I Am Raising a Daughter in This Life

The dead talk a lot (5)

The existence he calls death.

After that, people called it this way.

It is said to be a lamenting dead man.

It spits out a breath of death, staining the entire land with death.

Everything on the ground was deprived of its vitality, and the living beings that died there became dead and came back to life.

The sighs emitted during the battle took away people’s energy, and mana was also taken away, so the power of magic did not come out properly.

It was a monster so powerful that it was not called death for nothing in the Jisat Kingdom.

but… … It wasn’t enough to destroy the world.

It was because its influence was only a few dozen kilometers around this place.

-The realm of death is only that much? How can you be so sure?

“I saw it in a book.”

-What kind of nonsense… … !

“If you don’t want to believe it, don’t. Are you talking about the future ‘if’?”

In the early days after they were released from the seal, people were terrified as the land of death eroded the surrounding area at a terrifying speed, but soon the limits of erosion came.

Those who took the time to calmly discuss countermeasures, and in the end, numerous religions became the main axis and formed an alliance.

It was because they all did not tolerate the existence of the undead, even if they had different doctrines from the gods they worshiped.

The act of blaspheming death was a taboo for religious people, and it naturally evoked resentment.

When the allied forces, including those of Lu Nera, were formed, the aristocrats could not stand still.

-That’s not even funny. Do other religions unite properly? Aristocrats lead private soldiers to fight?

“Right now, the empire controls the entire continent, and a firm emperor rules over it. It is better to protect the world than to fight over rice bowls.”

-Kuh… … !

A large number of people gathered in this way advanced to the land of the dead from all sides and punished the dead. The grieving dead resisted fiercely, but eventually fell to the allied attack.

The Jisat kingdom was alone, so it couldn’t hold out, but unlike that time, this time it was easy to win through the alliance.

There were sacrifices that unavoidably occurred in the process, but compared to the end of the world he claimed, they were far too cute.

Well, the aura emitted by the grieving dead was easy to create an illusion.

“That is what I want to say. You shouldn’t carelessly discuss such a crisis when you haven’t actually experienced the end of the world.”

-You’ve never experienced death, so you’re talking like that?

Even the destruction of the world.

Even the lamenting dead suffered tediously.

That’s why the words of a guy who didn’t know anything about me just made me laugh.

“hahahaha, you can’t even use your hands on me and talk about things that happened to you well.”

-That’s the saintess… … !

The words came out after a long time, so I took out the stake again and shook it lightly, and the guy’s mouth fell shut.

No matter how much I used these tools, I ended up winning and losing, and it seemed that the resentment he was harboring had subsided a lot because of the new information pouring in like a whirlwind.

But that didn’t convince me.

-Yes, I knew very well that your ‘if’ was plausible.

As for me, I told him the future as it is, but it must be hard for him to accept.

No, actually, it wasn’t a story that I had to believe, so it didn’t matter.

-But you spoke as if death could be defeated at any time. Does that mean you can do it alone?

“Uh, sure.”

-… … I don’t know what kind of confidence you are.

“By the way, you can too.”

He seemed to be speechless at the words he threw out, and finally the signal he had been waiting for came.

Kugoogu Palace… … !

The ground began to vibrate little by little, and the paladin, who had been hiding from behind as if startled by the sudden earthquake, came close to me before I knew it.

Feeling the energy of death slowly approaching the ground, he let out a laugh.

– It turns out like this in the end. I heard your story, but now what? The resurrection of death is just around the corner, and now all living things will be covered with the energy of death.

“Okay, can you shut up now? Actually, I had no intention of arguing with you, but I was just passing the time because it took me a little longer to be freed from the seal.”

Talking to him all the time was literally killing time.

Perhaps it was because they were released too early, or because the lamenting dead were late.

In the end, it was only now that I was getting ready to come out to the ground, and I decided to move slowly in line with it.

He took out the seven stakes, Dijenna’s holy relics, and asked a question to the paladin who was looking at him blankly.

“What is the purpose of this stake?”

“It is to pierce the heart of the undead.”

“You get proper education from Dee Jena later, please.”

I felt like the vase I had forgotten about was recurring, so I got up from my seat and headed towards the tower.

“Dizena’s divine power is specialized in protecting something. Paladins grant divine power to armor and shields, and priests use divine power to create barriers. But what if you reversed the direction?”

Find the protruding part of the tower and take exactly 20 steps with your feet firmly attached there.

I lightly drove a peg there, tied a string, and tied another peg at a location about arm’s length away from me.

“The answer is to become a solid prison. A prison that can only be weakened by external force, but cannot escape from the inside.”

After turning the piles that were tied together to draw a circle, the piles were placed one by one at regular intervals on top of it.

Oh, is it a little wider here?

While adjusting the distance between the stakes, he continued talking as if he were talking to himself.

“To be precise, it’s more like cutting off all power from the inside to the outside. You can apply it to this stake and spread it over a wide area to seal a huge being… … .”

I placed a wide plate on top of the circular stakes and swung the aculium I had transformed into a giant hammer down with all my might.

Wow!

With a roar, the stake was driven in more than half way, and at the same time, the existence that shook the ground violently stirred once.

I didn’t stop there, I slammed the board hard again, and finally all the stakes were properly driven into the ground.

oh oh oh oh… … !

An eerie sound like the cry of something echoed from the ground.

At that, I looked down and smiled.

“If you put the core that serves as its foundation into the barrier accurately… … It means that a body that is disconnected will begin to crumble without being able to sustain itself.”

How hard did they go to find out the location of that nucleus?

The groaning dead were beings whose whole body was made up of high-density dark magic. Because of that, I had no choice but to eat a child to attack.

After learning that it had a nucleus, I put all my energy into pinpointing its location, like attacking a golem.

When I first defeated him, I focused on aiming accurately, but after realizing that the sealed one was always in the same position when it rose, I easily took it down like this.

Once you succeed in separating the nucleus, the dark magic that made up your body will be scattered and disassembled, and those trapped inside the barrier will be naturally purified by divine power and disappear.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the Dark Lord could be easily eliminated like this?

* * *

-Gee, now instead… … ?

The death knight couldn’t take his eyes off Irvin.

Because he was resurrected as an undead by the grieving dead, he was able to fully understand what was happening.

The existence that was called death and feared was collapsing.

He couldn’t help but be confused as he felt his connection to death weaken in real time.

He didn’t listen to Irvin, who looked down on himself and even death. However, the results he produced could only be called miraculous.

It was unbelievable that death could collapse so easily, and Irvin shrugged his shoulders as if it were no big deal.

“It means that even a holy object made by your saintess can suffice to defeat death. No, nothing could be more effective than this. You made something really great.”

-… … .

he swallowed the silence.

Even if the power of death was awakened, he was the only one who was resurrected as a death knight in this place where all were skeletons.

It is said that he died with such a strong grudge, and it was a story of a strong soul that did not deteriorate even after a long time.

The grudge inflated endlessly by the lamenting dead man, and his consciousness was consumed by the grievous grudge, showing only hostility towards the world… … I couldn’t find anything like that anymore.

– Yes, I did.

He spoke in a voice that seemed somewhat liberated, and soon added, drawing on vague memories.

-The saintess’ sacrifice… … It wasn’t in vain. The saintess was foreseeing such a future.

The soul, which had been painted black by death, regained its original color and gradually recalled the memories of that day.

‘Saint! Reckless! Please run away!’

‘No, anything that can hold death… … I am the only one.’

‘That’s nothing but dog death! Those shameless bastards ignored our request! When they were having a hard time, they acted so servilely, and as soon as their position was reversed, they shut up! There is absolutely no reason for a saintess to risk her life to save those who only care about herself!’

‘Not for them.’

‘Then for whom? People who have already lost their lives? Soldiers who have already crossed the river of no return?’

‘It’s for the future.’

‘… … .’

‘In the future, there will surely be someone who can defeat death. A hero who will not spare his own life and will bring peace beyond death. For that hero… … It’s enough to buy some time and help the hero even a little bit.’

‘Do you have any reason to do that?’

‘Whoops… … . I like it, the story of the hero of light.’

‘The saintess always… … !’

‘So, if fate comes into contact in the next life… … Let’s go meet the hero of light together.’

He was a really odd person.

But that’s why everyone liked it.

The delusion that had been devouring his heart and soul was gone.

He somehow moved his stiff neck to look at Irvine.

Although he obviously defeated death in an ingenious way, the author… … He was far from being a hero of light.

Lady, you are wrong.

Thinking that if Irvin had heard it, he would have stabbed the knife right away, he turned his gaze to the person beyond.

-Hey, Dijenna’s last follower. for a moment… … Will you come over here and do me a favor?

At the sudden point, the clumsy paladin showed a look of bewilderment, then looked at Irvin again and ran after being beaten with a helmet.

As a death knight, he paused for a moment before opening his mouth.

-What’s your name?

“I don’t have a name yet.”

I somehow knew it.

It means that Dijenna’s guidance reached me like this.

-There is only one name given to the Order of the Holy Knights that serves Dijenna. It is the name bestowed on a paladin who protects the strongest, noblest, and most good people.

Facing the paladin who was bewildered by the sudden remark, he said one name.

– Astell.

“Astel… … .”

He spoke of the name he had been called in his lifetime, and the young paladin quietly recalled the name on his lips.

It also fit very well.

Thinking so, he spoke again.

-If it’s okay with you, write that name. You are the strongest paladin who serves Dijenna in name and reality. and… … If it’s okay, could you pray for me?

When he said that to the paladin who was still undecided, he smiled bitterly.

-Even a soul that has been defiled by darkness… … I want to find the comfort of being able to return to the arms of the goddess. It is enough even until this body collapses. If it’s okay, I’ll ask you a favor.

“I am really bad at prayer.”

– hahahaha, it’s okay. The saintess I was aiding in also had a messy prayer.

The young paladin slowly knelt beside him, clasping his hands together.

-… … If you’ll excuse me, can you show me your face?

“… … .”

The young paladin pondered for a moment, but soon lifted the helmet’s face shield, and prayed for him with his eyes tightly closed, as if that alone was embarrassing.

A pure white light flowed out and wrapped around his body as if stroking it with a soft hand.

He felt warmth that he couldn’t have felt on his cold and hard body, and he looked at the paladin’s face, intuition that it was the last time.

Then, with a more comfortable face than ever before, he closed his eyes.

Dee Jena, thank you.