CH 119

I ended up wincing at Hermann’s words but I maintained a calm attitude outside. Fortunately, he didn’t seem to notice my unrest. 

‘That means I can’t use warp to get out of the temple.’ 

Well then, I could just run fast. I thought easily and briefly nodded my head. 

I didn’t know if there would be any boundary magic on the whole mountain so I just needed to get out of the temple. 

“Stop–!”

Crunch, bang! 

When I pulled out the sword without thinking and hugged it to myself, the statue’s really red eyes flashed. 

‘Why doesn’t it look like a god’s guardian but a total demon?’ 

My jaw dropped in astonishment at the sight of the horrendous statue. 

“Anissa!”

Ignoring Hermann’s cry, I bent down to avoid the shaking of the head of the horrendous statue with the whites of its eyes turned upside down. 

I hurried to run opposite Hermann’s side as the statue stamped its foot on the ground with a loud sound.

Crunch, crunch. 

Due to its large size, as the statue moved and swung its huge arms, the temple pillars that it collided with slowly began to collapse. 

‘Is it okay for that to destroy everything even though it's a guardian?’

It looked like the temple was going to collapse because of the statue, not because of me. But somehow, I couldn’t read any intentions from it to ‘protect’ the temple. 

I jumped and turned around to avoid the debris of falling marble shards. 

“I warned you that I didn’t want you to get hurt.” 

I thought there was a shadow that would fall behind me, but it was Hermann who had followed me and grabbed my shoulders. I quickly leaned over and thrust the dagger in the direction of his shoulder. 

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It was a weapon I had brought just in case, but Hermann, who avoided it, opened his eyes wide in surprise. I stared straight into his eyes, as blue as the summer sky, and replied, “I also told you, I was thinking the same.” 

Since the bottom floor of the temple has collapsed, it became easier to move the roots of the purification trees. I tied a root around Hermann’s ankle.

“Don’t follow me. You’ll get hurt.”

“Do you dare think I’m going to let you pass Hera’s holy relic to those Lagrange bastards?!”

I frowned at Herman’s old-fashioned remarks as if he were a precocious child. 

‘The relics belong to no one and yet who was it who asked for the necklace to be returned?’

“I’m sorry.” 

When he came to his senses, he cut the purification tree and raised himself up. 

“I hope you won’t be greatly hurt.” 

Flames flew from Hermann’s palm. As he ignited the roots scattered around me, the purification tree connected to me began to burn to black in an instant. 

‘He must have noticed that the tree catches fire easily.’ 

When I stepped back due to the rising smoke heating up my cheeks, he stretched out his hand toward me. At that moment, the flames of yellow sparks were about to hit my face. 

“Get down.”

Bang!

I thought the light was flickering but soon black darkness covered my vision. I lifted my head in surprise at the large hand covering my head. 

I was used to the mint scent that spreads out. 

I grabbed that hand as I sniffed. 

“Dietrich?”

“Yeah.” 

My worries preceded the joy that I felt over the welcomed reply that would certainly come. There was no other place that corrodes his power as much as the temple of the sun god. 

“How did you come here?! What on earth are you thinking!” 

He knew exactly what Mount Limeria was to him that I wanted to ask if he was in his right mind. 

Dietrich indifferently glanced down at my face which was distorted in shock. It must have been impossible to use warp because of the boundary magic, and his hair stuck on his sweaty forehead was soaking wet. 

“I could say the same to you.”

He puts down the robe he swung to stop the flames. 

Flap.

The sound of the wind blew through the silent temple. 

“What the hell were you thinking putting me to sleep? Did you think if you leave a note like that everything will be all right?” 

The quiet question asked through gritted teeth sounded like a trap placed in my ears. 

“If you’re going to lose your mind, then at least lose it at home.” 

‘He’s angry.’ 

I could feel the tremendous anger in that short question even though he hadn’t raised his voice. 

He was a million times scarier than Hermann standing in the distance. I winced and grabbed his wrist in a soothing gesture. 

“I was in a hurry, that’s why. I’m sorry if I surprised you.”

“I told you not to be fret on your own.”

“I already told you. We need the holy relic–! Kyaa!” 

In an instant, sparks flew in the air as if to interrupt my words. 

“Dietrich Lagrange! Let her go!” 

Hermann, who has clearly misunderstood something, alternately looked between Dietrich and me, who was holding his wrist. 

“I said let go!”

Hermann pulled out his sword and rushed in with his face turning red. 

The sound of metal hitting metal intertwined with the sound of the temple’s collapse. 

I looked up at the half-broken ceiling and the marble shards falling down, grazing my cheek. 

‘They can’t fight here.’ 

Hermann, who had injured his arm, was aiming his sword on par with Dietrich. 

‘If it wasn’t a sanctuary, it would have been finished in three.’ 

I stepped forward, terrified by Dietrich’s shadow which was getting dim little by little, but he pushed me away with his free hand that wasn’t holding a sword. 

“Get out of the way. Don’t step out.”

I was frustrated by his firm words that I screamed. 

“You get out of the way! You can’t even breathe properly right now, how dare you come here, really!” 

I couldn’t see Baal. 

‘He can’t summon him because this is a sanctuary.’ 

Blood dripped from where I bit my lip, but I didn’t even think about wiping it off and just grabbed his arm. 

It was a situation where the other side had already used his ability, lighting his sword with fire that burns, but this side was the same as hitting that power with his bare body. 

“Why do you think I am here in the first place! I came! Alone! If you came you would have been in danger so I came alone!!!” 

Dietrich stared at me, who was throwing a tantrum on my own, and raised his hand. 

Ha, he smiled briefly as if finding it ridiculous and rubbed my lips clean. 

“I don’t know if you’re worried about me, or you’re looking down on me.” 

Dietrich found fault in me as he stopped Hermann from coming at me. 

“Of course, I’m worried about you, you should get lost!” 

I turned my head and grabbed Hermann’s ankle with the purification tree and threw him away since it didn’t look like he would listen to me if I stopped him. 

Hermann, who fell behind with a thud, gritted his teeth and glared at us. 

“She said get lost. You should listen.”

“Don’t make me laugh! Don’t you know that this is the sanctuary of Limeria? Knights!” 

The knights of Euclid, who had been wavering at the collapse of the temple, rushed in at Hermann’s words. 

“The Duke is in danger. Everyone raise your swords!”

They all rushed at Dietrich filled with strange enthusiasm. 

‘These cowards!’

They were surprised for a moment at the purification trees I raised but they were all burned to the ground by Hermann. 

‘Are they coming all at once again?!’ 

As it was in the capital, I didn’t know why they like to group together in a one-on-one situation like this. They were a shameful family of no comparison. 

‘People said that they were a family that contributed to the founding of the empire and were nobles who knew honor. So much about honor. ’ 

I hate it to death. 

The only comforting thing was that Dietrich wasn’t pushed back no matter even if its a situation where he couldn’t properly control his body let alone use his shadow ability. 

As the darkness wasn’t deep in the sanctuary, his movements were limited, but it was not obvious at all from the outside. 

‘Though if you look closely, you can see that he’s trying to breathe lightly.’

It was terrifying in a great sense. Without the singularity of the holy relics, Hermann wouldn’t have been able to defeat Dietrich at any cost. 

“Uh, ugh!”

“Damn it! This ruthless demon!” 

Dietrich advanced on Hermann, cutting the arms of the knights as if they were radish. Even though they knew they were no match, the knights formed a circle around Hermann as if they would protect him. 

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“No, protect His Grace! Defeat the demon!”

“Annoying little bastards.” 

Dietrich chucked one of the rushing Knights out of the temple with a click of his tongue. 

‘Serves you right. Who exactly is the demon here?’ 

While admiring him throwing a strong young man as if he was just a pebble, I stamped my feet at his fading aura. 

‘He won’t hold out for long.’

As I had expected, Dietrich, who was standing in front of Hermann, was out of breath. 

“Ha! You must be tired of just dealing with the knights! Is it because you’re also human?”

“Shut your mouth, cockscomb.”

“What?!” 

Recognizing that he was making a sarcastic remark about the color of his hair, Hermann grabbed his sword. 

‘To defeat Hermann in that state, the only choice is to darken the holy sword.’ 

I hurriedly began to concentrate as I hugged the holy sword. 

“Stop that.” 

Dietrich turned around as if he knew, and stared at me. Taking advantage of that gap, Hermann cowardly came rushing in with his sword. 

“Don’t worry about me and just look in front of you!” 

Even small ornaments take several days, so when I tried to darken the holy sword, I felt dizzy at the feeling of all the blood being drained from my body. 

‘I was going to do it little by little at home!’

The tip of my chin trembled at the rapid use of my ability. In the end, I lost my grip on the half-darkened sword and fell forward. 

“I told you not to do it.” 

Fishy blood burst from my mouth, but I crawled and grabbed the holy sword. However, Dietrich, who approached me again, stopped me. 

“It’s really nothing to get sick for a few days. Let go.” 

“It’s a big deal for me.” 

He answered brusquely and grabbed my hand as if to get the sword off. When I squeezed the hand holding unto the handle, I frowned. 

“I’m telling you that I hate it. So let go of the sword.”