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While Hyeon-jun took out the necklace given by Idelia and tinkered with it, the priests treated all the injured. After a while, a priest and a combat priest, who recognized the divine power of Karios, approached Hyeon-jun.
“Brother, I am sorry to have kept you waiting.”
“no. it’s okay.”
“I am Dorian, who serves Lady Verbine.”
“I am Bahanus.”
The young priest is Dorian, and the combat priest is Bahanus.
Bahanus took off his helmet and smiled softly. Contrary to the idea that he would have a manly and manly face like the battle priests of Karios, his face looked delicate and delicate.
“My name is Hyunjun Kang. Please call me Jun.”
Hearing Hyeonjun’s name, Bahanus widened his eyes.
Dorian can also be seen flinching in surprise.
“Aren’t you Brother Jun, an adventurer who saved the children in Scanden?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Hey Behbine!”
Dorian exclaimed, and Bahanus grabbed Hyeonjun’s hand with an excited face.
“I heard you did a great job! I never thought I would see you in a place like this!”
“Gee, calm down.”
“Oh, dear. sorry. Great.”
Bahanus smiled shyly and let go of Hyeonjun’s hand.
“How do you know about me?”
“There will be no temple that does not know about Scanden. The person using the power of Tahman targeted Sister Idelia and kidnapped the children, and the political repercussions are so great.”
“… Do you know Idelia?”
“of course. There are no priests who don’t know… .”
Bahanus, who was talking excitedly, stopped. Then he glanced at Dorian in bewilderment.
However, Dorian is also confused and does not know what to do.
“I heard about Idelia.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“yes. I heard it myself.”
At those words, Bahanus and Dorian let out a sigh of relief. Certainly, the story of Idelia is not a story that can be talked about elsewhere. Being created by piling up corpses claiming to be an apprentice paladin in the temple would cause a huge backlash and the temple’s trust would fall to the ground.
“Whoa… . A paladin and 17 priests participated in the mission to rescue Sister Idelia. And six brothers and sisters died in the arms of God… . And since there were conflicting opinions among the temples about the treatment of Sister Idelia, it was so controversial that there would be no one who was a priest at the time who did not know about it.”
“No, all the priests know, but is it a secret?”
“Because we all promised.”
Elizabeth’s creepy smile flickers. No, you don’t even need to use a human lie detector. It is unlikely that the priests will promise silence and then rant elsewhere.
“But what about treatment?”
“Well, in Karios’s temple, the sisters said to do whatever they wanted, but in other temples, opinions were divided because they said they needed to be protected.”
“Speaking of protection… .”
“Um… . He said that he should be protected so that he can live as a normal child. In fact, even now I worry about him running into danger.”
It said protection, so I thought it was confinement or something. Well, I don’t think the priests would do such a thing.
“Anyway, that’s why there are few priests who don’t know the story of Brother June.”
“that… It’s a bit burdensome.”
“Don’t say that. To jump into the power of Tahman for the sake of the children and Sister Idelia, you have done something that is hard to imagine.”
“No, where else did you hear that story?”
“that… A sister who attends Mr. Karios was very excited and I was able to hear a very detailed story.”
‘Ezebet… !’
Hyunjoon licked his lips. Dorian and Bahanus smiled warmly and said to Hyeonjun.
“I can’t tell you how moved I was to hear that you risked even the pain for the sake of justice. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for saving the children and Sister Idelia.”
‘Gaaa!’
Hyunjoon screamed inwardly. I dared not open my eyes when I saw Dorian’s and Bahanus’ faces lit up with joy.
“… I am not just such a nice person. Please stop.”
“hahahaha, I see.”
Hyeon-jun tried to smile at Bahanus, who said with a smile on his face, “You look shy.”
This one is twice as painful as Jun of Gnoll Slayer and 50-Man Slash.
“Priest, would it be all right if I ask you something?”
“As much as you like!”
Dorian replied with a smile. Waves of anticipation and emotion for Hyeon-jun overflow in his eyes.
‘Don’t look at me like that!’
Hyeonjun barely managed to get his mind together and said.
“Can you tell me what’s going on here?”
At those words, the faces of the two innocent young men turned serious.
“It’s a monster called Tantares with a thousand eyes.”
“Tantares. What kind of guy are you?”
Bahanus raised his eyebrows and gritted his teeth.
“It is a very dangerous monster. It is a monster that lives as a parasite on other creatures, but the main body mainly steals the body of a woman and mutates it constantly to create a child… create.”
“Are you saying you want to have a baby?”
“It would be difficult to describe it as giving birth to it. The host loses even the form of life and enlarges, so a little… .”
When Bahanus kept his mouth shut, Dorian cautiously continued.
“In this case, it would have parasitized a female gnoll. Perhaps there is not even a form of play left.”
“How fast do you make them?”
“The older it gets, the bigger it gets and the faster it gets. I heard that they have been neglected for more than 15 days already, but they are probably making dozens of them a day.”
“Well, the rate of increase was definitely not unusual.”
“They plant their own eyes on the thing they create, gather information from the surroundings, and continue to grow larger, completely consuming the entire area. It’s like saving up a lot of energy for a few months, then laying eggs and moving.”
“Are there any risks to coming into contact with a three-eyed gnoll?”
“Contact itself is not a problem. But you shouldn’t eat it, and the disposal of the corpse is important. Best is to burn it. If you just bury it, it is said that there are cases where it is parasitic on other animals that ate the corpse, and even attaches itself to plants that grow there. Depending on the topography, it is said that it can spread to groundwater, so be careful when drinking water. After a long time after being parasitized, they penetrate the skin and open their eyes, but before that, there is no way to tell if they have been parasitized.”
“Um…”
Hyeon-joon couldn’t stand his silence because of anxiety. Adventurers would only skin the three-eyed gnoll and leave the body in the forest. It is the same for Hyunjoon. There is no reason to take the trouble to deal with something that has no value. I’ve already lived in such a place for quite a long time, and I always wash clean, but I don’t know when and where I was parasitized by them.
“Still, if you kill the main body, the parasitic eyes will also die, so don’t worry too much. but… .”
“yes.”
“Well, if a parasite hatched inside the body, it would go into a riot when the body dies… .”
“…….”
“That’s why we’re here! We will bring people together and treat them all at once!”
“That is, um, um… . Relief… That’s it.”
I heard that the parasitic worms inside the body will go on a rampage and tear out the intestines, which is very comforting. The only thing to trust now is really immunity. It made it possible to withstand Tahman’s power, but can’t it stop the parasite? They create dozens of monsters a day, plant eyes on them so they can see the whole area at a glance, and eventually eat them up, and the knights have to mobilize regular troops, wizards, and priests to fight them, but immunity will stop them. right? Or what? Are you really scared?
“Hey, don’t worry… .”
Even Dorian, who said that, was well aware of how untrustworthy his words were, so his words were powerless.
“ha… . What has already happened cannot be helped. I’m glad you know now.”
“Yes… .”
“By the way, what about the adventurers who lived here and left for other places?”
At those words, the faces of Dorian and Bahanus hardened. Hyeonjun could also guess what the adventurers would be like by looking at their reactions.
“If you procrastinate like this, it will be really irreversible.”
Bahanus tried to calmly speak while his eyelids trembled. However, the sadness and self-reproach that he could not hide, and the pain that seemed to break his bones were clear on his face.
“I’ve always been like this, but I feel resentful of my own shortcomings… .”
Silence lingered between them for a moment. Then two soldiers approached and spoke politely to the priests.
“Priest. Duvan is looking for you.”
“All right. Brother June, see you later.”
“Yes, I understand.”
“June? E-class adventurer Jun?”
The soldier suddenly spoke to Hyeon-jun. The priests seemed puzzled, but Hyeon-joon feels that something has come.
“you’re right.”
“Davan-nim called. Come with you.”
“yes.”
“Is there a problem?”
Hyeon-joon followed without saying anything, but rather, Dorian was curious and asked the soldier.
“According to the guard chief, he did a great job in the two battles in Red Forest Village and killed the most gnolls, so I want to hear from you.”
“Oh oh… indeed… .”
“Hmm.”
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When Dorian tried to say something useless, Hyeonjun cleared his throat. Dorian shut his mouth in surprise and looked up.
‘It’s just a level of speaking openly.’
Isn’t that too naive a reaction anyway? It seems that such a suspicious reaction will generate interest that was not there. Dorian’s mouth trembled at the sound of Bahanus’ small sigh.
“Let’s go quickly. The situation is urgent.”
Bahanus struggled to deal with it and called the other priests. As they approached and came near Hyeon-jun, they glanced back at him at the same time. When three priests reacted like that at once, Hyeon-jun couldn’t stand it and just covered his face with his hands. Seeing Dorian pretending to cover his mouth with his hand from the side and appealing his suspiciousness so amazingly well, Bahanus also shook his head. It’s a welcome party. The soldier is also sneaking a sneak peek at Hyeon-joon to see if there’s something wrong with this guy.
‘Damn it, I don’t know anymore.’
“Wouldn’t it be better to go quickly?”
“yes. Let’s go.”
Bahanus eagerly accepted Hyeonjun’s desperate words and urged the soldiers.
They glanced at Hyeon-joon again with uneasy faces and started to walk in silence.
“Brother June, who solved the problem in Scanden.”
“Oh oh… !”
‘Variety!’
Hyeon-jun closed his eyes as he heard Dorian whispering to the other priests from behind.
I’m sure I was going to buy insurance for a contingency with the priests on my back, but where did it go wrong? Is Behbine punishing people who do not live a good life? Through her faithful servant? Isn’t this too much?
‘I want to be alone, so I want everyone to leave.’
Only Bahanus took advantage of the moment when the soldiers were not looking and gave Hyun-jun a hug. That warmth made Hyeon-jun suffer even more.
By now the soldiers had arrived at the guard building just when they were sure there was something to Hyeon-jun beyond the suspicious ship. They opened the door, went inside, knocked on the door guarded by soldiers, and glanced at Hyeon-jun until the moment the knight gave permission to open the door.
Hyeonjun maintained a calm expression while receiving that gaze. It’s not that it’s really nothing, it’s just that I’ve resigned myself to this situation. What are you going to do with a priest?
Inside the room were a knight, Duban, the captain of the guards, and an unknown wizard. Hyeonjun felt mana subtly spreading from the wizard. It feels like this.
“Have a seat.”
Dvan beckoned and the priests sat down. Hyunjun’s seat was also there. However, Hyeon-jun stood still and waited for the knight to speak. Because he spoke only to priests.
“Sit down.”
“yes.”
Hyeonjun sat down on the other side of the table facing the knight Devan and lowered his head. Things are different from when I talked to Anton. It is because Anton came to serve Hyeon-jun as a guest of the Marquis, and D-Van treats him as an adventurer.
“I heard a story from the captain of the guard. Are you the adventurer Jun?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“I heard you killed the most gnolls. Tell me more about them.”
Hyeon-joon spoke calmly in a tone without any hesitation. Stretchy, layer upon layer of tough hide, great strength, intelligent behavior, crude but weaponry, and erratic movement between quadrupedal and bipedal walks. Devan listened to the words silently before speaking.
“I heard that you are the one who went deep into the forest.”
“you’re right.”