Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 69



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Episode 69 Prophet of Red Flesh (5)

The red-fleshed prophet did not answer.

The shock was simply replaced by silence. The puzzles began to come together in her mind.

From the moment the attack began, Hesabel’s assassination, Zihillet’s infiltration, Lehart’s soldiers had come out in advance and were waiting, she attacked only with swordsmanship without using tentacles, and it was only after she revealed her true self that the division ceremony and the sentinel’s lighthouse were carried out. What showed… … .

In the end, it was Isaac’s victory who hid his loss until the end.

Of course, there were many loopholes and things that I couldn’t understand. However, it was only belatedly that the red-fleshed prophet began to harbor vague fears in Isaac.

That fact gave rise to countless imaginations about Isaac.

‘Fear comes from a rich imagination… … Especially if you’re a guy who thinks a lot.’

Isaac was deliberately silent and looked at the red-fleshed prophet. He could have gone on about how he defeated the Prophet of Red Flesh, but he didn’t.

It was better for her to imagine and fear for herself.

Because it wasn’t really a coincidence.

But Isaac was already preparing for the moment when he would meet the red-fleshed prophet again. The blow inflicted on her now may be nothing more than the cutting off of one of her hands, but her psychological shock and fear will be etched into her mind.

As Isaac approached, the red-fleshed prophet let out a scream like a scream.

[Don’t think you won! The arrangement of the Red Holy Grail is deep and wide. Her retinue is everywhere! You only destroyed one of them!]

“You sound cliché.”

[If I come back… … !]

As Isaac listened to the red-fleshed prophet babbling away, he thought that angels were really hard to kill. She could talk nonsense for a hundred days if she just focused on what she was talking about.

However, Isaac still had the weapon to educate the red-fleshed prophet who had not yet come to his senses. He picked up the dagger that the red-fleshed prophet had parried, the Ritual of Disintegration.

As soon as the red-fleshed prophet saw it, his body trembled convulsively.

[you you!]

“okay. “A needle to sew your snout.”

[for a moment… … !]

The red-fleshed prophet wriggled and tried to run away. The bastard tried to disappear faster by evaporating his body, but Isaac’s hands were faster.

Crack. The moment the cleavage ceremony penetrated her flesh for the second time, a sky-piercing scream rang out.

Padddddddd… … .

The red pieces broke like pottery and made a loud noise. With this, the Red Flesh Prophet was completely banished from the earth.

Isaac collected the division ceremony and placed it in his bosom.

finished. With this, Hendrak Fortress has been completely crossed.

Then I heard footsteps.

The soldiers of Hendrak Fortress had suddenly come to their senses and were opening the gate. Lehart’s soldiers were looking up at Isaac from under the castle walls. I couldn’t see what kind of eyes they were looking at.

cheer? fear? Or shock?

They witnessed everything. The red-fleshed prophet reveals his true form, is cut down by Isaac, and finally collapses in ruin. Among the knights and soldiers who witnessed this, there was a completely different atmosphere from the cheers from before.

Finally, one of the knights in front knelt in front of Isaac.

Starting with him, the other soldiers also slowly knelt down. The residents who came out after hearing the commotion, the soldiers of Hendrak Fortress who came to their senses belatedly, and Hesabel, who made the greatest contribution, all knelt before Isaac in silence.

Isaac felt faith welling up inside him.

It was not a cheer for a hero.

It was a tribute to a wonderful being.

***

[I gorged on ‘red flesh.’]

[The ‘Innards of the Dead God’ perk increases intake efficiency.]

[The power of the ‘Red Grail’ faith miracle is significantly increased permanently.]

[The power of the miracle increases permanently.]

[The ‘Red Worship’ perk has been acquired. Your appeal to the public increases.]

[The blessing will remain until it is digested.]

After the situation was settled.

Isaac was watching Hendlock Castle being cleared from the walls.

Lehart’s soldiers subdued the soldiers of Hendrak Fortress and preserved the evidence. The soldiers at Hendrak Fortress were already exhausted and in mental confusion, so there was no difficulty. Rather, it was to the point where nursing was needed.

Isaac summarized the results obtained from this battle.

‘As a result of feasting on red flesh first… … The power of Red Grail faith miracles is permanently and significantly increased. This is a better result than expected.’

In numerical terms, the power of the Red Grail faith seemed to have increased by approximately 20%. It may seem ambiguous, but it was a big increase considering that both ‘Red Petition’ and ‘Vampirism’, which are the miracles of Isaac’s faith in the Red Grail, are abilities that can be used often.

Other miracles became stronger by about 10%. Even though it was just predation, this level of success was a huge benefit.

Additionally, the ‘Red Worship’ perk was the only non-combat ability obtained this time. As expected from an angel of deception and intrigue, his ability to incite the public seems to be increasing due to his predation effect.

It was a useful perk for Isaac in many ways.

But the real achievement was the reward obtained after solving the mission given by Nameless Chaos.

[A reward of chaos was given for ‘predating the Prophet of Red Flesh’.]

[You can strengthen and combine one of the miracles of ‘Nameless Chaos’ faith.]

Miracle enhancements and combinations.

This was an extremely rare reward even in ‘Nameless Chaos’. Depending on the results, it was classified as EX level, beyond S level. But for Isaac, it was also a secretly painful reward.

‘… … The problem is that there are very few known miracles related to the nameless Chaos Faith, so it is impossible to predict what will come out of the combination… … .’

Of course, a rough prediction was possible. If you combine A and B, either AB or BA will come out, but C will not come out unexpectedly. However, the question is how effective it will be. It is also ambiguous that a knife used to kill chickens can become a knife used to kill cows.

But it’s much better than nothing.

‘I’ve already decided what to strengthen.’

The first thing I had in mind was ‘Touch of Chaos’. Needless to say, tentacles are Isaac’s most used skill. It is a good idea to strengthen whenever you have the opportunity to do so. The problem was how to combine this with other abilities.

‘It’s not an urgent problem right now, so I’ll have to think about it more.’

It would be nice to be able to see the results in advance, but I didn’t think the results would be disappointing no matter what I combined them with. Isaac thought about it some more and decided to choose an option.

And now there were many other issues to worry about.

“Isaac, Grail Knight.”

Lehart approached Isaac, who was thinking.

When Lehart made eye contact with Isaac, he bowed his head and saluted.

Although he had been polite before, it was no more or less than the courtesy shown to the religious order that Isaac was from. But now he was acting like he was a subordinate.

Isaac felt proud for a moment, but he couldn’t enjoy it for long.

Because I had to play a humble Holy Grail Knight.

“Don’t do this. Count Lehart.”

“no. Holy Grail Knight. How dare I… … .”

Of course, when Isaac killed the Red Flesh Prophet, Lehart also saw it. You only need to see many angels once in a lifetime. But to defeat that angel in the flesh of a mere human being. It was something like something out of a mythical story.

Because of that, Lehart had no doubt that Isaac was an agent sent by the Code of Light or a candidate for an angel. Although Isaac liked Lehart’s polite manner, he did not want it to interfere with his work.

He hurriedly got to the point.

“How is things going?”

“yes. Now all the bodies inside the castle have been cleaned up. The passage is still being restored, but the main route is finished. And we found survivors who had been imprisoned underground… … .”

Lehart trailed off. This was the reason why I urgently came to see Isaac while the work was not completely completed yet. Isaac knew what was going on, but he pretended not to know and waited for an answer.

“I found Lord Kyle Hendlock. “He seemed to be in a daze as to what had happened to him.”

“I’m sorry.”

The disposition of Kyle Hendlock was ambiguous.

He embezzled money, attacked the soldiers and knights of a neighboring lord, pointed a sword at the Holy Grail Knight, and brought in Raella and Owen, who were presumed to be evil heretics… … It was a situation where even three or four heads were not enough.

However, the problem was that the ‘Prophet of Red Flesh’, the famous angel of the Red Grail, came to his territory and plotted.

All of this was enough to pass as an excuse to say, ‘I was tricked and manipulated by the Red Grail.’

How can a mere human being stand up to the great angel of intrigue and scheming?

Of course, even so, the responsibility he had to bear as a lord was not small. But who can decide how much responsibility he should have? Lehardt, who was holed up in an inn? Heresy inquisitors who will come late and knock on your back?

The person who could make the decision was Isaac, who observed and resolved all situations.

And Isaac had postponed judgment on Kyle.

Of course, Isaac had already decided how to use Kyle. But he needed to be a little more relaxed about it for the sake of his reputation.

“All right. Kyle Hendlock is an important witness, so please protect him well so he doesn’t get hurt. Then, I will continue to check for more evidence of Raella’s heresy.”

The Heretic Questioner will soon arrive.

Until then, Isaac had to find out what Raella had planned here.

***

Isaac searched Raella’s room.

But there was no particular result. Isaac didn’t expect much either.

The Red Grail is a faith of intrigue and secrets. Among them, it would be even stranger if the red-fleshed prophet, a famous angel, left traces. They had been preparing for a defensive battle in the castle for several days, so they would have destroyed all the evidence that could lead to them.

Although there were some suspicious medicinal ingredients, it was far from enough to be used as conclusive evidence.

‘There must be a reason why they were killing themselves here… … .’

The Immortal Church and the Red Grail Club were selecting the Hendrak Territory as the home for the birth of a new god. The Carlsen Milter has disappeared, but there must be a reason why it was set up here. Isaac knew specifically what the secret was, but he did not know where it was.

You know the contents of the treasure, but you do not know its location.

‘Now that I think about it, not only the new gods, but also the old gods were waking up with excitement. Does that have something to do with it?’

The birth of a new god is not the only thing the Immortal Church is doing.

They were waking up even the ancient gods.

I don’t know what they are going to do by waking up the fallen creatures who are worse than angels, but the Red Grail Club is also helping them with that. Perhaps Raella set up a base here and prepared for the resurrection of the ancient gods.

After determining Raella’s purpose and researching the data, some connections emerged.

Among the documents discovered in Raella’s room were Lorecus distribution materials, and among them were familiar place names. Soeur, Arriet, and some areas on the frontier.

Isaac searched through his memories of playing the game and found that more than half of these areas had sanctuaries.

‘Are they creating a relay point for the resurrection of the ancient gods? The good location definitely helped, but… … .’

Maybe it was made easier for Walaika hunters to move around by using Lorecus distribution. However, it was difficult to be sure whether it was something Myungcheonsa would personally do.

However, with this data, Isaac was able to predict in which region the ancient god’s resurrection was being prepared. The ancient gods may not be resurrecting in all of these areas, but by gathering this information, we may be able to guess their purpose.

‘And the Immortal Church… … .’

No matter how insidious the Red Grail Club is, it is smaller in size and power than the Immortal Church. Moreover, Isaac witnessed firsthand how the Immortal Church was already trying to hatch an ancient god at Ariet Monastery. At that time, Walaika hunters were merely bodyguards and couriers.

‘Now that I think about it, when the game starts, most of the ancient gods are treated as field bosses or named monsters. At best, it would only be at the experience level, so why was it revived?’

As Isaac thought so, he realized that he might be thinking about something wrong.

‘What if the focus from the beginning was not on resurrecting the ancient gods, but on experience points?’

Isaac realized a new possibility.

‘What if someone is working on a plan to kill the resurrected ancient god and absorb its power?’