93 – Episode 93. Seven Paladins (3)
Episode 93. Seven Paladins (3)
“I will move quietly from now on.”
Lakhe, who announced the arrival of Matba, muffled his footsteps.
Getting closer to Hanna means getting closer to Asha and other monsters of the Black Coral Tribe. There is nothing wrong with being careful.
As she watched Lakhe moving as swiftly and calmly as a leopard, she tried to ignore the sound ringing in her head.
‘Malak. Are you listening? Please respond.’
‘I am. This is Asha from the Black Coral Tribe. Please tell me when you are coming. ‘I will prepare a grand feast for the servants who have served Malak until now.’
‘Malak? ‘There’s no way my prayers won’t reach you?’
‘Are you, by any chance, avoiding me? Why? … I can not understand. ‘I guess it’s fate for me and Malak to end up together.’
‘I will show you my devoted and unchanging love. I will love only you.’
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‘If you can hear me, please answer me. ‘I am desperately looking for you.’
Tsk. I’ve been getting calls from Asha since a while ago. God, no, Roa’s work is not easy.
We have to listen to the nonsense of such evil believers. It felt like I was being bombarded with text messages from an obsessive ex-girlfriend.
‘My friend, who will defeat the devil and the servants of the goddess and walk the path of defeat, please respond.’
What a path of defeat. Whether it’s Paedo or Pedo, I have no intention of taking that path. There’s no need to fight alongside a monster bride and an army of cannibals.
And, what a bastard. When did we get married? I guess I’m just setting up a house in my imagination.
In my head, I may be creating monster babies that are half dragon and half crab, and even dragon crab.
Is there any airway obstruction? It would be nice to be able to turn it on or off through the status window. It was a time when I was trying my best to ignore Asha’s voice.
“Malak, what’s going on?”
Lakhe whispered softly. Did I show that I was too uncomfortable?
– It’s not a big deal. It’s just a minor problem.
… I had a question. Should I ask you something? Earlier, I couldn’t catch her timing because I was busy explaining about Hannah and Dina’s commandos and my fake identity, Paladin Sanz.
The road Lakhe is walking on now is an empty plain. She could talk a little bit.
– Has Loa Rakan ever made contact?
Like Tuga who encouraged Asha, other Loa may also be carrying out modifications in places I don’t know about.
I was curious about whether that wolf guy was talking nonsense to Lakhe. Although they say their relationship is not good (Lake unilaterally dislikes them), isn’t it a father-daughter relationship anyway?
“You mean Rakan?”
As always, the words ‘father’ or ‘nim’ were not added.
“No. Not once. “If something like that had happened, I would have told Malak right away.”
– I see. I didn’t doubt you. I was just curious.
Lake, who was looking around, opened his mouth again.
“…I’m talking about when I was young, but there was a time when I felt someone’s eyes on me. In a place without anyone. “At that time, I thought he was Rakan.”
Still, does that mean he is a father? It seems like he wasn’t completely uninterested in Lakhe. Rakan… It’s still ambiguous to think of him as my enemy.
We moved on for a few more hours without saying a word. Fortunately or unfortunately, we did not encounter any sea monsters.
“It’s not long until we reach the location marked by that paladin woman.”
Lakhe stood in front of the reed field. The height of the reeds is 2 meters. She looked like she would just walk in and get lost.
It must be very gloomy at night. It wouldn’t be strange if there was a ghost story about a disappearance. It makes sense that the sea monsters couldn’t find the Matva residents and Hannah.
Soon we discovered a village hidden in the reed fields. This is not an ordinary medieval village.
It was a clumsy village with buildings that looked like they were hastily built inside a fence roughly made of wooden planks. Was it a village created after the destruction?
“I see civilized people.”
Lake surveyed the village with superhuman vision.
– Please wait a moment.
A message was sent to Hannah. Since we are near the village, please come out to greet us.
After a while, a red-haired female knight could be seen coming out of the fence and snooping around.
Hanna looked quite haggard when I saw her after a long time. When I first met her, the fierce and lively appearance she had shown was nowhere to be seen.
You must have suffered greatly. Maybe this is my fault too.
“Hello.”
Lakhe stood in front of Hanna with a confident step. Now she can do basic conversation. Maybe it’s because she’s smart, so she learned it quickly.
She just hasn’t felt the need to learn her language until now. It can be said that this was the moment when my efforts to guide civilized people to teach the imperial language to barbarians shone.
Lakhe’s height is in the low 180s and Hannah’s height is around 160. Perhaps because of the considerable height difference between them, the composition naturally resulted in Hannah looking up at Lakhe.
The corners of Lakhe’s mouth turned up slightly as she looked down at her Hannah, and it seemed somewhat amusing.
“…It’s been a long time.”
Hanna sighed weakly and looked at Lakke’s body. I thought I knew why.
“You changed your armor?”
Although Lakhe is now wearing gladiator armor, the armor she first wore was Hanna’s.
This is the armor that corroded during the subjugation of the tunnel demon.
“Oh, that?”
Lake snorted lightly and continued.
“It was worse than I thought. “I used it a few times and then it broke and I threw it away.”
No, it’s Lakeya. Why are you picking on her? Uneasy from the start.
“You… !”
Hanna’s eyelids flutter as she frowns. It’s not a good sign.
– Paladin Hanna. I heard a lot about it.
We set out to stop this meaningless war of nerves. Hanna opened her mouth wide as if trying to scold her, then shifted her gaze to her totem No. 3.
“You… Malak?”
– Nice to meet you.
I’m not used to hearing Hannah call me Malak. I feel like a hero with a hidden identity.
“Nice to meet you too. …Is it really a totem? Shining?”
Hannah blinked her eyes a few times as if she couldn’t believe it.
– It’s still in an immature state. Can I go into the village?
“Ah, yes.”
I entered the village after receiving guidance from Hannah.
“Your skin is white. “I don’t look like a savage.”
“Isn’t that gladiator clothes?”
“He must have killed them and stolen them.”
“…I told you several times that you shouldn’t let it into the village.”
The villagers watched Lakhe with anxious eyes. There are also people who are just staring at Lakhe.
Hmm. It seems that Hannah was unable to convince the villagers. Still, the reason she was allowed in was probably because she was a paladin.
You may be thinking, ‘I’m anxious, but can the Paladin really harm us?’
Without being intimidated, Lakhe glanced at the faces of the people glaring at him.
“Ugh… !”
Among those who met her bright yellow eyes, there was no one who did not avert their eyes. The eyes of a demigod. It’s strange that I’m not scared.
Because she thought it was necessary to suppress the momentum to this extent, she did not stop him.
“Paradise, this is him… “
A middle-aged man with a handsome mustache stepped out in front of us. Probably the village chief. Before Hanna could open her mouth, Lakhe raised her totem.
“All of you bow your heads to Malak, the great loa who has descended on earth.”
“…”
Perhaps because they are civilized people, the response is not good. He faltered, but no one brought him to his knees.
“What are we doing now?”
Lakhe’s voice became cold. It’s 1 minute before the meteor sword is drawn.
“Chief, these people came directly to save us. As I said, that totem is a holy relic where a god resides. So… “
Hannah began mediation.
“It’s not that I don’t trust the Holy Knight…”
The village chief, who was watching Lake’s thoughts, had a short conversation with Hanna.
To sum it up without the superficiality, ‘How can you believe in Loa? To us, it appears only as a shining statue. And we are also believers of the Goddess religion. I may not be as faithful as the Holy Knight, but conversion is not a simple matter.’
I wanted to say, ‘Why are you arguing when everything seems to be behind you?’, But I decided to hold back. Let’s understand them.
Yes, it is an unidentified barbarian and a self-proclaimed pagan god invited by an outsider, a paladin. It may be natural to be cautious.
I need to clean my mouth about this.
– Residents of Matva. My name is Malak. It is also called the God of Wind and Rain.
People’s attention is focused on the talking totem. I looked around, feeling their eyes on me.
It is easy to resolve their doubts. I just need to prove in an effective way that I am God.
– The field is dying. Did you try to grow crops, but it didn’t work out?
Okay. One case found. The village chief nods his head saying yes.
I used the ‘Wind Rain God’s Power’ blessing on a small field. Crops that were dying grow steadily.
“Oh, no!”
“Potatoes grew in an instant?”
“It is the power of God!”
People showed a variety of reactions, such as dropping the objects they were holding, sitting down with their mouths covered, hitting their foreheads, or cheering with open arms.
It’s a pattern I’ve seen before. It feels like ‘Loa Malak, where the Paladin praises, the demon trembles in fear, and Charon is nervous.’
“I believe it. “You are Loa Malak.”
The village chief, whose attitude changed suddenly, welcomed me. This is straight up.
Lake and I were given a place to live and food thanks to the kindness of the villagers who had become believers.
Now, after obtaining the magic stone, all you have to do is cooperate with the Dina Special Forces to deal with Asha. Huh, just thinking about it seems like it would be difficult.