Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 208



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Episode 208. The Magician Calurien (7)

Kurrururur… … !

As Isaac began to run at high speed, Calurien moved and a huge mountain collapsed. The mountain was literally split and shattered, and had a bizarre shape that was hard to see anywhere in the world.

The appearance of the Calurien that emerged from the rocky mountain was equally formidable. The rough scales and the sharp curves of the horns made it look like a moving mountain range because of its large size.

Then Calurien opened his mouth

[Wait a minute, let’s talk it out!]

“Who do you like?”

Isaac snapped, incredulous.

If it had been only 10 minutes ago, it might have been harsh. However, with Calurien’s body recovering every moment, he had no intention of being fooled by time-wasting tricks. If a conversation were to begin, it would be after cutting off the bastard’s limbs and holding a knife to his neck.

Calurien opened his mouth when he realized that Isaac had no intention of talking.

Pfft! Lightning condensed and thundered inside my mouth, then burst out fiercely. The streaks of lightning bounced around the rocky valley like crazy.

Isaac quickly hid himself in a crevice in the rock and began to make a detour.

‘It’s fortunate that the terrain is rough.’

Running is difficult, but once you have Isaac’s physical ability, it’s not a big deal. The debris from the fallen mountain hinders the movement of the large Calurien, while Isaac can hide and defend himself.

“Calurien! Why have you abandoned your duty to protect Elril!”

Meanwhile, Aethelred shouted loudly from the front. Normally, Calurien would not have paid any attention to him, but Aethelred’s stance caught his attention.

“Did you really imprison Elril and plunge the kingdom into civil war? You incited countless knights of Elril to shed meaningless blood!”

Ethelred is a sword master and the king of Elril who wields Kaldbuh. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he is equivalent to the Pope of the Elril Kingdom.

Calurien, burdened by the angel’s karma, could not ignore his cries.

[If you don’t know anything, then shut up! I’m here to protect you guys… … !]

Shh! The moment Calurien’s mouth opened, Hesabel’s crossbow arrow flew in. No, it was no ordinary arrow. The arrow that Hesabel had made by tearing off red wing feathers and attaching finger bones contained powerful divinity in itself.

Remembering that one of his own avatars had suffered the pain of the splitting ceremony, Calurien reflexively twisted his neck to dodge the arrow. However, the arrow gently curved and changed its trajectory, eventually landing in Calurien’s neck. The feather was coated with the ‘Poison of the Corrupted Angel’ that Isaac had given him beforehand.

The pain was intense and blisters were boiling. However, it was not enough to hurt Kalurien. In human terms, it would be like a small thorn stuck in the throat, causing discomfort. It was hard to say that it had hit Kalurien.

But the story changed the moment Isaac, who had climbed the mountain, jumped down on Kalurien’s head. Kalurien felt a strong energy coming from Isaac.

Isaac’s eyes and head, which had been ordinary until he ran towards them, were engulfed in pure white flames and were burning.

Calurien was shocked when he saw that sight.

[Flames of Glory! The Sword of May is that good?]

He reflexively breathed out a thunderbolt at Isaac, who jumped down in confusion. Then he realized that Isaac looked slightly different than when he first saw him.

‘Was that guy’s armor originally that color?’

The next moment, a thunderbolt breath touched the lump of Hesabel’s blisters that had formed in his mouth.

Kwakwakwak! Calurien’s lightning exploded right in his mouth. The lightning branches spread out like crazy and fell in all directions. Ethelred was worried about Isaac, who was in the front of the explosion, as he swatted away the lightning that was rushing at him.

Calurien was unconscious due to the breath that burst inside his mouth. It was difficult to even move as lightning spread throughout his mouth through the burst blisters. Now, blood was also flowing out of his mouth.

So Calurien did not notice Isaac climbing onto his horn.

Isaac, who was hit head-on by the lightning that exploded from Calurien’s mouth, appeared relatively unharmed. While hanging on the horn, Isaac immediately drew out his sword energy as much as possible and struck Calurien’s forehead.

A sound like the world was being torn apart echoed through the valley.

***

[Gaaaaah!]

Calurien writhed, letting out a roar that was more beastly than angelic. Isaac barely managed to hold on to the horn with the tentacle of his left hand to avoid being thrown away.

He looked at the area between Calurien’s eyebrows that he had struck down.

‘It’s not enough.’

I didn’t have enough strength because I swung without taking the right stance. It was a blow that could shatter Calurien’s scales. That in itself would be a great achievement, but I couldn’t be satisfied with that much in a situation where I had to decide whether to kill or save him right away. It was clear that Calurien was going berserk like this because of anger rather than pain.

[You fucking monkeys! You ungrateful bastards! I’ll kill you all!]

To properly strike Calurien, you must attack the already damaged parts, not the new outer shell. Isaac turned his gaze to the chest area that had not yet healed from the May Sword wound. Calurien had been lying flat since the battle began, not even taking flight.

‘You’re trying to prevent the wound from being exposed.’

Even if he was Calurien, it was clear that he would not be able to withstand being hit again on an already injured area. Hesabel seemed to have realized this fact as well, and shot an arrow at the injured area. However, Calurien, who had already learned from experience, used his specialty, magic, to block the arrow from flying.

Thud, thud! The arrow, blocked by the small bubble-like shield, changed its trajectory several times and bounced off before losing its thrust and falling. Isaac jumped down on Kalurien’s body as if he was slipping. Even though it was happening behind him, Kalurien had no reason to just sit back and watch.

Phajijijijik! The lightning streak that started from Calurien’s horn raced along the tips of his wings and over his scales. His mouth had burst, so he could no longer use his lightning breath, but his ability to generate lightning was still his specialty. There was no way Isaac, wearing his armor, could withstand the lightning.

As expected, Isaac stumbled as soon as he was exposed to the lightning and fell to the ground on his back. However, Isaac landed just before he hit the ground and dug straight into Calurien’s belly.

[what!]

‘It works after all.’

Isaac let out a ragged breath and looked at the colors beyond that covered his armor.

[Primeval Magic Power (S): Magic power that contains the power of observers who organized order in a time when order was not yet fixed in the world. It can give life to inanimate objects or change the properties of elements.]

The object that Isaac gave life to with this ability that he gained by absorbing the essence of Calurien was none other than a part of the ‘Color Beyond’. The idea was that if the Color Beyond could take on a physical form beyond a simple illusionary illusion, it would be more useful if it could act autonomously.

Of course, since it was a decision made in a hurry just before attacking Calurien, I didn’t think about how I would use it, but I thought I would ‘color’ the armor with the colors from beyond and use it as a last resort. I thought that if I had colors, I would be able to organically respond to any irregular attacks. That’s why Isaac’s armor changed color.

However, while attacking Calurien, I was hit by an exploding lightning bolt and realized an unexpected effect.

‘… … I thought the colors over there were insulators.’

It was unexpected because it was something I had never thought about before, but thanks to it, I was able to escape Calurien’s attack.

Isaac saw Calurien’s blood cascading down his head and the wound on his chest. The wound made by May’s Sword had healed significantly since before the battle began. However, the exposed bones and viscera were still clearly visible.

But what caught Isaac’s eye more than anything else was the jewel that pulsed with a vivid blue color even amidst the red blood.

‘Dragon Heart.’

Isaac’s body was bent at an odd angle.

The angle was because the target was facing upwards instead of straight ahead as usual. The colors beyond burst out like mist, and the tentacles pulsed as they gripped the Ruaddin Key more tightly. The moment the muscle fibers swelled to their fullest, a blaze of glory blazed fiercely above Isaac’s head.

‘If only I could just cut this… …!’

At that moment, Isaac’s body froze. Gravity, time, and the earth were taking hold of Isaac’s body.

Calurien grabbed Isaac’s body with all the magic and magical power he could muster despite his exhaustion.

Isaac was restrained by squeezing out all his strength to recover. The magic itself was enough to squeeze Isaac’s body and burst it. Isaac felt pain as if his lungs were going to fall out of his mouth and his eyes were going to pop out.

But Calurien didn’t stop there, he raised his hand.

[Don’t make fun of angels!!]

Calurien screamed bloodily as he slashed at Isaac’s body with his claws.

Crunch. An eerie sound erupted beneath his hand, and blood flowed out, redder than Calurien’s own.

[Nameless chaos watches you.]

Calurien groaned loudly and glared at the being that had targeted his only weakness. This was the first mortal who had pushed him this far since he became a seraph.

But a chilling sensation took over my whole body.

‘Really? Really? This isn’t the end?’

Before Calurien could stop his astonishment, Isaac began to squirm beneath his hand.

[Immortal Will: Keeps your soul attached to your body for a short period of time, even when you are struck by a near-death wound.]

Isaac used the temporary immortality he had gained by absorbing Villain’s soul here and now. His bones were broken, his flesh was torn, his limbs were torn off, and his blood pooled in puddles, but his life, his soul, was still attached to his body, and he moved as he pleased.

And there were tentacles connecting every joint of his body.

Now, the only thing moving Isaac’s body was his will.

As if he had never been trampled in the first place, Isaac’s body spun around fiercely as planned, emitting black energy.

The sudden burst of sword energy manifested in the form of tentacles. The storm of sword energy mixed with the colors beyond cut off Kalurien’s back of the hand and claws and surged. The bursting sword energy spread out like lightning branches, slicing through his wounded body.

The angel’s scream echoed throughout heaven.

It was the scream of an animal being slaughtered.

***

“Keuk… … .”

Isaac finally exhaled after a long time. It seemed like he had been unconscious for a short time. It was still hard to be sure whether he was alive or not. The will to immortality only temporarily held his life, and if his wounds were not treated in the meantime, he would eventually die.

‘Looks like he’s not dead yet.’

Isaac turned his head with difficulty. The surroundings were all covered in Calurien’s blood, but only Isaac’s surroundings were clean. Isaac realized that while he was unconscious, the tentacles had consumed a lot of Calurien’s blood, restoring Isaac’s health.

[‘Calurien’s Body (EX)’ has been devoured.]

[Consumption efficiency increases with the ‘Dead God’s Guts’ perk.]

[Physical abilities increase greatly.]

[Divine ability increases greatly.]

[Regeneration ability greatly increases.]