Betrayal Knight's Joyful Faith

Chapter 329: When saying villainous lines

Marquis Raytar’s peaceful territory was thrown into chaos.“It’s the enemy, it’s the enemy! Everyone, head to the temple! It’s the enemy!”

The officials from the lord’s castle started to evacuate people by shouting.

“What are you talking about all of a sudden? An invasion?”

The bewildered merchant asked the employee who suddenly dragged him out of the store.

“The Evil Cult is invading. Take all your family members to the temple immediately.”

“Oh, the Evil Cult?”

At those words, the merchant’s face turned dark and he quickly ran back into his shop in a panic.

“Evil, the Evil Cult is invading! Everyone, go to the temple!”

People who heard the frantic shouting looked outside with puzzled faces.

And after a while, those who had heard the same explanation from the Royal Knights began to run towards the nearest Luce Temple without even having time to collect their valuables.

“The enemy is coming!”

“The Evil Cult is attacking! Everyone, go to the nearest temple!”

The houses were quickly emptied as people started running away and shouting.

Perhaps sensing the unsettling air, even the smallest rat stayed silent as dawn approached.

All that could be heard was the occasional, fearful prayer coming from the Luce Temple.

Llewellyn climbed up to the watchtower on the wall and looked down at the silent territory with a complicated look.

Elves and Royal Knights, already armed with arrows, were positioned in a line ready to respond to an attack at any time.

But the news that the enemy was coming did not seem to reach the Royal Knights.

The doubts could not be hidden in the gazes that were warily looking beyond the horizon.

“Captain Neville was urging them, but I don’t think they really felt it.”

Before long, Isabella had approached Llewellyn and spoke to him. Llewellyn gave her a wry smile.

“There’s nothing we can do about it. But since no one seems to be questioning it, it seems like everyone truly follows you, Sister. And Captain Neville’s leadership skills aren’t bad either.”

“They are all people far beyond what I deserve.”

Isabella, who answered like that, was also dressed a little differently than before.

A sword hung from her waist, and she was covered in comfortable clothing and armor.

“Sister, are you really going to fight?”

“That’s right. I don’t think the Crown Princess’ duty is to step back and be protected in a comfortable place.”

Llewellyn thought for a moment at her firm answer and smiled bitterly.

“As that cheeky apprentice knight said earlier, I would hate to see Prince Matthias become the Crown Prince. What do you think?”

“Of course that won’t happen. I feel a little dizzy just thinking about it. I can never leave the kingdom to Matthias.”

Isabella responded with a laugh.

‘Surely…’

Facing her, Llewellyn was lost in thought.

Isabella was qualified to lead the country because she was so rational and decisive that she couldn’t even be compared to an idiot like Alois.

Even in this potentially humiliating situation where she had lost half of her leadership to a foreign knighthood, Isabella remained steadfast.

‘Well, it figures, considering he’s usually so selective, and yet he seems to have taken a liking to her.’

When Llewellyn suddenly became silent, Isabella, interpreting the silence in a different way, spoke again.

“Of course, I have no intention of recklessly throwing away my life. I fully understand my position, so don’t worry.”

“Of course. I’m not worried about that at all. I’m sure you’ll handle things well, Sister.”

Llewellyn smiled faintly, but the smile didn’t seem very natural.

“Then do you have any other concerns? You don’t look too good. I don’t think you’re the type of person to be nervous before a fight.”

Llewellyn scratched his head in embarrassment at Isabella’s remark.

“What… I’m a little worried because of my annoying friend… it’s okay. Don’t worry.”

“You must be talking about Sir Arendt.”

Isabella let out a small laugh.

“Did you have an argument right before such an important moment?”

“He’s not the type to accept a fight. If you provoke him for no reason, you won’t even recover your losses. You’ve seen it for yourself, haven’t you? His temper.”

And rather than fighting, it was more like he just vented his anger unilaterally.

Because Arendt said nothing.

‘That damn bastard.’

Thinking back, he felt angry.

He was vowing to catch him later and scold him, but then he suddenly raised his head at the sound of a voice next to him.

“Still, it’s nice to see. Having someone to open your heart to is a wonderful thing.”

“Well.”

Llewellyn shrugged his shoulders in an Arendt-like manner as he watched Isabella smiling softly.

“Sometimes, it feels like I’m the only one who’s opening up. I need to understand what he’s thinking.”

“Haha. I guess you’re quite upset. But…”

Isabella, who had been answering him, suddenly stopped speaking. Llewellyn, who noticed that the air around them had changed, also ceased his small talk and quickly turned around.

A shadow, moving slowly beyond the distant road, was spotted.

Just as Isabella’s eyes were widening, an elf archer who had just discovered it as well shouted loudly.

“Enemies detected! It looks like a bunch of ghouls!”

The enemies began to reveal themselves one by one, along with the slowly rising sun in the distance.

To the human eyes of Llewellyn and Isabella, they still appeared as just a moving silhouette.

But it seemed like it wasn’t like that for the elves.

With eyes full of tension, the elves watched the approaching shadows, their bodies tensed, poised to draw their bows in an instant.

The Royal Knights who were grouped with them also tightened their grip on their weapons.

“…Coming.”

Llewellyn muttered without realizing it.

Soon, they too could see the enemies clearly.

“…!”

Llewellyn heard the knights’ gasps. Even Isabella, who rarely lost her composure, sucked in a short breath.

Beings that were neither human, beast, nor even monsters were marching towards the castle along the quiet roads of a small country estate, dragging their ugly bodies.

“Are those… ghouls?”

Isabella asked in confusion.

No matter how she looked at them, they didn’t look like living creatures. Their flesh was rotten and there were places where the bones were exposed.

There were even some that were oozing rotten black blood from their eye sockets.

The most terrifying thing was that they didn’t look like anything in this world.

There were some that had the upper body of a human and were combined with insect-like monsters from the waist down, as well as orcs with multiple heads and strangely shaped beasts made by patching together several different animals.

“Yes. They are the main force of the Evil Cult. As I said before, there are those that constantly regenerate, and there are also those that look very similar to humans and have full intelligence. I warned the knights well in advance, but…” Updates are released by Nov3lFɪre.ɴet

Llewellyn glanced around at the Royal Knights guarding the area. They were all frozen in shock.

It was natural.

Even if they had seen the spider-like homunculi in person, anyone would have been shocked to see them all swarming at once.

However…

Captain Neville, gritting his teeth, shouted in a powerful voice.

“Prepare the fire attack!”

“Yes!”

The knights who had come to their senses began to move in unison.

Even at this moment, the enemies were advancing rapidly.

The ghouls advanced straight toward the castle without even looking at the Luce Temple where people were hiding.

It was just as Arendt had said. They wouldn’t target anywhere else.

The enemies slowly began to surround the castle. As the distance between them gradually grew closer, Neville raised his hand and shouted.

“Everyone, prepare for battle!”

As the elven warriors drew their bows, the knights waiting lit them.

!

The arrowheads were engulfed in bright red flames.

The elf warriors, who had been observing the enemy with wide eyes, shouted again.

“Enemy commanders detected! Three humanoid entities at the forefront of the group!”

Neville also soon discovered the enemy commanders, who were wrapped in robes from head to toe.

Armed with weapons and armor, they appeared to be different from the ghouls around them at first glance.

The existence of a commander meant that the ghouls also had some level of intelligence to follow orders.

Neville shouted.

“Fire!”

“…!”

Arrows that had become balls of fire left the bowstrings and rained down on the heads of the enemies.

The arrows of the elves, the best archers, never missed.

Enemies with their heads and hearts pierced fell down one by one. Some were turned into balls of fire and screamed as they ran wild.

But the enemies did not stop advancing.

“…Fire!”

Neville gritted his teeth and gave another order. Once again, arrows rained down. This time, a considerable number of ghouls fell, but the commanders did not blink an eye.

Several of the arrows flew towards the commanders, but they drew their swords and easily struck them down.

!

The broken arrows rolled on the ground. Just as flames were about to spread in all directions, a nearby ghoul threw itself toward the flames.

“Keeeeeek!”

The ghouls screamed, but they blocked the spread of the flames with their bodies.

The smell of burning flesh began to spread everywhere.

It was a terrible sight.

“…”

The knights were speechless. Even the elves paused for a moment.

Even as their comrades were burning to death, the ghouls didn’t even glance at them. They just kept going straight towards the castle where their prey were.

The enemies stopped only after they had completely surrounded the castle.

The force of ghouls that they faced head-on was on a scale beyond imagination.

“…”

Despite having taken down a considerable number with arrows, countless monsters still remained, enough to surround the lord’s castle in multiple layers.

Llewellyn, who had been watching the situation, frowned.

“It seems like there are some strong guys mixed in. This is going to be a headache.”

“I agree.”

Isabella nodded with effort, trying to remain composed. But her instinctive fear was impossible to hide.

Her tightly clenched fists were becoming damp with sweat.

At that moment, the tightly closed gate began to slowly open.

.

Isabella was startled by the loud noise and looked down.

The Imperial Third Knights, ready for battle, were walking leisurely out of the castle.

Their actions were unexpected.

“Why are they coming out all of a sudden… isn’t it still too early for them to appear?”

Isabella cried out in surprise, but Llewellyn remained calm.

“I guess it seems like they’re tired of just waiting.”

He followed Arendt’s figure with his eyes.

Even during this short gap, Arendt was having a useless argument with the seniors next to him.

“That’s just how they are. Those guys.”

Llewellyn chuckled and grabbed the magic stone.

A chilling wind began to swirl around him.

“Prince, that is…?”

Isabella’s eyes widened as she sensed an ominous aura.

“It’s a gift my troublesome friend gave me a long time ago.”

Llewellyn gave a sly, impish laugh.

“Sister, I’ll show you something fun.”

“Yes?”

At the sudden remark, confusion replaced the tension on the Crown Princess’ face.

Considering he had just vented his anger moments ago, it was an awkward remark, but Llewellyn found himself rather fond of Arendt’s eccentricities.

“If we take this too seriously, we’ll lose, Sister. Let’s just wipe out those ugly guys in one go.”

Among all of them, what he liked the most was Arendt’s catchphrase: “.”