Paladin in Dark Fantasy

Episode 36 .

The barrier has been destroyed.

The translucent membrane burst like a balloon, scattering fragments in all directions.

The seawater was no longer rushing in. While retaining the pressure of the deep sea, it attacked Atlantis in an instant.

Aiden wrapped one arm around Uriel’s waist and descended deeper.

Even if the Sairun tribe’s ability to mutate disappeared, Iden and Uriel were still able to transform into fish people.

Because it was the power Jonah lent him.

Because she was the only beneficiary of the deity left by the sea god, she never loses her power.

However, Iden had a duration. If you don’t finish the job quickly, Marira will be buried with Atlantis.

A fragment of a broken barrier permeated into the seawater and was moving toward one place.

Fragments pointed to the ruins of Elpis.

Iden swam after them. I glanced up and saw the water pressure crushing the buildings.

The vortex generated by the repulsive force engulfed the wreckage of the building and swirled around.

If Aiden had acted a little too late, he might have been caught up in that living hell.

I turned my head again. Before I knew it, the shape of the destination was far away and shimmered.

Dozens of dark red pillars rising from the bottom of the deep trench.

The light-bearing barrier pieces went down the cliff and lit up the trench.

Uriel looked very perplexed. Because it didn’t look like a hero’s ruins.

There was the palace of Elpis.

The building, which seemed to be colored with the blood of the devil, was engulfed in deformed characters, creating an unpleasant atmosphere.

It was in stark contrast to the pure white palace of Arhan.

The fragments of the barrier that surrounded Atlantis began to form a dome around the ruins this time.

It’s as if they don’t want to let something that exists inside come out.

Aiden quickly swam to the palace before the barrier was completely formed.

The moment he grabbed the huge doorknob, the barrier completely enveloped the palace.

The seawater that was filled inside the dome was also quickly drained out.

Aiden and Uriel returned to being human.

Yuriel looked at Elpis’ palace with a slightly shocked face. It had an unpleasant appearance for a place dedicated to honoring great heroes.

Aiden said in a slightly firm tone.

“You must be nervous. If you do it wrong, you die.”

“Do not worry.”

She consciously avoided Aiden’s eyes. It was because his heart was complicated in many ways.

After Aiden swallowed his resolve, he pulled the round doorknob.

I’m sorry

The dark red gate opened with a rusty grating sound.

Black smoke flowed through the open door and spread outside. devil’s aura. Yuriel’s expression hardened.

“Why is Maggie in a place like this…?”

“I will reveal it from the inside out.”

When Iden tried to explode the halo, Uriel stopped him.

“I will do it.”

A small halo of light flowed from the tip of her index finger and permeated the interior of the palace.

Round light sources scattered across the ceiling, walls and floor. brightly lit the interior.

The ability to finely manipulate divine power was the exclusive property of saints.

The field was a little different from the Paladin.

When Aiden opened the door completely, the inside of the palace was revealed.

Uriel couldn’t help but be astonished.

Because I saw the devil.

Dozens of supports lined up facing each other. The chains connected to the dark red pillars were binding the hideous existence.

The devil knelt down in the middle of a bundle of poles,

There were no facial features attached to the face. The grayish skin was lifeless. His withered body could not hide the shape of his ribs.

He was about the size of an adult man, but his fingernails were well over 30 cm long and were dragging on the floor.

He hasn’t woken up yet.

“Follow me.”

Aiden led the frozen Yuriel between the pillars.

The closer he got to him, the more Yuriel felt fear. Because he wasn’t an ordinary devil. It was one of the first beings called the source.

Even the clergy couldn’t be free from fear because it stimulated people’s primitive emotions.

Aiden’s murderous intent only soared because of the seeker of destruction.

By the time he reached the black podium right next to the demon, Yuriel’s footsteps stopped.

“······sorry. please wait for a moment. It only takes a moment.”

Iden, who had been walking ahead, looked back at Uriel.

She was taking deep breaths to calm herself.

“There is something I can tell you when you come to the podium.”

The reason why the ruins look like this and the identity of the devil was written on the stone tablets.

At Aiden’s urging, Uriel took another heavy step.

Seeing her bluish face, Iden held out his hand.

“Catch it.”

Aiden remembered what happened underwater. When I held her hand, the trembling had stopped.

Uriel looked at Aiden’s hand and face alternately, conflicting for a moment. ‘Is this man doing this on purpose?’ I had thoughts like that for a while, but I didn’t see him as that kind of person.

It couldn’t have taken more time and caused a nuisance.

Uriel slowly stretched out his arm and held Aiden’s hand. The rough but steely grip gave him relief.

Strangely, my mind was relieved.

Aiden and Uriel stood in front of the platform right next to the demon.

“You can decipher it.”

An old saying was inscribed on a black stone tablet. Iden is an uninterpretable language. However, I already knew about it.

Before reading the logbook, he had to have background knowledge, and he had to figure out Yuriel as well.

Her eyes burned with divinity. A look of misery passed over Uriel’s expression as he read the words.

Because the devil was the great hero Elpis.

The one who plunged the Seilun tribe into the deep sea at the order of Bacheksar. However, she regretted her actions.

I felt a sense of skepticism after watching the terrible bondage of eating each other for several decades.

He hated himself for bringing about that terrible fate.

Demons in the beginning are conceived from the emotions of the intellect.

Anger, sadness, boredom, hatred, resentment, self-doubt, jealousy, obsession, annoyance, displeasure, despair…etc.

A human being whose emotions go to extremes will fall into a demon called the source.

In the case of Elpis, it was guilt.

He cut out his own eyes and ears. Because I didn’t want to hear and see them screaming.

Even so, the remorse that did not subside led her to fall.

If so.

What if the source of guilt disappeared? Wouldn’t he be able to free himself from this feeling?

Wrong thoughts headed towards the Seilun tribe. If they go extinct in this world, you won’t have to suffer from guilt anymore.

He said that killing them all would be enough, and he changed into an incorrect judgment.

Such information was written in detail on the upper stone slab. A monologue left by Elpis. Having read everything, Uriel could not hide his miserable feelings.

“…is this all true?”

“That’s right.”

Uriel looked at Aiden.

“You must have known even this.”

“you’re right. Elpis’ goal is to kill all Sierun tribesmen. When this demon awakens, it will rip the barrier and head for land.”

Uriel was about to ask how he knew about such a secret story, but stopped. Because the answer was obvious.

“······okay”

“You have a choice. Should I wake up the devil or leave it alone and go back?”

Uriel was lost in thought.

In the ruins of the Great Hero, records from 200 years ago or fragments of the lost Bible are sometimes found.

Since Aiden said that the secret of Bacheksar lies here, the ruins must contain such records.

I just couldn’t take it. Because you had to prove your qualifications, such as passing trials or breaking through a labyrinth, in order to acquire the Holy Relic.

Uriel was well aware of that fact, and this time the condition was to kill the fallen hero.

Uriel carefully opened his mouth.

“Really, this is something that should never happen. If the subjugation fails, we will create a tragedy with our own hands.”

“you’re right. As you have read, Elpis has himself tied here. It must be because he knew that few beings could stop him.”

Elpis sealed herself when she had even a little bit of reason left.

Bachexar threw her into Atlantis as a ruin. Wake up one day and do as you please.

The latter was a fact that Uriel did not know.

Uriel swallowed his saliva.

“If you wake up that demon, it is an act of risking people’s lives for the end. It’s never the right thing to do.”

Aiden said calmly.

“The shackles will be worn out, and there is no eternal punishment.”

It meant that even if he didn’t wake up the demon now, he would be set free someday.

Uriel was silent for a while.

I don’t know how this man foresaw the future, but he certainly had more information than anyone else. Sim’an judged his words to be true, and if so, there was only one option.

Uriel closed his eyes for a moment. After a while, he opened his mouth.

“If Elpis is really one of the Sources, he will risk his life.”

Because they were qualitatively different.

“There are odds.”

It might be impossible alone, but if the saintess is with her, her strength multiplies.

The achievements from Arhan’s trials were also included in Aiden’s confidence.

Yuriel opened her eyes. Her expression was calm as if she had made a decision.

Her pupils burned white.

“Shall we begin?”

Aiden nodded, and the saintess knelt down on the black marble floor.

I started reciting prayers.

“Saint  Vacheksar.”

Uriel put his hands together neatly. A white haze stretched from her.

“Your sword is crying out to destruction.”

A radiance surged from her. The pure divinity sucked up the darkness that ate the space.

“I want to light up the night instead of the sun.”

Light filled the vast palace.

“I am trying to act as a referee by cutting down the darkness.”

A cloud of light scattered and fluttered like snowflakes.

“Please respond.”

A hymn of praise flowed from Yuriel’s mouth.

Aiden drew the holy sword. The divine power that spread in the field began to gather in the blade.

It wrapped around the sword body and burned it white.

Aiden burst into a halo. The immense power vibrated the holy sword.

The divinity that Uriel had lent was deep and strong. It was difficult to control even as Iden, so I grabbed it with both hands.

Then he lifted it over his head.

A pure white glow rose to the ceiling and emitted light. It absorbed all the light in the palace and burned alone.

Aiden roared and struck down with all his might. The light cut through the darkness and fell on Elpis’s head.

The sword that split the demon’s skull and led to the groin touched the ground, spreading divine power in all directions.

aaang! The palace roared and shook. The chains that bound the source’s limbs shattered and sprang up.

The demon that had been split in half squirmed.

Ainden turned around in an instant and spurred the ground holding Yuriel.

The moment I sat her down on the huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling, the demon moved.

Banjogari stood up tall on one leg. disappeared at the same time.

The chandelier tilted. When I turned my head, the demon was squatting down and stroking Yuriel’s hair.

The saintess suppressed her fear and continued to sing hymns.

The long fingernails slowly approached Yuriel’s eyes.

Siman. No, Uriel shouldn’t have been hurt.