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Episode 227
Episode 73. Murakan’s benefactor (3)
“He makes a funny joke.”
“Come on, get in here!”
Rani pointed her finger at a crack in the alley. It was the path she and the other paladins used while chasing the party.
The party passed her and headed there first. The moment Kuzan’s toe disappeared into the gap, about twenty paladins attacked the alley.
“Rani Salome!? Where are they!”
The chief paladin glared at the fallen paladins next to Rani.
Rani still hadn’t pulled out her sword, and the captain was very displeased with that. The other paladins also sighed or clicked their tongues while watching her.
Everyone knows Rani’s iron rule of never attacking anyone who is not a ‘heretic’.
And according to Rani’s standards, heretics were limited to those who were clearly judged heretics in the final trial supervised by Holy King Miklan and those who claimed to be heretics themselves and used black magic.
“Sorry I missed it. I’ve confirmed they’re heading towards District 1. Come on chase…”
“Hey! After all, they are nothing more than rats in poison. will be caught soon But Rani Salome, you did not draw your sword again even after seeing your comrades fall. Even so, do you think you can be called a paladin of the Doctrine Guardian Dawn?”
hard.
Both eyes were down, but Rani gnashed her teeth so that the captain could be heard.
“If it is a punishment, I will take it later. You’d better go after the intruders first.”
“You always look disappointed. How long do you think he can wrap around you? Even in front of a heretic, tsk!”
“Catch up or go! And how can Captain 5 be so sure that they are heretics? Are you still just an intruder?”
Rani screaming.
The captain glared at her for a while, then shook his head.
“Team 3, send Rani’s crew to the Saints and rejoin District 1. Also, Lani Salome, a 2nd-class paladin, is currently on probation, so return to the barracks, return your weapons and armor, and wait. If I break even this, I don’t know what will happen next. Got it?”
The Paladins passed Lani and left the alley. Instead of Lani, the paladins who took care of her fallen teammates spoke badly of her.
“I wish I had a good father like you, too. Even if you disobey orders and mess around with the captain like that, you’re only on probation.”
“I know that? That you are more like a heretic than a heretic. When you return, please apply for a job transfer and stop damaging the Dawn Society by disappearing somewhere.”
After they left, Rani was left alone in the alley.
And Jin and his party had been listening to the conversation the whole time through the gap on the side.
‘Rani Salome… I thought it was familiar somewhere, but I remember it. The foster daughter of Holy King Miklan.’
I had read an anecdote about her once or twice in a newsletter in my previous life.
The article said that even though she is the daughter of the King of Seong, she is a person who is drenched in alcohol and leads a dissolute life, and even the subjects of Seongguk point fingers at her. It was treated very small in the corner of the paper, but it remained in the memory because of her status as the daughter of the king.
Soon after, Rani looked around and entered the gap where the party was.
“Once the crisis is over. Let’s move to a safe place and talk.”
“Wait before that. Rani Salome. You seem to be trying to help us. Why? And how did you know we had a relationship with the Black Dragon?”
When Jin met his gaze and asked, Lani did not answer for several seconds.
However, countless thoughts seemed to pass inside her.
“…I am a paladin belonging to the Dawn of the Guardians of the Doctrine.”
“I said that before.”
“However, before being a paladin, she is a subject of the holy kingdom of Vankela, a human being, and a daughter who spreads the words of our Lord Ayula, who is infinitely merciful.”
Suddenly, he spewed out a self-introduction that didn’t match the situation.
It was full of strong spirit and determination somewhere, so I couldn’t ignore what nonsense it was.
“What I have to do is not blindfold people, preach lies, disguise evil as good, or collude with power to become ugly. The Fire Dragon, Kadun, is the evil we must pursue. Black Dragon was rather trying to stop him from burning the city.”
Rani’s tightly clenched fists were shaking.
“Has this explained why I am helping you?”
“You were trying to stop him from burning the city down? Talk about it in more detail, paladin. Where is he?”
Quikantel said, grabbing Rani’s shoulder.
“…follow me, there is not much time.”
The place where Rani moved was a downtown area.
However, more than half of them are filled with ‘melted’ buildings, and the toxic fumes of Kadun still remain, making it impossible to rebuild.
The saints and wizards also gave up on extinguishing the fire here, and the poison was so strong that they didn’t even designate it as a controlled area.
“Wait for a while, I will give you a divine shield…”
“Me and this friend are fine, just for you.”
“It is extremely toxic.”
“It doesn’t matter, so hurry up and go.”
“All right.”
Rani put a protective shield around Quikantel and herself.
“If it’s here, even my colleagues won’t come for at least 30 minutes.”
“Where is the black dragon?”
“Here it is.”
“That guy can’t stand this much miasma right now.”
“Don’t worry, I’ve taken protective measures with my holy power. But before I see him, let me ask you one thing. Are you Gene Runcandel?”
When Jin’s name suddenly popped up, the eyes of Kuzan and Quikantel widened.
Jin nodded, not embarrassed.
“Looks like what he said.”
“That’s right. Murakan-nim asked for it. Jin Runkandel will come looking for you soon, so please protect yourself until then. Show me one mark to prove that you are Jin Runkandel. From my point of view, can’t you all be Kadun’s other minions?”
Right now, there was nothing that could serve as proof of identity. At least Bradamante was the sword of Runcandel, but it was something that only the people of the main family or Hufester’s warriors could recognize.
“Isn’t it?”
“Hey, stop testing Confucius. If we were the Fire Dragon’s minions, why did we make such a complicated invasion?”
Kuzan said in a low voice, aiming a dagger at her throat.
“Do you think I would be afraid of blackmail? If I had, I wouldn’t have brought you here. Also, know that Murakan-nim will surely die if you harm me.”
“Put away the sword, Kuzan.”
Kuzan immediately lowered his head and retreated.
Rani had a stubborn look. If Jin can’t prove his identity, he will never show Murakan.
“There are no things. Instead… I will use this to reveal that Murakan is my guardian dragon.”
Whoa…
Jin looked at Lani as he clumped aura on the palm of his hand.
“It is the power of Reiki Solderlet. Whether I am Gene Runcandel or not. I am the sole contractor of the shadows. Should I show you more evidence?”
Now was not the time to hide the fact that he was a contractor.
“No, that’s enough.”
“Is he all right?”
“To be honest, I am not safe. You’ve been hurt a lot. And…”
“Let’s take a look. hurry!”
Jin said, barely suppressing his thumping chest.
It felt like molten iron was bubbling in my chest. All kinds of emotions are mixed, and in an instant, your eyes become blue.
‘Fire Dragon Kadun. I’ll make sure you go through horrible words….’
Terrible-!
Rani tore off the planks under her feet.
The ash that had covered the planks fluttered in clumps, and I could see amber light streaming through them.
The same color as the light covering Lani’s body. It was divine power.
That divine power wrapped around a black cat curled up like a protective film.
“Murakan…!”
The one and only guardian dragon of Jin, the representative of Solderlet, his close friend, and the last descendant of the first being born in the shadows.
That was him.
Rani had been hiding him, who had transformed into a cat, in this poisonous building. If it wasn’t for her outstanding divine power and conviction, it would never have been possible.
As Jin carefully held Murakan in his arms, Quekantel’s eyes were watery. Kuzan also let out a sigh of relief and wiped his chest.
“I will explain what happened.”
Rani began to explain the situation when she saved Murakan.
She and the Paladins were dispatched to Santel by order of the High Priests.
It was an order to help the fire dragon, Kadun, to siege the ‘monster’ and to ‘purify’ since Santel was in danger of becoming a city of heretics.
However, what Rani saw here were neither monsters nor heretics.
The civilians dying from the fire dragon’s merciless breath and the black dragon preventing the city from collapsing for some reason.
Among the paladins dispatched, only Rani felt a sense of alienation from him.
Even under the name of ‘purification’, the saints incited the people and the paladins blocked the city.
“It’s Kadun who is actually killing the civilians, but it didn’t take two hours before the whole massacre was Murakan-sama’s fault.”
When Rani arrived, the battle between Kadun and Murakan was nearing its end.
Kadun burned the whole city only to make sure Murakan couldn’t escape. On the other hand, Murakan is in a situation where he is also in a corner due to his strength to prevent the damage to the people.
Murakan eventually managed to escape. No, it seemed to work. It pierced the barrier of fire opened by Kadun and flew into the sky.
“But he didn’t seem to have the strength to go far. Kadun immediately set off in pursuit, and Murakan… I think he gambled. The moment Kadun got out of his barrier and started flying, Murakan-nim entered the city again.”
It is dark under the lamp. Murakan, who entered the fire barrier again and settled in the sky above Santel, fell to the ground while transforming into a human.
Kadun couldn’t confirm it as he was chasing his ‘shadow’ that Murakan had cast in the sky as an aura.
It was something that could be called a miracle that Rani was the only one who could see it clearly.
Rani was able to rectify him immediately, but the other paladins dispatched to Santel were a problem.
“It was a dangerous situation if not treated right away. But I couldn’t send them to the saints as if they were citizens of the city. Because the transformation was unstable, black scales sprouted all over the body.”
Rani desperately tried divine magic to save the black dragon, but it was not enough.
And while his consciousness was blurred, for some reason, Murakan managed to leave a message for Rani, a human who was trying to heal him. He said that Jin Runkandel would come looking for him.
“As soon as he finished saying that, he changed into this form and passed out. I used divine power to hide Murakan-nim here.”
“Jin, this is not a transformation. It was forcibly transformed. Let’s go talk about the details and let’s get out of here for now.”
“I’ll show you the best route to escape, so go there.”
“…Lani Salome. I will repay this debt with the honor of Solderlet and Runkandel. As soon as your punishment is over, I will go to the Holy Kingdom.”
