Chapter 132: I Came, I Judged (55 Bonus 2)

"Herbert!?"

"What exactly are you trying to do!?"

"Have you lost your mind!?"

"You!"

"Aaaah!!!"

In what could be called the most luxurious space in the Frost Crystal Kingdom, death descended.

Some wailed.

Some begged for mercy.

Some cursed.

But the Holy Knight never once halted his steps.

Not even half a step.

He walked past, he judged, he left behind headless corpses.

Regardless of gender, anyone who had previously shown killing intent toward him met the same end.

They received judgment.

It wasn't difficult.

Three seconds was already enough to judge an evil noble.

"Guards! Where are the guards!?"

"Your Highness!?"

"Why are you only watching…"

"Could it be that you knew!?"

Amid this maddened chaos, Felia, the banquet's main guest, did not move, standing quietly in place.

No, it wasn't that she didn't want to stop him, nor that she had tacitly approved Herbert's slaughter.

It was that she couldn't move at all right now!

"Yo, why aren't you moving?"

Valentina, clearly wearing a nun's habit, somehow gave off the air of a delinquent girl—arms crossed over her chest, pushing up her bountiful bosom—snorted at Felia:

"Go on, I definitely won't stop you."

Hmph!

Miss Baolong fixed her slit pupils tightly on her opponent, just waiting for her to strike back first.

As long as she struck first, even if she couldn't kill her, she could still beat her up, right?

"…"

And at this moment, Felia could only stay silent.

Under normal circumstances, she might have made other choices, but under her current ice-snow mind, she would only make the optimal one.

Silently, she quietly watched Herbert cut a bloody swath through the crowd.

One, two, three… ten nobles.

Herbert had not yet stopped, continuing to seek out new prey like a phantom.

Judge, judge, judge.

Behead, behead, behead.

Although most of the dead were merely untitled young nobles, this would surely stir up no small storm.

Felia understood that by this point, no matter how she explained it, she had already been dragged into it.

This person, from the very moment he arrived at the banquet, had already been laying out his plan.

His unexpected attendance at the banquet, the two of them dancing intimately, even the final confrontation, and now forcing her to watch all of this unfold… all of it was a performance staged for the others.

He hadn't claimed anything, but everyone would assume an intimate relationship between them.

She had already become an accomplice.

Meanwhile, after Herbert had hurriedly judged several evil nobles, he finally stopped his pursuit, letting the others who were scrambling to flee go.

"Hah!"

Herbert's Holy Knight white attire was now thoroughly soaked in fresh blood, looking savage and ferocious.

This was his first time taking a life from another, but perhaps because that flesh-and-blood knowledge had warped his mind, he felt no discomfort at all.

In fact, he now felt a faint trace of pleasure.

Still craving more fresh blood.

Ladies and gentlemen, I want to see rivers of blood flow!!!

Only, this time it probably wouldn't do—outsiders had already arrived.

He raised his head, looked at the palace guards who had rushed over in panic, and broke into a brilliant smile stained with fresh blood.

Although these people might not all be innocent, killing them all would still risk accidental wrongful deaths.

"Alright… now, that's about enough."

"Time to leave."

Herbert called out to Valentina: "Valentina, let's go."

"Hmph."

Valentina stared at Felia, snorted in some displeasure, then strode toward the side of the ballroom and kicked open the terrace door.

Whoosh—

The bone-chilling cold wind suddenly rushed in, making the flames in the hearth waver, nearly extinguishing them on the spot!

The ballroom was located high up in the Frost Crystal Palace, where the winter winds were extremely strong.

Yet Valentina paid no heed to the wind and frost, strode over, and then leaped off in a single step!

Herbert followed right behind, also leaping straight down from the terrace.

"Herbert!!!"

Hearing that icy shout from behind, Herbert did not pause; after stepping onto the terrace railing, he turned his head and flashed a brilliant smile at Felia.

"Don't worry, we'll meet again later."

He waved farewell to the Princess, then spread his arms wide and fell backward, plummeting in free fall!

Felia's expression shifted; she rushed forward at a quick pace, but just as she was about to reach the terrace, a violent gust of wind blew her straight back.

Whoosh!!!

Ice formed beneath Felia's feet; she gripped the ground firmly and steadied herself.

But at this moment, her spirit could not be steadied at all.

Even with her icy mind, Felia still felt incomparable shock.

"What is this!?"

She saw a massive vertical pupil appear beyond the terrace—and as it happened, she remembered this eye very well.

At dusk.

Every resident of Frost Crystal Wang Cheng witnessed a scene.

A terrifying giant dragon's shadow appeared outside the royal palace castle, spiraling and dancing around it; its dark-red scales shone blood-crimson under the winter's dying sun.

But before they could feel terror, all they could feel was awe.

The hundred-meter-long dragon looked nearly half the size of the castle; after circling once above the city, it spat a ball of flame toward the horizon.

Roar—

The dragon beat its wings, soaring freely, roaring with abandon, cheering its long-lost freedom!

And Herbert stood steadily atop the dragon's broad, flat-as-ground back, facing the cold wind, soaring through the sky together with Valentina.

His strength had certainly not yet reached the point where he could walk on a dragon's back as if it were flat ground—but he could activate a cheat.

A physics-based cheat.

Shadow tendrils reached out from the shadow beneath his feet, gripping his ankles firmly and pinning his entire body directly to the dragon's back.

Yes, this was his seatbelt.

And just as the two of them were cutting loose for a while above Frost Crystal Wang Cheng, a thunderous roar erupted from deep within the royal palace, shaking heaven and earth, even drowning out the dragon's cry!

"Where did this monster come from!?"

"How dare you run wild here!!!"

"You! Give! Me!"

"Get down here!"

The person unseen, only a massive dragon lance seen hurled from the ground, flying toward the dragon in the sky, thrusting with extreme cunning toward its wing.

Boom—

Valentina dodged nimbly, let out an angry roar, felt provoked, and prepared to counterattack.

But at that moment she was held back by Herbert.

"Don't pay him any mind, let's go."

Roar!!?

"Let's go."

Herbert soothed her softly, his whisper sounding in Valentina's ear: "We've already made enough of a commotion; our original objective has been achieved."

"If we don't give them some face, let the commoners believe it was the kingdom's hero who drove off the dragon, Wang Cheng will fall into utter panic."

"If a large number of fleeing refugees appear, that will absolutely cause massive casualties, and when that time comes, the two of us won't end well either."

They had come to demonstrate their might, to declare their existence.

Not to carry out a terrorist attack.

Just to establish dominance.

Never told you to actually fight.

"Hmph!"

The dragon snorted, preparing to retort, then heard Herbert's next words…

"The Archbishop will definitely teach us a lesson."

"Roar… hmph! If it's leaving, then leaving! I won't stoop to his level!"

Valentina sniffed, didn't look back, and without hesitation carried Herbert swiftly away into the distance.

Hmph!

I-it's not like I'm scared or anything!

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