Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 550
◈ 550. [STAGE 31] Two deaths
A hazy mist came out of the body of the dead scarecrow commander..
Eventually, the fog seeped into the bodies of the heroes and soldiers who had been robbed of their strength. The guy died and gave up his power..
Those who regained their strength showed various reactions. I was happy, I was rubbing my chest as if I was relieved, and I was so lost that I collapsed on the floor..
Above all, this was proof that the battle was over..
“…….”
Mikhail clenched and unclenched his fists with a blank face. I stood behind Mikhail and patted his shoulder..
When it was confirmed that the enemy general had fallen, everyone cheered. To those people, I applauded and gave orders..
“Come on, we'll have the defense game after-party later! Clean up after clean up first, clean up after clean up!”
Everyone busily started cleaning up together..
The battle was not very long, but due to the strength of the Scarecrow Corps commander, there were quite a few injuries..
Fortunately, the priests of the Knights Templar came, so they went around and started healing..
In particular, the heroes who initially rescued Mikhail and saved time while dealing with the Scarecrow Commander were seriously injured..
Rosetta herself cast healing magic on those heroes. I wonder if the saint's title was just decoration, and the healing effect was amazing..
Rosetta, who was healing the heroes one by one, finally stopped in front of Zenith..
Janice's entire body was exhausted and she had a large wound on her face..
Hannibal was nursing Zenith, who was panting and unable to heal herself due to her divine power being depleted..
“Ugh……!”
As Rosetta approached, Hannibal blocked Zenith's path and gave her a wary look, but Zenith gently pushed Hannibal aside..
“are you okay.”
“……yes.”
As Hannibal stepped aside, Janice staggered to her feet..
“sister.”
“You're still foolish. Zenith.”
Rosetta clicked her tongue softly as she looked at her seriously injured brother.,
“Come here.”
He held out a hand filled with divine power. Zenith let out a laugh..
“Are you going to heal someone like me??”
“Priests must not discriminate against patients. It's the first doctrine you learn.?”
And just before Rosetta's hand touches Zenith.
“sister.”
Janice spat out..
“I chose.”
“…….”
“I don't want to give up my life as a priest..”
Not only the party ‘uncles’ standing around Zenith, but also other priests who followed Rosetta and healed the patients around her. Everyone shrugged their shoulders in unison..
“……after.”
Rosetta let out a soft sigh and stared at Zenith..
“I gave you a choice, you understand?”
“yes.”
“Instead of dying as a priest or being excommunicated, live here... … You understand that I opened a way for you to live?”
“yes.”
“But you still want to die??”
“Well, of course I don't want to die. but…….”
Zenith took one look at Hannibal standing next to her and spoke in a confident tone..
“I don't think my past life was wrong enough to warrant excommunication..”
“…….”
“For the past 14 years, I have always regretted my choices. I apologized for putting pressure on the church, I didn't have the courage to see all my brothers in the Knights Templar, and I apologized to my sister..”
Janice reached out to the side and placed it on Hannibal's messy hair..
Janice gently stroked Hannibal's head as he flinched and closed his eyes..
“But when I saw this child grow up and stand in front of me, I changed my mind..”
“…….”
“I did the right thing, sister. So there's no reason to run away.”
Rosetta lowered her head and stroked her forehead with her hand..
“But there's no need to die, right??”
“My choice must not be buried in the dark so that someone else... … Because I will save another child like this..”
“After pretending to be a saint, you will now pretend to be a martyr.?”
Rosetta clicked her tongue several times before turning her head and looking at Hannibal..
“this is your son?”
“no.”
Janice answered immediately..
An answer to protect Hannibal, saying that he is not ‘that child’ of the Kingdom of Fog, so do not lay a hand on this child..
“But I thought of him like a son my whole life. Just as I thought of you as my sister.”
“…….”
“From now on, please consider me like your nephew..”
And he said that he would protect this child after he died..
Rosetta, who read all of Zenith's implications, quietly lowered her eyes and stretched out her hands to the side..
Well done-!
Suddenly, the iron whip in her hand stretched out to the side..
“this……!”
“no!”
“Do you think I'll just watch?!”
The heroes and soldiers who had fought alongside Zenith rushed forward in a hurry. But Zenith shook her head and dismissed them..
“it's okay.”
“but……!”
“are you okay.”
Janice smiled peacefully..
“This is the path I chose.”
Zenith's intentions were firm, and in the end, everyone flinched and took a step back..
Just one person. Except Hannibal..
“Hannibal.”
“…….”
“Get out of the way.”
“no, I do not want.”
Janice tried to persuade Hannibal, but he didn't budge..
“no, I do not want…….”
“Hannibal.”
“I barely met him... … I haven't done anything yet…….”
Hannibal, who had always acted as if he had grown up, opened his tear-filled eyes and, for the first time, whined like a child his age..
“I don't want to break up like this…….”
“Hannibal.”
Zenith carefully stretched out her arms and hugged Hannibal awkwardly. And he patted his back with a clumsy hand..
“thanks. For living like this.”
“…….”
“You are proof that my life is not wrong. So, continue to live strong..”
Rosetta just stood and watched from afar as the father and son prepared to part ways..
“……Again, it goes like this.”
Rosetta muttered in a hoarse voice..
“He is a priest who was meant to save people, but again… … I have to kill someone.”
“Captain, there is no need to do this..”
“We all know why Janice did what she did. so…….”
Other priests approached Rosetta and whispered to her. All of the people Rosetta brought seemed friendly to Zenith..
But Rosetta shook her head..
“In the end, what is recorded in the world is not that Zenith saved that child. He had an affair with the princess of the Kingdom of Fog who was dispatched as a diplomat, and because of this, the two countries were completely divided diplomatically, and all missionary activities to the West were blocked..”
“…….”
“This is a matter of principle. You know that a lot of people have taken care of the excommunication. If Zenith absolutely refuses to give up his priesthood... … Here he has no choice but to kill.”
All the other priests fell silent. Rosetta tightened her grip on the whip, trying to loosen her grip..
“Hehehe!”
I walked next to Rosetta and,
I quietly whispered.
“There's another way, Rosetta..”
“……?”
I grinned at Rosetta, who looked back in shock..
“I told you back then. The world has many facets. So, there are not only two paths... … how is it. I won't go any other way?”
“It's a different path. For our church, and for Zenith, the only options are either die as a priest or live as an excommunicator..”
“Well, leave it to me..”
It's time for this trick genius to step forward..
I walked towards Zenith with great strides and unsheathed the long sword on my waist..
And I passed the other heroes and soldiers who were looking at me with suspicion, and stood right in front of Zenith.,
slap!
I lightly swung my long sword from top to bottom..
Everyone was shocked, but Zenith didn't even move..
deeply-!
The long sword narrowly missed Zenith's neck and became lodged in the ground..
Well, since it was a ceremonial long sword, it wouldn't have been a big deal even if it had been hit. anyway.
“Priest Zenith.”
I called Janice's name and took out the documents from my arms..
list of war dead.
There were many injuries in this battle, but no casualties yet. At the top of the blank piece of paper, I wrote Zenith's name..
“He joined the Monster Front Crossroads as a temporary priest commander, fought eleven defensive battles, and finally fought the invasion of the Scarecrow Monster without retreating, and died a heroic death..”
“…….”
Janice looks up at me with a blank expression..
After finishing filling out the list of casualties, I turned back to face Rosetta and spoke in a stern voice..
“I, Ash 'Bonhater' Everblack, as the lord of Crossroads and the head of the World Defense Front, make a formal request to Rosetta, head of the Goddess Church..”
Rosetta slightly bowed and answered..
“……Church leader Rosetta, I am listening. Please tell me.”
“Although rank priest Zenis made a big mistake in the past and put a strain on the church, he lived faithfully throughout his life and saved many people, and here at the Crossroads, he devoted himself to the end, saving patients and defeating monsters. In consideration of the fact that the reputation of the Goddess Church was thus enhanced,.”
I grinned..
“We request that he be posthumously appointed, pardoned for his past crimes, sentenced to military service, and restored to his status..”
“…….”
Rosetta looked at me with an astonished expression..
My suggestion to turn the still alive Zenith into a ‘dead person’ would be absurd..
But, I also went along with your shallow tricks..
I wish you would join in with my shallow tricks..
And before long.
“……Priest Zenith committed a mistake that deserved to be excommunicated 14 years ago..”
Rosetta opened her mouth..
“Considering that he devoted his entire life to the church, took care of the less fortunate, and most of all, took the lead in defeating monsters to the point where he was recognized by the lord at Crossroads..”
Rosetta slowly took the iron whip and tied it around her waist..
“In recognition of his contribution, he was awarded a posthumous award. I acknowledge that I received military punishment and was martyred as a member of the Knights Templar..”
And Rosetta slowly approached in front of Zenith and gently caressed Zenith's cheek..
Rosetta's hands glowed white with healing divine power. The wound carved into Zenith's face by the Scarecrow Commander has healed, leaving a large scar..
So much so that it seems like a different person. big scar.
“Janice. you died here and now.”
“…….”
“My naughty little brother. You have already paid the full price for the past 14 years for sins you did not commit..”
Rosetta took a deep breath and then smiled fondly..
“Now I forgive you all your sins.”
“…….”
“I wish you a peaceful and happy life in the next world..”
Like blessing the afterlife to a dead person at a funeral..
Rosetta whispered to Zenith.
“In the next life, I hope that you will continue to walk the path you believe is right, hesitating and agonizing, just as you have lived in this life..”
“…….”
“And at the end of the road, I hope you can be proud of yourself for having lived a satisfying life..”
Rosetta's hand slowly fell from Zenith's face..
“This sister will pray and pray again..”
Rosetta turned around and walked away from Zenith. Zenith was blankly looking at her sister's back..
When Rosetta came towards me and made eye contact with me, she said, ‘Ha…’ … .' He turned his head away with a sigh..
“It was a petty trick, Your Majesty..”
“know.”
I grinned..
“But I solved it?”
Zenith, a priest who committed a crime worthy of excommunication from the Goddess Church, died here on the battlefield..
And because he died honorably, he was posthumously awarded a posthumous honor, and as a priest, he was pardoned for his past sins..
The surviving ‘man who was Zenith’ will live again with a new name and identity..
Somewhere, somehow, as he has lived, saving and saving someone else..
Even with a different name and identity, that man would be able to live like that in the future. I firmly believe.
“…….”
Rosetta, who had tasted my strategy for the first time, still seemed bewildered, but eventually slowly nodded..
“……How many times have I reached an ending where someone doesn't die?.”
Rosetta looked down at her hand, then clutched it tightly and then turned to face me again..
“So, Your Highness. yes. I will admit it.”
On the lips of the woman who is the head of the red priests,
There was a refreshing smile that had never been shown before..
“I really like your trick..”
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