The moment when I closed my eyes tightly without realizing it.
Kaang!
I heard a sharp metallic sound right near my ears for the first time.
Clang! Clang!
When I opened my eyes to the metallic sound that followed, I was floating in someone's arms.
"Bel...led?"
His hands that were holding me were empty.
I realized belatedly that the sword that had collided with the knight's sword right in front of me was the sword he was holding.
“ Hey...!”
The knight holding the shield seemed to be indignant at missing a golden opportunity.
The moment he raised his sword.
"Wait a minute."
Belled rolled his feet as he landed while holding me.
Taeang!
The sword that had been stepped on by his foot bounced up to his shoulder height.
"!"
He snatched the sword from the air and threw it away, protecting me who had flinched in surprise.
Ssaeak!
“Keuk!”
The sword flew with great momentum and pierced the body of the paladin.
Rather than keeping his body still, the paladin lifted off the ground and was buried in the middle of the battlefield.
“Are you okay?”
Belled’s breathing was somewhat ragged. It didn’t seem to be just because of the long battle or the flow of holy power.
Above all, his body had become relatively lighter since the moment the paladin disappeared from beside the shield.
“Yes, I...”
There was no time to exchange long greetings.
We nodded at each other and ran toward the shield.
And the moment my hand touched the shield.
Woooow...
Invisible waves spread around.
Belled felt as if the world had stopped for a moment.
Beryl was clearly behind him, and all the routes the paladins could take to approach her had been blocked.
So he thought he could just keep the paladins in check and find a way to turn the tide.
Bam!
Beryl moved in an instant at a speed that even his eyes couldn’t keep up with.
And right in the middle of the enemy lines.
“Beryl!”
His mind seemed to go blank.
Before the knight who had discovered her was surprised and reached out his sword at her.
Ssang!
It was almost a miracle that he had thrown the sword he was holding.
Kaang!
When the knight who had barely blocked the sword slipped away, unable to overcome the force, he had already jumped next to Beryl.
“...!”
The holy power still remaining in the shield seemed to be crushing his body, but he gritted his teeth and held on.
“Bel...led?”
Beryl, who looked up at him in surprise, fortunately, did not seem to be injured anywhere. Only then did he let out a short breath.
“Wait a minute.”
and before he could pick up the sword that had fallen to the ground and deal with the enemy, it all happened in an instant.
Then as if they had made a promise, the two of them ran toward the shield. Of course, many knights tried to block her.
Whack!
Belled slashed the wrist of one of them, snatched the sword, and swung it wildly around.
“...!”
Belled cut through the knights who had stopped in surprise. And Beryl followed right after.
And finally, the moment Beryl’s hand touched the giant shield.
Wow!
The change appeared in an instant.
“Ah...”
Beryl felt it too, and opened her mouth slightly.
The air became lighter in an instant. As if she was somewhere else. Not only that, but the air surrounding the demons was even warm as if protecting them.
“Holy... Holy power...?”
On the other hand, the paladins began to suffer the same pain that the demons had suffered just a moment ago.
It felt like their whole bodies were trapped in water, and it was hard to even breathe.
They couldn’t understand.
What was clearly coming out of the shield was holy power, so how could it be giving power to the demons? How could holy power be rejecting them?
Beryl spoke briefly to those who were like that.
“Holy power, magic power, or power are just a type of power.”
They just produced different results depending on what they were pursuing.
Holy power was simply created by the wish to eliminate magicians, and holy power was also magic power.
Otherwise, how could holy water be created by magic?
“That’s nonsense!”
The priests tried to shout and refute.
“Don’t try to bewitch me with your wicked words!”
“That crazy woman...!”
Several weapons flew at the priest who was cursing at her.
It was useless to try to dodge. Their bodies were already crushed by the air controlled by Beryl.
“This... This is ridiculous!”
The continuous shocks and heavy air caused the ranks of the paladins to collapse in an instant.
As the tide of battle began to turn in Vine’s favor, some priests showed their shameful behavior.
“Ugh!”
Some tried to run away screaming, while others tried to sneak out using those people as bait.
Those who tried to save their own lives in different ways soon met the same end.
Bam!
Some were hit by Decarabia’s giant hammer and were thrown into the gates of hell, while others simply died on the spot.
Beryl clenched her fists as she watched those people.
Then she spoke in a clear voice.
“Don't let anyone, anyone, leave this battlefield.”
The voice echoed in the demons’ heads, riding on the magical power that only she could send.
It was a strong, undeniable command as if whispered in their ears.
Before the situation inside the temple completely turned around.
A similar situation was happening outside the temple.
“...Hold on!”
Among those who were guarding against Orobas and Yubar’s forces running wild, there were some temple troops.
Furthermore, even if all the temple troops were at the central altar, there were still people from the temple outside.
Therefore, it was natural that those who realized the situation would run wild after the continuous clash of magical power and sacred power.
And the ones who stopped them were the demons of Vine who were guarding outside the central altar.
“That’s...!”
And the knights of the royal family happened to be watching them.
“The knights of Vine are being attacked?”
“What should we do?”
Vine’s demons were barely holding on, not to mention being attacked.
Who would have thought that the shields attached to the statues for the show could have such an effect!
“But why are they attacking each other?”
Because of the distance, the people of the royal family who had barely noticed the situation inside were unable to properly grasp the situation as they ran in after hearing the loud noise.
From what they could see, the people of the temple were running wildly at the people of Vine, and the Vine people were barely holding them back.
Anyone could see it...
“... Vine is being attacked, aren’t they?”
And upon hearing those words, the demon Marbes felt a light in his head.
Although he had been relatively unhelpful because his unique ability was far removed from battle,
“You’re trying to interfere with the sacred opening ceremony for your own selfish desires! And you can still call yourself a priest or a paladin!”
In a word, his status was completely reversed.
“?”
“?”
The people of the temple who were rushing in and the demons who were barely holding them back under the pressure of their holy power made dumbfounded expressions at those words.
“Interference, what...”
And the demons’ minds were faster than the people of the temple who were about to get angry.
Among them was Naberus, who had come to support after seeing the battlefield outside.
“Stop the corrupt from going to the altar! So that the Saintess can complete the opening ceremony safely!”
If Ronove had seen it, he would have praised it as the smartest moment in his hundreds of years of life.
And the faces of the temple people, who had never thought that they would be called corrupt by a demon, filled with anger, no matter how corrupt they were.
“Can’t you... shut up!”
The sight of them rushing in indignation and Vune only defending against their attacks and not attacking them gave the imperial family enough answers.
“Slay those corrupted temple bastards!”
The imperial knight raised his sword.
“Ohhh!”
“Be glory before him!”
As expected of a group of people who made a living from fraud, the demons immediately shouted Naberus’ words.
Of course, the ‘he’ they were talking about was not a god, but the demon archduke couple, but to the imperial family who had already finished identifying each other, those words sounded like nothing more than words asking for a god.
“Be glory!”
The imperial family’s shining swords slammed down on the temple people.
Naberus thought as he watched the scene.
If there were just a little more of the temple guys, it would have been really dangerous.
But they were the ones who pushed out their allies and took their place to get even a little more profit in their hands.
And yet they go around saying that they are clean.
The demons who took being true to their desires and being honest for granted were the type of people they hated the most.
Their words were approaching.
“Surely, definitely the demon...!”
The situation inside the central altar was completely tilted toward Vine.
Among the priests, there were still some who could not believe the reality.
It was understandable.
“Surely God said that woman would lead us to the demon!”
I looked at the priest who spoke while gritting his teeth.
The demons were already tightly guarding her surroundings.
The numerical superiority was also clear on Vine’s side. In terms of morale and individual fighting power, Vine’s victory was almost certain.
“If that is the fate of the Saintess, how could...!”
I clenched my fists without realizing it at the priest’s words.
“How dare you go against fate!”
And my eyes narrowed at the words that followed.
I hated the idea that fate was predetermined.
So, was I just destined to become a Saintess and be thrown among the devil-like humans?
Was I destined to repeat the same suffering even after returning?
If I had acted according to the will of the gods they claimed, that would have been the case. This life would have been just as painful as the last and the one before that.
But I had changed my future.
The fate of marrying the devil and dying, to a future where I could survive and be happy.
So I didn’t believe that fate was set. I hated that.
It seemed like it said that nothing would change no matter how hard I tried. It seemed like it was telling me to just give up.
There must be a being with transcendent power.
It didn’t matter if the being that gave my life three times was a god or something else.
In any case, I now knew that they couldn’t control everything in the world.
No matter how much they tried to manipulate humans, human will could change many things.
As proof.
“I definitely led humans to the devil,”
I said. The priests’ eyes widened at those words.
My gaze passed through the devils and turned to Belled.
It was true.
If the Saintess finds the devil, didn’t she lead the priests who were only concerned about their own interests, feeling relieved that they would go to heaven?
In front of the devil’s sword.
“...To defeat humans worse than devils, and make this their world.”
So that this could become the devil’s world.
“Nonsense...!”
My words were the last words the struggling priest heard before ending his life.
Kaang!
I heard a sharp metallic sound right near my ears for the first time.
Clang! Clang!
When I opened my eyes to the metallic sound that followed, I was floating in someone's arms.
"Bel...led?"
His hands that were holding me were empty.
I realized belatedly that the sword that had collided with the knight's sword right in front of me was the sword he was holding.
“ Hey...!”
The knight holding the shield seemed to be indignant at missing a golden opportunity.
The moment he raised his sword.
"Wait a minute."
Belled rolled his feet as he landed while holding me.
Taeang!
The sword that had been stepped on by his foot bounced up to his shoulder height.
"!"
He snatched the sword from the air and threw it away, protecting me who had flinched in surprise.
Ssaeak!
“Keuk!”
The sword flew with great momentum and pierced the body of the paladin.
Rather than keeping his body still, the paladin lifted off the ground and was buried in the middle of the battlefield.
“Are you okay?”
Belled’s breathing was somewhat ragged. It didn’t seem to be just because of the long battle or the flow of holy power.
Above all, his body had become relatively lighter since the moment the paladin disappeared from beside the shield.
“Yes, I...”
There was no time to exchange long greetings.
We nodded at each other and ran toward the shield.
And the moment my hand touched the shield.
Woooow...
Invisible waves spread around.
***
Belled felt as if the world had stopped for a moment.
Beryl was clearly behind him, and all the routes the paladins could take to approach her had been blocked.
So he thought he could just keep the paladins in check and find a way to turn the tide.
Bam!
Beryl moved in an instant at a speed that even his eyes couldn’t keep up with.
And right in the middle of the enemy lines.
“Beryl!”
His mind seemed to go blank.
Before the knight who had discovered her was surprised and reached out his sword at her.
Ssang!
It was almost a miracle that he had thrown the sword he was holding.
Kaang!
When the knight who had barely blocked the sword slipped away, unable to overcome the force, he had already jumped next to Beryl.
“...!”
The holy power still remaining in the shield seemed to be crushing his body, but he gritted his teeth and held on.
“Bel...led?”
Beryl, who looked up at him in surprise, fortunately, did not seem to be injured anywhere. Only then did he let out a short breath.
“Wait a minute.”
and before he could pick up the sword that had fallen to the ground and deal with the enemy, it all happened in an instant.
Then as if they had made a promise, the two of them ran toward the shield. Of course, many knights tried to block her.
Whack!
Belled slashed the wrist of one of them, snatched the sword, and swung it wildly around.
“...!”
Belled cut through the knights who had stopped in surprise. And Beryl followed right after.
And finally, the moment Beryl’s hand touched the giant shield.
Wow!
The change appeared in an instant.
“Ah...”
Beryl felt it too, and opened her mouth slightly.
The air became lighter in an instant. As if she was somewhere else. Not only that, but the air surrounding the demons was even warm as if protecting them.
“Holy... Holy power...?”
On the other hand, the paladins began to suffer the same pain that the demons had suffered just a moment ago.
It felt like their whole bodies were trapped in water, and it was hard to even breathe.
They couldn’t understand.
What was clearly coming out of the shield was holy power, so how could it be giving power to the demons? How could holy power be rejecting them?
Beryl spoke briefly to those who were like that.
“Holy power, magic power, or power are just a type of power.”
They just produced different results depending on what they were pursuing.
Holy power was simply created by the wish to eliminate magicians, and holy power was also magic power.
Otherwise, how could holy water be created by magic?
“That’s nonsense!”
The priests tried to shout and refute.
“Don’t try to bewitch me with your wicked words!”
“That crazy woman...!”
Several weapons flew at the priest who was cursing at her.
It was useless to try to dodge. Their bodies were already crushed by the air controlled by Beryl.
“This... This is ridiculous!”
The continuous shocks and heavy air caused the ranks of the paladins to collapse in an instant.
As the tide of battle began to turn in Vine’s favor, some priests showed their shameful behavior.
“Ugh!”
Some tried to run away screaming, while others tried to sneak out using those people as bait.
Those who tried to save their own lives in different ways soon met the same end.
Bam!
Some were hit by Decarabia’s giant hammer and were thrown into the gates of hell, while others simply died on the spot.
Beryl clenched her fists as she watched those people.
Then she spoke in a clear voice.
“Don't let anyone, anyone, leave this battlefield.”
The voice echoed in the demons’ heads, riding on the magical power that only she could send.
It was a strong, undeniable command as if whispered in their ears.
***
Before the situation inside the temple completely turned around.
A similar situation was happening outside the temple.
“...Hold on!”
Among those who were guarding against Orobas and Yubar’s forces running wild, there were some temple troops.
Furthermore, even if all the temple troops were at the central altar, there were still people from the temple outside.
Therefore, it was natural that those who realized the situation would run wild after the continuous clash of magical power and sacred power.
And the ones who stopped them were the demons of Vine who were guarding outside the central altar.
“That’s...!”
And the knights of the royal family happened to be watching them.
“The knights of Vine are being attacked?”
“What should we do?”
Vine’s demons were barely holding on, not to mention being attacked.
Who would have thought that the shields attached to the statues for the show could have such an effect!
“But why are they attacking each other?”
Because of the distance, the people of the royal family who had barely noticed the situation inside were unable to properly grasp the situation as they ran in after hearing the loud noise.
From what they could see, the people of the temple were running wildly at the people of Vine, and the Vine people were barely holding them back.
Anyone could see it...
“... Vine is being attacked, aren’t they?”
And upon hearing those words, the demon Marbes felt a light in his head.
Although he had been relatively unhelpful because his unique ability was far removed from battle,
“You’re trying to interfere with the sacred opening ceremony for your own selfish desires! And you can still call yourself a priest or a paladin!”
In a word, his status was completely reversed.
“?”
“?”
The people of the temple who were rushing in and the demons who were barely holding them back under the pressure of their holy power made dumbfounded expressions at those words.
“Interference, what...”
And the demons’ minds were faster than the people of the temple who were about to get angry.
Among them was Naberus, who had come to support after seeing the battlefield outside.
“Stop the corrupt from going to the altar! So that the Saintess can complete the opening ceremony safely!”
If Ronove had seen it, he would have praised it as the smartest moment in his hundreds of years of life.
And the faces of the temple people, who had never thought that they would be called corrupt by a demon, filled with anger, no matter how corrupt they were.
“Can’t you... shut up!”
The sight of them rushing in indignation and Vune only defending against their attacks and not attacking them gave the imperial family enough answers.
“Slay those corrupted temple bastards!”
The imperial knight raised his sword.
“Ohhh!”
“Be glory before him!”
As expected of a group of people who made a living from fraud, the demons immediately shouted Naberus’ words.
Of course, the ‘he’ they were talking about was not a god, but the demon archduke couple, but to the imperial family who had already finished identifying each other, those words sounded like nothing more than words asking for a god.
“Be glory!”
The imperial family’s shining swords slammed down on the temple people.
Naberus thought as he watched the scene.
If there were just a little more of the temple guys, it would have been really dangerous.
But they were the ones who pushed out their allies and took their place to get even a little more profit in their hands.
And yet they go around saying that they are clean.
The demons who took being true to their desires and being honest for granted were the type of people they hated the most.
Their words were approaching.
***
“Surely, definitely the demon...!”
The situation inside the central altar was completely tilted toward Vine.
Among the priests, there were still some who could not believe the reality.
It was understandable.
“Surely God said that woman would lead us to the demon!”
I looked at the priest who spoke while gritting his teeth.
The demons were already tightly guarding her surroundings.
The numerical superiority was also clear on Vine’s side. In terms of morale and individual fighting power, Vine’s victory was almost certain.
“If that is the fate of the Saintess, how could...!”
I clenched my fists without realizing it at the priest’s words.
“How dare you go against fate!”
And my eyes narrowed at the words that followed.
I hated the idea that fate was predetermined.
So, was I just destined to become a Saintess and be thrown among the devil-like humans?
Was I destined to repeat the same suffering even after returning?
If I had acted according to the will of the gods they claimed, that would have been the case. This life would have been just as painful as the last and the one before that.
But I had changed my future.
The fate of marrying the devil and dying, to a future where I could survive and be happy.
So I didn’t believe that fate was set. I hated that.
It seemed like it said that nothing would change no matter how hard I tried. It seemed like it was telling me to just give up.
There must be a being with transcendent power.
It didn’t matter if the being that gave my life three times was a god or something else.
In any case, I now knew that they couldn’t control everything in the world.
No matter how much they tried to manipulate humans, human will could change many things.
As proof.
“I definitely led humans to the devil,”
I said. The priests’ eyes widened at those words.
My gaze passed through the devils and turned to Belled.
It was true.
If the Saintess finds the devil, didn’t she lead the priests who were only concerned about their own interests, feeling relieved that they would go to heaven?
In front of the devil’s sword.
“...To defeat humans worse than devils, and make this their world.”
So that this could become the devil’s world.
“Nonsense...!”
My words were the last words the struggling priest heard before ending his life.
Thud!
Above the fallen priest’s head, the sun that had been covered by the moon was fully revealed.
Above the fallen priest’s head, the sun that had been covered by the moon was fully revealed.
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