But then, the big snake transformed into many smaller ones that headed towards him, he didn't know if it was better or not.
"!!"
Cassian, once again, felt a warning. Apparently, these triplets were at least more dangerous than being surrounded by beasts.
But now he fully understood the warning, when he saw the snakes approaching him, he tried to strike them and destroyed some of them.
In fact, he felt repulsed by them, but not to the point of cowering in fear. He just wanted to be as far away as possible and not get involved in any way.
But in the end, there were so many that they surrounded him and began to crawl over him and bite him, however they could not penetrate his skin.
Ugh, damn it, this is disgusting!
In fact, it brought back bad memories for Cassian, and he began to frantically remove them, but there were so many of them and they stubbornly stayed around him.
...I have to eliminate the summoner.
At that moment, he thought with his logic built for when he went to another world. He thought that if he incapacitated the wizard or summoner, that should be enough, right?
With that in mind, Cassian, without any hesitation and doing his best to ignore the snakes, stepped forward toward the wizard.
Bammm!
Seeing how the other two survived, he hit him on the head with the same intensity, sending him flying backwards. But the snakes did not disappear.
"Damn it! He's too fast, I almost died."
Cassian was impressed. While he hoped the demon wouldn't die like the other two, he didn't expect him to come out so unscathed.
"Hurry up, it won't last long, do it quickly!"
Cassian also noticed that the spear demon - even though he was still on the ground - extended a hand towards the demon I had just hit and said something he didn't understand, but it's not relevant to Cassian at the moment.".
"Ugh, oh!... stay still or this dove will get hurt."
But just as he was about to make more follow-up blows, the demon, unfortunately with his blow, had fallen close to the woman and took her hostage.
What do I do now?
Cassian stood still. He didn't know how to proceed in this situation, and he really wanted to get away from the snakes.
Every second he spent with them sent shivers down his spine; he didn't even know if it was because of his sixth sense or his simple aversion to them.
He tried to think of a way out of the situation, but the demon acted first.
It seemed to make some gestures with its hands, and the snakes around Cassian's body began to disappear, much to his relief.
"Hahaha! Good, now yes. All in one!"
But what he didn't notice was that they all began to concentrate on one, which was still as small as the others.
It was near Cassian's shoulder, and the moment all the snakes gathered on it...
"Ouch!... that hurt..ah!!."
Surprisingly, when it bit him, its fangs pierced his hard skin this time. He reflexively grabbed it and destroyed it, making it disappear.
He thought he had ruined it, but when he looked at the demon, it wasn't angry at his move and was laughing with a victorious smile.
"Hahaha! Now, how do you like the jade poison? You must already feel your insides melting. Slowly, your fate is to die in agony. Hahaha, that's what you get for meddling in other people's business!"
"Uhm...?"
Cassian didn't understand what the demon was saying... It was true that he felt an itch where the snake had bitten him, but it wasn't that bad.
In fact, he felt that being surrounded by so many snakes had been the real problem.
Was it poisonous?
Honestly, even though he didn't like them, he had never been bitten by one. In fact, this was possibly the first time he had ever been injured or bitten in any way.
It was a new sensation, and when he ran his hand over the bite, he did indeed find the marks, although he felt that they would close soon.
But beyond that, he felt nothing like what the demon was describing. He thought the guy had gone crazy.
And that madman was holding an innocent girl hostage... that was the worst part.
"Oh! You still have the strength to stand? I admire your endurance. Maybe you have some physical Skill, but it will only delay the inevitable. Hahaha! You can probably only stand because of your willpower. My jade poison is absolute! Hahaha!"
"...."
But the more he listened, the more Cassian thought that rather than being crazy, the demon seemed to have a severe case of 'chuunibyou'... it seemed that even in another world, that existed.
The demon looked at him with contempt and let out his victorious laugh. That and the fact that he used snakes... really made Cassian want to punch him.
At least he can take two or three hits, right? No, even stronger would be fine.
Since he had come out unscathed before, Cassian assumed it was okay to do so, and luckily for him... just then, as he was thinking this, he saw the demon confidently walk away from the girl and seem to be walking in his direction, with his mocking, victorious smile, looking at him like trash.
"Hahaha!!, suffer in agony and—!"
'Now!'
Plack!
"..."
He struck the demon with a heavy blow to the head just as he felt he would reach the demon before the demon reached the girl.
But the result was not what he expected, to the point that everything suddenly fell silent.
Cassian looked on, not understanding the result of his blow, and, as if to check, turned his gaze to where the woman was, now in front of him.
White!.
When he saw the woman, his first impression could be described in one word 'white'.
"..."
She was also watching the scene and Cassian without understanding. Although it was a bit questionable whether it could be called "looking," as she seemed to have a blindfold over her eyes.
But even so, it seemed that she saw what had happened, and that she watched without understanding the result of the blow, and also watched without understanding Cassian himself.
Both seemed perplexed, looking at each other without understanding, as if seeking confirmation from the other that yes, what happened was indeed so... until a heart-wrenching scream broke the silence.
"Noooo!"
"My little brother! Damn it! Why...? Why my Skill...?! Damn it!"
The blow that Cassian thought would only be the beginning—due to the hardness of the demons—ended up shattering the third demon's head, causing it to explode and splatter the surroundings.
It was brutal, and the two demons who seemed to have recovered a little, upon witnessing the scene, looked at him with resentment.
Especially the one with the spear, who was still reaching out to them, frustrated, crying and cursing something... and him.
"T-this...I'm sorry?"
Cassian didn't know what to say. He hadn't planned that, he just wanted to get him away from the woman or, at best, incapacitate him.
He really didn't understand: if his first blow had done nothing, why did he suddenly die so easily?
"You'll pay for this, I swear you will! When I see you again, I'll kill you!"
"No, wait brother. He was poisoned, we don't need..."
Suddenly, the spear demon shouted with intentions of revenge. He took out a red gem and disappeared, not listening to what the other was saying.
"...Damn it! I can't do this alone, uarg!!.... I hope you suffer when you die."
On the other hand, the sword demon, who couldn't stop his brother, with a bit of resignation and hesitation, finally took out a red gem and disappeared, but not before cursing Cassian.
"This... well, I guess it's over, isn't it?... Well, if you're okay, I'm leaving."
Cassian said as he withdrew, faithfully following Nora's advice to begin with. He had only come to help, but now he had ended someone's life.
But, curiously, he was not greatly affected by the death of that demon. Cassian seriously thought it was because he had used snakes against him.
That couldn't be considered a person, so he had no remorse now, or so he told himself.
Honestly, he felt more uncomfortable than guilty now. He didn't even begin to feel melancholy about the weight of taking a life.
He always wondered why things never went right for him. Maybe he was cursed or something.
Besides, he was starting to get a strange feeling all over his body, he felt a little hot, and the itch on his shoulder was bothering him more and more.
Now that everything was finally quiet, maybe he could put his thoughts in order, the ones he had to put aside before.
"Wait!"
But as he was thinking about which corner to go to, his path was blocked by the girl, who certainly did have only one angelic wing, which intrigued him a little.
"Huh? What's going on? You're not going to tell me they were your friends, are you?"
He really wasn't expecting any thanks or anything, but now he was a little worried that he had misinterpreted the situation.
He didn't think he was very good at interactions or relationships, so he didn't know if he had made a bad judgment.
"N-no, but it hit you... its venom and... I... and you're going to... die, because of me... because of me... sniff."
"Huh? What's wrong? Why are you suddenly crying? Didn't it work?"
Cassian confirmed that he had indeed covered his face with his Pajama top. He had done so to avoid something like this.
Not to mention that, to begin with, the girl had a blindfold on. Even so, tears were escaping from underneath it.
Nora's advice didn't work. It seemed that even covering his face or even if the other person had blindfolds over their eyes—and possibly couldn't see him—it wasn't enough to cover his intimidating aura. Maybe what Nora said about just ignoring her was the real answer.
No, it looked like those three were going to do something worse... yes, I think it's better this way.'
But on second thought, he thought that the result of her just crying because of his intimidating presence was better, at least for him.
"W-well, I'll go over that corner, if that makes you feel better."
Since he seemed to be the cause of her crying, he thought it would be better to go to a corner where he wouldn't bother her.