Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 406



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Episode 406. Graveyard Lord (6)

The Graveyard Lord is not as sturdy as he looks.

It can’t be helped. He hangs corpses all over his body and gives new bodies to the dead members of the Immortal Church. If he were to imbue each body with the divinity of an angel, it would only be a waste of his power.

Another reason is that it has an incredible recovery ability that surpasses that of a matte finish.

[Holy Grail Knight!]

The Grave Lord roared and swung his massive sword horizontally. Everything around him was cut off at the waist. Isaac ducked and quickly dug in. In an instant, the corpses clinging to the Grave Lord’s body suddenly rose up and reached out to grab Isaac.

The hundreds of skeletons attached to the body of the Grave Lord were all struggling to catch Isaac. Meanwhile, some of them were grabbing the severed legs and reattaching them in an instant.

[Don’t act like a rat, fight fair and square, like a warrior!]

“Why are you looking for integrity when you’re not even a believer in Elijah?”

Isaac sneered.

The Graveyard Lord is a war-hardened general who has fought for centuries. The moment Isaac decides to fight fair, he will do whatever it takes to kill him.

He had defeated his enemies in the same manner many times during his lifetime. Isaac didn’t think of him as particularly cowardly.

They have too many men in their charge to be fair on the battlefield.

“Isn’t it too fatal for an angel to seek ‘fairness’ from a human?”

If the Graveyard Lord had facial muscles, he would have smirked. Instead, he went into a frenzy of mental frenzy and pummeled Isaac.

Isaac felt a chill down his spine as the attack made his body stagger and the ground crack at the mere touch.

But now, there was no way to gain distance. It was difficult to even dig in against this large creature. They were able to hold out because Isaac was still there and Aidan’s harpoon was hindering the Grave Lord’s movements.

The Grave Lord went on a rampage to capture Isaac. At first glance, he seemed to have lost his mind, but in fact, the Grave Lord was making extremely rational decisions.

‘I have to hold out somehow to conserve even a little bit of power.’

The Archangel Amundalas is not a threat. Isaac, who is right in front of him, is not a threat either. As the retreat became difficult, Amundalas was planning a reversal.

‘Whether the Holy Grail Knight in front of you is real or fake, we must kill him to break the morale of the Isacrea Dawn Army!’

If the morale of the Isacrea Dawn Army is broken, the retreat of the Eclipse Army will be much easier. It would not be too late for the Graveyard Lord himself to escape at that time. Therefore, Isaac’s approach was rather an opportunity.

The Graveyard Lord and Isaac had different dreams, and they tried their best to take advantage of each other’s weaknesses and kill each other.

Crack, crack! The Graveyard Lord’s greatsword clashed with the Ruaddin Key and was cut with a harsh metallic sound.

At first glance, the Graveyard Lord’s Greatsword looked like a collection of various swords melted down and then bound together with bone. However, as a weapon used by the Graveyard Lord, it was already a holy relic of equal rank to the Luaddin Key.

Isaac was cutting it with his elaborate swordsmanship and sword skills. It didn’t mean much since the Grave Lord’s greatsword was already no more than a club, but the Grave Lord thought differently.

‘That sword… … is unusual.’

His greatsword, like his body, had the property of rapidly recovering. However, the part that came into contact with Isaac, whether it was his body or his greatsword, recovered particularly slowly. The Graveyard Lord belatedly discovered the reason.

The part that came into contact with Isaac’s sword was largely ‘disappeared’. It was as if the part that was cut had disappeared.

If a piece to be repaired cannot be found, a replacement part must be found, which inevitably delays regeneration.

It was an attack that could be dangerous if done right, but its limitations were obvious.

Because Isaac in front of me was weak and fell.

‘He doesn’t have the strength to attack more powerfully than this. No matter how hard he tries, he can only scrape off the outer skin!’

The Grave Lord’s body, which can be ‘replaced’ at any time, is not greatly damaged no matter how much it is damaged. The Grave Lord, who had estimated Isaac’s strength, chose to end it quickly even if it meant taking some damage.

The Grave Lord raised his greatsword with a roar like a beast’s roar. Isaac, as if possessed, dug in and swung his sword as if he was going to cut it. At that moment, the countless skulls hanging from the Grave Lord’s chest opened their mouths wide and bit Isaac’s sword.

The burning heat from the Ruaddin Key seeped through the hole, and the black energy shattered teeth and jawbones, but they did not let Isaac go.

The Graveyard Lord swung his greatsword at Isaac.

Isaac felt an enormous pressure pressing down on his body even before the sword made contact. It was a unique advanced sword technique of the Cemetery Lord. The blade struck Isaac vertically with a feeling of pressure that felt like it was tearing flesh.

The next moment.

A shock wave struck, causing the entire area to reel with a loud noise.

And the Graveyard Lord looked down at his greatsword with a mixture of bewilderment and shock.

His greatsword, which had been able to crush and split anything until now, was cracking even before it had even reached Isaac’s head.

Aethelred was pushing away his greatsword with a sweaty face.

The fierce power of the legendary angel ‘Lion Knight’, who was said to be as strong as Elril, was pushing back the blade of the Graveyard Lord.

“Did you think exposing weaknesses was a talent only you could do?”

With Isaac’s taunt, the Grave Lord staggered from the fierce blow flying behind him.

Boom! The impact of Tukhalin’s hammer instantly shattered his twenty-plus spine. The crackling lightning bolt instantly scorched the Grave Lord from head to toe.

But the attack did not end there. The Grave Lord felt a strange yet familiar aura coming from Isaac’s sword embedded in his chest.

The pain of a wound that has not yet healed.

The wounds created by the Sword of May and Dera Heman.

“No matter how good your regenerative power is… … there are wounds that don’t heal easily.”

Isaac called out his inner golden lion.

The sword that already had the blessing of the Sword of May added to it, and with the addition of Dera Heman’s swordsmanship, it began to pierce the chest of the Graveyard Lord.

A miracle is a reenactment of a historical event. The angel cannot resist the ‘natural’ consequences of this ‘miracle’.

Isaac’s black sword cut the Grave Lord apart from his chest and shoulders in one breath.

***

Quadddddddd… … .

The Graveyard Lord was hanging precariously from the waist down, with his upper and lower body hanging off his chest. Three rows of harpoons and chains were actually holding his body in place, preventing him from falling.

As the part that was precariously connected was about to fall apart, dozens of skeletons rose up all at once to support the body. However, it was a state close to death, with the balance between the wound and the regenerative ability being precarious.

The repetition of events that had already occurred was more fatal to the Grave Lord than Isaac’s sword.

‘So in the end, the wound I received back then was the problem.’

The very fact that this incident was recorded in Urbansus was a great weakness for the cemetery monarch.

Because it is a record of the ‘Method for Defeating the Heavenly Angel’s Graveyard Monarch.’

The Graveyard Lord couldn’t figure out how Isaac, who was quite a distance from the main Dawn Army, had learned of the ‘incident’, but he figured perhaps an angel had told him.

[I expected a head-on confrontation since he was said to be the hero of this era… … ]

“I thought you knew how to fight fair?”

[It means that it was a better match than expected.]

Isaac’s fight with the Grave Lord was nothing more than a waste of time.

Unlike Pale, the Graveyard Lord was strong even in a direct confrontation, and Isaac was a clone, so his power was limited. If he had fought him alone like he did when he fought Pale, he would have ended up ‘scratching his skin’ just like the Graveyard Lord had thought.

So Isaac had no intention of dueling the Graveyard Lord in the first place.

I just held them back until Tukhalin and Ethelred came back after dealing with the harvesters.

And the moment the Graveyard Lord had focused his attention completely on him, the two created an opening for him to intervene. As befitting heroes chosen by the angels, Aethelred and Tukhalin displayed their powerful power.

The next thing I did was just reenact the incident where the Graveyard Lord got down on his knees.

[her.]

The Graveyard Lord looked around carefully. The Isacrea Dawn Army, who had seen him fall, were full of spirit and were slaughtering the Lunar Eclipse Army.

“The Isacrea Dawn Army will not be defeated!”

A loud cheer filled the battlefield. The Lunar Eclipse Army tried to retreat in the midst of chaos, but except for the last contingent, they were barely able to leave the battlefield.

Most of the recruited Lunar Eclipse Army will probably be annihilated here.

Of course, the Graveyard Lord did not bring all of his Lunar Army here. He also had to defend the capital city of Ushaq, and there were more reserves. However, the losses in this battle were enough to be fatal to the Undead Cult.

[I don’t know what to say to His Majesty the Emperor… … .]

He could not even lead the retreat of the Lunar Eclipse Army, and if even he, the Angel of Honor, were to disappear, the defeat of the Immortal Church was a foregone conclusion. The Graveyard Lord was speechless at the irony that the last time he conquered Holy Land Lua was because he was the one who had lost Holy Land Lua after hundreds of years.

“Commander in Chief.”

Tukhalin gave Isaac a signal in a stern manner.

It is impossible to kill the Angel of Heaven like a commoner. It is necessary to perform a ritual through a complicated procedure to seal it even to the minimum. When I was pale, I had no time to do that and ran away.

“If you want an honorable end, stay still.”

Aethelred spoke nervously. Of course, this would not cause the Grave Lord to disappear like the Pale. The Pale’s disappearance was in fact due to the Immortal Emperor’s negligence.

But if it is sealed properly, it will not appear in history for at least a hundred years.

But the Graveyard Lord had no intention of giving in. He had not forgotten why he had converted to the Immortal Order.

[Listen up, Lunar Eclipse Army! All troops, scatter in all directions, not towards the Holy Land Lua!]

For a moment, Tukhalin’s face twitched, and he struck the Grave Lord’s head with his hammer in one swift motion. The Grave Lord’s skull fell off his body with a dull sound, but the Grave Lord shouted repeatedly through his cracked skull.

[The Lunar Eclipse Army must spread out in all directions and hinder the advance of the Isacrea Dawn Army until the very end! Harass them until they reach the Holy Land, Lua!]

“this…….”

As soon as his command was delivered, the mental suppression that had been binding the ego was released all at once. The Lunar Eclipse Army soon scattered in all directions from their fixed retreat direction. The undead who had gained ego would now make their own judgments and enter combat action. It is natural that it is more difficult to catch an enemy who is scattering than one who is running away in one direction.

Ethelred soon gave orders for the soldiers to move hastily by unit to avoid being scattered too much.

Tukhalin tried to strike the hammer again, but Isaac blocked him. It was a voice that came out through mental waves. He couldn’t shut his mouth, and the moment his intention was conveyed was a split second.

Instead, Isaac grabbed the skull of the Grave Lord and activated his Hidden Rite. Even with his power split, Isaac was able to create a veil large enough to cover his body.

The moment the dark sphere engulfed them both, the Cemetery Lord felt himself completely isolated from both heaven and earth, his psychic connection completely cut off from the undead he controlled throughout the Urdantu Empire.

[You’re talking funny, Holy Grail Knight. But I’ve already given my orders. It’s no use.]

Since the order had already been given, there was no way to stop it. But Isaac smiled faintly.

It was as if he didn’t care that the order had been given, or rather, as if he had been waiting for it.

“Do you mind disobeying the orders of the Immortal Emperor?”

[Isn’t it a foregone conclusion that my body will be completely destroyed anyway?]

“Then, you should become a ghost and return to the Immortal Emperor to ask for resurrection. But you, who ordered the Lunar Eclipse Army to scatter to pieces, you who disobeyed the Immortal Emperor’s orders, can you ask him for resurrection?”

The Graveyard Lord’s mental wavelength trembled faintly.

‘Do you know that the Immortal Emperor has ordered me to retreat? How?’

The Immortal Emperor’s orders were given only to him, and the Cemetery Lord did his best to retreat without being caught. However, Isaac had been watching from the beginning.

But the Graveyard Lord quickly put the agitation to rest.

[It seems like what happened in the Holy Land Lua was all your doing. I don’t know how you did it, but it seems like you already know what’s going on?]

The Immortal Emperor spoke uncertainly, but it turned out that he was right.

The cemetery lord lamented deeply. He should not have suspected his lord and should have retreated immediately, even if it meant suffering losses. A hint of doubt held back the troops who were trying to retreat.

[I am a general. I am a general who disobeyed my lord’s orders and lost the war, but I am still a general.]

The Graveyard Lord stared at Isaac, his gaze shifting.

[My judgment remains unchanged. You made a mistake. Even if I lose my body here, my Dawn Army will hold on to your army. Then, the true Grail Knights will be isolated in the Holy Land, Lua.]

The Graveyard Lord decided that regardless of whether the real Isaac was in Holy Land Lua or not, if he could not deal with him, he should at least isolate him there.

It seems crazy to him that a general would go deep into enemy territory alone. If that’s the case, then he should use that madness.

[You’re going to destroy me anyway, so what could get worse? I’m loyal to the Immortal Emperor, and the Immortal Emperor promised me immortality. That’s all.]

The Graveyard Lord answered calmly. He believed that the Immortal Emperor would resurrect him.

But Isaac laughed at his poor imagination.

“Ha, you’re smart. But you don’t seem to know how Pale disappeared?”

[what?]

“Okay, go meet your friend.”

A tentacle sprouted from Isaac’s clinging left palm and dug into the Grave Lord’s skull.

And then she licked the depths of his soul greedily.