episode_0077

“Then I will stop by the church for a while and then come back.”

After talking about the expansion of the blood collection business, Father Thomas immediately packed his bags and decided to head to his church branch. This is because, in addition to informing the superiors of the relevant information and seeking their cooperation, there were also things to prepare. There was quite a lot to prepare, including selecting the chalices to be dispatched to the city of Carbon or the Viscounty of Defuty.

But after all that was done, Father Thomas decided to reside in our village. This was probably because the village I was in was the center and final destination of the blood collection project. If you were trying to manage the overall flow, it was easiest to do it in our village. It was natural that it would take more time and manpower to travel through the Viscounty of Deputy to our village and then back to the church where Father Thomas was located.

“Would you like me to lend you a skeleton horse?”

“… … Wouldn’t you be a bit of a priest riding a skeletal horse?”

“Well, that’s true too.”

It was a bit odd to think of a priest riding a skeletal horse, oozing divine power, healing the wounds of the injured, and giving blessings. No, I wondered if the skeleton horse could hold out.

Still, feeling a little disappointed that I couldn’t see the amazing sights, I got up to see Father Thomas off, saying he would move right away to take care of business quickly.

“Aaagh!”

However, as soon as I got up from my seat, a loud screaming sound and a loud crashing sound as if something was being smashed rang out from outside.

“What, what!”

No matter how I looked at it, it seemed like the situation had happened inside our store and not outside, so I quickly left and ran out. Then Father Thomas, who was about to leave, also ran out after me.

I almost broke the door, no, really, the hinges were tattered, and I ran out and headed towards the store.

The first thing I saw when I ran into the store was that the store was in complete disarray. One of the display cases was completely smashed and collapsed, and most of the items on it had fallen to the floor. Even the skeleton that I used as a substitute for a mannequin and to maintain order in the store was broken to the point where it could not be repaired, contributing to dirtying the floor.

But there was something more noticeable than that.

“Let go of this! Let go! Dirty humans!”

It was Jiena being crushed by men wearing armor like knights. It was as if Jiena was being pressed down on the floor to prevent her from resisting. She could be seen struggling to resist somehow, but Jiena was unable to escape because three of them were pressing her down.

Jienna looked like she was struggling to escape, but it seemed like she couldn’t escape because there were only three people holding her.

Of course, I was quite angry when I saw that. What made the store a mess? It was at a level that I could fully understand and move on from. Although there may be damage to the items being sold, there are ways to repair them or even melt them down to recreate them.

However, it was impossible to compare such items with Jienna in the first place. The tangible and intangible benefits I gained from having Jienna were by no means small. Of course, attacking Jiena like that means challenging me… … . No, it was no different from attacking me. In the first place, Jienna was a slave owned by me, so it was the same as the one who attacked me.

“Kill me.”

Therefore, I moved the Skeleton Knight without hesitation.

As soon as I finished speaking, the guy ran out and picked up an arming sword that barely fell off the shelf. The Arming Sword, which was made based on the one used by humans, looked almost like a two-handed greatsword to the Goblin Skeleton Knight.

And, the guy carrying an arming sword that looked like a two-handed sword rushed towards the knight, imbuing the sword with black magic and making it tangible. To the guy who is turning his back on me because he is putting Jiena down.

“Back, back! Behind you!”

To the shouts of other knights nearby, the knight I pointed out quickly responded. However, it was half a beat slower than the movement of the Skeleton Knight that ran first.

With a crunching sound, the side of the guy who was pressing down on Jiena was heavily cut. Although he was wearing armor, it was meaningless in front of the Smith Skeleton Arming Sword that was strengthened with black magic.

“Keuuk!”

The guy whose side was slightly cut through his armor lost a few drops of blood and walked away. Even though it was half a beat slower, I was able to avoid it by reacting and was able to avoid splitting my torso in two. Of course, it was a shame for me.

“Crazy… … ! Foot sword!”

And, perhaps because they were unable to deal with it in one hit, the guys who appeared to be knights took out their weapons. They each took out sharply forged swords and appeared to be wary of me and the Skeleton Knight.

Of course, the people who were oppressing Jienna in the process had no choice but to relax their stance and take out their weapons.

“Good job, boss!”

Jiena, who did not miss the moment when her suppressing power disappeared, ran towards me with all her might and fell into my arms. As I felt a slight tremor from Jienna in my arms, my anger towards the knights soared even more.

If you touch her, she will bite you and all, but Jiena was also a beauty. Since I am a man, I was bound to have some weak points. Moreover, Jiena was a talented employee that I couldn’t live without. They say they won’t go back to the store without him. Or did I turn around?

“enemy of the lord. To death.”

As if sensing my anger, the Skeleton Knight holding the Arming Sword charged towards them once again.

But this time was a little different. This is because the opponents were not simple idiots, but knights. They were not defenseless either. Weapons had already been taken out to respond.

“You insignificant bone bastard!”

The knight in front swung his sword and attacked the running skeleton knight. The heavy sword struck the Skeleton Knight’s shoulder with the sound of cutting through the air.

Kaang!

However, unfortunately for the knight, the Skeleton Knight was not human. The whole body is made of bones… … No, it was a skeleton with nothing but bones. Naturally, it was said that there was nothing to do after the sword cut the skin. The sword the knight swung simply hit the skeleton knight’s shoulder blade.

“Uh… … ?”

The knight who tapped the knight’s shoulder with his sword looked very surprised. I swung it with the intention of shattering all the bones, but instead of shattering them, all it did was cause a slight scratch.

If it were an ordinary skeleton, it would have been powerful enough to shatter, but unfortunately, it was the Skeleton Knight that took the impact. The bones were so strong that they were incomparable to regular skeletons. Attacks that do not contain mana can be blocked with bones.

“What are you doing! Damage!”

And, unfortunately, the knight, who was surprised by the knight’s hardness, was a little late in reacting. He wouldn’t have been able to react at all if the knight’s companion nearby had not shouted for him to react.

However, even though it was late, I responded somehow, but it didn’t mean much. It was because the sword that made black magic tangible cut into his chest. Originally, the torso would have been divided into upper and lower parts based on the chest, but now it was just a deep cut.

Fuwaaa!

Of course, that was a serious fatal wound. Moreover, the heart happened to be where the knight’s body was cut, and the knight fell down with a large amount of blood splattering on the floor. Even his internal organs were damaged, and he was spitting out blood from his mouth.

“Ext! Oh my, damn it! Let’s all face that skeleton together! The opponent is a typifiable expert-level skeleton knight!”

The other knights, who saw their comrade falling down spouting blood, gritted their teeth and all rushed towards the Skeleton Knight. They seemed to fully realize that if they ignored them as ordinary skeletons, they would be torn to death.

As if they weren’t going to give the knight any time, they immediately rushed at him and attacked him. The sword the knight was trying to swing was blocked by two people, and the others attacked the knight.

Although the knight is a powerful entity, because it was created as a goblin, it is smaller than a human. As a warrior, it was about half the size of a regular goblin, but it was still smaller than a human.

Because of this, the knight could hardly attack properly. They crowded around me and attacked like crazy, so it was strange that they were able to attack so easily.

Of course, the reason that was possible was because I hadn’t moved yet.

“Are you turning your back on the warlock?”

I extended my hand towards a knight who had his back clearly exposed to me. Dark magic seeped out from the palm, turning into black smoke and flying towards the knight.

It was a kind of curse, a curse that amplified every sensation felt nearly a hundred times. You might say something like that is a curse, but the effect was outstanding. It was a curse that was difficult to use and consumed a lot of black magic.

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The cursed knight rolled around on the floor and started screaming. When his senses were amplified nearly a hundred-fold, it meant that everything he felt was a hundred-fold increased. And, usually, the more the sensation becomes excessive, the closer it becomes to pain.

It was obvious that the pressure of the armor, which would normally have been harmless, would come as pain, and the repulsion generated from attacking the knight would come as a shock, as if he had been hit himself. Even the light coming through the eyes would feel like it was burning them.

Of course, I had no choice but to experience pain while rolling around on the floor. You would struggle and hit the shelves or the floor with your body, which would also be extremely painful.

In the end, perhaps because of the maddening pain, the knight grabbed a kitchen knife that was lying on the floor and stabbed it into the back of my neck. After struggling with this pain, he escaped into death.

“Lime! profit… … !”

The knights who saw their companion commit suicide due to the curse immediately divided into two groups. Those who are still attacking the knight and those who are trying to approach me.

When I saw the knights approaching me with swords in hand, I could feel fear, but I didn’t feel it at all. It may have been outside, but this blacksmith shop was my territory. If we had to be specific, it was a warlock’s dungeon.

Grumble!

Behind me, black flames shot out at the knights approaching me at very high speed. It was the work of a skeleton mage who coordinated the skeletons inside the blacksmith shop.

“Hmph, that’s it… … .”

Still, they were knights in their own way, and they repelled that attack. It might be an ordinary fire, but it was possible to ward off a flame created by magic or black magic.

But they could not keep their mouths shut at the scene that followed.

Chuck, chuck, chuck, chuck.

This was because dozens of skeletons burning blue fireworks began to come out from inside the blacksmith shop. Moreover, all of those skeletons were holding threatening objects. One entity was holding a hammer, and another entity was holding a piece of iron with a red-hot tip.

As dozens of such skeletons popped out, the knights seemed to hesitate. No matter how much he was a knight or something, it was very difficult to deal with humans and dozens of skeletons without even getting a scratch. Moreover, since we were inside a store with limited space, there were not many ways to avoid it.