Former General Is Undead Knight

Lesson 26: The Rose of the Subworld ②

In the basement of the holy capital Heinstier, a huge hidden passage was dug.

The concealed passage extends into the nest of spiders, with nine entrances and exits in total.

All entrances and exits are strictly hidden and are not of the kind that can be stumbled upon without previous information.

And in the unlikely event that this hidden passage was revealed, there were many escape routes because it was a labyrinth with many entrained paths, and it was not very much something that could be caught up against those familiar with this hidden passage.

A group of ten people walked through the hidden passage.

"I didn't know you were going to kill me in this holy capital, Guffu..." They said the escort and the escape support were adequate. "

An elderly man at the head of the group nibbled as he wiped his mouth saliva clutteringly with his fingers.

The man had a remarkably unusual appearance of an eagle nose, with a large protrusion of his jaw.

He is the Sacred Capital Heinstier, and Cardinal Zebedai, the chief head of the heretical Inquisition.

"If you can do it, you just want to scrape your hands and feet, smash your eyes, and connect them to the livestock shed forever. They don't know what to do, so it's a shame we can't capture them. Kill each other thoroughly, and bury one more of them on the outer path of The Flute Devil, my sons."

Cardinal Zebedai laughed in a low voice.

"... don't get too hot, Cardinal. Because it's in front of my men. Besides, we're not even in a position to command, but we should focus here on keeping the damage down a little bit. If the Four Holy Pillars are compromised, the survival of the heretical Inquisition will be jeopardized."

A skinny, thin, little old man teaches him to walk following the diagonal back of Cardinal Zebedai.

The old man calls his name Simon, the head of the four great holy pillars, and serves as bishop of this holy capital Heinstia.

It is Cardinal Zebedai who is following him as an escort to safely remove the Holy City.

Cardinal Zebedai, and behind Simon, followed by eight heretical Inquisition sorcerers, Simon's men.

"Can we stay without this getting hot? We've only lived to the point of killing them. It was only under the water that the rotten rats were finally exposed and this to our garden appeared. Would I be so happy?

"... I know how the Cardinal feels."

"Gufff... at all costs, where we can't go out and worship their deaths. But is that what you have to do? We have to survive to kill one or more of them. Oh, it's delightful, it brings in laughter. I've forgotten this feeling for a long time. How many decades on earth would that be?

Cardinal Zebedai speaks with heat in his words.

His face was as pure as a child, and he grinned as brutally as a demon.

"Oh, oh, my God, I lived for this day. No, for the future, huh? You will also notice the daybreak of the kingdom! We need a fierce faith and my heretical inquisition before we can fight them! Finally, the kingdom understands! I think this man was right!

"... Cardinal."

Cardinal Zebedai does not lend ears to Simon's words.

"A branch of the heretical Inquisition shall be established throughout the Kingdom. It greatly restricts the magic of non-church officials and inflicts unlimited suffering on those who break it. You can pick all the dangerous buds in the name of divine punishment. That way, we won't produce magicians like them. No one can disagree with us anymore......! Ooh, it was all a test to disgrace from this country and rebirth the Kingdom of Legions!

"He stopped me, Cardinal."

"Hmm?"

Cardinal Zebedai separates words and stops his feet.

Simon bows his head to him, then crosses, moves forward, hands together and meditates on his eyes.

After doing so for about a dozen seconds, Simon looked back at Cardinal Zebedai.

"... Cardinal, I am a chaser. Perhaps you went in through the gates in the direction of the earthbirds. This underground passage is known only to a very small part of the heretical Inquisition. Were there any of us who guided...?

Cardinal Zebedai suddenly started laughing out loud after losing his expression.

"There's a problem. This way, Simon, there's more of you. No one can escape your mind and divine fist. I thought it would be a shame not to fight them. Cut off your body, break your head, and kill him. Make him regret it. I didn't go out here, I was born."

"... but apparently the numbers are odd too. The other guy asked for a bug monster this time, and I heard it was working for a handful of elite people."

"The better, the better, the better the number of evil men to kill. Do, how many thieves?

"I could just sense it now, twenty people. Since the distance is open, we can expect that there will be enemies who have not been able to chase him out, so I was wondering if he would be lurking twice as long. As if you are familiar with this labyrinth, it is spreading and preventing escape routes. It's not a bug or an undead, it's a living human being."

"Ho, that's certainly a lot. But there are forty outer roads off the road, or guffaw... aren't you looking forward to it"

Simon narrows his eyes to embarrass Cardinal Zebedai.

"Cardinal, our purpose is only to take off this holy capital alive..."

"I know. But the rotten rats that have caught up with us, will they twist and kill us? I hope so."