265 – EP.10.5 Face-to-face-3
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Death was a swirling typhoon, a high tempest on the night sea.
The extremities of the knights and soldiers flew into the sky at the violent gesture that came with the intense heat.
The knights, some of the most powerful of the church, lost their lives before they could even react.
They were approaching with their weapons firmly held, but their armor became one with them and collapsed due to the huge hot wind created by a single gesture.
Death had the face of an exotic woman.
She headed towards Solaricia slowly and unconventionally.
Ashes and moans of pain rose wherever she walked.
What followed death was rest.
“Uh… Ah….”
A woman with short black hair approached the poor souls who could not die even though they were overcome by high fever.
“Sal, Ryeo….”
The fallen knight stretches out his hand, not knowing whether the opponent in front of him is friend or foe.
“Mr. Gumul.”
As soon as the woman finished speaking, her shadow split into several branches and began to sweep through the chaotic church.
Each of the stems extended toward the fallen, and soon the shadows spread and sharp teeth appeared.
“Kwaaah!!!!”
As they were eaten alive, they screamed and slowly sank into the shadows.
The shadow that swallowed them with their armor trembled several times and then gathered at Imina’s feet again.
Where did the father figure from earlier go, and silence fell.
All that was left in the space were burnt and melted pillars and a floor stained with soot.
“I have to take it off….”
Imina muttered as she looked at the back of the Heavenly Demon moving away.
Through analysis at the execution table, the next dimension In-ho moved to was also found out. Now, it would have been possible to leave the Heavenly Demon here and move to another dimension.
“What are you doing?”
As she thought for a moment, the dry question of the Cheonma sounded in her ears.
“!!!”
When Lee Mi-na looked around in surprise, Namgung Soyou was standing next to her, looking at her.
“Follow me. We need to burn all the kites here and find all the scattered traces of my disciples.”
Then it jumps up and moves forward.
“…She truly is a monster. That woman.”
Imina said as if she was tired of seeing a woman who seemed more of a monster than herself, absorbing people through procrastination.
The shadow at her feet vibrated and strongly agreed.
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“Evil demons!! In the name of light… Ugh!!”
Before he could even finish his sentence, the Pope’s arms flew into the sky.
His fat body fell to the floor like a leaf, and the Pope let out a bizarre scream, groping his empty left shoulder.
“Seeing you sitting at the head of the table, you are the leader.”
Namgoong Soyu glanced at the high, ornate chair on which the Pope was sitting.
The Pope was in no condition to answer questions calmly.
He was busy crawling on the floor, covering it with his blood.
“Mr. Kkumul, don’t eat that person.”
Imina said so because she knew that he was the culprit of all this.
Is this pain I’ve felt for the first time in my life? The Pope died struggling on the cold floor.
The end of his life as he led the religious order and satisfied his own self-interest was somewhat boring.
“He was weaker than I thought. I can’t believe he died like this.”
Namgoong Soyou was truly sorry for not being able to inflict more pain.
She walked back to where she came in. The hall echoed with her steps on the marble.
“The work here is now over… Where is the rest?”
She spoke calmly, as if she were going out for a drink.
“I’ll try to track it. But… If the trace is too weak, it may take a long time to find it…”
“That’s a matter for me to decide. It may be what it is in your world, but where I live, there is no punishment more cruel than mutilation.”
It’s the same for us too. Imina thought to herself.
“If there is a trace that I can hold in my hand, I will collect even the dust.”
When her bright red eyes turned towards her, Imina cleared her throat slightly.
I had already closed her eyes and started to sense the location of another trace.
Unlike what was felt at the execution table, In-ho’s remaining traces were very faint.
And
“……?”
As Lee Mi-na furrowed her brows and tilted her head, Namgung Soyou, who was looking at her, also tilted her head.
“Is there a problem?”
“Uh… Um… Um?”
“Tell me. What’s going on?”
As a variety of emotions appeared on my face, which had always had a calm expression, her Namgung Soyu became warm.
“Trace….”
“Trace?”
“It’s coming here.”
– Boom!
As soon as Imina finished speaking, the sound of something huge falling over was heard.
The vibration and noise made the two women go outside.
Giant stairs leading up to Solar Lucia.
At the bottom of the stairs, someone dressed as a nun was looking up.
“That’s strange. Was anyone still alive?”
The nun at the bottom of the stairs slowly began to come up here.
Every time the chaste nun took one step at a time, the sound of metal clashing could be heard.
A huge greatsword was held in one hand of the nun.
Eventually, when they reached a distance where they could recognize each other’s faces, the nun stopped in her tracks.
The nuns had impressive eye colors of different colors.
“Are you at peace?”
It was a greeting that did not suit the situation of the Abigyu-Hwanin denomination.
“Okay. Who are you?”
Although accepting the greeting, Namgung Soyu asked coldly.
“My name is Maria Roen. I am a small believer who carries out the will of the Holy Son. Did you, by any chance, create this situation?”
“Then what?”
“It is right for those who committed evil deeds to scream in pain, but their judgment was entrusted to me by the Holy Son.”
“So?”
“To arbitrarily lay hands on sinners designated by the Holy Son… Is a very serious sin of blasphemy.”
Maria grinned and raised her greatsword to her shoulder. The heavy thing split the space and made a whooshing sound.
“Ha!”
Namgoong Soyu laughed at the clearly felt hostility.
Do you dare embrace life for me?
Namgung Soyou clenched her fist with the thought of blowing her wind at the arrogant woman.
Just as she was about to put out her fist, she could already hear my voice from behind her.
“It’s a woman.”
Namgoong Soyu and Maria’s eyes turned to Lee Mi-na.
“Those eyes… They’re Inho’s eyes.”
Imina pointed to Maria’s blue eyes.
“Oh, sister. Do you know the saint?”
Maria showed a bright smile to Imina. It was a different smile from when he saw Namgung Soyu, a smile he had towards a comrade.
“Wait a minute.”
Just as Maria was about to say more to Lee Mi-na, Namgung Soyou cut her off.
The friendly conversation ended before it even started, leaving Maria with a displeased expression.
“Those eyes are Inho’s eyes?”
“Yes, it is a trace of the saint.”
Maria answered with an ecstatic expression. It seemed like he was very happy to see Inho’s mark on his body.
“Really?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Namgung Soyu’s body became blurred.
Kang!
Before she knew it, Namgung Soyou rushed down the stairs and reached out to Maria’s eyes, and Maria raised her sword to block it.
“What are you doing?”
Maria spoke in a cold voice as she confronted her over her sword.
“Those eyes. Didn’t you say they belong to my student? As the teacher, I must take them.”
“Disciple?”
“Kang In-ho is my student. I took in and raised that girl who knew nothing. So, she is mine. Even a single strand of her hair belongs to me. What about her eyes?”
The bayonet swung back and forth to maintain the line.
“It’s blasphemous. You claim to be the saint’s teacher, and you try to take away the traces of the saint that remain in me. It’s blasphemy.”
“I decide that.”
As she tried to push down the sword that could not be pushed away, Namgung Soyou showed a twisted smile.
Maria’s expression turned cold at that laugh.
“You are a sinner.”
With her declaration, Maria’s sword was stretched out in front of her like a thunderbolt.
Boom!
Part of the stairs collapsed.
“Strength is a business.”
How long has it been since you encountered strength superior to your own? Namgung Soyu was impressed.
“But, that’s all.”
In no time, her fist hit Maria’s chin, and the area under Maria’s chin disappeared.
Maria staggered and fell to her knees from the impact, her chin blown off.
“How nice it would have been if you had just given me your eyes like that.”
It was when her Namgung Soyou tried to extend her hand to her again.
She felt something surging beneath her and pulled her body back.
Hmph!
Before she knew it, the great sword cut the spot where she was from underneath her upward.
“!!!”
Namgoong Soyu’s pupils got bigger.
Her face, which had obviously been blown off with her jawbone, had returned to its original state without any minor scratches.
“Ah… Saint. That’s what you meant.”
“What…”
Namgung Soyou frowned at the other person who was looking at the sky instead of looking at herself.
“The sinner I will punish is not the church… But this sinner. I understand. I, Maria Roen. I will follow the will of the saint and punish the sinner.”
“Punishment? This Heavenly Demon? You are arrogant.”
Looking at Maria raising her great sword with her ecstatic face, Namgung Soyou said,
“Sinner, from now on I will make you repent.”
Maria just smiled.
As I was watching the confrontation between the two women from a distance, I spoke to my own shadow.
“Please take out the popcorn, Mr. Kumul.”
“With caramel flavor.”
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