Fake Saint of the Year: You Wanted the Perfect Saint? Too Bad! Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 2] by kabedondaikou

Author:kabedondaikou
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 73: Last Stand

The “witch” continued its advance toward the heart of the royal capital, destroying everything in its wake.

The citizens ran for their lives. They could only grit their teeth and weep as they watched their houses crumble.

Here, a young girl cried. She’d stopped running, unable to give up on her mother whose legs had been crushed by the rubble. There, a group of men who were trying to protect their houses with farming tools were mercilessly squashed under the abomination’s foot.

The knights and soldiers who’d already collapsed extended their arms, trying to grab the giant’s ankles to obstruct it. They could barely even crawl anymore, so they only managed to futilely grasp at the air.

Eterna, who’d run out of mana, fell to her knees. She was powerless to do anything but witness the “witch” as it continued its relentless march. Despair and helplessness filled her heart, but there was nothing she could do. Alfrea and the others had already fallen—this was the end.

“Stop right there! I won’t let you through!” she heard someone scream.

It was Layla. She stood between the church and the witch, her sword at the ready.

While the head of the saint’s guard had always been an exemplary knight, she’d barely eaten or slept since Ellize’s passing. She was in no condition to fight. Besides, her foe’s power was so overwhelming that Layla wouldn’t have stood a chance even at her best, let alone in her diminished state.

She jumped to attack, but her blazing sword was easily caught. Several witches moved across the giant’s body to get closer to Layla—who was hanging off her sword—and extended their hands, grabbing her.

“Ah... Urgh...” she moaned in pain.

She felt as though every bone in her body would shatter under the witches’ forceful hands. Layla let go of her sword as her consciousness started fading away. Her sight blurred.

Right before she passed out, though, Verner leaped. He’d wrapped his blade in darkness and severed the heads of the witches who’d been hurting Layla in one go.

Unfortunately, his attack didn’t have much of a lasting impact. The severed heads disappeared in a cloud of dark mist before returning to the giant and reforming themselves.

The witches started laughing all at once, as if to mock their futile resistance.

Verner left Layla—who’d fallen to the ground after the witches had let go—and jumped once more. Before his blade could reach the monster, though, he was knocked back by one of the witches. He crashed into the church wall.

When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the crowd of believers praying inside the church. In the center of this impromptu ceremony, Ellize rested inside her crystal. She looked exactly the same as she had during her lifetime.

“Damn it,” Verner swore. His legs trembled, and he tried to use his sword as support to stand back up.

At this point, everyone could tell that the “witch” was after Ellize. It wasn’t content simply trampling upon the people she’d given her life to protect—no, the monster had to desecrate her, even in death.

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