The Paladin Owns the Relic

200 – The Beginning of the Journey (3)

Henry hurriedly looked back. Lucia, her eyes met, gave an awkward whistle.

“Lu, Lucia?! b*tch like this! How the hell do you report…?!”

“There must have been something I didn’t know about.”

“What?! Right now, Lu’s apostle has overheard Lu’s words…!”

“Hey.”

A voice hit the air.

A fishy laugh is mixed in it.

“Where are you looking?”

Quaaa!!!!!

Henry’s body was blown away by the violent explosion. Driven through the spire, it completely recoiled the once reconstructed building.

Shaky vision. The vomit he vomited because he couldn’t stand it mixed with his hair inside the helmet and made a mess. Henry immediately threw the pitch away.

Something hit me. I stopped it in a split second…

Henry raised his hand. His armor, imbued with his holy power, is completely crumpled.

Blessed Lu’s armor is a single blow…

The shape is twisted beyond recognition!

“What are you doing? You say you’re going to kill me?”

A voice descended upon the broken spire. The golden eyes that glistened in the moonlight were grotesquely eerie.

Feels like facing a non-human being.

The color of the surrounding twilight was clearly divine. But Henry can’t stop his body from shaking for some reason.

It feels like each and every one of those holiness is given to someone who doesn’t know where it will bounce.

“…This!”

To suppress his fear, Henry removed his foot. He stepped out of the plate armor that fell off of its own accord.

The cold moonlight bursts brilliantly. In an instant, the surroundings freeze and everything in sight is dyed white.

A part of the broken spire freezes up to its pillars. The sword of ice flashes in the temperature that has been lowered to the limit.

The coldness of the moonlight that pierces even for an instant.

“…What are you doing now?”

But I can’t reach it.

Zeng!

A simple shake of the body breaks all the ice. The twilight greatsword dyed in complex colors collided from the front.

Extremely constricting air. In the pressure right before the explosion, Henry keenly felt the difference in strength.

This is…

This is f*cking nonsense?!

Quaaa!!!!!!!!!!

“Quaaa?!”

Henry was thrown into the air and rolled over the roofs of buildings several times. With a fleeting glance, he saw the moon paladins kneeling.

All of them are on his knees without any major injuries.

Like who led the surrender.

“This… This… Lucia…!”

“What is Lucia?”

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Footsteps came from the side.

“The kid lying down with the other paladins over there?”

Kwadeuk.

“Turn it off?!”

In the overturned view, Lucia, the apostle of the moon, can be seen. Like the other paladins, the apostle secretly raised his hand.

But there is not a single wound on his body. As if there was no proper resistance, they are completely surrendering.

“That b*tch…?!”

“Worry about you. Baby.”

“Quaaa!!!!”

After being trampled on for a while, Henry crawled on the ground. This kind of irrationality is the first time in my life.

I always only took elite courses. Ever since I was picked up by the Church of the Moon as a child, wasn’t there always a bright future waiting for me?

But why?

I have to crawl on the floor right here…?

Is this me?

Is Henry the Apostle of the Moon…?!

“Acceptance…”

Yes.

This is unacceptable.

Situation like this is absolutely unacceptable!

“Unacceptable…!”

“If you don’t want to tolerate it, why don’t you speak beautifully?”

“Quaaagh!”

“Wake up like the main character of a boy’s cartoon? Huh? Do you think that will work?”

“That, stop… I stepped on it, but don’t step on it again…”

“It’s short.”

“That, there… don’t step on it…”

Henry gave in.

“Why… Why am I like this…”

“Mouth bastard. Mouth. That’s because it’s condescending. Uh?”

“Ahhh.”

“Shut up and answer the questions. Got it?”

The greatsword of fire slashed right in front of me, melting part of the roof of the building.

Henry had only one choice.

I want to live.

“…Yes.”

. . .

“I… Am the number one target for official eradication just like Mercedes?”

“Yes. That’s right…”

“…Hmm.”

I snapped the greatsword of fire. Henry hurriedly threw up his words.

“No, of course, it was not my order! The revelation that came down from the far-away ‘above’…”

“Did all the state religions of the empire agree?”

“…I heard that only the Sunsin Church is not giving a separate answer.”

“Really?”

I don’t know, and even Naga agreed.

“What is the position of the Empire?”

“We accepted the position of the denominations. Appointed as an official religious criminal by the Empire. They said they put a bounty on…”

“That went on like that?”

“This is an unprecedented situation. Mercedes’ whereabouts have completely disappeared… But your whereabouts have already been reported throughout the empire.”

These bastards only get things done quickly at times like this.

“Sincerely, a fugitive who is being chased by criminals of the Empire and various cults…”

I am so full of energy that I can only sigh.

“What did I do? It’s strange. The only thing I did was save Garnet from dying.”

“Well, we are simply following orders…”

“Really?”

I grabbed Henry by the hair.

“Is there anything else you want to say?”

“Now, sleep…?!”

Kwadeuk.

The head stuck in the ground drooped. Lucia hurriedly stood up in the distance, but shook her head to confirm that she was alive or dead.

I promised not to kill you. It’s a bit nasty, but he’s the one who broke Lu’s revelation and helped me, so you’d better cooperate.

I tossed Henry, who was stunned and limp. He glanced up at the moonlight.

“…If you think you can’t control it, killing it is your way, right?”

Maybe Lou is listening to my voice. But I wanted to make sure I warned him.

What I was thinking.

“Wait right there. When everything is over, I’ll stir it up one by one.”

I jumped and went down the roof of the building. The paladins who were tied up flinched.

Lucia, the apostle of Lu, opened her mouth. A smoke-toned voice came out of his mouth.

“This villain. How can you get that kind of power?”

“I have nothing else to say to the apostle of the moon.”

“Yes.”

Walk forward. I thought the enemy was one of the turning points of destruction…

Things have changed now. Even the empire is my enemy, and all official churches within the empire are targeting me.

Are you quite scared? I’m afraid that the turning point of the two people’s destruction will be born.

“I’m trying to do something nice, but people around me get in the way.”

“President. Maya is on the president’s side.”

“Me too. Zahard.”

I don’t punish two people who cling to each other. I glanced back at Lucia.

“Lucia, Apostle of the Moon. He’s a natural-born paladin. Concerned about the sacrifice of his subordinates, he surrendered himself…”

“Let’s see. Because the moonlight will chase you.”

It’s funny how he pretends not to. I turned her head away and hid the corners of her mouth.

The acting tone ends here. At first glance, it was seen from above, so Lu wouldn’t be able to question too much.

“…Let’s go.”

Going down. Get off the roof of the building and walk the streets of Garnet.

The broken place is still there. But slowly, human warmth is returning. Although not as splendid as before, human civilization is taking its place again.

“Saint.”

The window opened. A woman whose name I don’t remember prays for me.

“Saint.”

The door is open. The man holding the child bowed his head toward me.

“Saint.”

I heard a chuckle. The boys and girls leaning against the wall smiled broadly at me.

I walked silently. The crowds that began to gather filled the streets without realizing it.

I stopped walking. I looked up. The shouts that began to fall filled Garnet endlessly.

“I never said anything, but what…”

“I told you.”

A voice jumped out in front of me. Her silver hair swayed, and her calm mouth smiled.

“I think everyone should know.”

Unlike when we first met, I looked down at Alpina, who had brightened to a certain extent. Suddenly, an idea came to my mind and I pulled out all the things I had in my pocket.

“Arpina. She almost forgot to tell me.”

“…What is this?”

“Sacrifices.”

Hand over the holy relic of the sun god. Things I can’t write anymore anyway.

If you want to write it, there must be a way to write it… But I couldn’t feel the reason to write it even if you went that far.

I left out the nectar generator, of course. I somehow corrupt it and turn it into my sacred object.

“It is a ring of connection with the holy relic Brunak.”

“What did you do with the Naga Relic?”

“I gave it to Camilla separately.”

“Good job.”

Arpina quickly retrieved the holy relic.

“I always receive from Zahard.”

“Why? Are you upset?”

“Yes. It’s incredibly broken. I’m so upset I can’t stand it.”

Arpina wiggled her fingers.

“So… I can’t stand it because I’m angry… You must come back.”

“I will not go back to the Church of Ra.”

“It’s okay. I can be satisfied just by looking at your face. Even if you’re on the other side…”

Arpina smiled broadly.

“I’m on Zahard’s side. Always.”

“In that case, you can betray without notice.”

“I will never do that.”

“To be aware.”

Look around. Those who were called scorched ashes are looking at me.

As the number of believers increased, so did the number of apostles that could be appointed.

These are my current apostles.

Rakkeum nodded slightly. He showed the stigma on her arm.

“Brother. I look forward to seeing you again.”

Vulcan made a sound of bolmen. He rolled up her sleeves, revealing her stigmata.

“Don’t die from being hit with a blind sword.”

Eve bent her back. He showed the stigma on the back of her hand.

“Leave religion to me. Teacher.”

Tsubaki smiled brightly. He showed the stigma on her shoulder.

“When we meet again, I will surprise you. Zahard!”

I glanced back at Garnet. A lot happened. Many things have changed, and there are also things that cannot be recovered.

But it was fine. Because I was able to move on.

“Zahard.”

Arpina called me. I knelt down slowly in front of her.

Without speaking, I knew everything about what was going to happen next. My apostles also all knelt.

Citizens’ shouts diminished. Arpina and I looked at each other.

I slowly closed my eyes.

The moment I first started as an apostle of Ra.

「I am your master. Damn it Stay focused. If you don’t want to die.”

Overcome the danger of death and defeat the eye demon.

「Have a nice dream. Brother.”

After putting the demon to sleep in Paramer’s Clock Tower.

「From now on, you are ‘Maya’. Take Aris and throw it away. That’s because they died together in Paramer.”

You subdued the corrupted Archbishop of Ra and saved the Demon of Love.

「I love you. Zahard.”

In the end, even Garnet, who had been perishing, was saved.

「Thank you. Garnet’s hero.”

I opened my eyes slowly. Arpina’s smile overlapped as she reflected on the time.

It’s bittersweet, but it has to be done. Cardinal of the Church of Ra, Arpina whispered to me.

“Zahard, who was the apostle of Ra.”

Her eyes looked back at me.

“A newly established institution, scorched ashes.”

Speak quietly.

“All of you in the Church of Ra…”

There is no turning back now.

“Excommunication.”

Amidst the low voice, I raised my head. He met Arpina’s gaze.

As equals, not superiors, I, who had become the empire’s greatest criminal, and Arpina, who had regained her former strength, laughed without saying whoever was first.

“Let’s go. Zahard.”

“Yes.”

“Go anywhere. Away from you…”

Arpina embraced me.

“Please be a hero to many people, just like you did to me.”

My last request as a cardinal of the Sun God Church.

I laughed.

“Of course.”

I moved towards Garnet’s gate.

Without stopping…

Continued.