Chapter 193 - You’ve Courted Major Trouble (1/2)

“Don’t come here, Miss Tylene.”

Messai shielded Tylene behind her. Her hands were already tightly grabbing the hilt of the sword on her waist. She was prepared to unsheathe the sword to face her enemy head-on at any moment.

The inquisition leader walking toward Messai was emitting an intense killing intent. It was clear that the target he wanted to kill was the person standing behind Messai, the frost elf Tylene.

“Messai… the Holy Tree Enluci appeared to be very angry and disturbed.”

“Holy Tree?”

Messai turned her head around and took a glance at the little sapling in Tylene’s hand. It was frantically waving around its two branches.

If it had been a little kitty instead, the World Tree might be showing its fangs like someone had stolen its fish jerky. That said, the grievance between the World Tree and the Heresy Tribunal was far worse than stealing fish jerky.

“Regardless, step back first.”

Messai once again turned her eyes back to the incoming inquisition leader. He had taken out a magic wand and a dagger from his robe and was walking straight toward Tylene.

The frost elf Tylene also noticed that dangerous stanger walking toward her. She immediately started stepping away, keeping her distance from Messai.

Messai’s eyes were fixed onto the inquisition leader. Cold sweat filled her hilt-holding hands.

Never has she hesitated this much to draw her sword. The person she was facing right now was an inquisitor from the Holy Church, a comrade-in-arms.

If Messai was to aim her sword at the inquisition leader, it would be akin to committing an act of betrayal against the church. She will be sent to the Holy Church’s Sacred Parliament and be tried by them.

Messai was not present in the eyes of that inquisition leader at all. His eyes were fixed onto the frost elf Tylene. Or perhaps, it would be better stated that his eyes were fixed onto the World Tree in Tylene’s hands.

A twisted sort of malice and anger filled this inquisition leader’s eyes. A certain voice was muttering in his ears nonstop. It was telling him to ‘Destroy that damned sapling!”Kill that elf!’

Finally… Messai did not stop him. The inquisition leader brushed past Messai and continued to walk toward Tylene.

The inquisition leader raised his dagger. Practically no one will notice that there were dark gray mists present on that short dagger…

At this moment, the roots of the World Tree Tylene held in her hand started to extend. A large amount of sharp thorns appeared on the World Tree. It seemed to be prepared to take on the incoming dagger.

But, the sound of steel colliding replaced the sound of a dagger stabbing into flesh…

In the end, Messai ended up acting.

“She… is not the target!”

Messai blocked the inquisition leader’s attack toward Tylene with her sheath. Even though her sheath was forged with the highest quality Adric Steel, it still failed to block the dagger’s attack completely.

Cracks appeared on the sheath. Messai’s hand also felt slightly numb. But, she had managed to block the attack for Tylene.

Messai’s dissuasion did not produce any effect at all. This inquisition leader seemed to have lost his ability of speech. He could only see the frost elf and the little tree sapling in his eyes.

What he wanted to do was to snap apart that sapling!

The friction from the collision of the dagger and the sheath brought forth fiery hot sparks. The inquisition leader ignored Messai and once again began walking toward Tylene who stood behind her.

An indescribable sort of magic power began to gather in the wand he held with his other hand…

Messai knew that she would not be able to retreat now. Because of that, she smashed the hilt of her two-handed sword onto the inquisition leader’s chin. Then, she smashed her shoulder into his abdomen.

The impact forced the inquisition leader back several steps.

In the end, Messai managed to rescue the frost elf. She braved the danger of being labeled as a traitor to the Holy Church to save the frost elf.

But, the reason why she saved the frost elf Tylene was not because she was very fond of Hearthstone. It was also not because she wanted to curry favors from that Chaos Demon. Instead, it was because of the teachings from her God — that one should protect the weak.

As a knight, she had once sworn that she will never attack the weak and helpless… That was the justice Messai believed in. To others, her justice might be incomparably childish and filled with contradictions.