Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 360



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Episode 360. The Caller Calls (2)

‘It seems to be the remains of the flesh of the one who called, digested.’

Isaac could roughly understand the situation. Amundalas had said that he was ‘pressuring’ Isaac, so this salt was filtering out some impurities and indigestible waste. In the process, Isaac’s body was also filtered out, so his body felt much lighter than before.

Everyone looked at him in a daze as Isaac stood up and waved his arms.

“Is there something on my face?”

“Ah, no. Holy Grail Knight… … I thought you were a pretty good person before, but now somehow… … .”

“why?”

“Oh, is it a halo? Should I say my face is shining? It’s kind of that kind of feeling.”

Aidan was speechless and couldn’t continue his speech.

He had no way of knowing that it was a kind of halo effect that came with his rise in status. The others also couldn’t take their eyes off him, glancing at him as if they felt the same way as Aidan.

“Oh, but it’s not like it’s something like desire, of course. Isn’t there something like the emotion of not being able to take your eyes off something wonderful? Something like that… … .”

“Okay, then stop.”

Isaac stopped her before more embarrassing expressions could be unleashed.

It seemed as if the power of the caller had been filtered out from the flesh of the caller, leaving only the power that Isaac could absorb.

It was an achievement befitting the achievement of rescuing the one who called.

Tukhalin approached Isaac and spoke to him.

“I don’t know what the hell is going on here.”

“How did you guys get back?”

Tukhalin frowned briefly and then explained the situation.

“I left Mirmia as instructed because you said there was a possibility of Sadraja’s betrayal. But then the cursed sun went out, and the apocalypse suddenly moved north, bringing out hordes of monsters.”

Rihanna also shuddered and muttered.

“That… … is the first time I’ve seen monsters being born from the sky. It’s like darkness rising out of thin air like clay. Have you ever imagined waves crashing to form the shape of a horse or spiders?”

“Um, no.”

“Clay thrown on the ground doesn’t just turn into a dog or a cow, right? But in the Apocrypha, such things happened. Far more vicious and bizarre creatures that were just made. And as if that were enough, they ran towards Mirmia.”

Isaac had never seen it himself, but he thought it would be a terrible sight.

The monsters of the apocalypse are horrifying enough to look at individually, but they must have appeared like fallen leaves blown about by the wind.

Tukhalin continued.

“You told me to go out first because something like this could happen. I was on emergency alert and ready to run out at any moment, but then a monster came out of Mirmia and stomped on all the monsters in the outer world and blew them up.”

“It’s Sadrazza.”

Isaac answered calmly. Tukhalin’s face was distorted, but he didn’t look surprised.

“Yeah. I knew it. That octopus-headed guy. Anyway, since things have come to this, instead of getting caught up in it and getting crushed, I thought I should just go and retrieve the Commander-in-Chief’s body once the situation is sorted out.”

Tukhalin spoke sarcastically, but Isaac knew that he had not the slightest idea that he would die.

I was just upset with Isaac’s attitude.

“But then, at some point, there was a loud ringing sound, and a crack appeared in the salt flats. That’s when I thought, ‘This crazy commander-in-chief did it.’”

“Actually, Aidan did it.”

Isaac smiled at Aidan and said, Aidan looked bewildered but answered calmly.

“Isaac did it. I was just a helping hand.”

Aidan’s words were sincere.

If Isaac had not helped him with the sanctuary he had created, he would never have been able to complete the ritual. It was Isaac who had stopped Sadraja. Aidan thought that he had merely added to Isaac’s achievements.

“Yes, yes. They both did well. Anyway, a huge crack opened up in the salt flats and went straight through the sea, spreading to the other side at the same time.”

“The other side?”

“Yes. A huge crack appeared in the south. A huge earthquake swallowed up the monsters and created a vast valley. And at the same time, the outer world retreated rapidly to the south again. All that was left were the monsters it had already scattered.”

Isaac remembered what Amundalas had said at Tukhalin’s words.

That a new boundary was created between the outside world and the outside world.

The great valley that had formed in the southern desert was the very boundary. In return, it took a little longer for the caller to fully awaken, but it was worth it.

“It was only then that I gave the order to advance. This is an army, so I can’t just stand by and watch while the commander-in-chief runs wild.”

Ethelred added, seeming puzzled, to Tukhalin’s words.

“Wasn’t it Lieutenant Commander Tukhalin who said that the Grail Knights could not be safe after defeating Sadraja and even flooding the Salt Desert with seawater? You said that in order to save him, even now, we must defeat the apocalyptic monsters.”

“stop!”

Tukhalin grumbled and cut him off. Isaac smiled and lowered his head.

“Thank you again.”

Somehow, at some point, I felt that the pressure from the monsters outside the city had weakened. I thought it was because Sadraja had killed them all, but it turned out that the Isacrea Dawn Army had been active.

It would have been advantageous for Hecatli and Zihillet to conserve their strength and eat the remaining corpses.

Isaac suddenly remembered the swarm and looked around. The swarm that had been in front of him before he lost consciousness was no longer visible. However, Isaac soon felt its presence not far away, under the sea. It was hiding in the sea.

It seemed like he had the intelligence to know how to avoid other people’s gaze.

“Thank you for all your consideration… … I thought it would be a little easier this time, but it wasn’t at all. I apologize to all of you who were swept up in an unexpected adventure because of me.”

“We’ve all come to war, so don’t think about fighting alone. Trust me and leave it to me.”

Isaac forced a smile at Tukhalin’s words.

Of course, Isaac also thought it would be nice if he could do that. However, the promise made with the Salt Council was only a promise made to Isaac personally, so it was not advisable to involve them. And since the Isacrea Dawn Army was not going to fight in the first place, but to destroy Sadraza and the monsters of the outside world, it was right for them to retreat from Mirmia.

But more than anything, Isaac was still reluctant to reveal his true self to all of them.

That moment may come someday, but at least it wasn’t now.

But somehow Isaac felt like that moment wasn’t far away.

***

Isaac, who had absorbed the flesh of the one who called, felt so light that he could fly, but he escaped from the people under the pretense of being tired.

Isaac was walking along the beach near the fisherman’s house. The sea in front of Mirmia, which had now risen considerably, was surging quite high. Fortunately, there seemed to be no fear of Mirmia being submerged.

‘Did the person who called this also use his power?’

The water rises quickly, but not enough to sweep away your city.

Maybe so. He stretched and used his strength appropriately enough to form a boundary with the outside world.

‘It’s a miracle.’

Isaac thought of the great valley that had formed in the south. It was not simply a valley formed by tectonic movement, but also a great breakwater that prevented the invasion of the outer world. It had the power to drive away even the gray wasteland and dark clouds that Isaac had seen near the southern outer world.

‘The role that the cursed sun originally played… … is now being taken over by the one who calls?’

Isaac had thought that the Cursed Sun had been blocking the Outer Circle until now. But now that he had seen this sight, he had changed his mind. It is true that the Cursed Sun was blocking the Outer Circle. However, the reason it was up there was to block the Salt Council’s vacuum.

The lighthouse keeper wanted to punish the Salt Council severely, but he did not want to see the outside world invade. So he decided to keep the cursed sun afloat in perpetuity.

It didn’t matter to him whether the 7th Dawn Army withered under that sun or not. After all, even if they advanced to the Holy Land, there was a high possibility that they wouldn’t be able to recover it. In any case, it had no effect on that damn ‘Great Plan’ or whatever.

The 7th Dawn Army meant as little to him as a single ant.

‘Then why don’t you just block him from appearing in the first place? You damn punk.’

Is it that hard to send a single word, a single messenger? Unless you were deliberately sending the 7th Dawn Army to throw them into the sea… Isaac thought about this, then his mind suddenly came to him.

Isaac was able to pass through the Nightmare Strait thanks to the ‘key’ of the 7th Dawn Army’s ghost ship. In a way, it was thanks to the sacrifice of the 7th Dawn Army.

‘Is this a grand scheme or something? … … No, it can’t be. My suspicions are just growing.’

Dealing with an angel who is trolling Urbanus, I feel like I am only getting more suspicious. It may or may not be true, but there is no point in speculating about something that happened over a hundred years ago. It is just dizzying because of the scale that is hard to even touch.

‘Anyway, the one who called has now woken up.’

The one who calls first breaks the salt desert when he wakes up, and then creates a wall with the outer world.

Thinking like that, Isaac felt the shape of this world come to him in a new way.

‘Elil in the northwest, the Hearth of the World in the north, the Orkhan Code in the northeast, the Red Grail in the east, the Undying Cult in the southeast, Mirmia in the south… … and the Code of Light in the center.’

In the middle of each faith lined up in a clockwise direction, there is Lichtheim, exactly in the middle of the world. Of course, the west is empty, but let’s go over there because it’s a sea of ​​nothing. Because where there is no one to serve, there is no faith.

All faiths border on the apocrypha and are sometimes invaded. However, only the Code of Light lives in peace from the apocrypha. Of course, the order established by the Code of Light weakens the monsters of the apocrypha, but this structure itself is strange.

‘As if the Code of Light had created a breakwater for other faiths.’

And as if the eight faiths, excluding the nameless chaos, had agreed to that one-sided rule.

If so, the question is one.

What did the Code of Light intend to block by erecting such a global barrier?

And have other faiths also agreed to put aside their mutual hatred and loathing and become this barrier?

***

“Isaac, you are here.”

At that moment, Aidan’s voice was heard from the other side of the dock. Isaac raised his head without being startled, as he had already sensed the approaching figure. Unlike Isaac, Aidan looked genuinely tired, but his eyes were bright and filled with ecstasy.

“You look tired, Aidan.”

“Oh, I tried to sleep, but I just couldn’t. It’s just like the first day I came here. No, it’s not even comparable! I never thought this day would come in my life, and I’d even get to help with it!”

Isaac understood Aidan’s excitement. It was understandable, for he had achieved the Salt Council’s long-held desire with his own hands.

He started to chatter excitedly.

“The Caller has also awakened. He is not yet fully awake, but his voice and the will of the angels are being transmitted! The glory of the Salt Council is only just beginning!”

“Aidan.”

Isaac spoke slowly, not wanting to overwhelm Aidan’s joy.

“What does the caller say?”

“Huh? Oh, just wait a minute. You’re repeating the same thing… … .”

Aidan approached the steps leading to the sea next to the dock, sat down, and dipped his head in. His top was almost completely soaked, but he did not hesitate in his actions.

Aidan pulled his head out after a while and shouted in joy.

“I am back! You are saying that you are back!”

“So… … So, Aidan, will the Salt Council go back to how it used to be?”

“Yes? Since God has risen, I guess… … .”

“It was a thousand years ago when the Sea Church still existed. Traditions and all, everything else has disappeared, and all that remains is these ruins. Anyone who knows even a trace of it has apostatized and died. Angels, yes. The angels may know, but I’m not sure. Aidan.”

Isaac looked at him with stern eyes and said.

“I think the Salt Council is more important now.”

“Isaac?”

Aidan asked back, seemingly embarrassed.

“The Salt Council has great traditions and disciplines. Good things that have allowed you to stick together and survive without a god. I don’t think you need to throw them away just because the Caller has returned.”

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