Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival [WN] - Chapter 224.2
The roar of a beast suddenly echoed — a shadow appeared for a moment, and three deformed monsters descended from the sky onto the Holy Church, which was supposed to worship God.
“…Ah, it’s a demon!”
Someone shouted. The ordinary believers screamed and fled.
{Beast demon}{Race: Lesser demon}{Difficulty rank 4}
{Magic power: 848/850}
{Total Combat Power: 933/935}
“Three lesser demons!?”
As expected, the Holy Church…no, the temple chief Ostole family is involved in the demon summoning.
[Gaaaaahh!!]
Three distorted, monkey-like lesser demons roared, creating countless rocks similar to {stone shots} and firing them at me.
“Haaaaaah!”
There are still people around who were too late to escape. I exhale with determination, spinning the four pendulums I released, deflecting the rock bullets raining down around me.
I won’t let them use the next spell. Then I kick the ground as I knock it down, unsheathing my black knife, and swinging it back with the will to [destroy].
“–{Critical Edge}–!”
[Gah–]
A Combat Skill I released in the air chopped off the head of a monster in front of me.
However, I froze up after releasing the Combat Skill, and a demon saw this and swung its claws from its powerful arm. At that moment, my body was pulled back unnaturally, and I dodged the demon’s claws by lying on my back, and slammed the blade of my claw, which had no longer been stiff, into the demon’s left eye.
[Gaaaaaah!?]
The demon retreated after receiving an unexpected counterattack. Anyone who calls themselves a warrior knows the stiffness of Combat Skills. That’s why I stuck the blade of my pendulum into the gap in the floor stone and jumped out, and secured my movement in the air with the thread.
Not only was the demon counterattacked in this momentary attack and defense, but the other one also flinched and retreated, and the next moment–
“–{Purification}–“
A child-like voice was heard, and light was showered from the backs of the two demons.
“Now!”
[Ooooooooooo!!]
Targeting that moment, the temple knights pierced the two demons with their spears, and the lower demons disappeared into black dust.
At that sudden end, those around the saint immediately shouted out.
“Ooooo!”
“We defeated the demon!”
“As expected of the saint!”
“The saint and the knights defeated the demon!”
The believers praised the saint and the temple knights, and cheered.
I stood up, watching them rejoice. Some of the believers turned to face me, but before they could speak, the Saint spoke up, drawing their attention.
“Everyone! It’s okay now! I’m the real one here!”
The Saint’s words caused cheers to rise again.
“…”
I see… so that’s what it means…
When she said the word “real,” the believers took it to mean “the real Saint recognized by the Holy Church.” But when she said it, she looked at me for just a moment, perhaps unconsciously.
That she was the “real one”…
I turned my back and left the temple of the Holy Church. I now understood that girl. And what I had to do…
I looked back at the distant temple once, then headed to a deserted area, and in a deserted back alley, I wrote a report to Elena on a piece of paper I took out of {Shadow Storage} and attached it to the recognition-inhibiting pendant I had received as a reward from the royal family.
I needed it to act as a decoy for Elena, but I can’t have the royal treasure from now on.
“–Wait.”
I slowly turned around at the sound of a voice from behind me in the back alley. There were three men wearing identical white cloaks.
“I can’t let you go home like this. I’m sorry, but–“
“Temple knights?”
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