Chapter 186 – The Temple

After Lorian’s worries, the road to the temple went smoothly.

The Crusade received 60 more men, making it 289. Deciding that they could not wait any longer, they began marching to Crommore.

As Melissa said, the adventurers were elite in their own way. Even with a little arduous march, no one was left behind. Rather, the one who fell behind came from among the nuns.

Even though they said they did physical training in the temple, it was only light level. It was only natural that he would be inferior to adventurers who lived on his body or paladins who had to train daily.

The nuns, who had no choice but to lose their stamina, continued their march on horses pulled by paladins.

I wanted the temple to continue to flow smoothly like that…

“Why are you not cooperating?!”

The saintess raised her voice. If she was a member of the Eurmian cult, she would be shocked, but her opponent was not a member of the Eurmian cult.
The opponent is a high-ranking aristocrat from the Fromm Kingdom.
He replied calmly, touching his pride, his mustache.

“I didn’t tell you. Cromour is the kingdom’s land, and what happens there is the kingdom’s business. I don’t need the temple’s help. As before, the kingdom’s affairs will be taken care of by the kingdom.”

“Such nonsense…”

The saintess held back her sigh that was about to burst out.
When she found the Fromm Kingdom army stationed at the border of Magyeonghwa, her breath seemed to be relieved.

It was because the number of the kingdom army was more than the number of the holy grail. Maybe a thousand people? Not all of them were elite, but the militia seemed to be included, but the more there were, the better.

It would make things a lot easier if those troops were accompanied by the Crusaders.

But Lorian overlooked something…

“It is not forced. Rather, isn’t that what you guys do? Are you trying to take advantage of the kingdom’s misfortune to get your interests!”

It is true that the Kingdom of Fromm is reluctant to intervene in the temple.

There was no one in the kingdom who sincerely felt sorry for Cromor’s situation. Due to the nature of feudal society, if one lord goes bankrupt, other lords, big or small, benefit.

Because of this, no one wanted to take part in Crommore’s work.

In such a situation, I was told that the saintess of the Euremia religion would call out to her temple and save Cromour.

The nobles of the kingdom were in trouble.

If the temple had solved Cromore’s problem, he couldn’t know what he would ask for using this matter as a pod.

The kingdom had no choice but to dispatch troops to solve the problem of Cromour, and the person in charge is Count Borang, who is currently listening to the saintess.

“What nonsense is that? Are you insulting Lady Yurmia and the church that supports her will?”

For an instant, a cold expression appeared on the saintess’s face, as if her emotions had disappeared. The same was true of the Paladins. Count Borhan broke into a cold sweat as their gazes turned to him at once.
I’ll die if I’m wrong.
He cleared his throat and excused his absurd remarks.

“Is that an insult? That sounds unreasonable. Who dares to insult Yurmia, the goddess of family and peace, and her servants? I’ve become sensitive and talk harshly because of some of the corrupt followers who are riding around in the kingdom these days. Please kindly understand.”

“…Great. Let’s just move on. Shall we discuss the search for the demonic currency in Coromore again?”

“The kingdom’s position on that matter remains unchanged. The kingdom will independently investigate the anomaly in Cromor, and it will not be the temple’s turn to step out.”

Borang turned his horse and returned to the kingdom army’s outpost.
Seeing that, Lorian sighed.

“He’s a no-nonsense guy. Shall I beat you up?”

“All right, Melissa.”

Lorian stopped Melissa from shaking his fist and looked at Count Borang, who was returning to the base.

Yeah, you don’t have to convince me right now.
Take your time slowly and convince yourself.

The saintess returned to her sanctuary with Melissa.
The next day, news came that the kingdom’s army had marched to Crommore. Lorian washed his face dry and sighed deeply.

* * *

“Is this really coming?”

Said the man seated at the large round table. The man’s name is Jason. He is one of the senior members of the Red Riding Hood Bandit.

“Bishop Glaris said. To come Then I will come.”

The man sitting to Jason’s right answered. The man who cuts his fingernails with a small dagger is also a member of the Red Riding Hood Bandit.

In the first place, there was no one other than an executive in this room. Except for the executives and the boss, all the bandits became research materials for the cultists.

It was an inhumane and horrific study, as much as it was a cult study, but the officials did not care.

Do bandits have anything to do with caring for their comrades?

Even if there is, it is absurdly small compared to the mind that I have to eat well and live well.

“Do you believe all the words of that unpleasant pseudonym?”

“It is something related to their long-cherished dream. I wouldn’t lie to you about it.”

“What the. Yes, as the saying goes, come is coming. But what if there are more people than expected? What if we get eaten instead?”

“Jason, you are too loud. What is the boy whining about?”

Darius, who was sleeping leaning on his chair, opened his eyes and said.

“Shut up, Darius. Because you are also involved in my anxiety.”

“My share? I really wonder what it is.”

“Leet. You bastard Liet! There are two vacant positions in the yard where you should at least lend a cat’s hand. One was long overdue, and one was taken in!”

“So you got him out of jail. Through your spy.”

“Then why aren’t you coming! Did you even betray? Ok?!”

Just as Jason’s voice grew louder, footsteps were heard near the entrance. The officers fell silent at the sound of the voices that followed.

“What is so noisy?”

The sound of footsteps stopped and the one who appeared in the round table was a middle-aged man with gray hair.

“Bo, Boss… It’s nothing. I just said it was weird that Liette wasn’t coming back.”

Jason didn’t have the courageous look he had before. Because there were not one or two people who got decapitated after playing around with the boss, even as a joke.

“What’s strange? It would be just a betrayal. Traitors can be disposed of later according to the rules. Rather, it is time to move.”

“What? Are those bastards already here?”

“No, they are not temple bastards. They are kingdom bastards.”

“How many bosses are there?”

At Derius’s question, the leader of the Red Riding Bandits raised an index finger.

“About a thousand people.”

“Crazy.”

“It’s done. Everyone go back to their assigned seats. If you really don’t want to die.”

As the boss waved his hand, the officers reluctantly returned to their assigned seats.

It was time to start hunting.

* * *

“…That’s boring.”

“Iknow, right…”

Ceris, who leaned her head on my shoulder, nodded her head in agreement.

The kingdom army marched toward Crommore the next day after encountering the Crusade. She wondered if she should follow immediately, but the saintess ordered the entire temple to stand by.

What was the conflict with the kingdom army? I didn’t have any definitive information, so I decided not to speculate.

We just have to wait for her saintess to issue the order for her march.

When she turns her head, she sees Kara wielding a sword as if she was bored, and Ariel, who is leaning on her tree and sleeping with a peaceful face.

‘I feel relaxed.’

I’ve been waiting for a week, so it’s worth it.
I too yawned to soothe my boredom, but a thought came to me and I took out a silver dagger from my bosom.

It’s a silver dagger that Marton made. Appearance was the same as before. However, the internal structure was completely different. I rewrote the mana circuit and filled it with Orichalcum powder.

I remembered what Marton had said as he handed me this silver dagger.

– Sustainability, expendability. Of the two, you chose expendability, so I did it. Every time you use the silver dagger’s anti-magic properties, Orichalcum will be consumed. Instead, it’s okay to look forward to it because it’s maximized the anti-magic nature as you wanted.

Marlton said he didn’t know how many times he could use it.

Maybe it’s different depending on the opponent?

I tossed the silver dagger up and caught it as it fell, soothing my boredom.

Then, all of a sudden, I had this idea.

What if I put mana in it?

Unfortunately, I am not yet skilled enough to put mana into a sword. Because that’s the realm of gold-rated adventurers.

But I think you can try something similar.

If you close your eyes and focus your consciousness on your chest, you will feel a warm energy.
It was an aura that started to be felt after kissing Belita in the dungeon. I don’t know what exactly. However, if you use this energy, you can use Sammae Evolution, although it is clumsy.

Pours mana into hot energy. Think of the feeling you had when you wrote Samadhi Evolution and follow it.

As if starting a bonfire with flint, the energy of fire began to rise little by little. The energy of fire flowed towards the dagger.

I don’t know what the principle is, but the dagger that was tightly closed when mana flowed easily absorbed the energy of fire.

Fire.

The blade of the silver dagger caught fire.

“Uh? What is it? How did you do it?”

Seris asked, widening her eyes.

“Secret.”

I laughed and cut off the energy of the fire. Then, the dagger’s flames died down in an instant.

“It’s a secret. There is no such thing between us.”

Celis pressed her body closely with her lips pouting. She has her own charm. Her lips were getting closer…

-Set!!

At the paladin’s resounding voice, I pushed Seris’ face away. Seris made a dissatisfied expression.

“…”

“It can’t be helped. It’s a set. Let’s go.”

I woke up by hitting Ariel, who was sleeping peacefully. He dragged Ariel, who complained about why he was beating him, and headed to the meeting place with Celis and Kara.

What was the reason for the grouping?
What did you gather to say?

It wasn’t that difficult.

“We set off for Crawmore tomorrow.”

It’s time to work.

* * *

Chromoa in the process of demon hardening.
The first thing we encountered when we entered there.

– Kiki?

It was the corpse of the kingdom army that was scattered on the floor and the undead in the kingdom army armor that ate the corpse.