Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 26



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Episode 26. Search and Destroy (3)

Isaac conveyed his will and at the same time spoke to Isolde.

“First, let’s conduct the investigation as you said. Oh, by the way, Heretic Questioner?”

“yes?”

“If the members of the Immortal Cult are here, what can we think of the identity of this mission? reconnaissance? inspection? Subjugation?”

Of course, Isaac did not think that the purpose of this mission was to subdue the members of the Immortal Cult. Of course, those white bones would not have crawled directly into the depths of the Baekje Empire. However, it is the undead that can be ‘conscripted’ locally.

Therefore, Isaac also thought that this mission was only about reconnaissance, investigation, and security in case something happened, and did not think about subjugation. But Isolde didn’t seem to think so.

“It is initially an investigation, but as soon as discovery is made, it turns into a subjugation.”

Isaac was taken aback by Isolde’s confident attitude. But at the same time, it occurred to me that the Heretic Questioner would not have come to the place where the enemies were ambushing without even thinking. Isolde was not a foolish person.

“Do not worry. Just in case, if you give us time, we can wipe them out.”

Take your time just in case. That seemed to be Isaac and Gebel’s mission.

Isaac nodded and headed deep into the valley.

***

Meanwhile, deep in the valley, the descendants of chaos that Isaac had sown were moving quickly.

‘Find out what kind of guys are inside the valley. Surely.’

Through the battle with Jihylet, the Children of Chaos had multiplied like a swarm of rats, so scouting was not that difficult.

Meanwhile, Isolde was carefully examining each statue. As if that were evidence of some great heresy.

As she said, the remains of the collapsed temple were all over the valley.

“Why did people even build temples for this plague god? “What good is the plague?”

Isaac asked grumpily.

In ‘Nameless Chaos’, the nine faiths were enough for him to care about. The rest of the ancient gods and such were not treated as important in the game.

In other games, the ‘Ancient God’ would be a terrifying hidden boss, but in Nameless Chaos, it was at best a field boss. On the other hand, most other gods only delivered their orders through angels, and with the exception of the immortal emperor, it was difficult to meet face to face with any god.

“They say there were many gods in the old days.”

Isolde surprisingly gave a gentle answer.

“They say people give the name of God to everything they don’t understand. There must have been a great plague in this area long ago. “Because so many people died, they must have given the plague a name, worshiped it as a god, and prayed for forgiveness.”

“Forgiveness?”

“When there is a drought, you pray for rain, and when there is a flood, you pray for the rain to stop. In this way, the god of plague also becomes the god of healing.”

‘Jihillet, the god of healing. The logic is that the person who gave you the disease can also give you medicine.’

Isaac roughly understood it that way.

“But when the Code of Light handed down the Tablet of Dawn through Ruad-Din, these miscellaneous gods were crushed and disappeared. “It is truly a blessing.”

“There are eight other faiths, right?”

Isolde pretended not to hear. Even though she didn’t say it, Isaac quickly realized what she was saying. Crushing and eliminating the ancient gods was not only the Code of Light but also all nine faiths agreed to do it. I knew this because it also appears in the game settings.

The appearance of the lighthouse keeper Ruad-Din holding the Tablet of Dawn was an important event that divided the era of barbarism and the era of reason. From then on, the so-called ‘Age of Light’ began.

During the millennium known as the Age of Light, the ancient faiths were eradicated, and only eight faiths survived that cooperated with, obeyed, or harmonized with the Code of Light. Even the Buddhist Order that appeared last did not deny the order led by the Code of Light.

‘Only nameless chaos has disappeared.’

Isaac thought about this subtle irony. And why they are consistently referred to as the ‘Nine Faiths’ even though the Nameless Chaos has apparently disappeared.

Patter-patter.

Then Isaac noticed pebbles falling from the top of the cliff. Isolde also looked up the valley, but he found nothing. It was Isaac who took action first.

“excuse me!”

Tuk, tutuk.

A huge silhouette was seen passing between cliffs and cliffs. I thought it was a mountain animal, but it was clearly a foreign silhouette.

Isolde’s eyes widened.

“What the hell is that?!”

“Let’s go inside!”

Isaac and Gebel first drew their swords, but instead of moving, they looked at Isolde. Isolde stepped forward with a stern expression and blew a long whistle.

Beep─.

As the sound of a whistle tearing through the valley rang out, a jackdaw flew up into the sky. It was the jackdaw that Isaac had already planted parasites on. The jackdaw must have been in sync with Isolde for a long time and immediately flew after the beast above the valley.

“Let’s follow!”

Isolde followed the jackdaw’s movements. Even from a distance, she couldn’t lose track of where the jackdaw was.

The unidentified beast appeared and disappeared between valleys, between valleys, between cliff crevices and around corners, showing its silhouette. It seemed impossible to escape due to the fierce pursuit, but there were clear signs of luring it.

‘And it’s actually tempting.’

The identity of the beast was the offspring of chaos created by Isaac. Although it grew because it was modeled after a large creature, it was able to carry out such a notable mission. Moreover, because of its unique shape, it was difficult to recognize its exact silhouette.

‘good. If you lure them in like this and send them out of the valley… … .’

It would mean that there was something here, but it escaped, and Isolde, who lost track of the target, will eventually put an end to the situation. The priest of the Immortal Church is dead anyway, so there won’t be a problem. If you really want to end things cleanly, you can throw the offspring of chaos to Isolde as food.

***

“Wait a minute, it looks like they’re trying to lure us in!”

As the beast moved while maintaining a distance that made it almost impossible to catch it, Isolde also grasped the situation. As the movement speed slowed, the unidentified beast that was naturally tracking also slowed down. There was nothing I could do since the route was being determined through the jackdaw.

“If we’re manning it, doesn’t that mean there’s an ambush?”

“But we can’t let that ominous beast go. “You two, please follow me slowly.”

After saying that, Isolde brought the necklace to her mouth and began to recite a prayer. At the same time, patchy gray powder flowed from her body, and her presence suddenly faded.

‘The Doctrine of the Moth.’

It was one of Isolde’s abilities that Isaac had already figured out.

The Code of Light symbolizes light. Moths chase light.

The Moth Doctrine was a miracle of doctrine learned by those who were required to act secretly within the religious order.

Isolde, whose presence had become so faint that it was difficult to distinguish it from the pebbles on the roadside even though she was right in front of her, immediately resumed tracking her in a different direction than before.

If that beast is luring Isaac and his party, it will not notice Isolde’s approach using the doctrine of the moth.

However, because Isolde was focused on the beast, Isaac was able to watch her movements and carefully manipulate the Chaos Spawn.

“… … .”

Isolde seemed nervous as she was unable to close the distance even after using the Moth Doctrine.

At that time, Isaac heard an unexpected message.

[dead body. discovery.]

It was a message from the offspring of chaos sown by Isaac.

‘A corpse?’

It was difficult to understand the exact message due to the mother rat’s poor thinking ability, but the presence of a corpse was news worth worrying about. The spawn of chaos tried to approach the corpse, but then flinched. I felt that someone was nearby.

At that moment, the transmission of will from the offspring of chaos was cut off. He died without even noticing his opponent. Although it is only as strong as a cat, the fact that it was defeated so helplessly means that it was not attacked by a wild animal.

‘Everyone gather together and investigate.’

Isaac controlled the Spawn of Chaos and drove them to the area where the body was found. It was for tracking, not hunting. However, the place where my will was broken was not far from where I am now.

‘Could there really have been an ambush?’

Isaac was surprised by the unexpected situation. After taking control of the Sanctuary Altar, he gained full visibility over the monastery and the surrounding area. But he didn’t feel anything strange at all.

However, the fact that someone appeared meant that it was someone that could not be identified even with Sanctuary’s abilities, or that they appeared last night.

“Mr. Isolde!”

Isaac shouted her name out of confusion. Isolde stopped immediately. At that moment, several arrows hit the path she was leading. One of them flew towards Isolde, but only passed through the faint gray powder flowing from her body.

However, in the aftermath, Isolde’s appearance was revealed, as if the moth’s doctrine had been broken.

“Who are you?”

Gebel’s voice resonated loudly through the valley. Then, five or six people dressed as hunters and carrying crossbows appeared from between the rocks in the valley. It looked like a hunter from a nearby village.

“S-sorry. Just now, a strange beast passed over his head, so he thought it was the beast… … .”

“But you can shoot arrows at will!”

Isaac angrily walked towards them. When the hunters saw the Heretic Inquisitor dressed in luxurious clothes and Isaac and Gebel dressed as monks, they looked like they thought they had messed with them by mistake. Especially when Isaac approached them angrily, they felt an inexplicable sense of intimidation.

This time, the unique charm of the Nephilim came in the form of oppressing their sense of guilt.

“We are chasing that beast too, so we will forgive you! “Where did the beast go?”

“Climb the cliff over there… … .”

At that moment, Isaac swung the knife he was holding in his hand like a thunderbolt and stabbed the man in the neck. At the same time, Gebel and Isolde rushed in quickly, as if in sync.

It wasn’t because they couldn’t forgive themselves for daring to attack them or something like that. The three of them had already assessed the situation as soon as they saw the hunters.

Isolde realized that there was no way an ordinary hunter could penetrate and attack the moth’s doctrine, and Gebel realized that their crossbows were too luxurious for hunters to use. And Isaac discovered that the blood left over from killing the Chaos Spawn was on the hand of the man he had stabbed.

Chang, crackle!

As the attacks took place simultaneously without any coordination or agreed-upon communication, the hunters were instantly injured and pushed back. But no one died immediately. That alone was proof that they were not ordinary hunters.

“Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgbrgkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk?

Even the hunter whose neck had been pierced by Isaac had retreated to heal his wound.

Isaac frowned as he saw blood seeping out of the bastard’s punctured neck and stitching his skin. Isolde also found it and ground her teeth as if she was growling.

“Walaika headhunters? “Where did you come crawling here?”

Walaika is one of the small countries between the Black Empire and the White Empire. It had a complex history as a country that survived by sticking together here and there through numerous conflicts, but if we were to be honest, it was classified as a power closer to the Black Empire. This is because their noble class was the undead.

They were a blood-sucking race commonly called vampires.

And these noble vampires often went on ‘human hunts’ for their own tastes.

“Hit it!”

The vampire whose throat was pierced by Isaac must have been of quite high rank among them, so he gave instructions even with his injured neck. The vampires realized that their identity had been revealed and pulled out a dark red sword from its scabbard.

It was a weapon used by Walaika nobles.

Isaac was a little nervous.

‘If you were a Walaika noble, your power would be equivalent to that of a Paladin in the game… … .’

In that case, I had to think that the vampires in front of me were six paladins. Although there are differences in level among Paladins, vampires are especially optimized for dealing with humans.

Isaac thought this battle might be quite difficult.

“Ugh, huh!”

But when I actually fought, it wasn’t as difficult as I thought. Isaac flicked the sword of the vampire charging in front of him from bottom to top, twisted his sword, and cut his arm.

The other vampires also hesitated and were unable to attack easily.

‘Was my skill this good?’

Isaac felt proud that his sword skills worked in real combat, but he quickly realized what was going on.

‘It’s because of the sunlight.’

This is a deep valley. So there wasn’t much light coming in, but the sparse sunlight was enough to cause them pain. When their raid failed, they tried to pretend to be hunters and get away because it was still daylight.

‘Good.’

Isaac didn’t want a fair fight. While these vampires were panicking, he decided to enjoy the current advantageous situation to the fullest.