episode_0454

The remaining three vampires involved in the kidnapping of Princess Mezlen.

Among them, one man, closest to the leader, quietly looked down at the Academy Church from the darkness.

‘… I guess I’m starting to come to my senses.’

He must be of poor mental state since he lost a lot of blood.

The current chaotic situation was the best time to call Princess Mezlen back.

There is probably only one chance left.

No matter how insignificant and useless a concubine she is, the royal family is the royal family. And Seraphine is definitely not the type of woman to abandon her own younger sister.

If it were one of her older sisters or brothers, she would have no hesitation in expelling them, but right now, Antonio and Mezlen are like support groups within the palace to her.

He absorbed even the powers below him in order to enter the race for the throne at the youngest age, so no matter how foolishly he was captured, he cannot be ignored.

‘Jeremy, that noisy guy, would have known to get their attention, and Alon, that guy, can be trusted to act secretly, so he would have contacted Mezlen on his own.’

And the bait maid who was supposed to drag the princess out was tied up next to her, looking like she might suffocate at any moment.

In fact, it wasn’t that hard to take her life like this, but I didn’t do it out of necessity. If she didn’t show up as the first bait, I would have to use her a little more.

It was a mere half-assed restraint, with her wrists and ankles tied with rope, but there was no possibility of resistance. Her thumbs and index fingers on both hands had already been cut off.

The severed finger was being used as bait to draw out the princess while also removing the threat, so if Mezlen were to show up, her value as a hostage would drop and she would be immediately turned into a ghoul.

“… Yeah, guy… .”

“… … .”

“Absolutely… . I will not die gracefully… . The crime of kidnapping and raping the princess, absolutely… .”

-Pfft!!

“… … turn it off!!!”

“I guess you still have a chance to live. You’ll be dead soon anyway, so hold on tight to your miserable life.”

“Whew, sigh… .”

“If you don’t show up even once, then I’ll have to gouge out one of your eyes.”

Miguel looks down at the church, his right foot crushing Kate’s face.

A moment of paying attention to the senses to figure out the situation, confirming with bloodletting that the other two vampires are moving in accordance with their positions.

“… Yeah, you were here.”

His body reflexively jumped up at the cold voice he felt from behind his back.

“Who, who are you…!”

“… He certainly deserves to be called the warrior of prophecy.”

“Hey, how did you get here…! Oh, no, more importantly, you guys… .”

“… It wasn’t exact, but I guess this is enough. Did you calculate that and send me in the first place?”

A man who approaches you as if he is talking to himself, without any regard for what you say.

Miguel was a high-level vampire who could easily deal with even expert-level vampires, but the human realm that appeared before his eyes was enough to make him flustered.

Because it was the moment when I faced the only Sword Master currently existing within the Academy.

“This, what the hell…!”

He had no idea how his location had been discovered, but more importantly, how he would deal with the situation.

If things continue like this, he will be cut down by the Sword Master before he can join, let alone check if the operation is being carried out properly.

“… You said Miss Kate. I hope I didn’t arrive too late.”

“… … !!!”

Yeah, that girl.

No matter how much of a sword master you are, you are still an ordinary human at heart. It would be more important to save the life that is crumbling before your eyes than to kill yourself.

With that thought in mind, Miguel lifted Kate’s body from the floor and dragged her towards him.

“Wow, don’t move! It looks like the princess ordered you to come here. If you move recklessly, this woman’s life will be… .”

-Ouch.

“… Oh my, ugh… .”

His own voice was suddenly muffled by the feeling of his throat being blocked.

And in his gradually tilting vision, he barely realized that he had already been cut down.

-Thud, slosh… .

“Ugh, ugh… .”

“… Did I draw too much blood? I’m a little tired. ”

The Sword Master gradually moves away, holding the maid who had left his hands in his arms.

A vampire’s body, cut into dozens of pieces by a sword imbued with divine power, perished alone in the forest.

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-Pfft!

“Turn off, keuhk… ?!”

“I never thought you would come back to pick up my little sister in less than a day. The warrior’s words were right.”

“This voice… . No way… .”

“Your coming here means that there are remnants elsewhere, as the Bolt Warrior said. I’ve already sent trustworthy people, so your final plan will probably fail.”

The princess said that while pulling her crimson twintails upwards as if she was frustrated.

As soon as the wig covering her head was removed, Seraphine’s flowing blonde hair was revealed from within.

“… Since when, disguise… .”

“I don’t think I have any obligation to tell you. It would be meaningless information to tell you since you’re going to die soon.”

-Pfft!

“Sigh, sigh… .”

“… I’ll make sure to get this finger back. I could probably heal it with regeneration magic, but it’s much more reliable to just reattach the original. ”

Two women appear behind Seraphine as soon as she picks up the purple box he used to lure her.

A woman with red twintails wearing a maid outfit and a woman with gray short hair wearing a butler outfit slowly approached Alondo.

“… Thank you for your hard work, Princess Seraphine.”

“How do I do this?”

“Please cut it into small pieces and burn it. As the warrior said, it would be difficult to regenerate it.”

“Okay.”

“Confirmed, Princess Seraphine.”

Seraphine returns to the church, carrying a box with four fingers, leaving behind the sound of something being written and burned.

He heard a man’s distressed voice behind him, but he paid no attention to it and continued walking. He had no time to pay attention to the screams of a being who had given up on being human.

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I somehow managed to put Isabel to sleep and escape from the dormitory.

I managed to escape somehow, but it was still quite difficult to do anything. Right now, I didn’t look that gentle for many reasons to approach that party of warriors.

‘It’s not like I’m some kind of King Opa long-range fighter…’

The end of the chain hanging from his neck was wrapped tightly around the leg of a table, so he was essentially wearing something that was no different from an iron ball around his neck.

Something made me think that if I just twirled the chain around and swung it, I could use it as a weapon. Of course, it was suspicious enough that I couldn’t just rashly join the warrior’s party.

It would be difficult to explain my and Ethan’s love affair to someone who had seen me bound in chains of submission in the first place.

While they were hiding and watching the situation, one of the three remaining vampires appeared in front of the warrior party, and they were able to confirm that they were subduing it under the leadership of Gyeomjyo-segi-geol.

‘I think I’ve caught the swearing vampires for now, and now all that’s left is the gloomy guy and the leader-type guy… .’

Perhaps, given their personalities, the gloomy one would have snuck in to kidnap Princess Mezlen again. The leader would probably be watching the situation from a place where he can check on the two guys.

Although the target of the incident itself was different, the actions themselves were similar to those shown during the Battle of Auguste, so this information had to be made known somehow.

‘If all that hard work is done and Mezlen gets kidnapped again, it’s meaningless. Even if Ethan finds out about my escape, I have no choice but to leave proudly…’

With that thought in mind, he released the disguise of his stealth dagger and was about to leap out from behind the shade of the tree, when Seraphine appeared from out of sight and joined the warrior party.

“Hero.”

“Ah, Seraphine. What happened to you?”

“As the warrior said, there was a vampire that appeared to target Mezlen. I took advantage of the moment when he let his guard down and knocked him down. I left him in a state of near death and left the finishing touches to Luke and Agnes.”

“Thank goodness. This means Mezlen won’t be kidnapped again or anything, Seraphine.”

“I really always get help from you, warrior. I haven’t even repaid the favor I received last time… .”

“Don’t worry about it. I’m just doing what I have to do.”

‘… … Huh?’

What was that conversation just now?

If you just listen to the story, it seems like Seraphine defeated the vampire who came after Mezlen again, and Luke and Agnes finished him off.

Did the warrior guy also predict that the rest of the vampires would act similarly to how they did in the Battle of Auguste?

‘But you probably couldn’t have guessed where the leader was hiding. Then I guess I should go up to the mountain behind the church right now.’

It might be a bit burdensome to deal with him one-on-one, but if you let him go, you never know how much trouble he’ll cause later on.

But at that moment, I was about to walk while lifting the table leg hanging around my neck, thinking that it was worth it to escape secretly.

“I’m glad it ended without any problems for you guys.”

Harold’s voice suddenly came to my ears, and my head turned towards the warrior party once again.