That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 264

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Chapter 264

Some were still bristling with anger but didn’t know how to speak up, only trembling with their hands.

‘There are only those with particularly deep faith among the nobles.’

Perhaps they had secured their plausible positions as envoys through that high level of faith.

Those rotten High Priests would have done backdoor dealings while pretending otherwise.

“Is there anyone here who has been more intimately acquainted with the High Priests than I? If so, I’ll gladly listen to their opinion.”

No one could step forward at Ferdinand’s words.

It was natural.

He was the Crown Prince who had barely been born after receiving tremendous Divine Power from his Mother’s womb.

Even the High Priests had treated him like he would break if held, fly away if the wind blew, calling him precious as jade or gold.

There couldn’t be a single noble on this continent who didn’t know this.

Confirming there were no more objections, Ferdinand moved forward himself.

“I’ll take the front lines. Vice Commander?”

“Yes, here I am.”

“From now on, the safety of the captured High Priests is not a consideration priority.”

“Yes, sir!”

Ferdinand gave several more instructions to the Briyang Imperial Knight Order Vice Commander. Some delegation nobles burst into tears and were helped to retreat.

I stood with my arms crossed, watching the Coriko Main Body with great interest.

So when would those High Priests tangled in those pink hair tentacles open their eyes, when would they stop acting?

When would they join forces to try to completely devour me?

So when exactly.

Would they reveal their true colors?

Though nobles and royalty from various nations and knight orders had gathered, according to continental law, Crown Prince Ferdinand held supreme command authority here.

As Temporary Supreme Commander, he issued a total attack order to the knights.

“After annihilating all Creatures, surround the Ogre Monster! Deploy the Imperial Knight Order as vanguard for a total offensive and immediately destroy it!”

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, sir!”

The knight orders instantly formed ranks and attacked the Creatures. Simultaneously, shocked murmurs grew louder from everywhere.

“What, what’s this!”

“The Creatures aren’t fighting back!”

“We don’t know when they’ll attack again! This must be that Ogre Monster’s trick, so don’t stop attacking!”

I couldn’t take my eyes off the Creatures’ heads.

[System] Durability 50%

[System] Durability 20%

[System] Durability 10%

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[System] Durability 0%

As soon as the number dropped to ‘0%’, that tattered status window turned bright red.

And the Creatures that reached 0% durability scattered like powder and completely disappeared from the world.

“What on earth is this…”

“Your Highness the Crown Prince! The attacked Creatures are disappearing! They’re vanishing!”

“I have eyes too, so I can see.”

Ferdinand stared at the Creatures with cold eyes. He pulled me closer into his embrace, then simply sent me behind him.

“Stay behind me. You.”

“Understood.”

I quickly went behind and hid. Then I peeked my head out and continued observing the Creatures.

‘Before, the Creature corpses definitely remained intact.’

I know better because I was crushed under those corpses.

‘What’s different between now and then?’

I briefly considered using Devastating Beauty on the Creatures, but stopped thinking the knights would be surprised if Creatures suddenly exploded for no reason.

“Front lines! Creatures are pouring out in droves!”

“Cut them all down so you don’t get crushed!”

“Create an opening!”

The Creatures offered no resistance like stuffed corpses, but their numbers were beyond imagination.

Moreover, the most terrible being at the center of these Creatures, the Coriko Main Body, continued devouring Creatures like a demon possessed.

Showing no interest in the knights destroying Creatures on this side, the Coriko Main Body that had been greedily selecting and eating Creatures suddenly began laughing at some point.

“My God! My God will soon descend! Ahaha! Ahaha!”

The Coriko Main Body’s laughter seemed to have amplification magic cast on it.

The faces of the delegation nobles in the rear turned pale as they rushed back to Ferdinand.

“Y-Your Highness! You heard what that pink… Ogre Monster just said!”

“That Ogre Monster is definitely trying to kill the High Priests and summon a terrible Evil God!”

“In situations like this, the High Priests must absolutely remain alive! We must save them!”

“Please reconsider your orders even now, Your Highness the Crown Prince! That Ogre Monster is wickedly waging war using the High Priests’ lives as hostages!”

At those words, Ferdinand tilted his chin for the first time.

“You seem to have never fought in a war.”

“…Pardon?”

A dumbfounded response. I moved slightly, allowing me to see Ferdinand’s face completely – handsome in features but equally cold.

“If you’re going to modify tactics by being swayed by Enemy Forces’ shouts, why have a Supreme Commander? No, what do you think combat is for in the first place?”

“Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

Veins bulged in the delegation nobles’ necks.

“This isn’t a normal war situation! Your Highness! That’s not human but a monster!”

“Do you think monsters have the intelligence to cause enemy confusion? Your Highness the Crown Prince! Please make a rational judgment!”

“From what I see, there seem to be few here whose minds work as well as that Ogre Monster’s.”

“…!”

Instantly, the delegation nobles’ faces flushed with anger and shame.

“Your Highness, what exactly do you mean by that?!”

“You can see for yourself.”

Ferdinand let out a snicker.

“It knows to take twelve hostages with such good impact value and shake us with them, so do you really think that Ogre Monster is more stupid than you?”

“…!”

“If your faith is sincere enough to retrieve the High Priests, I won’t stop you. However.”

Ferdinand’s gaze froze cold as an icy sea.

“As Temporary Supreme Commander, I have command authority over all these knight orders, so I inform you once again that you cannot take any knights with you.”

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

The delegation nobles who had been crying and making a fuss flinched in surprise and stepped backward.

So Ferdinand’s words meant that if they wanted to retrieve the High Priests, they should jump into Enemy Territory alone and rescue them.

Alone, without taking any knights.

‘As if those bastards would do that.’

While I sneered inwardly, the delegation nobles couldn’t even make eye contact with each other and didn’t know what to do.

Even though they had gathered saying they must save the High Priests, that knights should be sacrificed, their own lives seemed precious.

‘Don’t make such big talk then.’

It was truly pathetic behavior.

I shrugged my shoulders and then shifted my gaze toward Coriko Main Body.

Just in case, well, some other new window might pop up and give me some information.

“Your Highness the Crown Prince! The Archer Unit has arrived!”

At that moment, one of the Imperial Knights ran over and reported. Ferdinand glanced back and said.

“As soon as the rear deployment is complete, we should commence the attack targeting the Ogre Monster.”

This meant, in other words, that he didn’t care whether the High Priests got beaten to death or not.

Ferdinand spoke to the Envoy Nobles who were trembling all over.

“Gentlemen.”

There wasn’t a trace of warmth in his voice.

“If you can tell me any other way to conquer that monster while minimizing our Allied Forces’ casualties, I’ll gladly follow it.”

“…”

“I suppose not. Fine.”

Ferdinand gestured with his chin to the knight waiting for orders.

“Commence the rear attack. I forbid submission to any orders other than mine. If anyone violates this, execute them immediately.”

“Yes, sir!”

The knight moved swiftly. The Embassy Knights could neither do this nor that, just trembling and staying still.

Some tried to glare at Ferdinand but seemed to lack the courage, so they suddenly glared at me instead. So I rolled my eyes back even more and glared right back at them.

“Eek.”

‘Hmph. Tulia was an officially recognized villain after all.’

Just as I lightly turned my head.

“You can’t, Your Highness!”

A sharp, thin voice cut through the air.

In this place where only rough metallic sounds passed by, it was a girl’s voice that drew everyone’s attention.

At the same time, the Envoy Nobles showed expressions of disbelief.

“Saint…?”

Someone’s murmur became the fuse, and here and there, exclamations of joy and relief burst like fireworks.

“Saint!”

“It’s the Saint!”

“The Saint has come!”

“The Saint has arrived!”

The Envoy Nobles hurriedly cleared a path with expressions as if they had received salvation.

And through them, a girl came running out swiftly like a deer.

‘Coriko.’

I wondered when she would finally cast off that face of Han Ina.

‘Why don’t you take this opportunity to say you received an oracle and your face was transformed, then return to your original face.’

Besides, wasn’t Coriko’s face prettier?

Well, she had become a monster now, but anyway, befitting the Female Lead of , she had a very pure, innocent, and lovely appearance.

Coriko approached Ferdinand with tears filling her eyes, trembling her delicate shoulders as she asked.

“Your Highness. Are you really going to abandon the High Priests, those people? You know better than anyone what kind of people the High Priests are…”

It was a voice as fragile as a single flower. Coriko’s eyes were brimming with tears.

The Envoy Nobles packed tightly around them were covering their mouths with expressions as if their hearts were being torn apart.

They had expressions wanting to immediately embrace and support Coriko’s shoulders.

‘Their act is worth its weight in gold.’

Muttering to myself, I shifted my gaze to look at Father and Grandfather who had come with Coriko.

The two who had approached my side at some point had no interest whatsoever in Coriko, who was absorbed in her tragic performance, and just had eyes full of things to say to me.

“Are you alright, Tulia?”

“…Father. Grandfather. I’m really fine.”

I didn’t want to talk about how I couldn’t open my eyes for a day and my breathing had stopped in front of so many Nobles. Unnecessary speculation might arise.

“I thought my heart would drop, dear child.”

Perhaps understanding my intention, the two of them, despite their worry-filled eyes, didn’t ask any more questions after those words. Somehow my heart felt touched.

I gave them a bright smile. That much of a greeting was sufficient. As the Family Head of Frazier and as a Marquis, both of them were strong enough.

So I too.

Should establish dignity befitting a Grand Duke’s daughter.

“Your Highness.”

I took one step, two steps toward Coriko and opened my mouth.

“I hear the Saint shares the same opinion as some of the Envoy Nobles. It seems you want to save the High Priests even if it means sacrificing all the Knights.”

“…”

“I understood correctly, didn’t I, Coriko?”

For a moment, Coriko’s eyes wavered lightly with displeasure. But that was brief.

Tears rolled down Coriko’s snow-white cheeks.

“Older Sister, why do you speak like that?”

She sniffled and looked at Ferdinand.

“Those people are like lighthouses to the common people. To abandon not just one or two, but all the High Priests… does that mean you’re abandoning the Temple entirely?”

At her tearful plea, several Nobles showed expressions of heartbreak.

But Ferdinand was merely expressionless. He tilted his chin and opened his mouth.

“Rather, I want to ask, does the Temple disappear if the High Priests die?”

“Countless Believers will suffer. Even I, as the Saint, am this troubled and pained.”

“So what the Saint is saying is, since the Saint is troubled and pained, let’s sacrifice all these Knights to rescue the High Priests?”

“Please don’t put it that way…”

Coriko wiped away her flowing tears. Then she bit her pale lips tightly.

“I understand Your Highness’s feelings too. Then I’ll jump in myself and rescue the High Priests. At least the Holy Knights won’t fear such sacrifice.”

Ferdinand looked Coriko up and down, then smiled coldly.

“If you want to die, I won’t stop you, so do as the Saint pleases.”

“…!”

Coriko’s face turned deathly pale.

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