Chapter 253

Chapter 253

The governments in exile would say, ‘Our good citizens are being tormented by the evil god constellations!’ However, the people in the occupied areas lived surprisingly well on their own.

China and North Korea are prime examples of that.

Videos with people saying things like ‘Huh? Aren’t we eating and living better since the constellation took over? The only issue is that the smell of alcohol has become worse,’ were posted. It got to the point that the governments of other countries banned the videos.

Thus, it became apparent that the countries occupied by constellations were also places where people could actually live. Of course, there were people who wanted to live an easy life by attaching themselves to constellations.

Edward was a perfect example of such people. He was a British nobleman with a bloodline that the collector constellation appreciated! Such nobles had gained the constellation’s favor and established a court to replace the exiled government. A privilege like this was something that the nobles of former times used to enjoy, as it normally never would’ve stood in modern times.

Of course, the situation was quite infuriating for the British people, but... There was no one brave enough to disobey the laws created by a constellation.

However, the nobles also had enemies, namely those who defected overseas! To the British people who had gone into exile abroad, these nobles were seen as traitors who had sided with the evil god constellation.

Some of them even sent death threats. Fortunately, the nobles didn’t have to leave British soil, so they weren’t too worried...

At the moment, Edward couldn’t help being reminded of this fact when he saw the hunters busting through his door.

“Knights... are you from the Knights of the Holy Temple?”

Edward questioned the hunters, and Choi Yeonseung was puzzled. What was with this long name? Was it a clan?

“Who are they?”

“They’re crazy Brits,” replied Whittaker, wondering why Choi Yeonseung hadn’t known about this.

Choi Yeonseung tilted his head. “Are you saying that all British people are crazy? Well... It makes sense, but...”

“What... What are you talking about? That’s not what I meant!” Whittaker got fired up. Above all, it wasn’t good to badmouth British people when they were surrounded by them.

Illeya whispered with a shocked expression, “He discriminates against the British?”

“Yeah. Well, it’s Whittaker, so what do you expect?”

“...”

Whittaker vowed that he would never accompany these two people again.

“Ah. I remember. It was those bastards.”

“Bastards...?”

“That... they kidnapped the president of the United States and tried to bomb the United Kingdom, right?”

“Yes. I learned about it from a textbook.” Illeya nodded and agreed.

The Knights of the Holy Temple was a radical group formed by exiled royal forces and hunters during the British occupation. They only cared about restoring the United Kingdom, and they would do whatever it took to achieve this goal. The worst thing they had done was to kidnap the president of the United States and send a nuclear weapon to the United Kingdom!

“Are you saying I look like such people?” Choi Yeonseung asked in a dumbfounded tone.

Edward replied cautiously, “N... No?”

“Then what nonsense are you saying? We’re just a bunch of good hunters.”

“...”

Edward’s expression contorted as he finally realized who Choi Yeonseung and the other hunters were. They were the bastards that had been recently loitering around!

“You call yourselves good hunters...?! Get lost! What kind of good hunters would barge in someone else’s mansion like that? Don’t think you’re going to get away with entering the country in secrecy! You rat bastards! Get lost before I denounce you to the collector constellation!” Edward spat out.

The other people next to him nodded and glared.

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Whittaker became furious once again. People criticized him a lot, calling him a ‘selfish bastard’, but it was hard to hear such accusations from a bunch of assholes who depended on a constellation. Weren’t they living comfortably under the constellation while the clan hunters were fighting monsters and protecting the citizens?

“Damn. Let’s go.”

Despite his anger, Whittaker put up with it.

This was the United Kingdom, and these people were the constellation’s favorites in their own way. If he accidentally touched the wrong person and a household member came here, things would get nasty.

“Why?” asked Choi Yeonseung in response to Whittaker’s words.

“...Uhm, they’ll report us if we don’t leave, right??”

Whittaker looked at Choi Yeonseung with a confused expression because, to him, it seemed like his suggestion to leave was self-explanatory.

“Whittaker, you’re not getting it. Why leave just because they told us to? We have to persuade them.”

“You think we can persuade them? They’ve been affiliated with the constellation for decades...”

“...”

Edward realized that things were getting serious. Did he really have to go all the way to London with these crazy hunters?? At this rate, wouldn’t they all die?

Edward made one last attempt to reason with them. “Monsters... Didn’t you come to kill them??”

“I will kill monsters, but I have to check various things while here.”

Whittaker, who was next to him, asked as if he didn’t understand, “Isn’t London too dangerous? No matter what, there’s no need to go there...”

“Tsk tsk.” Choi Yeonseung clicked his tongue at Whittaker's ignorance. “Whittaker. You really are clueless. Do you know what I heard before I came here?”

“What did you hear?”

“That there’s a mountain of artifacts in London that’s been piled up by the collector constellation.”

“...!!!!!!”

Whittaker’s eyes widened to the point where they couldn’t get any bigger.

“Do you think I came here just to kill some monsters?”

“W-Was it something like that...?”

Whittaker trembled with apprehension. He hadn’t understood why an A-grade hunter came all the way to the United Kingdom while taking care of all the clan hunters. However, there was a reason. Such a purpose convinced him of the decision to go to London.

“Y-You’ll let me join, right?” Whittaker wondered.

“You’re a bit...”’

“I’m a healer! You’ll need a skilled healer like me, right?”

“You’re irritating.”

“...”

Whittaker was momentarily left speechless by Choi Yeonseung’s transparency, but what was there that he could do? He was arguing with an A-grade hunter...

“I’ll obey your orders unconditionally, so please...”

“Hmm. Okay.”

Bang!

As he was speaking, they suddenly heard the sound of the front door being smashed open. Choi Yeonseung turned his head with a quizzical look.The door had already been broken, so who could’ve done that?

‘What? Is a household member here?’

That wasn’t the case. Heavily armed hunters stood at the main entrance. They were armed with various equipment and heavy weapons. It was easy to mistake them for mercenaries, but Choi Yeonseung could feel a high amount of magic power radiating from them. The power seemed to range from C to B-grade! They could take out an entire military unit with that amount of power.

‘They’re not the Icarus clan hunters?’

“The bastard Edward! Traitor of England! You shall face judgment from your country!”

“Uh... Aaaaack!” It’s the Knights of the Holy Temple!!!!”

Edward now trembled with even more fear than when he had previously been threatened by Choi Yeonseung. He knew that Choi Yeonseung wouldn’t just kill him like that. Meanwhile, the Knight of the Holy Temple were completely out of control and they had no qualms about killing him!

They were fear incarnated!

“Go and grab him! This bastard’s end shall be known to the public. We’ll let people know what happens to traitors... Wait. Aren’t you hunters?”

The Knights of the Holy Temple stopped when they saw that other hunters were already inside. They were so famous that one could recognize them just by seeing their faces. They belonged to the Icarus clan! Things weren’t going as they expected, so their knightly minds were quite perplexed.

Edward exclaimed urgently, “I think you’ve got the wrong idea! I’ve joined forces with these hunters! We’ve actually been cooperating for a long time! I’m a patriot!”

“...??”

Choi Yeonseung stared at Edward with a look of disbelief. Edward gave him a desperate look. Despite not saying anything verbally or through telepathy, Edward managed to get his message across.

-Please speak for me...!

“...Well, yes. He has indeed been working with us for a long time.”

“You’ve been collaborating with the Icarus clan?”

The Knights of the Holy Temple relaxed their glare. Then, one of them spoke in a much softer voice, “I’m sorry about that. I think we misunderstood the situation. We didn’t know what was going on, so we held a grudge against you. Hey, put your tools away.”

“...”

Choi Yeonseung looked at the tools that the knights were putting away and was stunned.

What were those jagged, bloody instruments of torture??