The Evil God Beyond the Smartphone

＜ 44 : precursor (2) ＞

Five days have passed since Peter left the city with Euthenia.

The wagon, which had been loaded with the support of the upper lord Shron, was moving smoothly to the southwest of the empire.

Of course, as the wagons could not move all day, in the evening, they would light a fire and prepare a meal.

The side of the road where the carriage has stopped.

As in the previous days, Peter had a fire and tried to approach the wagon to get the ingredients.

If only I had not found the figure of Euthenia sitting on a large rock.

“What the hell is that?”

On Yutenia’s lap, a strange creature blinked its eyes.

Black scales covering the whole body.

Sharp horns protruding above the head.

A small tail waving from side to side.

There was even a golden pupil that was torn vertically.

Recalling the painting on display in the city, Peter could immediately recognize that it was a dragon.

“Isn’t it… a dragon?”

“Are you curious about the identity?”

“…everyone will be curious to see that guy.”

Normally, a book would have been placed in place of the dragon.

But now, it was not a book, but a young dragon he had seen for the first time.

Obviously, it was a guy I hadn’t even met face-to-face until this morning.

Peter’s doubts about the creature in front of him were natural.

Turning to Peter, who was curious about the dragon’s identity, Yutenia stroked the dragon’s head and said.

“This child’s name is Alpha. It is a descendant sent down directly by the Great One.”

“Is this guy a member of the… great one?

Upon hearing of Alpha’s identity from Eutenia, Peter’s face became puzzled.

When it comes to the family of evil spirits, it is common to think of fearsome and powerful monsters.

However, in the case of Alpha in front of Peter, it seemed that even the smallest animals, let alone humans, could not be touched properly.

A little guy like that belongs to the evil god.

For Peter, it was an unbelievable appearance.

“It’s so small. I don’t think it can kill a single rabbit.”

“You really think so?”

However, Eutenia immediately denied Peter’s words.

It was an attitude that Peter looked down on Alpha.

Peter couldn’t understand why Euthenia was saying this.

No matter how strong the strength, the difference in physique was difficult to ignore.

It seemed impossible to catch an animal bigger than itself, unless Alpha used magic.

“Are you saying this little guy can bite even a rabbit to death?”

“It’s possible.”

“Did you say that it is possible to kill by biting instead of using magic to defeat him?”

“Because it’s not the Alpha’s body that’s here.”

What you see in front of you is not the body.

When Peter heard the story of Eutenia, he began to worry.

It was said that if that little guy wasn’t the main body, the reality of Alpha existed separately.

However, even when Peter moved his head and looked around, there was no one suspected of hiding.

At least, in Peter’s eyes, all he could see was Euthenia and Alpha.

“If it’s not the body…”

“It’s kind of like a body organ. It’s an organ that acquires visual or auditory information and supplements it.”

Purneung.

At Yutenia’s hand stroking her hair, Alpha let out a runny nose with her eyes closed.

Her hand seemed to feel good.

Eutenia, who was stroking Alpha’s head and looking at Peter, asked with an innocent smile.

“Want to see what an alpha looks like?”

“Yeah, I’m curious…”

“Then I’ll show you.”

It would be a lie if I said I didn’t want to see it.

Peter looked at Alpha carefully.

Alpha remained calm with her eyes closed.

Peter, who looked at Alpha, helped with one more word.

“Are you even jumping out of the air?”

“–Alpha.”

The moment when Yutenia’s soft voice resounded.

Peter took a step back at the change that was taking place around him.

What happened was the floor Peter was treading on.

The shadow of Yutenia spread widely, and soon the shadow on the floor began to wave like a wave.

Woo woo woo woo.

Peter began to panic at the sound of crying that shook his ears.

“What, what… are you trying to use the shadow’s hand?”

“It’s not like that.”

A wall of shadows suddenly rose around Peter, who was looking at the floor.

It looks as if the shadows are forming a clear shape.

A large and huge wall was blocking Peter and the carriage.

Even to the naked eye, the height seemed to be several meters.

Peter distanced himself slightly from the wall of shadows rising from the floor.

“Uh, uh…?”

Peter rubbed his eyes at the sudden change and looked at the situation again.

It wasn’t the wall that appeared in front of Peter.

It was a huge creature wrapped in a shadow.

flash.

Part of the shadow opened, and golden eyes faced Peter.

The dazzling eyes were the only ones holding the light in the darkness.

It was only then that Peter could recognize what Alpha’s body was.

“Maybe this…”

A huge darkness in front of me.

That was the essence of the Dark Magician.

The outward appearance was only a deception.

Even the huge shadow that came into Peter’s field of vision was only a part of the dark magic beast.

Alpha was in the process of sticking out only a part of her head in consideration for Euthenia and Peter.

At Peter’s attitude, unable to hide his surprise, Yutenia quietly burst into laughter and said:

“Does Alpha still look weak?”

“… Judging by the size, I think I can easily eat it too.”

He withdrew the saying that even a rabbit would not be able to bite it.

For a monster of that size, eating a small creature like a rabbit would not be very exciting.

Rather, it was the size that Peter himself had to worry about not being eaten.

It wasn’t for nothing that the evil god sent Alpha as his family.

“It’s okay. As long as I’m there, that won’t happen.”

A hand reached out from the shadows of Utenia and stroked the Alpha that had emerged from the floor.

Alpha’s body, who received the shadow’s touch, also shook his head and enjoyed the touch.

Alpha had a more gentle personality than expected.

It was like seeing a pet making fun of its owner.

At Eutenia’s action to handle Alpha, Peter put down the worries he had built up and looked at her.

“…it sure looks innocent.”

“is that so?”

A little dragon and a girl with gray hair.

The figure of a smiling girl stroking the dragon caught my eye.

In Peter’s opinion, it was a picture that suited him quite well if he looked at it from under the setting sun.

If only the identities of those two were clearly erased from the mind.

* * * * * *

Cloud, Riotis branch.

This was the place that governed the province of Riotis, located in the southeastern part of the empire.

Gedur, chief of the Riotis branch and a first-class investigator, was a warrior of ethnic minority origin.

Red-eyed Gedur.

He was the only person who rose to the position of head of the Cloud branch with only one skill.

The reason that Gedur was appointed as the commander of the Kueberg subjugation squad at headquarters was thanks to Gedur’s outstanding ability.

If only this subjugation operation was successfully handled, there were even rumors that Gedur would be promoted to a special investigative officer.

“How are the preparations going?”

Gedur wiped his huge muscular body with a towel and asked his subordinate.

It was a question of how the preparations of the subjugation team were going.

The preparation of the operation was ultimately the responsibility of Gedur, the leader of the subjugation corps, and the Riotis branch, the mainstay of the operation.

In response to Gedur’s question, the subordinate spoke to him in a voice filled with enthusiasm.

“Persons are arriving from each branch! The number of people who have arrived so far are Centuries…”

“Your voice is low. Did you eat less today?”

However, dissatisfaction erupted from Gedur’s mouth, even in the voice of his subordinate.

gulp.

The subordinate who faced Gedur swallowed his saliva.

Blood vessels rose on Gedur’s forehead as he looked at his subordinate.

“no!”

“Answer it louder. There can be no weaklings left in our Riotis branch.”

“I’ll report back!”

“okay.”

As Gedur started wiping away his sweat again, his subordinate raised the report in a louder voice than before.

The subordinate’s voice resounded through the office.

In the worst case, the veins on the neck of the subordinate who raised the report were so close.

Only then did Gedur look at his subordinate with a satisfied expression on his face.

“Eight 3rd-level investigators from the Centuries branch! 3 2nd-level investigators! Among them, 3 are wizards!”

“……”

“16 level 3 investigators from the Eupliode branch! Level 2….”

“Wait. Is that all the personnel sent by the Centuries side?”

Hearing the report, Gedur stopped his men again.

This time, the content of the report was the problem.

There were fewer dispatched personnel than Gedur had expected.

To Gedur’s question, his subordinates immediately affirmed.

“That’s right! There are only 11 people dispatched from the Centuries branch!”

“Agent? Didn’t he come here?”

“Agent period manager did not accompany the dispatched personnel!”

It is a monster that has already dealt a lot of damage.

As such, I thought that Argent, the head of the Centuries branch, would come, but Gedur’s expectations for the Argent were misguided.

In addition, the number of people dispatched to the subjugation squad was too small.

Considering the number of investigators assigned to each branch, Gedur thought that the Centirius branch would have more room to spare.

Gedur asked the lieutenant, thinking that the Centirius branch would have sent at least a capable wizard.

“Then what about his subordinate, Hus Alamere? Is he on the list?”

“An investigator with that name is not on the list!”

“Argent! Just this damn bastard!”

Quang!

Gedur’s fists slammed hard against the desk.

The place where his fist met the desk was made of huge gold.

Seeing Gedur hitting the desk, his subordinate’s body shuddered once.

“What’s the reason? Why aren’t you coming?”

“It seems that the general manager of Argent Period is currently carrying out other missions that have been assigned to him by the headquarters.”

“What? Do you have any other missions?”

“This is a message from the dispatched personnel.”

thud! Koo!

Gedur hit the desk a couple more times.

A part of the desk that was hit by Gedur’s fist completely collapsed.

Gedur, unable to overcome the frustration that rose from his chest, clinged to his subordinate.

Then he spoke in a loud voice in his subordinate’s ear.

“A monster is coming from over there, is that mission that urgent?

“Well, that’s… I don’t know. It’s just a request from the Holy Land to the headquarters…”

“Where did the wizard go! There was a wizard he used to curse every time!”

“Well, that’s because the report didn’t come in…”

As Gedur’s voice grew louder, his subordinate’s body grew smaller and smaller.

However, there was no sound reply from his subordinates.

What the subordinates knew was nothing more than what they had heard from the dispatched personnel.

“Why are there so few people!”

“Recently, something unfortunate has happened, so there’s a shortage of people…”

“There’s a problem in the field? Then it’s annoying, but there’s nothing we can do about it.”

“Huh…”

Hearing the reason for the small number of people, Gedur distanced himself from his subordinates.

A sigh escaped from the subordinate’s mouth at Gedur’s voice that seemed to understand.

However, Gedur immediately returned to his subordinate.

Then he whispered in a small voice in his subordinate’s ear.

“Did your voice suddenly become low?”

“I’m sorry ah ah ah ah!”

“Noisy! As soon as you leave, let’s proceed with the formation of the mage unit!”

“All right!”

“Weak bastard! Get out now!”

Quang!

Gedur, who drove away his men, exhaled harshly.

It was an atmosphere that seemed to gather fewer numbers than Gedur had expected.

However, due to the lack of numbers, it was impossible to delay the time forever.

Even at this time, Kueberg was moving towards the Viscount.

“How did I get this opportunity… I can’t ruin this.”

The promotion to the top investigator was what Gedur had been waiting for so long.

It was unacceptable for this opportunity to be blown away by failure in subjugation.

close.

Gedur clenched his teeth as he remembered Argent, the head of the Centirius branch.

either for people. or for Gedur himself.

This subjugation had to be successful.