episode_0173

The fight between the Holy Knights and the monster was said to be the work of Pinwood Forest monsters, but was actually the work of the apostate Ariane.

Contrary to the simple rumor that the Paladins who were attacked by a monster were defeated, the fight that night was a bloody battle in which people who came for different purposes came together and clashed.

‘This is a monster that slaughtered more than ten knights in this short period of time… Ord, there’s no way that bastard will just let this go.’

While leaving the Exorcism Reverse Association, Ariane tried to deal with Ord Zenberu, who had been fighting over everything, by using the bait of being a monster from Pinwood Forest.

“This disgusting uncleanness…! It must have something to do with the heretics of the Abyss!” “We will advance to the lake like this! In the name of Elianel!”

The Holy Knights marched towards the polluted lake, fighting fierce battles with tentacled beasts that had increased in number over the past few days.

“…It’s full of fire moths.”

“Krrr….”

“Keez…!”

As Ariane expected, Ord Zenberu led the monsters and came to minister to the monsters of Pinwood Forest.

“That’s twenty silver coins for each monster, right…? Alright, let’s go!”

“Watch out! They’re coming from the side too!”

Baron Braum, who destroyed a large number of knights, hired adventurers with his own money.

As they all headed toward the abyss-polluted lake, they unexpectedly encountered each other and clashed.

“Paladin…! How dare you blind dogs panting in front of trash!”

Ariane, who had been hiding quietly and trying to surprise Ord, threw a fit as soon as she saw the paladins and attacked them.

An unnecessary night raid committed impulsively.

“It’s a surprise attack! Everyone ready for battle!”

“There’s an enemy behind us too! Shoot the flanks – ahhh!”

The Dark Baptists who came along to deal with the monsters of Ord.

Monsters that looked like undead but were not undead surrounded and attacked the Paladin’s camp, scattering blood on each other.

“Kwaaah!”

“It’s a troll! Everyone with a shield, come out! The rear guard, light a fire!”

At the same time, Ord’s monster army encountered the adventurers.

“Kerruck! Clerk!” “Krrr!” “Kyaaa!”

“Goblins and demon dogs? Even gargoyles? Why are these guys in one place…!”

Experts in monster hunting and experts in adventurer hunting.

Adventurers equipped with a variety of equipment and monsters of various types roared at each other and engaged in a fierce battle.

White flashes continued to explode, flaming arrows filled the air, and blades and claws crossed, flashing in the light.

“Kooo!”

The troll, who went berserk with a flaming arrow lodged in his shoulder, struck the shield-bearing warrior with his club, and the adventurers who took advantage of the gap plunged their spear swords into the troll’s belly.

“Gwooo!!”

“Wait a minute! Kwaaa!”

While the head of the adventurer held in the troll’s left hand exploded like a crushed tomato, someone’s greatsword severed one of the troll’s legs.

The adventurer was flattened by the club whipped by the tumbling troll, and the dagger pierced the groin of the wizard, who threw a flaming arrow into the face of the goblin troll that had quietly crawled across the ground.

“Aaaahhh!”

“Shasha-! Where are you from, crazy goblin!”

A warrior, enraged by the wizard’s scream, broke away from the ranks and pierced the goblin with a spear, and the demon dog entered the empty space and bit the calf of another warrior.

A battlefield full of screams, screams, and blood. The corpses of monsters and human corpses were tangled together and lying around.

‘I can’t believe that even a number like this can’t overwhelm. If it wasn’t for that guy Heid… .’

As he watched the scene from afar, Ord Zenberu pondered his resentment toward Heid, who was not present.

After losing the existing monster army to Heid, they gathered new monsters, but since it was a hastily constructed army, they were not able to show the same fierceness as before.

For Ord, that was disappointing.

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A battle between four forces that took place in the middle of the night.

As beasts contaminated by the abyss entered the battlefield, which was gradually expanding in scope, the area around the lake entered a state of complete melee.

Until, at the end of a bloody battle, the paladins and adventurers who were fighting in completely different directions accidentally ran into each other.

In other words, Ariane and Ord also recognized each other’s existence.

‘Monster corps? Damn, I completely forgot about Ord… !’

‘That… Are they dark baptists? Why is Ariane’s bitch monster here…? .’

The two people realized that a colleague from the same Kuma Station Heavenly Association was hiding somewhere in this place.

As befits the Abyss Priests, whose solidarity was as weak as a grain of sand, there was only one thought that came to mind at that moment.

‘Kill Ord now!’

‘It’s an opportunity. In this chaos, Ariane can be cleaned up naturally!’

First, I will find you and kill you.

The two people, who had exactly the same thoughts and disliked each other, left the paladin and adventurer in the care of their subordinates and wandered through the forest in search of the other.

After a while.

“I finally found you, Ariane Babelos!”

“Ha, is that what I want to say?”

The two Abyss Priests, who met each other just a stone’s throw from the lake, bared their teeth at each other and unleashed their deadly mana.

“I’ll at least erect a tombstone. Die in peace, Ord Zenberu!”

And then, clash.

– Hold on!

Black thunderbolts rained down like arrows, and all kinds of curses spread out like waves.

“I haven’t liked you for a long time! You’re so arrogant and mean to everything!”

Dozens of spear swords created by combining shadows danced through the air, and a black curtain surrounded Ariane, forming a sphere of darkness.

“Who can say anything? A woman who joined the subject only a few years early, is a senior, and is nervous about all kinds of campaigns!”

The lizard snout protruding from Ord’s forearm spewed fire, and huge legs resembling a praying mantis protruded from behind his shoulder and clawed at the ground.

His two wolf-like legs gave him the movements of an animal, and a swarm of rats poured out from one empty eye socket, covering the ground and spewing out poison.

“Kwaaa today?

The tentacled beasts that approached without knowing were torn apart by the aftermath of the missed magic, and the withered trees were engulfed in flames and burned to ashes.

A fight between humans and monsters.

A fight between a witch and a monster.

After a fierce and brutal battle that turned the terrain around the lake into ruins, the one who ultimately stood out as the final winner was—

“…What on earth are these bastards doing here?”

He was a blond, red-eyed, high-ranking knight who arrived at the lake only after the fierce battle was almost over.

“…Damn, this is really messed up.”

“You, why are you here…?!”

No, he was no ordinary high knight.

Gorgeous armor with royal symbols engraved on it.

A bluish-silver serrated longsword encrusted with purple gems.

An ominous yet sacred light wrapped around the sword body.

There was no one here who did not know the identity of that long sword. Both Ariane and Ord had suffered terribly from that sword.

Herbor’s Holy Sword.

Tyrbing.

“No, what does it matter? The creatures of the abyss whose faces were difficult to see have gathered together like this, two by two….”

Heyd Gardaric Herbor, the hero of the Kingdom of Herbor, looked at the Abyss Priests, who looked frustrated, and laughed.

“Killing them all is enough.”

Tyrving, floating in the air, became a blue flash and shot out.

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The lake blood clot that caused Baron Braum to faint due to high blood pressure and humiliated the Paladins.

The ending was a bloody battle between two Abyss Priests who formed a temporary alliance with the most awkward faces in the world, and Heid, who arrived one step ahead of the party members.

Of course, the Abyss Priests, who had spent a considerable amount of energy fighting each other, had any chance of winning against Heid, who would have been difficult to defeat even in a healthy state.

“Huh… Is it time to leave? Unfortunately, this is it!”

Ariane, who was confident that this place would become her tomb if she held on any longer, stepped back, holding out Ord, who had taken the lead, as a meat shield.

“What…?! What are you doing now? You said let’s cooperate first…!”

“Did you believe that? It looks like even your brain was replaced with a monster!”

“You crazy witch!”

Ord, who was suddenly pushed forward, was shocked as he spewed out a fierce curse, but Ariane had long since quickly run away to the other side.

It was not a situation to question her betrayal, but a moment when his head was about to be blown off.

“A scum being used by a scum. It’s a hilarious skit.”

“Damn it…!”

While Ord continued to use all the magic he could cast and barely managed to keep his life afloat, Ariane hid herself and escaped the forest.

It was an escape skill that even Heid, who was pressuring Ord, could secretly express admiration for.

Ord, who was left alone in front of the Holy Sword hero, felt like he was about to die from rage, self-destruction, and a sense of crisis.

… Still, he didn’t die in the end.

They attacked the remaining monster corps with heavy bullets and grabbed Heid’s ankles, and even killed all of the contaminated animals to push them back, giving them a chance to escape in the nick of time.

“Push it on! Just throw it into the lake!”

“Whose body do these filthy things dare to touch?”

A lump of smelly flesh that becomes a wall.

Heide, who was displeased with the stench, threw Tyrving forward, and the blue-silver sword body moved on its own and cut into pieces the waves of monsters.

And then, like a flash of light, it spread out again and stuck in the body of Ord, who was quickly running away.

– Suddenly!

“Keuuuck…!”

Ord felt a burning pain as if he had been burned by fire, but he gritted his teeth and continued running to escape from Heid.

His right arm, cut off near the shoulder, was left in a sea of blood.

Heid gave up trying to chase after him.

If they chased with all their might, they could have caught up, but they decided that rescuing survivors who were still alive would be more beneficial to their reputation.

That was the entire story of the bloody lake battle that took place in the middle of the night.

‘But, I can’t understand the English text at all. How did the Abyssers happen to be fighting among themselves in a place like this? ‘Is it an infighting?’

The person who ended the fight didn’t even fully understand what kind of mess this was.

‘Then, did they kill Ganagle too? ?’

The never-ending chain of misunderstandings continued even after the culprit disappeared long ago.

And, the next morning.

The polluted lake itself was purified by Heid and his party members, but it was left to Baron Braum, who had barely awakened, to clean up the corpses that had piled up around the lake.

It was a natural responsibility. Pinwood Forest was a territory belonging to Baron Braum.

In fact, Baron Braum lost a lot of his soldiers and lost all his personal money, but as a result of getting nothing, he collapsed again, vomiting blood, and went into his coffin.

All these deaths were a tragedy caused by just one careless bathing session. It was a story that would be hard for anyone to believe except the culprit.