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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟎: 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 (6)
The long-awaited treatment of the princess, the daughter of the King of Brinnatia, finally began. The saintess, renowned for her medical skills and possessing the second-highest amount of holy power after the Pope and the Saintess, was tasked with the princess’s care. It was said that no matter what curse the princess was under, the saintess could easily cure it.
However, Oswald, the knight entrusted with the princess’s close protection, noticed a look of bewilderment on the saintess’s face. There were more than a few strange things about the situation.
First, it was unusual for someone supposedly suffering from a curse to be squirming around so much. But as Oswald observed the saintess, Estell, he realized. . .
‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘕𝘰, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦.’
It was simply a case of feigning illness.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘺?’
As far as Oswald knew, the princess was the apple of the king’s eye. This wasn’t about getting attention.
There had to be a reason why she had to pretend to be sick to lure the saintess all the way here. What could it be?
Just as Oswald was pondering this, a bone-chilling demonic power concentrated above their heads.
“Sir Oswald!”
Maria, who had also sensed it, cried out. Oswald threw himself towards Saint Estell, and using his Blood Demon, he formed a large shield and raised it over their heads.
At that moment, a dark light descended, obliterating the very building they were in.
Crack! Boom!
The building’s remains disintegrated into molecular fragments, vanishing into thin air.
Oswald silently endured the attack, his arms wrapped around Estell’s waist. The massive amount of blood required to maintain the Blood Demon drained him, and his face paled in an instant.
‘𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘪𝘵.’
Oswald tried to move his hand around Estell’s waist to reach for a potion, but he couldn’t reach it.
“I’ll help!”
Estell snatched the potion from Oswald and put it to his lips. At the same time, she cast a divine spell to aid Oswald’s recovery.
With Estell’s healing magic and the potion, Oswald’s blood supply was restored, allowing him to withstand this powerful magic.
The dark light faded, revealing a scene of utter nothingness.
“Disintegrate. . .”
It was a powerful high-level spell that projected magic power over a certain area, disintegrating everything that existed into molecular fragments.
This 8th-circle spell was so advanced that only a handful of people on the continent could cast it.
‘𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. . .’
That meant the opponent was highly likely to be a Chaos Demon, not a human.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳.’
The Horus of Truth, a fallen Chaos God who had once been a benevolent deity but had become corrupted in his pursuit of truth.
‘𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦?’
Then, Oswald came to a conclusion.
The current king was notorious for being a tyrant, torturing and imprisoning anyone who spoke ill of him. In short, this meant that there were more than enough prisoners to be used as sacrifices.
The prisoners, riddled with hatred and fear. . . their darkness was perfect for summoning a Chaos Demon.
“Let’s get out of here for now.”
Oswald continued running with Estell still in his arms. Their destination was the Crystal Palace, where the Vatican’s troops were stationed.
A high-ranking Chaos demon wouldn’t be the only one to appear and soon Chaos Demons or monsters would surely attack.
As Oswald had predicted, Chaos Garuda were flying overhead, screeching. Unlike regular Garuda, these Chaos Garuda had two heads. They spewed various kinds of magic, attacking all living creatures on the ground.
True to their nature as Chaos Demons who pursued truth, the Chaos Garuda used powerful magic. Following them, corrupted Jotunn appeared.
Chaos Jotunn, with demonic horns growing on their heads, began to dive with a flap of their wings.
The Royal Guard fired at them.
Tatatatatatatang!
They used Piper Series rifles to shoot down the Chaos Jotunn one by one.
However, some of the Jotunn who escaped the Royal Guard’s barrage landed on the ground and used their weapons to suppress the Royal Guard soldiers.
The Royal Guard soldiers also charged at the Jotunn with fixed bayonets, but they were easily overwhelmed due to their physical inferiority. Moreover, these weren’t ordinary Jotunn, but Chaos-corrupted ones.
While the Royal Guard struggled, Oswald continued running with Estell on his back.
“Hold on!”
It was difficult to fight while holding Estell, so he ended up carrying her on his back and transforming the form of his Blood Demon.
Soon, an exoskeleton and a turtle shell-like structure covered his entire body. It was almost like a turtle-human, to say the least.
This form was designed to protect Estell on his back while maximizing his physical abilities.
Oswald then materialized pistols on his exoskeleton forearms. They resembled Desert Eagles, but were much larger.
In addition to that, he created a section where he could equip potions and equipped five of them before starting the fight.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Oswald moved forward, dealing with the Chaos Jotunn who were rushing him from both sides.
With the large-caliber pistols, even the Chaos Jotunn couldn’t escape unscathed. One shot was enough to rip off an arm, such was their powerful impact.
Just then, the Chaos Garuda targeted Oswald and started bombarding him with magic. Blue electricity and flames flew towards him, blocking his path.
Kwang! Kwang!
“Tch.”
Oswald rolled on the ground and quickly maneuvered to the side, then assumed an anti-aircraft fire stance and pulled the trigger.
Bang bang! Bang bang! Bang bang! Bang bang!
The blood-red bullets that tore through the air were blocked by the Garuda’s shield magic. However, the shields were cracking due to the continuous bombardment.
Kyaaaaaaaaak!
At that moment, a Jotunn wielding a club rushed at Oswald from his left side. Oswald didn’t panic, lowered his left hand, and pulled the trigger at the approaching enemy.
Taaang! Phew-boom!
The blood-red bullet that shot out from the muzzle hit the Jotunn’s head directly, causing it to explode.
Oswald then transformed the pistol, imbuing it with more blood magic. It drained that much blood, but. . . to deal a blow to the enemies attacking from above, this much consumption was worth it.
The transformed pistol now resembled a railgun with an electromagnetic railgun barrel. It was a pistol-shaped railgun.
Oswald created a small high-explosive armor-piercing shell, loaded it, and pulled the trigger at the enemies.
Fizzzzzzzt!
The blood-red current accelerated the high-explosive armor-piercing shell, making it fly towards the Chaos Garuda at a rapid speed.
The bullet, which could be described as supersonic, pierced through the shield and hit the body of the Chaos Garuda hiding behind it, causing an explosion that shattered the Garuda into pieces.
It was a powerful shot, but it drained a lot of blood, and the potions were sucked in through the tubes connected to his veins.
Just then, Order of the Holy Knights members who had spotted them approached rapidly. They used their weapons to deal with the Jotunn and Garuda while approaching.
“Sir Oswald! We’ll support you.”
“We’ll escort you to the Crystal Palace! Please hold on!”
Thanks to the demon hunters, who were undoubtedly skilled, they were able to break through more easily than before.
Then, a powerful shockwave was heard from the sky, and a winged Chaos Demon appeared, blocking their path.
【The scent of filthy dogs reeeks!】
At that moment, five blue magic circles formed around him, and blue lightning shot out.
Fizzzzzzt! Kwang! Kwak!
The five lightning bolts struck the ground, sending up a thick cloud of dust that obscured their vision. Then, through the dust, two blood-red beams hit the Chaos Demon and exploded.
Kwang!
【Kyaaaaaaaaaaaak!】
The Chaos Demon survived the railgun shot, but its entire body was already tattered and couldn’t retaliate rashly.
“It’s over.”
Taaang!
Fizzzzzzt! Kwak!
Oswald pulled the trigger once again, accelerating the high-explosive armor-piercing shell with the electromagnetic rail to attack the Chaos Demon, which eventually couldn’t hold on and was banished from Century.
After that, Oswald, who received the falling demon’s essence, immediately transformed the form of his exoskeleton and equipped it on the exoskeleton. He intended to use the demon’s essence as an energy source to operate the Blood Demon. However. . .
“Huh?”
It was impossible to activate the Blood Demon using the essence of a pure demon without blood magic.
‘𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦.’
Oswald stuffed the demon’s essence back into his magic pouch and took out more potions. It seemed he would have to rely on potions one way or another.
That’s how Oswald reached the vicinity of the Crystal Palace. The Vatican Guard was using Winchester rifles to defend the palace against the Chaos Garuda and Jotunn who were rushing towards them.
The Vatican Guard soldiers, who possessed a certain amount of holy power thanks to their faith, had a small amount of holy power mixed into their gunfire. This holy power dealt a significant blow to the Chaos monsters, who possessed demonic power.
“Alright, almost there. . .”
Kwak!
At that moment, a black object flew towards Oswald from the void. Oswald seemed like he was going to dodge it, but when he realized what the black object was, he caught it with his body.
Thanks to that, he was greatly shocked. . . . . Oswald, who offset it with the Blood Demon. However, the person held in his arms was not unharmed.
“Lady Maria?”
“Ugh. . . . . . Cough!”
She regained consciousness at Oswald’s call, but soon after, she vomited a mouthful of blood.
‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭?’
Just then, a being with an intense presence appeared above Oswald’s head. A Chaos Demon with huge blue feathered wings.
【I wondered where you were hiding. . . . . . You were here.】
‘𝘈𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭.’
A demon with a similar aura to the earl of Blood Chaos Demon he had encountered in the past.
【My friend, hand over the saintess you are carrying on your back. Then I will give you the opportunity to fall.】
At his words, Oswald did not hesitate and immediately attacked.
Bang bang! Bang bang! Bang bang!
He fired the railgun pistols one after another, sending streaks of blood-red light towards the chaos demon of truth.
【It’s you! The one who stole the Blood Demon and the Plague Grimoire! Even if Blood and Plague were foolishly defeated, I, Cardg of Truth a, the Earl of the Chaos Demon, will not be defeated.】
‘𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘨𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩? 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘪𝘵. . . . . .’
Oswald thought that he had run into a terrible guy.
Among the Chaos Demons of Truth, there were two beings to be most cautious of, one was the archduke demon of Truth, and the other was the Cardga of Truth who was now before him.
Cardga was originally a great wizard of human origin, who reached the 9th circle, the highest level one could reach as a human. After that, he sought the truth in order to challenge the 10th circle, which could be said to be the realm of God, and eventually fell to Horus of Truth and became corrupt.
Thanks to that, Cardga gained magic equivalent to the 10th circle.
Oswald stared at him and donned the Plague Grimoire. He then made slight adjustments to the current Blood Demon form, allowing him to store and utilize the plague factor emitted through the plague mask, adding a plague effect to his attacks.
【You intend to resist?】
Oswald, whose spirit recovered quickly thanks to the increased immunity and resistance, exhaled and said.
【Phew. . . . . . We’ll see how long it lasts, won’t we?】
【Hahaha! The difference between you and me is already clear! Do you really need to see that?】
Soon after, dozens, hundreds of blue magic circles began to form around the Cardga of Truth.
“Damn.”
‘𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?!’
Suddenly,
Swoosh. Bang!
Something shot from the side and struck Cardga. Upon impact, red flames erupted, engulfing and consuming Cardga entirely.
Simultaneously, a figure emerged, clad in cowboy attire and smoking a cigar.
“Blast. . . Grave?”