Chapter 865: The Knight and The “Saint”
The Amakusa-style Cross Rosicrucian is a small sect, numbering no more than a hundred people at most; their opponents, however, are Knights who can each fight a hundred men. It’s easy to imagine that if a war broke out between the two sides, the outcome would be without suspense…
Kanzaki Kaori’s other identity is the Queen of the Church of the Amakusa-style Cross Rosicrucian.
Although she herself has stated that she left the sect and converted to the British Puritan Church, it is said that the current leader of the Amakusa-style Cross Rosicrucian still calls himself “Acting Queen of the Church” to this day.
Why “acting”? Isn’t it because in their hearts, the “true” Queen of the Church is still Kanzaki Kaori?
Similarly, Tsuchimikado Motoharu also knew that Big Sis Kanzaki didn’t truly wish to abandon her former compatriots. On the contrary, it was precisely because she cared about her compatriots that she had no choice but to leave and keep her distance from them…
Now, knowing that her compatriots were about to face misfortune, how could Kanzaki Kaori remain indifferent?
“Speaking of which, if Big Sis Kanzaki really didn’t plan to do anything, she wouldn’t have suddenly disappeared…” Tsuchimikado Motoharu stopped, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
Their destination was already close; they only needed to pass through this last layer of jungle to see the coast…
A series of dull, soul-stirring roars could be heard coming from the other side of the jungle.
It was as if thunder was exploding close to the ground, or as if a massive object had collided, producing the sound…
“Tsk, too late…” Tsuchimikado Motoharu couldn’t help but rub his forehead, but halfway through the motion, he changed it to pushing up his sunglasses, a smile appearing on his face, “No, I should say I arrived just in time. It saved me a lot of trouble.”
Tsuchimikado Motoharu paused for a moment, waiting, and only after confirming that no new sounds came from the other side of the jungle did he start walking again, accelerating into a run.
There were twenty Knights who had traveled across oceans, crossing half the globe to reach this place. They used the current manipulation magic left by Saint Blasius—a high-speed stealth technique that could circumnavigate the Earth in three days—to travel fully armed and navigate physically to this location within thirty hours.
Moreover, it is worth mentioning that during this process, these twenty Knights did not rely on the magic affixed to their armor.
In fact, their heavy Knight armor only provided simple defensive functions; if the defensive settings were removed, it wouldn’t even count as a magic artifact.
In other words, each Knight relied on his own magic power and physical strength to activate magic and complete this astonishing ultra-long-distance swim.
Tsuchimikado Motoharu knew that ever since the Knight Captain reformed and reorganized the Knight Order seven years ago, the Knight faction had completely transformed into a true war machine!
All Knight Orders within England were integrated, removing their original various prefixes and unifying under the pure name of “Knight Order.”
This was simply because the Knights had already achieved perfection; any additional prefix modifiers would instead become a restraint for them.
Therefore, what Tsuchimikado Motoharu had said earlier about “one against a hundred” was not an exaggeration, but the most direct and realistic description of the Knight Order.
These Knights had become “inhumanly” powerful, and coupled with their arrogant and stubborn personalities, Tsuchimikado Motoharu honestly didn’t want to deal with them at all…
—Those iron cans wouldn’t care so much; they’d probably just want to cut down a multi-faceted spy like me with a single sword upon meeting, wouldn’t they?
However, no matter how “inhuman” those Knights were, they were still “humans” in the end.
Since they are humans, they will absolutely not be a match for a “Saint”…
Pushing aside the last branch blocking his way, Tsuchimikado Motoharu saw a tall and graceful figure standing on the breakwater by the sea, her long hair tied into a ponytail, fluttering wildly in the sea breeze.
Getting a bit closer, Tsuchimikado Motoharu finally saw the figures of those Knights—lying haphazardly on the wave-dissipating blocks below, with a few unlucky ones seemingly having fallen directly into the water, only a few gradually dissipating whirlpools visible on the surface of the sea…
“…They haven’t dispelled their diving magic, so they shouldn’t drown.” Kanzaki Kaori seemed to feel a slight relief, as if her conscience was somewhat appeased, though it was unclear to whom she was explaining.
“You’re the culprit behind this scene, Big Sis, and you can actually say such a thing,” Tsuchimikado Motoharu quipped.
“Tsuchimikado,” Kanzaki Kaori was not surprised; a “Saint”’s senses are sharp, and she had long since noticed Tsuchimikado Motoharu’s approach, “Are you here to stop me?”
As she spoke, Kanzaki Kaori placed her hand on the hilt of her sword.
“Don’t be like that, Big Sis Kanzaki.” Tsuchimikado Motoharu’s smile remained unchanged, and he even approached with the same unguarded demeanor, “You can’t win against me.”
Kanzaki Kaori tightened her grip with her right hand, as if she could unleash her most prized drawing sword technique at any moment.
“Big Sis Kanzaki, your creed is never to kill, so you absolutely cannot win against me.” Tsuchimikado shrugged, “Don’t you understand? In my current state, if I forcefully cast magic, my body will collapse due to the backlash, and I might even die directly.”
Tsuchimikado Motoharu pushed up his sunglasses: “That is to say, as long as I, Tsuchimikado Motoharu, step onto the battlefield, no matter what you do, I will surely die, and that also means your complete failure as a magician.”
Kanzaki Kaori showed a conflicted and pained expression, then finally let go of her sword hilt as if giving up.
“Don’t be nervous, Big Sis Kanzaki.” Tsuchimikado Motoharu continued, “The order I received was merely to ‘find Kanzaki Kaori’s whereabouts.’ And now, I have completed the mission.”
“Completed the mission?” Kanzaki Kaori asked, “Are you really not going to stop me?”
“Are you kidding? Have a Waste former magician like me stop a “Saint”?” Tsuchimikado Motoharu scoffed, “The Archbishop wouldn’t issue such an outrageous order.”
Kanzaki Kaori finally lowered her guard. She leaped and landed beside Tsuchimikado Motoharu: “Since you’re not here to stop me, I’ll be leaving first. You can report to the Archbishop yourself.”
“Go ahead.” Tsuchimikado Motoharu didn’t stop her, but looked at the unconscious Knights below, “I’ll clean this up. If these guys are discovered by the police, it might cause a diplomatic dispute.”
Kanzaki Kaori nodded: “Then I’ll leave it to you.”
Just as Kanzaki Kaori was about to leave, Tsuchimikado Motoharu spoke to her with his back turned: “Big Sis, just consider me meddling, but where are you… planning to go next?”
“Academy City.” Kanzaki Kaori did not hide it.
“I guessed as much, since the Amakusa-style people are already there.”
“You met them?” Kanzaki Kaori asked, somewhat excitedly.
