LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 26.2
“Competition of good will among candidates is good, but violence will not be tolerated. Cause one more disturbance, and you will be kicked out immediately.”
The henchmen laughed.
“Yes, we will be careful since the elders of Eshua have spared us.”
“I didn’t say I spared you.”
“Pardon?”
The elder frowned as if scolding.
“You are the last to enter. Go back there if you understand.”
“Pardon?!”
“Candidate for Saint, seizing the weaker by the nape. Reflect on your actions.”
“!”
The henchmen seemed aggrieved and sought help from their leader, but the actual leader, Kina Berit, ignored them and only glared at Isaac.
He was bothered by Isaac, who seemed to have nullified his power.
But that was only for a moment.
“That is where you will enter.”
Clang!
“!”
With a huge clang, the children screamed.
There was an anomaly in what they thought was a wall.
The tall wall, seeming to reach the sky, started to move like a living puzzle piece, splitting apart.
And it split in a circle with the trembling gazes of the children.
What they could see through the gap was a mountain of treasures.
The children’s eyes changed immediately.
‘The Saintess’s treasure is in there.’
Kina Berit also lost interest in Isaac.
Yes, it must have been just a coincidence that his power was nullified.
It must be the Saintess’s protective magic.
After all, the important thing was the item in the treasure vault.
“Go ahead, bring back the item that looks the best. We expect the Saint’s discernment.”
At their words, the candidates for Saint sparkled their eyes as if competing.
Even if they said discernment, the item they were aiming for was already decided.
“If you bring that treasure, Madam of Eshua will give you a special vision.”
“Yes. A reward even the Holy Pope can’t give!”
All the children’s eyes became serious.
But Isaac snorted at their looks.
‘Melissa bet on something.’
He didn’t know what it was, but it seemed everyone was after the same treasure.
He had wondered why they gathered the Saint candidates out of the blue. There was undoubtedly an item she wanted them to bring.
But well, he didn’t care about that.
The best item?
The damned reward Melissa bet on?
What’s there to know?
‘The important thing is my physical body.’
Wasn’t that the reason he had indulged in this trasy place from the beginning?
He actually felt a familiar energy inside the treasure vault.
‘Ah, these young brats. While they are distracted, I should go find my body.’
Good luck with that, you chicks.
“Oh, I forgot to mention.”
“The Skeleton King’s physical body is in the last room, the 3rd vault.”
Ah, these Eshua guys, even telling the location so he can go fetch it quickly.
“Madam told us to retrieve it, but be careful, the Skeleton King’s body is dangerous.”
Yes, yes, the Skeleton King’s body that the Saintess told us to retrieve is in the 3rd vault…
Wait, what…?
“3rd vault! It’s the 3rd vault!”
“Run as soon as you enter!”
“If we bring the Skeleton King’s body, Madam will reward us!”
“?!”
No, no, wait, damn it!
Melissa was supposed to bring my body?!
Isaac grabbed the back of his neck.
‘These damn priests!’
Suck the blood out of a flea!
What is she asking those kids to do from the start!
“Even though it was the Eshua’s Madam who said it, there’s always a reason for such a reward. It might be fatal, so I don’t recommend it.”
“Think of the Skeleton King’s body as a bonus, prioritize a safe relic.”
Yes! That’s right! Go for something else! Something better!
It’s just bones after all!
But the children, whether they knew Isaac’s thoughts or not, whispered amongst themselves.
“Are you also aiming for the Skeleton King’s body?”
“Yeah. They said it’s in the 3rd vault. Aren’t the best treasures all gathered there anyway?”
“Um, then should we aim for that first?”
“Yes. Our family insisted that we should bring it.”
You filthy priests!
Just go choke on some dirty relic!
Ah, there’s nothing he can do then.
Soon, Isaac let out a deep sigh.
And finally, when the elder began to focus the children and started giving instructions.
“Uwah!”
All eyes were drawn to the source of a child’s cry.
The elders and the senior members glared fiercely in the direction from where the sound had come.
“What’s happening now!”
Isaac was crying next to the bullies, as if he had been hit by them.
In fact, the bullies were scolding Isaac.
The elders and seniors raised their eyebrows.
“Again, you guys! Didn’t we say no fighting among candidates! You couldn’t hold back and bullied a child! And you call yourselves Saints!”
All eyes were on them, especially since the opponent was from a family as esteemed as the Pope’s. There was a possibility that a strong rival could disappear.
On the other hand, the bullies felt wronged.
“No, we didn’t do anything! We were listening to the elder’s explanation, then this kid suddenly attacked my leg… Huh? Where did he go?”
Isaac, who had been crying beside them just a moment ago, had disappeared.
“Ah, there!
Isaac was already slipping into the opened treasure vault.
“Dadadada (I’ll just go in first).”
He wasn’t moving at the speed of a crawling child.
[High-Speed Stride (1st level)]
Shuri realized in an instant that it was the booster sacred technique that was stolen from him.
For some reason, it seemed much faster than the stride technique he knew.
“…Excuse me, Elder?”
The candidates for Saint pointed at Isaac, who had started first, and looked at the elders and seniors.
It’s cheating, isn’t it? Is it okay for a Saint candidate to do that? Some were surprised to see a baby using a sacred technique.
The elders and seniors also lost their words.
They seemed to wonder what they had just seen.
It was for no other reason.
“Isaac! That area is off-limits!!
“If you go there, traps will be activated throughout the treasure vault!!!”