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Former General Is Undead Knight (Web Novel) - Volume 3, Chapter 51: The Last of Tetomburgh②
Volume 3, Chapter 51: The Last of Tetomburgh②
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After parting ways with Lambert, Alante managed to regroup with Kreuz and the others.
Kreuz had regrouped with his subordinates and the children under their protection. Thus, he was heading toward Kraan, the major city in Viscount Le Gael’s territory.
They left the abandoned building to leave Tetomburgh.
Kreuz, who noticed Alante’s figure first, unsheathed his rapier and pointed toward the latter.
「Y-you!」
His reaction was natural.
With his own eyes, Kreuz saw the battle between Lambert and Charlobe, the leader of alchemy division of 『Angel of Death』.
Moreover, he also heard from his subordinates about Alante’s sudden change of attitude, how he used sinister words, and the method he wielded to kill the opposing sorcerer, Djork, in the cruelest possible way.
His subordinates who noticed Alante’s appearance a beat slower had also unsheathed their weapons with wary looks on their faces as they recalled their peers’ story.
「…」
Alante stopped right before Kreuz.
「I-I… About that…」
The moment Alante saw the look on Kreuz and the other’s faces, he knew the severity of his current situation.
Their expressions were those of disgust and fear.
「YOU GUYS, EVACUATE THE KIDS! SCATTER! SORRY GUYS, IT MIGHT BE HARDER FOR ALL OF US TO SURVIVE! FIVE MINUTES, I’LL BET MY EVERYTHING TO BUY YOU AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES! DON’T EXPECT MORE THAN THAT!」
「K-Kreuz-sama…」
They already fell into a panic upon seeing Alante’s face.
That was just how abnormal Charlobe’s behavior was from their perspective.
Just when Alante was at a loss for words of what he should tell them to explain his situation, someone came forward first.
The one who came forward was a girl who was desperately turning the wheels of her wheelchair. It was Elise.
She quickly passed by Kreuz and went toward Alante.
「…You’re Big Brother, right? You’re Big Brother Alante, right? Not that scary person, right?」
「Elise-chan…」
When Kreuz went in hurry to stop Elise’s wheelchair, beads of tears started coming out from Elise’s eyes.
Kreuz stopped the moment he saw those tears.
「I knew it. As expected… I’m really glad. I always believed you… I always feared him, but I knew that person wasn’t Big Brother…」
At that moment, Kreuz was focused on the interaction between Elise and Alante.
He was split between believing Elise or escaping alongside her.
Alante might look like a frail and nice young man right now, but he was the very same weird sorcerer who could fight on par with the armored swordsman.
His reasoning told him to not trust Alante.
Not only that, but Kreuz hadn’t seen Alante back then when he first met Lambert.
If he made a wrong decision, Alante might kidnap Elise in the next moment and turn him into a mere insect.
Although Kreuz had no idea how long he could buy for his subordinates, he would resist until the bitter end.
But he saw something that surpassed logic in both Elise’s and Alante’s expressions.
What was going to happen to them next? What would become of them?
It revolved around those matters.
That was why his reaction was delayed.
Suddenly, a bright red cross—almost as big as a person—appeared in the air.
The red color made it look like solidified hellfire.
Unexpectedly, right below it was the weakest one amongst them, the innocent and disabled girl Elise.
Alante frowned as he looked up.
He jumped up, running at full speed.
「ELISE-CHAAAAN!」
The cross fell down.
The cross, which accelerated due to gravity, was about to crush the frail girl.
At this rate, the girl’s body would be crushed to pieces with nothing left.
「…Eh?」
The girl then looked up dumbfoundedly upon hearing the sound and heat coming from above her head.
By the time she realized that, the cross was already falling toward her.
Seeing Alante’s expression, she wanted to believe that her misfortune had ended.
She knew that the side effects of the experiments performed on her were eating away her remaining life force.
That was why, despite being a child, she knew that she wouldn’t live for too long.
It was just that she never expected that nightmare would end so soon.
Alante ran toward her, stretching his arms as far as he could.
He managed to push the wheelchair. And just like that, Elise was also thrown out of the wheelchair.
Elise, who fell from her wheelchair, quickly raised her face.
She saw that Alante was right under the falling scorched cross, her position a moment ago. He let out a satisfied yet lonely smile.
「Big bro—」
Elise reached her hand.
But she couldn’t reach him.
To begin with, Alante had been prepared for this moment.
Although his body had been hijacked, Alante wasn’t just a victim.
When he was in control of his body, he was acting as the assistant for the alchemist of 『Angel of Death』.
In the first place, the reason why Charlobe valued Alante so highly was because the latter’s body was most suited for 『Ectoplasm』.
Even as a sorcerer, Alante knew that Charlobe’s sorcery was something that was really dangerous.
In the end, he arrived in this current situation after being unable to explain anything.
He knew that the others wouldn’t trust him as long as he kept that secret from them.
Moreover, despite being threatened, it didn’t change the fact that he did help 『Angel of Death』.
Alante had already expected that his judgment would come.
That was why he felt that dying to protect Elise was something like fate.
His only regret was being unable to take care of Elise after this.
Alante raised his face lightly.
His eyes reflected the figure of a masked man with a church crest engraved on its eyes.
Behind that person was a three-headed giant with six wings and a hole where its face should be, floating in the air without a lower body.
The height of its upper half alone was about five heins (meters).
Seeing that atypical appearance, even Alante—who knew only a bit about summoning—could tell that the creature was a spirit from hell.
Suddenly, a greatsword came flying, striking the metal cross right in its center.
That crash thwarted the cross’ landing point, making it stick in the ground far from Alante and Elise.
Coincidentally, the greatsword was also stuck right beside the cross.
「…Eh.」
A figure appeared before the bewildered Alante and pulled out the greatsword from the ground.
「Get away from this place as fast as you can. Those people are going to dispose of everything before they leave this place, including you guys, the victims of the research institute. You mustn’t stop even for a moment after you leave this city. Even I can’t protect you guys from these people forever.」
「N-no way?! That’s…」
「The only one who can protect that child is you. Choosing to die is just your own self-satisfaction.」
「…」
Alante snapped out and placed Elise in her wheelchair again.
「A-Armored Swordsman, just what in the world is happening…」
Kreuz was completely confused by the situation.
「I can’t buy much time for you guys. Stop dilly-dallying and run.」
「A-are they so strong to the point that not even you are their match, Armored Swordsman?!」
「It’s not about their strength. There are just too many of them.」
After Lambert said this, the windows of the buildings around them exploded.
In the blink of an eye, people wearing headgear and clad in black robes came from all directions.
From the masked one who wore gorgeous-looking attire with special ornaments, it was easy to guess that they were the leader.
In total, there were 13 of them.
「『Inquisition Squad』! They are here to erase Tetomburgh from the map!」
They were the worst and also the strongest squad in the kingdom.
Even if the other party was still part of the kingdom army, they were not the kind of people who would compromise.
「RUN NOW! EVEN I CAN’T STOP ALL OF THEM!」
Lambert shouted at them.
Kreuz had no time to doubt Alante anymore.
「Sorry, Armored Swordsman! I’ll repay this debt of gratitude someday!」
With his back facing Kreuz and the others, Lambert readied his greatsword.
「…Sure enough, stopping sorcerers who use hexes and have ventured into the taboo is tough. I’m very much aware of that fact. But the way you fellas do things is against my raison d’etre. My answer remains the same.」
The sorcerers of 『Inquisition Squad』 remained unmoved.
They raised their vigilance toward Lambert, who could repel a blazing lump of metal with his greatsword.
「The reason you guys hunted them down should be to protect the citizens. You all, who forget about your raison d’etre, are nothing more than cancerous substances. Come on, give me your best shot.」
As if they had arranged it beforehand, the sorcerers moved at once toward Lambert.
A giant, three-headed spirit raised its arms.
…Sending down a scorched cross right toward Lambert’s head.
