The Mountain Bandit Demands the World Be Saved - 37 - New Rabbit
The paladins of the Light Temple wore expressions of utter bewilderment on their faces.
“You’re claiming you’re going to rob us right now? Do you dare threaten us, bandits?”
“From the moment monsters appeared, we figured those guys weren’t right in the head, but we never imagined it would be this bad.”
“Do you not even know what kind of place the Light Temple is? Or are you just pretending not to because you want attention?”
“Based on appearances, only black-haired ones have gathered. Are you finally planning revenge for the ancient judgment?”
A long time ago, there was a time when these black-haired ones were rounded up as descendants of demons and massacred.
The ones who led the charge, stirring up the masses and inciting them, were the Light Temple.
“Now that I think about it… yeah, that makes sense. Otherwise, why would they do something this ridiculous?”
“Stupid fools. Betting their lives on something that happened long ago.”
“Rather than being upset, you should be grateful. Thanks to our purification, you can live whole and healthy right now!”
In an instant, the mood shifted completely toward revenge.
Jin Chen clicked his tongue shortly and shook his head.
“Tsk, why are the temple guys always like this? I told them they were bandits. Why the constant nonsense about demons or demon descendants?”
“Demons? You bastards must be linked to demons!”
“Everyone on battle alert! Demon-linked intruders!”
“The reason the Light God sent us here was surely something like this!”
The temple soldiers hurriedly formed up for combat.
“They’re just selectively listening to what they want to hear.”
“Chaeju, what should we do?”
Geunyuk-i, who had tagged along on this bandit raid too.
“What are you asking? We’re robbing them. Get moving, you all!”
“Yes, Chaeju!”
“Everyone, take it easy. Strip them of everything!”
“Waaaaah! Let’s gooo!”
“Hand over everything, you guests!”
The bandits rushed forward at once. The paladins and soldiers sneered.
“How dare you attack us! We won’t forgive it.”
“Since you’re riding monsters, you must be linked to demons. Kill them all!”
“Remove the saber tigers first. Don’t let a single bandit survive!”
“Stupid fools! The crime of daring to oppose the Light Temple—pay with your lives!”
The paladins and soldiers’ shouts brimmed with thick contempt.
Mocking it, the bandits leapt from their saber tiger mounts.
Swinging their weapons ruthlessly.
Whoosh!
Boom! Crack!
“Kyaaaak!”
“Koo-oeek!”
“Kuuuugh.”
The paladins and soldiers fell from a single strike.
“W-what is this?!”
“How could bandits?!”
“They really are allied with demons!”
“Everyone, pull yourselves together!”
The bandits rushed at the ones in shock.
Their weapons rained down on the paladins and soldiers who were scrambling to rise.
Bang bang bang!
Squelch!
“Koo-oeek!”
“Kyaaaak!”
The soldiers rolled across the ground in terror of standing, while the paladins gritted their teeth and tried to block the attacks.
“Kuuugh! Light Shield!”
“Grit, the bandits dare?!”
“Holy Aura!”
“Light God! Bless your servants!”
The paladins unleashed holy aura and sacred magic.
“Ooooh! Glowing swords and shields!”
Geunyuk-i swung his axe wildly with an ecstatic face.
Swoosh!
The sacred magic shattered instantly.
The other bandits did the same.
Their attacks broke the holy magic.
Geunyuk-i scrunched his face and shouted.
“Chaeju! These kids are too weak!”
“Y-you bastards! You dare mock us?!”
“I’ll show you a lesson!”
“Everyone out! Enemy!”
The paladins’ shouts rang out. From inside two carriages, light priests in pure white robes stepped down.
There were about ten of them.
They clasped their hands and cast sacred magic the moment they landed.
“Light God, punish the evil ones. Holy Arrow!”
“Bless your servants. Holy Field!”
“Punish those who reject the light. Holy Wave!”
Bright light energy surged from the priests toward the bandits.
At that moment, Jin Chen revealed himself before the light energy and swung his axe fiercely.
Ziiing!
Boom!
Black aura erupted, erasing the light energy completely.
“D-demon energy!”
When the paladins and priests recoiled in horror, Jin Chen planted his axe on the ground and spoke.
“Seems there’s no executioner. Come out quickly from wherever you’re hiding. You must be the most expensive one here.”
“Wicked spawn! The Light God will punish you. Holy Beam!”
“Light God, punish the evil aura! Sun Lightning!”
“Shine brightly! Holy Aura! To slay the enemy!”
Paladins and sacred magic rushed from all sides.
Jin Chen, with a bored expression, scratched his ear and swung his axe.
Ziiiing!
Flash!
A massive crescent-shaped black aura sliced through the paladins and sacred magic.
Boom!
“Koo-oeek!”
“Kyaaaak!”
The paladins were blasted away, and the priests tumbled backward.
Jin Chen raised his voice again.
“Stop messing around and finish it quick. The last ones were worse than the previous bunch.”
“Yes, Chaeju!”
Before the words were even out, aura gathered on the bandits’ weapons.
Ziiiing.
“T-this can’t be! T-t-the entire bandit group is Expert rank or higher?!”
“N-no way! It’s definitely a pact with actual demons!”
“Ugh, Light God! Please look upon us!”
The soldiers backed away with fearful faces.
The paladins stared at the bandits with trembling eyes.
“You bastards! Aren’t you afraid of divine punishment?!”
“You can’t subdue us with that kind of aura.”
“Don’t retreat! The Light God is with us.”
“That aura is nothing compared to holy aura!”
Feeling the shift, the paladins unleashed their holy aura all at once.
And they shouted, aiming it straight at the bandits.
Suddenly, an unknown sound reached their ears.
Wuuuung.
A heavy vibration shook the air.
Without exception, the paladins, soldiers, and priests turned their heads toward the source.
There stood Geunyuk-i, gripping a massive axe wrapped in bright crimson aura.
When everyone’s eyes turned to him, Geunyuk-i opened his mouth with a cheerful face.
“Ta-da!”
“Aura Blade!”
“Crimson Aura Blade! So they’re not demon-pact bandits!”
“Now that I look, the bandits’ aura has varied colors too!”
“It seems they aren’t linked to demons after all!”
The soldiers’ frightened shouts made the paladins grind their teeth.
“Stop spouting nonsense! We saw you using demon energy!”
“Don’t fall for the trick! The cunning demons’ minions are toying with us.”
“Soldiers of the Light Temple! Do not fear! The Light God stands behind you!”
“Draw your swords! We are servants of the Light God!”
The paladins poured all their light energy into holy aura, making it even brighter.
At that moment, the soldiers were just about to shake off their fear.
Goooooo!
The grand sound echoed through space again. Everyone’s gaze shot to the sky.
There, hundreds of aura blades made of black magic hovered.
See? Our words were right! These are demons’ minions.
That was exactly the line that should have come out.
But no one said it.
They just stood there with mouths agape, staring at the sky.
And Jin Chen’s voice rang in their ears.
“Nothing’s coming out, huh. Then I’ll just drag you out by force.”
Shuuuuk!
One of the aura blades in the sky dropped straight down.
Boom!
The carriage in front was destroyed on impact.
“First one down.”
Shwaaak!
The aura blade fell again, obliterating the second carriage.
Boom!
“Still not coming out. Well, can’t be helped. If you want to go to the God’s side, I’ll send you there.”
Before the words finished, the door of the third carriage burst open, and someone jumped out.
Splurt! Deggurrr.
He must have rushed out too fast—his foot caught on the carriage step and he tumbled across the ground.
A plump figure rolled for a long time before stopping.
At the same time, small figures in fear scurried out from inside the carriage.
Jin Chen’s eyebrows twitched.
The young women standing there with disheveled clothes and trembling bodies looked like they had been through hell inside the carriage.
“You disgusting swine.”
Paaat!
The aura blades hovering in the air vanished instantly.
Jin Chen disappeared too, moving straight toward the plump figure.
“Kuuuugh.”
He grabbed the tail of the groaning pig and lifted him up in one motion.
The pig’s face was revealed—plump cheeks, jowls full of greed, and a small nose so buried in fat it was hard to tell if he could even breathe.
The appearance was completely at odds with the light aura coming off his body.
The pig, spotting Jin Chen, stammered.
“I-I’m high priest Paulon of the Light Temple! Touching me is like touching the Light Temple!”
“Oh? Then I won’t touch it, will I.”
“W-what did you say just now?!”
“Your ears are so fat my words don’t reach you?”
Jin Chen pulled the pig closer and continued.
“I’m going to rob your Light Temple. Real flashy!”