The journey to the town hall was quite easy. This was because Mark had no major problems in destroying the demonic beasts that stood in their way, not allowing Julius to kill even one. While observing the young Viltrumite, the best of the knights could not help but look with admiration and slight concern at the skills of the Invincible. In his mind, he even compared him to the divine generals of the Volachia empire.
"Surely he's at least at the level of the weakest of them." He muttered to himself, not being aware that Mark wasn't even using 10% of his capabilities.
"I guess that's all of them." Mark stated after killing the last monster with just as much ease as the previous ones. He even considered them weaker than Doctor Seismic's magma monsters.
"Damn, too bad he wasn't with us during the attack on the city hall." Subaru said, thinking about what would have happened if Mark had been there. But he quickly dismissed those thoughts, wanting to focus on the future.
#Elsewhere#
In a rather elegant room, Regulus Corneas was getting ready for the wedding while listening to his newly arrived guest, who he found disgusting because of his large, deformed head that resembled a human brain.
"So as you said Angstrom Levy." The white-haired youth said looking at himself in the mirror making sure there was not even a crease in his white wedding attire. "You come here to warn me about the man who calls himself the Invincible?"
"Yes, Mr. Corneas. His real name is Mark Greyson, and I suspect he will want to interrupt your wedding with the silver-haired maiden. Of course, I do not wish to offend your good news, but there is no point in looking into it. You will find no mention of him in it."
"And what, you just came to warn me?" Regulus frowned in irritation. "You say some fool wants to break my wedding and violate my rights, and you yourself refuse to help me, which is a violation of my privileges as a human being who needs more help than just a foolish warning about an enemy."
"I never said I came here, only to warn you, Mr. Corneas." Angstrom opened a small portal, taking out a silver box, which he placed on the desk, placing an envelope on it. "There you will find detailed instructions on what to do with what is in the box. Now, if you will excuse me, I will leave." The man bowed slightly and disappeared through the portal.
"What a lack of manners." Regulus was angry, looking at the box Angstrom had left. "Not only does he leave without asking me, but instead of explaining to me what to do, he leaves me a stupid letter. This is a complete violation of my rights!"
The white-haired man continued to clap his hands in irritation, and a few seconds later one of his wives entered his room with a stony expression on her face, as her master always expected from every wife.
"You summoned me, sir?"
"43 tell the others to speed up work on decorations and getting the new 79 ready for the ceremony. The wedding is in less than three hours, understood?"
"Of course my lord." The girl said bowing low before leaving, leaving Regulus deep in thought and the mysterious envelope in his hands.
"Invincible..." Regulus uttered the name as soon as he finished reading the instructions from Angstrom. "If what's in this box is true, then it really will help me not only conquer the city, but all four nations as well. I don't envy you."
#At the Town Hall#
"You useless trash!"
As soon as they entered the town hall, they saw the figure of Felix, who hit Wilhelm in the face.
"I have nothing to say in my defense." The Sword Demon said, lowering his head.
When Felix wanted to hit him again and say in regret what he thought of him, his hand was caught by Mark, catching him so as not to accidentally break his hand.
"Wow calm down young lady. You can't hit that old man because he did something you didn't like, that's a shitty move."
Felix, instead of answering, had his mouth slightly open in surprise, just like Wilhelm and Ricardo, who were present there, were surprised by the young man's speed. Their questioning eyes went to Subaru, and the Invincible let go of Felix's hand and retreated a few steps.
"Okay people, just calm down. This is an ally who saved me from the flood. I also think that he can be of great help in the fight against the witch cult."
"That's true." Julius confirmed as he took a step forward, his voice calm. "This man may look foolish, but he's strong enough to fight demonic beasts with his bare hands."
Everyone was speechless when they heard this. However, Felix was the first to wake up, saying that he was going to take care of his mistress. And so he left, accompanied by Wilhelm.
"What about the girl who got bitten?" Mark asked as he watched them go up the stairs.
"Sir Felix is a man," Ricardo said, smiling stupidly at Mark's surprised face. "I guess he's yours anyway." He threw the whip at Subaru.
"Did you find him? Thanks."
"You use a whip as a weapon? That's kind of weird." Mark commented and Subaru rolled his eyes.
"Anyway, Subaru, let's go to Lady Anastasia. I'm sure she'd like to talk to you." Julius said.
"Bright."
"I'll go see if anyone in town needs help, then I'll come back to see what you've been up to." Mark announced as he left.
"Just don't get into too much trouble," Subaru said.
"Sure."
When he emerged a second later the ground shook briefly as Marek took to the air.
"So what's this youngster's name?" Ricardo asked, scratching the back of his head in surprise at the sudden shock.
Subaru sighed.
"His name is..."
...INVINCIBLE
#High in the Sky#
Mark lied to everyone. His goal wasn't really to find people who needed help, although he would help if something happened. He was actually looking around to see if Angstrom had opened another portal for him to go through.
Unfortunately, he didn't see anything. Being high up, the panorama of the destroyed city made him angry at the people who caused such destruction. For a moment, he wanted to fly to the control towers where the Archbishops of Sin that he had heard about from Subaru were most likely now and deal with them himself, but he held back. He guessed that the people in the city hall were probably preparing a strategy to defeat them now, and he didn't want to accidentally ruin their plan. He also didn't know how strong the enemy was and whether I would not cause unnecessary destruction with my brute force when it was possible to handle the matter with cunning.
For the next few minutes, he patrolled the city, killing several demonic beasts. Until Subaru's speech reached his ears from something like a megaphone. He wanted to give his speech to support and encourage the city's residents.
=Okay I didn't intend to transcribe this speech because it would be a waste of your time. Those who haven't heard this speech should watch it on YT=
When night fell, Mark returned to the town hall and quickly found the room where Subaru was staying with a few other people. When he entered, all eyes went to him. Mark saw a purple-haired girl, a blond-haired boy, a muscular man with a black helmet on his head, a gray-haired youth dressed in green, and a red-haired knight who had a similar outfit to Julius.
"Are you kidding me?" The first purple-haired girl spoke in a disappointed voice. "Natsuki, Julius, is that really the guy who calls himself Invincible?"
With serious faces, Subaru and Julius nodded.
"I was hoping for someone... more impressive." She sighed heavily. "So... Invincible, do you want to help us defeat the cultists?"
"What do you mean by pogrom?"
"Kill them, of course. That's what I mean"
"Then I refuse to participate in this."
The entire room fell silent. Everyone except Priscilla and Subaru made surprised faces at Mark's words, who refused to kill the cultists, the greatest plague of their world.
"You're overly idealistic, you simpleton clown." Priscilla sneered from behind her fan. "You can't save anyone without getting your hands dirty."
"Spare me the teasing, lady." Mark replied, glaring at the woman. "I don't kill people."
"We're not talking about people here, but monsters that threaten the entire world" The blond-haired boy with a scar in the middle of his face resembling an X was outraged "They've done so many monstrous things. How can you not hate them?!"
"Stop talking like a broken brat! We're talking about killing someone here! You can't hit reset after that and have a clear conscience. You have to live with that difficult feeling forever once you cross that line!"
"You..."
Mark approached him in a rage, causing everyone except Priscilla and Subaru to stand up from the table, preparing for a possible fight.
"What are you doing?!" Mark asked, feeling even angrier.
"Wow wow calm down. We can't fight each other." Subaru tried to calm everyone down.
"Natsuki this is crazy that someone would want to protect a cultist without being one themselves! This guy has to be on their side!"
"I understand how you feel, Anastasia, but we can't fight him. It would be stupid and pointless."
"So what do you propose?"
"Make that clown take off his mask," Priscilla said.
"What?" Mark looked at her in surprise.
"Your beliefs are useless if we don't know who you are. Sure, you won't stop us from killing the Archbishops of Sin, but you can be useful to us in other ways. You'll go with the old swordsman and that noisy boy and help them catch the Archbishop of Desire. She still needs to be forced to disenchant the people she's turned into disgusting flies. But we won't trust you until you tell us who you are... So?"
The masked youth crossed his arms leaving the entire room silent. He didn't want to help kill, but he would understand that he would come across as a hypocrite if he started a fight with them because they had a different way of dealing with problems. This wasn't his world, but saving people was still his priority, and he wouldn't get better conditions to do so.
In complete silence, he grabbed the back of his neck and slowly pulled back the cloth covering his face. And so, in an instant, the mask of the Invincible was removed, revealing his true face to all.
"My name is Mark Greyson. I am Invincible."
"Let us begin the attack then," said Priscilla, smiling cheekily as always.
#A few minutes later#
After Subaru and Reinhard went to fight the Archbishop of Greed, Julius and Ricardo went to fight the Archbishop of Gluttony, Mark Wilhelm and Garfiel went to fight Lust. Pricilla was just leaving with Liliana to Wrath when Anastasia chatted her up.
"Do you really think Mr. Greyson will catch the Archbishop alive?"
"I think you stupid fox that this clown is strong enough to face this challenge." She replied without even looking at Anastasia. "Come on singer we have something to do."
#Elsewhere#
Regulus Corneas was filled with rage as he heard that his wife number 79 had just told him that she could not marry him. This was a serious violation of his rights. He reached out to teach her a lesson, but that was when he was hit by the church doors.
When he saw the black-haired boy and the red-haired knight his face turned gloomy.
"Subaru!" Emilia called when she saw her knight.
"So it's not him." Regulus sighed, looking at Subaru and Reinhard with indifference.
"What are you mumbling there, you bastard?!" An angry Subaru was surprised by the calm expression on the face of the Archbishop of Greed.
"Since the Invincible is not here, it will be much easier for me." Regulus clapped his hands and one of his wives walked up to him, handing him a silver box. "A time of change is coming. And a time when everyone will start respecting my rights." He smiled evilly, looking towards Subaru and Reinhard.