Night of the Soulless Heathens – 315



#315. Sectarian Dispute 5

Although he said it was unintentional it is heartbreaking that such great damage was caused by his own mistake.

And I had to retrieve the Wendigo’s dagger but it ended up in Triodana’s hands.

‘There’s no way I’ll give it to you if you ask me to. If I say that I’m the original owner then I’ll be admitting that I used the magic to find weapons and then I might be held responsible for destroying this city.’

Even if it was unintentional if there was this much property damage and loss of life I would be worthy of being hanged.

As Azadin watched the scene silently applause was heard.

People were clapping and cheering.

Many were impressed by the sight of Triodana spreading her angel wings and subduing this great evil in one breath.

“Oh! My dear angel!”

“The great angel saved us!”

“Long live the Old Rescue Knights! Long live the Holy Trinity!”

People were enthusiastic and praising the superhuman being who saved them.

Azadin felt sick at the sight.

‘He’s a character who was reincarnated while destroying the statue of an angel. Those who don’t know the inside story can’t help but worship him. Huh?’

Azadin absentmindedly stuck out his finger.

Something pure white fell from the sky and touched Azadin’s fingertips. It soon melted into droplets and soaked into Azadin’s gloves.

“……”

It was snowing.

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It was impossible for it to snow in St. Mallory.

Of course it is impossible for the sea to freeze over.

Could it be because the temperature suddenly dropped? Snowflakes were falling lightly from the sky.

Triodana who had retrieved the Wendigo Dagger realized that this was no ordinary item but a relic of a Netherworld reaper. He waved the Wendigo Dagger in the air picked it up and walked towards Azadin.

“Sir Azadin I told you to stop clearly didn’t I? Couldn’t you have heard? Of course you ran because of the situation but why didn’t you stop for a moment to talk to me? And how did you know about the strangeness from that distance?”

“It’s hard to explain because it’s a unique feeling of the messenger clan. So can I go and see this?”

Azadin made this excuse to Triodana who was questioning him.

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“No. We can’t just let someone who has done such great work go. The Wisdom Order would like to invite you specially. We won’t give you a cheap inn but a proper room in the chapter. You will rest there with your companions and answer our simple survey. Don’t worry. We won’t do anything rude. Rather we will praise you for your efforts. How could you defeat such a monster so easily? You must be from the Herald Clan. With that level of skill you should be able to deal with the monsters in the underpass easily right?”

“Hmm I don’t know if you’re doubting me or praising me right now. Can you tell me one thing?”

“…Lord Azadin. I am speaking for you now. In fact I was half-hearted before I saw you but now I feel certain that you are the culprit.”

“Is this an acceptable statement to get angry about?”

“Don’t misunderstand. I’m not angry at you even though you were the one who sneaked into the underground passage and stole valuable items from the Wisdom Order. Rather I admire you for being such a hero with such spirit.”

Of course that doesn’t mean I can say that it was me.

Even if Triodana was impressed by Azadin or something it was a serious crime to infiltrate the Wisdom Order and steal things. Since they cannot reveal to the world that they are grinding up the statue of an angel and extracting its blood they will try to eliminate him without a proper trial.

“Don’t take people for fools and accept my invitation. I don’t want to harm someone like you Lord Azadin. There will be a chance for us to work together. I’m sure of it!”

Triodana glared at Azadin with a subtle threat.

Azadin also faced Triodana while holding the Qing executioner.

The snow that had started to fall from the sky fell between Azadin and Triodana but was scattered by the hot wind that had just come.

“This isn’t called cooperation.”

But then a bird flew between Azadin and Triodana.

“hmm?”

“This is.”

It was a western district.

An enchanted messenger was flying in from the sea.

At first one but then several passed between Azadin and Triodana and headed towards the Western Tower.

The regular ferry services operated by the large trading companies were always accompanied by enchanted carrier pigeons and these carrier pigeons had flown in all at once and had now finally arrived at St. Mallory.

It was clear that something had happened to the ships.

and….

“Okay everyone stop!”

A single dwarf wearing the mantle of the Knights of the Salvation Order stood between Azadin and Triodana. He had pure white hair but his beard was as red as blood. He was clearly a Tercio regiment famous for their tactics of using a single pike a harpoon and a musket.

Triodana recognized him and clicked his tongue.

“Sir Gareth?”

It was Sir Gareth of the Knights of Courage one of the three factions of the Knights of Salvation.

Not only that his Tercio Brigade came rushing in.

“Sir Triodana. And Sir Azadin. I don’t know what happened but you are heroes who protected the docks. And these docks are under the jurisdiction of our knights of courage. I would like to hear a report on what happened.”

“…Then I will return to the Knights of Wisdom.”

Unlike Azadin Triodana who was clearly a member of the Knights of Wisdom had the right to refuse the Knights of Courage’s request for investigation.

Azadin on the other hand had no such authority.

“That is so. Then Sir Azadin will you accept my invitation? You have friends too.”

Sir Gareth winked at Azadin and asked “Does this mean that they have secured the new recruits of Scott and Xebec from Azadin’s party?” It could be a bluff but Azadin could tell that the dwarf was not bluffing at all.

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When Azadin was led out by Sir Gareth the Knights of Courage had already secured Xebec and Scott.

Seated in a sturdy carriage were Zebeck and Scott while the Tercio regiment armed with lances and muskets stood waiting.

“What is this?”

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“The Wisdom Order and the Mercy Order think we are idiots but we are not fools Sir Azadin.”

Gareth said so and took out a small scroll.

It was the scroll of the previous life that Azadin had acquired.

It seemed that he had searched through Azadin’s luggage and found the scroll of his previous life.

“….”

“Fighting Tercio is foolish Captain.”

Zibek was silent and Scott made excuses.

Tercios who use matchlock volleys and polearms boast firepower that is incomparable to that of other units once they gather in groups.

Even if they were the world’s greatest swordsman and the most powerful magician they should not have created that situation in the first place but these Knights of Courage quickly dispatched Tercio troops to surround the inn where Azadin and his party were and secured the new soldiers of Zibek and Scott.

“Don’t worry. Even if I say that you still won’t be able to feel safe right? All I can say is trust me. We’re not trying to harm you. Rather we’re asking for your cooperation.”

Meanwhile the snow has now completely melted and turned into rain.

Azadin looked out the window while riding in the carriage.

The sea became rough as rain fell and waves crashed. A terrible noise echoed from the sea as chunks of melted and broken ice crashed into each other.

“Well let me hear your story Sir Gareth. What do you want to say?”

“Come to the Order of Courage Sir Azadin and I will protect you.”

“Are you talking about protection?”

“We will tell you that you searched the underpass under our command. The Wisdom Sect will not be able to persecute you. In addition we will be able to reveal the conspiracy of the Northern Qi to the world and investigate it.”

“Hmm. That’s surprising. How did you know?”

Azadin questioned the Courage Society’s proposal impressed by it.

Until now the Order of Courage seemed to be sitting still without doing much but they arrested Azadin and his group with a bold decision that made even the Order of Mercy and the Order of Wisdom stick out their tongues.

Moreover they not only accepted Azadin into their organization but also offered to protect him. It was a bold decision even if it was bold.

I am curious as to how such a drastic decision was made and how the information was obtained.

“I heard it from Lord Jecht.”

Azadin clicked his tongue at those words.

“Were you in alliance with the King’s Church?”

“To be exact the Shadow Knights of the King’s Church.”

“….”

For a moment a curse almost came out of Azadin’s mouth asking if he was crazy.

The Shadow Knights of the King’s Church were a secret organization raised by the King’s Church’s Inquisitors and they were an organization that did dirty work that could not be made public such as digging up the weaknesses of the Knights Templar.

A place like that and the Courage Church joining hands?

Even if the assassins the Merciful Order joined hands it would be considered dirty but the orthodox military group the Courage Order?

“As you know Sir Azadin the place with the largest number of illegitimate children of the Yaegas royal family is the Cult of Courage.”

Sir Gareth gave a concise and concise explanation of why the Order of Courage had joined forces with the Shadow Knights.

The majority of members of the King’s Church and the Knights Templar are children of noble families who were ordained to the priesthood in order to settle their inheritance rights.

The Church taught them that now that they were knights or priests they should abandon worldly aspirations and devote themselves to the cause but they all knew that this teaching was nothing but a deception.

Why do some people inherit the family line and live as they please while others are forced to give up worldly desires?

Those who were forced to become priests or knights were condemned for even simple acts such as accumulating wealth falling in love and having children.

Of course most people accepted that desire despite the criticism but it was still socially condemned.

Why should they do something that is allowed even to the peasants? Because the church has great power? Of course but even so they are criticized because this aristocratic society needs a scapegoat to maintain the system of inheritance rights. They were forced to live as priests which they did not want to do by being confined to the church and denied the pursuit of their desires without being able to divide the lands of the aristocrats’ inheritance rights and the feudal lords.

Such resentment was shared by the King’s Church and the Knights Templar.

Just as the Wisdom Order was connected to the Northern Qi the Courage Order was connected to the Jecht and in fact this bond was not formed in a day or two.

“It’s amazing. Honestly I’m impressed.”

The saying that a capable bird hides its talons? The Church of Courage was known to be the most backward in such conspiracies and political schemes but the Church of Courage was actually connected to the King’s Church’s heretic inquisitor Jecht and had never let it out but had remained benevolent until now.