Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 194



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Episode 194 leading to death (4)

“All of this is for revenge! To regain honor! It’s because of the Aldeon royal family! So, we must wash away this dishonor by taking revenge on the Aldeon royal family! I guess that’s what you thought. no?”

Bilon and the undead knights fell into silence. The undead knights just looked at Vilon without even taking a breath. It seemed like he wanted Billon to say something.

After a short silence, Bilon bared his teeth and smiled.

“What’s so bad about that, Grail Knight?”

Isaac and the undead knights were speechless at the shameless words.

“What’s so bad?”

“It’s natural to be afraid of death, young one. From the looks of it, you fight like you have several lives left, but that’s probably because you’re still young. Or, because he is a noble paladin, he thinks that this world is not important.”

Bilon was being sarcastic, but Isaac was offended inside.

Because to some extent, I was still living in this world with the sense of playing a game.

If there was no such objectivity, it would be an unbearable world.

“But if you aren’t afraid of death, why on earth would there be an Immortal Order?”

Billon gave an impassioned speech.

The birth of the Immortal Order was thanks to the immortal emperor Beshek, who became a god by taking advantage of the faith of people trying to escape that fear 300 years ago, when the fear of death was extreme. Beshek brought their afterlife to the ground through a ritual that broke down the boundary between the underworld and this world.

Thanks to this, the territory of the Buddhist Order is itself this world and the underworld. For them, there was no heaven or hell to go to when they died, and only the world they lived in now was important.

It was a faith for people who were obsessed with this life rather than the afterlife.

“Don’t be arrogant, Grail Knight. Death is of course scary. I am afraid of death. “I’m afraid that I won’t be able to avenge my brother, that I won’t be able to pick up the fallen honor, and that everything I’ve done will end up being meaningless!”

Bilon stood up and touched the floor with Lumiad.

“People who don’t know anything say that life is limited, so you have to pursue your goals more desperately and more passionately. But why should I reject immortality when I can completely focus on my goals without worrying about not achieving them!”

“So you threw countless Elil believers into the mud, drove all your family members to death, and even killed your own nephew to take Lumiad away? I guess that’s the goal you wanted to achieve by becoming undead?”

Ethelred’s eyes wavered when she heard that Lyanna had died. He must have already guessed it to some extent the moment he saw Lumiad.

But there was no time to comfort Ethelred now. Bilon also narrowed her eyes at the mention of Lyanna. He slowly opened his eyes and muttered like a sigh.

“We can make them undead too.”

Isaac was shocked.

However, 300 years ago, when the Code of Light was almost in control, I was able to see how the Buddhist Order became such a powerful force that it divided the world.

There were probably countless Vilon Georgs in that era as well.

“And Lyanna isn’t dead. “An angel was protecting me.”

“angel?”

The mention of the angel made Isaac want to dig deeper into the story. But Bilon had no intention of following Isaac’s words.

“If you didn’t want us to become undead in the first place, you should have made us not afraid of death!”

Bilon let out an indignant roar.

“You should have made it so that you don’t have to be afraid of not achieving, failing to achieve, dying without achieving! “It is irresponsible for immortal beings to say that they have created an unreasonable fate and a limited lifespan and should not try to live forever!”

‘Honestly, I agree.’

Considering that gods and angels are virtually immortal, the culture of treating the undead as unclean is laughable. In the same vein, the undead of the Immortal Church were almost like the atheists of this world.

Because it was a group of people who each betrayed their own gods and gathered together.

But I couldn’t be swayed by Billon’s opinion.

“No matter how much you insist, it doesn’t change the fact that this place was created by the intentions of angels and God, Bilon. “You speak as if you became undead of your own volition, but you too were just guided by the doctrines of Elil and swayed by the plot of the Immortal Church.”

“Do you really think so, Grail Knight? “I’m just God’s plaything?”

Bilon screamed.

“No, the moment I became undead, my vision became clearer. I no longer beg for answers from Elil, and I am not afraid of the afterlife either! Immortal cult? Immortality is also just my tool! It’s all just my means! Holy Grail Knight, you are nothing but a plaything of the gods!”

Bilon purred and lifted Lumiad. Bloody anger and hatred flowed through his whole body.

Isaac watched his momentum and wiggled his eyebrows in disbelief. The momentum riding the Lumiad was clearly sword energy.

Bilon, who is old and has now become an undead member of the Immortal Church, is raising his sword. Although he was shocked by this impossible event, Isaac recognized Billon’s identity.

The moment he was sure of his identity, Isaac delved into Bilon’s true intentions that he had been hiding in the conversation and brought them out.

The real purpose of Billon, who became an Immortal Order.

“So you were trying to resurrect Elil as an undead?”

There was silence.

No one opened their mouths at Isaac’s unexpected remarks.

A corrupted unknown knight.

A Death Knight from Elil who has abandoned his name, family, and faith, appearing when the Elil Kingdom enters the path toward destruction.

A being at the forefront of destruction who turned the Kingdom of Elil into the territory of the Immortal Church.

And the one who resurrected Elil as an undead and wielded it as a sword that shattered the world.

In the quiet silence, Billon smiled. He neither denied nor pretended not to know. He muttered, revealing even deeper madness.

“okay. There is nothing that proves my will more than that. Elil is dead. “What’s there is just a corpse.”

“What do you call Elil?”

Behind Isaac, Ethelred muttered in disbelief.

“Do you really think that an angel told you to reject the Dawn Army, steal Elil’s body and turn it into an undead, and start a bloody civil war among fellow believers? you’re welcome! It’s all my desire! “Whether it’s a god, an angel, or an immortal cult, they’re just lending their power!”

Elil’s unholy resurrection plan.

This was the route to the destruction of the Elil Kingdom in the game.

***

The procedure for the Elil Kingdom destruction route is as follows.

The Immortal Church, which has grown sufficiently in the game, takes control of Georg’s clan. The ‘Fallen Unknown Knight’ who has taken over the holy land of Elion performs an unholy resurrection ritual on Elil’s body.

Elil, who was reborn as an undead, becomes the most powerful force of the Immortal Church and destroys the Kingdom of Elil first.

Whether it is possible or impossible is not even up for discussion. In fact, even within the Immortal Church there may be skepticism, but Isaac already knows that it is possible.

Because I’ve already seen it a few times.

In fact, if you ask whether this incident was planned by the Buddhist Order, it would be ambiguous. This was because, when playing from the perspective of the Buddhist Order, it was treated as one of the completely unexpected ‘incidents’.

The fact that this is not an incident that can be led by the player in the Immortal Cult route means that the initiative in this matter lies with the Elil route rather than the Immortal Cult route.

Only then did Ethelred realize what Billon was planning and let out a roar of anger.

“what! Bilon Georg, what did you say! “How dare you do this to Elil!”

Ethelred was so shocked that she couldn’t even speak. It was a plan so crazy that even Ethelred, a fierce knight-hater, felt it made no sense. Even the undead knights seemed to be very agitated beyond their raised weapons, perhaps because they had not expected this.

However, Bilon seemed to have decided that it was already too late to hide his intentions and shouted again.

“I didn’t want to shed blood in another country’s war, so I rejected the Dawn Army, stole Elil’s body to gain power, and started a civil war because I wanted revenge! “To say it’s all because we were angels’ playthings is an insult and an underestimation of us!”

“Don’t be crazy!”

The angry voice came not from Ethelred or Isaac, but from one of the undead knights.

He let out an angry, half-crying sound.

“I-I didn’t follow you to do anything like that! I am!”

The undead knight let out a scream-like yell and swung his sword at Villan. However, Bilon cruelly swung Lumiad and cut his armor and torso in two at once. Lumiad’s cold and Villon’s sword energy instantly froze the undead knight’s body and it shattered without even leaving any fragments.

It was only then that Bilon realized that he was blooming with sword energy and was shocked. In the midst of all this, the fact that he had awakened his sword energy did not even know what it meant.

When Bilon turned his head, even the undead knights flinched and retreated. However, among the undead knights, there were some who agreed with his opinion.

Bilon growled and shouted.

“okay. It’s better. Instead of stabbing me in the back later, curse and criticize me now. Say I’m an immoral son of a bitch! “That’s better than me being nothing more than a plaything!”

Those were words not only for Isaac, but also for the undead knights. Either be swayed by angels and gods, or grab powerful power and achieve what you want.

Immediately, infighting began to occur among the undead knights. From voices criticizing Bilon for being crazy, to voices praising Bilon for his courage.

Becoming undead does not mean that even their minds are corrupted. As an immortal, I simply accept new philosophies and perspectives.

Leaving the internal strife behind him, Bilon turned his attention to Isaac.

Isaac finally realized that the real fight was about to begin. Bilon, the ‘corrupted unknown knight’ who has awakened his sword energy and wields the Lumiad, will now become as much of a threat as Lyanna.

“I will kill you too and turn you into an undead, Holy Grail Knight!”

‘It’s better than just dying.’

Isaac thought so to himself, but nameless chaos would never tolerate it.

Bilon came running screaming.

But a huge shadow began to cast over their heads.

A whitish shadow emerged from the fog and looked down at them, making a strange creaking sound. Isaac and Morse, who were preparing for the final battle, were both left speechless by the appearance of this unexpected being.

It was a gigantic structure that was neither an angel, nor a human, nor a monster.

***

A few hours ago, Elion Fortress.

“The zombies keep coming!”

The Aldeon Knights were still struggling in Elion Fortress. Outside the castle walls were already surrounded by a huge number of undead, so escape was impossible. If Aldeon’s army followed suit and confronted them, an avenue of escape might be opened, but it seemed unlikely that a force comprised entirely of infantry would be able to catch up so quickly.

Morse shouted, nervously splitting the zombie’s head with an axe.

“Where do all these damn things come from? “Is there a secret pit in the basement of Elion Fortress where zombies spring out?”

Rabad shouted at those words.

“Back door! No, there is a main gate leading to the shrine! The door over there is still open, and it looks like zombies are coming in through the lake!”

“No, if there is such a thing, let’s talk about it a long time ago… … .”

Morse looked down at his annoyance and could tell that this was not the case. Instead, he pointed out several Aldeon knights and rushed forward.

“Delfric! Raina! Take the talented guys and stand at the front! “Go to the back door!”

“Would you like to block the back door?”

“no! Escape with the bridge! “Even zombies would be worth fighting against on one leg!”

Morse’s choice was to escape through the back door rather than blocking it.

There were already too many zombies inside the castle. Even though the zombies, who appeared to be knights, had lost their intelligence, they were pushing them with immortal power and fierce hostility. In the end, Elion Fortress was not a safe zone either.

Delfric and Reina began advancing, splitting the zombies with a fierce roar. The swordsmanship that had the power to cut through the enemy was effective even when the enemies were grouped together. The zombie army began to split up at once, and the knights of the Elyon Knights filled the gap.

The knights quickly moved toward the back door.

As resistance grew stronger, Elil’s miracle continued to boost their vitality. Before we knew it, the Aldeon Knights and the Elion Knights were singing the same military song, or rather, the battle hymn. Although they belonged to different places, they were all Elil believers. That trust and belief began to take root.

“It’s the back door!”

Raina, who ran first, shouted as she smashed the head of a water-soaked zombie. But at that moment, a bloody spear grazed her earlobe. It was a blow that would have split her head if Delph Rick hadn’t hurriedly grabbed her by the back at the last minute.

“I can’t go any further.”

There weren’t only zombies at the back door. A few knights who appeared to be remnants of Georg’s cavalry were standing among the zombies.

They were covered in armor, but a foul odor emanated from them, as if a considerable amount of time had passed since they had been dead. One of them shot a contemptuous look at Rabad.

“Joining hands with the Aldeon dogs, aren’t you ashamed of Georg’s name? If he had committed suicide and become a zombie, he would have been able to bite those guys even after death… … .”

“How dare you discuss shame with your rotten jaws!”

Labard was indignant and tried to rush in. The undead knights laughed at Rabad and prepared to attack. Morse sensed that it would not be easy to break through them. The terrain itself was advantageous to them, and the enormous number of zombies were constantly eating away at their power.

“come.”

However, instead of despairing at this situation, Morse became angry.

Anger is also one of Elil’s virtues.

“Those who have already lost and died are so arrogant!”

The knights rushed in all at once. Morse was also at the forefront.

It was that moment.

Kwakwakwak! Morse felt something huge passing in front of his nose. It passed by, sweeping away dozens of zombies and undead knights in front of it. Morse looked at what had just passed with a sinking feeling.

It was a huge whaling harpoon.

The whaling harpoon attached to a thick chain was quickly recovered and dragged away another undead knight who was confused on the bridge. The moment the undead knight hit the railing of the boat where the harpoon was being recovered, his waist was cut off and he fell to the bottom of the lake.

Morse saw what was where the harpoon was recovered. And then I almost shed tears at the huge silhouette and waving flag I saw there.

“Salt Ain! Salt Ain’s ship has arrived!”

Rosalind of Salt Ain came with ships from the Salt Council.