The Mad Dog of the Dukes House - Chapter 101



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Episode 101 Part 31. Are you crazy?

One.

Paaaaaaaaaaah-!

The splendid light emanating from the knights instantly engulfs the fortress.

A light that can only be described as wondrous.

The light naturally took away the dark magic that had been dwelling in the fortress.

Kkaaaaaaah-!

The monsters screamed incessantly.

The skin of monsters exposed to light bursts into flames.

And the elves who had been consumed by the murderous intent of slaughter began to come to their senses one by one.

“……miracle.”

Leo, who was watching the sacred scene, muttered in a small voice.

Caron nodded and agreed with Leo.

As Leo said, that’s a miracle.

Literally, a miracle accomplished by divine power.

Miracles are not in the realm of whether or not God exists.

Regardless of faith, everything that happens through the energy of divine power is called a miracle.

-There is a saint over there, master.

Guillotine spoke softly.

saint.

It refers to a being that is born with tremendous divine power.

They are the core of the group called the Holy Kingdom, and may one day ascend to the position of Pope.

People call them saints.

“Eradicate evil!”

“I give my life to the light!”

The knights run in the light emitted by the saint.

The pure white horses they rode radiated divine power and trampled the monsters.

Kwajijijik-!

Kwajik!

The hammers wielded by the knights crush the heads of monsters without mercy.

And once again the divine power of the saint poured down upon it.

Pure white waves begin to sweep away the monsters.

The moment the Paladins began to attack the fortress, the battlefield was already decided.

“Medicine goes to the pharmacist, the devil goes to the priest. That’s why experts are important.”

Caron raised his head, grinning.

The monsters’ command structure has collapsed, and the massacre is no longer effective.

All he can do in this situation is roll his eyes and scan the battlefield.

The long battle has now reached its end.

At this point, the match was already decided.

The Chaos Gate lost its power due to the massacre and the use of dark magic.

All that remains now is to clear out the monsters.

Even if you put down your sword right now, the fanatics will clean up after you.

“But this is so unfair.”

But Charon did not put down his sword.

Every muscle in my body was screaming incessantly, but I didn’t want to give the end to the fanatics like this.

Again.

Charon took a step forward.

Then Guillotine’s voice echoed in my head.

-You have to feed him one room and send him away, just as the owner wants.

“Explain it.”

-That eye is the only one here that is connected to the main body of the massacre. Unlike the fragment we just encountered, it contains real black magic.

The mastermind who instilled murderous intent into the minds of the elves.

Those were the eyes.

At Guillotine’s explanation, Charon asked with a snicker.

“Can you eat that?”

-… … Absorption is possible. It may be too early for the owner to digest that power, but I can contain it within me.

“I need to have something left over too. Okay, how exactly?”

-Is there even a method? Just stick me in there. I’ll take care of the rest.

Simple way.

Of course, I couldn’t just stick my sword directly into those eyes that were so high up in the sky.

I can barely stand right now, so how can I possibly fly?

Even with help from the wind spirit, it wasn’t an easy task.

But there was no need to fly there myself.

Most of the flying creatures have already crashed due to the ‘miracles’ performed by the saint.

This means that the force that protected the pupil has now disappeared.

Woohoo!

Charon poured all the magical power that was left in his core into the guillotine.

And then he said, glancing at Orion.

“Help me.”

“Are you going to throw your sword?”

“I think that way I’ll feel a little better.”

“To agree.”

Wheeeeeeing-!

The wind spirits began to appear.

Perhaps because some of the black magic was purified by the divine power, the spirits’ momentum was stronger than before.

“I will help you.”

The magical power flowing from Orion’s body further strengthened the spirits.

A strong wind blows.

And red flames are mixed in the wind.

Orion compressed the power of the spirits into the palm of his hand and looked at Charon with a smile.

Caron nodded with a smirk. Then he threw the guillotine with all his might towards the eye.

And at that moment.

Phew! Phew!

Orion unleashed a burst of elemental power near the guillotine’s handle.

Phew!

The extremely compressed force of the explosion struck the guillotine’s handle.

Wheeeeeeeek-!

The guillotine split the sky while imbued with the magic of clarity.

It was like a bolt from the blue.

Not lightning striking from the sky, but lightning striking from the ground to the sky.

That lightning.

Push-!

It pierced my pupils in the blink of an eye.

Swish.

Only then did the eyes that had been scanning the battlefield turn to look at Charon.

【Do you think you won?】

At those words, Caron raised his middle finger toward the pupil.

“Of course we won, you idiot.”

【Hatred binds you, so you cannot be free in this life either. What a pitiful fate.】

The purple eyes began to crack.

The bruise that started from the guillotine quickly spread throughout the entire pupil.

In the midst of the collapse, the massacre whispered softly.

【One day, you will be covered in murderous intent and slaughter everything with your own hands.】

Charon smiled brightly in response to the words that were almost like a curse.

“I promise, I will definitely slaughter you demon children. So… … .”

Charon took a deep breath and finished speaking while looking straight into her eyes.

“That’s it for today, you loser.”

Tsk tsk tsk-!

Before long, his pupils shattered like glass.

A purple sliver begins to flutter in the air.

And at the same time, the purple black magic that had been hanging in the sky slowly disappeared.

The voice of slaughter echoed once again in the midst of the dispersing black magic.

【I will happily await the moment when you are consumed by hatred.】

With those words, the power of slaughter was completely extinguished.

The battle with slaughter thus came to an end.

2.

After the pupils disappeared, everything flowed naturally.

The soldiers of the Holy Kingdom and the elves naturally joined forces to clear out the remaining monsters.

There was nothing more for Caron and his party to do.

They just apply first aid to the wounds and sit on the rubble to rest.

The power of the divine power, which can be said to be the natural enemy of demons, was truly great.

Even though their force was less than half that of the elves, they were unilaterally slaughtering the monsters.

Of course, that amazing record.

Ttukbuk.

It came from that saint approaching Charon’s party.

The power of the saint was truly great.

Because the divine power he emitted was enough to melt lower-level monsters alive.

“Thanks to your amazing efforts, we were able to stop the Demon King’s activities. On behalf of the Holy Kingdom, I express my gratitude to you.”

The saint smiled gently and spoke to Charon and his party.

One by one, the group of Caron who had been sitting on the remains of the spire stood up.

Charon looked at the saint with a calm expression.

Beautiful appearance.

There’s this old-fashioned hair color called platinum.

The pure white divine power emanating from behind him could be perfectly described as a halo.

And above all.

-… … He looks young, but he’s already been given wings. It seems like he’s a favorite of the current Pope.

A pair of wings were visible from him.

White wings covered with white feathers.

The appearance gave the impression that the saint was like an angel.

But such sacredness had no appeal to Caron at all.

Charon already knows the true nature of those wings.

That is not something given by the ‘god’ they worship.

It is simply a form created through divine power.

“Surely the brilliant light has led you here. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. Nice to meet you. I am Elijah, a cardinal of the Holy Kingdom.”

When he quietly introduced his name, Leon responded with some surprise.

“… …Saint of Salvation?”

“Shamefully, I am also called by such extravagant nicknames.”

Saint of salvation?

It was an unknown nickname to Charon, who had no particular interest in the Holy Kingdom.

Still, it seems that Leon, who had been active in the South for a long time, was a familiar name.

She whispered to Charon in a small voice.

“… … That man is a strong candidate to be the next Pope. What’s special about him is that… … he is the leader of the hardliners within the Holy Kingdom.”

“Are you a hardliner?”

“A hammer in one hand, a Bible in the other. The war between the Southern Kingdoms must be resolved by the Holy Kingdom. That is the logic of the hardliners of the Holy Kingdom.”

“iced coffee.”

I understood it right away.

In short, it means those among the fanatics who are crazy about war.

It was very easy to understand because there were many people like that within the empire.

Charon nodded slightly and then spoke to Elijah.

“Let me ask you one thing, Saint.”

“Please do so.”

“Have you seen me anywhere?”

Elijah shook his head with an incomprehensible smile at the question.

“No way.”

At that moment, about ten knights approached from behind Elijah with brisk strides.

Paladins covered in the blood of all kinds of monsters.

Their appearance was more terrifying than divine.

“Now, you can leave this place to us. We will purify all the evil energy that has spread across this land. So… … .”

Elijah looked into Charon’s eyes and smiled.

“Why don’t you rest now? We will protect you.”

On the surface, it seemed like a very kind offer.

But Caron was quick to see the hidden meaning behind those words.

“Everyone, take up your weapons.”

At Caron’s direction, his comrades all took up their weapons.

They noticed too.

What I am saying is that the attitude of those fanatics is strange.

Charon spoke to the saint, his grip on the guillotine lightly tightening.

“The kids who are supposed to protect us are just struggling to survive, and you want us to follow you?”

“I don’t want any unnecessary conflict.”

“If that’s what you wanted, you shouldn’t have come out like this. Do you think we look like fools?”

The atmosphere turns tense in an instant.

Why are these fanatic bastards suddenly acting like this?

Charon asked as if he was ready to cut off Elijah’s head at any moment.

“Now that I look at it, I think you know who I am.”

“A skill that can even fight against a fragment of the Demon King. And most of all… … that sword of deep blue light. When I think about it carefully, I think I know who you are.”

Elijah answered in a soft voice.

“Caron Reston. Rumors are usually exaggerated, but seeing you, I don’t think that’s necessarily the case.”

Even the knights who were hunting the monsters begin to join.

Caron laughed at the sight.

“You were after me from the beginning?”

Then Elijah laughed and shook his head.

“How could that be? We came here to protect this world from the Demon King. However… … .”

Elijah’s words trailed off for a moment.

The smile on his face disappeared in an instant, and soon his cold voice rang out.

“You don’t seem all that different to me.”

“I didn’t know that a saint could accuse someone without evidence. Oh, that’s your specialty, right? Witch hunting.”

“Other people may not know, but I can clearly see it.”

He pointed to the guillotine with his finger.

“The vicious murderous intent that lingers on that sword. That black magic sword. Isn’t that right, Caron Reston?”

Elijah’s eyes glowed eerily.

At those words, Caron.

“Oh, I got caught.”

He was willing to bare his teeth at the fanatics.

There’s a mad dog living in the duke’s house