Raising Paladins

Episode 98. snake rider (2)

Nothing big from the start.

Elephants, seals, and giant monsters hiding deep in the forest.

At first everything is small.

So did snakes that live in caves under the sea.

Shhh-

A small snake that wriggled and crawled on rocks.

It burrows into the bosom of a large snake that resembles itself.

It pounces on the mother with its small head, but there is no response.

Mom, I’m hungry.

A mother snake lying asleep in front of a young snake.

Gradually, the shape became transparent, and then it changed into a warm energy and turned into empty space.

It would have been nice if you had told me who the young snake was.

A snake that lives for hundreds of years, gives birth only once, and then returns to the arms of the gods.

A giant god, a creature of the great sun god.

The little giant crawled into the middle of the cave as if possessed by something.

There was a coral reef of blue color.

It feels as warm as a mother’s arms.

Cozy things aren’t harmful.

mess.

The baby giant spent decades alone in the cave like that.

I became friends with sea turtles and whales that sometimes came along with the rising sea water.

A giant gentleman who has grown to be as big as his mother.

Today, I waited for a friend to visit.

‘Cause I’m bored alone

However, two new creatures appeared.

“… … There are snakes.”

“snake? Hurry up and chase them away.”

“that is… … I don’t think it will be easy.”

“why?”

“He’s a very big guy.”

“how much?”

“I think it will be about the height of Derdrang Fortress.”

“I’m sorry, but when I left Derdrang, it was a quiet fishing village… … .”

The two little ones looked at the giant and talked about something.

It was nice to see new friends.

fly, fly.

What amusing things will those friends say?

Turtles and whales living in the wide seas of the world told pleasant stories every time they visited.

Sometimes he even said scary things.

There is an octopus that walks on two legs deep in the sea.

They said they were very bad, and would try to harm something valuable.

fly, fly.

The giant gentleman straightened up and his eyes twinkled.

‘hi? Be my new friend.’

But for some reason, the two little ones don’t seem to welcome the giant.

“Looks like we have to fight. A blue coral reef lies beneath a giant snake.”

“Okay, I’ll lure you in, so you can take care of it.”

“Please hold on for one minute.”

comfy.

In particular, a man with golden hair can feel the warmth of his mother.

And the energy like the blue coral reef you eat every day.

One with a slightly stooped back was similar.

Even if not as much as the golden-haired new friend, I can feel the warm energy.

‘Hi, I’ll go there.’

The colossus crawled creepily to his stooped new friend.

“Old man! Dangerous!”

“Don’t worry about me!”

When he approaches and tries to rub his hair, he jumps up and runs away.

Is it a game to make new friends?

He rode on the back of the giant and ran to the dodo.

tickling feeling.

When I tried to go to another friend, he hit my side with something like a stick.

It means to play with yourself more.

The giant smiled brightly and continued playing hide and seek.

“He bared his teeth! Beware the poison!”

“Okay!”

The ensuing chase.

The stooped friend circled the cave and ran to the golden hair.

He took a step back and raised a small piece of metal.

And poof at the giant! drew

Then, something pure white and warm aura flew through the air.

‘ah… … .’

Pleasant feeling!

It looks like they gathered delicious blue corals, squeezed them out, and mixed them with something sweet.

The giant gentleman twisted his body after being struck by the holy power swordsmanship opened by the sword.

“… … Hey, you asked me to hold on for a minute, so what happened to this? The snake seems to be still alive.”

“… … That’s it. I poured all my holy power into the blow I just made.”

“Then are we dead now?”

“Maybe.”

***

Carl felt embarrassed.

Obviously, the Silver Heart is still only a quarter complete.

However, the divine power that dwells there is very pure.

However, the big snake did not budge even though the sacred power of the heart was loaded into the sword at once and released.

No, to be more precise, I was fiddling with my body to see if I was in a good mood.

A gaping mouth with ferocious fangs exposed.

The guy was laughing.

“… … what are you?”

The snake looked at him as if it understood Carl’s words.

Eyes that show no hostility.

A huge head descends slowly from a high place.

Sensing this, Crete’s old man flinched backwards.

“Be careful.”

“… … Yes, but I think it will be fine.”

The head of a slowly approaching snake.

Carl also slowly reached out.

Soon after, Carl’s palm gently caressed the bridge of his nose.

Shhh-

A snake that seems to be in a good mood and lays down on its stomach on the floor.

Carl felt even more embarrassed by his puppy-like behavior.

‘What is this guy?’

I met so many beings in my life.

From the animals and monsters of this world to the demons of the underworld.

It is a knife that has even fought dead and resurrected skeleton bones.

But this snake… … .

‘No, wait.’

uh?

Looking back, I vaguely remember it.

Monsters that stood on the side of humans during the war against the Lich King.

Not all monsters were evil.

There must be those who have intelligence and consciousness among them.

Of course, there were also special objects.

For example, like a big snake that likes golden apples… … .

Swoop.

Carl pulled out an uneaten golden apple from his backpack.

Shhh-!

Seeing this, the snake opened its mouth wide as if asking for it quickly.

“… … .”

Poof!

As Carl threw the golden apple into his big mouth,

mess.

A snake that seemed happy to eat an apple.

Between its scales, pure white divine power bloomed like water gushing out of a whale’s pores.

“Huh… … What is this?!”

A Cretan spirit who cannot see anything else but can see divine power.

He saw the shape of a huge snake in his eyes.

“What a big snake! But why does the snake have divine power… … ??”

“This guy seems to have grown up eating blue coral reefs. It’s like a guardian protecting the sun god’s treasure.”

“Ahh… … !”

Like the golden apple trees of Meirium, the blue coral reef of Derdrang, the mystery of the south.

A guardian to prevent that mighty power from falling into the hands of the evil one.

That was the role of this giant snake.

“Giant gentleman.”

“A giant gentleman?”

“yes. It is the name of a giant serpent that sided with humans in the war between the Lich King and humans 200 years ago. Like this guy, I lived on fruits with divine power.”

“Oh oh! Come to think of it, I think I remember too! It looks like it was in a picture book my parents showed me when I was little!”

The giant who ate the golden apple deliciously.

The guy got up slowly.

Soon after, the giant nodded while looking down at Carl and Crete.

As he moved his body, a blue coral reef appeared below him.

It was as if he was saying it was okay to go and touch it.

“… … .”

Carl approached the blue coral reef.

A coral reef that exudes a mysterious scent.

He carefully pulled a handful of mysterious grass that grew between the green rocks.

A knife that brings the extracted coral reef directly to your mouth.

“… … !”

thud! thud! thud! thud!

The sound of my heart beating gets louder and louder.

Carl straight away took his seat and sat down.

“What’s going on?!”

Cretan old man who felt the momentum of the sword change.

But there was no time to answer his question.

Because a new, gigantic power is swirling inside the sword.

If you don’t properly capture this energy in your heart, all the hard work you’ve done up to this point will be for naught.

Carl concentrated.

oh oh oh oh-!

Brilliant divine power bloomed from the whole body of the sword.

At the same time, the divine power of the new coral reef running toward the heart blooms and intertwines.

Then they became one and permeated into Carl’s heart.

“ha… … .”

A sweet sigh spread from Carl’s mouth.

The aura of divine power covered half of his heart.

‘succeded.’

What if the divine power you had in your previous life was as wide as the sea?

Now, a more pure power resides in a larger space.

Confidence soars as if it could split the sky.

It was now clear what Carl had to do.

“Sir, I have to go back.”

“Where?”

“The place I came from is an outpost to prepare for the invasion of the fish people. A tribe of deep-sea fishmen kidnapped a clan of sea lizards and implanted parasites in their heads to use them as a stepping stone for Derdrang’s invasion. I guess Helena, a witch who is a witch, is their leader.”

“Hey, what about Helena?! You mean the witch from the legend?!”

“Yes, the Sea Lizard Clan and Derdrang are in crisis. I have to go stop the sorceress Helena.”

Carl rose from his seat.

“What will the old man do?”

“It’s embarrassing, but I was called ‘Darnar-Creta’ by the sea lizard clan with the undeserved title. I’ve been looking for coral reefs for a long time, but if they’re in danger, I can’t help but go. I even found a coral reef.”

“Then would you like to fight together?”

“of course! I’m blind, but I can still do my share!”

“thank you.”

Go up the passage again where Carl and Crete inspiration came from.

No, I meant to.

“… … What?”

A giant gentleman blocked the path of the two.

Then he nodded and pointed to the top of the cave.

Looking near the ceiling, there was a hole large enough for a giant gentleman to pass through.

“no way… … .”

nod, nod

Is it a clever guy who understands people’s words?

The knife rode on top of his head as instinct told him to.

The Cretan old man also climbed with the sword.

OK.

Woowook-!

The giant soared vigorously through the hole in the ceiling.

***

“This is really overkill! Everyone retreat to the city!”

“I can’t leave you behind!”

“still… … !”

Red blood flowed nonstop from the corners of Tyra’s mouth.

Tira has already released divine power beyond her limits.

Helena, a sorceress far away, was pouring her magic even more fiercely, as if she had sensed it.

‘knife… … You must come now… … .’

Tira thought.

The moment his Holy Light barriers collapse, everyone here will die.

The terrible weapons of the fish people were children’s toys in front of Helena’s blood magic.

This battle has already come too far to be decided by the soldiers’ courage or will to fight.

There must be someone who can deal with that powerful witch… … .

Only then can everyone live.

But then.

softly… … .

The wide grotto trembled from below.

Soon, something huge rose up, breaking the hard cave floor.

Whoops-!

“What, what?!”

“What is that… … ?!”

“It is a monster!”

A snake so gigantic that even Tyra would be stunned for a moment.

All of the soldiers on both sides stopped at the overwhelming majesty of the snake that suddenly rose through the cave.

It was the same with Helena.

however.

“that… … Looks like someone I know… … ?”

Meisa with a slightly dazed face.

She pointed the tip of her rapier over the snake’s head.

The leader of the sea lizard clan next to her, the liberator, also had a face similar to hers.

“S-Master… … ?”

Above the head of a giant snake that seems to come out of mythology.

Two humans were riding.

A knife with golden hair fluttering there.

Tremendous divine power emanates from the whole body.

Seeing this, Helena was shocked.

“… … Paladin?”