◈ 531. [STAGE 30] Crack (2)
Clap! I’m going to go to the middle of the day!
The magic gun [Black Queen] started transforming at will and transformed into a long rail gun.
After the seven magic bullets merge into one and fill the bullet slot as it is –
“Snipe-!”
Flash-!
It was fired with a flash of light along with Damian’s cry.
A lethal blow from Damian, our strongest sniper.
The magic bullet that flew in like a beam of light flew through the deep forest and succeeded in penetrating the spiritual core of the elder tree that was scattering curses in the deepest depths.
Kiik… … Key profit… … .
The elder tree collapsed with the sound of wind blowing, and
right after that, the trees that had been swinging their trunks and roots ferociously toward the outpost like a lie also slowly stopped moving.
The trees that lost the command of the corps commander planted their roots in the ground one by one and then stood still.
like ordinary trees. Stay still.
Excellence… … .
As the wind blew from afar, burnt leaves were scattered on the ground like fallen leaves.
All of a sudden, looking at this burnt forest that was densely built in front of the outpost, everyone looked bewildered.
“You worked hard, Damian!”
Damian, who had rolled backwards while unleashing a powerful blow to my congratulations, only gave a thumbs up from the other side.
I want to lift you up and take care of you, but… … I can’t afford that now!
“Those who can move, follow me!”
He hurriedly mounted his horse and shouted.
“We must save the Sky Knights! hurry-!”
***
Forest. center.
After being rescued, Mikhail looked miserable.
His whole body was torn by tree vines and covered in blood, and his magical rapier, which was said to be a national treasure, was shattered.
In the end, it was because he broke the weapon himself by exploding his mana to reveal his location with the magic light.
However, neither bodily injury nor weapon damage were important to Mikhail.
“… Aaaaaa.”
Window Knights.
All the knights and griffons who were like his brother died here.
because of his own mistakes.
“Aww! Aaaaaaaa!”
In front of the horribly lined up corpses, Mikhail let out a scream with blood all over his body.
It was a terrible scream, like scraping the bottom of hell.
“… .”
For the past three months, Mikhail has walked a tightrope in the sky.
Even with the negative characteristics of ‘recklessness’ and ‘full of mistakes’, he fought admirably at a young age where his skills had not yet fully developed.
But just today I slipped on that single rope.
And this was the price.
“Mikhail… .”
“Aww! Aaaaaaaa!”
I didn’t know how to soothe Mikhail, who was lying on the floor and pouring bloody tears, so I looked at him and bit my lip and turned my head.
“… recover the body And heal Mikhail’s injuries.”
“Yes sir.”
After replying with a bitter face, Lucas walked towards the fallen corpses of the Sky Knights scattered throughout the forest.
The strongest knights in the northwestern part of the continent and rulers of the sky were wiped out here, and their commander, Mikhail, suffered severe injuries to his body and his mind was also shattered.
In fact, it would be harder to fight on the front here.
‘It hurts.’
I closed my eyes tightly as I watched the corpses of the knights being carried away wrapped in white cloth.
‘Bone hurts… … .’
***
I managed to win the battle, but the damage was enormous.
Four parties of 20 members of the Sky Knights, the strongest pilots, were completely wiped out.
This is an irreparable loss. Even if the Air Fleet is operated in the future, the monster front will never be able to secure this much air supremacy again.
The problem was that the damage did not end here.
“The temple facilities are insufficient, Your Highness.”
Priestess Zenith reported with a face stained with blood and sweat. As if he hadn’t shaved for a long time, this priest had a shaggy beard.
“The number of injured is exploding. The temple facilities have already reached their limits.”
“… Didn’t they expand the hospital beds not too long ago?”
“It just isn’t enough. The temple cannot keep up with the increasing number of wounded. I completely focused on today’s battle.”
It was a temple that was barely maintained, but it seems that it has finally reached its end point because hundreds of people were injured in today’s battle.
“Not only hospital beds, but also medical tools and priests are running out. I can’t stand it like this.”
“… .”
need more
Materials are being escorted from all over the world, so it is possible to change, but in the end, the absolute number of medical staff-priests are needed more.
Injuries that can be repaired and lives that can be saved are at risk due to the lack of medical staff.
“Priests voluntarily visit us from all over the world, but this is not enough. We need more organized and trained professional healers.”
Janice’s meaning was clear. I nodded.
“I have already applied for the dispatch of a priest to the central church of the ecliptic.”
The application was made a few months ago.
The problem was that the dispatch was delayed more than expected, whether that side had its own procedure. The distance from the ecliptic to the crossroads is quite far.
‘No matter how much, the emperor is my junior… … .’
Why is there no news like this? My lips were dry from burning.
More than I thought, the monster front was in a precarious state.
More and more, the monsters were becoming more terrifying and powerful, and above all, the frequency of raids was increasing.
The fatigue of the soldiers soared rapidly and the number of wounded poured out.
However, if the temple does not heal the wounded properly, the return to the frontline is delayed and the burden on the frontline troops increases as the return of the injured is delayed.
The vicious cycle has already begun. It was only a matter of time before the tower, which had been built with difficulty, collapsed if it was twisted just a little bit more.
‘I need to somehow expand the medical staff… … .’
where do you get it from?
As I rubbed my painful forehead with my hand,
“Senior!”
Evangeline, who hurriedly ran over, reported.
“Priests have come from the emperor!”
“what?”
“You have a lot of luggage and a lot of numbers! Hurry up and come out!”
Janice and I looked at each other with surprised faces.
They said that the tiger would come at my word, so I couldn’t have imagined that additional priests would arrive right now!
As we ran to the north gate, we saw a group of priests just entering the Crossroads.
All of them were priests dressed in black uniforms with stoic designs, but the bodies inside the clothes were all muscular, and they were extremely well-trained.
It’s like watching a well-forged blade in a good scabbard.
There were no decorations on top of the black priestly clothes. Each of them has only one rosary wrapped around each hand and arm… … .
I was taken aback by how different the priests I had seen so far, but a representative of the priests came and stood in front of me and greeted me calmly.
“Nice to meet you, Your Highness Prince Ash.”
It was a middle-aged woman with faded blonde hair that was white everywhere. The round glasses were silver-rimmed, adding an even colder light to her already cold face.
He has an intelligent face that seems to have worked in an office job all his life, but why?
She seemed to smell of blood.
Crossing her last name, she introduced herself.
“The 1st Holy Knights of the Central Church of the Goddess Church. This is Heretic Questioner Rosetta.”
Heretic Questioner?
It didn’t look like that because it gave an intelligent impression, but it was a shoulder belonging to the church. I crossed my arms in front of her.
“It’s a bit later than the date I asked the church to dispatch a priest, Rosetta.”
“This happened because we had a lot of things to do internally in our church.”
“If it was Fernandez’s request, I would have spyed on it immediately, so can I answer my request so late?”
The Church has been loyal to Fernandez for the past few years, serving as the eyes and ears of the Dark Lord and giving them information about the entire continent.
However, it took such a long time for a reply to my request to dispatch a priest.
Rosetta let out a low sigh.
“That Fernandez… I am late because of Your Highness.”
“what?”
“It took time to purge the cancerous forces within our church that he planted.”
A faint, bloody smile formed on Rosetta’s lips.
“To think that our priests, who should be the purest in front of God, cooperate and take the lead in the power struggle and scolding of the outside world. How impure is this?”
“… so?”
“Just in time for the downfall of Her Majesty Fernandez, a midnight wind blew within our church as well.”
Rosetta tapped her waist.
“To the foolish leader who pursued power rather than a goddess and a bundle of banknotes rather than a holy temple… I lowered the mace of justice.”
There’s a steel whip there.
A long piece of iron, which must have been well tamed with human blood and oil, was held up, neatly folded. I swallowed dry saliva.
Come to think of it, these priests are… what?
1st Templar?
‘Holly Sheck… … They’re the best idiots in the Goddess Cult!’
Fanatics who fight directly on the frontlines who devote their lives to honoring the word of God. Aspiring martyrdoms who are terribly pure and live only by the principles and principles of the church.
Fundamentalists of the Goddess Church—that was the 1st Knights Templar.
“There has been a massive internal water change and reorganization of the church’s leadership. As a result, it was delayed in responding to various requests, but I hope there will be no misunderstandings as I have never weighed the political weight.”
“… Can I ask how the reorganization ended?”
“All the corrupt priests have been expelled. Each of us was punished appropriately according to our sins.”
Rosetta put her hands together in front of her chest.
“Now, the Central Church and the Goddess Church will be able to live by giving to the world in line with their original purpose.”
“… So, to put it simply, you ate the Central Church, right?”
Rosetta looked at me like that and then nodded.
“I have no intention of being polite. It is as you say.”
Originally, the central church of the Goddess Church was tightly held by the clergy that Fernandez had connections with.
However, these fundamentalists and inquisitors, the Templars, have been dissatisfied with their greed for power and money.
And when Fernandez disappears after a decisive battle with me, and the forces under his command fall.
The existing leaders of the denomination, who have fallen into a broken relationship… … These Templars attacked.
Whether the method was a reasonable procedure through doctrine within the church or savage violence, which is what they do best.
In the political battle within the church, it was the Templars who finally won.
And the leader of this new real world is the woman in front of him. It is Rosetta.
‘The thing I do as soon as I become the most influential member of the Goddess Church is to be dispatched directly to the frontlines?’
What the heck is this again… … !
‘Well, I hoped that one more priest would be dispatched as soon as possible, but why did these psycho-powered fanatics come?’
Above all, there was no way that a group of people who worshiped the Goddess cult to such an extreme could get along well with other factions.
The Goddess Church basically stood in a stance for humans, especially for the people of the Empire.
I don’t know what the original text was like, but that’s how it is now established.
Still, the leaders of the existing church were quite generous in this way as they revealed money and power, so they spread the policy of appeasement and spread it all over the world.
These Templars are the worst of the worst. It was almost certain that there would be conflicts with people from other countries who believed in other gods as well as with different races.
I screamed inwardly because I could clearly see the future, but Rosetta slightly bowed her head to me.
“Then excuse me. I heard that there are many injured in the temple, so I will go and heal right away.”
“Oh yeah. It will be difficult since you have come a long way, so please ask.”
“yes. Let’s talk again.”
Rosetta and the new priests disappeared towards the temple with a controlled step.
“oh my… .”
I wrap my head around my head, not knowing whether I should be bothered by the joining of the troublemakers, or be happy that they will help with the immediate recovery of the number of injured people.
“… ?”
I could see Janice hiding in the shadows of the alley over there when she ran away.
“Janice? what are you doing there?”
This old man is trembling as he hides in an unsuitable squat. Why are you like this?
Then, Janice turned her head around to look around, and only after confirming that Rosetta and the Templars had disappeared, she muttered in a voice that went into the rat hole.
“… She is my older sister.”
“huh?”
“Rosetta! This is my stepsister! That and!”
Janice pointed at her neck with a bluish complexion.
“They want to kill me!”
“… .”
I clutched my more aching forehead.
Hey Uncle Jess! Don’t talk nonsense and eat… … No, do something!
