Chapter 366 - 192. The Boundary Between Life And Death -2 (2/2)

The skin on Laurence's face had been ripped off

Roy saw all that blood co out from his father's wounds and hurriedly took out a bottle of holy water fro it on his father's face

The horrifying injury was healed almost instantly, but perhaps because of the pain, Laurence had lost consciousness

'Thank the Goddess'

Roy looked at the bottle of holy water in his hand This water came from His Majesty the Holy Emperor Thanks to this liquid, Roy was able to heal his father's injuries without leaving behind a single scar

The boy thought thatso that

"That, that thing over there, that's a va in towards Roy It coincidentally struck hier When he raised his head to look, refugees were grabbing more stones to pelt him from a distance

"Y-you vampire bastard!"

"It, it's hiht the other va out

Stones continued to fly in, so Roy quickly pulled Laurence's head into his embrace and crouched down deeply as if he wanted to protect his father

It was at that moment someone stood as a shi+eld in front of Roy It was a wo down Thethe stones all froze up in surprise

"Who dares to throw rocks at an Imperial Princess?!"

A pair of twin brothers hurriedly ran up to the front of the wo up a cordon around the trio

"Y-your Highness? But why?" Roy asked in confusion

Seran turned around and while wiping the blood away from her face, replied to hi htly, but Roy could only tightly clamp his mouth shut

Harman belatedly showed up and coees crowding around "What are you all doing?! The giants will soon be upon us! Hurry up and pack your belongings, now!"

The refugees obeyed Har their stuff, but they still stared in Roy's direction with frightened eyes

It was like they were staring at a azes landing on hiently stroked his head "No, it's alright You are not a monster, Roy In fact, you are a part of my fa

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Charlotte finished off the last fire Jötunn and reined in her heavy breathing

It was at that moment that the thickets within the forest were disturbed

She quickly raised her shi+eld and sword, while the Paladins also becaripped in their hands

However, it turned out to be a wo out from the thicket, instead

"Lady Alice?" Charlotte aze drifted to Allen, currently clutched within Alice's embrace "Your Majesty?!"

Charlotte face hardened

Allen Olfolse was slu Blood coated his face and it didn't even see

Alice was forcibly driving her own divinity into him in order to maintain his life He was almost at the death's doorstep now

Alice yanked on the horse's reins The horse reared up and neighed noisily Just as the inside of Charlotte's head blanked out, Alice shouted at her "Roy! Where's Roy?"

Charlotte stared up at the Saintess dazedly

"We need hiht now to revive Lord Allen! Hurry, and prepare for the Resurrection!"

Those words made Charlotte reflexively turn around Her eyes searched and located Roy next to Seran behind the figures of the refugees obscuring her view

Charlotte sheathed her sword and placed her shi+eld on her back, then slapped her face hard with both of her hands

The pain shooting froht up She strode forward and loudly coather all Priests here, now! And also"

Her steps came to a stop in front of Seran and Roy

Seran looked absolutely stunned by Allen's current state when she saw Alice holding him "Al Allen?! W-what happened to him, Charlotte?!"

"Allen, Allen!" Even the twins stiffened up considerably They quickly ran up and cried out his name, but there was no response

Charlotte looked lower, and stared at Roy, still holding onto the unconscious Laurence She mouthed his name, "Sir Roy"

The boy flinched a little He was surprised by the fact that a noble Paladin with a station far outstripping his suddenly chose to address him with a title and in a polite tone, no less

"We need your help, sir"

"S-sorry? But, what are you even?"

Alice, still holding onto Allen and injecting her divinity into hiently addressed the boy, "Roy, please, we need your help! We need your ability, right now!"

Roy's aze shi+fted over to the unconscious Allen in her arms

(TL: In 1st person POV)

Froentle waves could be heard The fragrant scent of grass tickled ht in front of ly filled with clear, pristine water Behind me was a dense forest filled withstench tried to overwhelm my senses Not only that, the familiar acrid odour of steel was mixed in there, and even screams were audible to rey in hue, while the ocean was made out of endless criht, boundary lines running for seely hundreds of ht in theon the warm sand of the beach

I could only make a less than impressed face at my current situation, then looked down at one

'I'm fine?'

I clenched my fist and unfurled it several tiuess I'h , I had no sense of touch What the heck, what kind of an on was this?

I heard fros Was this one of those cases, then?

I raised my head to look at the two very different worlds on ht side One side was an ocean of blood, while the other, a blue ocean Up in the skies, transparent dead souls were flying around

"Mm This place has to be"

Maybe it was hell? No, hang on Maybe it was the Heavenly World It was said that when Priests die, they would go to the Heavenly World, after all

'But, uh, I'ht, I was also a Necromancer who dealt with the undead

In that case, this place had to be

"The boundary line?"

Yup, it was the neutral zone between the Heavenly World and Purgatory, the boundary line

I was instantly thrown into confusion

Holy sht Sure, I did ignore what the family physician had toldon, did thatthe Skeleton King's seal completely?

No, ht, there was no way a person could die this easily

Just as I sat there in pure stupefaction

"What are you doing, looking so stupid like that? You'rethe exact same face as back when you heard your sentence of banishment"

A very familiar voice hit me in the ears and I stiffened up in sheer shock Gentle footsteps brushi+ng past the sand ca here so soon, when you're still such a youngto you, thinking that you'd handle theh"

I slowly turned around, and my eyes nearly popped out of their sockets

An oldthere His wrinkled face looked benevolent, while his body was surprisingly frail

However, the sheer pressure eure

This was the former Holy Emperor, who had practically ruled over the world as its absolute sovereign not too long ago

"G-grandfather?"

"That's right Been a while, grandson"

Kelt Olfolse

He was standing behind me with a smile on his face

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(TL: Only one chapter today and tomorrow)