Betrayal Knight's Joyful Faith

Chapter 261

Unfortunately, the dragon seemed completely unwilling to talk to Laius.The dragon, which had been momentarily frozen, unleashed its anger and threw Laius off with great strength.

Laius hurriedly distanced himself and grabbed his sword again, then activated the Shadow of the Strong.

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His foot dug into the ground from the recoil, leaving a deep mark.

Laius’ blue eyes sank coldly as he captured the image of the rampaging dragon.

“You understand.”

The moment the dragon glared at him and was about to unleash its breath, Laius’ figure disappeared.

He reappeared in the empty space right next to the dragon’s head.

The surprised dragon twisted its body.

But Laius didn’t give the dragon a chance to counterattack.

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With a bone-piercing sound, Laius’ sword dug into the dragon’s nape.

“Keeeeeek!”

The dragon started to rampage again.

Leaning on his sword to steady his body, Laius firmly braced himself and retrieved the dagger he had dropped earlier.

“I don’t know how intelligent you are, but I’ll take it that you understand what I’m saying.”

He spoke words that might have been meaningless, and infused the dagger he raised high with the power of the Shadow of the Strong.

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The dagger was also deeply embedded next to the spot where Laius’ sword had been inserted earlier.

“Is it solely your will to attack me now?”

The dragon struggled, trying desperately to shake Laius off.

Laius wrapped his legs around the dragon’s neck and braced his body.

But the attempt ended in failure.

Unable to withstand the turmoil, the sword and dagger were suddenly pulled out.

Laius clicked his tongue and slid down, landing steadily on the ground.

The enraged dragon opened its mouth wide, aiming at Laius.

“Keeeeeek!”

To avoid the breath that followed, Laius dodged once more.

As the dragon frantically searched for him, his sword struck deeply into the creature’s hind leg.

“Kueeeeek! Kieeek!”

The dragon lost its balance and stumbled violently.

Laius continued speaking calmly, keeping his distance.

“Whether it’s your will or not, if you show hostility, I have no choice but to cut you down.”

As the dragon’s thick tail swung violently at him, Laius kicked off the ground and leapt into the air.

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The blade, infused with a bright blue sword energy, cleaved deeply into the dragon’s torso.

And the dagger, gripped in his other hand, left another scar on top of it.

Light began to seep out from under the dragon’s gaping skin.

The dragon breathed its poisonous breath towards Laius as he landed on the ground.

“Keeeeeeeek!”

Before he could regain his balance, Laius quickly rolled away from the breath that came flying toward him.

He narrowly avoided being dissolved by the poison, but the claws that swiped at him afterward left a deep scar on his side.

“…”

Instead of looking at his wound, Laius silently stared at the rampaging dragon.

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Strength entered his hand that gripped the sword.

“I don’t think this ugly appearance is what you really wanted for yourself.”

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The dragon, gripping the ground fiercely, let out a long roar and charged at Laius.

Laius let go of his dagger and gripped his sword tightly with both hands.

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Once again, Laius and the dragon clashed head-on.

“…!”

Laius’ face turned pale from the strong shock.

Cold sweat was dripping down his forehead.

But Laius fully took on the strike with a calm expression on his face.

“…If you truly wish to sacrifice your new life for the Evil Cult, then there is nothing I can do about it.”

“…”

“Your homeland is not there, is it?”

Laius’ calm words continued.

The dragon, locked in a tense standoff with him, let out a harsh, labored breath.

“Krrrrr…”

“If you can hear my voice, if you can understand me, I hope you will reconsider.”

Blood-soaked, bright red eyes stared straight at Laius.

Laius added without avoiding its gaze.

“You must have waited a long time to gain your sense of self. But you wouldn’t have wanted to be used in a place like this.”

He didn’t think he was particularly good at speaking.

Laius was not one to easily change his expression or tell lies like a certain reckless apprentice knight.

So, he had no choice but to express his crude, sincere feelings in this way.

Unable to overcome the dragon’s strength, Laius began to slowly be pushed back.

But Laius’s expression still did not change.

“I will free you from this life of slavery. I swear it on my sword and on Lord Luce.”

“Krrrrr…”

A foul-smelling liquid began to flow from the dragon’s gaping mouth.

Laius’ arms, which were bearing the immense strength, also began to tremble.

But Laius continued speaking calmly, as if he were speaking to a child.

“I’m not trying to kill you. I’m trying to find a way to save you. So, would you mind calming down for a moment if you understand what I’m saying?”

Laius knew that to others it would seem like madness.

He’d probably get cursed at by some people for being a pushover.

But even so, Laius could not give up.

He felt the strength gradually draining from the dragon’s body.

The murderous intent in its red eyes gradually subsided.

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Soon, the dragon’s massive body took a step back from Laius.

Even its heavy breathing had calmed down.

Laius also took a cautious step back.

A strange standoff unfolded between the two beings.

“…”

Laius stared at the dragon, who had stopped moving, with tension.

The dragon remained silent for a while, just looking down at Laius.

But after a while, the dragon roared loudly again and rushed at him.

“Keeeeeek!”

Laius moved his body reflexively.

The power of the artifact, activated by the last bit of magic power, surged together with his sword energy, enveloping his blade.

The wounds on his shoulder and side burst open and blood spurted out.

The dragon’s jaws narrowly missed Laius and bit the air.

Laius’ face distorted., but he didn’t hesitate.

His sword imbued with the power of the blue sword energy and the Shadow of the Strong moved without mercy.

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The dragon’s neck, completely exposed, was cut off with a single stroke of the sword.

“Ha…”

Arendt exhaled harshly.

His heart felt like it was going to burst.

His magic power was completely drained and he felt like his insides were being twisted.

The three magic stones embedded in the sword had already lost their power.

The moment he realized it, a chill came over him.

But he couldn’t let his guard down yet.

As expected, the stiffened homunculus suddenly began to twist its body.

Arendt abruptly detached himself from the homunculus.

“…!”

He nearly lost his balance and crashed into the ground, but fortunately, Richt, who had been waiting nearby, swiftly caught him in midair and safely set him down.

He didn’t even have time to catch his breath.

Arendt sat down on the ground, raised his head, and looked at the homunculus.

The homunculus, deeply stabbed in the back of the neck, was twisting its body, unable to even lift its torso properly.

Pure white ice gradually spread from the spot where Arendt’s sword had been stuck, slowly engulfing the homunculus’ torso.

Every time the creature thrashed and twisted its body, a bloodcurdling sound of skin cracking could be heard.

However, it seemed that it was not enough to completely subdue the bastard.

Even with half of its torso covered in ice, the creature did not die.

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Arthur groaned at the persistent sight.

“It’s still not working?”

“I guess it was a little shallow.”

However, Arendt spoke calmly without the slightest change in his expression, straightening up.

Simply targeting its weakness was not enough.

The only way to subdue a creature with such ridiculous resilience was to trap the entire thing in an icy hell.

It meant that the strategy of gradually cutting away at its flesh to reduce its size was the right approach.

A chilling venomous energy swirled in his golden eyes.

“This time I will definitely cut off your breath.”

A heavy snowstorm swept through the area where he stood.

The blood that dripped onto the floor froze and turned into ice.

Arendt kicked off the ground and leapt.

Arthur and Richt followed suit.

The eyes of the frozen homunculus were filled with the images of the three people.

For a split second, the homunculus appeared to be deeply conflicted.

But its worries didn’t last long.

The homunculus crouched again.

The pitch-black giant gradually began to lose its human form.

Arthur shouted.

“Is this an attack?”

“No, run away!”

Richt, who answered quickly, jumped up first and plunged his sword into the frozen creature’s shoulder.

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The sword dug deep with a dull thud.

Even though his face hardened at the cold that touched his skin, Richt twisted his sword and cut off the bastard’s shoulder with a large slash.

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Its shoulder, which had been cut off neatly, fell to the floor.

The arm that fell from the main body was instantly consumed by frost, and soon scattered into silver dust with a crackling sound.

The homunculus, who had lost both arms, raised its head toward the sky.

“…!”

It was a movement that seemed almost like a scream.

Even at that moment, the ice covering its neck and back steadily expanded its territory.

A black tendril suddenly shot out from its torso, making a final attack toward Arendt and Arthur.

But it was stopped by Arthur.

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Blood gushed out from Arthur’s mouth as he took the heavy attack head-on.

“Ugh..!”

But Arthur stood firm and withstood the attack.

Arendt stepped over the black tendril that Arthur was blocking and quickly approached the homunculus’ head.

“Don’t struggle, bastard.”

The homunculus stopped in its tracks at the eerie voice.

Arendt raised his sword high.

“There’s no point in living like this.”

The homunculus’s dull eyes stared at Arendt.

It was an eye with no ability to reflect any emotions at all, but Arendt felt that somehow the creature was consumed by fear.

He had no intention of sympathizing with it at all.

His indifferent voice continued.

“If you can, crawl inside the spirit stone. If you’re lucky, you won’t die.”

There was no time for the homunculus to react.

The sword that was imbued with the bitter cold pierced precisely into the homunculus’s forehead.

Its eyes widened in astonishment.

But that only lasted for a moment.

The shadowy monster froze stiffly like a puppet with its strings cut, and soon its pitch-black body was completely covered in pure white frost.

The dull eyes that had been constantly staring at Arendt lost their focus, leaving only the whites behind.

A faint smile appeared on Arendt’s lips.

Soon after, his body, completely drained of energy, began to fall, pulled by gravity.

“Arendt!”

Richt, who was barely holding himself up on the homunculus’ shoulder, quickly grabbed his hand.

But that wasn’t a very good choice either.

“Huh, huh?”

At the ominous feeling, Richt’s eyes widened, and a dazed sound escaped from Arendt’s mouth.

“No, wait…!”

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Eventually, the two of them completely lost their balance and slipped together.

“Ah, seriously!”

Arthur, who had been watching with anxious eyes from below, threw his sword down and jumped underneath.

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A loud noise was heard and a cloud of dust rose up.

“What, what happened?”

At the sudden commotion, the knights fighting the ghouls instinctively turned their heads.

A moment later, a breeze blew in from somewhere, dispersing the cloud of dust.

And the knights found Arthur, Richt, and Arendt piled up in a comical manner.

“Ugh…”

Arthur, lying at the bottom, let out a dying sound.

Richt, who landed safely using him as a cushion, awkwardly made an excuse.

“I’m sorry. I thought you could endure it.”

Arendt, with a pale face, muttered incoherently above Richt.

“If you had just stayed still, you might have made it to the middle at least…”

Arthur probably should have caught one of them instead of trying to catch both.

Arthur muttered under his breath, suppressing all the curses that were welling up in his throat.

“If you’re sorry, then both of you get off…”

For knights who had bravely slain a fearsome monster, they looked quite shabby.