Chapter 105: – The Lord Is With Us (26)

༺ The Lord Is With Us (26) ༻

The woods isolating the orphanage from the rest of the world was quiet at night.

Herbalists from nearby villages occasionally came by to forage in the forest, but there weren’t any villagers who were brave enough to wander around the forest at night due to the monsters living in the forest. Even just venturing into the forest during the daytime was a gamble, but it was even more dangerous at night. Nighttime was when the Evil God Omeros’ influence won over the grace of Arus, increasing the activities of the monsters.

In other words, it meant that the chances of encountering a monster greatly increased at night.

The only reason someone would enter the forest at night was because they had some extraordinary purpose in doing so.

For example, me.

I wasn’t entering to hunt or gather food. Rather, it was to face beasts.

I just wanted one thing tonight.

Revenge––to give back as much as I suffered to the beast who pierced a new hole in me.

Mr. Gilford had said the beast only appeared at the orphanage, at most, once a month, and that he had never even encountered the beast within the forest.

That being said, I was aware that the chance of finding that particular beast was fairly low.

But a trait of demonification was that creatures of the same species mutated into demonic beasts all at once.

If the demonic beasts in the forest were originally monkeys, it meant that they had some kind of relation to the big demonic monkey that seemed to be the leader.

By investigating the forest, I thought I would eventually be able to find clues on its whereabouts and track down the big demonic monkey that attacked us.

I had a clear goal in mind when entering the forest, but the search was progressing at a sluggish pace.

The fault laid with my unmotivated companion. However, it was somewhat understandable as I’d practically dragged her out to come with me.

Glancing back, the sight of her golden hair shining under the moonlight filled my eyes.