How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 134
Chapter 134
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“What will you do?”
To Anna, those words sounded like a sentence.
An absolute sentence she couldn’t avoid: if she didn’t back down, she would die.
However.
“I refuse.”
The answer to that was already decided.
She was a knight who wouldn’t hesitate even to die for her lord’s command.
Whoosh!
Because she was such a knight.
“Red Lion Knights, all of you. Rachel Ashford…”
That was the moment.
Boom!
Tremendous force struck the blade she instinctively thrust out.
It was neither sword energy nor a skill.
Crackle!
It sent sparks flying while steadily pushing Anna’s body back.
“Gasp!”
Though she used all her strength, barely blocking it was all she could do.
And following that.
Crack!
At the second attack that flew in, her unique-grade sword felt like it was shattering into pieces.
Anna couldn’t hide her shock.
Such a surprise attack.
‘No, it’s not a surprise attack.’
He had warned, and she had opposed, so this was justified.
Also shocking was this absurd power.
“……!”
Her whole body felt like it was being torn apart.
“Everyone…!”
While waiting for Go Johan’s third attack, Anna tried to shout.
Royal’s exclusive possession passed down to them.
The moment she tried to bring out the secret and mystery the world didn’t know.
Tremble!
Anna’s body shook.
“Lower your sword!”
That moment.
Whoosh!
The tearing wind grazed past Anna’s cheek.
Her sword was already broken in half, fallen on the ground.
Drip.
Blood was flowing from her wounded cheek.
If she hadn’t shouted at the end, what would have fallen was her own neck.
“……”
However, putting aside being surprised for later, Anna quietly sheathed her sword and closed her eyes.
Nod.
When Anna who nodded opened her eyes again.
“Thank you for waiting.”
Anna Flame speaking courteously.
“The Royal Family will entrust custody of Duke Rachel Ashford to Temple.”
“……”
Intrigue flashed in Go Johan’s eyes too.
‘Just now.’
She had communicated with someone else.
A wavelength similar to the communication he had with his apostles.
However, what surprised Go Johan was.
‘She communicated outside.’
The fact that Anna Flame had communicated with the outside beyond the gate.
Gates, treated as separate dimensional forms, would have been difficult even for Go Johan to communicate outside of.
“……”
They were accomplishing that tremendous feat nonchalantly.
“However, this is rather a loss for His Grace Duke Rachel Ashford.”
“Her being with us is?”
“Sir Johan, though I know your power and force are formidable…”
Anna’s eyes seemed to blaze.
“Remember that there is still much on this Earth that you don’t know.”
That was the end of it.
Whoosh!
Following Anna who turned around swinging her cloak, the Red Lion Knights also turned around together.
“We’re returning!”
Clank, clank, clank.
“England…”
Go Johan said while watching their backs.
“And Royal.”
Certainly, it seemed there were people on this Earth who couldn’t be ignored.
But one thing he could be certain of.
“You also don’t yet know about me.”
For a moment, Michael’s form appeared fleetingly.
In his sky-blue eyes, he grasped how they communicated with beings outside the gate.
“I should be grateful.”
He could intuit that before long, they too would be able to use their method.
“…Is it over?”
Watching the Red Lion Knights moving far away, Go Yoon-su said.
“Yes. Let’s return too.”
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The Red Lion Knights who appeared in a special way and showed special power.
One other thing they could know.
“……”
They definitely had a special ability to enter and exit gates.
The ability to forcibly open and close entrances.
And though not yet known, Go Johan knew of others who had such abilities.
‘The World Association.’
Regardless of that.
“…I can’t understand why I even went to England.”
Go Yoon-su’s voice coming from beside him was tinged with deep defeat and humiliation.
Though he had prided himself on building relationships with Royal in England.
Whoosh.
He had to admit he knew nothing about Royal.
It wasn’t just Go Johan.
Faluka and most of the plane’s survivors were shocked.
The cyclopes that had driven Go Yoon-su and Faluka into a corner.
“…What on earth.”
Their corpses were lined up abundantly, as if Anna Flame’s voice could be heard.
‘This is a gift.’
Their consideration to go comfortably on the return journey.
Though the true intent was closer to boasting to show the power they possessed.
“…What you see isn’t everything, right? Even looking deeply, it’s full of unknowns. Look at me, for example.”
As if to erase Go Yoon-su’s sense of defeat even a little, Go Johan’s comforting voice continued.
“Hyung-nim didn’t know what I was hiding either.”
“…Hm?”
That’s when.
“I knew though?”
“……?”
At Go Yoon-su’s words, Go Johan’s eyes widened instead.
“How could I not know? The way you shouted about the goddess at the head of the dinner table, how Uncle Jae-kyung protected you so much.”
“……”
“I thought, the kid born in this family really came out properly.”
“…You knew?”
“Yeah. The only one who doesn’t know is…”
Go Yoon-su laughed and said.
“Probably just that idiot Goh Min-ji?”
“……!”
Go Johan made a blank face for a moment.
“Why are you making that face? We’re family.”
“……”
“Realistically, does it make sense to go backpacking to cool your head before entering elementary school? And would Father and Mother have that little interest in you?”
“Ha…”
Go Johan let out an empty laugh.
It seemed he was the only one who thought he’d hidden it well.
‘Mother too, and Father too.’
Even his eldest hyung-nim knew.
Though fortunately, thanks to that, Go Yoon-su seemed to feel much better.
“Now, what happens to them?”
Go Yoon-su asked.
They were the plane’s survivors.
They had seen Royal’s hidden power and witnessed that conflict.
“You’ll be fine.”
Royal wouldn’t leave them alone.
Entrusting Rachel meant entrusting their treatment as well.
Players could be handled any way, but ordinary people were the problem.
“I won’t do anything.”
“You’ll be like that. But…”
“They’ve already taken measures.”
“……?”
Go Johan spoke toward the puzzled Go Yoon-su.
“At least.”
The world visible through his divine eyes.
Without the privilege of being the World Tree’s fiancé, he wouldn’t have been able to see this deep.
What was revealed between them was close to the truth of gates, something that couldn’t be expressed in words but could be felt.
“Regarding gates, England is better than me.”
Go Johan, Faluka, Rachel, and Go Yoon-su.
Unless Go Johan helped, the moment the others exited the gate, their memories of this place would disappear.
“Let’s go out too.”
Go Johan said while looking ahead.
A cyclops that seemed clad in red armor, though it had one head, its size and eyes were extraordinary.
Probably the boss of this gate estimated to be S-rank.
Without even looking at it, Go Johan.
Whoosh!
Swung his arm.
When space compressed by the sharp blade was released.
Slash!
It was falling split in two.
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[You have acquired a Fragment of the World.]
[Faith stat increases.]
When he heard that voice and opened his eyes, Go Johan was already outside the gate.
The Fragment of the World in his hand.
“……!”
It was definitely something different from what he’d obtained by conquering Black Gates.
“Captain!”
That’s when a familiar voice was heard.
The place he opened his eyes was the middle of Pyongyang.
Clank.
There stood masked Lee Jae-kyung and similarly masked believers guarding the surroundings.
The presence of North Korean soldiers and players felt in the distance.
Swish.
And one by one, those who came out with Go Johan began regaining consciousness.
“…Where is this?”
That’s when Go Yoon-su, who regained consciousness first, supported and held the staggering Rachel, and Faluka immediately greeted Lee Jae-kyung and the believers.
And the others.
“…Uh… where is this?”
“I am…”
“I should have been on the plane…?”
They seemed not to remember what happened inside the gate.
The Faith stat increase, the Fragment of the World, and before that, the Goddess’s voice he’d heard.
[Some gods of the Pantheon performed a miracle.]
Certainly, he seemed to have heard such a voice.
Interfering with and completely removing the memories of many people and players with resistance was definitely something close to a miracle.
“……”
Go Yoon-su hardened his face as if he’d expected it.
“You must have many questions, but not here.”
“I know that much.”
Go Johan who nodded at those words spoke toward Lee Jae-kyung.
“What time is it?”
He remembered entering the gate when it was getting dark, but now the sun was gradually rising.
He asked because he knew that time inside gates and the flow outside were different.
“It’s 8 o’clock.”
“The date?”
To that, Lee Jae-kyung smiled behind the mask and said.
“It’s December 25th.”
“The year hasn’t changed, has it?”
Of course it was a joke.
But it was also a measure of confirmation.
‘Miracle.’
That word could never be used easily.
“Two years have passed.”
“……!”
At Lee Jae-kyung’s words, Go Yoon-su’s body trembled.
“…T-two years?”
That time, short if short, long if long, had been two years?
Many things flashing through his mind in an instant.
Go Yoon-su swayed and almost dropped Rachel.
“Please don’t play strange pranks.”
At Go Johan’s words.
“…Is it that obvious?”
Lee Jae-kyung shrugged.
“You can’t change the time axis against me to that extent.”
The Goddess shall grant her blessing.
“J-joking?”
Go Yoon-su glared and said.
“Yes. It’s a joke. Not even a day has passed. Welcome back.”
Only then did Lee Jae-kyung lift the mask slightly.
“Ah…! Unc…le!”
Go Yoon-su shouted in surprise seeing Lee Jae-kyung’s face.
If it was Lee Jae-kyung, he could play pranks on him.