Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 27



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Episode 27 Headhunter Hunting (1)

Isaac took advantage of the moment when the vampires were unable to move freely and quickly stabbed him with his sword. Isaac wanted to conserve as much stamina as possible and only swung his sword when he thought he could inflict a fatal wound. Therefore, every time his sword flashed, blood and ashes flew out.

The vampires suffered a one-sided attack from a sudden attack. However, as they naturally pushed back and retreated to the shadowy part of the valley, their momentum began to change. The vampires, who accepted their inferiority in force and spirit, began to respond calmly.

When an organized counterattack began, Isaac widened the distance.

‘To avoid wasting strength, you must conserve your movements as much as possible.’

Fortunately, the vampires who were dealing with Isaac were unable to attack him easily because they had received one or two wounds from him. Isaac took a deep breath and checked Isolde and Gebel’s condition.

Gebel was pushing against the three, and Isolde, as an Inquisitor wandering alone, seemed to have no problem with at least one person.

Isolde looked impressed, perhaps because she was worried about Isaac.

‘Now that I think about it, this is actually the first time that lady has seen my skills in person.’

The balance was broken when Gebel blew off the head of one of the three men he was fighting.

Even after one of them fell, they did not try to show their defeat, but it was inevitable that the balance would begin to fall. Now Gebel was unilaterally suppressing the vampires.

Isaac did not miss the opportunity and stabbed his sword into the chest of the vampire who was looking away. The guy was scared and tried to strike down his sword.

At that moment, Isaac’s sword curved strangely like a snake and pierced his heart.

The flesh and bones were torn off entirely, leaving a hole that looked like it had been bitten by an animal. The guy looked at his wound in disbelief and wrung his hands over the empty space.

“These guys are paladins!”

One of the vampires screamed.

“Strictly speaking, there are no paladins.”

Isaac muttered.

There are only Heretic Questioners, retired Paladins, and aspiring Paladins. However, at the shout of a paladin, the vampires gritted their teeth and tried to widen the distance.

Gebel and Isaac tried to continue the attack without losing sight of the guys, but a shadow suddenly appeared over their heads and they stopped.

‘what?’

A red mist hung overhead.

Gebel’s expression became contemplative when he saw that, while the vampires’ faces became angry.

A red fog suddenly covered the valley.

Quad deud deuk.

The moment the red fog covered the valley, a loud sound rang out. The red mist began biting at the two vampires lying on the floor as if they had teeth. The corpses of the two vampires disintegrated into pieces and became one with the fog.

The red mist consumed all the corpses of the vampires, but left the other living vampires untouched.

The guy was now squirming as if he was aiming for this direction.

The silhouette of the red fog took on the shape of a person at first glance, but then blurred again. At the same time, they quickly rushed towards Isaac.

But Isaac thought this was enough time.

Isolde, who had been preparing a prayer from the moment she faced the vampires, shouted the last verse as if scolding the red fog approaching in front of her.

“… … And the Master tamed the light outside the gap and showed it to us!”

In an instant, brilliant light filled the valley.

Surrounded by brilliant light, something whose specific form I could not identify appeared. The dark valley suddenly became under a blank sheet of sunlight with no shadow to be found.

The red fog disappeared in an instant as if washed away by the tremendous brilliance.

Even though his eyes were sore, Isaac looked at the beast made of light.

I couldn’t see its exact silhouette because it was surrounded by bright light, but it was a cat-shaped beast with huge butterfly wings.

[Fireplace Beast (A)]

Humans are not the only ones praising God in this world.

There are many beings who were caught up in the brilliant light of the Code of Light, the flame of its glory, and were burned to death like moths. And the ‘furnace beasts’ were beings reborn from the ashes in the furnace.

‘… … What kind of setting is that? What’s important is that the beast has a brilliance effect.’

The Furnace Beast is a high-ranking creature among summoned animals, excluding transcendental beings such as angels and divine beasts. However, the form is not fixed, and the size and power vary depending on the summoner’s capabilities.

However, the attribute that the furnace beasts have in common is the ‘bright effect’.

This characteristic, which has the same effect as sunlight, was extremely effective against vampires, no matter how small they were.

As expected, the vampires ran away without looking back as soon as the furnace beast appeared.

Isolde did not keep the summons for long and quickly sent it away. When the furnace animal disappeared, the valley became relatively dark, as if it were night. Isolde was fiddling with her rosary with a somewhat pale expression, perhaps after being summoned.

“They’re gone.”

If the furnace had been an angel or a proper divine beast instead of an animal, she might not have been able to tolerate running away, but this was Isolde’s limit.

“We have to track it down!”

Isolde spoke forcefully on purpose. Isaac had no doubt that she still had the power to summon it. But she thought tracking would be difficult for another reason. Gebel also shook her head.

“I think that would be difficult. “Heretic Questioner.”

“Why?”

“It’s going to be night soon.”

Gebel looked up anxiously at the sky and muttered.

***

Night comes quickly to the valley.

Even though the battle ended while the sky was still bright, the surroundings were already getting dark.

Although the vampires were weakened, they were able to operate relatively freely because it was a deep valley. But now that night had fallen, Isaac and his party had no choice but to deal with the real Walaika human hunters who were really showing off their skills.

Before that, we had to collect traces and evidence left by vampires scattered around.

“Have you looked at everything?”

“so so. “The only thing I know is that they are not ghouls at all, but Walaika hunters.”

Isaac and his group’s surprise attack was so successful that they were not even able to properly control the situation. Even though it was only a camping site and equipment, Isolde was looking at it as if it were a worldly treasure.

“Hey. Heretic Questioner. “Maybe we can go out and look into it?”

Isolde, who was lying down on the floor and looking at the bottom of the campfire, turned her head to Isaac’s words.

“Did you find out anything?”

“There’s nothing of much use…” … .”

“It can’t be helped. I didn’t expect there to be vampires in the first place… … No, wouldn’t it be a great achievement just to find out that the Vampire Duke was involved?”

Isaac said without thinking, then met Isolde’s shocked gaze.

“Vampire Duke? “How do you do that?”

“yes? Oh, that’s it… … .”

Isaac realized too late that he had mentioned a vampire duke.

In fact, Isaac had a vague guess as to the identity of the red fog from earlier. This was because Isaac had already seen the ending with the ‘Red Grail Club’, the faith served by the Walaika Kingdom.

Isaac had no choice but to mention the information he knew as if he had deduced it.

“Well, there’s no way a vampire would light a bonfire and camp out. You need to pretend to be a normal person in broad daylight and watch people approach you. It looks like this place is a guard post. There is probably a cave or temporary lodging further inside where that noble person was resting. “He is a man of great stature who has Laika hunters as his escorts.”

Isolde opened her mouth slightly and then nodded as if she understood. Isaac was glad that it got to this point. In fact, Isaac was even able to guess the duke’s name.

Heinkel Gulmar.

“Your skills are extraordinary, and you also know how Walaika hunters behave. yes. Duke Heinkel Gulmar, a member of the Walaika royal family, appears to have intervened. This is an important clue. “But there are no clues to find out your relationship with the plague god.”

Gebel asked in a harsh tone.

“Heinkel Gulmar? Why do you think that?”

“The only group of Walaika hunters strong enough to use the miracle of the Red Grail in broad daylight is the Heinkel family. However, there are only three members of the duchy who can move now, and it is unlikely that the heir will come to this dangerous place, and it has been found that the head of the family has not moved from the castle recently. “The only thing left is Gulmar.”

“The situation has become messy. If you’re the Duke of Walaika, you’re royalty, right? Then you should never meet them at night. “Let’s quickly get out of the valley first.”

The Walaika kingdom is based on lineage, that is, class itself.

The royals are able to exert demigod-like powers because they literally received blood from the red chalice they serve.

Nobles swear loyalty to such royal families and share in their power.

Naturally, the lower you go, the weaker your power becomes.

The Walaika Kingdom was a country composed of such vertical lineage castes.

Heinkel Gulmar was the Duke’s brother, and was only one step away from the royal family. That power was only equal if at least one entire Holy Knights stepped forward or an angel-level angel was summoned.

It was ridiculous to deal with just these three right now.

“There is no need to rush.”

However, Isolde’s reaction was strange.

“At least the Holy Knights can deal with the Duke! Now when night falls… … .”

Gebel stopped talking when he saw Isolde’s face.

He asked as if he were dumbfounded.

“You’ve already called the Holy Knights?”

“yes. This morning. “It’s about the distance that a jackdaw can come and go, so by the time we go out, the Holy Knights of Brient will have arrived.”

“They say you can’t call the Holy Knights without evidence, so what…?” … .”

Gebel muttered as if it were absurd, then looked at Isolde’s face and shook his head. Isol De had a triumphant look on her face.

“yes. I was sure we would find evidence. And this is how you discovered it, right? “I didn’t know what was coming, but in things like this, you have to act first.”

“Even if the Holy Knights came, they are not with us yet. “What if they attack before then?”

But Isaac looked at Isolde’s expression and realized why she was in no hurry.

Isolde was hoping for exactly that situation.

“Then it’s nice to meet you. “If the criminals run away, it will be difficult to chase them down.”

Gebel looked back at Isaac as if he was uncomfortable with Isolde’s remarks. Isaac was also cupping her face as if he was sighing, but there was a smile of conversion on her lips.

‘this… … ‘You’re doing better than I expected.’

Isolde’s plan was everything Isaac wanted and more.

***

Isaac’s original plan was to hide the sanctuary.

However, with the appearance of vampires, this condition was met. Now Isolde has no choice but to focus on finding the Walaika hunters rather than the sanctuary.

Isaac saw the vampires here and added one more plan.

To owe a debt to the Heretic Questioner and leave behind a decent result.

‘You brought in the Holy Knights? Rather good.’

Isaac was planning to join the Holy Knights anyway. He didn’t know much about the Knights of St. Brienne that Isolde called, but if he didn’t like them, he could at least get a letter of recommendation.

I am an aspiring Holy Knight who was recommended by the Holy Knight Commander and the Heretic Questioner.

‘It’ll be a good debut.’

Since you have the skills, you may be able to skip the cumbersome training process.

Isolde’s plan ultimately coincided with Isaac’s goal.

‘In the meantime, I guess I can also destroy the beggar-like bastards who tried to ruin my monastery.’

Actually, this was my true intention. I needed to find out what their intentions were when they moved near his territory.

However, it was caught that the opponent was the Duke of Walaika.

‘It’s like a named boss in the game… … .’

He may be weaker than Carlsen, but he will be stronger than a dead god like Jihylet.

Even if he couldn’t catch him, Isaac honestly thought that in this situation, just saving the Heretic Questioner and sending him back was a sufficient achievement.

The best thing to do is to get out of this valley safely without being attacked by vampires.