The Devil Tears: Lord of the Night
Arc 1 Chapter 6: Magic Artifacts

After fighting roughly half an hour the goblins began to retreat to a deeper forest after many of them had died.

Then the Caravan Guards dissected and cut the – parts of the dead goblin body parts to sell either as ingredients of the potion or exchanged them to the Guild for a few pieces of money.

Luciel slashed the blood vessels of the goblin he killed and poured them into a small sac.

“For what did Ciel collect goblin blood? Here's my sword back, very helpful.“ Liz came to Luciel after a short conversation with the Caravan Guards

“You may keep it, it is more useful in your hands and it seems that you have the talent of being a Sword Master,“ Luciel said.

“Really? thank you Ciel.“ Liz smiled and hugged the sword.

“And to answer your question earlier, I collected goblin blood for concocting ingredients,“ Luciel replied while mixing it with liquid in a bottle in a bag.

“Ciel can also make potions? “ said Liz felt a little amazed.

“Yes, I can only concoct some potions to catch animals in the forest and some wound dryer potions.“ Luciel shows Liz a pierced hand

“Did the sisters in the orphanage teach Ciel about potions too?“ asked Liz while cleaning her sword from goblin blood.

“Use this liquid after cleaning the blood stain. “ Ciel gives a small bottle to Liz.

“I learned to concoct potions from a Furyan, I had helped him occasionally when working as a plant collector“ The Furyan Nation has the Characteristics of white blonde hair which is the majority of the population from the kingdom of La Fayette and the Kingdom of Catanbria, black hair and brown skin are the majority of Jimena's royal population.

“Ahh the Ciel say they are famous for their Horsemen.“

“It looks like Liz remembers what I taught earlier.“ Luciel smiled which then sat on the wagon

“We will rest For an hour then restart the journey.“ Vice-Captain Caravan informs the troupe.

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Vice Captain Ernest POV

“Master Thomas, How many of the entourage were victims?“ The Roaring Wolf Roland mercenary captain asked the Caravan Master.

“As many as 2 drivers died and 4 were injured while traders there were 3 injured people,“ Thomas said with a gloomy expression.

“Our members have 4 fatalities and 6 minor or severe injuries,“ Ernest said

“The raid which included this large is estimated to be 100 more goblins and among them have experience fighting a lot of humans, but with this amount I did not see a single Hobgoblin.“ In fact, there were only 4 fatalities in this raid showing Roaring Wolf was one of the good mercenaries in the Rhine Duchy region.

“According to the information I received from the royal patrol, the road through the Alema forest is safer than passing through the Eppstein valley which is being attacked by many bandit groups, “ explained Thomas.

“You think those goblins are waiting for a certain time and planning something?“ Thomas doubted the intelligence that the little monster possessed.

“Maybe they want to make a royal patrol off guard and prepare a big attack on a city.“ Roland had heard of the goblins making a huge attack on a city in the kingdom of Catanbria 10 years ago, they thought the region was safe because there was already no final – attack that end. But in fact the goblins waited for them to let their guard down and attack.

“What I know is that the city of Narbonne in the kingdom of Cantabria was attacked by about 3000 Goblins in the past.“ Roland recalled – recalling the events that had long since happened.

“3000! Their number is almost the same as the number of regular soldiers of a Duke.“ Thomas was shocked to hear the number Roland had mentioned.

“Master Thomas did the trade union give you an Artifact of communication? “

“Yes, Mr. Poppo gave me a communication artifact, but it can only be used 3 times when it is very emergency.“

Until now only magicians who have the Magic Tower have Formula – magic formula embedded in artifacts and a Magic Scroll.

“I advise Master Thomas to ask Mr. Poppo to contact the nearest Holy Knight Headquarters for help, I think we will still face some fight later.“ The Holy Knights were a military organization under the auspices of the Geneva Theocracy led by the Grand Priest of the Temple of Juliana.

They are special Knights to fight monsters and demons because they have Magic – Divine magic that can weaken Devils and some monsters.

“We must hurry, I do not want to spend the night in the forest that has the potential to have 3000 goblins in it.“ The location of the Caravan is now right in the middle of the Alema Forest and it took 8 hours for the caravan to get out of this forest.

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Liz POVs

“Hey, Ciel will there be another monster raid later? “

“I don't know Liz, as I recall there was never any news of the Alema forest having a huddled monster, the most dangerous of which was the big horn red bear that required several knights to defeat it. But the beast will not attack if we keep a distance with it.“

After the fight earlier Liz felt a change in her body as if – would her body get stronger. Arrived – there was a young man who came to approach their wagon.

“Hai, how are you guys doing?“ Ludwig greeted them and pointed at the wound in Ciel's hand.

“Only small wounds, and do not bother me at all.“ Ciel swinging her hand indicating that she is fine – what.

“Hey thank you for helping me earlier, what is your name Miss?” Ludwig extended his hand to Liz.

“Liz,“ Liz shaking hand Ludwig.

“You have good sword skills Liz even if you are younger than me,“ Ludwig praised.

“I just follow instinct and let my body move by itself.“ Liz explained how she could move that easily even though she had never learned any sword techniques.

“Ohhhh do you have a Blessing?” Ludwig Asked Curiously.

“What is Blessing? Liz tilted her head in confusion.

“Blessing is a miracle given by Dewi Juliana to the man of her choice, and usually the miracle will rise on the condition of – certain conditions.“ Luciel answered Liz's confusion

“I don't know, just this time I heard about Blessing from you Ciel.“

“Maybe it has to do with your sword ability that arrived – arrived good even though Liz is only 2 days old holding a sword.“ Liz was surprised and opened her eyes wide at Luciel's words.

“Really?“

“Perhaps, Mr. Ludwig started this time try to do Sparring with Liz, count – count Liz has saved the life of lord Ludwig.“

“Alright, but don't call me master, Ludwig alone is enough “ Ludwig replied with annoyance.“

“Liz you may be able to learn some techniques from Ludwig and can improve your sword skills.“

“Good, please help Ludwig,“ saidLiz faced Ludwig and smiled and looked into his eyes.

“ii-iiyaaa “ Ludwig blushed in embarrassment when she saw Liz smiling sincerely and looking into her eyes

Liz practices Luciel's teachings to smile more often when talking to others. Seeing this sight, Luciel smiled