Arc 5 spoilers ahead….
Subaru stares at the white haired figure, struck with confusion.
"I came here to meet my bride, I'm so glad I could catch up with her." Regulus spoke with his smug tone of voice.
Hearing this, Subaru clenches his fists in frustration. "Your bride?! The hell are you talking about?"
"Isn't it a matter of course that I come face to face with a woman who I intend to take as my bride? That's just basic human logic if you ask me." Regulus' gaze was set down on the knocked down girl in front of him while saying this.
Could it be? Subaru's eyes become wide at the realization. Regulus was referring to none other than Emilia. Another question comes to Subaru's head, one that he put at the back of his mind for the time being. How was the Sin Archbishop of Greed standing in front of them, alive? There would have been no way for him to survive being trapped underwater!
"H-how?!" Subaru blurts out at the man. Regulus hears the shout, and looks up to meet Subaru's angry stare. "You didn't think I was really dead, did you?" Saying this, his smug smile crawls across his face, one that Subaru and the others were sure would never be seen on this planet again.
Shaking his head at Subaru, he looks back down at Emilia, who is paralyzed in confusion and fear. "As I promised, I will be taking her as my 79th wife." He spoke, Emilia putting a hand over her mouth. He takes a step forward, however, is stopped quickly by the sound of quick movement in his direction. Reinhard and Juilius stepped in front of the small group, ready to take grip of their sword handles.
Regulus took a small step back, as a look of disgust washes over his face.
"Now listen here! Don't you think it's basic human decency to allow one to get to their destiny? Who do you take me for? I am the Sin Archbishop of Greed, Regulus Corneas. The most satisfied existence in the entire world, do you think you stand a chance against me? If I wanted, I could tear you apart in bits and pieces. But I do need attendants at my wedding so my bride won't be lonely, so I won't kill you."
The Sin Archbishop obviously saw these two, equipped with swords, as a threat. Pushing the bothering situation aside, he continued his path towards Emilia, however, is once again stopped by the sound of a sword being unsheathed. Julius had equipped himself with his sword. Regulus looks at them once again, but with a more irritated expression.
"After all I said! Do you really think it'd be decent to try to interfere with me?! Who do you think I am?!"
Regulus begins to raise his arm, which immediately makes Subaru tense up. He was all too familiar with the tactic Regulus was about to use, his authority. "Wait…" Subaru is once again struck in confusion. Subaru supposedly has the Authority of Greed, granted by his supposed death. "How?!" Subaru could only question himself as the events unfolded.
Suddenly, a thump was heard. Subaru looked down to see Julius grabbing his foot in pain. However, the large puddle of blood that was gathering made it apparent that it was completely amputated. He groaned in pain, as Beatrice quickly jumped ahead in hopes to heal the injured knight, along with Emilia.
Subaru followed suit, also dashing ahead to save Julius.
Kneeling down, he puts his hand over the wound to stop the bleeding. Subaru looked up at Regulus in rage, when suddenly, a feeling breezed over his hand. Looking down, his eyes widened.
"H-huh?!"
To say Subaru was in shock would be an understatement. It would only be natural to be bewildered to see a limb regrow after being amputated nearly moments ago. With that, Subaru's face met with the cold ground.
"Subaru!"
"Barusu!"
His friends and close allies shout his name in worry, quickly approaching him to assist him, Reinhard staying back to keep Regulus at bay.
"Agh…"
Subaru's consciousness echoed in his head. The last thing he saw before passing out were the faces of Emilia and Beatrice, who wore worried expressions. "I.. No… I don't want to-"
His thoughts subsided, allowing the exhaustion to overtake him.
Regulus shook his head, putting his hand on his forehead.
"Well, that's disappointing to say the least." He tisked at the dramatic event that occured in front of him.
"Is that all you have to say?"
A blue haired girl stood in front of Regulus. She wore a pink cloak, along with a white collared shirt underneath. A large, spiked metal ball was hanging by a chain, held on by the girl. She whipped the mace toward him. With a raise of a hand, the mace fell to the ground, losing all momentum. Regulus stood alert, awaiting another attack.
Reinhard grabbed the handle to his sword, however, was unable to unseath it. Coming up with another quick plan, he nods to himself. Regulus' face went from being feet, to inches away from Reinhard's presence.
A force knocked the Sin Archbishop back, in a cloud of dust. Reinhard was able to punch Regulus with his quick speed and thinking. Although he was surprised, it was expected of the Sword Saint.
Rem stood aside, looking back at the group assisting Subaru. With Subaru being unconscious, the idea of having his assistance with the authorities he had gained was out of the picture.
Regulus kicked dirt into the air and launched it toward Reinhard. With his blessings combined with his quick thinking, he was managing to dodge every one of Regulus's attempts of harm. Once again, Regulus kicked up more dirt and rocks, this time a larger amount. Reading his attack, Reinhard evaded from the attack sooner, and used his speed to punch him once more.
Regulus jumped back with the momentum of the attack. He stood, with a look of pure irritance in his eyes.
"With your inhuman eyesight and reaction times, you can escape the bits of gravel and dirt. But you're too naive, aren't you? If you truly want me dead, prevent me from breathing. Can you do that? You can't. Just now, I exhaled."
Regulus once again preached his feelings, standing unharmed by any of Reinhard's attacks. To the group, they stood back, mesmerized by seeing Reinhard fighting with his fists alone. They were sitting ducks, the fight was not progressing to any extent. This, if anything, was only wearing on Reinhard.
Beatrice looked up, noticing this.
"The only option is to run, in fact."
She blurted this out loudly, just audible enough for Reinhard to hear. He looks over to the group.
"That could be true. Julius, get the others and go."
Julius stood with his healed foot, nodding at the demand.
Regulus also looked over at the group, and clenched his fists. His bride was about to be taken away from him, and he could not allow that to happen at any costs. He made an attempt to run towards them, but was stopped by Reinhard.
Regulus gave the red haired knight a deadly stare.
"How dare you interfere with me, once again?! You truly don't know who I am, do you! If I was being serious, I could tear you apart to bits and pieces right now! Why are you stopping me from getting to my bride? What purpose does it serve?"
With rage within him, he jumped back, standing in front of a field of grass. He lifts his arm up, with Reinhard expecting to block another attack. However, that was soon proven wrong when a large amount of dirt and gravel was sent into the air, hurtling toward Subaru.
Reinhard jumped back, as the dirt nearly grazed him. Ram, who was holding him, jumped aside along with the others to evade the attack. They were barely able to dodge the attack, due to the Sin Archbishop's incredible speed in thinking.
Julius looked back, his eyes widening seeing the large wave Regulus had created, nodding as he put his trust in Reinhard. The group continued onward, back to the hotel.
With the new situation at hand, along with Regulus' rage, the fight between the red haired knight and the white haired Sin Archbishop had begun!
To be continued
Regulus Corneas strikes back! Now making the remaining number of alive Sin Archbishops a total of 3. Will Reinhard be able to defeat Regulus? Where do the other two Sin Archbishops remain? Chapter 34 of Ram:IF coming soon!