119 – Witch Hunt-5

A giant monster’s foot slammed down on my head.

could have been avoided. The monster’s speed was as slow as its body, and it could be avoided as long as it was determined.

But the impact was lacking. Even at the cost of some efficiency, I needed to look strong here.

An armed demonstration was necessary anyway to avoid a fight. It is more efficient and less sacrificed to show off my strength against such a huge monster than to show off my strength against soldiers.

“Gwaaa!!!”

heavy. The ground supporting my weight is huge enough to make a dent in it.

But compared to the real monsters, that’s just child’s play. It’s clumsy compared to a giant monster whose insides are packed full of real flesh and muscle.

So, with my own strength.

“die!!!”

can break down

The body of a huge monster falls over. my strength is stronger

Irregular bodies and flesh fell to the ground. Blood and mucus spurted out mercilessly, and dust obscured the view.

“Goes!”

Roughly climb the monster’s feet, climb onto the bridge, and continue running.

He already knew his weaknesses. A place where a human would have a heart, protruding enough to be stabbed with my sword.

Nerwen’s arrows fly with a roar. How an arrow shot with a howitzer could maintain that speed was an unsolved mystery, but the arrow wasn’t pointed at me right now.

A hideous, unnatural scream pierces your ears as an arrow strikes one of the monster’s many eyes.

“Gooo!!!”

It is not the sound of living things. An unpleasant sound that seemed out of place in the world, produced by mana that was enormous compared to magic.

As the monster raises its knees, a slope is created in the flesh I am stepping on. A hand that was too crudely made to be called a hand, as if made of flesh and clay, fell on top of me.

“Wooo!!!”

but it didn’t reach You don’t have to push this far. I ran endlessly and landed on top of the monster’s stomach.

Celia’s divine power covers my body. There was no way I could get tired of fighting this much, but the feeling of lightening my legs and overflowing with energy was a feeling I couldn’t hate.

“Goes!”

I rushed all the way to the monster’s chest and thrust my sword into the place where demonic energy was condensed. The holy sword held in reverse plunged deep into the monster’s body.

“uuu!!!”

A scream set as a deathbed echoed through the earth. The gooey texture of flesh and blood was disgusting, but I was more excited about what I could accomplish with it.

Finally, the gigantic monster that seemed unstoppable slowly lost its vitality. The Magi lost their way and scattered, and the flesh sank in a nasty way as the Magi that would support its size and shape disappeared.

“Oops!”

As if the wind was being blown out of a huge rubber tube, that gigantic body shrank in an instant.

Taking a deep breath, I drew my sword again, wiped off the flesh and blood, and turned to face Weather’s army.

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The eldest son of the Weather family couldn’t believe his eyes.

Everything was wrong from start to finish. It might be his fault for coming here.

It was unrealistic to have to expose a wizard because an unknown man blocked his entire army.

And the so called warlock created a huge, hideous monster. Although he was a sorcerer with only his life attached to him after being severely beaten, even the eldest son knew that it was not her mistake or betrayal.

A baby in a cabin can accidentally hit a lamp and start a fire or break a plate, but he can’t accidentally create a landslide or cause a tidal wave.

It was beyond her ability. The magic of summoning such a gigantic monster would be rare even in the empire that was being invaded by the Demon King’s army.

And that, of course, was not something the Weather family could handle on their own. The reason he didn’t run away right away was because he knew better than anyone else that he had no future if all these soldiers were lost.

It was the Weather family that pretended to be with the imperial family, but in such an urgent situation, the imperial family’s army was needed. Or, it was an existence that could not be killed without the support of the Platinum Knights, at least by gathering the aristocrats and sending reinforcements through an agreement.

It could have been left unattended since it was a monster that occurred in Aldgild’s territory, but we couldn’t expect such a huge monster to respect the borders built by humans, or even the territories between nobles.

It was a dire situation.

“What is it, what is it…”

And again, that absurd situation was broken by the self-proclaimed hero.

It supported the weight of a huge monster that was hard to even look up at, climbed on top of it, and cut its heart, killing it in one breath.

Although the eldest son had never seen a hero fight in person, at least he could be sure that he couldn’t have killed such a monster so easily.

I couldn’t even think of running away. While the two were tired of fighting, there was a little thought that they had to defeat the remaining enemies.

However, the battle ended quickly and swiftly without even thinking about it.

“Drop your weapon!”

And the party to that mythical battle was not trapped in the story, but was approaching him right away.

“What are you doing! Don’t be fooled! We are the proud soldiers of the Weather family!”

The adjutant shouted in contemplation. One by one, the soldiers lost their fighting spirit and threw their weapons to the ground.

However, the soldiers couldn’t bear to see the man in front of them as a human like them.

There were also people who believed that he was a real hero, and put down their weapons, shaken by his actions.

But what shook their hearts even more was the sight of the giant monster being defeated with ease.

Rather, when directly facing sword and spear, I could think of them as the same human being. I could think of him as a human who was only a little stronger and faster than the soldier in front of me.

Although his strength and speed were unreasonable, knights who can handle magical powers and priests who perform miracles are also unreasonable in the eyes of soldiers.

If all of them clung to each other and blocked it, it was considered that it could be blocked even with a little sacrifice.

But that monster felt different. Even if all the soldiers here fought at the cost of their lives, it looked like a giant tree that couldn’t be defeated.

Fighting with it is neither noble nor desirable. It is pointless.

Even if others die, you can’t expect to survive, and even if you die, you can’t have hope that the monster will fall. It’s the perfect dog death.

And that great fear was now directed at the self-proclaimed hero. I could no longer casually use my sword and stand in front of him.

“this…”

“We have to make a decision! We can’t control our soldiers at this rate!”

The lieutenant shouted at the eldest son of the Weather family.

The self-proclaimed hero, no, the being who might be a real hero was walking towards his formation without hesitation. A few women followed after him, but still the mercenaries and William’s army watched him.

That scared the eldest son even more. It may have been him, not them, who miscalculated the power.

It may not have been that he had fully calculated the trivial mercenaries, but rather believed in that unreasonably strong existence.

“Kuu, even something like this…”

The eldest son gritted his teeth. I had to give up. Even if he doesn’t become the head of household, there are still plenty of opportunities left.

The second son was not interested in the title of head of the family in the first place, and the lowly woman eventually failed. If she brought up the fact that a mercenary she had hired happened to join William’s army, he could blame her betrayal for his failure.

But we must not lose this soldier now. A sudden power gap will bring hyenas.

Even if you fail now, you have to withdraw with this force intact so you can have another chance in 20 or 30 years.

“Get out of here, self-proclaimed champion!”

It was time for him to pick up the shield he had thrown off himself.

“I am the rightful heir of Weather. I am a noble recognized by the Empire!

This expedition is a failure. All he could do was use his identity as a shield and safely return to the territory.

However, I was confident that even this retreat would not go away easily. Even if the emperor’s authority has fallen, an empire is an empire, and the lineage and position guaranteed by its enormous power are stronger than anything else.

No matter how strong that self-proclaimed hero is, living with the Empire’s merits would be extremely tiring and inconvenient. would be afraid

“There was an accident, so I’m going back. Get out of here, you too!”

The eldest son regretted missing the chance to become a genius, and slowly turned his head.

“Then what if I punish you?”

However, a cold female voice came from behind the eldest son.

“Even if you don’t know who you are, don’t talk like that with such a vulgar identity!”

The eldest son, who looked back with an annoyed face, instantly stiffened and was unable to say anything.

When I went to the capital, a person I only saw once or twice from afar.

The Emperor’s sword, the Empire’s greatest knight, the guardian of justice, and the leader of the Platinum Knights.

Eleanor took off her hood and appeared.

“It’s a shallow status…”

She threw off the cloth that was covering her body. The brilliant armor was revealed so that even those who knew nothing about it could know her nobility.

“Amazing.”

Numerous symbols and decorations symbolizing her lineage and status, effort and ability, position and dedication shined on her armor.