Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 311



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Episode 311. Taxes and Death Are Inescapable (1)

In Isaac’s view, angels were people who had no sense of responsibility at all, and even when they had children, they hatched them like cuckoos and ran away.

But perhaps what Siero did this time was noticed and the angel who conceived him may have taken action.

There was no time to find out right away.

“Come to think of it, where did those thugs who were here go? I don’t see any bodies.”

“Ah, that’s… … .”

I tried to tell them not to worry. They had run away and been killed by the colors on the other side of the secret passage where the children could not see. But I couldn’t say, ‘You don’t have to worry anymore.’

Because a fierce cold air began to be felt from the other side of the hallway.

“Siero, come out.”

“Oh, oh! Eww!”

Crunch, Crunch! From beyond the darkness, the waterway began to freeze and flow backwards. The cold air that hit the groundwater and froze it in a shape that broke apart quickly reached Siero. Siero barely managed to roll out and stand on the passage. However, the chill that sent shivers down his body was still there.

Crunch, crunch. And the cold air began to reveal itself, breaking through the ice.

“Gah, gahaaaak!”

The Devan gang that had been killed by Isaac began to approach, twisting their limbs. Perhaps because they had fresh muscles, they were running quite fast.

Siero was flustered and raised the heat from his hand. In an instant, a much more intense flame shot up than he had expected. He was surprised and hurriedly shook it off, scattering the fire.

As if using a flamethrower, a wave of flames instantly burned and shattered the zombies. However, the sudden flames caused a gust of wind to rush into the sewer. Acrid smoke rose into the passage.

“Siero, don’t use that anymore.”

Isaac hurriedly tried to stop Siero. If he were to use the intense flames in the closed underground space without permission, the inside could turn into an oven, or it could fill with toxic gas, killing Siero and the children.

However, Siero’s efforts were in vain as he heard the groans of zombies from the other side of the passage.

Isaac could tell what was going on.

“It looks like King Krann has finally given in. Siero, take the children and go back. I’ll stay here and fight them off.”

“Oh, I see.”

Siero realized that he was no help now and hurriedly ran away with the children. Siero’s presence here now would only be a hindrance.

But now that he no longer had to worry about the eyes around him and the possibility of being attacked from all sides was gone, this passage was the optimal environment for Isaac.

“I would appreciate it if you could just shove all the zombies in here.”

A fierce cold threatened Isaac once again, but this was a cold that could be blocked with just the options attached to the Ruaddin Key. Forged once again by the Sword of May, the Ruaddin Key had the ability to grant permanent warmth and vitality to its wielder.

“Gahaaaaah!”

The zombies that discovered Isaac ran towards him, screaming. Isaac didn’t even need to swing his sword himself, he moved the colors beyond and stabbed his spear into his head. Rotten and weakened bones were easier to pierce than those of a living human.

***

As I was dealing with the zombies so easily, a voice was heard from the other side of the darkness.

“Huh, I never expected it, but you really are a Grail Knight. Who knew you’d already be in the secret passage.”

Bluish eyes. It was a lich who seemed to be leading the undead.

Instead of greeting, Isaac stretched out a tentacle from the color beyond and aimed for the thing’s head.

The moment the tentacles shot out and grabbed his head, the Death Knight waiting behind him swung his sword with lightning speed and cut off the tentacles. Isaac was slightly impressed by the skill of cutting off the tentacles that were difficult to even wound.

‘It was unconscionable to try to eat it raw with just one or two tentacles.’

Richie looked puzzled as he watched the tentacles writhing on the floor and dissolving into the colors.

“No, what is this… … Is this your power? Drawing on the residue of chaos?”

There’s no need to answer. Since it’s come to this, they have to die here for sure. They’re already dead, but this time, they have to die even more for sure.

It would be enough to use this secret passage as a tomb.

Isaac drew in the colors from beyond, while simultaneously invoking the ‘Grip of the Abyss’.

A great sense of divine power and fullness was lost. A strange howl echoed from beyond the colors. It was a strange sound that sounded like a flute or a bell.

Within, a giant tentacle emerged from the colors, filling the secret passageway from top to bottom, left to right, and more.

Isaac knows that this tentacle is not his tentacle, because no matter what it eats, Isaac’s hunger is not satisfied.

All he knows is that somewhere out there, there is something with innumerable limbs, a size he can neither imagine nor predict, and it lends Isaac one of its arms whenever he asks.

A gigantic predator that defies description slammed its jaws open and lunged at the Lich and Death Knights. The roar of the tunnel collapsing sounded like the Krahn fortress itself screaming.

“… …Wail, you reaper with your sickle!”

However, Richie barely managed to finish his prayer before the monstrous monster devoured him. It was a miracle he had prepared to face a Grail Knight-level opponent. However, he did not know that he would use it so quickly upon meeting him.

As soon as Richie finished his prayer, something transparent appeared before their eyes. They couldn’t see it clearly, but it was clear that it was a huge scythe made of white bone. As soon as it appeared, it immediately swung its scythe at the tentacles that were rushing toward it.

Kkwaddddddddddddddddddddddddd! The scythe’s blade gently cut through the abyss’s grasp. Teeth, bones, and tough muscle fibers were cut away with a loud noise. The monster beyond the colors, realizing the pain only too late, let out a scream and took the arm back.

The whole place was filled with a sticky, unidentifiable purple fluid left behind by the abyssal monster.

The ‘Reaper’ summoned by Lich looked around, sobbing, to find the one who summoned him. The Reaper successfully cut off the Abyss’s grasp, but it was not an attack that could be blocked by cutting it in half.

Even if you split a bullet in half, it’s the same as the person behind you getting hit by two bullets that were cut in half.

Liches and Death Knights were seen crushed and crushed in the sticky fluid. They were struggling to regain their form, but it seemed difficult for a while because of the sticky fluid.

The Harvester wandered around as if asking the summoner what he was thinking. With difficulty, the Lich moved his fingertips and pointed at Isaac.

The reaper’s scythe moved toward Isaac.

And Isaac watched the whole scene.

[Nameless chaos watches over you.]

[Nameless Chaos warns you.]

[Nameless Chaos wants you to ‘survive the Harvester’.]

[The rewards of chaos await you.]

“This is driving me crazy.”

Before a warning could be heard from the nameless chaos, Isaac muttered a short curse and immediately turned around and ran away.

‘That’ wasn’t the kind of monster you could deal with. As expected from a shit game with a high difficulty, sometimes ridiculous instant death events like this would occur.

That was the miracle, ‘taxes and death are inevitable’.

***

‘Taxes and death are inevitable’ is a miracle of the Immortal Church that presents two things that are literally unavoidable.

The lich expends a great deal of faith to summon an angel known as the ‘Reaper’. If this were a normal, strong and sturdy monster, Isaac wouldn’t be so scared.

However, this harvester has ridiculous attack power, and its main body is made of a spirit that cannot attack. If it were a miracle, it would work temporarily, but it is no different from attacking fog, so it has no great effect.

It’s an incredibly powerful miracle, but it has three drawbacks.

First, the target must be someone who poses a great threat to the Undead Order. Since it is called summoning an angel, it cannot be used on an opponent whose level is not suitable.

This left Isaac with no room for excuses.

The first condition is already met from the point of view that they are Nephilim and followers of chaos.

“Isaac!”

Siero, who had been waiting on the stairs, was taken aback when Isaac ran out with a pale expression.

“Siero, gather the residents and people and prepare to escape. Now.”

“Oh, are the undead really that strong? If we just collapse the passage right now or set fire to the inside… … ”

“The undead aren’t the problem. No, the zombies aren’t the problem anymore. With the lich crushed inside, the zombies are out of control. Instead, we need to escape now.”

“Even though they tell me to escape… … .”

Siero looked embarrassed.

There are thousands of soldiers and nearly ten thousand civilians. Even if Siero is a complete novice in tactics, he knows that it is not easy for this many people to move suddenly.

“Quickly! I told you that once you get out, something will work out!”

The moment Isaac shouted, the closed well lid shattered into pieces and scattered across the sky. A giant scythe danced out from above and rushed toward Isaac.

Isaac reflexively took out Kachulain and blocked it.

Boom. Isaac blocked it. But his body was lifted and almost slammed into the wall. Isaac barely managed to land, gritting his teeth as the shock sent a tingling sensation through his entire body.

‘If it weren’t for Cachulin, it would have been broken for sure.’

Even the Ruaddin key would have been hit to this extent.

Fortunately, it was possible to block it because it had the characteristic of killing ‘physically’. However, I couldn’t do this for the rest of my life.

Isaac let go of the harvester who was slower than he was running and started running again.

Siero also ran over and asked hurriedly.

“Oh, Isaac! What is that? Is that a new, new undead? An angel from the Undead Church?”

“… …Similar!”

‘Taxes and death are inevitable’ is by no means a miracle that can be prepared in a short period of time.

It is probably a miracle that has been prepared for a long time in preparation for ‘an unforeseen situation’.

For when you come across a key figure from the Church of Light who must be killed.

Isaac didn’t know whether to be happy or sad that his fame was spreading beyond the desert.

“How on earth do you deal with that? How can your Angel Slaughter Sword Technique not work?”

“Please don’t say anything that the angels might hear and misunderstand. I don’t want to get into trouble here any more.”

“Okay, I understand. I will give instructions to prepare for escape.”

Siero, keenly aware that the Harvester was only chasing Isaac, quickly moved aside and ran away, still keen to find a way to survive.

The second drawback of the harvester, as we can see now, is that he is unable to make calculating or rational judgments.

He just mechanically approaches his opponent and swings his insanely powerful scythe around. Of course, the person being chased has to run away without sleeping until he dies.

‘Actually, the third one is the problem… … .’

The third drawback was that Isaac had only one way to survive the Harvesters.

If the ‘tax’ presented by the harvester is paid, the target can be released from the harvester. However, the summoner alone decides what the ‘tax’ is, and the target has no way of knowing.

It could be something as valuable as Isaac’s life, or it could be something surprisingly simple that no one would expect if the summoner were simply after the target’s life.

Since you can’t ask for an outrageous price, the hint ultimately depends on the current situation.

‘The Undead Cult wanted to capture the Krann Fortress.’

Isaac had initially considered the Krahn Fortress as the first tax candidate. It was a strong candidate, since he had prevented it from being built.

Isaac escaped with a group of refugees and Dawnguard, then decided to hand over the Krann Fortress to the Undead Cult as a test.

Of course, I had no intention of asking for anyone else’s consent during the process.

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