Chapter 280 – The Turning Point (3)

It was a chase with a bet, but… But that doesn’t mean it’s really a joke.

This incident is a turning point. Perhaps, with today as an opportunity, the cultists will begin their full-fledged activities.

In other words, it is said that an all-out war will often occur in the future… In that case, one of the toughest opponents is the followers of the reckless roar.

All of them are hard, tireless, not easily frightened, and have good strength.

Seeing that they are the standard of this kind of DLT, they are monsters that act as a shield for the cultist forces.

In fact, the large monsters he faced while breaking through Solaris could not be neutralized unless he properly matched the upper level magic.

Originally, high-level magic is not a creature, but magic that is thrown at a castle wall… !

Anyway, can you unilaterally attack those guys? I can’t stand this.

For that reason, everyone who could fight came out and helped a little. The results were fine too.

The only regret is that they are retreating to conserve their strength, but perhaps they thought that it would be meaningless if it stayed this way, and the cultists used part of the monster army as a discard.

Some of the trolls and minotaurs known for their toughness. And telling the many orcs to fight against us instead of running away.

It is true that the followers of the righteous light are uniquely strong, but due to the nature of priests, their breakthrough power is bound to be somewhat lacking.

I have no choice but to struggle against meat shield opponents who only focused on being determined and enduring.

Of course, Iris and Iona were active, but… Knowing that, he clung to the two of them relentlessly.

Since you have to fight while moving there, it was impossible to use the director’s staff to shoot high-level magic.

By the way, I fought while floating in the air with my increased mana manipulation ability, using wide-area magic.

This is what I felt after obtaining the mana affinity attribute, which slightly increases the power of a blow, but it is more helpful for casting speed and multi-casting.

Anyway, after somehow breaking through the ones I left behind, the main unit disappeared somewhere.

According to Solari, who later investigated separately, this time, he used the curved space distortion to escape to the bottom of the sea.

It feels like the air pocket magic Karla used to enter the submerged dungeon entrance in the past.

Of course, this can be said to be a satisfactory achievement as it is only possible by consuming a great deal of the power of the bent leisure.

After that, I completely cleaned up the monsters that still remained, and started to save money from the remaining corpses.

It is said that there were few casualties, but this was possible because they quickly abandoned the residential area and chose a siege in the Great War.

In other words, since almost all areas except for the Great Hall have been destroyed, it will cost quite a bit to rebuild.

Fortunately, there are good wizards here who can preserve and process the freshly extracted ingredients.

It wasn’t until around the time that the monster carcasses were thriftly removed over the course of three days that the reinforcements arrived.

“It comes very quickly.”

“I can’t help it, sir. The bigger it is, the longer it takes to move.”

Carla puts a preservation spell on the troll’s heart and sings the ogre’s sinews with fire.

It looks like you’re concentrating on your work, but… For that reason, it feels strangely cold. I didn’t even look in the direction the reinforcements were coming.

“Are you talking about your experiences?”

“Ugh. Did you notice it?”

Carla, who smiled as if embarrassed, raised her head and looked in the direction of the reinforcements.

“Surprisingly, did you prepare properly?”

“Because it must have been the biggest event in nearly 300 years.”

At those words, the bitter smile on Kara’s lips grew a little thicker.

As I look at it without saying a word, Carla creeps up to me and continues to work beside me.

“You know what? An ally to the Lindelheit family… Subordinate force? There was something like that.”

“Well, it’s a prestigious school. There must have been not one or two people who wanted to put a string on her.

“That’s right. Wizards cost a lot of money, but it’s also a job that creates enormous value when you reach the level, right? In other words, the rice cake dumplings were no joke.”

“Uh… I think I somehow know what’s coming next?”

As she spoke in her trembling voice, Carla giggled and continued her words.

“Maybe that’s what you think. When the Lindelheit family was prospering, things that were so impatient with their clumsiness changed their attitude in an instant.”

“Because they were the ones who flocked for profit in the first place. If it doesn’t benefit you, maybe you can stay away from it.”

“Yes. I understand that far too. However, I never really thought that no one would help.”

“…”

Does that make sense?

It was three years ago that I possessed this world. It didn’t appear in the game, but I saw with my own eyes the days when the Lindelheit family was still in existence.

At the time, the Lindelheit family was proud of their authority, comparable to that of a small country’s king.

Compared to the emperor of the Levantine Empire, it was clearly inferior, but it was not a position that others could easily see.

Most of all, isn’t it a place called a magical house? Even if the family collapsed, that vision would be valuable.

In fact, at the time of her slave auction, the price of Karla was bid considering not only her beauty but also her magical knowledge.

What if the vision could be forfeited in exchange for helping the Lindelheit family? Did no one really think so?

There should be one or two guys who only want to take care of their own gains while watching moderately.

“Are they the boiling stillness again…”

“Yes?”

“It could be because the accusation of being a cult is so heavy. However, Lindelheit was a family worthy of fighting against the Empire. If you, Carla, hadn’t become a hostage, your father would have been too.”

“Ugh. If it’s her father’s personality, that’s enough.”

“Didn’t anyone else know that? Would it be natural if everyone really turned their backs?”

“… Are you saying that the isolation of the Lindelheit family was also the work of the Seething Silence Church? That’s what I think it can be if it’s determined and attacked.”

“Ah, I’m not just focusing on the tricks of the Seething Calm Church itself. That’s their specialty, so there’s nothing strange about hiding anywhere. However, is it strange that not a single one of those many families has been shaken? For that to be possible…”

“It must be the head of the family, or very close to the head of the family.”

“Huh. Besides, when I checked the spies with the Shining Lion Dagger the other day, I didn’t pick out anyone who had risen to that level. Even if they were, they were the head of a poor rural family or a blood relative. The key members of the family are… Rather, it was the one who commissioned me.”

This vassal is suspicious, I want to be sure about my prospective daughter-in-law, I am a servant who has been with me for a long time, but I still don’t know, etc.

For various reasons, they came to the academy and asked me to prove it.

I caught quite a few spies of the Seething Calm Church. But what if they were discarded cards from the Church of Silence from the beginning?

It is possible that he handed over the lower followers and left the real magnates intact.

No, it’s almost certain after comparing it with the list of families that Lindelheit asked for help.

Although the overall power of the Seething Silence Church was reduced, the most important personnel were unable to do anything about it.

“… Well, even if I knew at the time, I don’t think it would have changed much.”

“At that time, the master was just making his name known.”

“But it’s different now.”

Who am I?

Before entering the academy, he sent one of the bishops of the evil god to the goal, the archbishop during the first dungeon practice time, and after that, he informed and filtered out the existence of an unknown spy, cleared several cult branches and dungeons, and exterminated high-ranking officials with Iona. A new hero of this era who saved the righteous Church of Light this time!

Even without the backbone of the Righteous Light Church, it is in a state of influence and power.

But here, her saintess and the god who descended on her body are on my side?

The time has finally come.

“As soon as we finish our work, let’s go back right away. Not to the academy, but to the imperial palace.”

“… Yes?”

Carla, her ruby ​​eyes wide open, stopped what she was doing and tugged at her sleeve.

“Lord, Master? I’m telling you just in case, would it be a big deal if you use magic at all in the imperial palace? It’s where the Sword Master resides, so you’ll be blown away in no time!”

“Don’t worry. I will use a sword, not magic.”

“That’s it! Rather, didn’t you say that it would be difficult to judge with a dagger now?”

“Huh. It’s not certain, but given this much time, you’d have to assume that preparations have already been completed.”

It’s not because the Seething Silence Church is hiding all over the continent day by day.

“But I have another cult reader.”

“Really… ?”

“Really.”

This time, there is one thing I learned as I stretched my consciousness to the boundary between the soul and the body, and the place where the characteristics were imprinted.

The protection of the sun god and the protection of the gods are similar in nature. The same goes for the attributes you get from clearing the dungeon.

It’s probably because they use the same material called divine power, even though the form is different.

However, the characteristics obtained through achievements… So, purely the characteristics I received from the system felt completely different.

It was because I didn’t feel any divine power or any trace of it.

Even if they came up with a countermeasure against the Shining Lion Dagger, it would still be a way to cheat the divine power.

In fact, there are cases where they hid themselves in the Church of the Good Gods, so it would have been a matter of just applying them according to the situation.

But what if it had the ability to produce the same similar results with a completely different system?

Tring!

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【Attribute: Aversion to Cultists (A)】

You not only destroyed several cultists’ plans, but also killed a high-ranking official.

By all accounts, you are a full-fledged cult hater!

Of course, the cultists will hate you too.

-Increases all damage dealt to cultists by 20%.

-Increases all damage received from cultists by 10%.

※This attribute can be disabled.

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Looking at the translucent window floating in the corner of my field of view, I raised my eyebrows.

“Ugh. Master, that was a complete villain’s laugh.”

“…”

Write.