Editing Skill Tree Goddess:Volume1 Chapter4 (section)

===Part 5===

“I will return… I will make a glorious comeback…”

Someone muttered to themselves in the darkness.

It was the priest.

He had no idea how he had left the Sky Territory and been thrown to the surface. But he had been fortunate. He had lost the Saint, the barrier, and everything else, but he only had to rebuild his power and fortune. But first he needed a starting point. He decided to start by doing this vast kingdom a favor to establish some social status for himself.

“Hee…hee hee.”

He was headed to Abandoned Castle Brunst.

The Succubus Queen, one of the Demon Lord’s right-hand men, known as the Three Aides, had once resided in that frontline base. The fact that the monsters had approached that close to the capital had turned the National Survival War into a truly chaotic conflict.

He had been there as an unarmed military chaplain, so he knew something had been hidden here.

“The king is dead. The throne sits empty. A royal funeral requires the Three Treasures chosen by the king himself, but one of those is missing. Yes, I know the Royal Banner was lost.”

He knew because he had stolen and hidden it himself.

During the confusion of the National Survival War, information had been all over the place, giving him a chance to swipe that royal treasure.

“Once I ‘discover’ it, I will be a national hero. Everyone will have no choice but to thank me! A-and that should provide me enough of a foothold for a comeback. I already know how to produce Saint’s Jewels. If I can mass produce them, so many of those foolish humans will be dying to get their hands on that very practical mirac-”

“What, do you think you’re so smart you’re guaranteed to succeed if you’re willing to trample others in the process?”

“!?”

The priest heard a deep voice.

He spun around, but he failed to realize someone would only speak to him first if a surprise attack wasn’t necessary – if they were confident they could kill a weakling like him whenever and however they pleased.

“Honestly, you’re a ridiculous bastard through and through. ‘Corrupt’ doesn’t come close to covering it.”

The man had long red hair and pitch black armor.

The priest recognized him. He was the Hero who had achieved more than any other during the National Survival War.

He was the embodiment of killing who had directly slain even the Succubus Queen.

A jelly girl stood at his side. Her branching chains rattled as she made nervous ‘ums’ and ‘uhs’ and glanced over at the Hero, but that was unlikely to stay her master’s deadly blade.

Dazed, the priest spoke his name.

Because the young man resting an enormous hammer on his shoulder was someone he recognized.

“Brave…Liar?”

“Are you ready? I’ll bring an end to your life. Really, it’s a wonder someone hasn’t already killed scum like you.”



“I know what you mean.”



Someone else was here too.

Gilbezos Override emerged from behind a pillar along with the goddess.

“But the thing is, that doesn’t mean it’s ''actually'' okay to kill him, Brave Liar.”