𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟒: 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧 (1)
Oswald was provided with the weapons necessary to clean out Earl Penicillin through the Headmaster of the academy, since it was difficult to casually go out and purchase weapons due to the constant surveillance.
The headmaster, who provided Oswald with weapons, looked at him and said,”You are the first student to use me like this.”
“You’re well prepared.”
“Yes, I think I need to be thorough since I plan to act alone. And I plan to do it over the weekend. Can you please contact the Cardinal at the Central Cathedral that night?”
“Hmm. . . I understand.”
He had even prepared custom-made bullets. He had prepared armor-piercing bullets engraved with simple piercing magic.
The armor-piercing bullets, which had only the tips of the copper bullets made of steel, were more powerful than ordinary copper bullets. Since they were even engraved with piercing magic, they could even tear apart armor made of mithril.
Fully prepared. . . Oswald left the academy late at night for the weekend.
However. . .
‘𝘔𝘢𝘯. . . . . . 𝘊𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥?’
He woke up at 2 a.m. and went out without sleeping until then and jumped out to spy on him. . . He was crazy.
Judging by the form of the movement, it was similar to Gilgamesh, so it was probably Gilgamesh.
‘𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵.’
It wasn’t good to keep hiding this.
‘𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱.’
In particular, Gilgamesh’s family was not as great as the current 5 dukes, but it was a family with considerable influence.
It was one of the vassal families that had served the emperor’s family since the time when the Imperial Empire was a single duchy, and it was one of the old prestigious families of the empire.
When the duchy became a kingdom, they were a duke, and when it became an empire, they were a marquis. After that, they were demoted over generations and became a viscount, and Gilgamesh’s grandfather obtained the status of a border count and is currently protecting the western border as an earl.
Oswald immediately began to move towards Earl Penicillin. He showed movements that seemed suspicious to anyone.
He even went into an alley on the way and took out his robe and pressed down on the hood. . . He led Gilgamesh, who was following him, to misunderstand.
Soon, Oswald arrived at Earl Penicillin’s mansion. . . and took out the Winchester V10 from his magic pouch. Then he kicked the floor lightly and jumped over the wall.
Earl Penicillin’s mansion was quite strict, and hired mercenaries patrolled with guard dogs.
Oswald broke through the mercenaries’ security net, maintaining his prayer as much as possible and hiding in the darkness. Then suddenly, Gilgamesh’s movement disappeared, and at one point, he could sense something like Gilgamesh’s movement under his feet.
‘𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦. . .?’
As far as Oswald knew, Gilgamesh had a fraudulent infiltration technique, ‘Hiding in the Shadows’. It was a technique that could hide his body anywhere where there was a shadow.
Of course, Oswald could also buy it through the Fate Shop. . . The problem was that he couldn’t use it because he didn’t have any magic power.
‘𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵. . . 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺? 𝘕𝘰. . . 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘦’𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯.’
It has holy power, but. . . There were very few techniques that could be used with holy power. Even if there were, most of them were techniques for healing or techniques that only worked on chaos demons.
Because of this, paladins also used magic power in normal battles and holy power in battles against chaos.
Anyway, Oswald carefully entered the mansion with the guy who was bothering him at his feet. Fortunately, since it was night, no maids or servants were passing by. . . But this place was also strictly guarded by combat mercenaries.
‘𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯. . . 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘯.’
Didn’t he make the panacea called Penicillin? There were quite a few epidemics that he had conquered with the medicine he made. Because of that, he was able to cure everything that divine power could only temporarily relieve.
However. . . The problem was that all of that was obtained through the Plague God Pleg.
The Plague God Pleg was a being whose motto was the infinite cycle of life through pestilence. It was not that he just wanted to kill and massacre, but that his purpose was to purify the world by conceiving new life through pestilence.
Because of that, he was defined as an evil god by the gods of the heavenly forces who grew stronger based on the faith and belief of humans.
‘𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.’
Earl Penicillin had played 「Final Chapter」 many times, and he also played as Earl Penicillin, so he was familiar with the interior of the mansion as if it was his own home.
Oswald arrived at the earl’s bedroom without hesitation. . . It was on the 2nd floor, but since it was a mansion built on a hill, the lower floor was the ground.
Taking advantage of that, Earl Penicillin dug into the ground and built an underground laboratory.
Eventually, Oswald turned the candlestick decoration near the fireplace in the earl’s bedroom and opened the entrance to the secret passage.
That. . .
The fireplace went up and a secret passage appeared below it.
Oswald went down the stairs of the secret passage as if he was familiar with it.
Did he go down almost 5 floors underground? Finally, light began to appear and the interior could be seen clearly.
A huge glass tank was filled with strange solutions, and the bodies of children who had been exposed to various plagues and had changed into horrible forms were inside.
It’s a terrible place every time he comes. . . even now, the screams of a child can be heard as the child is being experimented on.
Kuaaaak! Aaaak!
Oswald, who soon arrived behind Earl Penicillin. He aimed his gun at the earl, who was ripping open a child’s stomach and examining the inside with surgical instruments. He was studying the sensory organs that felt pain while dissecting the child alive.
He couldn’t help but be extremely cruel, to the point where Gilgamesh, who was in the shadows, could feel his anger.
“Earl Penicillin.”
“Who are you? How did you get here?”
“I will execute you in the name of Chronos.”
Ta-ang!
Shuak. Peoeok!
A bullet that pierced Earl Penicillin’s head in one breath. . .
The earl collapsed. . . Oswald pulled the trigger without hesitation for the young soul lying on the bed.
Tang!
A bullet that was precisely embedded in the forehead. Only then did the child, who had been struggling in endless pain, breathe his last. He couldn’t be saved because most of his organs had already been removed, so it was the only mercy he could give.
“How long are you going to hide?”
At those words, Gilgamesh, who had been hiding in Oswald’s shadow, stirred. One. . . There was a being that moved before that. . .
【Keukheum. . . It seems that the church’s dog smells well. 】
From Earl Penicillin’s body, greenish plague factors gushed out and gathered in the air, and soon a chaos demon took shape.
His skin was wrinkled due to the plague, and tumor masses were occasionally visible. Then, two horns grew near his temples. . . and told him that he was a demon.
【Keukheum. . . It seems that you don’t even have magic power. 】
“My holy power is enough for you.”
At the same time as those words, the holy power contained in Drake’s heart rushed into Oswald’s Winchester V10 through the circuit. Soon, Oswald aimed a bullet containing holy power at the plague chaos demon.
Ta-ang!
Shuaak!
However, the chaos demon quickly turned its body to avoid it and approached Oswald. Oswald followed his movements with both eyes, drew his greatsword, and stabbed the bayonet towards the place where he would move in advance.
Shuaak. Kwadeuk!
【Even if you don’t have magic power. . . Is this because it’s a dog? Your physical abilities are considerable. 】
Then, as Oswald pulled the trigger once more, he scattered his body with plague factors. Then, it covered Oswald’s whole body, and the plague factor entered Oswald’s body through his respirator.
【Keukhaha, fool. Do you think you can survive after inhaling my plague? 】
The holy power in Oswald’s body resisted fiercely and tried to expel the plague, and then the Phoenix’s Bracelet worn on his left also expelled the plague.
“I’m used to this kind of pain. Phoenix!”
Kkiaaak! Hwareurreuk!
Oswald’s left arm was engulfed in flames, and soon a phoenix burst out.
“Burn everything around you! Burn all this plague!”
Hwareurreuk!
The upper-level fire spirit, Phoenix, flew up and burned everything around it along with the plague factor.
【It looks like the bastard has a trick up his sleeve! 】
The plague factor burned, and the chaos demon had no choice but to take shape again.
As soon as he revealed his form, Oswald rushed towards him with holy power added to his bayonet.
Soon, a close combat began between the two beings. The chaos demon wielded a rusty sword at some point.
The chaos demon was a demon, but Oswald already had physical abilities that surpassed superhuman. Thanks to that, he was overwhelming him to the point of surpassing the chaos demon.
【Keukhaha, you don’t have magic power. . . But how can you have this level of physical ability! Then the pain of the plague won’t be a problem. You must be the best pervert among the dogs! 】
The chaos demon, who continued to spew out plague, continued to torment Oswald, but Oswald did not even flinch.
The plague factors of the guy who are getting stronger and stronger. . .
Surely, as a chaos demon, the concentration of the plague was increasing in real time. Furthermore, it seemed that he was not a lower but a middle-level demon.
At this rate, he would use up all his holy power to heal the plague. . . Oswald, who had no choice but to call the phoenix that was burning everything around him, activated the gauntlet on his right arm.
Soon, the plague factors gushing out of his right arm. . . swallowed Oswald’s whole body.
【Keuaaaak! 】
He suppressed his holy power to wear the gauntlet, and the chaos demon’s plague factors were mixed in, causing tremendous pain to engulf his whole body.
【Keukhaha You’re the one! The human who took the Plague Grimoire from that bastard Chaos Knight. 】
Whoop. . . Pushishik. . . Whoop. . . Pushishik. . .
[‘𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’ 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 ‘𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡’.]
[‘𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’ 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝟏.]
【Kuaak! 】
As he collected the plague, even greater pain struck Oswald’s whole body. His flesh, which was activated along with it. . .
[𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐯.𝟐]
[𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 +𝟐𝟓 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.]
[𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐯.𝟒𝟎+𝟐𝟓]
[𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐋𝐯.𝟒𝟎+𝟐𝟓]
[𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐯.𝟒𝟎+𝟐𝟓]
The pain of the plague. . .
The Phoenix’s Bracelet healed the plague, and the Troll King’s heart regenerated the cells damaged by the plague, preventing his life from being reduced.
【Even if you have the upper-level fire spirit Phoenix. . . At that level, you won’t be able to stop your life from being reduced, will you? 】
【I don’t plan on living long anyway. 】
The end was less than 10 years away. Furthermore, Oswald himself had his lifespan greatly increased through body modification, and as long as he had the Troll King’s heart, his lifespan would not be reduced by the plague.
But was it because he had absorbed one of Pleg’s enhanced plagues? His body was trembling to the point of feeling pain in real time. The pain was approaching more strongly because his sensory level was high.
‘𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴. . . 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.’
It was thanks to his spirit and composure that he was able to maintain his mentality. . . Otherwise, it was a pain that he could have fainted from a long time ago.
【Why are you fighting so hard? 】
In the meantime, Oswald thought about how to involve Gilgamesh on one side. . . and decided to throw him a bait that would pique his interest.
【I committed a great sin in the midst of an already predicted end. I could have chosen a different path. . . but I made the easy choice, and I spent my days looking back on what I had lost and regretting it. If I had a chance. . . if I could just have one more chance. . . I swore that I would endure any pain. 】
【You are talking nonsense.】
He wasn’t talking for the chaos demon to understand.
【Let’s see the end now. 】
Oswald moved quickly. The chaos demon was so bewildered by the speed that he couldn’t be seen that it was obvious.
Oswald, who suddenly appeared in front of his nose, swung his broadsword.
Peoeok!
【Keheok! 】
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