Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 144



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Episode 144 Blades in the stomach (2)

Isaac raised his sword.

Although it was a practice sword, it was quite heavy and not much different from a real sword. Rene casually picked up a stone and threw it between them.

The moment the stone hit the floor was the signal.

Isaac and Bachel’s bodies moved simultaneously.

Take a look.

For a moment, a sound that made the grass in the garden tremble passed by. Isaac and Bachel exchanged surprised looks.

The two swords crossed at exactly the right place, waiting for the moment to move again.

Isaac quickly widened the distance as if bouncing. It was the same with Bachel.

‘what?’

Isaac felt a strong sense of discomfort. But he couldn’t figure out the identity of that feeling of discomfort. But Bachel had a stern expression, as if he had already realized the true nature of the discomfort.

For Isaac to realize, he had no choice but to clash his swords again.

Isaac swung his sword from top to bottom.

Of course, Bachel lifted the sword and aimed for Isaac’s wrist or head. But somehow Isaac was able to predict it. He struck so hard that attempts to kick it away were useless. It’s a blow that could have either broken his wrist or cracked his head, but Bachel rather slipped through and dug in. The sword Isaac was wielding now actually got in the way of movement. However, he was not fazed by the movement of Bachel, who was right in front of him, and swung his pommel, aiming for the bridge of his nose. But before he could gain strength, he was blocked by Bachel’s left hand.

chin. Isaac, whose hand was blocked by Bachel’s left hand, missed his shoulder, and Bachel brought the sword to Isaac’s neck.

There was a breathtaking silence. Isaac opened his mouth.

“As expected, you are the chief knight of the Imperial Guard Knights.”

Isaac calmly admitted defeat. A smile barely appeared on his lips.

But Bachel was looking at Isaac with a blunt expression.

He held the wooden sword to Isaac’s neck and asked without putting it away.

“Who did you learn how to use a knife from?”

“When I was in a monastery, there was a teacher who gave me grace.”

“You have met someone precious.”

Bachel removed the wooden sword from Isaac’s neck and stepped back. Only then did Renee, who had been holding her breath, clap her hands.

“It must have been a terrible match. Do you even want to applaud?”

“no. It was short but intense. At least you responded after seeing Chief Engineer Bachul’s movements, right? “It is not easy even for me, a member of the Imperial Guard Knights.”

At that time, Bachel said with a dry smile.

“Haha, Renee. The Holy Grail Knight is currently hiding his skills. Would you have been able to defeat an angel with just this level of skill? “You made a mistake when you restrained yourself for fear of getting hurt.”

“Eh, that’s the same for the chief engineer… … .”

Renee spoke frivolously and then closed her mouth. The Holy Grail Knight’s pride would fall to the ground if he went as far as to say that he accepted the sparring where it was clear that Bachel had won.

But Isaac also knew that Bachel had not tried his best.

‘I did my best, but it’s unfair.’

Of course, he didn’t use tentacles, miracles, advanced swordsmanship, the holy relics he possessed, or summoned any summoned beasts, but it was true that he lost unilaterally in a pure swordsmanship fight anyway.

I didn’t even think about defeating the chief knight of the Imperial Guard Knights, who, excluding the Holy Knights, were the strongest in the empire.

However, in this sparring, I was able to gain more than that.

Bachel’s eyes narrowed and gazed at Isaac.

“What are you going to do, Grail Knight? “Shall we spar a little more seriously this time?”

I felt an unknown tension. Isaac thought that from now on, it could be a fight between life and death. It was the moment he was about to answer.

“Me, me, me! “I want to try it too!”

Rene made a fuss and grabbed Bachel’s practice sword as if to snatch it away. She excitedly twirled her sword around and aimed it at Isaac.

“Let’s give it a try, Grail Knight! “Show me your skills in defeating an angel!”

Although Bachel laughed as if it was absurd, he had no choice but to retreat. Isaac had no choice but to accept it.

That day, Isaac suffered a brutal defeat at the hands of Renee. Although he did not use advanced swordsmanship, it was doubtful whether he would have been able to win even if he had used it.

But even in bitter defeat, something was gained. Although I didn’t get it from Renee.

The swordsmanship used by Bachel was very familiar to Isaac.

Isaac repeated the first movement he made with Bachel thousands and tens of thousands of times over the years.

Bachul was using Avalanche swordsmanship.

***

‘I only taught you the basics, but I’m sure there are people who will recognize the basics of Avalanche swordsmanship. ‘Because he must be someone who uses the same sword techniques as me.’

At Ariet Monastery, when Isaac was still just an orphan in the monastery.

Gebel taught Isaac swordsmanship and made only one request.

‘Kill him on the spot as soon as you encounter him.’

That was the reward for teaching Isaac swordsmanship and a request for Isaac’s safety. This was because the other party would do the same.

And today, Isaac met another opponent who used the same Avalanche sword technique.

‘… … The problem is that in terms of swordsmanship alone, he is the strongest in the Gertonian Empire.’

Gebel advised him to kill the person on the spot upon encountering him, but Isaac could not do that. How on earth could they kill the chief knight of the Imperial Guard Knights as soon as they met him? I don’t know if I could use tentacles, but I wanted to avoid the Emperor turning into a monster in the garden of the mansion just beyond the wall.

It was just suicide.

I was grateful to Gebel for many things, but I wasn’t grateful enough to actively commit suicide.

Fortunately, Bachel was in the same position.

Gebel said that the other party would also try to kill Isaac if he saw him using the Avalanche sword technique, but he did not do that. Even though Bachul has the ability to do so.

He, too, could not do anything to cut off the life of the rising Holy Grail Knight and son-in-law of the Brandt family in front of the Emperor.

In the end, it became difficult to kill each other.

Still, in a sense, Bachel was right.

Thanks to sparring, complicated thoughts fly away and only one thought remains.

‘How on earth do you kill a knight of the Empire’s strongest level?’

Of course, looking at the power alone, there are many people stronger than Bachel. No matter how strong Bachel is, he is still an individual. The emperor who is favored by God, the Pope who communicates with angels, the leaders of the Holy Knights who are wrapped in miracles… … They are definitely stronger than Bachel.

However, looking at individual swordsmanship alone, it would be difficult to find a person in the empire who is better than Bachul.

In other words, Isaac had to do everything in his power to deal with the angel, regardless of means or methods.

***

Sooooo… … .

The sound of waves crashing on the beach was loud.

There were few people on the beach late at night. The sound of waves and fine sand hid even the sound of small steps. So, with his whole body tense, Isaac waited for Bachel to come.

However, with no reward for Isaac’s nervousness, Bachel walked slowly from the direction of Rougeberg. Because he had made the discovery from so far away, and because he walked leisurely and in no hurry, Isaac was a little tired by the time he arrived.

Bachel stopped at a distance of about twenty steps, an awkward distance for conversation but not enough to make us nervous.

Isaac spoke first.

“I never called you, but you came here?”

“If I had been alone, you would have come looking for me. “This isn’t an invitation or anything.”

Sreung.

Bachel loosely withdrew his sword halfway. Her attitude was that she would swing at any time.

“For your information, if you were planning on getting help from the Gulmar family’s wife, we have already kicked you out.”

He is a person with no flaws.

Isaac sighed as he realized that he could sense Hesabel’s presence in the distance.

“Let’s make one thing clear. “You’re using the swordsmanship of the Holy Knights of Avalanche, right?”

“Check it. “I’ll check it too.”

Pulling out the sword and stabbing it were done in the same breath. It was so quiet and sudden that I couldn’t even hear the sound of the sword being drawn.

The gap of twenty steps meant nothing to Bachel. Isaac gritted his teeth and avoided it.

Sparks flew and the armor surface cracked.

Without any hesitation, it was literally an attack aimed at killing Isaac.

Bachel was a little surprised that Isaac had avoided it. She was further surprised by the sword flying towards his face at the same time as she was tearing at him.

Grumble! Even as she swung from her precarious position, Isaac narrowly clipped a few strands of Bachel’s gray hair.

Isaac immediately used Isaac Sword: Eight Prongs. The dry sand of the beach rose up violently and rushed towards Bachul.

Bachel struck out one of the tracks and was surprised by its ferocious force and the sticky, biting sensation.

But at that moment, a sound that exploded the air rang out. Isaac stumbled for a moment in shock.

I couldn’t hear. Seeing that there was no balance at all, it seemed like the semicircular canal had been damaged.

Bachul cut off all eight prongs while performing the foreshadowing movements of Avalanche swordsmanship. Bachel didn’t miss Isaac’s loss of balance and rushed at him right away. However, by that time, Isaac had already restored the eardrum with his monstrous regenerative power.

The battle finally began again.

“It can’t possibly be this much! How did you defeat the angel with just this skill? “Did you at least use that pretty face as a beauty?”

“Do you think it’s necessary to use the beauty world to hunt someone like you?”

Bachel gritted his teeth at Isaac’s sarcasm.

“I can beat someone like you with just one sword!”

The sand bounced and the air rent. As the waves silently shattered the moonlight, the footprints and sword marks of the two people were scattered across the sand.

Bachel was not giving his all. In any case, the opponent is the Holy Grail Knight who dealt with an angel. Since he didn’t know how he defeated the angel, he had to think he had an ace up his sleeve. Thinking back on that time, he couldn’t show his cards in advance.

Nevertheless, the momentum was unilaterally taken by Bachel. Isaac was the only one who got hurt and was out of breath.

But Bachel was feeling a strange sense of discomfort.

‘Are the movements getting faster?’

Bachel made a diagonal stabbing motion. Earlier, Isaac narrowly parried an attack and nearly broke his wrist. But this time, he naturally twisted the blade and brushed it away.

Only then did Bachul become sure.

‘Could it be that you are learning swordsmanship from me now?’

It may seem absurd, but Isaac’s skills were growing in real time. The Isaac who had been sparring during the day and the Isaac who was now competing for his life were on a completely different level. With each additional wound, with each breath that squeezed his lungs out, his level rose one step at a time.

Not more or less, just enough to save my own life.

Nevertheless, Isaac was not pulling out his trump card.

Bachel suddenly felt afraid at that frightening growth rate.

bang! Bachel’s attack suddenly became more ferocious.

Isaac immediately stumbled and took a few steps back. At some point, the sound of splashing water was heard. Before he knew it, the waves that came in had wet his ankles.

There was no longer any place to retreat.

Bachul’s sword shone faintly.

Quad deud deuk!

Their swords clashed once again. Isaac nearly fell to his knees. Incredible pressure was being transmitted through the sword. No, it wasn’t just the sword, it was being transmitted to his shoulders, head, spine, and his entire body. A power that seems to crush people.

“I guess your teacher didn’t teach you this move?”

Isaac realized that this was one of the advanced sword techniques.

It was violence worthy of the name Avalanche, literally a landslide. Isaac realized that if he didn’t get down on his knees like this, every bone in his body would break.

Sigh. The waves that came in at that time wet Isaac’s ankles.

And Isaac realized that his chance had finally come.

He gritted his teeth and performed a certain movement.

Isaac Swordsmanship: Saw blade tearing.

Kwajajajajajajag! The sword, which was just touching its blades without any movement, began to vibrate violently. And at that moment, an explosive momentum rose up as if on fire.

Isaac’s sword instantly dug into Bachul’s sword as if biting into it.

“what… … ?!”

Bachel tried to react quickly, but his body tilted and his power lost balance. Even though it was a flat sandy beach, somehow Isaac was on top of him.

Isaac was floating above the water on the waves.

‘The Doctrine of the Waves?’

Bachel belatedly recalled one of the salt parliament’s humble miracles. He was dumbfounded and tried to argue with him about why he said he would fight with only his sword.

However, the momentum had already passed to the opponent.

The shattered sword was scattered like foam from the waves.

Bachul, who had planned to finish off Isaac by stabbing him, ended up in a position where he could be stabbed, and as his sword was shattered, he was defenselessly exposed to Isaac’s attack.

Isaac slashed his sword towards Bachel’s head.

A landslide-like pressure crushed Bachel.

Crackling.

A creepy sound rang out.