Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 66



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Episode 66. Prophet of Red Flesh (2)

Among the egos that fluctuated within the Abomination, the most powerful ego was of course Owen’s.

While Owen had the simplest goal of killing Isaac in order to control his body, he did his best to move strategically.

The most important part of his strategy was to corner Isaac and then make direct contact.

‘I fuse his body and make it mine.’

It was a crueler choice than killing him, and at the same time, it was an enchanting choice to make the Holy Grail Knight he longed for his own. So when Isaac instead bumped his fist together, he was both puzzled and delighted at the foolishness of it.

Tentacles came out of Isaac’s hand and tore at his hand, even as they were crushed, he laughed.

Now, the only thing left for Isaac was to be buried in the Abomination’s countless flesh and melt away.

“Oooooh!”

The Abomination was now engulfing Isaac’s left hand, up to his elbow. Isaac was staring at him calmly even as he was being devoured.

Although he didn’t like the unwavering look in his eyes, Owen thought it wouldn’t be a problem if he swallowed that face as well.

It was when I felt intense hunger that I felt something was wrong.

‘I’m hungry.’

It was a strange feeling.

A strange thought had entered into the will that should only feel anger and murderous intent. While absorbing dozens of people and even devouring Isaac.

Even though he had already absorbed Isaac’s shoulder blades, it was difficult for Owen to hide his embarrassment due to his fierce hunger.

Then Isaac opened his mouth.

“If I eat anything, I get sick.”

Abomination’s body wriggled.

At that moment, Owen realized that his body was not moving as he thought. And even the fact that his body, which had become enlarged to the point of pushing off walls on all sides, had suddenly shrunk considerably.

It’s wrong. Something is seriously wrong.

Abomination instinctively tried to pull its body back. It was a will to survive that overpowered the killing intent.

Owen was furious and tried to control Abomination again to attack Isaac, but realized that it was impossible. The Abomination stopped at Isaac’s shoulder, unable to run away or attack him any further.

I only felt a stronger hunger.

Isaac was the only one who knew exactly what was going on inside the Abomination’s body. Isaac felt that the hunger that had not been satisfied for quite some time was slowly being satisfied.

‘Autophagy.’

A phenomenon in which cells obtain energy by phagocytosing their own proteins or unnecessary components.

That was happening inside the Abomination.

The Abomination thought it had absorbed Isaac and his tentacles, but in fact it was quite the opposite.

The tentacle had already taken control of the Abomination and was engaging in autophagy.

Just to make it a daily meal.

“AA AA AA!”

Owen realized this fact too late and tried to twist his body to pull it out. However, Abomination’s leadership had already completely passed to Isaac.

They were dominated by a transcendent and strong will that easily overpowered the wills of dozens of humans.

It was simpler, more violent, and more fundamental than the Abomination’s will.

An intense hunger that cannot be satisfied, that cannot be satisfied.

Owen screamed and tried to escape.

But I couldn’t.

Because he was already eating himself with his screaming mouth.

Soon, the Abomination was torn apart by tentacles and absorbed individually.

It took less than 10 minutes for Isaac to completely autophagy the Abomination.

Because it was bloated compared to the person who ate it, the amount it actually ate was less than it looked.

However, it had been a few months since I had eaten this much, so I felt quite full.

Then a message appeared to Isaac.

[A large number of ‘Abominations’ were predated.]

[The ‘predation’ perk increases intake efficiency.]

[The ‘Body Fusion’ perk has been fully acquired.]

‘Complete acquisition of body fusion ability… … This is a profit that exceeds expectations.’

I felt like I wanted to say thank you to Owen. As a test, I tried moving the tentacles. Although it wasn’t at the level of completely melting the other person’s flesh and using it as its own like the Abomination, it seemed like I could shape some of the tentacles into a specific shape.

‘I think it would be good to attach something like an animal’s teeth or horns.’

Now that Owen was taken care of, it was Raella’s turn.

At that time, Isaac looked back and thought that he was a formidable opponent.

This is because only a smear of blood remained where Heshabel should have been waiting.

***

The dawn just before sunrise was dark.

Hesabel, who was dragged over the castle wall by Raella, could see Raella’s red eyes even in the black darkness. The glowing red eyes with multiple pupils were vivid even in the dark.

The red-fleshed prophet was looking at her through Raella.

Raella grabbed Hesabel’s neck and lifted it with an unnatural, creaky movement. Raella in the flesh was already dead. However, he could only move because the red flesh prophet was directly controlling his body one by one.

“Don’t feel ashamed. “It’s something that can’t be helped, considering your roots.”

Despite Raella’s words, Hesabel couldn’t help but feel a sense of shame.

While Isaac was feasting on Owen, Heshabel heard a whisper. It was the voice of the red-fleshed prophet.

She forcibly squeezed the blood flowing from Hesabel’s body and activated the red petition. Her will to resist was only reduced to a handful of blood, and she could not refuse. Her powers were too weak to surpass her angelic powers.

“All the blood that flows in your body belongs to Gulmar. And Gulmar’s blood flowed from the red chalice. “Even if you make a wrong decision, will your red blood turn blue?”

“The tongue… … long.”

Despite Hesabel’s answer, Raella just stared without expression. Rather than being truly expressionless, it was closer to not having the ability to change his expression. He Sabel raised the corners of her mouth to sneer.

“Are you afraid of losing your flesh?”

“… … .”

The red-fleshed prophet tightened his grip on his neck. But it wasn’t enough to break his neck or kill him. Even though it could happen at any time.

“Flesh is what gives you the strength to stand on the ground! But to accept the flesh, you have to worship the Red Grail… … “You’re trying to trick me again!”

Hezabel talked freely about what the red-fleshed prophet was thinking. It was as she said. Raella had a piece of her flesh inside. It was a piece of flesh filled with great power that was incomparable to the one given to Owen.

It doesn’t matter that Raella’s body, which is just a discarded shell, dies.

The problem was losing this piece of flesh forever.

Therefore, it was the red flesh prophet’s plan to abandon the dying body of Raella and replace it with Hezabel.

The corner of Raella’s mouth went up as if she were being squeezed.

“You don’t like it?”

She whispered softly.

“You know how much it means to be my representative. Your deviation can be dismissed as a momentary wandering. Duke Gulmar will be absolved of responsibility for the loss of his holy relic and will greatly welcome you for eating the angel’s flesh. And again.”

Raella opened her mouth wide. A huge lump of flesh appeared from inside his jaw, almost down to his neck. The bursting flesh gave off a smell so sweet that it gave me a headache.

“You probably know how delicious this is.”

Addictive scent.

The heaven proposed by the red chalice is a heaven of extremely peripheral pleasure.

It is not a temple full of light and truth like the Code of Light, nor a battlefield full of glory and honor with Elil. Just a simple pleasure that everyone likes and everyone is tempted by.

Of course, Hesabel also knew what kind of afterlife the Red Grail suggested.

Eating this flesh means being guaranteed heaven.

“Accept it.”

No matter how determined Heshabel was in her decision to follow Isaac, this temptation was like throwing drugs right in the face of a drug addict.

Hesabel looked at the flesh approaching the corner of her mouth with trembling eyes.

Finally, the flesh reached my mouth. But Sabel closed his eyes tightly and did not open his mouth. Not moving even when you taste blood on your lips was a miracle in itself for vampires.

The red-fleshed prophet was overcome by a strange feeling again.

I’m missing something.

Heshabel’s reaction now was, in her eyes, so bizarre that it went against the law.

An ominous premonition passed through the mind of the red-fleshed prophet.

‘no way… … Probably not.’

However, the red-fleshed prophet was planning on stuffing the flesh into Hezabel’s mouth anyway, whether she accepted it or not. No matter how strongly you reject the Red Holy Grail, once you taste it, you have no choice but to come back to your senses.

Because it’s like the most powerful drug in the world.

Raella’s hand opened Hesabel’s mouth as if forcibly squeezing it. And then he stuffed a piece of flesh into his mouth.

Heshabel couldn’t refuse even though she had a painful expression on her face. That was the end of it.

Once you put it in your mouth, there is no way you can spit it out.

The Prophet of Red Flesh prepared the Red Ceremony to replace his representative.

“Why are you feeding my child strange things?”

Until I heard a voice behind me.

***

Isaac followed Hezabel’s spirit up the wall.

What he saw was Raella forcing a piece of flesh into Hezabel’s mouth.

Isaac recognized it as the red-fleshed body of the prophet that had been transplanted into Raella.

Raella’s body was strange. Like an insect preparing to molt, her skin stretched out and her skeleton protruded or fell out at will.

It seemed like a strange monster was clumsily hiding inside the shell called Raella.

“I guess you came at a bad time?”

Raella stared at Isaac with sunken eyes without saying a word. She stared at her Isaac and opened her mouth. For some reason, her voice was trembling.

“We’re finally meeting… … Holy Grail Knight. I heard a rumor… … .”

“A rumor that you are honorable and religious? Or is it a rumor that he is so powerful that he cuts down bad guys?”

“Rumor has it that the face is quite smooth.”

I expected it to be something that could be heard by an angel, but it was a word that made me lose my senses. However, Raella muttered as if it was the most important thing.

“It’s more than a rumor. This… … hmm. It doesn’t look like something that could come from a human. “Is it Elil’s bloodline, or did some angel carelessly spread blood?”

Isaac laughed silently at the allusion to the Nephilim.

It wasn’t strange that the red-fleshed prophet, who was an angel, recognized him. Even the Red Grail came from Nephilim in the first place.

Raella tilted her head and looked at Hesabel.

“It won’t matter. If I had known that you were a divine collateral, my strategy would have been a little different… … “I don’t normally like fighting face-to-face like this.”

“He definitely doesn’t have the personality to look fair and square.”

Raella let out a low laugh.

“You might think you have the advantage now. But do you think it is common to banish angels? To be honest, it wouldn’t be difficult to erase just one of you.”

It wasn’t a lie.

The power of angels is great.

Although the red-fleshed prophet was not the type to fight using his own strength, it was clear that once he began to exert his true power, it would be difficult for Isaac, who had just begun his journey as a Holy Grail Knight, to dare to oppose him.

She believed so.

“but… … That’s not the way I like it. “It’s probably not what the Red Grail wants.”

The Red Grail likes to be stealthy. It was the same with the Red Flesh Prophet.

“So, let me make a suggestion.”

“proposal? Even in the midst of this, he is thinking of solving the problem with his nose, which is truly a master of conspiracy. Are you offering a deal to the Holy Grail Knight?”

“I found out that you are not a normal paladin. A normal paladin would never have a conversation with me like this. “I can see the ambition you harbor in my eyes.”

Isaac smiled and gestured with his chin as if asking him to speak.

“I will give you victory, honor, and strength right now. In this case, I will lose and you will win. And I will leave some of my strength behind. “You get everything without having to fight.”

“What is the price?”

“I guess this kid will be enough for me right now.”

She said, placing her hand on the back of Hezabel’s neck.