CH 66

Chapter 66 God of death(2)

Translator: BaeBae Editor: BaeBae

Juan’s face swiftly turned. Nigrato, no Lars was blankly staring down at Juan.

[What are you doing there, your highness? Where are the other knights? I……]

“Lars! Do not look anywhere else! Look only at me!”

Lars was looking at his arms and legs, and the wreckage around him. Then finally, Lars turned to look at the knife that Juan had inserted into his chest.

[I see, your highness.]

“Don’t blame yourself for this. Lars. You’re…..”

[Your highness has again killed everyone, as you’ve always done.]

Juan paused.

For more,

Anya stretched out her hand and placed it over the left side of Sina’s face. Along with a sizzling sound, smoke rose from beneath Anya’s hand. Sina freaked out and abruptly slapped Anya’s hand away.

“What are you…….Is your hand alright?”

Without a change of expression, Anya looked into her palm.

“The emperor’s dog.”

Sina flinched. She was referring to the mark above her left eye. Anya continued her gaze before finally opening her mouth.

“If you’re the emperor’s dog, instead of jumping into the fire alongside the owner, shouldn’t you be thinking what you can do to help?”

Sina had an expression on her face as if she’d been knocked in the head. What she can do to help…… If she went into the darkness, she wouldn’t be doing much but only increase the number of undeads by one.

Not being a paladin, there really wasn’t much that she could do. Just as she was resigning herself to her uselessness, one thought popped into her head.

She could bark.

Sina turned her body and immediately rushed towards Bishop Rieto. She grabbed and shook Bishop Rieto who was still lying down lifeless.

“Rieto! Bishop Rieto nim! Wake up!”

“……..When the day comes, the emperor will return with the army of the earth…….”

Rieto was quietly mumbling a prayer. Seeing Sina’s abrasive acts, Camille tried to stop her.

But Sina grabbed Rieto up by his collar and shouted out loud.

“If a bastard like you is the emperor’s servant, then you should know that right now isn’t the time to be dazing off!”

At this moment, a spark of flames bursted from Sina’s left eye. The small spark of fire flickered on top of Rieto’s face.

Everyone in the area stood up as if they’d been shocked. When Sina had shouted, the voice had belonged to a being beyond their realm. They’d heard it once before so they were confident who it belonged to.

It was the emperor’s voice.

Bishop Rieto’s pupil refocused. With eyes wide, his face contained an expression of unbelief as he looked at Sina.

Not realising what she’d done, Sina went up to Bishop once more.

“I said wake up. Bishop Rieto!”

“The voice…….just now……..”

“Right now, the emperor’s biggest enemy isn’t humans but evil beings. They are trying to return. We need the power of the emperor, now more than ever! Rieto!”

Unlike before, Bishop Rieto couldn’t feel the emperor’s presence in Sina’s voice. However, his volition had more than been recognised.

Rieto looked at Sina’s left eye that was burning. He had twice heard the emperor’s voice that he’d not expected to hear in his lifetime.

Bishop Rieto felt he was closer to the emperor now more than he’d ever been in the past.

“Todays the day.”

Rieto stood up from the spot.

Camille tried to help him up, but Rieto brushed her hand away and powerfully strided forward.

Rieto, who was now facing the darkness in front of him, looked towards the small ray of flames flickering inside like a lighthouse.

Same colour as the colour burning from Sina’s eye, but gradually fading.

Rieto tried to grab his rosary but felt nothing. He remembered how previously, Juan had smashed it into pieces. However, he could still perform a miracle without it.

“Brighter than the sun, burning hotter than a smelting furnace, our emperor, Kenosis……..”

Rieto’s prayer wasn’t fast but it was overflowing with conviction. Right now, Rieto could feel for some reason that he wasn’t off to his split mind. No, he was smartly praying in one single voice.

And in this new unity he found, lights started to form into a group above the dark sky.

“Here lies a servant that needs your merciful power……”

Sweat began to appear on Rieto’s forehead. The prayer he was reciting was far more burdensome and dangerous than the prayer he had tried to make to bring Mananen Maclir’s beast. It went against the principles that he’d lived by.

But Rieto strangely felt he was acting like a Bishop more than he’d ever had in his life.

“To your soldier, to your land, please grace us with your strength.”