A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 389

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 389

Sand trembled between the stone slabs of the floor.

Ripples spread across the central fountain, and the moment flocks of birds took flight from the forest all at once-

CRASH!

The center of the square burst and erupted from within.

Overturned stone slabs cut through the air, and fragments and dust scattered in all directions.

Veil unconsciously opened his mouth.

Something of unknown identity was surging up from underground.

A mass of black smoke swirling in one direction.

A torso undulating like a giant curtain and things that might be arms or tentacles scraping the square while touching the ground.

“Kyaaah! Get away! Toward the Marquis Castle!”

Screams erupted from the entrance of the square.

People who had been taking shelter were crying out in agitation.

Then the monster made of smoke turned its head.

A sound like scraping metal burst from the creature’s throat.

Tesetan let out a bitter laugh as he drew his sword from its sheath.

Then he gestured to the Imperial Army to evacuate the butler before lowering his stance.

“Would that be considered medium-class?”

When he asked in a tense voice, Basto and Veil let out hollow laughs.

“Medium-class, what. It would be among the larger ones even among large-class.”

“Damn it, where’s that thing’s weakness? It’s been too long, so if we drag this out, we’ll be at a disadvantage!”

Tesetan took a deep breath.

“You’re right, Veil.”

Then he added.

“We need to finish it in one strike if possible. Otherwise…”

His gaze turned to the monster moving with heavy thud- thud- sounds.

The monster was taking steps as if entranced toward where the sound came from, that is, where the domain residents were.

In the middle of its body made entirely of black smoke, two eyes filled with madness glowed bright red.

Tesetan knew those eyes well.

‘Eyes that crave blood.’

It was a process that spirits who had their Croa stolen and fallen corrupt inevitably went through.

Probably, the spirits that Tie had seen in the Logging District were at a stage where they were barely suppressing their rampage.

So they stopped at catching and eating or killing beasts without harming people.

But the monster before his eyes was different.

It was now scattering killing intent in all directions.

‘So…’

Unfortunately, the only way now was to cut off the creature’s breath.

Because Tesetan didn’t know how to extract Croa from the core the baron had created and return it to the spirits.

Of course, the Tie of the past might have been able to do it, but now…

“P-please save me!”

At that moment, the screams of domain residents could be heard again.

Tesetan shook off his thoughts and began running forward.

Naturally, Veil and Basto followed behind him.

The Imperial Army soldiers who had formed ranks also rushed toward the monster all at once.

The monster slowly turned around at the war cries they made.

The monster’s nape came into Tesetan’s field of vision.

But just as he aimed his sword tip at that spot and was about to kick off the ground and leap up.

“Puha-!”

Something popped up from the pit the monster had made in the ground.

The Imperial Army soldiers were the first to stop moving.

Veil and Basto opened their eyes wide.

It spun through the air, landed on the ground, shook off the mist and shouted.

“Finally! Achoo! Aachoo! I’m out…!”

“Tie!”

Tesetan hurriedly sheathed his sword and ran over.

“Father!”

Tie’s eyes also grew large when she spotted Tesetan.

The child froze in place, then soon came running unsteadily and threw herself into Tesetan’s arms.

“Huuung, Father!”

Perhaps because the tension was released, tears welled up in the child’s eyes.

“Tie, I thought you couldn’t get out from down there…!”

Tesetan let out a sigh of relief as he checked the child’s face.

“You’re not hurt anywhere, right? That’s why I told you not to go down to the basement alone! Father told you to stay with the Unit Members.”

Tie’s expression immediately became dejected.

As if she knew she had done wrong, both shoulders were already drooping down like waterlogged cotton.

“What would we have done if you had gotten hurt. If you keep doing this, how can Mother and Father…”

“Regent! Please stop.”

Aleric, who had just arrived at the square from the Marquis Castle, interjected between father and daughter.

Without even noticing that he had mistakenly called Tesetan by his former title, he urgently continued speaking.

“Isn’t stopping that thing the urgent matter right now!”

Tesetan hesitated and looked up.

Tie did the same.

They could see the giant monster in the middle of the square indiscriminately attacking the Imperial Army.

“…Right. You’re correct, Aleric.”

The monster was more powerful than expected.

Starting with the fact that because its body was made of smoke, ordinary blades couldn’t inflict damage on it.

Tesetan furrowed his brow.

“How do we kill that thing? Is there even a way to kill it?”

Then Tie opened her eyes wide and looked at Tesetan.

“K-kill…?”

Tesetan nodded as if it were nothing serious.

“Yes. If we don’t kill that thing, innocent domain residents will get hurt. We can’t let that happen.”

Tie closed her mouth.

With a deeply shocked face, the child gulped.

Then a little later.

“But Father, Tie has this…! If we give it this, couldn’t it become good again?”

Everyone’s attention was drawn to something the child took out.

What Tie held in her hand was an amulet embedded with a red monster core.

Tesetan’s brow furrowed.

He knelt on one knee to comfort the child.

“If you found it down there, that would be a core with their Croa extracted and condensed, right?”

Tie nodded earnestly.

Tesetan looked at the amulet carefully again before meeting the child’s eyes.

“Tie. I’m sorry, but this amulet is too small.”

Then he pointed to the monster still confronting the Imperial Army.

“On the other hand, look at that monster. It’s incredibly huge, right?”

Tie hesitated and fidgeted with her hands.

Tesetan continued in a calm voice.

“This is probably only a portion of the Croa extracted from them. So we can’t purify the entire monster with this. Moreover…”

But Tesetan, having said that much, closed his mouth.

Suddenly, the words the butler of the Marquis Castle had said just before the demon appeared flashed through his mind.

‘He condensed the power extracted with the help of mages, and I saw him take all of it to that statue!’

“If it’s a core, weren’t there more of them?”

Sure enough.

Veil, who had been wearing a serious expression the whole time as if thinking the same thing, muttered.

Then he pointed somewhere.

“There’s a statue at some ancient tree or whatever. And they said the baron offered a core there!”

Tie’s eyes widened.

Tesetan looked at the child’s face, which was gradually being colored with expectation despite his half-believing expression.

Then,

“That’s true, but still, it won’t work.”

Before long, he shook his head again.

Disappointment spread across Tie’s face, but he added firmly.

“Don’t misunderstand Father’s words, Tie.”

He carefully met Tie’s eyes.

“Father knows our daughter could do everything before. Calming and purifying rampaging demons. But now.”

His voice dropped even lower.

“Now you’ve lost that power, haven’t you?”

Veil and Basto averted their gazes.

Tie could only stare at Tesetan without saying anything.

“Time is of the essence now. We don’t know how much longer the Imperial Army can hold out, and if we waste time trying to purify that thing, the number of casualties could increase.”

Tie’s lips trembled.

Tears welled up in her wide green eyes.

Tesetan felt his heart ache as he carefully grasped the child’s shoulders.

“Father knows too. The spirits are innocent. So Mother and Father will be more careful to prevent such things from happening again. We’ll also seek advice from Nordics Grandfather in the Central Continent.”

“….”

“But this time, let’s do as Father suggests. We need to quickly wrap up this situation.”

Tie bit her lips tightly.

Soon she wiped away her running nose with a sniffle and let out a small sigh.

Then, just as she was about to nod as if she had no choice.

“No! Master’s father!”

Suddenly Marbas stepped forward.

With an excited expression, he jumped up onto Tesetan’s shoulder and shouted.

“It might work! When we were in the basement, I clearly saw Master communicating with those things!”

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