Chapter 430

Radia Schmidt was staring at Ellen's sword, which was stuck in her chest, with wide eyes.

"What the...?"

She awakened as a Sword Master during the battle.

It was an unbelievable feat, but someone had accomplished it right in front of her.

She didn't think it would be an easy fight, so she even used the power of the Berserker that consumed her life.

Radia thought that things like this only happened in stories.

But the reality in front of her had already pierced her heart.

-Swoosh!

"Kuh...hup!"

When Ellen pulled out the lament, Radia's legs gave out and she fell to the ground.

The girl holding two relics became a Sword Master because it was too difficult to fight against her own power with the relics' power.

A genius beyond the word genius.

What had she been building up until now?

How could someone become a Sword Master so easily by concentrating their mind in an unbeatable fight? Why did such a being exist in the world?

Radia Schmidt was a genius.

She didn't think there were as many geniuses at her level as she thought.

Radia felt a sense of crisis.

At this moment, Radia felt a similar feeling to when she saw Olivia Lance.

She was always unique in the Temple Royal Class, where only geniuses gathered, and was a genius who couldn't even be approached.

So she ended up admiring her with awe and reverence.

Was the girl in front of her also a genius of that kind?

She was even more unreasonable than Radia, who was born with an unreasonable talent.

Radia Schmidt was sacrificed to the unreasonable.

What would happen if these two were to switch places?

She didn't know the details, but it seemed like a chain of unfortunate events would occur. That's why she tried to keep these two alive.

But she failed.

Something was going to happen to Reinhardt and Eleris.

There was no healing power in Al's divine power.

Therefore, it was impossible for Radia Schmidt to recover from her wounds like other Holy Knights.

The recoil from using the Berserker and the fatal wound.

Her consciousness was gradually fading away.

"I hope you come back safely...."

"Kulk!"

Radia Schmidt tried to grasp the edge of her fading consciousness by pouring out a little blood, but the speed at which her consciousness was fading away was faster than the speed at which she was approaching to grasp it.

She hoped Eleris would return safely, but something like this happened to her instead.

What would that kind vampire think of her death?

Radia didn't know.

However.

Radia knew that the kind vampire would shed tears for her.

The gods plan everything.

Everything in the world moves according to their plan.

Was her death also one of their plans?

"I don't know...."

Slowly closing her eyes, Radia sank deeper and deeper into the unconscious abyss.

If all of this was the gods' plan, Radia could no longer find a reason to love them.

* * *

Kneeling in front of Radia Schmidt's lifeless body, Ellen stood still in the blizzard. "너...... What did you do?" Charlotte approached through the blizzard and asked in shock. "I have to win," Ellen simply replied and summoned her lament. Awakening during battle, she transitioned from magic reinforcement to Sword Master. However, unlike last time, Ellen did not vomit blood and collapse. She confirmed the power of magic reinforcement that was only slightly flowing in her right hand. Then, the magic that had been boiling in her hand soared higher than Ellen's height like a flame. Although it could not be refined into the shape of a sword, it was possible to emit an intense discharge. After partial magic reinforcement, she was able to release it externally. Ellen felt a strange sensation that she had become unfamiliar with herself, even though she was relieved to have avoided death. Charlotte looked at Radia Schmidt's lifeless body, which was chilling rapidly in the cold winter wind. "So, who was this person?" Charlotte had seen the tournament, but even after the battle was over, she could not tell who the opponent was. "Radia Schmidt, a Royal Class 6th grader. She's not in 6th grade now since it's based on last year's standards." Charlotte narrowed her eyes at the name. She had heard of the missing Temple Royal Class student, and it was the name of a student who was presumed dead in the Laverier Lanche attack. "This person was supposed to have died during the last Holy Knight attack. It was estimated that she was affiliated with an unnamed monastery, but..." "Are you sure?" "I heard she had an extremist tendency. But how do you know about the unnamed monastery?" Reinhardt brought a Temple female student with black hair to Elena's shop. Radia Schmidt was in the same place as Elena's statue. The person who accompanied Reinhardt was highly likely to be Radia Schmidt. Olivia Lanche met Radia Schmidt in the unlimited tournament and surrendered. Reinhardt went to see that match, but Olivia did not know what he did after that. Olivia headed to a monastery in the southern part of the Huangdo as a bait for the unnamed monastery. Then, Reinhardt and Radia Schmidt visited Elena's shop together before and after that time. And Radia Schmidt is in Goseong Epiax, not dead during the Holy Knight attack. Was she kidnapped? If so, they could not understand why they were attacked. "There's a place we need to go to first." The purpose of coming here was to check Elena's statue. Although an unexpected situation occurred and caused confusion in the incident inference, they had to check it first. * * * Part of Goseong Epiax collapsed, but it was only a small part, and the rest of the building was still intact. "Is this... that place?" "Yes." The Pantheon. Ellen and Charlotte arrived at a space with seven statues and looked around. Although some of the statues were so weathered that their forms were barely recognizable, they were able to stand in front of the statue they were aiming for. Among the seven statues, they could only recognize Elena's statue. Charlotte compared the statue to the photo on Elena's ID card and nodded slowly. Ellen suspected that this place might be similar to Dragon Lair and that Elena had referred to herself as a dragon. They couldn't understand why Radia Schmidt was isolated in this place, presumed dead during the Holy Knight attack. They decided to check Elena's statue at the Pantheon, which was still intact despite a small part of Goseong Epiax collapsing. Ellen stared at Elena's statue in silence, wondering about Reinhardt's actions and the mysteries surrounding Olivia Lanche and Radia Schmidt. Nevertheless, she was rescued at great risk. There was only one reason for it. Because she was that precious. That much... Ellen unknowingly gritted her teeth. "Charlotte, there's something you need to hear." It was Olivia's important secret, something that could cost her life if it was revealed. So Ellen had no choice but to investigate this matter. But with the serious problem of tracking down the Demon King, and with Reinhardt involved, there could be no more secrets. The end was near. These vague speculations and accumulated clues were beginning to take shape. "Did that really happen?" "Yeah." Charlotte, who had heard the details of the Holy Knight attack from Ellen, crossed her arms and fell into thought. Charlotte also made similar speculations to Ellen. Olivia trapped in a trap. And Adriana. They were afraid of hearing stories similar to those of the Demon King's accomplices if it became known that they had survived the Demon King's attack. "And Reinhardt heard about it from the two of them and is now taking care of Adriana, who is having a hard time deciding what to do, at the Rotary Club...." "Yeah." It's not wrong to say that Reinhardt tried to find a way to help them in his own way. But now they know about the suspicious circumstances that occurred the day before. And it's clear that Radia Schmidt, who was probably involved in the incident, is here. Both Adriana and Olivia are clearly unaware of the details. Charlotte quietly organized the new information she had learned. She didn't know the relationship between Radia Schmidt's existence and Goseong Epiax, which was actually a place related to the magician Elena. But one thing was certain. They couldn't dig around anymore. They had to stop thinking that what they were afraid of might not be true. Now, they had to investigate Reinhardt. What should they do to investigate Reinhardt? Charlotte's fingertips were trembling. It wasn't just because of the cold. As they approached the heart of the story and grasped the end of the truth, Charlotte found it increasingly difficult to endure this situation. And Ellen was no different.