211 – Praise The Lord (7)
In a small or medium-scale engagement in units of 10 to 50 people, each person is important.
However, that only applies to groups with the same difference in strength.
[Church of Light] The armed forces of the depths have a high reputation throughout the continent.
Among them, the title of ‘Guardian Knight’ can be bestowed only by a select few among those from the depths.
In order to become a ‘Guardian Knight’, various abilities are required, such as political power and loyalty, as well as military force.
In other words, force is a basic condition.
The confrontation between the Locke group and the Armed group quickly changed after Claire, the Guardian Knight of the First Saint Isabel, joined them.
──Booooong!
Claire swung a greatsword bigger than herself.
“Turn it off…!”
“Off, off!”
Every time he swung his sword, the screams of the armed group rang out. At the same time, the severed limbs of armed groups fluttered in the air.
Claire with a nonchalant face mechanically slashed the group of armed men in front of her eyes and said to Locke, who was also swinging her sword beside her.
“Head Professor, can I kill all these people? It’s inconvenient to deal with it without killing it as part of it.”
“Please do so. I think I only need three or four people to interrogate anyway.”
“Okay.”
Claire, who answered calmly, loosened her gripped hands. He had swung his sword rather precisely in order to sever his limbs without killing him.
Claire, who had cut down three or four more like that, checked the battle situation.
‘I’ve defeated almost all of the easy opponents.’
There are 20 opponents left. They seem to have grown tired of Claire’s spirit, and now they are watching the situation from a distance rather than rushing further.
A total of 7 people, including Locke and himself, can fight.
You and Locke were in good condition with no major injuries, but the instructors suffered quite a few minor injuries here and there. Besides, among the remaining 20 opponents, there is no chaff.
At this rate, it was clear that the damage would increase.
Claire said to Locke.
“The war situation is not going well. If this continues, we will have to pay a heavy price. If you don’t mind, I’d like to hear Renimid-sama’s voice, how about it?”
“Willing.”
“Then please watch over me for a while. You need to concentrate for about 20 seconds.”
When Locke nodded, Claire began to memorize the AoE divine buff.
Among the group of armed men, the one standing at the forefront shouted.
“You have to kill that b*tch! I can’t give you time, everyone rush!”
A group of 20 armed men rushed at Claire at the same time.
Locke immediately hit the floor with both of his palms in front of Claire.
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With a roar, a thick mud wall appeared in front of him, about 3 meters high and 10 meters wide. Unlike magic, it is Locke’s ability to cast blood that does not require casting.
Shouted the leader of the group of armed men who threw themselves into the mud wall.
“Hey, it’s just mud! Just jump in!”
At that, the armed group all jumped into the mud wall. The instructors behind them rushed out to stop them, but within seconds, the mud wall was destroyed.
They reached right in front of Claire’s nose.
However, Claire is still casting a buff spell with her eyes closed.
Locke let out a long moan of pain.
“Whoa…”
Then he hit the floor again with both palms.
Then, with a roar much louder than the mud wall, a stone wall about 3 meters high and 10 meters wide this time rose.
Shouted the leader of the bewildered group of armed men.
“This can’t pierce! Let’s go around the side of the stone wall! Hurry!”
At that, the armed group moved in perfect order to the side of the stone wall.
However, Locke continued to build stone walls along their path.
“You worked hard, head professor.”
In the meantime, Claire’s wide-area divinity buff casting was finished. A baptism of scorching light descended on Locke and his instructors.
Locke smiled bitterly at Claire and coughed up blood. It was the price of successive ability manifestations.
However, at the same time, strength rose in his body. It was the power of the wide-area divine buff.
Like him, the instructors also felt the boiling power. At the same time, an intense destructive impulse rose.
Calming the destructive urge boiling inside, Locke spoke softly.
“You guys have worked hard. Let’s all finish this.”
“””Yes!”””
As Locke and Claire rushed at the armed group, the instructors followed.
* * *
When Locke, Claire and the Armed Forces are engaged in a small/medium-scale battle.
Piel and Oswald had an argument.
A confrontation between Piel in the matchmaker mode and Oswald with one of his arms missing.
At first, Oswald was surprised by Piel’s unexpected momentum, but the gap in experience was not easily bridged.
1 Go, 2 go, 3 go, 4 go ······· And when they exchanged about 10 go, Oswald was sure of his victory. He said he would cut off the head of the cute red-haired girl in front of him within 10 go.
‘I’m very lucky today.’
To take the lives of young geniuses with monstrous talents in just one day.
Just imagining it made my lower leg stiff.
‘But I’m the one who wins this time too!’
He has risked his life at least 100 times in his life, but he always stood last.
The pain of not being able to kill myself, conversely, made me stronger. So even though he lost an arm in this game, he is not very regretful. With this experience, you will grow even more.
Oswald said as he looked at Piel, who struggled to get his axe.
“Kya~ It was good that you were alive until this point. These days, there are only boring things, so I seriously wanted to commit suicide.”
Piel did not respond. It was because it was too much for him to block Oswald’s ax attack.
‘······This is a real battle, is it? I don’t think I can win at all.’
No matter how much the Blood Man ability [Competition] Was activated, the gap in power was clear.
His ax stroke was rough, but intense and quick. It’s hard to figure out the path of the ax with the eyes, so most of them rely on their senses to block them.
If you make even the slightest mistake, you die immediately.
His stamina decreased even more rapidly from the fear. It was already a limit.
Oswald said with a grotesque laugh.
“Well, it worked out better for me. Originally, I like to kill the strong ones first. Oh, don’t be too sad. I’ll send Old Theo to the same place right after I kill you. Or run away! Then you will save me.”
“f*ck me! It’s been f*cking noisy since before!”
Piel exclaimed nervously. I was in a hurry to block it, but Oswald’s voice that kept ringing in my ear was annoying.
She promised, biting her lip again.
‘I can’t kill you. Let’s just hold on.’
The ax murderer in front of him intends to kill Theo unconditionally.
My legs are shaking beyond control. The arms that used to block the ax are numb. Nausea constantly rises from within.
To be honest, even in this state, you can escape by yourself. If a first-year student has endured this far, it is more than enough to pay for itself.
However, there was no option to run away in the first place.
Then, Theo will surely die.
Oswald giggled.
“Kyaa~ Good posture, good. This makes me feel like killing myself. But are you two dating? It’s like running together, and both mouths are begging. Yoohoo~ How far have you guys gone?”
“Shut up, north bastard!”
Just like that, Piel was swearing and blocking her axe.
‘······· Huh?’
At some point, I felt my stamina recover.
My wobbly legs are stabilizing. Sensation returned to her numb arms. The nausea that was constantly trying to come out also stopped.
The feeling of being surrounded by a scorching light.
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······No, it’s actually wrapped.
Before anyone knew it, the approaching Alps used a divine buff on Piel.
Piel muttered.
“Thanks, Alps.”
Only physical strength was restored, but other stats were not strengthened.
However, that alone was enough to enter the second round of endurance.
Sensing something strange, Oswald changes his target to the Alps.
“Where are you interfering in a sacred one-on-one match! Oh well, it makes me feel good!”
Oswald, whose eyes are gone, runs at Alps.
“Kwaaa!”
He stopped running and grabbed his head.
Confusion, fear, erosion, migraine, blindness, etc.
It was afflicted with the same abnormal status magic as the one hit during the duel with Theo.
“!”
It wasn’t Piel who would miss that opportunity.
She immediately raised her sword and struck Oswald in the head.
But instead of the black head of Oswald, it ended up cutting off what was left of Oswald’s left arm from the shoulder.
Oswald’s ability to take blood [Danger Sense] Was automatically manifested.
At the same time, a group of about 10 people walked towards the center of the stage. Said the man at the head of the group.
“Ah, am I a little late? It seems like there are a lot of people who need treatment.”
It was Taylor, the assistant manager of the healers guild [The Hilte].