The Paladin Owns the Relic

191 – Back story (1)

The black star exploded.

Mixed among countless wreckage, I fell to the bottom. He didn’t have the strength to move his body, and he didn’t even have a handful of divine power.

“Wait a minute…”

The view quickly changed. In an instant, the sky grew cold and far away. It was a sacred sight, a ray of sunlight descending under a piercing cloud, but…

Stuck in the middle, I wasn’t okay at all.

I don’t even have the strength to land!

“Sir?!”

-That, I don’t have the strength to scrape together!

-Ah! Now that I’m new, I thought life was blooming! Yes, if you die, I, a vessel, will also break!!! You will receive unimaginable damage!!

– What is this?! Sah, how are things going?! Someone say something!!

The ground is getting closer. I struggled, but I couldn’t even move my body.

Still something…

Even if there seems to be no answer right in front of you…

“…It feels good.”

At least one feeling is bad.

The fact that even a lump in the body has all disappeared.

“Ahahahaha!”

– Are you finally crazy?!

-What, what happened! Suh, please explain oh oh !!!

-Everyone be quiet! Adjust the output somehow…!

A voice was heard.

“Everything, what about you…”

Someone stuck. The body, which had been falling, flipped sideways in an instant.

The mysterious woman who embraced me. Her blue hair fluttered in the wind.

Lucia, the apostle of Lu.

She hugged me and landed on the building.

“What is he doing…? No, it’s a person in the first place… Is it?!”

“Before that, first…”

My legs were shaking, but I winked.

It’s a bit like being held in the arms of a princess like this.

“Could you drop me off?”

It’s over.

It’s not over yet…

Once everything is over.

I stood upright. I stood on the roof of the building and looked down.

I could see the two camps still facing each other. The Forest Knight and Garnet’s surviving citizens.

It’s the remnants of the two. Even if I try to solve it, it won’t be easily solved.

It is a task they must solve.

But…

I can give at least one help to everyone.

“Where are you going?! The story isn’t over yet…!”

“God’s servants are fed up, but…”

I yanked Lucia’s arm. He whispered into her ear, which was quickly drawn to her.

“But there is something I did, so could you help me as an apostle? Even if you look at it like this, it’s a body that stopped one of the corrupters. If you look at the balls you’ve built, it’s almost as if you’ve prevented the end of the world once.”

“Yes?”

“Let’s borrow some strength. I’m broke right now.”

He winked lightly.

“Please help me as if I’m doing the right thing.”

“What is that…”

“Please help save some people.”

“…Yes? What is that… Why in the first place…?”

“Why what?”

I put the Ascalon on my shoulder with difficulty.

“A paladin is looking for someone, do you need a reason?”

. . .

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Duran gasped. He gripped the drawn sword as if it were going to blow at any moment, but there was a reason why he couldn’t bear to extend it.

This is a battlefield. She could have damaged what was left of the queen as she went on a rampage, devoured by her own fur.

That’s not okay.

I can’t insult even the dead majesty.

The knight of the forest, held on to by a thread of reason, stood up. She turned her back on Arpina who was blocking her path.

“…I will go.”

Eyes full of murder looked back at Basmorph.

“Basmov. I remembered your name. Live your whole life in fear of the night. I’ll come to you when everything is finished.”

“Where are you trying to escape?”

The strings of her tension that had loosened her tightened again. Basmov gripped the sword roughly.

“You can’t get out of here. The only time you get out of here… Is when we burn it with the corpse.”

“The days to live won’t be long anyway. Don’t hasten your death.”

“Why? Are you afraid? Me who killed your queen?”

“…My mercy.”

The armor of the forest knight stood up with a crunch.

“If you have to… refuse… I won’t put up with it either…”

“Mercy? You are not qualified to speak such words. Come. Knight of the Forest.”

Eerie magic flowed down Basmov’s sword.

“I will cut off her head and display it next to your queen.”

“Stop! Please stop it! Please!”

“Get out of the way! Priests! No more interference will be allowed! This is a noble problem! It’s Garnet’s problem, and I’m challenging Basmov’s authority! I couldn’t keep mine! So in exchange…!”

Basmov jumped.

“Not only can you not protect yours, but you will also have to give up your life! You damned spirit!”

Duran drew his sword.

“Don’t mess with me. A weak human being.”

Alpina hurriedly moved. But she couldn’t move.

Blue light falling down. Even during the day, the moonlight scattered and penetrated between the two.

Pachang.

With a short sound, cold light colored the earth. A piece of ice that happens with him.

Part of Duran’s body froze. Basmov’s sword was covered in frost.

“What?!”

“…Who else are you?”

“Everyone, stop.”

The man who appeared almost on his back rolled over on the ground. Arpina’s eyes widened.

“Come on, Zahard?! What’s wrong?! Eh, did you get hurt somewhere?! Is that so?!”

“No. I’m a bit out of energy… But Arpina. The important thing is not my body condition, but the other side.”

“Yes? What is that…”

“I need strength. Don’t you know if the conflict can be resolved if it’s resolved well…”

“…Yes?”

“Let’s save as much as we can.”

Zahard grinned.

“The perspective of a human being and that of a demigod are very different. I can feel it. The remnants of the ghosts who have yet to leave and remain here. Even if everything is impossible…some things are possible.”

“What are you talking about…?”

“I need Arpina’s unique vocal method. That healing… I heard that a person who has just died can be resurrected, right?”

”That, it’s not going your way! It’s a realm close to re-creation, so it’s impossible to save even one person…!”

“Fortunately, there are traces of the seal left by the Five Gods and the Seven Watchers. Some clung to the fork of destruction, but the parts that couldn’t cling have permeated this land. It has great potential in itself.”

Zahad stretched out his hand. The moonlight that gathered hummingly flowed down his hand.

Lucia’s eyes widened.

“How do you get the power of Lu’s Apostle…?!”

“I don’t have it. In the first place, I can’t contain it in my body, so that’s a pass. No matter how hard I try to contain it, I’m sure it will only gather dust, so I’m going to invest all of it at this point.”

“I can’t keep up with what you’re talking about…”

“Arpina. Ruler. Look.”

Zahard pointed at himself.

“There is me who can still see the remnants of the soul wandering in the Nine Heavens.”

“……”

“There is you who can resurrect people through your unique s*x method.”

“……”

“And most of the power of the moon god, who tried to seal the imperfect god, remains in this land.”

“……!”

Arpina opened her eyes wide.

“Now, then… are you going to use the remaining power… to use… a large-scale resurrection method?”

“That’s right. Ruler. Let’s do it before it’s too late. Even now, they are disappearing one by one in real time…”

Zahad patted his hand lightly.

“Anyway, only a part goes in and the seal is broken, we recycle it.”

“Whoever wants to…”

“No, then, let’s kill all the people who can be saved?”

“……”

Lucia exchanged her gaze with her paladins.

The Paladins hesitantly asked.

“…Hey, Archbishop. Is it possible that a revelation from God has come down…”

“There is no presence. In the first place, the only place Lu can give revelations is inside the Temple of the Moon.”

“……”

“……”

Amidst the silence, one of the priests of the moon gave a quick voice.

“If there is someone who can be saved…!”

His voice was slightly twisted. Even chewed his tongue.

But she said it clearly, even though she was hesitant.

“Uh, a broken and broken seal is bound to scatter over time! Shouldn’t we use leftovers when we can?”

A clumsy but poignant word.

Lucia wiped her face. I glanced back at her.

“Can you help me?”

“…I don’t know what to do with you. From my point of view…You are as dangerous as the fork of destruction. But…”

Lucia grabbed my shoulder.

“If you can save people, you should at least borrow the power of evil. We are also responsible for intentionally ignoring them.”

“Ha, are you doing it! Is that so?!”

“Of course. Arpina. Ruler.”

Zahard grinned.

“Let’s try it. As far as I can.”

. . .

A seal that tried to seal an imperfect god.

But it’s broken.

“In the worst case, it was a seal made to embed the whole body thousands of meters underground. However, only half of the sealing was successful, and the rest remain here.”

“I can see it. It’s also very good.”

It’s a terrible seal. As if they weren’t trying to seal God for nothing, the power contained is immense.

Well… At this level, you’ll be able to seal the god.

However, their weakness was that they did not know what was really important. Strong enough to break the restraints of the seal and carry them.

“…Who said it was a dragon-class mage?”

“That’s right. Something that could not be committed unless it was the blood and blood of the Watcher. Creators of magic. The core structure of this seal was created by the Seventh Watcher himself. And he…”

“Well, it looks like an ancient zodiac dragon.”

“…Exactly.”

The beginning of all dragons.

And ironically, it was his blood that broke the structure of the seal.

Fortunately, the structure of the seal was broken, but about half of its power was still left here.

The amount of power was small and tender, so it was enough to save humans from being swept away by spirits.

“Ha, but…”

Arpina looked at me anxiously.

“That…At the advent of the world tree…I don’t know what protruded…I don’t think it was just born…I can’t believe that such a creature could have been born with just flesh and blood…”

“You mean it seems that the soul was also born, right?”

“…Yes. If so, there are very few people who can be saved in the first place…”

“No.”

“Yes?”

“The main ingredient was not human.”

There are countless things that have been sucked out of the human soul.

Something everyone overlooked. Souls who believed that someday they would return to the forest and be reborn.

“It’s a spirit. Humans are also mixed in, but most of the ingredients for that bowl are the souls of the spirits who died and tried to return to the ancient forest.”

“…Ah! That’s why it was stronger than expected…!”

Lucia opened her eyes wide. Duran flinched.

“Well, if that is true… My compatriots…”

“What kind of compatriot is a compatriot after being pushed to his limbs? In the first place, it became like that because I only listened to what they said like a puppet. See causation. Besides, lower spirits can’t even make proper decisions, can they? I understand that it is just like a natural spirit carrying out orders.”

“…Ha, but.”

“Well, entries, or things that aren’t just old trees must have been mixed in. But I can’t help it. You were the one who invaded first, and someone has to take responsibility.”

I raised my hand. The world that shines through.

I looked into the spirit realm that normal humans can’t see. In the overlapping world, I saw a soul that hadn’t left yet.

Blood and resentment.

The screams clinging to it reached my ears.

“…If it rots for a long time, it will squeeze into the vessel of the dead and become an undead.”

I shook my shoulders. I gathered the moon paladins.

“Let’s go to sleep. We’re going to start construction right now, so pay attention.”

“What, what can I do?”

“Beggars are half words.”

“…Is it working?”

“Standing like an ottogi. Charger role. And Lucia, you act as a filter. Brush off the holy power, and give things that can be used to Arpina.”

“You?”

“I will frame it. Ruler. Let’s all start working.”

Moonlight enveloped the earth.

“If you do it quickly, you can rest quickly.”

I was focused.

The soul ages similarly to the body. Its shape is similar to the bowl in which it was placed.

If you lose your body completely, your soul will be crushed beyond recognition. But now it’s different.

Those who lost their bodies in resentment and pain all remembered their forms. A case where negative emotions actually worked.

So it’s easier.

“…Come on. Arpina.”

I whispered.

“Follow where I lead.”

“…There are many things I want to ask, but I will hold back for now.”

Arpina took a deep breath.

“…Let’s start!”