Betrayal Knight’s Joyful Faith - Chapter 440



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The 440th episode of The Merry God of Betrayal

Chapter 104. I can’t believe a single word you say.

They ran desperately, following the young knight’s instructions not to look back. Occasionally, they heard buildings collapsing behind them or the knights shouting something, but they tried to ignore it.

Kwaaaaang!

A final explosion was heard, and soon a hole appeared in the wall. A young elf poked his head out from outside the castle.

“Come this way!”

“Hurry up!”

Soldiers also entered the building to help the prisoners.

“Come this way! Evacuate quickly!”

“I survived… … !”

People who had regained hope burst into cheers. Some even shed tears of relief.

The soldiers who had rushed in embraced the wounded, children and the elderly, and began to run back out of the castle walls.

But the knights’ fight was not over yet.

Chaeaaaaaang!

Rita, who had roughly struck Arthur, suddenly disappeared.

Just as Arthur was about to check his surroundings in confusion, she suddenly appeared a few steps away.

I used teleportation.

“what?”

While Arthur froze, Rita took her place and rushed towards the evacuating soldiers.

Arthur suddenly came to his senses and quickly chased after her.

“Fuck, really!”

Kaaaaang!

The two men’s swords clashed head-on, sparks flying. At the same time, a murderous sound passed by Arthur’s ears.

Woodduck.

Arthur furrowed his brow at the pain he felt throughout his arm.

I managed to stop Rita, but my bones were dislocated as I took the attack in an unstable position.

Rita’s face was also wrinkled. While Arthur had briefly created an opening, the soldiers who had rushed in were moving people out.

“Mr. Jin!”

Jiklin shouted sharply at Rita.

“Don’t let them live! Kill everything you see!”

“All right.”

The attacks flying at Arthur became more fierce. Arthur had to move quickly without even having time to recover.

The homunculus also began to move more violently.

The attacks that had been aimed only at Arendt began to fly towards people and Arthur once again.

Kwaaaaang!

Arendt pushed away the black stem that was flying towards Arthur and kicked the ground, leaving behind a thick cloud of dust.

The moment the attack aimed at Arendt came flying again, Richt jumped in and blocked it.

Ki-ki-ki-ki!

The Homunculus’ attack and Licht’s sword clashed roughly. The thorny stem tore through Licht’s arm, causing hot blood to spurt out.

The deflected attack destroyed a building right next to the soldiers and prisoners before returning to the main body.

In the meantime, Arendt rushed towards the homunculus.

As Arendt leaped forward and raised her sword, the homunculus that had been staring at the prisoners turned its eyes toward Arendt.

“… … !”

As I locked eyes with a pair of empty eyes, my stomach suddenly felt like it was turning.

But Arendt did not stop moving.

As the pure white gust of wind blew towards Arendt’s empty eyes, a counterattack flew towards her.

Kwaaaaang!

Arendt was hit head-on and bounced back.

The black stem and Arendt were stuck together on the outer wall of the building, causing a thick cloud of dust to rise.

Only after a golden gust of wind blew from somewhere and blew away the dust did Richt find Arendt rolling around in the rubble of the building.

“Arendt!”

“… … Cluck, cluck!”

Arendt coughed a few times and barely managed to raise her upper body.

Even at first glance, it did not look like a healthy person. Every time he moved, debris would fall down with a thud. He coughed up blood, indicating that he had suffered a considerable amount of internal injuries.

Although she looked like she might faint at any moment, Arendt found her sword again among the piles of debris and struggled to get up.

“You look so good… … You little shit with frozen eyes.”

The golden eyes held an open sneer.

Only then did Richt realize that the homunculus had stopped attacking.

“… … !”

A giant homunculus was writhing as if in pain. The pure white ice covering its grotesque form stood out particularly.

A pair of empty pupils were now wide open and completely covered in frost.

Although it was a homunculus that didn’t bleed or feel pain, it was squirming and shaking as if it was greatly confused when its vision was suddenly blocked.

Licht, who had been blankly staring, came to his senses at the pleasant voice heard right next to him.

“What are you doing? It’s popping out!”

Only then did Licht come to his senses.

By now, most of the people had evacuated outside the walls, and those who remained were escaping safely under the protection of the soldiers.

Arendt, who had also escaped from the rubble, was also running back.

Licht, who had been looking at Jiklin with a lingering gaze for a moment, soon turned around and started to run away.

Arendt jokingly said as she watched Licht follow her.

“I thought you could not run away when the enemy is in front of you or something.”

“It’s so easy to say something like that when you’re about to die.”

Licht, who had been growling irritably, sensed the attack flying towards them and quickly stopped.

Kwaaaaang!

Licht, who had been blocking the black line, was pushed back.

“Ugh!”

Licht’s brow furrowed at the pressure exerted on his entire body.

I tried to let out the shock as best I could, but even that was too much for my body, which was already at its limit.

Arthur, who had managed to get Rita off with great difficulty, approached Licht, who was still staggering for a moment after the black stem was removed.

“Are you okay?”

“It’s okay. Don’t let your guard down until the end and guard the rear!”

Licht nodded and gave the order. Meanwhile, Arendt was dealing with Rita rushing in again.

“Wow, you’re persistent.”

Kaaaaang!

The two men’s swords clashed, sending shards of ice flying into the air.

After a few rounds of attack, Rita stopped as she was about to rush towards Arendt again. She realized that frost was slowly forming on her sword’s blade.

It was the influence of frosty hands.

Rita remembered her master saying that she had to retrieve the artifact.

“I will never let you go alive.”

Arendt let out a bitter laugh as a mechanical voice flowed from her expressionless eyes.

“Didn’t you hear what your master said? He said he would keep me alive for a long time. He said he wanted to see me despair?”

Kaaaaang!

The two swords clashed fiercely again. As soon as Rita reflexively stepped back from the eerie cold, a golden gust of wind obscured her vision.

“… … !”

A magical power that was in contrast to the frosty touch rushed in as if it were burning Rita’s skin.

Rita swung her sword towards the direction the magic was blowing from, but there was nothing there.

It was a natural thing.

The opponents were the spirits of Salem, so physical attacks were ineffective.

After a while, Rita secured her sight and tried to attack again. However, she had no choice but to stop before taking even a few steps.

“… … !”

The skin that had been directly exposed to the spirit’s light was melting and flowing down blackly.

Knock. Knock.

The melted flesh turned into a black, sticky liquid and fell to the floor. Rita saw this and furtively wrinkled her face.

Thanks to this, she was able to distance herself from Rita, but Arendt’s expression was not pleasant.

He shouted at the two spirits hovering around him.

“You go back now!”

Although it was not immediately apparent, it was clear that the spirits’ movements just now had placed a considerable burden on Salem.

The spirits seemed to hesitate for a moment, but soon nodded and flew outside the walls. As soon as Ray and Luna disappeared from sight, someone shouted outside.

“Captain Lyos is coming!”

The moment Jiklin’s face distorted, the priests’ shouts were heard from outside.

“Stop him from going to Jin!”

“Jin, avoid!”

The priests inside the gate who had been avoiding the homunculus also began to run one by one. They were trying to evacuate Jin to another place before Laius arrived here.

“This fucking… … .”

The knights walked away leisurely, as if teasing her.

Now that Leo had come to provide support, there was no point in wasting any more time.

‘It would be better to step back and reorganize.’

There was no other way. The castle itself might be taken away.

It was her complete defeat, as she failed to kill Arendt and let the prisoners escape.

But my pride wouldn’t allow me to back down like that.

“How dare that insolent brat… …!”

Along with the uncontrollable anger spreading, the divine power of Chernion within her began to stir.

Right now, there was only one thing Jiklin wanted.

Killing Arendt von Eckhart.

Jiklin’s emotions were passed on to her creation, the homunculus.

The homunculus, who received the strong wish of its master, used the power of the divine to perform a very small miracle.

A third pupil appeared beneath the two eyes that had temporarily lost their function due to being covered in frost.

“… … !”

Jiklin, who was the first to notice the change, opened his eyes wide.

The homunculus, which had stopped moving, accurately captured its target. The target was the apprentice knight who was guarding the back of the group even as they fled.

“also…….”

At the same time that a cruel smile spread across Jiklin’s lips, a black beam aimed precisely at one person was fired.

Wedge!

I felt it intuitively.

No matter how fast you are, it would be impossible to avoid that attack.

This is a punishment from the god Chernion.

“As expected, Lord Chernion did not abandon me!”

As the sound of laughter burst out, Arendt, who had just sensed the change, turned around.

The trainee knight, who had been indifferent the whole time, had a puzzled expression on his face.

The fact that that expression wasn’t acting or a mask made Jiklin more excited than ever.

“Die!”

With a cry of joy, the black shaft pierced the apprentice knight’s head.

No, it would have been pierced. If only an obstacle hadn’t appeared right before he could achieve his goal.

Phew.

Hot blood spurted onto his face, accompanied by the horrible sound of flesh being pierced.

Arendt, who failed to grasp the situation, just blinked her eyes blankly for a while.

A face distorted in pain was seen very close up.

A hand that was strongly pressing on his shoulder, blood-stained blond hair, and the bluish eyes commonly seen in the Kalion Empire came into view one after another.

It was Licht.

‘ah.’

It was Richt who took the blow instead, pushing Arendt with all his might.

“Ugh… … .”

The black line that was aiming for Arendt had already pierced through the upper body of Licht, who had volunteered to be a shield.

“Rihi… … .”

Arendt, who realized the situation late, tried to move her lips. But before she could, the two lost their balance and fell down together, rolling on the dirt floor.

Boom!

Arthur, who had already reached the wall, looked back in surprise at the sudden commotion.

“Senior! Arendt!”

Arendt, frozen stiff, sat there, blankly staring at Richt, who had fallen on top of her.

Even though blood was gushing from his wound, Richt stubbornly raised his upper body.

And then he asked urgently, not paying any attention to his own wounds.

“Are you okay?”

If it was ‘Arendt’, it would have been a situation where she should have said something rebuking.

But, contrary to her expectations, Arendt had a hard time getting her lines out there.

It was because my mind was completely blank as I was faced with a situation I had never imagined before.

“… … .”

Arendt, frozen in place, just stared blankly at Richt.

“Fuck, fuck! Fuck! I’m almost done, how dare you, how dare you interrupt me?”

“Chief, this way! Senior! Are you okay?”

The sound of Jiklin’s curse and Arthur’s panicked cry sounded like something from another world.

The only thing that felt real now was the hot feeling of blood on my face and hands and the pungent smell of blood in my nose.