Chapter 153 (1/2)

Volume 2

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 5 Chapter 4

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*Gashari, gashari* Making that systematic sound, they drew near.

Wearing metal armor on their whole bodies, they were a heavily equipped chivalric order of the Jiol Forest Kingdom. Their outward appearance was similar to the Zadark Kingdom’s Magic Operated Armors, but the inside of their armors wasn’t hollow, and properly had Sylphid within them.

The knight at the head of the heavily equipped chivalric order gave a signal after acknowledging the figures of Vermudol’s group, and made the chivalric order stop.

「……I am assuming from your appearance that you are the King of the Zadark Kingdom, Vermudol-sama, but am I correct in assuming that!」

「Yeah, you’re not wrong.」

After Vermudol answered, the knight at the lead took off their helmet. From within, the face of a beautiful Sylphid woman appeared.

She had a silver bob cut hairstyle, and silver eyes. She had cute looks that seemed mismatched with her solemn armor. After looking closely, she had a smaller build than the other knights.

「We are the Jiol Forest Kingdom’s Heavy Equipment Chivalric Order. I am the commander, Elriol! We have come to receive everyone!」

It seemed that they really came to receive Vermudol’s group, but at the same time, that also caused questions to well up within Vermudol.

First, what was the meaning of the Jiol Forest Kingdom sending out the Heavy Equipment Chivalric Order? The Great Jiol Forest was a forest said to also be a forest of bewilderment. To walk in such a complex and complicated land, light equipment was much more appropriate than heavy equipment.

And then, there was the speed of their coming to receive them. No matter what, their timing was too good, and too fast. They wouldn’t have made it in time unless they departed the castle while Vermudol’s group was within the labyrinth.

To begin with, how did they grasp the whereabouts of Vermudol’s group? Certainly, they were informed that their group would be headed towards the Great Jiol Forest, but how did they deduce this spot of the immense forest?

Even through doing just a light amount of thinking, there were this many questionable points.

As for an answer that could settle all of these questions, there was only one──In other words, an enemy.

He didn’t think that there was someone in the Jiol Forest Kingdom that could tail Vermudol’s group without him noticing, but the possibility of that wasn’t zero.

The instant he realized that, Vermudol placed a hand on the sword on his waist.

Both Sancreed and Nino took similar stances, and if Vermudol were to give the signal, they would immediately spring forward.

But, it was rash to arbitrarily decide that that was the case. To the very end, that was nothing more than a single possibility.

「……Is that so. But why here?」

「Yes. The royal palace priest had received an oracle from the God of Wind Wyrm-sama. According to that, we were told that a Temple Knight serving Wyrm-sama would be accompanying you, Vermudol-sama……」

Hearing that, Nefas was surprised, and his body shook grandly.

That’s right, this meant that they came to receive not Vermudol, but Nefas.

Vermudol’s group had no way of knowing, but the instant Wyrm felt that Nefas would become his own Temple Knight, he gave the news of the birth of a Temple Knight to the priests that worshipped him as an oracle. Of course, the only one to receive that kind of oracle was a priest with a befittingly strong Divine Protection.

The Head Priest at the royal palace was astonished from receiving that.

A Temple Knight of Wind that was personally appointed by the God of Wind Wyrm was similar to being an agent of God. The bunch called the Temple Protection Knights that were numerous in the St. Altlis Kingdom’s Grand Temple of Life couldn’t be compared with him, as he was a genuine knight of a God.

The Head Priest rushed into the king’s room as if tumbling in, and hurriedly reported that to King Sarigan.

And then, King Sarigan stood up from his throne the moment he heard that, and gave the order. To go receive that Temple Knight-dono right away, and to immediately send out the ones who were the most proficient at escorting in order to soundly protect them no matter what happened.

However, at the same time as that Sarigan remembered that the King of the Zadark Kingdom, Demon King Vermudol, should have said that he was headed to the Great Jiol Forest.

The Demon King Vermudol’s exploration of the Great Jiol Forest, and the birth of a Temple Knight of Wind.

The timing for this was too good, and Sarigan was unable to believe that these two events were unrelated.

It was probably only natural to think that someone accompanying the Demon King had become the Temple Knight of Wind. In other words, a Mazoku had become the Temple Knight of Wind……that is how it would turn out to be.

For Sarigan personally, now that his prejudices towards the Mazoku had vanished, it was nothing special even if a Mazoku had become the Temple Knight.

But, for the Jiol Forest Kingdom and the neighboring countries, that wouldn’t be the case.

If a citizen of the Jiol Forest Kingdom became the Temple Knight of Wind, it would have been something joyous for the Jiol Forest Kingdom.

The appearance of the Temple Knight of Wind who could be said to be the agent of the God of Wind Wyrm would become a large strength to nations that worshipped the God of Wind. It was the same theory behind the faith of the God of Life increasing in strength through the appearance of the Hero. Also, looking at it from a military perspective, the Temple Knight of Wind was also extraordinary war potential.

However, in the event that someone of another country were to become the Temple Knight of Wind, this would cause a certain problem.