Episode 28 .
Euron brought a huge cross-shaped frame and a wooden chair from the dungeon.
Iden secured the mutant’s limbs to the pole and sat facing them.
I took the dagger out of my pocket. It was an object that Daryl had handed over to him to dedicate his life to.
“Remember, a paladin came and went a few weeks ago?”
He howled in an unpleasant voice without answer. My head was pounding as if I was scratching metal with my fingernails.
“okay.”
Aiden nodded calmly and dug his thigh with a dagger coated with divine power.
An even more terrible scream reverberated through the hall.
“I will ask again. Do you remember Tyrun?”
He was struggling to breathe and endured the pain. Then, suddenly, I looked down at Iden with a dejected smile.
“······Child, how many years do you think I’ve lived?”
It must have been at least a hundred years.
“be not interested in.”
Aiden took the dagger. The smell of the devil’s skin being burned with divine power stimulated his nose.
He giggled in between as he screamed. The Seeker of Annihilation reacted in disgust.
This is why the process of interrogating demons was difficult for Aiden to endure. Because I had to force myself to resist the urge to crush the bone pain right away.
Madness began to form in his eyes.
“It’s just a hundred and fifty years! Sweat by sweat all over his body. I can’t even count the memories of seeing my internal organs with my own two eyes. For more than twenty years, they were buried in the deep sea and did not breathe!”
The mutant suddenly burst into madness.
“hahahaha! together?! Do you think I will open my mouth to your shallow tricks? There is no creativity in cruelty. It’s just divine power! What a dagger! hahahaha!”
The guy laughed for a long while. After a while, the laughter subsided. Then he looked up at Aiden, raising the corner of his mouth.
“I saw you. You crave power more than anyone else. There’s nothing you can’t do to fill the bowl, maybe? give you my strength If you become a clan, no one will dare to stand against you.”
Aiden nodded.
“i get it. What you are truly afraid of is neither pain nor anything. It is death.”
He’s trying to survive even at this point. it’s always been that way Iden predicted that the reason why he was able to overcome so much pain came from his obsession with life.
In addition, it was related to the authority of Brunyu. The ability to continue one’s own life by stealing the body of a follower.
Vampire powers often germinated in connection with human desires.
The kind he had was usually related to survival.
It was closer to the desire to escape from the confines of life than the concept of living.
The mutant frowned.
“This body?”
“Let’s try it.”
Aiden rose slowly from his chair.
“Tell me about Tairun. Please save my life.”
He smiled and looked at Iden.
“Did I look so stupid in your eyes? I spent 150 years with the bastards of the church. Generations change, but how can the voice of talking remain the same? There is no such thing as a hat. It must be because life is finite. give me eternity Come closer.”
Iden was not at all interested in his offer. If the vampire route is advantageous for clearing, he must have been looking for pure blood from the beginning.
Standing in front of the mutant’s nose. Iden grabbed and pulled out the fangs he thrust in with a mean smile.
The mutant screamed and went mad. Ignoring it, I took the blade covered with divine power to his forehead.
The demon’s skin bubbled up. He shook his head vigorously, complaining of pain.
“Have you shared your blood with Tyrun? He said he would spare me if I answered.”
“dog sound! f*ck the bullsh*t! You dirty dog!”
Aiden pushed in little by little with his arm. Its skin melted away, revealing the white outer layer of its skull.
“If you stay closed, you will die.”
Suddenly, incontinence spread to the bones.
“Son of a b*tch! Gee, wait!”
The guy’s pupils burned red. The mold rocked left and right.
Aiden squeezed the back of his head with one hand and slowly inserted the knife into it.
A soft touch touched something hard.
The mutant’s two eyes played separately like strabismus. He let out a heavy breath and drooled.
Aiden’s prediction was correct. As death approached, the relaxed man’s face trembled with fear.
The mutant shouted as if in a fit.
“Poetry, God. Swear by your god!”
“good night. I swear by Bacheksar’s name. If you open your mouth, I will spare you.”
The devil couldn’t help but feel hope even though he was aware that something was wrong.
“Seo, I gave you a chance to choose.”
“Say it straight.”
When Iden pushed the knife in, he turned blue and gasped.
“······Women, inferiority complex. It stimulated an inferiority complex for Tayrun’s talent. However, he did not drink blood to the end. However, they put it separately in a glass bottle. That’s it! As for me, I gave it a chance, nothing more, nothing less!”
Perhaps this is Brune’s way. It was a vicious method of bringing out the inner world of others through hallucinations and driving their minds to corrupt them.
Judging from the fact that Tyrun took the vampire’s blood, he is probably conflicted.
Aiden stared straight into his eyes.
“How far does your power reach? If Tyrun had become one of your own, you could have stolen his body and escaped, but now you are tied up.”
“State, limited to the periphery. Also, it is unknown whether he drank blood or not. Eh, if you drank, I’ll come to you on my own.”
All doubts were cleared. Aiden nodded.
As I slowly pulled out the dagger I had stuck between my forehead, hope spread across his face.
“Yes, you are different! Keeping the promise, I acknowledge you. Bo, I will repay you.”
As he rolled his eyes, he shouted as if something suddenly came to his mind.
“What is the position of the b*tch you love and hate? I know that b*tch tore and killed all my servants. That year is now…”
Aiden bit his lip and suppressed his emotions.
“Not required.”
The mutant looked at Iden with a rather perplexed expression.
“No way? I looked into you. It must not be an emotion to be forced to swallow…?”
“It is purely your opinion.”
I didn’t want to talk to him any more. Aiden turned and walked toward the front door.
“Hey, release this and go!”
Iden looked at Daryl and Euron, ignoring the struggling mutant.
“Make sure he dies and come out.”
“Are we done?”
Iden shook his head and pointed outside.
“I checked.”
“I’ll see you when it’s over.”
The mutant screamed in a hateful voice.
“You swore! Are you a dog that bites even its owner? Bacheksar was such an easy name! Come back! Come back you bastard hound! Aren’t you afraid of punishment!”
“Get off.”
Aiden went out the front door that way.
Hundreds of people were waiting for Iden outdoors.
One by one, they fell on the floor and began to bow their heads.
The terrible life of livestock, which seemed like it would never end, came to an end.
Someone burst into tears that they had been holding back. The emotions that I couldn’t express because I was afraid of mutants came flooding in like a burst.
Parents who sent their children first cried out, and sons who lost their father in front of them lamented.
The benefactor who took away the terrible misfortune was in front of her eyes. They praised the paladin, speaking and expressing themselves in their own way.
“Everyone wake up.”
Aiden raised Lark, who was lying on the front row, to his feet.
His face was covered with tears and mucus.
“You guys do the finishing touches. It is tied to the hall.”
Aiden left with only those words.
*
A full day passed.
The corpses of the vampires were gathered together and burned, and the dead were given an informal funeral.
Aiden was writing a report to be submitted to the Church and the Empire in the Lord’s Office in the empty Lord’s Castle.
In the document heading to the empire, he recorded in detail what he had seen and heard in the ice cap.
Aiden’s personal opinion that the King of the Beasts might ascend was ruled out for now.
If you read the report, you’ll be able to deduce from the other side. I’ll set up an investigation team or something.
The document to be sent to the church recorded the innocence of Daryl and Sein. Therefore, I had no choice but to reveal the fact that I had visited the historic site. Because indulgences were obtained there.
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As promised with Hana Arhan, the location of the site was not disclosed. High-ranking nobles would try to find out somehow, but he was confident to keep quiet.
In a way, it was forced to carry prestige on its back.
The current Aiden is revered as a hero by many people, including the people of the Empire, so even the Holy Family did not dare to treat Aiden carelessly.
Aiden was well aware of that fact. I had to use what was available.
He wanted to take care of the issues related to Tairun himself, but he did not have time to stop by Seonghwangguk. I decided to leave it to the church.
Finally, as I was writing the letter to be sent to the saintess, I heard a knock.
“Sir Aiden, I have brought you Mr. Confucius.”
“Come in.”
Euron entered the office with a boy who appeared to be in his mid-teens.
It was the only bloodline left of the Icelandic family.
All of his family, including his father, the lord, were killed by vampires.
A scruffy boy whose whole body was withered.
He didn’t look like an aristocrat, but his eyes were alive.
Aiden stood up and offered a handshake.
“Paladin, this is Iden.”
The boy bowed his head.
“This is Raffel von Eislan. On behalf of the family, I express my gratitude to you for your kindness. Please, take your respect. I am not qualified.”
Aiden shook his head.
“Be aware of your position. I am the lord of this place from now on.”
The boy looked at Iden with a puzzled face.
“I-how am I…”
“The oath that your family made with His Majesty the King is alive and well. You are the only one who can do it, so you will have to do your duty.”
Rafel looked down at the floor with his fists clenched.
“What do you mean I am qualified to sit in that seat?”
“The more you feel responsible, the more you shouldn’t run away.”
I had nothing more to say. It was up to the boy to rise up and rebuild his family or to hand over the territory to another nobleman.
Aiden, however, felt a bit of remorse for not being able to protect them as an official of the church, so he was willing to accept the minimum convenience.
“I will not collect donations in Iceland for the next five years.”
The denomination demands huge amounts of money. It was clearly irresponsible for him to leave the estate in this state even after receiving it every year. no matter what excuse you give.
The boy bowed his head again.
“······thank you. I will never forget this grace.”
“It’s not like grace, so don’t think about repaying it and take good care of the people.”
Iden left the tearful boy behind and looked at Euron.
“You now deliver these documents to the Empire and the Holy Land. The message to the saintess must never be seen by anyone.”
“understand. By the way, won’t you go with me?”
“I have other business to take care of.”
Just then, someone opened the door to the office and entered.
“I am better!”
It was Daryl.
“A paladin has arrived outside. It looks like the paladin mentioned by Bloodsucker.”
Aiden immediately grabbed the holy sword.
“Euron, hold off the documents to be sent to the Successful Nation for a while.”