Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 481 (Part 1):

Elaga looked down at the humans standing before him. They were Helmut’s companions who had walked a long way to get here.

Helmut’s home was already outside the Forest of Roots.

It seemed he was no longer needed. After more than twenty years of care, a sense of relief took precedence.

[I will begin.]

As Elaga closed and opened his eyes, darkness swirled in his pupils.

Whoosh.

A gale rose, and demonic energy surged from his entire body.

His demonic energy, swirling like a tornado, began to suck in all the surrounding demonic energy.

The light emanating from Sian’s body grew stronger.

[I can give you one gift before I go.]

Elaga gestured with his chin toward Helmut. Helmut approached him.

Strangely, Helmut was not swept up in Elaga’s demonic energy.

Elaga silently bowed his head to Helmut. Elaga’s head came close, about two steps away in the air.

At that moment, Helmut felt something wriggling in his chest.

The Seed of Darkness. Even in the battle against the Demon King, it had obediently followed his control, but now it thrashed like a fish.

Its movements were fierce, beyond control. As if trying to escape.

[Let it go.]

At Elaga’s voice, Helmut relaxed his strength. He felt something cold escaping from his chest like smoke.

That small, black, flickering mass.

The thing that had been embedded in Helmut’s heart since birth floated between Elaga and Helmut like a tiny soul fragment.

“How…”

[It came out on its own, drawn by the pull toward its origin.]

As soon as Elaga finished speaking, it was drawn straight into Elaga’s demonic energy. Swept away like in a storm.

[I am this guy’s new home. And you are free.]

Free. It was sudden and out of nowhere.

Helmut placed his hand on his chest. He had despaired over its existence at times, but now that it was gone, he felt an emptiness.

He could feel Vis filling the space where the Seed of Darkness had vanished.

Now, he was no longer the bearer of a cursed power. Just a human, a swordsman.

Helmut clenched and unclenched his fist. What remained in his body now was faint demonic energy and Vis slowly recovering.

“Elaga.”

Helmut looked up at him with furrowed brows.

A fierce surge of emotions welled up, overwhelming him with heat.

Elaga blinked quietly. Like how felines greet each other.

[Don’t look at me like I’m going to die, and just live well.]

“Don’t die.”

[If luck is on our side, we might meet again.]

Muttering that, Elaga flicked a burst of demonic energy toward Helmut.

Helmut was flung backward and landed on the spot.

[Our farewell was already when you left the Forest of Roots. Don’t get all weepy.]

It was beside Alea. Helmut gritted his teeth and grasped her outstretched hand.

[I’m going.]

Elaga’s voice echoed. Sian nodded.

Rumble.

The entrance to the demon realm that Sian had forcibly closed was opening.

Deeper than before, allowing a temporary connection between the demon realm and the Forest of Roots here.

It was an abyssal void that seemed to swallow everything.

Beneath Elaga’s feet, the entrance to the demon realm gaped wide, whipping up a fierce wind that made it hard to keep eyes open.

The mages cast barriers to protect the group gathered in one place.

As everyone watched, Elaga looked down into the deep cavern below him.

Even for a demonic beast, it was a darkness so reluctant to enter—nothing visible, nothing felt within.

Elaga stood with his foot on the slanting edge of the deepening cavern entrance.

All the demonic energy extending from the demon realm’s entrance flowed into Elaga’s body. No, all the surrounding demonic energy did.

Elaga was like a massive lake parched by drought.

Even as immense demonic energy poured into him, he ceaselessly absorbed and contained it.

[Take care, all of you.]

Elaga lifted his head, leaving only a final farewell, and his eyes caught Helmut.

After gazing a little longer at the human he had raised, Elaga stepped forward.

Thud. Thud.

With heavy tremors shaking the ground, the massive white leopard vanished into the cavern. Like the moon disappearing into the night.

Following him, the demonic energy of the Forest of Roots was rapidly sucked inward.

Returning to the place of its origin, along with Elaga.

As the flow ceased, the earth moved.

Groan.

Black sediment gathered, closing the entrance.

The entrance to the demon realm that had swallowed Elaga was still, with only black rock adorning the ground above.

The atmosphere, devoid of demonic energy, was so clear it was hard to believe this was the Forest of Roots.

“Levant, it’s your turn. Hurry.”

A gleam flashed in Sian’s eyes. The power of the Earth Spirit was pressing down on the demon realm’s entrance.

Now it was time to drive in the wedge.

To sever the connection between the demon realm and this world, holy power was needed.

Levant moved as if drawn.

The holy sword, which had returned to his waist, shone once more in his grasp.

Dash!

He ran straight toward the black rock.

By the time he reached it, the light from the holy sword was blindingly intense.

“In Lumen’s name!”

With a single cry, Levant thrust the holy sword into the center with all his might. Pouring out every bit of his holy power at once.

Crunch!

With a sound like stone grinding, the entire blade sank vertically deep.

Soon, a fierce wind struck Levant. He was flung like a leaf and crashed into the ground.

“Ugh!”

As he got up, the holy sword revealed its full power.

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