Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 201



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Episode 201 Elil’s Battlefield (5)

Isaac wondered if the Red Grail had stolen the cat and taken it as a hostage.

It was a ridiculous and petty thing to do, but it was also something the Red Holy Grail would do. However, what the Sword of May was dealing with, the undead of the early Immortal Church, did something even more absurd.

[The undead who were fighting against me heard that I liked cats, so they tied a random cat to a shield and started fighting against me. I couldn’t kill them without cutting down the cat.]

“… … .”

Isaac had a slightly complicated expression.

Using an animal that knows nothing and cannot speak as a shield is clearly an outrageous act.

However, it was questionable whether that would be enough to defeat Julich Arte, a war hero and candidate for the title of Master Angel at the time.

Rather, Isaac seemed to know how cornered the undead of the Immortal Church were at the time.

Julrich in his prime must have truly been such a being.

“I guess that’s not why you lost, right?”

[If that were the case, I wouldn’t have become an angel. I killed and purified hundreds of cats and undead. So that not even a bone can be removed. It was the day I posted the best record of my life.]

This is a very natural result. However, Isaac became even more unable to understand why the Sword of May was afraid of cats.

At that time, Julich continued.

[Then I realized it only after the battle was over… … How strong I am.]

‘… … ?’

It was a bit strange for a realization I gained from cutting up a cat. But the Sword of May was telling the exact truth.

She stared at Isaac with heavy eyes.

[There was no difference between the hundreds of undead that I personally cut down and the cats. At most, the difference was between the petals and the stem. From that day on, I became a little afraid of swinging a sword.]

Let’s imagine that a person who has the power to crush metal with one hand holds and crushes an egg with the other hand. Is there a difference between eggshell and yolk? If you squeeze even slightly, the egg will crumble to pieces. Unless you touch it very carefully.

[My sword is a righteous punishment for destroying immortal corpses, but it is also a weapon that can easily kill a kitten. How is this world different from the cats I killed? Small, soft, lovely, but brittle.]

“… … .”

[After that, I tried countless times to forget what happened that day, but every time I see the cat, I realize it again. Every time I see a cat, I realize what I have in my hands. So I’m scared of cats. And Isaac, you too will have to be afraid from now on.]

When Isaac first met the Sword of May, he recalled the frequent boasts about ending the Kingdom of Elil and blowing up its castle.

She was not simply bragging; she was fearful and wary of her own destructive power.

Isaac thought this world was violent, sharp, and harsh.

But when I think about it now, Isaac, who was chosen as the tool to cut down Kalurien, is now also the rough and sharp edge of that world.

In the future, if there is something to love in this world, Isaac will also have to fear it.

***

After the conversation ended, Isaac gazed at the seemingly distant stars that decorated the sky. Unlike stars that always flow in one direction at a steady speed, the stars were slowly or quickly changing positions irregularly. Although it was a strange appearance, I was able to understand it when I thought that the space beyond was not a reflection of normal time, but an abnormal flow of time that occurred throughout Urbansus.

Isaac suddenly discovered an unusual constellation.

“The constellation you are looking at is called the Wanderer. “It is a constellation that has no fixed position and cannot be predicted.”

As he turned his head in the direction from which he heard the voice, Isaac realized that he had left the bonfire and was near the lake. However, he did not panic and calmly stared at the person who had called him here.

A woman wearing a soft dark green velvet dress and her silver hair cascading down to the lake was standing with only her toes dipped in the water. Water plants and flowers were in full bloom at her feet, and a light mist was rising from her.

He was holding a spear and a shield in his hands, and despite his frail appearance, he did not look out of place at all.

“What business does the Lady of the Lake have for me?”

“… … What business? You are the ones who invaded. “It’s like robbers asking the owner of the house what brought him here.”

Nimlot, the Lady of the Lake and the Great Angel, responded as if it were absurd, but did not swing her spear, saying, ‘My business is your death!’ Isaac, who had already been somewhat anticipating this meeting of hers ever since he ran into her at the lake, found the situation quite interesting now.

They were on their way to eliminate Calurien, but Calurien did not show up and only the Lady of the Lake continued to intervene with them.

“I apologize if my words were rude. However, I asked because I thought there must be a reason why the Lady of the Lake invited me to such a beautiful place instead of punishing me.”

Nimlot, the Lady of the Lake, had the status of a guardian deity of knights and a kind of messenger in the Elil faith, guiding young knights, commanding mature knights on the battlefield, and guiding old knights to heaven only when they died on the battlefield.

Although she seemed like a beautiful noblewoman, there was even a legend that she discovered and taught young Elil the qualities of a king.

The story goes that while Elil learned wisdom from Calurien, he learned swordsmanship from Nimlot.

Nimlot looked at Isaac blankly and then opened his mouth.

“I heard you’re a godly Holy Grail Knight, but your tongue is like a prickly pear.”

“thank you.”

“It’s not a compliment.”

Nimlot said, slamming the spear he was holding into the water. The surface of the water that touched the tip of the spear created large ripples and the lake shook.

“Why did I call you? Because you are now daring to invade Elil’s bedroom. By what authority does the Code of Light do something like this? We have already broken away from the Code of Light! “This kind of intervention is against the rules!”

Isaac thought that Nimlot probably didn’t know that he was a nameless member of chaos, so he was probably angry at him for bringing in the Sword of May. However, it was true that Isaac was also unfair in his own way.

What is this situation that Isaac wants? If an angel is to be criticized, it is a paladin who should be criticized.

“I share your anger. Nimlot. But how can I, a mere mortal, rebel against the great precepts of the gods?”

In fact, he was willing to rebel if he could benefit from it, but Isaac gave in for now. There are still many secrets he doesn’t know. If you persuade Nimlot well, you can hear about the secrets hidden by the Sword of May.

“Furthermore, the Sword of May said, I heard that Calurien is imprisoning Elil.”

Nimlot fell silent at Isaac’s words. Isaac, noticing her subtle silence, quickly spoke to her.

“lady. More than a hundred years have passed since Elil remained silent on earth. If it is true that Calurien imprisoned Elil, wouldn’t she be right to free him? Elil is your god, but he is also your disciple.”

Nimlot looked as if he had been stabbed by Isaac’s words. Shame, anger and sadness flashed across her face.

“Shut up! How dare an outsider believer question our faith just because he knows something? “If Kal Lurien did such a thing, it was only because El Lil needed her, embracing her sorrow and mourning!”

Nimlot said indignantly at Isaac’s words.

“Even if it were true, how could an outsider intervene in our internal affairs? This is not even in the doctrine of the Code of Light! “The lighthouse keeper is just being greedy because of the millennium!”

Millennium Kingdom.

Isaac concentrated as the words he had already heard when the Sword of May roared came again. In fact, it wasn’t even an unfamiliar word to Isaac. He conquers the Holy Land from the Nameless Chaos and, when unification under the Code of Light is complete, he emerges victorious, proclaiming the ‘coming of the Millennium’.

There was a declaration of victory for each faith, such as ‘Midas’ Hand’ if you played with the Golden Idol faith, and ‘The Last War’ if you played with the Elil faith. The Millennium is the ‘victory declaration’ of the Code of Light. Therefore, Isaac thought it was just an idiom, but it seemed to have a different meaning to the angels.

“Why does the coming of the millennium matter?”

When the Millennium Kingdom arrives, the Code of Light will triumph, and this will also be the victory of the Baekje Kingdom. It was also Elil’s purpose to help the Dawn Army succeed with the Code of Light. It was strange that Calurien and Nimlot, the famous angels of Elil, opposed it.

However, Nimlot’s eyes sparkled at Isaac’s remarks. Isaac felt like he was being stabbed by a spear just by looking at him. No, he didn’t just feel it, his blood trickled down the corner of Isaac’s mouth.

[Nameless Chaos is watching you.]

Isaac’s body shook and he roughly pulled out the Ruad Din key. As pure white flames spouted out, energizing his entire body, Nimlot’s momentum faded slightly. For a moment, Isaac realized that all of his internal organs had shut down. If he had been an ordinary person, he would have died without even knowing what had happened.

“It is said that Elil believers do not avoid a fight. What do you think is different about me?”

Nimlot looked at Isaac and slightly lowered his head.

“sorry. I apologize. I was angry because I thought you knew what the coming of the millennium meant and were actively helping. But it looks like you don’t know what it is. “You can’t punish ignorance.”

Isaac was dumbfounded.

Nimlot probably never even saw the Millennium Kingdom, but he saw it himself and even actively led it. Even though he was an angel, Isaac had the upper hand in information in this regard.

“okay. Maybe we will even know the coming of the Millennium. But I don’t know what happens after that.”

“… … .”

That’s true. Because the player has no way of knowing what happens after the ending.

But Isaac pointed his sword at Nimlot and said,

“If you do something stupid again, I won’t stay silent.”

Nimlot tilted his head with a wry smile.

“Is this a warning from the ‘angel slayer’? “It would be better not to brag about just killing waste and blood.”

Nimlot said this with a smile, as if he liked Isaac’s spirit.

“but… … yes. “I will tell you why the Code of Light must not interfere with the internal affairs of Elil.”

***

Nimlot held out his hand toward Isaac.

Isaac hesitated for a moment, but took her hand and stepped onto the lake. Instead of sinking, his feet stood on the lake as if he had stepped on soft sand. It was a different feeling from when I wrote The Doctrine of the Waves.

“Follow me. “We talk while we walk.”

It was like that from the beginning, but Nimlot didn’t seem to have the will to fight Isaac. It seemed like he wanted to stop his expedition by persuading them as much as possible. Just from her attitude, Isaac could tell that the success or failure of this expedition depended on him, not the Sword of May.

With only the sound of the calm lake sloshing around, Nimlot opened his mouth.

“Do you know why the Elil faction incident occurred?”

The decisive incident that led to the separation of the Code of Light and Elil. Isaac only knew that this incident had cut in half the Code of Light that had formed the great empire at the time. At that time, the Kingdom of Elil was not just an island nation, but a huge nation that controlled the western and southern parts of the empire.

The rebellion of Elil, the second brilliant angel appointed after the first brilliant angel Ruad-Din, under the blessing of the Code of Light, was a shocking incident not only to the Code of Light but also to the entire world. There are many different stories behind the incident.

And the story about Elil’s daughter, lover, and dancer is always included in the story.

“… … “I heard that the Code of Light could not condone despicable acts, so Elil rose up with a righteous heart.”

Of course, Isaac, who had good social skills, did not say in front of the famous angel of Elil, ‘Didn’t you split up because your god was incestuous and wouldn’t let you marry his daughter?’ He was willing to fight if the angel tried to kill him, but he wasn’t stupid enough to fight voluntarily.

But Nimlot sneered and gestured.

“I know what the Code of Light is talking about. “Be honest.”

“… … “I think I heard a rumor that the Code of Light split up because it did not allow her to marry the dancer who was Elil’s daughter.”

“Which is true?”

“well… … .”

When Isaac looked at Nimlot with an expression that said, ‘How do I know? Stop teasing me and tell me the right answer,’ she opened her mouth.

“The correct answer is ‘both’.”

“Oh, yeah… … .”

Even if Elil turns around because the Code of Light did something mean, Elil cannot avoid the righteous end of incest.

No matter how fair it is, there is no way to address this since they are close relatives.