My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 200 The Demon Clan's Method

Allen had no idea how much time had passed.

He simply helped move shells and pull the trigger repeatedly.

But the monsters in the sea, like the ammunition stockpiled on this ship, seemed endless.

The giant sea monster that had just collapsed into a mass of shadow was probably the umpteenth giant monster that its No. 1 gun emplacement had destroyed.

But they seemed endless, constantly surging from the sea, only to be blasted into shadow by the ship's automatic defensive fire, guns, and cannons.

Those sea monsters were acting like they had no regard for their lives; the blood of the sea monsters on the deck had already begun to seep into the location of the gun emplacement.

Only when he stepped on the sticky blood under his feet, or when the gunpowder smoke from the weapons entered his nostrils, could he recover from the tension of battle and focus on other things.

Perhaps not much time had passed, but in Allen's perception, the battle seemed to never end.

He looked at the city defense soldiers around him, who were roaring and full of fighting spirit, and his eyes were somewhat bewildered.

Almost all the uninjured city defense soldiers boarded the ship, while those who didn't were forced to stay behind to care for the wounded.

These professional soldiers demonstrated combat skills far exceeding those of the association's members at this moment.

Even though their average strength is not as good as those who have mastered the three rings, their fighting spirit at this moment makes them oblivious to the meaning of death.

"boom!"

A burst of cannon fire pulled Allen's thoughts back to the battle. He picked up the cannonballs beside him again, handed them to the city defense soldier next to him, and then picked up his gun and aimed it at the entrance to the fort.

Yes, Götze and his two companions ultimately couldn't stop the influx of all the small sea monsters.

The sea monsters smashed open the iron gate at the entrance to the fort and rushed inside.

Fortunately, these small sea monsters are not terrifying in combat; an adult with a standard military-grade weapon can easily deal with them.

Therefore, the fort did not encounter any major problems at this time.

However, the artillery fire from the fortress inevitably became sparse.

However, as time went by, although the shadowy behemoths on the sea surface continued to appear in droves, the number of small sea monsters rushing into the fortresses decreased.

Not only that, Allen also saw through the observation window of the turret that the small sea monsters roared and jumped into the sea from the deck.

Upon seeing this, Allen quickly stepped out of the already dilapidated gun emplacement and onto the deck.

The body of a hatter lay directly on the gangway at the entrance to the fort, covered in wounds. His right arm, which held the axe, was gnawed beyond recognition, with only a sliver of skin and flesh holding it together to prevent it from falling off completely.

But that was all the injuries he had sustained.

There were no other injuries visible on his body.

However, as a third-circle mage, Allen could clearly sense that the little source of magic within the hatter's body had completely dried up.

Exhaustion, or... the collapse of the small source.

This is the real cause of his death.

Before his corpse stood a mountain of corpses, the remains of a sea monster with twisted limbs.

Despite feeling nauseous and vomiting, Allen activated his Body Enhancement Technique and forcefully pushed over the mountain of corpses, only to find that the deck was already covered with even more sea monster corpses.

And... the lifeboat that fell from the sky, not yet landing.

"boom!"

As the lifeboat crashed down, Cellina, Suren, Delan, and fifteen dizzy judges emerged one by one.

Fortunately, the group consisted of the elite of the elite, and they immediately began their operation.

With a swing of her sword, a whirlwind blew from the tip of her sword, sending a large number of sea monster corpses directly into the sea.

Subsequently, Götze, who was buried under the corpse and barely alive, and another hatter were dug out by several judges.

"President!"

Upon seeing Götze, Allen rushed over immediately.

But before he could run over, the commotion on the sea drew his attention.

The spears that tore through space, and the massive storms that followed, began to bring doom to the endless stream of monsters.

High in the sky, Flam, with a pistol in one hand and a staff in the other, single-handedly subdued the endless stream of shadow monsters.

What about Roland?
He was still lying on top of the lifeboat, panting heavily.

Although the attempt was a bit silly, it was a success.

He and Fram successfully used a method akin to "you carry me, I carry the bag" to get everyone back to the Pomegranate Flower by flying at top speed.

And as it turned out, their return was perfectly timed.

Roland also breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he took the risk and tried... It turns out that objects forcibly lifted by mental power do not count as belonging to the person carrying the backpack.

Flam's flight magic can carry one person with her.

As for Roland, he was simply using his mental power to support some things while being carried by Fram.

It did not cause Flam to expend unnecessary energy.

Although she was shocked by Roland's "innate magic", Flam decided that business should come first.

After asking Roland for the black gun loaded with bullets bearing the mark of the Breaking Boundary Spear, Flam then flew towards the Pomegranate Flower with Roland in tow.

After leaving Roland and the others on the deck, he hurriedly ran off to deal with the most threatening sea monster.

Roland is very tired now.

Having repeatedly overdrawn his mental energy, he now finds even opening his eyes extremely difficult.

Even the power of the World Tree couldn't make him feel any better at this moment.

But he still tried his best to sit up straight and attempt to get off the top of the lifeboat.

Before he could fully stand up, Cellina appeared behind Roland: "Rest for a bit, Roland. Leave the rest to Ms. Fram."

“Cellina? You’re not angry anymore?” Roland laughed, and before Cellina could answer, he continued, “Where’s Chairman Götze? Our captain should be alright, right?”

Cellina smiled slightly: "I'm not angry... Besides, President Götze shouldn't be considered completely unharmed."

"He was seriously injured; his right leg was badly bitten by the sea monster, and the judges are giving him emergency treatment."

"But they are not professional medical personnel... The leg is probably beyond saving, but the patient's life should be safe."

Roland breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this: "What about the other two hatters who stayed behind?"

"..."

Celinina remained silent for a long time.

Her silence, however, revealed the answer to Roland.

After a moment of silence, Cellina continued, "A hatter died at the entrance to the fort, and another's body was on top of President Götze."

"Judging from the location where the two were found, he died protecting Chairman Götze."

Roland didn't say anything more, but sat up straight with Cellina's help and looked at the horrific scene on the deck below.

When Roland successfully used a forbidden spell to induce a small magical storm on the distant sea, completely destroying the misty area and flying towards the Pomegranate Flower, he closed his eyes.

The severe depletion of his mental energy made it difficult for him to maintain his current state, and he fell into a deep sleep.

……

"Thank you for your help, Ms. Flam."

"Alright, alright, the kid's just asleep. Just find him a blanket, cover him up, and put him on the bed."

Before leaving the room, Floram glanced back at Cherlinina: "What are you standing there for? Just let him rest quietly." "Anyway, he's already back at the base to recuperate, so there's no need to worry about his safety."

"I have already communicated with the Academy headquarters and the Empire through the communication facilities within the base."

"Both sides expressed their willingness to share the teleportation costs and directly use the teleportation array to teleport all personnel back to Riskan."

"Once they finish calibrating the teleportation array's landing coordinates, we can go back."

Hearing what Floram said, Cellina nodded, glanced at Roland a few more times, and then followed Floram out of the room.

Everything is just as Flam said.

Although it returned to the Pomegranate Flower in time, the ship's engine room and key power equipment suffered some damage.

In addition, Götze is currently in a coma and urgently needs proper medical treatment.

The low-level healing spells cast by the judges could only keep him alive temporarily, not completely cure him.

Although the ship had a pre-set route coordinates, the risk of crossing the ocean back to Switzerland was greatly increased due to insufficient manpower and lack of a captain.

Even their return to this base from the open sea was thanks to Allen's emergency command.

Even now, this young man, who is still not very brave, took on the role of temporary captain after Götze was seriously injured and on the verge of death.

Without him, the entire crew would still be adrift on the high seas.

That's all he can do.

Bringing everyone back from the sea to the port of departure... this was beyond Allen's experience.

Not to mention, the current Pomegranate Flower is no longer the same Pomegranate Flower that set sail.

After decades, it completed another exploration on the open sea, and it was the last one.

The impacts and claws of those shadowy giants and sea monsters prevented it from producing the powerful engine roar it had during its last departure.

It had burned out its last bit of power.

This conclusion was reached after examination by a group of members of the association.

This ship is no longer suitable for the next voyage.

Cellina followed behind Floram down the corridor, and before she knew it, Floram was carrying a large bucket of water.

"Ms. Flam, what are you doing with that bucket?"

Frum, holding the large water bucket that was almost as tall as her, said, "Go find Suren... to be precise, go ask the Vatican to borrow some things."

“…some?” Cherlinina asked hesitantly.

Judging from the size of this bucket... it doesn't seem like "some" at all, does it?

Frum continued to explain, "Well... you don't seem to know about this. Oh well, it's not important."

"Some old geezer tried to assassinate me not long ago."

"I've pretty much taken care of things now. I'll go back and settle the score with her."

Upon hearing this, Cellina asked curiously, "Are you asking the Vatican to borrow some holy relic?"

"A holy relic? Not really, and even if I went to borrow one, the Vatican wouldn't give it to me." Flam pouted as she spoke. "At most, they'd send a clergyman who can use holy relics to accompany me."

Looking at Fram's expression, Cellina felt that this person must have actually tried to borrow holy relics from the Vatican before...

"I just want some holy water." Floram said, patting the silver bucket in her hand. "Hmph, this is a mithril bucket that I specially had someone make during the Demon King War! It's a cure for blood demons."

Celinina: “…”

Were such weapons still available during the Demon King War?

How do you use this thing? Do you put it on the Blood Demon's head or put the Blood Demon inside?

Well, it must have some special use, otherwise such a large mithril barrel wouldn't be cheap to make...

Cellina then asked, "But the judges wouldn't have that much holy water on them, would they?"

“It’s not important. I’ll give the bucket to Suren first, and then she can help me get one from the church in Rieskan.” Flam laughed. “Anyway, I have some other things to do when I get back. It’s good to have Suren help me prepare.”

Cellina forced a smile, silently mourned for a second for the blood demon who had offended this petty elf, and then made an excuse to leave.

Frum didn't care what Cherlinina was doing; she was enthusiastically perfecting her long-planned sinking plan, while also being excited to see the terrified expression on the face of some useless, shut-in Blood Demon.

She didn't care why this blood demon, whose mind seemed rather dull, had been bewitched into participating in a plot to murder her.

After all, this guy has been fooled more than once or twice.

As the saying goes, you can't teach someone by just one person, but you can teach someone by just one experience.

Frum only wanted to carry out a pure act of revenge, driven by personal emotions and private grudges.

Cellina, who hadn't gone far, glanced back at Flam, who was emitting a dangerous laugh, and couldn't help but shudder.

For the first time, she gained a clear understanding of the "Furam who was buried" in the demons' bedtime stories.

Well, this guy is a bit different from what he looks like.

That sinister laugh alone tells you he's a villain...

Cellina sighed, then quickly walked back to Roland's room.

"Squeak..."

The wooden door was gently pushed open, and Cherlinina cautiously peeked inside.

After confirming that Nash hadn't escaped Suren's clutches and run back to his room, she breathed a sigh of relief.

That Grand Judge, who seems to be able to see right through you, can still play a significant role in crucial moments.

At the crucial moment, he "snatched" the noisy cat from his hands.

I didn't intentionally let Nash get snatched away.

She just couldn't win (she felt guilty).

It was absolutely not intentional.

only……

When Cellina tiptoed into the room, her mind went blank for a moment.

At that moment, Master Suren's words echoed in her mind.

Just do it! You know what I mean!

Oh no, that's not the sentence.

Yes—[In his eyes, you might really just be... a simple friend.]

That's right, that's the sentence!
Cellina looked at Roland, who had already begun to snore, and her heart began to beat faster than ever before.

She knew Suren was right.

The way Roland looked at me and the way he treated me were completely different from how he treated Kalia and Iluvia.

He talks more, is more at ease, and likes to say some nonsensical lines...

But it's missing that most crucial part.

Cellina didn't know how humans would handle this situation.

Today she's going to use some... demonic methods.

While Roland was asleep.

(End of this chapter)