Paladin in Dark Fantasy

Episode 46 .

The Aspects could not abandon Iden.

Originally, it would have been correct to cut off the tail and report back to the church. It was common sense, but I couldn’t apply it to Iden.

They let the biblical hero die.

Because posting such a report was punishable by death.

The beliefs of the Aspects also told them to die here even if they died.

They left traces all over the forest. In the future, so that the investigation team can grasp the clue of the nine-tailed fox.

The galloping Shiron prepared for death. He lowered his stance, and stretched both arms holding the halberd behind him.

The blade made a loud noise as it scraped the ground.

Her eyes flashed with madness. Now that it’s come to this, he moved with one tenacity to crush the nine-tailed fox’s skull.

I kicked the ground at the end of the mound. Soaring into the air, he raised the halberd above his head.

The weight of the ax became a driving force, and I pushed Chiron down and inserted it.

“b*tch!”

The fox gets closer. When I was finally in range, I slammed down with all my might.

Iden moved. I pulled out the holy sword and lifted it horizontally. Wow! The halberd pressed against the holy sword and vomited a loud metallic sound.

Shiron’s face was stained with astonishment. Why is it that Iden is protecting the nine-tailed fox?

It was an illusion. Aiden was protecting Shiron.

The belated reaction force shook the ground.

Aiden swung the holy sword in a semicircle that touched the halberd and blew Shiron away.

Shiron was pushed back for a while and landed in a shallow stream.

She couldn’t hide her embarrassment.

“Siron, did you forget the order!”

“Oh no, why…”

Before she could finish her sentence, Iden shouted at Jude.

“Cancel it now!”

Jude couldn’t grasp the situation at all.

God defined Ain as a pest,

A hero wraps around a beast? It was an absurd word.

The moment he was in conflict, the gumiho let out a deep sigh.

“Let’s talk about females later.”

The gumiho looked at Jude. It disappeared leaving behind a silvery afterimage, and was already on top of the bedrock. She grabbed Jude by the mouth and lifted him up.

The unfolding formula disappeared.

Blue eyes stared straight at Jude.

“Mimul, you’re in a dirty mood, but I’ll give you a chance to live. I promised. Instead, don’t fight me. Okay?”

Having said that, the fox threw Jude down into the valley. Turned again, jumped off the rock

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The nine-tailed fox quickly approached and gently waggled its tail. As if hoping for something, she looked at Aiden with her eyes shining.

“I’ve learned to be patient, and I’ve realized that commitment is important. How about it? It’s a sign that I’m growing up too.”

Aiden didn’t answer. The fact that the beast showed mercy was obviously surprising. However, I couldn’t get rid of the inherent disgust.

The gumiho smiled and took a step closer to Iden.

“Good job? Touch me.”

Aiden frowned and pushed her away. I put the holy sword back and ran straight to Jude.

“Are you okay?”

Jude, who groaned and stood up, could not hide his embarrassment.

“Ah, Sir Aiden. What the hell, how am I supposed to take it?”

“He was a slave, a child he used to work for.”

Jude’s face became more perplexed. The same goes for Shiron, who has come to us. It was difficult for the two of them to understand Aiden’s words.

Shiron glanced at the nine-tailed fox, then immediately looked away and opened his mouth.

“Sir Aiden, to be honest, I don’t understand it at all.”

Aiden nodded.

“I understand. I’ll explain later, so please wait.”

When I tried to turn to the gumiho, Jude stopped me.

“Uh, where are you going? No.”

“That’s right. I’d rather leave now.”

Chiron pointed at the nine-tailed fox. The fox was looking in the hand mirror and improving her appearance.

Aiden shook his head.

“If you do, everyone will die.”

Actually, there was a problem to solve.

“Whatever you do, stay here and watch. If you disobey even this, I won’t let you go.”

They have already broken the order once. Regardless of the reason, it was a sense of beheading. Because during a mission, orders from superiors are absolute.

Of course, Iden knew very well that they had come prepared to die. I had no intention of being held accountable. However, it was a warning for later.

Aiden turned around and said.

“It can be solved.”

It was so firm that I couldn’t stop it. He just looked at Aiden’s back with anxious eyes.

Iden slowly approached the gumiho and beckoned.

“Follow me.”

She tucked the mirror into her bosom and smiled brightly.

“Yeah, anywhere.”

It was difficult to overhear the conversation, so I distanced myself from the Aspects for a long time.

We stopped near the beginning of the rapids. Aiden turned to stare straight into her eyes.

“Saya, don’t think about doing anything stupid.”

I had to protect Yuriel. Also, I couldn’t let the gumiho die. If the fox is aiming for the saint, the paladin will move.

Yuriel and Saya. Losing both would be the worst.

A nine-tailed fox drew a pleasant line.

“Are you finally calling my name?”

“It’s enough to talk about dogs.”

I didn’t even want to make a scapegoat anymore.

Saya stared at Aiden. The smile gradually faded away and his expression sank. she asked seriously.

“Is it important?”

“need.”

“The kind you always talk vaguely about?”

Aiden nodded.

“who?”

“How can I trust you?”

The gumiho was silent for a moment, perhaps thinking about it. After a while, he shook his head with a cold face.

“Sorry, no matter how much I think about it, I can’t. I don’t want to step on the same ground as a female who kissed you. She’ll die.”

Aiden bit his lip.

“Don’t annoy me. I’ve breathed into my lungs. I’m trying to save you.”

“I believe it, but I can’t. In order to endure the stench from your mouth, at least the culprit must be gone.”

Aiden’s eyes widened with frustration and anger. After a while, it was quiet again, and he slowly reached out and placed his hand on the back of Saya’s head.

As if stroking it, he grabbed the silver hair. She was genuinely agitated, her eyes wide open.

Saya was completely covered with her broad shoulders so that the Aspects could not see her.

covered her red lips. Saya’s blue pupils widened. Soon after, he trembled and then got cold. Aiden’s hand gripping the hair trembled.

she opened her mouth Before his tongue could entwine, Aiden parted his lips.

“I can smell you now. Don’t kill me.”

Saya slowly opened her eyes. He looked at Aiden with a blush on his white skin.

“It’s the woman holding my life. Remember.”

Aiden left only those words and turned around. My head was dizzy, so I wanted to leave this place quickly.

Leaving the frozen Saya as it is, she moved to the Aspects.

*

I was thinking of getting out of the forest as soon as possible. Because I didn’t know if a gumiho would come after me.

The party drove the horses at full speed.

Twilight descended and the moon set. Dawn broke and the sun rose in mid-heaven. As the day went down again, they were running.

As dusk fell, I finally saw the exit of this disgusting forest.

I have never encountered a giant.

It seemed to be true that the seeds nearby had dried up. The culprit must buy it. Those who revere death toll wouldn’t have been able to resist the temptation of being a nine-tailed fox.

Hana Aiden wondered if it could be defined as a fight. It was most likely a one-sided massacre.

Jude, who followed, shouted.

“Sir Aiden! I can’t stand the words!”

Even Petra seemed to be at her limit.

“Let’s slow down.”

Iden slowed down slowly. Before I knew it, the distance between the trees widened infinitely, and yellow roads appeared sparsely on the green land.

The area where the vitality of the forest is weakening. As I drove my horse slowly and headed straight ahead, I came across a terrain that could no longer be called a forest.

The giant trees that stretched to the sky were on the verge of withering and collapsing. Also, the devastated land was as good as the eastern part of the empire.

There was something different from Countess Carshua. The presence or absence of magic. This place was very dreary with a purple aura descending like mist.

There was nothing in the desolate red-brown field.

Jude took a quick look around, then frowned as if he was disgusted.

“It’s called the Land of Screams.”

Aiden moved forward slowly. There was no sign of life.

However, people live here too. citizens of the principality. They were the pillars that supported the suzerain of Sorcery.

Aiden walked slowly through the barren land. The sun had already passed, and the full moon was lighting up the night sky.

I stopped in front of a withered, grotesquely shaped old pine tree.

“I’ll walk from here.”

Iden was a hippo. The reins were tied to a pole.

The church decided to send a separate person to retrieve the warhorse.

The Aspects also got off their horses and stepped on the ground.

I disarmed all of them and put them under a tree, and sprinkled reddish-brown ocher on top to hide them.

I took out a piece of loose cloth from the backpack attached to the saddle and changed my mind. Goth’s whole body was covered with terrible burn marks.

There was no hair, and most of the eyes, nose and mouth were melted.

It seemed to have a story.

Jude’s body was not like a wizard, and Chiron’s chest was bigger than it looked.

Aiden looked over at the party and said.

“From now on, focus only on the operation. Forget about the nine-tailed fox for a moment.”

I shouldn’t have been caught up in my thoughts and made a mistake. It was also a warning to Iden himself.

The three nodded.

“I’ll hear the explanation later.”

Aiden took another step. The Aspects walked behind him.

After walking for quite some time, I saw private houses sparsely built on the red-brown land.

It was crude, as if it would collapse if touched.

A long way beyond that, there was a city that was brightly lit even in the middle of the night.

A civilization built on an artificial island. It was the culmination of magic engineering built up with the cries of the lowly people.

The residents living in the land of screams were a sacrifice for that nightlife.

It wasn’t just an expression.

The Great Devil, Gusian.

Because the ducal family worshiped him, he was the source of the demon realm in charge of ‘despair’.

Guxian demands human cries from his followers. The reward given was a magical achievement.

The people of heaven were in charge of the sacrificial lamb.

Iden watched them from a distance.

The dead people, whose eyes were black, were moving rocks. I picked up the stone and moved it a few paces and put it down. I immediately picked it up again and brought it back to its original place.

A series of processes were repeated infinitely.

An old man with a sore back cried out. Hana labor continued. The magic imprinted in his soul made him unable to rest.

The little child cried as she looked at her mother’s broken body. The boy’s head moved along with the corpse. I couldn’t help it because my legs were walking on their own.

Besides, countless humans screamed. The more they cried out, the brighter the city shone.

Jude swallowed, and Chiron gnashed his teeth. However, he could not harbor sympathy for the heretics.

“It’s hell.”

“It’s the price of serving a false being.”

“I guess so”

I wanted to ask if you really think so. In Aiden’s eyes, he only saw him as a victim.

Then, someone screamed and hugged her head.

His voice was muffled because there were no residents who did not scream, but he stood out because he acted differently.

It seemed to be resisting magic. Eventually, I started running.

Sometimes there are people like that, but from the perspective of the principality, even that was a pleasure.

It was because the lowly people had a prohibition that they could not leave a certain radius, and the moment they realized that fact, despair welled up and became the food of the principality.

The woman ran frantically in the direction of the party.

Her face was bluish, and she was soaked in magi.

As if he couldn’t see ahead, he ran frantically and collided with Iden.

Aiden supported the woman’s waist as she fell. She lost the baby she was carrying. Aiden’s free hand took the baby and held it.

The woman immediately fell on her stomach and groped desperately for the ground.

“Ah, baby. My baby. Where is she? Where is she? Where is…”

Margie covered her eyes with blackness.

Jude and Chiron’s eyes fluctuated.

Aiden put the child in his arms, meeting the woman at eye level.

The woman hit her head on the ground and began to plead.

“I’m sorry. I’m going to die. I didn’t run away. I took the wrong road. I’m blind. I’m sorry. Child. Please save the child. Please, please, please.”

Aiden got down on one knee and lifted her torso. In the meantime, the woman begged.

“Don’t be afraid. I won’t hurt you.”

Yufe stuck her head out of her arms. It opened its mouth wide and absorbed the demonic energy.

The purple skin returned to its original color, and the black membrane covering the eyes slowly opened.

Jude, who had been watching the scene, drew the sign of the cross.

“Vacheksar, what should I do?”

Shiron didn’t know either.