episode_0017

“Uuuu… Our Luna… Are you okay…?”

“……….”

“She’s physically weak… and she can’t even pee if it’s not in the dormitory bathroom…. If she was caught by those scary people… and locked in a dark place… she’d be so scared she wouldn’t be able to sleep…. What should I do…? Sister Julia…. Sister Sion…. What should I do….”

“….Okay.”

“We need to get it quickly.”

“…….”

For several hours climbing the mountain path.

Krimhilt continues to cry and spread anxiety throughout the party.

In the original work, Krimhilt and Eterna are childhood friends from the same orphanage, and are also classmates who entered the religious order together.

It is said that the relationship between Eterna, who was sickly since childhood, and Krimhilt, who was healthy and ignorant (….)

There is a synergy effect when two people join a party, but since both have healer abilities, it is not preferred except for party combinations to see specific events.

Eterna is a difficult character to handle because she has very weak stamina and limited abilities…

“Ahhh…. Lunayaa….. Are you okay…? Luna…..”

“Krimhilt.”

“Ah…. Yes…..?”

“Stop talking. This is their territory, and if you get caught approaching them by mistake, even the saint who said you’re going to die like that won’t be safe. Do you want to see yourself being dragged around with a blade stuck in your throat, taken hostage by those guys?”

“Ugh…..”

Is it dizzying just to imagine it?

Krimhilt shut her mouth with a pale face.

but….

She couldn’t even keep her mouth shut for ten minutes, and soon she started sobbing again.

“Uuuuu…. Luna…. Lunaa…..”

(….She’s a woman who makes me dizzy)

‘Well, the original character was like that too… But still, he had a certain amount of fans because of the gap moe.’

(What else is Gap Moe…? Seriously, I don’t know how many weird words I’ve heard since I started hanging out with you.)

We climbed the mountain for about three hours, with no proper path, to the sound of Krimhilt’s sobbing and muttering as background music.

— Swish….

I signaled the party to stop about 1km away from the bandits’ hideout.

“….what is it?”

“I see a watchtower up ahead. If any of them have a skill that expands their field of vision, they’ll notice if you get any closer. It’s probably safer to deal with them here and leave.”

“……..”

Hyunwoo, Julia, and Krimhilt look in the direction I’m heading with narrowed eyes.

But it’s a distance that’s difficult for human eyes to tell whether it’s a tree shadow or a watchtower. Well, I can tell because I have knowledge of the original work…

“What are you going to do in this kind of distance…?”

“I’ve felt your incompetence enough over the past few days…. but this is really ridiculous. Can’t you even figure out the abilities of your own party members?”

After covering Hyunwoo’s mouth from talking nonsense.

I looked at Zion.

“Zion, is that possible?”

“Of course.”

Zion nods with a calm expression.

There is not a hint of hesitation in her hand movements as she slowly draws the bowstring.

— Paaah…..

The elves’ unique eyesight and ability to read the wind through their connection with spirits, as well as the environment of a deep forest and the darkness of the night.

The first arrow fired under truly optimal circumstances…

— Shhh….!!

It pierced the sentry’s neck precisely, and he fell to the ground without making a sound.

“–Processed.”

“Indeed…. Excellent. It’s a skill that makes me really feel that the title is not an exaggeration.”

“Thank you for your kind words.”

Although her expression is calm, a blush appears faintly on her cheeks.

“……….”

Are you unhappy with the situation where a party member you treated as a cripple is demonstrating his abilities?

Hyunwoo, who was observing the situation with a crumpled expression, snorted as if telling people to listen.

“Huh… Did you really hit it? I can’t see it very well from here. You didn’t just shoot roughly and then say you hit it, right? ”

“Well, if your suspicions are true, the sentry will sound the alarm in a few minutes, and the bandits will pour out from inside. You’ll find out as you go.”

“………..”

“But….”

“Huh?”

“If you don’t trust your party members to that extent, I wonder what kind of arrogance you have in calling yourself a warrior party.”

“…………..”

Ignoring Hyunwoo, who was glaring at her with a murderous expression.

I led the party members to their hideout.

About ten minutes later.

We successfully infiltrated the bandits’ hideout.

“Wow….”

Did you check out the body of the sentry lying on top of the watchtower?

After signaling to Hyunwoo, who was making noises with a crumpled expression, to be quiet, I led the party members to a shaded area behind the building.

“The saint is being held captive in the basement of this building. I will infiltrate and rescue her, so you all stay here and wait.”

“You want to go in alone?”

“I want Cream too~! Luna will be waiting for Cream to come get her!”

Krimhilt, who throws a tantrum as if she were a little kid.

I used magic after a short period of initiation.

“ .”

— Saaak….

“……..!!”

A type of concealment magic that hides one’s appearance by becoming one with the shadow of the wall.

The warrior party members were shocked and silent, and I continued my explanation.

“If the saint is used as a hostage by those guys, it will be annoying in many ways. If any of you have skills in stealth or concealment, I will leave it to the experts, but it seems like none of you have any affinity for such skills… It would be safest if I went alone.”

“Fuck… That guy is so damn talented.”

“You must be too incompetent to be able to do anything but use a sword to reach level 50. I’ll go quietly, so you guys just wait here. If anything happens, contact Yeomhwa.”

— Crunch….

The main building of the hideout of the bandit group .

Although it appears to be a crudely constructed wooden building, the security system set up by several former adventurers has a level of strictness that is comparable to that of a royal castle or noble mansion.

— Jieeeeing….

Disable the alarm magic set on the windows and walls.

–Clang, creak….

Disable the restraint traps installed throughout the ceiling and floor.

— Clunk, clunk….

Open the hidden lock in one corner of the structure, which to an untrained eye would appear to be nothing more than a display case.

Going down to the basement through a secret door hidden under the bed, etc.

I safely arrived at my destination after going through a route with a level of difficulty that would have resulted in discovery by any adventurer without knowledge of the original story.

“Hooo…..”

— Damn….

A secret room in the basement of the hideout where the saint is imprisoned.

The bandits also seemed to be aware of the importance of the hostage, as two former adventurers in their level 30s were maintaining a strict guard in front of the door.

Well, even if you make a little noise here, the sound won’t leak outside…

It would be safer to handle this as quietly as possible.

“– .”

A type of magic that summons a spirit and possesses the target.

I guess it’s because those guys commit banditry and sacrifice quite a few people.

A gathering of vengeful spirits with terrible grudges…

I controlled the spirits and possessed two sentries.

“What…?”

“Uh…. Uh …

The sentries were having convulsions without even being able to scream, in a creepy sensation where their bodies were writhing on their own.

I walked down the stairs at a leisurely pace….

They looked at me with astonishment, but did nothing more.

“–Kill him.”

and.

The spirits possessing the two sentries began to tear at the necks of the possessed humans as if to explode with their terrible resentment.

— Phew….!!

“Gek… Kkeuuu…..”

“Gaaah…. Ah, no… No… Aaaaah….”

— Pok, pok… slurp…! Phew…! Card slap….!!

Stabbing, chopping, tearing with a sword…

The vengeful spirits that left such terrible wounds that it was impossible for anyone to survive…

— Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh….

— Hahahahahahaha… Ahahahahahahahahahahaha…..

He disappeared into the darkness, letting out a clear laugh.

— Crunch.

Immediately after opening the door with magic and entering the secret room.

The first thing that caught my eye was the sight of a girl locked in a metal cage.

A girl with impressive clear pink hair and gloomy expression.

A of the Goddess Sect and one of the candidates for the original heroine. Eterna Haru.

“…….”

Eterna looks at me with wet eyes.

I cleared my throat slightly and then spoke.

“Are you Eterna?”

“……….”

“I came to rescue you at the request of the church. I will destroy the iron bars, so please step back as far as possible. ”

If it could be solved with an unlocking spell like a door, there would be no problem, but a magician belonging to a bandit group has placed some kind of trap spell on our lock.

I don’t have enough time to unlock them one by one, so it would be faster to solve them by force.

at that time.

“Don’t come near me….”

A single voice blocked my steps.

“Huh…?”

“A piece of trash like me doesn’t deserve to be rescued…. So just…. go back….”

“…………”

what.

This is a novel situation.

As I kept my mouth shut in bewilderment, Eterna continued her gloomy story.

“Because of me… the coachman… the knights… the sisters who served me… were all murdered… Because of me, incompetent, foolish, slow, and stupid…”

“…………”

“If I go back to the classroom, it’ll happen again…. I’d rather be held here than go through that…. So just go back….. Leave me alone….”

Hmm….

What the hell happened?

In the original, he was a bit timid, but he wasn’t this self-deprecating…

(It looks like that woman did something)

‘….what?’

(That girl is a saint… isn’t she the one who represents the will of that petty goddess girl? She probably appeared in that girl’s dream and whispered something. The content must have been something that would eat away at a person’s spirit.)

‘………’

After gathering my thoughts for a moment.

I’ve chosen a few words that would resonate best with Eterna.

“I see. Well, if that’s the case, then staying here might be a good idea.”

“Yes…. So….”

“If you don’t turn things around like this, Bishop Auguste, who planned this purification ceremony, will be excommunicated for taking responsibility.”

–Shudder.

“And the commander of the Knights Templar, Sir Garius, and his vice-captain, Sir Huebel, who formed the Escort Knights, will have to take responsibility and resign… Most of the members of the Church’s Intelligence Service will also lose their heads. In the worst case, they may even be hanged on suspicion of colluding with the bandits.”

“Ah, ahh……”

The face of the saint is turning earthy.

After giving her a smirk, I continued the story.

“According to my research, these bandits are connected to a sex slave trader who kidnaps women from noble families and sells them for high prices. If you’re a four-year-old, you could probably sell them for a pretty high price. You’ll be sold to some perverted pig from some unknown town, raped until your pussy is licked, and you’ll give birth to dozens of children whose children you don’t even know. Do you think a four-year-old who swore chastity to a goddess could endure such a fate?”

“Ahh… Th, that’s….. Ugh…..”

“Well, if you still want to stay here, I won’t stop you. Do whatever you want, you can… End your life by throwing your precious life in the gutter or not. ”

— Swish….

The moment I turned around and took a step forward.

“…..Please give….this…..”

“What?”

“Save me…. Please….. Ugh….. Ugh…. I beg you…. Please…..”

Eterna crawled across the prison floor, approached the bars, grabbed hold of her trouser legs, and began to sob.

“……….”

ha…

‘Krimhilt was like that too, but the school girls are really… just full of annoying bitches.’

(If you worship an idol with a trashy personality, won’t those below you also become crippled? That’s the natural order of the world…)