Survive as a Prison Guard in the Game

Chapter 155
Holy Empire (9)

The downfall of the Holy Empire.

The reasons are many, but the absence of its pillars, namely the Pope and the Saint, played the most significant role.

A pope who turned out to be an Apostle of the Demon Church.

And a Saint who was never born.

Of all the branching choices he made so far, the biggest change is keeping the Saint alive.

Elsia, Saintess of the Holy Empire.

The one who would be the fulcrum of the opposition to Demonism, and the one with the power to deal with the Twelve Apostles.

“Then I shall proceed.”

Archbishop Dyke opened the Saintess’s mouth slightly and let the elixir flow. He watched, then focused his gaze on the creepy demonic energy.

*Bang!*

*Bang!*

*CRAAASH!*

The sword maiden fighting the apostle was sent flying and buried in a collapsed building.

“Keheheh. I don’t know what you guys are trying to do, but it’s useless. I’ll finish you all off!”

The apostle ran toward their direction.

Redin raised the sword in his hand and launched a half moon wave at the apostle. This won’t stop him, but it will buy them a few moments.

*Boom!*

As he saw the half-moon wave explode due to the apostle’s tentacles, he summoned the Phoenix once more and sent it flying toward the apostle.

The azure flames surged forth, charging towards the Apostle.

*Screeeee!!*

The gaping beak of the phoenix swallowed the Apostle, accompanied by the explosion of azure flames. A deafening screech echoed, followed by a tremendous shockwave.

But the Apostle would not die that easily.

Sneaking a glance toward the Saintess, he saw that the vial in Archbishop Dyke’s hand was now empty.

They just have to hold on a little longer.

He summoned his shadow egos towards the direction where he sensed the presence amid the smoke. Ten clones materialized, wielding swords in their hands, and charged forward.

Redin rushed to where the Sword Maiden had fallen.

The Jin Sowol had pushed herself to her feet and was wiping the blood from her mouth. He approached her and handed her an elixir.

“It’s a potion to heal your wounds and restore your strength.”

“This is the potion Rebecca was talking about?”

Rebecca was Jin Sowol’s apprentice and a member of Cerberus. Thanks to her, he didn’t have to explain the elixir in detail.

“Yes”

*Glug* *Glug*

After drinking the elixir, Jin Sowol immediately felt the effects and was amazed.

“This is one crazy stuff, huh?”

“And this will replenish your mana reserves.”

A recently developed mana potion.

He handed it over to Jin Sowol.

“Hmph. Give me one more.”

“You can only consume one bottle per day.”

In the game, one could just use it without any consequences, but here, there was a penalty.

One bottle per day.

Using more than that would cause a mana overload and potentially destroy the mana hole.

“Too bad. So how much longer do we have to hold out?”

“Just a little longer and I think the Saint will finally come back to consciousness.”

“And once she wakes up, we can take him down, right?”

“Yes.”

“Alright.”

Immediately, after drinking the mana potion, the sword maiden moved toward the apostle and swung her sword at the shadowy figure.

*CLANG!*

After landing a blow back at the Apostle, Swordmaster Jin continued to push the momentum. She continued to pressure him, buying valuable time.

In the meantime, Redin moved to check on the saintess again.

He could see that Elsia’s complexion was quickly recovering. But as time passed, her tightly closed eyes remained closed.

“Her breathing and heartbeat are normal.”

One of the archbishops assessed Elsia’s condition. Rebecca, who had been watching the battle in the distance, bit her lip.

“Then why isn’t she waking up?”

“The potion that Brother Redin gave her quickly healed her physical injuries, but it doesn’t seem to have addressed her mental shock. Therefore, the divine power is sealing the consciousness of the Saint.”

“Mind? Seal?”

“It’s easier to understand if you think of it as the Goddess protecting her from harm.”

“Then when will she wake up?”

“We don’t know that either. When the Divine Creator deems it sufficient, she will return the Saintess to us.”

Rebecca turned her head to look at him.

“What can we do now, even Master has her limits.”

*Bang!*

*BOOOOM!!*

The sword maiden’s breathing was rapidly failing as she battled with the apostle.

At this rate, she wouldn’t even last five minutes.

He had to find an answer, no matter what.

“…..”

It wasn’t in the plan for the Saintess to drink the elixir and not wake up.

He licked his dry lips.

He needed a new plan to take down the Apostle.

The first thing that came to mind was the sealing sword he’d used against Rodwell, but he didn’t have enough lives to use it yet.

A different method was needed.

Racking his brain, he came up with several options, but it all came down to one.

The Copy skill.

He had to use it to copy the Saintess’s power and take out the Apostle.

He have a total of seven opportunities to use the Copy skill.

Currently, he had copied four of them: [Cold Heart (A)], [Eye of Arrakis(S)], [Phalaenopsis Dream (S)], and [Red Dragon Body (EX)].¹

He had three remaining copy opportunities.

It was fine to use one of the remaining three.

“All Holy Knights, help the Swordmaster and stall for time, we must hold out until the Saintess awakens!”

As he watched the Archbishops use their divine magic on the Holy Knights, he leaned over and outstretched his hand towards the Saintess.

A simple touch would trigger the Copy skill, so he put his fingers to her neck as if to check her pulse.

*Thump*

*Thump*

[Do you want to use the Copy skill].

‘Yes’

[Elsia]

Strength: D

Agility: D

Stamina: C

Divine Power: SS

Luck: S

Talent: SSS

-Possessed Skills: Sword of Judgment (SSS), Saint of Light (S), Radiant Touch (S), Preaching (A), Empathy (S), Heart for God (S)….

Some skills overlap with those of the Archbishops.

However, there are some skills that only Elsia possesses.

Sword of Judgment and Saint of Light.

The Sword of Judgment was a skill that added a holy attribute to a weapon. However, it required a very large amount of divine power to apply the modifier.

The Saint of Light was a way to replenish that divine power.

With the skill “Saint of Light,” one could generate holy power beyond imagination and use it as the basis for a mechanism to wield the Sword of Judgment.

It was impossible to copy both of them.

[Copy Sword of Judgment].

[Sword of Judgment (SSS)]

-Add the ‘Holy’ attribute to the desired weapon.

-Holy attributes deal more damage against Dark attributes.

-The more divine power one has, the stronger it becomes.

-Effective when used against enemies with demonic energy.

Standing up from his position, he looked at Archbishop Dyke.

“Archbishop.”

It was better to show than to explain. Gathering the divine power around him, he unleashed the Sword of Judgment.

*Ooooh!*

The bright light emanating from the sword he held coalesced, forming the shape of a radiant blade.

The duration was extremely short.

As soon as the attribute was bestowed, all the divine power vanished, and the effect of the Judgment Sword came to an end.

But it was enough to persuade him.

“How…….”

“I’ll explain later. For now, we need to deal with that fellow. To do so, I’ll need a lot of divine power.”

“I’ll gather the Archbishops and the Holy Knights.”

“I would appreciate it.”

Archbishop Dyke gathered the other archbishops, and then all the priests and holy knights around them.

Even if he absorbed all of their divine power, he would only be able to hold the Sword of Judgment for a minute.

I had to make a decisive move in that minute.

“Archbishop Dyke, when I give you the signal, do what I have asked.”

Activating the Archmage’s Desire, Redin plunged his sword deep into his chest, instantly activating the Blazing Soul.

Kicking the ground, he dashed forward.

He darted to the side of the sword maiden fighting the apostle and swung his sword.

*Clang*

“I’ll take it from here.”

“Did you find a way?”

“Yes.”

Sword Maiden Jin backed away, and seeing this, Redin rushed towards the Apostle. Empowered by the Blazing Soul skill, he held his ground in the one-on-one melee against the Apostle.

As he swung the sword, he assessed the movements of the tentacles and the apostle.

After thoroughly understanding how the apostle reacts in a chaotic situation, even unconsciously.

He gave the signal to Archbishop Dyke.

*Whooosh!*

A blast of divine power, shaped like a giant sun, flew toward him.

“Do you think you can capture me with such meager divine power?”

The Apostle sneered.

He assumed the stance of Storm Slash and activated the Sword of Judgment. A colossal sun was drawn into the sword, emitting immense light.

A sword of judgment, eradicating all that is evil.

He charged forward, clutching the hilt with both hands. He sliced through the tentacles the Apostle had created with a single blow.²

*Whiiirrrr!*

In the fleeting moment when the tentacles hovered in the air.

He spun quickly, sending a half moon wave toward the Apostle’s back.³

*Swooooosh!*

[You’ve acquired a Cursed Soul]

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He rummaged through the Apostle’s memory.

The Apostle, who had attended the meeting as the Pope, spoke before the kings of the other kingdoms and the Warden of Burninghell, Rukel.

‘A divine mandate has been bestowed.’

A surge of criminals will bring disaster to the world. Before that happens, we must capture the evil villains.

With him.

The Holy Empire had given the Special Task Force immense authority, even lifting the ban on killing that had been in place for generations.

It was all part of the Apostle’s plan.

And so the criminals captured by the kingdoms and the prison guards were brought to the dungeons of Burning Hell.

Also.

Using Rodwell, he sent to Burning Hell the remnants of Brassel who had betrayed Henry Baskervan.

Burning Hell fell during Magnes’ rebellion.

A group of remnants worked to remake it, creating a secret passageway to the Burning Hell dungeons.

That was the extent of the Apostle’s memories.

He looked up at the soul of the Apostle and asked.

“How far along is the progress on the Demon Gate?”

-Preparations are complete. If we fulfill the required demonic energy to activate the Gate to the Demon Realm… the gate will open.

A large amount of demonic energy to open the gate.

To create it, the apostle was going to destroy the Holy Empire and kill the Saintess in front of everyone.

The source of demonic energy is negative emotions.

When the world hears of the destruction of the Holy Empire, the death of the Saintess, and that the Demon God Church has emerged into the world…

…It will induce a vast array of emotions such as despair, denial, and fear.

“Are the Demonic Gates only in Burning Hell?”

-Each Apostle is responsible for one Demonic Gate. The portal I was responsible for is in Burning Hell.

“Where are the others located?”

-Only the Apostles in charge know.

There are 12 gates to the Demon Realm in total.

And the remaining 11 were built in unknown locations.

“Tell me everything you know about the other Apostles.”

Using all the time he had left, he asked the Apostle to reveal information about the other Apostles.

He managed to get information about the third, fifth, and ninth apostles, along with the fact that the twelve have never gathered together.

It looks like he need to capture them first, then get information on the other apostles, repeating the process to find the Demonic Gates.

*Swwwiiirrrl*

As he snapped out of the Apostle’s memory, he saw Saintess Elsia, who had regained her consciousness, and the Archbishops gathered around her.

In addition, delegates from the Six Kingdoms and the Sword Maiden were watching him.

Facing them, he opened his mouth.

“I have something to discuss with all of you.”

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TL/N:

1.
[Cold Heart (A)] – Ch 1
[Eye of Arrakis(S)] – Ch 2
[Phalaenopsis Dream (S)] – Ch 57
[Red Dragon Body (EX)] – Ch 130

2. Storm Slash Video

3. Halfmoon Slash Range