While Riley was crumpling his face, Rebethra continued with even more heart broken voice.
“Solia Castle, Solia’s Magic Tower… They have not shown any signs of atonement about the Astroa incident. We can’t just sit idly and watch like this forever.”
Rebethra spoke ill of the Solia’s Castle and the Magic Tower. He opened his arms wide and started to pour out tears.
“Instead of learning the lesson, they got greedy, and now the Magic Tower collapsed, and they have taken away from us our Holy Temple… and the daughter of the Goddess Irenetsa.”
Having heard the speech, Riley narrowed his eyes.
Rebethra was not just trying to stir up the priests and holy knights gathered there. He was trying to get everyone involved, even the other people gathered nearby who were watching him.
“We must not forget Goddess Irenetsa’s teachings… which says we should calm our anger and forgive the sinners. However!”
Rebethra tightened his fist while being in tears. Becoming sympathetic, there were people from the temple who were shedding tears just like him. Riley mumbled vacantly,
“… That runt… What is he trying to do here?”
Rebethra continued.
“They are trying to commit unspeakable sins, and they are committing unspeakable sins. They have abandoned the sense of humanity and moral. Do you think that just sitting idly and watching them be is… truly the wish of Goddess Irenetsa?”
As if people were responding in favor of Rebethra’s words, the holy knights raised their swords and shields, the Holy Temple’s priests raised their staffs, and believers of the Temple raised their hands.
“We can’t just do nothing. Now, we won’t just watch and do nothing either.”
“…”
“I can feel that even Goddess Irenetsa is infuriated. To those who have abandoned their humanity, give them the punishment from the God!”
Rebethra shouted out loud with determination, and the people of the Temple responded with even louder voice in favor.
“Give them the punishment from the God!”
“They have taken away the daughter of the God! Give them the punishment from the God!”
“Give them the punishment from the God!”
“Punish them…”
Rebethra filled people with fury. He slowly turned his body and narrowed his eyes.
‘Now, Priestess… I know you are alive. Are you still going to hide around despite this?’
Behind the building, Riley, who had been in hiding and watching Rebethra smiling, also narrowed his eyes and started to spin his brain.
‘Just what are you scheming?’
* * *
“Mister, behind you!”
“Kuk?!”
Ian’s sword circled around once and cut off the head and two arms of the corpse that was charging at him from the back.
“Guuurrrr.”
It was endless.
Ian had been cutting the corpses again and again, but despite that, Ian and Priesia had been fighting a tough battle.
“Tsk.”
There was a corpse that grabbed on to Ian. It was trying to bit Ian’s arm. Ian used raw strength to push it away. He then twisted his body in a large motion and swung his sword. This time, three corpses rolled on the ground.
“Miss, please.”
Instead of Priestess, Ian called her Miss and turned to look at Priesia who was supporting him from the back.
“Yes.”
Priesia nodded and put forth her hand. She closed her eyes gently, and steady, soft white light exuded from her hand.
“… Guuurrr.”
When her hand started to shine, the corpse that was pushed off by Ian’s monstrous strength and lying on the floor started to exude light.
It was the cleansing light using her holy power. It was something that a priest from the Holy Temple could use, and because the Priestess was the one using it, its power was extra special.
“I finished handling one of them. I’ll handle the next one… Kuk?”
Priesia just finished cleansing one corpse, but she saw a zombie that was charging at her from the front. She quickly changed the direction of her arm and created a barrier. [TL: For the first time, the author actually used the word “zombie.”]
“Kuuurrr. Kuuuaaaa!”
“Mister!”
The zombie that was blocked by the barrier started to scratch and bite the barrier. It was going wild. Priesia furrowed her brows as if this was such a bother. She turned to look at Ian.
“Hup!”
However, Ian was held up in middle of fighting dozens of corpses. The corpses constantly grabbed Ian. He could only shake them off or dodge them.
Actually, if cleansing the corpses was all that needed to be done, they would not have been having such a hard time, and it would not have taken so long either.
The problem was the magic that was being cast by a few corpses wearing robes.
“Ice… Arrow…”