Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 48



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Episode 48 The one who lights the lighthouse (4)

“Yes, yes.”

It wasn’t Isaac’s intention, but he chose nameless chaos when creating this character, so he had to deal with that karma as well. In any case, Goluwaru, who said he was neither dead nor alive and could not be killed, came out completely devastated, as expected.

“I thought he might have been eaten inside, but seeing that he survived, does it seem like what he did in Soeur had some results?”

Isaac turned to Goluwaru to finish him off once and for all. However, what remained where he was was traces of urination and traces of him running away somewhere, dragging his messed up body and soul.

“I get sick because I try to eat things I can’t handle.”

Isaac followed the trail.

And the traces led to stairs leading to the ground.

***

“fat… … Save me… … !”

Goluwaru climbed the stairs, twisting his body in pain. In order to escape Isaac’s body, Goluwaru had to tear away most of his soul and flee. His spirit was extremely weakened, and he had no choice but to survive on Yukhar’s body with all his might to preserve what little vitality he had.

However, Yukhar’s body was also dying. The reason he was able to survive despite being practically a corpse was thanks to the energy of greed he had gathered from Soeur.

The slightest divinity was attracting greed and putting his life on the line.

‘help me!’

Goluwaru was screaming that no one could hear.

Even when his power was slowly being eaten away by the golden idol, and even when the army of Elil came to subdue him, he was not afraid.

Anyway, as long as you have divinity, you will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to be resurrected.

But what I saw inside Isaac.

It was different. It ruthlessly cut, tore, and chewed Goluwaru’s body. Even the divinity was crushed under its teeth as if it were a snack.

“Aaaah!”

From somewhere, a scream that wasn’t his was heard.

Goluwaru found himself finally out of the ditch. It was in the middle of a market filled with the scent of Lorecus. The market merchants and residents were shocked to see Yukhar, who looked like a corpse, crawling out of the way.

Although it was difficult for a sane person to judge, Goluwaru thought that if he did well, he might survive. That hybrid paladin, Isaac, is hiding his identity for some reason.

If so, you won’t be able to take out the tentacles in a bright place.

“Save, live… … .”

As Goluwaru struggled to speak, several residents who recognized him as a ‘person’ approached him. They didn’t seem to understand how Yuk’har’s body was alive, but they watched the situation to help anyway, and some rushed to call a priest or get bandages.

At that moment, Goluwaru’s eyes sparkled.

[come!]

Goluwaru’s screaming scream shook the minds of those around him. Goluwaru was literally mustering up all his strength. He has to survive and fight against the monster that will soon come after him.

Goluwaru lifted the shepherd’s wooden statue high and whispered about their desires and greed.

[A knight has appeared to destroy you! A knight to destroy the temple of greed!]

The shepherd’s pole only has the power to incite certain emotions, but it cannot control people’s minds. So Goluwaru was appealing to their desires. Goluwaru brushed off all the facts and circumstances in Yukhar’s memory.

The skyrocketing price of Lorecus, the powerful and powerful who were manipulated, and even the people who were used for this purpose.

It was no different from a confession.

But Goluwaru believed in human greed.

Now the Rockers trend will spread not only to Soeur but also to the center of the empire.

When the fire of greed burns the continent, you will have as much money as Taishan.

Goluwaru’s sweet whispers simultaneously filled me with fear.

The paladin that is approaching now is a monster that has come to destroy you.

It will destroy your family and make you lose your job.

Are you going to sit down on the floor and peel off the tree bark and eat it? Did you come this far by selling food to survive the Barley Pass?

Are you going to throw the golden future that you now hold into the gutter?

[Protect me, or you will be destroyed with me!]

Only one person.

If you bury just one person here, you can make more money.

The merchants felt dizzy from Goluwaru’s voice, but intuitively understood the situation.

They were deceived.

They were deceived, but if they don’t continue to be deceived in the future, they will go bankrupt.

You can only live by believing the lie that a rosy future will unfold in the future.

For that to happen, the paladin had to die.

They looked at one place with eyes sparkling with madness.

“What is this again?”

There was a paladin there.

***

Isaac saw the merchants filling the market and Yukhar hiding among them, trying to escape in a panic. He was smiling weakly.

‘Do you really think you can kill all these civilians? Although you may be hiding your monstrous nature, you won’t be able to reveal your true colors as long as you act hypocritical!’

I could tell that Goluwaru was thinking that way even if he didn’t say it.

However, Goluwaru could not reveal that Isaac was hiding a monster. I wonder if they will believe it, but if Isaac thinks his identity has been discovered and turns into a monster, there will be no way to stop him.

In the end, Goluwaru had to use Isaac’s social presence to stop him.

Isaac sighed and took a step towards the market merchants. The merchants were looking at him with murderous eyes and were clutching weapons they had picked up from somewhere. They themselves didn’t know what they were trying to do with this, but crowd consciousness is a scary thing.

If just one or two of them attack Isaac, responsibility will disappear and they will quietly turn a blind eye to what happens next.

Isaac stopped immediately.

A familiar person stood before his eyes.

It was none other than Hesabel Gulmar.

I didn’t know why she, who I thought ran away, was here. She didn’t know if she was caught up in Golu and Lu’s crowd control, or if she still had feelings for Isaac.

In fact, Hesabel herself did not know much.

When she made eye contact with Isaac, she looked like she was going to faint, but she was waiting for something.

Isaac turned his head back to the market merchants.

“Didn’t the scriptures say that the market is a place where all people share what they lack?”

Isaac didn’t really want to give a speech. Some people aren’t very good at speaking.

However, appropriate dialogue was needed for directing.

Isaac decided to appropriately quote something from the Bible.

“But you have turned the market into a den of robbers!”

With a short and cool rebuke, Isaac used the ‘Ultimate: Sentinel’s Lighthouse’, which he had not touched since he first used it as a test.

At that moment, a round halo shined above Isaac’s head and a blinding flash filled the market.

***

Vihik, the merchant at the top of the golden idol, was visiting the market. He saw a sudden commotion in one corner of the market and was overcome by a sudden urge to check what was going on.

Kill the Paladin!

It was not a simple impulse, but a will with perfect internal logic well-organized in my head. Bich first felt repulsion and fear from that impulse, but the fear of bankruptcy that would come to him later was stronger than that.

The debt owed to purchase Lorecus, the price paid to mercenaries, rent, carriage rental… … Although everyone in the market shared other feelings of rejection and fear, the fear of bankruptcy was his alone.

Kill the Paladin!

Vihik realized that without realizing it, he was holding the kitchen knife that the market vendor was selling. But he didn’t even know why he was holding it or what he was planning to do with it.

However, in the midst of confusion, a sudden light struck him.

‘You have turned the market into a den of robbers!’

A brief scolding followed by an intense beam of light made everything clear.

Light and darkness, right and wrong, truth and lies, everything was separated and the light and dark became clearer.

At the same time, Vihik’s mind became clearer.

Clink.

The kitchen knife fell from his hand.

‘What am I… … ?’

Although Vihik was confused, he understood the situation clearly. It was hard to look away because the light emanating from the paladin was making everything clear.

What came next was shame.

He didn’t know what to do with the sudden shame that came upon him.

Isaac clearly saw the Sentinel’s Lighthouse effect as he watched the crowd’s reaction.

Sentinel’s Lighthouse.

In the game, it is expressed as a powerful defensive skill and auror ability.

If you look at the flavor text, all kinds of grandiose expressions are used to describe it, as if to distinguish between right and wrong in a world full of confusion and darkness.

But who can tell between right and wrong? What kind of being decides that?

But now Isaac knew who chose what was right and what was wrong.

This is the person who can control the light of the lighthouse.

The moment Isaac cast Sentinel’s Lighthouse, the rules of the ‘Light Code’ covered everything the halo’s light touched. The miracle of the golden idol and the whispers of incitement and greed that Goluwaru had scattered disappeared in an instant.

‘It’s roughly the same effect as a wide-area dispel.’

The Code of Light is known as the god of light and heat, but he is also the god of general physical laws. In the halo cast by the Watcher’s Lighthouse, all miracles, magic, fiction and deception disappeared, leaving only the ‘normal’ world chosen by Isaac.

No miracle of faith could exist here.

Literally, the entire visible area became a sanctuary of the Code of Light itself.

‘This is why the Sentinel’s Lighthouse is described as a powerful defensive auror skill.’

It would be difficult for any paladin or priest of any faith to exert power against the Code of Light within the Sentinel’s Lighthouse. But Isaac knew that this was not the end of the Watchman’s lighthouse.

The direction of the lighthouse could be turned according to Isaac’s wishes.

In other words, Isaac could make this sanctuary into that of a golden idol or a red chalice. This was possible as long as there was sufficient understanding of the faith in question. In fact, in the game, Carlsen created a sanctuary for the Immortal Church.

When Isaac first cast Sentinel’s Lighthouse, he thoughtlessly changed the world to the standard of ‘nameless chaos’.

From then on, Isaac never used the Sentinel’s Lighthouse again.

Because it was a sight I never wanted to see again.

Isaac felt his body slowly heating up and turned off the sentinel’s lighthouse.

As if the sunlight disappeared, the halo above his head disappeared like a red sunset.

The casting time for Sentinel’s Lighthouse was short, lasting only a few seconds. But he did enough to influence market traders. The voices of greed and incitement spread by Goluwaru have completely disappeared.

Even the greed that he had been spreading among merchants to increase the price of Lorecus had been completely eliminated.

All that was left was an intense awareness of reality.

They didn’t even have any anger left. Now I just realized the cold future ahead.

The merchants sat down in front of Isaac as if they were slowly collapsing. They didn’t even dare to think about what to do with Isaac. This would have been unthinkable if it had not been for Goluwaru’s instigation in the first place.

Isaac said, staring at them.

“Go back.”

The merchants looked up at Isaac helplessly.

“Go back and say hello to your family and hug them.”

Isaac made his way through the merchants in search of Goluwaru.