Chapter 328 - Episode Twenty Eight - Continuation - The Fierce Leaders of the f.a.ge Territory (3)

As I got closer to the mansion, I could see the whole thing more and more clearly.

I had thought that there was something bouncing around inside the two levels of the half-destroyed Lark mansion, but upon closer inspection, I realized that it was exactly ten Ortems, and in the center of the violence was a large man lying face down, curled up to protect his body.

Peter, over there, on the second floor of the ruins of Larks mansion, are you sure thats the main culprit?

Peter made a slight sigh and nodded curiously.

Yes, thats the a.s.sailant from Riveras Kingdom. Right, Altamir.

No, I know youre trying to create that kind of tension.

But even that is a little

Altamir seems to have regained some of her composure and nodded, looking somewhat unhappy.

Yes thats it.

That is the a.s.sa.s.sin

He suddenly appeared at Larks mansion, and fought against Altamir using his near-immortal body and his close-quarters magic and martial arts specialized for actual combat, and finally destroyed the mansion with a mysterious bombing spell.

Help me! Help me! It hurts, it really hurts! Please stop!

A grown man, crying and wailing, is left at the mercy of the Ortems.

Somehow, its different from what I imagine.

I had heard that Altamir and the a.s.sa.s.sins had already been settled, and that they had at least succeeded in capturing him alive, but I had not expected this.

It lowered the status of the Riveras Kingdom in my mind.

I mean, this has nothing to do with Altamir. Its mine.

For now, lets release him and put him in jail

For a time, he will be confined to the f.a.ge territory, and then, like Marias and the others, he will be sent to a prison in another territory that houses important criminals.

That strange appearance, a large body, and is st.u.r.dy. Its the killing priest, Rathboutt. Ive been marking him as the second most important person in the Riveras Kingdom since before the birth of the new Levi faction.

If you are talking about this right now, the whole country will go down before the stocks of Rathboutt and others go up.

If he the second most important, then Sateria is the first?

She is the most important person to watch out for now, but at the time, I didnt pay much attention to her before because she was unknown. At that time, I was most concerned about Penrath, the alchemist who was feared as the devils brain, the demon with the head on a spike.

Ahhhh

He had been creating chimeras against humanity many times since he was young, which of course was against the basic tenets of Levi Church. And yet, because he kept on fighting against almost all the religious sects in the unstable Riveras Kingdom, he was a.s.sa.s.sinated dozens of times, or even hundreds of times, but he never relaxed his research. Its not a funny joke, but in that sense, hes probably similar to you. I believe he is now one of the four great priests of the Water G.o.d. Im sure that man wont be an easy opponent for you either, Abel-chan. As long as youre hostile to the Riveras Kingdom, youll have to face him sooner or later.

Im sorry, I already defeated him.

I mean, once, Peter-san, they pa.s.sed each other when we were leaving the inn.

Penrath was the old man who you almost b.u.mped with, who was fidgeting near the door, and Myunhi lost her temper, and you stopped her and bowed lightly.

We come to a point just in front of the site of the f.a.ge mansion.

My eyes met with the abandoned-like puppy-dog-eyed Rathboutt, the killing priest.

Quick, stop this puppet, please! Please! Or destroy the skull that this vicious, lecherous witch must be carrying around!

I glanced at Altamir in response to Rathboutts comment.

Altamir snickered, glaring at Rathboutts abomination with cold eyes.

Im just trying to return the favor, since that guy gave me a bad time too.

She seems to be very angry. Her look at me seems to be cold too, somehow. She seems to be in a terribly bad mood.

What had Rathboutt done to anger Altamir, who had forgiven him for burning down this house and nearly a hundred years of research with a single gourd?

First of all, were not going to get anywhere with this, so Ill stop the Ortem.

Please! Plea- gobo!

As Rathbout struggled to open his mouth, Ortems kick forced it shut.

Blood seeped from his bitten tongue, and it dangled from his mouth. Whoa that hurts.

My Ortem was never designed to take on something that cant fly.

I didnt expect that there was a person who was casting a spell-like curse on himself that could cause himself to experience endless torture.

I feel sorry for him, but honestly, I dont think Im that bad.

I dont see the point in hurting him anymore, so Ill let him go for now.

What do you think, Abel? If we let the Riveras Kingdom goes unchecked, a.s.sa.s.sins equal to or greater than Rathboutt will attack us by surprise. We have no choice but to take the initiative.

I know that.

Its not that Im not wary of their individual strength, but its the people around me, Mea and Lark, who will suffer if we continue to let them off the hook.

Now that Levi has his eye on us, we have no choice but to settle the matter.

Its not very convincing, Peter-sama. If only he had been a little more persistent

Myunhi, a close a.s.sociate of Peters, saw Rathboutt in the midst of a violent uprising.

As I turned to look at her, Peters fist immediately struck her in the back of the head.

Afterwards, Peter tucked his arms behind his back and straightened his posture, as if nothing had happened.

What Myunhi had just said must have been Peters true intentions.

Peter would like to take this opportunity to turn me against them and eliminate the disturbing forces of the Riveras Kingdom.

Myunhi was not without a plan, but she must have slipped up when she saw how bad the situation was with Rathboutt.

It must have been quite painful because it made a very good noise, but now the mouth peeking out of the headgear maintains a straight line with no expression.

Abel-chan, Rathboutts aim is obviously to pinpoint Mea-chan from the start. To be honest, at this point in time, I dont think theyre going to go to the trouble of targeting Lark, who can be replaced at will, with a two-p.r.o.nged bait-and-switch. I dont know if there was ever a time for that, Altamir.

Youre right Ive heard him say things like he wanted to kidnap Mea.

Ehhhh

I raise my voice involuntarily.

I thought that she might be one of the targets, but I didnt think that Mea was the primary objective.

I know a lot about the background of the killing priest Rathboutt because I researched him beforehand. Ive already told you that he was originally a member of the Levi Church, right? At that time, Rathboutt was infamous for sacrificing enemy prisoners, and sometimes even his own allies, to Levi, humiliating their every dignity and torturing them to death for up to 400 days. By doing so, he would have given his entire person to Levi. Im sure the religious denominations have changed, but that doesnt mean they didnt do it again this time. The new Levi faction doesnt seem like a legitimate one to me.

What !

If I make a mistake, Mea would have been the one.

If it was the collector with the self-admonition sword Cudlarg and Amrita Full equipment who came to raid the f.a.ge territory, if it was the enemies of the G.o.d of Law Kudor cla.s.s, then the ten Ortems would have been meaningless.

I felt disgusted and irritated by my own shallowness and the way the other person was acting.

Peter, arent you being a bit dramatic?

Myunhi whispered something to Peter.

A quick backhanded fist struck her again in the back of the head.

I was so naive in my thinking. Ive been thinking about this for a while, but Ive been taking it too easy. Ill make a decision now. As soon as were ready, well go out and take down Levi from here.

Youve finally made a decision. I will spare no effort in providing logistical support. You can tell me anything you want.

Peter-sama, you cant promise that to this man

Im ready. You know what they say, if you eat poison, youll end up a fogg, right?

Those are the words of a desperate adventurer who has been poisoned by his own saliva, Peter-sama!

I once blocked Levis throwing weapon and making him lost an arm.

But Kudor didnt seem to be fazed by the loss of ten tentacles.

I have no idea how far Levi can go in a serious fight.

But I will definitely win. Im going to win.

I cant drag Mea into this anymore.

Lets get ready as soon as possible. The sooner we get in, the better. We dont even know how long well be gone, so we need to make sure the alchemist division gets their instructions.

I turned my body and decided to hurry to the inn where Lark and the others were.

Um! Gebo! Its about tim- gebo! You get me out of her- bahohoho!

Rathbout desperately reaches for me, twisting his body in every direction.

Stay that way for one more day, Brute!

He not only bombed Larks house with magic, but also tried to kidnapped Me and planned to torture her.

There is no reason for me to show any mercy. I dont care if its one day, or even 400 days.

I didnt go that far!

I resumed my steps amidst the screams of Rathboutt.

Mea was right behind me, but for some reason Altamir, Peter and Myunhi stayed hesitantly, looking at Rathboutt.

But when I turned around, they walked toward me as if nothing had happened.