Volume 7 Chapter 16 Goddess Holy Church Seven Heaven Apostles 'holy Mother' Elena & 'holy Scripture Of The Celestial Star' Lily Mathers ① - Leave It To Everyone
Elk walked on Orphan's back, heading towards Emilia and the others.
Emilia, who looked dazed, asked Demiurge and Cagliostro.
"Um, I think my acquaintance is inside. Can I check?"
"Uh, well..."
"Maybe, inside..."
"──You bastard!!"
Just then──Orphan, whose wounds had healed, glared at Elk with rage.
He drew his sword, enveloped in a dazzling light.
"How dare you trample on the emblem of my proud knight order!!"
"Proud?"
"This emblem is engraved on the cloak of the 'Premiere Knights'!!"
Elk's footprints were clearly left on Orphan's cloak.
To Elk, it didn't matter. He had no interest in the enemy's pride anyway.
Orphan readied his sword and shouted.
"Light, illuminate me and grant me strength!!"
Orphan's whole body shone, surrounded by an aura.
The pressure from Orphan, wrapped in pure white aura, increased.
Then, Demiurge stepped forward.
"There's no shortage of opponents. Cagliostro, leave the weaklings to you and your team. Emilia, you..."
"I know. That girl over there, grinning, right? She seems to be hiding in the shadows of the weaklings, waiting for a chance... How naive. Did she plan to sneak into the museum?"
At the point where Emilia aimed her sword, there was a beautiful woman with a pipe in her mouth.
Night Festival Courtesan, one of the 8 leaders known as 'People Pleaser,' was Ayame.
Ayame held a pipe in her mouth, exhaling smoke, and chuckled softly.
"I got caught, huh..."
"Hmph. Sorry, but you can't enter the museum. Everyone, take care of the weaklings!!"
Emilia jumped out, wrapping her sword in flames.
"'Crimson Flame Sword'!!"
"!!"
Ayame dodged the flaming sword with a backstep, but the flames grazed her, igniting the sleeve of her clothes.
She quickly tore off the burning sleeve, but her composure was gone.
"...Fighting with a woman isn't so bad."
"You might get more than just a burn, you know?"
Emilia and Ayame clashed, and the battle began.
Cagliostro checked on Demiurge and Emilia, then gave orders to his subordinates.
"Everyone, defend the museum at all costs!! Use all your strength to fight!!"
"""""Understood!!"""""
The hearts of the guards united.
Knights, adventurers, and third-year students readied their weapons, activated their skills, and faced the S-rank dangerous organization alliance.
Elk hesitated for a moment about what to do. Then, Cagliostro winked at him.
"Elk, you take care of things inside!!"
"Mr. Cagliostro..."
"Hehe, you can't do it all alone, okay? You need to rest a bit."
"...Yes!!"
Elk left the situation to the guards and ran into the museum.
* * *
Inside the museum, it was silent.
The first floor had a marble lobby, a reception hall, a break room, and small exhibition rooms. Strangely, there were no guards, commerce department students, or general visitors around.
As Elk entered the museum, the door closed on its own and locked.
The doorknob turned, but it wouldn't budge at all.
"...Fine then."
He never intended to pull back.
The museum was ten stories tall. Emma had to be somewhere inside.
Elk cracked his neck and focused his telekinesis to break through from the first floor to the tenth── but.
"Hehe, I wouldn't recommend destroying the building, you know? You never know where anyone is."
Elena's voice echoed from the first floor, sounding almost playful.
Elk lowered his hands.
'Right, if you want to protect your precious one, you should listen to what I say, okay?'
"Senior Elena..."
'Oh, you still call me senior. That makes me happy.'
"Senior, you know what will happen if you hurt Emma, right?"
'What will happen, I wonder? Hehe, will you kill me?'
"I won't let you. No matter where you run, I'll catch you and make you suffer in a way that's so terrible you won't even want to die. I learned from Pipina... 'Don't kill someone who doesn't fear death until they learn to fear it'."
'......'
For just a moment, Elena's voice faltered.
But soon, it returned to its usual tone.
'Emmy, the students and the audience are on the top floor. The museum has ten floors, and each floor has Lily's best 'dolls,' so defeat them all and come up. Just so you know, they're all pretty strong, okay? You should think of each one as being stronger than Balthazar.'
"......"
'Finally, when you reach the tenth floor, I'll release the hostages. Hehe, come on up... oh, but before that──.'
'Mr. Elk!! It's okay, everyone is safe!! So──.'
'Alright, that's enough. Good luck~.'
Emma's voice was barely audible.
Emma is definitely here.
In the Goddess Holy Church... captured by Elena and Lily.
"Those guys..."
Elk clenches his fist tightly.
If it were Elk, he could easily destroy the museum and crush Elena and Lily under the rubble. But if he did that, Elena would kill Emma.
For now, he has no choice but to obey.
Elk rushes toward the stairs leading to the second floor.
* * *
He arrives on the second floor.
The second floor is a large hall. There are many doors along the wide corridor, and beyond those doors are halls as big as the training area. The difference from the training area is that there are countless glass cases displaying the works of the new students.
Only one door is open, and Elk slips inside.
What he sees there is a headless knight in silver armor, holding a greatsword.
It walks slowly between the glass cases. In the maze-like hall, only Elk and the Dullahan exist.
"...I'll do it."
Elk bends his right hand and unfolds his blade. He wraps it in telekinesis.
'...!'
"Ugh."
The sound of the blade unfolding catches the Dullahan's attention.
Elk lowers his body and hides behind a glass case.
(I'll do it... stealth skill.)
His target is the torso, the heart area.
The Dullahan's body reflects in the glass case.
Elk, while hiding behind the case, slowly and surely aims for the Dullahan's back.
He moves quietly, slowly, and surely──finally, he reaches behind the Dullahan.
The Dullahan walks slowly, facing forward. It's unclear if it has eyes, but it doesn't notice Elk quietly approaching from behind.
And then, Elk quietly readied his right hand───...he stabbed the right blade into the Dullahan's heart.
'!?!?'
"Didn't you notice that?"
'G-g-g-gah'
As he pulled out his right hand, the Dullahan collapsed, turning into a stuffed toy.
There was a hole in the heart area, and stuffing was spilling out.
"Alright, next is the third floor!!"
Elk started running toward the stairs to the third floor.
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