The Escort Knight Who Is Being Obsessed Over by the Villainess Wants To Run Away

31. Chasing the Warlock (5)

“… What are you doing? Did you reject me?”

Elijah asked in a disbelieving voice.

This is the first time I’ve had such a reaction.

For some reason, I felt wrong.

I feel like I’m breaking out in a cold sweat on my back.

I hastily made an excuse.

“That, the way I am right now is not a word.”

Only then did Elijah look me up and down.

For a little over a week, I came all the way here without being able to wash properly and change my clothes inside.

She even got bloody from fighting a red orc, and the warlock covered her body earlier.

Her face and armor were roughly cleaned, but not completely fine.

It still smells disgusting.

It was a good idea to clean her armor earlier.

Elijah, she almost got blood on her face.

“… ….”

Elijah nodded her head as if she belatedly understood.

But she mumbles to herself as if she doesn’t like it.

“I have been alone for several days… on your bed….”

“… Yes? What does it mean….”

“Don’t ask. You do not have to know.”

“Yes….”

Elijah looked around her with a puzzled expression.

I don’t know why he has that expression, but it’s okay because he’s cute.

‘Honestly, it was difficult for a few days, but seeing him makes me feel better….’

Is it okay to feel like this…. I don’t know.

Anyway, it seems as if only one Elijah has entered the dull space.

The dress she was wearing was also yellow, so she looked like a chick.

Seemingly resigned, Elijah lets out a sigh through her nose, and she laughs lightly.

“Looks like a good find. Is that why you called me to brag?”

“… No. It can’t be. There is a research facility here that looks like it was used by wizards. Something like materials. I called in case you might need it.”

“Hmm. I’m proud You know what you didn’t do, and you do well.”

Elijah looked around her and said.

“You may wake up.”

Everyone stands up at once.

“Warlock?”

“It’s over here.”

Dyke and Argon brought a sack.

I put the corpse in to take the warlock.

“Looks a bit….”

“It doesn’t matter.”

Elijah carelessly cuts her off and peers into her sack.

She nods.

“It matches. The mission ends here.”

Elijah looked at me and said.

“I had a hard time.”

I called out quickly.

“The lady says thank you for your hard work!”

“Thank you!”

They all get down on one knee and shout.

Elijah plugs her ears and pouting her lips, she looks up at me.

It is a dissatisfied expression.

‘What should I do if you only tell me that you have suffered….’

Elijah lowered her hand.

“I will set aside a place that is officially recognized. For now, first, take the materials of the warlock.”

“Do you also take care of black magic?”

“Yes. Without missing a single one. A record is everything.”

We moved in unison with our sacks.

We decided to go back to the area we were assigned to and collect the data.

Me, Jerry, and Feline each took a sack.

I went to pick up the journal I saw earlier, but Elijah followed.

Stay close to me.

“… ….”

Jerry and Feline glanced at me, then quickly led away.

I asked her sneakily Elijah.

“… Why?”

“What?”

Do you need a reason for me to follow you around? Is the expression

… Don’t need it

“No.”

She, who had been following her side by side, opened her mouth slightly.

The voice is very small and cautious.

“… Hey.”

“Yes.”

“I don’t want to see you…. No. Nothing.”

“Yes, yes?”

“Be quiet.”

Why don’t you talk, make people curious.

It was so small and so fast that I couldn’t even hear it properly.

I looked at her and interrogated her eyes.

Say more.

Elijah stared at me and smiled softly.

‘Um…. It’s against the rules to cover things up with a smile.’

After all, she couldn’t ask more.

After Jerry and Feline passed the search area, they entered the deepest room.

Where letters and journals were placed.

I swept the journal from the bookshelf.

Meanwhile, Elijah looked down at the letter.

“Should I take that letter too?”

“… ….”

“My lady?”

Even after being called again, Elijah was staring at the letter.

Are you decrypting?

Belatedly, she raises her head.

“… Ah yes. I have to take care of it.”

I rolled up the letter and put it in a sack.

After taking everything and going back, the party returned one after another from other directions.

“Did you pack everything?”

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Dylan asked again, and all said yes.

“Then come back. But, the lady….”

Carefully looking at Elijah’s eyes.

She has the ability to teleport.

You don’t have to move as hard as we did.

Elijah stared at me and answered.

“I’ll move them all together.”

“Go, thank you!”

“It takes me a while to concentrate. There are too many of them.”

How many people? Including luggage?

You surprise me every day.

Everyone was excited and happy and thanked Elijah.

I had to inadvertently intervene.

“Sorry, Yuel is out there.”

“U.L? Then I’ll go pick you up.”

Elijah immediately canceled her magic cast.

I stood at the front and passed through the underground city.

Just behind Elijah. After that, she became a candidate in room 13….

No, my colleagues who are now members of the SS.

Clean air welcomes you as you pass through the stairs.

It is dark in the canyon as the sun is about to set.

The moment you whistle to call Yuel as you pass through the gap.

‘… !’

Survival experts have issued a warning.

I reflexively raised my sword and slashed it.

Reaction faster than cognition.

Pak! And the sword struck something.

It was a bolt stuck in the wall.

Writing on a crossbow.

“What… !”

There was no time to grasp the situation.

Survival warnings rain from all sides.

I fell on my face as if to attack Elijah and cried out.

“Everybody get down!”

The sound of cutting the wind coming from all directions.

Something is pouring down.

f*ck, Fubuk. Stuck in the ground

“Keah-!”

Hador screamed.

It looks like it was hit by a bolt.

At that time, a line.

A survival warning slammed into my back.

But it can’t be avoided.

Beside me now, Elijah, who is frightened, is lying.

The moment he squeezed her hand.

Pak! And my back got hot.

A sharp pain pierced through my body.

“Judas, you… !”

Elijah’s eyes widened. She

Tried not to show off, but Elijah noticed a change in my expression.

“… It’s nothing.”

That’s right.

The bolt that pierced through the armor was excruciatingly painful.

I feel sore at the place where I got stuck.

A brief moment for the enemy to reload.

He raised Elijah up and put him up against the wall.

I raised my shield and looked ahead.

Above the many layers of the rugged canyon, shadows appear one by one.

About 20 people.

‘I am not an orc. They don’t use crossbows.’

A scoundrel wearing a black robe.

The identity is unknown, but one thing is clear.

They are all enemies.

There seems to be no room for conversation.

One by one, they aim their crossbows again.

“The rear is also blocked!”

Someone shouted.

Looking back, a mysterious enemy appeared on the way back to the underground city.

Which gap?

“Everybody stay calm and draw your weapons!”

Dylan exclaimed.

“The comfort of the lady must come first!”

I said.

At that time, Elijah behind me spoke in a trembling voice.

“Judas, here, this….”

The “This” She refers to is probably a crossbow bolt.

“It’s okay. I can endure it.”

“Hador is hurt!”

“Hide behind an overhanging wall! Breaking through the front is dangerous! Eliminate the rear enemy and evacuate to the basement first!”

Dylan’s analysis was quite sharp.

There are no enemies in the front that pass through this gap.

As if I could just run there.

However, that path is the best spot for a crossbow.

There is a high possibility that the enemy is waiting out there.

The opponent is calm even when the victory is certain.

Don’t shoot prematurely, wait for the right moment.

The enemy that appeared from the rear is getting closer.

At that time, Elijah spoke in a cool voice.

“There is a wizard among them.”

You can’t tell from the outside.

However, it is a valid argument.

Everyone stood on a different ledge or cliff.

Location selection to create the perfect mesh.

Among them, there are places that cannot be climbed by human power.

Moreover, an enemy appeared from behind silently.

‘This means that there are wizards of a considerable level who can teleport with others…. Where is it?’

Dylan gave instructions without assuming her strength as Elijah.

If she helps, she doesn’t have to fall behind her.

“First of all, I….”

The moment Elijah was about to speak.

A person appeared from the exit in front.

Those who wear black robes like enemies with crossbows.

At a glance, they are a group of them.

However, it is urgent as if being chased or attacked by something.

Those who were seated upstairs also turned their heads to check the other side as if somewhat embarrassed.

It feels as if a fight has broken out.

‘What is it, a passing monster?’

I watched the situation for a while.

And then, in front of me, a completely unexpected, familiar face appeared.

After slitting the enemy’s neck, the subject looked this way while wiping the bloody face.

When they find us, they smile brightly.

“Oh, yes! Mr. Judas! And Miss Elijah!”

Hermis.

It was her and her other knights.

An unexpected reinforcement has arrived.