Reincarnated User Manual

94 – Sacrifice and Penance

A dark forest untouched by civilization. A group dressed in dark red robes was driving a cart.

The cart was so loaded that it did not make a rattling sound even though it was traveling on an unpaved forest road.

The group eventually arrived at the end of the forest.

…End of the forest?

It’s a word that doesn’t make sense.

This is because the place they reached was still covered in thick forest.

However, the place they reached was worthy of being called the end of the forest.

A border of darkness appeared.

Even though the sunlight is blocked by the leaves, it is still daylight. It means sunny weather without any clouds.

But none of them questioned this irrational phenomenon. This is because the abilities gained by taking refuge under the name of God point into the darkness. Are you going to do something blasphemous that goes against the will of God?

The group stepped forward, leading the cart without a moment of hesitation, and was sucked into the darkness.

“…Oh God.”

The man in front soon discovered a relief in the darkness and made an expression of emotion.

The entrance to the dungeon.

No, that is not the entrance to the dungeon.

This is the entrance to the temple.

It is a place where living sacrifices are offered with the unspoiled heart of a shepherd and God is descended on a land full of confusion, and it is a house where apostles who will spread the holy voice are invited.

“sibling.”

The one who leads the crowd and the one who leads the offering where the sacrifice is to be offered;

Bishop Nikolai looked back.

“How many sacrifices will be offered?”

“…nine.”

A young man with a stocky physique lifted the cloth covering the cart.

“Eup!! Eup!!”

There were people lying there, tied up in fear.

A rope made by weaving hair and leather. black wound. However, the limbs of the sacrifices were intact and without any defects.

It is a high-grade offering that is good to offer to the gods.

“Randolph of Geochang. He must have been the archbishop’s eye. He is preparing a sacrifice in such good condition.”

“……It was nothing.”

The young man, Randolph, bowed his head and covered himself.

The stocky brother who converted three years ago had black hair and black eyes that are rarely seen here in the southern conflict zone.

I heard that he exudes power that exceeds that of his other brothers and deals with the thorny heretics of the Holy Kingdom. His prestige spread even within the church, to the point where Nikolai, who had first taken refuge in God’s arms, was jealous.

‘Unholy thoughts.’

Nikolai shook his head vigorously, trying to shake off his clouded thoughts. How dare you be jealous of your brother in God’s palace? Even though he became a bishop, God always tests Nikolai.

“Go in.”

Nikolai turned his back and entered the temple.

Indeed, this was a temple, not a dungeon.

As we entered deep underground, everyone in the church, including Nikolai, felt a warm energy rising throughout their bodies. It was the power of God.

“Oh, oh!”

Nikolai felt heat welling up in his eyes. I have sent offerings to the gods many times, but I can never get used to this overwhelming feeling.

Everyone in the room sheds tears.

The brothers in the church were so moved that they shed tears.

The victims shed tears as their hearts were consumed by the feeling of fear.

But there was only one person there who did not shed tears.

Wow-

After walking for a while, the wind blew and a wide space appeared.

Black flames lined the walls, and between them was a stone foundation.

“Put the offering on the altar.”

Nikolai took a handkerchief from his arms and wiped away his tears.

Then he took out an obsidian dagger from his pocket.

Nikolai could have cut a person’s flesh and taken out the intestines with his bare hands, but he chose a tool instead. This is because they cannot dare to commit barbaric acts such as using tools in a disrespectful manner in front of God.

Kuoooo!

Did it resonate with Nikolai’s feelings? The obsidian dagger flashed and began to feast on the sacrifices’ fears.

The dark energy was sucked into the dagger, and eventually all the sacrifices went up to the altar.

Now all you have to do is cut the victim’s chest with this dark sword…

‘…I almost forgot.’

Nikolai thought, Oops. I was so excited to get closer to God that I almost skipped the intermediate process.

Nikolai knelt on the stone floor, holding his sword.

“litter.”

“litter!”

“double.”

“double!”

The brothers, including Nikolai and Randolph, began banging their heads on the floor. Thump-thump-thump thump thump! The number reached seven and they were finally able to raise their heads and look straight ahead.

Nikolai’s heartbeat speeds up. Breathing becomes rough. Come on, come on! I wanted to cut open the flesh of the sacrifice and take out the heart.

“God! I offer you a sacrifice…”

But Nikolai could not finish speaking.

‘What.’

Nikolai narrowed his eyes, suspecting that he was seeing something in vain.

“I received a nice greeting.”

The sacrifice, which was supposed to be lying neatly, was looking down at Nikolai from the altar.

‘What is that?’

Black eyes, black hair, Nikolai knows that face. It was one of the sacrifices that had been naked and tied to a cart just moments ago.

But now the sacrifice was neither tied up nor naked. The sacrifice that got out of control was wearing the outfit that Nikolai so loathed.

Pagan priest’s clothing.

A blood vessel burst into Nikolai’s eye.

“Nenooooom!!!”

Nikolai became angry and infused darkness into the dagger.

We must kill that unholy intruder immediately.

It doesn’t matter how the spell was solved. How dare you speak to the dog of the Holy Kingdom… how dare you shout out the name of a god who does not answer!

‘You are interfering with a holy ceremony. ‘We will skin you alive and kill you in as painful a way as possible.’

Sigh-

Nikolai was not the only one who was seething with murderous intent. The brothers behind him also became angry and took out the dark weapons from their arms.

“What are you doing and not coming in? You’re going to scare me.”

But the sacrifice didn’t seem to care whether they were angry or not. The sacrifice, Siron, laughed while looking at the demons and spat on the floor.

At that, Nikolai’s blood went full circle. Even if you always keep it clean, your hat is dirtying the temple! The guy my brothers will kill right now. They lined up and rushed towards Shiron.

‘…It’s really good. Even if we attack at once, it won’t be enough.’

One Two Three Four Five. One head.

Siron took out the holy sword from his chest, assessing the enemy’s strength. Kiiiiing – The holy sword was pulled out from the chest and began to emit light that destroyed demons.

He winced – Siron took a step back and thrust his holy sword at the guy in front.

Although the swordsmanship was nothing special, the first enemy was unable to avoid Siron’s sword because it was so dazzling.

Kwasik – The holy sword smashed the enemy’s skull. Twist the sword’s trajectory. The arm’s strength explodes. The head cannot withstand the force and is torn off entirely.

puck!

The torn off head hit the second guy’s head. Their heads hit each other and exploded at the same time.

‘Take care of those two guys.’

But it’s not over yet. No matter how much the light emitted from the holy sword destroys demons, the opponent is also beginning to adapt to the light. Stagger – Chuck! Again, he kept his camp and ran.

However, Shiron was already quite far away from them.

I put my hand on my shoulder blade and pulled out the spear. What he took out was the fire spear Ornot. He didn’t have the power to destroy demons like a holy sword, but he was quite usable.

Hmm!

Using the elasticity of the whole body, he threw the spear. Grumble! Blazing fire rushed towards the enemy. A spear of fire pierced the enemy. But it doesn’t stop there. The spear that pierced the enemy did not lose its power and even burned the one behind it.

Two are left. One of them is the head of a group.

“Heuk!”

However, even if Shiron did not use his hand, the enemy was reduced to one. Nikolai must have sacrificed his comrades to the obsidian dagger.

“Brother… Please go to a better place.”

Nikolai shed tears as he drew his dagger. This was sincerity, not mixed with hypocrisy.

“Crazy.”

Shiron shouted briefly and ran toward the enemy. As he ran, he took out a dagger and threw it. After eating the sacrifice, Obsidian stretched out the darkness itself. Cacan- Even if Nikolai didn’t use any special swordsmanship, the darkness responded.

“Write…”

Shiron hesitated to run and stopped. It was not because he was scared, but because the reaction speed of the darkness was beyond his imagination.

“Khahahaha! Witness the power of God!”

“Plague.”

Siron broke into a cold sweat. I had dealt with a bishop who wielded power a few times in the past, but the protection of anger was in effect that time. It was a bit difficult to deal with him now that the protection of anger had not been activated. This does not mean that there is no way.

“Whoa…”

Creates a condition where the protection of anger will be activated. Siron took a handkerchief out of his pocket and put it in his mouth. I gripped the handle of the holy sword as tightly as my clenched teeth.

Crash!

Siron ran straight towards Nikolai. Since his walking skills were not special and his physical abilities were not transcendent, the approaching darkness began to easily tear Siron’s skin.

‘It hurts terribly.’

But as much as it hurt, I was angry. I want to kill that bastard right now. The blood in my chest was boiling, and I felt a little dizzy due to the soaring blood pressure.

Bang, bang! bang!

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With each step, the leap grew stronger. The ground is hollow. From top left to bottom right, the light drew an honest diagonal line.

“ah…”

A line of light was drawn on Nikolai’s body through the extending darkness. So soft. Red blood welled up where the light passed, his arm fell, and Nikolai’s upper body fell to the floor.

“Kwaaa!”

Nikolai screamed from the hot energy that arrived late. His eyes could see the lower body still standing erect.

And, next to him was a young man covered in blood.

“Wow. It’s noisy.”

Siron let out an annoyed sigh and walked towards Nikolai. Darkness rose from the hand that had not yet let go of the dagger, but the light of the holy sword defeated them.

The light was so dazzling that Nikolai tried to close his eyes. However, before he could even close his eyes, countless slashes were struck in front of him.

*

Light illuminated the darkness, and the darkness finally subsided. It was Nikolai’s complete death.

“young…”

Siron cursed and revealed the light of the holy sword as much as possible. Burning – the dirt attached to the holy sword was engulfed in the holy flame and burned until not a single ash was left behind.

And then he thrust the sword into his chest.

There is no reason to put the Holy Sword in my arms again. It was also to ensure that no one knew of the existence of the Holy Sword, but its existence was unnecessary for the work to be done from now on.

Siron saw the corpse of a demonic cultist crumbling into ashes. I could see something sparkling in the light of the burning window inside.

Siron quickly bent his knees. As I searched through the ashes, I found a piece of black glass.

[Sculpture of a Wicked God]

“…hehehe.”

Siron shook his shoulders and started laughing.

[Fragment of a Wicked God], it was one of the kind of material items that I had been collecting while doing various things over the past five years.

“at las…”

Shiron felt a fishy smile form on his lips. This was not an acting or directing, but an emotional expression of joy that comes from the heart.

“You can go home.”

“…I.”

“You can go home.”

“Be well.”

“…Whew.”

“I’ll be fine.”

“why.”

Chiron frowned and turned his head back. There, a large man could not make eye contact with a frightened expression.

“Why but. Randolph.”

“I. I. Can I just go?”

Randolph of Geochang. The man, who was one head taller than Siron, spoke with a very servile expression to the young man who was ten years younger than him.

“Well, I did everything you said.”

“hmm…”

“I, Nauri, told you. Didn’t you say that if you lead me to the temple, I would let you go? I received Nauri’s teachings and sincerely repented.”

“Well, didn’t you just shed a tear at the altar?”

“If I didn’t shed tears, I would have been suspected too!!”

Randolph began to scream and cry like a girl. In the blink of an eye, two fingers were broken.

“Ah, ah!”

“Talking back? I guess you have a set date on what you’re going to say, right?”

“S-sorry. I was wrong!”

Randolph knelt down and grabbed Siron’s pants. That action wasn’t something that went through my head. My body fell to its knees as a spinal reflex. His body knew that if he messed with this madman’s temper, more pain would come.

He thought of his brothers dying without even having time to do anything, and felt envious.

“I changed my mind.”

Siron smiled brightly as he looked at Randolph, who was holding onto his trouser legs.

“Let’s go to Chamhoe-dong.”

“…yes?”

“Go to the Holy Kingdom and properly repent.”

“Well, isn’t that different? I’m going to die. I’m going to be burned at the stake.”

“Rest assured, that’s all a thing of the past. Recently, the Holy Empire has begun to actively encourage the conversion of pagans. But before that.”

Wow-

Siron’s fist hit Randolph’s head.

Sigh! Bah!

Randolph had no idea what situation he was in now.

Why… why are you hitting me? Are you sending it to Chamhoe-dong? Isn’t it all over?

Randolph cried out and licked his lips.

“W-what are you doing?”

“What are you doing? I’m in the process of erasing your memory. You confided in me.”

Siron hit Randolph on the head until he lost consciousness.