Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 61



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Episode 61 One Man Siege (1)

It was only when Kyle saw the blade approaching his uvula that he realized what was happening.

“It’s treason!”

At Kyle’s shout, the soldiers stirred and grabbed their weapons. However, he hesitated and retreated in the face of the fearsome pressure of Baxter and the knights.

Kyle, who was surrounded and unable to move, gritted his teeth and glared at Baxter.

“You bastard, you don’t even know the blessings your father has given you… … .”

“You reaped it? I am a member of the Imperial Knights. “Do you think I will serve another lord now that I am retired?”

Baxter muttered as if he was shocked. The Imperial Knights are loyal only to the Empire. That doesn’t change even when you retire. However, the previous Lord Hendrak, out of a desire to raise knights, brought Baxter in with a promise to ensure his old age.

In other words, it is only an employment relationship.

But Baxter didn’t feel good about pointing a knife at Kyle anyway.

“Surrender quietly. “This is the only way you can live.”

For the sake of the previous Lord Hendlock, it was better to stop Kyle now. If a siege breaks out and the territory is devastated and countless blood is shed, he will never be able to survive.

As a knight, Baxter thought it would be better to die fighting no matter what, but this fight was different. This was a fight it was dishonorable to endure.

“This fight is not about honor, it is just about being manipulated by an unholy being. I will do my best to ensure that you receive leniency. It may be difficult to maintain the territory… … .”

Kyle seemed to have decided that he was done and dropped his hand weakly.

“Other things aside, what is mental incompetence?”

At Kyle’s words, Baxter’s face, which had been like a hard stone, shook for the first time. There was confusion among the knights, and one of them whispered to Baxter.

“I guess you really don’t know?”

“… … The fact that you don’t know that shows your incompetence. Kyle Hendlock.”

Kyle was mortified. He was wronged for embezzlement, breach of trust, apostasy, and inciting discord, but among them, mental incompetence was the most unfair. However, he was not given time or space to express his unfairness.

A knight came up and grabbed Kyle’s hands.

Baxter passed instructions to other knights.

“Go to the village and deliver the message to Count Lehart and the Holy Grail Knight that Lord Hendrak is surrendering. Our real enemy now is not Lord Hendlock, but within… … .”

“Lord Baxter.”

At that time, a familiar voice approached me, making a strangely loud noise.

Baxter unconsciously placed his hand on his sword and turned his head. His face distorted.

Raella was approaching with her red hair flying.

“What rude thing are you doing to your lord right now?”

“Laella.”

Baxter exhaled coldly and gave instructions to the knights.

“She is the prostitute of the Red Grail. Immediately subdue him and imprison him in the dungeon.”

Baxter had all the facts. It was an investigation that had been ongoing since the death of the previous lord.

After mobilizing all the help he could find, he discovered that Raella was a member of the Red Grail Club.

However, in order to deal with Raella, the manipulated lord had to be brought down. Because of this, he first recruited the Hendrak Knights whom he taught. It was not difficult to recruit him because he was already being pushed behind in his salary due to his lord’s incompetence.

However, in the meantime, the Holy Grail Knight who came to the village had a maid from the same Red Grail Club by his side. Therefore, Baxter was able to proceed with the action only after urgently asking Isaac about the situation and understanding the situation.

“You prostitute, that’s rude.”

Raella smiled and looked at the approaching knights. At that time, Baxter discovered the Black Knight standing behind Raella. Other knights approached without paying attention, perhaps thinking they were members of the same Hendlock Knights.

But the next moment, the Black Knight drew his sword.

Boom, boom!

The black knight moved before the other knights could react. Almost at the same time, one knight’s body fell with his armor cut in half, and the other knight’s upper body fell to the bottom of the castle wall after being cut in half.

Baxter was astonished at what had happened so quickly and raised his sword.

“Owen? “Why you!”

Only then did Baxter recognize that the black knight was Owen, who was currently lying in a hospital bed.

Owen was the knight that Baxter taught most diligently, but as far as he knew, Owen did not have this level of skill.

Owen approached without answering.

Baxter gritted his teeth and aimed his sword. I don’t know how he did it, but looking at the damage he inflicted on the previous two knights, he seemed to have considerable advanced swordsmanship.

Of course, Baxter also possessed advanced swordsmanship… … .

Pak, pak, pak!

In an instant, the blades clashed. Three attacks came. He managed to block it twice, but the last time he brutally cut Baxter’s thigh. Baxter fell to the floor.

He looked up at Owen.

“You son of a bitch… … .”

Owen blew off Baxter’s head without answering. The sight of the head rolling cruelly caught the eyes of the knights, soldiers, and Kyle on the castle wall. Kyle, who couldn’t even imagine seeing Baxter defeated, stared blankly at his head.

Owen stared at the knights without saying a word.

The knights immediately dropped their weapons and surrendered. And for some reason, even the soldiers abandoned their weapons.

Laella came next to Kyle, who was still standing blankly.

“I saved you. My lord. “Thank you, right?”

After hearing her sweet whisper, Kyle belatedly realized the true meaning of Baxter’s words.

The saying that surrendering now is the only way to survive.

But it was already too late.

***

“As expected, there is no response from Lord Baxter.”

Lehart muttered, looking up at the castle wall with regret. The knights who were talking about how to proceed with the upcoming siege looked at Lehart with puzzled faces.

“Will it be resolved that easily?”

“I thought Lord Baxter was going to beat Kyle up and send him away. If that doesn’t work, tie them up tightly… … . “You said you were trying to resolve this situation peacefully.”

Even as Lehart built a siege network and prepared for a siege, he expected a dramatic reversal. Since all-out war was the worst situation for both sides, they thought that a compromise could be reached somehow.

“I had expectations for practical reasons as well. Right now we only have 100 soldiers and 15 knights. “There is no chance of a siege until reinforcements arrive.”

Nevertheless, the reason why Hendlock did not push first was because the level difference between the knights was large. The Hendlock Knights were formed less than 10 years ago, and other than Baxter, their level is not high.

However, Lehardt continued to train knights to protect his large farmland, and there were knights of low noble class who were granted fiefs.

Therefore, a strange standoff was bound to continue.

Lehardt’s judgment was that in the end, there was no one but Baxter who could resolve this situation.

“But if the situation inside the fortress gets worse, Kyle will be forced to make a ‘wise choice’… … .”

It was time for Lehart to express his optimism.

“Invaders listen!”

When I looked up at the top of the castle wall, I saw Owen, who had escaped from yesterday’s surprise attack, standing there.

“Baxter Ohar, the traitor who dared to drive out the lord and humiliate the Hendrak estate, is dead! Next is your turn!”

“What, what’s going on?”

“Well, that…” … .”

Lehart’s complexion turned pale.

Lehart, who had no idea that the situation would go this far, was unable to anticipate what would happen next.

“Count!”

A knight quickly grabbed Lehart’s body and shook it. Only then did he see the gates of Hendlock Fortress open. The gates of Hendrak Fortress opened, and knights quickly poured out from within. The knights of the Hendlock Knights broke through the slope in an instant and ran.

The policy, which had not yet been completed, did not deter the knights at all.

Soon a violent collision occurred.

Lehart, who was at the front with the soldiers, was also caught up in the collision and rolled away.

The knights of the Hendrak Knights broke through, trampling on Lehart’s soldiers in one fell swoop. The effect of the surprise attack was enormous. In an instant, dozens of soldiers were slaughtered. Screams and chaos erupted here and there.

Lehart’s illusion that he might be able to return after giving a lot of admonitions without shedding a single drop of blood was shattered.

“Count!”

“Kill the invaders!”

One of the Hendlock knights shouted in a tearing voice.

The knights collided with each other.

Lehart was honestly confident that one of his knights could easily take on two of Hendrak’s knights.

However, Lehardt saw the knights being brutalized right before his eyes.

If the swords collided, the sword would break or the wrist would be broken, and if they collided, the sword would fall badly. It was difficult to regard this as a simple difference in training.

One of the Hendlock knights looked around with wide eyes and spotted Lehart. Lehart confirmed that his eyes were stained with madness.

A long time ago, during the days of the Dawn Army, I remembered the crazy soldiers I saw.

“die!”

Doo doo doo doo doo. The Hendlock knight came running quickly.

Just as the tip of his spear seemed to have pierced Lehart’s neck, a shadow came running from somewhere and struck with fierce force.

bang! Isaac appeared riding a huge black horse and dropped the Hendlock knight to the ground. The knight struggled to get up, but Isaac skillfully moved his horse and struck him on the head with his hoof. The knight, whose head was stuck on the ground, wriggled and became unable to move.

***

“count! “Get up!”

Isaac gave brief instructions. But Lehart still couldn’t come to his senses.

Then Isaac jumped off the horse and slapped Lehart on the cheek.

“hey! “Come to your senses!”

Only then did Lehart come to his senses a little. Isaac put the stumbling Lehart back on his horse and looked around to figure out how to get out of here first.

The Hendrak Knights, who had swept away the soldiers, turned back and tried to deal with the remaining soldiers and Lehart.

Isaac spotted a knight running towards him. It is not difficult to cut down his horse, but the speed and weight of the horse itself make it a weapon. He didn’t feel like colliding head-on.

‘Hezabel!’

When Isaac sent a strong signal through his will, an arrow flew and pierced the horse’s eye. A couple of horses that were running together fell in that line.

Since the sun was still up, Hezabel was hiding under the village roofs and carrying out sniping. Because it was a melee situation, the knights were unable to figure out who was shot by whom.

However, the Hendlock knights jumped up from their seats as if the impact of falling to the ground was nothing. And then he ran like crazy towards Isaac and Lehart again. If he has a weapon, he will grab it, but if he doesn’t, he will tear it to death with his bare hands.

‘If I had fought the troll with this fighting spirit, I would have caught it with just two or three people.’

It was not normal fighting spirit. It was clear that he was being controlled by something.

It is not as loose as the shepherd’s tree, but a strong mental bondage. Or maybe he used drugs.

Looking at the blood-crazed state, the latter seemed more likely.

Hesabel fired arrows at the charging knights, but unlike horses, their armor was not easily pierced. The guy who happened to get hit also ran as if his sense of pain had been paralyzed.

Finally, the knight who came first and Isaac collided. The knight swung his mace wildly and tried his best to smash Isaac’s head.

Starting with the first article, Isaac was quickly surrounded. But fortunately, the level of the knights themselves did not increase. It was just that madness and strength were added for unknown reasons.

‘This should be enough.’

As soon as Isaac was surrounded, he moved his body as if he had been waiting.

Avalanche swordsmanship, a technique born for melee combat: the foreshadowing action unfolded.

An explosion sounded like a mountain shaking. At the same time, the knights surrounding Isaac all fell back.

None of the knights had any limbs intact. There were also signs of the armor being dented or torn.

‘The power… … ‘You’ve increased quite a bit?’

It was a power on a completely different level from the days of hunting wolves.