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Chapter 6 Episode 27 – A Wolf Appears

The Virgin Mary’s residence in the Patriarchate. There, Patricia and Archbishop Gromwell were talking.

“Our Lady. Are you really okay? Leaving that man like this… . I am worried. Looking at his actions so far, I think it would be right to capture him as soon as possible and prevent him from doing anything serious.”

“It’s okay. Of course the man is a threat, but he has already lost his claws and wings. Moreover, his actions are within my expected range, so there is no need to worry.”

Zeke’s pet dragon is dead. The administrative bureau, which was the main axis of power, also collapsed. Now he has lost his wings and his claws. It’s just an incompetent eagle with nothing.

No matter how brilliant your brain is, if you lack physical strength, there is nothing you can do to change it. In the first place, I wondered if he was really an outstanding person.

He couldn’t do anything. It’s just playing around within a thoroughly designed plan.

Patricia has already evaluated Zeke as being below expectations.

‘Now the only remaining variables are the wolf’s family and the fox. However, the fox is considerably weakened, and the wolf’s relatives are unable to properly control their strength… .’

In reality, Zeke has no chance of winning. Even if he is hiding his secret weapon, there is no way to escape his grasp since he is already infected with Patricia’s terminal disease.

After Patricia came to that conclusion, she gave instructions to Gromwell.

“Archbishop Gromwell. Please gather the knights and crusaders. Soon, the final struggle of a man who lost everything will begin.”

“Yes. I will issue a summons immediately.”

Gromwell bows to Patricia and leaves the room.

As his figure disappeared completely, small purple eyes flashed in the corner of the dark room. Afterwards, following Patricia’s gesture, the creature slowly appeared.

Squeak–.

Patricia put her finger on the snout of the rat that was looking around on her palm. Sticky secretions leaked from the fingertips, and the rat licked them eagerly.

“Hehe. Cute thing.”

After licking up all the secretions, the rat jumped to the floor and soon disappeared into the darkness again.

“Now… . There are only two steps left.”

The plan that has been in preparation for a long time has finally entered its final stages. I had to endure countless hours just for this day.

After enduring and enduring, a golden opportunity that would never come again came, and I grabbed it without missing it and brought it here.

Patricia repeated to herself, calming her pounding heart.

It must succeed.

Only then can one be saved.

This world too.

Us too.

*

*

A hideout near the Patriarchate.

Normally, it would have been enough time to hide in the Patriarchate a long time ago, but knights and crusaders suddenly started to gather, and it was already three hours since I had to hide.

‘The response is faster than I expected.’

There is a loophole in Patricia’s clairvoyance. To be exact, he’s probably pretending to be a clairvoyant by applying the power of the Lord of Plague, which I don’t know about.

If you really had the Virgin Mary’s clairvoyance, you would have caught me a long time ago.

Anyway, even if he isn’t truly clairvoyant, he probably has a general sense of my movements. Knights and crusaders were summoned to the patriarchate.

Infiltrating a place full of strong people like that is impossible unless you are Vir. In the end, the plan to infiltrate and speak to Patricia alone failed.

‘then… . We have to attack them outright.’

The other side is too powerful for that.

A crusader, a vigilante group of the Virgin Mary Church. Their average level is below that of a knight. However, they are strong enough to be considered semi-knight-level, and among them, those with the sacred badge are at the mid- to upper-level knight level. Additionally, there are rumors that among the sacred badges, there is one who is strong enough to be considered a special knight, so there is simply no answer.

And it’s not just the crusaders. There are even knights who are presumed to be members of Lufia’s team. There is a mountain beyond the mountain.

‘It’s not some kind of Earth Defense Force. The good news is that Raphael is not there.’

Raphael is broadcasting the execution of corrupt lawmakers live on the radio. It seems like a show to create a new government, but what kind of wealth are they trying to enjoy by eating up a failing empire? I don’t understand.

“Ha… . If there had been Philia, the odds of winning would have gone up a bit.”

Apparently, we met in the capital until a week ago. I can’t see where it went. Philia is not someone who will be easily offended, nor is she someone who would run away to survive in a mess like this, so it’s normal for her to be noticed, but it’s really strange.

“Special engineer Philia?”

“Ah, yes.”

As if the thought had left his mouth, Sergeant Reese reacted to the name Philia.

“Did you know Philia?”

“I stopped by the East Continent for a while for some reason. I was in a bit of debt back then.”

“Oh my god… . As expected, Zeke. You have wide feet… ! Then, by any chance, with Lu, Lu, Lu, Lufia… . Do you know each other?”

Sergeant Reese asks with an expression of disbelief, as if buffering.

I was so excited that I was worried that if I told him that I was dating Lufia, I would lose my breath.

So I was about to just say we were acquaintances and move on, but Ker suddenly barged in.

“Lupia is Zeke’s partner! I even mated with Zeke!”

“Let’s go!”

Sergeant Reese fell backwards with a strange scream.

“Lu, Lupia and… . Zeke… Ta, ta, mating… ? So noble… .”

and. This is my first time seeing a nosebleed like that.

“I’m also Zeke’s mate. When are you going to mate with me?”

Ker didn’t care whether Reese fell or not, and turned to face me and asked.

“I have never been paired with you.”

“No! Zeke gave me a huge sweet potato and asked me to pair it with him!”

“You were probably just dreaming.”

“Kkiing… . Is it wrong?”

Actually, that happened once, but with the retry, it became something that never happened. I guess he just mistook Ker’s dream for reality.

While Kerr’s soft cheek was being crushed like a steamed bun, I saw Sergeant Reese struggling in the corner of my eye.

A red tentacle stuck in Sergeant Reese’s nose. Naturally, the tentacle was connected to Karjen’s buttocks. He was obviously asleep, but was he unconsciously chasing the smell of blood? It’s really amazing.

I tried pulling on the tentacle to help, but it wouldn’t come off and seemed to be in more pain, so I just left it alone.

‘A soldier fainting from a daze and bleeding from the nose, and a vampire eating the bloody nose. Even a wolf beast begging to mate… .’

It was a chaotic scene where demonic energy was being created in real time.

*

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The lobby of the Patriarchate. The crusaders and knights who responded to the call are gathered.

They formed groups according to their respective affiliations and waited while talking about various things until the Virgin Mary came.

Among them, another crusader approached a man who, despite being a crusader, was drinking in a corner away from the crowd.

“Hey, Derek. I can’t see the guys from Team 3. Do you know anything?”

“……”

A crusader named Derek emptied his strong drink with a haggard look on his face, and his colleague, who found it strange, hit him on the shoulder rather forcefully.

“Derek, Derek! Stop drinking and come to your senses. Don’t you know where the other Team 3 guys are?”

“……Everyone is dead.”

“What?”

Derek mutters in a crawling voice.

“To that crazy bitch… . They’re all dead. I was the only one who barely survived.”

“Crazy bitch? Who is that?”

“……Hehehehehe.”

Derek lets out a heartless laugh with a soulless expression. The crusader who looked at him like that got goosebumps somewhere.

“Magical girl. She said she was a magical girl. Crazy bitch. I should have recognized you from the moment you were wearing strange clothes in that mess. Fuck you, Isaac, you fucking pedo bastard. They all died because of that bastard.”

“What does that mean? Speak straight!”

“Hehehehehe, you don’t believe it either? I don’t believe it either. She appeared out of nowhere in the sky and started talking nonsense about being a magical girl and all that? I should have run away right away, Isaac, that idiot. Because that bastard stimulated me, fuck. Fuck… !”

Derek put the bottle in his mouth and started drinking.

The difference between knights and crusaders is not only in skill. Unlike knights who are usually deployed immediately to the field, crusaders are far from bloody scenes.

This is because the main duties of the crusaders are escorting high-ranking priests and guarding the church or patriarchate.

It’s not that there aren’t crusaders who do the dirty work, but they are only a small minority. Most crusaders rarely kill anyone or be killed.

That’s why Derek can’t get over his shock.

Because I saw my colleagues being reduced to mush right in front of my eyes. Even worse, the culprit who committed such a cruel act was a mesmerizingly beautiful girl.

Derek just drank one drink after another, hoping that it was all just a dream.

“Fuck… . We’re all dead. We’re all going to die… . That crazy bitch let me go on purpose. To find out where it is… ! Fuck, fuck… !”

He was sure. It’s not that he survived, it’s that he was saved.

Despite knowing this, Derek had no choice but to return to the Patriarchate. Because I don’t want to die. At least there was a higher chance of living there than anywhere else.

And then.

Kwaang—!!

A loud noise rang out.

“Ugh, ahhh! It’s here! Fuck, that crazy bitch is here!”

Derek frantically hid himself under the table.

It was an unsightly appearance, but if you wanted to survive, face was not important.

If you pretend to be dead properly, that crazy bitch may not notice. Maybe they will spare your life in return for guiding you to their home base. The best Derek can do is not to antagonize her and stay hidden as much as possible.

But unfortunately.

“Krrr… .”

What appeared after breaking the wall was not the crazy magical girl he had thought.

The sun had already disappeared from the sky visible through the broken gap, and the moonlight was dim.

“Awww—!”

A wolf appeared.