Summoning the German Army! 〜The Former Strongest Dragon Summoner, Who Lost Everything to the Heroes,

The Church Of Virtue

Translated by SoundDestiny

Edited by Klepon

Ringoon…….

Ringoon…….

A solemn space.

The sound of bells rang out in the great temple that enshrined a huge statue of a saint.

The cheerful sound shook the air in the cathedral part of the temple.

Inside, listening to the sound of the bells without even hearing them were several church members…

“A riot…?”

“Yes…I’m afraid so…”

A chief priest connected to the capital was the one who received the report in the sanctuary.

His demeanour was that of a priest dressed in gorgeous vestments, trimmed in gold with detailed embroidery.

Facing him was the Knight of the Temple, who stood erect and unmoving.

The knight was dressed in magnificent equipment, and the air he wore gave the impression of a stout man.

And when he received such a report from him, the head priest tilted his head unconsciously.

This was the church headquarters with a vast site at the southern end of the royal capital. ─ The Great Temple.

It was the largest church in the capital dedicated to the image of the saint.

It was a huge, one-storey building with an unusually high ceiling, and inside was a statue of the saint that looked down on the worshippers.

At first glance, the interior was so large and high that it could fit an apartment building.

To enshrine the huge statue of the saint.

It was built with great architectural skill, it had an arched structure.

It was assembled with great craftsmanship, curving towards the top but harmonising the stresses at the apex.

And now, in spite of the vastness of the space, because of the gap between the sacred duties, in the large chapel there were only the chief priest and the temple knight – and a few torturers who also served as guards.

“But still…. Rioters?”

“What’s that got to do with me?……”

“Well, you know, the heretic…”

When the chief priest heard of the heretic, he tilted his head, “eh?”

“Don’t you remember……?　Didn’t you tell us to monitor……?”

The temple knight, with a troubled look, gave a brief explanation.

“He’s— the ex-husband of that……woman who sleeps with the hero”

When the chief priest heard about the hero and Alicia, he finally understood.

“Ah! That summoner, isn’t it?…… Hmm?　Didn’t he lose his powers and become a heretic?”

“Yes….”

“Hmm ……?”

The chief priest tilted his head more and more.

“I’m pretty sure I burned his curse mark….He can’t call his dragon, can he?”

“The details are……That little fellow has run away or something, and is nowhere to be found.”

“Hmm?　I don’t think you need to worry about that. After what he has been through, people usually commit suicide or take shortcuts and take revenge on the world.”

Yes.

That was their point.

To show the world the mercy of the Church – to forgive once and for all, even for the heretics.

But a heretic could either committed suicide or went rogue and rose up against the world.

Either way, there was little real harm done to the church.

“I’m not sure if it’s …… confirmed, but I just got word that the adventurer’s guild was destroyed by this…… heretic.”

“What?”

“What is he blabbering about?”

“What do you mean?　The adventurer’s guild is far more powerful than those paramilitary……vigilantes. Desping being a scumbag, the guildmaster is still a descendant of the……sword saint.”

It could not be done easily, but …

Then he turned his droll eyes on the Temple Knight.

“W-well, the details are ────”

The temple knight slurred his words and broke out in a cold sweat. But it didn’t last long -…….

Dadadadadada!!!

Ban!

The temple knight and the chief priest were tilting their heads when something jumped into the air with great force.

He was the commander in charge of guarding the main gate of the church headquarters.

The torturers, reacting to this momentum, raised their weapons in unison…

For a moment, the place was silent.

It was also the intruder who broke it.

“Chief priest!—– Kii–kiii-kiii!!!!”

“Calm down … God respects the tranquillity ──”

“It’s an emergency! The infidels have attacked!”

“There’s……What!?”

The chief priest was the most surprised and loudest person.

But there was no time to reorganise his thoughts.

Hyurururururururururururururu…

Then, there was a sound of something slicing through the air……. ZOOOOM!

“Hii!?”

“Hyaaaa?!”

The Chief Priest and the Temple Knight embraced each other.

The torturers were coming left and right.

“W-w-wha-What’s happening?”

“Calm down, Chief Priest!”

The boys and men, who were in close contact at zero distance, jumped up and down as if this was the only way to keep calm.

But it was not unreasonable.

As the two merry men and their terrifying masked torturers hovered about, a huge stone fell with a thud.

They looked up and saw that some of the material on the ceiling had come off and was falling down.

As if on cue, the roof of the church headquarters rattled and the roof of the church headquarters collapsed with a resounding crash.

The disadvantage of the arch structure was that it supported each other – if one side collapsed, the whole chain collapsed.

“Uoooooo. Chief priest, quickly!”

“Hieeeeeeee”

The church headquarters was crumbling.

Even the most majestic structures could collapse in a matter of seconds.

“Awawawawaa! Hurry up and run, Chief Priest!”

“It’s so loud! This is getting annoying!”

As they ran and cursed each other dexterously, debris fell one after another behind them.

Each of them was huge and vicious.

Zushin, dokon! and they shatter with a tremendous roar, driving the chief priests out.

“You are a knight of the Church, aren’t you! Protect the Church, no……me!”

“Haaaaaaa? This is no time to protect someone! Don’t pull me!”

The chief priest and the temple knight were pushing and shoving each other, forwards and backwards, both dragging their feet but managed to escape.

By the time they got through the large cathedral, their clothes were tattered from pulling and kicking each other.

“…… It’s a terrible situation.”

The torturers who had followed them looked at each other, but kept silent, for they were in the presence of their master, the chief priest.

Zeizeize…….

“God….. is this the wrath from God?”

The Chief Priest, out of breath, looked behind him, saw the destroyed cathedral and looked up to heaven.

That chaste and beautiful statue of a saint was laid bare in the sun.

“Ooo,god..”

“O my saint!”

Fortunately, it was not the Holy Hour, so most of the work was done outside.

It was also fortunate that there were no visitors to the church, so there were hardly any human casualties.

The unfortunate thing was that the building collapsed, exposing a huge statue of a saint. ……

“What…!!!!!”

“What is it?! Is this the wrath of God!?”

The chief priest was lamenting.

“Hahahahaha! It ain’t ──── God’s wrath, it’s……mine!”

There was a man with his clothes half-naked and the curse mark on his chest displayed proudly.

As he crawled out of the collapsed church headquarters, the chief priest was confronted by a line of grey-clad men and ……

It was the heretic in a strange iron carriage.

“Ah….Ah, you’re the heretic Nasser Virginia!”

The chief priest was stunned and muttered to himself that he couldn’t keep his mouth shut.

To which Nasser quickly replied…

“Who’s the heretic? You just called me that and took everything from me without my permission!”

Nasser, astride his iron chariot, spit in a violent tone of voice that would have been unthinkable before.

He made the chief priest look twice to see if he was really the same man.

And now he was sure…….

“Nasser……──Nasser Virginia.”

“Aa, shut up! You did this to me! This is your work”

Pointing behind Nasser,The chief priest looked at the crumbling and dusty church headquarters.

“Huh? It’s obvious, isn’t it…..? I didn’t expect it to fall apart so easily, though.”

“How dare you! God forbid, you should be ashamed of yourself!” 

The trembling chief priest  tried to be calm and blamed Nasser.

“Huh? Shame! Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, That’s what I’m saying!. That hero bastard who wants people’s wife. You took everything from me……and got some bonus, didn’t you? If you did……

──── I hope you’re ready to have it all taken away from you too!”

Nasser confronted the chief priest head-on.