I must draw my sword immediately!

Chapter 133: The Curtain Rises, Fire of Heaven Begins.

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At 3:3:3 AM,
The Silver Crown Royal Court.

At the moment when the numbers on the clock tower dial simultaneously point to 3.
Three exceptionally beautiful twelve-year-old girls, carrying candlesticks adorned with foliage vein patterns, a blood-dripping spear, and an empty red plate with a circular groove in the center, arrived at this place as if by prior arrangement.

Three young girls stepped out with their left foot into the royal court before the magnificent castle, which was empty and desolate, guarded by only a few knights.

At this moment, in the center of the main hall of the Silver Crown Royal Court,

There was a middle-aged man with gray hair and a burly build, kneeling devoutly on the ground.

"Ask a question—"

Of the three, the beautiful young woman holding the bleeding spear stiffly lowered her head, staring blankly at the middle-aged man prostrate before her like a bear. She spoke in a clear, ethereal voice, as if chanting:

"Sir, why is this spear bleeding?"

King Perinoa lowered his head and calmly replied:

“Hebrews 9:22 says: ‘Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.’”

"Therefore, the precious blood that the Lord shed on the cross was for redemption, to cleanse us from our sins."

The second beautiful young woman, holding a candlestick adorned with embroidered branch and leaf vein patterns, then asked:

"Sir, why are you suffering?"

King Perinoa slowly straightened up, raised his head, and looked at the small flame on the candlestick flickering in the wind.
He then calmly began to speak:

"Because I am not the purest."

"Because I drew the sword of the saint."

"Moreover, God is blind and does not favor the knights who protect the nation!"

pat!

The girl holding the candlestick trembled, and the candlestick immediately fell to the ground.

That single flame from heaven swept up from the ground in an instant, shooting straight towards King Perinoa's crotch like an arrow.

However, King Perinoa did not move an inch. He simply drew a sharp blade from his waist—a straight-bladed sword that was 1.2 meters long—and easily blocked the flaming arrow.

The crimson flames from heaven spilled all over the ground.
It set the crimson carpet ablaze, scorching the precious oil paintings hanging in the royal court, spreading outwards in an irregular octagonal shape like a rampaging python.

The girl holding the candlestick screamed, trembling as she tried to flee immediately.
however,
"Pfft!"

King Perinoa casually tossed a straight-bladed longsword through her chest and abdomen, pinning her to a nearby silver-white pillar.

Immediately afterwards, King Perinoa, who had been kneeling in the sea of ​​fire, slowly stood up, turned his head, and looked indifferently at the last girl holding an empty plate.

"continue."

His tone was devoid of any emotion, like a ferocious beast ready to devour its prey.

But that is indeed the case.

I endured fifteen years of suffering, fifteen years of pursuit.
Now, everything is going according to his will, and what he has been dreaming of is about to appear before his eyes. How can Perinoa stop now?

now,

Seeing this, the last girl holding the empty red-bottomed round plate with a hole in her hand couldn't help but tremble. She looked at King Perinoa with a look of horror and took several steps back.

"you you."

Perinoa stared at her indifferently, looking directly at her.
Even if the person in front of you is a so-called 'angel,' an apostle of God who could have taken your life at any moment and humiliated and punished you with an arrogant attitude.

Standing amidst the raging flames that were gradually engulfing the Silver Crown Court, he coldly rebuked the angel:
"continue!"

thump!
It seemed that they could no longer bear such fear.

The third girl knelt down before King Perinoa with a thud. Her lips trembled, her teeth chattered, and she lowered her head, her eyes wide.
then,

She asked:
"Sir, for whom does the Holy Grail serve?"

Upon hearing this ethereal yet fearful question, King Perinoa's mouth stretched almost to his ears, and he gave a strange laugh.
Hehehe~ Hehehe~

At first, it was a soft, low chuckle, but soon he could no longer contain himself and burst into loud, uncontrollable laughter.
Haha ...

This was accompanied by unrestrained, wild laughter, as if it were about to erupt into utter madness at any moment.

The wildfire gradually spread and grew, engulfing the entire Silver Crown Royal Court, this former Red Dragon Royal Court.
Even angels prostrate themselves before humans, bowing low to those who were once mortals, humbly asking questions. And Perinoa's answer was—

He threw the angel down, turned quickly, and walked out of the royal court, which was engulfed in flames.

Arriving at the center of the Holy Lance Square in the Royal Court, he raised his right arm, which was scorched and bound by the fires of heaven.

He reached for the core of the Holy Lance, Rungomminiad, with one hand!

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at the same time,

In the tavern on Tavern Street, where Suya and the others lived,
After hearing Baring's speculation about Perinoa's next move, Suya felt a sense of unease.
Things have come to this point, completely contrary to his initial plans.

However, before he could figure out how to persuade his brothers to run away quickly...

Suddenly, a sacred and intense golden light shone through the window!
After a few seconds,

"—Boom!"

A violent roar resounded from the far-off capital city, the Sixth Ring Road!
The violent tremors spread from the sixth ring road of the capital all the way to the center of the capital, and the entire capital seemed to shake three times.

then,

Suya then discovered—

Its daybreak.

Literally, it's dawn.

The group exchanged glances, looking at each other in bewilderment. Then, they immediately got up, went to the window, and pushed open the enormous, valuable stained-glass window.

Then you'll see—

A giant golden tree, stretching from the horizon to the foreground and covering the entire capital, appeared before them!

Suya subconsciously wondered if she had forgotten to turn off the Crimson Dragon's Eye.
however,
Soon, he realized,
At this moment, the giant golden tree that covers the entire capital outside the window is not appearing in a magical form, but is being projected directly onto the human's retina!

This means that:

The Holy Lance Rungomminiad exited its spiritual state and manifested in the real world.
It's powered!
Sua looked at Lukan, then immediately turned back to look at Baling, who remained slumped in his chair even after everyone else had gotten up, as if any slight movement was extremely difficult for him. Sua felt an unprecedented sense of urgency.

However, just as he was about to ask Baling—

"when!"

"when!"

"when!"

"when!"

"when!"

"when!"

The clock tower in the second ring of the royal capital chimed six times, and a visible magical ripple spread from the top of the clock tower towards the entire royal capital.

In an instant,

Hearing the bell, Suya felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head.
He instantly snapped out of his abnormal state of extreme excitement, as if he absolutely had to do something!
Then,

Suya immediately felt a profound fatigue and exhaustion, almost unable to open her eyes, as if something had been drained from her body.
In the sliver of his vision, which he struggled to open, these indescribable transparent things also floated out of the window from Merry, Lucan, and Dagonet.

"what happened?"

Only then did Mary, who was standing nearby, belatedly realize what was happening and exclaimed in surprise:
"Huh? When did I fall under the spell? And then it was broken?"

"Wait a minute,"

"Are you kidding me?"

"Holy Lance, it's broken down!??"

Hearing such a startled cry, even Suya, who genuinely wanted to get up and run away this time, instead of being forced to act by being whipped,
He could no longer suppress the overwhelming drowsiness and physical exhaustion, and collapsed onto the floor.

Everything went black, and he instantly lost consciousness and began to fall into a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)