Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 47



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Episode 47 The one who lights the lighthouse (3)

Yukhar was motionless. As if he were a wooden statue himself.

But Isaac felt something behind it.

Just as Yukhar was hugging the shepherd’s wooden statue, something translucent was hugging Yukhar as if it were about to be crushed. At first glance, it looked like a pig, but its appearance was so mixed up that it was difficult to tell for sure.

“What is your name?”

[Even this person doesn’t know my name yet… … If you are a hybrid made up of an unclean cross between an angel and a human, you can handle hearing my name.]

The translucent pig wriggled its body and whispered its name.

[But it wouldn’t be fun if I just told you. I will tell you a riddle.]

“Riddle?”

[okay… … I am the cold sun… … .]

“Goluwaru, the god of wealth.”

[…] … .]

Goluwaru seemed embarrassed and lost his words.

The moment Isaac saw the pig’s appearance, he already recognized it. In the game, Goluwaru was an event monster that appeared without a designated location. It would appear out of nowhere and ask a riddle, and if the player couldn’t guess it, it would kill the player by showering them with monsters that didn’t match their level.

According to the setting, the goal is to smell a greedy person, chase them, kill them, and steal them.

In any case, Goluwaru was the only ancient god who gave a riddle to the appearance of a pig.

And it seemed like he was the only ancient god that Yukhar could bring down.

[How did you know my name, mudblood? My name has probably been forgotten by now.]

“Are you trying to solve a problem that no one knows the answer to? “You’re crazy.”

Isaac wasn’t even surprised that there were old gods. Ever since he learned of the Sanctuary’s existence, he had been feeling a familiar premonition. Nameless Chaos was excited not only because of Sanctuary, but also because he smelled the scent of the Old God.

After chewing and swallowing Jihylet’s divinity, Nameless Chaos was also craving other divinity.

Isaac looked around. When he saw the splendid decorations and decorations, he could tell that this was originally a sanctuary for a golden idol. But it seemed like Yukhar had corrupted this place for his own purposes.

“What were you planning on doing here? No, actually I’m not interested. “Just die.”

Isaac pulled out his tentacles to attack Goluwaru. And at the same time as giving an attack to Jihillet, who was hiding in the ditch hole and preparing for a surprise attack, Isaac also rushed in.

Goluwaru, who was attacked from both sides, was unprepared for either side.

No, I didn’t have the ability to prepare.

Isaac’s tentacle pierced Yuk’har’s chest, and Jihilet bit his neck. Yukhar, who suffered two fatal wounds that were enough to take his life, died instantly.

“You have a short temper. A hybrid paladin.”

At that time, Yukhar, whose neck was broken, opened his mouth and spoke. Although it was Yukhar’s voice, Isaac could tell that its essence was Goluwaru. Goluwaru was still embracing Yukhar in a translucent form. Isaac frowned and retrieved his tentacle.

“You are powerful… … But fortunately, I have not been fully resurrected yet. So it’s vaguely straddling both reality and unreality. “It is impossible to physically kill me.”

This means that Yukhar is not the medium that keeps Goluwaru even half alive. However, it would not be a shepherd’s wooden statue. Because it’s not that strong of a holy object.

Goluwaru said, hugging Yukhar’s body even more tightly.

“So there is no need for unnecessary fights. Paladin. “I don’t even like fighting.”

“Then commit suicide?”

“… … I am the god of greed and gold and silver treasure. Paladin, let’s make a deal with me.”

Goluwaru is called the god of greed or the god of wealth, and was an object of worship among merchants until the golden idol appeared. However, if the golden idol symbolizes transactions, markets, and finance that involve joining hands with others, regardless of its form, Goluwaru was greed itself that only collects things alone and pursues monopoly.

“Is the evil old god offering a deal to the paladin?”

“I don’t know who the god you serve is, but he is not the lighthouse keeper’s servant. Then it doesn’t matter, right? I don’t care who you are. Because I can give you what you want.”

Goluwaru held out his hand to Isaac.

“I sense your greed, paladin. Do you want people’s approval? Do you want to hold victory in your hands? I can help you. Wouldn’t it be reassuring if you had God as your ally?”

Isaac found it funny.

Perhaps it was a conservative law code of light, but other faiths did not view the transaction itself as an act of apostasy as long as it did not interfere with their doctrines.

“What deal?”

Isaac knew what Goluwaru would suggest, but he asked.

As expected, Goluwaru gave the expected answer.

“Help me become the god of golden idols.”

***

Yukhar thought that God did not exist at the top of the golden idol.

Of course, there is something that protects the Golden Idol believers. Through coincidence, luck, and premonition, Yukhar also felt its presence. But it was only a phenomenon, and he could not clearly feel it as a divine being.

He wanted God.

Like other faiths, they wanted a priest to answer prayers, perform miracles, and guide them, and a paladin with a sword to protect them from believers of other gods.

So when Yukhar discovered the traces of the shepherd’s wooden statue and the god of wealth, he thought that perhaps he could fill the void left by the golden idol.

“Yukhar was trying to give a personality to the conceptual god.”

“personality?”

“A personal God who thinks, speaks, judges, is moved, gets angry, rewards, and punishes. Like Elil, the Red Grail, and the Immortal Emperor. Yukhar thought that he could become the persona of the golden idol. “By using me.”

Goluwaru muttered happily.

“So he lent a hand here and there to resurrect me. Perhaps he borrowed the power of the Immortal Emperor’s descendants.”

‘also? Well, from the moment the ancient gods got involved, I knew it was them again.’

Well, where else can I lend a hand other than the Immortal Church?

Soeur is a trading base city located on the border of the Baekje Empire. It is common for suspicious people to come in and for unidentified goods from foreign countries to come in.

Yukhar would not have needed to borrow the help of Walaika hunters like Jihilet did.

In the end, I was hired.

“And for my resurrection… … It ignited the flames of greed in Soeur. I helped too. He told us about the location of the shepherd’s wooden statue and a speculative strategy using Lorecus, which was showing signs of becoming popular at the time. Ah, the more money you save, the more fun it becomes.”

Isaac thought Goluwaru’s strategy was quite plausible.

The reason the ancient gods cannot be resurrected is because they have no believers and are too old-fashioned and outdated. However, Goluwaru came up with a strategy to devour the Golden Idol believers, starting with the greedy people of Soor.

Golden Idol believers will desperately cling to Lorecus’ surge in order to avoid bankruptcy, and that greed will return to the power of Goluwaru.

‘But Goluwaru can’t be resurrected in the end, right?’

Although you can encounter Goluwaru as an event monster in the game, like Jihillet, it is at the level of a mid-boss. She had never reached the level of faith. At best, it annoys and annoys the players.

In the end, Goluwaru’s strategy failed, but even Isaac didn’t know when or why it happened.

“But this poor human being is too weak and old to be my body. And as soon as he caught you, he came running to me and begged for help.”

Goluwaru snorted and looked down at Yukhar.

“So what you want is my body?”

“That would be best… … “You probably don’t feel like it, right?”

Beyond Goluwaru’s translucent body, two eyes were shining with greed. A paladin who is healthy, young, and even possesses divinity because he is of mixed blood with an angel. It was the best body to use as a host.

However, Goluwaru was not foolish enough to lose what he had through clumsy greed.

Above all, he was good at destroying things step by step through greed and then swallowing them up.

Like when we took down Yukhar.

“Well, how about it?”

But Isaac showed unexpected behavior. He approached me with his arms wide open as if telling me to do whatever I wanted. Goluwaru looked at Isaac in confusion.

“You’ll give me your body?”

“A communicative and strategic ancient god is better than an unknown tentacled monster. And he said he would swallow the top of the golden idol and become a god? Then, my power will be established at once.”

[Nameless Chaos is watching you.]

[Nameless Chaos is outraged by your absurd comparison.]

Isaac ignored the nameless message of confusion and came right in front of Yukhar as if everything was fine. Goluwaru wondered if Isaac was up to something. But he also thought that even if Isaac did something, he wouldn’t be able to harm him.

He was already gaining strength through Soeur’s greed, and until he was fully resurrected with a physical body, he could remain neither dead nor alive as long as that greed was maintained.

However, it didn’t seem like Isaac would harm himself as soon as he was possessed.

Above all, Goluwaru read the great greed within Isaac.

He really thought he could swallow him up and make him his.

Just like you did with Yukhar.

Goluwaru immediately burst into laughter and lunged at Isaac.

“Hahaha! I like that greed! Okay, we’ll be a good match! Let’s devour the world!”

As Yukhar’s body was crushed, Goluwaru’s translucent body washed over Isaac like a wave. Isaac opened his arms wide and accepted Golu and Lu’s intrusion. Goluwaru felt infinite possibilities and deep divinity in Isaac’s body.

And right after that.

He felt a huge darkness where he could not tell the bottom.

***

‘what? ‘What on earth is this?’

Goluwaru was taken aback as he encountered a gigantic void the likes of which he had never seen inside any human being.

Even if he is a dead god, he is a god with divinity. There is no comparison in the quality and size of the soul. But Goluwaru felt like a minnow floundering in a distant abyss.

‘This… … ‘What is this?’

Goluwaru felt an unfamiliar feeling for the first time.

It was a fear of the unknown.

To the god of wealth, knowledge is also wealth. He also loved gaining new knowledge and exploring. He was not unfamiliar with new experiences. But this darkness, this space, was different. The moment Golu and Lu knew what lay beyond this darkness, he realized that he would reach something irreparable.

He felt afraid.

I screamed at the fact that I knew, that I might know, that I might find out. The scream was as weak as his presence.

But someone woke up after hearing the scream.

[Nameless Chaos is watching you.]

Beyond the darkness, thousands or even hundreds of eyes, as huge as the darkness, were persistently watching him. Goluwaru belatedly discovered a being drifting in the black darkness.

It was someone he was familiar with.

Jihillet, the plague god. It was the drifting corpse of a god. Soon, huge tentacles crawled out of the darkness, crushing it like minced meat.

Before Goluwaru knew it, his entire body was torn to pieces.

***

“Aaaaaaa!”

It took less than three seconds for Goluwaru to hit Isaac and bounce him back. At least that’s how Isaac felt.

Goluwaru, who returned to Yukhar’s body, screamed as if he was being torn alive and tried to escape by rolling and crawling on the floor.

“Ugh.”

Quad deud deuk!

Isaac wasn’t doing well either. Tentacles were crawling all over her body, as if nameless chaos had gone berserk. Unless Isaac’s life was in danger, the tentacles that originally appeared only on his left palm protruded out, slitting his entire body.

In an instant, Isaac’s entire body became covered with tentacles. However, Nameless Chaos still seemed angry and tried to tear Yukhar apart.

Isaac couldn’t help but get angry.

“Go in! “Go in!”

After hitting and urging the dog several times, as if beating a disobedient dog, the tentacles wheezed one by one and disappeared into the body. Although it was intentional, Isaac was embarrassed by the excessive reaction.

Only after all the tentacles had finally gone in did the nameless Chaos send out a warning message.

[Nameless Chaos strongly claims that you belong to him.]