86. I Don’t Feel Like I’ll Lose to Anyone Anymore
“Why are you here?!”
The moment the archdemon saw us, his eyes widened.
The archdemon was a beauty who exuded coldness.
I didn’t know if demons had sexes, but he had an androgynous look. As such, his sex was difficult to determine.
However, the coldness he emanated was different from that of Vincent’s.
Unlike Vincent, the archdemon didn’t incite any fear within me.
It seemed that the archdemon’s vile natured showed in his appearance.
“Philip, is that the archdemon called Baldur?”
Philip nodded.
Bingo…!
That archdemon was none other than the one who planned my kidnapping. Not to mention, he had also planned to do unspeakable things to Philip and others.
“But, Eliane, why are you here?”
“I’ll explain everything later!”
Nigel stepped forward. With me in his embrace, we approached Baldur together.
Baldur smiled dauntlessly.
“I don’t know why you’re here, but it doesn’t matter. The fact that I’ve already stepped into this village spells my victory. Besides, it’s not like I’m going to do anything to these spirits?”
“I find that hard to believe.”
Nigel stared straight at Baldur.
“Fufu~ well, people tend to misunderstand my intentions.”
The archdemon was lying.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have involved such a small child in his plan to kidnap me.
Philip seemed to be suffering, too.
I decided Baldur wasn’t trustworthy.
“Hey, good-looking guy over there, I think we can get along?”
Baldur walked forward and extended his hand.
“Why don’t we become friends? I’ll show you something good.”
“Hee? What are you going to show me?”
“The scene of my becoming the world’s champion. I’ll make everyone kneel before you, to own the world—don’t you want it? If you join me, we can achieve that together.”
“I despise such ideas—”
—Nigel slapped Baldur’s hand, and unsheathed his sword.
“I’m not interested in such things. Sometimes, life doesn’t go as planned, hence why it’s fun.”
“Tch…!”
Baldur clicked his tongue.
Darkness radiated from Baldur’s body. Then it transformed into a wolf’s head and charged towards Nigel.
Baldur never intended to join hands with Nigel.
By pretending to shake hands, he was trying to catch Nigel off guard.
However,
“Haa—!”
As Nigel cried out and swung his sword, the darkness disappeared.
The impact caused Baldur to be blown back. Baldur proceeded to kneel on the ground.
However, Baldur’s onslaught didn’t end there.
“Don’t look down on me!”
As Baldur extended his hand, the serpent of darkness flew straight towards Nigel again.
“Eliane, please wait for a moment. I’ll settle it soon. Philip, leave the rest to me.”
“I understand.” I said.
“O, okay.” Said Philip.
I entrusted the situation to Nigel.
“If it’s only this, I won’t lose.”
The serpent of darkness was approaching.
However, Nigel wasn’t afraid. He advanced towards Baldur.
The oncoming darkness was slashed to oblivion by Nigel.
“This is my second time using the blessing of the goddess. I’m getting used to it. I don’t feel like I’ll lose to anyone anymore!”
The blessing of the Goddess—
The power that I, as a saint, could bestow upon others.
I had already been determined that Nigel was compatible with the blessing of the goddess in a previous battle.
Baldur alone wouldn’t be able to defeat Nigel.
“W, what is this!? It should’ve gone as I planned?! Why is everything a mess!?”
The darkness from Baldur’s body began to run amok.
However, it was impossible for him, who lost his composure, to even scratch Nigel.
“It’s useless.”
After erasing the distance between them, Nigel vertically slashed Baldur.
“Guh—!”
Baldur managed to avoid it—but that was all.
Nigel thrusted his sword right next to Baldur’s face and spoke with a cold voice.
“Let’s talk, shall we? What is your plan? Why are you doing this? Above all, for doing such a thing to Eliane, you shall be punished.”
I had never heard Nigel so angry before.
Just by looking at his back, I could tell that he was full of wrath.
“Ha! Eliane… you mean, that saint over there?”
However, Baldur refused to yield.
He was in a life-threatening situation, yet he still dared look at me with hostility.
“I despise women like you. Even though you’re actually useless, your head is filled with thoughts of protecting everyone! You are so full of yourself! You keep on yammering about superficial things! When I look at you, I feel sick! I want to kill you right now!”
“I see. Well, it’s not like I want to be liked by you, anyway. Also, I’m not going to let myself be killed easily.”
I kept my eyes on Baldur as I answered.
Perhaps hating me even more, Baldur’s eyes filled with resentment.
“Do you think you’ve beaten me?”
“What are you going to do?”
Towards Nigel’s question, Baldur continued to smile.
“I don’t think you can protect the spirits alone. I have hundreds, or even thousands, of subordinates. Can you defeat them alone?”
“Hmm?”
There was sound from outside the village.
The forest was trembling.
“So, you aren’t bluffing.”
“Hahaha! You’re merely acting tough! My subordinates are strong, you know? They are undead! You can’t defeat them with a normal sword! How are you going to confront an immortal army like this!?”
“Well, I can’t fight them alone, that’s for sure.” Said Nigel.
Certainly, no matter how strong the goddess’ blessing was, dealing with hundreds or thousands demon soldiers was a little absurd.
However.
“I have an ally. Pay attention.”
“What? I don’t—”
Baldur immediately stopped talking.
A noisy voice could be heard.
However, when I listened carefully, it seemed that human voices were mixed amongst the demon-like screams.
“W, what is the meaning of this? What did you do? There’s no way anyone can stand up against my subordinates… besides, your army shouldn’t have arrived, yet…”
“Indeed, it looks like my proud knights haven’t arrived, yet. But there is another ally in my kingdom that I can rely on.”
Nigel proudly continued.
“He’s infamous for his title, the ‘Duke of Ice.’”
***T/N:
“I despise women like you. Even though you’re actually useless, your head is filled with thoughts of protecting everyone! You are so full of yourself! You keep on yammering about superficial things! When I look at you, I feel sick! I want to kill you right now!”
…I think something is legit wrong with the story if I agree with everything Baldur said about Eliane. Like, his words resonated with me. I feel it on soul level.
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I mean that demon isn’t actually wrong about her but he’s kinda stupid too plus it’s likely he’s just jealous AF. It’s mentioned earlier he kills women more beautiful than him anyway. That’s probably his motivation to conquer the world too so he can be the prettiest princess lol. So basically he’s a bitter hag.
Of course, a saint whose purpose is to protect the people is someone, is full of yammering and whatnot.
Useless? She literally created a barrier that even a dragon couldn’t penetrate, let alone demons. Befriended a dragon which in turn became a line of defense for the kingdom. Created advanced potions that could SAVE people from serious injuries. Created Holy Water so people can deal with the undead. Purified a forest full of miasma where the spirits lived in, and created an opportunity for the kingdom to create a connection between them.
Morals? Morals what? She’s a person that was locked away in a castle because she’s a saint whose purpose is to maintain a barrier. She barely even has any human contact and she’s only allowed to do so if there are people that needs to be healed.
People always complain about how she’s too stupid and vulnerable. OF COURSE SHE’S NAIVE. What do you expect? In a world where internet doesn’t exist and technology that is primitive, how can anyone expect for a girl, who knows literally nothing about the world because she was locked up in a castle ever since she was dubbed as a saint by the gods, to be able to deal with the outside world? So what’s wrong with her wanting to protect everyone? People always yammer about superficial things, but you what? They couldn’t even live up to what they said because they either can’t do it, or they won’t do it….
I know, right??!! I was nodding along with Baldur! Why??!!
[The dDarkness from Baldur] -> {The darkness from Baldur}
That line, it’s like what the author himself (or herself) noticed and used the villain to express it. At least we got some baddie getting owned action.
Thanks for the chapter! Awesome translation! May God bless you!
Spinoff with baldur as mc: “i tried to take over the world but everyone was an idealistic psycho”