How to Live as a Tyrant’s Spoiled Brat Chapter 60

How to live as a tyrant’s spoiled brat, episode 59

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Angelus, the pale-haired knight, and Angelica, the purple-haired knight, faced each other across the street from the main entrance of the cathedral.

“Are you really going to go all the way, Angelica?”

“Shut up. You corrupt soul who is busy pleasing the nobles and filling only your own pockets.”

Angelus stood on the left side of the road, and behind him stood a hundred or so knights who followed him.

Angelica stood on the right side of the road, followed by three hundred knights.

The paladins were usually pro-local factions and supported secular intervention in the form of church leadership.

Since most of them were orphans from small estates and church families, they knew very well how corrupt the local lords were.

“We cannot cooperate with them. Compromise only leads to corruption.”

“We can’t win on our own. Even if we fight with all our might, we can’t afford to increase the number of enemies.”

“Then I guess I have no choice but to leave the judgment to the light.”

The difference in numbers was more than double, Angelica was stronger than Angelus, and she had a trump card.

It was a fight she couldn’t afford to lose.

I could hear horses neighing and carriage wheels turning.

“The fourth Hongbishop is entering!”

The Hong bishops were entering the cathedral walls one by one.

Angelus and Angelica shared an unspoken agreement that no conflict should be seen outside the cathedral walls.

Today, everyone passing by the cathedral is praying with their hands together, but I couldn’t show them the knights fighting to kidnap, imprison, and banish Bishop Hong.

Never.

“The sixth Hongbishop is entering.”

The position of Bishop Hong was originally a position that appointed more than a hundred people.

They were high-ranking officials, judges, secretaries, and legislators.

They were involved in everything that happened on the continent, from poor relief and church administration to cemetery management and negotiating truces between kings.

But it has already been 30 years since Bishop Hong was finally appointed.

Many return to the embrace of light, and only thirteen remain.

“The second Hong bishop is entering!”

The second Hongbishop was Argos.

Angelus and Angelica’s eyes lit up at the same time.

Bishop Hong, who had a very strict, if not strict, impression, walked into the cathedral along the path lined with knights.

“The first Hong bishop is entering!”

The oldest bishop was Bishop Hong, Paul Ahn.

Angelus and Angelica, along with the knights who had been split in half following them, gritted their teeth.

The two who must steal and protect throughout the day will soon gather in one place.

Dagger, dagger, dagger.

A four-horse carriage with a red flag came racing down the street.

Whoa, whoa, the coachman skillfully pulled the reins to slow down.

And the moment the horse’s head enters the cathedral.

Taaang!

A bullet flying through the wind pierced the two front wheels of the carriage and shattered them into pieces.

“Ugh!”

The coachman screamed, the carriage lurched with a thud, and the startled horses lifted their forelegs and trotted.

Citizens passing by the cathedral gathered in horror.

“Angelos! What are you doing!”

Angelica immediately drew her sword and demanded an answer.

But Angelos was just as confused as she was.

Angelica, who saw those eyes, was about to turn the tip of her sword for a moment.

“I… I don’t know. I definitely told Grand Duke Valen that we won’t fight outside the church walls.”

But Angelica’s anger reached its peak with the words that followed.

“You trusted him! The biggest scoundrel in the capital!”

“!”

Angelus’s eyes shook like aspen trees.

Rudy watched the scene from the roof of a nearby five-story building, slung the pistol back on her thigh and covered it with her maid’s skirt.

“Hmm, it seems that the Paladin and Valen had different interpretations of justice inside and outside the gate.”

Serenaji, standing next to her, tilted her head.

“Difference in interpretation? What does that mean?”

Rudy said with a bright smile.

“Once the horse’s head has passed the gate, it’s inside the gate from then on, right?”

Sereraji laughed as if it was ridiculous.

“You are starting to resemble your master.”

* * *

The knight is strong.

They are strengthened by faith, not by bloodline.

They have divine powers accumulated over years or even decades, giving them powers comparable to those of knights and wizards whose lineage has been perfected over thousands of years.

And Valencian had no intention of engaging in a full-scale battle with twice as many knights as his own army.

“Taking a weak point is a very important strategy. It is the knightly thing to do to advance and fight fairly.”

“This is not what I mean by uprightness.”

He walked down the center of the street with Tentia in tow, and with a model-like gait, he leisurely approached the tied carriage.

Her platinum blonde hair was swept back arrogantly, and her golden eyes sparkled yoyo-yo.

The white vestments with gold embroidery were too flashy to wear to church, and the red belt was no different.

He had a long sword at his waist, and the scabbard was white, just like his uniform.

Angelus’ face turned red with embarrassment and shame, and he spat on the floor as soon as he saw Valencian.

Valencian smiled brightly and pointed to the sky with his index finger, and Angelus shuddered.

“Let’s go! We must protect Argos!”

Angelus eventually headed into the cathedral with his knights to protect the pro-imperial Hong bishops, as Valencian had previously told him.

“Leave me alone! We have to save Baoran first!”

Angelica had no power to stop their advance, as she had to save Baoran.

“Sister. Please.”

Valencian grinned wickedly and muttered.

There were over two hundred knights before his eyes, but he trusted his half-sister, the genius magician of all time.

“Valencian!”

Angelica glared at him and roared like a lion.

Valencianus said to Tentia.

“Kyung. Kyung, secure Bishop Hong.”

“Am I the one talking?”

“Then would it be better for me to secure it?”

Tentia pushed down her helmet and looked Valencian up and down.

No matter how much I thought about it, I felt like it would be better if I did it myself.

“Don’t die.”

“Don’t worry, sir. I will live a very, very long time.”

Tentia tore open the carriage door with all her might, pushed away the coachman who was rushing at her with one finger, and then lifted Bishop Hong into her arms like a princess.

“Catch that guy!”

“Protect your subordinates!”

“Waaaaaaaaaah!”

Valencian stood alone in front of the oncoming knights.

White divine power rose up from the bodies of the knights wearing gray plate armor and red surcoats.

They were fully armed, but Valencian was in uniform.

At best, two, if you’re lucky, three is the limit.

“I bet you think so too.”

Moreover, Angelica, who took the lead, was a knight who had been famous for a long time even before her return.

It would be difficult to even stand up to her.

Taat, Angelica kicked the ground and shortened the distance by several dozen meters in one breath.

At that moment, Valencian muttered.

“Is there a bait as common as mine?”

* * *

On a nearby rooftop, Serenade, standing next to Rudy, chanted a spell while her blue and gold ring glittered.

“A lightning that digs deep, a lightning that spreads in a circle, a lightning that hardens and pushes away. My lightning that follows and follows again.”

‘You’re bringing in a bishop instead of a wizard? You say magic is suspicious? What do you mean, people who use water pipes and roads made of magic say? I don’t know anything about politics. I just know that you’re a bunch of hypocritical kids who don’t like it.’

A sadistic smile appeared on his fresh lips.

“Eradicate all my enemies!”

‘Truth is not something you can obtain by begging from God, but something you must seek for yourself!’

The mana she drew from her heart became a spell through language, water, and her staff.

No matter how powerful a sorceress she was, she couldn’t subdue hundreds of paladins at the same time, but she was also one of the richest people on the continent.

The horns of the Blue Drake on his waist reacted madly, sending out small sparks and amplifying his mana efficiency.

The reagent did not increase the power of the spell, but it reduced casting speed and mana consumption.

The result was simple and clear.

Kwarrrrrrrrrr!

A massive wave of electricity surged through the cathedral walls.

Originally, it was supposed to end with a single point, but the lightning spread out like ripples across a pond according to the technique she developed.

“Ghhhhh!”

“Cough!”

Hundreds of knights rolled on the ground as they rushed from the lawn in front of the cathedral toward the main gate.

Normally, when wearing plate armor, most of the electricity would flow out to the feet.

However, Sereraji also developed a technique to ‘push’ electricity into the body.

It wasn’t a spell intended to kill, and the paladins weren’t that weak, so they were able to withstand the lightning itself, but the unexpected impact caught the paladins off guard.

“What kind of electrical magic can have such a range?”

“There is a wizard hiding who made a contract with an old thing or a devil! Catch him!”

“Wake up! Hold the line. We must retrieve Bishop Hong.”

Angelica swallowed hard and regained her balance.

“Did I really think I would collapse like this!”

‘I’ve heard rumors that there’s a genius magician in the palace. No matter what, he can’t cast that many spells in succession. Grand Duke Valencianus, you used yourself as bait. Good. I’ll take that bait.’

Thump, she crossed the ground, white divine power rising in streams.

Looking at that, Sereraji smiled wryly.

“I thought I could hold out for once.”

Pah, pah, pah, pah, pah, pah!

Once again a wave of electricity struck.

The knights who had just gotten up were unable to withstand the blue, hot waves that were washing over them from behind and fell to their knees on the ground.

“Ahh!”

“Ugh!”

“Did you bring an archmage?”

“Wake up!”

If they had raised their divine power from the beginning and fought back, they could have blocked the lightning that Sereraji just fired with their bodies.

However, the confusion that came from the fact that they had penetrated the plate armor, the impatience of the situation where Bishop Hong had been kidnapped, and the anxiety about what Archduke Valencian might be up to again were eating away at the hearts of the knights.

And people who are flustered, impatient, and anxious tend to not be able to exert even a tenth of their original strength.

but.

“You son of a bitch, Valencian!”

Angelica, the knight who closed the magic realm, was quite familiar with all three emotions.

She ran out, electricity crackling between her teeth.

There were also dozens of those still moving.

Valencian still waited without lifting a finger.

Chijichijichijichi!

A third torrent swept through the paladins.

“Haa, haa.”

Angelica exhaled heavily and raised her sword.

She managed to get out of the cathedral walls without collapsing.

Only then did Valencian walk beside the chariot.

“You’re really strong. That’s a relief.”

“You, you.”

“There are a lot of eyes watching, are you okay?”

Angelica raised her head, flinching.

Hundreds? Maybe thousands? The citizens of the capital were all looking at her with eyes that were a mixture of confusion and fear.

Because of the high wall and the carriage blocking the main entrance, no view of the inside of the cathedral was visible from outside.

‘no way?’

Angelica imagined the worst for a moment.

And imagination became reality.

Valencian ran towards her urgently and shouted for everyone to hear.

“Sword of Light, Angelica! Are you alright? Bishop Hong is being served by the Imperial Platinum Knight, Tentia! What’s the situation inside?”

“This, this, this. This snake-like thing… …!”

Valencian’s notoriety was notorious, but at least today he didn’t do anything to the chariot himself.

The citizens of the capital had no way of knowing about the gunpowder or the factions inside the cathedral.

All they could see was the carriage suddenly overturning, the sound of fighting coming from inside, then the Archduke Valen and the Platinum Knight appeared, and the Platinum Knight took Bishop Hong and ran off somewhere.

No one believed that the Platinum Knight would do something strange to Bishop Hong.

In fact, Tentia ran to the side door and handed Bishop Paul Hong over to another knight.

There were also several citizens who saw it on the road there.

That paladin was just a paladin from the Argos faction.

Some wondered why Archduke Valen was still there, but it was not worth being left behind in front of a broken carriage to get struck by a knight’s sword.

“Angelica.”

Valencian smiled brightly.

“Why did you come for me? You should have chased Bishop Hong right away, or entered the cathedral. What’s so great about me?”

“Surely, what you’re doing today is nothing… … ?”

“The Imperial Family should not interfere with the decisions made within the Church. They seem to think I’m up to something evil, but my job today is nothing more than making it seem like I have something and making all the Pauline faction knights come after me.”

“!”

“What is the ratio of Bishop Hong’s faction and Bishop Paul Hong’s faction within me now?”

“… … The saints are with us.”

Angelica’s voice trembled.

“Can a saint be stronger than a saint?”

Valencian’s voice did not tremble at all.

“You’ve already lost since you’ve all come out. In the end, everyone will gather inside to have a meeting, so you should have secured the inside. What did I say?”

He laughed heartily, and Angelica sank to her seat with a pale face.

There must be some kind of secret plan.

That’s what I thought.

Valencian supported her respectfully and said:

“How could I possibly beat a Paladin? You overestimated me.”