Pak!
“Get out of the way because it’s annoying!”
“What?”
The nobles in the banquet hall were in disarray.
Duke Orobas, who had the position to command them, seemed out of his mind, and Duke Vine began to move on his own after seeing that.
The only remaining duke, Duke Yubar, was nowhere to be seen.
“There are too many of them.”
“To fight while protecting them...”
“There are times when even He demands sacrifices. Isn’t now one of those times?”
The priests were the ones who were talking nonsense. In the end, they concluded that since there were too many monsters, they should get out of the way rather than fighting while protecting them.
In this situation, no one was fighting properly.
That was when.
“Uh, monsters are coming to the passageway behind the mansion toward the dining hall!”
It was a man wearing the uniform of an Orobas servant. Duke Orobas’s face turned pale at those words.
“What?”
He wasn’t the only one who was surprised.
“To the rear? Then...”
The knights and priests were also terrified. If that place was occupied, they would be attacked from all sides.
“Where exactly?”
The knight roughly asked the servant by the collar, shaking him.
“Wait, that’s where we...!”
Duke Orobas shouted, but the knight spoke firmly.
“Duke Orobas, please focus on defending the front!”
In fact, he had cut him off in a hurry. He clearly intended to retreat to the rear, pretending to catch a monster.
“This way!”
Duke Orobas ground his teeth at the sight of the servant quickly gesturing at those words.
“That idiot! Get him out of the mansion right now!”
The priests shouted at the Orobas followers who were drawing their swords.
“They were traitors after all!”
“Oh, my God!”
A priest spoke among those who were searching for God.
“We must convey this fact to the religious order!”
And those words left a brief silence around them.
‘Yes, we must definitely inform the people that Orobas is a traitor!’
The thoughts of the temple people and the thoughts of Orobas followers who thought, ‘...If we let these guys live, our lord will be in trouble.’ seemed to clash in the air. Soon, a roar like a scream erupted.
“Don’t let a single one of them live!”
“We must subdue them and inform the religious order of this fact!”
Tseng! Tseng!
Since the temple people were allowed to carry some swords even in front of the royal family, the knights also had swords.
Soon, swords clashed, creating a burst of light and metallic sounds.
On one side of the battlefield where monsters and humans were fighting, humans were fighting humans.
It wasn’t just Pocalor who was hiding nearby who was watching the farce.
“...”
Duke Yubar and his party, unaware of Pocalor’s existence, were also watching the battle.
‘The wave of demons will soon overwhelm the humans.’
‘At that time, you will see what you must do before those foolish humans who worship that god.’
The devil had clearly said that.
What could the wave of demons be?
What could it be if not these demons that were sweeping through Orobas?
Then what would I do to help? He didn’t know if Duke Orobas was a demon.
However, was it a coincidence that the demons would gather where everyone gathered to prove their divinity?
Duke Yubar didn’t think so.
If so, this was his chance. The demons’ chance to get rid of those annoying temples and seize control of this world!
“Listen.”
He said in a voice trembling with anticipation. As expected from his confidants, the demon worshippers bowed their heads to him.
“The time has come. It’s time to give them this world.”
He smiled in joy.
“I will strike them from behind.”
He clenched his fists and stood up.
“For them!”
“Waaaa!”
With a magnificent shout, they all escaped from their hiding places and rushed into the battlefield.
Looking at the surprised temple people, the Orobas people, and the excited Yubars who were about to attack the temple people, only one person understood the situation.
“...”
Only Pocalor was hiding and laughing while watching them.
Chang!
The priestess Cladda recalled the dream he had before coming to Orobas.
It was a dream where he was praying devoutly. A dream where he was just praying endlessly in front of the statue.
He had been praying all day that day, but he thought that his legs were particularly sore and he couldn’t concentrate on his prayer.
Maybe it was because of that, but the god watched his prayer in the dream as if he was rebuking him. He wondered what it meant.
Was it a chance to test his sincerity?
He glared.
“I feel sorry for Vine.”
Vine was truly innocent. Didn’t the Saintess herself vouch for him?
And the traitor was precisely in Vine.
The problem is.
Why didn’t the Saintess choose Orobas? Then wouldn’t she have been able to deal with the demons a little earlier?
His question was resolved in a way he didn’t want.
“Strike!”
“Waaaaaa!”
It was because of the troops suddenly rushing in from behind.
“What, what?”
The surprised knights and priests were confused. But that was only for a moment.
Cladda’s face brightened when he saw the leader of those rushing in from behind.
“Yubar, Duke Yubar!”
“Reinforcements!”
The knights were originally better at dealing with monsters than with humans.
It was inevitable that it would take a long time to subdue humans like this.
But what if Yubar helped?
Subduing Orobas in an instant would be no easy task...
Tseng!
“What, what?”
Cladda almost dropped the sword he was holding without realizing it.
Although he was good at using a sword as a priest, his skills were bound to be inferior to those of a knight, so the hand holding the sword felt numb.
But he was so dumbfounded that he didn’t even feel the pain.
“Kill all the temple guys!”
“For him!”
Kill what? Why Yubar? His bewildered face gradually distorted.
He believed he had figured out the situation.
“So that’s why!”
The reason the Saintess chose Vine!
“T-what is this?”
Cladda explained the situation to the bewildered knights.
“Yubar and Orobas were both from demon families!”
“That’...!”
Otherwise, there was no way to understand this situation.
“Think of being surrounded by demons! We’ve endured crises like this countless times!”
Cladda shouted until his throat was torn.
“The Gods will not turn away from us!”
Anyone would have to come in such a noisy battle.
And if they weren’t demons, they would naturally help the temple!
Furthermore, this wasn’t all the temple’s troops.
“Hold on a little longer, reinforcements will arrive soon!”
“Wow!”
In such a situation, firm belief brought great strength.
Zheng! Bam!
Even though the temple people were trapped, the Orobas Duke's confidants bit their lips as the temple did not collapse.
However, they were dumbfounded.
"But why are they attacking the temple?"
Yubar was clearly helping Orobas with all his might.
However, Orobas had no idea why they were turning their eyes away and attacking the temple from behind.
It was when the creaking battlefield descended into chaos.
"Huh?"
"That...?"
Knights in various costumes rushed out from one side of the mansion.
"?"
Their eyes met those on the battlefield.
“Get out of the way because it’s annoying!”
“What?”
The nobles in the banquet hall were in disarray.
Duke Orobas, who had the position to command them, seemed out of his mind, and Duke Vine began to move on his own after seeing that.
The only remaining duke, Duke Yubar, was nowhere to be seen.
“There are too many of them.”
“To fight while protecting them...”
“There are times when even He demands sacrifices. Isn’t now one of those times?”
The priests were the ones who were talking nonsense. In the end, they concluded that since there were too many monsters, they should get out of the way rather than fighting while protecting them.
In this situation, no one was fighting properly.
That was when.
“Uh, monsters are coming to the passageway behind the mansion toward the dining hall!”
It was a man wearing the uniform of an Orobas servant. Duke Orobas’s face turned pale at those words.
“What?”
He wasn’t the only one who was surprised.
“To the rear? Then...”
The knights and priests were also terrified. If that place was occupied, they would be attacked from all sides.
“Where exactly?”
The knight roughly asked the servant by the collar, shaking him.
“Wait, that’s where we...!”
Duke Orobas shouted, but the knight spoke firmly.
“Duke Orobas, please focus on defending the front!”
In fact, he had cut him off in a hurry. He clearly intended to retreat to the rear, pretending to catch a monster.
“This way!”
Duke Orobas ground his teeth at the sight of the servant quickly gesturing at those words.
“That idiot! Get him out of the mansion right now!”
He didn’t think that he would do something like that.
“We’ll block the rear!”
The priests and knights followed the servant, thinking this was the right time.
“Hurry, hurry!”
The frightened servant... no, Pocalor, who had transformed into a servant, led the knights. Then she thought. They're still as stupid as ever. Then she glanced in the direction where Beryl was. What a clever hostess. If she had only been ordered to lure the temple people, she wouldn’t have been impressed.
Shoot!
Pocalor, who had lured the temple people to the passage behind the mansion in question and the entrance to the basement of the Orobas Duke’s House, suddenly disappeared in the middle.
“What, what?”
Since there was no one of high level enough to notice her presence, the priests couldn’t help but be flustered as soon as they left the mansion. But that was only for a moment.
“Huh?”
Their eyes met with the Orobas Duke’s people who were loading something onto a cart and moving it.
“...!”
In a melee, where would there be room to put a monster’s corpse in a coffin?
The faces of the Orobas’ confidants, who were roughly pulling a cart covered with a cloth down the passage, turned pale.
“Th-that!”
The temple people could not have failed to notice the hairs, scales, and non-human forelimbs sticking out of the cloth.
“What are you carrying?”
One of the priests raised his voice. Then one of the aides answered.
“To burn...”
Burning the corpses of monsters was the right answer. The problem was.
“Inside the building?”
They were entering the building.
“...”
The aides had nothing to say. The faces of the temple people gradually distorted.
"When the monsters that should be most feared by the temple dared to attack us first, we should have been suspicious!”
“It’s suspicious as expected!”
“There’s something in there! Search it!”
Dealing with a small number of Orobas people who were unable to move freely because they were pulling a cart shouldn’t be difficult, the knights thought. At least it would be better than dealing with a dozen or so monsters.
“This...”
The Orobas aides exchanged glances in confusion. The same agony went through their heads. Should they attack the priests to stop them, or should they send them in?
Their choice was only one. If the priests went in and saw the piled-up corpses of monsters, they would be branded heretics and die. So!
Sreung!
The priests shouted at the Orobas followers who were drawing their swords.
“They were traitors after all!”
“Oh, my God!”
A priest spoke among those who were searching for God.
“We must convey this fact to the religious order!”
And those words left a brief silence around them.
‘Yes, we must definitely inform the people that Orobas is a traitor!’
The thoughts of the temple people and the thoughts of Orobas followers who thought, ‘...If we let these guys live, our lord will be in trouble.’ seemed to clash in the air. Soon, a roar like a scream erupted.
“Don’t let a single one of them live!”
“We must subdue them and inform the religious order of this fact!”
Tseng! Tseng!
Since the temple people were allowed to carry some swords even in front of the royal family, the knights also had swords.
Soon, swords clashed, creating a burst of light and metallic sounds.
On one side of the battlefield where monsters and humans were fighting, humans were fighting humans.
It wasn’t just Pocalor who was hiding nearby who was watching the farce.
“...”
Duke Yubar and his party, unaware of Pocalor’s existence, were also watching the battle.
‘The wave of demons will soon overwhelm the humans.’
‘At that time, you will see what you must do before those foolish humans who worship that god.’
The devil had clearly said that.
What could the wave of demons be?
What could it be if not these demons that were sweeping through Orobas?
Then what would I do to help? He didn’t know if Duke Orobas was a demon.
However, was it a coincidence that the demons would gather where everyone gathered to prove their divinity?
Duke Yubar didn’t think so.
If so, this was his chance. The demons’ chance to get rid of those annoying temples and seize control of this world!
“Listen.”
He said in a voice trembling with anticipation. As expected from his confidants, the demon worshippers bowed their heads to him.
“The time has come. It’s time to give them this world.”
He smiled in joy.
“I will strike them from behind.”
He clenched his fists and stood up.
“For them!”
“Waaaa!”
With a magnificent shout, they all escaped from their hiding places and rushed into the battlefield.
Looking at the surprised temple people, the Orobas people, and the excited Yubars who were about to attack the temple people, only one person understood the situation.
“...”
Only Pocalor was hiding and laughing while watching them.
***
Chang!
The priestess Cladda recalled the dream he had before coming to Orobas.
It was a dream where he was praying devoutly. A dream where he was just praying endlessly in front of the statue.
He had been praying all day that day, but he thought that his legs were particularly sore and he couldn’t concentrate on his prayer.
Maybe it was because of that, but the god watched his prayer in the dream as if he was rebuking him. He wondered what it meant.
Was it a chance to test his sincerity?
He glared.
“I feel sorry for Vine.”
Vine was truly innocent. Didn’t the Saintess herself vouch for him?
And the traitor was precisely in Vine.
The problem is.
Why didn’t the Saintess choose Orobas? Then wouldn’t she have been able to deal with the demons a little earlier?
His question was resolved in a way he didn’t want.
“Strike!”
“Waaaaaa!”
It was because of the troops suddenly rushing in from behind.
“What, what?”
The surprised knights and priests were confused. But that was only for a moment.
Cladda’s face brightened when he saw the leader of those rushing in from behind.
“Yubar, Duke Yubar!”
“Reinforcements!”
The knights were originally better at dealing with monsters than with humans.
It was inevitable that it would take a long time to subdue humans like this.
But what if Yubar helped?
Subduing Orobas in an instant would be no easy task...
Tseng!
“What, what?”
Cladda almost dropped the sword he was holding without realizing it.
Although he was good at using a sword as a priest, his skills were bound to be inferior to those of a knight, so the hand holding the sword felt numb.
But he was so dumbfounded that he didn’t even feel the pain.
“Kill all the temple guys!”
“For him!”
Kill what? Why Yubar? His bewildered face gradually distorted.
He believed he had figured out the situation.
“So that’s why!”
The reason the Saintess chose Vine!
“T-what is this?”
Cladda explained the situation to the bewildered knights.
“Yubar and Orobas were both from demon families!”
“That’...!”
Otherwise, there was no way to understand this situation.
“Think of being surrounded by demons! We’ve endured crises like this countless times!”
Cladda shouted until his throat was torn.
“The Gods will not turn away from us!”
Anyone would have to come in such a noisy battle.
And if they weren’t demons, they would naturally help the temple!
Furthermore, this wasn’t all the temple’s troops.
“Hold on a little longer, reinforcements will arrive soon!”
“Wow!”
In such a situation, firm belief brought great strength.
Zheng! Bam!
Even though the temple people were trapped, the Orobas Duke's confidants bit their lips as the temple did not collapse.
However, they were dumbfounded.
"But why are they attacking the temple?"
Yubar was clearly helping Orobas with all his might.
However, Orobas had no idea why they were turning their eyes away and attacking the temple from behind.
It was when the creaking battlefield descended into chaos.
"Huh?"
"That...?"
Knights in various costumes rushed out from one side of the mansion.
"?"
Their eyes met those on the battlefield.
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