Goddess's Yuri harem: Chosing the Empress is hard-Chapter 118: Almost done- Part 2

It took almost no time for Auriel to reach the village, but her path was soon blocked by other annoyances. Monsters began to appear one by one and attack her and Mary.

"Tsk, these annoyances did decide to come after us after all. Don’t worry, Goddess! I will make way for us to pass through."

Mary promised before she began to fire at the monsters. But these monsters were different from the ones she was used to fighting.

They had tougher skin that made Mary’s bullets bounce off their hard shells and fall flat on the ground.

"What the—"

Mary was distracted by her failed attempt, so she was not able to see the tail that headed for her abdomen and hit her hard. But since she was not one to be taken down so easily, she grabbed the tail that was coming at her and held on for dear life.

Just as she felt her body giving up on her, Auriel decided to give her blessing to Mary, causing her energy levels to return to normal.

"Mary, pay attention to the front. Get ready to dodge the incoming attack in three... two... one... now!"

Auriel warned the hunter, and Mary did not need another signal to follow her command. She dodged the incoming attack before she took out her gun and began to fire at close range.

Because of the sudden blessing, her bullets finally managed to get through the thick shell and pierce the monster’s hide.

The monster let out a loud roar as it was hurt and hit Mary to gain some distance from her.

"You piece of shit. How dare you do that—!"

Mary yelled, getting ready to end the monster. But Auriel was faster and used her divine magic to clear out the whole area.

It made her huff in exhaustion, but no monster stood a chance against her.

"Goddess Auriel, why did you do that? I had it all under control... I mean, thank you for your help."

Adrenaline made Mary irritated at once, but the more she thought about what she was doing, the calmer she became.

She even felt ashamed for snapping at the goddess like that, and remorse filled her face. freēwēbnovel.com

Auriel pretended she did not see all those emotions on Mary’s face. She was neither angry nor sad about what happened, but she did feel like avoiding this situation in the future.

Instead, she pointed to the monsters with a sigh.

"Looks like we are close. These monsters seem like an evolved form of the monsters that usually appear. This means that the concentration of dark magic is increasing to an alarming level. Let’s hurry to our destination."

Auriel spoke before she let her powers out to take a look around the place. The amount of dark magic around her was starting to make her feel sick.

The situation in this place was truly bad if even Auriel was feeling like this. She did not want to think about what this dark magic did to the people who lived near it or breathed it in.

’I don’t think most people would survive this. But I don’t think I should say these words in front of Mary. I feel like she would get disheartened if I told her about it.’

Auriel was not usually someone who liked to hold her tongue, but even she did not want to make someone feel helpless and horrible.

But it became clear that she should have said something about it.

The pair entered the village, and as soon as they did, they noticed that the place looked empty and abandoned...

No, not abandoned.

Auriel could feel many presences around the village... but she did not want to acknowledge them because all of them were laced with dark magic.

And as far as she knew, those who dabbled in dark magic never had good endings. So she did not have any hope for these people either.

"Wow! No one is around. Goddess, do you know what happened here? Where is everyone? Did they decide to abandon the village? You wait here, and I will go look for them."

Mary sounded so excited that Auriel lost her chance to stop her. With a heavy heart, Auriel decided to follow after Mary.

But when she caught up with her, the ending was just as she expected.

Mary stood over the zombified humans with a tense look in her eyes. But then she turned to look at Auriel with a forced smile on her face.

"Goddess, let’s head back. There is nothing to see here."

It was clear that Mary was trying to protect the goddess from seeing something bad, and Auriel allowed herself to be turned away.

After all, there was no point in letting Mary’s efforts go to waste.

ary and Auriel rushed through the desolate village, their feet kicking up dust and ash as they weaved through the streets filled with zombified villagers.

The lifeless husks of people who once called this place home groaned and twitched, reaching out aimlessly, but they were too weak to pursue them.

Despite the eerie scene, Auriel noticed that most of them were unharmed—still breathing, though their eyes were vacant and dull.

A sigh of relief escaped her lips.

"Looks like they weren’t killed... just drained."

Auriel murmured.

Mary scoffed. "Not exactly a mercy, but I guess it means we can still fix this if we hurry."

With that, they pushed forward, moving deeper into the village. The air grew heavier, thick with the scent of burnt incense and old blood.

A large bonfire burned at the end of the village square, its flames flickering with a sickly dark hue. In front of it, kneeling as if in prayer, was Lila.

Finally, they had made it to the end and now, they just needed to take care of Lila.

But even as they walked toward the end, Auriel had a feeling that she was missing something. That feeling gawked at her, but she could not bring herself out to figure out why.

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