Chapter 1488 – 1488. Paladin: A Journey to Ruin
Finally, the reforging of Valentier’s holy sword was over.
Receiving the holy sword from Amelia, I was delighted. Now that I have received Valentire’s Holy Sword, I can now more easily punish demons and corrupters. There was no reason not to be happy.
‘The characteristic of Valentier’s holy sword is penetration.’
Ignores the enemy’s defense and inflicts fixed damage. It was a holy sword that became a counter to demons with high defense.
‘The best thing is that the holy sword doesn’t break at all.’
Because I handled my sword so harshly, there were quite a few situations where it broke during battle. I am satisfied with the fact that there are fewer such situations.
“Sa-save me, Paladin! I-I’m not the devil! Not even the corrupt!”
A commoner knelt in front of me and begged for his hand. Paladins and heretic inquisitors stood solemnly around me, and around them, the citizens of Valentier watched silently, holding their breath.
“You are neither a demon nor a corrupter.”
“Well, then… !”
“However, the sin flowing through your body has exceeded the human category. I see it in my eyes. You are a traitor to humanity Your sins are proof of that.”
“No! No! I did not betray humanity!”
The man shook his head in denial. This too was a lie. The sins of men are clearly visible in my eyes. He had no more unforgivable sins than stealing or murder.
I looked at his sin and said.
“Two years ago.”
“Yes?”
“It was a rainy night. You wet your pants with muddy water and ran through the alleys.”
“That, that….”
The man’s eyes twinkle.
A rainy night two years ago.
There was no way the man would not remember that day.
“You met the devil hanging upside down from the roof then. You begged the devil please kill my father The devil did your favor and became your master. Did you covet your father’s property so much?”
“Uh, how did you….”
“I would have said I see your sins in my eyes.”
Seeing sin also meant being aware of it.
Raised the sword.
The blade of Valentier’s holy sword shines in golden light. Everyone around looked at the holy sword as if possessed.
“Hey!”
The man let out a piercing scream of fear and tried to run away. My feet moved faster. Trampling his legs without mercy. Tight. Bone and flesh are crushed and blood flows.
“Quaaaaagh!”
“I will judge your flesh.”
I lowered my greatsword. The sword was driven into the man’s back. A man who is neither a demon nor a corrupter will soon die.
“Goddess Herianne will judge your soul.”
As it should be, I cut his throat.
Experience comes in.
It was an experience value that was not even half of the half of that obtained when killing a corrupted person. However, I gathered the dust and called it Taesan. The accumulated experience will definitely come in handy.
I looked around and spoke to the citizens of Valentire.
“Don’t give up your faith.”
•••
Valentire was at peace.
There was no sign of demons or corruptors. There was no heresy that made a deal with the devil. After killing at least 30 people a day, citizens saved themselves.
Still, there may be a heresy hiding from my eyes. I went around Valentier several times a day.
Whenever the citizens of Valentire saw me, they knelt down and prayed to Goddess Herianne.
“Goddess Herianne, thank you for giving us our daily bread today. We are all alive thanks to the grace of the Goddess….”
“Thank you! Thank you! I just want to thank you! Goddess Heianne!”
“We are living today because of Goddess Herianne!”
Citizens prayed fervently.
I nodded in satisfaction. Valentire was a more faithful city today than yesterday.
Clap clap clap.
It was when I was walking along the main street making the sound of my armor.
I saw an old beggar leaning blankly against the wall. I approached the old man and said.
“Gaffer. Why don’t you pray?”
“… This this. The paladin who killed tons of finger demons? Hey paladin I do not believe in the goddess Herianne.”
“Why?”
“Because Goddess Herianne didn’t do anything for me! Goddess Herianne is a fairy tale, she did not give me a single little piece of bread! But why should I believe in the goddess Herianne?!”
“The reason you are alive is because of the mercy bestowed by the Goddess.”
Haha. The reason I’m alive is because I’m not dead yet! Goddess Herianne didn’t do anything!”
The old man shouts
I realized belatedly why the old man could be so confident.
The old man had no will to live. His body was already so sick that he couldn’t help it. The old man will die within the next few days. Maybe he could die tomorrow. The fear of death gave the old man a little madness.
“… Right.”
“Go if you know. Even if I die today, I will not pray.”
Am I stepping out of here?
There are many eyes watching us now. What will the citizens think of me if I step down from here?
“You were a heretic.”
“… What?”
“It’s noisy, Ethan.”
I hit the old man on the head with my fist. The old man’s teeth, which were not good enough, are shattered.
Power was regulated. Otherwise, the old man’s head would have burst like a watermelon. I lifted the old man while beating him until he died.
‘This old man is dying. It must be hard to get past today.’
I grabbed the old man by the scruff of his neck and looked around him. Citizens watch me. Those eyes are full of fear.
‘That’s disrespectful.’
It was not the eyes that looked at Paladin, the protector of mankind. I used the Holy Eye because I thought that these guys might be heretics with their eyes that were very intrusive.
Kiyiying.
It was not heresy. Sins were common, and there were no fallen people.
‘But looking at the intrusive eyes, there is a possibility of becoming a heretic.’
A thought came to my mind.
It is to capture these things, put them in one place, and corrupt them. I get experience by killing the corrupted ones.
In other words, an experience factory. You will be able to become stronger more efficiently and faster.
‘… No I am a paladin I can’t do something like that.’
I sighed in my heart. It seemed that he had become too faithful after coming to this world.
“Listen up. A prayer meeting will be held from this evening. Everyone in the city will have to gather in the square. Those who do not come to the prayer meeting… It is heresy.”
After talking to the citizens, I went to the plaza.
A cross was erected in the center of the square and an old man was hung. There was a pile of oil-soaked firewood around the old man. The old man trembled. He looked at me with desperate eyes. The old man’s mouth twitched. However, the old man’s jaw was smashed, so he couldn’t say anything properly.
Valentier citizens began to gather in the plaza.
“I will start praying to Goddess Herianne. Everyone kneel.”
All citizens knelt on the floor.
Dismissal.
I made a small spark and set the firewood on fire. The small fire ate oil and firewood and grew big in an instant. An old man is burned alive. Citizens swallowed dry saliva and heard the old man’s screams.
“Pray after me. Almighty Goddess Herianne. The reason we are alive is all thanks to Goddess Herianne.”
Citizens followed my words in unison.
“O Almighty Goddess Herianne. The reason we are alive is all thanks to Goddess Herianne.”
“Goddess Herianne, we will dedicate everything to serve Her Goddess.”
“Goddess Herianne, we will dedicate everything to serve Her Goddess.”
“We will slay demons and burn the fallen to prove her faith to the Goddess.”
“We will slay demons and burn the fallen to prove her faith to the Goddess.”
“May the Goddess give us protection so that we will not be stained with evil, she will send down a ray of light to guide us.”
“She, the goddess, grant us her protection so that we will not be stained by evil, she will send down a ray of light to guide us.”
The prayers continued.
Even when the old man’s body was turned to ashes and scattered, the prayers did not stop.
Then I stopped and pointed at a man in the crowd. The Heretic Questioners immediately grabbed the man and brought him in front of me.
“Why didn’t you pray?”
“Hey, I prayed! Par, Paladin misunderstood something….”
“I just couldn’t hear your voice. Are you ignoring my ears now?”
“Bah, I just had a sore throat so my voice didn’t come out… I prayed in my heart!”
“Your voice sounds good now. Heretic bastard. You insulted me and the goddess Herianne.”
“Absolutely not… Aaaaagh!”
I tore the man alive and continued the prayer meeting.
After praying for a while, another problem arose.
Above the city.
I saw a demon hiding in the dark night sky as a tent.
I immediately raised my sword and threw it at the flying demon. The demon hurriedly tried to avoid it, but the black demon I threw pierced its wings. Demons fall from the sky
“The disgusting demon that was spying on us fell down. Paladins, bring the devil.”
“Yes. You are a paladin.”
Paladins brought the devil. I hung the demon on an iron cross, and the priests sealed the demon’s power.
“Citizens of Valentire, look, this is the devil. The enemy of Goddess Herianne, and our enemy. Your parents, brothers and children have been devoured by demons. The very existence of the devil is the blasphemy of this world.”
The citizens of Valentire glared at the crucified devil as if to kill him. Fear and anger are directed at the devil.
I didn’t have to incite this. Hatred of the devil is already deeply rooted.
“Keuk, kuk. Stupid human bastards. You are the master of this world, not us. You are cattle….”
“Shut up, you devil!”
“Knock!”
I punched the demon in the face. The devil’s teeth are broken.
“Repent! Repent! Devil repent!”
Swing one’s fist
Puck! Fuck! Puck! Puck! Puck!
“Repent! Repent!”
Puck puck puck!
“Repent!”
Puck!
He only swung his fists nonstop for an hour.
His right eyeball exploded, and the bloody demon all over his body trembled and said.
“Repentance, I have repented… !”
“Demon. Who is the owner of this world?”
“She is the goddess Herianne!”
“You filthy devil! How dare you put the name of the divine goddess in her wicked mouth! Repent!”
Fuck!
“Keep it off… !”
“I will ask again. It’s the devil Who is the owner of this world?”
“Hey, it’s the goddess!”
“Goddess who?”
“It’s the goddess Herianne!”
“Don’t put the name of her goddess in that filthy mouth! Repent!”
“Demon. Who is the owner of this world?”
“…… You are a paladin.”
“Wrong. I am only a servant of Goddess Herianne. Repent!”
“Quaaaaagh! What are you saying to me!”
“Jackanapes! Repent!”
“You crazy paladin!”
“Melons! …… No, repent!”
“Aaaaagh! Great devil! Please save me!”
“The Great Demon Suton died by my hand. The other Prime Evils are also due to die at my hands. Repent sincerely!”
Puck puck puck puck!
A time of repentance followed.
I waved my fist and asked the demon that had turned into a mash.
“You are a devil worse than a cockroach. Did you repent?”
“… Yes. I have repented.”
“Recite Herianne Bible, chapter 118, verse 12.”
“… Yes?”
“If you have truly repented, then of course you know the verses of the Bible. Recite it quickly.”
“Well, I have never read the Bible. But how can I know the contents of the Bible?”
“You don’t know…. It is because you did not sincerely repent. Repent!”
Puck puck puck!
“Aaaaagh! This crazy bastard… !”
How many times have I asked the devil a verse from the Bible? However, the vicious devil could not say the verses of the Bible to the end even though he had repented.
“Bird, I remembered! Bible 118:12! I will shine down and take care of you!”
“…….”
It sounded pretty plausible.
I winked at the priest. The question was whether the contents of the Bible were correct. The priest opened the copy of the Bible he always carried and looked for a passage.
“Phase, not what the verse says! The devil is lying!”
“You dare lie?”
“You crazy people! Aren’t you also ignorant of the verses of the Bible! How do I know what you don’t know!”
“How many times do I have to tell you? If you have truly repented, you will naturally come to know the contents of the Bible. Repent!”
After beating the devil for a while, I pointed at a child among the citizens.
The child was brought before me by the Heretic Questioner. He shuddered as a child. The child’s father was torn to pieces by me yesterday and died.
“Heretic child. Raise your head.”
“Fa, Paladin. I am not a heretic… !”
“Know. However, your father was a heretic. It was the devil who led your father to heresy. Your father died because of that devil.”
I handed the penance stick to the child. The child accepted the penance rod with his little hand shaking.
“Repent the devil. Prove your faith.”
“Uh, uh… Aaaaagh! Repent! It’s the devil! Repent!”
A child swings a penance stick at the devil.
“Repent! Repent!”
Puck! Puck puck puck!
The child swung the penitence rod as hard as he could to pull his arm off. I was thrilled with the child’s faith, nodding his head and responding to the child’s words.
“Repent! Repent!”
Then the citizens also shouted.
“Repent! Repent!”
“Repent! Repent!”
“Repent! Repent!”
The demon on the cross looked around him with a face full of fear.
“Crazy… Crazy stuff… !”
“Repent! Repent!”
I felt proud as I looked around the citizens. As a paladin, he guided the citizens of Valentire. How is this not happy?
‘I’m getting sleepy, so I’ll go to bed.’
