Night of the Soulless Heathens – 251



#251. The Knights’ Secret Weapon 5

“Ugh!”

As Izmila flapped her wings shockwaves spread out in all directions tearing apart the shadow tentacles that wrapped around her body.

“Holy fire!”

A large halo of light appeared above Izmila’s head and a spear of flame appeared from the center of the halo.

As Izmila took a stance to throw her spear the spear flew by itself and struck the doppelganger who had just cast shadow magic.

And at that moment a pillar of fire rose from the ground as if it were a burning instantly burning the doppelganger.

With a terrible scream one of the doppelgangers was incinerated and smaller spears of flame shot out from the pillar of fire striking the shadow tentacles holding the investigators in place.

As the shadow tentacles burned and died down the investigators came to their senses.

“shit!”

The doppelganger sensing that things were going wrong inflated its body to a gigantic size and rushed at me swinging its halberd like a poker.

However Izmilla’s ceramite longsword burst into flames and cut the doppelganger’s waist and the light that exploded from its wings burned both the severed upper and lower body at the same time.

Like rats that have encountered their natural enemy the doppelgangers fell before Izmilla’s power without much resistance.

Doppelgangers usually possessed powerful powers and evil magic that would overwhelm humans but all of this was useless against Izmilla’s holy power.

“Yes that’s right…..”

“The power of Celestial…..”

The investigators were already aware that Izmilla was a Celestial yet they were amazed by her immense power and divine holy appearance.

This is the hope of the Knights Templar.

It was at that very moment that everyone was inspired by Izmila’s strength and abilities.

“It was a fun show!”

Suddenly arrows flew from all directions.

Surprisingly arrows flew through the alley turning left right and then straight aiming at Izmila from three directions at the same time.

Izmila thoughtlessly used the Holy Shield spell to block the flying arrows.

A transparent barrier of power surrounded her blocking the incoming arrows.

So far so good.

however….

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‘Huh? An amulet?’

An amulet was seen wrapped around the shaft of the arrow.

The shield magic was transparent so I could see the arrows.

At that moment the letters on the talisman began to glow and exploded all at once.

“Whoa!”

A dazzling spark engulfed Izmila.

Izmila’s body had tremendous magical resistance and she pushed the electric sparks away from her body. It was as if a transparent barrier of power was rejecting the magic itself. Nevertheless the lightning that tore through the shield struck Izmila.

Izmila’s body swayed and she lost her balance for a moment.

She lost consciousness for a very brief moment.

“Good!”

While the investigation team was panicking a group of people jumped down from the market building.

“uh!?”

“Hey you guys?!”

“Could it be the messenger clan?!”

The investigators were terrified at the sight of these people wearing masks and holding bows.

I finally defeated the doppelganger but suddenly there are the messenger clan?!

Could it be that these people and their doppelgangers are in cahoots?

“The messenger clan…”

“Well let’s say that. We’ll take this girl.”

They kidnapped Izmila while mocking the helpless investigators.

A horse came out of the alley.

They mounted their prepared horses and spurred them on.

“no!”

“Sir Izmila!”

The bewildered investigators hurriedly chased after them. Those mounted on horses pulled their bowstrings without even looking back and shot them straight away.

“uh?!”

The investigators were shocked as they saw the arrows flying towards their faces.

‘It looks like it could definitely be shot with a sword but why is the arrow so crooked?’

The investigator struck the arrow with his sword. At that moment the tremendous power contained in the arrow wrapped around his sword and aimed straight for the Adam’s Apple.

It was not an arrow but a living poisonous snake.

-Thump!

But then a hand shot out from behind the investigator and grabbed the arrow.

Like the hand of a groundsman subduing the neck of a viper the hand caught the crooked arrow killed its power and stuck it into the ground.

“Hmm.”

It was Azadin who arrived late because of the crowd.

In fact it did not arrive late.

Azadin watched them from a suitable distance. He just had to prevent the investigation team from dying.

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‘I left them to be kidnapped and tried to track them down with Arael’s voice to find the enemy’s den. But I couldn’t leave them to die.’

“Thank you very much.”

“But you?”

“My name is Azadin Hospitaler-Erant. I need you to identify and kill the doppelgangers so that I can rescue Sir Izmilla!”

Azadin said so and ran forward.

‘Hmm. What should we do? It would have been better to just let them kidnap us figure out their intentions and then chase them down…’

However those who had just shot the arrows were from the northern Aragats especially the tenth commander Zan who was an attendant of Prince Kalintz the son of the Northern Emperor.

‘And that Prince Calintz I just met him. I wondered why he attacked the pilgrims and why the Knights treated Sir Izmilla so specially but it turns out there was a reason for it.’

Azadin in order to conserve his strength as much as possible sent Arael’s voice to pursue those who had kidnapped Sir Ismilla.

‘If you use magic your body will become excited as if it has a fever. Instead of using magic to track them why don’t you try tracking them steadily? You can also find out the size of the enemies and their hideouts.’

But then Arael’s voice which Azadin had placed in the sky discovered the smoke.

A fire was burning in the Van Dyke store.

‘Oh no… What is going on? This is?’

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Bernard a blood wizard who headed to the Vandyke Company took charge of negotiations with the company.

This was probably because it would be more detailed for the person who had to use the item directly to conduct the transaction.

A fractional distillation device made of breakable glass. A precision bellows that can precisely control the temperature. Equipment that prevents gunpowder from exploding when ground or saves lives when it does explode was being sold at an incredibly high price.

however….

“It’s Fort Vermillion. Isn’t the commander of the fortress there by the name of Azadin a member of the Herald Clan?”

A young woman who appeared to be the manager of Van Dyke’s Company approached Azadin accompanied by bodyguards and showed interest in him.

“Yes he is our captain.”

“I see. The Knights Templar are truly impartial and fair. Or did he offer something special?”

“No that’s not true. I just know that he has served the Knights in various ways and that the Knights have acknowledged him. But when can I expect to receive the goods?”

“If you place an order with a dwarf you will have to wait at least two weeks. I have to be careful to ship it so that it doesn’t break.”

“Then please ship it in two weeks. I will pay you when the item arrives in its entirety.”

“I need to collect a deposit to place an order with a dwarf.”

“Here it is.”

Bernard gave the deposit he asked for without much bargaining. Camilla was surprised at Bernard’s attitude of giving up the money so readily.

“What are you doing? You don’t even bother to haggle over the price it’s quite expensive. Are you enjoying the feeling of being rich with public funds?”

“Let’s go out together first.”

Bernard gave his colleagues a look and tried to leave the company building.

But the gatekeepers of the store coughed in vain and blocked the door.

“Sir we need something from you…”

“Cheer up. Countach.”

“Huh? Sister?”

“Hit!”

At Camilla’s command Countach without hesitation grabbed the brass knuckles in both fists and punched the gatekeeper.

-Pfft!

The gatekeeper’s head was smashed with a terrible noise.

No it seemed like that was the case.

The gatekeeper’s body slides and his body flashes silver.

The other gatekeeper who had not been hit by Countach’s fist also held his club with shining silver eyes.

“We need to see you.”

The doppelgangers revealed their true colors.

As the guards of the Chamber of Commerce swung their clubs Countach immediately struck them back with his brass knuckles.

“Wow! A half-orc indeed. How powerful.”

The doppelganger dropped the club from his hand and looked flustered.

Then Camilla stepped on the decoration on the wall jumped over her doppelganger and stabbed him in the back with her sword.

The doppelganger’s body twisted and dodged her sword but when Countach swung a large hook the doppelganger was unable to dodge and was hit by it.

The two siblings struck the doppelganger from the front and back with their swords and fists simultaneously killing the doppelganger.

but….

-Pfft!

The chain fell to the floor with a dull thud.

An arrow was embedded in Countach’s body.

The Countach was wearing chainmail and the chain broke and the links fell to the ground rolling around in a heap.

“Okay everyone stop. Do you want to get out?”

The female manager was holding the messenger’s bow and aiming at them with arrows.

“Countach!”

“Ugh… Sister sister. It hurts!”

“You must have heard the rumors. Well he must be Azadin’s subordinate so it’s not a matter of rumors. Our Aragasa’s arrows never miss their target. Even now he’s trying to pierce your head but he’s still alive because you guys are needed.”

“Ugh…..”

“Okay then…..”

The female manager gave instructions to her subordinates with her chin as if she was confident of her victory.

Then the doppelgangers approached.

“I will send the doppelgangers that have taken your appearance to Azadin. I will watch over him and if necessary capture him and make him pay for betraying our clan! Don’t worry. I want nothing more from you than your appearance.”

however….

“Hmm. The arrows of the messenger clan hit every target. Then how about this?”

As Bernard snapped his fingers the lights inside the building began to go out. The commercial building was completely sealed off from the outside light so it became dark in an instant.

“This guy!?”

The manager panicked and fired an arrow at Bernard. It was suddenly dark and she couldn’t see her surroundings but she fired an arrow at where Bernard was.

But Bernard had also anticipated such an attack. A silvery liquid stretched out around him and blocked the arrows.

It was the blood of the doppelganger that Countach and Camilla had just cut down. By controlling the doppelganger’s blood and flesh he was able to block the arrows flying towards him.

“Let’s go together. Kolok…..”

Bernard’s voice echoed from several places. He used magic to make sounds here and there so that no one could guess his location by his voice.

‘What the hell. This guy is quite the wizard. Why is there a guy like this in this remote place?’

The manager was taken aback by the unexpected turn of events and tried to recite a spell to bring light.

But if you light the fire now Bernard’s magic might come flying at that moment.

‘Doppelgangers may be able to see through the darkness but…’

She couldn’t completely trust her doppelganger subordinates.