Chapter 206 – Johannes Reformation War (8) *Inquisitor Unit Commander Jeanne Illustration*
Johannes Reformation War (8)
The force that Yuno gave off made the troops guarding the gates of Radame extremely nervous.
“Wow, such a huge sacred power… Who is the author…”
“Sir, isn’t it true that the Emperor of Balkan is Ikaris’ earthly agent as they claim?”
“Don’t say such nonsense!! This is an order from the Pope to unconditionally kill any enemy approaching the castle gate!! Turn the Emperor of the Balkans into a hedgehog!!”
As Yuno slowly approached forward while maintaining his momentum, the commander of the priests on the castle wall gave an order, and the priests gritted their teeth and held their hands trembling with fear, raised their bows, and shot arrows on the strings of their bows.
“Shoot!!”
Sushi Sisik!!
Hundreds of arrows flew from the top of the castle wall, but Yuno ignored them so lightly and deliberately walked slowly towards the castle gate.
Ting~ Titting~!
“No way… No matter how much of a master you are, you can’t even ignore arrows…”
“That author is the devil… He must be the devil!! Throw holy water!! Burn that devil with holy flames!!”
Yuno’s steel-like skin repelled all the arrows, and as he continued to approach the gate without being hit, the priests lit holy water on fire and threw it over the castle wall.
Pow~!! Pop!! Grrrr!!
Hundreds of glass bottles containing holy water broke and flames like fire appeared in front of the castle gate, but Yuno just held on without any hesitation and simply brushed off the flames clinging to his body with his hands.
“Uuuuu at Attractive, monster!!”
“Arrows and holy water don’t work…!! How can we stop such a monster…”
When a voice of disgust was heard from above, Yuno smiled and reached the tightly closed gate, clenched his fists and slowly poured in his mana.
‘I don’t know if it’s a strategic defense gate like Streve, but a gate of this size… No, now I don’t know if Streve’s gate can withstand my fist.’
Yuno smiled for a moment, thinking of himself who had been frozen for a long time by beating on Streve’s castle gate, then released the mana gathered in his fist and stretched his fist forward with all his might.
Kwaaaaa!!
The gate shattered and shattered with a tremendous explosion sound.
It was clearly not a castle built for defense, but when the main gate of Radame Castle, which was quite thick as it was the capital of a country, was shattered with a single punch, the morale of the priests completely plummeted.
“All alone, he opened the gate… Where is that Balkan emperor…”
“Are you really saying that you will become Ikaris-sama’s agent on earth?”
“Look at the divine power felt over there… It can’t even be compared to the divine power shown by the priests back home!!”
The eyes of the believers who were looking at Yuno were completely wide open at the majesty of Yuno, who casually ignored the attacks of arrows and holy beasts, broke down the castle gate, and entered.
“Last time, I felt that tremendous divine power… But I can’t believe it was that much…”
“I heard that the Emperor of Balkan is a Master… But I have never seen in any book that there is a Master who wields that level of power…”
It was the same for her priests and the general heresy judges, and bright smiles were drawn on Angelina and her face as she looked at her master.
Of course, Juno’s personal guard corps, consisting of tens and centurions of soldiers from Tessidanicana who had seen Yuno’s majesty in person many times from his hometown and served with him, looked at it without any thought, and rushed to save His Majesty at once. They were making jokes and patting the new recruits on the back of their heads when they asked if it was something.
On the other hand, unlike the Guard Corps, the new officers were extremely desperate.
However, because the skill level was so low, Yuno only felt like an annoying fly, and Yuno succeeded in entering the castle very easily.
“What are they doing? Stop it!! I mean, at least block it with your body!!”
‘The defense is really poor. If the castle gate is in danger of being attacked, isn’t it common sense as a commander to deploy defensive forces behind the gate to block the enemy’s attack?! No matter how much the Master invaded, what is this… Only throwing javelins and arrows from afar, and throwing only holy water… Is this really an army?’
The priest soldiers, who were usually only in charge of security within the castle and inside the shrine, had no combat experience, so their response was extremely inadequate.
Juno thought that he still had a lot of work to do even after turning the Castle Kingdom of Johannes into a vassal state, so he eventually gave up resistance, ignored the priests who were staring at him blankly, and climbed up the castle wall to find their commander.
“Who is your commander?”
“… It’s me!! I don’t know what kind of magic you used… But in vain like this…”
Pow!!
In the meantime, he was showing his hostility towards Yuno and was getting angry, but only after being hit in the stomach by Yuno’s fist did he close his mouth, and was dragged out by Yuno by the scruff of the neck.
“Kuuuuu of course… What are you trying to make me do? To an evil heretic like you?”
“Ah, really… Hey there! Let me ask you one thing! What on earth did the Pope say to you that you’re like this?”
“Huh? Yes? Ah… Me?”
“It was someone other than you, but it doesn’t matter. Yes, you! Answer me.”
Yuno thought it was a good idea to see a guy who looked vague stand up and asked him a question, and he answered Yuno’s question obediently.
“His Holiness said that the saintess was a prostitute who betrayed Lord Ikaris and became involved with the emperor in order to covet power. She was a prostitute who had sex with the emperor a lot, and the emperor was a sick pagan who was bewitched by the saintly sister’s sensuality. He said that we should cut her down together and then advance into the Balkans. So we joked that since she was a saintly bitch who had been eaten by the emperor countless times before, we should eat her again before killing her… Sigh!!”
The dazed soldier seemed to have come to his senses after momentarily forgetting that the person holding the commander’s leash in front of him was the Balkan emperor whom he was swearing at.
“So, what does it feel like to actually see that idiotic heretic? Do I still look like an idiot?”
Only then did the soldier, who was shivering all over, collapse on the floor, even urinating due to Yuno’s force.
“Tsk… If you guys have brains, think about it!! Would all those priests and heresy judges follow the saint for no reason? Would they have followed the chief inquisitor and held the sword in the opposite direction? Even though they have suffered from the tyranny of the Pope so far, Are you still out of your mind?”
“Go, how dare the Holy Father… Ugh!!”
Yuno, who lightly knocked out the priest commander who was writhing and resisting even while being grabbed by the neck, once again gained momentum and stood in front of the priests who began to look at him with awe.
“You still don’t know where justice is? You can’t even feel my divine power!! If you really don’t know, I’ll tell you!! Metatron!!”
Metatron, who woke up from Angelina’s body at Yuno’s call, spread his wings wide and flew into the sky, spraying divine power and circling Radame Castle before landing next to Yuno and rubbing his face against her body.
“Did you call me? Master? Hohoho, aren’t you really not looking for me?”
Seeing that sight, the priests widened their eyes and knelt in front of Yuno.
“Great, Archangel!!”
“I am Metatron, the Archangel of Destruction under Ikaris!!”
“An archangel has descended on the body of a saint!! The archangel is following the Balkan emperor as his master!!”
“Oh oh oh Lord Ikaris sent an archangel to the Emperor of Balkan!! It was true that His Majesty the Emperor of Balkan was Lord Ikaris’ earthly representative!!”
Yuno felt relieved as he saw the priests bowing to the sky with great enthusiasm.
‘Oh, if it’s like this, why did I put on that live show? Just showing Metatron once is so effective… Didn’t there need to bring our legionnaires too? Wait a minute, what does this mean?’
Thinking that Juno had been wasting his time, he looked towards the sound of shouting coming from outside the castle gate, and saw that the believers who had been swayed by the Pope’s speech just a moment ago were rushing towards the gate in enthusiasm at the appearance of the archangel.
“What the saint and the Inquisitor said were true!! Catch the Pope!!”
“Follow the will of Ikaris!! Archangel Metatron is with us!!”
“Charge!! Capture the Pope!! But! You must never kill him!! The fire of Inquisitor Commander Jeanne will burn that apostate directly!!”
As befits a group of fanatics who had abandoned their hometown and marched all the way to Radame at the mere word of an oracle, the sight of them charging in with madness at the sight of the Archangel was enough to give even Yuno goosebumps.
‘Wow, that’s definitely why neighboring countries couldn’t invade Johannes even though its military power is so weak… Even I feel goosebumps, but ordinary soldiers must be miserable… This time, I’m going to thank the Pope who sent Metatron to me. I should be thankful’
The Inquisitors commanded by Jeanne, along with the fanatics and priests who became allies, quickly entered the Great Temple.
The defenders under the cardinal locked the temple door and attempted to stage a sit-in, but Jeanne’s battle-ax, clad in the sacred sword, succeeded in breaking down the temple door in an instant.
“The door to the temple has been breached!! Capture all the priests who collaborated with the Pope from inside!! Don’t miss a single one!!”
As soon as the cardinals saw that the castle gate was breached, they took their belongings from their houses inside La Dame Castle and ran to the secret room to prepare for exile. As soon as the temple was breached, they were captured one by the Inquisitors.
“Find the Pope!! He must be somewhere!!”
However, no matter how hard he searched, the Pope was nowhere to be seen, nor were several key cardinals, so Jeanne gritted his teeth and urged the Inquisitors under him even more.
“There must be a hiding place!! Screw the captured cardinals!! We have to find the Pope’s hiding place!!”
Fear appeared on the faces of the cardinals as they saw Jeanne, who had taken on the appearance of a sad Inquisitor commander. But there was no one to save them, and the merciless hands of the Inquisitors fell upon them.
*Illustration of Jeanne leading the Inquisitors into the Great Temple and searching for the Pope
*Inquisitor unit commander Jeanne uniform illustration
