Episode 112
‘Maybe I should use that. It would break the budget a lot.’
My body felt hot, as if I had a fever.
It was the same for Syang too.
As beads of sweat formed on my forehead, the priests who had been hiding behind the protective barrier began to emerge one by one. They were priests of the Armos cult, not of Barzai.
“I am Armos Armode.”
The priests of Armos were very proud.
They looked at me as if mocking me for being cursed, and led me forward with four monsters with branding on their foreheads.
It was an ugly troll that looked like it was roughly made of plaster. The troll was about 4 meters tall and held a wooden club as big as its height.
“Armos Marmadeda, you seeds of lies!”
He swung Stormtail. The blade spiraled and slashed at the troll’s flank. Its tough skin cracked, but it was only a minor scratch.
The sword flew through the troll’s flank, tearing at it and decapitating the priest.
Kuwaaa!
“Crunch!”
The power that poured out explosively from the giant was tremendous.
No, that didn’t seem to be a troll’s natural ability.
I couldn’t follow the troll’s movements with my eyes. If I hadn’t sensed its magical power surging with my eyes, I wouldn’t have been able to respond to its attacks.
He extended his Stormtail as far back as he could, and the flames of the Inferno and the sword energy of the Stormtail mingled to create a fiery whirlpool, but the troll paid no attention and swung his club.
Phew!
There was no way to avoid the giant club swinging from the air.
As I reached out to Serenade, which was pinned to my waist, I breathed magic into it and protected my entire body with Serenade’s armor. Since it happened without me knowing, the thorns on the armor started to sprout like a hedgehog.
A dull pain spread from my chest to my entire body. I had trouble breathing, but when I used the Louis Aura method to circulate the magical power within my body, I was able to breathe.
I flew several meters after breaking the tree behind me. My mind was hazy, but I had no time to hesitate. Before I knew it, the troll’s shadow had loomed over my head.
A troll rose into the air, filling my vision. Behind it, two more trolls appeared. All three had the Trickster’s mark on their foreheads.
‘Is this a fantasy?’
When I opened my three-wheeled eye to check, those three trolls were real. Hundreds and thousands of Voltails were floating around like dust, creating illusions, but they couldn’t fool even my magic eye.
That was when.
‘Ugh!’
My hands and feet were curled up. To be exact, my left arm and both legs were bent inward, and my toes were curled up so I couldn’t move them properly.
‘Curse!’
It was something that was expected. The reason I didn’t bring a large army was because my opponent was Barzai, the god of curses. If I wasn’t careful, I could have died a violent death without even swinging my sword once.
The blessing of Haryan has protected me.
A soft light came out, clearing my breath.
‘I hope your parents are okay? Dina is a baby who has a hard time enduring even a small curse… … .’
He closed his eyes tightly. His family would be protected by Raphael at the temple of Haryan.
The gods of this world had different powers depending on the number of believers. Although each god had a rank and had different innate powers, it was estimated that Barzai and Harjan were of the same rank or that Harjan was a god of a slightly higher rank.
In a contest of strength between the gods, Haryan had the advantage over Barzai.
‘Yes, curse me. Leave a mark of curse on my body. That mark will be the evidence that will destroy your power, and it will be the reason why the Hebron army had no choice but to advance.’
Hebron’s army was to strike first at the Baron of Hestia. It was confirmed that Baron Hestia was a follower of Barzai, but there was no Barzai temple in his territory yet.
Only the Haryan Temple built during the reign of the previous king remained.
‘The Hebron Army, supported by Archpriest Raphael, will take over the Barondom of Hestia. Next will be Odelia, Pablo, Langrut, and lastly the Barondom of Zecilia.’
The common denominator among the five families was that they belonged to the ‘South of Zeno’. They were part of the Southern Command, which had no choice but to follow my orders in an emergency.
In the Barony of Zecilia there was a temple of Barzai.
It was confirmed that the temple was of fairly large scale and that there were about a hundred priests residing in it.
‘I will finish you off, Barzai, before the Hebron army reaches the Baronial Territory of Zecilia.’
Even as a southern commander, he could not invade other territories at will. Without solid evidence, he could be demoted by the royal court, let alone being promoted to count. Hebron even launched a surprise attack without even declaring war on Baron Zecilia.
His limbs were bent, but not completely paralyzed. Some of the paralysis was relieved when he moved his magical power using the Lewis method.
There was something captured in the tricycle.
That was the truth of the curse that Barzai had put on me.
“Inferno!”
He pulled out the dagger from his waist and threw it. The aura-filled dagger flew through the crowd of trolls and struck the priest.
puck!
A dagger was thrust into the priest’s neck.
But the bastard did not die instantly, and the divine bond connecting him to me was not severed.
Whoosh whoosh!
The flames of the Inferno burned the priest.
Only then was the string of divine power that originated from him broken.
‘Chains of Curses.’
The priests of Barzai from afar cast a curse on me. Each time, a chain-like string flew from them and stuck to me, and only then did the curse take effect.
It was a truth that could only be seen through the three-wheeled eye. It revealed that the priest’s curse was nothing more than a transmission of magical power, like sword energy or magic.
‘Can you break the chain?’
It was not as easy as it sounds. It was something that was not recorded in any book. No, the chain of curses itself was beyond the wisdom of mankind.
The cursed chain flew and clung to my right arm. However, the curse failed. This was due to the radiance of the royal sword Stormtail. Also, Haryan’s cloak weakened the cursed chain.
Kuwaaa!
The trolls were persistent. They chased me, swinging their clubs, trying to kill me.
‘I win.’
I have fought against enemies worse than this. I have fought against the entire army of the Kingdom of Zenon. I have survived every single one of them. As long as the opponent is not Duke Breio, it is possible to escape.
For a moment, my vision turned red. I thought it was the influence of the Ma-an and Samryun-an, but this was also a curse. Before I knew it, tears of blood were welling up in my eyes.
——————
faqwiki.us
Join our Discord for new chapter updates!
https://discord.com/invite/xr7SxG5T6V
——————
I could see a few chains attached to me. As I swung my aura-infused Stormtail, the cursed chains struck by the sword energy swayed and snapped.
The field of vision also returned to its original state.
‘It’s endless. What the heck? Did Barzai descend?’
Chains of curses filled my vision.
Barzai’s power was pouring down like rain.
It was logically impossible. If I had known this situation would happen, I would have recommended a few high priests and knights of the Haryan Church and brought them with me.
Even the most powerful gods have limits to the power they can exert in the human world. No matter how great their abilities are through priests, they cannot surpass the level of a sword master or a great magician.
“Kuaaaah!”
I gritted my teeth and swung my sword. I recalled all the sword techniques in my head and swung Stormtail with the thought of cutting down the waterfall pouring down on me.
‘Damn you god of curses, I’ll take you away soon!’
Chains of curses clung to every part of my body.
The troll also rushed at me with great pride. It tried to kill me with overwhelming strength and speed.
I opened the Samryunan. If I opened it for too long, I would collapse from mental exhaustion, but now was not the time to worry about this and that.
The troll’s movements slowed down.
No, my judgment has become incredibly fast.
Louis Fencing 2 second fantasy sword.
Stormtail, who absorbed my aura, created six blades. Five was the limit when I unleashed the illusionary sword with Serenade, but Stormtail expanded my abilities.
I had even faced the Duke of Breyo in my fantasies. I had no intention of being defeated by a mere troll.
Holy crap!
The giant club split in two. It cut the side, ankles, shoulders, and chest, but unfortunately, it could not cut the troll’s head. There was no other way to end its life.
He rushed in again and swung his sword, trying to cut off the troll’s head.
Kuwaaa!
The two trolls following behind let out a howl. They too charged, swinging their clubs.
The two were slower than the ones they had faced before. Perhaps they had awakened abilities other than brute strength.
A troll swung his club at my head. I dodged and swung Stormtail. The blade shot up in a wide arc, slicing the troll’s shoulder. The creature’s large arm flew like a boomerang along with the club, and I was pinned in a corner.
“crazy……!”
Even though the three-wheeled eye was closed, I could still see what was happening in the troll’s arm with just my eyes. It wasn’t surprising that a new arm was growing from the troll’s shoulder. Among the mutant trolls, there were some with incredible healing powers like this one.
The problem was the arm that fell to the ground. From that arm, a lump of flesh rose up and formed a body. It was a new ability that did not appear in any knight novel.
The trolls swelled to four. The one that had been hit by my illusion sword and fell down tried to get up from its seat, flailing.
“Rotten!”
In the meantime, I kept swinging Stormtail, releasing a lot of aura.
It was because of the power of Barzai pouring down on me. I was a pope who could not even be compared to a priest, but Brezza did not give me the wisdom to escape this situation.
‘This is normal.’
God cannot intervene in human affairs at will. He can, but only at a reasonable price.
Thud!
One of Barzai’s priests collapsed, shedding tears of blood. He was the one who had tried so hard to put a curse on me, but when the chain of curses broke, the curse was focused on the priest. That was the price they paid for putting a curse on me.
‘Let’s leave the ones that are multiplying alone and kill the others first. First, the ones that are seriously injured.’
The Barzai and Armos priests did not come forward directly. They hid behind the trolls and cursed me or gave strength to the trolls.
“Syang, run!”
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Suyang also shed tears of blood as if he had been cursed. However, his physical abilities did not diminish. His rounded horns were still strong.
Syang ran like a solid rock and slammed into the troll’s side. The creature backed away, gasping, and Syang ran forward and carried me to the injured troll.
Oh my!
It was a pain like being struck by lightning. My head hurt as if it was going to burst, and my eyes swelled like balloons and felt like they were going to burst.
As I swung my sword randomly, the pain that had been squeezing my head disappeared. I vaguely saw the broken chains of curses spring back like rubber bands and cling to the priests standing behind the trolls.
Hooooooooooo!
The troll came out with a half-broken club and tried to sweep away Syang. But I didn’t panic. In this situation, I would have wanted to swing my weapon quickly.
“I waited.”
Since it was an attack I had expected, I prepared myself even though I felt pain. I planned out how I would respond in my head.
By repeatedly using the hallucinatory ability, I was able to achieve similar effects in real life. It’s about imagining countless cases in my head.
grasp!
I jumped up, kicking Syang’s saddle. Syang crouched down to avoid the troll’s attacks, and I rushed in front of the troll’s face.
puck!
Kicked the troll in the face.
