episode_0097

The group of cultists, suddenly realizing that they might become part of the disaster they had created, quickly took out their weapons. However, in front of Wayne, who had already prepared, their actions were already too late.

“Kaaak!”

Although the outer part was damaged, the cultists’ brigandine and gauntlets, which clearly blocked the holy sword, were cut off like tofu. Of course, there was no way the bodies of the cultists they were protecting were safe, and soon the holy swords were covered in blood.

“I will be dealing with these people, so please start searching for the missing person quickly.”

When Wayne, who looked like he had been showered with blood, said this with a cold expression due to the tension of the battle, the Panara soldiers who had come as reinforcements became scared. Although it was a weak country, Wayne’s spirit was so unusual that even soldiers who had received regular training felt fear.

“Oh, I understand!”

As the soldiers dispersed into squads to search for the cultists’ hideout, Wayne focused his attention on the cultists again. Although many people were cut down in a short period of time, a significant number remained.

“What on earth were so many people doing in one place?”

Fragments of corpses that appeared to belong to missing people were scattered here and there. Now, thanks to Wayne’s influence, many cultists have also been mixed in with the corpses, but if they kidnapped and killed so many people, there must of course be a corresponding reason. If the opponent was a monster, it might be to satisfy one’s appetite, relieve boredom, or procreate, but since he was a cultist in name and expression, it was far from such a one-dimensional motive.

“Question and answer dance. Find out about that slowly after killing all of us. Of course, if you don’t do that, you will die.”

A deep male voice struck Wayne’s eardrums. When she heard that, she snorted.

“I don’t know who is discussing the impossible right now.”

Wayne, who easily avoided the surprise attack of one cultist, attempted a counterattack. The first attack was blocked by the armor, but the holy sword soon shone again and neatly separated the cultist’s upper and lower bodies.

Puhwaak!

Once again, the cultist’s blood splattered on Wayne’s face. Either way, she opened her mouth quietly.

“I am a warrior, a human being with a mission to protect all mankind. There is nothing impossible for me.”

Wayne’s sword had two types of brilliance mixed together: gold and silver. In addition to the golden energy of Goddess Stella that already resides in the Holy Sword, there is a sharp, deadly silver energy that is completely unknown to cultists. Without thinking for long, they were able to figure out that the silver energy was the reason why the armor they had ambitiously prepared did not work.

“Shut up. All the warriors of history eventually fell by the hands of humans. Everyone, don’t be afraid and attack!”

Wayne’s expression cooled as he looked at the group of cultists rushing at him at once. It was a murderous look in his eyes that was quite different from the facial expressions shown to Arjen and Eugene in Arjen’s Lair.

Every time Wayne swung the holy sword, at least two cultists turned into corpses and lay scattered about. The cultists, who have no choice but to be at odds with the cult that believes in Stella since birth, have no choice but to prepare for the hero more thoroughly than anyone else in the world. The armor they had prepared to prepare for Wayne is helplessly broken.

This happened because of a single fact that they overlooked. Wayne made a pact with Arjen not to harm Eugene, and as a byproduct, he received power from the dragon Arjen. It goes without saying, but the power of a dragon is too vast to simply be dismissed as a by-product.

Since the power of the warrior bestowed by Stella and the power of the dragon knight obtained through the pact with Arjen were combined, the preparations made by the cultists did not work at all. At first, the cultists’ armor, which provided occasional protection against attacks, soon became no different in terms of defensive power from ordinary cloth clothes.

“Phew… Phew….”

Wayne, who had defeated all of the 100 cult members, belatedly took a deep breath and relaxed. Even though she had the hardware to be a warrior, it was very difficult for her to handle both powers at once.

“…Gosh, I should have saved one or two of them…”

The surest way to obtain information was to interrogate the cultists, so Wayne had been thinking of sparing a few people from the beginning, but when faced with the horrendous sight of the hideout, he couldn’t think of it and ended up killing all the cultists. It was unfortunate, but it was unavoidable.

‘There’s no way these so-called cultists would just open their mouths…’

Of course, the surviving missing people should be given more priority than the cultists who had already been killed. While Wayne was fighting against the cultists, the soldiers had already begun searching the hideout where the cultists were staying, so it was time for the soldiers to return.

“…….”

But no one came back until Wayne’s heavy breathing returned to normal. Wayne, who guessed something had happened, drew the holy sword again and approached the cultist’s hideout.

“Gasp!”

After passing several tents and encountering a large cave, Wayne was astonished by the creepy energy that seemed to surround his body. The mana felt so ominous and powerful that it was strange that I had never noticed it until I fought the cultists a little while ago.

‘come!’

Wayne, undeterred by the overwhelming force he felt even though he only had one foot in the cave, successfully detected the attack rushing towards him.

“Ugh!”

He quickly swung the holy sword to block the attack, but the force in the attack was so strong that Wayne’s body flew backwards. As soon as he realized he was flying, Wayne turned his body halfway and successfully landed. He swallowed his saliva at the slowly approaching presence.

‘I remember the first time I faced Arjen.’

It was only a moment at the time, but considering that he even fainted, Wayne had also grown a lot. Wayne finally emerged from the shadow of the cave and bit his lower lip as he looked at the other person reflected in the moonlight.

“I haven’t heard of dragons being killed in a place like this… What’s your name?”

As Wayne said, the identity of the man with human appearance was clearly a dragon. I didn’t just judge it based on how strong the energy was. Arjen’s power remaining in Wayne’s body fiercely warned her.

There is another dragon in front of you, so don’t fight if possible.

“Hoo… I was wondering what was going on when the humans suddenly attacked, and then it turned out that the human hero himself was there. ”

“Answer only when asked. Who are you?”

“Why is my name so important? That’s probably not what you’re curious about.”

The man was right. First, Wayne had to ask about the whereabouts of the soldiers the man mentioned, and second, he had to ask whether the dragon had conspired with the human cultists to kidnap the humans.

gulp….

Nevertheless, the reason Wayne asked the man’s name first was based on a very, very primal reason. This is because he wanted to reveal the identity of the ‘unknown’ in front of him as quickly as possible.

The feeling of fear comes from the unknown. In other words, it is difficult to feel the emotion of fear in someone who knows well what it is. And the fact that Wayne wanted to know his identity meant that he was afraid of him.

It was a feeling quite different from nervousness, perhaps the second Wayne had felt since he was born. A deeper and darker fear pierced her heart than she felt when the attack was blocked and her person was detained by Eugene during the attack on Arjen’s Lair.

“…It seems like all heroes are reticent. It’s because you haven’t even opened your mouth like this.”

The man muttered to himself like that and mocked himself. On the surface, he was laughing at himself, but if you look inside, he was clearly laughing at Wayne. Dragon’s insight is because it can clearly read the other person’s thoughts without them having to express them verbally. Meanwhile, there was no way this male dragon could not notice the fear Wayne was feeling.

“Well, since you asked, I’ll give you the answer. My name is Akasha. I don’t know how you recognized it at once, but as you guessed, it’s a dragon.”

Akasha glared at Wayne with bright blue eyes. With just that look, Wayne almost backed away without realizing it.

“Since I answered your question, I have one question for you as well… I’m obviously the type of person who paid a lot of attention to the people scattered outside, right? All they do is scratch the insides of those who believe in Stella.”

Wayne realized he was talking about cultists.

“So, I gave Stella equipment I worked hard to make so that she could withstand even a little bit of her power… but how is Stella’s puppet, the brave bitch, standing in front of me unscathed right now?”

Although Akasha was smiling on the outside, his words were filled with ‘wrath’ that could not be hidden. Instead of answering, Wayne tightened his grip on the holy sword.