Reincarnated As An Ogre, I’m Going To Enjoy Life In This Other World! - Chapter 72

“What should we do? Kingil!”

Seeing the crowd closing in, Luna grabs my clothes, looking around but finding no escape as people approach from every direction.

(What should I do? Is there any way out?!)

At that moment, a flash of light catches my eye, and I notice the stained glass at the back of the hall. I quickly scoop Luna into a princess carry.

“Huh? Wait, Kingil!? What’s going on all of a sudden?”

“Luna, hold on tight!”

I bend my knees, channeling all my strength, and with one explosive leap, I launch toward the stained glass. Luna, confused and overwhelmed, clings to me.

“Kyaaaa!”

Luna screams and clings to me, and I protect her with my arms as we crash through the stained glass and escape outside.

We land on the roof of a house that stands just outside the cathedral.

“You… you’re amazing.”

“Haha, well, I guess so.”

Luna glances back and forth between me and the cathedral, saying that, and I feel a little embarrassed.

“So, what now? We’ve escaped, but…”

“We have to save Aris.”

Luna looks at the cathedral, but then notices that there are people not only around the cathedral but all over the place.

“What’s with all those people?”

“That guy, he said earlier… he turned almost everyone in the Holy City into puppets, right?”

“Then these people…”

Every person below turns to face us with a singular, emotionless gaze.

“So they’re all Roin’s puppets, huh?”

As soon as I say that, the people start charging toward us in unison.

“What the hell?! Is this a zombie apocalypse or what?!”

“Kingil, we need to run!”

The sight of the emotionless people charging toward us fills me with dread, and I take off running with Luna in my arms.

Meanwhile, inside the cathedral,

“I won’t let you escape… This is a game of tag with all the people of in the Holy City. Do you think you can get away?”

Roin laughs, while Aristera stands motionless, her face expressionless.

Meanwhile, Kingil and Luna,

“They’re climbing onto the roofs too!”

I could see the manipulated people using each other as stepping stones to climb up onto the roof.

“Kingil, up ahead!”

Looking ahead, I saw more people climbing up onto the roof in the same manner.

“Damn it!”

I jump and move to another roof, with the pursuers following me, leaping onto the next roof as well.

“How are they able to follow us so easily?”

“They’re probably being controlled, forced to move like that.”

Upon closer look, I could see some people with their arms hanging loosely or collapsed on the ground.

“This is bad! Damn it, if we keep running, the people of the Holy City will…”

“It’s okay, Kingil! Leave it to me.”

Luna then clasped her hands together and began mumbling, and soon the bodies of the Holy City’s people started glowing faintly.

“I’ll protect them with my power, I’ve already healed them. Now, just focus on escaping!”

“Oh, as expected from the Saintess.”

Afterward, concerned for the people’s safety, they began climbing down from the roofs and fleeing. However, no matter how much we ran, more and more people kept coming, not only from behind, but also from the front and sides, all under Roin’s control.

“This is endless.”

“We need to stop Roin, no matter what.”

“But Aris is over there. What can we do if she becomes a hostage?”

The two of us are being chased while trying to come up with a plan.

“We have two options: either sneak up on him or quickly capture her to disable his power before he kills Aris…”

“It’s impossible to do it secretly in this situation, so we’ll have to act fast.”

“Is there any way to quickly capture Aris before she makes a move…?”

“Kingil, you can run this fast, can’t you just sprint over to Aris-chan’s side in an instant?”

I think for a moment but immediately shake my head.

“No, it’s impossible. The moment he sees us getting close to the cathedral, he’ll use Aris as a shield.”

“I see, that’s annoying.”

“If he can see us…”

“Kingil?”

I ponder over my own words from earlier.

“If we can get close from somewhere they can’t see, we might have a chance.”

“A place they can’t see…?”

I look from the cathedral to the gate, which is the entrance to the Holy City.

“Luna, I’ve come up with a plan.”

“What’s the plan?”

“Well, the plan is…”

After explaining the plan, Luna looks at me with surprise.

“Is that even possible?”

“We have no choice! Let’s go, Luna!”

“Alright, I got it, Kingil!”

Luna and I nod at each other, then begin moving to execute the plan.

Chapter length 1873 characters.