Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 187



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Episode 187 Battle of Elion (6)

‘If you know someone who has served in the Dawn Army, there is a high possibility that he or she has contracted with the Immortal Church.’

Isaac’s words echoed in Lyanna’s ears as she returned to the castle. Naturally, she was not foolish enough to be swayed by believing exactly what her enemy said. Nevertheless, the reason she couldn’t say anything in response to Isaac’s words was because she too had similar doubts as Isaac.

‘There is an external force within Georg County.’

After the death of his father, Pius Georg, numerous clans and nobles from outside came into Georg’s domain. In fact, Lyanna was one of those people, so she had no doubts.

We must avenge Pius Georg, who died in disgrace, and regain his honor. Because it was an extremely elliptical value and purpose.

But the method was very different from what Lyanna had thought.

She remembered the traditional way.

A ceremony to predict the fortune of the battlefield that day through a duel between courageous young knights, with numerous flags and soldiers lined up over a wide field. An epic story of heroes born from unexpected tactics and deadly crisis situations… … To put it in a good way, it is romantic; in a bad way, it is uncivilized.

Although Lyanna honestly voted in favor of being evaluated as uncivilized, she respected and loved tradition.

So, I listened to the stories of the elders of the clan and collected many opinions. But her first war with her predecessor, Alfred, was filled with hatred, revenge, and slaughter. The adults said it was because of Alfred’s brutality and the loss of honor to Georg’s family.

But if you have to fight without honor to regain honor, where is honor?

You have to kill Alfred to regain your honor? Is honor hanging on that filthy fat man’s head?

Lyanna couldn’t even kill Alfred. Even though Alfred was a sword master, he ate fatty foods and drank too much and died of high blood pressure. It was perhaps the first such incident in history for the Sword Master.

The war ended like that, but in the meantime, Lyanna had many doubts.

‘Among the elders of the Georg clan… … There are people who incite hatred.’

And that person stood out among a certain faction during this war, and Lyanna had already narrowed down the suspects to just one person. That was something Lyanna did not want to believe, and it was a conclusion that did not help Georg’s morale.

‘Experienced in the Dawn Army War.’

‘Contract with the Buddhist Order.’

‘Death insurance.’

The words Isaac left spread through my mind. Lyanna crossed the drawbridge to the castle, feeling like she wanted to scream.

At that moment, cheers erupted.

“Lyanna! Lyanna! Lyanna!”

Lyanna, who thought the atmosphere had calmed down due to the extensive damage, looked at the soldiers in bewilderment. As soon as she got off her horse, Vilon Georg was the first to jump in front of her. He hugged Lyanna tightly as if he was proud.

“Thank you, matriarch! “Thanks to the matriarch, Georg was saved!”

“Uncle.”

In her view, she could see the cavalrymen cheering as they returned to the fort. The soldiers were also praising them. They had been stirring up the Kingdom of Elil outside the castle for a long time and constantly harassing the Aldeon army, and they had become heroes.

They had been fighting fiercely in an environment where they could not eat or rest properly, and when Georg was in danger, they even showed up dramatically to save him. He deserved to be praised as a war hero.

And Lyanna was the hero who saved the cavalry.

“Uncle, please talk to me for a moment… … .”

“Matriarch Lyanna, I know you are tired, but please take a moment.”

Lyanna kept her mouth shut at Bilon’s earnest expression.

“Today, our army was virtually defeated and barely retreated. “If we don’t raise morale in this way, everyone will fall asleep with anxiety.”

Because he was right, Lyanna responded to the soldiers. Bilon answered the cheers of her soldiers by lifting her hand. The soldiers’ cheers grew louder. At that time, Billon shouted.

“Today we faced a great crisis!”

The soldiers’ cheers died down as they heard Billon’s loud voice. Lyanna was taken aback by the sudden speech, but as he said, she decided to stay quiet to boost morale.

“The enemies brought in foreigners and pagans and polluted the battlefield of Elil! “Our army was momentarily shaken by their vicious tactics, but that was all!”

Bilon continued to roar loudly.

“Because we have the heroes they don’t have!”

“Lyanna!”

One soldier screamed, unable to contain his excitement. At the same time, the names of similar people or famous knights popped up here and there. There was also the name of the cavalry commander and the name of Billon. Billon waited for the cheering to die down before speaking.

“Now we are more complete with the return of our heroes! “There is no defeat for our military now!”

A creepy smile crossed his face.

“Under the leadership of General Lyanna Georg, we will annihilate the usurper Aldeon forces and regain our lost honor! “There will not be a single Aldeon seed left!”

The soldiers cheered again. Lyanna began to find it difficult to breathe as the flood of cheers poured in. She felt like she was drowning in cheers, praise, and excitement.

The whole world was pressing on her.

Be more heroic, sharper, more cruel.

That’s where the honor lies.

“Elil! Elil! Elil!”

But Lyanna forced a smile and waved.

Her eyes turned to Billon. She had many things she wanted to ask Billon.

Did you really betray Elil, did you abandon honor to seek it, did you really sign up for the death insurance of the Immortal Church?

However, Lyanna did not want to go through the trouble of interrogating the eldest member of the clan during a time of war.

Isn’t it true that Bilon fights for Georg? Moreover, his cavalry faction was treated as heroes. In this situation, it would not have been wise to reveal Villan’s mistake.

‘It won’t be too late to ask after the war is over.’

Out of a sense of hope rather than logic, Lyanna chose silence.

***

“Please don’t do such a reckless operation again. teacher.”

Ethelred said as if she were dumbfounded next to Isaac, who was lying on the hospital bed. The barracks were full of food, swords, and shields. The story of Isaac leading only a small number of soldiers today to block Georg’s cavalry was told like a legend, and it was a gift left behind by numerous nobles.

Letters were also left wishing for the recovery of Isaac, who was lying in a hospital bed with many wounds.

‘Actually, the wounds have fully recovered.’

However, it would look strange to walk around casually even after receiving so many injuries, so I pretended to recuperate for now.

“No need to worry. your majesty. I value my life the most. “If I thought my life was in danger, I wouldn’t have done it.”

“is that so? “I was surprised because I thought you were willing to sacrifice yourself for Aldeon.”

When Ethelred heard of Isaac’s plan and gave him his soldiers, she thought he was just trying to lure her. He never even thought that he would jump in and cut off the cavalry commander’s head.

“Anyway, I am the most precious person, so you don’t have to worry. “More than that, there are certain things I have become convinced of today, so I think I should tell your Majesty about them.”

Isaac told Ethelred the story he had told Lyanna as well.

There is an external force within Georg’s army, and it is highly likely that it is the Immortal Church. Perhaps a high-ranking military official is reviving knights who apostatized and died… … .

“And there is a high probability that it will not be just one or two. There is probably one person in charge with the highest rank, and his factions branch out one after another. “There is a high probability that they are related to Georg’s cavalry.”

Ethelred’s expression hardened when she heard that the Immortal Church had intervened.

“By the Immortal Church, do you mean the ones where only skeletons walk around without flesh? They’re in Georg County? “I didn’t see anything like that.”

“huh? Alas, Your Majesty has probably never seen the Immortal Church. This is one of the places furthest from the Black Empire… … Not all immortal cults immediately become skeletons. “They seem like quite living people until they go through the process of corruption.”

Of course, undead at this stage where their flesh remains are treated as a ‘low and smelly’ class in the Immortal Church. Isaac predicted that at least half of the cavalry would be undead.

‘The force was almost intact.’

Georg’s cavalry fought at the front lines in the strongest and harshest manner. Since the fierce battle was fought in a foreign country where it was difficult to supply and number people, it was normal for the number to be much smaller than it is now. However, Georg’s cavalry that fought today was almost at full strength.

That means that virtually all of Georg’s cavalry were either Buddhist cult members or death insurance subscribers.

However, the concept of an immortal church still seemed unfamiliar to Ethelred.

“Why on earth would the Immortal Church meddle in our affairs? It’s been over a hundred years since we last participated in the Dawn Army, and we’ve never been involved in that… … .”

“Your Majesty may not know it, but the Immortal Church has been consistently interested in Elil. A lich I know turned a knight from the Elil Church into a Dullahan and dragged him around. Since the population is always short, they may have come to make a new ‘immigration proposal’, or the purpose may be to exhaust their forces so that the Dawn Army does not participate in the war in the future.”

Contrary to what Ethelred thought, there were many reasons for the Immortal Church to interfere in this matter. Because strong humans soon lead to strong undead.

Recruiting talent has always been an important concern for the Immortal Church.

Ethelred was at a loss for words and then spoke as if she were protesting.

“Why did you tell me that now? “If they are encouraging our war, maybe the war could have been avoided!”

“This is something I am confident about today. But what would have happened if I had said without any evidence that there was a spy for the Immortal Church in Georg? Furthermore, what if you had revealed the matter to Georg-kun earlier?”

“Yeah… … .”

Ethelred thought about the future at that time and kept her mouth shut. The reason why the Kingdom of Elil was able to accept Isaac, the Code of Light, is because he is a member of the Baek Empire, sharing the same roots and similar culture.

But the Immortal Church is different. Even by Elil’s standards, they were evil that must be defeated and despised. Even in the early days of the Dawn Army, the Kingdom of Elil was willing to send the largest number of knights to subdue them.

But there is an Immortal Church spy in Georg? Then, this war will reach a point where one side will have to see the end. Mainly towards the side where Georg deserved to be massacred.

However, Georg said, ‘Ah, I see. There is no way to respond by saying, ‘Then I will sacrifice the heads of half of our knights.’ They’ll be angry and say it’s a ridiculous slander.

Naturally, the Georg family will also fight desperately to survive.

“So it was something that definitely needed evidence.”

“… … But whether it’s late or early, isn’t the result the same in the end? If this becomes known, people will say that Georg’s family must be exterminated. Unless you know who is a member of the Immortal Church… … .”

“no. What we have to do hasn’t changed. “Do you remember what our purpose was?”

“huh? Then take over Elion Fortress… … Ah, no way!”

Isaac nodded and said.

“Everything will be resolved if you return the rite of division and receive an oracle at the Holy Land of Elion. When Elil sends his messenger down, he will separate out the unclean.”

***

The next day, Georg’s army did not move from the fortress.

As usual, mockery and challenges to the duel were made, but perhaps because of the great damage from yesterday or because of some kind of instruction, Georg did not respond and locked the castle gate. As it was, there was really no choice but to engage in a siege, but Aldeon’s army did not waver.

Delfrik muttered as he looked at Georg, who was motionless.

“Just like the Holy Grail Knight said, he’s not moving.”

“It is natural since we suffered such heavy damage yesterday and there is no cavalry to disturb the rear.”

So how will the Aldeon army fight a siege against them?

Isaac’s conclusion was simple.

If you don’t do it, you can do it.

That afternoon, Georg’s army realized that Aldeon’s army had lifted the siege and withdrew in full.