Harvest Festival

1.

A Saintess who uses a sword.

This is cheating.

There aren’t any set rules in battle, but it felt like such a balance collapse that I couldn’t help but think it was cheating.

It’s not that it’s strange for a Saintess to use a sword.

Anyone can learn swordsmanship.

Anyone can hold a sword.

The problem is that the Sword Saint became a Saintess.

The pinnacle of the world of swords.

A master who has mastered all swordsmanship.

The compatibility was just too bad.

Wizards are weak in close combat.

This is because it takes time for Magical power to draw Magic circles and for magic to be implemented.

The higher the rank, the shorter the time, but even the fastest high-level magic takes at least 30 seconds.

Knowing the weaknesses of such Wizards, Mortis uses various summoning magic to prevent approach when facing swordsmen.

With Undead that rise again no matter how many times they are defeated.

But he couldn’t stop the Saintess.

She cut off the summoning magic itself.

Making the Undead useless.

He was embarrassed to see her cutting the Magic circle, but it wasn’t dangerous.

Because the sword cannot sever Mortis’s eternal life.

He is immortal, and physical attacks do not work.

If there is anything dangerous, it is Divinity.

Even a Lich becomes weak in the face of purification power.

And as if to prove it.

The Saintess created divine force infused sword energy and beheaded the Legion Commander.

It’s really the worst compatibility.

A swordsman specialized in close combat.

A priest who has awakened Divinity.

The Sword Saint Saintess was born by combining those two.

Even if it’s not the other Legion Commanders, it’s a nightmare opponent for Mortis, who is Undead.

A nightmare to a nightmare.

That’s what’s looking down at him with an indifferent face right now.

“…Me.”

Mortis, whose bones, which could be called a body, have all turned to dust and disappeared, leaving only a black soul.

He spoke from within the dying embers.

“Are you making a fool of me?”

He was too careless.

Look at the girl’s attire.

No matter how you look at it, she is dressed as a nun.

It is natural that she can use Divinity, but Mortis only saw her as Adrean Van Reiker, whom he fought a long time ago.

In a way, that is a major factor in his defeat.

“To be able to use Divinity… and only fight with Magical power…”

The Saintess, Elia, said, looking at the fading black flame.

“No, I just forgot?”

“What…?”

“It’s thanks to you for telling me. That it’s impossible to kill you with Magical power.”

Elia raised her sword.

Her face reflected on the white blade.

The sword, which had been sucking Magical power like a glutton, was now full of Divinity and satisfied.

“I was really stupid. It’s my fault for thinking you were just an ordinary Undead.”

It’s not that you can’t kill Undead with a sword.

Because they don’t have complete resistance to physical attacks.

But it’s a different story for Liches, who are transcendent beings among the Undead. Liches have complete resistance to physical attacks.

He just didn’t take that into account.

“O-Ordinary?”

Elia chuckled.

“You’re a pushover, aren’t you?”

Unbecoming behavior for a benevolent smile.

For now, she was not Elia, but Adrean.

“What can you do without magic?”

Elia raised her sword above her head.

“You’re just an ordinary Undead.”

She knows that he is a special Undead because he can use magic.

This was just a taunt.

It is a privilege that only those who have secured the final victory can enjoy, even if they have 99 losses.

“Evil relationships are also relationships. I’ll pray for you.”

Elia closed her eyes for 5 seconds and then opened them.

“The Celestial God is speaking?”

“You… you bastard…!”

“Congratulations. You’re going to hell.”

“Kkyaaaaaaack!! Ack!!”

Elia swung her sword.

Divinity blew like the wind.

The black flame went out in the warm breeze.

The roar full of anger also went out.

2.

“There may still be Demonic energy left in your body, so please check again.”

“Understood.”

The situation has ended.

The Demonic energy that had been sprayed like fog throughout the academy disappeared.

The students who had lost their minds and were running wild like mad dogs regained their senses and became quiet.

They are figuring out what happened, but what is certain is that the problem has been resolved.

The damage was less than expected.

There are injuries, but no deaths.

Thanks to the quick response, they were able to prevent the catastrophic Gate to the Demon Realm from opening.

It’s all thanks to the Saintess.

It would have been more chaotic without her.

“I’ll leave the rest to you.”

The Holy Knight, Rael, who was organizing the situation at the temple, entrusted the finishing touches to the priests and left the temple.

His work is not over yet.

He has to find the Saintess.

He was constantly worried while suppressing the rampaging students.

What on earth happened?

The Saintess was heading somewhere with a sword.

It was an unusual sight.

The warm and affable person she usually is was gone, and she had become a resolute and rational person.

Is that her true personality?

He has many questions.

There are many things he wants to ask.

But first, he decided to fulfill his duty as an escort knight.

Rael approached the imperial knights who were organizing the situation and asked about the Saintess’s whereabouts.

“If you’re talking about the Saintess, I saw her going to the west forest with our vice-captain.”

It was the answer from the knight who was in charge of the unit.

Rael immediately went to the west forest.

As soon as he entered the forest, a terrible stench filled the air.

It’s similar to the smell of rotting corpses.

Rael covered his nose with his sleeve.

The Demonic energy is disappearing, but the concentration of Demonic energy in the west forest was higher than in other places.

“Why in a place like this…?”

It was then.

Someone was running from inside the forest.

Three female students.

There were familiar faces mixed in.

Yuriel and Estel.

They are students of the same Swordsmanship department.

“What’s wrong?”

Rael stood in front of the children.

A Magic department student was on Estel’s back.

Yuriel, who usually has a haughty and cold expression, was pale and panting. Her eyes were also slightly unfocused.

“T-T-That’s…”

Yuriel is trying to explain what happened in the west forest.

But she can’t speak properly.

Naturally, Rael looked at Estel, who was next to Yuriel.

“Haa… Haa… Legion Commander.”

Estel took a breath and slowly explained.

“A Demon King Army Commander has appeared.”

“What?”

He was aware that this situation was more serious than the entrance ceremony.

But what?

Demon King Army Commander?

It was the worst of the worst situations.

But there is something strange.

The situation has ended.

That means the Legion Commander was also defeated.

Who?

That question arose.

A Demon King Army Commander is not just a bandit leader.

Each one has the power to cause disaster.

“What about the Saintess? I heard she went this way. Did you see the Saintess?”

Estel nodded.

“She went inside… to the Legion Commander.”

Rael felt his mind go blank.

What if this wasn’t about defeating the Legion Commander, but about taking the Saintess back to the Demon Realm?

“You guys go straight to the temple.”

Rael started running again.

Emergency.

It’s a super emergency.

3.

“Huh… Did you really defeat him alone?”

The 11th Imperial Knight Order’s vice-captain, Gale, let out a hollow laugh.

Everything was over when he arrived.

“Yes, well…”

Elia is lying on the floor, looking up at the sky.

She used almost all of her Magical power, so her body is weak as a result.

“That’s what happened.”

Elia said nonchalantly, as if she had accidentally defeated the Legion Commander.

How should he accept this?

He thought she was more than just average.

To think that she was skilled enough to defeat a Demon King Army Commander on her own.

At this point, he thinks she is closer to a Sword Saint than a knight commander.

“This is really absurd.”

“But I was really lucky. I’m glad it was the weakest of the Legion Commanders. I wouldn’t have been able to do it alone if it had been someone else, right?”

It’s amazing that she’s saying such things.

Anyway, isn’t she saying that she defeated the Legion Commander alone?

An existence that no one has ever defeated before.

To defeat what even the Sword Saint, Adrean, who was called a hero, could not defeat.

“What exactly are you?”

The question in his head popped out.

“Me?”

Elia crossed her arms while lying down.

After thinking for a moment, she answered.

Gale expected an answer.

“I’m an ordinary Saintess.”

Gale laughed hollowly, again and again.

If that’s ordinary, what is everything else?

In the first place, is it possible to attach the modifier “ordinary” to the person called Saintess?

She is a girl full of questions.

“Saintess!!”

A voice calling Elia.

Elia raised her head to check the owner of the voice.

Her escort knight, Rael, was running over in a hurry with a pale face.

“Oh, you came at the right time.”

“Saintess, are you safe?”

“Yes, I’m safe.”

Rael checked Elia’s condition.

There are no visible external injuries.

“I heard that a Demon King Army Commander has appeared.”

Rael put his hand on the sword hilt as if to protect Elia and was on guard.

“You don’t have to worry about that. I defeated him.”

“Yes? Defeated him?”

“Here.”

She took out a small bead from her pocket.

A black bead with condensed Demonic energy.

Despite being surrounded by Divinity, an ominous aura is smoldering.

“It’s a Lich’s mana orb.”

The black flame went out and remained in its place.

“Ugh?!”

As soon as he received the bead, it tried to dig into Rael’s palm.

“Oops, it’s dangerous, so I’ll keep it.”

Elia picked up the mana orb that Rael had dropped and put it back in her pocket.

“…Saintess, what do you mean you defeated the Legion Commander?”

“It’s exactly what it sounds like.”

Is there anything to explain?

Defeated is defeated.

Rael looked at the vice-captain next to him.

“I can’t believe it either… It was already over when I arrived.”

He looked at Elia again with a dazed feeling.

Elia yawned, seemingly sleepy.

“…I’m thirsty. A glass of strawberry milk would be perfect.”

Elia looked up at Rael with rabbit-like eyes.

It’s a look that says, “Please buy it for me.”

“I’ll buy it for you when we get back to the academy.”

Elia smiled brightly.