Chapter 471 – Traces and Records (2)
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─Gulp.
Paladin Gammus swallowed in tension.
The comrades standing next to him were similarly gripping their halberds.
He and they are also nervous. Although his discipline wasn’t so bad that he could chat during the parade, the conversation from a few hours ago was replaying in Gammus’ head.
-A black magician?
─Shh! I mean, it could be, it could be!
A colleague who likes gossip said so, lowering his voice.
Her title as a paladin was not as heavy as her name, but she was twice as unpalatable as any other woman.
Since she caught the rumor a few hours earlier than Gammus and her other colleagues who were waiting with her, anyone could easily guess her affinity and personality.
──There is an adventurer named Nord among the people who played an active part in this monster invasion. Did you hear that?
It was something I knew, of course.
Although the Celestial God Church, which serves the god Uranus, is a religious organization, it cannot be free from the framework of the state or the flow of money. Embarrassingly, there have been incidents of strife within the church.
However, even in the Celestial God Church, there was a point that was the most important thing, covering everything.
That was the black magician’s extermination.
—But a nun from the Church of Pomona was treating him while he was fainting, and he had suspicions that he wasn’t a black magician!
So, until the colleague said that, the members of the Holy Knights who heard the news talked peacefully.
─Ho. That’s a big deal. Did you come to stop a monster invasion and end up fighting a warlock?
—It’s been 10 years since there has been a commotion with warlocks in the north. At that time, the black magician who lived in hiding was seriously lacking in skills.
Of course, they do not make a living by hunting warlocks.
It is the role of the Celestial God Church to make a living by maintaining a good climate or observing the stars, and this is also difficult to do in other churches.
But they are also knights who want the world to be peaceful!
Is it unreasonable for them to neglect the warlock’s actions? Even if it wasn’t really full of justice, it was necessary to check whether it was a real warlock or an innocent adventurer.
—… Speaking of Nords, aren’t those warlock hunters?
Just then, Gammus couldn’t help but say that while recalling the rumors he had heard in the village.
─You’re a Warlock, but your nickname is Warlock Hunter? Cook Cook, contradictory.
-Among the adventurers, how many of these guys claim to be trying to raise my ransom? Gammus: Since you defeated a warlock 10 years ago, he must be a warlock hunter. Haha!
At first, the colleagues burst out laughing like that, but after hearing Gammus explain one after another, their faces gradually hardened.
—… This is a story I heard at the Mage Guild.
He said, from the time he stood out, he defeated a black magician powerful enough to destroy a territory in the west.
He said, even before the battle, he had a clear insight into the thoughts and tricks of the warlocks and secretly commanded the subjugation coalition.
He said, “The truth of the feat was proven by the testimonies of famous people and the tax exemption of the lord.”
He said, but there are rumors that he participated in subjugating the black magician who caused the incident in the case of a major city in Romania a while ago.
Say it, say it, say it…
—… Is that all true?
—You dude, if you get caught bluffing, you die, really?!
-I’ve heard that too!
Rumors from all over the world tended to be distorted or exaggerated the further they were transmitted.
Even so, it was clear that he was a person with deep ties to the black magician, even if only certain facts were pointed out.
And if even what the black magician of Romania said is true, wouldn’t his bold achievements and career be summed up in one word, ‘hunting the black magician’!
It was because all the big black magic cases that occurred in recent years were showing their faces.
If you don’t put firewood in the furnace, there is no smoke coming out of the chimney.
Even if it is true that the rumors were exaggerated, wouldn’t there be a background to exaggerate them?
-But isn’t it strange? If you’re a warlock, why do your teammates fight each other?
─I wonder if the warlocks have a sense of fellowship? If it’s to steal the research results, they’ll be willing to go to war…
─Hey, hey! It doesn’t matter now!
While he was arguing with his colleagues, one of the paladins who had been listening to him shouted while tearing his hair.
—Even if only half of what you’re saying is true, it’s clear that the guy we might be hunting is a monster! If you’re a real warlock, you’ll have to fight, but are you confident enough to catch him?!
—… …
There was no
The Kailos Holy Knights were an ordinary Holy Knights of the Celestial Church branch dispatched to the north, without any great achievements.
He has a sense of justice and strength enough to hurry up to join him after hearing about Alwyn’s situation.
However, that didn’t mean that he had the ability or determination to fight the black magician who was evaluated as “Would have completely destroyed the city if left unattended”——The man who hunted the black magician.
─Joe, it could have been manipulated!! Black magicians worked together and helped their comrades spread their roots in society!!
—… What if it’s not squeezed?
They became quiet at Gammus’ one word, but afterward, when the order to mobilize from their highly tense superiors was added, they trembled with anxiety.
The climate of the sky and agriculture of the earth are one and the same.
It was for this reason that the Church of Pomona, which serves the god of fertility, and the Church of Uranus, which serves the god of heaven, had a deep relationship, and that they were dispatched at the request of the Church of Pomona.
“This, this is the consensus of the two churches, the Pomona Church and the Uranus Church, who wish for peace! If you hear my story as a representative of that consensus, answer! I’ll give you 5 minutes to prepare! No, I’ll give you 10 minutes!”
Gammus stopped his flashback and returned to reality at the words of his superior, who trembled in fear as he set out with a sense of mission.
It was just 5-6 minutes ago that they occupied the garden while forcing the vassals of the bewildered lord. The representative recited twice, but the man who said he was resting in that room had yet to respond.
‘It’s worth it.’
Gammus looked at the situation objectively and almost sighed.
He got the news that Nord had just woken up from the hospital bed and he got here in 20 minutes, but even if he was himself, it wouldn’t have been easy for him to accept the situation. Whether the allegations are true or not.
“You said it was 10 minutes?”
However, the woman who opened her window and reflected her face quickly understood and replied.
She was a beautiful woman Her white hair and eyebrows were so thin that they were blurred by the sunlight, but unlike her appearance, which aroused her desire for protection, her behavior was very calm, and she seemed to have some dignity.
Her paladins, including her Gammus, thought of her as her pharmacist who came to see her patients, but her attitude seemed to be otherwise.
She looked behind her as if asking for her opinion.
“The Nords say they can prepare it quickly. See you soon. It’s not polite for her to talk through the window like she does now.”
Druruk- Tak!!
The woman who subtly shot at their rudeness shut her window without introducing herself.
If you see a sharp voice or eyes, you are in a state of anger. Could she possibly be a Norse woman?
I was a little sorry if I disturbed the innocent people’s tryst.
“You said you were looking for me?”
Exactly 10 minutes later, as if counted by a watch, Nord stepped in front of them.
It shows her with bandages wrapped around her chest and arms, and her jacket draped dry. It was as if Gammusu lived in a different season from Gammus, who was still cold even under her armor and clad in her clothes.
Still, he’s not a particularly intimidating man. It was even friendly to see him lightly giving a chestnut to a younger girl who seemed to be trying to support him.
Some of them lacked a right arm, so it seemed that they would accept them as retired adventurers or scholars.
Of course, just by looking at the eyes of the women standing next to her, it seemed impossible to say that the female circumstance was clean. Uranus Church paladins are not allowed to marry, so Gammus struggled to erase the jealousy from his eyes.
“Yes. People who came to treat you several times testified that black magic mana was detected in your body.”
Anyway, are you relieved by his neat appearance? Gammus’ boss said that while sweeping his chest.
If Nord was really a black mage, he should have been more vigilant since he had thoroughly concealed his identity, but the paladins did not express their opinions while crossing the line. It was because their boss seemed to notice it belatedly.
“Are you referring to wounds on the body?”
─Tok tok. Nord hit his chest with his fingers.
It was a light move, considering that he had lost his arm not too long ago.
“I got a report on that. If there is a reason, can you tell me?”
“Troll King… Was enchanted by a shaman who was a subordinate of . Aren’t there many types of magic similar to black magic in old witchcraft? It seems that dirty mana permeated his body as a result of that attack.”
“Mmm.”
It made sense and was a slick answer.
It was hard to believe that the trolls dealt with magic, but they came to Alwyn and saw all kinds of evidence and witnesses. Suspicions were put aside.
“You said you prepared a method. May I ask what method?”
“No, of course.”
Gammus’ boss gestured at the question with a little doubt.
Nord quietly looked at the Holy Knights who were busy moving.
Is there a motive to chase down and kill the warlock under that calm face?
As for Narmer-Nile or Romania, it is hard for Britannians to encounter warlocks even once or twice in their lifetime.
It was hard to believe that his actions in a wild fight against warlocks in a place other than his hometown were completely coincidental. Perhaps that is also the reason for the rumor that he is a ‘warlock hunter’.
And that was also the reason the collaborator came all the way here.
‘Hey, can you speak Romanian? Or you can call an interpreter.〉
The dark-skinned man who reflected his face said.
He was a Narmer-Nile, wearing a black cloak and thick gauntlets. Nord answered with his eyes half-opened, looking at the sacred sign of the hunting god he displayed on his chest.
‘My name is Oftum. It is a body that serves the hunting god.〉
Middle-aged Narmer-Nile, famous for being a ‘warlock hunter,’ said with a very small smile.
