Chapter 111 – The Enemy Is Closer Than You Think
With a cool explosion, the thick iron door was terribly bent, and debris flew into the sky.
However, the repulsive force felt from the fist is quite considerable. Is there some strengthening magic? This seems to be about the durability of a castle wall. I guess I wasted a lot of money.
Well, it wasn’t to the extent that I couldn’t break it anyway, so it didn’t really matter.
“The door is open. Come in.”
“Sir Wolfgang! This is the heart of the Islands! Too many eyes!”
However, this man is not very honest.
Even though it seemed to restrain them with words, they eventually let me break down the door, and now they quickly spread a barrier of holy power to block out the noise.
Besides, rather than telling them not to use violence, they consider other people’s eyes first. It was a very good attitude. If you become a bishop, you should have this kind of head.
I like it because of this. It’s because it’s not too old-fashioned and moderately secular.
I brushed off the metal sticking to my knuckles and smiled.
“It doesn’t matter. If you cared about how others see you, you wouldn’t have come armed in the first place.”
“Hmmmm… But please refrain from killing as much as possible. Originally, violence is only permitted to pagans and demons.”
“Well, if you say that, I’ll try to adjust my strength.”
Now, let’s go treat them.
Mental education and physical therapy should be done by me and Bishop Roberto should be in charge of trauma treatment, so it couldn’t be more effective than this.
We carefully entered the inside of the majestic building built up with the tears and sorrow of the victims.
There was already a lot of uproar in the fancy lobby, reminiscent of a luxurious inn.
— Aaaaa!
“Emergency, emergency! An attack by the highest-ranking dangerous person! All staff, ready to respond! Repeat! All staff…”
A feast of magic that resonates loudly as if deafening. A lamp hanging in the hallway was constantly flashing red, warning of danger.
What is this systematic response? What are you guys doing?
My eyes are drooping all the time. Why does one media company care so much about security? What kind of secrets do you have hidden inside?
Besides, I have vague memories of experiencing similar security systems. When was it? Was it when you raided the frontline headquarters of the northerners?
At this point, it’s definitely suspicious. These guys are obviously rotten guys.
“Kyaaaaah
“It’s a big deal! Everyone run away! If you get caught, it’s over!”
Employees and reporters, terrified and trying to escape through the back door. Of course it was useless.
“Stop.”
—Cooung
It would be embarrassing if a massacre took place, so I stomped my foot slightly and emitted an image at an extremely weak level.
“What, what is this…!”
“Monster, monster! The knights are all monsters wearing human masks! Why the hell did they touch someone like that…”
Then, the lower-end employees stumbled violently and fell to their places, unable to even properly control their bodies.
I’m so glad they didn’t explode all at once. Against civilians, power control is also the most difficult.
I lowered my head and spoke to the slender-looking bespectacled man among them.
“Hey, you there.”
“Hee, hee! Save me! Lord, I have sinned to death!”
Then, I frowned slightly at the sight of him begging for his life with a pale face.
But why are you overreacting? I just picked someone, but could it be that this person was the one who wrote the article?
“That reaction, suspicious. Did you write that damn article?”
“Oh no! I’m just doing some copy-editing… There’s a reporter who wrote that! I swear to God it’s not me!”
“Correction work? So you’re saying you’ve also contributed to lowering my social reputation. Am I wrong?”
“Lord, I have sinned to death! Please…”
It was absurd. Why are you pretending to be the victim when it comes to the perpetrator?
Doesn’t this make me feel like a villain? I was angry, but I didn’t have time to waste on small pliers, so I decided to end it here.
“Okay. I have no intention of persecuting needlessly. I have no intention of killing you. So just stay there. Where are the executives hiding?”
“Up, upstairs…”
Wira. After all, it seems that everyone is gathered there.
I left the trembling guy alone and got up.
“I-I can do this…”
“What a frustrating thing. Did these people not dare to scorn the saintess? It is a very merciful act to give them a chance to correct them without going straight to the Heretic Inquisition.”
“Well, that’s right. Seeing that Lord Wolfgang was so angry, it seems that the article is nothing more than a fabrication.”
“Of course. Isn’t he the one who had two lovers in the first place? Such a great knight cannot be a promiscuous man who only selects beauties of noble status and dates all three of them at the same time.”
However, the back of the head is strangely itchy at the stories the party made on the spot are talking among themselves.
Far from swearing, it rather supports me with all my strength, but why is it so harsh on my ears?
‘Well, if you include Master, three would be correct… ‘
No matter how promiscuous it is, such a naked expression hurts my heart.
“This is embarrassing! This is Iris Corporation’s private property. Trespassing is a criminal offense against the laws of the Empire!”
As she moved toward the stairs leading to the upper floor, a woman with an intelligent impression stopped me with her arms outstretched.
“Desecration of the nobility, insult of the imperial family, and insult of the clergy are also criminal acts that violate the laws of the empire. Do you seek the law only when necessary? The law does not exist for cowards.”
“Please… Please stop…”
But for something that looks smart, he said something stupid, so I was dumbfounded and returned it in moderation, and what he was doing was truly spectacle.
She first unbuttoned her shirt and began leaning over, revealing her breastbone subtly to me.
What the hell are we going to do with this?
“My-my name is Jenna. Sir Wolfgang heard that she likes beautiful women, but if she dies at this point, she’ll spend the night with me…”
“Hey, what bullshit are you talking about in front of the priests?”
I couldn’t believe it, but she really started to hold onto my ankles with unreasonable insolence.
Indeed, I belonged to the axis of beauty enough to say that, but compared to my women, it was just ugly. Her beauty is ambiguous and her breasts are very weak.
Nasty bastards. What do you see people as? Were you in such a hurry to do such a stupid trick?
“Don’t do anything stupid and get out of the way.”
Why are you even doing this? What are these guys really up to?
A little while ago, I half-jokingly suspected that they were possessed by demons, but… I really think that this might be the case.
Usually, when this happens, it is normal for the president or an executive equivalent to him to jump out first, grab the crotch of his pants, and beg for forgiveness.
Isn’t that a more reasonable judgment based on common sense? It would be much easier and quicker to calm my anger than to use all means to waste time.
It is also the case that the priests of the Celestial Church, who are welcomed wherever they go, are barred from their doorstep. It wasn’t just one or two parts that were questionable.
“Bishop Roberto and the priests. Do you feel any special energy around you?”
“Umm… Let’s focus.”
After asking the priests to detect demonic energy, I stretched my senses to the fullest and sensed the presence of people around me.
Like the glasses-holder said earlier, many people were busy moving mainly upstairs, but I have a strong intuition that this is not the real place.
—Goooh…
I closed my eyes for a moment, put my hands on the floor, and sent mana waves toward the ground as if a bat was trying to echolocate by sending ultrasonic waves.
Soon after, the mana wave returned and announced the existence of an empty space in the basement of this building.
Along with the movements of a few people and the reactions of the life phenomena of other creatures.
“A nonsense trick.”
It might have been an attempt at security for mana detection in its own way, but it didn’t get caught in the search method that knights usually use. But I never thought you’d try this way.
This was the method used to annihilate the North Koreans rising from the tunnels.
So, it means that if it wasn’t for me who came from the northern front line, I would never have known.
These crazy bastards. What the hell is going on in the middle of the archipelago? Could it be that this was not a media outlet, but a base for the rebels?
Something was going much more seriously than I expected, so I was frowning and thinking about what to do with them.
— Thump, thump!
“Bo, Sir Wolfgang! I am the president of Iris! I will discard all the weekly magazines containing unsavory articles and promise to report corrective reports in the next issue. So please leave!”
A man wearing an eerie red shirt with frills and a despicable face even at first glance came down in a hurry and stopped me.
Be the boss That’s right, you finally came.
I met him with cold eyes.
“You want to leave?”
“Yes, I am. I won’t hold you accountable for vandalism and trespassing, so let’s end it here. Your reputation won’t be helped in the slightest if you go on a rampage like this.”
I thought the words of the president through one ear.
Regardless of what the hell you believe in and come out with such guts…
Just this guy
It was a very brief moment, but he stopped talking to me and glanced down.
Then there was nothing more to see.
—Koo-Goo-Gung!
Instead of answering, I stomped my feet violently and sank into the ground.
“Damn it, no!”
“Sir Wolfgang! Why are you suddenly like this?”
He didn’t even need to pick up a sword. The ground was much thinner compared to what he had done in the County of Fersen.
With a roar, a hole opened in the ground, revealing a hidden underground space.
Then, Bishop Roberto, startled by my sudden action, frowned and hurriedly released his divine power.
“It’s Magi! It’s a weak level, but it’s definitely demonic energy!”
—Kieek, kieek!
And, from below, a monster with large eyes attached to Ophelia’s head rose up with a terrifying scream.
Seeing this, the president closed his eyes tight and sat down on the floor as if everything was wrong.
“Ugh, ugh…!”
“Oh no, no.”
—Wow!
“Quaaaaagh!”
A suicide attempt by biting the tongue or swallowing a previously hidden poison. I pulled out his lower jaw to keep the boss from doing nonsense so he couldn’t shut his mouth.
— Kwajik!
I didn’t forget to harpoon the cervical vertebrae to paralyze the whole body in case I tried to commit suicide in another bizarre way.
“Oops, uh uh uh…”
It was fine even then. As long as he doesn’t die, there are infinite ways to keep him alive and dig up information.
“Oh, my God. Celestial…”
Bishop Roberto calmly made the sign of his cross, glanced at me, and released divine power to save his life.
A sigh comes out of nowhere.
A famous media outlet located in the middle of the archipelago could have been the culprit of the rebels.
It seems that the Imperial Counterintelligence Department and the Heretic Inquisition will be very busy for a while.
