Chapter 537: Birth of the Mischievous Demon (side: Alphiss)
― One hundred years ago, in the Holy Country of Liarm, a strange event occurred. In a certain wealthy household, the head of the family and a young couple, as well as a great many servants, were all massacred.
According to the testimony of one surviving servant, the culprit was a young girl who had been kept in the basement. The family had secretly raised her after she was born with a mysterious power.
Occasionally, some babies are born with unusual skills. It is generally considered to be the result of a combination of bloodlines and the abilities and deeds of ancestors, but none fully understands the details.
However, it is common for babies born with such skills to grow to become powerful swordfighters or mages, who carve their names into history. In the Holy Country of Liarm in particular, such skills are often extolled as the Blessings of the Holy God.
It came to light that the child from the basement was born with such a Blessing. However… In exchange for such tremendous power, she possessed an intense craving for human blood, and would sate that craving through violence.
The girl fled deep into the forest, where she hunted and ate vicious monsters, destroyed hinterland villages, killed passing merchants, and even slew the top-class adventurers that set out to subjugate her. By the time the leader of the Holy Knights at the time, Belange, captured her, it is whispered even now that she killed and ate almost half of the Holy Knights.
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Having rescued the grievously injured Aruane from the battlefield, Alphiss is flying away to collect the captured atlach-nacha. If the atlach-nacha can be controlled through Lilixira’s [Spirit Servant] or Aruane’s [Blood Doll], it should serve to greatly unsettle Irushia, whose overwhelming physical abilities otherwise present no openings.
“Ool-dono, hurry up and heal Aruane-dono.”