Chapter 31
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 31: O Vulgar Slaughter, O Abject Survival (9)
Member of the Frontier Knight Order. The 3rd Knight, Kantas.
A veteran knight who had seen it all.
He was just blinking his eyes blankly.
“......”
No matter how many years of experience a veteran had, he had never seen anything like this.
Ghouls.
Humans mutated by receiving the blood of a vampire.
Monsters whose ego had died, leaving only the instinct for bloodsucking.
As far as Kantas knew, ghoulification was an irreversible curse.
‘But...’
The man wearing the mask, Garlic.
According to his own words, he belonged to a secret organization called the [Slayers].
His rank was Vice Captain.
It seemed they were vampire hunters active on the hidden side of the continent.
Normally, he would have laughed it off as nonsense, but he couldn't do that after witnessing this.
‘......He reversed ghoulification?’
A miracle.
Such a scene had been repeating before his eyes for several hours already.
“Nice. One more, please!”
Swaaa-aek—!
Ghouls being thrown without a moment's rest.
On the opposite side, Garlic stood holding his balloon sword.
The colorful blade shot out, parrying the flying ghouls.
“Sir Kantas! Catch them!”
“Uh... ah! Confirmed!”
Kantas, coming to his senses belatedly.
Afterward, he caught a ghoul that had been launched high.
Thanks to his trained body, he was able to hold them securely.
“Ugh... where, is this...”
Muttering heard half-asleep.
Looking down at his arms, a girl was held as if she had just woken up from a dream.
The blood-colored skin was gone, and so were the red pupils. She had returned to being a human.
Kantas briefly explained the situation and sent her to the group of survivors.
“Senia? Is it really Senia?”
“Papa...!”
Another emotional reunion.
Kantas was watching the whole scene blankly.
‘Just what... what is this situation.’
He glanced down at the deep pit.
Just a few hours ago, it was a place filled with ghoulified victims.
But now, only a few ghouls were visible.
Even the remaining few were being transported via Blood Manipulation...
‘......Is this a dream?’
Every time the balloon sword was swung, a ghoul returned to being human.
An unrealistic sight.
However, he had no choice but to believe.
Because there were those making a fuss beside him.
“Captain, Captain! Did you see that just now? Three ghouls at once...!”
“A ghoul turned back into a human! I've never seen anything like this in my life!”
“How did he do it? Captain! Is that person standing over there some kind of high-ranking priest?”
“Sigh...”
Childish fellows.
Members of the Frontier Knight Order, the same as Kantas. They were the members he led.
They had only just returned to being human, so how could they be so energetic?
Kantas knocked them on the head once each to tell them to calm down.
“Ouch! Why, why did you hit us!”
“Honestly, even you thought it was amazing, Captain!”
In the meantime, the ghoul baseball continued.
Before they knew it, only the last 'ball' remained.
One of the subordinate members muttered as if analyzing.
“I can't feel any special energy from that person. Mana, sorcery, demonic energy... there is none. At a glance, it's almost impossible to distinguish him from a civilian...”
“What? Then what is it we're seeing right now?”
“Well, I don't know either...”
“Indeed, is that so?”
“Is something hidden in that balloon sword? Does it harbor a special energy, or is that balloon sword actually a Holy Relic...?”
“It looks like an ordinary balloon sword on the outside, though?”
“Idiot. That's just on the outside. If it were ordinary, it would have popped several times already.”
“A Holy Relic, huh...”
The conversation between the members went back and forth stupidly.
Kantas let out a deep sigh.
Thinking quietly to himself.
‘Is it...?’
Looking at it now, the balloon sword did seem exceptionally bouncy...
It certainly didn't look like an ordinary weapon.
Moreover, Garlic was the Vice Captain of a worldwide organization.
He was a powerhouse capable of seizing the ranch single-handedly.
It was nonsensical from the start that the weapon such a person used would be an ordinary balloon sword.
‘Is it really a Holy Relic...’
Inside Kantas, the perception that the balloon sword was a powerful armament had already been established.
Absolute Balloon Sword.
A holy sword that would truly be recorded in history.
The man quietly witnessed the miracle.
“Phew... is this the end?”
“You did well, Vice Captain Garlic.”
“You worked hard too, Maneur.”
After succeeding in batting the last ghoul, the two returned leisurely.
Garlic & Maneur.
They were problem children but the strongest.
A crowd of survivors swarmed around them.
The headcount was noticeably larger than when they first started.
It was the result of the ghouls in the pit undergoing normalization.
—*Uheuk*, daughter... to be able to hug you again like this...
—Oh my, mother! I thought I'd never see you again...
—Thank goodness, truly, *heueuk*, thank goodness...
Wailing sounds from all sides.
However, it was a cry quite different from a few hours ago.
Drenched in joy rather than sadness, and fulfillment rather than loss...
“......A miracle.”
Someone muttered.
Yes, it was a miracle.
There was no other way to explain it.
To them, who had been plunged into despair, the Light had reached out a hand.
“Aah...! Saint-nim!”
“We meet the Messenger of God...”
“Thank you! Thank you, oh God...!”
Shouts mixed with tears.
Hundreds of people knelt before the mask.
They bowed their heads, filled with respect and ecstasy.
“Oh? Everyone...?”
The one called a Saint.
He froze in place for a moment as if flustered.
“Mmm... ah.”
However, soon he nodded as if he had grasped the situation.
“That is correct.”
A merciful voice reached out.
The man spread both arms wide.
In his hand, he held the holy armament, the Absolute Balloon Sword.
An aura that would surely be recorded in the Bible.
“I am indeed the messenger who has received the will of God.”
In reality, he just wanted to cause a ruckus...
Well, what's good is good.
A scene where colorful balloons bloomed.
By then, even the Frontier Knight Order was kneeling.
Among them, Kantas was so immersed that tears were even dripping down.
“Sir Garlic! Sir Maneur!”
The veteran knight looked up.
Slayers.
Vampire hunters.
A secret organization that no one knows about.
Thus, a sacrifice that no one recognizes.
Even so, warriors who gripped silver and stakes for the sake of others.
“Member of the Frontier Knight Order! Third in the order's hierarchy! The 3rd Knight, Kantas! I am moved by your devotion!”
It was exactly the hero figure that Kantas had dreamed of.
To think such people received the will of God and were spreading holiness to the world.
“I swear upon the constellations in that sky! Our Frontier Knight Order will cooperate with the Slayers anytime, anywhere! If you just give me the word, I will mobilize the entire knight order to support you! Please allow us to join that noble cause...!”
If it was the Frontier Knight Order, it was a gathering of numerous minor knight orders.
The individual martial power of the members wasn't that strong, but their scale surpassed that of most major knight orders.
It would surely be a help.
“......Fufu.”
The clown laughed instead of answering.
Misunderstandings rolling in ten thousand ways.
[Cleared Sub Quest!]
- Title: O Vulgar Slaughter, O Abject Survival.
- Content: Prevent the construction of a ‘Human Ranch’ by vampires belonging to the New Kingdom. Rescue those kidnapped by vampires.
- Content: Prevent the construction of a ‘Human Ranch’ by vampires belonging to the New Kingdom. Rescue those kidnapped by vampires.
[You have achieved an impossible feat!]
- Content: Rescue 113 civilians who became ghouls.
- Result: Additional rewards are provided!
- Result: Additional rewards are provided!
[Rewards Acquired]
1. Infinite favor from the city of ‘Libenta’.
2. Infinite favor from the ‘Frontier Knight Order’.
2. Infinite favor from the ‘Frontier Knight Order’.
3. Title [Saint] acquired.
Messages going up without rest.
Beyond the mask, the clown rolled his eyes here and there.
[One type of Derangement has been activated more than 30 times!]
[A new Derangement is registered to the Derangement Collector!]
[Derangement Collector]
1. Step Skip
2. Slowdown
3. Parrying
4. Status Effect-Parrying
-> If one type of Derangement is used more than 30 times, it is registered in the collector.
1. Step Skip
2. Slowdown
3. Parrying
4. Status Effect-Parrying
-> If one type of Derangement is used more than 30 times, it is registered in the collector.
-> Derangements registered in the collector significantly reduce the burden on the user.
A flashy celebration from the status window.
With that, the fierce quest of the previous night came to an end.
***
After the situation ended.
Me and Carmilla returned to the academy.
After leaving a lot of gunpowder at the ranch, we blew it up so that no trace remained.
—Leave the remaining processing to us!
—The Frontier Knight Order will handle it perfectly.
The rescued survivors.
Also, all kinds of complicated procedures were to be handled by Kantas's side.
For me, it was a "thank you" since I could skip the annoying parts.
‘More than that... I think I did a bit too much favor-grinding.’
I don't know how many times I heard "thank you" today.
I got excited and committed a lot, but will it be okay?
Various worries arose, but I decided to roughly clear them away.
Because it felt like my body would melt down as it was.
“Phew... it seems I overdid it quite a bit today.”
[Are you okay? Really, why without looking after your own body...]
“It's not to the point of dying. Won't I get better if I sleep soundly in the dormitory?”
[Yes, because tomorrow is a day without lectures. This lady also wants to sleep all day...]
“You worked hard too, Princess.”
Carmilla had already returned to her bat form.
I walked holding her while she wriggled.
Like that, on the way to the dormitory building.
“Student Viktor.”
“......?”
Someone was standing in front of the building.
A woman who was leaning her back against the wall, as if waiting.
Beside her green eyes, red hair that seemed to flow and bloom was visible.
“......Professor Javert?”
Javert.
When my eyes met hers, I had no choice but to freeze.
“The hour is late. It is well past the dormitory curfew, almost morning.”
“......”
“But... where on earth has Student Viktor been so secretly?”
“......”
My spine chills.
Coldly subsided green eyes.
I swallowed dry saliva inwardly.
“Where have you been? All night long.”
“......”
No.
Older sister, why are you coming out from here...?
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