CHapter 114: The Final Encounter

Drive them away and follow me.

Oppa, what's wrong?

I'll go first.

Come on, let's catch up quickly.

As I entered the hallway on the left, a colonnaded hall with a white carpet spread out before me. At the end of the hallway there was a staircase leading up.

I'll kill you!

I swung my shield at the helmet of the charging soldier.

Hmm!

I climbed the spiral staircase.

While climbing, the door suddenly opened and a heavily armed knight came out.

The knight brandished his treasured sword and began speaking in a dignified voice.

I'm Kyle von Strauss! Strauss family sword! A holy knight who represents the goddess's anger! I will defeat the evil in front of me.

I passed the knight and continued up.

Wait, wait. Please wait while I briefly introduce myself! Don't ignore it!

A cylinder with a pot on it came into view next to the handrail. I kicked the pillar and it fell down the stairs with a loud thud.

Oh, damn, wait a second!

I kept climbing.

There was a long hall at the top of the spiral staircase.

The view of the square could be seen from the glass window on the hall side. I took a look at the plaza. Armed soldiers gathered around the temple from all sides.

I walked down the hallway.

One of the many doors in the hall opened.

I am

Thud!

I pushed the door open.

The half-open door slammed into the knight as he tried to leave, hitting him head-on.

Noisy!

The knight fell to the ground, his face hard.

I ran to the end of the hall. On the way, I met some people, but they passed me by as if they didn't know anything. Even inside the temple, there were people who could see and people who couldn't.

At the end of the hall was a large and wonderful garden.

Sunlight is shining into the garden through the gap in the ceiling. On the other side of the garden was a terrace that looked out from the square. A shadow of a person appeared behind the curtains on the terrace.

It's over there.

He only had about three minutes left.

Time is running out.

I opened the garden door and went inside. Three knights appeared from behind a tree. They looked at me with serious expressions and adjusted their visors.

Death to heretics.

The knights slowly approached and pointed their long swords at me.

Because they had formal swordsmanship training, their posture was different from that of undisciplined soldiers.

The shadow on the terrace moved.

Another shadow appeared behind the curtain, the outline of a priest's robe visible.

Is it my turn now?

Yes, Your Highness. People gathered in the square are waiting.

But what's all the fuss about outside?

It looks like an intruder has arrived. Don't worry, we will repel it right away.

Two figures were deep in conversation behind the terrace.

In the middle, three knights came towards us. They were a solid lineup.

He took a deep breath and put his strength into his right hand holding the sword.

Gulp!

The middle knight took a deep breath and raised his sword. He blocked it with his shield. The two on the side also continued to thrust at different times. I moved to the right and blocked the attack with my sword. The three then launched a joint attack. The three sword blades work together to attack without invading each other's space.

The blade of the sword grazed my cheek.

There are faint traces of blood splattered on the lawn in the garden.

I rolled on the ground to avoid the second blow and swung my sword in a wide arc. Of course the knight prevented it. When he stood up, I stepped hard on his right foot.

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I swung my sword down and touched his left leg with the blade. The knight staggered. I twisted the sword he was holding and cut him in the neck. Then he threw the bloody sword at the knight behind him. He took a few steps back and blocked the attack with his sword.

He stepped back a few meters so I could concentrate on the knight in front of me.

The vanguard knight made three quick thrusts with his sword. I fought them all with my shield. Then I thrust the blade through the gap in his visor and blood spurted out. He fell to the ground, blood pouring out from the gap in his visor. He fell down as if he had lost his strength.

One knight remained.

He took a defensive stance, holding a long sword in both hands.

I grinned and charged forward, swinging my sword and beheading him.

The garden was dyed bright red with the blood flowing from the corpse.

I wiped the blood from my sword and walked across the garden.

Thank you for the opportunity you have given me. I'll never forget that.

No problem. I'm sure the goddess will be happy too.

Well then, let's go.

I closed the curtains on the patio.

The sun's rays poured down like rain. I half-closed my eyes in the sunlight and enjoyed the view across the patio.

!

I looked into the eyes of the elderly priest on the terrace. His wrinkled eyes widened in disbelief. He waved his cane gingerly, but it was not aimed at me, but at someone behind me who was walking toward the terrace railing.

Dark energy gathered at the tip of the staff and swirled around it.

Recognized. A magic arrow used by the Black Priest on the 10th floor.

Thunk!

Just like that, he cut off the priest's head.

Kiing!

The energy gathered at the tip of the staff shattered the ceiling of the terrace and erupted. Finally someone on the terrace looked at me.

A girl in a white dress.

She wore a golden crown over her flowing silver hair.

She looked in her mid-teens. The girl looked at me and she exclaimed in surprise.

Who are you?

I answered simply.

You don't need to know that.

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