Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 170
◈ 170. [Auto Play] There is no problem on the southern front (2)
“Whoa whoa…….”
Margerita was squatting in the backyard of the temple, holding a cigarette butt with a blank face..
‘How did this happen?…….’
He only became a priest because he wanted to heal the sick..
If there was a problem, it was that I was too enthusiastic about it..
As a result of helping people by practicing healing magic in the slums of the imperial capital, her reputation as a saint quickly grew, and her rank within the church was repeatedly promoted..
She was the youngest person to hold the position of chief priest in the history of the denomination. It was a position in charge of a temple..
It was okay up to this point.
As the rank increases, the authority within the church that can be used also increases, which will be more helpful in healing the sick..
The problem was that other tasks that had nothing to do with being a healing priest increased in proportion to the rank promoted..
As the chief priest, there are administrative tasks to be handled, as well as personnel management of priests under his command, management of the temple budget, collection of donations, etc.…….
Things I didn't have to worry about when I was working as a front-line healing priest came to me when I became a manager..
‘I just want to treat and nurse the sick..’
The biggest problem was the intelligence mission..
My job was to spy on the situation and atmosphere of the city I was dispatched to and report it to the imperial capital, but from this point on, I started to get a little annoyed..
‘No, what on earth does this shit have to do with healer priests??’
Still, I carried on quietly. Anyway, I have to do what I was given..
After working in a local city for several years and receiving high evaluations, the new place she was assigned to was - the Monster Front Crossroads..
It was a place where monsters came to kill people..
It was a dangerous city where if the defense line collapsed, everything, including the temple, would die..
Here, Margerita was a little scared..
It is true that he devoted his life to healing sick people, but walking into the fire of a battlefield was another matter..
But what can I do? If I'm going to criticize you from above, I'm going to criticize you..
Day after day, soldiers with their limbs cut off were brought screaming to the temple..
Margerita, who specialized in magically dispelling diseases, had to become familiar with bandages, disinfectants, thread, needles, and saws..
Still, it was okay. Every time a battle broke out, the entire hallway of the small temple was covered in blood, but it was bearable..
Rather, every day was fulfilling..
In recent years, when I worked as a manager, I didn't have time to work as a healing priest..
However, here at Crossroads, there was a chronic manpower shortage. Even though Margerita held the title of chief priest, she jumped into the forefront of healing soldiers..
From administrative work as a priest, to intelligence work that I don't know why I'm doing, to work as a healing priest in the field..
It was crazy hard, but it wasn't bad..
I thought it was going so well…….
Prince Ash, the commander of the front line, made a request right away..
- Please lend me your strength, Margerita. I need your healing powers.
Let's climb up the castle wall together and fight the monster..
I'm not crazy?
I don't know how to do anything other than spray healing magic, so what on earth are they supposed to do when I face monsters??
But, I can't help it. The opponent was not only a frontline commander but also a prince. It wasn't a request, it was just an order.
If you ask me… … I have to peel it.…….
So I climbed onto the castle wall..
As soon as I saw the vampire's face, I felt like I was going to urinate, but I held on and fought together. won What is it, is it worth doing??!
……But now the spy mission has been revealed..
Prince Ash made a fuss about him, he was frowned upon by other people in the castle, and now someone from the central temple will come down and reprimand him..
As I got kicked and rolled around in all directions, the stress that had already passed the critical point exploded..
When I came to my senses, I had alcohol and cigarettes in my hands. No, it was in her mouth..
‘I just… … An ordinary citizen... … I want to cast some magic on sick people with colds and hear their thanks.…….’
Margerita was sad..
‘Even though I struggle to save the soldiers whose limbs are flying off and their internal organs are spilling, I feel pain every time they die one by one. I'm sick of bathing in someone else's blood every time a battle breaks out. I'm scared to death of monsters outside the castle walls, but now I'm scared to face them on top of the castle walls..’
I missed when I first started working as a priest..
The slums of the Imperial Capital were a terrible place, but compared to Crossroads, it was heaven..
I wanted to go back to those days.
Those days when I didn't care about administration, intelligence, monsters, and purely did relief work as a healing priest.…….
“my life… … Where are we going?…….”
Margerita laments.,
“Are you having a hard time? Come on, smoke this at least.”
A friendly voice came from next to me. With a fresh, fresh cigarette.
“Oh, thank you…….”
Margerita took the cigarette without thinking and put it to her mouth. And she looked to the side.
There was a woman I had never seen before. She had long black hair tied down and was dressed neatly in an Imperial Army uniform. elderly female officer.
“By the way, who are you??”
When Margerita asked hesitantly, the woman who gave her the cigarette, Reina, smiled bitterly..
“‘I came from 'Central'. Margerita, the priest in charge of the ‘Southern Dan’.”
“……!”
In front of Margerita, whose eyes widened, Reina clicked her tongue..
“You know what I came for?”
Of course, it was because the spy mission was discovered and the Goddess Statue communication device was discovered by Prince Ash..
“after~”
Next to the frozen Margerita, Reina put her cigarette in her mouth and lit it..
“I knew something like this would happen at any time and I always said this above. It may be convenient to use priests as spies, but because they are not properly trained, something will happen at some point..”
“…….”
“But it was ignored. It is several times cheaper to use priests in the old way than to train new spies, spread them out across the country, and build a new communication network. But see, in the end, an accident happens..”
Reina smiled..
“Anyway, you caused an accident, so you have to take responsibility, Chief Priest Margerita.?”
“Ah, uh, that…….”
Margerita, who was shaking, finally asked:.
“What should I do?……?”
“Still, that was a difficult debate even above..”
Reina stretched out her gloved hand forward..
“You failed as a spy, but you were extremely faithful as a priest. The central government decided that it was not right to punish Priest Margerita for something like this..”
“Well, then…….”
“So, we decided to punish only the spy, Margerita..”
Raina's hand stretched forward and was held in the shape of a pistol..
“The mistake you made is too big to just ignore. Margerita. Let's die cleanly here..”
“……!”
“Instead, you will be declared dead in the line of duty, and the church will promote you. You will be able to go to the goddess' side with honor..”
Raina smiled..
“It is a conclusion that satisfies both the church and the ministry. It's a win-win, right??”
“Hehehe?!”
Margerita was frightened and started to run away. Reina aimed at Margerita's back with her fingertips..
“I don't really want to do this either. I always end up taking on these roles, really..”
Going to school-!
A bullet of wind was shot from Raina's fingertips..
It was the man-killing wind magic that I had been firing endlessly throughout my life..
Reina was sure that in the next moment there would be a hole in Margerita's back..
but,
taang-!
It didn't work out that way..
Almost at the same time as Reina fired the wind bullet, a gunshot rang out, and a magic bullet flew in like a beam of light..
The flying magic bullet collided exactly with the wind bullet, canceled each other out, and shattered in the air..
“Hoo?”
Reina looked at the direction the magic bullet flew from..
Standing there was Damian, a boy with curly brown hair wearing a priest's uniform..
Damian shouted while pointing the pistol-shaped magic gun [Cerberus] forward..
“Chief Priest! Come this way!”
“Wow!”
Margerita screamed and ran towards Damian, and Raina did not just watch..
“where.”
Going to school-!
Reina lightly fired a bullet of wind. Damian's brown eyes flashed and he pulled the trigger of his pistol. bang!
Bubble bung-!
The magic and magic bullets whose paths overlapped exactly shattered in the air. Reina muttered with a shiver..
“What happened to your sniping skills, kid??”
“…….”
“I've been on the battlefield all my life, but this is the first time I've seen anything like this.……!”
Return to school! Return to school! Going to school-!
Raina continued to fire magical bullets of wind, and Damian counterattacked them all and exploded them in the air..
When the number of offsets exceeded ten, Raina laughed in disbelief..
“Piercing the center of magic with magic bullets and forcibly dispelling it? This is no longer human territory. What on earth are you looking at with those eyes??”
“…….”
“Okay, then let's test whether this magic can be destroyed with that gun.-!”
Kwaaaa-!
A tornado began to form behind Raina's back. Damian gritted his teeth and grabbed the handle of the rifle on his back..
It was then.
“Until there!”
Lucas and Evangeline rushed into the temple..
Almost at the same time, Junior sensed the magic energy and came running in a hurry..
Lucas shouted at Raina..
“Lord Rayna. What are you doing now?!”
“Oh my. I wasted too much time.”
Reina grumbled, dispelled the tornado spell and spread her hands..
“It's nothing, Acting Commander. There was just a brief argument..”
Lucas shed cold murderousness from his bright blue eyes..
“Lord Rayna, you are only the leader of the reinforcements for the defensive battle that will be fought here. Don't go beyond what you are authorized to do..”
“All right. Let’s be a little more calm from now on..”
Reina smiled leisurely and left the temple with both hands raised..
“See you next time, sniper kid. and… … Margerita, Chief Priest. It would be best to hide as unnoticed as possible..”
“Hehehe.”
Margerita trembled while hiding behind Damien..
Raina's eyes suddenly met Junior's as he snorted..
“…….”
“…….”
The two wizards had a silent snowball fight. Eventually, Reina completely left the temple and disappeared..
“Wow, that was hard.…….”
Only after Rayna disappeared did Damian slip on the floor. Evangeline quickly ran to help Damian..
“……It's a pain in the ass.”
Lucas rested his forehead and sighed..
I guessed that Raina had other plans, but I didn't expect her to move so blatantly..
You can't believe they're trying to kill Margerita so blatantly?.
Besides, is that really all there is to it??
If there are any other plans…….
“Wow! I don't want to die ahhh!”
I looked at Margerita, who was crying with tears streaming down her face, and Damian and Evangeline, who were sweating hard trying to comfort her..
Lucas turned his head to the side. Junior was glaring in the direction where Raina escaped with a scary, stiff expression on his face..
‘Phew…….’
I desperately missed Ash, who would take care of this whole situation and direct traffic. Lucas prayed with all his heart..
‘Please come back quickly, my lord.…….’
***
ecliptic. New Terra.
5th floor of the Winter Silver upper building. auditorium.
“huh?”
I was sitting on a chair waiting for the serenade and suddenly I looked up. I thought someone called me.
‘Is it an illusion??’
As I was thinking about it, the auditorium door creaked open and someone came in. i looked that way.
Serenade entered the room hesitantly, and when she made eye contact with me, I saw her look startled..
I took off the suit I was wearing for work and changed into a comfortable two-piece dress to make it easier to dance..
The suit was cool, but this one looks good too..
Serenade was struggling, not knowing what to do, then closed her eyes tightly and ran straight in front of me..
“Oh, you've been waiting a long time, my friend.!”
“No, not at all.”
I smiled and got up from the chair..
“Okay, so let's get started right away.?”
“Ah, yes, yes!”
and silence.
I stood at a distance, and Serenade just looked up at me with her silver eyes sparkling..
No, um, over there. therefore.
“……I really don't know how to dance.”
“ah……?”
Serenade frowned slightly..
“……really?”
“So, should I say that I forgot everything? Since I have to dance it at an official event, I want to learn it properly from the beginning..”
“Okay, then… … Could you please extend your left hand first??”
I put my left hand forward. Then Serenade stretched out her right hand and gently touched my left hand..
Long, thin fingers were cool.
It was like a snowflake that fell in summer.
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