Heavenly Inquisition Sword - Chapter 1255



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Episode 1255. People can’t live alone

Hamish and Sisht, the priests of Shastra Parakti, laughed with their eyes fixed outside the window.

The two priestesses’ expressions were bright.

It is true that the road to Ishka is dangerous, but not now.

This is because next to them is the Grand Master, Count Elio Lagoa.

The roar of an unidentifiable animal was heard from afar.

Normally, they would have been busy guessing the true nature of the sound, but the two priestesses did not care.

Elio, who was flirting with Fabian, suddenly asked a question to the priestesses.

“But priest, you said you received an oracle, right? Then did you also see Shastra Parakti’s face?”

Hamish, who was briefly recalling the events of that day, asked Sisht.

“The Count is asking whether you have seen the face of Shastra Parakti. “Have you seen it?”

“Yes, you were much more beautiful than what you see in the sacred painting. The icon could not express even a tenth of His beauty and sanctity.”

Hamish said, looking back slightly.

“That’s right.”

“Have you seen Father Hamish?”

“For me, it happened more than ten years ago, so looking at the torch brings back memories.”

“You received an oracle this time too.”

“Priest Sisht mainly received it, and I only got a little bit of it. “I didn’t have time to look at her face.”

“If we meet again, you’ll remember, right?”

“Of course. Even now, whenever I look at the icon, Shastra Parakti’s face vaguely comes to mind. “But why are you asking that?”

“I was curious about the face of God.”

Then Sishit, who had been quietly listening to the conversation between the two, intervened.

“Many people are surprised when priests say they have met God. There are many people who doubt, ‘How can I meet an invisible God?’”

“Oh, it’s not that I doubted anything. Actually, I have also met God.”

Hearing Count Elio Lagoa’s words, the two priestesses turned their heads back with wide eyes.

The idea that humans met God is not as simple as it sounds.

Among the thousands of priests in the temple, only one or two receive such blessings.

Since you are the apostle of Shastra Parakti, have you met Shastra Parakti?

The young Sisht priest asked without any hesitation.

“May I ask what kind of god the Count met?”

Elio, who was trying to talk about the wise woman of the nine heavens, found it difficult to explain, so he decided to sell the sun god.

“Kama Devias, the sun god.”

“oh! “Did he really look like a torch?”

“I don’t see icons. Fabian, have you ever seen the icon of the sun god?”

“Northerners don’t know much about anything except Manaptras.”

“I’ve never seen the torch, so I can’t say anything. “He was handsome.”

“What kind of conversation did you have with him?”

As a priest, Sisht showed interest in the sun god’s inner self rather than his external appearance.

“Just talking about this and that.”

Elio gave a vague answer.

In fact, I had more conversations with the Heavenly Demon inside than with the Sun God, so I didn’t have anything to say.

Sisht did not ask any further questions as Count Elio Lagoa was reluctant to answer.

The road condition became increasingly worse.

The road was covered in grass as if hundreds or thousands of years had passed.

Every time it went over a pile of grass, the carriage ‘clunked’, and every time a tree branch that invaded the road hit the carriage, it kept making ‘clunk!’ There was a sound.

However, because the road was so wide, there were no major difficulties for carriages to travel.

After noon, the carriage stopped for a moment at a place where the sky was visible.

To have a simple meal.

The two coachmen walked around diligently and prepared the food.

Soon, eight people, including the Holy Knights, priests, and Elio, gathered in one place and shared the food.

Although the priests felt sorry for the meager food, Elio was satisfied.

This is because the unidentified dish was better than the ‘Energy Ball’ brought from Hirhera.

After the meal, the priests served tea to Elio and his group – a favorite drink of the priests of the Shastra Parakti temple.

Elio was surprised because the tea the priests gave him was similar to the one he drank at Gangho.

Hamish said with a proud face as he looked at the nobles drinking tea.

“I don’t know if the temple tea suits my taste.”

As she spoke, she looked at the nobles’ complexions.

Temple tea was difficult for even imperial nobles to access, so it may not have been suitable for northern nobles.

As expected, Count Larva Omar and Baron Fabian Cloud asked, ‘What is this?’ It is a face that says

At that time, Count Elio Lagoa took a deep breath and said.

“It’s good. “I like it because it tastes similar to the tea I used to drink in my hometown.”

“I see. “If it suits your taste, I’ll give you a box.”

The temple tea was a great gift since it could not be obtained even with money.

“thank you. “I will definitely repay this favor at any time.”

“you’re welcome.”

The corners of Hamish’s mouth rose.

It is only natural that she established a relationship with Count Elio Lagoa over just a box of tea from the temple.

After drinking tea, the priest, paladin, and Elio returned to the carriage.

After driving for about an hour, an old signpost called ‘Ishika’ appeared on the side of the road.

From then on, wild beasts began to appear on the roads.

To protect the coachmen, the Holy Knights moved to the side of the coachmen.

Most of the beasts avoided the carriage, but some bad-tempered ones happened to attack the coachman.

Every time that happened, the Holy Knights swung their sheathed longswords and shook off the beasts.

Some beasts rammed the carriage with their bodies or put their clawed front paws through the windows.

Elio and Fabian, who were sitting next to the window, each time pushed away the beast’s front paws with their longswords.

Fabian, who was cutting off the beast’s front paw with his sword sheath, let out an exclamation.

“Hey, this is a complete field of wild beasts, isn’t it?”

“I know. “It seems that the beast has taken the place the man left.”

“It will be difficult for people to go back in and find a seat, right? Wouldn’t it be great if we could build a steel wall like Peromuros? “Where would you live in fear?”

“But now that people are leaving, look at the trees and grass growing thicker.”

“Iknow, right. This is just unexplored territory. They said they encountered a major forest and it was terrible. “Isn’t the great forest going to be even bigger than this?”

Fabian, belatedly remembering the danger of the Great Forest, shook his head.

“I think I can understand why the Southern Kingdom doesn’t stop the empire’s adventurers and mercenaries.”

Elio stuck his tongue out.

Even if it’s adjacent to a major forest, it’s like this. How amazing is the Abyss!

“I’m glad there’s still only a beast. “If a demonic beast appears here, it will be a real pain.”

Priest Sisht spoke as if explaining Fabian’s words.

“Demon beasts rarely leave the great forest. “If demonic beasts invade human territory, the human army may step in to subdue them.”

“Are you that smart?”

“An intelligent beast uses its brain as well as a human.”

“Hagiya.”

Fabian recalled the demon beasts he met at Tameion.

Whether it was a demonic beast or a monster, the higher the level, the better the brain became.

Some monsters even communicated using language.

“But isn’t it dangerous to go to Ishika’s temple with just three paladins?”

“Ishika is an abandoned city, but it’s okay because it’s far from the main forest. “The Holy Knights can take on any number of demonic beasts.”

“What about monsters?”

“It’s okay because monsters don’t leave the great forest. So far, no one has seen a monster in Ishika. “If that were the case, we would have moved with more paladins.”

“aha.”

Fabian shook his head.

When I saw the flock of beasts, I thought the priests were in danger, but I was foolish.

Even with the same sword expert, the Paladin is much stronger.

Since there are three such Paladins, it is as if they were accompanying the Sword Master.

With that much power, he would be able to defeat even a monster that wasn’t a demon.

The closer we got to Ishka, the worse the road conditions were.

If the problem had been the grass growing through the cracks in the flagstones behind the road, from Ishka onwards, there were many places where tree roots had swallowed the flagstones.

Because the road was damaged by tree roots, the carriage had to stop and stop repeatedly.

The appearance of hungry beasts became more frequent.

It seemed as if all the wild beasts of Ishka had flocked to the noise made by the two four-horse chariots.

Still, the Holy Knights on the coach did not ask Elio and his party for help.

In fact, for sword experts, dealing with beasts is just a piece of cake.

Moreover, the beast was no threat at all to the paladins who even received God’s blessing.

However, as the number of beasts increased dramatically, the paladins pulled their long swords from their scabbards.

It would have been better to avoid killing by swinging the sword with the sheath like before, but it was an inevitable choice to protect the four frightened horses and the driver.

An hour later.

Two temple chariots entered Isica, which had been occupied by wild beasts a long time ago.

The situation in the city was better than the roads connecting the cities.

This is because, unlike the roads outside surrounded by grass, the inside of the city was full of buildings and flagstones.

The situation inside the city was good, except for areas occupied by roots and stems growing from untended gardens and nearby forests.

Takkak. Takkak.

Dudduddu!

The sound of horses’ hooves and rolling carriage wheels echoed throughout the quiet city.

Elio muttered while looking at the fallen city outside the window.

“Wow, this is my first time seeing something like this. “You mean those are all empty houses?”

Fabian said, looking at the scenery outside through the window facing Elio.

“why? “Do you think it’s a waste?”

“To abandon such a large building… … . “I don’t think I could ever do that.”

“People cannot live alone. If everyone else leaves, I have no choice but to leave. “Lord Lagoa says the same thing, he will leave when the time comes.”

“If that building is mine, I’ll never leave. “How can you throw that away?”

“What are you going to do left alone in a city where no one lives? “Without people, no matter how beautiful a building is, it’s nothing but shit.”

“Why did people leave all this behind? “I don’t understand.”

“Don’t be stubborn. He must have left because he couldn’t survive. “Would you have left if you had enough to live on?”

Elio was unable to refute Fabian’s somewhat indifferent words.

right.

I guess I left because I couldn’t live without this and that.

If not just one or two people but a city were to disappear, there had to be a reason why it couldn’t be avoided.

The carriage continued towards the center of Ishka.

It appears that the temple of Shastra Parakti was located in the center of Ishika.

‘huh?’

Elio’s heart fluttered strangely as he got closer to Ishica’s center.

Emotions that were difficult to describe in words swept through my entire body.

My heart was pounding and my heart was beating wildly.

Surprised, Elio secretly repeated the verses of the Nine Thousand and One Days Sutra.

He thought he had been unknowingly exposed to a sleeping pill, narcotic, or something similar.

Gu Qianqi got up from the dantian and spun around his entire body in the blink of an eye.

Only then did my pounding heart calm down.

The carriage, which was traveling carefully on the road, slowly slowed down and stopped.

Before Elio got off the carriage, he looked through the window at the forgotten temple.

The overall appearance was similar to the temple of Manapthras seen in Kruli.

The difference is the geometrically patterned stone slabs on the floor around the temple and the pond – which must have been beautiful in the past –.

The pond with the blue sky looked like an oval mirror placed on the ground.

Perhaps because it was a temple, priests Hamish and Shisht got off the carriage before anyone else.

Elio, who was about to follow, stopped as a strange feeling came over him again.