Betrayal Knight’s Joyful Faith - Chapter 450



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The 450th episode of The Merry God of Betrayal

“hey.”

Arthur managed to open his mouth, panting for breath.

“Isn’t it okay to start telling me at this point?”

Where his gaze landed, Arendt was sitting on the remains of a ghoul’s corpse, forcing herself to catch her breath.

The fact that even Arendt, who rarely gets upset, was in such a state meant that her physical strength had truly reached its limit.

“What is it?”

Arthur became upset when Arendt responded briefly.

“What are you talking about, you ask? If you’ve come this far, shouldn’t you tell me what your plan is?”

“I’m coming out. And the ones who followed me were my seniors. I never asked them to come with me.”

“What a shameless brat.”

Arendt stood up, her body trembling, leaving Arthur’s swearing behind her.

“I’m dying from this pain… … These stubborn kids. If you’re going to die anyway, why not just die nicely?”

Enemy debris was scattered here and there around.

It was a mess of shards of ice, rotten flesh, and black clumps of blood that glistened in the sunlight.

Among them, there were some that stubbornly continued to move even when their shapes were unrecognizable.

On my way here, I’ve dealt with countless ghouls and priests, as well as homunculi.

As I fought, charging forward without thinking, the elf warriors were now completely out of sight.

‘I wonder if they’re fighting fiercely behind me.’

Arendt roughly wiped the blood flowing from the corner of her mouth.

Judging by the brief pause in the attacks, it seemed like the other side was putting up a good fight as well.

While I was lost in thought for a moment, Licht, who was standing nearby and catching his breath, suddenly asked me.

“Are you okay?”

“It’s not okay.”

As soon as I brought out the familiar answer, Arthur snapped at me harshly.

“Of course it’s not okay, you piece of shit. Do you know what you look like right now?”

“He must be handsome. I know that without even looking at him.”

Arthur and Licht looked genuinely disgusted at the nonsense that came back without a trace.

Ignoring their gazes, Arendt checked the tips of her fingers that held the sword.

It was hard to see the condition clearly because the blood and frost were all mixed together. However, it was easy to guess that something was not normal.

I felt my senses dull and my body temperature began to drop from the tips of my fingers.

It was the price of overusing frosty touch.

In addition, the wound he had sustained while fighting the homunculus earlier had not yet healed.

The other two were equally tattered.

There were serious injuries all over his body, and judging from his tired face, he seemed to be almost completely exhausted.

‘Is this almost the limit?’

As if assessing someone else’s business, Arendt clenched and unclenched her fists absentmindedly several times.

Right then.

Kuuung!

The three people raised their heads in surprise at the sudden shaking of the ground.

“Keeeeek! Keeeeek!”

A terrible scream, which sounded exactly like a human voice, and the sound of weapons clashing with each other rang out one after another.

Licht said in confusion, checking the direction from which the sound was coming.

“Is this… … a homunculus?”

The sound of her crying was quite different from that of other homunculi. Arendt nodded roughly.

“Probably so.”

Judging by the aftermath of the battle that reached here, it certainly seemed like they would not be an easy opponent.

‘Captain Leos will be dealing with it.’

Arendt looked up and checked the distance to her destination. There wasn’t much left now.

It seemed like Luna had visited once more while they were fighting frantically, and one of her feathers was left next to the one Ray had left behind the first time.

Arendt roughly wiped away the blood running down her chin and blurted it out.

“Let’s move.”

Arendt staggered, her legs trembling, but she somehow managed to keep her balance.

Arthur asked suspiciously after seeing that sight.

“Can you fight some more?”

“of course.”

Arendt answered curtly. It was not a very convincing answer, but Richt and Arthur said nothing more.

They had barely taken a few steps before they started moving again.

“I can’t go any further.”

A voice that had become quite familiar by now caught the three people’s attention.

The moment Licht sensed the crisis and reflexively swung his sword.

Kaaaaang!

The sharp sound tore through the air as the swords clashed head-on. Licht’s face distorted at the sudden overwhelming pressure.

“Ugh… … !”

However, Rita’s expression remained unchanged, and she threw her sword aside and backed away. Then, as if dancing, she kicked the ground with light movements and attacked again.

It was a tremendous speed.

Licht shouted as he blocked Rita’s barrage of attacks.

“I’ll stop this!”

At those words, Arthur and Arendt immediately turned around and tried to leave the place. But even that was not successful.

The ghouls that had been hiding in the shadows all around began to be summoned one by one.

“Kurururuk… … .”

In an instant, ghouls filled the area and surrounded the two people. Arthur stepped back and smiled crookedly.

“Oh, damn it. It’s so quiet.”

Rita had expected three people to come this way, so she set a trap and waited.

Kang, kaaaang!

Rita shook off Licht and turned straight towards Arendt, but Licht moved quickly and blocked her path again.

“Your opponent is me.”

“This is a message from Jin.”

When Licht growled coldly, Rita responded stiffly.

“If you hand over Arendt von Eckhart, we will withdraw all our troops and withdraw from this castle immediately.”

“I refuse.”

Licht, who responded without a moment’s hesitation, rushed towards Rita again. Rita began to deal with him without changing her expression at all.

Meanwhile, ghouls were also slowly creeping towards Arthur and Arendt.

Arthur glanced at Arendt as she took a battle stance and blurted out.

“You go first.”

“yes?”

Arendt frowned slightly. Arthur glared at the ghouls and continued speaking quickly.

“Go first. I don’t know what you’re thinking, but isn’t your goal to get to Jiklin by any means necessary?”

“… … Well, that’s true, though.”

Arendt nodded without even denying it.

“To be exact, my main purpose is to get to that kid myself.”

“I thought so.”

Arthur clicked his tongue and said, holding his sword.

“If you open the way, can you get through it?”

“If I say more, it’s just nagging.”

To be honest, it was like all three of them were being rude.

Even when her limbs were intact, Rita was a formidable foe, and the ghouls surrounding them were too numerous to even count.

Arthur frowned at the situation, which did not seem optimistic at all.

‘With this number of people… … .’

It could have been used to further tie down the elf warriors’ feet or block Laius’ path.

The fact that he left it behind to surprise the three people meant that Zicklin was also serious about killing Arendt.

Besides, even if we made it through all of this, there was no way of knowing what would lie ahead.

But Arthur decided to put all the complicated calculations aside for a moment.

“Take good care of your neck.”

Arthur responded annoyedly to Arendt’s short remark.

“That’s what I’m going to say, you punk.”

With a simple answer, Arendt kicked the ground and leapt forward.

“Kueeeeek!”

The ghouls immediately showed their teeth to him, but Arendt charged forward without hesitation.

Kaaaaang!

Arthur stopped all the men rushing at Arendt at once.

“go!”

Arendt jumped forward with a short shout as a signal and landed in the middle of the encirclement. At the moment when the ghouls hesitated at the sudden movement, Arthur and Arendt simultaneously took action.

Kkwadduk!

Arthur, who had been drawing out his magical powers to the best of his ability, cut down the ghouls blocking his way all at once.

Arendt left Arthur completely in charge and applied her frosty hands strongly.

A silver storm swept through, and the ghouls that were about to tear Arendt apart were frozen white.

Arthur, who had dealt with the enemies in front of him despite his injuries, followed Arendt into the encirclement.

“Keeeeeek!”

“Don’t bother me, you ugly things!”

Kkwadduk!

No matter how much I cut, the enemies kept coming in endlessly.

If you think you’ve killed it, it will regenerate and attack again.

Occasionally, strange entities would merge together to form an even more bizarre form and attack.

Soon Arendt’s figure was hidden among the ghouls.

Around that time, Arthur realized something was wrong.

‘……what?’

The ghouls, who at first glance appeared to be trying to kill Arendt, seemed more focused on blocking Arthur than pursuing him.

Licht, who was dealing with Rita, also realized something unnatural.

“No way, you… … .”

Squeak, squeak.

Rita and Licht’s swords rubbed against each other, making a sharp noise.

The two people’s eyes met at close range.

“Do not disturb Jin-nim.”

The cold voice sounded somehow eerie.

There was no way Rita, who was loyal to Jiklin, would have left her alone without any defenses.

Moreover, it seemed that even now they were more focused on stopping Richt than on chasing Arendt.

That means… … .

“I saw two spirits moving around near the window.”

As Licht’s face distorted, Rita continued speaking indifferently.

“You must have been trying to tell me where Jin was. The spirits left traces on the window, so I was sure you would come here.”

“… … .”

Arthur and Licht didn’t know that Luna and Ray had been mobilized.

“Then I think it won’t be difficult to fulfill Jin and Chernion’s wishes.”

Anyway, Arendt will head to where Zicklin is.

He was already badly injured and exhausted.

With the enemies swarming in, Arthur and Licht wouldn’t be able to escape this place easily. And with Laius also tied down by the homunculus, the others would also be preoccupied with dealing with their own enemies.

“Arendt von Eckhart will eventually give up her life in front of you, Jin.”

Rita added, step by step.

Surely, where there is Zicklin, there is a powerful enemy that Arendt would find difficult to handle.

And there was no one who could help Arendt right now.

“It will certainly be a fitting end for Arendt.”

“… … .”

A deep murderous desire towards Rita began to appear in Licht’s eyes.

He gripped the sword so tightly that his already wounded palm burst open and blood began to ooze out.

But instead of acting rashly, Licht restrained himself from jumping out at any moment.

Arthur was the same.

Even though he must have heard Rita and Licht’s conversation, Arthur just remained silent and stayed in his place.

“Is this a fitting end for that guy?”

Licht answered coldly.

Giggle.

Pushing Rita away, Licht took a big step forward.

“There’s no way that could happen. The only thing that suits him is the arrogance of looking down on others.”

Neither of them knew what Arendt was up to, but they were still certain of it.

That bastard would rather cut his own bones than risk the lives of his allies who accompanied him here.

‘furthermore…….’

A bitter smile passed across Licht’s lips.

“Your master will never fulfill his wish.”

There’s no way a guy who seems to have five thousand snakes in his stomach wouldn’t have anticipated a trap of that magnitude.