Chapter 58: The Battle of Ruble (2)

The plan to silently dispose of 44 people at a time succeeded only twice.

At first, the targets were only 1-Circle or 2-Circle magicians, or their enchanted minions.

“Who goes there!”

Bang!

But from the third time onwards, a proper Magic Knight appeared and began to engage in battle with the Holy Knights.

“An enemy!”

“Kill them!”

Fortunately, by then, the group had already approached the market magistrate's office where numerous demonic energies were gathered, so there was no longer a need to handle things secretly.

However, the sight of 44 Holy Knights charging forward after instantly dispatching a 3-Star Magic Knight was, naturally, extremely intimidating.

And naturally, a head-on clash occurred between the troops guarding the market magistrate's office and the group.

To be precise, the battle between the magicians and Magic Knights, who were gradually revealing their true colors, and the group had begun in earnest.

“An enemy!”

A knight who closed the distance in an instant and appeared before his eyes.

He was a speed-type Magic Knight who looked to be at least 3-Star at a glance, but Muno scoffed.

‘Sloppy.’

As if to prove that there was a difference in skill even at the same level and type, his movements were clearly slower than Karina’s, whom he had faced before.

And Muno, even when he was a 1-Star, had once pushed back that Karina, albeit briefly.

“Hap!”

The enemy, who even kindly let out a kiai, was honestly aiming his sword at his neck.

It was probably because he had underestimated him.

But that was his fatal mistake.

‘Hmph…….’

At this level, there’s no need to even use Acceleration.

The ones he felt pressured by at his current skill level were knights of 4-Star or higher, not a ‘mere’ 3-Star.

“Hmph!”

Muno ducked his upper body to avoid the blade and took a large step forward.

Thud.

In an instant, he lowered his stance and leaped into the enemy’s embrace, looking into the enemy’s widened eyes as he drew the giant ‘Blade’ from his back and swung it with his full weight.

Crack!

“Gack!?”

The enemy, whom he had intended to split in two, was unfortunately flung aside, leaving only one arm behind.

But it didn’t matter.

Thud.

“Ha!”

He took another large step toward the enemy and charged, swinging his sword in a wide arc.

- Always with all your might, with vigor.

The direction pursued by the Drasen Greatswordmanship always suited his temperament perfectly.

Whoooosh!

The sword, charged with full power, tore through the air and rushed menacingly toward the enemy.

But at that moment.

The enemy, who had been charging to exploit an opening even with a severed arm, took a back step in an instant and retreated ‘a little’.

Just out of reach of his sword.

A calm response that didn't match his blazing eyes. It was a nimble reaction befitting a speed-type 3-Star knight.

‘Hmph. Not bad.’

If it were the old him, he would have helplessly revealed an opening or had to use his family’s secret art to continue the offense.

But now, there was no need for that.

Whoosh…….

As they exchanged blows, their concentration heightened to the extreme.

In the slowed time, when the angry but calm blue eyes and the even colder black pupils crossed.

As if sensing something was wrong, the Magic Knight’s eyes began to narrow slightly.

But.

‘Too late.’

In an instant, Muno’s blade, which had extended by the distance the Magic Knight had retreated, pierced through the spot where the enemy’s neck was.

Slice.

Spin, spin, spin.

“Gack!?”

“Sir Marta!?”

“It’s a monster!”

The moment he saw the soldiers who had been charging in behind the Magic Knight flinch.

Muno roared.

“This is the Temple’s work! Those who are not allied with the magicians, drop your swords!!”

At the roar of the man who had lightly sent the head of a 3-Star knight flying, the soldiers froze.

Muno spotted his next target and was about to throw himself at it, but he flinched for a moment.

“Aaaaargh!”

“Evil to hell!”

“Minions of the devil!”

Screams were erupting from all sides.

The Holy Knights, the inquisitors who had chosen a frontal assault, were literally carrying out a great massacre.

‘Damn it, I told them not to do this…….’

I told them that soldiers who weren’t knight-class had nothing to do with demonic energy.

But those fanatics seemed to have no intention of showing mercy at all.

Thanks to them, even perfectly fine soldiers were shouting curses and resisting the group.

‘Well, they have managed to follow my words until now.’

It was a wonder that a scene of slaughter like this hadn’t unfolded from the entrance of the castle.

“This is the Temple’s work! Those who are not allied with the magicians, drop your swords!!”

Muno gritted his teeth and roared once more.

Hoping that even one more soldier would hear his words and give up resisting.

And fortunately, it seemed that not all fanatics were crazed about slaughter.

“It’s a magician subjugation! Anyone who resists will be considered a minion of the devil!”

Slice.

“By God’s will!”

Crack.

“Followers of God! Drop your weapons!”

Crunch.

“Aaaaargh!”

Crrrunch.

They were still attacking the soldiers without regard for the circumstances, but there were quite a few Holy Knights who, like him, first recommended surrender.

As a result, many of the soldiers who had been actively blocking them quickly dropped their weapons and prostrated themselves on the ground.

But naturally, not everyone did.

“Bullshit! It’s the enemy! Fight!”

Another knight, no, a Magic Soldier, who jumped out from behind those soldiers, tried to ruin the atmosphere that had been painstakingly created.

But his struggle was meaningless.

“Shut up!”

A sword swung while using ‘Acceleration’ for a moment.

Crack.

The sight of the enemy’s corpse, split in two, made the soldiers who were preparing to charge in from behind him freeze simultaneously.

Right, my methods are a bit too provocative.

The moment the fear effect of the aggressive Drasen Greatswordmanship was maximized.

“Those who have no connection to the magicians, surrender!!”

Muno’s roar followed once more.

“S-Surrender!”

“P-Please spare me!”

“I have nothing to do with the magicians……”

Only then did more soldiers throw down their weapons and prostrate themselves, and it seemed the tide was turning.

But.

‘Damn it!?’

In the distance, he saw a soldier who was prostrated as if surrendering, about to attack a Holy Knight who had turned his back on him.

“Hup!”

The moment his arm swung instinctively without him realizing it.

Whoooosh!

The giant two-handed sword was thrown like a javelin.

And that giant sword, while flying, truly became a sharp and long javelin and struck down the enemy who was about to attack the Holy Knight.

Crunch.

A soldier whose chest was futilely pierced, a Holy Knight who turned with surprised eyes a beat too late.

The moment their gazes crossed.

“Damn it! We die even if we surrender! Fight!!”

Cough.

The soldier whose chest was pierced by Muno’s javelin coughed up blood and shouted.

‘Which bastard is playing tricks……!?’

Muno could see the demonic energy residing in the soldier’s head, but there was no way others would know that.

The eyes and ears of the soldiers who had dropped their weapons and were prostrated gathered on the shouting soldier.

And.

“Let’s fight!”

“They’re murderers!”

“We’ll all die if we don’t fight!”

There were more people enchanted by magic mixed in among the soldiers.

The shouts of those bastards who were inciting their allies once again reversed the atmosphere.

“Let’s fight!!”

“Woooah!”

Fuck! Where is it? Where……!?

There are too many with demonic energy…….

‘Found them!’

Muno’s dizzily turning eyes found the ones casting magic on the soldiers.

Crunch.

The weapon of a fallen soldier became a javelin in his hand according to the ‘Blade’ spell.

Whoooosh!

The thrown javelin passed over the soldiers and directly hit a window on the second floor of the magistrate’s office.

Kaboom!

The javelin that shattered the window was blocked by a transparent barrier and fell, losing its power.

But as if that was a signal.

“Up!”

Maier and Chloe, who had been driving the Magic Knights cleverly hidden behind the soldiers, passed their opponents and leaped toward that window.

Soon.

- Aaaaargh!

The moment a scream erupted from inside.

Muno confirmed that the expressions of the inciting soldiers had changed and shouted.

“This is the will of the Temple! Those who do not cooperate with the magicians! Drop your weapons!”

At the same time, without even checking the next situation, he pulled out chains from his limbs.

Rattle.

Two chains from his feet pushed his body into the air in an instant, and the chains that extended from his two hands wrapped around the ankles of two of the Magic Knights who were trying to chase after Maier and Chloe.

Rattle.

‘Even if I eat it. It won’t even tickle my liver.’

Bang!

The 3-Star Magic Knights, who had less demonic energy than a 2-Circle magician, lost their strength in an instant and fell futilely to the ground.

The Holy Knights who had been chasing them from behind hacked at the bodies of such enemies.

“Upstairs!!”

Muno, who read the huge demonic energies on the 2nd to 4th floors of the magistrate's office, realized that the witch and magicians were gathered there and shouted.

The other Holy Knights who heard his voice also leaped into the air, leaving the neutralized forces on the 1st floor behind.

And.

Kabooooooom!

“Keuk!?”

Muno ducked his head at the fragments that burst out with the explosion.

Most of the Holy Knights who had entered the magistrate’s office seemed to have been swept up in the explosion and were thrown back out.

‘Damn it!?’

But belying his worries.

“Gack!?”

“Damn it!”

“Get up!”

“In the name of God!”

The radiant wings and holy light that were clearly visible to Muno’s eyes descended upon the bodies of the tumbling Holy Knights.

“Let’s go!”

The Holy Knights, whose injuries were healed by 80 to 90% in an instant, leaped toward the 2nd floor again.

‘They’re like cockroaches…….’

Muno also marveled inwardly (?) and followed the Holy Knights.

And.

“Damn……!”

He sighed, realizing that he had missed a feast.

In the path the Holy Knights had passed, there were as many as five corpses leaking delicious-looking demonic energy.

The corpses of magicians who seemed to have been at least 4-Circle in their lifetime.

‘Tsk. What a waste.’

But the demonic energy of a magician who had already died and begun to rot was the same as demonic energy that had once been used in magic.

In other words, it was useless to him now.

But he couldn't just stand there feeling regretful.

If this group had completely taken over such a large city, they definitely wouldn't be all the forces they had.

“Upstairs!”

This time, I’ll go first.

Forcibly calming the Demon Devourer rampaging in his head, Muno was about to follow the Holy Knights.

Bang!

Boom, boom, boom.

He saw a part of the marble ceiling collapse with a loud roar.

At the same time.

‘Ha?’

He felt a fairly powerful demonic energy moving on the floor just above.

A mass of demonic energy that was moving busily, not staying in one place, as if fighting several people.

‘A mass of demonic energy slightly below 4-Circle. But moving at that speed……. A Magic Knight! A 5-Star!?’

The moment he thought it was a Magic Knight of the same level as that Collid.

A chain that extended from Muno’s hand dug into a corner of the ceiling that had just collapsed and made a hole.

And it grabbed the ankle of the moving mass of demonic energy.

Whooooosh.

‘Got him!’

A huge amount of energy was sucked in in an instant.

‘This is enough.’

Whooooosh.

Crrrack.

The moment he was filled with a sense of exhilaration and was certain he could cross the wall again.

- How dare the dogs of the Temple!!!

Along with a sharp shout.

Kabooooooooom!

Another explosion erupted from the floor above.

It was the loudest explosion since the fight began.