At this time, Lin Yiyan, who had finally caught up with Alice, swept his eyes to the room in front of him, trying to find Yugeo, who was taken away by Chudelkin from the large bath, but he couldn't find it at all. I looked again into the center of the room with disappointment, and finally saw what Chudelkin had been obsessed with before.

In the center of a glass ball with a diameter of about 50 centimeters, a semi-three-dimensional image is reflected by the swirling light. If you look closely, you can see a young girl half-lying and half-sitting on a mattress that reflects the shine. Her long silver hair obscured her face, but she was naked on her body.

When Lin Yiyan had no choice but to accept the situation of "Is this the scene that made Chudelkin scream" with a sense of detachment, he found that there seemed to be another person in front of the girl. Lin Yiyan leaned over his face in order to see his appearance clearly, but I don't know if it was the reason for the interruption of the technique, the image suddenly released a white flash, and then disappeared without a trace.

Alice, who showed no interest in this image, had already put the blade of her sword against the mouth of the clown caught in the air, "When you say the opening sentence of the technique, I will cut your tongue off by the roots." ”

In the face of such a declaration made by the cold voice, the short man who had been screaming indiscriminately a second ago finally quieted down. In Under orld, it is a basic principle that all techniques need to be chanted first, so controlling the opponent in such a situation, Lin Yiyan's advantage is already unshakable. Even so, consciousness could not be taken away from his stubby hands. Lin Yiyan, who noticed this, turned to look at the face of the patriarch Chudelkin.

His appearance was enough to make Lin Yiyan wonder what his essence was. The large red mouth occupies the entire lower half of the round face, the lumpy nose is also large and uneven, and the eyes and eyebrows are curved like smiley symbols. But now, the slitted eyes were wide open, and the black eyes were rolling and staring at Alice.

From the trembling thick lips, there was a sound like rolling rusty metal.

"You guy...... Number 30...... Why in such a place. Didn't he fall to his death outside the tower with one of the rebels? ”

"Don't call me by number! My name is Alice. Moreover, I am no longer number thirty. Facing Alice, who seemed to be surrounded by the cold air of the Far North, Chuderkin's sweaty face twitched twice, and then looked at Lin Yiyan for the first time, so the eyes that had curved upwards like a crescent moon widened to the size of about half a moon again, and a gasp of "oh" and "oh" came from the depths of his throat.

"You...... You guy...... Why, how could it!? Number 30...... Knight Alice, why didn't you kill this imp!? Didn't I tell you that this guy was a rebel...... Is it the vanguard of the Dark Territory? ”

"He's a rebel, but he's definitely not a pioneer in the Dark Nation. And, now I'm just like him. ”

"What...... Chuderkin, ...... clutched in mid-air, his stubby limbs swaying stiffly back and forth like the dolls piled up in the room.

"Rebel...... Want to be a traitor, you bastard knight bitch! As if completely oblivious to the state he was in, Chuderkin's snow-white head was dyed red in an instant, his voice even higher than before, and angry screams that were already close to the realm of ultrasound echoed through the room.

"You, you bastards, integration knights! It's nothing more than a puppet! It's just a puppet manipulated by the orders of the church! It's just this! Dare to betray His Majesty!! Betrayal of the High Priest Administrator——?!! ”

In the face of such an insult, Alice just turned her face to avoid Chuderkin's flying spittle, and then did not even raise her eyebrows, and responded with a cold calmness, "It is the Congregational Church that turned us into puppets." It seals our memories through the secret art of synthesis, and at the same time buries a compulsory loyalty to the Church, making us believe that we are knights summoned from the heavenly realm. ”

"What......" Chuderkin's face turned snow-white again, and his mouth trembled in distraction, "Why, why do you know ......?"

"Even if the memory is sealed, there will still be some small fragments left in the brain. As I stepped into the nearby Senate, I was reminded of a scene for a moment...... The young girl, trembling in anxiety and fear, was tied to the middle of that hall, and was subjected to multiple techniques by the patriarchs for three days and three nights, violently tearing open the protective wall of her heart...... This is the truth of the secret art of synthesis. The floor of that hall must have been soaked with the tears of terror and despair that I had shed when I was a girl. ”

Listening to Alice's patient, words as sharp as a steel knife, Chudelkin's face kept turning from white to red, and then from red to white. But in the end, Chudelkin, who was the only self-aware human in the Senate, seemed to have suddenly changed his attitude, and his huge mouth squeezed out an extremely lowly smile.

"Huh...... Exactly. People still remember it very clearly, young, pure, lovely you, with tears in your eyes, pleading over and over again...... "Please, don't let me forget...... Don't let me forget my most important person...... ...... Hehehe......"

Alice looked at Chudelkin, who imitated the sorrow of a young girl in an extremely ugly voice, and her eyes shone like a hot fire. However, Chudelkin's provocation did not stop at all, and continued his despicable monologue.

"Oh, ho, remember! Even now, when people think of that time, they can still use it for a whole night! You were brought from a shabby village out of nowhere, and you grew up as a trainee nun for the first two years. I found a loophole in the rules of life, and I went to the summer solstice festival in Santoria to play, and worked hard with the belief that as long as I studied hard, I could return to my hometown one day! But ah, how could that happen! When your divine authority rises to a certain level, it will be forced to synthesize for you! That look on your face when you found out you could never go home again...... I really want to turn it into stone and put it in someone's room as an eternal decoration!! Scold! Scold! Scold! ”

Hearing Chudelkin's extremely vicious lines, Lin Yiyan could no longer contain the violent tremor of the abbot's right hand holding the sword. Alice also gritted her teeth, forcibly maintaining her self-control and questioned the patriarch, "You just said something very strange." Isn't it almost like there is a non-forced synthesis in force? ”

The patriarch's eyes narrowed into a thin line, and he continued with a slight smirk, "Heh, heh, I actually heard something unexpected. That's it, right? Six years ago, you resolutely refused to chant the secret techniques required for the usual synthesis. You said that your vocation is still in your hometown village, and you don't need to listen to my orders! What did you say to people? ”

It's like what Alice would say when she was a kid - I didn't know anything about her at the time, but I could still understand it deeply. The patriarch didn't know if he recalled the events at that time, and crooked his lips and kept scolding, "What a lively bear child." Although they wondered whether to wait for the High Priest to wake up before dealing with it, the preparations for the ceremony were completely ready. I had no choice but to let the tasks of the automation veterans stop for a while, and forcibly dig up the wall of your heart that guards the most important thing with a technique. Hawkers, it's also thanks to this blessing, so that people can enjoy it! Hee-hee! ”

The high-pitched laughter stopped when the tip of the Sword of the Golden Wood was only a centimeter closer. However, the sinister smile on his eyes and lips did not disappear.

The words that came out of the mouth of the rapping Chuderkin contained several pieces of information that were quite important. Although I think that if Alice can continue to suppress her anger, she may be able to take the opportunity to get more information, but the sense of disobedience has not disappeared. Why would this clown reveal the secret contents related to the center of the church without any support? If you want to save your life, you should control your provocative rhetoric against Alice, and I don't see that he looks like he's trying to spy on an opportunity to fight back.

As if ignoring Lin Yiyan, who was silently thinking, Chudergin once again spoke up to tell the story of the past, "After the first stage of forced synthesis, it is the people who transported you who lost consciousness to the High Priest Qi. Although it's a pity that people didn't see the scene after that, when the ceremony is over, you who woke up as an integration knight must also believe that you are an apostle of the gods sent by the heavenly realm, right? Just like any other knight. People, every time I see you knights mention the Heavenly Realm or something, they laugh so much that they burst their bellies......"

Chudelkin's eyes, who were still held up in the air and kept talking, shook slightly, and he noticed Lin Yiyan's presence, and his eyes seemed to be waiting for something. In other words, was his gushing words delaying time in order to trip Lin Yiyan and the others into this room......?

Lin Yiyan wanted to say something to Alice, but the knight opened his mouth first. The voice, which was colder than the chill that overflowed the Great Bath, rang out in the golden room, "Elder Chuderkin, you may also be a victim, and a poor clown who has been played with by the High Priest Administrator. But even if that's the case, it looks like you're enjoying your situation. So, you don't have much to be nostalgic about, right? I'm tired of hearing you, too. ”

The tip of the Sword of the Golden Wood Blade quickly stabbed out, reaching the center of the chest of the clown suit that had swelled into a circle. The reflective fabric couldn't even resist the faintest, and went straight inward—

If Chuderkin's purpose was to stall for time, then he would have told some new intelligence. For example, where the Ugeo is located. However, Lin Yiyan's prediction was completely betrayed after a second.

The golden blade sank deep into the chest of the patriarch who had fallen silent with his mouth half-open. His narrowed eyes widened suddenly, and the red and blue clown suit suddenly tightened. At the moment when Alice turned her face and tried to avoid the blood spurting out—

With a loud explosion of "pop", Chudelkin's round body exploded like a balloon. A large burst of blood stained Alice's armor red—but it didn't happen.

"What ......"

"Huh......!?"

Lin Yiyan and Alice screamed at the same time. Instead of liquid, it was gas, and a deep red smoke soon filled the surrounding space, covering the entire toy room. Ain Grandtree also has monsters with these special abilities. If you attack the bulging skin with a weapon other than the strike attribute, a large amount of smoke and dust will be spewed out, and the main body will take the opportunity to escape.

Lin Yiyan, whose memory was reviving in his mind, had just noticed that a slender shadow was quickly passing through the corner of his field of vision, and he subconsciously swung out the sword in his right hand. However, there was only a slight click on the hand. What rolled down to his feet in the smoke and dust was the golden hat that Lin Yiyan had seen before.

In order to continue the pursuit, he stepped into the thick smoke, but the moment he inhaled the turbid smoke, his throat was invaded by a pinprick pain, which made Lin Yiyan cough unconsciously.

"Chuderkin......!!" Alice, who covered her mouth with her left hand, roared angrily as she ran out after the shadow. The direction of Chudelkin's escape was not the door connected to the senate, but the deeper part of the room, considering that there should be no exit there, so Lin Yi also held his breath, bent down and began to sprint.

However, what appeared in front of us as we rushed out of the center of the smoke was a golden closet that had slid to the right, and a secret passage that led deeper behind it. Looking inside, the body and limbs beneath the round head were incredibly slender, and the other party was running into the depths with the agility of an ape.

"Oh!! Hehehe!! The cheap laughter reached the ears of Lin Yiyan, who was coughing and crying, "The technique is not only those idiots who need to sing to initiate!" Stupid -!! If you think you're catching up, I'll chase you, and next time I'm going to kill you beautifully, hee-hee!! ”

Laughter like broken toys echoed with footsteps climbing the stairs.

Lin Yiyan and Alice only stopped for less than five seconds.

After exchanging glances, he rushed into the narrow passage ahead. Although we inhaled a little red smoke, fortunately it was not poisonous - if it were, I am afraid that Chudelgin would not have filled his clothes with this thick smoke - and then we no longer had to endure the pain of coughing and wheezing.

The hidden passage is commensurate with Chudelkin's figure, and if you don't bend your body, your head hits the ceiling. The occasional click from behind was the sound of Alice's shoulder armor hitting the wall. The scabbard of the Green Rose Sword hanging on Lin Yiyan's right waist rubbed against the wall, and Lin Yiyan had no choice but to run forward in an awkward position.

After seeing the staircase facing upward, Lin Yiyan stopped at the entrance for a moment, and rushed in after confirming that no one was ambushed. The sound of Chudelkin's footsteps was gone, and only the cold air flowed in the darkness ahead.

The staircase was longer than expected, about the height of three floors of the cathedral. Judging from the height of the ceiling, the Senate containing the people in the box that Chudelkin called the Patriarch of Automation should occupy the space from the 96th to the 98th floors, so the end of this staircase should be the 99th floor.

The battle with the Congregational Church, which began in the dungeon, or rather, in the village of Lulid, began with the two-year journey of Yugeo and me, and two floors to come. Although his partner is no longer around, if the Knight Captain Belkuli is right, he should be able to meet him again in the High Priest's bedroom. Return the Sword of the Green Rose to him, and then work with Alice to defeat Chuderkin and the High Priest. After this......

Lin Yiyan shook his head lightly and stared at the faint light in front of the stairs. After that, let's wait until it's all over to think about it. Today, attention must be focused on the final battle. When Lin Yiyan focused the consciousness captured by the "past" and "future" on the "present", the high-pitched voice of the patriarch came from the front, "System Call!!! Generate……”

He's chanting the Elemental Technique. Although I have raised my vigilance, I can't stop here. The lights ahead are getting closer and closer to me.

“…… This staircase will be over in no time! After alerting Alice to it, a short reply immediately came, "Beware of the sneak attack of the Holy Magic!" ”

"Got it!" Lin Yiyan nodded, and continued to run while holding the black sword in front of him. The magic of this world, which is enough to keep the elements for a while, is easy to use for surprise attacks. For example, if you generate a heat element, you can use it until you transform it, and when you see an enemy, you can fire it as if you were using a firearm.

On the other hand, the power of a spell depends on the number of elements it consumes. If there is only one element used, then both a student who has just started learning divine arts and the highest-level magician who has been practicing divine arts for a long time will in principle show the same attack power. Although it is possible to manipulate multiple elements if you are proficient, it takes one finger to maintain each element, so the maximum number of elements that can be generated at the same time is only ten. If you use this sword with energy absorption attributes, even if it is an attack technique that concentrates ten hot or cold elements, it will be enough to defend it.

If Chuderkin was going to sneak attack, it would be safer to rush out in one go than to climb the stairs and slowly peek out through the exit. Lin Yiyan, who made this judgment, accelerated past the last few meters and jumped high on the last step.