Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 319



Only Krnovel

Episode 319. Your Price (4)

“What the heck is that?”

Duke Hastel Gulmar frowned and looked up at the sky. The sound was sharp, but it was too far away to be seen clearly. Only Isaac, who knew what it was, responded immediately.

Isaac immediately turned his back and started to run away. The human hunters blocking his way all pulled out their stilettos and rushed at him.

“Get out!”

Isaac pulled out Kachulain and struck him down in one blow.

The thin stiletto shattered as soon as it touched the heavy longsword, Cachulain. But that was what the attackers had intended. The stiletto, made of the blood of human hunters, melted as soon as it broke and twisted its shape to catch Cachulain.

At the same time, other human hunters were attacking Isaac’s armor, aiming for a gap. This was a way to hunt knights who were skilled in swordsmanship. However, Isaac was already well aware of such hunting methods.

As it happens, Kachulainn has a new feature added that is perfect for this situation.

Boom! Isaac lightly tightened his wrists and twisted them, and the blood restraints that had been holding Kachulain in their grip instantly shattered and broke apart.

The blood-stained restraints that Isaac had broken were dried and black from the inside.

The human hunters were taken aback by the unexpected turn of events, but they were too deep in to fall back.

Isaac immediately swung his freed Kachulain and slashed at two human hunters in quick succession. One was cut long across the chest, and the other from shoulder to waist. The two were badly injured and fell down staggering, but as long as they had blood left in their bodies, the wounds could be repaired.

“Ugh, ugh… … !”

However, contrary to expectations, the recovery did not happen quickly. The blackened wounded area did not heal, and instead continued to bleed without stopping. Since bleeding was more fatal to a vampire than a wound, the other human hunters’ expressions turned pale.

It was the ability of the newly acquired ‘Distorted Cachulain’ when Isaac destroyed the Harvester’s Scythe in the Krahn Fortress. The ‘life drain effect on the living, and the spirit strike effect on the dead’ showed a terrible match-up against the Red Grail believers.

Isaac hoped that Cachulin would be able to instill enough fear in them, but the headhunters were an elite force to fight against.

“Get out of range and shoot your crossbows!”

Hastel, who had been watching the scene, shouted sharply. The human hunters slid up the wall and distanced themselves from Isaac. But that alone was enough for Isaac to achieve what he wanted.

He started running away again without looking back.

***

“Cut off his limbs and put them on the spear! He’s strong, so he won’t die!”

Hastel let out a hysterical scream as he saw Isaac running away.

But there was another distraction that got on her nerves.

“He said it was my share, ma’am!”

“It’s a peacock!”

Sidrik quickly stabbed the human hunters who were trying to pursue Isaac with his rapier. The human hunters tried to block him, but it was difficult to even catch them in a direct confrontation with Elril’s swordsman, especially against the sword master’s swordsmanship that relied on speed.

Crack, crack, crack! The human hunters who were stabbed by the rapier staggered and fell down one after another. The small wounds inflicted by the rapier could not cause much damage to the human hunters. However, his sword only aimed for the fatal parts as if it were a slaughterhouse.

“Heart, liver, lungs! These are your weak points!”

For the followers of the Red Grail, who pursued immortality but did not give up their physical bodies, the internal organs were a difficult problem to touch. This was because even if they transformed their bodies into all sorts of bizarre shapes, they could not carelessly touch the internal organs.

Thanks to this, despite their powerful regenerative abilities, there were a few areas that could be considered weak points: the heart that pumped the blood, the liver that purified the miracle contained in the blood so that it could function smoothly, and the lungs that supplied oxygen to the blood.

How one dealt with the damage to one of these organs determined one’s level and class as a human hunter. However, when all of these organs were damaged at once, it was difficult for anyone to react.

The human hunters fell down one after another, not because they lacked regenerative abilities, but because they lost consciousness before they could regenerate. Hastel, who was watching this, ground his teeth.

“You guys, you were watching us!”

“Haha, so you think I hung out with you vampires just to have fun?”

To be honest, Hastel was looking down on Cidrik.

He was said to be the Sword Master of Elril, but he was too easily tempted and was full of loopholes.

He had even thought of trying to trick them into becoming followers of the Red Grail, but he was actually embarrassed by the fact that Cidric had been analyzing their weaknesses all this time.

Hastel had no choice but to step forward himself.

Sydrik wasn’t the problem. Her target was Isaac. Several human hunters had already made a detour to pursue Isaac, but it was impossible for them alone to catch him.

She, the duchess, had to step forward herself. She couldn’t let a guy like that hold her back.

Her fingertips moved as if they were leading. Then, the human hunters who had fallen on the ground suddenly stood up. They rushed at Cidrik, twisting their joints in a bizarre manner. Cidrik hurriedly stabbed their weak points again, but it was no use.

Their internal organs were still in a destroyed state.

“Zombie? No, no way… … .”

Hastel was manipulating the blood flowing through the bodies of human hunters to move their bodies like puppets. Since they only had to perform the movements of walking or running regardless of joints or muscles, their forms were extremely bizarre.

Hastel made a motion with his right hand to squeeze and twist the human hunter as he approached Seedrik. At the same time, the human hunter’s body exploded into hundreds of daggers that flew towards Seedrik.

“This is so evil!”

Sydrik hurriedly tried to block the blood daggers, but he couldn’t block them all. In addition, some of the daggers connected with the bones and muscles of the human hunters, stabbing Sydrik in grotesque and horrifying ways. In the end, Sydrik barely managed to bounce back after sustaining a considerable amount of wounds.

It happened in an instant, but Cidrik’s body was covered in wounds. The wounds were also bigger because the dagger changed shape the moment it was inserted.

“The Duke of Walaika may look funny, but you are Elil’s dog. Elil’s blood flows through my veins too. It is even thicker than yours.”

The royal family of Walaika, the three dukes, take turns becoming kings, but they all have one thing in common: they drink the blood of the dancer. The dancer is Elil’s child, and the blood of the dancer flows through the dukes, so it would not be an exaggeration to say that the blood of Elil flows through them.

Hastel taunted and prepared an attack to finish off Cidrik.

Then, the shrill scream that she had not heard because she was so focused on the fight rang out so sharply that she could no longer ignore it. Hastel frowned as she saw the scythe start flying towards her, coming down close to the ground.

“What the… …Stop it!”

Several human hunters who sensed the ominous momentum made a net out of blood and threw it. The net was as strong as steel, but the scythe flew in, cutting through both the net and the human hunters at the same time.

Ssaeaeaeaeak! Only then did Hastel come to her senses and she cut her palm with her fingernails to draw blood. Her blood was mixed with the dancer’s blood. That alone exerted the same power as a powerful relic.

Hastel swung his blood-stained sword at the Harvester’s scythe.

Kkwadduk! For a moment, the harvester’s scythe seemed to stop, and then her gaze turned around.

Hastel realized too late that the sword made of his own blood had been shattered, and at the same time, the scythe had cut off his waist.

“Your Majesty!”

The human hunters came running screaming. The scythe paid no attention to Hastel and flew off somewhere else.

That was the direction Isaac had disappeared in.

“It’s okay. It’s just a minor injury.”

It was a joke for someone whose upper and lower bodies were split. But in reality, Hastel had already transformed the severed lower body into a blood mist and was reattaching it to her own body. But it was a chilling moment. It was the first time in her hundreds of years of life that she had experienced such a humiliating moment.

‘That was just now… Was that a miracle from the Immortal Church?’

It was a weapon that held a divine power comparable to that of an angel, and a powerful force of death could be felt. It was clearly a miracle of the Immortal Church. It was difficult for the divine power of Hastel’s blood to withstand the divine power of death.

For some unknown reason, the miracle of the Immortal Church was targeting Isaac.

It was clear that if the miracle had been aimed solely at Isaac and that Hastel had survived, she would have died instantly.

“Sidrik… …has already run away.”

While Hastel was cut down by the reaper’s scythe, Cidrik disappeared immediately. Hastel no longer paid attention to Cidrik. Isaac was the important thing anyway.

But he didn’t completely forget about Cidrik.

“Sidrik is not a collaborator, but an enemy. It seems like he approached us with the intention of keeping us in check and monitoring us from the beginning. If you meet him, immediately consider him an enemy.”

It was an obvious fact that didn’t need to be said, but Hastel made it clear.

My head hurt. I thought I just had to come to Odrif and hunt down Isaac. But it was hard to gauge how many forces were targeting Isaac and protecting him at the same time.

“Would you like to continue tracking Isaac?”

One of the human hunters asked. Hastel was about to say that he would of course do so, but then suddenly changed his mind.

It is inefficient to honestly track and honestly catch them. It is not in line with the doctrine of the Red Grail.

“Did Isaac say he had a grudge against Leonora Bethea?”

Hastel seemed to know where Isaac was going.

The Red Grail’s way was to set traps and catch its prey rather than to track them.

***

Many of the human hunters who were not involved in the fight with Cidrik continued to pursue Isaac. Isaac had difficulty finding his way to Bethia Manor properly due to the complex alleys of Odrif, the pursuit of the harvesters, and the distractions of the human hunters.

If you catch them one by one, it’s not a problem, but when many problems become entangled, it becomes a difficult problem to solve.

Isaac began to get secretly angry.

‘The Red Grail. Didn’t you give me Hesabel when you said you would cooperate with me? How do you manage it that these little guys follow you around?’

At that moment, Isaac’s eyes suddenly brightened. He had left the back alleys of Odrif and entered a busy street. As expected of a big city, there were quite a few people walking around in Odrif even though it was late at night.

A peddler passing by on the street suddenly stepped back in surprise at the sight of Isaac, who suddenly jumped out with a knife. Isaac tried to quickly run into another alley to avoid getting caught up in the fight with innocent civilians, but a human hunter shot a crossbow at Isaac from the rooftop.

It was a trajectory that didn’t care whether other people were right or not.

Just before the crossbow bolt pierced the peddler, Isaac blocked the arrow with his left hand. Anger that had been suppressed for so long spilled out from his eyes.

“This son of a bitch.”

In an instant, Isaac’s body was shot up to the rooftop. He had activated Kachulain’s acceleration ability. It was a waste to use the ability that could only be used three times a day on these rascals, but he had only used it three times in a while.

The human hunters were surprised and hurriedly aimed their crossbows because they had never rushed up to the roof before. However, Isaac cut the human hunters into pieces with incredible speed. It was a speed that the recovery speed could not keep up with.

The human hunters quickly spread out in all directions like cockroaches, making it difficult for Isaac to cut them down. However, Isaac managed to catch up with another one and grab the back of its head. However, instead of cutting it down, he grabbed its head and slammed it against the roof.

The roof collapsed, sending Isaac and the manhunter tumbling into the attic. Isaac planted the parasite from beyond into the manhunter’s struggling brain.

Crunch. The manhunter’s body jerked and stopped as the parasite broke through his skull and devoured his brainstem. Isaac then activated his ‘Child of Chaos’ ability on the manhunter.

Crack, crack.

In an instant, the parasite began to suck the flesh, bones, and fluids of the human hunter, transforming into something completely different from before.

Passusssss… … Finally, the one who revealed himself, tearing off the thin shell, was Hesabel. She fixed her hair with a slightly tired expression.

“This is not a very pleasant feeling.”

Isaac also had many doubts about whether this ability to summon the Chaos Force would work on Hesabel. Unlike the other Forces who were closer to monsters, Hesabel was closer to human. However, after several experiments, the conclusion was clear.

Regardless of birth, what matters is how chaotic the subject is—Isaac’s choice.

A new player intervenes in Odrif’s terrible night.