Chapter 36

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“Roar————!”

When Noah heard the huge roar again, the source of the roar finally came into his sight.

Rushing forward at an extremely fast speed, Noah clearly saw a giant humanoid figure, over three meters tall, with a bull's head and a human body, standing upright. One hand was gripping a thick tree trunk, while the other tightly held a screaming child, raising its head to roar.

In front of the giant bull-man, a man and a woman with white hair were on the ground, their faces full of terror. The other one stood there, facing off against the giant bull-man, her face filled with anxiety.

The child being held by the giant bull-man, screaming, was Lisanna!

The one sitting on the ground, his face full of terror, was Elfman!

The one facing off against the giant bull-man was Mira, her face contorted with anxiety and anger!

As for the giant bull-man, it was a creature that Noah was very familiar with.

It was a very famous and ferocious, completely irrational powerful monster.

In the forests of Magnolia, Noah had more than once encountered this kind of savage monster while accompanying some of the mages from 'Fairy Tail', a monster that even ordinary mages feared!

Why would a monster of this level appear in a forest that only had wild beasts?

This question, Noah probably wouldn't be able to get an answer to, nor did he have any interest in finding out.

“Roar————!”

“Sister Mira————!”

“Lisanna————!”

The roar of the giant bull-man, the screams of Lisanna, and the cries of Mira all echoed almost simultaneously, causing Noah's deep, star-like eyes to narrow slowly, and his speed to reach its peak.

However, even so, Noah still needed some time to reach the location of the Strauss siblings and the giant bull-man.

During this time, if the giant bull-man just slightly tightened its grip on Lisanna, the young and adorable girl would be crushed to death!

There was no time!

It was already too late!

Noah's heart rate had already started to quicken, and without hesitation, he grabbed the bag slung over his shoulder and pulled it hard.

In the next moment, the hilt of Noah's knight sword emerged from the bag, tightly gripped in his hand.

However, Noah did not immediately draw the sword. Instead, he mobilized the vast magical power within his body, channeling it through his tightly gripping hand into the knight sword.

“Hum————!”

The knight sword, still in its sheath, trembled all over, emitting a dense light.

“Clang————!”

Just as Mira, who was planning to risk her life to save Lisanna, had not yet acted, a resounding sword cry instantly filled every corner of the scene, echoing through the forest.

Following that, Mira, who was facing off against the giant bull-man, Lisanna, who was being held by the giant bull-man, and Elfman, who had collapsed on the ground beside the giant bull-man, all saw it.

A streak of light.

A streak of light suddenly burst forth from a corner of the forest, like a comet, flashing with blinding light.

The streak of light appeared suddenly, flashing past at a speed that made everything a blur, and, accompanied by the sound of air vibrations and sonic booms, it struck the giant bull-man as if it were a meteor falling from the sky.

“Pfft————!”

A very clear tearing sound echoed.

Along with it, a rain of blood fell like rain.

The giant bull-man didn't even have time to let out a scream. Its body, over three meters tall, split open at the waist, completely separating the upper and lower halves.

The giant bull-man was cut in half!

“Whoosh————!”

Crimson blood rained down from the sky, turning the scene into a blood-soaked ground.

“Boom————!”

The upper and lower halves of the giant bull-man's body crashed heavily to the ground, not only splashing a large amount of blood but also making a loud noise that made the ground tremble.

Mira and Elfman, one in a daze and the other with his face turning from terror to fear, let out a scream.

There was no way around it; the scene before them was too bloody.

Looking at the blood-soaked ground and the giant bull-man, cut in half and lying dead, Elfman was still screaming, while Mira was the first to react.

“Lisanna!”

As her voice fell, another calm voice came from the other side.

“Here.”

Hearing the voice, Mira quickly looked over.

On the other side of the severed giant bull-man, Noah was holding the unconscious Lisanna in one hand and gripping a knight sword that was as brilliant as ice, with a flowing aura of magical light, looking at the severed bull-man, his expression somewhat grim.

“Was the force too strong?”

Only then did Mira understand.

The one who had cleanly cut the bull-man in half was this young man, who was the same age as her and whom she had looked down upon!

And he had done it with a knight sword that, while powerful, was more known for its beauty!

Although she had never owned one, Mira had certainly heard of them.

In this world, there were many weapons with various unique abilities and effects, some of which were equivalent to magic in their own right.

Some called them magical weapons, others called them enchanted weapons, but they were all truly precious items.

The common point of these magical weapons was that they required the user to provide magical power to activate their abilities and effects.

The knight sword in Noah's hand, which was now flowing with a brilliant aura of magical light, could only be a magical weapon!

The scene of the giant bull-man being cut in half by a single sword strike was still replaying in Mira and Elfman's minds, leaving them frozen in place, unable to speak for a long time.

On the other side, Noah was also in a similar state.

Of course, Noah wasn't in this state because he had used too much magical power in a moment of urgency, cutting the giant bull-man in half. It was because he had noticed Mira's hand.

Focusing on one of Mira's hands, Noah's expression gradually turned serious.

The reason was simple.

Mira's hand was not a human hand but resembled the hand of a fierce beast or a magical creature, both terrifying and menacing, with a dark aura that made Noah's heart race!

It was like a demon's arm!

Noticing Noah's gaze, Mira's expression changed. She seemed to remember her current appearance and instinctively hid her demon-like arm behind her back, her beautiful face turning grim.

The entire scene was silent.

...

This was the cave where Noah, Wendy, and Jellal had stayed three days ago.

Now, Wendy and Jellal were gone, but the number of people in the cave had increased.

Lisanna had already woken up and was sitting by the campfire Noah had lit, looking in Noah and Mira's direction with a worried and somber expression.

On either side of the cave walls, Noah and Mira were sitting as far apart as possible, facing each other in silence.

Noah's knight sword had been returned to its sheath and placed in the bag, leaning against the wall. He continued to stare at Mira, his eyes filled with a thoughtful expression.

Mira, on the other hand, was different.

Unlike the arrogant demeanor she had shown when they first met three or four days ago, Mira now wore a cloak, her body exposed to the air without concern, but her demon-like arm was hidden behind the cloak, never to be revealed again, her face dark.

The atmosphere in the cave became increasingly oppressive, so much so that Lisanna and Elfman almost couldn't breathe.

So, Noah took the initiative to break the oppressive silence.

"Shouldn't you tell me what's going on now?"