Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 149



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Episode 149 Doomsday Disaster (4)

‘Let’s test it and check.’

It was a situation where a considerable amount of the chaos beast’s faith had seeped into Isaac’s body.

Isaac tried to condense the flowing colors in his hands and make them flow like liquid. As color began to swirl around the Endanger’s body, Isaac turned back to solid.

At that time, several multi-faceted spiders hiding in the fragments of the Doomsday Disaster slowly emerged. The multifaceted spiders quickly rushed towards Isaac, aiming for his back. However, sharp thorns protruded from the color pooled around the corpse of the Doomsday Disaster and pierced the many-faced spiders.

Burbubbubbuk! The colors that punctured the multifaceted spider’s body melted again like liquid, and were mixed and dispersed in the wind like gas.

‘It’s usable, but I think I’ll have to use a lot of sacred power to make it harder or more elaborate.’

Still, this was a very useful ability in many situations.

Above all, the advantage of ‘the color beyond’ is that as long as it is sufficiently dark, it is not very noticeable.

There will be times when it comes in handy.

“Isaac!”

Isaac quickly made the colors beyond disperse like gas.

Whether he didn’t notice the color or thought it was the remains of an apocalypse, Bachel didn’t seem suspicious. But instead she looked him up and down as if she were dumbfounded.

“No, Holy Grail Knight. Are you okay?”

“what… … ah.”

All living beings that touched the body of the end-disposal agent earlier either melted and were absorbed or suffered severe injuries. Bachul also had torn or scorched wounds here and there. In particular, the wound on the top of his foot was serious and he was shaking.

“Perhaps that gaseous mass is actually a low-density colony of bugs. “It is hostile to the creatures around it, so it bites and swallows anything that approaches, but since its head is dead, it seems to have lost its sense of hostility.”

“ah… … indeed.”

There was nothing that could be done about the multi-faceted spiders that had gone off in advance and created their own crude thinking circuits, but it was only a matter of time. These beings could not survive for long on their own.

It was a fact that Isaac knew, having already done it a few times, that the colors from beyond could cause minor injuries. Even in the Isacrea Territory, I surprised Delia Lyon with this. But he thought it would be difficult to inflict any real damage; the Doomsday Disaster was, after all, a monster from the afterlife.

***

“Is your Majesty okay?”

“yes. however… … .”

Bachel looked back with a confused expression. Beside her carriage, Renee was panting, leaning back against her carriage. As she coughed violently, her blood came out and soaked her armor.

Isaac approached in surprise.

“No, weren’t you fine earlier?”

“yes. But what went wrong… … “I went to call a priest.”

A soldier constantly monitored René’s condition, and the emperor made the light burning in the horn shine even brighter to illuminate René. The light of purification was powerful enough to burn away most curses, but Renee’s condition showed no signs of improving.

Isaac hurriedly took out the Carlisle Holy Sea Cannon.

Waldsemer asked.

“that?”

“It is a holy relic that heals wounds by consuming blood. “It is a sacred relic of the Red Grail, but it is to save the noble knight, so even the Code of Light will forgive it!”

Fortunately, no one found fault. The little boy wrapped the Carlyle Holy Sea cloth around Rene’s torso and cut a wound on his hand. The Holy Sea was activated, turning a deeper blood color, but Renee’s complexion did not improve.

This meant that it was not a curse or an internal injury.

“Has Sir René Romerck shown any signs of anything unusual?”

“Except for the violent coughing when I used advanced swordsmanship against that monster earlier… … .”

Isaac’s face hardened at Bachel’s words.

And at that moment, Renee coughed as if she was going to vomit out her intestines and blood poured out again. Pieces of internal organs and black legs were seen writhing in the blood.

Everyone around me who saw it became thoughtful.

Renee, feeling pale, gaped and groped the inside of her mouth.

“this… … .”

Inside her mouth, I could see her black legs wiggling and moving. The moment he plunged the knife into the body of the Doomsday Disaster, he lost control of his breathing and drank his body fluids. That was what caused the violent coughing from the beginning.

Renee’s eyes were filled with fear when she realized her condition. She hastily took off her armor and tried to pick up her sword. At that moment Waldzemer raised her spear.

“your majesty!”

Crack. Isaac tried to stop it, but the tip of Waldzemer’s spear had already pierced Rene’s chest. Her eyes fluttered widely and then slowly became cloudy.

The flames rising from the tip of the spear burned Renee’s body from the inside. The monsters, including the many-faced spider, in her body burned up in the flames, and soon Renee’s body was also burned.

In an instant, only pure white remains and burnt armor remained where Renee was sitting.

Waldzemer looked down at her remains and opened his mouth.

“He died while trying to protect his luggage. Treat them as kindly as possible.”

Bachel bit his lip and then nodded.

“yes.”

Isaac also looked down at Renee’s remains with a confused face.

It wasn’t that he was disappointed with the emperor for not finding another way, but at the last moment, Rene tried to cut open the ship himself. He was so scared that he couldn’t make the right decision.

The Emperor’s Spear came close to ending her pain more quickly.

But Isaac couldn’t help but think that if he had revealed his power, he might have been able to resolve the issue. Anyway, they are also members of chaos. He might have been in control.

“Isaac.”

At that time, Waldzemer lifted him up by his shoulders. When Isaac raised his head, he saw people rushing in. People who had been hiding inside their homes, startled by the sudden monster attack, began to come out one by one.

“Hold your head up and show yourself proud in front of them. “These are the people you saved.”

Isolde, who had been leading the guards and clearing up the confusion, was seen returning belatedly. They were all looking at the emperor’s horn, shining like the sun. The people gasped in exclamation at the clear sign that left no room for doubt, and then fell to their knees one by one.

“His Majesty the Emperor has exterminated the monster.”

Someone muttered as if in a whisper. The whispers soon spread like wildfire.

“His Majesty the Emperor has saved us!”

“Long live your Majesty the Emperor!”

Soon, voices praising the emperor erupted one after another. Weeping and sobbing voices of praise continued to pour out from the kneeling people. The Holy Eucharist containing a miracle sent by God appeared and saved them.

Of course, the monster had been targeting the emperor from the beginning, but that didn’t matter.

“Listen!”

But then the emperor shouted loudly. His plan of coming in quietly and returning quietly was no use now. The soldiers also inspected and made the emperor’s halo shine.

“It was not I who saved you. “This is Isaac Isacrea, the Holy Grail Knight!”

Isaac looked back at Waldsemmer in surprise. But he tapped Isaac on the shoulder and told him to look ahead.

“I also just received help from the Holy Grail Knight. Wicked pagans have attacked our people, but we are faithful people of God! The Code of Light resurrected the Grail Knight to represent your will!”

Isaac felt repulsed by the emperor’s overly flattering words. Moreover, it was the family of Chaos who had been attacking him, and even more so in the sense that a spy for the Red Grail, whom he had been neglecting, was involved in this conspiracy. Didn’t he kill quite a few people, even Renee, before his eyes?

“I commend you and thank you. Isaac Isacrea.”

However, as the people’s eyes began to focus on Isaac, an enormous amount of faith began to pour in. It was a faith that filled the heart with praise, gratitude, and an earnest desire for salvation.

Isaac simply could not resist that ‘pressure’.

“The Holy Grail Knight is back with us!”

Waldzemer held Isaac’s hand and lifted it up, shouting, and the people also shouted.

Isolde looked at Isaac from beyond the countless crowds of people with an unfamiliar face.

“The Holy Grail Knight is back!”

“We have Isaac, the Holy Grail Knight, by our side!”

It was a flood of admiration so distant that it seemed blinding.

***

“Why did you do that?”

“what?”

The emperor prepared to go back.

For the secret movement, not many escort troops were brought, and the movement route was exposed to the assassins, so they had to move quickly. Dietrich agreed to supplement the escort force, but the best thing to do was to move quickly before word spread.

“Why did you tell the people that I saved them?”

“Did I even lie?”

“… … Without His Majesty’s light, there would have been more victims. If it weren’t for Haltaba’s thunderbolt, there wouldn’t have been an opening for the monster, and if it hadn’t been for the two knights, Bachul and Rene, there wouldn’t have been an opening to defeat the monster. “I only delivered the final blow.”

Waldsemer burst out laughing. He laughed for a while in the carriage and muttered as he passed by.

“You’re really not used to being loved.”

“What does it mean?”

“Nothing. Now, think about it. “Who was the first to notice the plot and take action?”

“It’s me.”

“Who stopped the summoning by finding and killing the summoner first?”

“… … “It’s me.”

“Who secured circumstantial evidence that the Immortal Church was behind it?”

Isaac didn’t answer.

Waldzemer did not go so far as to ask, ‘Who gave the final blow to the monster and finished it off at a time when even the knights of the royal guard were attacked?’ Instead, he patted Isaac on the shoulder.

“I understand that you feel burdened. With so many people injured and dead, it must feel like you’re taking all the glory. But that will happen countless times in the future. A hero is someone who sits alone on a throne made of many corpses.”

Isaac remembered that Waldzemer was a war hero who won after countless civil wars. At his feet are the corpses of not only his enemies, but also many of his colleagues, friends, and allies.

It was also something that Isaac, who was trying to accumulate merit by raising the Dawn Army, should emulate.

The emperor winked at the people who were still cheering around the carriage.

“They are scared and tired and need a hero. You become a symbol of hope. And soon Dietrich will announce your engagement to Isolde. “If an event like this happens, the citizens of Ruzberg will definitely forget their fearful memories.”

“… … Couldn’t His Majesty the Emperor become a hero? “You probably already have experience.”

The Emperor laughed lowly at Isaac’s disapproving tone.

“If I were to interfere with your return performance, I would scold you for being too greedy as a careless old man.”

The spotlight should be on only one person. Isaac already knew the emperor’s intentions. But I couldn’t forget the sight of Rene spitting out spiders.

“Oh, and I found this among the belongings of the summoner you killed.”

The emperor took something out of his chest. It was an Ankh that was ugly and distorted with chew marks. However, it was known that it originally had the form of a symbol of the Code of Light.

“This… … ?”

“After checking, it turned out that he was originally a priest. A tattoo of a prayer was confirmed, and the monastery he belonged to was also found. “But I haven’t confirmed the details yet.”

A shiver ran down Isaac’s spine as he realized what the Emperor was talking about. He whispered in a voice dripping with murder,

“that’s right. “There is a high probability that the Code of Light Church is behind this conspiracy.”

“Why is the church… … .”

“Are you asking that? To them, my very existence is a thorn in their eyes. How dare an earthly power try to share the power of heaven! While saying that But because of these horns, they can’t do anything to me openly.”

Waldzemer snorted and continued.

“Or maybe he’s just trying to make me angry by being moderately provocative. “They identified the Immortal Church as the mastermind behind the incident and said, ‘Are you going to keep silent even after this?’”

“But didn’t the Immortal Church really intervene?”

“And you, I, and Bachul know that there may be people within the church who are in cahoots with the Immortal Church for some reason.”

Isaac closed his mouth.

Waldsemer accepted Bachul despite knowing that he was a follower of Ellil and had strong hostility toward the church.

“They killed Renee. I can’t reveal it right now, but I won’t forget this. “I will definitely break the necks of those traitors.”

He turned his gaze and stared at Isaac.

“For that, I need your help.”

Isaac could sense that Waldsemer had greater ambitions than he thought. Perhaps his ambitions will not stop at becoming the emperor of the Baekje Kingdom.

And there was another person in history who sought even more power.

King Elil.

There was no way to get an answer to the question, “Does Waldzemer want to become Elil?”

In fact, there was something more worrying than the emperor’s ambition.

‘How did the emperor find the ankh that even I couldn’t find?’