The Wise Man Betrayed?

　Dorothea-Zamuelus raised her eyes.

'You've got to be kidding me!　It's disgusting to even mention the worst traitor in the history of our 'Sanctuary Church', that guy!　Two hundred years ago in the 'War of the Eight Kings', the 'Sanctuary Church' was supposed to make all the kings into puppets. And that wise man...
'I've heard the name of that wise man, sir?
"....Lyle-Carmine it is said...

　Glaring at me, Dorothea-Zamuelus said.

　I knew it.
I had a bad premonition when I heard about the 'Sanctuary Church' gang from Roderea of the Grail Trading Company.
　I had a bad feeling that Lyle's bastard had gotten into the Church of the Sanctuary and done something about it.
　He and his wife Remilia were both excellent for nothing.
I don't doubt that they could crush the Sanctuary Church from the inside.

So, what did the "Wise Man Betrayed" do to deserve this?
"....I don't know the details. Just that I made the 'ancient artifacts' useless,
　It's working. What do you mean?
You and others...
You don't have to say it if you don't want to.

　I cut my fingertips and poured the 'Magic Blood (Myster Blood)' into the 'Spiritual King Rider'.
　When I put it on the surface of my armor........no good.
　The magic power is also played. I can't "hack" it.
　So I'm going to have to put it on the wound on my arm where I cut it off.

"...hacking...

　...Good. It went through.
　Well that's great. Unlike the Holy Sword Leenkaar, the anti-hacking defense has been deployed.
　If there's any magic that tries to enter the system, it's rejected and flung out.

　But, well, we just need to avoid the barrier.

　The first bulwark──breakthrough.
　The second bulwark──breakthrough.
　The third one isn't even there yet........

　The internal magic area has been breached.
　Internal magic analysis begins──reach the armor's locking mechanism.
　Open the armor. Releasing the person inside──execute.


　Smash.


.........uh.......

The front of the Spirit King's Rider opened and a woman rolled out from inside.
She's wearing the robe of the Magical Guild. A member of our company?

''How absurd!　'Spirit King Rider' on its own!
'The man inside is from the 'Magic Guild'. He's breathing. Did you capture the people who came to investigate and turn them into tools?

　Dorothea-Zamuels clicked her tongue.
　It seems to be the correct answer.

　Furthermore, I will analyze the magic structure of the "Spiritual King Rider".
　This Yoloi - this Yoloi - was indeed sealed.

　There are traces of the seal left behind. But it's weakened.
　It feels like someone forcefully broke the seal that has weakened after 200 years.
　It took a lot of life force to coerce a ship that was still sealed.
　 I see.

"Idiot!　Stupid, stupid, stupid!　The great 'Sanctuary Church' prepared for the eight kings, the tactical grade armor 'King's Rider (Lord)', why do you and others obey him!　Who the hell are you?!
Me?　I am the Lord of the Immortals (Nosferatu).

　We'll use our old names here.
　She doesn't have a face anyway. No name, unknown. We'll just have to push him under a dummy name.

"Screw you, b*tc*!
What... what?
"'Lord-Of-Nosferatu' is the name of the 'King's Rider (Lord)' that the 'Treacherous Wise Man' took from you!

　Dorothea-Zamuelus exclaimed.

　'Huh?　What the hell is he talking about? What are you talking about?

The "Sanctuary Church" discovered eight "King's Horsemen (Lords)" - giant Yoroi that surpassed humans. They intended to name the last one after a great one. But - the treacherous wise man and his wife escaped in spite of it!　With a creepy name like 'Lord of Nosferatu', after all!
Huh?

　Wait, wait, wait, wait.
The married couple in The Treacherous Wise Man is Lyle and Remilia, right?
　That's what took this "big, moving Yoloi" and ran away?
　And then you named him after me in my previous life, Lord of Nosferatu....

'Lyle, Remilia what are you guys doing?
"They have....gone mad. If not for him, the Sanctuary Church wouldn't have collapsed and would have remained the mainstream of the world, even if a king worthy of this 'Lord' hadn't appeared sooner or later.　If only that crazy, wise man wasn't there!
Yeah, I think they were pretty f*cking sane.

　What are you doing? Lyle. With Remilia.

　No, I ain't got a problem with taking toys away from the 'Sanctuary Church', okay?
　But why are you naming the giant Yoroi "King's Horse (Lord)" after me?

　What is it?　You were so traumatized by stabbing me with a holy sword that you provided me with a Yoloi that the sword would never pierce?
　Or was the war going on until the time of my reincarnation and you were worried about me, so you got me the strongest armor you could find?
　What were you guys really thinking....



　What if I'm held accountable for the management of the "Sanctuary Church"? I don't know.
　You can't be held accountable for letting the bad guys in the village run amok.

Well..........this 'Spiritual King's Horseman' was neutralized, that's fine.

　The hack is complete.
　In the meantime, I've shut down the internal systems and locked them down so they won't work for 24 hours.
　I'll have to hand this over to the 'Magic Guild'.

"So, where is this Lord of Nosferatu thing?
I don't know.
Oh, yeah?

　I'm sure.
　If I knew, I would have found it long ago.

　A place where Lyle and Remilia might hide their treasure........
　Somehow, I think I can predict it.
　If that's correct, though, it's probably in a pretty troublesome place.

''Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask. What do you want?
"Well you said it before.
''Ah. You're talking about using the 'Dead Spirit Bishop' as the elemental body of this 'Spirit King Rider'. If a normal person enters it, the life force and magic power will be sucked out of it and it will become debilitated, so we'll have to change users one after another. That way, the people inside would remain beginners forever. That's why I'm going to possess a 'necromancer bishop' and train him as a user...

　At my words, Dorothea-Zamuelus turned to the side.
　'You're really right, wow.

'But what are you going to do about it?　All you can get is the knowledge of the 'necromancer bishop' and the tools at your disposal - such as this 'Royal Knight (Lord)'. Even if you have such a thing, in the end it won't do you much good...
'You'll find out sooner or later!　Kid!

　Dorothea-Zamuelus raised her voice.

'The 'Sanctuary Church' will not perish!　Behold a world that hasn't evolved in the 100+ years since The War of the Eight Kings!　Behold the stagnation!　That's the proof that The Sanctuary Church was justified!
　Those who will carry on my will are almost there!　Be frightened!　And you should know!　That it's not only the 'Magic Guild' that can make replicas of 'Ancient Artifacts'!

"...come on. You guys.

"Shut up, kid!
You need to shut up!　You treat people like monsters for three days, and then after 200 years, you say, 'We use dead spirits to move ancient artifacts! We are righteous!' You're a kid!　Children or you!
Oh, my God!
It's all your fault that Lyle and the others went out of control!　You smash people's places, nah, you're a 'traitorous wise man'!　These guys haven't betrayed anyone!　The 'Sanctuary Church' summa's method of recruiting people was just wrong!
You're going to die.

　Dorothea-Zamuels moved her shoulders with a jolt.

"With my life, I will burn all of my enemies to the ground with my ancient magic...

　snappingly
　Nervousness, nervousness.

　Oh, um, my arm!
The Church of the Sanctuary has already beaten us to death. I'm not going to let my guard down.

　My speciality is "Ice Magic".
　In fact, it's not very powerful, but it's easier to use.

　I used the Freezing Nest to hold Dorothea-Zamuels' arms in place long ago, making them crawl with threads of ice.

I don't want you to draw my crest. d*mn it.
You're awful... mugu... mugu! Muuguu!

　The icy thread of the freezing line of magic extends from my feet and teases Dorothea-Zamuels' hands and legs.
　And by the way, I'll also be putting my upper and lower lips together with ice.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out what I'm going to say from now on, and also cover my ears with ice to prevent them from hearing what I'm going to say.

"Goshujin.
There you are, Neil.

　The messenger bat, Neil, lodged on my shoulder.
　It's the bat I followed to protect Iris. It seems that he was worried about her and came to check on her.

I'm sure Iris-sama and Odette-sama will be here soon.
I told you to wait for me.
"She was worried that you hadn't summoned her.
All right, then. Give me a message, then. We've got Dorothea. There are three other people from the Magic Guild outside the forest and one from here. And...

　I looked at the 'Holy Sword Lean Kaal' in my hand.
　Holy Sword, I've summoned it. Honestly, I've gone too far.

　As it is, I said, ''Yes. I can't just summon my family's holy sword and say "I summoned my family's holy sword and defeated Dorothea-Zamuelus". The rest is a pain in the ass.

I'll be joining Iris and the others. But I won't be going public. Let's just pretend that the mysterious one defeated Dorothea-Zamuels and then Iris and Odette came here, and then we can talk about it.
"Are you sure?
Okay. I hear I have my own 'ancient artifact' somewhere.

　I was looking at the 'Spirit King Rider' that had stopped moving.
　This is a Yoroi "Lord Rider" that is twice as tall as a person and moves at the same speed as a person.
The Sanctuary Church found eight of them and was going to use them in the Eight Kings War.

　...I heard that the 'War of the Eight Kings' was a swampy war, but even so, the damage was still quite small.
　If such a thing as 'King's Horse (Lord)' was actually used, I don't know how many people would have died.
　Magic doesn't work, physical attacks are attenuated, and they can only be slashed with the same "ancient artifact" sword, it's too strong.
　Moreover, it even shoots mysterious rays of light.

　If they had used these things to start a war, this whole continent would have been destroyed.

　I cut Dorothea's robes with my dagger and bound her hands and feet with it.
　I covered his mouth while I was at it and fixed it with ice from above.
　He breathes through his nose, so there's no problem.

The person from the "Magic Guild" who came out of the "Spiritual King's Horseman" - she's drained of energy, but she's fine.
　She's still a young woman. I wonder who she is.

　She has long, blue hair. She looks a bit older than me.
　She has her family crest embroidered on the hem of her robe. It's the Bird of the Dawn. I wonder where this is from.

　Neil the bat comes back again.
　I think Iris and Odette are already close by.

　Let's see.
　I'm going to meet up with them, and then we'll be back in business.