< 75. The Ancestor of Vampire, Pluto (3) >
In the Knight Commander’s office of the Knight Order located in Crossbridge.
There, Knight Commander Revels Etherland looked at the rosary hanging on the wall.
Below the rosary on the wall were the names of the Knight Order’s officers.
Revels’ gaze was fixed on the second rosary in the place.
Lian Crost.
The rosary hanging in the place where the name of the vice commander was written was cracked and half of it had fallen off.
Looking at the broken rosary, Revels gave an order to his adjutant without turning his head.
“Broadcast to the whole Knight Order. Today, the knight we respected, Lian Crost, has fallen.”
Saying that, Revels reached out and picked up the broken rosary that was hanging on the wall.
This rosary was an object that the knights who held important positions in the Knight Order had put a part of their souls into.
If the knight connected to the rosary died, the miracle on the rosary would be released and the rosary itself would be broken.
In the end, Lian’s rosary being broken meant that Lian himself had met his death for some reason.
Lian Crost, Revels’ subordinate and vice commander of the Knight Order, had died.
That fact was nothing less than a great tragedy for not only Revels but also the entire Knight Order.
“Are you saying that Vice Commander has fallen?”
“Yes. He died honorably protecting Lady Saint from the evil heretics.”
“…How could this be.”
The adjutant’s face darkened as he heard Revels’ story.
Lian Crost, who had a white holy sword, was not a light name in the whole sanctuary.
He was always mentioned among the ranks when discussing power in the sanctuary.
And he was killed by someone while he was out.
No knight in the sanctuary would easily accept this incident.
Revels spoke again to his adjutant, who had a gloomy face.
“I understand your distress, but don’t you have to do your job first?”
“I’m sorry. I’ll broadcast it right now.”
“Good, work hard.”
Creak.
The adjutant opened the door and left the Knight Commander’s office after hearing Revels’ words.
As soon as the adjutant left, Revels was left alone in his office.
Revels’ gaze turned to the map on the wall where he was alone.
List of Sealed Danger Factors.
On a map that warned of numerous danger factors on the continent, a bead at the location of the ancestor of vampires was broken.
It meant that the seal that confined The Ancestor Pluto had completely lost its effect.
It was a situation where he could tell why Lian, who had taken Lady Saint out, had lost his life.
Lian’s party had encountered a force of evil gods that was stirring up trouble in the empire.
“Hoo…”
Revels sighed and raised his left hand.
He then tapped twice on the green gem in the center of his ring.
Tap. Tap.
As soon as Revels’ finger tapped on the gem, a light came on in the middle of it.
Magic was activated and a person’s voice mixed with noise began to flow out of the gem.
-“It’s been a long time since you contacted me this way.”
“It’s hard to meet you right now.”
-“You know better than me why that is.”
The voice of an old man from behind his ring was that of Holy Emperor Haifright II.
The ring in Revels’ hand was an object used to have secret conversations with Holy Emperor when necessary.
Revels cleared his throat as he heard Holy Emperor’s voice.
And he began to speak in a cold voice toward Holy Emperor.
“Lian Crost is dead.”
-“You mean The Knight of Holy Sword is dead? What about Lady Saint?”
“Lady Serena is still alive. It seems she used an amulet that was smuggled out.”
-“That’s a headache. Losing The Knight of Holy Sword at this time. Who do you think is behind this?”
Heeheeck
Revels’ gaze turned to Pluto’s bead that had broken out of its seal.
There was only one thing he could guess from hints here.
A battle broke out between Lian and The Evil God’s forces.
And it was such an urgent battle that Lady Saint had to use The Sanctuary Declaration herself.
“There is only one reason why Lady Serena would use The Sanctuary Declaration without any reason. It seems highly likely that The Evil God himself moved.”
-“Revels. Come to think of it, The Evil God seems to be showing too much freedom lately.”
“It must be because of The Karma Causality.”
-“What could be the reason for The Causality to suddenly tilt to one side?”
Revels also knew well about The Karma’s Sky Ceiling that suppressed the gods.
The Karma’s Sky Ceiling was a role that restrained the interference of the gods in the world according to The Causality.
Nevertheless, The Evil God showed more active interference in the world than before in this invasion.
It meant that The Evil God still had a lot of room for The Causality.
On the other hand, The Six Goddesses showed less activity than before in the previous crisis.
This meant that there was a big gap in The Causality between The Goddesses and The Evil God.
If this situation continued, there was a possibility that he would have to be wary of The Evil God’s intervention in all battles.
-“I guess I need to pray myself.”
Revels heard a sigh from behind his ring.
Revels, who was holding Lian’s rosary, was also troubled.
Revels put down the rosary he was holding on the desk and asked Holy Emperor over the ring.
“What are you going to do about the ancestor who has been released?”
-“The Ancestor Pluto… She was a monster that had been a nuisance since the war hundreds of years ago. Don’t you think it’s best to face a monster with a monster that suits her?”
“You don’t mean…”
-“I will use ‘that thing’ in the Temple of Abundance.”
“That’s too dangerous…”
As Revels tried to dissuade him, Holy Emperor cut off his voice and spoke.
-“I will send you a recommendation letter for Lian’s successor at the next elders’ meeting.”
“…Yes.”
-“I will take care of the matter of causality myself. Revels, you prepare a search party to recover the holy sword and Lady Saint.”
“I understand.”
It was Holy Emperor’s own warning not to interfere with the future matters.
Revels was also responsible for losing Lian, so he had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
Holy Emperor finished talking about Lian’s successor and causality with Revels and left him one last request.
-“Don’t worry too much about that thing. As long as Lady of Knowledge is there, it won’t get out of control.”
Click.
Holy Emperor’s answer was the last one.
After Holy Emperor’s voice died down, the light on Revels’ ring disappeared.
Revels’ face was full of complex emotions as he looked at the green ring that had gone out.
Knight Commander, Revels Etherland.
His gaze, immersed in his thoughts, turned to the rosary where one spot was empty.
***
“Did I say you could have that?”
In the carriage moving away from the cave where Pluto was sealed, Peter looked at the sword in Eutenia’s hand and said.
Eutenia had a white sword in her hand that emitted a faint light.
The white sword was a trophy that Eutenia had taken after shaking off the pursuers who had chased her.
The sword decorated with fancy jewels was something that anyone could guess its value by looking at it.
From Peter’s point of view, it was a treasure that he could never buy even if he saved money for his whole life.
Normally, she would have offered it to The Evil God she served, but for some reason she said she would give it to Peter today.
Peter naturally doubted her intentions as he saw her like that.
“Don’t you like it?”
Eutenia tilted her head and asked him back as she heard Peter’s words.
If her words were true, there was no reason for Peter to refuse from his point of view.
He clenched his hand holding the reins.
He said to her again in a cautious voice at the unbelievable luck.
“Can I really have this sword…”
“It doesn’t matter. I can’t use it anyway.”
“Huh?”
“It’s a sword that not anyone can use. And it’s not something that can be offered either.”
Eutenia’s words made Peter realize why she was giving up the sword.
Apparently, that sword was something that could not be offered to The Evil God she served.
If that was the case, it made sense for her to give it to Peter who followed her around.
If she gave him the sword, it would mean that one more fighting power would be created.
Eutenia, who had no greed for money, might have been willing to give up something that could not be offered to Peter.
“Then I’ll take it.”
Peter nodded his head and accepted Eutenia’s offer.
He had never held a sword in his life.
But the first sword he held was an ominous-looking sword.
He felt an inexplicable expectation in his chest.
“That sword has an evil aura flowing through it.”
As soon as Peter accepted Eutenia’s offer, Pluto, who was next to her, opened his mouth.
Pluto pointed at the white sword with a disgusted expression and said.
The white sword that Eutenia had had an evil aura flowing through it according to Pluto’s claim.
Eutenia smiled as she heard Pluto’s words and looked at him.
“An evil aura?”
“It’s a horrible sword to look at.”
Pluto hated the sword that Eutenia had too much.
A vampire hated something that looked horrible to him.
A thought crossed Peter’s mind as he looked at Pluto.
If it was something opposite to vampires, wouldn’t it actually be a good thing?
‘The evil aura for vampires… Isn’t it actually a holy aura?’
Peter looked at Eutenia this time as he looked at Pluto.
Eutenia was an apostle who handled The Evil God’s power.
But she had no discomfort in touching the sword.
Come to think of it, she also handled the holy relics related to the gods freely.
She could touch the things that the evil vampire hated without any influence.
Where did the evil beings end and where did the good beings begin?
The line that distinguished between them was not clearly drawn.
Peter fell into a dilemma as he held the reins and looked ahead.
“…Ah.”
And he soon discovered something and sighed.
Ahead of the mountain road where the carriage was running.
A group of men who had knocked down a log and blocked the road were seen.
Eutenia heard Peter’s sigh from behind and asked him.
“Peter. Did you find something?”
“There… It looks like someone is there.”
“Thieves?”
“It seems so.”
There was a group of thieves blocking the road far away from where the carriage was.
It was common to encounter thieves on a secluded road.
Rather, the journey so far had been too smooth.
Pluto also showed interest as he heard about the thieves and looked at Eutenia.
“Thieves have appeared?”
“I guess so. What are you going to do, Pluto?”
“Let me see.”
Whirr.
Pluto picked up the scythe that was lying in the corner and got up from his seat.
A dark aura began to rise from the Death Scythe in Pluto’s hand.
Artifact, Death Scythe.
The treasure that the apostle Pluto had received from The Evil God was thirsting for blood.
Pluto raised the scythe he was holding and took a stance.
“——Death Scythe.”
Woo woo woo woo!
The Death Scythe responded to Pluto’s voice and resonated with a thick darkness.
Pluto’s red eyes, which were slanted, shone on the enemies blocking the road.
Behind Pluto, a huge scythe of darkness appeared.
It was the power of Death Scythe to reap the lives of enemies on behalf of its master.
Pluto swung the scythe he was holding hard and said his last farewell to the enemies in front of him.
“Goodbye. Humans.”
“Uh, ugh…?”
“Wha, wha, what is that!”
Maybe it was because they faced the black shadow that appeared behind Pluto.
They seemed to realize that something was wrong and started screaming all at once.
But the Death Scythe in Pluto’s hand had already drawn a large trajectory.
The huge scythe that appeared behind Pluto also followed the trajectory he had drawn and cut through the bandits.
Crash!
The tree that blocked the road shattered and fragments scattered in all directions.
The bandits who were cut by the scythe also fell to their places and blood spurted from their bodies.
“——Gather.”
Pluto ordered the blood that rose from the bandits who were cut by Death Scythe.
Thump.
Peter felt his heart tighten for a moment as he heard Pluto’s voice.
The blood that rose up succumbed to the command of the noble bloodline and gathered around her.
The blood that gathered seeped into Death Scythe and disappeared, and a red mist rose around Pluto.
She used blood magic to harvest blood and looked at the road where the bandits had disappeared and said.
“It’s been a long time since I drank blood.”
She said that with sharp fangs in her mouth.
