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The Hero Has Changed

Lisa Galdr, once a spoiled noble daughter, finds her life upended when her father sacrifices her to a dark church plot on the Day of Gathering. Sent to a brutal sanctuary for women and children, Lisa endures horrific experiments and is sold into slavery. Her suffering culminates when a deranged nobleman attacks her, but a mysterious man named Lugh intervenes. Lugh, a noble with a hidden agenda, rescues Lisa and claims her as his own to thwart a group of Holy Knights seeking to reclaim her. As Lisa begins to understand Lugh's true intentions, she discovers a chance for freedom and revenge, realizing that behind Lugh's cold exterior lies a surprisingly warm heart

WhitePen · Fantasy
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14 Chs

The Mission

Chapter 5

Lisa slowly opens her eyes,

and sew that her legs and arms are tied up tightly

One of the kidnappers notices that Lisa's

Awake.

"Captain the girl has woken up"

A man in a black robe,

who is hiding his face appears and says

"Little girl, do u know who we are, and why we kidnapped you"

Lisa stayed silent

"Not in the mood to talk huh,

well in a few moments, your arrogance will be washed away with fear"

Then the leader removed the hood of his robe

Lisa's eyes widened when she saw who the leader was

Lisa

"You,!!?, why, no, what right do u have on me to do this, holy knight's captain "

Holy Knight's captain

"That's true, we don't have any rights to do this,

hey by the way, would you like to know our location"

Lisa

"Location, and why would you do that"

Holy knight's captain replies with a grin

"If you know this location it will make the explanation easier"

Lisa's thoughts

"Just how long have I been unconscious, for all I know, I may be in a different city already "

She then remembers about lugh

"Will I ever be able to see him again "

Holy Knight's captain

"The Sieg Mountain"

.Lisa's eyes widened

"Wh-what?"

"We are currently in the Sieg Mountain"

Knight's captain replied

Lisa

"Sieg Mountain is a few hours' walk from the village we were staying at, You'll be caught easily!"

Everyone there started to laugh creepily

Captain

"HAHAHAHA!, THIS LITTLE MISSY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND A THING "

CAPTAIN after gaining his composure back says

"YOU KNOW, WE SAVED YOU"

LISA didn't understand what he meant

Lisa

"What do u mean"

Captain

"By the authority granted to me by the Volcis church and the god derga,

I had both of your's backgrounds checked"

Lisa started worrying after hearing

what the holy knight's captain said

Captain

"And what I found was Lisa Galdr's dark history,"

"How you treated everyone your siblings, servants,

you even made your fiancée and family's life miserable

Hearing this,

all of her trauma from the past,

all of her memories from the past,

Everything started to rush over in her head

everything consumed her

Captain

"But you know"

She looked at the captain, with dead eyes

The captain then continued

"Even as the church couldn't get any information about your prince charming's past"

Lisa

"What do you mean"

Captain

"Dear that means there's is a high chance that your prince could be from the kingdom of Twilight"

Lisa

"What is that??"

Some knight said

"Was she living under a rock all this time"

And everyone started laughing,

The captain had them shut their mouths

Captain looked into Lisa's dead eyes for a while

And said

"Seem like you don't know huh"

" well let's keep it that way"

Then the captain asked a knight

"Are the traps ready"

He replied with a yes

Lisa

"Traps??"

"Listen, kid, there is a high possibility of that boy being from the Twilight Kingdom,

We would even capture those kids,

who are just pretending to be Twilight, as a game,

That twilight is no joke, and they are that dangerous"

Another knight came and said

"Captain,

both of the entrances have been rigged with traps,

and our men are on standby ready to ambush him"

Lisa thought

"They are taking it this far just to capture lugh,

Is lugh that dangerous??,

I don't know if he is or not,

but I know one thing, lugh is my Hero,

I just hope you forget about me lugh,

If you come after me, then you will

Die"

Then suddenly everything around them started to shake uncontrollably

Panicking captain

"What the hell is going on?!!!!"

A knight replied

"Captain the whole mountain is shaking,

the cause is unknown!!"

Captain

"What!!"

"There is something wrong with this mountain

EVERYONE RETREAT!!!"

A KNIGHT REPLIED

"CAPTAIN WE CANT "

CAPTAIN

"WHAT?"

KNIGHT

"SOMEONE SEEMS TO HAVE MADE A BARRIER AROUND BOTH ENTRANCES,

WHICH IS PREVENTING US FROM LEAVING THIS CAVe"

"A barrier ??"

Completely shocked captain said

Then the intensity of the shaking increased

the ceiling of the mountain cave began cracking

Captain

"Everyone BENT DOWN TO THE GROUND,

COVER YOUR HEADS WITH MANA,

TRY AND SURVIVE NO MATTER WHAT!!"

Everyone bent down to the ground covering

themselves with mana

Lisa

"Well it's better for lugh if I die here"

She closed her eyes

Everything suddenly calmed down

.

.

.

Everyone began getting up

And started looking at each other

The confused captain got up and looked at the ceiling,

and fear washed over his face

"CAPTAIN WE ALL SURVIVED "

THE KNIGHTS EXCLAIMED

THE CAPTAIN STOOD IN HIS PLACE,

LOOKING AT THE CEILING

FEAR WASHED OVER HIS FACE AS IF HE SAW A GHOST

Following the captain,

the confused knight's began looking up at the ceiling

Everyone one was left speechless

Then a knight exclaimed

"JUST WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!!!!!"

The whole mountain top had crumbled and was floating in the sky

The cave they were all in was located in

the bottom region of the mountain

So now the mountain crumbled in such a

way that there was no ceiling to look at

Everyone there was looking at the night

sky

filled with crumbled parts of the Sieg mountain

Lisa opened her eyes and looked at the crumbling mountain with dead eyes

she saw a shadow which was on one of the mountain parts that was floating in the moonlight

Everyone else noticed this shadow too

But they couldn't see who it was

Then that shadow jumped down from that height

Lisa looked at the man,

and the deafness in her eyes vanished

Lisa

"Lugh!"

Captain

"No- way, JUST WHAT DID YOU DO YOU MONSTER!!"

Lugh replied

"Me?,I just made another entrance since

there were traps in the original entrances"

Captain

" quickly gather around the girl we will use her as the hostage!"

Everyone one grouped around Lisa so that lugh would not be able to attack them

Lugh sighed

Then looked at Lisa

His eyes started glowing red

Then Lisa lost consciousness

CAPTAIN WHO NOTICED THIS SAID

"Y-you just what did u do to her "

"Didn't you come here to save her!!"

Lugh

"Me?, wait did you think that I came here to save her?"

"Why else would you have come here you basta**"

Captain said

Lugh

"Are you serious?"

"Pfftt--"

Lugh then face-palmed and started laughing

Hearing lugh laugh, everyone there was confused, they were speechless

After calming down, he said with a scary smile

"There is no one I hate more than Lisa "

Captain

"You seriously expect me to believe that,

I know just how much you have been caring for her"

Lugh then replied in a cold voice

"Lisa is just a puppet, a means to get your head, Captain Zod"

Captain Zod

"What?"

Lugh

"I have been trying to set up a meeting with you like this one zod"

Zod was confused

Lugh

"My client wants your head, so I've been trying to get you out of the sanctuary,

While trying to find a way to get you alone,

I found out your special duty, that is given to you by the pope"

Zod was shocked to find out that lugh knew about his special duty,

But Zod thought he could be bluffing

Lugh

"You are in charge of collecting slaves for the experiment and for the church"

Zod was speechless

and was wondering just how this kid knew

Lugh continued

"You get a pay raise and recognition from the pope every time you give them an awesome slave"

Zod gave up on trying to hide it

Zod

"So u knew,

but I don't think this meeting was possible just because of a series of coincidences"

Lugh smiled and replied

"So you are not all that stupid "

"The only coincidence in this was my meeting with Lisa in joiners domain "

Zod

"Does that mean everything after that was according to your plan?"

Lugh

"You got it right"

"After meeting Lisa a slave I had an idea

Why not use Lisa

who is now a masterless slave to get

you who has the so-called sacred duty of

collecting masterless slaves in the

countryside for the sanctuary"

Zod

" then that story about her being surrounded by the bandits in the forest "

Lugh

"Yes, that's right,

it was to hide the fact that I killed Jusper,

and to let you know that there is a masterless slave in this siegs village "

Zod

" all that planning,

but you seem to have made a mistake

that will cost you your life"

Lugh

"....."

Zod

"You don't have enough mana right now do you,

Your mana is being used to hold up that crumbled mountain and to maintain that barrier isn't,

With your small amount of mana being divided in this way you cant use your mana can you"

Lugh remained silent

Zod

" you may have a high density of mana and great efficiency,

but you don't have much capacity "

Lugh

"What are you implying?"

Zod

"What I am implying is quite simple,

You are vulnerable right now,

and we have numbers

ATTACK HIM!!"

All of the knights rushed toward lugh from different directions

The first knight to get within the sword's range used a left slash on lugh

"Vulnerable?"

Lugh then sighed

And dodged the knight's left slash by crouching

Lugh then unsheathed his blade and cut the knight's throat

All of this happened in a moment

Lugh then took care of them one by one

There were a total of 11 experienced holy knights attacking lugh

After a while, all 11 of them were lying on the ground,

with every one of their throats were slitted

Zod

"N-no way it's impossible, it's just not possible "

"How can you a fifteen-year-old kid be stronger than holy knights!

who have trained their whole life!

Doesn't matter how much hard work you have done!

No matter how much talent you have!

IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE!!"

Zod then took out his greatsword, and

started to imbue his mana in the blade,

The blade started to glow brightly

Lugh

"Oh light element, nice,

you are using judgment,

Fine I'll indulge you,

I will stop your judgment without moving an inch from this spot

Lugh said with a confident smile

Zod

"YOU ARROGANT PRICK ! !! "

The greatsword's size started to increase at full speed in the direction of

lugh who is standing fearlessly with a smile

Lugh's blood started tripping from the greatsword's edge

The high-speed sword that was coming at lugh was stopped

Zod

"No wh-what is th-is😨"

"YOU STOPPED MY FULL SPEED

JUDGEMENT SWORD WITH YOUR

BARE HANDS"

"ITS NOT POSSIBLE,

IT'S NOT!,

IT'S NOT!,

IT'S NOT !,

IT'S no-"

LUGH

"If what is stopping me from reaching my goals is that possibility,

Then I'll just have to break it"

Lugh then destroyed the judgment sword,

With a single swing of his blade

Zod gave up and instinctively got on his knees

Zod

"No, no way, It's not"

Lugh then started walking towards Zod who was kneeling down

Zod's head is on the ground

He has completely given up

Lugh stops in front of zod

Lugh grabs Zod by the hair, and lifts his head up

Lugh

"Hey, you have asked asked me a lot of questions,

but you didn't ask me why I am so hellbent on killing you"

Zod who has given up is making a pathetic face

Lugh

"You remember a month ago when you were escorting a lady back to her

hometown from the sanctuary"

Zod eyes widen with realization

"That girl was a failed experiment,

but the sanctuary had to send her back alive,

Because of her family pushing the sanctuary,

Still because being experimented on, made her psyche suffer

And while escorting her back home "

Lugh's hand that was holding up Zod's head,

Lugh who was mad tightened his grip,

Lugh

"YOU forced yourself onto her"

Zob

"Plss, let me go"

Lugh

"After she told only her brother,

he who knew that the church would protect you,

Started to wonder about the black market,

to find an assassin to do the job, he met me, then,

He begged me,

then begged again and again and again,

After I accepted the job

then he took me to see his sister,

When I first saw that woman"

Lugh's eyes were shining deep Crimson red

These Crimson eyes glared into the criminal's eyes

THE CRIMINAL WAS SHEDDING TEARS,

but he couldn't even beg for forgiveness

No matter how much he tried he

couldn't avert his gaze from those

Cold-blooded crimson eyes

Lugh

"she looked at me with such dead eyes

that it still haunts me"

Lugh who was gritting his teeth,

Clenching his fist because of

anger and sadness

Ripped zones head off with his hands

Blood splattered everywhere

Lugh who still was both angry and sad said

"Heartless monsters "

Lugh got up holding the ripped-off head of Zod

"Mission accomplished "

"Now then to get rid of the evidence "

Lugh said while looking at Lisa who was still unconscious

He then started walking towards her

As he got closer he unsheathed his blade

He stopped in front of her

He then lifted his sword up

And looked at Lisa coldly

" well it was fun while it lasted"

"Since you weren't a part of this,

I will make sure to end it

as painlessly as possible"

He then swung his blade on Lisa's neck.

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