Heyo. Shin here, one of the Holy Knights.
Well, the occupation is still Knight, though.
Here at Sanctum, the title of Holy Knight is bestowed on the knights who protect the Saint.
Its easy to confuse Holy Knight as an occupation, but then, you cant be one unless youre an Isekai Hero, so yeah, its not a big deal.
So, about being Sanctums protector of the Saint in other words, this Holy Knight job believe or not, was quite difficult.
Theyd judge the combat ability, test the aptitude, check how loyal the candidate would be to the Saint and how faithful he was to the Creator God. Then, even if he managed to pass all of that, a hell-mode training would be awaiting him.
When he manages to pass all that, then congrats, hes eligible to beco the retainer and protector of the Saint. And you know, I finally beca a Holy Knight who could protect Her Ladyship last month.
I was over the moon, that ti.
The Saint was a gorgeous beauty after all.
I had admired her since I was a kid, you know.
I took an oath to the Creator God that Id protect Her Ladyship at all cost, even in exchange for my own life.
Protecting the Saint was given in this job, but another important work for a Holy Knight was to be the Saints escort whenever she went out of the city.
The Saint leaves the Holy City once every three months to visit different countries and save many people through her miracles as she goes around.
It was a very noble calling, if you ask .
And because I was a novice Holy Knight, the expedition this ti was my first ti to escort her. We didnt have any problems on our way, and during our sojourns.
Then, on our way back we could already see the Outer Walls of the Holy City from our vantage point, you know we were attacked.
Around 30 burglar-ish people attacked us.
Only 10 Holy Knights, including , were travelling together with Her Ladyship, but normal thieves did not have a chance against us, even if there were a hundred of them.
Normal thief, that is.
These thieves were a different story.
One of the Senior Holy Knights cut off the arm of one of the thieves, but that guy didnt even flinch, and he rushed towards the senior and bit him on the neck.
Five knights were killed during the first wave.
The thieves didnt even feel terror and they kept on attacking us even if they already lost their arms and legs, as if they were puppets being controlled by soone else.
They werent revived again if we crushed their skulls or lopped their heads, so between the remaining four Senior Holy Knights and , we managed to slay 20 of those thieves.
Only 8 remained.
We can protect the Saint at this rate.
Just when I thought of that
The seniors fell one after the other.
The thieves used a strong poison in their weapons, it seed, so they were already killed just from a light scratch.
I wont be bragging , but I was considered quite strong. Even if the nine seniors who ca with us in this expedition tead up together to fight against , I was pretty confident I could win.
I had the [Eye of Magic], after all, and I could see the mana of my opponents thanks to this skill.
All of the strong ones had been manipulating the mana within their bodies to attack us. They moved their mana faster than their bodies. In short, I could predict what move they were gonna use based on the flow of their mana.
It was not worth ntioning against guys who didnt move their mana to attack, but those people were generally weak, so there was no way I were going to lose against them.
Id been training since I was a kid, fully prepared to die, after all.
That was why I defeated 10 of the thieves without a single graze. Well, I didnt have the leeway to protect the seniors, though.
..Sorry.
Only 8 thieves remained.
I could defeat 7 of them.
The only problem was the guy who seed to be the boss.
That guy was the only one who had a different kind of mana. I had never seen the likes of it before it was totally unimaginable for a person to have that amount of mana.
Not really sure about this, but that guy was prolly a warlock.
It is said that they have an unbelievable amount of mana.
If there were 10 of us, then we could do sothing about this boss that was his level.
He prolly controlled all the other guys, I guess. I could see strands of mana oozing from him and they were connected to the heads of those guys.
Boss used his underlings to attack us, but he himself hadnt made a move yet.
I tried to hatch a plan I was going to defeat all the underlings, do sothing about that boss, and let Her Ladyship escape first in the anti, but
You guys go capture the Saint. Im going to deal with this one.
Boss was wide open as he stood before us.
.We were dood.
His humanoid eyes were staring at , after all.
Not sure if Boss was preparing to kill , but his mana suddenly surged and swelled within him.
I couldnt take my eyes off the Boss.
I would prolly die the mont I take my eyes off him.
I stood rooted to the spot, while the thieves rushed past from left to right, dashing towards the carriage that carried the Saint
Holy Lance!
Magic overflowed from the carriage, and the four thieves were pierced before they were annihilated.
It was Her Ladyships magic.
Shin, please run away.
The Saint had alighted from the carriage and ran towards before I even noticed it. She then told that.
Her voice was trembling a little.
She probably noticed that the thieves boss was no ordinary person.
Despite that, Her Ladyship still glared at the Boss, and she pointed the rapier she was holding towards him.
I was over the moon, notwithstanding the danger we were facing now, because the Saint already rembered my na, even though I was just assigned to her.
My duty is to protect Your Ladyship, you know? For to run away
I confird with my Eye of Magic that three of the thieves were stealthy creeping behind us, muffling their steps.
Theres no way thats gonna happen!!
I slashed the three thieves.
I could move because the Boss attention shifted to the rapier that the Saint pointed to him.
With this, fighting beca a lot easier.
The only remaining thing to do was let the Saint escape.
It was totally impossible for the current to defeat this warlock.
If it was the Saint, then she could maybe do it.
If she still had so mana from the Creator God remaining in her
However, she had been going to various countries and performing several miracles, so she didnt have much Holy Mana remaining within her.
This warlock, no doubt, anticipated and aid for that, so he attacked us on this spot.
But, we could already see the Holy City, so if Her Ladyship was willing to escape, then I only had to buy so ti and stop the warlock.
I couldnt defeat him, but I could be a hindrance.
I had my Eye of Magic, after all.
This Eye of Magic wasnt all about seeing mana, after all.
It also had one additional ability it could freeze the object it was looking at in ti.
Well, one second of ti freeze was equivalent to ten days of life span, though.
I checked my status board, and the remaining days were written here, since I possessed this Eye of Magic.
Skill: Eye of Magic [Lifespan: 3050 days]
I still had around 10 years remaining.
It had decreased a lot, since Id been using this Eye of Magic.
Still, I could use my remaining lifespan to freeze the warlock for 10 minutes.
Your Ladyship, I will stop the warlock from moving. Please use that ti and run with all your might up to the Holy City.
The warlock wouldnt be able to get her as long as she was inside the Holy City. I had to hold on until she reached the Holy City. As long as I had this lifespan, I would be able to win!
Shin, dont tell
Holy Knights could never hide anything from the Saint, so she already knew about my Eye of Magic.
She prolly already noticed what I was trying to do.
The Senior Knights fought with their lives, so theres no way I will try to preserve mine. I will do my utmost to protect Your Ladyship, no matter the cost! For the sake of the Seniors, please, Seira-sama, please run away!
I called her na for the first ti.
Well, it was the last ti, so this much was fine, right?
Hmpf, I dont know what youre planning, but theres no way you can escape from us, you know.
!?
He suddenly directed his words behind , so I spun around in shock. Another warlock was standing there.
As long as I could use my Eye of Magic to observe his mana, then we were on even ground.
Unfortunately, I could only ti-freeze one target at a ti, and it would take a few seconds to lock my target.
We were dood.
I could only stop a single warlock at best using my Eye of Magic in exchange for my lifespan, but there were two of them now.
Sorry for calling you out here. I want to crush this saintess that would beco an obstacle to the Demon King that will soon be born.
No big deal. We should quickly do away with this guy, especially since he defeated the marionnettes that you were controlling.
Yeah, youre right.
They sandwiched the Saint and I as they started talking to each other.
The Demon King will be revived, this guy said.
Were going to die here, so their lips are loose, huh.
Well, we didnt have a ans to let the Holy City know, though.
The two warlocks started to gather an enormous amount of mana on their hands. It was visible even without using the Eye of Magic.
The mana turned into balls of spheres above the warlocks head. They were lumps of malice and death.
Goodbye, Saint, and you too, noble knight. Your loyalty and spirit are comndable.
I didnt want to be praised by a warlock like you.
Why dont you release us instead, since youre praising , right?
The warlocks swung their hands downward.
Death was coming.
At this final mont, I shielded the Saint with my body, just like a proper knight
How odd.
The sound of an explosion rang in our ears, and I was sure the warlocks mana bomb had detonated
I was still alive.
The Saint, too.
When I opened my eyes, a half-moon do protected us from the attacks of the warlocks.
I glanced at the Saint, but Her Ladyship shook her head it wasnt her barrier.
Besides, even if she was the Saint, she couldnt block two warlocks attacks without the support of the priests.
Then who did
Actually, I already knew the answer.
Aside from the Saint and I, a raven-haired youth was standing beside us right inside the barrier.
E/N: I kinda shipped the knight and the saintess.oof now Halt ca and ruined it. Hed be called the saintesss husband for sure poor Shin.
T/N: tooooooo!!! But yeah Halt has to collect them all X( Also, I admire him for being so composed even though he can see how many days he have remaining ?
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