The Priest of Corruption

ry guild receptionist.
Yes.
Absolutely not.”

I asked as I was being pushed away.

“What does that mean?!”

“You don’t have to know.
Just be curious; that’s my punishment to Priest Marnak.”

*

“Try this.
It’s very delicious.
Quickly.”

The elaborate prosthetic moved as if alive, pushing a bowl of cookies closer to me.
I picked up one and put it in my mouth.
Again, there was no taste.
The demon watched my face with a smile.

“You seem very curious about something.”

“On the way home, I was given a naughty question.
It’s really difficult because I kept thinking about it.”

“I guess that’s life.
The problems that keep holding onto your heart never fully leave us.
By the way, I heard you were leaving?”

“Yes.”

I raised my head to face the demon.
His hair, which had boasted of its abundance last time I left, had lost its strength and was droopy.

I said with regret:

“The side effects came very quickly.”

“Hahaha! Don’t look at me so pitifully! Aren’t some people born without hair? I’m just one step closer to being human.
Are you going to the capital?”

“Yes.”

“I heard so and prepared this in advance.”

The demon handed me a white envelope.
I accepted it and asked.

“This is?”

“I wanted to give you some money, but as you know, I don’t have a penny left in my pocket, and I’m losing even my slush funds to recover Guise.
Really.”

The demon, pulling out his pockets and shaking them, grinned.

“So, since you’re going to the capital, I wrote a letter of introduction.
If you have trouble, you can open the envelope and ask my friend for help.
Although it might be better to not visit him since he has an annoying personality! Hahaha!”

A demon’s friend? He didn’t tell me if he was a friend of the human Thredon Philian or the demon, however.
Well, it was always good to have various means at hand.

“Thank you.”

The demon faced me and bowed his head.

“I hope that your trip will always be enjoyable.”

“Is that a blessing as a demon or a blessing as a human?”

The demon replied with a chuckle.

“I have blessed you as a friend, Priest Marnak.
May you always have fun! Life is always too short!”

*

“Let’s go.
Priest.”

“Yes.”

Early in the morning, Carmen and I walked through the snow that had fallen overnight to leave Guise behind.

And like that, we left Guise.

*

A few days later.

We were walking toward the west, where the marble pointed as usual when the faint scent of blood caught my senses.

“Blood.”

“Yes?”

“It’s very close.
And it’s coming towards us.”

Carmen drew his bow and nocked an arrow.
The bloody scent gradually grew stronger.
Something was approaching fast.

Bang!

“Kyiiiiiigh!”

A body covered in pure white fur and eight legs, a snowy spider the size of a wagon, skittered out.
Carmen shouted.

“Snow Spider! Why is it on the road?!”

I was confused as well.
Why would a monster attack us while I was here? This was by no means natural.

“Carmen! I’ll deal with it! Watch and shoot when I signal.”

“Yes!”

Instead of the Froststeel sword, I removed the Relic sword from the ruins.
In fact, the reason I asked Carmen to help me was that I wanted to test this relic.
The past few days had been so peaceful that I hadn’t had the chance.

When I swung the sword, the blade began to howl.

Whaaaaaaaaaang!!!

Yes.
This relic sword I got was a chainsaw sword with a chainsaw taking the place of an ordinary blade.

‘Kill!’

Mother gave the sword the name the Butcher.
I raised my roaring sword and ran at the snow spider.

“Kyiiiiiigh!”

Huge blood-soaked legs approached relentlessly to pierce me.
Without hesitation, I swung the Butcher.

Whaaaaaaaaaaang!

The rough metal blades rotated and ripped apart the beast’s front legs.
I didn’t stop there and cut through its body, and the Butcher ripped its abdomen open.

“Kyiiigh!!!”

The snow spider let out a terrifying screech as it turned into minced meat.
The blade’s rotation slowly stopped.
I wiped away the splattered fluid from my face, which was extremely sticky.

“I must prepare a place to wash in advance when using this sword.
It splatters too much flesh and blood.”

Carmen stood stunned and looked at me, bewildered.

“As expected, relics are relics.
The power is really great.”

‘Kill!’

At Mother’s warning, I grabbed the Butcher again and shouted.

“More is coming! Two, not three!”

“Kyiiiiiigh! Kyiiiiiigh! Kyiiiiiigh!”

Three snow spiders popped out.
Snow spiders certainly weren’t group creatures either.

“Carmen! This time just shoot whenever you can!”

“Yes!”

As an arrow cleaved the air, I started the Butcher again and kicked it off the ground.

Whaaaaaaaang!

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