Chapter 251: Knight

Chapter 251: Knight

Happy New Year!!!

When you’re doing one thing, focus on that one thing.

“Okay, let’s get down to business.”

So, I decided to stop preparing for the eventuality of the Moonlight Gate and start dealing with what was right in front of me.

The one I need to work with Stardust to defeat.

I need to kill the Knight of God, who is sleeping underground somewhere in this country.

The Knight of God, an ancient weapon of destruction that comes to be known as the Knight of God (Miles Dei) by Celeste later in the original series.

He’s a great guy, especially since he suddenly wakes up in a world that’s still pretty fucked up after the Moonlight Gate disaster and stays until the end of the original.

So in a nutshell, it’s about destruction now.

“.....”

And like I said, it’s something that only Stardus can do.

With that thought, I made my way to one side of the mansion where I kept a collection of books. A study...it’s too fancy to call it that, it’s just a warehouse of old books.

It is said that books are the food of the mind, but of course they are not collected for that reason. The books here are mostly magical and theological. They’re all in the original texts, but thanks to advanced translation technology – a magical device created by Eun-wol – I can read them all.

Of course, through the original books, I already know the secrets of this world that even Celeste, the world’s highest ranking villain, doesn’t know, but I still need to verify just in case.

So, my conclusion after further confirmation is that this is something that only Stardus can do.

“...It’s not going to be easy.”

I muttered to myself.

Why Stardus was the main character in the original?

She was much weaker than the other S-class heroes while her uncharacteristically strong and good will seemed to be the only thing that set her apart.

Why, in the end, she was the only one to survive the final battle, when every other person with super powers in the world was swept away.

Part of it is because unlike the others, Stardus’ powers have an endlessly growing default value.

Most importantly, the origin of her power was different.

The Moonlight Church and the Final Battle.

In the end, she is the only one who can stop them all.

“The power of the stars...”

I muttered to myself.

Three gods, who created this world and a blessed ability, bestowed by the one who loved humans the most.Vissit novelbin(.)c.om for updates

The best part of Stardus power is that it’s compatible with other powers, that’s all I need to remember. Even Deus Ex Machina, who can turn back time, is a fraud.

That’s why the original Stardust didn’t die after rolling around like that, and why it took her years to finally take on the other villains.

“So...”

That’s why she’s the only one who can defeat this Knight of God.

Of course, if she dealt with him later, after the Moonlight Gate incident, her power would have accumulated and grown stronger, but she would have to deal with him now.

However, thinking about it, I also have this question.

Since I’m actually praying to the same god as Stardust for power, why can’t I deal with this guy myself?

...This is another simple story.

If a vampire is weak to silver, you have to shoot it with a pistol loaded with silver bullets to kill it, not poke it with a silver toothpick.

That means I have no choice.

“Kulk...Oh.”

As I flipped through the tome, I coughed up dust from flipping through the pages.

I’ll have to catch up and organize this place later.

Yeah. Well, it’s better than being against it...

After that, we finalized the plan and sent everyone off to bed early for tomorrow.

Now, I need to make contact.

With that thought, I pulled out my communicator.

...For some reason, I’m starting to feel like I’m in trouble if I don’t call.

***

“Haa....”

Shin Haru’s house at night.

She dried the side of her hair with a towel and walked out wearing only a t-shirt.

...It’s already been almost a week since she met Egostic.

Two of those days were spent in bed with a sore leg, and since then, she has resumed her activities.

She had already gone to imprison three villains due to the never-ending stream of villains, but she had realized something along the way.

‘...I’ve gotten faster, much faster.’

She could feel that it took her less time to get to the scene of a terrorist attack.

So now she was thinking, “What if...What if?”

‘What if... What if... what if... what if... what if... what if... what if... what if... what if... what if... what if... what if... what if...?’

“.....”

‘...This is too self-conscious.’

Shaking her head at the thought, she sighed and sat down on the bed.

And, of course, next to it, in plain sight was the mysterious communicator and earbuds handed to her by Egostic.

She waited for the contact, hoping to find out what the villain was going to do next behind her back.

With no other thoughts in mind, she carried the communicator with her to deal with the evil villain with pure heroism.

...For the record, it’s no secret that while waiting, she got curious and put on the pair of earbuds.

“...When are you going to call me?”

As she muttered while sitting on the bed, she put her hands on the sheets and swung her legs around, looking at the ceiling and thinking.

*Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.*

“Ew, ew, ew...Oops...”

She chewed on her tongue, startled by the sudden loudness of something, and her eyes widened as she brought a hand to her mouth, searching for the source of the noise.

It was the communicator that hadn’t ringed for a while, finally glowing red.

Surprised, she pursed her lips for a moment to clear her voice, then answered it with a humming sound, trying to suppress a smile.

“...Hello?”

[Hello to you too Stardus, it’s Egostic.]

A cheerful voice, as always, came over the comm.

Her heart sank a little as she realized she was in her own room, sitting on her bed, talking to him.

His next words came clearly over the receiver.

[Are you free tomorrow?]

...and the way he asked it so bluntly.

Suddenly, she realized it sounded like a line from a drama she’d watched before, when the male lead would ask his love interest out on a date, and she forgot her prepared response and opened her mouth to say just one word.

“Yeah...”

[Okay, then I’ll see you tomorrow.]

Her next destination was decided just like that.