Chapter 7

"Ha, ha...!!"

One of the members of the extermination team was sprinting through the forest with all his might.

Occasionally, branches would graze his body, tearing his skin, but such minor pain was completely negligible.

His mind was overwhelmed by fear.

His breath was running out, and his brain was sending signals to rest, but if he stopped here, he would be caught and killed by the dark guild members.

"What a joke! There's no way we can catch those monsters!!"

The man, wounded by the monsters he spoke of, was bleeding in several places.

Who on earth had issued such a ridiculous request?

When he got back to the guild, he would find that person and punch them several times.

He was also angry at his past self for jumping at the chance to join the dark guild, which was rumored to be full of beautiful women who weren't that strong.

He had accepted the dream-like request that promised he could do anything to them without checking the background.

Indeed, the members of the "Army of Salvation" were beautiful.

However, they were monsters in human form.

All the comrades and kingdom knights who had gathered to exterminate the dark guild were killed except for him.

If their team was in such a state, the other extermination teams that had split off would likely have suffered similar tragedies.

"Ah, angels! Please help me...! Save me from those monsters!"

The man clutched the necklace around his neck and prayed fervently.

It was shaped like a human with wings.

The man was a follower of the Angelic Faith, one of the two major religions in this world.

He prayed to the angels, his objects of faith, for his safety.

"Oh... Are you okay?"

"Who, who is it!?"

A gentle voice spoke to the man, who was trembling with fear.

However, the man, who had seen his comrades brutally killed one by one, overreacted even to such a calm voice.

He cautiously looked in the direction of the voice...

"Sis... Sister...?"

It was an incongruous figure in the forest where many people had died in a tragic incident.

The one who spoke was a beautiful woman in a nun's habit, smiling softly.

The man, who had opened his mouth in surprise at the appearance of a person who shouldn't be in such a forest, was looked at with concern by the sister.

"You seem very scared. Did something happen?"

The sister asked in a soothing, sleepy tone.

Under normal circumstances, he might have found it annoying, but the man, who was physically and mentally weakened, felt a strong sense of relief from her tone.

"Yeah, yeah. This forest is full of crazy monster women. You should run away as soon as possible."

"Oh, you're so kind."

"It's not kindness. If we share the same faith, it's only natural to help."

The man smiled bitterly at the sister's words.

This was just a whim.

If she hadn't been a sister, he wouldn't have given such a warning.

"I would like to save you, but you have committed a terrible sin."

"Terrible sin...?"

The man, who had belonged to the Gray Guild and committed many sins, didn't think he had committed such a grave sin.

There was a hint of condemnation in the sister's calm words.

"A merciful god might forgive you, but I, as a servant and hand of God, cannot forgive you..."

"God? Aren't you a sister of the Angelic Faith!?"

The object of faith in the Angelic Faith was, of course, the angels.

Especially, higher angels were more likely to be worshipped.

However, the name of God did not exist in their faith.

The man had mistaken the nun's habit, which closely resembled that of the Angelic Faith.

Moreover, the Angelic Faith did not recognize other religions.

"Who would believe in a religion as disgusting as that! It's disgusting! The thought of serving an angel makes me shudder. I have already dedicated everything to God... to Master..."

The sister, emphasizing "disgusting" and "shudder," harshly criticized the Angelic Faith.

Even though his own faith was being mocked, the man couldn't muster the anger to confront the strange sister.

In the latter part, the sister hugged herself, drooling and looking up at the sky.

Her voluptuous body, visible even through the habit, writhed enticingly, and her cheeks flushed as she panted excitedly, making a very unpleasant sight.

The man, who had been trembling with fear, swallowed hard at her allure.

But that moment of respite was short-lived.

"Another fanatic is saying weird things."

"Indeed, you haven't changed, Anat-sama. Here, this is a souvenir."

A small girl with fluffy green hair and a large flower, Laradi, and a woman in a ninja outfit with only her eyes visible, Solgros, appeared.

Solgros casually threw something in front of the sister, Anat.

It was the leader of another extermination team.

How much torture had he endured? He died with an expression of extreme agony.

"...I want to dedicate everything."

"Hey, Anat. Ritter is saying something strange again."

Two more women walked over.

A knight-like woman with a rather revealing outfit, Ritter, and a woman with impressive horns, Reis.

What was unusual was that both were carrying a large number of severed heads.

Ritter's were neatly cut with a sword, which was better, but Reis's were brutally pulled out, making the faces of the dead quite gruesome.

"Ugh, it stinks! Don't spill such nasty blood here!"

"Vampire-sama, you're so noisy."

A red-dressed blonde woman, Vampire, and a silver-haired maid in a brown uniform, Schwarzt, appeared.

Vampire, despite her elegant appearance, was known for her strong-willed personality, fitting the description of a "spoiled princess."

"Wow. What's with the number of heads? It's disgusting."

"What do you plan to do with these?"

Two more women appeared, emphasizing the horror.

A red-haired woman with a good figure, Culin, and a silver-haired woman with drills, Crankheit, glared at Ritter and Reis with obvious disgust.

"I'll give these to Master and get praised."

"What? Master won't be happy with these! I can understand Ritter, but you too, Reis?"

"I can't help but hope..."

Ritter, puffing her chest out proudly, was fantasizing about being petted by Master.

Culin, who was used to Ritter's behavior, was more surprised that Reis, who was usually sensible, was doing the same.

Reis, blushing, tried to hide the heads.

If they weren't severed heads, it would have been a very cute scene.

"Ha. I'm sleepy and want to go home..."

"Me too..."

Vampire, yawning boredly, was echoed by Crankheit, who was showing her true self.

Crankheit might be as spoiled as Vampire, judging by her usual behavior.

Both looked at the trembling man with evident annoyance.

"Well, our plan to lure fools with a fake request was a great success. This is definitely worth a reward from Master!"

"But did we need to go all out?"

"I was hoping no one from the guild would die, you know."

"Dark..."

Solgros calmly revealed her scheme, and Laradi blinked in surprise.

Of course, she was as devious as Laradi, so everyone was thinking the same thing.

"Anat-sama, we have destroyed all the other extermination teams. This man is the only one left."

"Thank you for the report, Schwarzt."

Schwarzt, the brown maid, finished her report to Anat, who nodded in satisfaction.

"A... a..."

The man could no longer speak coherently.

There were so many monsters, in addition to the two who had destroyed his team.

He couldn't win one-on-one, let alone against eight. It was hopeless.

"Well, you're the last one..."

Anat's smiling face no longer gave him the initial sense of relief.

The other members of the dark guild, "Army of Salvation," also stared at the man.

The man, stared at by these inhumanly powerful women, ...

"Aheee..."

"Ugh! What's wrong!?"

His eyes were vacant, his mouth open, and his tongue hanging out.

His crotch was damp, and his body was shaking violently.

The man, overwhelmed by the gaze of these powerful monsters, had finally lost his mind.

Vampire pinched her nose and looked at the man as if he were trash.

"Oh... It must have been Vampire-sama's face that scared him. Poor thing..."

"Me!?"

Vampire started to protest loudly.

Of course, it was everyone's fault, but they decided to blame Vampire.

"Maybe it's more interesting to leave him here."

"Ugh, that's cruel..."

Anat, smiling, suggested, and Culin, her cheeks twitching, laughed bitterly.

However, Culin didn't try to stop her.

"Let's go back to our guild, where Master is."

Everyone nodded.

It was more meaningful to spend time with Master than to deal with the foolish Gray Guild or the kingdom.

This was a common understanding even among the feuding members of the "Army of Salvation."

The members of the "Army of Salvation" had wiped out an extermination team of 21 Gray Guild members and 20 kingdom knights that day.

The members of the "Army of Salvation" turned their backs on the man and walked away.

"Ahehehehe..."

Left behind was the man, who continued to laugh pitifully.