Episode 166
Episode 166
The moment they put their hands on their swords to draw them, my hands were already striking their shins.
The vital point was hit so hard that he lost his breath.
“Three senior interrogators so easily…….”
The paladin muttered in disbelief and then was startled.
“But before that, how on earth did you use the aura?”
“It may be a bit of a hassle, but it’s not impossible.”
Although his level is still at Sword Master, that doesn't mean his aura control skills are still at Sword Master.
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“It’s not here. Let’s search the next point.”
“Anyway, the hidden heretics have nowhere to run. They will slowly close in.”
This special place had such a limited environment that communication with the outside world was difficult.
But that goes for everyone else, not just the interrogators.
It didn't matter that physical sounds could resonate, but communication through divine power was impossible.
As soon as they confirmed that the heretics were hiding in this secret passage based on confidential information, they dispersed and began to secretly surround and tighten around the entire secret passage.
The problem, I guess, is that if something goes wrong, there's no way to check.
Of course, it didn't matter.
Because everyone here is an elite.
Then a shout was heard from far away.
“Heresy discovered!!”
At the same time, everyone started moving quickly.
Those who finished moving in an instant could soon find someone desperately running away while wearing a rag-like robe over their head.
Although they desperately run away, they only appear to be very slow in the eyes of the trained inquisitors.
The Inquisitors, who had succeeded in quickly surrounding the fleeing heretics, aimed their eerily heavy-looking battle hammers and axes at the fugitives.
“Give up your resistance, you dirty witch.”
“…….”
The fugitive, no, the saintess, was startled and took a few steps back, but soon stopped.
This was because the inquisitors were gathering from all sides.
“Why on earth… are you doing this?”
“It is our mission to catch heresy.”
“I am not a heretic.”
She tried to speak calmly, but her words were of no avail.
“Huh, that’s something that can be resolved if you go and investigate. Stop resisting and just accept the aura.”
“Trust me! If I don’t contact the Hael tribe now, something big could happen! Everyone… please.”
“Deploy the suppression formation.”
An infinitely cold voice rang out, and the binding force created by divine power was instantly activated.
Then, in an instant, pure white chains bound her entire body, preventing her from moving.
“Please… please listen to me! I am not a heretic!”
She trembled in pain as the chains tightened around her, and with great difficulty she unleashed her divine power.
Hwaaaaaaaah!!!
Then, the chains of divine power that had been binding her were released in an instant.
“What is this!”
“Please… I am the saint… the saint Nadia ten Lilybell. There is someone in the Holy Land who is currently plotting to slander me and seize power at the cost of countless lives.”
The inquisitors looked at her, who was emitting a cloud of pure white light, with their eyes wide open and not saying a word.
“I need your help. Please help me right this wrong.”
Then one of the interrogators slowly approached her.
Nadia decided that the Inquisitors had recognized her as a saint.
grasp!!
But that was a mistake.
The man who had rushed in in an instant grabbed her body and subdued her.
“What…what is this?!”
“You dirty witch bitch. How dare you impersonate a saint?”
“What?! I am a saint. Saint Nadia ten Lilibel! Why don’t you believe me?”
“This ungodly bitch!!”
Phew!!!
Nadia twisted her body in pain from the heavy impact.
“Ugh… Keluk keluk.”
“They said it would dazzle our eyes, and it turned out to be true.”
Why don't you believe me?
Nadia looked at the senior interrogator who had her bound with a shocked expression.
And then he opened his eyes wide.
Because he was a man I had seen before.
As a close associate of a person who regarded her as a thorn in his side.
It wasn't that they initially disbelieved that she was a saint.
“Everyone… you, no way!”
“High Priest Nabel, you are not permitted to speak, you are a witch who has impersonated a saint and has betrayed God. Gag you so that you cannot speak any more.”
Finally, a gag is placed in her mouth with a cruel hand.
The shock was enormous, as she had never been treated this harshly since becoming a saint.
No… … Their hands have already reached here… … .
There are already people within the Holy Land who want to drive her out as a heretic and kill her.
To the outside world, they had captured a high-ranking priest named Nabel, but in reality, they already knew that Nabel was Nadia's disguised identity.
Although she had no idea what was going on inside, Nadia found the situation extremely confusing and shocking.
She was thrown around roughly as if she were a vicious criminal, and she struggled desperately.
The only paladin who was on her side is now a decoy to get her to safety.
He should have been caught by now.
I came all the way here, leaving behind his sacrifice, and I never thought I'd be caught like this.
Tears streamed down her eyes.
'I'm sorry, sir… … . I made your sacrifice useless… … .'
She shed tears of sorrow and guilt.
“Take him and go. Send a signal to call the other interrogators.”
At those words, one of the interrogators activated a signaling device, which emitted a loud noise.
The interrogators from all over the place will now gather.
But the action was much slower than I expected.
Footsteps can be heard, but they are not running; they are leisurely gaits, as if taking a walk.
Thump… … Thump… … .
“Don’t come leisurely, come running right now! Are you going to take responsibility if you miss the heresy?”
One of the interrogators, annoyed by the leisurely footsteps, shouted loudly into the darkness.
It's good that you sent the signal and came right away, but why are you walking so leisurely?
Isn't that a sense of punishment right now?
The moment I turned my head away in anger.
A faint light spread out from the darkness and the figure's face came into view.
They were not dressed as interrogators.
He is just wearing a robe over a mask.
Unless you are a clueless person, you cannot help but know that that being is an enemy.
But no one opened their mouth or moved.
It didn't look particularly threatening or overpowering.
But an inexplicable eerieness prevents movement.
The level of the Inquisitors is elite, as they have to deal with dangerous heretics.
Among them, the higher-ranking interrogators are much more experienced and powerful.
But strangely, when I tried to step forward, my feet wouldn't move.
'If we lose the saint here, we're all finished… '
If it becomes known that they tried to brand her a heretic even though they knew she was a saint, things will get quite serious.
“What should I do?”
“What are you asking? The authors are also heretics! Do your duty!”
At the same time, an Inquisitor came flying in at incredible speed, holding a battle axe.
But the masked young man just watched the scene silently and put his hand on his mask.
“If you’re going to kill everyone, there’s no need to wear something so stuffy.”
Click… … .
As the mask clicked and released, the first thing revealed was a head of gray hair.
And the eyes were cool, sky blue.
Knock knock.
At the same time, a cracking sound echoed from his fist just before the battle axe struck his head.
Oh my gosh!!!!
The sound that followed was so loud it was hard to believe it was a fist clashing with an axe.
A normal human fist would be shattered when struck by a giant axe.
But surprisingly, the result after the shock wave erupted was the exact opposite.
As his fist swung, there was an illusion of distortion in space, and the interrogator's battle axe began to distort space as if affected by gravity.
The aftermath didn't end there.
The fist didn't stop there, but continued to twist and dig into everything in its path, crashing straight into the interrogator's heart.
Teardrop!!!
The sound of something exploding echoed along with an eerie noise.
At the same time, blood poured out of the interrogator's mouth, whose internal organs had been completely ruptured.
The heart burst and it didn't stop there, it tore through the stomach and esophagus.
It was a natural result that the refluxed blood would spurt out.
The elite of the elite.
One of the interrogators, a lieutenant expert, was left hanging there, unable to even scream.
It was none other than Nabel's escort knight who broke it off in the suffocating silence.
“Navel, are you okay?”
“King! What the heck is going on…….”
“I got your help. I’m glad you’re safe, Nabel.”
“Is Kyung okay?”
“Yes, I am fine.”
A look of surprise appeared on the faces of the interrogators who recognized the face of the paladin.
“Yes… How did you get here… You must have been on the verge of death.”
The heretic inquisitors, who had some knowledge of the situation, looked shocked at the sight of the paladin who should have been locked up underground standing there unharmed.
“Shut up! You filthy heretics! You claim to worship God, but you commit apostasy!”
He shouted confidently and immediately shouted at Leon.
“Your Majesty! Show your strength! In this situation, there is no need to show mercy to them!”
At that action, not only the saint but also Leon looked at him with an expression of bewilderment.
“Why… why are you doing that?”
“No, it’s okay. When I first saw you, I thought you were a pretty normal person.”
Doesn't it look too cheap?
Of course, Leon agreed to some extent.
Even though the Paladin's skills are quite good, there's not much he can do alone against the Inquisitors.
Soon, Leon opened his mouth slowly, taking in Saint Nadia.
“Navel, I have come to pick you up.”
“Re… no, Your Majesty.”
Nabel was about to call the name, but he flinched and tried to turn around.
“I received a letter, but it doesn’t seem to have been sent by Nabel.”
At those words, she rolled her eyes here and there with a face full of confusion.
After that, Leon opened his palm, slightly drew up mana, and clicked his tongue briefly.
