Shepherd (3)
The operation went smoothly.
It’s so much fun just looking at it.
“It transforms right in front of your eyes, are you going to leave it alone? Not sick.”
I raised the corners of my mouth as I looked at Berrettinio, who was vomiting blood and rolling on the floor in agony.
Beretinio, who used to be a chubby middle-aged man, now looks like a troll-like monster as his muscles have swollen unnaturally and his size and height have rapidly increased.
It was a ‘dark mutation’ that circulated the dark magic held inside the body as if it exploded rapidly, causing body mutation.
It was usually used only at the last moment by dark knights, and it was to burn their own lives and put all their energy into strengthening their physical abilities.
It was a very terrible technique that transformed even the body of an ordinary priest into a monster like that, temporarily providing powerful power.
I’m sure I was going to go wild when I was caught, but… … .
“You may have tried it with desperate determination, but you didn’t know that the technique had a fatal flaw, didn’t you?”
“you… … Yes, what about you… … !”
Even as blood dripped from the corners of his mouth, Beretinio shot a vicious glance at me.
Even so, I can’t move properly from the head down, though.
The other monsters were trembling as they collapsed without even keeping their heads still, so at least Beretinio was in good shape.
I smiled at Berretinio and said,
“how is it? The special meal of the Great Church, which is the pride of the sacred city of Hisera, must have been delicious.”
“That’s what… … .”
“The things you all ate here until now… … They are all made with holy water.”
“… … !”
When I revealed the truth to the appearance that he would die soon if left alone, he opened his eyes wide as if he had finally realized it.
Divine power was no different from poison to those who deal with dark magic.
Of course, the method of reducing the divine power applied from the outside is familiar to everyone, regardless of whether it is a dark priest or a dark knight… … It was inevitably vulnerable to the divine power applied directly from inside the body.
Even a very small amount causes abdominal pain and makes it difficult to move the body, but these guys continued to fill the body with the holy water undiluted solution for several days.
It was a natural result that the divine power spread throughout the body collided with the runaway dark magic.
Even if some of the divine power was erased during the dark transformation process, it would be like this because the amount that it could not handle was piled up.
“Wait, how… … know… … !”
“It’s embarrassing to even say that. I think he would have been caught anyway, and went through less suffering thanks to me.”
At that moment, Beretinio’s face contorted like a demon.
It’s rewarding to dare to provoke.
Wow!
“It’s you! The heresy who hinders our grand plan and follows the foolish light!”
Along with a harsh shout, a fist the size of a human torso slammed the floor, and Berretnio slowly raised his huge body from his seat.
No matter how much the inside was being torn apart, it was possible to force it to move depending on the dark magic it possessed.
The dark magic that spread through the body somehow strengthened the body, tried to regenerate the wound, and the excitement made it forget the pain, so it would be possible to move as well as attack.
Of course, I induced it.
“Lord, kill me!”
As if he had let go of the reason he was barely holding on to, Berretinio, with red foam in his mouth, swung his huge hand at me.
When I wiped it off with my sword, it left a huge gold mark on the floor, and I swung my sword at the bare chest.
Kaaang!
The sound of metal colliding with metal echoed, not skin slashing.
“Grrr!”
As if he had lost his language now, Beretinio kept attacking me with a screeching sound.
There, I added a moderately defensive direction.
While doing so, he glanced around and saw that the Paladins already deployed, as well as the additional personnel, subdued the other monsters.
It could have been put to an end in an instant, but the reason I showed it like this was to alert them.
The only reason I was able to subdue him easily was because I had fed him holy water beforehand.
In fact, we had to know that if they started rampaging properly, there could be enough casualties.
If they were to cooperate to deal with the Dark Truth Church in the future, they should have kept this in mind as well.
It is also said that they must never be vigilant until they die completely.
“Kuuoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
Black energy began to radiate randomly from Beretinio’s body, who had let out an incomprehensible scream.
The paladins lifted their shields, and the priests created a shield to protect themselves.
I am… … Rather, it was rushing toward him.
Discharging power like that means that the end is not far away.
It meant that the dark magic that was naturally devoted to strengthening the body had decreased.
Awesome!
The sword he swung cut open his throat, and the distorted head fell to the floor.
When he turned his head with his body still intact, Berrettinio’s head, which had been rolling several times on the floor, stopped moving.
Coincidentally, wide-open eyes met mine… … It was soon plunged into darkness.
“… … !”
A feeling I felt somewhere.
It was as if time had stopped, and I couldn’t feel anything but me and that head.
The darkness in my eyes was clearly staring at me.
this is what… … .
– First time seeing it.
someone was talking to me
I really wanted to, but… … It was not difficult to guess that my prediction was correct.
Even in a world where time seems to have stopped, my mouth moved and I put one word into my mouth.
“Are you the Dark Lord?”
-Khehehehe… … .
He let out a low laugh at my question.
I think you’ve heard that too.
The fact that he could see this side through the body of a follower was surprising, but not scary.
After all, there are only a few things that a guy locked up in the basement can do here.
“If you have something to say, do it quickly and leave. Because I want to get out of this dirty space.”
I had been trying since before, but it seemed that something was lacking in destroying this unknown space.
Or maybe it’s simply that consciousness is connected to it.
At my words, the black darkness shimmered like a flame, and then a grotesque voice uttered.
-Now, this must be the last time.
“That bastard is real.”
I’m just talking incomprehensible words.
At that moment, the darkness that had only stayed in my eyes exploded and shattered the invisible wall, sending me back to reality.
The problem was that it wasn’t the end.
The united darkness exploded and shattered, flying toward and absorbing the still struggling monsters.
It’s different, really.
“Oohhh!”
“Kleurraaa!”
As if they had completely lost their reason, they let out screams and got up while wiping out the pain, and the Paladins hurriedly tried to sever their heads.
However, it was not easy because only the number of them reached 20, and I had to help with one arm.
It was no longer time to worry about directing or anything.
It was because these guys, who had undergone the Dark Transformation, were insignificant, and in an instant radiated power that surpassed that of Beretinio.
What must the dark lord have done?
Fortunately, the elite of the elite of the Holy Church gathered here.
Furthermore… … There was Pope Uradio III.
“dare… … What kind of security are you emitting dirty power!”
When the staff hit the floor once, the holy power emanating from the pope covered the entire chapel.
As if caught in a gravitational magic, the monsters stood still and trembled to escape somehow, and the Paladins tried to cut their necks in the gap, but the hardness was still the same.
“Compress your divine power! We must slit his throat at once!”
One of them, a paladin, exclaimed.
I can’t remember the name, but at the words of the commander of the Holy Knights, the other Paladins stopped swinging their swords and concentrated, and their swords turned white.
They succeeded in slashing their heads here and there, and no matter how hard they fell, they could no longer move and only the darkness leaking out of their bodies quietly scattered.
However, there were still beings who rebelled among them.
“Kooaaa!”
I wonder if the dark magic and compatibility were very good?
He was twice as big as the other guys, and soon he tore off the restraints of divine power and jumped into the air.
Seeing where those eyes were headed, I immediately called someone.
“Astel!”
Astell, who had been quiet in the corner as if waiting for those words, jumped out and blocked the door leading outside.
Immediately after, the monster hurled itself toward the door.
“Suck!”
cooong!
Astell’s large shield was stamped into the ground, and a golden barrier appeared.
Immediately after that, the monster’s target changed from the door to Astell in an instant.
It could be said to be a truly overwhelming provocation ability.
Kwaaang!
The golden barrier cracked with a huge crash.
But that’s all.
Astel’s body did not move even one step, which meant that the monster’s body had stopped.
[Breaking the limit]
He approached him in an instant and swung his sword vigorously toward his neck, which had been erected at an appropriate angle, slashing it.
I felt a slight repulsive force, but it was not enough to block the sword, and soon after the fallen head rolled on the floor a few times, the huge body fell slowly.
I said while looking at Astel, who was still erecting her shield.
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“Your skills have improved a lot while I haven’t seen you.”
“Right? Right, Irvin? If you think so, you can be independent now?!”
“The high priest Miriam asked me to hit him once if I said that.”
“Wow!”
His skill at handling divine powers has improved considerably, but his personality training seems to be lacking.
After roughly appeasing Astel, she approached the Pope, feeling the divine power that was pressing her surroundings slowly dissipate.
“I hope you have shown us grace once again.”
“Because I didn’t want to see the guys from the Dark Truth Church running wild. Anyway, you’re keeping your promise with this, right?”
“Cancer, of course. No, rather, it was something I hadn’t hoped for.”
At my words, Uradio nodded with a lively face.
The glowing eyes of his wrinkled face radiated a vicious aura that made it difficult to see him as a priest.
He had no choice but to hate the darkness as much as he served the light, and it was not an ordinary thing for those who served the darkness to infiltrate the church.
It would be humiliating, and it was clear that it was something to be angry about.
But this meant that the time had come to sound the beacon of a counterattack.
At the New Year’s celebration that came like that, Uradio, who appeared in front of the public, said something truly unconventional.
“The group that serves the illusory entity known as the Dark Lord has resurfaced.”
At the sudden words, people started to mutter, and before the muttering had subsided, the pope added another word.
“They call themselves the Dark Truth Church, and they do dirty things all over the empire. In fact, they disguised themselves as priests of our church and even infiltrated Hisera.”
People were shocked by it, and some of them screamed.
Actually, it wasn’t infiltrated, but it was lured. For the public, that side will come more shocking.
Members of the imperial family were also present at Hisera’s New Year’s celebration.
And that’s what I wanted.
The Lu Nera Holy Church and the Empire worked together to put pressure on the Dark Truth Church so that they could no longer operate freely.
While they were paying attention to them, the goal of the five children and I was to cut down the metallurgical forces through thorough guerrilla warfare.
Although the timing was a little faster because of being involved with Rize, it could be said that their destruction has come earlier.
Watching Uradio telling people about the dangers of the Dark Truth Church and about eradicating them without fail, I revised my plan step by step.
But at this time I didn’t know.
Because of this, the Dark Truth Church goes beyond passive activities… … That means it will disappear altogether.