Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 233



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Episode 233. Gearing up chaos (5)

The priests were wearing masks made from processed animal skulls, which they had acquired from somewhere. They seemed to be ritual equipment. Thanks to this, their faces could not be seen, but Isaac could tell as soon as he heard their voices.

It was Claire and her gang.

Even in his daze, Isaac wondered what on earth was going on.

Only then did he realize that his appearance was nothing more than a hazy mist, barely resembling a human. It was as if all his physical senses and abilities had been reduced to 1/10 of their original level. It was a strange and unpleasant sensation.

“Oh, can’t you hear me?”

“Recite the spell again. It is said that the original Chaos faction does not easily submit.”

Then Claire began to mutter something again. Isaac turned his head as if something was pulling him. Only then did he begin to understand the situation a little.

‘Could it be that these guys were trying to summon the nameless Chaos Force?’

But somehow Isaac was summoned, and they seemed not to recognize Isaac in his hazy form. The priests looked frightened when they felt like they were making eye contact with his hazy, misty body.

“Hey, stop it. Look over here.”

“You said it was a prayer that inflicted pain. But it doesn’t seem to cause much damage… … ?”

A prayer that inflicts pain? Now that I think about it, it felt like they were pulling and pinching each other a little. Isaac tried to approach them, but felt a little resistance and turned his gaze away.

There was something drawn on the floor.

It was a ritual jinn that he had found with Isolde today. However, it was so crudely drawn that it had no function at all. Originally, it was supposed to prevent the summoned subject from leaving the circle, but because the spell that was the core of its ability was drawn inside the circle, Isaac could just wipe it away with his foot.

Isaac tried to erase it just in case. Indeed, the resistance that had been pushing Isaac into the circle, however weakly, completely disappeared.

But the priests were talking nonsense without even knowing how dangerous their situation was.

“Wow, it’s moving! It seems like it’s listening to us!”

“Joe, good. Let’s continue. Nameless Chaos Clan, can you hear us?”

Isaac nodded for a moment.

The priests shared joyful smiles and hushed cheers.

“Hey, this group seems cooperative. I think we can handle it!”

“Be quiet, not yet. Ahem, my name is Clermont Sarea. I am your summoner, the signatory of the contract! State your name!”

The ritual djinn that had already summoned Isaac was completely powerless, so they had no power to force the victim to do so.

Isaac looked at her pitifully and then opened his mouth.

“Hesabel.”

I thought I would hear what he had to say. But Isaac’s answer alone made the priests scream.

“I told you! I told you!”

“This is the first summoned being with intelligence! It can communicate!”

“Everyone shut up! The ritual is still in progress!”

Claire, who was still somewhat conscious, muttered the name Hesabel several times as if she was recalling it.

“Hesabel, by the Summoner’s Oath, I command you!”

Claire gave an order to the summoned creature with a sense of urgency.

“Eliminate or take away all of your nameless Chaos Forces that have been unleashed upon this city!”

“ha…….”

Isaac had a rough idea of ​​what was going on from their anxious exchange of words, but Claire’s command made it clear.

‘They were a bunch of pathetic college students from a splatter movie.’

There are some people who crawl into restricted basements and touch forbidden ancient relics.

These little priests happened to find some nameless chaos-related material in this underground ruin, and they tried to use it to gain access to forbidden knowledge.

But as we can see from this poorly executed ritual, the summoning ritual failed spectacularly, and the monks Isaac had encountered were freed. However, as Isaac did not sense the nameless power of chaos within them, it was likely that they were just imitations of form.

But if they summon something other than Isaac, like the doomsday agent that showed up in Rougeberg, then there will be a catastrophe.

Enough to destroy the old town.

‘… …Both the Baekje Empire’s claim and the Black Empire’s claim were correct.’

***

“Hesabel!”

As Isaac continued to ignore her, Claire raised her voice again. He didn’t stop there, but recited what he called the ‘pain-inducing prayer.’ Perhaps influenced by the summoner’s emotional state, the force with which he pulled Isaac became a little stronger.

Usually, clichédly, such attempts lead to bad results.

Isaac strode out of the circle. Claire and the priests froze, as if they hadn’t expected this situation. Meanwhile, Isaac squeezed Claire’s cheek.

A scream erupted as the mask made of a mountain goat’s skull fell off.

Even though his physical abilities were extremely limited, he had no problem subduing one or two student priests. Above all, if he loses momentum in a fight, it’s over.

The students were already terrified the moment Isaac walked out of the circle.

A few people tried to recite prayers while trembling, but these miracles had no effect on Isaac, who was in a state of thought.

‘What should I do?’

Isaac looked at the struggling Claire and thought. He could have given them the same horror and lesson as in a splatter movie. He didn’t mean it badly, but he was getting hotter at the thought that these idiots could have made the name of the nameless chaos even more famous.

However, since it is uncertain whether anyone died because of these guys, and efforts are being made to somehow resolve the situation, I decided to give them a chance.

“Clermont Sarea.”

Isaac looked at his face and said.

“I will give you a chance to make amends for your impiety. What will you pay in return?”

Claire’s eyes widened. It was only natural that they would pay for their prayers. Isaac had not received any faith or anything from them.

Claire looked at Isaac with her big eyes, tears welling up in her eyes, and then suddenly burst into tears.

“I’m sorry! I didn’t know it would turn out like this!”

Isaac was embarrassed when he saw the boy, who was still a child but was a fully grown man, crying.

‘What am I doing with the child now?’

But at this age, they are considered adults in this world. Above all, since they have already accessed the nameless knowledge of chaos, they cannot be left alone. If they are not to be killed, they must at least be placed under Isaac’s control.

Isaac suddenly remembered the Treaty of Licht.

‘The earth belongs to man, and heaven belongs to God,’ they said.

Then Isaac should have received what he deserved. Suddenly, an old legend came to mind and Isaac whispered to Claire like a devil.

“Can you pay with your soul?”

Of course, I had no intention of actually receiving the soul. I didn’t know how to receive it, and even if I did, I didn’t know how to use it. However, since Claire, who would rise to prominence as a priestess of the Law of Light, would not accept the conditions, I planned to negotiate from here.

But Claire hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

“Yes, yes! I will! If, if it can be solved that way… … .”

Isaac was a little surprised.

I could tell that this pitiful student priest’s determination was not ordinary.

Even though he has dabbled in forbidden knowledge, he is at least prepared to suffer on earth and in heaven to recover it.

Isaac pulled his hands away from Claire, feeling dejected.

“Okay. Then… … I’ll tell you what to do and how to do it.”

***

These idiot priests had already summoned the nameless Chaos Force using forbidden knowledge. Whatever the reason, these idiots had nothing to say at that point, even if they were dragged to the stake. No matter how much the Code of Light pursued the value of knowledge, it was an act that crossed the line.

But their intention to resolve this situation was sincere. And in reality, they were the only ones who could properly resolve the situation by capturing the already released members.

Isaac showed them the way, but it wasn’t like he had nothing left to do.

The next day, Isaac woke up and headed to the cemetery. He felt a bit shaky when he woke up, perhaps due to the aftereffects of the summoning, but other than that, there was nothing unusual.

‘I think I understand why the gods and monsters are displeased when they are summoned by unauthorized persons… … .’

Isaac, who had never thought he would be summoned, thought he had to come up with a countermeasure for this situation. It would be better if he was summoned right before he fell asleep, but if he were to be attacked while fighting, his body would be defenseless. Furthermore, he had to find out why he was summoned and not someone else.

“fizzle.”

As Isolde, who was heading to the catacombs with Isaac, came down from the hole, she put her finger to her lips. She immediately turned off the torch and rubbed her bracelet lightly to create a soft light. The light from the bracelet illuminated the traces left on the floor.

“There are signs that someone broke in last night. They headed towards the altar where the ritual took place.”

“… … Let’s go that way.”

Isaac already knew who it was, but he pretended not to know.

The two of them went to the place where the ritual was taking place, keeping a low profile. However, even before they arrived, they could tell that someone was there by the torches that had been set up and the prayers that were being whispered.

“That’s… … .”

Isolde hid around the corner of the wall and spied on the scene inside. Several priests stood outside a circle engraved with strange red shapes and patterns, chanting some kind of prayer without stopping. The prayers were interspersed with sobs and sighs, making them sound even more bizarre.

Isolde grabbed the dagger without hesitation, seeing that anyone could tell she was sociable, but Isaac stopped her.

“Just a moment, Isolde.”

Isaac pointed inside the circle where the ritual was taking place.

Inside the circle, the monk who had attacked them in the old city was sitting cross-legged. However, unlike his calm appearance, something was happening inside, as black smoke rose and fell continuously, repeatedly shaking. Meanwhile, black smoke continued to seep in from outside and was absorbed into the monk’s body.

“Are you summoning him? Or are you strengthening him?”

“It looks to me like they’re locking him up.”

Isaac answered Isolde’s question.

Isolde had her doubts, but she did as Isaac instructed. Isaac would know better than she did when it came to using monsters.

Isaac did not teach the priests the ritual to resolve the situation. Instead, he taught them the ‘proper’ way. The reason Claire and her party let the nameless Chaos Force escape was because they could not properly confine or restrain them. However, they were clearly the summoners and the accused.

Isaac taught them how to properly complete the summoning and end the ritual.

And resolving the situation starts from there.

As the Chaos Forces scattered here and there began to gather and take shape, strange sounds began to flow out. Screams, groans, wailing, and all sorts of unpleasant noises. The priests’ sobs were also mixed in with the noise.

As the monk’s body began to swell as if exploding as his consciousness neared its end, one of the priests screamed and stepped back.

“Don’t run away!”

Claire cried out, tears streaming down her face. But at the same time, with a loud thud, the monk’s body burst open and was thrown in all directions. Claire and the priests were thrown backwards at the same time, rolling on the floor.

Within the circle, beneath the monk’s garb, was revealed a grotesquely twisted and misshapen being. It sometimes held a butcher’s axe, sometimes had the head of a pig, and at other times, it was constantly chattering its large teeth and biting its own hand.

“A ghost story… … .”

Isolde recognized them. The ghost stories that had been floating around the old city were taking shape and gathering. They were monsters that spread fear and then preyed on fear again.

The monster known as the ‘Whispering Night’ let out a rough roar and rushed forward fiercely. At that time, Claire, who had not lost consciousness and had recited the prayer until the end, recited the prayer once again.

Boom! The whisperer who was trying to run outside at the sound of the prayer bumped into something at the boundary of the circle and fell down. Only then did Claire lower her head as if she had finished what she had to do and fainted.

Only then did Isaac run outside.

Now it’s time to train.