Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 101



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Episode 101 Brazier Craftsman (2)

“And I’d like to ask you one more thing.”

“Something?”

Isaac pointed at Aidan. Aidan, who had been quietly listening to the story, suddenly caught the attention of the two people and straightened his back in embarrassment.

“I have something I promised my friend. To the Salt Council… … .”

“That’s not possible.”

Suddenly, Ulsten spoke clearly. His expression was stiff.

Isaac asked curiously.

“Are you saying you didn’t even listen to what I asked you to make?”

“At best, you’re asking the Salt Council to make a holy relic. “Something like an anonymous Bible.”

Isaac smiled because it was accurate.

It was not unusual for a brazier craftsman to make sacred relics of other faiths. Rather, even angels and priests of other faiths preferred sacred relics made by brazier craftsmen. This was because the sacred objects made by the brazier craftsman were nothing more than wrapping paper, and what was filled inside them was up to God.

Even if the same vessel is made, whether it is filled with water or blood is determined by the mind of the person who holds the vessel.

But Ulsten flatly refused to even make the bowl.

“Aidan, do you think this guy has never asked me a favor? “It’s not that it’s difficult, it’s impossible.”

“Why?”

“In the first place, I did not create the anonymous Bible alone. If you have come this far, you will know that it has been touched by many people. To the point where I have nothing to say even if I’m criticized as an apostate. There are various materials needed. “It’s not something you can make with just one fallen angel.”

That was also what Isaac expected.

It was a miracle in the first place that the Immortal Church, the Code of Light, the Furnace of the World, the Red Holy Grail, and the Churches that were anxious not to eat each other would join forces. The anonymous Bible was not something that could be made if desired, nor was it something that could be made again.

But what Isaac wanted was not an obscure Bible.

“It’s the same even if you want another holy relic. The salt council god is now buried beneath the salt flats. Do you think that a holy relic created without God’s message, blessing, or permission is truly a holy relic?”

Wolften snorted and muttered.

“It’s going to be a mess because everything gets mixed up inside. The Salt Council will probably serve that as a good thing. Meanwhile, an unknown Bible? “It would be fortunate if we served the ancient gods as a group and did not kill each other.”

It was said that something similar to what the ancient gods did in Soeur could happen again. And Isaac laughed because this was actually something the Salt Council often did.

The Salt Council was now full of all kinds of superstitious behavior and taboos. It was because the proper doctrine was lost.

Aidan seemed disappointed by Ulsten’s firm words.

Honestly, Isaac shouldn’t serve a difficult god, but a proper god… … So, I wanted to say, what if we serve something like nameless chaos?

But now the Salt Congress was also needed in its own way.

“Don’t worry about that, just make it.”

“So, even for this friend’s sake, you shouldn’t do something like that carelessly… … .”

“Once I make it, I will make it a proper holy object. “Because I made a promise.”

Aidan’s eyes widened at Isaac’s words.

Are you going to make it a ‘proper’ sacred object? It was as if they knew a way to reconnect with their God, whom they had lost touch with. A method that not even the few priests of the Salt Council know about.

In fact, Isaac, who had seen the ending with the Salt Council, knew a simple method.

As the two people looked at each other in shock, Isaac asked softly.

“Can I ask you a favor now?”

“Shouldn’t we start by talking about what sacred object we will make?”

“It’s okay if it’s not that great because we’re going to use it as a catalyst. It would be nice if it were small and could be used for ceremonial purposes. “I’ll give you the rough form.”

Ulsten thought about Isaac’s words for a moment and then nodded.

“good… … I don’t know what you’re thinking, but I decided to cooperate, so I’ll help. “Then I have to make two, but what do you plan on paying for them?”

“I have no intention of hiring a furnace craftsman at a low price.”

Isaac said, patting the fallen angel.

“The reason you crossed the sea is probably not to get paid. While you’re here, we’ll provide you with the supplies you need for whatever you build. Equipment and facilities too. In fact, I think Fallen Angel is the best material to compromise on.”

Ulsten stared at Isaac. He has already revealed the reason why he crossed the sea. He said it was to regenerate his god, who had entered the furnace, with the hands of his craftsman. That means Isaac will help with that. Depending on the viewer, it could be interpreted as apostasy.

“Can you swear to God?”

Isaac smiled.

“I swear to the Code of Light.”

***

Even though it provides precious fallen angel pieces, it is cheap compared to hiring a brazier craftsman. Just having a furnace craftsman would make the empire’s nobles and merchants turn a blind eye.

The size of the fallen angel was sufficient. It can be distributed satisfactorily to both the Hearth Master and the Salt Council. Anyway, if you want to distribute it unnoticed in the market, you have to leak it little by little.

But that doesn’t mean I can swear in the name of nameless chaos, so I just swear by the code of light. It’s not that he ‘accidentally changed his mind’ and didn’t want to pay the price for breaking his oath. Not really.

But Aidan, who was walking beside her, didn’t seem to think so.

“that… … “May I ask where we are going?”

Isaac didn’t answer.

Ulsten was left in front of the fallen angel, and Isaac was leading Aidan deep into the mine. It wasn’t dark because the light on the Ruad Din key that Isaac was holding was bright, but the stuffy air unique to an abandoned mineshaft that had been closed for a long time was squeezing Aidan’s chest.

Aidan began to imagine that Isaac would swing the knife and say, ‘I’m done with my business, so I’ll just die here.’

Then, when Isaac started heading outside again, he let out a sigh of relief. I don’t know what Isaac was planning to do, but it didn’t seem like he was planning on using this as his grave.

Then Isaac stopped.

“What is safe?”

“yes? Uh, I think you’re heading out now… … .”

“We have never walked down the same aisle before. I’m still walking through the dark and deep mineshaft. “How did you know this was the way out?”

Aidan’s body became stiff.

Isaac was testing himself. But he couldn’t answer casually, so he hesitated in his answer.

However, Isaac gave the answer that Aidan could not.

“Well, since you’ve been here before, you probably know the unfamiliar roads well. is not it?”

Aidan couldn’t answer.

What role did the Salt Council play in Hendlock territory?

“If you can’t tell because of the taboo against lying, I’ll tell you for you. This is what the Salt Council does. Of course, there was transportation and smuggling.”

As can be seen from the fact that even the furnace craftsmen crossed the sea with the help of the Salt Council, the majority of sea sailors are followers of the Salt Council. At sea, no one can move without the eyes of the Salt Council.

Conversely, this means that the help of the Salt Council is essential to let in materials or people from the Immortal Church or the Red Grail Club while avoiding the eyes of the Code of Light. The Salt Council, like the Golden Idol, did not belong to either the White Empire or the Black Empire, so there was no reason to hesitate.

“So Aidan Verbeek, what were you sneaking in and out of this abandoned mineshaft?”

Again, Isaac asked Aidan, knowing the answer.

Aidan took a deep breath, as if he realized that keeping his mouth shut was useless, and then opened his mouth.

Anyway, now that Rishen Hendrak is dead and Carlsen Milter has disappeared, it is out of his hands.

“… … Weapons and equipment… … no see.”

Isaac waited for further words. But Aidan said nothing more.

Isaac asked, tilting his head.

“also?”

“yes? “That’s it.”

“Didn’t you bring a corpse or a bone or something?”

Aidan looked at Isaac with an expression as if he were saying something sinister, but when he realized what he was implying, he became thoughtful and waved his hand urgently.

“Undead?! The Salt Council may be involved in this, but it’s not as crazy as it sounds! “There are different levels of sin between a local lord purchasing weapons and hiding undead!”

When I saw him speak with a straight face, he was sincere. Because it was a word from a member of the Salt Council, Isaac believed it without even needing to use the Eye of Chaos.

Lishen was preparing something similar to an uprising here. Probably, since they were trying to create a new god called Carlsen Milter and establish a nation, they probably needed a lot of things. So he would have tried to stockpile weapons that would not decay first.

An abandoned mine would have been a good place to hide such materials.

In the meantime, I received help from the Immortal Church, so I thought the troops might be hiding, but it seems they didn’t go that far astray.

‘The intention was to establish a new god, not to commit oneself to the Immortal Church.’

He probably had his own logic and reasons. Then, as is usual with these types of conspiracies, Carlsen Milter disappeared and trouble arose with the Prophet of Red Flesh, and he was eliminated.

“Where is that equipment?”

Isaac asked, putting his hand on Aidan’s shoulder. Aidan calmly led the way to the acorn warehouse that Lishen had hidden. Isaac thought as he watched Aidan skillfully lead the way even in the dark.

The Salt Council is thought of as nothing more than smugglers or sailors, but in reality, they have much more utility than that.

A secret shared only by believers.

Once Ulsten creates the relic, it will play a very useful role.

***

Under Ulsten’s guidance, we headed back into the abandoned mine. It didn’t take longer than expected, and Aidan and Isaac arrived in front of a tunnel blocked by planks. A shabby sign on the plank reads, “Danger!” All there was was a warning sign that said ‘Closed pit’.

“I don’t think it’s that far from the entrance.”

“If it is left too deep, it will be difficult to manage, and it will be difficult if the mine collapses.”

Isaac broke the plank with a knife and went inside. Even though it is an abandoned mine that has not been inhabited for a long time, it has managed to be well-preserved without collapsing. But soon, Isaac felt the air in the tunnel changing.

The inside of the tunnel was quite wide. Inside the large cavity, wooden boxes were piled high.

“Oh, there it is. Just like the last time I saw it… … .”

Isaac stopped Aidan abruptly. Aidan stood tall and looked ahead.

Gradually. Something moved in the dark. Aidan suddenly felt the air was chilly. It was a bit cold inside the cave, but not this much.

“Uh, undead? It can’t be… … .”

“It’s necromancy. “It’s Living Armor.”

What began to clatter and move in the darkness were armor and swords flying in the air.

Aidan became thoughtful and quickly shook his head.

“Well, I didn’t lie… … .”

“know. I guess I was just fooled. And living armor is not suitable for military use.”

Ghosts do not understand tactical actions and can only perform simple actions. It seemed as if a spell had been placed on the ghost and it had been erected to serve as a simple watchdog or servant to manage the weapons. There was nothing surprising. The Immortal Church was already a bunch of bastards who kept their priests in the basement of the monastery for decades in order to serve as one of the ancient gods.

The Living Armor began moving here and there, making clanking noises, as if sensing an intruder. There was no one in sight that could pose a threat to Isaac. Destroying the Living Armor was as simple as using an undead expulsion miracle or removing the magic catalyst hidden in the armor.

However, Isaac did not want to damage the precious weapon.

“Uh, should I call someone from outside?”

“no.”

Isaac glanced at Aidan and turned his head.

“Watch what I do.”

Aidan put the Ruad Din key into the scabbard and flicked his left hand. At that time, a Living Armor rushed towards Isaac without a sound. The moment the two crossed, Isaac thrust his left hand into Living Armor’s chest.

Quad deud deuk.

The tentacle pierced the armor and instantly suppressed the catalyst inside. But Isaac didn’t stop there. He imbued the tentacles with divine power and gorged on the souls residing in the armor.

The tentacles swelled up in an instant. The tentacles, which quickly spread into dozens of strands, filled the inside of the armor at once, and even protruded from all over the holes, voraciously eating up the souls that had begun to disperse.

The Living Armorers who saw that scene let out a hysterical spiritual scream.

[Dark Eucharist is activated.]