Chapter 87
87 – Ruse and Conspiracy (11)
“Are you guys that adventurer?”
Standing at the head of the Demon King’s army, Lamia turned her attention away with a snake-like tone.
There were only two people guarding the monastery.
A wizard with a robe covering his face. A nun in a black nun’s uniform.
“Where did the rest of them go?”
Kayla and Celica responded silently, but were surprised inside.
There was no way the demon lord’s army knew about an ordinary adventurer’s party with no reputation.
Ironically, Kyla also knew the person in front of her.
“You… rose…”
“Huh…? You know me?”
Rose tilted her head at Kayla’s words. Her Rose didn’t notice her, but Kayla remembered her clearly.
Before meeting her own lord, Kayla was pursued by many of her demon lords.
The fear she felt every time she faced an officer of her Demon King’s army was still deeply embedded in Kayla’s mind.
Among them, Rose was remembered as her most relentless pursuer. And she knew very well who she followed.
“Selica-sama, be careful. The author is the closest aide to the four blades.”
“Yes… !?”
Celica’s body flinched at Kayla’s words, and she began to tremble in fear.
The demon king’s notoriety had already spread all over the world. In addition, the Demon King’s army that followed him was famous for being a force that did not know mercy.
The same goes for the 4 blades, the closest aide to the demon king. There was no one in the world who did not know their names.
“Why are you, the devil’s closest aide, here?”
“That’s none of your business. All you have to do is to calmly accept your fate.”
He passed Celica with his ferocious eyes. Goosebumps ran down her spine as her long slit pupils turned towards her.
When Rose realized that her opponent was frightened of her, she sneered and brandished her spear lightly.
“Lady Celica. Be careful. The spear is poisoned.”
The tip of the spear Rose was holding was stained black. If it was even slightly brushed, it was impossible to cure with ordinary potions.
Kayla carefully pushed her Celica behind her to hide her. And she calmly judged the situation.
Rose, the leader of the Demon King’s army, and her group of dozens of monsters following her.
Even the right arm of the Four Heavenly Kings appeared in a daunting yard with only the Demon King’s army. In fact, it was next to impossible for Kayla to win.
But time was on her side.
A rescue signal has already been sent. Even now, she believed, her lord was coming to save her.
‘If my lord is with me, I’ll be able to fight against him.’
In Kayla’s eyes, her own lord was no longer weak.
Since defeating the snow woman alone in the snow mountain, the master has grown surprisingly.
Objectively, he believed that he had become strong enough to survive even facing the demon army alone.
If you and your master are together, even the officers of the Four Heavenly Kings will not be able to withstand it. I had to buy time until then.
“Lady Celica! Healing light please!”
At her words, Celica immediately raised her staff and recited her prayer.
A pure white light spread in the garden of the monastery. Rose squinted at the light emanating from her wand.
A terribly divine radiance. Rose groaned as she endured her nausea.
“Aim for that nun first!”
As soon as the order was given, the monsters started charging all at once.
A total of 20 monsters invaded the monastery’s main gate. It wasn’t too much, but it wasn’t so little that I could handle it alone.
When the black wear wolf tried to ram him, he overpowered him with a punch to the face.
I grabbed Lamia’s hair right next to me and pulled it to block the flying arrow.
After throwing the corpse at the lizard man running right next to him, he trampled his head.
In her long wandering life, Kayla faced her own struggles. Making her breakthrough by harming her monsters was familiar to her.
But things were different now. Behind her was a colleague to protect.
As the monster’s corpses gradually piled up, Rose clicked her tongue and grasped the situation.
She heard that the adventurers were strong, but she didn’t expect them to struggle this much.
“Get out of the way.”
In the end, Rose decided to step out on her own. She pushed back the monsters blocking her way and went directly to the forefront.
A long spear flew in a straight line between the army of demons surrounding Kayla.
Recognizing the owner of her spear, Kayla quickly rolled her body away from her seat.
The dark blue blade almost brushed the bridge of her nose. If the spear had been a little longer, she would have been poisoned with deadly poison.
Kayla has her hair cut. The moment she made the slightest mistake, she would endanger herself as well as her Celica.
Rose pressed Kayla, brandishing her spear non-stop. Eventually, Kayla hugged her Celica and left her seat.
“Lady Celica. Can you use the barrier… !”
Fortunately, Celica nodded her head. With a sigh of relief, Kayla conceived the operation in her head.
“Selica-sama, please go into the monastery and protect her children. Just use the barrier to push back the monsters trying to invade the monastery.”
“Well, then Kayla-sama… !”
“Don’t worry. I am okay.”
Celica’s miracle could heal her wounds or injuries, but she couldn’t decipher the deadly poison. The moment she brushed her spear anyway, her healing light was useless.
In that case, it was better for her to entrust Celica with her children and face the Demon King’s army alone.
Celica looked at her with her uneasy eyes. Facing her enemies with her grim expression, she had a strong will.
She had no choice but to trust Kayla, at least from Celica’s point of view.
“Please be careful.”
“Don’t worry. Take good care of the children.”
Celica freed herself from Kayla’s arms and opened the front door of the monastery.
The werewolf chasing after her was caught by Kayla’s flame whip.
Kayla let out a sigh of relief after confirming that Celica had safely entered.
“What is it? Are you going to deal with us alone?”
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Rose laughed at Kayla like she was dumbfounded. Still stiff, Kyla pressed the hood of her robe deeply.
‘My lord. I always believe in my lord.’
After making up her resolve, Kayla ran to her opponent. At the same time, Rose’s spear twisted and rushed forward.
After quickly turning around to dodge her, he took her gap and landed a kick on Rose’s abdomen.
“Ugh…!”
The moment the opponent hesitated for a moment, another monster started to attack.
A Lizardman’s spear flew from the left. To the right, the werewolf’s claws rushed.
It was impossible to dodge all the attacks anyway. Kayla threw herself head-on.
A fierce melee ensued. She slashed her fists in all directions and slashed her kicks, slaying her demons.
She was sometimes bitten by her teeth or brushed against her spear. But Kayla couldn’t stop her.
She fought to the end, even when her nails were driven into her shoulders, even when her club was thrown into her abdomen.
Rose let out a sigh of tiredness as she watched her stand up to her odds to defend the front gate of her monastery.
‘This is how I will lose all of her men… !’
I didn’t expect the battle to last this long. I thought she was just a wizard, but her hand-to-hand combat was also quite strong.
In her increasingly impatient mind, Rose let out her shouts.
“What are you doing! Don’t rest and run quickly!”
As time passed, cracks began to appear on her cold-hearted face. The number of monsters that had reached 20 was reduced to 10 in no time.
But that didn’t mean Kayla was safe. Suddenly, her clothes became a mess.
Her collar was torn, leaving marks from her teeth. The robe to cover her was tattered.
Even in the middle of the battle, she desperately held on to her hat to cover her face.
Seeing her like that, Rose relentlessly started aiming for her head.
The moment she lowered her head to avoid Rose’s spear, a werewolf opened her teeth and aimed at her shoulder.
She turned and hit her face with her elbow. But from behind, Lamia’s spear grazed her head, tearing her hood.
“Kuh… !”
Her hood came off, revealing horns on her head. Her rose eyes widened at the sight of her long black antlers.
“Your year, is that Yongin? !”
Kayla’s body froze at Rose’s shout. Her rose, too, remembered her.
While massacring Yongin under the command of the Demon King, Rose encountered the former leader of Yongin.
At that time, Kayla knocked Rose out and made her escape. Rose, who couldn’t catch her in the end, had to tremble with her shame.
Rose fixed her spear with a laugh. In the meantime, Kayla gnawed her teeth.
The robe she was wearing was torn. She was indignant that a precious gift bestowed by her lord had been ruined.
And behind her was Celica.
“Lady Kayla… ?”
Celica, who was guarding the main gate of the monastery, was startled and her eyes widened. She couldn’t keep her mouth shut when she saw Kayla’s horns on her head.
Celica shook her head in disbelief. Seeing that, Kyla’s heart sank.
But she didn’t even give Kyla time to make her excuses. Her demons were still driving towards her.
“I think I can capture you alive this time.”
He is the head of Yongin. What a reward for her if you capture her.
Looking at Rose with her evil smile, Kyla strengthened her fighting spirit.
‘I can never lose even for the sake of my lord.’
If he collapsed like this, he would have no face in seeing his master.
She gasped and looked at her own teammate. Celica, in her fear, was trembling all over her body.
For a nun who had lived a peaceful life in a monastery all her life, the current situation came like a lie.
Invasion of the Demon King’s army. The death of the abbot, who was like a parent. The shocking secret of her trusted ally.
But now there was no time for confusion. The colleague in front of her was still fighting against the Demon King’s army.
To protect Celica, who was no one else, she did not back down and stood up proudly.
“Lady Kayla! Cheer up a little more!”
I prayed with all my heart. The brilliance emanating from her wand grew brighter.
“Haa… Do not worry… Haa… I will definitely protect you… !”
How much time has passed. Suddenly, the number of monsters decreased to five.
In front of the exhausted Kayla, Rose brandished her spear.
He chased the trajectory of the spear with his eyes and threw himself. She was able to dodge narrowly, but her movements were getting duller.
Although the number of heads decreased, the spirit of the monsters remained intact. He constantly pounced on Kayla, looking for her opening.
In the end, Kayla made her mistake.
While dealing with the wolf in front, she missed Lamia, who was running behind her.
A spear stuck in my back and a tingling sensation came to me.
After breaking the spear stuck in my back, another spear flew in while turning around.
“Keugh… !?”
A venom-soaked spear pierced her abdomen. A pain that was incomparable to the previous one came.
Blood gushed out of her mouth with the pain gnawing through her body.
Rose staggered and hit her opponent’s face.
Eventually, Kayla lost her balance and fell to her floor.
“Ka, Mr. Kayla… !! Kyaaak… !”
When Kayla collapsed, the monster rushed towards Celica.
A shock was applied to the barrier Celica created. The monsters were raising their weapons to break down the barrier.
She clutched her wand with her trembling hand.
If she loses her wand, the monastery is defenseless.
At Celica’s scream, Kayla tightly closed her eyes.
‘Why… Why am I weak…’
She barely managed to protect one of her comrades, and she couldn’t properly carry out even one of her master’s orders.
In the end, she couldn’t even protect her colleagues who believed in her. An endless sense of shame surged through her chest.
I managed to hold back her tears and looked up. She struggled to get her body up somehow.
But she couldn’t resist any longer. She held her hair by the locks of Rose, who forcibly held her by the neck.
A long pupil came in front of her eyes. Kayla’s face contorted as her evil smile cast.
“Yes. Can’t you run away this time?”
Rose smiled at her pleasure that she had finally got her revenge. Her anticipation rose that she would be able to receive a great boon from her master.
But her smile didn’t last long.
“Uh… ?”
A light was descending in front of her eyes.
A hole rose from the sky and a brilliant light began to illuminate the earth.
The sight of her, her monster, becoming sacred even to the eye. And the divine light was heading towards him.
In the ground that was gradually turning white, Rose’s field of view gradually became whiter.