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023 – Hyde begins to suppress heresy! #3

It’s already been two days since I was dispatched.

I was about to think that if I went just one more day, I would be able to see the forest where the Crescent Sisters’ headquarters was.

Loras said, chewing a castor seed.

“Lord Oscar, it’s been a while since you’ve been in battle, so why don’t you warm up a bit? I understand that there is a small group of thieves in a cave nearby. Let’s grab them and go.”

“Good. We, the Knights of the Temple, are both a sword and a shield to protect the security of Durgien. It would be a good idea to eliminate the thieves in advance.”

Soon a group of soldiers stormed the cave where the bandits were said to be located.

Wow━─!!!

The number of thieves is thirty.

Even though we were much larger in number and better armed and trained, the slaughter was surprisingly one-sided.

“Loras, you killed five, so I have one more than you!”

“What are you saying, Tristan? I just cut six. No, seven? No, it’s like six. Hey, I don’t know!”

“What are you talking about now? You seem to be in a strange state these days. Why don’t you go back now? My arms are shaking!”

In particular, the knights wearing plate armor were running all over the place like a chariot among the infantry. The sight of people spattering blood every time their swords flash is almost surreal.

Among them, Loras’s skills were by far the best.

Even though he was wearing heavy plate armor, Loras’ arms were as light as a feather, and every time he did this, people’s necks rolled on the floor.

“This is so boring that I can’t even warm up. Collock.”

While watching Loras wiping the blood from his face with the back of his hand, little squire Paulo exclaimed, “Sir Loras, you are really cool─.”.

No matter how much the thieves and heretics of this world have no human rights, it’s cool to kill people like that.

However, Loras’ skills were better than I expected.

I thought he was a bronze knight, but wouldn’t that make him a silver knight?

It would be a good idea to revise the details of the plan a little more.

It was right then.

A soldier riding a horse hurriedly came to Oscar waving a blue cross flag.

“Oscar Ball! It’s urgent! There is information that an advance party dispatched by the church collided with the Crescent Sisters at their home base about 5 hours ago!”

“Selection price? Who is the leader?”

“The leader was said to be Galatea, the knight of the bronze plate!”

“Hoo, that Galatea wonder?”

Galatea.

At that name, memories like few in this world flashed into my head.

She was a kind and true woman.

So much so that I could make her my second wife.

When I thought about that, the dispatched soldier shouted urgently.

“It is not clear, but there is information that Lord Galatea was captured by the Sisterhood. The Crescent Moon Sisters have taken her hostage and are demanding the retreat of this punitive force─.”

Loras frowned at those words.

“Galatea is a strong woman. A woman like that was barely captured alive by the Crescent Moon Sisters? I don’t understand? Are you misunderstanding something? Cough.”

“Well, according to the survivor, there is a criminal with an unfamiliar face in the Sisters of the Crescent Moon. The story that he revealed himself as Ras of Anger─.”

anger.

It was one of the seven deadly sins selected by the church.

The soldiers were shaken by the story of a criminal claiming that name.

“Ras of Wrath?”

“It’s my first time hearing that name. It’s the name of the 7 deadly sins.”

“Is this a new grave sin…? !?”

“Fuck, if it’s true, wouldn’t it be better to retreat.”

“Aw, sir, that little bastard called Paulo or something has been unlucky ever since he started talking about the Great Sins and all.”

The soldiers’ agitation grew even greater.

Some people were shaking as if someone had poured cold water on them.

While Loras, Oscar, and Tristan were silent, Baldwin, a one-eyed but skilled knight, spoke calmly and calmly.

“Master, let’s retreat. If by chance the information is real, there is no chance of winning.”

Oscar’s silence continued.

At that time, the boy squire Paulo shouted in panic.

“Galatea is a famous knight! If you have been taken prisoner by heretics, you must quickly go and rescue them! It’s also an opportunity to elevate your name by executing the great sinner!”

Of course, Paulo’s story just hovered above the heads of the 40 men.

Oscar, who had been thinking for a while, finally spoke as if he had made a decision.

“Retreat. Well, since we took out the band of bandits stationed in the cave, it was probably worth sending out the troops. At this rate, no one will say anything. It seems that Sir Loras is not in good condition either.”

Oscar’s opinion was wise.

So it was disappointing.

It would have been nice to charge like a dog towards the heresy’s stronghold and kill them all.

“Well, that’s possible! What about hostages? The Templars are the sword of all peoples! Retreating while prisoners are being held! We went out to hunt heretics, not thieves!”

Squire Paulo shouts as if he still hasn’t figured out the situation.

Of course, this situation where everyone was turning their heads was not good for me either.

I had a reason why I had to go to the Crescent Sisters.

Only then can Dihon be saved.

Is it now my turn to step forward?

“Lord Oscar, Sir Loras and the knights. Let’s just go with it. Galatea is someone I have a connection with. I don’t know how I can help rescue him.”

“Hyde, how can you help when you’ve never even held a knife?”

Loras’ question was natural.

And I kind of expected someone as foolish as Loras to ask this question.

Actually, I was hoping you would ask.

Sze-.

I held up a finger.

“I don’t know where the Crescent Sisters’ headquarters is, but I know a secret passage to get there. I heard it from the renegade Nomad and the villain Nicola.”

“Secret passage?”

Oscar responded.

When his expression changed colorfully, I spoke without missing it.

“Do you know that it was I who put the Bluebeards and the renegade Nomads in the Inquisition? When I first discovered their identity, I also heard about the secret they had.”

Secret passage.

It was common for cultists to create secret emergency passageways in their home base.

In fact, the Crescent Sisters did the same.

It was a lie that I heard about it from Nomad and Bluebeard, but it was definitely not a lie that I knew the location.

When I was captured by the Sisters of the Crescent Moon and was in danger of being castrated, I escaped through that secret passage.

I was eventually caught again, but it was a passage that no one else would ever go through.

“If you raid using a secret passage, you may be able to decapitate the unsuspecting Great Sin. While saving Galatea, he commits great sin at the same time. Isn’t that a good idea?”

“How can I believe you?”

One-Eyed Knight Baldwin frowned.

As he got older, his skills slightly decreased, but since he was a seasoned knight, persuading him seemed difficult.

I told him.

“I swear on the honor of Psyche, my wife and everything. To me, the only oath greater than this is the oath in the name of Elohim. However, please understand that it is blasphemous to use God’s name carelessly in an oath.”

Everyone looked at each other’s faces at the sound of Psyche’s name.

Just when I thought it was slowly coming to an end, Loras pursed his lips.

“Hyde, I wondered what kind of guts a man who had never even held a sword had to follow our journey, but he was hiding such a secret! I was planning to intercept the ball by myself using the secret passage!”

You stupid bastard.

Loras, I’m glad you’re an idiot.

I can’t believe you said it exactly as I expected.

Oscar agreed with Loras.

“That is exactly what happened. Lord Hyde, I am disappointed that you have been withholding this information until now. So what should we all do? Our crisis can become an opportunity.”

I saw Oscar’s eyes shining with greed.

A chance to rescue the hostages and subdue the Great Sin.

To be honest, opportunities like this are rare.

In particular, Oscar must have been criticized by his father, Archibald, for marrying Psyche, so he would like to restore that honor.

It was clear that he couldn’t help but take this bait, and he did.

I opened my mouth to drive a wedge.

“Then let’s go to the small group. This journey must be kept secret to prevent information from leaking out. So that no one can find out where we are headed.”

Now our next move is a completely unknown secret.

With this, all conditions for my plan have been completed.

# # #

“Almost arrived. The Sisters of the Crescent Moon are located on the site of the old temple of the goddess Diana during the ancient Roman Empire. Heretics who settled in the place of worship of idols─.”

Oscar Archibald stopped in front of a place called “Witch Forest” and looked around.

Oscar looked at Loras, Tristan, and Baldwin one by one.

The guy’s eyes were now turned towards me.

“Lord Hyde, from now on, you who know the secret passage will take the lead and guide us. Don’t worry. We’ll keep a close watch on your back.”

There are three knights, but you’re going to put me at the front, even though I’ve never swung a sword before?

It’s obvious what’s in the minds of small people.

These bastards are probably thinking of using me as bait to get rid of them.

And it was clear that she would return to Agarpe and deliver the sad news, “Psyche, your husband Hyde has died!”.

Psyche will be extremely sad, and Oscar will be secretly happy.

That’s because Psyche was too young to be a widow all her life.

Even though she’s still a virgin!

In other words, if I die, Psyche will definitely have to suffer from the baptism of male courtship again.

“I will take the lead.”

But I decided to take a special lead.

Rather good.

I was annoyed because the leader was procrastinating.

It’s best to arrive before night falls.

Sussseu-.

I took the lead through the forest at a fairly familiar pace.

Oscar asked from behind me.

“Lord Hyde, I knew it was you who captured Bluebeard and the renegade Nomad. How much do you know about the Sisters of the Crescent Moon?”

“I know it’s just a gathering of crazy women who worship the moon goddesses. And the thing is that the man sacrificed to them suffers many terrible things.”

I adjusted the information appropriately.

Then Tristan, the seaweed-headed knight of the Agarpe family, cracked a joke in a grumpy voice.

“I heard you’re frustrated because you can’t castrate men? If we get caught, won’t we be castrated too? Loras, take good care of your belongings. If you are caught, all the women in Durgien will be sad.”

After chatting for a while, we came across a stone pipe with wastewater gushing out, forming a swamp.

It was a waste water pipe with a terrible smell, and I told everyone when I saw it.

“This is a water pipe that discharges wastewater inside the home base. This is the secret passage. It is a place where no one is on guard. Let’s go in quickly.”

A discharge pipe for sewage and wastewater, along with feces and unidentified chemicals.

When I stretched out my finger toward a passage that could barely accommodate one person, everyone’s expressions immediately crumpled.

“Are you saying I have to crawl through a place like this? The smell is so bad that it makes my nose rot.”

Oscar in particular was very disgusted.

Would it have been too much for you, who was born as the son of an archbishop and enjoyed great favors?

It was natural that people would be agitated.

I decided to remind everyone again of the goals and interests.

“That is why it is a secret passage. No one would ever think that people would come through here. Or would you like to go through the front door over there?”

Sze-.

Where I pointed, there were dense torches burning among the dark bushes.

It’s quite scary that the Crescent Moon Sisters’ security guards are very strict.

The number of guards at first glance alone is 30.

There are probably more people inside, so a total of about 100 people are stationed at the abandoned temple site.

“Sneak in, rescue the person, cut off the head of the Great Sin, and then come back here. In order to achieve something that no one else can achieve, you have to do something that no one else can do.”

Concern deepens on everyone’s faces.

Anyway, you guys are frustrating.

“I can’t bear even a moment of pain. Then everyone go back. I will go alone.”

Sze-.

It was only when I tried to enter the sewage pipe that Loras started to tremble. The guy grabbed my shoulder and said.

“I go first. Saennim cannot be deprived of the honor of taking the first step toward the enemy’s lair. There needs to be someone who can quickly clear the area near the secret passage.”

“Loras, my brother! I will go with you too!”

Tristan also came forward.

No, Tristan you bastard.

You are an Agarpe knight.

Isn’t it your duty to stay and protect me until the end?

Well, I wasn’t expecting it in the first place.

Ssuk seu-.

The two knights began to quickly enter, and Oscar, who saw them, also muttered something like “if we just solve this problem─.” and crawled into the wastewater pipe.

I could barely laugh when Baldwin followed him and started crawling inside the wastewater pipe.

“Stupid guys. Eat shit.”

I have to go to another secret passage.