Chapter 74 – Heretic Saint, Forbidden Nun (7)
11. Heretic Saint, Forbidden Nun (7)
He used his momentum to say so, but he wasn’t as easy as that black knight. Especially if you’ve even received the shitty buff called the power of fear.
“I will rule it out with all my might!”
[Type 3 – Press Down]
[The guardian knight of the altar dealt 5 damage to Kaya.]
[Remaining shield health 2/8]
[The guardian knight of the altar dealt 2 damage to Shay.]
[0/8 remaining shield health]
[The shield is destroyed.]
The knight’s greatsword attacked Kaya in the first row and Shay in the second row at the same time, and the shield was shattered in an instant. It’s fortunate that the shield Cestia applied first applied each hero’s defense, and otherwise the shield would have been torn like paper and almost harmed his teammates.
“Kaya! Shay! Are you okay?”
“It’s okay!”
Shay was distracted from swearing.
‘Then… Was it the nun’s turn?’
After the priest died, the nun who was in the third row naturally became the second row. She was now in a state where anyone could hit without having to pull her apart.
‘This will be the last attack in four years.’
Perhaps because of Shay’s influence, she focused on her eyes wide open, trying hard to suppress her inner feelings, which were expressing her nuns more and more sternly.
“Everywhere and always there is fear.”
[The Gospel of Fear – Buyeo]
“Please use that power to inscribe fear into those unbelievers. Guardian knight.”
[Dread Sister’s HP is reduced by 8.]
[Remaining HP 68/76]
[The maximum attack power of the guardian knights of the altar increases by 4.]
[The Altar Guardian Knight’s defense increases by 2.]
[Lasts for 3 turns.]
Since the knight was full-blooded, it was unlikely that she would use her healing skills, and the nun, who seemed likely to re-attack her mentality, even harmed herself and applied another buff to the knight. Although it lasted 3 turns unlike what the altar granted, it was a crazy buff that increased MaxDam by 4 and defense by 2.
The area around the knight, who was already overflowing with black energy, was even more ferocious.
‘Right now, the knight’s health is 79 and his defense is fucking 11. Let’s say Cestia puts on a shield and skips the turn, and the next turn is Kayande, but now that no one is branded, Kaya’s ATK is 7-13. Everything is 8-14, even considering the 10% correction as God wills it. Beating the knight right now is like hitting a rock with an egg. But I can’t ask Sestia to use eternal rest when it’s obvious that there will be a more difficult battle next.’
Even if there was a critical hit, it didn’t seem like it would do much more damage than I thought, and since the current nun’s turn is faster than all of my colleagues’ turns except me, it would be a disaster if I even healed the knight in the next round.
‘Besides, there’s no guarantee that that buff won’t stack. It would be painful to leave the knight alone, but it’s right to start with a nun.’
“Cestia. Fortress of protection once again.”
“Yes, Mr. Hendrick. Raella, please protect us.”
[Fortress of Protection]
[Cestia restores 2 HP to all warriors.]
[Shay’s HP is restored by 1.]
[Remaining HP 20/20]
[Eugene’s HP is restored by 1.]
[Remaining HP 17/17]
[Cestia creates a shield that prioritizes all attacks.]
[Shield remaining health 8/8]
The two large-area heals she casts restored all of her blood, and for insurance purposes, she reapplied the 8 HP shield. It was the power of a high-level healing nun.
A shield of faint green light hemispherically envelops the entire squad of warriors, then shifts her gaze to Kaya. She lowered her mace obliquely, staring straight ahead of her, right at the nun who was bleeding black blood from her mouth.
‘No matter how corrupt she is, it must hurt her mentality to keep killing her sisters.’
If she asks her if she’s okay, she’ll answer that she’s 100 percent okay. So she won’t ask. It was too late for her to ask now that she had already passed five of her rooms where she had been a nun, and she also thought that she might upset her. She was in battle now.
Give the order calmly and as casually as possible.
“Kaya.”
“Yes. Leader.”
“Sister’s blood, I think I need to bury it once more.”
“Already five times. Five or six times, I don’t think it will make much of a difference.”
“… Okay.”
“Then.”
Kaya accepted my order as if it didn’t matter. Soon, she calmly raised the mace covered in the priest’s blood and flesh. Perhaps because of the movement, the flesh that was barely hanging from the spines fell onto her boots. She glanced at it and brushed it away. A small piece of flesh that was drying up accidentally fell in front of the monsters.
It felt like a declaration of war that your fate would be like this too.
“…”
“…”
That small sound drew attention from all eyes. However, only Kaya’s gaze remained the same.
“It doesn’t mean anything to me or to you to say these things now.”
Jerebuck-
As she took her steps, the sticky blood that pooled on her mace began to slowly drip to the ground. It was like melting taffy and pouring it down, becoming a thin but dark red waterfall that continued to the floor and left traces.
The reason I can stand here now is because I walked down a path steeped in the blood of former sisters. No matter how much you talk about your fears, you’ll be following in the footsteps of all these mace-headed bitches. It seemed to claim so.
“I will not sympathize with you anymore. We will shut up those mouths that constantly insult our beliefs and preach false beliefs that are outrageous. And.”
Kaya lifted her slanted mace completely over her head, and a thin cascade of blood snapped and splattered all over her. It just seemed like her head was cracking and her brains were being scattered all over the place.
“Even the head eaten by fear and the heart surrendered. I will destroy all the bad things that block our future path and destiny at once.”
[Everything according to God’s will]
“Everything according to God’s will.”
Kwaaaaa-!!!
“Quaaaaa”
[Volente Deo – God’s will dwells in the mace.]
[The Dread Sister dies instantly, regardless of her remaining health.]
[The nun of horror has died.]
[The will of the god who descended for a moment takes care of the hero’s empty heart.]
[Kaya mentality +10]
[Shay Mentality +5]
[Eugene mentality +6]
[Sestia Mentality +7]
[Kaya can act once again.]
The moment the blood-stained mace was inserted into the nun’s head, a brighter light than ever exploded around the nun. Trapped in a pillar of light that was much thicker and brighter than she had ever seen before, the ‘sister of fear’ let out a tearing scream, feeling true ‘horror’ at the pain of her body being forcibly scattered every moment.
A nun who screamed while shedding black blood from her body, then disappeared without a trace.
“… Raella, please forgive me.”
No, another blackened necklace proves that the being was here just a moment ago, and Kaya stared at it, stomping it with her boot.
Whoop-
Unlike a moment ago, Kaya, who wielded a completely clean mace, aimed the tip at the lone knight.
“You don’t even deserve ‘warm’ kindness.”
Kwaaaaang-!!
The shining mace made a roar as it hit the knight’s black armor.
**
“Disbelief, guys… Cylinder, do… !”
“It’s cracking. Hurry up.”
[The guardian knight of the altar has died.]
We eventually succeeded in killing even the knight. No matter how strong we became because of the double buff, there were four of us. Besides, we already had the experience of fighting him once before.
[Revenge from Severe Resentment]
[All the grudges surrounding the guardian knight of the altar are consumed.]
[The altar’s guardian knight recovers 1 HP and resurrects.]
[All damage reduction by 2 is canceled.]
[The state where each attack approaches maximum damage is canceled.]
[Attack power increases by 3.]
[Returns double damage (fixed) to the warrior who last hit the altar’s guardian knight.]
The memory of Shay almost dying because of that fucking gimmick was still vivid, but I wonder if I forgot about it. That guy, of course, would be a different entity from that time, but from our point of view, we knew very well that he was eager to take one person with him even if he went.
[Eugene took 2 damage.]
[Shield remaining health 6/8]
After fighting fiercely, his health dropped below 5, so I was able to kill him with flashbang damage somehow.
‘Hey, is it too scary?’
Are you really going to get upset? Uh? I was blinded by the flash grenade, so I searched for it. What? Are you already behind? Haha. Whatever.
The knight, resurrected with 1 HP, launched a final attack. Perhaps it was because the attack power was additionally increased, but it wasn’t enough to break the shield in one shot, and it caused me considerable damage…
“I will forgive you with cold generosity, rise again.”
[Light of tolerance]
[A brilliant miracle!]
[Sestia recovered Eugene’s HP by 34.]
[Remaining HP 17/17]
[Courage rises in the hearts of the warriors who witnessed the dazzling miracle.]
[Kaya mentality +4]
[Shay Mentality +4]
[Eugene mentality +5]
[Sestia Mentality +4]
In the very next turn, Cestia poured super overheal with the single target healing skill ‘Light of Tolerance’, which can be said to be a healing nun’s trademark, and also a miracle (critical hit), and the knight immediately hit Kaya’s mace died completely. Physical strength, full blood, and mentality are at a safe level. It was a very overwhelming victory for what I was afraid of at first.
“How are you going to do this, Captain?”
After a short break, they each inspected the sixth room, which looked a bit special unlike the previous rooms, and then gathered around the altar again. The atmosphere was very reluctant, but the conversation proceeded while forgetting food for later.
“There’s no reason to take it with you, and there’s no room for it, so it would be right to destroy it. If you leave it alone, you will definitely regret it if something happens.”
“I wonder if I could take one of those for research on a normal day, but I definitely can’t afford that right now. I also agree that it is awkward to leave it like this.”
“Good. Then I’ll break it down, rest for about 5 more minutes, and then we’ll start right away. Anyone with an opinion?”
“No.”
“Good.”
I looked at Shay and Sestia, who had collapsed, and then walked towards the altar that was placed there. Even at the start of the battle, I couldn’t even see the shape properly because of the black energy, and now only a very weak energy remained. It was no different from the altar I had previously found.
The moment I picked up the ax to break it, I heard a rattling sound.
“Leader.”
“Kaya? Why are you resting?”
“I will do it.”
“Well, you don’t have to suffer any more.”
“Please let me do it. Please.”
“… Okay. Okay.”
I let go of the ax and stepped back. When I turned my head, Shay and Sestia were also looking this way. Did they expect Kaya to do this in the first place?
Kaya closed her eyes for a moment, took a deep breath, and then she immediately struck her mace at her altar. Her altar was destroyed in one fell swoop.
“… Miss Laella. With your warm embrace as wide as the sky and your tolerance as cold as the sea, I hope that you will forgive those who strayed even briefly, even after death. And to the extent that you have forgiven me, I hope that you will someday punish me for punishing those who were once sisters with a ruthless and intolerant attitude.”
The sound of Kaya’s small prayer that resonated afterwards left a deep aftertaste as it hovered over the shattered altar.
