Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 45



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Episode 45 The one who lights the lighthouse (1)

“I was already expecting it.”

The maid said coldly.

“It’s not something that’s difficult to predict. But I didn’t know it was a Walaika human hunter… … .”

Isaac predicted that the paladin at the top of the golden idol would come.

A Paladin that can be found at the top of the Golden Idol, which is known to have no Paladins.

It was a mercenary.

The top of the Golden Idol had the power to hire paladins of other faiths without hesitation and engage them in fights. Just as Catelyn hired Isaac and Yuk’har hired the Walaika Hunter in front of us.

They may not think of it as a power, but it was something that none of the other faiths could do except on top of the Golden Idol. And mercenaries hired at the top of the Golden Idol could also receive the luck buff given by the Golden Idol.

Hiss!

The maid sharply hurled her spear. Isaac felt a familiar feeling from the narrow trajectory of the spear blade. She was not of ordinary skill. It was an ability that surpassed that of the Walaika hunters that Isaac had previously faced in the valley.

‘Almost like Heinkel or slightly below? It’s quite a bit.’

Isaac tensed up and prepared himself. He could have been breathtaking if he had just hit it with pure skill.

Of course, Isaac had no intention of fighting fair and square. Because the other person will do the same.

“What is your relationship with Heinkel Gulmar?”

The maid seemed to ignore Isaac’s words, but the tip of the spear shook. Even though she tried to hide it, it was clear that she had the ability to turn into red mist and that she was skilled with her spear, something she learned from the same person. Isaac easily recognized that this maid belonged to the Gulmar duchy.

“Could it be Hesabel Gulmar? “He wouldn’t be the heir to the Gulmar family, would he?”

The maid gritted her teeth. It was a change in expression that could not be hidden. The emotional change was too dramatic for her to be upset about being caught. Her face showed shame and nervousness.

“Why on earth is the heir of the Gulmar duchy dressed as a maid and working as a mercenary?”

“hey!”

The maid eventually screamed and swung her spear roughly.

Waddeuddeudeuk! The walls and pillars were torn off by the tremendous force, leaving huge scars.

Isaac felt a sense of absurdity as he watched that scene.

“Is it true?”

Heshabel finally lowered the tip of her spear as if she lost strength. Isaac didn’t miss the opportunity and quickly charged in, activating Isaac’s Sword: Eight Prongs. In an instant, the walls, floor, and ceiling in the room were torn apart in eight trajectories, rushing towards Hesabel.

Hesabel, who had lost the will to fight and was trying to prepare for conversation, was taken aback by Isaac’s sudden change in attitude. Spear weapons tend to have a lot of pre-action if they are not prepared in advance.

Kwajajajajajajag!

Isaac noticed that out of the eight movements he had activated, two of the trajectories had injured Hesabel, but all the rest had been bounced away. Although it was a short period of time, Hesabel also activated advanced sword skills, or rather, advanced spear skills. Wherever she swung and stabbed her spear, the walls showed smooth piercing marks.

It was exactly where Isaac would have blown a hole in his body if he had not avoided or blocked it.

Two wounds appeared on Hesabel’s body that looked like they had been torn by a saw, but they quickly healed and bloomed in the form of blood mist.

Isaac opened his mouth after realizing that it would be difficult to kill the opponent unless he took out his tentacles.

“Shall we talk?”

“This dog… … .”

She was about to mumble a swear word, but hastily covered her mouth. Isaac shrugged her shoulders.

“I don’t know what you bloodsuckers are doing all the way to the depths of the Baekje Kingdom. You’re not an emperor or a great nobleman, but you’re working for a criminal godfather in a border city? Are you plotting something?”

Isaac wondered if the Walaika hunters were plotting here as they had at Ariet Monastery. Of course, it was actually a conspiracy by the Immortal Church and not a conspiracy by the Red Grail.

Hesabel bit her lip, then lifted the tip of her spear and aimed it at Isaac.

“It’s because of you!”

“me?”

“You stole the division ceremony that your uncle had, right? “I’m here to retrieve it!”

The Ritual of Fission, a sacred object of the Red Grail Club. If that were the case, the heir of the Gulmar duchy would certainly risk his life to chase after him. However, since he couldn’t bring an army in, he would have brought it alone or only a small number of elites. However, there were still some parts that could not be explained.

“But why are you wearing a maid’s uniform?”

“shut up!”

Hezabel swung her spear again. Isaac thought about imitating the red-fleshed seer like he had done with Heinkel. But he didn’t seem to have time for that.

This was because loud footsteps were coming from outside.

“Who are you?”

The guards and the bodyguards guarding the lodgings were belatedly running to the noise made by Hesabel. As it was a well-equipped accommodation, there were many security forces. Heshabel glared at Isaac, but she had already missed her chance.

Hesabel soon mixed into the fog that covered Soeur, turning into a red fog and disappearing.

Isaac did not miss the flow of the red mist.

***

Soeur’s main logistics flow is through the riverside. Because of this, the waterway was quite well maintained, and drainage channels leading to various parts of Soeur are also connected to this waterway.

Isaac chose one of the culverts and entered.

Of course, Isaac did not wait for Yukhar to obediently prepare the shepherd’s wooden table.

Instead of offering an apology and a wooden statue, Yukhar sent an assassin wearing a maid uniform, so he would either run away or prepare to resist.

Actually, that was somewhat intentional.

This is because it seemed unlikely that Yukhar would obediently hand over the holy relic.

Instead, I thought that if I stabbed him at his weak point, he would run towards the holy relic in a hurry. And he was going as expected.

‘It’s inside here.’

Zihillet’s will has been conveyed to Isaac. Perhaps because he had a higher intellect than that of a mouse, his vocabulary was rich even though his speech was slurred. Jihillet, as a rat, was useful for assassination, infiltration, and tracking.

‘But I never thought I would lead you to the place where the holy relics are so obediently.’

Isaac laughed bitterly, but ultimately decided that the only place Yuk’har could rely on was the holy relic. His punishment will be decided at the top of the Golden Idol, and the powerful people and merchants of Soeur will not be happy if they say that they have been manipulated. Moreover, he even gave her some suspicious medicine.

What can he rely on other than holy things?

It was then.

[Nameless Chaos is watching you.]

[Nameless Chaos wants to ‘purify’ this desecrated sanctuary.]

[A reward of chaos awaits you.]

Isaac’s steps stopped.

‘They keep the shepherd’s wooden statue in the sanctuary?’

I knew there was a sanctuary in Soeur.

There were usually sanctuaries in important locations where many people gathered. However, there was a high probability that this place was already a sanctuary at the top of the Golden Idol, so I had no intention of touching it.

However, there was something strange about Yukhar coming to borrow the power of that sanctuary.

‘The golden idol is a bit… … There would be no recourse to force.’

But I thought I knew why he was hiding here with no place to escape. And the reason why the shepherd’s wooden statue was able to exert such strong power.

He drew on the power of the sanctuary and used it.

And there was one more being protecting Yukhar.

“Hello, heir of the Gulmar duchy.”

Heshabel was standing facing Isaac with a tired expression. Unlike yesterday morning, she was not wearing her maid’s uniform. Instead, she was wearing hunting clothes made of luxurious material typical of Walaika hunters.

“Don’t call me that even if you know my name. “Because it seems like you’re insulting me.”

“My name is Isaac. “You know, right?”

Hesabel nodded and took out her spear. However, he put the tip of his spear on the ground as if he had no intention of fighting right away.

“Just return to the division ceremony. Then I will return without disturbing you.”

Isaac looked at her with interest.

I had no intention of returning it, but I was curious as to why the heir of the Gulmar duchy was working as a maid in Soeur’s den of thugs.

“Tell me why you were working for Yukhar.”

“… … “It’s because of you.”

“If it’s because of the division ceremony, you can just attack at night.”

Heshabel tried not to speak, but Isaac pulled out a rite of division from his belt. Heshabel’s eyes suddenly shook.

“To be honest, I might give it to you.”

“you you!”

“I swear by the Code of Light.”

Actually, it was a god that had nothing to do with it, but Hesabel was taken aback by Isaac’s oath. It seemed like he never thought that a paladin would swear something like this with his faith. But Heshabel, who thought he might be able to restore the ceremony of division with a few words, had no choice but to open his mouth.

“… … I ran out of travel expenses while tracking you down… … .”

Heshabel said that she had followed Isaac from the Ariet Valley.

He moved right away without much thought, thinking that all he had to do was chase after Isaac, retrieve the division ceremony, and return.

The problem was that this was the first time Hesabel had wandered alone, even for several months. Moreover, she had no idea that her journey would be long, and she did not bring much travel expenses.

All she had to do was suck blood to eat, and she was used to being homeless, but for the daughter of a duke who lived a luxurious life, the arduous winter journey was unbearable.

Moreover, it cost a lot of money to avoid harm and use people secretly.

Just as travel expenses were running out, Hesabel arrived in Soeur.

“So you heard about the Rockers Boom?”

“… … okay.”

Heshabel thought it would be a good opportunity to save money for the trip, but she already had no money left.

“So I took out private loans.”

“… … Private loan? To Yukhar?”

“okay. They even asked for collateral… … .”

The only person who would lend money to her, whose identity was unclear, would have been Yukhar, a big man in the back alleys. Even that would have been pawned on her. No, perhaps collateral itself was the goal.

Hesabel is the heir to the Gulmar duchy. There were plenty of items that could be used as collateral.

Isaac looked at Hesabel as if he were dumbfounded.

“Could it be that you entrusted another sacred object as collateral?”

“… … okay. And with that money… … “I bought Lorecus Coin.”

Heshabel bit her lip several times.

“This is ridiculous.”

“Wouldn’t a Loacus coin make a lot more sense than dealing with heavy, earthy Loacus coins? Moreover, they say cash is an ignorant and outdated relic. He said that in the future, all cash will be replaced by Lorecus Coin. At first, dividends were paid regularly! however… … .”

The problem began as time passed and dividend payments became delayed. Instead of paying dividends, Yukhar told them to make money by selling them, saying that as the price of Lorecus coins rises, the price of Lorecus coins will also rise. Hesabel believed that and bought more Lorecus coins.

When she came to her senses, she had less than a third of the money left when she entrusted the sacred object.

Greed was devouring not only the reckless farmers, merchants, and powerful people, but even the heirs of the Duke family of the Walaika Kingdom.

‘How can you be so stupid? Did you drink Lorecus too?’

Those words rose up in Isaac’s throat, but he managed to hold them back.

“Just kill Yukhar and take the money.”

“no. Then you won’t get the sacred object back.”

Heshabel muttered as she struck the ground with her spear.

“and… … They say that if you talk nonsense, the price of Lorecus will plummet. I am holding on to 4.2 gold Lorecus coins. If the price of Lorecus continues to rise, debts can be repaid and sacred items can be recovered. “I will stop you at all costs!”

The screams of a high-rise resident bitten on the 42nd floor resounded bravely in the drain.