The Devil Tears: Lord of the Night
Arc 1 Chapter 13: The Journey Continues

...The journey continues 1...

After Luciel and Liz came out of the forest, they met the troupe. They then went to see the temple priests who were taking care of some of the wounded. Luciel carried Liz to a tent.

“There can I help young people?“ A man in white robes approached them and asked.

“Master, can you help my friend? He was injured after fighting the goblins, “ Luciel replied and begged him to help Liz.

“Sini son, let me see your wound.“ The priest then approached Liz and observed her. Then he said a prayer and touched Liz's stomach and legs. Not long after, a light appeared on the part of Liz's body that she touched. Slowly, Liz's wounds disappeared.

“ Waw... Ciel's! Lukaku arrived - suddenly lost and not hurt at all,“ said Liz who was surprised to first see healing magic.

“The temple priest Dewi Juliana can heal both physical and mental wounds, but if the wound is accompanied by someone's magic, it will be difficult for a priest of my level to heal it,“ said the priest.

“ Thank you pastor.“ Liz smiled, showing her gratitude.

“ Oh what a sweet girl, may Dewi Juliana bless you, “ said the priest.

The temple of Goddess Juliana does not charge any fees in healing the victims of monsters and demons. This is what makes the majority of the population in the continent love the Goddess Juliana Temple so much, they exterminate monsters without asking for rewards to the residents of – ordinary residents. However their numbers were limited so some residents had to go to Guilds to hire a Hunter.

Although Luciel had some scratches, Luciel did not ask the priest to heal him. Because the wound is light and healing magic requires mana to work properly, so the priests will only do magic for victims of – heavy injuries only. Then Luciel and Liz returned to their horse-drawn carriage.

“ I guess you guys were caught by those goblins in the forest,“ said the chariot driver who then greeted them.

“ Yes we are very grateful the holy knights. come and help, if it is too late we will be slaughtered by the goblin – goblins,“ replied Luciel who then sat down and rested his legs.

“ I am very tired, very long day,“ said Luciel.

“ Yes I also want to bathe in the river, my body feels like it has the scent of goblins,“ reply Liz while kissing her body.

“ We will rest first for tonight, 2 hours from here there will be a river and a village,“ said the driver.

It wasn't long before Luciel and Liz fell asleep from exhaustion.

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“ Captain Roland, I'm so glad you're still safe. I represent the Maburg trade union thank you for the sacrifice of the Roaring Wolf.“ soldiers Thomas came to Roland who was resting in a tent.

“ Master Thomas, Roaring Wolf has carried out his duties to swallow 30 people dead,“ Roland said in a gloomy tone.

“ Will we compensate for the loss experienced by Roaring Wolf, and regarding our contract? “ ask Thomas.

“ We will keep escort Caravan according to the contract,“ Roland replied.

“ Yes I think until here, the road to Rhine City will be smooth and the distance between one city and another city is not too far." They had to pass through 2 cities before entering the Rhine Duchy territory.

“ Alright I will not disturb your rest time captain, good night “ After Thomas gets out of the tent, Ernest then goes in.

“ I only get minor injuries and just tired, what about the kid? “ the child Roland asked was Ludwig.

“ For his physical injuries I don't think it's a problem after being healed by the priest. But I think he's still traumatized to see his – colleagues killed, “ Ernest explained.

“ How about the others? “

“ They are all already okay – what, tomorrow we can continue the journey. “

After the battle in the forest they were finally able to rest properly.

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The next day, the group resumed their journey. Luciel and Liz were eating their breakfast while listening to Dupold speak, Dupold is the name of their carriage driver.

“ And I heard they are immortal,“ said Dupold who was telling a story about vampires and elves .

“ That? I think they have to find the condition of – certain conditions so as not to age,“ Luciel replied.

Luciel was not convinced that any particular creature lived a long life without paying a certain price. Naturally Luciel had never met an Elf and heard details about her having a long lifespan.

“ The elves of this continent mostly live in the great Forest of Greenwood and they rarely let any race other than them stay in its territory. Due to many kidnapping and selling the elves at the slave auction.“ The Elves are famous for their natural beauty.

Initially the Elves were a very open race, but when there were many kidnappings, they became closed and wary of other races.

“ What about the vampire nation? “. Luciel was curious how the condition of the remaining – remaining followers of the Demon King who lived in the land that most of its inhabitants hated them so much.

“ I think I have heard rumors that the Kingdom of Dragos has a deal with them, which makes envoys from the Geneva Theocracy always come there to investigate. “ Not a few of the nobles who made contracts with demons.

They do it in order to gain power instantly .

“ I heard the Dwarves have great tool making skills – tools “ Luciel is interested in the Dwarves because Luciel himself is a blacksmith.

“ Yes, they are indeed the best in terms of making things, but it is very difficult to find them in the land of – human countries. They were only housed in the mountains and the SSandrise Alliance.

“ Sandrise Alliance? “ Luciel was once faint – faintly heard the name.

“ Yes, it is a land built by various races, be it human, Dwarf, demon, or demihuman. “ Luciel surprised there is a country where various races can co-exist.

“ I've never been there, but all I hear is that the place is very chaotic and has no laws, they only cooperate if there are other parties who attack, they said, then they will unite to fight it “ Dupold only ever traveled around exploring the land of humans only.

“ I think we will soon until “ Dupold points to a river not far away with the Caravan troupe.

“ Next to the river, there is a Village called Crossriff, we will rest there before heading to the City of Alemania,“ explained Dupold.

“ Finally I can take a shower, I can't stand the scent of this goblin,“ Liz can't wait to clean her body.