbered.

That power gathered in one place, closing the opened entrance.

Soon, the flow of demonic energy was cut off. The black pillar disappeared.

With this, the supply from the infinite source of demonic energy was severed.

Grrrrrrr!

Belatedly sensing the situation, the guardian turned toward them.

The entrance wasn’t completely closed.

As long as the Demon King existed up there, the entrance couldn’t be closed anyway.

They were merely forcing it shut and temporarily blocking it.

Because of that, Sian and Elaga were in a state of combat incapacity.

The guardian twisted its body. If it could just remove those two, it would be resolved.

However, things didn’t go as planned. The three human swordsmen fighting the creature blocked its path.

Levant asked coldly.

“Do you dare think you can pass me?”

“Oh, that sounded pretty cool.”

Asuka admired, and Luke Yeager grinned as he asked.

“With the Demon King’s power cut off, your wounds won’t heal anymore, right?”

Now, whether it was Levant or Asuka, their conditions were similar to his own.

If they slashed, cut, and tore its body with their swords, they’d find the core. Then this thing would be done for.

Asuka said.

“Let’s finish this and rest.”

Without anyone taking the lead, the three raised their swords and charged at the creature.

Leaving the noisy background behind, Elaga suddenly looked up at the sky.

His task was done.

‘Now it’s your turn, Helmut.’

He felt no anxiety. He hadn’t raised Helmut to be that weak.

For what was nearly the first time, Elaga acknowledged Helmut and waited.

And around the same time, a fierce battle was unfolding up above as well.

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