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Settling above the monsters’ heads.
A small gray light.
When the soldiers first saw that light.
They thought only that those things were doing something strange...... or something along those lines.
But soon.
“......Huh?”
They......
Were able to notice that something was wrong.
“That’s.......”
“How should I put it.”
And for good reason.
That gray light that had suddenly appeared.
For some reason.
'It’s familiar.'
It felt far too familiar to them.
“......I am sorry, Jeong Sua.”
And.
Ariella, who had been staring blankly at that light, opened her mouth.
“I do not think I will be able to help your plan.”
“......Pardon?”
As Jeong Sua looked puzzled.
Ariella seemed to realize something.
Swoosh.......
Her body rose into the sky.
And then.
“So.”
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaang!!!
“You must flee as quickly as possible!”
She charged toward the enemy camp.
-Krwoooooooogh......!
And then.
The queen began rampaging in the middle of the enemy camp, eliminating enemies at tremendous speed.
'Flee......?'
Even though she was an existence incomparably stronger than anyone here.
The way she eliminated the enemies was, how to put it.
......So desperate it seemed as if she had to hurry even a little more.
And.
Around the time she began rampaging like that.
Srrrrk.......
The gray light that had appeared over the monsters’ bodies.
That light faded.
And the identity of the small object inside it began to reveal itself.
It was......
A small piece of meat.
A piece of jerky that looked far too ordinary.
Nothing special at all.
......However.
Its effect was anything but ordinary.
The very moment.
That piece of jerky fell onto the monsters’ bodies......
Paaaaaaaaak!!!
From those monsters’ bodies.
A brilliant white radiance burst forth.
***
When the piece of meat touched their bodies.
Light burst from the monsters.
Even though it was clearly light dwelling within the bodies of monsters.
That light was so brilliant.
That it made those who saw it think.
'......Sacred.'
And.
Sacred light drives out impure darkness by nature.
-This light is.......
The red-eyed monsters that had been driving back the enemies until now.
The countless powerful beings who were the kin of that vampire queen.
And had appeared from within the shadows.
-We cannot...... withstand it......!
Because of that light.
They slowly began to be pushed back.
If they had advanced just a little more, they could have rushed into that building.
But the light that suddenly appeared from the enemies’ bodies greatly weakened the vampires’ power.
And that was not all.
At the same time the vampires were weakened by that light, the enemies’ strength was growing grotesquely stronger.
“What the......!”
And.
The soldiers could only widen their eyes in shock at that sight.
Those gathered here were the Legion’s elite soldiers.
Most of them had been together since the Legion’s earliest days.
That was also why they had been able to recognize that vampire queen.
And at the same time.
“That light.”
They could not help feeling familiarity.
Toward the sacred light bursting from those monsters’ bodies.
“That light from back then......!”
In the past.
When they had subjugated that vampire queen.
It had been none other than their own bodies.
That had been giving off that very light!
“What are you doing? Hurry!”
While the soldiers were flustered by that fact.
Ariella looked at that light and shouted.
“Retreat!”
The fact that that light had appeared over there.
Meant only one thing.
And if that fact was true.
“With the force here right now...... you can never win!”
There was no possibility.
That they could win on this battlefield.
“All personnel, retreat!!!”
In accordance with Ariella’s warning.
Corporal Seo Suhyeok and Corporal Jeon Gwangil.
The two corporals gave orders to the soldiers.
“Return to the Legion as quickly as possible!”
The soldiers hurriedly grabbed their weapons.
And though still confused, they turned around at tremendous speed.
And.
“We have to...... tell the Legion about this!”
With all their strength.
They began running back along the path they had come from.
But then, at that moment.
Kuuung!!!
An area they had passed through.
One of the buildings there collapsed entirely.
Krwoooooooooogh!!!
And monsters poured out from inside it.
The soldiers could not help being shocked at that sight.
'Those monsters from earlier weren’t all of them?'
Just how many monsters.
Had they been controlling in this area?
“Do not panic!”
“Think of this as an ordinary retreat operation and break through!”
Their panic lasted only a moment.
Soon, the soldiers began swinging their weapons at those monsters.
If there was one fortunate thing.
“Do not stop!”
It was that the very moment the monsters appeared.
Dense shadows settled beneath their feet.
-Krwoooooo!!!
And kin appearing from within those shadows.
Began charging at those monsters.
'Monsters are helping us.'
There were some monsters the kin could not block completely.
But the monsters that slipped through were not threatening enough to endanger the Legion members.
The soldiers cut down those few monsters and retreated quickly, as quickly as they possibly could.
Even after that.
Kwa-gwa-gwang.......
Several buildings collapsed, and monsters appeared to block their path.
But every time.
-Krwoooooogh......!
The queen’s kin stepped forward.
Blocking them.
Or else.......
“Keep advancing!”
Kuuuuuuung!!!
The queen herself appeared along with enormous tentacles connected from the shadows.
And subdued the monsters in an instant.
'......I don’t know why that queen is helping us.'
The soldiers looked back.
Their rear was also being held by that queen and her kin.
It felt a little unpleasant.
But they could not deny that, right now, that queen’s assistance was an enormous help.
However.
At that exact moment.
Step.......
Then.
Far in the distance.
“Impure things that were not chosen by the system.......”
From the building where those monsters had first burst out.
There were people revealing themselves.
“Even so, I cannot help but acknowledge the merit of your having bought time.”
-Krk......!
Clad in pure-white garments.
Those who appeared among the monsters.
Were priests of the Church.
“Thanks to you, the great undertaking has been completed.”
With those words, they drew their swords.
The old man standing at their front......
The Cardinal of the Church said,
“Now, capturing those unbelievers will be our task.”
Slice—
When the old man’s sword swung, the red-eyed monsters were swept away by that blade.
-Krwoooooooogh!!!
Against the believers’ attacks, the kin also swung their weapons.
Originally, they would have been more than enough to overwhelm those believers.
Even looking only at individual combat power, the kin were in no way inferior to those believers.
But.
Paaaaaaaaak.......
Now was different.
“Ahh, this is......!”
Unlike the battle from only a few hours ago.
Now, sacred radiance was bursting from the believers’ bodies.
“The sacred power...... bestowed upon us by the system!”
Unlike before, when they had merely been wearing white garments.
Now they had pure-white vestments, and sacred radiance as well.
Their current appearance was, without exaggeration, enough to call them soldiers sent by God.
-Krrrk......!
The divine power dwelling in their bodies.
Greatly narrowed the gap between the kin and the believers.
An overwhelming compatibility advantage.
Through that advantage.
The believers drove back the kin and instead began approaching the Legion.
That was not all.
“Over there!”
“The Legion’s unbelievers are there!”
The forces spread throughout the Church’s territory.
Began swarming in from every direction to eliminate the enemies rampaging inside their domain.
But then, at that moment.
Kwaaaaaang!!!
“Kraaaagh......!”
Then.
A group of believers rushing in from afar.
The queen leaped into that group and subdued them in an instant.
'......If that queen had not been here.'
Countless enemies were rushing in from every direction.
The Legion members would already have been surrounded right in the center of the enemy.
Thanks to that queen and her kin pushing away every enemy surging toward them.
Before they knew it.
They had almost reached their destination for escaping the Church.
But...... at that moment.
“......!”
The transcendent powerhouse who had been eliminating enemies at tremendous speed.
The queen...... Ariella’s body came to an abrupt stop.
***
Ariella had been eliminating enemies at tremendous speed.
When her body came to a stop.
The gazes of the retreating soldiers focused on her.
“Your Majesty......?”
Seeing her like that, Jeong Sua spoke anxiously.
“......Jeong Sua. Listen carefully from now on.”
Ariella.
Looked at Jeong Sua and spoke with a bitter smile.
“I shall transfer command of my children to you.”
“......Pardon?”
“Their light is threatening, but even so, the strength of my children’s forces should be superior. So.......”
Srrrrk.......
Her body began melting into the surrounding shadows.
“You must survive and escape no matter what.”
“Your Majesty......!”
And.
Just before Ariella vanished.
“If Your Majesty has to get away, then that means......!”
Jeong Sua.
Hurriedly threw a question at Ariella.
“It is because I was late.”
Before her question could even end.
As if Ariella knew what she had been about to ask.
“It is likely what you are imagining.”
She spoke with an apologetic expression.
Srrrrk.......
With those words as her last.
Ariella’s body disappeared completely into the shadows.
“Ah.......”
And after she vanished.
Even while urgently moving her feet as Ariella had told her to.
“......Aaaah.”
Jeong Sua lowered her head deeply.
Her body trembling, she muttered to herself.
“Those trash.”
Blood flowed from her tightly clenched fist.
Her voice, unable to control its emotion, trembled faintly.
“Those unforgivable thieves......!”
Her face flushed red.
And as a result of her optic nerves bursting from fury.
From the corners of her eyes.
Blood tears flowed.
“He was!”
And.
With a face twisted like that of a demon, she screamed.
“He was our savior......!”
And then.
“That those thieves would dare......!”
Her face was filled.
With indescribable rage.
And bitter grief.
****
Meanwhile.
When the queen suddenly hid herself.
'The queen who was helping us.......'
'Did she run...... away?'
The soldiers who saw that.
Could not help falling into great confusion as well.
'Why?'
The queen they had met again after several years.
That queen’s power was incomparably stronger than when they had seen her before.
If she had attacked them, they would likely have been swept away in an instant.
No matter how powerful those believers had become.
If that queen seriously moved, subduing all of them would be nothing.
And yet she had suddenly gotten away.
'An existence with that much power, why.'
'What was she so afraid of that she ran......?'
Could it be that she had not been trying to help them after all.......
Just as they were thinking that.
“......I see. So she hid herself to avoid meeting me.”
From far away.
A voice suddenly rang out.
“Well. I suppose that would be the best method.”
“.......”
A man walking leisurely from the enemy camp.
Like the other believers.
He was a young man wearing sacred-looking white garments...... and at the same time.
“Shin.......”
“Corporal?”
To the Legion members.
He was a man who could only be far too familiar.
