Volume 2, Chapter 68 – Archbishop

“You?!”

“You are?!”

“The Archbishop of the Divine Punishment Holy Church Romney?!”

‘Damn it!’

Recognizing the other’s identity instantly from that gloomy face, Afnora felt a powerful shudder surge through her body!

When she had dealt with Benjamin earlier, Afnora only wanted to subdue him.

Facing the Archbishop of the Divine Punishment Holy Church, however, Afnora directly abandoned any intention of holding back! Her pupils constricted suddenly as terrifying lightning battle aura violently clung to her right fist! Against such an extremely dangerous lunatic, Afnora’s killing intent was released without reservation!

More importantly!

Romney!

This was the man who had brutally murdered her son and daughter-in-law back then! He was the target of the revenge she had been searching for so bitterly for years!

In the next moment, without a word and surrounded by awe-inspiring killing intent, Afnora directly swung her iron fist with the momentum of a thunderbolt, smashing it violently toward Romney’s head!

Facing Afnora’s attack, the man called Romney revealed a bone-chilling smile.

“Madam’s welcome is truly passionate!”

Laughing wildly, Romney fearlessly swung his left fist as a white battle aura filled with an oppressive atmosphere and a strange corrosive scent suddenly attached itself to his hand!

“Boom!!”

Along with a world-shaking explosion, the iron fists of the two collided violently! Purple and white battle aura grappled fiercely with each other and erupted into an astonishing wave of energy! In an instant, the surrounding noblewomen and children, including Benjamin, were sent flying dozens of meters by the aftershocks of this power!

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Of course, Miss Yumo followed suit and faked being sent flying as well.

‘Ah, I’m flying!’

At this moment, because she was focusing all her attention on observing Romney, Miss Yumo seemed to be somewhat negligent in her professional spirit as an actress and her words unconsciously took on a tone of rote reading. Fortunately, the people around her were focused on their own survival and did not notice Miss Yumo’s odd behavior.

After a burst of energy, the Blue Rose Garden had lost its former beauty and become a total mess.

The young nobles, including Madam Diana and Xingya, had all fallen in a disheveled state in the distance. Under normal circumstances, the aftershocks generated by the clash of power between saint tier experts would be enough to severely injure these ordinary people who lacked strength.

However, these noblewomen and children were basically equipped with magic scrolls for self-protection that were activated at the necessary moment to protect them, preventing large-scale casualties. Still, these delicate women and children were instantly stunned into crying where they stood after being baptized by this wave of impact, looking at Afnora with eyes full of terror.

After the energy surge, the rampaging purple lightning was ultimately suppressed by the sinister white light.

Breaking free from Romney’s restraint, Afnora leaped backward suddenly to put distance between herself and the Archbishop.

Glancing at the blood constantly flowing from her right hand, Afnora could not help but bite her lip, her eyes filled with resentment!

She had undoubtedly lost this exchange.

Not only was her presence suppressed, but her right arm had even suffered significant damage during the collision of strength.

In contrast, Romney stood not far away and aside from being pushed back dozens of meters by her, he had no wounds on his body and still wore that indifferent, bone-chilling smile.

This guy should have the strength of a high-level seventh tier, or even the peak.

Upon realizing this, the unease in Afnora’s heart soared, and her gaze locked tightly onto Benjamin.

“You actually joined forces with the people of the Divine Punishment Holy Church?!”

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Hearing these words, Benjamin crawled out from the bushes in the distance and stood up to look at Afnora without a hint of guilt, letting out bursts of frantic, cold laughter.

“Hehe, what if we did join forces? As long as I can become the Marquis and no longer have to act according to your whims, it doesn’t matter! Madam, if you surrender now, maybe I can ask Mr. Romney to leave your corpse whole~”

Hearing this, Afnora narrowed her eyes slightly.

“Keep dreaming…”

Feeling the cold killing intent constantly bursting from Afnora’s eyes, Benjamin could not help but retreat repeatedly. Although he had the help of an expert from the Divine Punishment Holy Church, the fear of Afnora he had harbored for years was still very thick.

After swallowing hard, Benjamin looked with a sinister smile at the brown-haired man who was taking off his white armor.

“Mr. Romney, I’ll leave the rest to you. Kill her however you want!”

“Hehe, that was my plan all along…”

After taking off the cumbersome armor and revealing the black clothes bearing the symbol of the Divine Punishment Holy Church, a sinister white glint flashed in Romney’s pupils. A mountainous killing intent swept toward everyone present like the howling of ghosts and gods, and many children and women with weaker psychological endurance were shocked into fainting on the ground.

The icy killing intent pierced toward Afnora like a sharp blade, making the pressure in her heart grow increasingly intense.

‘This person is indeed very dangerous…’

At the same time, such a huge energy impact naturally attracted the attention of the Marquis’s guards! In an instant, nearly a hundred guards and members of the Blizzard Knight Order rushed into the garden, directly surrounding Romney and Benjamin!

Everyone immediately drew their weapons and watched the surrounded, gloomy brown-haired man with vigilance.

Seeing the reinforcements arrive, Afnora breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Then, the Marchioness signaled a nearby adjutant of the Blizzard Knight Order with her eyes.

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‘Take those ladies and children away from here immediately! Also, protect Xia’er!’

‘Understood, Madam!’

Having received the order, the knight immediately led a squad toward the rear and hurried away from the battlefield with the group of unconscious and frightened noblewomen and children! Similarly, Miss Yumo, who originally wanted to watch for a while, was also forcefully pulled away from the scene by a knight, leaving her slightly disappointed.

But in any case, seeing Xia’er leave made Afnora breathe a long sigh of relief.

With Xia’er gone and the meddlesome nobles out of the way, she no longer needed to be hesitant in her actions!

Thinking of this, Afnora roughly tore off the lower end and sleeves of her dress, turning the expensive gown into a simple form suitable for combat! After taking the sword handed over by her subordinate, Afnora swung it suddenly, pointing the tip directly at the center of Romney’s brow.

“You wretch from the Divine Punishment Holy Church! Since you dare to come to our Windward City, don’t even think about leaving alive! It’s time to settle the blood debts you owe in Windward City once and for all!”

As soon as she finished speaking, the surrounding group of soldiers erupted with intense battle aura! The two Blizzard Knight Order members beside Afnora even activated the powerful sixth tier battle aura within their bodies! The combined pressure of the warriors and Afnora eventually completely suppressed Romney’s sinister white light.

This also significantly boosted Afnora’s confidence.

After all, no matter how powerful Romney was, he was only one person, and one person could not possibly withstand the siege of so many people!

However, just as Afnora was thinking this, Romney seemed to guess her thoughts and began to laugh uncontrollably while clutching his stomach.

“Hahahaha!! …Haha!! Madam, you don’t really think, you don’t really think I came here alone, do you?!”

“What?!”

Afnora’s pupils shrank suddenly and realizing something was wrong, she hurriedly looked around.

In the next moment, under the stunned gazes of Afnora and the knights, dozens of people dressed in the black trench coats of the Divine Punishment Holy Church suddenly appeared from all directions like ghosts, surrounding the outer perimeter of the Knight Order! Those who had originally surrounded Romney were now counter-surrounded themselves.

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The number of these black-clothed men was naturally less than that of the Knight Order, but their aura was overall stronger! A terrifying chill instantly suppressed every knight present.

These people from the Divine Punishment Holy Church were few in number but they were all elites, and the density of the battle aura surrounding them was far stronger than the soldiers on her side.

‘Damn it…’

Afnora unconsciously bit her lip as a drop of cold sweat slowly rolled down from her forehead.

Right then, Benjamin, who had been shaken down by the Knight Order’s momentum earlier, hurriedly stood up beside Romney and seeing so many elites of the Divine Punishment Holy Church, the pink-haired man’s face lit up with wild joy!

“Haha! As expected of Mr. Romney! You really were well-prepared!”

“That is all thanks to the pass you provided, Young Marquis~”

Romney replied politely.

“Without your pass, it would have been quite difficult for our people from the Divine Punishment Holy Church to sneak in~”

“That is true.”

Benjamin smiled smugly.

Then, as if remembering something, Benjamin hurriedly reminded him, “By the way, Mr. Romney! Don’t let that fake young lady escape! And those noblewomen and their children, they all heard our conversation just now! You absolutely cannot let them live! Otherwise, it will affect my future rule over the Northern Frontier!”

“Hehe, of course…”

Revealing a sinister, wicked smile and glancing meaningfully at Benjamin, Romney looked in the direction where Yumo and the others had just left.

“Killing those tender-skinned people will surely be interesting, so how could I possibly let them go? Not one of them will escape, hahahaha!!”