Chapter 1478 – 1478. Paladins: Journey to Ruin
In front of my eyes, a bloody young man trembled. I watched him closely.
“I am not a fallen person. He is human.”
“Is that so.”
The Heretic Questioner took out a dagger from his bosom and stabbed the man in the heart.
I asked the Heretic Questioner in a calm tone.
“Why did you kill him?”
“He was a blasphemous man. He doubted the existence of Goddess Herianne, and was brought here by insulting her church. He was not a corrupter, but a heretic. For the existence of the church, heresy must be punished.”
“Right.”
“… Is that all?”
“What do you want from me?”
“… The former paladin criticized us. He would have scolded us.”
“I am different from the previous Paladins. You bear your sins.”
“Nothing. We’ve made all our commitments. If it is the judgment of the goddess Herianne, I will accept any judgment. Everything for the Goddess and her Order.”
The Heretic Questioner continued to bring heretics. There were 23 people in total. All but two were corrupters. I killed all the corrupters. The Inquisitors looked at me with respect.
“To take the lead in punishing the fallen…. You are amazing. You are a good enough example for us all.”
I wiped the bloody sword with a cloth. It seems like you’re misunderstanding something, but I personally killed the corrupters for the sake of experience. There was no other reason. And there was no need to inform the Heretic Questioners of that fact.
“What are you going to do with the worms lurking in the city?”
“Help us. Walk through the city with us, identify heresies, and let us know. We will kidnap heretic and bring him here.”
“Is there any need for that? It doesn’t matter if you kill them as soon as you see them. The city needs to be sealed off by a paladin.”
“There is a sacred barrier here, so the corrupters cannot exert their power. We will interrogate them and find out the cause of the fall.”
“… Indeed. I get it. However, there are conditions.”
“Tell me.”
“I am responsible for the execution of the corrupt. Killing them is proof of my faith.”
I couldn’t hand over my experience to these guys.
The Heretic Questioning Division let out exclamations with sparkling eyes.
“As expected Paladin…. You are indeed our Exemplar.”
I wandered around the city with the Heretic Questioners. Dressed as a traveler. Instead of armor, he wore a leather garment, and a cloak was pulled deep into his head to cover his holy eyes. My job was to find the hidden corrupter and inform the Heretic Questioner. Then, the Heretic Questioner recorded the corruptors, and the corruptors were kidnapped at night and brought to the basement of the cathedral.
The Heretic Questioners interrogated them, and I executed those whose interrogations were over.
Ten days passed like that. Since the city of Valentier had a fairly large population, there were many corrupted people.
‘Thanks to the Inquisitors handling the trivial things, I easily gained experience.’
[Name: Eugene
Origin: Paladin
Level: 30
Strength: 20 Agility: 10 Stamina: 10 Holy Power: 11
Possessed Skills: Holy Eye (Lv. Master), Holy Aura (Lv.1), Sacred Sword (Lv.3)]
Raised 3 levels.
I can only say three, but I can’t help it. The higher the level, the higher the amount of experience required. The accumulated energy of blessing was used to strengthen the holy sword.
I visited the sanctuary and met the saintess.
“I was waiting. The elixir is complete.”
“Thank you.”
“I just did what I had to do.”
I received the bottle of blue liquid given to me by the saintess. I drank the elixir without hesitation.
[Stamina increases by 1.]
Ability has risen. It was the same as leveling up by 1. I put the empty bottle down with satisfaction. The elixir had no limits. If I had to point it out, the only thing I would say is that it requires a by-product that is above the level.
“Paladin, it is said that the Inquisitors have found the cause of the corruption.”
“What is the cause?”
In fact, I knew the cause through the original work. The reason why he took a half-waiting attitude without stepping forward was to gain experience. To face the Great Devil, I must become stronger than anyone else.
“It’s a mouse.”
“Mouse?”
“Demon rats are roaming through the aqueducts. Rats spread the energy of corruption and lure people into the path of corruption. It is believed that there is a demon controlling rats in the underground waterways. Paladin, find the demon of the underground waterway and destroy it.”
“I get it. Killing demons is my duty and mission.”
I led the Paladins and headed for the underground waterway. Unlike games, you didn’t have to do everything by yourself.
It was dark and stinky in the underground aqueduct. Remnants of human and animal corpses were scattered everywhere. They are the dregs that the devil ate and threw away.
“It is terrible.”
“I thought there was a devil hiding under the city….”
“I can never forgive you!”
The Paladins were motivated.
Squeeze.
There was a rattle sound. The paladins and I stopped walking. Hundreds of red eyes turn to us in the dark.
We immediately got into a fighting stance. The rats come running all at once.
“The center of the underground waterway is right in front of you. The devil will be there Don’t back down, move forward.”
“Yes! Hey paladin!”
“For the Goddess!”
The paladins shouted. Wrapping the golden holy aura around the sword, he swung it at the rats.
These mice were different from normal mice. It was the size of a small dog, and its teeth were sharper than those of a wolf. They are rats who have received the power of the devil.
Squeeze!
Rats constantly run. There was no end to killing and killing.
“Hey Paladin! We’ll take care of this!”
“Find and punish the demon controlling the rats!”
“I will trust you.”
I used sprint to run forward. The rats band together to form a barrier. I put my shoulders forward without stopping.
Bang!
Break through the wall with a shoulder attack and move forward. Even so, the rat stood in front of me until the end. I took out the explosive holy water and threw it.
Kwak Kwa Kwak! Kwak!
The explosive holy water neatly cleaned up the rats, but the rats came back like waves to fill the spot.
‘There is still explosive holy water left!’
Grind your teeth and throw explosive holy water. After using all the explosive holy water, I was able to reach the demon.
“Chiggle. Did you end up here?”
The devil was stuck to the ceiling. The head was that of a mouse, and his body resembled a caterpillar cocoon. A chunk of meat hanging from the ceiling was pouring something through the hole. Splash splash. I look at them that have fallen into the waterway that is submerged up to my ankles. It was a rat Rats squirm and head towards the pile of human corpses. The newly born rats ate the human corpses that the Corruptor had saved.
Disgusting look But even more disgusting than that was the stench that pierced the nostrils. Even if you relax a little, this stench makes you sick.
The demon clinging to the ceiling scanned my body with eyes full of appetite.
“It must be delicious. Demons who have eaten paladins say…. There is no human with a special taste like a paladin. In particular, the innards taste so good that even if the four of us die after eating three of them, we won’t know, right?”
“Gibberish.”
Leaped towards him. An arm sticks out of his body. The arm, which was as bony as a tree branch, was over two meters long. I used the blessing of sprinting to jump once more in mid-air, spinning my body to dodge its attack. I kicked the ceiling, slashed him, and landed on the ground.
“Quaaaaa!”
The bastard screams. The rats nearby started running frantically towards me. I lowered my gaze to the floor. The water was submerged up to the ankles, and there were no allies around.
‘Thunderbolt.’
A golden electric current rides the water and spreads in all directions. The rats that came running were electrocuted and killed. The demon still hanging from the ceiling panicked. The demon opens his mouth wide and spits out his acidic liquid.
I raised his left hand, dodging the acid.
‘Sacred sword.’
Golden divine power gathers in your hand and takes the form of a sword. Holding the sword in both hands, I leapt towards him and swung the sword continuously.
“Khehehe?!”
The torso of the guy hanging from the ceiling falls down. I raised my sword to finish.
“Do you think it will end like this!!”
Its cocoon-like body swelled and burst. A large amount of acidic liquid covers me. The acidic liquid began to dissolve the Stormbreaker armor and melt my skin. I regained the spirit that was trying to get away in the smoke.
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“Kel kel kel…. You got it right, you idiot…. My babies come here. Hurry up and become my blood and flesh.”
With only a rat’s head and long twig-like arms, the demon crawled across the aqueduct with a terrifying appearance. The newly born family gathers around him. The devil ate the squeaking clan members. The demon’s body slowly began to regenerate.
‘It’s not enough, it’s not enough. More. You should eat more… !’
The devil walked through an underground aqueduct. Paladins must have melted away, so he was thinking of digging up the paladins who came here.
With a splash.
I heard the sound of water behind me.
The demon’s movements stopped.
“Where are you going?”
The demon opened his eyes wide and slowly turned his head back.
A human with half of his body melting away stood proudly. The hard armor and large greatsword melted more than half and could not hold its proper shape. Humans were worse. Half of his head melted away, revealing his brain. A liquid mixed with the intestines flows from the abdomen.
It is fatal.
It’s strange to be alive.
The demon saw the paladin in front of him as something other than human.
The paladin raised a greatsword that was more than half melted. Golden light gathers on the blade and becomes a blade instead of the broken blade. The devil hesitated. He desperately moved his arm, trying to get as far away from the paladin as possible.
“Destroy it here.”
“Hateful paladins!! Go away! Don’t come! I mean turn it off… !!”
The demon’s final outcry echoed in the catacombs, but the paladin’s holy blade cut off the demon’s head without mercy.
With a splash!
Paladin is down.
And.
Paladins woke up.
