Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 312



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Episode 312. Taxes and Death Are Inescapable (2)

“Everyone, get out! Now is your chance to escape the Krahn Fortress!”

As Siero started running, shouting loudly, people started to rush in, running around in confusion.

It wasn’t just the residents who were bewildered by his sudden actions. Everyone was bewildered when Devan and the rest of the group, who could be considered the wingmen of the Dawn Army, disappeared all at once.

“Father Siero! What’s going on? Escape? There are still zombies outside… … .”

“The evil undead cabal has been annihilated as they tried to sneak in through the secret passage! But who knows when those who were rejected by the land will rise again, so now is the time to escape the Krahn fortress!”

Because of the wounds he received from being beaten, Siero’s words were quite convincing. In addition, the stigmata on both hands he received from defeating Devan made him even more strange and mysterious.

But it wasn’t easy to run out of the castle where zombies were swarming.

“Ha, but the zombies are still… … .”

Just as Siero resisted the urge to smack his opponent in the mouth, something happened that required no further persuasion. With a tremendous noise, one of the spires of the Krahn fortress was torn down.

As the spire of the Krann fortress, which had never fallen in any war before, collapsed, people began to scream and run away. Siero took this as an opportunity to shout hurriedly.

“Those who have been rejected by Heaven have begun to rise up! Run away!”

The soldier of the Dawn Army who had been talking to him had already run away without Siero having to press him. However, Siero could not completely ignore the zombies as he had said.

“Dawn Army! Dawn Army, lead the way! The zombies have lost control and are no longer a threat! Everyone, escape!”

Zombies are scary because of their numbers and their group behavior. But if they are not controlled, they are nothing more than walking reeds with extremely dulled senses. They can even deal with a ragtag group of Siero Dawn soldiers. However, as they got closer to the gates, Siero’s sense of reality slowly returned.

‘Break through a wall of tens of thousands of zombies? Even if it’s out of control, that’s… … .’

Isaac said that if we just go outside, everything will work out, but does that mean we should blindly believe that and send people out in front of the zombie horde?

If nothing happens when you actually go out, Siero will be sending all these people to their deaths.

‘But do I have no choice but to believe… … .’

Now Isaac was fighting something far more terrifying than zombies.

Siero looked at his hands and the two children who were clinging to him in fear.

“let’s go.”

Now, in his hands were not only the lives of two children, but also the lives of countless others in the Kraan fortress.

If Isaac couldn’t help, he had to do it with his own hands.

***

Swish, bang!

The moment the harvester’s scythe sharply cut through the air, the wall was mercilessly torn apart.

The walls of the Kraan fortress have survived countless wars over hundreds of years of history. However, this was the first time they had suffered such terrible destruction.

The walls had stood firm and unbroken despite being hit by caterpillars, rams, and even miracles. However, they could not withstand the merciless shocks coming from within. Isaac could not help but put his neck in the middle of the walls as he watched them being cut apart like straw.

‘I guess I’ll go back.’

The harvester, as befitting an ‘inevitable death’, approached Isaac with a determined look.

It wasn’t hard to push back, since Isaac was running at a slightly slower pace than he was at full speed. However, unlike Isaac, the Harvester only moved by narrowing the ‘shortest distance’ between himself and his target.

It means that anything in between will come crashing down, be it a castle, a tree, or a person’s body.

Isaac had no choice but to run along the wall to minimize civilian casualties. It was regrettable that the historic site was being destroyed, but it didn’t matter since he was planning to hand it over to the Undying Cult anyway.

‘Is the escape possible yet?’

Isaac thought as he watched the countless people leaving the city. Once everyone leaves, he will either hand over the castle or not. Right now, he can’t hand it over even if he wants to. Isaac doesn’t own the castle.

That was also why he had forced Siero to flee. If the Dawn Army and all the decent residents left, Isaac would be the only one who could rule this castle.

‘But who should I hand it over to? If I hand it over to the harvester, will it take effect?’

Swish, bang! The moment Isaac thought about something else, a sharp scythe flew in and cut off Isaac’s leg. It predicted his path and blocked his escape route.

The fact that the harvester is unable to make rational decisions means that dialogue and compromise are impossible. In order to kill the target, he may display skills comparable to those of an incredible inspector.

The walls began to crumble.

Isaac lost his footing and fell. The harvester swung his scythe at Isaac, who was floating in the air.

Isaac gritted his teeth and activated Isaac’s Sword Technique: Eight Prongs from the air.

Using a sword in the air without the support of the ground would be nothing more than floundering. However, Isaac’s sword miraculously emitted three-pronged sword energy and struck the scythe.

Kwaga-gak! With the eerie sound of scraping metal, the sword and the scythe collided. However, in vain, the scythe shook off the sword and struck down Isaac’s head in one blow. There was a crashing sound and a spray of blood.

Kurururur… … Countless pieces of dirt and debris from the castle wall rained down on Isaac as he fell.

A situation where anyone could have predicted death. However, the harvester hovered in the air for a moment, wondering why he had not yet collected death.

The cold air pushed away the dust. In the center of the place where the dust had dispersed and disappeared, countless broken and broken pieces of stone were visible.

And Isaac was still standing in the middle of it all.

However, the silhouette visible in the dust was slightly different from before.

“Ha… … I tried to hold out by just running away.”

Isaac’s left face, where the reaper’s scythe had slashed past, was half-split. Countless tentacles were crawling out through the gap. It was as if a huge number of monsters had been crouching inside his body and were crawling out using the torn wound as an opportunity.

Both eyes were beyond purple, almost crimson, because they were mixed with the bloody tears that had spilled out.

Isaac’s emotions were so overwhelming, with anger, pain, fear, and a sense of triumph mixed together, that even he had difficulty understanding them.

It was a sight that would have scared anyone, but to the harvester, he mechanically rushed towards Isaac.

Isaac muttered as if he had known that would happen, looking at the sight.

“Can’t avoid it? Can’t avoid it… … Okay, then.”

At that moment, dark colors flowed out like a wildfire around Isaac. In an instant, the colors created a pitch-black pillar that surrounded the harvester and Isaac from the sky to the ground, as if trying to hide them from the eyes of the world.

A world where everything is hidden, unobserved, and unrecorded.

In this, even death exists only as a probability.

The harvester was stopped by Isaac’s sudden and powerful momentum. However, Isaac began to freely reveal his power as if he no longer needed to hide it.

His silhouette began to twist violently and emit a strange power.

“Tax officer, would you like to speak with our CEO?”

***

“Hey, what is that!”

The people were shocked when they saw the wavy black pillars suddenly appearing on one side of the Kraan fortress. Siero was also surprised, but he thought that escaping was more important.

Above all, that was where the wall had collapsed just a moment ago. Isaac had clearly done something.

“Don’t worry! The Grail Knight is performing a noble ritual to punish the unholy enemy!”

“Sir, the Holy Grail Knight uses such ominous darkness?”

“You bastard! Since ancient times, the scriptures have stated that darkness is the absence of light, shadows are the remains of light, and ash is nothing but the fallen flowers of a flame! Isn’t it only natural that the Grail Knight of the sublime Code of Light would use darkness as his limbs?”

Siero was a smooth talker when it came to making excuses, lies, and instigating.

Other people thought something was strange, but since it was Siero’s words, they just let it go. Above all, wasn’t it the Grail Knight who rushed in to save them? As long as tentacles didn’t pop out in front of their eyes, they had no choice but to believe it.

“Hey, Father Siero!”

At that moment, a soldier with a panicked expression ran from the front of the Dawn Army. He was one of the soldiers who had gone out first to kill the zombies outside the open gate.

“What’s going on? If it’s the black pillar, then the Grail Knights… … .”

“Ah, that, the black pillar is fine! Joe, the zombies’ resistance is stronger than I thought! It looks like escaping will be difficult!”

“what?”

Isaac said that now that the Death Knights and zombies have been defeated underground, there will be no one left to control the zombies.

‘Are there any surviving Lichs or Death Knights?’

When I thought about it, it made sense. Surely they wouldn’t have put all their most important power into the underground passage. Of course, they would have left one or two people behind just in case.

Just as Siero was about to think that he was ruined, a loud noise erupted from the castle gate.

“Ciero!!”

It was a voice of such enormous volume that it was hard to believe it was a human voice. The voice was loud enough to shake the entire Krahn fortress.

Siero couldn’t help but be surprised and dumbfounded.

Who on earth would be looking for her? Even the Immortal Church now knows that she is nothing more than a face-madame. So what grudge do she have…?

At that moment, Rehena Krann, who was standing next to him, tried to move forward. Siero reflexively grabbed her, but Rehena was muttering something as if she was possessed.

“father.”

Only then did Siero think of someone who could control the zombies, and who would also have a grudge against him.

King of Krann, Batena Krann.

“Siero, come out! I invited you as a guest, but now I will punish you for pointing a knife at me!”

Another loud noise rang out. The zombies were pushing hard, as if they didn’t want to miss the opportunity to open the gate. I thought about closing the gate now, but then I wouldn’t be able to escape as Isaac had instructed.

Siero gritted his teeth and stepped forward. This was a problem he had to solve.

The debts that had been piled up and ignored were now coming back to haunt him with interest. As was the case with Isaac, taxes are as difficult to avoid as death.

Siero took the lead, pushing aside the Dawn Army that was blocking the zombies.

“Get out!”

As soon as Siero stood in front of the wave of zombies, he immediately drew out and scattered the heavenly heat. The soldiers of the Dawn Army were startled by Siero’s sudden appearance and stepped back from the intense heat.

Siero was never at the forefront. All he did was give a passionate speech in the back and show off a few sparks as a miracle.

But now he was a priest of the Dawn Army that no one could deny.

Kwarrrr! Waves of surging flames swept through the zombies. Over a hundred zombies were reduced to ashes and disappeared from the spot. However, soon more zombies began to swarm in to fill the space.

“Father Siero!”

“I, I will solve it!”

Siero shouted at the zombie army, his legs shaking in fear.

“Kran! Your Majesty Batena Kran, the clown Siero has arrived! Didn’t you come looking for me?”

Clown Siero. Siero knew that the discerning and high-minded people called him that to belittle him. He had a half-face and a half-speech. He only captivated the masses with his magic.

Maybe that was true. No, it was true, so Siero wasn’t even angry.

The clown’s feast is over. Now it’s time to clean up the messy table.

Kung. Batena Krann, clad in full body armor, appears.

The betrayed king.

The Undead Order determines your status as an undead based on when and how you joined the Undead Order, but they also value what you did while alive.

It’s like a paladin becoming a death knight, or a priest becoming a lich.

What about the king then?

The countless zombies rushing towards the Krann Fortress were proving the power of Batena Krann.

“I was betrayed, defiled, and insulted.”

Batena Krann whispered in anger, exhaling a rotting breath.

“I will make you like me. You have made me defile my kingdom with my own hands, and I will make you like your subordinates!”

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