LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 669
Chapter: 669
If you were to ask what Lucy Allen’s weakness is, those who know her would say the same thing.
It’s her surroundings.
Having faced all sorts of difficulties for a long time, she doesn’t really care much about her own pain.
It’s not that she can’t feel pain, but she’s able to ignore a substantial level of it.
However, she can’t stand when those around her get hurt.
Especially if it comes from her.
The Pope knows this well.
Since the moment Lucy wielded Ruel’s Mace, he received many reports about her.
From her tendencies to her relationships, everything.
So he also knew where to start prodding her.
He mustn’t shake her world from the get-go.
If a massive shock hits without any preparation, she won’t truly feel all the pain.
First, a small ripple needs to be created.
Make her think about the opponent’s intent. Imagine the worst-case scenario. Struggle to prevent it.
Only then can she fully accept a huge shock and crumble.
“Is that the place?”
The holy knight accompanying the Pope tilted his head while looking at a small mansion on the hill.
It wasn’t anything special.
Just a mere noble’s home in a backwater countryside.
If a knight fell, the place would be swept away.
Could a powerful necromancer exist in a place like that?
“You’ll find out when you go. Prepare your heart well.”
“I understand, Your Holiness.”
The holy knight headed for the mansion, accompanied by those who had transcended death.
The sight of a dozen or so people marching forward with their weapons was enough to trample the idyllic scenery of the mansion.
*
Not long ago, while following Adri in the Capitol’s church, Visi felt the phrase “Leaving home means a hard life” more than ever.
The scenery from then was terrible even when recalled now.
After Lucy was kidnapped, the gloomy atmosphere squeezed her disguise, and mediating between the former kings of Soladin and Third Prince Arthur was no easy task.
The most irritating fact was that she hadn’t met the culprit of all this suffering, Lucy Allen.
“There was a way to bring Adri back! We had a deal!”
She should be notifying me right away that things were done!
Why won’t she come to see me and is causing chaos elsewhere!?
– It seems like there’s no room to worry about that.
Visi pouted at Adri’s floating words above her bed.
“Who doesn’t know that? I was just whining a bit.”
– It’s not that urgent, you know.
“I know. But still.”
Adri understood why Visi was in such a hurry.
She wanted to see the spectacle of the dead coming back to life alongside Adri.
Ultimately, Visi’s wish was to bring her younger brother back to life.
– We should pray for Lady Allen’s victory. If she loses, we won’t have anyone to inform us of something.
“Does it even matter that we cheer now?”
In the past few days, Lucy had become the hero of the entire continent.
Bards were all singing tales about her, and the value of jewelry depicting the freed Lucy was skyrocketing, to the point where even the children in this rural area knew her name.
Thanks to this, there was panic among the noble young ladies of Soladin.
They had been tormenting Lucy for a long time.
Claiming they didn’t know about the curse on her and that if they had, they wouldn’t have committed such acts, they insisted they were the victims, but that didn’t change the situation.
The bullying towards Lucy had been public within the social circles.
By now, their parents must have been sweating bullets.
With Lucy Allen being the one to suppress various incidents that occurred in the palace, she had not only received justification but also had reasons to erase anyone that displeased her.
They probably wished for Lucy’s demise.
They might fervently hope for her defeat over the salvation of the world.
Hmm. Thinking this way, maybe I should pray as well.
I wonder how much influence the prayers of a necromancer who betrayed the gods can have.
– Visi!
“Yeah? I’m just thinking about what prayer to lift…”
– This isn’t the time for that! The enemy is coming!
“…Enemy?”
– Those with the Evil God’s Energy!
“Wh-why are such guys coming here!?”
Is it because of what happened in the kingdom last time!? Did they catch on!?
– You don’t have the luxury to think about that! We need to get out now!
“F-first, let’s get my parents to safety.”
– There’s nowhere safer than this mansion! You know that!
Right. Last time, I put all sorts of things on the mansion with Adri.
Snapped back to reality by Adri’s urgings, Visi grabbed her staff and dashed outside.
Her mother, cooking inside, asked what was wrong, but Visi didn’t reply.
Once outside, the first thing she did was make sure the doors inside couldn’t be opened.
If her parents, who couldn’t fight, came outside, it was predictable what would happen.
With shaking hands gripping her staff tightly, she spotted the approaching enemies from afar.
At the front was a knight in white armor.
The knight, exuding an aura that necromancers detest, was clearly from the Jushin Church.
Yet those surrounding him were the exact opposite.
They were something akin to necromancy.
Beings who had already met death but denied it and wandered the world.
Monsters not permitted in this realm.
They were what she would call her ideal.
But upon seeing these monsters, she felt not a trace of awe.
A constant alarm rang in her head.
Those are beings that shouldn’t exist in this world.
Their very existence distorts the rules. They are a nightmare that can’t be accepted on the ground.
…Was I trying to turn my brother into such a being?
– Visi!
“Ah. Aaaah.”
– Snap out of it! This isn’t the time!
“I- I…”
– Visi! Get a grip on yourself!!
Startled by the cry echoing in her skull, Visi realized that Adri had dug into her mind.
“Ah. Adri?”
– Ugh! It’s so frustrating I can’t take it! Is now the time for such worries!? It’s not just you dying that’s a problem! What will happen to your parents inside if you die!?
She was right.
Feeling despair, self-loathing, and getting hung up in a corner could wait for later.
What Visi needed to do now was to fight those enemies.
– I sent the signal to Lady Allen. We just need to withstand until salvation arrives.
“…Isn’t it pointless to put on a mask again?”
– Just pretend you don’t know.
“Hahaha. That’s going to be tough. You yelled in my brain.”
Sigh. Well, whatever, at least the tension’s eased. With a light laugh, Visi swung her staff, and Adri sang the necromancer’s song from behind.
The spirits lodged deep in the earth wailed as they emerged to the surface.
Dark clouds rolled over a sky that had just been clear, harsh and cold winds began to blow, and the life of the land withered in the chilling air.
“Your Holiness was right.”
The holy knight who had reached Visi’s front raised his sword high, illuminating the surroundings with his divine power.
“Die, you evil thing.”
“Seems like you’re not in a position to say that.”
– If we’re being technical, we are of the same kind, right?
Without the slightest disturbance, the knight charged at Adri.
Using both aura and divine power, the knight’s speed was overwhelming.
There was no way a lowly Visi could keep up.
– What an interesting sword.
However, for a necromancer, that was just a solvable problem.
Those who could handle the dead could assign things they couldn’t do to others.
– Whether now or then, religious folk are all the same in being troublesome.
– A bothersome lot indeed.
– Hey! Are you belittling Lord Jushin’s grace!?
– Quiet down, filthy religious zealot. Shouldn’t you drop your pride now that you’ve become a necromancer?
The spirits present weren’t mere ghosts.
They were those who had served as kings of Soladin, sacrificing their souls for their country even after death.
The lion, who chose to stay by Visi instead of achieving enlightenment to escape the anxiety of the actions of their descendants, hurled insults at the knight blocking them.
“Ghosts of the past.”
– Oh. That one’s the leader of the desert tribe! He should’ve died a long time ago, right?
“You seem to have met your end as well, huh?”
– That guy knows! He’s the trash I battled in the battlefield!
“Murderer. I never thought I would see you again.”
– Hahaha. Just a bunch of small fries.
“This time, I will definitely kill you.”
The past sages collided with the former kings, and a knight slipped through the gap, blocked by Adri.
Dozens of blades floating in the void supplemented the lacking swordsmanship.
“I’m glad I came here! This allows me to do one more thing for the great Lord Jushin!”
As Adri saw the knight charging heedlessly, ignoring his wounds, she clicked her tongue.
For now, they were at a standoff, but that wouldn’t last forever.
Individual powers of the necromancers were indeed high, but Visi’s command over them was lacking.
Soon, as Visi’s power begins to wane, cracks would start appearing.
By then, that arrogant little brat should arrive!
Adri’s prediction was correct.
Cracks began forming in the taut standoff between foes and allies.
The opponents knew no injuries.
Were not afraid of death.
They lived without the word “end” existing in their vocabulary.
Yet the allies were not so.
Staying in death and entrusting their existence to another, they could only rely on that person’s strength.
The necromancers were being pushed back. One by one, pieces of their souls were severed. There was no number that could stand against a skilled holy knight, even if it was Adri.
Ultimately, the dominoes must fall.
Starting from the front, they began to collapse, and a blade was drawn to the neck of the one standing at the end.
Seeing him, Visi didn’t even think to dodge and squeezed her eyes shut.
Death was approaching.
The end bared its fangs at her.
The conclusion of life was drawing near.
Clang!
A refreshing resonance.
A sweet fragrance brushed against Visi’s nose.
A warm energy was passed through her skin.
“Hah.”
Lucy Allen deflected the knight’s sword, glaring at her foe with a furrowed brow.
“There are really too many trash in this world.”
Visi, feeling relief from the tension in her tone, finally sat on the ground.
“Seems the incompetent pedo pervert is calling himself a god.”
Her hero made her grand entrance.