Episode 39 .
The moment they hit the sea water, Uriel and Iden became fish people.
Aiden looked around underwater.
The brilliance emitted by the barrier gradually faded, and a thick darkness began to descend.
There was no sunlight in the deep sea, so it was impossible to see even an inch ahead. No matter how good Iden’s eyesight was, it had its limits.
Light was essential because Jonah, who was memorizing the road, was not by his side.
Aiden burst into a halo.
If a sea beast were drawn by the brilliance and attacked, he would tear it apart.
Of course, there were creatures that couldn’t handle it, but those guys only inhabited the vicinity of unexplored continents.
There was absolutely no chance of encountering them here.
Aiden began to swim upwards while holding Yuriel by the waist.
When I got out of the trench and looked down, I saw that the palace was slowly sinking.
It will go deeper and deeper and eventually be shattered.
Aiden immediately shook his arms and tail vigorously. Uriel’s condition didn’t look so good, so we had to get to the surface as quickly as possible.
It would have been nice if I could go straight in an instant like when coming down, but I couldn’t specify the point where the rising tide occurs.
All I could count on was my stamina.
Based on the cliff that represents the beginning of underwater civilization, I went back the same way I came.
While heading upward for a long time, Yuriel’s spirit gradually returned.
She looked down at Aiden’s arms wrapped around her torso.
I felt a tight pressure.
The feeling of being protected gave me a sense of security. Suddenly, I thought that it would be nice if I could just stay like this.
immediately became frustrated.
‘I must be crazy.’
He blushed and pushed Iden hard, but he didn’t budge.
Aiden slightly turned his head to look at Uriel, but he only turned upwards without any reaction.
No matter how much I struggled, I never let go.
very strange feeling. It was a feeling of helplessness and relief at the same time, so it was hard to understand.
I tossed and turned a few more times as a courtesy, and eventually gave up.
Uriel lowered his head. I was overcome with a strange sense of self-doubt.
As they were being held by Aiden’s arm and heading to the surface, the seawater surrounding them gradually turned blue.
It seemed to have reached the vicinity of sunlight.
The distance to the surface is approximately 200 m. If you do well, you might be able to get there before the fish man flower is released. Iden started swimming faster. The recoil of blessing assaulted his whole body as if it would split it apart, but he suppressed it.
Finally, we arrived at a depth where we could see clearly into the sea. That was the moment.
My eyes were stinging. The bright son-in-law turned gray as if a curtain had been put on it.
Yuriel’s fins, which were shining like gold, also began to lose their color. The shape of the gills on his neck gradually faded, and breathing became subtly uncomfortable.
The sea water sucked into the mouth did not drain out well.
Aiden’s green outer skin also gradually softened. The hard texture gradually changed to soft.
Instinct began to warn. Don’t drink sea water. When you realize that you cannot supply oxygen to your body,
Uriel felt fear.
My heart pounded. I quickly raised my head, but it took a long time to sleep. I was so afraid that I couldn’t stand it.
Clearly, there was still oxygen left in my lungs, but my breath rose to the tip of my chin. Her hair turned white and her limbs were overstretched. The muscles stiffened.
I was overcome with panic.
The moment I desperately shook my body and called out to Iden, the seawater rushed into my mouth.
The prayer was filled with water. As soon as I vomited it came back. It was terribly painful and I felt like I was going to go crazy.
Aiden quickly turned his head.
Immediately, he pulled Yuriel and wrapped his arms around his waist so that he could not move. He supported the back of her head with one hand.
As I put my lips together, the woman who struggled hard hardened.
breathed in
Uriel vomited seawater. Iden took it in his mouth and spat it out.
They kissed again and handed over the oxygen. Yuriel’s pupils widened.
The breath penetrates the lungs through the airway and spreads throughout the body.
It felt like life was circulating through my body.
Uriel desperately began to inhale oxygen. He sucked in Aiden’s breath and swallowed it like a baby.
As for Iden, it didn’t matter if she took as much as she wanted. It was enough to last for a few hours.
Uriel unconsciously wrapped his arms around Aiden’s neck. He squeezed his body tightly, gasping for breath. When Iden exhaled, Uriel took it and drank it.
We exchanged breaths like that and headed for the surface.
As the carbon dioxide concentration thickened, I could see the sun waving in the waves above.
The two did not part their lips.
When Aiden was enveloped in a strange feeling, the flesh lightly touched his mouth. The parted lips fell in an instant.
Their gazes crossed. The color of Yuriel’s face gradually changed. In the end, it was dyed bright red and heated up as if it was about to explode.
She stared at Iden, frozen like a doll. He froze for a moment, then lowered his gaze.
Sleep was getting closer. The undersides of numerous ships were visible.
Uriel got away from Aiden and went to the surface first.
Iden followed right after, pulling his face out of the water.
Under the blazing sun, dozens of ships were lined up on the sea.
The sound of the song shook the heavens.
Weeping, howling, escapism, maddened screams, screams, laments…and so on.
Iden was greeted with harmony created by hitting all the negative voices in this world.
“Be better!”
Daryl’s voice broke through the screams. Euron and Jonah immediately threw a net.
Uriel approached the net as if he were running away. The moment I was about to climb, my injured ankle screamed.
Aiden immediately followed and hugged her.
Uriel’s desperate eyes turned to Iden.
“My, please get off…… please.”
“It’s not possible. It will hurt.”
It was so hard for her to see Iden’s face.
Feelings and touches from a while ago remained raw, so I couldn’t bear to hide my expression.
Uriel kept begging, but Aiden didn’t listen this time either.
She resented the paladin too much. I couldn’t do anything either.
“I am better! How did your face get that shape?!”
Daryl was horrified to see Iden’s disfigured face. Who the hell could turn Aiden into that b*tch? Daryl couldn’t figure it out.
Euron was equally perplexed.
“Ah, Sir Aiden, are you okay?”
Aiden handed over Uriel to them and boarded the ship himself.
Jonah looked at Aiden with a hopeless face.
“Stop, Holy Knight. Somehow……”
“Elpis is dead.”
Jonah’s face was stained with shock. Because she, too, knew of the existence of demons. The last duty of the direct family of the sea god was to subdue Elpis.
If the development was carried out according to the original story, Jonah would later become the liberator of Atlantis.
However, she cannot protect her people.
It was because Jonah lacked the strength to stand against Elpis.
It was a normal development for the church to organize a subjugation party only after half of Seilun was sacrificed to the awakened demon.
Jonah was well aware of the strength of the source. The achievements that Aiden had accumulated were not something that could be said calmly.
“Is that really true…?”
“If you don’t believe me, go down and check it out.”
It didn’t sound like a lie. There seemed to be no reason for that in the first place.
Iden beckoned Euron. I opened the box I brought from the ruins.
It contained a pill of divine spirit, a white mask, and a Bible.
Among them, he gave the Bible to Euron.
“Tell it to the saintess.”
“All right.”
I looked at Jonah again. She opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.
Aiden had not only freed his people, but had returned by rooting out the essential problem that depended on the survival of the tribe.
It wasn’t something to be ashamed of as saying thank you. Before she could open her mouth, Aiden spoke.
“I also had a purpose.”
He didn’t really want anything from Jonah.
However, Jonah had a slightly different idea.
Is it a problem that can be passed on? I received so much that I couldn’t judge at all.
Even if I did, I didn’t know what to give.
Iden scanned dozens of ships. Humans who were mermaids turned away from reality and were weeping.
“Rather than that, did you inform them of the situation?”
“······Yes, I have finished the rough explanation. I also made them aware that they would die if they went to land.”
It was another matter if they still worshiped the sea god, although the god-centered people forgave their past sins.
He had to convert to Baranchesism to survive.
In the original story, a third of the tribe is burned at the stake. It was the result of keeping the faith.
Even Iden had no way to save their lives.
It would be best to reduce the sacrifice even a little.
“I stay a few days in the strait. In the meantime, try to convince me as much as possible.”
Jonah opened his mouth cautiously.
“Can I ask you one question?”
He nodded, and she stared at Iden.
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“I have no idea why you are doing this. Aren’t you a paladin of the Order? In your eyes, we are nothing but heretics.”
“I hate the smell of burning people.”
After saying that, Aiden turned to the cabin where Uriel entered.
Jonah looked at his back with a slightly dazed expression.
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Uriel sat still on the cabin bed with his pupils wide open.
She didn’t even open the bible that Euron had brought and put it on the futon.
Rational thinking was impossible.
When the incident from a while ago suddenly flashed by, my body went into a seizure. Her crimson lips trembled slightly.
The woman of God kissed the paladin. Of course, again, at the time when God is waking up.
He was watching from the sky, and he committed blasphemy.
Shame and guilt hacked through her heart.
It was not a problem that could be passed on with the excuse that it was for survival.
Even if I would have choked to death, I shouldn’t have done such a thing. Plus, can I say with confidence that it was really for survival?
At first it was. There was no time for reason to squeeze in, so he desperately drew in his breath.
However, despite gradually returning to her senses, Yuriel and Aiden kept their lips together.
I wasn’t even sure who opened the mouth first.
All the moments Uriel had experienced in the past few days did not feel like reality.
It was even more painful to know that even if someone asked me if I wanted it to be a dream, I couldn’t say no.
Uriel was able to sympathize a little with the fallen Elpis. What could I do if I could shake off this guilt?
The Bible came into Uriel’s eyes.
The man who stole his heart and lips was now given to him to steal even his faith.
Unholy thoughts crept into his brain.
What if Aiden’s words are true? If God, if not the God she knew. Maybe that would make it a little easier.
Uriel’s hand slowly approached the Bible.
If he even took his faith, what else would he ask for?
Uriel was afraid.