Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 77



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Episode 77 The place where the angel shed blood (3)

“It’s not the same… … .”

The Blood Knight growled and raised his whip. At that time, Blood Knight felt a strange tremor in the air. Her voice was low, inaudible but still enough to make you shiver to the core.

The Blood Knight felt creepy and looked around.

However, the screaming was not only heard from one place. The Blood Knight trembled as he realized that the true source of the noise was coming from a sound chamber at least the size of a mountain. Something was stirring in the colored darkness beyond.

The Blood Knight, who belatedly decided that Isaac was summoning something, hurriedly swung his whip. For a moment, Isaac narrowed his fingers and made the appearance of squeezing the Blood Knight’s body and legs.

Wow.

A gust of wind blew as if the atmosphere had been shattered. From the colors of the beyond that were scattered around like fog, a torso-sized tentacle emerged and wrapped around the Blood Knight’s body and legs.

The Blood Knight widened his eyes and saw the tentacles wrapping around his body starting to crush his armor and flesh in an instant.

“for a moment… … .”

The Blood Knight tried to say something urgently, but Isaac mercilessly spread his hands to his sides.

Waddeuddeuddeuk.

A terrible sound rang out.

The Blood Knight let out a roar that was unclear whether it was resistance or a scream.

At that moment, trolls suddenly appeared from above the valley. Isaac recognized them as trolls under Hezabel’s control.

Now, instead of Hesabel, who has virtually been stripped of her authority, she is controlled by the Blood Knight, who has stronger control.

‘It looks like they set an ambush and tried to attack all at once.’

However, as the situation became more urgent, it seems that he had no choice but to call. The trolls rushed towards Isaac at once.

Isaac immediately twisted his fingers slightly.

Pow, sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssswp.

Soon, a sound like a water balloon bursting came out. The huge tentacles twisted and squeezed the Blood Knight’s body, shattering it into pieces. Pieces of armor and flesh were scattered all over the valley.

When Isaac waved his finger, tentacles swept around in an instant.

Unlike the Blood Knights, the trolls could not last even a moment. Instead of exploding as soon as they hit the trolls, they crumbled and disappeared as if they were being torn apart by the teeth and thorns attached to the tentacles. Soon, all that remained everywhere were traces of the terrible battle and blood stains.

The tentacle greedily devoured the remaining flesh and disappeared into the color beyond.

[I feasted on ‘Blood Knight’.]

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

[Health recovery ability increases.]

[Endurance recovery ability increases.]

[The blessing will remain until it is digested.]

Perhaps because it was a monster with only simple physical powers, it did not acquire any special abilities. However, Isaac felt that the stamina that had been consumed with the use of the ability just now was quickly replenishing.

‘It’s insanely powerful.’

Isaac looked at the shattered remains of the Blood Knight and looked dumbfounded.

The ability Isaac used just now was the result of combining ‘Touch of Chaos’ and ‘Colors from Beyond’ as a reward for defeating the Prophet of Red Flesh.

As a result, Isaac was able to obtain the skill he had just used, ‘Grip of the Abyss’.

[Grip of the Abyss (S)]

[Summon the grasp of the abyss from the colors beyond. The thickness, length, and number of strands of the grip that can be summoned are proportional to the user’s saturation consumption. Anyone who sees the grip receives a psychological shock proportional to the time they watched it.]

‘Was this originally a technique that only nameless high-ranking cultists of Chaos could use? … .’

Even so, since it was a monster-only skill, players were unable to use it. As a monster-only skill, it was an insane performance that did not care about balance.

Of course, it may have been strengthened by eating red flesh and also gained a sanctuary buff, making its power even stronger. The downside was that, as a powerful technique, the amount of satiety it consumed was enormous. Even after devouring the Blood Knight, I felt momentary hunger.

Isaac thought that if he had this ability when dealing with the Prophet of Red Flesh, it would have been much easier to deal with.

‘I can’t use this proudly in front of other people, but… … .’

Isaac smiled bitterly and muttered to himself. Still, it seemed like he had now gained enough ability to deceive and incite people around him. Even the bishop cannibalizes himself as a saint, so you can tell just by looking at him. The Marquis was also anxious to attract him to his side.

‘Well, no matter who sees it, you just have to leave no witnesses.’

It may have been a shocking sound for anyone to hear, but Isaac thought calmly as he walked.

When the remains of the Blood Knight were exposed to sunlight, they crumbled into ash just like the headhunters did. But the traces of the battle remained clear. As Isaac Blood Knight examined her dead body, he noticed something.

It was Phantom Steed’s saddle and harness.

[Phantom Steed’s Harness (A)]

[Harness worn on the Death Knight’s war horse. Without this harness, you cannot ride on top of the Phantom Steed. If you put it on an ordinary horse, it will not know fear or pain. Even if you receive a fatal wound, death is postponed for a short period of time, and after death, you are reborn as Phantom Steed.]

‘Is it useful? ‘Maybe it could be useful.’

This time it was all about valleys and sieges, so they didn’t fight much on horseback, but Isaac had not forgotten the romance of a cavalry charge.

If you travel around a large area, there will be a lot of fighting on horseback, so I decided to take it with me for now.

***

Isaac thought it would be strange to go down immediately after telling Marquis Delia that it was a dangerous fight, so he decided to look around more. If a paladin or bishop comes and sees this scene in person, his greatness will stand out even more.

‘I’m especially curious as to why the Blood Knight was here or crouching.’

If it was aimed at Isaac, it could have been secretly hidden in a place like the basement of the castle. Rather, it would be easier to study at night. However, the Blood Knight was hiding like a trap in a cave in a remote valley. As if he knew Isaac would come here.

The relationship may have changed, but Isaac was convinced that the Red Flesh Prophet had something hidden here.

Inside the waterway cave that led to this abandoned mine.

Isaac walked slowly into the cave.

The cave was large enough for the Blood Knight to move around, but it was dark.

Waste rocks, impurities, and debris left over from mineral mining were piled up along the groundwater. The corpse of a paladin was half buried in the sediment.

‘I’ll have to tell you to take care of it later.’

Isaac passed the paladin’s body and went inside.

“hmm.”

Before long, Isaac stopped again.

So much sediment had accumulated that the width of the cave narrowed, making it difficult to enter further. I might be able to get there if I lie face down in the water, but I didn’t really want to do that.

‘what? Was there anything wrong?’

As Isaac was about to leave again, something caught his eye. The solid rock next to the groundwater was sparkling.

Isaac held the Ruad Din key close to see what it was.

Then the rock I was holding on to became blurry and disappeared like fog.

“This… … ah.”

Isaac realized that it was because of the Ruad Din key.

Although it was used instead of lighting, the Ruaddin Key, as its name suggests, had the ability to unlock low to intermediate levels of seals. It seemed that someone who wanted to hide this place had probably sealed it with an illusion.

Then, several rocks disappeared, the illusion was broken, and what was revealed inside was an abandoned mineshaft.

Isaac waited with a distraught expression, wondering what he had to hide in the abandoned mine, but soon his eyes widened.

‘This was the secret of Hendlock’s territory.’

The mines in Hendrak’s territory were not closed because the mineral veins were exhausted.

It was closed to hide what they discovered beneath the mine.

A being with multiple wings had turned into a fossil and was clinging to the huge wall of the abandoned mine. Although only a portion of the platinum-colored fossil was exposed, it was large enough to be intimidating.

Isaac guessed the size of the thing buried under the rock.

‘It’s probably about 10m. I’ll be bigger than the red-fleshed prophet.’

There was no guessing its identity: it was an angel.

When I saw its shape, it looked like an angel from the Code of Light. It wasn’t difficult to guess why the angel was like this.

‘Fallen angel… … .’

As can be seen in the example of the Red Flesh Prophet, the will of angels does not necessarily coincide with the will of God. However, if that will is excessively distorted or if you commit an unforgivable sin, you will be punished.

The content of punishment varies depending on faith. However, I knew that the Code of Light punishes people by being buried underground where there is no light and turning into stone.

Angels who were punished by God in this way were called fallen angels.

This angel also probably committed apostasy or a big mistake.

The previous Lord Hendlock would have been shocked as soon as he discovered this fossil. And he must have ordered the mine to be closed in order to somehow hide the other angels in his territory. If you make a mistake and the Heretic Questioner comes, the situation will become complicated.

This fallen angel was the identity of the enormous amount of divine power that was accumulated in Hendrak territory. Perhaps the divine power escaped from this fallen angel as it turned into a fossil, but it seemed to remain stagnant as it was unable to escape the abandoned mineshaft.

It was tragic, but Isaac felt his lips twitch.

‘Sacred power is divine power, but… … Angels that become fossils like this become materials for making precious equipment.’

Even in death, an angel is an angel. Even in games, these fallen angel body parts are used as very powerful catalysts, although their effects and usage methods vary. The Red Flesh Prophet was probably aiming for this.

Suddenly, Isaac realized that he had spent too long here. The priests will come soon. If they discover this, things will get complicated, just as Lord Hendlock feared.

Suddenly, Isaac had a good idea.

It seemed like it would have been easier to proceed if the subject of the fallen angel had been added to the original plan.

“Please stay still until I come back.”

Isaac made a lame joke and tapped the fossilized angel with his finger.

***

The priests, heresy inquisitors, and paladins who arrived late were astonished at the chaos unfolding in the valley.

The debris created when defeating the Blood Knight turned into ash and disappeared over time, just as it did when fighting the Walaika vampire. However, the troll debris, broken trees, and broken stones were not like that.

“It was a powerful enemy.”

But Isaac’s testimony was plain.

Isaac’s demeanor was as neat as his plain testimony. However, one of the paladins returned as a corpse and another was mortally wounded. Moreover, the Marquis of Delia, who went with him, was gibbering about having encountered a terrible enemy.

What you see is heavier than what you say.

The paladins praised Isaac for having exterminated yet another terrible monster.

Upon returning to the castle, Isaac began reporting.

“Maybe he was the source of the curse.”

Bishop Juan glanced at the Inquisitor. The Heretic Questioner nodded in agreement.

“I found no traces of the curse in the castle, and other than the curse, I found no reason for the Blood Knights to appear. Moreover, since the testimony of Marquis Delia and several knights matched, it is judged that what Isaac the Grail Knight said is correct.”

“Right. “It’s a great achievement.”

Juan smiled with satisfaction on his wrinkled face. Now there were virtually no obstacles to canonizing Isaac as an adult.

At that time, Isaac bowed down before Juan.

“I would like to ask you a favor. Bishop Juan.”

“ask? “It would be better to ask for a reward rather than a favor.”

“I am not in a position to receive an award. It’s just a victory I gained thanks to the two paladins who fought heroically before I fought in the first place. “I would like to send the fallen paladin to the Holy Knights’ monastery to commemorate his exploits, and also ask that the injured paladin be treated, supported, and rewarded as much as possible.”

One was killed in an ambush, and another was dragged around and left in ruins, but Isaac deliberately packed them away. It was the foundation for the next step. Bishop Juan smiled as if he was satisfied with Isaac’s humble yet conceding victory.

He was truly a talent needed in the Code of Light.

“Isn’t that the church’s job to do, not something to ask for?”

“And there is one more thing. “I only drove out the Blood Knight, but I did not completely defeat the curse.”

“You couldn’t eradicate it?”

“yes.”

Bishop Juan and the Inquisitors were at a loss, not knowing how to judge Isaac’s words. You succeed in defeating an angel, but you can’t defeat a much lesser Blood Knight? Of course, the Blood Knight was not an easy opponent, but it was nothing compared to an angel.

Bishop Juan looked at Isaac and asked.

“Does this mean he ran away?”

“no. “While exploring where it appeared, I discovered something unholy.”

“Something profane?”

Isaac hesitated, as if he didn’t even dare to say it. In fact, it was intentionally done to irritate the people present. Bishop Juan, feeling impatient, was about to ask again when Isaac opened his mouth.

“I am a fallen angel.”

The murmur spread. Fallen angels were not commonly found. Even if they were discovered, there were many cases where they were buried without being revealed to the public because the religious order handled them secretly. Isaac spoke quickly before the confusion subsided. The people who were buzzing at the sound of Isaac’s voice fell silent at once.

“It is presumed that the Prophet of Red Flesh also tried to take advantage of this fallen angel. In that case, the origin of the curse may be in the fallen angels, and we do not know what harm a being who disobeys the Code of Light will cause to the realm… … Please help us overcome the curse with the power of the church.”

Isaac asked, pretending to be a faithful paladin, but the meaning was clear. People in the church immediately understood what Isaac was talking about.

This is because the church had the most common way to suppress the land where evil energy was flowing.

“Are you asking me to build a monastery?”

“It’s not possible!”

Even before Juan finished speaking, the Marquis Delia jumped up and shouted, as if in a fit of convulsions.

“This is the territory that His Majesty the Emperor has granted to your vassals! “The church cannot do what it wants!”

Isaac secretly raised the corners of his mouth as he looked at the people who had already started raising their voices at each other.

Now, kill each other from now on.