Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 59



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Episode 59 bloody smell (3)

“I was reformed… … la.”

Baxter muttered those words and repeated them.

“Honestly, it’s a story that’s hard to believe.”

Isaac shrugged. He knows it will sound like that.

But what can you do? It is true that Hezabel became his servant. Of course, it doesn’t mean she stopped being a vampire, but at least she became an obedient dog.

“Are you coming to ask me about that?”

“yes. “Under the current circumstances, I had no choice but to check.”

Baxter said, looking at Isaac with gloomy eyes.

“I believe in the great character of the Holy Grail Knight, but this is the situation right now. The internal circumstances of the castle… … .”

Baxter started to say something but then closed his mouth. As a knight who worked to protect the safety of the empire, he did not seem to have the personality to talk about something easily. However, he whispered to Isaac, showing an expression of nervousness that was rare for him.

“It’s a hard story to believe, but there’s no way to confirm it right now. In that case, I will trust you, Isaac. First of all, please know one thing. “We are also looking for ways to avoid fighting.”

This was the story I also told Lehart.

‘Are you saying that Hezabel is involved in a way to avoid fighting?’

Isaac looked at Baxter curiously, but he still didn’t seem to be able to explain anything further.

Isaac secretly tried using the Eye of Confusion.

‘I guess it’s because they are the Imperial Knights… … ‘I’m used to hiding my inner self.’

Unfortunately, little of Baxter’s inner self was revealed.

If you use a little more force, you might be able to see it. But then the tentacles will start to stick out, squeezing out the eyelids. I had no intention of showing such behavior in front of an imperial knight.

Baxter nodded and returned to Hendlock Castle with his soldiers.

Isaac watched and called Hezabel. Hesabel must have been watching from behind a window on the second floor, so she immediately stuck out her head.

“Did you call me? Isaac?”

“Were you staying in the room next to mine?”

“no. “I got a room, but I was watching Isaac sleep on the ceiling all night.”

‘… … ‘If I find it wrong at night, I might have a heart attack.’

Isaac swallowed the words that came to mind and gave instructions.

“Stop being creepy and sleep in your room today.”

***

Night has come again to Hendlock Manor.

The village residents were embarrassed by the fact that the neighboring village lord was staying at a village inn rather than a castle, but no one could ask about the situation. However, even if I tried to go to Lord Hendrak and ask him, the castle gate was locked and he was silent.

In this strange confrontation, residents secretly whispered stories about the war.

Heshabel knew such stories well. This is because every night, residents gather at different bars or lie in bed to hear stories shared with their families. Even if you don’t really want to hear it, your sensitive ears are bound to hear such secret stories as you wander around at night.

But today, instead of wandering around the midnight village, Hesabel stayed in her room.

As the night deepened, her mind became increasingly clearer. Thanks to this, Hesabel was able to fall into deep thought with the stories she had picked up so far without anything to do.

‘War, conspiracy, betrayal, temptation.’

It was a fascinating topic for her as a member of the Red Grail Club. All of that was happening at Hendlock Estate.

Here, Heshabel looked forward to what other deceptive plans Isaac would carry out.

smart.

Then there was a knock on the door. Heshabel tried to turn his head toward the door, but he noticed that it was not in that direction. It was towards the window.

Outside the window, a bat was hanging upside down, staring at Hesabel with its red eyes.

“Hesabel Gulmar.”

Hesabel felt goosebumps rising on her back. This strange infrasound sound was audible only to Hezabel’s ears.

“Listen to the whispers you hear in the night.”

It was a messenger sent from the Red Grail Club.

Heshabel knelt on the bed as if possessed without realizing it and waited for the message. Her teachings, which bordered on brainwashing over several decades, almost took control of her body.

“Listen to the whispers.”

“Hesabel Gulmar, I sense that your faith is in the wrong place. “Can you explain before I put you on the dinner table?”

When the Red Grail Club is on the same side, they flatter and deceive with all kinds of sweet words, but when it becomes clear that they are enemies, they immediately treat the other person as food.

This means that one does not hide one’s appetite and murderous intent.

Hesabel felt the teeth of the red chalice come up to her uvula. You are probably already fully prepared to ‘cook’ yourself for those around you.

“I don’t know what that means. “I still serve the master of deceit and intrigue.”

“Speak straight. “Is your master the Red Grail or the Holy Grail Knight?”

It was a straightforward question that cut off any escape route or means of turning around.

Heshabel was silent for a moment and then opened her mouth.

“I don’t know what the difference is between the two. Isaac, isn’t this the biggest conspiracy arranged by the Red Grail? I felt that way. He is literally the ‘deceiver who deceives the world’ as mentioned in the prophecy. Rather, I would like to ask you something.”

“question? you?”

“The person speaking doesn’t seem to know Isaac very well. Who are you? “I believe the Red Grail has already realized this great deception.”

“What do you want to say?”

“I believe it is one of the angels, but is it possible that the angel did not realize the grand plan prepared by the Red Grail and placed the blame on me?”

“ha ha ha.”

The bat laughed lowly.

Heshabel also laughed.

Before the laughter could stop, the window shattered.

A black knight, enveloped in a black fog, ran inside. As soon as the Black Knight entered, he stabbed his spear straight at the bed. Hesabel nimbly dodged the attack, but the powerful vortex created by the spear swept the bed. It was so powerful that it crushed not only the bed but also the floor.

Even Hesabel, who was good at dodging, was unable to escape the attack and fell down. She tried to use her red plea to get out, but it was no use.

All her miracles were sealed.

“Kill the apostate.”

The Black Knight did as the bat told him and raised his spear to completely kill Hesabel. But then he saw Hezabel smiling.

I wasn’t laughing out of desperation or crazy.

“It seems like deception is at the top level here.”

Only then did the Black Knight realize that the room was strangely dark.

And that there was someone else in the room.

In an instant, someone attacked me from the darkness.

***

Quack!

The Black Knight was thrown out the window with a loud noise. The black fog surrounding its body created a long trail. Isaac, who had been hiding with his newly acquired ability, ‘Colors from Beyond’, emerged from the darkness after a successful surprise attack.

“That’s amazing. Isaac! As Isaac said, an assassin has come!”

Heshabel shouted happily, but Isaac looked dissatisfied.

‘You’re blocking that gap?’

Isaac deliberately does not use weak attacks to show his skills in a fight for survival. However, he didn’t take out his tentacles because he didn’t want to show his defeat to the enemy, and instead used the eight-pronged sword, which was the strongest sword technique he had. Thanks to this, Hesabel’s room was a mess.

The bat used as a message carrier was dead, but the black knight who had fallen to the ground was staggering to his feet. Isaac jumped down and struck the guy with his sword before he could recover from the shock.

bang! Sparks flew out with a sharp sound. The guy was responding much more calmly than before. Through this, I was able to confirm that Isaac was a level above me in swordsmanship alone.

‘Are you going to be like Baxter or Gebel? He’s quite a talented person.’

The dark energy surrounding the armor was still so strong that I couldn’t tell what kind of armor it was.

Damn it!

The swords clashed once again. When Isaac’s Sword of Judgment came into contact with the Black Knight’s black mist, it erupted into fierce flames and burned the surrounding area. As the black fog cleared around the sword, the Black Knight quickly threw Isaac away. His strength was also superior to Isaac.

‘Even though he has tentacles wrapped inside his armor… … .’

Isaac was wearing Carlsen Milter’s armor. The inside of the armor was tightly wrapped with tentacles, which not only alleviated the impact but also supported his physical strength.

However, the Black Knight’s power was enormous.

The Black Knight seemed to have recovered from the shock of the surprise attack and began to attack Isaac fiercely. Boom, boom, boom! Isaac quickly began to be put on the defensive.

‘If it wasn’t for Carlsen Milter’s armor, I would have shed some blood… … .’

Wounds were steadily forming on the armor. Although it was visible that the shell immediately recovered to its healed state, it was only a matter of time before the sword penetrated the armor. However, there was not enough time to prepare to activate advanced swordsmanship.

Rather, the Black Knight calmly performed a series of movements.

For a moment, Isaac felt the illusion that the Black Knight’s body was split in two. The Black Knight struck down her sword and slashed from below.

Gagagagak!

The attack Isaac chose to defend against was a slam.

bang! Fortunately, it was the correct answer.

The problem was that there were two correct answers.

The sword raised from below struck Isaac’s waist. Even though he was wearing Carlsen Milter’s armor, he felt the impact as if his ribs were broken.

Isaac quickly corrected his posture, suppressing the pain that threatened to make him vomit.

‘You did a good job blocking the strike.’

The reason why Isaac stopped the strike was because if he got hit incorrectly, he could have died instantly. He expected that the upward slash would cause serious injury at best, but when he actually got hit, it wasn’t the case.

‘If it wasn’t for the armor, my body would have been cut in pieces… … .’

No, before that, tentacles will protrude from the body and eat the Black Knight and the entire village, turning ‘Hendlock Village’ into ‘what used to be Hendlock Village’.

Then Isaac’s hard work so far would have been in vain.

Isaac glared nervously at the person who had been pushing him for the first time in a long time and grabbed his sword again. However, to the annoyance of the Black Knight, he displayed his sword skills again as if he had no intention of giving Isaac another chance.

This time, three movements attacked Isaac at once.

At that time, Isaac felt Hezabel’s will.

The moment he turned his head, a crossbow arrow grazed the side of his helmet and pierced the Black Knight’s face. The Black Knight let out a strange scream and staggered.

“Good job!”

If you are a highly skilled person, you may feel the need to live and avoid it. However, like an assassin, Heshabel hid somewhere behind Isaac and disrupted his life. It was also an impossible feat if Isaac did not share his will.

Isaac did not miss the opportunity and immediately attacked the Black Knight. The Black Knight skillfully defended himself against the attack even though blood was pouring from his face. However, Isaac’s goal was not attack, but what came next.

“what? what’s the matter?”

As the battle dragged on, villagers who heard the commotion showed up with torches and Lehart’s soldiers began to come out. I wondered if the much-anticipated war was really happening, but in reality there were only two knights fighting fiercely on the street.

As the number of people began to increase, the Black Knight’s movements began to become noticeably disordered. The Black Knight probably never intended to attract this much attention in the first place. The plan was probably to kill Hesabel in an instant and then escape.

When there are more eyes, not only is Isaac at a disadvantage, but he is also at a disadvantage.

‘More than anything, this is the territory of the Gertonia Empire, you evil bastard.’

Someone eventually activated a low-level holy relic containing the miracle of flash of light. It was the most common miracle within the Baekje Empire, as Isaac once received as a gift when he was young. The moment a blinding flash of light hit the black knight, his body temporarily froze.

Isaac did not miss the opportunity.

He stepped forward for a moment and activated Isaac Sword Technique: Eight Prongs.

Kwajajajajajajag!

All eight attacks hit the black knight’s body. The Sword of Judgment instantly burned away the black fog surrounding the Black Knight’s body. Among them, the helmet on his head that Isaac hit with great care broke.

A bleeding face was revealed beneath the shattered helmet.

Some of the villagers muttered when they saw that face.

“Owen?”