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Episode 501: Breaking It? (2)

Gatros trembled.

If someone as powerful as Earl Fenris were to exert his power, those things would be instantly turned to dust.

I absolutely couldn't leave it like that. I had to take it back somehow.

"You, you… … How dare you… … ."

I had a complicated mind about what to do. I wanted to catch him right away and tear him to pieces.

Cheeeeek… … .

Jiselle looked at her arm, which was burning with black energy. Even though she had blocked the attack, Gatros' energy still remained.

I only caught a glimpse of it, but I felt an extraordinary power.

'He's different. He's a priest, I think?'

It was a guy I had never met in my previous life. It seemed like he was the one leading the Salvation Church from behind.

Although his skills did not seem to be as outstanding as those of other Salvation Church priests, his power was so great that even Giselle had difficulty measuring it.

As expected, they were formidable guys.

But Jiselle still smiled leisurely and waved the objects in both hands.

"I think this is important, so everyone stay still. If anyone moves, I'll really destroy it."

Actually, he had no intention of destroying it. He was just curious as to why it was considered so important.

But Gatros had no choice but to believe Giselle. Since Giselle didn't know what those things were, he could have just destroyed them if he really wanted to.

He said, suppressing his anger.

"Give me that thing, and I will give you whatever you want."

"Hmm, it seems really important."

"… … ."

"But I don't really have any expectations from you?"

"This guy… … ."

"Oh, there is one."

"What is that?"

Giselle laughed as she looked at Gatros' face, which had become demon-like with swollen veins.

"You want to know what this is? Tell me and I'll think about it. It might be useless to me, right?"

Bam.

Gatros ground his teeth at those words. It was truly an insulting situation.

I really wanted to catch him and tear him to pieces, but I had to suppress my anger because I was worried that something I had been looking for for a long time might get ruined.

However, I could not tell you the secrets of the doctrine, even if you did not understand.

When Gatorus remained silent, Giselle shook her glass again and asked.

"What are you doing? Aren't you going to say anything? Are you really going to break it?"

Gatros bit his lip. Why should he tell the secrets of the church to such a man!

He trembled and raised his spirits, but he couldn't bring himself to attack Giselle.

From what I'd heard, that guy was crazy. Even if I told him, I didn't think he'd give it back easily.

You must never get involved.

Other people were thinking the same thing as Gatros.

Cayenne spoke to Gatros with a cold expression.

"He will never give it back."

"Count Balzac."

"Didn't I say that the holy relic isn't the only one? Other kingdoms are also looking for it now."

"What that means is… … ."

Cayenne said, pointing at Giselle with the tip of his sword.

"Killing that guy is also important. Let's kill that guy now and find the holy relic somewhere else."

"… … ."

Gatros looked at Cayenne with sharp eyes.

Cayenne was not a priest of the Salvation Church. However, knowing that the Duke of Delphine wanted the relic so badly, Cayenne also had an important goal in mind.

If he, who is loyal to the Duke, said something like that, then his judgment must be right.

"Huh… … Is this also God's will? There's nothing I can do."

Gatoros closed his eyes and exhaled deeply. He had shown himself to be too ugly for a priest.

I was so easily shaken because I was so close to something I had been waiting for for so long.

That also meant that Earl Fenris's actions were really upsetting.

Giselle clicked her tongue as she watched Gatros regain his composure in an instant.

'Tch, that guy is no ordinary guy.'

Not only was his strength extraordinary, but he also had great patience to suppress his desires despite the fact that it seemed to be a very important item.

It's a shame I didn't get to hear the identity of the item, but I did get some other information instead.

'There are more things like this in other kingdoms?'

I don't think they've found it yet, but it seemed like there was something like this out there.

So, you could suppress your desires and change your goals.

Jiselle said as she looked at Berhem, whose eyes were wide open.

"hey."

"What, what did you just say?"

Berhem showed a look of bewilderment. How can someone call him, the king of this kingdom, something like that?

"You insolent bastard! They say you're a scoundrel from the frontier, and indeed, you are as they say! How can you, a noble of the kingdom, treat me this insolently?"

Jiselle said, not hiding her annoyed expression.

"Okay. Can you break this?"

"Oh, no!"

Unlike Gatros, Berhem stretched out his hand and shouted.

I needed that to sustain my body. Even now, I could feel my body slowly disintegrating.

"Whatever you want, whatever you want, I will give you whatever you want. Hurry up, hurry up and give it back to me. If you want territory, I will give you territory. If you want a title, I will give you a title."

Giselle asked in response to Berhem's pleading words.

"I wonder what this is?"

"The Orb of Life is what sustains Jim's body. It will make him a superman."

Berhem spoke urgently. Giselle nodded. As expected.

This was the secret of creating high-ranking priests in the Salvation Church.

'I guess I'll have to go back and take a closer look.'

But I couldn't figure out what this necklace was. Looking at the situation, it seemed like she wouldn't tell me the whole story.

Kaien said, looking at Berhem, whose expression was distorted.

"Your Majesty, I will kill that bastard. Give orders to the Royal Knights and the Royal Army."

"Wh, what? Then, then how do you want to make the core of the luggage?"

Cayenne responded with a cold expression.

"You can make it again. If Your Majesty helps, you can make it in no time."

"That, that means… … ."

Berhem swallowed hard. What Count Balzac meant now was that he would remake them if only those who were about to die could be brought back.

It would have taken at least tens of thousands of lives to create one of those. The Salvation Church had been killing people like that for a very long time to create high-ranking priests.

Cayenne turned his head again and glared at Giselle.

"He won't give it back anyway. That's the kind of guy he is."

Jiselle stood there sullenly, muttering a complaint.

"How on earth do you look at people and do that?"

It fit so well that it made me feel sick.

Cayenne immediately stretched his sword forward and drew his energy.

"Now is a good time to kill that troublemaker. I don't need to be dragged around anymore."

"Ha, but… … ."

Berhem hesitated. Even for a king, it was not easy to take tens of thousands of lives.

Besides, while he was remaking the jewel, he also had to kill people to maintain his body.

It's not that I don't like killing people. I just don't like having to wait a long time again.

But Cayenne had already made up her mind. If the Duke of Delphine did not give the order, even the King could not stop Cayenne.

"All troops… … ."

His soft voice reached all of the Delphian soldiers gathered in the plains.

Window! Window! Chaang!

The Delphine army took out their weapons and prepared for battle.

"Kill the Earl of Fenris."

Kwaaang!

As soon as the words were finished, Cayenne shot out at Giselle.

Gatros followed him, and the entire Delphian army followed behind him.

"this."

Jiselle snickered and filled her legs with mana.

No matter how strong he was, it was impossible to face them alone. Now it was time to start the next operation.

Boom!

The ground shattered and Jiselle's body was thrown backwards. He quickly turned around and ran away.

Berhem, who saw that sight, also ground his teeth and gave an order.

"Kill him! Kill him!"

He was the one who ruined the negotiation and insulted me. I had to catch him and tear his limbs apart.

Count Palantz leapt out and the royal army followed him.

The 3rd Infantry Company commander, who had been mindlessly following behind, shed tears of blood inside.

'What the heck! Why is this happening to me!'

I just thought a soldier who was good at fighting came in. There were rumors that he was imitating Earl Fenris, but I didn't think much of it.

But I thought it was really Earl Fenris.

I thought I had found a lucky doll, but it felt like it had suddenly turned into a cursed doll.

It was the same for other members of the company, but the members of the Douglas squad were especially shocked.

'Really? He was really the Earl of Fenris?'

'You weren't imitating it?'

'Shit! We're all screwed.'

Everyone ran with tears in their eyes. It seemed like it wouldn't go over well.

At that moment, Jiselle's voice rang in the ears of the 3rd Infantry Company Commander.

― If you want to live, pretend to chase me and lead the 3rd Infantry Company to the place I tell you. The knights of Fenris will guide you. Well, if you don't want to, you can stay. If you're unlucky, you'll die, right?

The 3rd Infantry Company commander suddenly came to his senses.

The Earl of Fenris was right. The king, who was known to be mad, would not leave them alone. The 3rd Company of Foot would most likely be annihilated.

The 3rd Infantry Company commander, who heard the location from Giselle, wiped away his tears and shouted loudly.

"3rd Infantry Company, follow me!"

He changed direction little by little while chasing after Jiselle. The platoon members who had no idea what was going on followed him for the time being.

The 3rd Infantry Company had no training other than charging. Everyone was confident in one thing: running.

The Delphine and Royal forces had no interest in the 3rd Infantry Company. They were all busy targeting Giselle.

"Stop!"

Gatros shouted loudly and let out an incredible amount of energy. It was so fast that it even surpassed Kaien, the best sword in the kingdom.

He was so angry that he blew his energy towards Giselle's back again.

Kwaaaaang! Kwaaaaang!

In many places, the ground exploded and black pillars rose up.

"Eek."

Jiselle ran forward, barely avoiding them. After changing direction several times, her speed slowed down a bit.

Taking advantage of the gap, Cayenne came up next to him and swung her sword with lightning speed.

Kagagagagak!

The blade of the sword was caught in the mana that Jiselle released, and a sound like grinding iron erupted.

"hmm?"

Cayenne squinted as she swung her sword. She had clearly cut the chest, but Giselle was already far away.

Cayenne thought as he chased after Giselle again.

'There's... no blood?'

There was definitely a bloodstain left on the wound. Even if the wound was shallow, with that much movement, a few more drops should have fallen.

However, not a single drop of blood flowed from Giselle's body as she ran away like light.

'What an unknown ability.'

He might have stopped the bleeding with Mana. He could do that much. However, the speed was beyond imagination.

It was a situation that Cayenne couldn't understand, as she didn't know about Jiselle's resilience.

Kwaaaaah!

Magic poured out between the Delphine army and the royal army chasing after Giselle.

The intention was to somehow slow down Giselle rather than directly hit her.

The priests of the Salvation Church also spared no effort in pouring out their energy toward Jiselle.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

A loud noise as if the heavens and the earth were collapsing rang out and everything exploded.

However, even though he casted a large-scale area-of-effect magic, he was unable to capture Giselle. He left before the magic could even explode.

"Keep chasing!"

Cayenne shouted loudly and tried to catch up with Giselle somehow. Gatros did the same.

They thought they could capture Giselle. No matter how strong they were, they would have to lose strength to avoid multiple attacks.

If I just kept chasing after it somehow, I would eventually be able to catch it.

But there was something they didn't think about.

'Oh no… I can't keep up properly.'

Cayenne glanced back.

The only ones who followed him properly were high-level knights and priests of the Salvation Church who had ascended to superhuman levels. Behind them, only those on horseback could barely keep up.

It was natural that the superhumans could run faster than horses. The soldiers who were not on horses were bound to fall behind.

Count Palantz and the royal army started late and fell further behind.

'It doesn't matter.'

An army of 100,000 has gathered. The number of people who can chase them is in the hundreds.

At this point, whether Jiselle ran away or attacked, she would eventually die of exhaustion.

Jiselle was thinking similar thoughts.

'As expected, he's an amazing guy.'

Jiselle smiled as she looked at the long slit top at the chest.

It wasn't called the Kingdom's Best Sword for nothing. It was to the point where I thought that if Cayenne had been active in his previous life, he would have been in the top 8 of the continent instead of the top 7.

'I want to try it even now, but… … .'

I had to endure it because the other guys wouldn't let me fight them one-on-one.

'Just a little more.'

He had to get out of the plains. His allies were waiting to help him.

It was a bit of a stretch, but I had to run for quite some time. My mana was constantly being consumed.

Kwaaaaang!

Jiselle wrapped herself in black energy and shot out faster.

It was a technique that couldn't be used for long because it consumed a huge amount of mana, but it was more important to get out of here quickly right now.

"This guy… … ."

Cayenne gritted his teeth. The speed of the thing had become unbelievably fast.

Kwaaaaang!

Cayenne had no choice but to run, drawing up her mana to the point where it was a burden to her body.

There was no need to keep following him. It was enough to just keep chasing him and tire him out.

And on this side, there were beings who could use such strange powers.

Kwaaaaah!

"I will catch you and kill you!"

The black energy that emanated from Gator's body rippled and soon formed into wings. The other priests of the Salvation Church were the same.

Their speed had increased. Although they could not completely catch up with Jiselle, the distance had been shortened enough for ranged attacks to work.

Again, black pillars burst forth mercilessly around Jiselle.

That wasn't all. The black auras emitted by Gatros and the priests flew straight towards Giselle.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Jiselle's body shook again and moved in a zigzag pattern. The black energy that flew in precisely had no choice but to be struck back.

While dodging and blocking the attacks, Cayenne had already come close to Giselle.

He poured mana into his sword with all his might.

If the priests of the Salvation Church attack a few more times, they will be able to catch up to them and reach the point where their swords can touch them.

Ddddddddd… … .

Jiselle clicked her tongue inwardly and ran a little faster. It was hard on her body, but she only had to get to the area where the first group of people were waiting.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Even though I used more force, I was able to avoid and strike back at the black auras shooting out at me, and almost all of them caught up to me.

At that moment, a person came running in front of me.

"My lord!"

It was Piote.

He was running towards Jiselle, emitting a torrent of divine power. He was quite fast, perhaps because he had been training hard.

Peotte's body was unusually tied with several belts, so that others could hold him.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Salvation Church priests' attacks were endless. Still, Piote ran towards Giselle without blinking an eye.

Jiselle also dodged and parried the attacks and ran towards Piote.

"Piotte!"

As soon as Giselle shouted loudly, Piote turned around.

Giselle grabbed the belt on Piote's back. Then she turned around, holding Piote as if holding a shield.

At that moment, Cayenne was right in front of Giselle.

'That's crazy.'

When Cayenne saw it, Jiselle's behavior was truly disgusting. It was like she was giving up others to live for herself.

Who would have thought that a knight would use a woman(?) as a shield?

'It doesn't matter.'

Both of them can just be cut down like this.

Cayenne clenched his teeth and swung his sword with all his might.

Kwaaaaaaaah!

The sword falls with a sound like space being torn apart.

Jiselle, who is now completely in the crossfire, will never be able to dodge. It is already too late.

The unidentified woman(?) will be torn to pieces and killed in an instant, and Earl Fenris will suffer significant injuries or consume a huge amount of mana.

I was so confident.

Hold on!

"what?"

I clearly used all my strength to cut it, but why does it feel like I'm hitting thick cotton?

Besides, the woman(?) who was blatantly used as a shield was fine.

You're saying you're fine even after being hit by an aura blade that can cut through dragon scales?

Cayenne couldn't understand the situation at all.