Chapter 40 - 026. Merry Christmas! (2/2)
An oldat the fortress, he muttered with a disinterested expression
“…Are we already too late?”
He was outfitted in a set of ar Quite unlike the scale of the white arh, the old man’s body under all those layers of protection was on the thin side
“It see on When I heard that a strange phenomenon was afoot in the Land of the Dead Spirits, I feared the revival of the Necro had occurred, but…” The old ht of Ronia fortress “It was nothing more than some measly little prank of a vampire?”
Ronia fortress was mostlyto overrun such a fortress could only mean that the creature in question didn’t possess all that in with
‘I do not kno the vaed to command twenty thousand undead, but that must have been the extent of its powers since it couldn’t even win against the Sacrificial Castle However…’
“…That is indeed a bizarre aura”
The oldbefore he and the army reached this location This aura could’ve only come about from the chaos caused by the collision of powerful divinity and dey
This phenomenon seemed to indicate that the vareat ay It also indicated that a person wielding equally powerful divinity had fought off that very undead
Since the entirety of the fortress was cheering raucously of their victory, that unknown person of considerable divinity must’ve killed the vampire off in the end
The oldto no one in particular, “…Did a Saint descend here or soive birth to an existence, all for the purpose of their entertains were called Saints, or Saintesses
Since they couldn’t remember or weren’t aware of the reasons for their existence, als of who they were
“It would be nice if that’s indeed the case”
The war between vampires and humanity had persisted for the past several millennia
As tian finding craftier and craftier ways to infiltrate the society of the living So, it would be great to have a figure like a Saint or Saintess acting as the rallying point in the ongoing efforts to stop those monsters
The oldto hold baseless hopes as his own dele vampire couldn’t possibly herald the advent of a new Saint after all
“Dispatch the Priests, healers and apothecaries to the fortress Prioritise healing the citizens, and when they are finished doing that, give the convicts the opportunity to survive”
It didn’t matter whether or not the convicts and slaves were killed off However, the safety of the regular citizens here still worried the old man
“Understood, your majesty”
The Paladin replied and bowed deeply
“We shall head back,” the oldaround He mounted a sturdy warhorse just as another Paladin addressed him
“…But your majesty, the Seventh Imperial Prince should be there as well”
He was asking if the old
However, the old lared at the Paladin as if he had run into a mortal enemy “I don’t have any reason to see a foolish child who keeps insulting the memories of his ownwithin the feudal lord’s residence, cowering away in fear”
It’d be a relief if the boy didn’t sht his pants during the chaos
“We’re leaving I’ll listen to Hare Surill him for more detailed information”
“Understood, your majesty”
Indeed, this old man was none other than the Holy Ereat hero who killed Necroo
Kelt Olfolse took one last look at Ronia fortress before setting off
“My rotten little grandson”
Holy Emperor Kelt Olfolse made his way back to the imperial palace About teeks later, Paladin Harman showed up to submit his account of what happened
Inside the ie that it could qualify as a royal castle on its own right, Har on the throne
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The Paladin then opened his hness the Imperial Prince was the one who hunted the Vampire Count, your majesty”
The Holy E this
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