episode_0206

Johannes Reformation War (8)

The momentum that Yuno gave off made the troops guarding the gates of Radame extremely nervous.

“This is such a huge divine power… How can the author be…”

“So, isn’t it true that the Emperor of Balkan is Ikaris’ earthly agent as they claim? ”

“Don’t say such nonsense!! This is an order from the Pope to unconditionally kill any enemy approaching the castle gate!! Make the Emperor of the Balkans a hedgehog!!”

As Yuno slowly approached forward while maintaining his momentum, the commander of the priests on the castle wall gave an order, and the priests gritted their teeth and held their hands trembling with fear as they raised their bows and shot arrows on their strings.

“Shoot!!”

Sushi Sisik!!

Hundreds of arrows flew from the top of the castle wall, but Yuno ignored them so lightly and deliberately walked slowly towards the castle gate.

Ting~ Titting~!

“Wow, that’s ridiculous… No matter how much of a master you are, you can’t even ignore arrows…”

“Well, the author is the devil… He must be the devil!! Throw holy water!! Burn that devil with holy flames!!”

Yuno’s steel-like skin repelled all the arrows, and as he continued to approach the gate without being hit, the priests lit holy water on fire and threw it over the castle wall.

Pow~!! pop!! Grrr!!

Hundreds of glass bottles containing holy water broke and flames like fire appeared in front of the castle gate, but Yuno just held on without any hesitation and simply brushed away the flames clinging to his body with his hands.

“Ugh… monster, monster!!”

“Arrows and holy water don’t work…!! How can we stop such a monster…”

Yuno, who reached the tightly closed castle gate with a tired smile as he heard a tired voice from above, clenched his fists and slowly poured in his mana.

‘I don’t know if it’s a strategic defense gate like Streve, but a gate of this size… No, now I don’t know if Streve’s gate can withstand my fist.’

Yuno smiled for a moment as he thought of himself having been frozen for a long time by pounding on Streb’s castle gate before, then released the mana gathered in his fist and stretched his fist forward with all his might.

Quaaa!!

The gate shattered and shattered with a tremendous explosion.

It was clearly not a castle built for defense, but when the main gate of Radame Castle, which was quite thick as it was the capital of a nation, was shattered with a single punch, the morale of the priests completely dropped.

“All alone, he opened the gate… Where is that Balkan emperor…”

“Are you really saying that you will become Ikaris’ earthly agent?”

“Look at the divine power felt over there… The divine power shown by the priests in my hometown cannot even be compared!!”

The eyes of the believers who were looking at Yuno were completely wide open at the majesty of Yuno, who casually ignored the attacks of arrows and holy beasts, broke down the castle gate, and entered.

“I felt that enormous divine power the other day… but I can’t believe it was that much…”

“I heard that the Emperor of Balkan was a Master… but I have never seen in any book that there is a Master who wields that level of power…”

It was the same for the priests and the general Inquisitors, and bright smiles were drawn on the faces of Angelina and Jeanne as they looked at their master.

Of course, Juno’s personal guard corps, consisting of ten and centurion soldiers from Tessidanicana who had seen Yuno’s majesty in person many times from his hometown and had served with him, looked at it without any thought and decided to rush to the rescue of His Majesty at once. They were making jokes and patting the new recruits on the backs of their heads.

On the other hand, unlike the Guard Corps, the new officers were extremely desperate.

However, because his skill level was so low, he only felt like an annoying fly to Yuno, and Yuno succeeded in entering the castle very easily.

“Well, what are they doing!! Stop it!! That means blocking it with your body!!”

‘The defense is really poor. If the castle gate is in danger of being attacked, isn’t it common sense as a commander to place defensive forces behind the gate to block the enemy’s attack? No matter how much the Master invaded, what is this… only throwing javelins and arrows from afar, and throwing only holy water… is this really an army?’

The priest soldiers, who were usually only in charge of security within the castle and inside the shrine, had no combat experience, so their response was extremely inadequate.

Juno thought that he still had a lot of work to do even after turning the Castle Kingdom of Johannes into a vassal state, so he eventually gave up resistance, ignored the priests who were staring at him blankly, and climbed up the castle wall to find their commander.

“Who is your commander?”

“….it’s me!! I don’t know what kind of magic you used, but… it’s so vain…”

Wow!!

In the meantime, he was showing his hostility towards Yuno and was making a fuss, but only after being punched in the abdomen by Yuno’s fist did he keep his mouth shut, and was dragged out by Yuno by the scruff of the neck.

“Kuuuesuuu—kk-kk… Let go of this… What are you trying to get me to do!! To an evil heretic like you…”

“Ah~ Really… Hey there! Let me ask you just one question! What on earth did the Pope say to you that you’re like this?”

“? yes? Ah… me?”

“It was someone else but you, but it doesn’t matter. Yes you! Answer me”

Yuno thought it was a good idea to see a guy who looked kind of confused stand up and asked him a question, and he answered Yuno’s question obediently.

“Your Holiness said that the saint was a prostitute who betrayed Lord Ikaris and became involved with the emperor out of greed for power. He said that she was a bitch who had a lot of sex with the emperor, and that the emperor was a sick pagan who was fascinated by the lust of the saintly sisters, so they should cut off their heads together and advance to the Balkans. So, we joked that since she was a saintly bitch who had been eaten countless times by the emperor before, we should eat her again before she was killed… Sigh!!”

The dazed soldier seemed to have come to his senses after momentarily forgetting that the person holding the commander’s leash in front of him was the Balkan emperor he was cursing.

“Okay, what was it like to actually see that sick heathen guy? Do I still look like an asshole?”

Only then did the soldier, whose whole body was shaking, collapse on the floor, even urinating due to Yuno’s force.

“Tsk…. If you guys have brains, think about it!! Would all those priests and heresy judges follow the saint for no reason? Would you have followed the Heresy Inquisitor and held the sword in the opposite direction? Have you still not come to your senses after suffering from the Pope’s tyranny so far?”

” How dare the Holy Father… Ouch!!”

Yuno, who lightly knocked out the priest commander who was writhing and resisting even when he was grabbed by the neck, gained momentum once again and stood in front of the priests who began to look at him with awe.

“Still not sure where the justice is? I can’t even feel my divine power!! If you don’t know, I’ll tell you!! Metatron!!”

Metatron, who woke up from Angelina’s body at Yuno’s call, spread his wings wide and flew into the sky, spraying divine power, circling Radame Castle, then landing next to Yuno and rubbing his face against her body.

“Did you call me? master? Hohoho, aren’t you really not looking for me?”

Seeing that sight, the priests widened their eyes and knelt in front of Yuno.

“Great, Archangel!!”

“This is Metatron, the Archangel of Destruction under Ikaris!!”

“An archangel descended on the body of a saint!! The Archangel follows the Emperor of Balkan as his master!!”

“Ooooo Ikaris sent an archangel to the Balkan emperor!! It was true that His Majesty, the Emperor of Balkan, was Ikaris-sama’s agent on earth!!”

Yuno felt relieved as he saw the priests bowing to the sky with great enthusiasm.

‘Ah, if it’s going to be like this, why did I put on that live show? Showing Metatron once is so effective… wasn’t there a need to bring our legionnaires too? Wait a minute, what does this mean?’

Thinking that Juno had been wasting his time, he looked towards the sound of shouting coming from outside the castle gate, and saw that the believers who had been shaken by the Pope’s speech until a while ago were rushing towards the gate in excitement at the appearance of the archangel.

“What the saint and the Inquisitor said were true!! Catch the Pope!!”

“Follow Ikaris’ will!! Archangel Metatron is with us!!”

“Charge!! Captivate the Pope!! step! You must never kill!! The flames of Heresy Inquisitor Commander Jeanne will burn that apostate directly!!”

As fanatics who had abandoned their hometown and fought all the way to Radame at the mere word of an oracle, the sight of them charging in with madness at the sight of the Archangel was enough to give even Yuno goosebumps.

‘Wow, that’s definitely why neighboring countries could not have invaded Johannes even though its military power is so weak… Even I feel goosebumps, but ordinary soldiers must be miserable… This time, I’m going to thank the Pope who sent Metatron to me. ‘I should be thankful’

The Inquisitors commanded by Jeanne, along with the fanatics and priests who had become allies, quickly entered the Great Temple.

The defenders under the cardinal locked the temple door and attempted to stage a sit-in, but Jeanne’s battle ax, clad in the sacred sword, succeeded in breaking down the temple door in an instant.

“The temple door has been breached!! Capture all the priests who collaborated with the Pope from within!! Don’t miss a single one!!”

As soon as the cardinals saw that the castle gate was breached, they rushed to the secret room to retrieve their belongings from their houses inside the Castle of Radame and prepare for exile. As soon as the temple was breached, they were captured one by one by the Inquisitors.

“Find the Pope!! It must be somewhere!!”

However, no matter how hard he searched, there was no sign of the Pope, nor of several key cardinals, so Jeanne gritted his teeth and urged the Inquisitors under him even more.

“There must be a hiding place!! Screw the captured cardinals!! We need to find the Pope’s hideout!!”

The cardinals’ faces were filled with fear at the sight of Jeanne, who had taken on the appearance of a sad Inquisitor. But there was no one to save them, and the merciless hand of the Inquisitors fell upon them.

*Illustration of Jeanne leading the Inquisitors into the Great Temple and searching for the Pope

*Inquisitor unit commander Jeanne uniform illustration