Betrayal Knight's Joyful Faith

Chapter 177

It was quite a disadvantageous fight to fight a giant monster without being able to keep a proper distance.But fortunately, Llewellyn had been to many places and had been through a lot, and Arthur had become accustomed to his eccentric junior’s temperament, so he didn’t get flustered by anything…

The apprentice knight, who at first glance seemed like he was just about to leave, was actually quite the wiz when it came to his wit.

The moment the battle began, the same goal arose in the minds of all three.

The monster’s long hand flew towards Arendt, who was at the forefront.

Its five fingers that resembled a human’s instantly transformed into iron mallets with thousands of spikes.

Arendt raised his sword to defend himself.

Kwaaang!

A strong shock was applied to his whole body.

For a moment, it felt like all the breath was leaving his body, but he somehow held on.

While the monster’s movement was blocked for a moment, Llewellyn moved.

The monster raised its other arm and tried to strike him down, but Arthur jumped in front and blocked the attack.

“Ugh!”

Likewise, Arthur involuntarily let out a short groan due to the pressure.

Llewellyn immediately leapt into the monster’s now unprotected body and swung his sword.

The moment the rustling sensation reached his fingertips, Llewellyn activated his artifact.

A blue aura formed at the tip of his sword, which then erupted in a powerful explosion.

Kwaaang!

Llewellyn, who saw that the bastard’s torso was bursting, quickly distanced himself and checked the results of the blow he had just struck.

“…What?”

The large scar was healing rapidly.

It was as if the darkness in the room was gathering and filling the shattered torso.

In the meantime, the pressure on Arthur and Arendt did not diminish at all.

“…”

The eyes on the bastard’s head moved slowly and landed on Llewellyn.

Sensing danger, he was about to take a step back, but the arm that had been pressuring Arendt was withdrawn and flew towards Llewellyn at high speed.

“…!”

Kwaaang!

As soon as he rolled over and barely managed to avoid it, a sledgehammer smashed the place where he was before and shattered the floor of the laboratory.

It was a moment when the bone-chilling power that the monster had was felt.

Arendt lunged forward and leaped using the monster’s thick arms as a springboard.

Where he had stepped, a white piece of ice formed.

The moment the monster turned its gaze, Arendt raised his sword and plunged it deep into the creature’s shoulder.

As soon as his sword penetrated the monster’s body, the bastard’s dark outer skin froze and turned white.

As he was about to quickly sheathe his sword and retreat, another arm suddenly sprouted from his shoulder.

“Shit!”

There was no time to react.

Arendt was slammed into the air with such force that he was thrown straight into the bookshelf.

All kinds of books and documents came crashing down on his head with a loud crashing sound.

Arendt almost lost consciousness for a moment, but he managed to grab his sword and rolled over to escape the falling debris.

The broken bookshelf fell over with a thud, sending up a cloud of dust.

Arthur, still facing the monster, shouted.

“Hey, are you alive?”

“Then do you think I’m dead?”

Arendt spat out the blood that had gathered in his mouth as he responded harshly.

Judging by the fact that something kept coming up through his esophagus, he seemed to have suffered a serious internal injury, but fortunately, he had no immediate problems moving.

Jin, who had been observing the situation, opened her mouth.

“You killed Crow, didn’t you? Arendt von Eckhart. He was so much better than the others that we infiltrated the Empire with. And now you dare to come against us with a holy relic stolen from the church?”

A shadow like black smoke rippled across the elf’s ecstatic green eyes.

“The sin of stealing even what was made from His body must be repaid with death. Today, I will receive back everything you have stolen.”

“Hey, let’s get it straight. It wasn’t stolen, it was taken. It was loot, so to speak.”

Arendt wiped the corner of his mouth and let out a snicker.

“Those guys were weak and fell into my hands, so why are you blaming me? Or is it that the prestigious church doesn’t have many talented people? That’s why they gave a toy like this to a brat like you.”

“What?”

“Is that the extent of that great saint’s abilities? How can they put those who could not beat up a mere apprentice knight in the position of an executive? That’s outrageous.”

As Arendt continued speaking, Jin’s expression hardened.

Jin wiped the smile off her face and gave off a murderous vibe.

“Do not blaspheme him.”

“The incompetent head deserves to be insulted. From the moment this came into my hands, the people above you were reduced to incompetent idiots who couldn’t even do their jobs properly.”

But on the contrary, the smile on Arendt’s face grew deeper.

“Why, are you upset because it’s such a painful truth? Don’t worry too much. You will also become one of the proofs of the saint’s incompetence.”

“This…!”

As if responding to the owner’s agitated state of mind, a giant shadow attacked Arendt.

Kkwaduk!

As he lightly wiggled his body to dodge, the monster’s sharp stem dug into the spot where he had just been standing.

‘There is no sign of recovery where the Frosty Touch touched.’

Although lacerations and cuts healed quickly, the monster had burns and frostbite as its weaknesses.

The spot where Llewellyn had exploded earlier was near the solar plexus of the upper body that emerged from the shadows.

He used the artifact to hit a fairly wide area, but it didn’t have much of an effect on the bastard.

‘We have to find the core and destroy it.’

Its outstretched arm was used for attacking, so it was unlikely that a nucleus would be hidden there.

The remaining areas were the head and neck, and the upper chest area that wasn’t affected by Llewellyn’s blow earlier.

Finally, there was a pair of eyes that had been looking at him with an unpleasant expression since a while ago.

“Just blow his head off. I’ll take care of the rest.”

“Okay.”

Llewellyn nodded at Arendt’s instructions and lifted his sword.

He too had consumed too much magic power and his body was a mess due to wounds here and there, but his eyes were serious.

There was no time for a long conversation.

The enemy twisted its body and then immediately launched an attack at the group.

As Arendt took a big step back, grabbing Llewellyn by the back of the neck, this time Arthur came to the forefront.

“…!”

Arthur, who had taken the bastard’s blow head-on, braced his legs as if he had made up his mind.

He had just suffered a shock and blood was gushing out from between his lips, but he somehow managed to hold on.

“Move quickly!”

At Arthur’s shout, Llewellyn took action.

As he used his magical power and kicked the ground, the attacks that had flown at Arendt earlier rained down.

But before they could reach Llewellyn, they turned into lumps of pure white ice and stopped moving.

Llewellyn kicked the frozen parts and leapt up.

Immediately after, a pair of eyes that seemed astonished stared at Llewellyn.

Phew!

The monster’s black head burst out in all directions.

The very next moment, Llewellyn was hit by the trunk of a monster flying from an unexpected direction and fell to the ground.

Arendt appeared to take his place.

“I’m fed up with you.”

At the moment when one pupil was about to form in its head that had begun to regenerate, Arendt pulled out all of his remaining magical power.

As a strong cold wind swept through the small laboratory, the magic stone embedded in the sword eventually couldn’t hold out and cracked.

Blood gushed out from his mouth, but Arendt did not release his magic and struck the monster’s head again.

Phew.

A frozen white sword dug into the monster’s forehead.

When Arendt let go of the hilt of his sword and landed on the ground, the giant had stopped moving as if it had broken down.

After a moment of silence that seemed like eternity,

“…What the? This can’t be happening?”

Jin let out a foolish sound.

The monster waved both arms in the air as if trying to make a final resistance.

Arthur, freed from the pressure, staggered and collapsed on the spot.

“…!”

The monster quickly grabbed its frozen head and began to writhe, then began to struggle.

It was a sight that looked like it would let out a terrible scream if it had vocal cords.

The bastard’s massive body destroyed parts of the laboratory, scattering debris in all directions.

Meanwhile, the black abyss giant was slowly being eaten by the pure white ice.

First was the head, then the neck, then the shoulders, and finally the arm that was holding the head that had been pierced by the sword as if in pain.

As the ice quickly covered the monster’s body with a cold sound, its actions gradually became slower.

And after a while.

It seemed as if the monster’s movements had completely stopped, but soon the shape it had maintained until then began to melt and disintegrate.

Thud thud.

The frozen spot broke and shattered as he forcibly changed its form, but the monster paid no attention to it at all.

The shadows trapped in the ice were dispersing like smoke and melting back into the darkness.

“It’s running away… is it really?”

Arthur muttered in bewilderment.

He couldn’t think of anything else.

The moment the monster completely disappeared, the sword that had been stuck between the bastard’s eyebrows fell to the floor with a clank.

Arendt limped and retrieved his sword, turning towards the dazed Jin.

“Is this the end of your pranks?”

Jin tried to say something, but was left speechless by the sword pointed at her neck.

Arendt, holding the sword, tilted his head crookedly.

“Have you ever fought with your life at stake? Do you think you can just pass the buck to those crude and shoddy things you created?”

Even though he couldn’t open one eye properly because his head was burst and broken here and there and blood was flowing, Arendt’s voice, colder than the frost he used, did not waver at all.

“Tell me how to return the kidnapped people to their original state.”

The blade of the sword came closer, leaving a small wound on her pure white neck.

The red blood that had formed in clumps froze in the artifact’s cold air before they could even roll down.

“No. It’s impossible!”

“It would be better for your health if you made it possible.”

Despite Jin’s last struggle, Arendt was not shaken at all and simply thrust his sword closer.

Thud.

The blood that fell from Arendt’s wounds touched the floor and turned into bright red frost.

“Otherwise, there would be no reason to keep you alive.”

“…”

Jin bit her lip and glared at Arendt stubbornly.

But Arendt’s face still remained emotionless, as if looking at an inanimate object that didn’t even give the slightest feeling.

That’s why Jin couldn’t help but feel even more creeped out.

Right then.

“…!”

Arendt sensed an alien presence just behind him.

The moment Arthur and Llewellyn, who had been standing back, reflexively reached for their swords, they felt an eerie feeling.

Suddenly a long sword was pointed straight at his neck.

A man’s voice, which he had never heard before, was heard right next to him.

“I coddled you, and in the end, you caused this kind of trouble, Jin.”