Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 46



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Episode 46. The one who lights the lighthouse (2)

After Hesabel’s roar echoed through the underground waterway, the two fell into silence for a moment.

After some time passed, Isaac opened his mouth.

“You said you would go back if I gave you back the division ceremony?”

But if you have already entrusted a sacred object as collateral, shouldn’t you get it back as well?

Heshabel appeared agitated by Isaac’s point.

“hmm? Umm, um. It did. The sacred object I entrusted as collateral… … Because it’s not as important as the division ceremony… … I suffered a big loss, but still… … .”

Although Hesabel suffered, it seemed like she could not easily give up the Lorecus Coin. It’s important to her to get the ceremonial division back, but if she continues like this, she’ll end up at a huge loss.

Of course, Isaac had no intention of returning the division ceremony.

“good. It was a pathetic reason, but my curiosity was satisfied. I also thought Yukhar was resourceful enough to attract the Walaika hunters.”

I don’t know if there are other people besides Hezabel who are this pathetic. Of course, there will be more than one or two people caught up in the surge in Lorecus, so there may be a few Paladins among them. I thought that was why Yukhar was strangely able to act boldly in front of Isaac.

“Okay, then come get it back. Your eldest father’s skills were pathetic. Let’s see how great her niece is.”

“You won’t return the ceremony of division? “By swearing by the Code of Light?”

“The Code of Light tells me not to return it.”

It’s a lie. Hesabel seemed to feel cognitive dissonance at the fact that Isaac, a paladin, had sworn to God and yet immediately broke it.

This is something that cannot happen to people of this era. Especially for paladins and priests, the price will come immediately. However, it did not matter to Isaac, who was not a Paladin of the Code of Light in the first place.

Isaac immediately rushed towards Hezabel.

Heshabel made a clicking sound and raised her spear. The tip of her spear sharply pierced her Isaac, but what appeared before her was her ceremony of division.

“Hey!”

She let out a scream-like yell and managed to twist the tip of the spear. The ceremony of division barely passed Hezabel’s cheek.

“That’s not a weapon, you idiot!”

“know.”

The division ceremonial is a ceremonial sword. Because it was used for sacrifices and ceremonies, it was sharp enough to cut bones, but not hard. Hezabel, who knew this well, was afraid that the blade of the division ceremony might be damaged or broken by accidentally hitting her spear.

In other words, Isaac was holding and swinging something that was considered Walaika’s No. 1 national treasure.

“Do it in moderation!”

It was an overwhelmingly unfavorable situation for Hesabel as she had to attack while trying to avoid colliding with the enemy’s weapons. She couldn’t help but grit her teeth and transform her own body into her red mist. She wanted to get behind Isaac and attack him.

However, at that moment, Isaac’s body also changed into red mist. The two red fogs mixed roughly.

Quad, boom!

Soon, the two people were violently thrown away with a sound like bones breaking. Heshabel fell to the ground in the underground water and vomited.

‘What is this?!’

Transforming into fog was something I did often, but mixing with other fog was the first time. As soon as the two fogs mixed, they were thrown away by strong tension, as if something that shouldn’t have happened had happened.

But what was even more shocking was that Isaac used the ‘Red Petition’, the miracle of the Red Holy Grail.

‘How the Red Petition?’

At that moment, Hesabel remembered that Isaac had calmly broken the oath he had sworn to the Code of Light, and that he had mentioned the seer of red flesh at the spot where Heinkel died. That ominous imagination quickly captured her mind.

‘no way? really?’

“This doesn’t really feel right.”

Before he knew it, Isaac had woken up and was looking down at Hesabel.

“I wanted to experiment with a few things, but this was enough.”

Purple eyes that glowed eerily in the darkness were staring at Hesabel. Creepy tentacles were writhing around those purple eyes.

At least it wasn’t the look that a Paladin of the Code of Light would have.

“This… … what… … .”

“Let’s stop talking now.”

Heshabel reflexively thrust her spear at Isaac. Isaac didn’t move. Instead, something protruding from his left arm instantly wrapped around Hezabel’s spear. It was as thick as the forearm and broke the spear like a toothpick, munching on the fragments.

Hesabel stared blankly at the tentacle that had shattered the spear of blood that was harder than steel.

Meanwhile, the tentacle crawled up Hezabel’s body like a snake and thrust its tip in front of her eyes.

Hesabel, who was accustomed to the dark, could see teeth, thorns, and eyes fluttering between the tentacles.

She immediately ran away from the scene screaming.

***

I was completely out of breath. Hesabel was wandering through the labyrinth-like underground waterway of Soeur.

‘Where am I? ‘Where on earth is the exit?’

The structure of the underground waterway was complex and dark. The underground waterway seemed to have been built a very long time ago, and there were layers of stones of different styles and materials piled up there. She is a vampire who feels familiar with darkness, but this age-old darkness was making even her afraid.

No, what she was truly afraid of was the unidentified being chasing her from beyond the darkness.

“Huh, huh… … .”

As Hesabel’s movements slowed down due to her rising breath, she felt hot breath and sticky body temperature behind her. Heshabel screamed and started running again.

I’ve already given up on turning into red mist and running away. It was an ability that had a limited number of uses, but it had already been used up. Moreover, the opponent could also transform into red mist, so it was absurd to defeat him using that.

‘What on earth is that, uncle? ‘What on earth are you fighting?!’

Fear was eating into her head. Her fear was so intense that she thought it would be better to fight and die. If she gets eaten, her body might feel better.

But the reason she can’t stop is because she doesn’t know what it is.

When members of the Red Grail Club die, they are invited to the Red Grail banquet hall. Enjoying beautiful things there, gourmet food, and pleasure was the paradise of the Red Grail. But now, rather than being invited to the banquet hall, she was in danger of becoming a menu item at the banquet hall.

‘Is it okay to die? ‘Is it really okay to be eaten by that thing?’

Some types of death are more terrible than ordinary deaths. It takes away the afterlife guaranteed to believers. There was once a rumor that if you were killed by Barbary, you would not be able to go to heaven or hell, but in general, this was what happened when you were cursed by God or killed by a being you should not meet.

Hesabel was worried that Isaac might be someone she should not meet.

In the end, when she started to feel out of breath to the point where it was difficult to take even the slightest step, there were only two options.

Even now, you can risk your life and fight bravely and enter the Red Grail banquet hall with honor.

“Help me! “Please just spare my life!”

Or bow down and beg for your life.

It was the latter that Hezabel finally chose.

I couldn’t gamble without knowing Isaac’s identity. As the heir of the dukedom, she had the duty to track down the lost relics and take responsibility for her family. Above all else, she was of a status that should not be allowed to live as a guest anywhere.

Rather, Hesabel hoped that Isaac was truly a prophet of red flesh.

If Isaac is indeed the Red Flesh’s seer or his agent, we might be forgiven for interfering with his plans.

If not, you will end up wandering in some terrible place that is neither heaven nor hell.

Hezabel stuck her head in the mud and waited for Isaac’s mercy. Although no sound was heard, it was easy to tell that Isaac was there beyond the darkness. This was because the strangely hot air of the underground water tunnel was filled with the smell of old blood.

At that time, Heshabel felt something touching the back of her neck.

Goosebumps appeared all over her body. Even without looking, I could tell that it was the tentacle that had just chewed and swallowed her spear. If it had chewed off her neck and head like it did with her spear, she would have died before she could even scream.

“Help me… … .”

Nevertheless, all Hezabel could do was pray in a voice like a mosquito.

Hesabel felt a staring gaze for a moment, and then suddenly felt a tingling pain in the back of her neck. She closed her eyes tightly.

After a while, Hesabel slowly opened her eyes.

I thought I was dead, but there was no banquet hall and it didn’t feel like hell. Still she was sticking her head into the damp culvert. The air around her was no longer hot, nor did she smell bad, but it was almost ten minutes before she was able to lift her head.

As soon as Hesabel realized that there was nothing around, she immediately got up and started running.

But when it seemed like the footsteps were too loud, he started walking quietly again. Half crying, half laughing, Hezabel made a promise.

‘You should never go near that person. never… … .’

***

‘Hmm, maybe I should have just eaten it.’

Isaac felt a strange hunger and ate his appetite. Originally, there was no intention to save Hezabel, who was lying face down in the mud. He hadn’t eaten much for a while, and he hadn’t often saved the life of someone who had tried to kill him in the first place.

But despite this, the reason for keeping Hesabel alive was simple.

Since you have already consumed the higher compatible Heinkel Gulmar, there doesn’t seem to be any ability to gain more. And seeing him beg for forgiveness while begging for forgiveness somehow made me feel like I was going to kill him.

‘Now that I know what’s inside, I feel unnecessary sympathy.’

If he hadn’t been able to tell Hesabel’s inner thoughts through his eyes of confusion, he would have just eaten her and eliminated the aftereffects. However, as she looked through her eyes of confusion, Hesabel’s true intentions were only her fear of Isaac and her resolve to never attack Isaac again. She didn’t think that decision would change easily.

Isaac stuck the ‘parasite from beyond’ into the back of her neck. If Hesabel divulges or betrays her about Isaac, her brain will explode, and if not, she will live with her headaches for some time.

‘It’s a cheap price to pay for saving your life.’

Isaac continued to move into the underground waterway.

The reason he put parasites on Hesabel’s head and released them was with the intention that she might lead him to where Yukhar was.

I was hoping that Hesabel, who was being chased in a hurry, would arrive at where Yukhar was, but in the end, she wandered here and there and ended up like this.

However, although it was disappointing, it did not mean that there was no result.

As I wandered around, I found signs of a sanctuary.

[Nameless Chaos is watching you.]

“Don’t pick it up.”

As Isaac walked along the culvert, he felt his heart pounding harder. It was a symptom she felt the closer she got to the sanctuary. It was not Isaac’s heart, but a tentacle, a pulsation coming from the nameless eyes of chaos watching from beyond.

A soft yellow light was coming from around the corner of the underground waterway. As I approached beyond the flickering lights, a wide space and the expected figures soon appeared.

This was the sanctuary of the golden idol.

It was a room filled with brilliant gold and silver treasures and dried locust flower petals piled up in every corner of the room. In the center sat Yuk Har, who had patterns and decorations that looked as if they had gone through some strange ritual, and he was holding a shepherd’s wooden statue so tightly in his arms that it felt like it might be crushed.

Isaac looked at that and said as if he was dumbfounded.

“Are you sad that there is no religious denomination at the top of the Golden Idol? Still, did you want to try imitating another denomination?”

Yukhar’s mouth opened wide as he stared at Isaac.

[This pathetic human said that he could become a real golden idol god, replacing the golden idol that does not exist in the world.]

It wasn’t Yukhar’s voice.

Isaac quickly realized who the other person was.

“Are you an ancient god too?”