Chapter 159 – Demon King’s Church (7)
Even if you are a vanguard who has acquired a Mana Blade, you cannot easily overwhelm a wizard or a cleric who is skilled in holy attacks when it comes to wide range and firepower.
Rather, the role of the vanguard at a party is to block the enemy’s movement so that the rear can deliver a powerful blow while dealing with the enemy.
And the attack that Scarlett, who had a natural talent, and Aria, who was selected as a candidate for sainthood, launched with all her power showed power that was equal to or slightly superior to that of Kalt’s Mana Blade.
The Gryphon, whose wings were pierced by the arrows of flame and the spear of light, could no longer fly freely in the sky.
No matter how much it flapped its wings, the hole in the area did not have the strength to properly lift the giant gryphon’s body.
To begin with, Kalt’s sword is still stuck in his torso, so his stamina continues to drop.
In the end.
Wooooo!
The gryphon crashed to the floor of the Colosseum.
“Ugh! Ugh! This is ridiculous. It shouldn’t be like this… It shouldn’t be like this! Why is this happening…! Just a little bit! There’s only a little bit left…!”
Not only does it summon two ogres, it also summons a difficulty A gryphon. In addition, to block the incoming magic and arrows, he used his vital energy to the limit to gather magical energy.
However, it still failed.
Not only did he fail to escape, let alone fight, the leader tumbled down from the top of the fallen gryphon and crawled on the ground.
Unable to give up, the leader tried to escape from this situation even if it meant crawling, thinking that it was unfair to continue like this.
‘Just a little more, and I will reward him! I could have won the award… ! As it is! I can never give up like this!’
A leader extending his arms forward to crawl.
However.
Suddenly!
The arm never touched the ground facing forward.
Kalt, who fell from the fallen gryphon, cut the gryphon into pieces with a mana blade while the leader was struggling to crawl, and then cut off the leader’s arm as he tried to run away.
“Ah, ahhh! Ahhh!”
The leader clutched his severed arm and writhed in pain.
Even if you use your demonic energy to the limit and reattach the severed arm, there is not enough demonic energy to restore it.
The only thing I could do was desperately stop the bleeding with the remaining magic power.
“Whoa…”
Exhaling, Kalt looked down at the leader.
“Haa! Haa! Haa! Haa! Haa!”
In the eyes of the leader, Kalt, who was looking down at him, looked like the messenger who was about to take his life.
“Oh, don’t come! Don’t come…!”
Before the leader could resist further, Kalt spread his hands.
“Ah…”
And Kalt gave a small command to the leader who had lost the light in his eyes.
Close your eyes and pretend to be unconscious.
He continues until he is told to stand up.
And answer everything you say honestly.
When he withdrew his hand, the leader immediately closed his eyes and did not move.
Although he seemed to have truly fainted, the leader’s spirit was awake.
“Mr. Kalt!”
Nellis approached Kalt.
“What happened to that devil worshiper!”
“I lost my mind, probably because I overexerted myself.”
“Well, then! Are you going to kill me right now?”
At Nellis’s words, Kalt shook his head.
“No, I have to ask this guy something, so I have to keep him alive for now. More than that, Nellis, please keep an eye on this guy.”
“Yes?”
“I still have someone to catch. I’ll be right back.”
With those words, Kalt moved like a gale and went out of the Colosseum. Thanks to his haste, Kalt was able to immediately find his remaining target.
Originally, it was a contact plan to send a signal to the sewer as soon as the Colosseum announced the result of the finals.
Excluding the leader, the last remaining devil worshiper in the gambling city was hurriedly running away.
“Where are you running?”
Kalt immediately caught up and kicked the demon worshiper in the back.
“Whoa!”
A devil worshiper who falls forward and rolls around.
Kalt asked in a low voice, spreading his hands as a check just in case.
“Are you a devil worshiper… A member of the devil’s cult? Tell me honestly.”
“Yes…”
Suddenly!
Once you hear the answer, it’s over.
Kalt’s sword cut off the head of the devil worshipper.
“Aaaaah!”
“It’s murder!”
However, people who were not in the Colosseum could not help but see it as a murder case.
However, Kalt spoke without being embarrassed.
“Don’t be surprised, everyone! This person is a demon lord worshiper! Look at this corpse! Isn’t the end of the body stained black and falling apart? This is proof that he is a demon lord worshiper!”
Kalt proudly shouted, pointing at the corpse of the demon worshiper with his sword.
You must not appear even the slightest bit discouraged.
We must not cause people to harbor suspicion and distrust.
If you have solid evidence and show it to prove that your actions are justified.
“It’s true.”
“So you just killed the devil worshiper?”
“Whew, no, you were surprised. I thought you killed an innocent person.”
People advocate.
Just knowing that you are a devil worshiper and not an ordinary person.
That is how strong the public’s hostility toward the devil and the devil worshipers who served him was.
As expected, they are degenerates who follow the evil that seeks to destroy humanity.
After calming the people down, Kalt returned to the Colosseum.
[Ah! We’re back! The hero of this incident! Kalt the Executioner is back!]
“Executioner?”
‘What is that again?’
Kalt had a question mark in his head at the nickname he had never heard of.
The Colosseum’s emcee was suddenly standing next to Nellis in the Colosseum match hall.
Still holding a magic tool with a loudspeaker function in one hand, the host left Nellis’ side and approached Kalt.
“Executioner Kalt! Can you hear more about this incident?”
“What is that executioner?”
“Ah! I have to explain first! It’s a nickname I created for Mr. Kalt! The way he ‘punishes’ the evil demon lord worshipers and the monsters summoned by them in an instant! I was so impressed by that image that I came up with the nickname Punisher! What do you think? Isn’t it cool?”
“Uh… Um. That’s cool.”
Haha! I’m glad you like it! Then how did you find out about the devil worshipers’ plans…?”
When the host tried to raise the microphone so that the entire Colosseum could be heard, Kalt pushed the microphone away with his hand.
“Isn’t there something that needs to be done before that?”
“Huh? It’s something you have to do?”
Kalt spoke to the blinking host.
“We need to hold an awards ceremony. Is it okay to leave the winner of the Colosseum tournament unattended like that? Besides… How much stake is at stake here.”
Stake.
Just those words immediately changed the priorities in the host’s mind.
This is the biggest gambling den in the gambling city.
Colosseum Tournament.
As the host of such a tournament, I shouldn’t have left the winner alone.
“That’s right! That’s right! What we need to do right now is congratulate the winner of the tournament!”
The host immediately returned to Nellis’ side.
[Congratulations on winning! Indomitable warrior! Mr. Nellis!]
“Yes!? Ah, yes!”
[There was a big uproar for a while after the decision was made, but you can’t miss the awards ceremony! Everyone! First, let’s congratulate Nelis for winning the tournament!]
Afterward, the award ceremony was held at the Colosseum as scheduled.
The body of Beriol, who was almost collapsing, was removed, and the leader, who was pretending to faint as ordered by Kalt, was moved by Kalt.
The audience was also curious as to how Kalt learned of the plans of the devil worshipers, but he thought that the award ceremony of the tournament, the biggest festival in the gambling city, could not be postponed.
Because after the award ceremony, it’s the real fun of the Colosseum.
Because the stakes with mixed joys and sorrows have begun.
The person who guessed wrong will have his shoulders lowered and trudge on his way home.
The person who guessed well was able to confidently walk to the currency exchange corner after the award ceremony.
This was a rule to hold back the audience who tried to leave the audience as soon as the final decision was made.
Otherwise, this rule was created because an audience member who bet nearly half of his or her stake may try to head to the currency exchange booth during the award ceremony, causing a nuisance to other audience members or ruining the commemorative award ceremony moment.
The award ceremony took place, and Nellis received the prize money and other prizes that were different at each Colosseum.
The injury Nellis received was an orb of blessing.
It was a rare magic tool that contained a priest’s blessing and activated the blessing immediately when magic power was injected into it.
The blessing disappears once used, but can be used again if it is breathed in, so it was a very useful item.
After the award ceremony, nearly half of the people in the audience were busy moving around.
At first, I wondered how Kalt knew about the devil worshiper’s plans, but now all they had left was the desire to exchange money.
“Haa! Haa! Awesome! Awesome! Daebaaaaak! This is the reverse!”
“Thank you! Nellis! Thank you! Nellis! Thank you, Nellis!”
“Hooooo!
Nellis’ party tried to leave the Colosseum with Kalt carrying around the leader who was still pretending to be unconscious.
But.
“Could you please wait a moment, Nellis Party, the indomitable hero?”
Several people blocked Nellis’ party from leaving.
Among the group of people blocking the path, a man with the air of an old veteran of reversal came forward and spoke.
“I am Ventus, the guild leader of Karzine. I would like to hear more details about this incident.”