140 – First Battle – 4
“…lord.”
Serena stumbled and stood up. I had no idea how many times I had experienced such severe wounds. No matter how small it was, I thought that 10 years had passed.
From the moment she met her lord for the first time, what unfolded before Serena was not shame and pain, but honor and glory.
But now it was different. Every wound on his body was terribly bitter, it hurt terribly, it was excruciatingly painful. Her body, which had been overworked to its limit, clamored for rest.
gritted it It shouldn’t be. You must not fall here. He raised his strength and whipped himself.
stand up Quickly pick up your sword and go to retrieve your master. Can you still say that you are a knight who protects your lord?
“My lord, my lord…!”
However, the body, which had absorbed most of its life force, did not listen to the commands given by the head at all. Her legs gave out and her knees buckled, and Serena plunged her head into the dirt again.
The taste of blood and the taste of bitter earth lingered in my mouth. There was no strength in the body. It was now impossible to even stand up.
Cough, he coughed, and blood clots vomited from his throat. The smell of blood in his mouth intensified.
The wind shear in his right hand turned into wind. It was not Serena’s will that Wind Shear just disappeared. In other words, Serena’s concentration collapsed as soon as it collapsed.
Serena pressed her fingers into the dirt and struggled desperately to move forward. Of course, it was a futile action. I couldn’t even do that much and it spread all over the place.
“……You.”
Charlotte was also helplessly stuck somewhere on the land that used to be the capital of the kingdom.
The difference was that, unlike Serena, who had been tossed on the dirt floor, Charlotte had been swallowed up by purgatory and buried in the molten rubble of a building.
Also, compared to Serena, who was covered in scars all over and her clothes were rags, Charlotte’s body didn’t have that many scars.
Of course, it was only compared to Serena. Charlotte was by no means easy in terms of the absolute number of injuries. It was only because of the healing magic he used to squeeze out the remaining mana that he did not stand out.
In addition, since she was still suffering from severe mana exhaustion, Charlotte felt helpless compared to Serena.
For Charlotte, it was the first mana exhaustion she had ever experienced in her life, so the sense of helplessness was even worse. It was because he had no experience in fighting intense battles enough to suffer from mana exhaustion.
Quite a few enemies could be tapped lightly with a flick of the finger, and when fighting Serena, the battle stopped at a critical point.
The only thing Charlotte couldn’t solve with magic was to cut off the immortality of her husband. Of course, there would be no reason to suffer from mana exhaustion.
“Did this feel like running out of mana? Like you said, it’s not a very pleasant feeling.”
A hollow voice escaped from his mouth. Charlotte recalled something her husband had once said.
Going through mana exhaustion once in a while wouldn’t be such a bad experience. He said that he would be able to properly manage mana in actual combat only if he experienced that helplessness himself.
Charlotte had refused. The total amount of mana he possessed was comparable to that of the sea. Why should I prepare for something that will never happen?
The boy who actually brought up the words laughed and even affirmed that Charlotte was right, so it was just advice left in a corner of his memory and left unattended.
I don’t know why that advice came to my mind only now, after I had been defeated to the point where I couldn’t think of anything but miserable.
I had no choice but to admit it.
It wasn’t a very good feeling.
“Ah, God. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. The sin of this lamb who failed to protect God is so deep and heavy that no human can dare to judge it. Please do not forgive this disloyal lamb. Please do not forgive me, Christine, if God wills, I will ask forgiveness by taking my own life. So please—”
Christine was weeping and begging forgiveness from her god.
Worst of all was Christine. Because Olivia got irritated and attacked Christine several times more than Charlotte or Serena, there were no healthy parts on her body.
It was a surprising level of injury that Christine did not die, as long as Charlotte stopped suffering from mana exhaustion thanks to her recovery magic, and Serena was at a level where she could somehow try to stand up.
Her body was scattered on the floor, and her nun’s uniform was all frayed and torn, and now it was embarrassing to even call it a piece of cloth.
The left leg was bent at an odd angle from the pelvis. The right leg was twisted four times. Broken bone segments tore through the skin and even protruded.
The right shoulder was dislocated, and the left elbow was bent outward instead of inward. The area around where Christine’s body was thrown was full of blood that had flowed from her body and hardened.
“How can I repent of this sin? How can this lamb pray? I’m sorry. It’s my negligence.”
It was thanks to her divine power that she could not die even in the midst of this.
To be precise, it was thanks to Christine’s faith and faith, the source of divine power, that played a large role.
The belief that the only saint who serves an immortal god cannot die. Had it not been for that belief, Christine would have surely lost her life.
Of course, only his life was preserved, but it was impossible to move his body. No matter how much faith and divine power he had, he was going to have to remain on the floor for at least a few hours.
I don’t know if I should admire the fact that my whole body is completely broken, and it only takes a few hours at most to recover.
A great sense of helplessness oppressed the three of them. It was the first time all three of them had experienced this. The feeling of being overwhelmingly defeated by someone is the experience itself.
Serena lost, and her lord was taken away. It was a disgrace that could not be washed away as a knight serving the lord. I had to get my master back. By any means.
Charlotte was no different. Unlike when I dealt with Christine, even though I did my best, I was overwhelmed from the front and her child was taken away. I wanted to repay this figure somehow.
In Christine’s heart, there was still a light. So Christine burned her faith. Her god was not dead, and he was pointing the way for Christine.
The three of them growled at each other as if they were going to kill each other, but the fact that they had the will to bring the boy back was the same.
And everyone, remembering the boy’s last words.
Go beyond, just one word.
“…it’s not over yet.”
Charlotte was the first to move.
While gagging at length due to mana exhaustion, and staggering dangerously as if it would collapse at any moment, he raised mana in his hand.
Charlotte is not dead. Charlotte de Gargantua is not dead. So, there are still opportunities left. It was a golden opportunity.
“I swear that I will repay this humiliation at all costs, dear.”
The royal palace literally melted and the capital of the kingdom disappeared without even a shape remaining like the citizens who lived there, but Charlotte was still alive.
“So wait.”
Charlotte’s figure disappeared in an instant. It was teleportation magic. It was also used while suffering from mana exhaustion.
“The will of the lord, I will show you without fail.”
Serena was the next to leave. Grabbing his wobbly left arm, he limped towards somewhere.
The master’s last words to Serena. It was clear that he wanted to achieve higher growth and come back to himself.
If her lord gave an order, she would only follow it as a knight’s duty. There was determination in Serena’s eyes. The determination to bring back her master without fail.
Since the Lord gave me faith, I had to repay that trust.
“My God…”
Christine stayed with her for quite some time after Serena and Charlotte left. It was because the injury was so serious that it took a lot of time to recover.
It wasn’t until that faith was further strengthened by adversity and the divine power enveloped her body again, that Christine stood up.
The land that had turned into barren land stretched beyond the horizon. Seeing the desolation, Christine remembered the last words of her god.
say beyond. Christine was deeply grateful for that.
Her God has not abandoned Christine yet. He still believed in Christine and told her to come find her.
“I understand. I will. How can this sinful lamb disobey the word of God?”
Deeply grateful that her God believed in her despite such disloyalty, Christine slowly began to move on.
It was to follow the faith given by God.
