Dark Fantasy Paladin

Dark Fantasy Paladin Chapter 21

Episode 21.

When the heavy snow subsided, Aiden, who had been lying in the snow, lifted himself up.

Five minutes have already passed.

“No matter how much of a monster you are, your body is so damaged… I think getting proper treatment is the priority.”

“Your brother is right about this. First, I have to go back to my grandfather’s house and heal my wounds. “Come on.”

Iden shook his head and showed his side. The wound exposed through the gap between the joints of the genitals was slowly healing.

The siblings could not hide their embarrassment. Even if it was healed by a high-ranking priest, it would not be possible to recover at this speed.

“······I guess I was really chosen by God.”

“I wish it were that way.”

Iden put the holy sword back and retrieved the lance.

“Let’s move quickly when the weather gets a little warmer.”

Daryl looked at the snow leopard’s carcass out of the corner of his eye.

“I understand. But it looks okay even if you spread that guy’s blood on your clothes and move around. “Most demi-humans will turn away just from the smell.”

It wasn’t a bad idea, but Iden was skeptical.

Humans are amazing at detecting the scent of predators and hide themselves, but snow leopards also have a sensitive sense of smell.

Iden shook his head.

“If that group of guys smells the scent and shows up in droves, we will be annihilated.”

“I wonder if I will have any colleagues. As far as I know, snow leopards are a solitary species.”

“There are always exceptions. “It’s not even common knowledge that snow leopards came down here in the first place.”

Snow leopards are predators that only live in the deepest regions of the ice cap, and were one of the species that did not move south even when winter came.

“Well, that’s true. “There is nothing really known about snow leopards.”

I don’t know about Daryl, but the guy from just a moment ago wasn’t even an adult. Daryl nodded in understanding and stood up.

“Then I will bury the body in the snow.”

While Daryl was wiping away his traces, Iden took a quick look at Sein.

‘Is it starting slowly?’

As you get closer to the ruins, the magic Kadak planted in Sein gradually weakens.

In order to wash away the devil’s blood, you had to open the blocked tap.

When the suppressed black blood began to circulate, he had no choice but to realize that he was a half-demon.

As evidence, Sein’s expression is subtly hardened.

“three.”

Sein, who was lost in thought, responded half a beat late.

“······yes yes?”

“A lot of people care about you. Just remember that.”

The Sein I’ve seen over the past few weeks was a warm human being. Iden was able to fully sympathize with the reason why Sistine and Priest Bandel love Sein.

Sein looked at Aiden with a slightly slanted face.

“Thank you. But suddenly…”

As Iden silently stroked Sein’s head, she smiled shyly.

Daryl came over, shaking his hands.

“I buried it very deep. “You can’t smell it unless you walk around with your nose buried in the snow.”

“Good job. “Let’s leave right away.”

It would have been nice if we could get to the ruins before the heavy snow started again.

*

Iden could not help but hate his luck.

I was worried about heavy snow, but now it was hail. It seemed like God was throwing a rock with the intention of breaking Iden’s head.

“Will I get better? “How dare you do that…”

It was blatant even in Daryl’s eyes. Iden swatted away the hail with an annoyed look on his face.

“You must be bored.”

Daryl scratched the back of his head.

“Haha, it’s a bit rude to say this, but sometimes I say things that might get me caught… Oh my. “That was presumptuous.”

“Does not matter. Rather, be sure to be alert to your surroundings.”

Elohimderk’s blue track was cut off by the iceberg in front.

Even after the battle with the snow leopard, Iden was burdened by the fact that his physical strength was gradually decreasing after encountering numerous beasts.

In order to pass the hero Arhaan’s trials, he had to maintain a minimum condition.

“From now on, ignore all the demihumans you meet and run as fast as you can until the iceberg.”

“I checked.”

Iden put away his sword and started running straight ahead.

Something followed me, howling, but I didn’t even look back.

A heartrending cry against humans crossed the snowy plains.

“Let’s do some identification! “I am anti-slavery!”

Even though Daryl ran and screamed, it made no sense. A few words cannot wash away the vengeance of the demi-humans.

The ice mountain was getting closer. Elohimderk was also seen floating in the air.

Iden kicked off the ground, flew up, and grabbed the necklace.

He pulled his sword out of the air and descended into the iceberg.

He inserted a knife into the middle part and lowered it with his weight.

Blah blah blah! The incontinence quickly spread out in all directions from the spot where the holy sword was embedded.

The broken ice began to fall. The beasts chasing them stopped.

Finally, the iceberg crashes down. Iden snatched the embarrassed Daryl and pulled him inside.

Sein had a seizure.

‘It has begun.’

Purple scales crawled up her skin, causing her terrible pain.

When the imprinted magic disappears, you instinctively realize your true nature.

Sein burst into tears. My body and mind screamed and howled at the same time.

“Sein, just hang on a little longer.”

I wish I had told you in advance, but I couldn’t bring myself to say it out loud.

It must have been the same for Daryl.

Aiden took the crying Sein into her arms and hugged her tightly.

Then, I approached the stone slab placed inside the iceberg.

When Elohimderk was inserted into the engraved groove in the exact center, the earth shook as if it would collapse.

The ground began to shake with a roar.

“Hold on tight to the slab.”

The necklace gave off a bluish glow. It was reflected in the ice, turning the interior bright blue.

At the same time, the ground at the bottom sank and the stone slab slowly descended, rubbing against the side.

The wall that had slowed down quickly disappeared and a huge pupil was revealed.

The force of gravity pressing down on the stone slab plunged the group into the ground.

Every time Daryl was with Iden, he felt like he was dying.

*

Fortunately, the speed stopped just before hitting the ground.

Wow!

Daryl couldn’t hold back his nausea. As I was pouring out everything in my stomach, a shout rang out from afar.

“Who dares defile the palace of a great hero!”

The dark pupil opened wide, revealing the inside.

A sanctuary honoring the great hero Arhaan. Dozens of pillars with engraved sun patterns supported the basement.

Arhan’s palace, built with white marble, still retains its original appearance even though 200 years have passed.

A hero was sitting on the throne where the red carpet ended.

Arhan, the great hero who led the war against the demihumans to victory. It was as sharp an impression as it was in its heyday, without aging.

He measured Aiden with arrogant eyes.

“young. There is one qualification. “Tell me your name.”

“It’s Aiden.”

“He has no manners.”

Arhaan is praised as a great hero, but his actions are closer to those of a butcher. Aiden didn’t have any respect for Arhan, so he didn’t feel the need to respect him.

To begin with, he was less than 30 years old when he was alive.

“I want a trial.”

“You probably want a Noble Phantasm.”

“I will also grant you your wish.”

The only woman Arhaan the Butcher loved was a half-demon.

The resentment of not being able to protect his love remained as an ordeal and he wandered through the Nine Heavens.

Arhaan’s ordeal was the task of rescuing a half-demon.

Fall into a time and space separated by power and enter a battle 200 years ago.

It was a battlefield where Arhan died due to the extreme difficulty level.

“Did you bring two half-horses to impress me?”

Sein cried out, scraping off the scales with his fingernails. Daryl just looked at his younger brother with his shoulders drooping.

“Think whatever you want. However, I am confident that I will succeed.”

“What are they to you?”

“I do not know either.”

“But.”

“I promised to wash away the black blood. “Just like you did to her.”

One of Arhaan’s Noble Phantasms made that possible.

“under! Are you willing to do what this body has failed to do with just the same amount of will? “It’s absurd.”

“Let’s stop asking and answering useless questions.”

Arhaan couldn’t kick Aiden out. Since Elohimderk chose Aiden, he had to go through trials whether he liked it or not.

The heroic spirit stared at Aiden with an enraged gaze and suddenly sneered.

“It is not simply a reenacted battle. Death there is directly connected to reality. The ten thousand horses will devour you. Yes, watching your spoiled bastard struggle is also entertainment for me.”

The hero tapped the armrest of the throne. My vision was reversed. The surrounding area broke into pieces like glass and collapsed.

A dark darkness has come. A feeling of floating enveloped Iden’s entire body and kidnapped him somewhere.

A terrible stench emanated from a ray of light in the distance, irritating Iden.

The seeker of destruction was more furious than ever.

Iden swam through the darkness and headed toward the light.

When the son-in-law was finally opened, Aiden was standing in the middle of the wilderness.

A plain where a huge inverted cross rises under the red moonlight. Beings seething with malice covered the ground like grains of desert sand.

A woman was hanging upside down on an inverted cross. Half-demon Sertia. She was the woman Arhaan loved.

A voice like a thunderbolt struck from the dark red sky.

Let’s get excited!

Another inverted cross rising through the ground bound the people of the world together.

She wanted to cover up the scales that had taken over her whole body, but her limbs were tied and she could not do anything.

I just cried out loud.

Daryl’s expression became horribly distorted.

“This is the final battle where you will give everything you have.”

“Please understand.”

His voice was shaking with anger. It might be aimed at Arhaan.

At the same time, Daryl’s whole body was covered with crimson scales. The body swelled enormously and the front began to mutate into the shape of a snake.

Sentinel, a demonic beast that lives in the demon world. The black blood consumed Daryl.

It looks down at small prey with vertically angled pupils. A long tongue crawled out and danced in the air.

Aiden stared straight ahead.

The battlefield where the great hero Arhan went on his own to save the half-demon. Of course, the church did not support him, so he fought alone.

I cut down the ten thousand demons in front of me, but was frustrated by only one being.

A lump of flesh visible in the distance. The structures that should be there were not visible above the pale skin.

There was only a mouth attached to swallow something.

This battlefield is real. When Arhaan’s power disappears, that monster appears on earth.

The devil, who devours everything that touches his mouth, must chew up the continent and eat it.

We must subdue them when we have the opportunity. Iden lit up his halo.

A pure white brilliance split the red sky in half.