By the Grace of the Gods: Volume 15 [Parts 1 to 8] by Roy

Author:Roy
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 9, Episode 18: Collecting Inheritance

A heavy gate loomed before me, a relic of Korumi’s former glory. Trails of the crumbled walls stretched out in either direction, most of them taken over by vines or heatwood roots. Even in its ruined state, a flicker of a memory lingered here.

This wasn’t the time for sightseeing, though. As we approached the village, a familiar murk in the air—like the one I felt in the Starving Gallows—threatened to drown my spirits. It was leaking out of the gate.

“Don’t go through the gate!” I called out to Glen. “Go right along the walls! We need to find a secure spot!”

“Got it!” Glen bolted right, spearheading a path for us.

“We’re close!” I said after a while. “Let’s break into the city from the next crack in the walls!”

“The next—? Screw that, I’m going to make one!” Glen declared, already beating down the wall of vegetation grown over the rubble. Every boom of his fist was drawing more Undead to us, but he was digging fast, judging by the bits of rock he was shoveling behind him.

“Flash Bomb,” I incanted, using an explosion of Light magic to buy us more time. “He does make a great ally,” I muttered to myself.

“One more!” Glen shouted, blowing an entrance to Korumi wide open. I saw him land from what must have been a jump kick, and followed him into the village.

Some Undead were wandering about, but my attention was drawn to a house. Of course, the absence of (living) humans in the village had taken a toll on it over the years. Most of the village was reclaimed by the Sea of Trees—except for that one house and its surroundings. Other than the bed of weeds around the house, it was left relatively undamaged, making it stand out like a beacon in the ruined landscape.

“Holy Space. Dimension Home.” Now that we’d made it, I created a safe space for us with the Holy Space I’d learned from Remily, and brought out all of the light slimes and grave slimes I had. Slimes were too slow to help us in combat while we were on the move, but now that we could hunker down, they could utilize their full potential. At this point, the battle was already won.

I had the grave slimes lure in the Undead with Attract Spirits and swallow them up. The light slimes and I took care of any Undead that struggled with Light magic. Glen and I handled any non-Undead monsters that showed up, keeping the slimes safe.

Everything went over smoothly, though I noticed that more Undead were resistant to Light magic than the ones in the City of Lost Souls. Is this because of that monster? I wondered, but decided to brush it off for now. There were too many things for me to do.

“Let’s clear the interior and make camp here,” I said.

I had the grave and light slimes merge to serve as our guards as I stepped into my grandparents’ house—my childhood home, if I could call it that.

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