Solo Eating to Overpowered Chapter 22

Episode 22. Merry Christmas!

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I frowned and looked back and forth between the musket and the vampire count being dragged away by the zombies in the distance.

It was clearly aimed at the head. However, the trajectory of the bullet changed due to obstructions and distance.

Thanks to this, the blessing I was joking about became a reality.

“We couldn’t kill him in the end.”

The Vampire Count is out of range.

In that state, even a vampire would not be able to easily move the undead army, and I also had no energy left to gather my holy power. Even now, my legs are shaking and my head is dizzy.

“I guess we can take the time.”

At least we had time to reorganize.

I also needed time to gather my holy power and make holy water as an energy drink.

“however···.”

When I looked away, everyone’s eyes were on me.

“Why are you so quiet?”

I frowned as I felt everyone’s eyes on me.

Soldiers and Prisoners Lord Gerald, who had just arrived, and Charlotte Harmon, who was far away, were looking at me with their mouths closed.

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The sun set and night fell.

Harmon stood tall on the outer wall.

He looked towards the enemy formation of vampires and undead.

He should have been thinking about how they would attack and how to prepare for it, but his mind was occupied with other thoughts.

The next day passed and the injured soldiers were healed by priests and holy water.

Harmon could not hide his surprise that, except for the serious injuries, all were ‘completely cured’.

‘It’s not an ordinary holy water.’

Harmon looked at the holy water in his hand.

The holy water contained in the small glass bottle was of the highest quality created by a high-ranking priest who gathered his holy power day and night.

Just one bottle has the power to cure dozens of people. It is said that the prince distributed this.

‘That’s also a considerable amount.’

Thanks to diluting everything in water and distributing it, the lives of more than 100 people were saved by the prince.

“What is the prince hiding?”

Harman had many questions to ask the prince.

Even if it was just a coincidence, I had to ask where this top-quality holy water came from.

Could it be that the prince created this?

‘There’s no way the prince has that kind of ability. but···.’

The prince shot the vampire.

And that too with the protection of Goddess Gaia.

Other priests didn’t seem to know about him yet.

He wore a mask as if he was intentionally hiding his identity.

In fact, Harmon was also suspicious.

I think that it was actually a high-ranking priest other than the prince who shot the vampire.

‘but···. no.’

A girl named Charlotte called the person who shot the vampire count ‘prince’.

There was no way a child who served the prince would tell a lie.

‘Besides, the child named Charlotte was not ordinary either.’

She knew the swordsmanship of the Seonghwang family.

When asked how he knew that…

-He just said, “I learned it from reading books

…” and didn’t tell the truth.

I couldn’t help but laugh.

You learned it from books?

It’s a lie.

Those movements are not something you can just follow by looking at a book.

As it is a sword technique that involves all kinds of techniques, it requires balance, strength, and agility to support it.

This is a level that requires at least several years of training.

It is obvious that he must have learned swordsmanship a long time ago. It was not normal for such a child to be serving the prince by his side.

‘Have we known each other for a long time?’

I thought that maybe it was a child secretly planted by a loyalist who was assisting the 7th prince in the royal kingdom.

‘So that means the girl’s father, Grill, is also not an ordinary person.’

Could it be that the person named Grill is a knight whose identity is hidden?

However, upon investigation, it was said that he had already been living in the land of Salyeong for several decades. It is said that Charlotte also lost her parents to the plague and was adopted as an adopted child by a man named Grill.

It is difficult to disguise yourself by talking to the villagers.

My head is complicated.

Everything is a mystery.

‘It’s also strange that the prince has changed.’

After the prince was exiled and an assassination disguised as a suicide occurred, things changed 180 degrees.

He changed after losing his ‘memory’.

‘Maybe it’s because I forgot that ‘trauma’ five years ago.’

Mother Yulicia, who gave birth to the 1st and 7th princes.

She was a country girl from a commoner background and was of mixed blood from the Aslan nation of the south.

As the blood of a nation that had been at war with the Holy Emperor’s Kingdom for hundreds of years flowed through her blood, the Holy Emperor’s family did not view her well.

She fell in love with the son of the Emperor and gave birth to the first prince.

Although it is half true that he chose a lowly commoner over a noble family, there was strong opposition from nobles and clergy to the fact that he had the blood of Aslan of the South.

Above all, the current success was like that.

In the end, in order to overcome the opposition of the Emperor and the noble clergy, the Emperor’s son took two noble daughters from noble families as concubines.

The wives who became concubines gave birth to numerous princes and princesses, and his wife, Yulicia, gave birth to 7 princes.

The year the 7th prince turned 10.

Yulicia, the mother of the 1st and 7th princes, was ‘attacked by a vampire’ in the garden of the imperial palace on a snowy night.

The 1st prince survived by fighting against death, but was cursed with magic infiltrating his heart. Yulicia died with her limbs torn off while protecting the 7th prince.

When his beloved mother, Yulicia, died and even his older brother suffered from sorrow, the 7th Prince fell into great shock and went crazy.

The 10-year-old child, who had a good nature, grew up to be a timid child who liked to look down on others and did not trust anyone.

‘Has it been returned to its original personality by the witch Morgana?’

No, then there is something strange about it.

In the first place, there was no connection between losing memory and having strong holy powers.

‘It is said that a nobleman named Hais insulted Charlotte and the prince couldn’t stand it and attacked her.’

However, the prince would not have moved just because he insulted Charlotte.

Words such as ‘To a commoner’ and ‘You will die on the cold floor.’

These were all words that applied to the 7th prince’s mother, Yulicia.

Couldn’t that be why the prince got angry and beat up Hais?

When I asked the prince, he was smiling and saying ‘just like that’…

‘Do you remember? Or was it an instinctive move?’

Or, he might be planning to turn away from the Seonghwang family with the excuse of losing his memory.

So what is the reason to do that?

Harmon rubbed his chin.

‘That must be a simple reason.’

I guessed it to some extent.

‘For revenge.’

To take revenge on the vampire who killed the 7th prince’s mother, Yulicia, and the nobles who insulted his mother, the 7th prince was exiled.

‘It could happen.’

The imperial palace has eyes and ears everywhere. Rather than staying in the imperial palace, it would be better to be exiled and strengthen your strength in a remote monastery.

The prince said that the villagers caught the witch Morgan case, but the villagers actually said the opposite.

‘If you think so, it makes sense. That’s probably why you do vulgar things in front of me!’

We do not know how the prince was loved by Gaia and even possessed powerful sexual powers. However, I could tell that the prince wanted ‘power’ and dreamed of revenge.

And it was clear that some family was assisting such a prince.

A child named Charlotte was proof of that.

All mysteries are being solved.

‘Lord Yulicia.’

The escort driver who assisted her a long time ago.

Five years ago, he was also in the garden of the imperial palace.

He was in charge of protecting Julia with the Holy Cross, but he was unable to fulfill his mission.

Even though the 1st Prince had ordered to bring in support, it was impossible for him to abandon the guard mission without completing it.

Isn’t that the same as running away out of fear instead of following orders?

Harmon gritted his teeth.

I remembered myself at that time and fell into a sense of self-destruction.

‘I lived and forgot about it.’

The prince developed his strength for revenge at the young age of 10!

That young thing endured all kinds of insults and was even exiled…!

Harmon wiped his face.

Julia was a truly beautiful woman.

A woman with an equal and caring heart for everyone.

A person who can truly be called a ‘saint.’

“Maybe that’s why.”

That was the reason why the 1st Prince and himself treated the 7th Prince Allen Allpols coldly.

No matter how much I tried to kill my feelings, I could not tolerate words or actions that insulted Yulicia.

But the truth was different.

If the 7th prince seeks revenge for Lady Yulicia…

‘I too will help Him!’

Harmon clenched his fists. He took a deep breath and calmed himself.

plural.

To do that, we have to overcome the current situation.

“Let’s just worry about this situation for now.”

Harmon sighed.

He again took care of the security of the estate.

Across the Ronia territory, a group of undead are still encamped.

They are glaring at this place with hundreds or thousands of red eyes.

As a result, the soldiers’ fatigue was accumulating and their morale was gradually declining without being able to relax their combat posture.

When midnight passes tonight, it will be December 25th.

At that time, the vampire count will move again.

Harmon, who was looking at the enemy formation, headed into the territory.

Soldiers are patrolling with torches.

A pit was discovered within the territory.

It was said that the undead invaded there, so there was a high possibility that this would happen again.

To prevent this, patrol forces were increased to check each house to see if there were tunnels.

As a search party, 30 groups of 10 people were formed.

There should be 300 people, but the number of troops watching from the outer wall appears to be a bit more than that.

Originally, there should have been a lack of troops…

‘What…?’

Soldiers were seen walking around with torches inside the territory.

However, there were some troops that moved without ‘torches’.

Patrolling in this darkness, with the moonlight swallowed by dark clouds?

It was quite suspicious.

Harmon came down from the top of the outer wall. After holding a torch and telling the knight that he was patrolling for a while, he walked towards the place where the unidentified soldiers were.

Without torches, soldiers only wandered around dark, deserted places.

As the soldiers entered the alley, Harmon frowned and chased after them.

“Hey soldier!”

They also ignored Harmon’s words.

Frowning, he walked quickly towards them, grabbed their shoulders, and spun them around.

“Hey soldier! What are you doing here…?”

At that time, Harmon’s expression hardened.

He is a soldier wearing a helmet and mask.

It is common to wear masks when hunting undead that spread poison and plague.

However, the other person wore a mask to cover his face rather than for breathing.

That’s right…

“Un…dead?”

Because he was an undead soldier with dead eyes.

Harman drew his sword and stepped back.

Still, he doubted his eyes and senses.

“Why… Holy power…?”

Although faint, holy power was emanating from the undead’s body.

‘What on earth happened?! What are these guys…!’

Seeing them, Harmon wondered if he had been under the devil’s spell.

Among vampires, there are some who show ‘illusions’.

“But you can’t fool your senses…”

The ghostly soldier with holy power walks again, ignoring Harman.

Seeing the undead, Harman gritted his teeth and rushed at him.

This is not the time to hesitate.

I don’t know why the other person isn’t interested in me, but the risk was too great to leave it like this.

Harman swung his sword.

Holy power was contained in the blade.

If you were an ordinary undead, you would be reduced to ashes as soon as you were cut by the blade!

but···.

Tang-!

…It’s blocked.

Harmon’s eyes widened.

The dead man, like himself, was using a sword wrapped in holy power.

The dead man’s eyes rolled.

In the darkness, eyes that seemed to have a burning soul turned to Harman.

The spectral soldier deflected Harman’s sword.

Take a step back.

And bow your back.

At the same time, a spear blade stabs from the darkness.

Stepping on the wall of the narrow alley, other undead soldiers rushed left and right, swinging their swords.

“…what?”

Unstoppable attacks coming from the front and both sides.

Harmon’s face hardened at that sight.

The undead launches a linked attack like a trained knight.