In the end, in less than ten minutes, all the thugs, which were more than a hundred, were defeated.
“What the-, they’re too weak for me to feel anything.”
“Mm. Just looking at them, I know they’re weak.”
“Ahaha……”
The thugs who were captured and carried away one after another were evaluated by the chairman of the executive committee and his wife. The people in the shopping street also looked bored because of the thugs’ lack of fighting power.
Leaving the thugs restraint to the soldiers, we enter the church through the open door.
When I entered the church, I found a thin old man in a luxurious priest’s robe, several people of unknown gender in robes with hoods pulled down over their heads, and about thirty armed thugs inside the church.
In addition, about a dozen restrained thugs were made to sit on the floor.
The leader of the Holy Knights yelled angrily at the priest.
“Priest, what is this outrageous act of gathering thugs and disrespecting the people of the town!?”
“Shut up! You mere Holy Knight should not dare to tell me what to do. I am an emissary of the Supreme God!”
In response to the angry cry of the leader of the Holy Knights, the priest replied in a calm yet angry voice.
Having heard this whole exchange, the Margrave once again asked the priest in a calm voice.
“Priest, I am asking you. What is the purpose of this course of actions?”
“It’s simple. To gain strength. The power to rule over everything.”
“What!?”
The priest grinned as he replied to the Margrave’s question, then he suddenly raised his hand. At the priest’s signal, a robed figure standing behind him began chanting a spell-like phrase.
“Guah, Hu-…… it huurts….”
“Oga, gaaah……”
The thugs who were tied up and were lying on the floor suddenly began to suffer.
Seeing the strange phenomenon happening in front of him, the leader of the Holy Knights hurriedly gave instructions to the Holy Knights.
“This is bad. This priest is trying to do something. Cast magic all at once.”
“Shun and the others, cast your magic as well. Don’t worry about the damage in the church.”
“U-understood.”
The Margrave also seemed to notice something in the words of the leader of the Holy Knight. He quickly instructed us to attack with magic as well.
“““Eiii!!!”””
Zudodoon, Zudodododoon.
“Damn it, something’s blocking the magic.”
“This-, our attacks aren’t working either.”
We all fired spells at the priest and his group, but something blocked our attacks and they didn’t reach them.
When we stopped the magic attack, there was dust all around. After my vision improved, I understood why our magic attack hadn’t reached the priest and his group.
“Fufufu, don’t be so impatient. The best part is yet to come.”
“Guuh! You had put up a wide-area magic barrier!?”
“Even though I look like this, I’m a little confident in my ability to handle magic.”
The priest had cast a magical barrier over a wide area, blocking our magic. Several holy knights tried throwing daggers at the priest, but just like with magical attacks, the barrier deflected them.
I guess the priest made sure that the ritual won’t be disturbed so he deployed a pretty powerful magic barrier.
This way, we couldn’t lay hands on the priest.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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