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Episode 380 I knew you'd be here. (2)

"Kuaaaah!"

Jeffrey was sent flying backwards, impaled on the window.

Kwaaang!

The force of the spear was so strong that Jeffrey was pushed all the way to the wall and impaled.

"Krrrrrrr!"

Yet he did not die. His red eyes glowed and he let out a bestial howl.

"Kuaaaah!"

Jeffrey immediately fell to the ground, shattering the spear stuck in his body.

Rosalind looked back in surprise. The one who had thrown the spear clicked his tongue and stood in front of her.

"Tsk tsk, I knew it would be like this here too."

"Count!"

"How have you been?"

The one who appeared with a leisurely gait was none other than Giselle.

Saving a young lady in distress is an incredibly common and popular trope. Most noble young ladies have read such storybooks at least once when they were young.

A story about a great knight who slays an evil dragon while remaining loyal to him.

Now Rosalind felt as if she had entered a scene from a fairy tale she had read as a child.

She called out to Giselle again, her reddened eyes moistening with tears.

"Count Fenris!"

"You weren't even attacked, so why are your eyes like that? Do you have an eye infection?"

"… … ."

This kid clearly doesn't know anything about romance. Rosalind took a deep breath, trying to keep her expression from distorting.

"How did you come here?"

"I came running."

"… … No, how did you know the situation?"

"Those kinds of guys are causing trouble all over the capital right now."

Rosalind was startled by those words.

That also meant that in all the places that the royalist faction attacked, there were monsters like that.

It was true that the Duke's dogs were secretly active everywhere, just as Jiselle had told us.

Giselle looked at Rosaline and said.

"Anyway, I'm glad. I came running here as soon as I heard the news. I couldn't help but panic when I first saw them. They're also incredibly strong."

"So, did you come here first to save me?"

Jiselle nodded with her usual refreshing smile.

"Of course, in this capital city, we should rescue the young lady first."

"Your Majesty, Count… … ."

Thump!

Rosalind blushed and clutched her pounding heart.

I felt like I was a princess in a story, having been the first to come to my rescue, beating out the powerful nobles of the capital.

"The Count is so in love with me… … ."

"You're in charge of both financial management and sales at the top of our cosmetics business, so that's only natural. Oh my, we almost had a big problem. If you weren't here, all that money would have gone. It's horrible to even think about."

'You little brat, don't you have anything to talk about with me but money?'

Rosalind's face immediately distorted. As expected, this kid was the type of kid who only cared about money. She was so angry that she had been mistaken.

"What's with your expression? Where does it hurt? Oh, I have to take care of that guy quickly. I have to go to other places too. I'm busy, I'm busy."

Jiselle continued to walk towards Jeffrey with a leisurely pace.

The Marquis' soldiers also heard the rumor about Giselle, so they all distanced themselves and gave her some space.

"Kuaaaah!"

Jeffrey, not liking the fact that Giselle had interrupted him, immediately let out a roar and rushed at her.

Boohoo! Boohoo! Boohoo!

Jeffrey swung his sword with a speed rivaling that of a high-level knight, but Giselle dodged it easily.

It was as if he was observing something, not attacking right away.

"Kuaaaah!"

Jeffrey continued to let out animalistic howls as his attacks failed.

Jiselle muttered as she watched him attack a few more times.

"Hmm, definitely weaker than Harold."

The attack speed and accuracy were incomparable to when Harold transformed. It seemed that the power he could exert after the transformation was different depending on his own skill level.

"But it's still the same when you go wild and go crazy."

No matter how you look at it, it's just like a mad beast. It seems like it's lost all ability to think except for its goal of killing someone.

If there was no goal, it seemed like he would just commit indiscriminate slaughter like Vanessa in her past life.

"Then, shall we deal with it now?"

Hururuk.

A blazing red aura formed around Jiselle's fist.

Phew!

"Kwaaak!"

Jeffrey staggered after being hit in the face by Giselle's fist. Giselle took advantage of the gap and launched a flurry of punches.

Puppupupupupupup!

"Kuaaaah!"

Jeffrey was beaten without being able to fight back properly. Every time he was hit, various parts of his body were broken.

People were shocked at the sight. This was because the guy who couldn't even use a sword was barely able to resist a punch.

Kwaaaaang!

Jiselle's fist struck Jeffrey's head hard, his bones shattered and trembling.

"Ugh… … ."

Jeffrey fell to the floor and began to tremble.

"What, what is this… … Why me… … ?"

He couldn't understand the situation. Once he went berserk, he would lose his mind and fight until he died. It was definitely the same when he saw other test subjects.

But after being hit a few times, he came to his senses.

"I never thought I'd die like this… … in vain… … ."

It's a power that can only be used in the worst case scenario. I tried to kill Rosalind somehow to create chaos, but I was blocked.

Jiselle muttered as she watched Jeffrey dying.

"Hmm, this is the same."

If you give it a strong impact, the effect will disappear. This means that the craftsman has not finished improving it yet.

"Well, the timing is too different."

It was after he became the King of Mercenaries that I saw him completely improved to the point of going completely wild. There was quite a time difference from now.

Jeffrey asked, his body beginning to shrink and age rapidly.

"You, what the hell are you… … ."

But Jeffrey couldn't continue his questioning, because his core was destroyed and his life force was completely drained.

He was transformed into a mummy in an instant and died without even hearing a proper answer.

Tension appeared on the faces of those who saw that sight.

"What the heck is this?"

"To become a monster right before you die… … ."

"How could this happen… … ."

Rosaline was equally confused. She approached Giselle and asked urgently.

"What is this? This kind of thing is running wild all over the capital?"

"Yes, it is a mana training method created by the Duke."

"You made something this horrible at the workshop?"

"Even an ordinary knight can exert power several times stronger than normal. Of course, if you use it, you will definitely die, but the damage will increase in the meantime."

Giselle told Rosaline what she knew.

Those monsters are a fearsome force, but they have a time limit for their power. If you know the information and fight them, there is no way you can't catch them.

"If these guys run wild, the soldiers will suffer a lot of damage. The amount of power they can exert will vary depending on their original skills, but if they are dealt with calmly as knights, it is not impossible to deal with them."

Once you get used to it, it's just a level where a strong knight goes wild. It's something that knights can handle.

Of course, it would be quite troublesome if hundreds or thousands of these guys ran wild.

"Please take care of this guy first. I have to go help out somewhere else. Everyone must be surprised right now."

"Oh, I see."

"And since there's a lot to prepare, please hurry up and settle this month's accounts."

"Don't you have anything to talk about with me other than money?"

Giselle was startled when Rosaline let out a roar as loud as a lion.

"What is that voice?"

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize that I was thinking… … ."

She covered her face with her fan, of course her eyes still glowing with murder.

'Oh, that personality is still hard to get a handle on. I should get out of here quickly.'

Giselle immediately left the place, avoiding Rosaline who was grumbling with a disgusted expression.

Boom! Boom!

"Eww! It's a monster!"

"A crazy guy has appeared!"

"Run away!"

In addition to the Marquis' mansion where Rosaline was staying, chaos was also occurring throughout the capital.

People ran away from the rampaging monsters, and knights and soldiers chased after the rampaging monsters.

"Catch him!"

"Kill him quickly!"

"Surround them quickly!"

Knights and soldiers were moving busily throughout the capital.

There were already monsters that had been captured and killed by them, but there were also monsters that had killed soldiers and scattered in all directions. These monsters were attacking things that seemed to be without any target in sight.

Of course, there are far more dead monsters than surviving ones, as the knights of the capital are more skilled than the knights of the average territory.

But the problem was that only a few people went there, thinking it was nothing special. They were unable to stop the monsters that suddenly went wild, and ended up missing them.

Jiselle jumped over the buildings and quickly assessed the number of monsters causing a ruckus. Fortunately, most of them were caught and killed on the spot, so there weren't many.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Spears of crimson magic appeared around him.

"good."

Kwaaaaang!

The spear of magical power shot out with a tremendous roar and shattered the monster's head.

As Giselle began to move between the buildings and kill monsters, many people began to see her.

"It's the Earl of Fenris!"

"The Master of the North has arrived!"

"Wow! It's the saint!"

Just the appearance of Giselle raised the morale of the knights and soldiers. Even those who were running away stopped and cheered.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The monsters died with shocking ease, their heads exploding from the magic spears.

There were quite a few monsters operating in the capital, so no matter how many times you killed a monster, another one would crawl out from somewhere.

But this place is not called the capital for nothing.

"Catch those guys and kill them right now!"

Toleo, the knight commander of the Marquis of Branford, appeared and decapitated the monster in one breath. In addition, knights of high-ranking nobles joined in, and the monsters quickly died.

As even the wizards came out, some of them were captured instead.

Jiselle snickered at the sight.

"Anyway. What are you going to do if you gather all the strong guys in the capital?"

It was inevitable since it was the capital city where the royal family and high-ranking nobles lived, but it was also quite regrettable from Giselle's point of view.

If we let those high-level forces fight on the front lines, we'll have a heated confrontation with the agents.

"I guess I should go the other way."

We moved first to reduce the damage, but there will be no problem now that the capable people have stepped forward.

Now we must go to a place where the nobles cannot touch.

Giselle headed straight to the temple of Juana. Inside the temple, a man was waiting for him, surrounded by armed men.

"How have you been, Bishop Porisco?"

"Uh… … The Count is here?"

The one who had a large number of temple knights with him was none other than Polysco.

He was currently living a very boring life, unable to do anything bad because of the rumor that he was a saint. However, he did not hate that reputation, so he was unable to do anything.

Since it was certain that he would be elected as the next archbishop, there was also an aspect of him that did not want to make a fuss for no reason.

As soon as he saw Giselle, he approached her quietly and whispered.

"Really… …Is it okay to hit it?"

"That's right. They're all the ones the Duke planted."

"I won't damage my reputation or anything, right?"

"Isn't it going to go up even more?"

"Okay, I trust you and I'll really hit you."

"Don't trust me, trust the bishop's faith. Aren't you the chief priest of the capital and the saint chosen by the goddess? You have the responsibility to lead the ignorant people."

"Oh, right? I guess it's just me, right?"

Porisco nodded several times and then shouted curiously.

"If not me, who will go to hell? I will clear away the darkness that has been lurking in the capital today!"

"Wow!"

When Porisco shouted, the temple knights all shouted loudly together.

The place they headed to, moving with great momentum, was a large building on the outskirts of the capital.

[Cardenia Theological Study Group]

Although it is called a theological study group, it is actually a place where people from various denominations gather to voluntarily preach and serve the will of the goddesses.

The nobles could not treat them lightly because of their fame and position.

They have been serving the needy in the capital for a long time, so it is inevitable that there will be a huge number of people who support the study group.

If this place were attacked, the public sentiment would be shaken uncontrollably. No matter how unjustified the attack, everyone would find it difficult to attack this place.

Maintaining a strict separation between politics and religion was the norm not only in the Kingdom of Rutania but also in most countries.

In such a situation, there was only one way to sweep them away without political burden.

A person who has won the hearts of the people to a degree that is no less than that of the research society. A person who has even been supported by religion and has a reputation as a saint.

That kind of person had to deal with this place.

And in this capital there was one man who fit the bill.

"Right now, bring those heretics out… … no, bring the heretics out! We'll confiscate all their property and burn them to death! Hahahaha!"

The fake saint, Porisco, cried out with a mad laugh.