The Protagonists Of The Novel Escaped – Chapter 15

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: TushChen
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The Bomber Gale developed a deep grudge against the priest who had refused to heal him until the end, losing faith in the goddess and becoming a vengeful ghost who hated the holy disciples.

He burned numerous churches to insult the goddess.

He brutally killed numerous disciples to trample on their faith.

And he went so far as to attack Saintess Beatrice, who was called the incarnation of the Earth mother.

Although Gale failed in his terror attack, he engraved an indelible trauma on Beatrice by destroying the cathedral of the Savoia Duchy and blowing up numerous priests.

“As I thought, he would target the church in the end. The Bomber Gale is a piece of trash who endlessly curses faith and disciples. Isn’t that right?”

In his left hand, a gun,

In his right hand, he held a purple holy sword.

And he threatened the Bomber with his characteristic sharp gaze flashing.

As Edanant approached, Gale instinctively retreated.

As if recalling something, he stepped back in astonishment.

It was because the image of the ‘monster’ who had brutally slaughtered his subordinates kept overlapping with the man in front of him.

“Who the hell are you?! Why do you resemble that monster…!”

A resounding shout covered the interior of the church.

Then, a sharp gunshot signaled the official start.

Bang-! Bang-!!

Bullets fired along with the trigger pull.

In response, Gale threw a bomb with a distorted face.

Boom!!!

The bomb and bullets collided, causing an explosion.

Fierce flames burned the ceiling, and a strong blast spread, sweeping through the interior of the church.

‘Fortunately, it seems that moderate explosions won’t trigger the explosives installed outside the church. But if the Bomber suddenly goes berserk, it could become dangerous.’

Edanant frowned and swung Aldebaran.

Swoosh-

He slashed through the surrounding smoke and secured his vision.

Then he aimed at Gale, who was trying to take out a new bomb, and pulled the trigger.

“Ugh!”

The fired bullet pierced Gale’s shoulder.

Blood and flesh splattered.

Gale glared at Edanant with an even more grotesque face.

However, the wound from the bullet quickly healed.

Witnessing that extraordinary regenerative ability that was nothing short of monstrous, Edanant frowned.

It was because magical energy flowed out the moment the wound closed.

“Kill that damn bastard right now! Don’t leave even his bones… Burn everything!!”

As a heart-wrenching scream rang out, the assailants who had been waiting behind were deployed.

The Bomber Squad.

A mercenary group armed with bombs and gunpowder weapons.

Villains wearing dark rags surrounded Edanant while holding bombs.

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The assailants aimed the nozzles connected to the fuel tanks on their backs.

At that moment,

Flames that could burn even bones were unleashed.

Flamethrowers are made by mixing oil and tar. It was a weapon that had horribly burned the citizens who were running away in fear of the explosion.

The flames released in large quantities at once engulfed Edanant, who was in a state of being surrounded.

“Guh!”

“Aaaargh!!”

Indeed, he must have died, having been turned into charcoal.

The assailants who had used the flamethrowers were staring at the crimson flames.

That was when a flash shot out.

It was a sword strike that hailed from the purple blade.

The sword strike that flew while cutting through the burning flames slashed the necks of the assailants who had surrounded the area.

Simultaneously, as they all spewed fountains of blood, headless bodies tumbled to the ground.

“H-How…!”

The streams of fire attacking from all directions stopped in midair.

It’s not a metaphor.

They stopped as if time had frozen when they were slashed by Aldebaran’s blade.

Gale and his subordinates froze at the bizarre phenomenon that was difficult to explain.

The sight of a colossal fireball stopping in midair was a phenomenon that could only be seen in dreams.

The frozen flames went out like candles only after Edanant moved away from his position.

“Aaargh!”

“He’s a monster! That guy is a monster!!”

Edanant charged forward.

At that, the assailants screamed, losing their will to fight.

The tip of Aldebaran’s blade shone.

Every time the eerie flash descended, fountains of blood erupted along with the screams of the dying.

The ruthless slaughter without a shred of emotion was like a bloodbath.

As Edanant repeated the merciless killing, creating a bloody battlefield, Gale recalled the monster’s name, which had remained an object of fear even after many years had passed.

“D-Damn it! Maximilian…! You, what’s your relationship with Maximilian?!”

“……”

The Bomber shouted as if screaming.

In response, Edanant raised his head while holding the holy sword, which was stained with blood and flesh.

A heavy silence flowed.

It was as if he was facing Maximilian, who had appeared numerous times in his nightmares.

Even his appearance, drenched in blood, was identical to Maximilian’s.

Especially that emotionless gaze triggered fear.

He must be related to Maximilian. Otherwise, how could they be so alike?

“……”

He didn’t answer the desperate cry.

Instead,

He brought out an ink-like color resembling black gunpowder, just like when he had hunted magical beasts.

The ink-like color scattered like a mirage and transformed into the shape of muskets.

Soon, the barrels were aimed at the enemies who had lost their will to fight.

Like sentencing the rebels who had raised a revolt against royalty to be executed by firing squad, the ink-colored muskets finished aiming without a hint of wavering.

‘Is that… the power of a blessing? No, such an ominous thing can’t possibly be a blessing! I have faced numerous blessings until now, but I have never seen anything like that!’

The power inherited either innately from beings appearing in myths or acquired posthumously by achieving remarkable feats is called a “blessing.”

Princess Ludmilla, who had received a blessing from the Red Dragon, and many other blessing holders could be seen as examples corresponding to this case.

However,

What he witnessed was a blessing, but was also not a blessing?

Gale screamed upon witnessing the ability that didn’t feel the slightest bit of holiness.

“N-No way…! Are you serving a heretic?! That must be the blessing of an erased god!!”

Gale was someone who had hated faith and despised disciples all his life.

Therefore, he had extensive knowledge about blessings, which were called the grace of god.

What he saw was a power originating from heresy.

It was the blessing of a cult that the Holy Kingdom had strictly forbidden and concealed.

That was nothing short of blasphemy that thoroughly rejected the goddess Gael, revered as the state religion by numerous kingdoms led by the Valtarian Empire.

Naturally, the act of accepting the blessing of a cult was an unforgivable grave sin in any case.

“That’s why I can’t use it unless it’s absolutely necessary. I have to completely hide it so that it’s never discovered.”

The ink-colored muskets spewed fire.

Bang-!

About 40 muskets fired simultaneously.

As soon as the gunshots ended, all the assailants who had occupied the church fell, riddled with holes.

Some could even call them French Cheese at this point.

The same went for Gale, who had been confronting Edanant head-on.

He had become a filthy rag, with dozens of bullet wounds all over his body, including his head.

“Guh…! Ugh, guh…!!”

The man with a dreadful appearance vomited blood and struggled.

It’s not over yet.

It’s definitely not over yet.

He couldn’t die until he erased all the holiness that existed in the world.

He glared at Edanant with bloodshot eyes, revealing a heart-wrenching and intense killing intent.

“Now we let’s have another go, Bomber Gale.”

Squish-

Squish, squish, squish!!!

Was it a desperate struggle to achieve revenge no matter what?

The Bomber’s tattered body regenerated in an instant.

Moreover, grotesquely shaped lumps of flesh began to bubble up like foam and grow.

The scrawny and diminutive hunchback Gale had become as massive as a giant.

As the lumps of flesh covering his entire body gradually transformed into bumpy muscles, the monster opened its mouth wide and let out a roar.

At the same time, a terrible magical energy that seemed to fill the church’s interior gushed out.

“Graaaaaaaaaah!!!”

It was nothing short of a brutal impact.

The roar emanating from the physique reaching 5 yards was genuinely tremendous.

It looked disgusting.

No wonder he survived tenaciously like a cockroach.

Seeing the constantly wriggling muscles, Edanant clicked his tongue for a moment.

“Maximilian!! Maximiliaaaaaaan!!!”

Gale, whose intelligence had been devoured by his terrifying regenerative power, called Edanant ‘Maximilian’ and spewed out violent killing intent.

With eyes burning like sulfur fire, he looked as if he would pounce at any moment.

Thick shoulder muscles covered his neck.

Both arms, wrapped in muscles, were like iron maces.

And his torso also boasted robust muscles like a heavy infantry clad in full-body armor.

How many bullets would it take to kill that thing?

Damn it.

I’ll have to try for now.

Because my firepower was absolutely unparalleled in the Hero’s Party.

As Edanant gestured, the army of muskets, which had only been about 40, increased to around 100.

The muskets deployed in the air, all aimed at the muscular lump in front of them.

“You son of a…! Don’t call me by that damn name!”

“Groooooar!!!”

He aimed the tip of the holy sword. And the muskets began a barrage of bullets.

In response, the colossal beast leaped off the ground on all fours.

Boom!!!

Whether the bullets pierce through,

Or get devoured by the muscles.

In the end, that would determine the outcome of the fight.

Even in the face of the giant’s charge, which was like a tank, Edanant didn’t move.

As if anticipating that the grotesque monster would eventually be blocked by the barrage of bullets.

The muscle-covered monster lifted its thick fist like an iron mace to trample on Edanant’s impudence.

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