6. Proof of Existence (62)
“I-I hate this me… Please, Ian… . stop it! The verdict is final! Death penalty, no more! Please don’t make me more miserable, because I’ll beg you… … !”
The atmosphere in the audience calmed down solemnly.
There is a woman in this place who begs to be killed instead. It was a struggle to prevent another vain sacrifice.
How can you not be sad?
It was difficult for the man to calm his shaking chest, and he let out a long breath. And close your eyes, take a moment to control your mind.
There was an unchanging will in the golden eyes that opened again.
“… … judge!”
She was not a saint.
Standing on the steep cliff, sixteen pairs of eyes focused on the young knight. He was pleading with open arms.
“What about the court’s decision?”
Well, there is nothing to ask.
Anyone could see that Ian was using force. Logically and legally, the saintess’ judgment was correct.
To say that he was an agent that the principal rejected in the first place.
There was not even a precedent. The Pope, who had finished his judgment like that, was about to shake his head slowly.
“The sinner’s claim is correct. Your request for an honor trial cannot be accepted… … .”
“Are you afraid of me?”
The old priest stopped talking, and his pupils narrowed.
A provocation whose intentions are transparent.
But the effect was good. Because tens of thousands of believers were witnessing this scene.
“The discipline and authority built up over a thousand years, you who look down on us proudly from the top of a lofty cliff! Weren’t you confident that you were the representative of the heavenly gods? Are you afraid of me, a mere human being?”
“… … Goyan bastard.”
A sigh was mixed with the low reproach.
This argument made no sense in the first place.
Sinners want death. So was the court.
But one man wanted death. I shook off the hand of the law that promised to save me, and was raising the blade to please kill me.
It’s really tough.
Why are you so stubborn?
By the time the pope swallowed his groan, saying, “Yes.”
“Honour trial!”
A warm voice came from somewhere.
It was among the crowd. While the Pope and other judges were looking at the source in surprise, the outcry was spreading explosively.
“Honour trial! Hold an honor trial!”
“You must be punished for insulting the authority of the High Court!”
“Respect the knight’s honor! Seongguk can’t even accept the young knight’s challenge!”
It was only for a moment that the pope was stunned.
The old politician soon had to bite his lip. It was because he realized the circumstances at once.
The chasers are mixed. It was said that they thoroughly filtered and filtered, but it was a crowd of tens of thousands. If they were determined and wanted to hide the wind catcher, there was no way for Seongguk to do anything about it.
In addition, even the jury was shaken. Perhaps, among them, there is someone who has been warned in advance.
What kind of force is it?
There was no way the imperial family would cheer for such a reckless challenge just because they were crazy. Questions continued to grow, but it was already too late.
The clamor of the crowd becomes an unprecedented tsunami and hits the cliff.
“… … Keugh!”
It was so loud that some members of the jury groaned and stumbled.
It’s the exact opposite of what we’ve been up to now.
The authority of the court could not possibly suppress the people. The desire that spread like mass madness was impossible to control by any means.
Their essence was ‘bystanders’. In other words, it meant that as long as there was something to see, it was enough.
Empire’s rising star challenges ‘honor trial’?
There was no way I would miss such a spectacle. At this point, even the Holy See had no retreat.
Should I finally accept it?
It was at that time that the pope was looking here and there, in bewilderment and fear.
“… … Wouldn’t it be fine?”
A simple word calmed the clamor of tens of thousands of people.
It was the feeling of the hair standing on end. The Pope instinctively directed his gaze behind his back. no, on top of that.
The tip of the dark summit.
A boy with silver hair was standing there.
Sky-blue eyes hit the ground.
Tens of thousands of people were staring at the summit frozen. It looked like a herbivore greeting a predator.
Even those eyes that were overwhelmed by the difference in class.
“If you want that, you should listen. Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find… … .”
Sky-blue eyes, which continued with a languid tone, glanced at the old priest.
The pope trembled at the gaze and cried out.
“Ha, ha, saint!”
“There is someone who knocks, but they do not open the door and can we say that they are a group of people who follow the Lord?”
The pope, who was trying to raise his voice as if he wanted to refute something, soon shut his mouth.
It was not wrong.
It was already a board driven to a dead end. Aren’t tens of thousands of witnesses looking at this place?
Stepping back would only make it a laughing stock.
It was the Vatican that tried to regain its authority by sacrificing a saint. There was no further retreat.
In the end, the pope groaned and groaned.
A final look of pity was cast. The young knight did not know yet.
A Master who has supported the Holy Kingdom for hundreds of years.
What its true power is, it will probably give up without even seeing it.
hahahaha, there was a possibility of a match before reaching the saint.
Even at first glance, the man’s body was full of wounds. He tried to pretend to be calm, but he couldn’t fool the eyes of the senile priest.
A sigh leaked out. Hoping that it would be over without much injury, the pope turned and shouted.
“Open the honor trial! Faithful warriors who follow the will of the heavenly gods, raise your sword!”
Cheng, I heard the sound of one of the paladins pulling out a sword.
How much can you do with that messy body? Curiosity was aroused, but the Pope deliberately did not pay attention.
I just wanted to use my mind.
And right after I felt the presence of the two men kicking the ground.
“Cuck!”
All too quickly, someone’s scream broke out.
The pope’s gaze blankly turned to his back. Down there, a sword bounced up and flew through the air.
single match.
A white current ran down the old priest’s spine. It was because I couldn’t believe the scenery that filled my retinas.
It wasn’t just the Pope.
Tens of thousands of eyes and ears, 15 pairs of pupils standing on the cliff, and the pale pink pupils of a woman face down.
I was heading towards the explosion of sound with disbelief.
After a single collision, the paladin fell to his knees.
With deep cuts carved into the silver armor.
In front of him, the young knight let out a rough breath and said.
“… … next.”
Ian Perkus was strong.
more than rumors.
**
Every time light and sparks burst out, deaths broke out without fail.
“Keugh!”
Twelve already. No, the thirteenth.
Even the memory was hazy. The sweat-drenched vision illuminated only the vague boundary line.
My exhausted body was moving only by instinct.
The body was already at its limit. Since I knew the truth so far, I had to use a different tactic than before.
Relying on the power of the auror.
Not too long ago, my aura wasn’t very strong. Although the power grew stronger as time passed, it was just an empty can.
It wasn’t much help when dealing with warriors of a similar level to me.
Rather, my forte lay in my various arcane skills and improvisation. The idea of relying on the power of the Aura to deal with enemies had never been thought of before.
But today I couldn’t help it.
My body, like rags, had the only intact spot in my blood.
And the results were astonishing.
I kick the ground again and one paladin is shot. The more I defeated the paladin, the more I felt the fact that the level of the enemy against me was increasing.
Even right now, look.
My sword shot out in a silvery trail. It was a blow that instantly defeated the paladin who had attacked me for the first time.
But this time the opponent was different.
Kang, the feel of the hammer hitting the stone made my arm vibrate. Before I knew it, the time around me was passing slowly, and it was a slash that flew so fast that it could be called a quick sword.
Even so, the opponent somehow managed to get my sword back. Even slightly bending his knees to send the impact to the ground.
After that, riding on the anti-elastic force of the joints, a horizontal slash that attacked me.
A blue aura was blazing on the blade. It seemed that he was preparing for a blow of conversion.
that was the patch
Kang, and the sound of the crash that followed was even more intense. The paladin’s sword, unable to withstand my counterattack, was flying in the air.
Two wide eyes turned to me.
It was worth it.
When the auras of a skilled swordsman collided, it was normal to repeat one step forward. There was no way this composition could have been created without a significant gap.
It was thanks to the description of ‘hae(解)’.
The auras that touched the silvery Milky Way shattered and scattered. Crystal fragments rained down like fireflies.
Cut, stab, knock down like that.
How many times have you swung your sword?
The sound of gasping for breath echoed through his brain. The lungs were clamoring to replenish the lack of oxygen.
Before I knew it, the paladins surrounding me were nowhere to be seen.
Everyone was just looking at me with tired eyes.
I think I’m going to fall, but I have to fall.
Who wants to deal with a madman who wields a sword without breaking down?
So I tried to raise the corners of my mouth.
“hahahaha… next.”
For the first time among the paladins, he felt a sense of hesitation.
Someone had to step in, but there were already dozens of fallen paladins around me. All of them were suffering deep cuts or fractures and were moaning.
No matter how valiant the Holy Knights were, they couldn’t help but hesitate.
If so, should I go first?
It was around the time when I put strength into my two hands holding the sword.
“… … stop!”
A long-awaited voice rang out.