Former General Is Undead Knight - Act 4-32 - Judgment①

By the time 『Rose of Subkingdom』 defeated Simon, Lambert had already infiltrated the underground passage from the basement of the cathedral.

Currently, Lambert ran through the passage, scanning for the presence of others.

The sound of his heavy Organ armor echoed across the narrow passageway.

Suddenly, five people appeared before Lambert. Each of them was clad in a black mantle and a hood to hide their face.

「Who are you? One of the Eight Wise Men supposedly wears full-plated armor. Are you that man?」

Without lowering their vigilance, the leader of the cloaked figures asked Lambert.

Lambert dropped his sword and let it hit the ground.

The tip of his greatsword easily crushed the stone floor.

Seeing that, the five people shuddered, gulping their spit.

「Too bad, but I’m not in cahoots with 『Devil’s Piper』. I have come to crush you.」

「Another dog of the church, huh! No need to fear those who make such loud sounds in this kind of place! Kill him!!」

At their leader’s signal, the other four began moving.

「It’s not like I can hide myself with this kind of metal armor.」

Lambert heaved a sigh and brandished his greatsword.

The combination of his tall frame, greatsword’s length, and long arms resulted in an incredible range for his sword.

A single swing pried through the wall of the passage, leaving a deep scar behind.

「Hear this sound, anyone who comes will die at my hands. Even if you try to flee, I will chase you down and kill you.」

All five of them then stood still with dumbfounded faces.

「I met your colleagues just a while ago, but they didn’t seem to be the kind of people who fought for a living. Leave if you want to leave. However…don’t expect mercy if you stand before me as a warrior.」

The five of them strengthened their grips on their weapons, showing Lambert that they’d fight.

「…I see.」

Lambert nodded lightly and then readied his greatsword.

All five of them rushed at once toward Lambert.

Just as he did a moment ago, Lambert swung his hefty greatsword.

Fresh blood danced in the air as he reaped the lives of those five.

Lambert ran inside the underground passage with his blood-stained armor.

Finally, Lambert sensed a huge amount of mana in the passage before him.

There had to be at least thirty other people.

There was no doubt that something had happened in the passage ahead of him.

By the time he arrived, the battle had begun.

Alas, the victor had almost been decided.

Two monks of the inquisition squad were fighting while protecting an old man.

They were surrounded by over twenty people clad in black coats.

Both of them were already drenched in their own blood, and one had lost an arm.

The floor of the passage was filled with more than twenty corpses of people with black coats.

The monks seemed to have put up quite a good fight, but they were outnumbered and already on the brink of defeat.

「SIMON! SIMON! COME BACK QUICKLY! OOOO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! I-I CANNOT DIE YET! COME BACK ALREADY, SIMON! YOUR SUBORDINATES ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH! I TRIED TO TELL YOU THIS!」

The old man was shouting loudly inside the passage.

Since they were trapped in this kind of situation, it seemed they had failed to detect Lambert’s presence s.

Lambert could only hear the sound of the old man’s voice.

However, Lambert could identify him immediately since the bridge of his nose and huge chin were quite conspicuous—not to mention that he wore quite luxurious attire on top of all that.

「I see… You’re Cardinal Zebedai, huh.」

Lambert’s voice resounded like a clear melody inside the passage.

He leapt forward while swinging his arms to get rid of the people in black coats who had attacked him.

Despite receiving the attack of so many people at once, it wasn’t enough to shake Lambert’s arms.

All of the assailants were thrown back easily, crashing against the wall.

He kept rushing forward calmly, shortening the distance between him and Cardinal Zebedai without a moment of interruption.

The people clad in black overcoats seemed to notice that Lambert was no average warrior. Thus, they became more vigilant instead of rushing in recklessly.

However, since everyone who rushed ahead was taken down so easily, it became a stalemate in which they wanted to kill Lambert but lacked the ability to do so.

Even if they knew that Cardinal Zebedai had already been cornered, they realized that the armored man before them wasn’t an enemy they could handle.

「W-who are you! Have you come to save me?」

Cardinal Zebedai shouted as if making a plea to Lambert.

「…I have more important matters than that, and that matter is the very thing that led me to come to Heinstia.」

「W-what is it? Is there an even more important thing than my life in this kind of situation?! Quick, quickly save me! I don’t know who you are, but…you must have confidence in your strength, right? Quickly kill these heretics!」

Cardinal Zebedai spoke in desperation.

But Lambert had stopped walking after he arrived at a certain distance from Zebedai.

Seeing that, Cardinal Zebedai’s face warped in fury.

「W-what now?! Is it money? Do you want money? If you do, I’ll give you enough for your entire life! And yes, as long as this riot ends, I can rebuild the inquisition squad! Rebuilding it won’t be a problem with you by my side! That’s why you should be my subordinate! You will get both money and honor!」

「Honor, is it? That’s something unrelated to me.」

Lambert muttered quietly, looking into Cardinal Zebedai’s eyes.

His gaze overwhelmed Cardinal Zebedai, causing the latter to falter.

「The reason I visited this city…was to meet you, Zebedai.」

「You wanted to meet me?」

「Yes. I wanted to see if the Regios kingdom and its citizens needed you and your inquisition squad. I came to see that.」