Divine Protection of Many Gods Chapter 82

Chapter 82

Chapter 82

At midnight when everyone was sleeping, there were several shadows quietly creeping into the goblin village .

Their numbers did not exceed ten people . All of them were wearing black clothes .

All of the members took special training so when they invaded the village, they didn’t cause any noise in the forest .

Sometimes, the hands of the men moved irregularly . It seems they coordinated by making good use of hand signs .

Their target was a person who was sleeping inside the main building in this village .

They knew from their previous meeting that the village leader was a man with a monster-like strength and that he employed a lot of slave soldiers and monsters .

That’s why they were being ordered to e and kidnap his favorite slave .

The target was the alchemist girl . Even though she was the most senior slave of this village leader, her fighting power was low . The task would be finished easily even if she resisted .

One of the guys in the black suits soundlessly went into the building . There was also another entering to give some assistance . The rest of them were watching the surrounding area as much as possible .

15 minutes later, the man who had entered had e out . On his shoulder, he carried a large filled jute sack .

One of the men who had been watching on the outside confirmed the sack . After that he nodded at the other man that it was indeed their target .

The men left the area without any sound . It really was a perfect task .

If there was no other strong people than them in this place at night .

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“Lord Patriarch, Amy-dono has safely been kidnapped by them . ” (Velgord)

“Thanks for your hard work, make sure you’re able to secure Amy’s safety, okay?” (Hibiki)

“I will thoroughly carry it out . ” (Velgord)

Velgord reported the situation to me while kneeling on the ground .

By the way, all of the vampires called me “Lord Patriarch” . I don’t care what they called me so I let it be .

Though everyone was issued instructions at once that something might happen after that time when Ayla was attacked downtown, I didn’t expect the day would be ing so soon .

I had received the report from the ghosts, who were spread out as an early-warning net in the forest, that there was a suspicious group approaching, so I had been thinking to avoid giving damage to the other party .

Since I didn’t have any proof that their targets were my slave Ayla and the others, I arranged several people so anyone could be kidnapped .

“Well then, shall we go to their headquarters?” (Hibiki)

“As you will . ” (Velgord)

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Apparently, I have been kidnapped safely .

It seems their target was us as our master had said .

I was carried out from the village and shouldered in the bag for two hours before they let me out .

When I came out from the bag, the first thing that I saw was a female priestess praying while crying .

Is this the “selection priest” who was kidnapped that the stew uncle was talking about?

If that is so, then the one who kidnapped me are the evil god believers .

“Ah, god . Please send me your aid . Scorching Dragon-sama, please help me . ” (priestess)

Although there was nothing wrong with a priest having faith in god at a time like this, but you shouldn’t be placing hope on the scorching dragon too, you know?

It’s because that girl, Selva, was sleeping like a log in the guest room of our home .

Our master asked us to search for information as much as possible, however he had said to not overwork ourselves to do it .

First of all, let’s talk to this priestess, I guess?

“Er, can I ask something?” (Amy)

“Eh!?” (priestess)

Apparently, the priestess had not noticed when I was brought into this room .

By the way, the room that we were in now was a stone room with only a hole for ventilation .

The door at the entrance doesn’t seem like it would budge with a person’s strength .

“Are you, the “Selection Priest” of the Church?” (Amy)

“Y-yes . Yes I am . Were you brought here by force too?” (priestess)

“Yeah, well, that’s right . I guess . ” (Amy)

Actually, I have a whisper ghost haunting me, which I could use as a “trump card” when the time came so there was a world of a difference between me and the priestess .

“Really, you must have been frightened . But it’s alright . I will try to do something about this . ” (priestess)

The priestess who had encouraged me seems like a good-natured person .

“Thank you . Has Lady Priestess been confined in here longer than me?” (Amy)

“…around 2 days has passed . ” (priestess)

I heard that they provided her three meals everyday . I doubt that they will give the same treatment to me .

Well, there won’t be time to take a meal when the problem would be solved anyway .

“Was anything done to you by them?” (Amy)

Since it’s necessary to get information about the purpose of the evil god, I had came here to this place .

“That’s, I don’t know anything . They only carried in my meals when I was confined here . ” (priestess)

Even if I talked to the guard outside, it didn’t seem like I’ll get an answer .

For what purpose have they kidnapped the priestess?

[Amy, art thou fine?] (Zir)

Zir spoke through the whisper ghost .

“Zir? Has the attack started?” (Amy)

“Yea, the elites of mine clan hast already begun to attack . If time permits I would not mind if thou wast to rage ‘round . ” (Zir)

Raging around, I didn’t expect for her to instruct me to do that .

“The priestess has been caught together with me . I don’t want to do anything flashy . ” (Amy)

“Is that so, then I wilt send someone to meet thee . ” (Zir)

“Please . ” (Amy)

Fuu, the priestess was looking at me as I took a breath .

“Just now, who were you talking to?” (priestess)

“Um, it’s my panion ing to help us . ” (Amy)

“Is that true!?” (priestess)

“Yeah, we’re adventurers . ” (Amy)

“I see, they seem to be excellent rades . ” (priestess)

“Yes, I’m always being a burden to them though . ” (Amy)

“That’s not true . Because, when you have been caught like this, aren’t they immediately ing to help?” (priestess)

“I-I guess so . ” (Amy)

“With just this much, I can tell that you’re important to them . ” (priestess)

“Yeah, I guess . ” (Amy)

By the time we joined with Zir, who was in charge of the pursuit force, we had already finished encircling the hiding place of the evil god followers .

We started to attack not long ago because the arrangement of the goblin force had finished .

We avoided not killing the other party as much as possible . The number of captives had already exceeded ten people .

“Mine lord, Amy seems to has brought ov’r the captured Priestess . ” (Zir)

”Is that so? I don’t really want to be connected with the priestess though . ” (Hibiki)

“Shouldst they beest directed to Velgord’s group?” (Zir)

“No, I’ll go with Ayla . ” (Hibiki)

The vampires are a gray zone for the church . A strong feeling of rejection might occur depending on the person .

“Then, I wilt go as well . They wilt not suspect me with this hair . ” (Zir)

“I guess so . Velgord, I’ll leave the mand of the pursuit force to you . Get along well with the mander on the goblin side . ” (Hibiki)

“Certainly . ” (Velgord)

The vampires and the goblins who had started living together in the same village, their relationship was generally good and there was no problem at all .

When I told the vampires that their position when they e to the village would be the same as those of the goblins, Velgord said “That is too much”, but he consented at once seeing the living conditions of the village .

As expected, you wouldn’t be able to believe it when you saw the hygienic goblins taking a bath almost everyday .

Our goblins have a more cultured life than normal adventurers .

They took three meals everyday, and maintain and skillfully create tools .

Recently, there were a lot of goblins who play catch during break time too .

The vampires were amazed when they saw the goblins who did such entertainments and enjoyed their daily lives like that .

Many people who had been looking down at the goblins in the beginning, have started to open their minds at once .

Their first joint work together was this siege battle .

As the progress went out smoothly . There was nothing left for me to do .

With Zir guiding, we reached the room where Amy was captured .

“Amy, are you alright?” (Hibiki)

“Yes, for master to e all this way to pick me up . Thank you very much . ” (Amy)

Amy trotted to my side .

There was also a woman who was looking at me in the back of room .

“Are you Amy’s panion?” (priestess)

“Yeah, I am . ” (Hibiki)

“To e this far . You must be very strong . ” (priestess)

“Nope, when we came here, this place was almost empty . We didn’t chance upon any battles so far on the way here . ” (Hibiki)

I lied to her . There were actually more than 50 evil god believers .

“I wonder if something had happened?” (priestess)

“I dunno? Since I just wanted to help Amy, I’m not interested in that other stuff . ” (Hibiki)

Since it was impossible for us to leave the priestess of the church as she was now, I freed her bound arms and sent her back to the church in town .

The morning began to dawn when we returned the priestess to the church .

“I want to give rewards to all of you . ” (priestess)

“It wasn’t a big deal, we really did nothing at all . ” (Hibiki)

I wanted to return quickly and start the interrogation, and before that I wanted to get some sleep for a moment .

“I’m really thankful to you . I’ll absolutely give you rewards on a following date . ” (priestess)

The priestess waved her hands for a long time .

I did not say anything more and turned and left the place .

“Please leave the interrogation of the evil god believers to us . ” (Velgord)

Velgord volunteered for the interrogation role .

Honestly, I feel relieved because I am so sleepy .

After I left the interrogation to Velgord, I will go to sleep at once .

“Master, umm, thank you . ” (Amy)

Amy once again gave her gratitude to me, though it should be me who must thank her .

The fact was that I put Amy in danger .

“I’m sorry, I’m sure you were scared being kidnapped, right?” (Hibiki)

“No, I wasn’t scared because I believed that I would be saved . ” (Amy)

Amy happily answered me .

A few days later, I had a bad feeling when I heard that the priestess who I helped that day, was looking for us .