Became the Academy’s Munchkin Power Priest

35 – Him

The exorcism was carried out slowly for Linda’s safety. As time passed, Chloe became accustomed to exorcism.

The exorcism went smoothly.

The demon trying to control Linda’s body was no threat to us. The level is about intermediate level.

If the exorcism had been delayed even a little bit, Linda would have suffered her death.

“Is it okay?”

Chloe looked at Linda who was asleep and said.

It wasn’t Linda that Chloe was concerned about. She wasn’t even a demon in a child’s body.

The problem is the villagers.

Two days have passed since the exorcism.

On the surface, the villagers have started to let their guard down. But they weren’t friendly to us. No, rather hostile.

For unknown reasons, I overheard their plan on the first day of the exorcism.

They feared the ancient wolves and set up bear traps. Also, he planned to take Chloe and Echinace hostage.

The important thing was the ‘him’ the village chief said.

I looked around the village during the day and found the person the village chief said.

According to the village headman, he was the one who protected the village.

But no matter how much I looked, no one had the power to protect the village.

Finally, no one cared about Linda’s exorcism. Even the woman who seemed to be his parent.

“Our job is to exorcise the demons. Chloe-sama focuses on exorcism.”

Chloe nodded his head.

“Echina-sama is the same. If something happens, you must protect Chloe.”

Echina nodded as she caressed the handle of her sword.

The last exorcism was this evening. The day when the exorcism ritual is at its peak.

In other words, it is the day the villagers decided to move.

Linda woke up at lunchtime. Linda, who had been cheerful until two days ago, had become less talkative.

As the village chief said, they started to hide their faces and seemed reluctant to say if we had become uncomfortable.

The exorcism might have an effect, but it seemed to be a different problem than that.

I looked around the village as usual until the exorcism began. I found a trap while the villagers were not looking.

Soon it was night.

Cloa prayed until the exorcism began. Echina closed her eyes, leaning on her sword.

“Mr. .”

Linda carefully grabbed the hem of my dress. Her face was full of anxiety.

“I want to stop.”

“I’m sorry, but that’s not possible. If you endure for today, you will be fine.”

“I like older sisters….”

“Yes, the unnies like you too. You just need to believe in the unnies, sleep with a sigh, and wake up.”

Linda looked around her anxiously. Especially with windows looking out.

The child was afraid that someone might be watching. She wasn’t afraid of a demon trying to control her.

“Are you afraid of someone?”

“Yes…. She said you shouldn’t upset him.”

Linda also knew about the man the chief spoke of.

“He? Does he know who he is?”

Linda shook her head.

“I only know that he protects the village…. And he said I should try for him.”

The man Linda said was not a villager.

At least among the people I checked, there was no one with the power to protect the village.

Existence outside of town.

While being extremely wary of outsiders, it seemed that the security of the village was entirely entrusted to him, an outsider.

The villagers even told young Linda that she should try for him.

“Yes, I understand. Still, her sisters won’t quit. So, you better go up and rest now.”

I sent Linda up to her room and called Chloe and Echina.

“As I said before, you never know what will happen today. What needs to be done remains unchanged. The most important thing is the safety of both of you.”

Chloe and Echina nodded with stiff faces.

It was not easy to perform an exorcism ritual. Especially since Linda was a child. The problem was that it was not an ordinary village.

The paladins and priests we promised to support had already disappeared, and the villagers were hostile to us. Finally, even the existence of him who can be seen as the village’s guardian.

“Today, I will give you two buffs.”

Echina’s reaction was different from usual.

Because I’m going to give you the buff first, that’s why it’s so dangerous.

I gave Chloe and Echina a 1st level mental and physical stability and a 5th level Guardian of Light buff.

After calling Linda to rest, her arms and legs were immobilized.

Chloe reassured her child after placing her hand over Linda’s eyes.

“Okay, let’s get started.”

Chloe looked at me and said.

I nodded her head and she closed her eyes.

Echina guarded the door with a nervous face.

I looked out the window.

It was a dark night, so I couldn’t see anything.

All the lights in the town were off, and people seemed to be asleep.

It’s rattled.

Linda’s body, which looked like a sleeping child, convulsed.

Chloe put her hands together and prayed.

Linda’s limbs began to convulse.

Soon there were scratches on Linda’s face.

Blood flowed down and Ekina next to her wiped the blood away.

Linda’s eyes widened.

The girl threatened Chloe, who was praying, exposing her sharp fangs like a beast threatening enemies.

Chloe put her hand on Linda’s forehead.

“Aagh!”

Linda’s behavior became a little more aggressive.

Chloe calmly focused on exorcism.

“Lia El, Goddess of Hope, help the devil from harming her girl. May she give the child the hope of her life. Goddess of Wisdom Seratinoi….”

Kung! Kung!

It was the sound of a knock on the door.

Chloe, who was doing her exorcism, looked at me.

I nodded her head to continue.

“Then, please ask for Chloe.”

“Okay….”

I ran out of the room. I went down to the first floor and opened the door.

“I have something urgent to tell you.”

It was Kras, the village chief.

“Do you have any urgent matters?”

There were two more young men behind the village chief.

“Looks like something happened. Could you please give me some time?”

“Okay. I’m going to get some wands for a while.”

I took my staff and followed the village chief.

The village chief moved without stopping without saying a word. I didn’t ask or speak to him.

“Isn’t it amazing? That people can live in a place so close to the Demon Realm without protection.”

The village chief, who was moving quietly, opened his mouth.

“When I was young, I wanted to run away from this town. I was scared. After making a plan and leaving the village, everything became scary. Isn’t there a secret everywhere?”

He made his way through the bushes. He soon stopped and turned back, as if he had reached his destination.

“You shouldn’t have come to this town. Because he hates you.”

There was a pale corpse behind the village chief.

It was the body of a priest and a paladin.

“Hmm…. It is his work.”

The priest and paladin were on an altar made of stone. And in the center there was a passage leading to the basement.

The village chief and two young men following him knelt down and put their hands together as if in prayer.

I went straight into the aisle.

Illuminated the passage using divine light.

There were old bloodstains and footprints in the passage.

I went all the way until the end of the road. And inside there was another altar.

“Heh heh, a guy hiding his presence in a place like this. There are all kinds of guys.”

Kaaang!

His claws aimed at my staff.

As it moved, the divine light disappeared.

The villagers said he was the Great Devil. The villagers made sacrifices to the Great Devil.

And the sacrifice to the devil must have been Linda.

The divine light was not summoned.

He is the ultimate devil. He’s not that simple.

Booooong.

I swung my staff wide. Right or wrong, it doesn’t matter. It was used to widen the distance.

I moved straight away. Rather than a confined space, the outside where it was easier to wield a cane was advantageous to me.

The devil followed me.

When he came outside, the village headman’s eyes widened as he was kneeling.

“Four, Priest….”

“Heh heh, were you just worshiping the Great Devil?”

Booooong.

Faaagh!

I broke the head of the man who was kneeling to the right of the village chief.

The village chief fell backwards and ran away.

The man on the left sat down again, as if his legs had given up.

“Sa, help me….”

Faaagh!

After killing the two men, I swung my staff at the great demon who was about to come out.

“That sounds like fun.”

***

At that time, Chloe was praying in front of Linda.

Linda’s body was floating in the air.

Chloe sweated and focused on her exorcism.

Echina looked impatiently at the exorcism.

A strange smell came up from somewhere. Smell of burning, to be exact.

Echina jumped to her feet.

She breathed in the air and sniffed her once more.

It’s definitely a burning smell.

Echina grabbed her sword with her trembling hand.

Sereung.

She drew her sword and walked out of the door.

When I went downstairs, I saw a small flame flickering. And beside them, young men were glaring at Echina.