I Became a Soul Eater

Putting things in the subspace is much more efficient when I do it with a physical body. The subspace size is also incomparable. Somehow, thanks to coming in person, it became easier to retrieve the treasures.

However, since there were so many treasures, it took a day to store even half of them. Even the value of the treasures contained in it was enough to make me wonder if I could buy several countries.

I decided to take only this much and stopped working. The problem was Drakan’s remains. The value was obviously enormous, but it was so large that there was no skill to process it even if you took the bones or scales. For now, it was decided to leave Drakan’s remains as they are for the time being.

Then, why did Ctula say that the monsters escaped because of me? Theoretically, it is not correct that the piled up artifacts and treasures disappear and the monsters escape.

Of course, there were so many artifacts piled up that the magical power emanating from them could have been affecting the monsters in the Dragon Mountains, but that possibility is slim.

When I moved Drakan’s remains, there was a high probability that demons would be affected, but I decided not to. So, what causes the demons to escape?

A spirit was sent to examine the situation outside. Despite the passage of quite a long time, the king of the Dragon Mountains remained the same. Although numerous traces of battle were visible in every corner of its body, Black Drake was still curled up and resting in its abode, boasting its overwhelming majesty.

I looked at other large monsters around, but couldn’t find anything special. The moment I stopped searching and tried to go back, I found a singularity.

it wasn’t the ground As the spirit tried to pass through the mountain and return to Drakan’s lair, a change was taking place in the shallows beneath the mountain.

It was a huge swarm of ants. Of course, these ants are not normal ants either. They are ants the size of an adult’s hand and are called cleaning ants. The fighting power of a single ant is insignificant, but since millions of them live in colonies, nothing remains as if they had cleaned the spot they passed through, hence the name cleaning ant. It’s a much more terrifying beast than it looks.

The ants were being affected. Large monsters are not affected because the magic of artifacts disappears a little deep in the depths of rare, but ants are affected.

“under! Is this the power of God?”

I still realized how poor my abilities were compared to the omnipotence God showed me.

In any case, as the scavenger ants move, the balance of power in the Dragon Mountains will be disrupted and a great escape will occur. At least it happened because of me, so I needed to go back and help out a bit.

The soul that had been sent back to Count Ctolari arrived at Count Ctolari’s side, so he moved there. The first time anything is hard, the second time is easy. The second attempt at teleportation was much easier than expected.

“Oops!”

Earl Ctolari, who was quietly drinking tea, was startled when I burst out right next to him and lost his cup.

“Oh, sorry. Enough”

I said hello as if it was nothing special and was about to go out, but I suddenly remembered something and stopped.

“By the way, what does Ctula-sama ask you to bring three mercenaries for?”

Count Ctolari, who was making a devastated expression as he looked at the broken teacup, probably because it was a favorite teacup, said as he cleared his expression.

“Ctula-sama likes greedy humans.”

“no way···.”

“Once you go down, no one comes back up again.”

Cthulla is also not normal. Was it human sacrifice? Then maybe Ctula likes me because I’m a greedy person? Surely you’re not trying to catch and eat it?

“Would you like it if I brought you a greedy human as a gift?”

“You will like it very much.”

Okay, there are a lot of greedy people in the world. Especially among the nobility, there are few people who don’t. Next time I’ll have to catch a few of those people as gifts. As I was about to leave, I remembered one more thing.

“The great escape may happen sooner than we think. The scavenger ants have started moving in the middle of the Dragon Mountains. I’d rather be prepared.”

“okay. Did you go there yourself?”

The middle of the Dragon Mountains is an unknown territory that humans cannot go to. Count Ctolari’s eyes lit up when he said he had been there.

“Yes, it happened because Ctula-sama didn’t send it back. Then really good enough”

I quickly left Count Ctolari’s office and returned to the annex before the Count spoke to me. The outbuildings were cluttered. It was only natural that the escort target had disappeared without a sound or rumor.

As I approached the annex, the waiting staff rushed out.

“Where have you been without a word!”

As soon as Joseph saw it, he got very excited and urged me on. In this case, you should not apologize. You have to set the fire back.

“Isn’t it dereliction of duty when you don’t know when I’m going out and I’ve been sleeping coolly?”

It was never Joseph’s fault, but he boldly decided to leave. Joseph was greatly embarrassed as his face flushed red.

“It was both our fault, so let’s do something that didn’t exist.”

Leaving behind Joseph, who was speechless and parenting, I quickly went into the annex. Jake was waiting there. What is a mountain beyond a mountain?

“Where have you been?”

“I’ve been to the Dragon Mountains for a while. Because nothing dangerous happened. Don’t worry.”

“All right.”

Jake was surprisingly easily convinced. Rather, when I looked suspiciously at it, Jake said with a smile.

“I just realized that the most useless worry in the world is worrying about the Count.”

I guess I don’t care too much though. The human mind is so deceitful.

From the next day, Count Ctolari’s family started recruiting mercenaries from around them with a lot of money. Originally, it was a territory where many mercenaries resided, and there were many mercenaries around, so the recruitment went smoothly.

I have nothing left to do with Count Ctolari, but I decided to stay and help because it was the cause of the Great Beast Escape. I don’t know about other monsters, but cleaning ants are one of the monsters that are very difficult to defend.

A few days later, the number of monsters who left the Dragon Mountains gradually increased. Starting with the weakest goblins at first, more and more powerful monsters lost their place in the Dragon Mountains and rushed to the Earl of Ctolari.

The power of the Earldom of Ctolari was originally strong. The Rangers, said to be one of the strongest troops on the continent, existed, and there were many elite troops who often battled with demon beasts.

Among the mercenaries, the mercenaries residing there are also mercenaries with thick bones in battles with demons. It was relatively smooth before large monsters appeared in earnest.

I and the church’s escort did not actively fight, but focused on treating the wounded in the rear. Even if he did that much, his strength and morale skyrocketed.

They say that the saint will somehow save them if they bring them back, but there is nothing more reassuring for the warriors.

As time passed and medium and large beasts began to descend, damage began to occur. It was not easy to deal with monsters that only existed in the Great Forest and Dragon Mountains, such as black trolls and ogres.

In fact, it was great to be able to block this much. If it was like a normal territory, it would be possible to be annihilated by a single black ogre.

The Rangers were experts in beast battles to the extent that the word “mysterious war” would be appropriate. In particular, the volley shooting with the large crossbow used by them was spectacular enough to leave the viewer in awe.

Despite the Rangers’ hard fight, the front line was pushed back, and Joseph and some high-level knights joined the front and the situation was reversed. The power of the Master-level knight was astounding.

However, the person who benefited the most from this defensive battle was none other than Argin. Argin participated in the defense battle from the beginning and accumulated a lot of practical experience. Seeing Argin grow day by day, the two teachers only smiled heartily.

And when even the large monsters came down a little infrequently, the cleaning ants finally started pushing down.

All troops on the wall froze at the intimidation of the sweeping ants that covered the land like a black wave. The morale of the soldiers plummeted when they saw a large, slow-footed demonic beast caught up in the black waves and instantly turned into a skeleton, and then even that skull was covered by the waves and disappeared.

At that time, I climbed the wall for the first time after the defense battle. When I saw the cleaning ant climbing up the wall and pushing down, even I was stunned by its majesty.

Then Joseph, who was escorting me by my side, shouted loudly.

“Do not be afraid, sons and daughters of Junon! The Holy Son is with us! Junon-nim is with us!”

“Oohhh!”

No, I’m right, but Junon-sama, why? Anyway, as the paladins and battle priests followed Joseph’s shout, the morale of the troops on the wall seemed to rise a little. But even if you didn’t do that

“Sir Joseph”

“Please tell me. saint”

I’m sorry for the overheated Joseph, but this battle is mine.

“I’ll be gone for a while.”

“yes?”

I was already gone when Joseph suddenly asked with a dumbfounded look on his face. I teleported and appeared midway between the scavenger ant and the castle wall.

“Fly”

First of all, I took out one of the artifacts I brought out from Drakan’s rare in the subspace. It is a long staff with the tip shaped like a dragon’s head.

The name of this artifact is ‘Dragon Breath’. It is a device that allowed Drakan to fire something similar to his own breath. Of course, it is explained that the power is less than 1/10 of the real breath, but I don’t know how much power it originally had, so I’m trying to use it this time as a test.

When you see the name ‘Dragon Breath’, isn’t it obvious that you should try it? That’s what being a man is. You can even choose the type of breath! I can’t stand this

There were three types of breaths to choose from. fire, ice, and acid. If the power of the flame breath is too strong, there will be no left around, and if the acid breath is used, the aftereffects on the ground will last for a long time.

“Drakanes Roim Ada!”

it’s a dragon Roughly aim and fire Drakan’s weapon! It means the same thing.

A powerful magical reaction erupted from the dragon’s mouth. I imagined something like an ice storm being launched, but it didn’t seem like it.

The mana condensed at the tip of the staff and then flew forward, hitting the front of the scavenger ant. And from there, everything started to freeze.

Even though I was quite far away, I quickly moved back to the top of the wall due to the chill.

“I’m back.”

“Holy saint, what the hell are you?”

I said that, but I didn’t look Joseph in the eye. Everything in sight was frozen. However, the power was a little too much. The cleaning ants were not the problem. A chill was already creeping in here.

“Run away quickly!”

I was the first to jump inside from the top of the wall. because I’m precious

“retreat! Retreat!”

Following them, the commanders called for retreat, and all the troops came down from the walls and started running into the castle. Fortunately, there were no casualties due to the breath thanks to early evacuation. Of course, if they were on top of the castle walls, everyone would have frozen to death.

A long time passed and the chill still lingered, but someone climbed up the wall, spitting out white breath. and shouted

“I won!”

Following them, people hurriedly climbed up the wall, and what caught their eyes was the ants that filled the ground with ice.

“aaa!”

“Long live the saint!”

You and I all screamed in the joy of victory, and sometimes praised me.