Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 153



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Episode 153 Kingdom of Elil (1)

The top of the golden idol is everywhere.

Merchants also visit the Black Empire, where skulls rattle, and the Man Sahar Plain, where you can be lost for a week if you take a wrong turn. Even in the Kingdom of Elil, where free trade with other countries was prohibited, a golden idol business that handled the kingdom’s domestic transactions had taken root.

Of course, the credit certificate provided by Catlin worked there too. It was like a golden idol top that penetrated and interacted with every place no matter how much the country blocked it.

Isaac said while looking at Julich, who was still covered in mud.

“It would be best to wash and eat first.”

At those words, Julrich expressed his opinion strongly for the first time.

“It’s better to eat first.”

“You have a strong sense of subjectivity. “Let’s do that.”

The branch at the top of the Golden Idol serves as both a lodging and a restaurant. This place, which also served as a place to entertain precious guests, also had some pretty luxurious ingredients.

As soon as the food came out, Julich started devouring it.

Isaac lost his appetite as he ate as if he had been starving for several days. Actually, thanks to eating the Doomsday Predator, I didn’t need to fill my stomach for a while, so I just watched.

“Is it delicious?”

“Better than rats or fish.”

‘Is this a compliment or an insult?’

“Why don’t you bring the money?”

“I don’t like it jingling in my pocket.”

As she said that, she looked at the credit card that Isaac had.

“That seems quite convenient. “Is it a sacred object that controls the merchant’s mind?”

“… … That’s not it, it’s a card that proves that I am a person with credibility at the top of the Golden Idol. The branch manager here records how much I spend here in a ledger and then bills that amount to headquarters. Then the headquarters deducts the money I entrusted to them.”

Julich looked at Isaac with his mouth wide open.

“It’s a fascinating holy relic.”

Isaac gave up on explaining.

In fact, even if you know the principles, it is a system that is difficult to imitate unless you are at the top of the Golden Idol. Because it was easy for all kinds of evils and manipulation to occur.

“What have you been doing here?”

“hmm. “I was mostly standing, sitting, or lying down.”

He’s a person who really can’t communicate. However, since he was sent by the church, Isaac had patience. Judging by the way he casually wears a sword in the Kingdom of Elil, he is not without skill. Moreover, from what I heard, he seems to be staying at the Church of the Code of Light, but there are probably a lot of people who start a fight for no reason in a pioneer church like this.

“There must have been a lot of fighting, right?”

“why?”

“Weren’t there any people arguing?”

To be honest, with a personality like this, even normal people would start a fight. At those words, Julich looked at Isaac and said.

“Isaac, do you fight when you argue?”

Isaac was speechless at the unexpected, normal-like words.

No, are these words coming from the mouth of the person who tried to rob you earlier because he had no money? Is it okay to rob, but is it okay to fight just because you started a fight?

“If I fought every time someone started a fight, there would be no one alive in Elil Kingdom now. “The lighthouse keeper won’t allow that.”

Isaac fell silent, thinking the scale of the bravado was crazy.

“So I don’t fight. “Because I’m not a murderer.”

“… … okay.”

Isaac answered reluctantly. It was then. A cat nuzzled at Isaac’s feet. It looked like a cat raised in the upper branch of the Golden Idol. Isaac remembered Murzik from the monastery and was happy to feed him when he saw Julrich.

Julrich, who had been eating his food just a moment ago, had climbed up on the chair and was glaring at the cat with his eyes wide open.

“Put that away.”

“yes? “Do you hate cats?”

“tooth… … woah.”

Julrich muttered in a dying voice. Isaac felt like he would cry if he left it like this, so he quickly picked up the cat and took it outside. He thought he didn’t know who was carrying out who. Julrich did not lose sight of the cat until it left.

When Isaac returned to his seat, Julrich was eating his food with indifferent eyes, as if he had always been like that.

“Why are cats scared?”

“It’s even weirder that you guys aren’t afraid of ‘it’.”

Julrich simply refused to even mention the cat and did not explain why.

***

The first impression Isaac had since coming to Aldeon was still there. This was the same even when visiting the upper branch of the Golden Idol.

What felt particularly unsophisticated was not the buildings, monuments, or roads, but the people.

The image that comes to mind when thinking of the Kingdom of Elil as a ‘country of chivalry’ was very far from reality.

Come on!

“what? 이 반역자 개새끼가 지금 뭐라고 씨부렸냐!”

“her? “What, are you also a piglet killed by the Aldeon pig?”

A loud argument broke out in one corner of the restaurant, accompanied by swearing. People here and there in agreement stood up, growling, and the restaurant clerk began to deftly push chairs around and organize them. Isaac just watched in silence.

The Kingdom of Elil is a country of chivalry.

As a country founded by a powerful king who ruled the world, it is natural that the strong are treated preferentially. However, the problem is that, psychologically, everyone wants to be strong.

That also meant that he was constantly looking for opportunities to prove that he was strong.

“The Aldeon royal family is the one and only royal family of Elil, and His Majesty Ethelred is the great leader of the subjects of Elil! But Georg and the bastards under him are nothing more than a traitorous cabal and city administration thugs!”

“The leader of the usurper Aldeon royal family who will freeze to death? Sword Master General Georg is the rightful owner of the throne! “Roast all the little pigs!”

As the bald man and the bearded man shouted at each other, boos erupted from those around them.

“Stop yelling and pull out your knife!”

“Dogs that bark loudly must be made to shut up!”

Amidst encouragement and jeers from those around them, the two men gritted their teeth and pulled out their swords without even thinking about who would be the first to do so. Since everyone in the bar was carrying a knife, it was quick for the argument to escalate into a knife attack.

Chang, Chang, Ka Deuk. Gang.

It was Isaac’s first duel since he came to the Kingdom of Elil, so he watched it with some interest, but was soon disappointed. It was a poor fight, perhaps because expectations were high. Since the two were more concerned about saving themselves than killing the other, they only clashed their swords noisily.

‘Still, it’s okay for a fight between street thugs. Is this the lower limit of the Kingdom of Elil?’

At that time, the bald man who was being pushed backwards hit the chair where Julrich was sitting. When the bald head momentarily lost his balance, the beard did not miss the opportunity. He swung his sword hard and struck the bald man’s wrist.

With a single scream, the bald man dropped the knife. Whisker seemed to have swung the bald man’s wrist with the intention of cutting it, but it only caused a crude wound.

“ha ha ha! Won! “Tell Georg you bastard right now!”

“Ugh… … Georg Bog! ”

‘You said it right away when I told you to.’

In many ways, it was far from the country of chivalry that Isaac had imagined.

‘Wasn’t the reason why Elil split from the Code of Light Church in the first place because the Code of Light Church was willing to resort to cowardly means and methods to judge heretics?’

Elil worshiped the Code of Light.

At the same time, he considered honor and courage to be important values.

Therefore, in the process of spreading the Code of Light throughout the world, one had to fight honorably against the enemy, even if that enemy was an ancient god.

However, the Church of the Code of Light had a different idea. The barbaric old god had to be eliminated by any means possible.

The conflict that built up and exploded was the Elil faction. It was a disaster and a painful apostasy for the Code of Light, which was just beginning to dominate the continent. From then on, a saying arose: ‘The most painful apostasy is committed by the most faithful.’

Of course, it was impossible to know which was more important: that or the church’s rejection of the incestuous marriage between Elil and the dancer.

Elil still worships the Code of Light. She just has an aversion to the Code of Light Church.

Isaac thought that this ethos would have been passed on to the people as well.

Honorable and courageous people.

But now that I see it, all things like honor and bravery have disappeared, and only the sloppy discipline of ‘only the strong make the rules’ remains.

When I was playing the game, I thought it was a simple system, but when I actually saw it, it was completely uncivilized.

The bald head held his wrist and looked back fiercely.

Julrich was still busy eating, but Isaac had a feeling that there was going to be a pointless argument.

The bald head kicked the chair as soon as he confirmed that sitting at the table he hit was a ‘tough little woman’ and ‘a delicate-looking guy who couldn’t tell if he was a woman or a man.’

“these guys! “You interfered with the duel and then you’re complaining that you did a good job!”

Isaac wondered what nonsense he was talking about, but when he looked around, he saw that the only people who hadn’t moved their chairs and left their seats were Isaac and his group. People who were disappointed by the lackluster ending looked forward to a new opening again. This seemed to be the norm in this neighborhood.

‘It looks like your wrist isn’t broken yet.’

Isaac thought that if Bald continued to argue, he would have to make him crawl home like an earthworm.

But Julrich did not react to the bald man. She still had an indifferent look in her eyes. Isaac remembered what she said earlier.

‘Isaac, do you fight when you argue?’

Isaac reflected on himself for having thought about fighting at all costs and looked forward to seeing how Julich would overcome this unreasonable challenge.

Will he show that he can overcome the fight wisely?

“Isaac, take this away.”

“… … “Didn’t you say that everyone fights when they argue?”

“Why is that? You are weak, so you can fight to protect yourself. But if I get angry, the country called Elil may disappear.”

Isaac wondered why this woman’s bravado was so ridiculously large.

‘Wait a minute, then what you said earlier was really just a question and not a criticism of my violence?’

“But I like the food here. “I don’t really want to do that.”

“The food tastes average… … “I can’t help it.”

Isaac sighed and stood up. He then opened his mouth calmly, trying to learn how to control his killing intent.

“Teacher, don’t do this here, I’ll buy you a drink…” … .”

“what? Ha, do you see how the guy wearing a knife has a slippery tongue?”

Isaac couldn’t understand how on earth Julrich had managed to sort out the situation in this country without pulling out his sword. The other person had no intention of quietly following Isaac’s words at all. I just wanted to pick up my pride by defeating other weak people.

So Isaac threw the bald head to the floor and helped him find his lost pride.

***

There was a commotion in the bar streets of Aldeon Port. People began to gather one by one in a noisy commotion. The commotion grew louder as port workers returning from work and security guards gathered.

“what? “What’s going on?”

“I heard there’s a duel taking place in front of the Golden Idol branch?”

“Why is that? “It looks like a bunch of drunk people are fighting each other again.”

“No, right now one guy is dealing with 20 people. I guess the king’s knights have joined in now!”

People became even more enthusiastic when they heard that even the drivers had intervened and gathered in front of the bar. A duel is an exciting spectacle, but it is rare to see such a high-level swordsman wreak havoc openly.

‘This seems endless.’

Meanwhile, Isaac looked around, feeling a little annoyed. There were men and women lying on the floor with broken limbs, but there were still people who were trying.

When people wearing armor and capes appeared, I thought that someone had finally appeared to clean up this mess. However, it was clearly just a news article, and they cheered as much as the drunks and even began to decide their order among themselves.

‘I guess I’ll have to give it a bit of a scare.’

Isaac began to secretly unravel the colors beyond in the evening darkness.