Easy Raid (3)
dark night.
Even the moonlight was obscured by the flowing clouds, and a truly deep darkness hung over the curtain.
There were things that moved secretly enough to be buried in their sounds while only the sound of grass insects could be heard from time to time.
Its movements were so agile that it made me wonder if it was a beast out hunting.
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The number of such secret shadows is five. They were moving through the forest as if they were one body.
Soon, the five shadows that reached their destination finally emerged from the clouds in the faint moonlight.
The five of them were wearing black night clothes wrapped around their bodies, and the collars that reached up to their noses were hiding their faces quite a bit, but they still looked young.
The five children looked at the sight for a moment, and the one in the front gave instructions with a hand gesture.
The three pre-determined people quickly jumped out of the spot and headed to their respective places.
The remaining two, Rowen and Delan, cautiously approached the place they had been looking at.
There was a door that could have been used by two people.
It was well camouflaged by covering it with bushes, but it couldn’t fool Rowen’s eyes.
The two took out glue from the bag on their waist and meticulously filled in the cracks in the door.
It wouldn’t last very long, but one night was enough.
Then he gathered the rocks around him and started stacking them in front of the door. The doors slanted slightly inward, so they could be easily stacked.
While doing so, the three people who had been away, Claire, Frederick, and Nora, returned and reported with a gesture.
‘Goal, check, no abnormality.’
Rowen, who nodded to the three with the same report, ordered backup, and the small door was blocked with so many rocks.
As if that alone wasn’t reassuring, Dellon took iron stakes out of his body and drove them into the two largest rocks that served as fulcrums, connecting them to the ground.
After completely blocking the door, the children went back into the woods and started to pick up things scattered all over the place.
After a few minutes, the children huddled together with a bunch of twigs, exchanged glances, and all four, except for Rowen, headed to their respective places.
Arriving at the target, Claire started to insert twigs into the square hole.
It was an air vent leading to the temple in the basement. The door that was blocked together earlier was the back door of the temple, and it was blocked to block the useless escape route.
Claire took out the square stone plate she had prepared in advance. After putting a board with a handle that would fit snugly into the vent, I raised a ember and lit a twig, following the method Irvin had taught me.
When the fire came up a little, Claire got some thick twigs nearby and put them in, then covered the vent with the lid she had brought.
Just in time, Rowen, who was touring the place where the children were, came and Claire said there was no problem through sign language and asked one more question.
‘Uncle, where.’
Recognizing that, Rowen immediately frowned, then let out a silent sigh and stared at one spot.
It was a little high, so I could barely see the entrance of the temple through the trees.
It was some distance, but it didn’t matter to Rowen at all.
There, I saw Irvin wearing a courtesy mask sitting on a chair and waiting quietly.
When he pointed out Irvin’s location with his finger, Claire immediately stared at it with a bright red color, and Rowen dared to cover his face and at the same time warned him to do it properly with his hand, then moved on to the next operation.
Concentrating on Irvin, who was still dimly visible, Claire picked up more branches from around her, opened the lid, pushed the branches inside, and quickly closed the lid again.
Claire, who pushed away the black smoke that leaked out momentarily, blankly looked at Irvin’s place.
Suppressing the regret that she wished she had Rowen’s ability if it had been a little closer, Claire managed to add firewood repeatedly, keeping her eyes fixed on Irvin.
And finally, Irvin’s appearance changed.
After adding a little more firewood as scheduled, Claire set her sights on the best spot to watch Irvin.
* * *
The operation was simple.
In other words, it was like getting the bees out of the hive.
Fire is lit at the same time in four vents in the temple, pushing the smoke inside.
Those inside must have seen the smoke and thought there was a fire somewhere.
Since there is a fire in the underground space, they will try to evacuate somehow, and the back door has already been blocked before that.
Then, naturally, they had no choice but to escape through the front door.
Yes, like this.
“… … !”
“Who, who are you!”
Anyone sitting on a chair in front of their house would feel a sense of fear.
Besides, wasn’t I currently wearing a mask similar to the children in night clothes?
Watching the vigilant believers and the priests who followed me and couldn’t understand the situation, I slowly got up from my chair.
The children will come a little longer… … you can wait a bit
Seeing me standing up and not doing anything, each member of the congregation murmured and murmured something, and the crowd that followed were focused on clearing the smoke that had stuck to their throats with a cough.
I watched them for a while and then opened my mouth.
“Ask me a few questions.”
At my words, some trembled, some showed obvious hostility, and some were still bewildered.
“Are you the Dark Truth Church?”
There was no answer.
As if they had drunk a potion of silence together, they locked their eyes on me with their mouths closed.
It didn’t feel very good to see all of the expressionless faces pointing in my direction.
“Then change it and ask. What would you do if a non-believer came to kill some nasty, filthy dark lords who don’t even think it’s funny?”
“Kill heretics!”
As soon as the words left, someone shouted like that, and all the followers grabbed their weapons and rushed at me.
I just stared at them without even pulling out my sword.
Wedge liquid!
With the sound of cutting the wind, an arrow that flew from behind me hit the running believer and threw him down.
As three believers passed over at almost the same time, the others had no choice but to hesitate.
Looking at those guys, I raised the corners of my mouth.
“Are you sure you think I came alone?”
At my words, they hesitated and looked at each other, and I put my hand on my sword and took a step forward, thinking that the time was right.
“What are you doing?”
At that moment, a high-pitched voice came from behind them.
When those who were in an awkward position moved, they saw a fat man who seemed to have just come out of the temple.
Judging from the luxurious clothes he was wearing with the priests around him, he looked like a high priest. It did linger in my memory. I didn’t even ask for the name.
“If you’re just scared of that guy, you’ll have to face the Dark Lord! Get your mind right! Have you already forgotten that even if we die, we will return to the arms of the Dark Lord!”
It wasn’t even funny to say, but the fanatics seemed to have more strength than anything, and hostility towards me was rising again.
At that time, the tension was tight, as if it was going to run at me at any moment.
Wedge liquid!
Once again, arrows were fired with the sound of cutting through the wind.
Its goal is the High Priestess.
It looked like the arrow would pierce the head of the guy who was completely unprotected, but… … .
Teeing!
Right before, I was intercepted by something in the air and bounced off.
It was normal to have a simple defense technique prepared at all times because it was a high priest. I didn’t even know about it because I didn’t care and split my head with a sword.
“Hey, me, me, stern! Quickly offer their heads to the Dark Lord!”
“Oohhh!”
“Kill!”
“Blood for the Dark Lord!”
As soon as the words came out, they rushed towards me with their eyes wide open.
I signaled to Rowen in the back to stop, then took out my sword.
It was really no different from cockroaches.
I sneakily kicked the ground, and in an instant I dug between them.
Ordinary fanatics couldn’t react to my speed, and those who later learned that I had disappeared soon saw the blood fountain and looked surprised.
To be honest, these guys alone couldn’t be my opponent at all.
It was to the point where I wondered if it would be better to let the children fight rather than to see such a one-sided battle in order to gain experience.
However, there was another person I wanted to show to the children here.
“O eroding darkness!”
He was a high priest and attacked secretly from behind with a magic trick using dark magic, but there was no need to greet him like that.
I wonder if it’s okay if I can kill only me, but the poor believers were swept away by it.
Still, it was intrusive, so he kept the high priest in check by throwing daggers at intervals.
After doing that several times, the high priest, who was eventually wounded by his chubby cheeks, had no choice but to focus on strengthening his defense.
Thanks to that, I pierced the priests’ heads with a dagger while subduing them more leisurely and preparing other magical arts.
The explanation was quite long, but it happened in an instant, and the last remaining members of the temple came out.
“High priest, what is that guy?”
“It’s nothing but heresy! That is a very peculiar heresy! Sir Jennen! His skills are extraordinary, so ask for an opponent!”
It’s not even funny that he was honored when he wasn’t officially knighted.
However, his appearance changed the atmosphere once again.
It was hard to guess the age of the guy who covered his whole body with plate armor and even covered his face with a helmet. Come to think of it, I’ve never really seen her face.
There were three knights next to them, but they were insignificant, so I didn’t remember them.
The thing to be careful of in this temple is that Jennon.
As Jennon moved slowly, the followers parted like the ebb tide to open the way, and soon they stopped a short distance from me and let out a loud voice.
“Hey, heretic, unbeliever! lament! I will give you a chance to repent, who have turned their backs on darkness and are wandering in the light!”
“What are you saying, you bastard? You are sick.”
Somehow, among those who want to be a bit strong, there is no normal.
I just remembered that I was this kind of guy, and I regretted not cutting his throat right away.
Well, it wasn’t an opponent that could be defeated so quickly.
“I have no choice but to give you a great lesson myself. If I repent even now, I will ask the Dark Lord for my own opportunity.”
Listening to it made me sick to my stomach, so I spat on the ground as an answer.
Then Jennon immediately drew his sword and pointed it at me.
“Please do not intervene. This is a ritual of judgment dedicated to the Dark Lord!”
A black aura began to radiate from his body as he raised his voice.
Priests of the Dark Truth Church use magic using dark magic, but knights use it to strengthen their bodies.
That power is applied not only to the body, but also to the sword, shield, and armor, further increasing its strength.
It was a similar fighting style to the Holy Church’s paladins, but it was clear that both sides would get angry if they dared to say it.
Anyway, the fight with this guy was what I wanted to show my children.
Apparently, the dark magic they used was a headache. Even if children use their abilities.
The darkened metal made it difficult for Delon to take control of it, and even if Claire had to remove the poison, it was enough to detoxify it.
I don’t know if there is even holy water. Other than that, I had no choice but to learn how to deal with it.
When I glanced around, I saw four other children staring at me from the hillside, except Rowen.
I can’t show my ugly side when the children who are no different from my disciples are watching.
Jennon swung an attack full of power, as if he was about to slash at once, and I swung my sword lightly to show the children the strength of the armor imbued with dark magic, letting go of his attack.
Awesome!
“Keugh?!”
“… … ?”
what? Why is this cut?