Chapter 230 – Crusaders

Elise pulled me with great force, and I had no choice but to be dragged away, regretting that I was curious about the Crusaders.

—Chalpak.

As Elise stepped forward, their eyes focused on her.

ㅡ Kiki Geek.

The sound of displaced metal rubbing.

A crusader wearing a grotesque helmet that could only be thought of as being from hell looked back at us. It was an extremely mechanical and murderous movement with no sense of life force at all.

Crimson eye light emanated from between the gaps in the helmet.

“…Sipper.”

In that moment I knew

The killers I’ve seen so far were just affectionate, tender, innocent, mischievous children.

The crusaders wearing that bizarre equipment were real serial killers that I was afraid to even mention.

I could feel it instinctively.

They are ‘real’.

— Gulp.

Feeling extremely tense, I tried to walk while hiding behind Elise. As they approached, crusaders in monstrous helmets raised their visors.

ㅡCheolkyung!

Oh, oh…!

Such a nasty impression…!

Their bodies as well as their faces were covered with all sorts of scars! I, Kim Katt, am also a cheap person who prides myself on having scars in my own way, but compared to them, I was nothing more than new blood!

The ultimate bittersweet!
Butchers in the sense!

The crusaders who saw us opened their mouths ominously.
The sharp fierceness is revealed-

“Oh! That’s Elise! Here you are!”
“Welcome!”
“Hey, I missed you!”
“Somehow, I felt like I was here, Sister Elise.”

ㅡWhat?

I fell into a moment of bewilderment. If there was a god of serial killers, monster-like men who looked like they must have looked like that, smiling brightly and waving their muscular hands.

“I too am very happy to be reunited, brothers and sisters.”

Elise greeted them with an upright posture. I was still too scared to get out of Elise’s back her. My body her trembled.

“Huh? Elise? Who’s that guy in the back?”

Payoen Crusader wearing only underpants asked in a light tone.

“This is the Katt Saint I talked about. He has an extremely devout heart. Together with this person, we have eradicated evil beings in the past days.”
“What? This friend?”
“Saints. Say hello. We’ve already told you a lot about the saints, so there’s no need to feel pressured.”

Fuck you, it’s such a burden!
I awkwardly got out of Elise’s back and opened my mouth.

In any case, they are men who look ferocious, so it would be a good idea to greet them politely.

Even when he was living in Krasheim, he often heard the notoriety of the Light and Star Cross. It seemed a bit okay because they had been around like Elise, but they were just religious thugs.

“Ah, ahaha… How are you? A barbarian who can’t stand his violent urges when he sees evil beings. My name is Kattkatt Kimkat. Nice to meet you.”

Silence.

“…”
“…”
“…”

First of all, I greeted cheerfully to give a fresh impression, and all eyes in the hall were focused on me. For a moment, I felt like I was naked like them.

They were tearing at my soul…!

Are you evil or are you good?

“Kuh, kuhhhhh…”
“Khi hee hee hee…”
“Heh heh, heh heh, heh heh…”

Suddenly, the crusaders burst into laughter.

The dreamy laughter that flowed from the gap between the cold and sharp helmets was enough to crush the spirits of those who dared to listen.

Ah, fuck.

It’s Elise. Why did you do this to me

“Haha… Haha! Haah,haha!!!!”

Come to think of it, the same thing happened when I went to the arena, so I burst into laughter too. My legs were shaking, and I couldn’t stand it without laughing.

First of all, it was a caution to laugh together when others were laughing.

“Yes, yes! This is the righteous man who helped Elise!”
“He killed countless evil monsters!”
“You have a very good body. Nice to meet you, Kattuktt Kim Katt.”

As they were laughing together, the Crusaders strode forward and began to shake hands, perhaps accepting the greeting only then.

When I saw him just now, he seemed very tall, but when he stood in front of me, everyone was shorter than me. Did it look big simply because the bowl was big?

I held hands anyway.

“Haha! It’s very nice to meet you too! The Gwangmyeong Star Cross Society is a gathering of righteous people who give fair judgment to the rude! I was hoping to meet you someday!”

And he said whatever he wanted.

“Your young fellow has the right idea!”
“Haha! If there were only people like us in the world, there would be no evil!”
“It’s as you say! You! You’re the man Elise said!”
“That’s right! I’m the kind of person who, when I see evil people, thinks nothing of anything other than to beat them all to death! It’s been a lot of fun being able to let go of my urges with Elise’s help! “

I don’t even know what I’m talking about now.

“Oh, oh…! There was such a righteous person outside the church!”

Their energy was truly extraordinary.

Even I, who was not well versed in the energy of divine power, felt the holy energy. First of all, I thought I could get hit if I said nonsense, so I made fun of my mouth at random.

It seems to have had an effect.

“I am more than happy to be able to get along well with the saints. Brothers and sisters! This is Katt saints! The crusader of God Hwanung, who came from a distant foreign land to eradicate evil!”

Elise, whose tension increased, began to announce me to the church people with a loud cry. I was surrounded by the Crusaders and attacked with questions.

“Did you say you captured Elise and the fallen kobold queen?”
“Yes…! Vicious heretics! They captured and corrupted the kobold queen and plotted some evil…! They were so enraged that they smashed and judged them all!”
“Of course you should! What an exciting friend!”

There is no such thing as a joke.

The unknown local church, tucked away in the corner of an alley where she was taken by the hand of a slightly peculiar friend when she was young, felt the same way.

That friend got a set of pencils for selling me, and I had to be forced to sing a grotesque anthem until that night as a reward for spending that meager set of pencils…!

Ah, yay-yeah! Yehova Patan!
Ah, yay-yeah! Yehova Patan!
Ah, yay-yeah! Yehova Patan!

“Ah, yai-yeah…! A song! That song!”

Surrounded by demonic crusaders in a state of terror, I felt like I was going to lose my mind while answering questions about digging out the entrails of evil beings. Then, I heard a woman’s voice that I had heard somewhere.

“Oh, nice to meet you. Is this the second time I see you like this?”

A blonde nun taller than me.

She was a nun who came with Elise at the Undead Festival last time. She was the one Elise called her sister her… Her name was Sarah…

It’s been so long I can’t remember.

“Uh… Sera, did you say Sera?”

Fully armed in her battle nuns, she was laughing, her wavy hair completely drenched in her rainwater.

The strongman that Cloudy rated as high…

“That’s right. To reintroduce myself, my name is Gudo Paladin Sera Blalet Akserun, belonging to the Church of the Light and Star. My name, baptismal name, and job title. Anyway, it’s been a while since I’ve seen you. I’m just grateful that you’ve taken care of Elise.”
“Sister Blalette. I was not taken care of.”

Elise expresses her dissatisfaction.

“In my eyes, it seems that you have taken care of her enough. I would like to thank you once again for working with Elise, who is still inexperienced and inexperienced.”
“Thank you. It’s no big deal. Exterminating evil beings is what Elise wants, and that’s what I want too.”
“Whoa, do you know something, then…”

Sarah began to explain something to Elise. When she heard the story, Sera said that she had come here as the commander of the Temple of the Holy Cross Church of Light, and that she was going to meet the commander of this place accordingly.

“Then Elise. Can you find a place for the members of the church to rest?”
“Of course, Sister Blalette. Let me guide you.”

Grisera disappeared towards the hall, and in her hall her was me and Elise. And one platoon-level Crusaders belonging to the Light and Star Cross and several combat nuns remained.

“Brothers and sisters! From now on, I will move to find a place that can be used as a lodging! Please follow my guidance and move in an orderly manner!”
“Yes, yes.”
“Okay, Elise.”

Elise had a very low position, and even if she was old or served, the Crusaders listened to Elise very well.

What, are you like an uncle fan?

“Please follow me too.”
“Uh… Yes.”

So we made our way through the heavy rain to a place that could be used as a lodging.
It seemed that there was a place Elise had been looking at.

“Saints. How are you? The members of our church.”
“I can feel very strong muscles and confidence… And the armor is amazing.”

Looking back, I saw three columns of crusaders walking silently in the rain, dressed as if they made a living doing torture in a basement-like place.

“…To be honest, I don’t understand, but I think those brothers can maximize their service by wearing such low-defense armor and fighting the cultists.”
“…Is it like penance?”

These guys are a little bit twisted.

Elise seems to explain that, while simply destroying evil beings is regarded as a divine service, they go one step further and feel greater service satisfaction by ‘destroying the heathen while suffering themselves’.

“That’s right. In our church, we call them penance crusaders. Of course, as the church’s main power, each person’s armed forces are powerful.”
“That’s believable.”

If those guys who look like pranksters rush in as a group and wield blades, I think even the really decent murder bosses will be terrified and pee their pants.

In fact, aren’t they beings that are no different from paladins?

If you attack organically while buffing and self-healing with all kinds of divine skills, there will be few people who can block it.

The original paladin is a bit of a scam.
It’s because it’s all tank damage and has buffs and ranged attack spells.

—Jeolgeureok, Jeolgeureuk.
ㅡ Kiki Geek. Gigg.

…The sound of that metal rubbing was really unbearable. As I moved while completely wet like that, a large building resembling a guesthouse came out.

“This is the place I saw the day before yesterday. This place should be able to accommodate all the people. I’ll go in first.”

The door opened and all 30 or so people entered.

“Come on, oh… Heo!”
“What what! What crazy!”

As soon as I entered, the maid and the innkeeper sat down with a convulsion. If a platoon of muscular, brutal sapmacho suddenly came in, it would be like my family.

Elise said as if she was embarrassed.

“…It often happens.”
“That’s right.”

But why did I come here…

“Thanks for the guidance, Elise.”

Since he didn’t know what to do, the black pantyhose priest who only covered his nipples stepped forward. Contrary to his appearance his, his voice and attitude his were very refreshing. Taking off his helmet, he slowly raised the innkeeper to his feet.

“We are penance crusaders dispatched from the Light and Star Cross Society to conquer the evil heretics. We are trying to find a place for about 30 men and women to stay… Do you have a room?”
“…Sure.”

Well, no matter what a person looks like, in the end, money is the best law. The innkeeper got up and started counting.

“Now, now. Everyone go into the room and work hard on importing equipment. When I call, gather again. Oh, and did you say Katt Saints? Let’s talk with us for a while.”
“Yes? What’s wrong?”
“I saw a righteous person, but I can’t just go over it!”