Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 114



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Episode 114 Drowned King (1)

“what… … .”

At that moment, Isaac moved his body reflexively. There was no time to determine whether Hyannis’ words were true or not. The sense of discomfort that kept bothering him and the assumption that he had ‘no intention of performing the moon well ritual’ were enough reasons to move.

The moment he bounced back, the Drowned King’s tentacles grazed the spot where his body had been. The railing and deck of the Brave Salmon were shattered, causing the ship to rock violently. Yenkos was shocked and urgently grabbed Aidan to prevent him from falling into the sea.

Isaac thought as he landed, holding on to the mast.

‘You don’t plan on doing the Moonwell ceremony? why? Didn’t you plan to send a messenger to wake the god?’

The Drowned King’s tentacles flew towards Isaac again. It was difficult to judge the expression on the octopus’ face. Beneath the epidermis covered in runny mucus, the face was expressionless. However, the rougher wind and waves took the place of his more urgent feelings.

Quack! Isaac dodged again, but the mast of the Brave Salmon was smashed to pieces in one fell swoop. With this, her sailboat, the Intrepid Salmon, was rendered unable to move until another of her ships towed her away.

It meant that I was completely isolated on this sea.

Isaac combined the clues and situations given.

‘The Salt Council was confused and divided after misinterpreting the Drowned King’s message. In the end, the council was divided and brought out a boat to kill the drowned king. In the meantime, it was attacked by fishmen and just before it sank, it barely survived thanks to the intervention of the Drowned King. He then revealed that his message was a mistranslation and announced that he would proceed with the Moonwell ceremony to send a messenger to the afterlife.’

Isaac suddenly thought back and realized that there was a problem from the beginning.

In the first place, no matter how bad the Drowned King’s dialect is, is he able to speak in confusingly vague terms about who will participate in the ritual and who will be offered as a human sacrifice? As it was an important ceremony, the Drowned King should have spoken accurately.

But otherwise.

What if it was intentionally vague in the first place?

‘Could it be that I made the mistranslation?’

In fact, Isaac didn’t hear the original text.

Maybe the Salt Council members actually translated it accurately. The Drowned King’s message is intentionally filled with poetic words that are easy to misunderstand.

“You bastard, were you really planning on receiving a human sacrifice!”

***

Attention was focused on Isaac’s angry words. Hyannis ground his teeth, and Yenkos opened his eyes and held his breath. The Drowned King stopped swinging his tentacles and stared at Isaac.

If they swung their tentacles to catch Isaac any longer, they were going to sink the entire ship. That’s why he wrapped his tentacles around the brave salmon.

A screaming sound was heard as if the stomach was being crushed.

Isaac took out the Ruad-Din Key to protect Aidan. As the hot heat radiated in all directions, the tentacles fluttered and moved away from the surrounding area.

Isaac began to reveal what he had realized.

“I intentionally delivered an ambiguous message and divided the Salt Council! The Salt Council probably wanted to filter out those who would willingly accept human sacrifice and those who would risk their lives to protest! So, if those who protest come out to sea, I plan to sink them all!”

It is a simple purge method.

If a king intentionally shows himself weak or shows his true colors by engaging in outrageous actions, he will immediately suppress him.

For what? It’s obvious.

The angel who lost contact with God decided to become the new god of the church.

[You’re being unreasonable. Holy Grail Knight. Then why did I save you from the fishmen?]

Despite being exposed, the Drowned King’s tone of voice was calm. There was no need to make excuses since they had caught the boat Isaac was in anyway, but they said they would give it a try.

There was the overlooking gaze of an overwhelming being.

Isaac shouted in a panic.

“Because the fishmen’s attack was your order in the first place!”

The size and organizational power of this group of fish people is abnormal. That was something Hyannis had already pointed out.

But it makes sense if angels intervened. To avoid being criticized by other Salt Council members, the Drowned King instead sought out mercenaries to get his hands dirty.

“He promised that if he accepted the human sacrifice and ascended to the rank of god, he would also save the fishmen! They will replace the lost god! A god who encompasses the Salt Council and the Fishmen!”

It is said that the roots of the fish people are like the Salt Council. However, they chose to return to the sea and serve other ancient gods, and the Salt Council remained on the sea. So it was not awkward for the Drowned King to accept them again.

In this case, it may be that the Drowned King becomes the god of the fishmen.

“And you saved me? You must have intervened because the Fishmen’s song was going to win over not only the ‘traitors’ but also the lawmakers who would be loyal to you! “Because you wanted to eat the Salt Council as intact as possible!”

In fact, Chairman Yenkos’ ship appeared not long after the Drowned King appeared. It was a difficult situation for the Drowned King to have sailors who might be on his side thrown into the sea. So, only after the fishmen began to sing the siren’s song did they create a scene in which they were subdued and saved.

If things had gone as planned, everything would have gone smoothly. The hardliners, including Hyannis, would have been thrown into the sea, and only the conformists like Yenkos would have remained.

But everything went wrong when Isaac boarded the ship.

At the same time, a bow was also created.

It’s called the Dalwell Ritual.

“And now, they are probably thinking of offering a sacrifice under the pretense of a moon water ceremony. Because it is the simplest way to acquire divinity. “Did you really want to become a god, the Drowned King?”

[haha… … .]

The Drowned King let out a slow laugh.

[You are hastening the order by needlessly interfering with other people’s beliefs, you living sin.]

***

Tuk, tutu tuk.

It started to rain with strong winds.

Now the sky began to distort its shape at random and develop into a typhoon. Pole-like raindrops hit the deck. Meanwhile, the Drowned King and Isaac looked at each other without blinking.

[I said this kind of plot doesn’t suit me… … I should have quit when those skeletons egged me on.]

From the words of the Drowned King, Isaac could tell that the Immortal Church had intervened this time. It seems that the Immortal Church was also present when Carlsen Milter contacted him.

The Drowned King didn’t seem to have any intention of hiding that fact.

“It looks like you have no intention of making an excuse?”

[I was happy to have a conversation after a long time, but I don’t think there’s any need to make excuses.]

The Drowned King’s words still contained the arrogance and composure of looking down.

When he first tried to catch Isaac, he had a clear look of confusion. Showing this kind of composure now meant that I had no intention or need to hide anything anymore.

In fact, this was the typical relationship between angels and humans.

Angels do not communicate with humans.

They only declare and deliver as messengers of God and mouthpieces of His will.

[Listen!]

Isaac felt a painful will being transmitted to him that made his head feel bright. Isaac realized that this was the same way nameless chaos communicated its will.

A way of communicating one’s will through the use of faith. However, it was much more crude and rough than nameless chaos.

Instead, the Drowned King was able to accurately convey his will without any room for misinterpretation.

[The long wait is over!]

The storm was getting worse.

As the storm rocked the ship, each ship clung to the railing above the deck amid the fearful wonders of nature, the violent voice of the Drowned King, and the fear that something was happening.

[Instead of waiting for my father who has no answer, I try to guide your path!]

The captains who heard about the Moonwell ceremony looked at each other in bewilderment.

Wasn’t it decided to send a messenger to the afterlife?

Is the ceremony over already?

Could it be that our god is not coming back?

They were so shocked by the ‘father who did not answer’ that they did not pay attention to what followed.

But Yenkos understood exactly what it meant.

[Wandering and suffering castaways, listen to the call from beneath the sea!]

***

“Take Aidan into the cabin!”

As soon as the Drowned King finished his declaration, Isaac shouted loudly. However, Yankos, who was protecting Aidan in an unconscious state, was not even able to breathe properly.

I don’t know what Isaac and the Drowned King talked about. However, the Drowned King did not even make excuses, but rather openly declared his apostasy.

Yenkos sensed that everything Isaac had said was true.

‘Are you saying that the ambiguous expression was intentionally put forward so as to have the possibility of dividing opinions?’

In fact, the words they heard when they met the Drowned King here were intuitive expressions that left no room for confusion in meaning when interpreted slowly.

At that time, Hyannis strongly pulled Yenkos by the shoulder. Hyannis said, looking around with a nervous expression.

“The ocean currents are carrying entire ships. It is already in the middle of the sea, far from land. “I’m trying to prevent you from escaping!”

“To prevent them from running away? why… … .”

Yenkos muttered as if he didn’t understand, then remembered what Isaac had said. The Drowned King said that in order to devour the church, he was deliberately ‘purging’ those who might oppose him. And now here, more than half of the members of the Salt Council had gathered, whether for or against the Drowned King.

This means that the fate of the Salt Council will be decided here and now.

Hyannis shouted in a panic.

“We must prepare for battle, Chairman Yenkos!”

Will you make a human sacrifice and worship the Drowned King as a new god, or will you punish the Drowned King, a fallen angel who dared to commit apostasy?

Either way, it was a blinding sight for Yenkos.

The reason she passively supported human sacrifice in the first place was only to maintain the status quo. And now she couldn’t make her choice.

Losing the Drowned King meant not only leaving God completely, but also losing the only angel left by their side.

Hyannis grabbed Yenkos, who was still motionless, and tried to pull him up. But Yenkos shook off his touch and pulled out his cutlass.

The tip of her shaking sword was pointed at Hyannis.

“Get back now, Hyannis. “Because the ceremony is still in progress.”

***

Isaac couldn’t care less what was happening on the other side of the ship. The Drowned King was too big of an enemy to fight while paying attention to everything else. Even though he was weaker than his prime due to being neglected and asleep for a long time, he still showed great power just with the power to summon a typhoon.

Moreover, the battlefield called the sea is special to him.

Isaac had a hard time even standing and maintaining his balance on the boat.

[Are you planning on resisting, Holy Grail Knight?]

Instead of swinging his tentacles, the Drowned King whispered in a voice full of laughter.

[If you are mistaken because the bottom is still hard, it would be a good idea to plunge into the deep sea and then talk after taking all the air out of your lungs.]

The Drowned King raised one of his huge tentacles and struck the ship as if it were splitting it open.

The flames burning fiercely from the Ruad Din Key collided with the tentacles.