Chapter 84

Chapter 83

However, despite his desperate efforts, he failed to land a single blow on Linton.

Or, more accurately, he couldn't even eliminate all the knights who charged at him.

Each one was at least an Expert level.

Most of them were even Upper Intermediate or higher, as if they had gathered the elite among them.

Jules' level was superior to theirs.

In fact, he was on the verge of reaching the Master level.

The problem was that he had his limits in holding out without reaching the 6th Circle, which was the Master level.

“Cough! Hack!”

As Jules, who had collapsed after a violent nosebleed, panted for breath, Baron Collios slowly approached him.

He hadn't moved a single step since he first drew his sword.

He had blocked all the attacks from the Expert-level knights, who attacked him as if they were engaging in a relay battle.

"Why did you come this far?"

Jules weakly smiled at the rebuke in Baron Collios' voice.

"To protect."

"Who were you trying to protect? The princess? Or the villagers who are dying in the fief? Or Prince David, who is probably being dragged here by now?"

At his words, Jules' eyes widened.

"Wh... What...?"

"Jules Elder. You're not stupid, are you? Did you think he came here without any plan? The villagers have probably all been slaughtered by the knights left behind."

"Ugh... Ugh..."

Baron Collios' words made Jules' eyes bloodshot.

"Ughhhhh!!"

He tried to get up, screaming as if spitting out blood.

Swoosh!!

But with a chilling sound, his body collapsed again.

"Hack..."

"If you wanted to protect even one person, you should have run. You should have taken as many people as possible and fled the fief, as far as you could."

Jules, lying on the ground, glared at Baron Collios with a look of anger.

And Linton's mocking voice echoed in his ears.

"Perhaps, Jules 5th, you thought you had to save everyone by coming forward yourself? Or... did you have some feelings for this princess?"

"..."

"If so, you're really a fool! Hahahaha!"

Perhaps influenced by Linton's overt mockery, a faint laugh escaped from the ranks of the knights.

"From what I can see, it seems to be the latter... but, your face is quite good, so I can tolerate it."

Saying this, he tapped Winry's cheek, who was unconscious.

"Ugh... Ughhh, Ughhhhhh!!!"

At the sight, Jules screamed and tried to get up.

But with his leg tendons cut by Baron Collios, he couldn't even stand.

"Don't worry. Now that I look at you, you're quite to my liking. I'll keep you as a useful experimental subject for a long time."

"Linton!!!"

Jules, who could only lie there and scream, gritted his teeth with bloodshot eyes.

Mages don't believe in gods. But if believing in a god could do something, he wanted to pray to that god.

To get this body up immediately, or if that wasn't possible, then...

"Dispose of him, Baron Collios. Just don't kill him. Just don't kill him."

"......I will."

As Jules watched Baron Collios' sword rise high, his vision gradually blurred, and he sent a hollow gaze beyond it.

Swish...

At that moment.

A faint sound of something being cut reached his ears, which were ringing.

No one seemed to notice, but for some reason, the sound was very clear to Jules' ears.

The source of the sound was right behind him.

"The world is something you can't do alone! It's too late to realize that. Hahahaha!"

With Linton's laughter, Baron Collios' sword came down.

Thud!!!

But before his sword could fully fall, a heavy sound of something being cut, and a dark figure pushed in naturally and smoothly.

"You're wrong, you're less than human. The enemy is too powerful for you to face alone."

Crunch.

With the sound of bones twisting, a crimson flame flickered momentarily, and the fist of the dark figure struck Baron Collios' chest.

Chapter 34. Where to Run

It is said that most of a human's vital points are concentrated in the center.

Baihui, Yintang, Renzhong, Bizhong, Mingmen, Dantian, Langxin.

No matter which one, if hit properly, the result is the same.

BOOM!!!

With a heavy sound of destruction, the area flickered with crimson flames and slowly revealed itself.

"Da... David..."

Perseus clicked his tongue at the dying voice of Jules, who was lying on the ground.

-He's on the verge of death.

With a regretful voice, I stretched out my hand towards him without hesitation.

And I began to quietly recite a prayer.

Still, the most irreverent prayer.

But the power that followed was no joke.

A broad-spectrum sustained recovery field.

Whoosh!!!!

With a heavy sound, a white aura emerged from my body, covering the area where Jules was, creating a single domain.

The 7th Tier miracle that restores a human to their original form.

There are injuries that even divine healing magic can't fully restore.

No matter how much you pour in, some scars will remain.