performance.
performance.
evil spirit.
It’s a name that sounds like something very bad just by hearing it, but in reality, it’s a name that doesn’t have anything special.
To put it simply, since he was classified as an evil god by the gods of the current continent’s mainstream denomination, that god was naturally labeled as an evil god. As a bonus, all kinds of persecution naturally follows.
The Church of Corruption was also one of the churches classified as serving evil spirits in that way. Of course, unlike the churches of evil gods that are currently active, it was set up that they were all subdued in the distant past.
Unlike mainstream denominations that cooperate without any conditions when it comes to opposing evil spirits, ironically, there was no cooperation between the denominations that enshrined gods classified as evil spirits.
In addition, it was unclear whether the order itself was classified as a cult of evil spirits because it had lost its taste, or whether it had lost its taste because it had been persecuted.
I asked the lord with the most serious expression on my face.
“Isn’t a siege of the city too great for one cult of evil spirits?”
The face of the pure-bred lord became even more depressed.
“According to the priests who sensed the divinity of the evil spirits, at least four different denominations are working together to besiege Kelton.”
The criteria for judging that the divinity felt by the priests belonged to an evil spirit was very simple.
The energy of evil spirits is similar to the blacklist created by the gods, so the moment they sense the divinity of evil spirits, the priests can’t help but antagonize them due to their instinctive hatred.
The problem is that the blacklist of these gods is not updated at all even if the church of the evil god is completely subdued, so even though the divinity of corruption was subjugated in the distant past, the priests of the present age feel fierce disgust and can recognize at once that this is the energy of the evil god.
Anyway, something is really wrong with this. Do churches that worship evil spirits cooperate?
“It’s nothing out of the ordinary for the evil cults to work together to lay siege to a city. Do you have any idea what they want?”
Yeongju shook his head.
“I have no idea. No matter how much I think about it, Kelton is just an ordinary town with nothing special to say. Ha ha.”
The sigh he barely let out was filled with deep concern.
“To think that something like this would happen as soon as I took office as the lord of this place… If my father had been alive, he would have made a breakthrough somehow…”
In the lord’s lamentation, a middle-aged knight with a taciturn expression standing behind him whispered something into the lord’s ear. Perhaps he was giving some kind of advice not to show weakness in front of the guests. As soon as he heard the whisper, Yeongju put on the brightest expression on his face and started talking again.
“Still, it’s winter, so there’s enough food stored inside the city, and the morale of the soldiers isn’t bad, so the situation isn’t that bad, but the problem is that no one knows that Kelton is isolated because of the sudden siege. It’s a point.”
Gradually, I guessed the suggestion the lord was trying to bring out.
He uttered a few words full of regret.
“So we need a small group of men to break through the siege of the monsters and deliver the news of Kelton to other cities.”
Yeah, I knew you would take out that offer.
Even though the lord was very sorry, the reason why he suggested risking his life without hesitation to me, who had never met him, was because I was a priest who worshiped God. The priests did not spare their lives when it came to things related to evil spirits, so of course there was a calculation that they would have no choice but to accept their request.
In fact, as long as I’m claiming to be a priest who serves the goddess of maintenance externally, I can’t refuse. This was a total outlier.
‘killing!!!’
Amidst my mother’s wild cry to slap that unlucky lord in the face and run away, I answered with a smile.
“That thing. I’ll help you.”
Let’s accept this for now and think about it some more.
“Priest Marnak!”
An unexpected reaction came from Carmen, who was sitting next to her. He said to me in a serious voice.
“What if you blindly accept it like that! Even if you accept it, you should at least listen to the details of the operation and support before making a decision!”
It was a kind of rebuke that I was quite happy with, because every word he said was full of concern for me. Is this what travel companions are?
However, as the lord’s complexion was about to become slightly uncomfortable after hearing Carmen’s cry, I quickly restrained Carmen.
“I’m just doing what I have to do. As a priest, if it’s something related to a worshiper of an evil spirit, I should definitely step out and help.”
Even while talking, I sent a telepathic message in my heart, hoping that he would reach me.
Please run amok! Carmen!
That way, the rewards I can get from the lord will increase! Besides, I had already decided in my mind what to bring.
Carmen spoke to the lord in a determined voice, as if she had heard my telepathy.
“I will also join this operation.”
Yeongju said in a voice that crawled and wiped away sweat.
“It is certainly an honor for a son of Balthasgar to volunteer to engage in this kind of dangerous work…”
The reason why the lord was reluctant to join Carmen was because, although he was an bastard, he was clearly the son of the black wolf Ansis Baltas. You must be worried about the aftermath of the aftermath of driving the son of Ansis Baltas to death.
“I have the skills to protect myself, so the lord doesn’t have to worry too much.”
“however···.”
I leisurely listened to the conversation between the lord and Carmen. The lord tried to persuade Carmen several times, but Carmen had already made up her mind to follow me into the operation.
Lord Stren Flekor sighed deeply.
“Haa, I see. Since you are so stubborn, I can’t help it. I promise to support you as much as possible.”
Carmen bowed deeply and expressed her gratitude. I looked at the scene and threw a sneaky word. Because I had something to pack.
“Lord, would it be all right if I ask you a question?”
The lord answered me with a much more depressed face than when he talked about the worshipers of evil spirits earlier.
“Please feel free to speak.”
“Could you please give me that item?”
I stretched out my finger and pointed to one of the ornaments. I pointed to a large bowl, but the lord glanced at the bowl and asked me with a puzzled face.
“That bowl?”
“Yes. I can feel the protection of the goddess I serve in that bowl.”
It was a blatant lie. No, half a lie. It is true that the vessel had a divine protection, but that divine protection did not belong to the goddess Yuji.
“Is that so? It’s just a decoration anyway, so I’ll take care of it. You there. Move the bowl to the priest’s room and put it there.”
At the command of the lord, the servants lowered their heads slightly and then carefully picked up the dishes and disappeared.
I smiled reverently and said to the lord.
“Then when are you planning to start the operation?”
“Anyway, monsters tend to gather more and more, so the sooner the strategy starts, the better, so as soon as it gets dark today, we’re going to launch it right away. There’s still a little time left, so why don’t you close your eyes for a moment?”
“I will.”
Carmen and I left the depressed lord behind and separated into our own rooms. When I entered the room given to me, I saw a bowl on the table.
‘killing!’
I nodded my head at my mother’s words that she brought something that was hard to find in the North.
“That’s right. I never dreamed that I could get things from seekers of the flow that I could only find in the western deserts here.”
The god enshrined by seekers of flow is a god with powers related to water, and the blessing hanging on this bowl was also related to water.
The lord didn’t seem to notice the divine protection on this bowl, but even if he did, he couldn’t use this bowl.
Because, with the exception of me, only the priests who worship the god could use the item with divine protection.
On the other hand, the ‘holy relic’ was an object that could be used by anyone without having to worship the god. Of course, making a ‘holy relic’ required a much more difficult process than making an object with divine protection. That’s why each church pays attention to recovering the holy relic.
“Then let’s try it.”
Carefully touching the bowl and activating the divine protection, the water containing the divine protection gushed out from inside the bowl. I really liked this all-you-can-eat washbasin.
“I’m sure you won’t have to worry about washing your face after writing ‘The Butcher’ in the future.”
‘killing!’
I pulled out the frost steel sword and dipped the blade into the water. My mother explained that there is a minor side effect in this water, and if you soak the weapon like this, when you take it out, a little bit of protection permeates the weapon blade for a while, so you can cut enemies better.
He took out the butcher and set it beside the table. The idea was to immerse the Butcher once the froststeel blade had been sufficiently imbued with divine protection. I lay down on the bed and asked.
“Mother, do you have any guesses about this incident?”
‘killing?’
I giggled at the answer that he couldn’t know.
“Well, that’s also true. I’ll take the opportunity and look into it a little more closely.”
There was only one thing I was worried about.
If this world was really in the game I was playing, it would of course exist.
main quest.
I was worried that this was a wake-up call that signaled that the gears of the main quest had begun to move. That’s because I didn’t know anything about the contents of the main quest.
I gently patted my mother’s hand, which had come out of my pocket and playfully rolled over my chest.
“Well, no matter what, I have no choice but to live my life diligently, right?”
‘killing…?’
When my mother suddenly asked what she was talking about, I smiled.
“I just did it.”
***
“Wow!”
As soon as Kelton’s door opened, five horses sprang out and galloped across the snow.
The wind whistling across your face. The horses didn’t like me, but when I climbed on top of them and led them, they would reluctantly follow me.
I started running on the road, and soon after, dozens of cries began to follow me.
– Hey hey hey!
– Kaaaaaah!
– Grrrr!
“Keep running!”
We nodded slowly at Carmen’s cry.
Of the five who participated in this operation, all three were priests except me and Carmen, and two of them were priests of the Restoration Church, who worshiped the goddess of healing and health, and both boasted enormous stature. The other was a taciturn priest of the Reformation Church, wearing his signature pure white armor.
As the monsters got closer, the priest of the Reformation School took out a battle hammer from behind and swung it vigorously, shouting.
“You are the scale of retribution!!!”
A huge hammer of light fell down along with pure white light. The screams of the beasts could be heard from behind, but there was no time to look back.
As the two priests of the Subokgyo (修復敎) let go of one hand holding the reins and uttered a prayer at high speed, pure white light permeated the galloping horses.
The exhausted horses kicked off the ground roughly and ran at the same speed as the first time.
However, as if mocking our struggle, the monsters began to gather towards us at a faster rate.
Is it about time I shouted the line I prepared in advance to Carmen.
“I’ll get their attention!”
Carmen exclaimed wildly.
“What bullshit is that! No matter how much priest Marnak is, it’s impossible to face those monsters alone!”
“But if you go on like this you’ll be caught up!”
“You can get away with it!”
The arrow left his hand and pierced the head of the beast that was about to jump out onto the roadside.
“You know better than anyone that you can’t get away with this way! I’ll stay!”
“If we all work together, we will definitely be able to do it! Don’t do it! Priest Marnak!”
I smiled and looked at Carmen.
“Reinforcements. Please bring them.”
I let go of the horse’s reins without regret and jumped off.
“Priest Marnak!!!”
Priests from the Reformation Church and Restoration Church passed me by, bowing their heads in respect for the sacrifice. After answering them with a light bow, I took out the ‘Butcher’ from my back and giggled.
“Wasn’t my line just a bit cool?”
‘killing!’
Hearing his mother’s praise that the acting was very good, he turned on the butcher’s engine.
Why hey hey hey hey!
The rough engine sound resounded to criticize the dark night. As if in response, a mixed roar of all sorts of monsters emerged from the darkness.
I raised my butcher and walked out to greet the monsters.
Now it was time to find out for ourselves what was going on in the heads of the demon worshipers who had gathered here.
