Paladin in Dark Fantasy

Episode 21 .

When the heavy snow calmed down, Aiden, who was lying in the snow, stood up.

Five minutes have already passed.

“Sir, no matter how much you are a monster, your body is so damaged… It seems that the priority is to receive proper treatment first.”

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

Aiden shook his head and showed his side. The wound revealed through the gap between the joints of the sacred armor was slowly healing.

The siblings couldn’t hide their embarrassment. Even if the High Priest healed it, it wouldn’t be possible to recover at this rate.

“… I guess you were really chosen by God.”

“I’d rather have that.”

Iden put the holy sword back and retrieved the lance.

“Let’s move quickly when the blade loosens even a little.”

Daryl studied the carcass of the snow leopard out of the corner of his eye.

“I get it. But it’s better, it’s okay to put that guy’s blood on your clothes and move around. Most demihumans will turn their backs on the smell.”

Not a bad idea, but Iden was skeptical.

Subhumans find the smell of predators amazing and hide themselves, but snow leopards have a keen sense of smell as well.

Aiden shook his head.

“When that group smells it and shows up in droves, we will be annihilated.”

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

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

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

“Well, that’s okay. Nothing is well known about the snow leopard.”

I don’t know about Daryl, but the guy from earlier wasn’t even an adult. Daryl nodded in agreement and rose from his seat.

“Then I will bury the body in the snow and come back.”

As Daryl wiped away his tracks, Iden took a quick look at Sein.

‘It starts soon.’

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

To wash away the demon’s blood, I had to open the blocked faucet.

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

As proof, Sein’s expression subtly hardened.

“three.”

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

“······yes yes?”

“Many people love you. Just remember that.”

Sein, whom I have seen over the past few weeks, is a warm person. Iden could fully sympathize with the reason why Sistine and Priest Vandel loved Sein.

Sain looked at Iden with a slightly twisted face.

“Go, thank you. But suddenly…”

As Iden silently stroked Sein’s head, she drew an embarrassing smile.

Daryl came over, wiping his hands.

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

“Good job. Let’s start right away.”

It would have been nice if we could have reached the ruins before the heavy snow hit again.

*

Iden couldn’t help but hate his luck.

I was worried about heavy snowfall, but now it was hail. It was as if God had decided to crush Aiden’s head and threw a stone at it.

“Am I alright? How can I get better…”

Even in Daryl’s eyes, it was blatant. Aiden slammed the hailstones with an annoyed expression.

“You must be bored.”

Daryl scratched the back of his head.

“hahahaha, it’s a little bit embarrassing to say this, but if you see it occasionally, you might get caught… Aigoo. It was presumptuous.”

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

The blue track of Elohim Derk suddenly snapped from the iceberg in front.

Even after the battle with the snow leopard, Iden had encountered many beasts, and it was burdensome that his stamina was gradually declining.

To pass the hero, Arhan’s ordeal, he had to maintain his minimum physical condition.

“From now on, I will ignore all the Ajins I meet and run with all my might to the iceberg.”

“I checked.”

Aiden put down his sword and began to sprint forward.

Something roared and followed, but didn’t even look back.

A heartbreaking cry for humans crossed the snowfield.

“Let’s identify friends and family! I am against slavery!”

Daryl ran and screamed, but it didn’t make any sense. The spirit of vengeance of the subhumans cannot be washed away with a few words.

The ice mountain was getting closer. I also saw the Elohim Derk floating in the air.

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

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

I inserted the knife into the middle part and lowered it with my weight.

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

Split ice began to fall. The chasing beasts stopped.

Eventually, the iceberg collapsed. Iden snatched the bewildered Daryl away and pulled him inside.

Sein had a seizure.

‘It started.’

Purple scales squeezed through her skin, causing her terrible pain.

When the imprinted magic disappears, he instinctively realizes his true nature.

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

“Sain, hold on a little.”

I wondered what it would have been like if I had told you in advance, but it was something I couldn’t bring myself to say.

Daryl must have been the same.

Aiden put the crying Sein in his arms and hugged him tightly.

Then, he approached the stone slabs placed inside the iceberg.

When the Elohim Derk was inserted into the intaglio in the center, the earth shook as if it were collapsing.

The ground began to shake with a roar.

“Daryl, hold onto the slate.”

The necklace radiated a bluish glow. It was reflected in the ice and dyed the interior blue.

At the same time, the ground in the lower part sank deeply, and the slabs rubbed against the sides and slowly descended.

The wall that reduced the speed quickly disappeared, revealing a huge pupil.

The force of gravity pressing down on the slab pushed the party down into the ground with a far-reaching force.

Daryl was to die for whenever he was with Iden.

*

Fortunately, it stopped speed just before it hit the ground.

Wow!

Daryl couldn’t stand the nausea. While pouring out with the momentum to empty the stomach, a high voice rang out from afar.

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

The dark pupil opened wide, exposing the inside.

A sanctuary dedicated to the great hero, Arhan. Dozens of pillars engraved with sun patterns supported the basement.

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

A heroic spirit was sitting on the throne at the end of the red carpet.

Arhan, the great hero who led the war against the demi-humans to victory. It was a sharp impression, not old, as it was in its heyday.

He judged Iden with arrogant eyes.

“young. One, you have qualifications. Say your name.”

“It’s Iden.”

“He has no manners.”

Arhan is praised as a great hero, but his behavior was close to that of a butcher. Aiden didn’t have the slightest respect for Arhan, so he didn’t feel the need to respect him.

In the first place, he was not even thirty years old when he was alive.

“I want trials.”

“You must want a Noble Phantasm.”

“I will also fulfill your wishes.”

The only woman Arhan the Butcher loved was Banma.

The grudge that he couldn’t keep his love to the end remained as an ordeal and wandered the nine heavens.

Arhan’s ordeal was the mission of rescuing the half horse.

Fall into the time and space separated by authority, and board the battle of 200 years ago.

It was the battlefield where Arhan died with extreme difficulty.

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

Sain scratched the scales with his fingernails and howled. Daryl just stared 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 Arhan’s Noble Phantasms made that possible.

“under! Willing to do what this body has failed to do with just that much willpower? That sounds unreasonable.”

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

Arhan 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, then suddenly let out a sneer.

“It’s not just a reenactment of a battle. Death there is directly related to reality. Ten thousand horses will devour you. Yes, watching your spoiled bastard go out of his way is also entertainment for this body.”

The Heroic Spirit tapped the armrest of the throne. vision reversed. The surroundings shattered into pieces like glass and collapsed.

A devouring darkness has arrived. A feeling of floating wrapped around Aiden’s 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.

Aiden swims through the darkness and heads towards the light.

Finally, when the son-in-law opened, Iden was standing in the middle of the wilderness.

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

A woman was hanging upside down on an inverted cross. Half Horse, Sertia. She was the woman Arhan loved.

A thunderous voice came from the dark red sky.

Let’s get excited!

Another inverted cross that rose through the ground was binding the people together.

She wanted to hide the scales that engulfed her body, but her limbs were tied and she couldn’t do anything.

I just howled.

Daryl’s expression twisted terribly.

“Daryl, this is the final battle you will put your all into.”

“Please, forgive me.”

His voice was shaking with anger. It may have been directed towards Arhan.

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

Sentinel, a monster that lives in the demonic realm. The black blood swallowed Daryl.

It looks down at small prey with vertically bristled 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 horse. Naturally, the church did not support him, so he fought alone.

I cut down ten thousand horses in front of my eyes, but I was frustrated by only one existence.

A chunk of flesh visible from afar. The structures that should be there were not visible on the pale skin.

It was just that the mouth to swallow something was attached to it.

This battlefield is real. When the power of Arhan is destroyed, that monster will appear on the ground.

A demon that swallows everything it touches must eat the continent.

You should subdue them when you have a chance. Aiden burst into a halo.

A pure white glow split the red sky in half.