Chapter 130: Powerful Insiders Often Come With Risks

Hall was in a good mood.

He had gotten the skill book for Dual Wielding and the [Wind’s Soul].

As long as he could control both weapons at the same time and get the buffs, even without the support of Mandosha’s music box, he was confident he could easily defeat a level eighty opponent with a swordsmanship talent below [S-].

Of course, a zero-resistance opponent like Parousia didn’t count.

He was about to get the limited-edition title—Isekai Kindling.

But at dusk, he met Parousia.

And she said that Himan was a vampire and was chasing her.

Now Hall had no time to ask what was going on.

Because Himan’s personality was “all evil will eventually be brought to justice.”

If he was caught with Parousia now, even ten mouths wouldn’t be able to explain it.

So he didn’t ask what was going on and just turned and ran with Parousia.

“Quick, follow me! I know the entrance to the sewers of West Town is nearby!”

“Why are we going to the sewers? Don’t you know her?”

Parousia was still relatively clean.

“There’s no time to explain! Hurry up! You won’t have a good time if Himan catches you.”

Hall’s priority was “he wouldn’t be caught by Himan,” followed by “Parousia wouldn’t be caught by Himan.”

He even had a feeling that “it was you who led Himan here.”

He had already gotten the notice from Lov that Christine seemed to be trying to find a way to get Himan to leave West Town after the blessing ceremony was over.

But Parousia had actually gone and contacted Himan, and had been recognized as a vampire by her.

Sigh, he really didn’t know what to say about this one of the five vampire wastes.

Powerful insiders often came with risks.

“Hey, wait for me, William!”

Seeing that Hall was running faster than her.

Parousia had no time to think.

Anyway, it was definitely right to run with him.

“Don’t run, you vampire! Where are you running!”

Himan was in hot pursuit from behind.

This was a big fish.

How could she let such a big fish go?

As someone who had experienced joining the Judgment Bureau.

Himan also knew that the vampires, as the Demon God’s guard army, were super heretics.

It was even said that the vampires were constantly plotting for the return of the Demon God, a conspiracy to bring the entire Western Continent under the rule of the Demon Lords.

And ordinary vampires were relatively easy to identify.

They were extremely afraid of holy relics forged from silver, and holy water also had a fatal blow to ordinary vampires.

Only pure-blooded vampires could remain indistinguishable from their own kind on a normal day and had some immunity to holy items.

When she had drawn the Oath of Purity, that person had obviously been startled, but had not been too afraid.

It was obvious that she was a pure-blooded vampire.

If she caught one, it would be a super great achievement.

‘If only Hall were here.’

Himan couldn’t help but imagine for a moment.

If he were here, it would be him and her arresting this vampire together.

If the two of them teamed up, that vampire who went by the alias Lucy would have no chance of escaping.

Then they would take this pure-blooded vampire back to report, which would be a great help to Hall’s promotion in the Black Knights in the future.

All the noble boys in Saint Louis who wanted to be knights would probably talk about Hall Faxtius as a topic of conversation.

Not slander, but praise.

‘That guy, that guy really is, to have left without saying goodbye.’

‘If he had come out on a mission with her.’

‘Such a good opportunity!’

She was so angry.

Himan was furious.

But there was nothing she could do.

Hall was not here, and she still had to give chase.

And thanks to Parousia and Hall’s exchange, otherwise, with Parousia’s level eighty speed, she would surely have been able to shake off Himan, who was at a similar constitution and talent and close to level seventy.

“Damn it, this vampire was running like a cornered rat just now, with no purpose. But now her route is so clear. And just now… it seemed like a man in adventurer’s clothes was at the corner…”

Himan muttered to herself as she chased through the dense residential area of West Town.

Of course, she had also been shouting that there was a pure-blooded vampire on the way, hoping that the adventurers nearby would hear and come to help.

But the effect was minimal, very unnoticeable.

Almost no one was willing to help.

Besides the fact that most adventurers were still out working at this time and had not returned.

Many people also subconsciously thought that Himan was some crazed adventurer.

A pure-blooded vampire?

Do you think they’re cabbages?

In the western demon domain, most of the pure-blooded vampires were lords with fiefdoms of dozens of miles, terrifyingly strong.

Any adventurer team that went to provoke a pure-blooded vampire, it would be good if no one died.

As for the rest, even if they were sure that the one Himan was chasing was a pure-blooded vampire, so what?

Were they in a hurry to go and die with Himan?

Their job was just to clear out and guard against the ordinary monsters and beasts that came near the border.

A pure-blooded vampire was super-level.

So Himan chased for a long time, but no one came to help.

Sensing this abnormal situation, Himan not only began to wonder about the identity of the person in the adventurer’s hood and cloak at the beginning.

If she was being chased by Parousia, it was unlikely.

Because she was chasing Parousia, how could Parousia be chasing someone else?

Thinking of it this way.

Could that person be a human traitor colluding with the vampires?

It was possible that the adventurers who had long entered the western demon domain had not been working for the vampires.

What’s more, Lucy had even gone to see the princess, so Frida must also be involved.

And, the figure of that person just now was a little familiar.

It felt like…

Hall?

“Impossible, I… I’m going crazy. Why am I thinking of that guy Hall for everything recently? Can’t I do without him?”

Himan chased for a long time.

And finally stopped at a place near the outskirts of the small town.

She had still lost him.

And she was very upset.

She was very sad.

If Hall hadn’t left without saying goodbye, then they would have caught a pure-blooded vampire together today.

She thought of this again, and she, who had been planning to apologize to Hall, was still angry with him.

But when she looked up, she saw the dessert shop not far away.

She vaguely felt a little familiar.

It seemed she had been here before.

It seemed that at this crossroads, she had also been very sad because of someone.

As she thought, the heart of this usually strong white-stockinged knight became more and more complicated.

She felt her eyes were sore for no reason, but she quickly turned and left.

“No matter what, there is a vampire in West Town. I must tell Christine and the others about this!”

“William, William, let’s get out of here quickly! I hate the smell of the sewers!”

“There’s not much of a smell. This is just a place for West Town’s drainage.”

“…In any case, it’s too dark. I don’t like it.”

“Don’t vampires like dark places?”

“I am a pure-blooded vampire! I don’t have that kind of habit! Anyway, Himan is not chasing us anymore. Let’s get out of here quickly.”

Parousia said as if she had survived a disaster.

“You seem to be very afraid of Himan?”

Hall asked out of the blue.

“What else? Aren’t you afraid of her?”

Facing Parousia’s unhesitating reply, Hall was stunned for a moment.

He thought to himself, ‘My Himan is because a girl wants me to die.’

Then he said, “That’s different. Don’t you see Himan’s strength?”

“Her? She… is probably at level seventy?”

The big-breasted vampire thought for a moment.

Actually, she didn’t have to be chased down the street like a rat by Himan.

When Himan had shouted for help in the poor area and no one had helped.

Parousia had a good chance to counter Himan, but she herself had not realized this problem at all.

And Himan also had not expected that no adventurer would come to help the whole time.

If it were another vampire viscount, she would probably have been in a tough fight long ago.

“Why were you running?”

Hall said with a disappointed tone.

He had almost been caught by Himan.

“I… can’t I run?”

Parousia put her hands on her hips, her two big buns very prominent in this posture.

“You don’t have to run like this. If you don’t show that you’re stronger than Himan, she will definitely be fixated on you and still want to catch you. If you’re stronger than her, she will calm down and have to start planning from the beginning.”

He gave a simple analysis.

Originally, Christine had a chance to send Himan away.

Now that Himan had discovered that there was a vampire in West Town, her stubborn personality would surely not leave easily.

Sigh…

“This pig-nosed person is still so proud and confident, a novel.”

“Oh… but if someone else comes after me, I can’t do anything. Besides, the Prince told me to run if I was discovered.”

It seemed Vier was training Parousia’s abilities.

She probably had already realized that she would be exposed.

The cost of trial and error for the vampires was very high, and if the sky fell, the Prince would be there to hold it up.

“Alright. Christine will hold a blessing ceremony tomorrow night. I think your Prince will surely make a move. Remember to tell me the information at the first moment, so I can guide you on what to do.”

Since he had already tricked Parousia.

He had to make Parousia be his mole.

“Yes, I know. The Prince also said that tomorrow night is a crucial time, the most important of the most important. Don’t worry, William. But the gap in strength between you and the Prince is so big, you must not be discovered by her.”

Parousia was still a little worried.

Hall, on the other hand, said.

“Don’t worry.”

“Alright then. I really believe you, William. Don’t let me down!”

“Alright, alright. Don’t worry, I won’t let you down.”

After Parousia had left.

The black-haired youth began to think on the spot.

If the vampires wanted to enter the orphanage, they couldn’t possibly do it openly.

Then tomorrow night would be a crucial time.

Could it be that Prince Vier wanted to take advantage of Christine’s blessing ceremony, when all the guards were protecting Christine’s safety…

“I see, I understand.”

Hall thought for a moment.

And he was also clear about his own course of action for tomorrow.

“Damn it, this Dual Wielding is too simple. Anyone with hands can do it. It shouldn’t be…”

Late at night.

After Hall had returned to the adventurer’s inn and confirmed Himan’s whereabouts with Lov.

He also knew that because she had discovered a vampire, his cousin was indeed arguing with reason, saying that she couldn’t leave Christine’s side for a short period of time.

Although he was a little depressed, he couldn’t have a mental breakdown over this.

He soon began to study the ancient book on dual wielding techniques that Thorne had given him.

But he found that the content on it was too easy to understand.

Even with all attributes at [S], learning dual wielding in the game was very easy, and he had basically learned it in seconds before LV6.

But from LV7 onwards, it would require him to have a certain amount of combat experience using dual swords in actual combat to learn.

And it also required time to comprehend.

From LV7 to LV8, when he had played the game in his previous life, it had taken about two months for a Ye Lianxue whose swordsmanship talent had been raised to [S] to learn through a skill book.

He had also gotten a LV9 book, but because it had triggered an attack event and he had gotten a bad end very quickly before he had finished learning and started to enjoy it.

He had estimated that it would take at least six months to learn.

But now…

It was ridiculous.

He was flipping through the ancient book on dual wielding that Thorne had given him, and his comprehension speed was the same as reading a lower-grade elementary school textbook.

It felt like he could even think with his butt.

He even wanted to draw both the [Wind’s Soul] and the [Rainbow Sky Sword] at the same time to see if this dual wielding was authentic or not.

But Hall still held back.

Both of these swords were the type that the longer they were nourished in their scabbards, the better their first draw effect would be.

There might be a big brawl tomorrow night.

At this moment, a knock on the door suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

“William Russell, Her Highness the eldest princess Frida requests your presence.”

“What is it? I’m quite busy. Make it short.”

He came to a high-end cafe in West Town.

A gorgeous woman in a red dress, with obvious eyeliner, was at the innermost round table.

Hall, on the other hand, sat directly opposite her.

He was not too polite.

Based on the intelligence and memory deductions of these past few days.

He and this eldest princess had probably had some entanglement before he had lost his memory.

“So busy? Mr. William, you’re so busy, yet you’re still staying at an adventurer’s inn. Oh no… perhaps I should address you as Hall Faxtius, the esteemed eldest son of the Faxtius family.”

Frida’s voice had a unique charm.

Especially when she deliberately adjusted her tone, she could stir a man’s lust with just normal words.

But Hall didn’t feel much.

He had been teased and seduced by beautiful girls a lot recently, so he had some immunity.

“Let’s get to the point. Regarding the matter of me being Hall Faxtius, you made it clear in the letter you sent a few days ago. What are you doing in West Town?”

Hall said faintly.

“I came to see Saintess Candidate Christine’s blessing ceremony.”

“That’s all? I don’t believe it.”

He interrupted Frida’s words, “If you don’t say something interesting, I can leave now.”

“Hey, so impatient. Aren’t you afraid that I’ll tell Himan about you being Hall Faxtius?”

“It’s useless to be afraid. I don’t want to be controlled by a dangerous woman like you. It’s better to face Himan than to be caught by you.”

This was a lie.

Himan, at her worst, was still a heroine in the game.

Frida was not, and could not contribute to his death.

But Frida couldn’t possibly know this information.

In Frida’s ears, it made a lot of sense.

“I see. I’m not trying to control you, Hall. It’s just… I can tell you that Christine is [Angel]. Three years ago, she was one of the seven Sages of the Salvation Church. Do you know about the seven Sages?”

Frida intended to test how much Hall knew about his past self.

“I know. Christine is an angel, and I also know Mandosha. But none of that is important. It’s not worth mentioning compared to the reason you’ve appeared in West Town now.”

His statement was quite sharp.

It couldn’t help but make Frida think of the boy who had also sat at the two sides of a round table with her and negotiated in the past.

There was no need for nonsense about known information.

The only thing that mattered was the unknown.

“It’s simple. I also intend to compete for the feather. But if you and Christine are also here for this, I can choose to assist you.”

“But I heard that Her Highness the eldest princess also has a cooperation with the vampires. The vampires probably also want that thing, right?”

This was what he had learned from Parousia’s mouth about her meeting with Himan at the eldest princess’s residence, and the feather.

It couldn’t help but make Hall think of Christine’s mythic-grade weapon in the game, the [Starfall Feather].

In this world, he had not yet seen Christine use it.

If that were the case, then he had to compete for it.

Every mythic-grade weapon was a resource that was enough to become a national faith.

“Compared to the vampires, I actually prefer you, Hall. Besides, Christine is very likely the rightful owner of that feather. It’s not bad to return the object to its original owner.”

Frida said lightly.

Hall knew that the other party had definitely weighed the pros and cons.

So in Frida’s eyes, his value was higher than a vampire prince?

After confirming this fact, he moved on to the next stage.

“How does the eldest princess plan to help me? If the feather is discovered, it seems that there are two forces, Cardinal Saint Gregory and the vampires. And Christine is one of the seven Sages. The nearby Salvation Church personnel will probably make a move.”

Thinking of the Red Queen’s reaction when she had first appeared and regarded Christine as a traitor, he couldn’t be sure that the people from the Salvation Church would definitely help him and Christine.

Otherwise, the Black Rose should have contacted him long ago.

“I can’t directly fall out with the vampire prince. But as you have expected, the Salvation Church in the Bal Empire will not help you and Christine for now. I can mobilize personnel in the name of the eldest princess to help you block [Trick Rider] and guard against the possible appearance of [Evil Duke] and [Ancestor Demon], as well as some of the demon race who are in collaboration with the vampires.”

Frida said, “Tomorrow night, the whole of West Town will be under martial law. At that time, in the orphanage, there will only be you, the list of vampires I have reported, and the people from the church.”

“Vier Masara, Lucy Masara, and another viscount and a few other vampires from the list I have reported can move freely.”

Hall secretly noted down.

The people from Saint Gregory’s side should be Deputy Knight Captain Arjo and Archbishop Otto.

As the archbishop of Saint Louis, Otto’s level was also in his eighties, with a B+ talent in theology.

He would surely bless Arjo in advance when he acted.

From a combat power analysis, Prince Vier had an advantage.

But the best case scenario was to have Arjo and Vier fight, and he would take advantage of the chaos.

After all, Parousia was half his person.

“However, the Lauren family should also participate in this grand event, right? Are you sure that only these known existences will be near the orphanage at that time?”

Hearing Hall’s words, Frida showed a hint of surprise.

She thought to herself that he was indeed smart.

“The Lauren family has a connection with the newly appointed Sage [Ancestor Demon]. They might appear tomorrow night, but they are just some small fries.”

Frida took a deep breath.

She absolutely could not let the Lauren family get that thing.

And in the past, as a collaborator with [Angel] and [Holy Son], her relationship with [Ancestor Demon] was not very good.

After all, when a new Sage took office, they would eventually have to form their own forces.

So she asked a question she had once asked him.

“You will win, right?”

That was a night six years ago.

Frida, who had just begun to show her prowess and started to strike at the opposition, was assassinated in the imperial city.

If she had died then, the current structure of Bal would not be so.

But she had not died, which made this assassination the reason for her to further strengthen her power in the royal city.

And the person who had saved her was this boy who was five years younger than her.

When that boy was facing several times his number of assassins, she had asked him, “You will win, right?”

“I’ll die if I lose.”

Today, she had gotten the same answer as that night.

And just like that year, she couldn’t quite see through what he was thinking when he answered like this.

Soon, Hall left the cafe.

Frida stared at his disappearing back in the darkness for a moment, and then began to summon the subordinates she had previously dismissed, to make the final arrangements for tomorrow night.

“In general, tonight may be very dangerous. Lov, you stay in the church and don’t come out.”

As night fell the next day, Himan, who had just finished a simple dinner, did not immediately accompany Christine to the blessing ceremony site.

Instead, she first instructed Lov to be careful.

After all, Lov didn’t have many means or abilities to protect herself.

If an attack really happened at the blessing ceremony, she might not be able to protect Lov.

After all, Lov had traveled a thousand miles to West Town to find Hall.

She couldn’t let this little maid have an accident.

“Yes, I know, Miss Himan.”

Lov nodded.

Actually, Himan didn’t have to say it.

Just now, Hall had also contacted her and told her to stay in the church tonight and not go anywhere.

Lov was very obedient in this aspect and didn’t need to worry.

Then, Himan quickly left the church.

Christine’s blessing ceremony was in the east square of West Town.

At this moment, the not-so-large square was already crowded with adventurers who had come to seek a blessing.

Christine, in a pure white holy robe, was at the bottom of a temporary high platform.

The amount of blessing-assisting materials and silver utensils placed on the high platform was even more exaggerated than at the initial blessing ceremony in the imperial capital.

This meant that the blessing ceremony later would be quite effective.

But what made Maria worry was whether holding such a grand blessing ceremony alone would worsen Christine’s physical condition.

“Don’t worry, Maria. After this blessing ceremony, I will just need to recuperate and wait for the time to return to the imperial capital.”

It seemed she had seen through Maria’s heart.

The holy blonde girl smiled like an angel.

Christine’s whole body seemed to be shrouded in a halo of light.

Her small feet in jade-colored Saintess shoes with gold ribbons, her slender calves, and her graceful body wrapped in the Saintess robe were all shrouded in that halo.

As the bell tower of West Town was rung by someone.

She, as before, was led up by Maria.

On the way, she chanted ancient languages and texts, bestowing blessings upon the creatures gathered here in West Town.

Himan, on the other hand, was on a high place in the east of the square, closely watching the crowd below and the possible blind spots around the square.

Guarding against a vampire attack that could happen at any moment.

But when Christine was brought to the top of the high platform by Maria, the girl slowly bent down and made a cross in front of her chest, and her hands clasped together to sing an obscure and difficult divine language.

She saw a scene where the whole area was covered.

In addition, the originally cloudy and moonless night sky tonight.

At this moment, it was broken open by some transcendent power.

Although it was a winter night, it was like a miracle, a dream-like descent of a large beam of pure starlight, even more brilliant than in midsummer.

In the starlight, there were tiny white things falling.

Like snowflakes, and also like feathers.

And around the place where the starlight enveloped.

Countless figures hidden in the darkness were also instantly exposed.

“Now, we have to charge.”

In Hall’s vision, it was not Arjo, nor was it the vampire prince Vier.

It was a large number of monsters that had gathered from who knows where and for what reason.

In the next second, the bell of West Town also rang again urgently.

Someone shouted.

“There’s a monster tide!”