The paladin does not back down
Idelia began to use divine power in earnest. Her sword was burning with ecstatic light as if it had become fire itself, but in return, Idelia’s right arm was twisted like a charred firewood.
“Great? You’re holding up better than I thought.”
Idelia slashed her ankle while dodging the giant’s kick. However, with a rigid body and arms that no longer move, there is no way a proper sword strike will come out. Idelia’s sword cut through the muscles and burned them, but couldn’t break the bones. While she hesitated on the bone, the giant swung her arm and struck Idelia.
Empty!
Without even screaming, Idelia jumped out and rolled on the floor. About 5 minutes after the woman laid down the black power, she killed the giant who had cut off her arm, but Idelia could no longer see or hear. It burned all the way to the inside of the eyeballs and ears. In response to the black power that entered through the respiratory system, the divine power burned up even the internal organs. My vocal cords are already broken and I can only make a rustling sound. She is fighting only by relying on her vaguely lingering senses. Even that will soon disappear. There are no more sane places. Even the parts that can feel the senses are barely left.
“how is it? How does it feel to lose mercilessly to a failure?”
Relaxing, the woman said. The giant did not move to appreciate Idelia’s miserable appearance.
“Ha ha ha, can’t you move now? Yeah, I’m honestly surprised. I didn’t know you would do this because of those insignificant kids.”
The woman moved a little closer to Idelia, not hiding her sadistic face. The giant moved along and reached out to Idelia. It was to take off the helmet and see the ruined face.
“Can’t you hear me anymore? If only Midel sees you…”
At that moment, the fallen Idelia jumped out like a shot. Idelia, who drew the surrounding situation in her head with a sense that remained even in pain, did not miss the opportunity. Squeezing all his strength, he rushed at it and slapped the head of the titan with his head down. The flames from the sword burned even more fiercely. Although he couldn’t drop his neck, the flames burned up his neck bone and took the life of the giant. Edelia ran towards the woman without stopping. The sound of wind escaping and a rustling sound escaped from the burnt throat.
‘Karios-sama!’
The pillar of fire swung, scorching space. The entire room is filled with light. Even if ten priests joined forces, they would not be able to show a brighter light than that. Idelia sacrificed her tenacious life for this moment. I took a step toward death.
“Quaaa!”
The light exploded, burning even the black power that filled the room. The woman caught in the light screamed and hurriedly retreated. Although she released her power to block the divine power, she just collapses powerlessly in front of the divine power of Idelia, who gave up her life. The woman collapsed, unable to control herself from the pain of burning her skin, trying to hide from the light somehow. If time passes like this, it will disappear without leaving even ashes. However, the divine power that burned the woman was suddenly cut off. In the room where the light soon disappeared, only a woman with distorted skin and Idelia collapsed in front of her, as if her whole body had been burned. Giants are exposed to divine power, and only traces of their presence remain.
“Big! Heck, heck.”
The woman collapsed and struggled to move her legs away from Idelia, barely getting up. Standing trembling, wrapped in strength, the woman glared ferociously at Idelia.
“dare! How dare you touch my body!”
the woman screamed. The beautiful appearance no longer remains, and the ooze flows from the hideously distorted skin. Looking at her hands, the woman with a distorted face called out to the giant, moving further away from Idelia. It may also have hidden power. I intend to use the giant to safely kill it.
“What!”
Then, to her surprise, she realized that most of the giants were dead. All the giants who were watching over the children have been disconnected, and there is only one thing left to protect the way to this place. The woman gnashed her teeth and called for the remaining one. Soon there was a thud and the giant entered the room.
“Kill. Surely.”
At the woman’s words, the giant strode towards Idelia. Edelia thought in her fading consciousness.
‘sorry. I couldn’t keep anything.’
death is not afraid All she wanted was to remain human. If you can be human, you can accept even death willingly. But when I think of the remaining children, the older brothers who cried for her, and Grandma Deliana, the thought suddenly pops into my head that I can’t die like this. Even so, the body did not move at all, and not a single handful of divine power came out. At least he thought of dying with the woman, but Karios refused to lend her any more power.
‘Because I’m not good enough, Karios-sama must have been disappointed too…’
Idelia tried to hold on to the loss of consciousness, but it was futile. The divine power disappears and the body recovers, but it is too slow. The burnt body and exhausted mind were immersed in the darkness, making Edellia’s efforts worthless.
The giant standing in front of Idelia raised his fist. The strength of the sideways slap only caused it to bounce off, but if it hit the ground like this, no matter how strong the armor was, it would not be able to withstand it. At the moment when the fist was indifferently swung, a new model rushed from the broken wall like a protection and hit the giant on the head.
“aaa!”
Squeezing out the remaining divine power, Zilenai clung to the giant’s back and struck him on the head with his mace. I grabbed the guy’s torso with my legs, which I could barely move, and swung my mace frantically like a madman, breaking the giant’s skull. The giant groped, grabbed Zilenai’s body, and beat him.
thud!
“Heuk!”
Thrown to the ground, Zilenai rolled on the side of Idelia. Seeing the motionless Idelia, Zilenai jumped up and rushed at the giant again, despite being unable to breathe in shock. The giant’s divine power penetrated even his brain, so he could not avoid Zilenai’s mace as he just stood there staggering. The mace shattered the giant’s face and soon turned his brain into mush. Zilenai, who had rolled on the floor with the collapsing giant, hurriedly crawled across the floor to Idelia, gasping for breath that had barely returned.
“Hey, Itelia!”
Zilenai managed to open Idelia’s distorted visor, which did not open well, and her face distorted at the horrendous appearance.
“no! Idelia! please! Hey Carios!”
The entire face was completely burned to the point where it was barely possible to capture the human form. Not even the eyeballs remained behind the burned-out eyelids. Even the barely remaining divine power could not be used against Idelia, so Zilenai was just holding her in his arms and screaming.
“Whoosh, whoosh.”
“…!”
At that time, Idelia heard the sound of a rough wind. Zilenai hurriedly muted and put her ear to Idelia’s face. breath! live!
“Thank you, Carios. Thank you, Karios…”
Zilenai held Idelia in his arms and sobbed. It’s enough that she survived. Zilenai calmed down even the divine power to heal his body and stared at the ruined face endlessly while holding Idelia in his arms.
“sh*t···! sh*t!”
The woman was struggling through the sewers. The moment a battle priest jumped in and clung to the giant, the woman ran away without looking back. At first glance, the priest’s body was not normal, but the woman who saw Idelia’s combat power was quick to judge. The woman intended to escape to the sea through the escape route she had secured in advance. If you jump into the sea right away, you will have a hard time, but your body will recover quickly, and you will be able to get out of Scanden easily through the sea.
“The combat priest was also stronger than I thought. I will make more next time… No, it can’t be too many. If you don’t make it stronger…”
The woman muttered and ran frantically through the sewers. He made a plan of what to do after getting out of this place, constantly thinking about what mistakes he had made in this job and how to improve the giants. No, maybe it wouldn’t hurt to just run away. It would be nice to forget Middelman and Rize and just live in a quiet place.
‘Poor Rize. You can’t get away with Middelman all your life, but I’m not. I’m free. You can run away anytime… yeah let’s run away it goes away Living as a normal human being in a quiet place. And, and, let’s name it. It’s not just Middel’s name, I’m choosing my own name.’
And it was too late to notice the hunter, who had not even been named by Middelman, the one who had created it, preoccupied with his own thoughts and holding his breath in the dark.
“Divine power!”
I released power to the faint divine power, but it was already too late. Hyeon-jun, who cut through the spread power with his sword and dug in, rushed at the woman.
“Aww!”
The upper body is protected by armor, but the lower body is defenseless. It has to be undone at once. Prepared for terrible pain, Hyeon-jun widened his eyes and swung his sword at the woman. The woman raised her arms to protect her head with amazing reflexes. The sword touched the woman’s burnt arm, hesitated for a moment, and then swung it, slicing through the bones in one fell swoop.
“Kyaaagh!”
“Khaaa!”
The woman whose arm fell off and the screams of Hyeon-jun, whose pain had begun, echoed through the sewerage system. However, the woman was unable to come to her senses from the pain, and Hyeon-jun was already prepared for the pain. The sword was once again swung at the woman who looked at her severed arm with bewildered eyes. This time, he neatly cut the neck of the woman in black who split the space without any hindrance.
Empty!
“Turn it off…”
The woman’s distorted head tumbled on the floor and Hyeon-jun staggered back. Unlike before, I was able to keep my mind with the pain somewhat reduced. All thanks to 1 Immunity purchased after killing a giant.
Immunity 1: Resistance to external force or disease.
After killing the giant and running through the sewer, I found that my karma had risen to 331. At first, I was thinking of buying agility for the immediate battle, but I checked it just in case and found that immunity does not simply prevent diseases. Hyun-joon bought immunity after thinking about it, and although the immunity was not completely, it blocked the black power wonderfully.
“sh*t···.”
Hyeonjun shook his legs shaking in pain and checked the woman. The ominous power suddenly moved, so I tracked it down, but it must have been the correct answer. Hyeonjun opened the status window to check his karma.
[Hyeonjun Kang]
Attribute: Analysis
Protection: Protection of the Goddess of Education and Growth
Karma: 31
Surprised, Hyeonjun examined the woman’s head and body. The karma left after buying immunity is the same. Hyeonjun moved cautiously and then swung his sword at his head.
sudden!
And from the head that was rolling on the floor, black power once again jumped out, though weaker than before. This time, instead of spreading widely, it shot out sharp like a spear.
‘Rather good.’
Hyeon-jun blocked the attack with Zilenai’s sword and swung it around, striking the sword in the head.
puck!
The skull split open and the sword reached the floor. The head split open, revealing the inside. Checking the status window, Karma rose to 176. It was restored as much as it was written. Just in case, Hyeon-joon stabbed the heart of the remaining body firmly and checked the corpse. The corpse was devoid of anything other than rags. Leaving the body alone, I robbed myself again, got up and ran. The woman who seems to have kidnapped the children is killed, but the quest remains unchanged. You should check out Idelia.
Hyunjoon went back the way he came. I had to go back to the place where Zilenai was in order to remember where the ominous energy had first been. Zilenai was not present. Soon after, Hyeon-jun found a room exposed by a collapsed wall.
“Idelia! Priest Zilenai!”
“Brother!”
Jillenai answered the words Hyun-joon shouted as he entered the room. Hyeonjun hurriedly checked where the sound came from. Zilenai is hugging Idelia.
“How are the children?”
“The guards will be moving it outside.”
“Fortunately, the.”
Zilenai said with a faint smile. Hyeon-jun looked at Idelia in the arms of Zilenai. The skin is a mess as if it has been burned, but fortunately it doesn’t seem to have any problems with life. However, it is too harsh for a young girl to have such a pretty face ruined like this. Furthermore, didn’t she say that she couldn’t accept divine power? Hyeon-jun took the remaining potion from the bag and carefully poured it into Idelia’s mouth, moving his head so as not to block her airway. It was only when more than half of the potion was used that Idelia’s breath and sound began to be heard normally. Hyeon-jun, who took a breather, tried to pour the potion on Idelia’s face, but Jillenai stopped him.
“You’d better feed yourself.”
“But the face…”
“Take a good look.”
Hyeonjun examined Idelia’s face closely. The facial skin is being peeled off in real time. When Hyeon-joon, startled, took his hand, Zilenai shook his head. After a while, Hyeon-jun realized that the skin wasn’t just peeling off, but that the burned skin was peeling off quickly as new flesh grew from the inside.
“Huh…”
In front of Hyeon-jun himself, who bought the regenerative power, the wound healed like rewinding time, but it wasn’t like this. It must have been burned all over, but it has tremendous recovery power. Hyeon-joon poured the rest of the potion into her mouth as Zilenai said. The peeling of the skin also stopped after a while. Hyeon-jun carefully grabbed it and it fell casually. All the rest of the skin was carefully removed, revealing that white and beautiful face again. Hyeonjun, relieved, smiled and stroked Idelia’s face.
“The little boy has suffered a lot.”
Zilenai also stroked her face and smiled softly. The situation has been resolved, but we cannot continue here. Hyeon-jun decided to move Idelia in place of Zilenai, who was not feeling well.
“Wouldn’t it be too heavy…”
“it’s okay.”
Hyeonjun immediately regretted his words. Idelia is too heavy! Somehow this damn armor is almost twice as heavy as the last time I heard Idelia. No matter how full plate armor it is, there is a limit! Idealia’s unusually thick armor was hardly something a normal human could wear, and carrying a person wearing it with only her arms was not something a human could do. In the end, Hyeon-joon gave up carrying Idelia in his arms, put it on his shoulder, and grabbed her legs and arms to hold her in place. It was so heavy, but they were considerate of me as a girl, and I couldn’t help it.
“As expected, I will take it.”
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“The priest treats his own body.”
You cannot use divine power while holding Idelia. How are you going to carry this heavy apprentice paladin when you can’t even walk properly? Zilenai looked at Idelia, who was carrying her like a burden, with pity, and released her divine power from a distance.
“I killed the woman who seemed to be the main culprit.”
“yes.”
At Hyeon-jun’s abrupt remark, Jillenai spoke calmly. And silence fell between the two. Fatigue rushed in with the relief that the work was over. Hyeon-jun’s body was fine, but his mind was greatly shaken by the pain. I don’t even have the strength to say a word.
“Ugh… I don’t feel good…”
“Idelia!”
But as soon as Idelia regained her senses and muttered, Zilenai shouted with all her might and approached. The divine power was definitely in a state of sinking.
“brother···?”
“Yes, Idelia. That’s me.”
Jillenai affectionately stroked Idelia’s face as she was being carried on her back by Hyeonjun.
“children!”
Idelia, who came to her senses, struggled. Hyeon-joon was staggered by the enormous weight and power and managed to keep his balance.
“Kid, if you do it one more time, I’ll throw you in the sh*t.”
Idelia was taken aback by Hyun-joon’s bright words, gritted teeth and looked around. And he realized that he was being carried like a burden to Hyeon-jun.
“My, please get off!”
“Gaaa!”
Embarrassed, Idelia wiggled her limbs and slapped Hyeon-jun’s armpit with her knee. This is the attack of Idelia, who is wearing full plate armor. In addition, the attack accurately penetrated the gap in the breastplate, so Hyeon-joon fell down screaming at the shock of being hit in the armpit, where nerves were driven.
“Oh!”
“Brother!”
“Huh… You little boy…”
Idelia hurriedly came down from the top of Hyeon-jun, who had collapsed on the floor. And after hesitating for a while, he suddenly shouted.
“How are the children!”
“Idelia, the children were safely saved. They say the guards are moving outside.”
“Good luck, good luck.”
Edelia cried and said. Zilenai hugged her gently. There was a sound of metal hitting each other because they were wearing armor, but they hugged each other gently.
“Idelia, you did a good job. But next time, don’t be so reckless. You have no idea how worried I was.”
“but···.”
“Uh huh.”
“all right···.”
“Damn it. I beat up people and sat down after filming a new wave.”
Hyun-joon struggled to get up and stood up. Although it has regenerative powers, it does not relieve pain. The armpit is a vital part of the human body, and once attacked, it gives terrible pain. Hyeon-jun hit Idelia’s helmet in Zilenai’s arms.
“This little boy hits people and says he doesn’t know me. I ate very poorly.”
“Cee… ···sorry.”
Anyway, since it was her fault, Idelia couldn’t refute it. Hearing Idelia’s apology, Hyeon-jun hit Idelia’s helmet again.
“What else!”
“just.”
Hyeonjun giggled and walked out of the sewer. Even the dusty air of the slums is heaven compared to the stench of the sewers. I took a deep breath as I looked up at the darkened sky.
“Whoa…”
Hyeon-jun opened the quest and focused his consciousness on completing it. Cleared three quests at the same time: consuming karma, finding a missing child, and rescuing Idelia. Looking at the neat quest window, Hyeonjun stretched out and said lightly.
“It’s over.”