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Episode 381 I knew you'd be here. (3)

Jiselle looked at the shouting Porisco with her eyes turned and an expression of admiration on her face.

'I don't know how I endured it all this time.'

Porisco is a guy who uses his position to commit all kinds of bad deeds.

But after he became known as a saint, he lived pretending to be good. Then, as soon as he got a chance to harass someone, his true nature came out.

"Quickly, quickly, drag them all out! I'll show you the severity of the 'real' church! These ones who deserve to be punished!"

At the command of the excited Porisco, a large number of temple knights entered the building.

Since it was a place where people from various denominations gathered to serve, the building was quite large. There would be a lot of people inside, but Porisco wasn't too worried.

'Haha, what can a bunch of spies and rascals do?'

As far as Porisco knows, it's just a place where spies gather and pretend to do volunteer work.

As spies, they may have basic skills, but I didn't think they would be a match for the temple knights.

Temple Knights can use some divine powers, though not as much as priests. They also have considerable powers.

In short, he was a knight capable of self-healing. He could not possibly lose to mere spies.

As Porisco was thinking about how to hold the funeral in such a splendid manner, there was a sound of something breaking.

Chaenggrang!

"huh?"

The second floor window shattered and a temple knight fell. Porisco tilted his head.

"what?"

As Porisco was wondering if there was someone a little stronger, a loud noise started to ring out from inside the building.

"Eww!"

"It's a monster!"

"Kill him quickly!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

It was quite noisy. There was a constant sound of things breaking and shattering.

I don't know about anything else, but Porisco is quick-witted. His ability to sense crises, which has saved him so far, has been put to use.

Porisco muttered as he slowly stepped back.

"Why is there so much noise when it's just a volunteer group?"

Kwaaang!

Suddenly, the door shattered and the corpse of the temple knight burst out. Porisko's body moved a little further back.

"Kurrrrrr… … ."

A monster with a bloated body appeared, howling like an animal. Its clothes were all torn and blood was flowing all over its body, making it look extremely disgusting.

"Ugh! What is that! It's a, a monster!"

When Porisco was startled, the temple knights who were in charge of escorting him stepped forward. They too were swallowing dry saliva and had tense expressions on their faces at the sight of the strange creature they had never seen before.

But the monster that appeared wasn't just that one.

"Krrrrrrr!"

Dozens of monsters carrying the corpses of the temple knights lined up.

Kwah! Kwah! Kwah!

There were more than ten monsters that jumped out through the window. If you include the ones that broke through the door, there were about thirty in total.

Jiselle frowned at the sight. This was because, unlike other places, there were quite a lot of monsters there.

At this level, it was enough to deal with even the knights of a decent territory.

And there were also differences from existing ones.

"Krrrrr… … ."

The monsters lined up in a line, as if they were forming a line. They were different from the other guys who had lost their minds and just blindly attacked me.

'Are they a little more improved ones?'

Certainly, there were some people who retained their sanity in their past lives.

The ones that came out now were clearly improved versions of the existing monsters.

As Giselle squinted her eyes and looked at the monsters, a bell rang inside the building.

Daughter.

The sound carried a strange wave of magic.

'What is this sound?'

As soon as Giselle flinched in surprise, the monsters moved.

"Kuaaaah!"

Porisco shouted in surprise as dozens of monsters rushed at him, screaming.

"Stop it! Stop it!"

There were only ten Temple Knights left. This number was not enough to stop those monsters.

But since they could not escape, they gritted their teeth and drew out their divine power.

Then, Giselle intervened in the fight.

Kwaaaaang!

"Kuaaaah!"

As Giselle turned around to block the path of the temple knights, the monsters' bodies exploded in an instant.

'It's weaker.'

Monsters become stronger in proportion to their power before they change. These guys are under the control of something, but their power is actually weak. Before they changed, their power was at best that of an ordinary person.

Even that was stronger than a beginner's knight.

Porisco shouted again as he watched the monsters disappear into pieces.

"Hahahahaha! Count Fenris is a master!"

Come to think of it, there was a strong man here who was considered one of the strongest in the kingdom. There was no need to run away.

Daughter.

"Kurururuk… … ."

The monsters that were about to attack stopped moving when the bell rang again.

And then a man walked out of the building.

The man with long hair hanging down over his pale face looked very thin and haggard.

The man muttered to himself as if he didn't understand the situation.

"What the… … . How on earth did you know? Why did this happen when I was here… … ."

Jiselle narrowed her eyes and looked at the man. It was clearly someone she remembered seeing in her past life.

Jiselle opened her mouth and smiled as she recalled that memory.

"I knew you'd be here, Raviere."

The man called Raviere frowned and looked at Giselle.

"Do you… know me?"

"Well, I know that well."

Jiselle looked really happy.

Raviere was one of the hidden strongmen who had stopped Giselle in her previous life. He was a man who was vividly remembered because of his unique ability.

Raviere looked at Giselle blankly and asked.

"Are you the Earl of Fenris?"

"okay."

"The rumors about you being promoted to Master were true. You can kill the 'Temple Warriors' so easily."

"Temple warriors? Is that what you call those monsters?"

In my previous life, I just killed the monsters I saw, so I didn't know what they were called. I only heard the name Raviere right before I killed one.

Raviere nodded with a serious expression.

"Yes… … . How noble it is to not spare one's life even though death is imminent. It is not at all inadequate to be called a holy warrior."

"They really package it up in a grand way while using the human body as a test subject."

"It is simply a necessary sacrifice for the greater good."

Giselle tilted her head slightly as she listened to Raviere's words. Up until now, she had thought that these monsters were created by the Duke.

But listening to what Raviere was saying just now, it seemed like he was suspecting the wrong guy.

Jiselle pretended not to know anything and looked at the other person.

"Did you make this?"

At those words, Raviere shook his head.

"I started the research, but now many people are involved."

"You're the one who started it. We need to catch and kill all the rest of them as we find them."

When Giselle muttered, Raviere twisted the corners of his mouth as if he found it funny and said.

"Earl Fenris. You are so arrogant for having ascended to the rank of Master. You do not know our strength."

"No, I know very well. Raviere, the judge of the Salvation Church."

At those words, Raviere's expression distorted.

Only a few people knew their true identity. It was shocking that Earl Fenris, who had no connection with them, knew exactly what their position was.

Porisco, who was listening to the conversation between the two, shouted.

"Salvation Church? Th, th, th! They were really heretics. Kill them right now!"

But none of the temple knights moved. To be honest, it was not the right atmosphere to get between the two.

Raviere ignored Porisco and glared at Giselle.

"Even the Kingdom's intelligence agency doesn't know our true identity. How on earth do they know? And you even know my identity… … Who on earth are you?"

"Why? Are you the only ones who have secrets? I have secrets too."

"This guy… … ."

Jiselle smiled leisurely.

In fact, he didn't know much about the Salvation Church.

The Salvation Church, which symbolized the blazing black sun, suddenly appeared during a time of tribulation. At that time, many people fell into despair, and just as many people came to believe in the Salvation Church.

At that time, the nobles of the continent, including Jisel, did not pay much attention to the Salvation Church. They did not have enough free time to pay attention to a mere pseudo-religion.

It's just that the sects of the Goddess fiercely opposed the Salvation Church and tried to suppress them.

'At that time, I thought they were helping the Duke of Delphine to avoid oppression. But it turns out they had already joined hands since then.'

It was after the One Year War that Giselle began to take interest in them. As the Kingdom of Rutania was trampled by Giselle, powerful forces that had been hiding in various places appeared.

When Jiselle learned that some of them were sent from the Salvation Church, she started wiping out Salvation Church members whenever she saw them.

Raviere was also one of the strong men who appeared at that time.

'I should have looked into it more closely then.'

Anyway, Jiselle's goal was the Duke of Delphine. Since she simply thought that the Duke and the Salvation Church had joined hands, she couldn't help but be a little negligent in obtaining information from the Salvation Church.

Because I thought I could catch the peacock first and sweep it away later.

But in the end, he was defeated in the war and died, so I couldn't find out more even if I wanted to.

'Well, it's something we can figure out from now on.'

Jiselle smiled and pointed her sword at Raviere.

"If you're a judge, you must be quite high up in the church. I wonder what you'll say. I have some experience with torture."

"It's not the day of promise, so it's not time to show your strength yet… … but I think it would be better to get rid of you here, even if it means taking risks."

Raviere's eyes glowed red. At the same time, a black aura rose from his body.

Jiselle twisted her lips at the sight.

'As expected... these guys were still powerful back then, but they were hiding. What are they after?'

Raviere's black aura was not magical. Rather, it gave off a feeling closer to divine power.

The Salvation Church was also called the Black Church because of its unique aura that resembled divine power.

It caused a lot of controversy in the beginning. At first, people were afraid of the power of the Salvation Church priests. However, since it was not black magic, they could not suppress it under that pretext.

If it had been a peaceful time, the nobles and the existing religious orders would not have left it alone. The Salvation Church really took advantage of the time of tribulation to expand its influence appropriately.

"It is not the day of promise… … Could it possibly have something to do with the time of tribulation?"

It was a time when the world was in turmoil, so a new religion could be born. But now that I think about it, I can't help but feel that it had something to do with the Salvation Church.

Having experienced the miracle of regression, Giselle has become the type of person who never overlooks even the smallest possibility or clue.

And I became strongly convinced that the 'day of promise' that Rabière spoke of did not mean civil war.

"Well, if we catch them one by one and kill them, we'll find out."

Kwaaang!

Jiselle's eyes turned red and crimson mana gushed out from his body. Knowing Ravier's power, he rushed in in one breath.

Daughter.

"Kuaaaah!"

As Raviere rang the small bell, all the remaining monsters rushed at Giselle.

Jiselle swung her sword straight at the monsters.

Kagagagagagak!

Just a moment ago, they were the ones who had been blown away by Jiselle's blow. But this time, I felt something catching on me, as if a strong iron plate was being torn apart.

The black aura that Ravier emitted was surrounding and protecting the monsters.

Thanks to that, Giselle's sword was only able to cut through the few monsters at the very front. Then, taking advantage of the gap, the remaining monsters all attacked Giselle's body.

Raviere smiled sinisterly at the sight.

"You're so weak for someone who's rumored to be a Master. Were the rumors exaggerated?"

Daughter.

As he lightly shook the bell, waves spread out more powerfully than ever before.

At the same time, Raviere's black aura enveloped the monsters' bodies. Then, their bodies began to swell larger than before.

Before Jiselle could raise her mana and strike down the monsters.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

The monsters' bodies exploded with a tremendous roar, and a pillar of black light rose high into the sky.

Jiselle's body was completely trapped within the pillar of explosion, without a trace.

Porisco and the remaining temple knights sat down in thought.

"Uh, uhhhhh… … What, what is it… … . What is this… … ."

Porisco was so terrified that he couldn't even speak properly. He had never thought that Earl Fenris, who had become a master, would die so meaninglessly.

"W, what the heck… … . What are these guys… … ."

The black pillar of light that rose high into the sky with a blazing gleam was so powerful that he could not even dare to touch it.

Even that black aura gave off a feeling of divine power. Porisco could neither understand nor acknowledge that fact.

Where in the world can you find such an ominous divine power!

Raviere looked at the rising pillar of black light, which would disappear only when his and the Templars' holy powers were exhausted.

"Are you saying that you were bothered because you couldn't kill that guy… … ?"

Raviere's face showed a look of displeasure.

They were in a situation where there were those chasing them. Now that they had shown that power, they could no longer be safe. There would definitely be pursuers.

And since such a phenomenon occurred in the middle of the capital, the nobles could not just sit still.

"Tsk… … The capital's work is a failure because of some kid. I have no choice but to escape for now… … ."

As Raviere turned around, the black aura began to surround his body. He quickly decided to get out of this place.

He didn't care at all about the police and the temple knights.

Just as Raviere was about to move to another place, someone's voice was heard nearby.

"Where are you going?"

"… … ?"

Raviere turned his head in surprise.

"you...."

He couldn't speak any further.

Jiselle was swinging her Auror Blade at him with a ferocious laugh.