The Villain Carries the Holy Sword – Chapter 46.1

Chapter 46.1: Melting the Ice (3)

The arrow that flew suddenly also disappeared suddenly.

However, everyone on the rampart knew that the arrow Arian’s mercenary had just fired was not the kind that would disappear so easily.

How so?

Was it the power of the black-haired young man who had reached the Sword Master level?

Was it the power of the gray-haired woman next to him?

If it was the woman’s power……

Kwa-kwang-kwang.

Even the roaring sound of the train approaching did not break the silence on the rampart.

Even so, Arian was the first to regain her senses.

Kwak.

She clenched her fists so hard that her fingernails dug into her skin. Crimson blood fell drop by drop on the bricks of the rampart.

Her organization only called those who could use ‘Daybreaker,’ the ultimate technique to bring down the sun, by their skill names.

Because that was their only value.

In other words, that blow should not have disappeared like this. If it did, there was only one possibility.

‘Witch—!’

Only witches could erase it.

Arian frowned.

‘But there was no surge to indicate a witch.’

If the witch had drawn the origin to the point of erasing Daybreaker, a unique surge must have spread.

The way the Holy See tracks down witches is also by finding this surge.

If they use the power of a witch but do not emit the surge of a witch…

Arian’s eyes widened as if they were about to tear. As much as her organization knew best about witches, the answer was not difficult, but it was difficult to admit.

‘A fledgling witch who hasn’t even awakened properly can’t perform the miracle of erasing Daybreaker……’

Everything moved as they saw the future, but the reality she faces is so thin that she thought it was impossible!

Chomp.

She realized that she was unconsciously biting her nails and spat out the blood that had gotten on her lips.

Then she looked up.

The black-haired young man kneeling on the locomotive and the princess of the Gypsum Flower were looking at her.

The moment she met his purple eyes, Arian flinched at the eeriness that rose from her tailbone.

Cain Ethelred, the black-haired adversary who will now change Airian and the fate of the world.

Oleciren Rune Airian, the gray princess who has not found her color.

‘……With our flames, we shall renew the world.’

Chanting the prayer they had recited until their tongues were worn out, she spoke coldly to Garick, who was clinging to her.

“Now, have you all seen it?”

“……?”

Questions arose on the rampart.

She smiled a seductive smile that she had practiced thousands and tens of thousands of times. It was a smile that would fascinate even those who doubted her in an instant.

“The miracle that the witch is performing.”

“……!”

“You’ve all seen that the mercenary I was using is not an ordinary person. I didn’t know, so I brought an artifact just in case, but if it disappeared so easily, it’s definitely a witch.”

She gently mentioned the power of the artifact to suppress suspicion.

However, some could not be fooled, and the officer from earlier retorted.

“There are also sword masters who can fire magic cannons, so it’s going too far to decide that it’s a witch without thinking.”

Arian pointed to the train that was now right in front of her nose.

“Can you take responsibility? What will happen if you let the witch into Ironheart with such weak judgment?”

“That’s……”

Whoo-hoo-hoo.

A short wind blew, and the fragrance that Arian was emitting dug into Garick’s nose once more.

She asked Garick.

“Lord Count, please decide. Whether to accept the existence of a witch at the risk of danger, or to drive them out for the sake of the remaining citizens.”

Everyone’s gaze turned to Garick’s mouth.

If it was the Count Garick they knew, he would naturally protect the citizens even at the risk of danger.

“Shoot.”

However, he, who could not escape from her brainwashing, only uttered the same word.

“You all heard it, shoot quickly!”

“It’s too close. If we shoot from here, the aftermath will reach Ironheart.”

“Tsk. If you hadn’t just talked, we would have fired at least one more shot. Then everyone pick up your swords and stab them to death. We cannot spare the witch or those who help the witch.”

“Then spare the citizens and—”

Arian shook her head, cutting off his words.

There were those who had prepared in advance on the train to crack down on the remaining Crowl rebels.

However, the fact that the train had crossed the ice bridge meant that something had happened to them.

Arian could not tolerate any variables in her plan. Even more so if the adversary was her opponent, she had no interest in the citizens of the island country.

“They may have been possessed by the witch, so just kill them all.”

Hwaa-aaah.

It was a remark that clearly revealed her thoughts, which considered human life lighter than a feather.

Loyalty to Count Garick was ultimately the protection of the citizens living in the Crowl territory.

They, who had always promised to protect the citizens, did not flinch easily.

“Lord Count?”

Arian did not bother to persuade them.

With just one word from Garick, who had become her puppet, she could go easily.

“Shoot.”

“Aside from that, what should we do with them?”

“Kill……”

Garick’s face crumpled.

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