Ed was keeping Brant in check while Arin healed the girl. Ed roughly guessed the situation, but he's not sure.
But is Brant's look a lie?
If so, it can be said that Brant is a rare swindler or a rare performer.
But Ed isn't letting his guard down. Now that his level has risen, he could have overpowered Brant, but there were some people here who would be in danger by the aftermath.
As he watched like that, Diego approached Ed and asked.
"Is that man okay?"
At first glance, Brant's condition looked bad. However, they cannot place a recovery spell on him as he uses the power of the demon.
But since he has the power of the demon, so he will recover himself.
"He's going to be okay."
Diego looked at Brant at Ed's answer. He looked terrible because his whole body was burnt. Then, Diego approached the girl Arin was treating without asking.
The girl's face, who seemed to be his age, was pale, but she looked even pale because of the light emitted by Arin's divine power.
As Diego was looking at the girl's face as if he was possessed, Thane, who appeared next to him, smiled and spoke out.
"When she gets older, she'll become a beauty that will make the country shake."
"Right? Don't you think she's really pretty?"
"Hehe. Indeed. Looks like Abby has new competition."
Diego replied without much thought to Thane's words, but came to his senses and blushed. But his brown skin made it less obvious.
Thane glinted over.
"Looks like you got a crush on her."
"It's not like that."
Thane no longer brought it up because Diego was embarrassed. However, Ed gave attention to Brant.
Brant was Akalan's secret weapon.
Brant came to them and asked to save his daughter. It is not known whether they knew their location or felt Arin's divine power.
Thane's eyes turned to Arin.
Arin is flexible considering she is a holy knight. But will she be able to accept Brant?
He would be of great use if she could accept him, but it was something to watch.
It wasn't until about 30 minutes later that Arin gained sacred power, and she swept the girl's hair away with a tired look.
Arin, who put her hair over the girl's tangled blood, bowed her head, brought her ears to her nose, stayed still for a while, and raised herself.
Seeing everyone's attention focused, Arin calmly spoke.
"She overcame the crisis."
Everyone breathed out relief at Arin's words. Arin gave Diego a look and said.
"Diego, can you bring me some water and towels?"
When Diego brought her a water bag, Arin wetted the towel and wiped the blood on the girl's face and the blood on her wound. There was a long scar on her chest, but she survived.
Arin felt proud as she cleaned the girl's body. It was rewarding to kill demons, but the feeling of saving people by her own power was a different feeling of reward.
Arin, who gave the girl her cape, looked back at Diego.
"Please protect the kid."
When Diego hugged the girl, Dex looked back at Ed. When Ed nodded, Dex still stood next to Diego, pointing a sword at the girl's neck.
Ed checked her and looked at Brant. Brant was shedding tears.
"Can Emma live?"
Arin was briefly shaken by his gaze.
"She overcame the crisis. Though her scars will last forever."
Brant knelt down at her words and put his forehead on the floor.
"Thank you. Thank you so much."
Arin looked back at Ed. The person they met as an enemy showed his gratitude, and he seemed to be at a loss.
Ed returned his arrows and put the bow on his back.
Brant's sincerity was conveyed. If everything Brant did was a trick, Ed would blame himself.
"Raise your head. Tell me what's going on."
Brant looked up at Ed. Emma's neck was pointed with a sword, but he felt the atmosphere was relaxed.
"My name is Brant, a member of the Eastern Trojan Army. I came to Akalan when I was seriously injured and taken away during a local war. They asked if I would rather die or if I would participate in their experiment."
Ed threw the water bag when he saw Brant swallowing dry saliva. Brant received a water bag, sent a look of gratitude, and continued his story after drinking the water.
"Emma was caught in their radar and made her participate in the experiments too. But I never thought the experiment would have a survival rate of less than 0.02 percent."
Flames seemed to soar from Arin's eyes. According to Brant, more than 5,000 people have already been sacrificed. Brant said, turning his eyes to the sky.
"They injected demon's blood and were looking for a person who adapted. Everyone who came there had a story, and more than 3,000 people never succeeded. I didn't pass the experiment either, but I survived, so they locked me up and continued the experiments. By the time all 5,000 people died, my adaptation was over and the experiment was over."
Brant trembled and said.
"It hurt so much that I wanted to die every moment until the adaptation was over, but I endured and endured thinking of Emma. As I was giving up little by little, they brought Emma in to change my mind. They tried to give me hope. I endured the pain when I heard that they would give Emma a higher education and send her to the academy to raise her as a talent for the kingdom. Thanks to her, I overcame the pain, but they were afraid when they saw my strength."
This was understandable because it was difficult to recognize him after all the experiments. Above all, Brant's eyes are the problem.
He had the ability to predict attacks and read the future. Even Ed had a hard time fighting with him.
Agents of Akalan must have feared Brant.
"They didn't keep their promise, and they only showed Emma once in a while when I succeeded in my mission. But I failed the last mission."
Ed smiled bitterly at his words.
"You mean the mission to kill me."
"It was my first order to kill someone who was not a demon, but I couldn't help it."
"Because you had a hostage in Akalan?"
"···Yes."
Thane, who was listening to Brant's story, suddenly intervened in the conversation.
"I understand that Akalan dealt with the power of the demon. I heard David is related to something. Do you know anything about him?"
The word David seemed to spark something in Brant's eyes. Seeing the sad life take place, everyone except Ed picked up their weapons.
Ed cautioned the angry Brant.
"Calm down."
Brant exhaled a long breath and continued.
"He was in charge of this experiment. David. I don't know what it means to deal with the power of the demon, but he periodically drew blood from me."
Ed looked back at Brant. If his blood, which has endured and adapted by injecting demon's blood, is purified in a special way, the general public can soon have access to the demon's powers.
It is said they can have eternal life, but those in power will have no more ability to covet.
David must have gained a lot of things by giving that power to the prince.
However, he became a kite that fell, and Caren, the head of the Prince's group, also died. In addition, Pendragon said he would use his hands to take down Akalan himself.
But why did David want to dispose of Brant?
He's a good use of power, and he can use Brant's blood to sell the demon's power.
Thane muttered, sweeping down his beard.
"Did he try to get rid of Brant so that other people couldn't get to him?"
"Other people?"
"Don't you know that? As the prince died, the king's group gained strength. Akalan is the most information-sensitive group, so David must have noticed. He had no place to stand."
David's position has definitely narrowed. If David ran away with Brant and Emma, he would have been too easy to catch.
"Did he want to drag time?"
Thane nodded at Ed's murmur.
"I thought it was strange that Akalan's agents kept her breathing, so they probably wanted for her to survive. So that she'll get people's attention."
David seemed to be more meticulous than Ed thought. He was a person who thinks about the future.
"And if Brant had visited the church for treatment with his demon power, they would have killed Brant there."
"I guess so".
Brant's movement and appearance were so vicious that Ed shot an arrow the moment Brant appeared. It was not Ed's first time meeting him, and Ed confirmed that he had a child, so he wanted to save the child first.
If he visited a temple or church, they were more likely to attack him than save him. Then, if he had destroyed temples or churches, it would have been a merit of the Astron Church. And everyone's eyes would have been on Brant.
Akalan must have intended to use Brant as bait.
Ed looked at Brant and asked.
"How did you find us?"
Brant raised his hand and covered his left eye.
"Waking up the power of the demon can make short-term future predictions. But I can only predict a short period of time. I predicted many situations trying to save Emma's life, and I followed this path."
Thane made a strong impression when he heard that.
"The demon's blood that you have is the great demon Pestoles. The demon of stars can read the future. Thanks to that power, you can read the future."
Ed looked at Brant once again. Did Brant, who had been reading only the short-term future in battle so far, enlighten his ability in the face of his daughter's death?
So that he can see a longer future?
This guy. Ed wanted to see more.
Originally, he would have moved as Akalan wanted and handled the demon. However, if he was one of the main characters, he would have somehow escaped Akalan.
His life was likely twisted because of what Ed had done.
Ed decided to take this man in for morality.
"What's your future plan?"
There was a conflict on Brant's face. Seeing him hesitate, Ed followed his gaze to Emma, then looked at him again and asked.
"Revenge or your daughter? Is that your concern?
Brant bowed his head as if he was awakened by the words.
"No. For me, my daughter comes first."
When Ed heard that, he looked back at the group. Ed wanted Brant to join the group badly, but he couldn't make the final decision because he wasn't the only person in the group.
"What should we do?"
At Ed's question, Thane swept down his beard and asked.
"Are you thinking about whether to accept him into our group or not?"
Ed didn't answer, but Thane looked at Brant and replied.
"If I can trust you, you could be a considerable help."
Brant was a person who would be selected as a special recruit if he was simply selected based on his ability, but they met him as an enemy.
How far can they trust him?
As Ed was agonizing, Emma, who Diego was guarding, opened her eyes. When she first found Brant kneeling far away with her eyes open, she flew right away.
Dex would have been seriously injured if he hadn't removed the sword that aimed at her neck in surprise.
"Dad!"
Emma ran past the people and hugged Brant.
"Emma! Are you okay?"
"Yes! I'm fine. I guess everything was just a dream."
Emma said so and grabbed Brant's cheeks and smiled.
"Is this a dream? I can’t believe I'm seeing my dad like this."
Emma reached out her hand and wiped away Brant's tears.
"But why are you crying? You can stop now."
Emma held Brant's head with her small arms and patted him on the back.
Arin was looking at the two sobbing and approached them and said.
"We'll have to wait and monitor her condition."
Ed could see that Arin allowed him to accompany the group. Now Ed had Arin's permission, which he was most worried about.
This was a success for Ed!
Ed was keeping Brant in check while Arin healed the girl. Ed roughly guessed the situation, but he's not sure.
But is Brant's look a lie?
If so, it can be said that Brant is a rare swindler or a rare performer.
But Ed isn't letting his guard down. Now that his level has risen, he could have overpowered Brant, but there were some people here who would be in danger by the aftermath.
As he watched like that, Diego approached Ed and asked.
"Is that man okay?"
At first glance, Brant's condition looked bad. However, they cannot place a recovery spell on him as he uses the power of the demon.
But since he has the power of the demon, so he will recover himself.
"He's going to be okay."
Diego looked at Brant at Ed's answer. He looked terrible because his whole body was burnt. Then, Diego approached the girl Arin was treating without asking.
The girl's face, who seemed to be his age, was pale, but she looked even pale because of the light emitted by Arin's divine power.
As Diego was looking at the girl's face as if he was possessed, Thane, who appeared next to him, smiled and spoke out.
"When she gets older, she'll become a beauty that will make the country shake."
"Right? Don't you think she's really pretty?"
"Hehe. Indeed. Looks like Abby has new competition."
Diego replied without much thought to Thane's words, but came to his senses and blushed. But his brown skin made it less obvious.
Thane glinted over.
"Looks like you got a crush on her."
"It's not like that."
Thane no longer brought it up because Diego was embarrassed. However, Ed gave attention to Brant.
Brant was Akalan's secret weapon.
Brant came to them and asked to save his daughter. It is not known whether they knew their location or felt Arin's divine power.
Thane's eyes turned to Arin.
Arin is flexible considering she is a holy knight. But will she be able to accept Brant?
He would be of great use if she could accept him, but it was something to watch.
It wasn't until about 30 minutes later that Arin gained sacred power, and she swept the girl's hair away with a tired look.
Arin, who put her hair over the girl's tangled blood, bowed her head, brought her ears to her nose, stayed still for a while, and raised herself.
Seeing everyone's attention focused, Arin calmly spoke.
"She overcame the crisis."
Everyone breathed out relief at Arin's words. Arin gave Diego a look and said.
"Diego, can you bring me some water and towels?"
When Diego brought her a water bag, Arin wetted the towel and wiped the blood on the girl's face and the blood on her wound. There was a long scar on her chest, but she survived.
Arin felt proud as she cleaned the girl's body. It was rewarding to kill demons, but the feeling of saving people by her own power was a different feeling of reward.
Arin, who gave the girl her cape, looked back at Diego.
"Please protect the kid."
When Diego hugged the girl, Dex looked back at Ed. When Ed nodded, Dex still stood next to Diego, pointing a sword at the girl's neck.
Ed checked her and looked at Brant. Brant was shedding tears.
"Can Emma live?"
Arin was briefly shaken by his gaze.
"She overcame the crisis. Though her scars will last forever."
Brant knelt down at her words and put his forehead on the floor.
"Thank you. Thank you so much."
Arin looked back at Ed. The person they met as an enemy showed his gratitude, and he seemed to be at a loss.
Ed returned his arrows and put the bow on his back.
Brant's sincerity was conveyed. If everything Brant did was a trick, Ed would blame himself.
"Raise your head. Tell me what's going on."
Brant looked up at Ed. Emma's neck was pointed with a sword, but he felt the atmosphere was relaxed.
"My name is Brant, a member of the Eastern Trojan Army. I came to Akalan when I was seriously injured and taken away during a local war. They asked if I would rather die or if I would participate in their experiment."
Ed threw the water bag when he saw Brant swallowing dry saliva. Brant received a water bag, sent a look of gratitude, and continued his story after drinking the water.
"Emma was caught in their radar and made her participate in the experiments too. But I never thought the experiment would have a survival rate of less than 0.02 percent."
Flames seemed to soar from Arin's eyes. According to Brant, more than 5,000 people have already been sacrificed. Brant said, turning his eyes to the sky.
"They injected demon's blood and were looking for a person who adapted. Everyone who came there had a story, and more than 3,000 people never succeeded. I didn't pass the experiment either, but I survived, so they locked me up and continued the experiments. By the time all 5,000 people died, my adaptation was over and the experiment was over."
Brant trembled and said.
"It hurt so much that I wanted to die every moment until the adaptation was over, but I endured and endured thinking of Emma. As I was giving up little by little, they brought Emma in to change my mind. They tried to give me hope. I endured the pain when I heard that they would give Emma a higher education and send her to the academy to raise her as a talent for the kingdom. Thanks to her, I overcame the pain, but they were afraid when they saw my strength."
This was understandable because it was difficult to recognize him after all the experiments. Above all, Brant's eyes are the problem.
He had the ability to predict attacks and read the future. Even Ed had a hard time fighting with him.
Agents of Akalan must have feared Brant.
"They didn't keep their promise, and they only showed Emma once in a while when I succeeded in my mission. But I failed the last mission."
Ed smiled bitterly at his words.
"You mean the mission to kill me."
"It was my first order to kill someone who was not a demon, but I couldn't help it."
"Because you had a hostage in Akalan?"
"···Yes."
Thane, who was listening to Brant's story, suddenly intervened in the conversation.
"I understand that Akalan dealt with the power of the demon. I heard David is related to something. Do you know anything about him?"
The word David seemed to spark something in Brant's eyes. Seeing the sad life take place, everyone except Ed picked up their weapons.
Ed cautioned the angry Brant.
"Calm down."
Brant exhaled a long breath and continued.
"He was in charge of this experiment. David. I don't know what it means to deal with the power of the demon, but he periodically drew blood from me."
Ed looked back at Brant. If his blood, which has endured and adapted by injecting demon's blood, is purified in a special way, the general public can soon have access to the demon's powers.
It is said they can have eternal life, but those in power will have no more ability to covet.
David must have gained a lot of things by giving that power to the prince.
However, he became a kite that fell, and Caren, the head of the Prince's group, also died. In addition, Pendragon said he would use his hands to take down Akalan himself.
But why did David want to dispose of Brant?
He's a good use of power, and he can use Brant's blood to sell the demon's power.
Thane muttered, sweeping down his beard.
"Did he try to get rid of Brant so that other people couldn't get to him?"
"Other people?"
"Don't you know that? As the prince died, the king's group gained strength. Akalan is the most information-sensitive group, so David must have noticed. He had no place to stand."
David's position has definitely narrowed. If David ran away with Brant and Emma, he would have been too easy to catch.
"Did he want to drag time?"
Thane nodded at Ed's murmur.
"I thought it was strange that Akalan's agents kept her breathing, so they probably wanted for her to survive. So that she'll get people's attention."
David seemed to be more meticulous than Ed thought. He was a person who thinks about the future.
"And if Brant had visited the church for treatment with his demon power, they would have killed Brant there."
"I guess so".
Brant's movement and appearance were so vicious that Ed shot an arrow the moment Brant appeared. It was not Ed's first time meeting him, and Ed confirmed that he had a child, so he wanted to save the child first.
If he visited a temple or church, they were more likely to attack him than save him. Then, if he had destroyed temples or churches, it would have been a merit of the Astron Church. And everyone's eyes would have been on Brant.
Akalan must have intended to use Brant as bait.
Ed looked at Brant and asked.
"How did you find us?"
Brant raised his hand and covered his left eye.
"Waking up the power of the demon can make short-term future predictions. But I can only predict a short period of time. I predicted many situations trying to save Emma's life, and I followed this path."
Thane made a strong impression when he heard that.
"The demon's blood that you have is the great demon Pestoles. The demon of stars can read the future. Thanks to that power, you can read the future."
Ed looked at Brant once again. Did Brant, who had been reading only the short-term future in battle so far, enlighten his ability in the face of his daughter's death?
So that he can see a longer future?
This guy. Ed wanted to see more.
Originally, he would have moved as Akalan wanted and handled the demon. However, if he was one of the main characters, he would have somehow escaped Akalan.
His life was likely twisted because of what Ed had done.
Ed decided to take this man in for morality.
"What's your future plan?"
There was a conflict on Brant's face. Seeing him hesitate, Ed followed his gaze to Emma, then looked at him again and asked.
"Revenge or your daughter? Is that your concern?
Brant bowed his head as if he was awakened by the words.
"No. For me, my daughter comes first."
When Ed heard that, he looked back at the group. Ed wanted Brant to join the group badly, but he couldn't make the final decision because he wasn't the only person in the group.
"What should we do?"
At Ed's question, Thane swept down his beard and asked.
"Are you thinking about whether to accept him into our group or not?"
Ed didn't answer, but Thane looked at Brant and replied.
"If I can trust you, you could be a considerable help."
Brant was a person who would be selected as a special recruit if he was simply selected based on his ability, but they met him as an enemy.
How far can they trust him?
As Ed was agonizing, Emma, who Diego was guarding, opened her eyes. When she first found Brant kneeling far away with her eyes open, she flew right away.
Dex would have been seriously injured if he hadn't removed the sword that aimed at her neck in surprise.
"Dad!"
Emma ran past the people and hugged Brant.
"Emma! Are you okay?"
"Yes! I'm fine. I guess everything was just a dream."
Emma said so and grabbed Brant's cheeks and smiled.
"Is this a dream? I can’t believe I'm seeing my dad like this."
Emma reached out her hand and wiped away Brant's tears.
"But why are you crying? You can stop now."
Emma held Brant's head with her small arms and patted him on the back.
Arin was looking at the two sobbing and approached them and said.
"We'll have to wait and monitor her condition."
Ed could see that Arin allowed him to accompany the group. Now Ed had Arin's permission, which he was most worried about.
This was a success for Ed!
