Dark Fantasy Paladin

Dark Fantasy Paladin Chapter 72

Episode 72.

The full moon smiled brightly and softly illuminated Aiden and Saya.

The moonlight favored only the two, plunging the world into deep darkness and blessing love with bluish light.

Atraksha, the goddess of the moon and love.

She was Bacheksar’s lover, but because she was the moon, she could not be with Bacheksar, the sun.

Bacheksar and Atraksha were synonyms for tragic love.

They looked down on the world, lighting up the morning and night separately in a space and time that could not coexist.

The two who ascended to heaven will never meet again.

In this way, despite being the protagonist of a tragic love story, Atraksha was not jealous of other people’s love. Just gave me a blessing.

Iden looked up at the full moon.

He drew the sign of the cross, imbuing it with divine power.

“Moon, I will make your wish come true.”

It was Aiden’s first prayer and vow to God.

“I swear in the name of Paladin Iden. “Saint Bacheksar.”

A brilliant halo stretched all the way to the sky. Manwol looked at Iden and drew a crescent moon.

Iden intended to keep this promise unconditionally.

I turned my gaze towards Saya again.

The transparent skin that illuminates the son-in-law, and the facial features become much clearer due to the shadow created by the moonlight. Even though she was cold, she was more beautiful than anything in the world.

Aiden brushed off his natural silver hair.

Then suddenly, Valerian Young Jimin came to mind. Massacred residents. A shadow passed over Iden’s face.

In order to love Saya, he had to ignore the sins he committed against them.

But I didn’t want to do that. Because Iden himself won’t be able to endure it.

However, I will atone for them when I stand at the highest point of this world. It was just a series of flimsy rationalizations.

He let out a helpless laugh.

Love and humanity. It was a desire not to give up on either of them, and Iden was well aware of his own contradictions.

So I laughed at myself.

After a while, I was interrupted by mountain birds flying in and out of my thoughts.

An earth-shaking noise followed. Iden could anticipate something coming.

Fenrir. I had completely forgotten about him.

I was too complacent. Aiden immediately began to think.

How will the beast come out? Clearly, there was a high probability that the wolf would not remember Saya.

Therefore, he may show hostility towards Iden. With my current physical condition, I probably can’t even fight him.

Running away was wise. This mountain removes the scent of visitors, so Iden will be able to outrun the wolves if he wants to.

However, if that happened, the contact with Fenrir might disappear.

He had to unify the demihumans and had a role to play in the future. It was better to establish at least a relationship.

Aiden finished his judgment for a moment.

First, see the reaction and decide. It won’t be too late to run away then.

A dull sound gets closer and closer.

Finally, a huge 10m tall wolf appeared between the giant trees.

I made eye contact with Iden, who was sitting on a tree branch.

Fenrir’s face was very distorted.

It was because of the feeling that a part of the brain was empty.

The wolf clearly knew the man in front of him. However, I couldn’t remember why I came to the West with him.

Iden checked the beast’s expression and was sure that his guess was correct.

Before the wolf could make a sudden move, Iden opened his mouth and poured out words.

“Your prediction is correct. Your memory has now been erased. “Listen carefully to what I tell you from now on.”

The wolf brought the huge head right in front of Iden.

A cool glow came out of his eyes, but Aiden did not give in.

He calmly conveyed the truth.

*

Iden was unable to speak specifically about Araksha. The same goes for Kar Yemen’s power. Because it was forbidden.

Although there was a lot of limited information, we tried to convey it as intuitively as possible.

The wolf wrinkled his face and looked down at Saya.

All the beast understood

was that the dead woman was a nine-tailed fox and that Iden had the ability to revive her.

Even to the wolf, it was clear that the woman in front of him was a nine-tailed fox.

Also, I realized intuitively that all these scenes were not hallucinations or anything like that.

Fenrir’s mental abilities did not work at all, and the wolf was well aware of his constitution.

So what does this feeling, as if part of the brain has disappeared, mean?

The beast spoke as if muttering.

“······Is he a god?”

There was nothing else to it. Mental immunity did not protect the godhead.

Aiden said.

“Wrong.”

Kar-Yemen’s power simply erased the existence of Saya.

Godhood would have rather fallen to Aiden. Because only he remembers Saya.

The wolf narrowed his eyes.

“Then what is it?”

“I have somewhere to go. “You will find out there.”

After saying that, Aiden tore off her underwear and rolled Saya up.

Then, he put her on his back and tied it in a knot so that it wouldn’t come loose.

“I need to ride you for a bit.”

Iden jumped from the branch.

As soon as it landed on the giant back, the wolf convulsed.

Quaaaang! The giant tree fell and shook the earth. The rock collapsed, scattering debris everywhere.

Aiden spoke in a calm voice.

“Only with your help can we save the nine-tailed fox. “I don’t have time for this.”

Fenrir would never carry someone on his back, but Iden’s one word was enough to crush that belief.

Also, the wolf still had memories of burning Aiden. Although I forget the reason now.

Fenrir let out a wild roar.

“If this was your work, I will definitely rip you to pieces and devour you.”

“Okay, so go quickly.”

Iden went straight to the Great Temple of Levana.

*

The high priest of the Great Monastery, Kar-Yemen, heard the revelation of the moon.

『Kill the silver-haired visitor and confess to her lover that you have cheated.』

The first one had already been fulfilled.

The nine-tailed fox, which came on its own, forced its own extinction on the monk, and Kar-Yemen killed her without hesitation.

However, the second revelation made Salseong conflicted.

Confess your shame. In short, it meant revealing the corrupt history of the kingdom and empire.

Most of the empire’s previous emperors were murderers who slaughtered their brothers.

However, the world was unaware of their evil deeds.

A power inherited from Kar-Yemen. The ability to erase existence, passed down from previous generations to the current generation, caused this history to repeat itself.

Over the centuries, they killed incompetent crown princes and placed competent people on the throne.

It was because of the unwritten rules of the gods and the customs of the empire.

The truth that the ‘first child’ of a goddess has divine status. The imperial tradition that the emperor must be a ‘man’.

Therefore, the empire recognized only the ‘rightful eldest son’ as emperor.

However, not all firstborn sons were born with the qualities of a monarch.

There were many foolish or vicious people.

They could not be placed on the throne just because they were the eldest eldest.

This is because the mere presence of the incompetent emperor was a stain on Bacheksar’s face.

So Salseong approached the most capable prince, revealed their identities, and made him their eldest son.

For example, by annihilating the foolish first prince, he paved the way for the brilliant second prince to become crown prince.

This time something a little unusual happened. The person chosen as king was a woman. It was a revelation from God, and Salsaeng does not judge.

I just did it.

anyway.

This was the reason why none of the empire’s previous emperors had a reputation that would leave a lasting mark in history.

This is how the authority and dignity of the imperial family were maintained.

However, on the inside, it was too human and not divine at all to be of divine lineage.

It was very similar to the bloody human politics.

If it is revealed, the authority of the royal family will fall.

Atraksha was ordering that the secret history be confessed.

Kar Yemen had no idea why. What is the reason? It was something she had tolerated for hundreds of years.

Now, the motive for doing this was unclear.

Kar-Yemen counted the prayer beads and looked at the moon, but there was no answer.

It’s something you can’t go against. This is because he was a descendant of Atraksha, not the sun.

There were already dozens of coffins lined up in the temple courtyard.

It was a box containing the corpses of historical princes who had been erased.

Kar Yemen sat on the main floor of the main hall and waited endlessly for someone.

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At that time, Iden arrived at the Great Temple of Levana.

Sponsorship where the moonlight falls. A huge wolf walked slowly along the road.

Hundreds of monks came out and looked at Iden and the wolf with very nervous expressions.

Aiden was somewhat puzzled.

Because they were nailed in place, even if they attacked with the determination to die.

Could this also be Atraksha’s help?

There is no explanation other than that hypothesis, but it was difficult to understand.

For an ascended god to intervene in human affairs, he had to pay a high price.

It was a separate issue from the fact that he felt sorry for Saya’s love and granted her wish.

This is because God could exercise power without compensation only in the areas under his control.

Whatever it was, Iden was happy to do it. There is no need to make unnecessary sacrifices.

Fenrir snorted as he looked at the trembling monks.

“My ancestors swallowed the moon. I ate their god. “If you worship something like prey, you can’t help but feel weak.”

Fenrir, the monster who swallowed the moon. It was a distorted legend.

To correct this, the pet dog bit its owner.

And the dog was torn apart molecule by molecule by Bacheksar, and even its form disappeared.

Iden wanted to tell the truth, but he couldn’t.

He simply pointed to the moon rock formation stretching into the night sky.

Ten thousand steps made of moon rocks. It was a passage leading to the temple located in the sky.

“Go up.”

Fenrir growled.

“When I’m done, I’ll sort out your ranks with you.”

“Okay, go quickly.”

The wolf seemed very displeased and jumped towards the moonstone platform, smashing the ground.

At most, a few tens of seconds were enough to cover 10,000 steps.

Iden walked into the temple, admiring Fenrir’s performance.

Dozens of coffins were placed as far as the eye could see.

It looks like Atraksha really intervened. Since the blood of the moon also flows in the veins of the royal family, Araksha may be thinking of breaking the chain of corruption that his descendants are weaving.

Of course, I wasn’t sure. I couldn’t figure out why it was suddenly like this.

Aiden was truly satisfied with the situation being resolved easily.

He jumped off Fenrir’s back and walked towards the coffin.

The high priest sitting on the main floor stood up.

“Nice to meet you, messenger of the sun.”

He lowered his head halfway, counting the prayer beads.

Aiden had mixed feelings upon seeing the monk. He was the one who erased Saya and was originally an enemy.

However, he did not show any hostility. There is no need to see blood when good results have already been achieved.

Aiden was also polite.

“I meet the apostle of Atraksha.”

The high priest bowed his head once more, looked at the coffin, and said.

“We have completed preparations according to the moon’s revelation.”

Fenrir strode towards him.

“This old guy killed Misu?”

In the wolf’s opinion, the old man was not that helpless.

As Fenrir’s threat began, Iden warned.

“If you kill the old man, you will be in trouble. Quit and go to the outhouse in the backyard. “It will be explained.”

The high priest turned his head and looked at Aiden.

Aiden said calmly.

“If the beast is not convinced, everyone in the temple will die.”

The high priest could not reveal anything, including his power. However, the secrets were well kept in a separate building.

Aiden ignored Salseong’s reaction and lifted the coffins.

Then he placed the coffin on Fenrir’s back and began wrapping it with rope.

The wolf could never forgive this ruthless human. I promised myself that I would definitely teach him manners after work was over.

Of course, the ranking of the two had already been decided.

This is because Saya, who would become the one god of Ajin, chose Aiden as her mate.

Iden said, climbing on Fenrir’s back.

“Go ahead. “I stop by the backyard and immediately go to save Saya.”

Fenrir’s face fell. He held back his desire to win.

Unfortunately, it was a patience that was not repaid.