9. I would have fought and fought alone
If you win the game, it’s a good thing.
But in reality, things were a little different.
Even if they were victorious, pure joy did not exist as long as there were victims.
Some have lost a colleague like a brother, and some have lost a close friend.
Since everyone here was a knight, there was no one who cried out.
Even so, it was not possible to avoid the atmosphere of the entire monastery becoming calm.
Because of this, the parish head of Heint moved his body while personally fixing up here and there in the monastery.
If the head himself stays still, the resilience of the entire monastery will be further weakened.
Monted approached him.
“Director, you can rest.”
“Ah. Sir Monted. No. It can’t be. It’s still this vivid. Ha ha!”
“……”
Monted knew it well.
How do you feel now that the Bishop of Heint is working so hard?
He probably felt the greatest guilt for the paladins who died because of his own lack.
I will take the place of those who died.
It must be such a secret.
As I got older, I began to see things I couldn’t see before.
Seeing him with a bitter look in his eyes, Bishop Heint slightly turned his words around.
“Sir Monted is leaving now?”
“Yes. Gauron-nim hasn’t finished his work yet. Shouldn’t I join him as an assistant? In fact, it’s already behind schedule. I think we’ll have to move quickly.”
“Yes, it should be. That’s true, but how is Lord Monted?”
Monted had scratches from the ghoul’s claws in several places.
It’s not that he doesn’t have skills, but it was that difficult not to take any damage on a large battlefield.
“It’s a light wound. The brothers will take care of the recovery medicine, so there should be no problem.”
Monted tapped the small bag attached to his side.
“I’m glad. I understand. Then go quickly.”
“Okay. I, but the parish priest.”
“yes?”
“That’s what you said yesterday.”
“Yesterday? What did you say?”
“Concerning Lord Rohan…”
“Ah. Why is that?”
“Are you serious?”
At Monted’s cautious question, Bishop Heint smiled as if it was nothing special.
“Seriously? You went through that four months together yesterday? You must have sensed that Lord Rohan wasn’t that deserving. Or do you think I’m doing too much? I’m a man with that much authority. Ha ha.”
“You know I’m not saying that I don’t have the authority. It might be too hasty, wouldn’t it? To have Lord Rohan as the Heretic Inquisitor.”
Bishop Heint straightened his hunched posture while working and stood up.
“Oops. Now that I’m older, I won’t be able to do this for long.”
“The parish head.”
“That’s why I’m doing it. I’m older now. It’s hard to do the job of the Heretic Inquisitor anymore.”
“……”
Bishop Heint nodded.
“Lord Monted’s concerns. The parishioner is well aware of it. I haven’t watched him for a long time, but it’s a decision I made with great care.”
At that moment, though it was short, the eyes of the Bishop of Heint changed.
With those eyes from when he was active as a heretic interrogator in the past.
“Hatred for the devil. Anger, obsession with punishment. I felt it. Those are the most important things to the heretic inquisitor.”
Monted felt a slight chill down his spine.
“Lord Rohan already has all of that. Plus formidable skills. Why can’t he be the Heretic Inquisitor?”
“But, from the Seven Knights to the Heretic Inquisitor. There has never been a person who holds both powers at the same time.”
The Heretic Inquisitor had more power than nobility when it came to demons.
Ordinary nobles, of course, even powerful nobles would have to suffer quite a bit if they were wrongly caught by the Heretic Inquisitor.
In addition, all five kingdoms on the continent that run the seven knights together were following the Arlem Church.
That meant that the power of the Heretic Inquisitor in any of the five kingdoms did not seek the light of day.
Even with the reputation of the Seven Knights, you will already be treated in extreme poverty wherever you go, even the Heretic Inquisitor?
There has never been a case in history where he held both positions concurrently.
“Just because it wasn’t there doesn’t mean it won’t be there in the future.”
“That’s right, but…”
To Monted, who was still doubtful, Bishop Heint added one more word.
“Sir Monted. What did you think of Sir Rohan yesterday?”
“That’s right…I knew you were good at it.”
“Yes. He’s really good. He knows the demons’ attack patterns and habits. And he knows how to deal with large demons like Hellfire Buster.”
“Yes.”
I couldn’t deny it.
In fact, even in that prenuptial situation, Rohan did not allow a single attack.
Moreover, that blow that split the Hellfire Buster.
Unlike slashing multiple ghouls at once, to slash such a large demon with a single sword, it was necessary to know exactly its weakness.
Do you even know the devil’s body structure?
At that level, it was already said that it was not a normal bet.
“When I saw it, I felt a tear.”
“For some reason…”
“The person who first fought the devil yesterday couldn’t possibly have that kind of skill. Then what are the remaining cases?”
Monted nodded at the Bishop Heint’s question.
“It must mean that you have been through a lot of battles.”
“That’s right. It has to be. No one knows, a black night like yesterday. Lord Rohan must have fought and fought alone.”
“I can’t…”
“Yes. That’s it. No one would treat you, no one would praise you. You just fight. We, unknowingly, might have slept on our feet thanks to him.”
“Alone in the shadows…… I must have endured for a long time.”
“He didn’t have a big greed for authority, and he didn’t even blink his eyes at riches. He simply punishes evil!”
Monted felt his throat choke.
‘Could I have done that?……’
Well.
I couldn’t be certain.
How long has Rohan endured, how long has he gnashed his teeth?
I couldn’t even guess.
And deep inside, the tongue was about to stick out.
“A hero, is there anything? He’s a hero, Lord Monted. That’s what I thought. What if a man like Lord Rohan wasn’t treated as a hero? That would be the real crisis of the Church. Who else dares to take it? Even if God looks upon him, we must repay him in our own way.”
“…… My thoughts were short.”
In the end, Monted had no choice but to agree with the Bishop of Heint.
“Whoops. It can be done. As a Heretic Inquisitor for a long time, I fought silently without anyone knowing, so I barely opened the curtains of Sir Rohan’s life.”
“okay.”
“Because I’m sure he deserves it.”
Monted was also positive.
“Now I think I know why Gauron-nim pointed him out.”
“Haha. It’s hard to follow Gauron’s high discernment, right?”
“Even when I’m serving you by my side, I’m often surprised.”
“I’m sure Diaz will do that often now.”
“Yes. Being next to Lord Rohan… I think so.”
Monted thought he wanted to watch Rohan a little longer.
But now it was hard.
Because I had to join Gauron soon.
“I’m going to start right now.”
“Yes. Please.”
As he left Straun Monastery, he looked back one last time.
‘See you again. Sir Rohan.’
When he brought him here, his mind was completely changed.
* * *
I picked up my ears.
“Who’s talking about me?…”
Perhaps it was because I had just used my stamina and unique skills at once, but I only woke up when the sun rose in the middle of the sky.
Thanks to the excited state, even the eggs were laid all over the body.
“Ugggggg!”
It was hell to take one step at a time.
Somehow not dead
Outside, the memorial for the dead paladins was still going on.
“after……”
It was the first large-scale battle in my life.
I evaluated myself because I did pretty well for that.
‘okay. Where is this?’
In their own way, not only in battle, but also saved some paladins whose lives were in danger.
Thanks to that, unlike the first time, the paladins looked at me with different eyes.
Well, it wasn’t all that important.
‘Because I decided to leave today.’
Although there was a fierce battle yesterday, I did not change my schedule.
No, rather, I was in a hurry.
‘Even if it wasn’t for me yesterday, I would have stopped it. Even if the damage was a bit large.’
This Straun Monastery hadn’t collapsed that quickly.
It collapsed right before the real story started.
I also did a bit of brainstorming to figure out the point in time, but thanks to that, I was able to get a rough sense of time.
‘When Diaz first appeared, he was already making a name for himself as a demon hunter.’
And it was added that it was an achievement achieved in three years.
Assuming that this incident happened right away and he converted to a demon hunter…
‘Three years left.’
It was said that after three years, a real big war would break out once.
The Great Invasion that started the story of Pao God.
To survive at that time, even if he worked diligently from now on, it would not be enough.
‘If there are three years left, I’ll go to Oryton first rather than the ruins.’
The unique skills in the ruins still had time to sleep.
On the other hand, the unique skill on the Laderun Kingdom side was a guy who would soon have an owner.
‘I intercepted first.’
Even if it seemed a bit risky, it was definitely possible given the time.
It was something that had already been calculated several times.
I made my own decision with confidence.
And the unique skill sleeping in Oriturn was a high-level unique skill that was too good to give up.
Because it was a skill that had enough value to make a non-trivial villain called Joe Barton into a name.
Even if it didn’t work, it was worth a try.
At that time, I was simply thinking about my next move.
smart smart
A knock was heard.
I forcibly moved my aching legs and headed for the door.
When he opened the door, he saw Diaz in front of him.
“Rohan-nim. The preparations you said are finished.”
“Um. It was hard.”
I nodded briefly, not showing any muscle pain.
She bowed her head to me and disappeared.
Fortunately, she was not seriously injured either, so the plan was not disrupted.
I turned around, packed my few belongings, and left the door.
It was time to leave Straun and head for Oryton.