The Priest of Corruption Chapter 8

crawling waiting.

crawling waiting.

A priest of the Reformation Church.

Those who served the scale of retribution often wore costumes that reminded us of paladins. Thick iron armor and a large battle hammer.

The Priest of the Reformation Church was one of the few jobs in this game with a low level of difficulty.

At first glance, the thick armor that seems very difficult to move is an item with a blessing that becomes lighter as the depth of faith of the priest wearing it increases. there was.

A job that specializes in melee combat.

The first to speak was a middle-aged reformist priest with scars all over his face. In each of those scars, the experience of the years was felt.

Face to face fights should be avoided as much as possible.

“Dedication to a righteous life. I never expected to meet a priest who worships the god of maintenance in a place like this. I am Orbs, the weight on the scale of retribution. Standing behind me They are also on the same path as I am, and that big friend’s name is Cornu, and this is Petina.”

At the introduction of Orbs, who seemed to be the leader of the three, Cornu and the priests of the Reformation Church called Petina bowed their heads to me.

“nice to meet you.”

“Nice to meet you.”

Petina was a woman of normal build, and her light brown bobbed hair suited her well. But out of Cornu and Petina, the one that caught my attention was none other than Cornu.

A body one head taller than a stout adult male. And a big, thick horn growing in the middle of his forehead. Cornu was a one-horned tribe that was not easily seen in the human-centered northern kingdom.

“Nice to meet you too.”

But I didn’t bother to show my interest in the one-horned tribe.

These are the ones who can attack with divinity, the fatal weakness of the Priest of Corruption.

I was able to use items blessed by other gods at will and disguise myself as a priest of another god, but even in one case, if my identity was discovered by them, I could not be friendly with them in any way.

Its weaknesses are very clear, but the possibility of creating friendly relations with the forces that become those weaknesses is completely blocked. That was the priest of corruption.

Just as an awkward silence was about to fall between me and the reformist priest. Erin naturally intervened in the conversation.

“The reformatory priests will probably stay here for a while, helping mercenaries. Just like Priest Marnak!”

That was fortunate news. It was news that even if it wasn’t now, there was still a chance to steal the holy relic I was looking for.

After all, what kind of friendship should I make?

After all, there was no need to steal the holy relic. It was okay to come into contact with the relic, absorb the divinity of corruption, and then put it back.

The problem was that when absorbing divinity from the holy relic, the divinity of corruption inevitably leaked out for a while.

Now I need a total of three courses.

1. Steal the relic somehow.

2. Get away from those priests as much as possible and absorb the divinity.

3. Put it back.

My head was complicated.

It is an obvious and self-evident fact that if you reluctantly ask to touch the holy relic you have for a moment, you will be treated like a madman.

Should I steal again? I guess this isn’t the Priest of Corruption, it’s the Rogue of Corruption.

“Priest Marnak?”

I thought too long. Orbs, the scarred man, studied my face carefully and said.

“We’ve got schedules after this, so it looks like we’ll have to unpack for a while now. Let’s put off our candid conversations for another time.”

okay. I also needed to do some more planning. I replied with a smile.

“I look forward to our next meeting.”

The three Kyohwagyo priests bowed their heads and naturally disappeared inside the mercenary guild.

inside?

Seeing the backs of the walking priests, Erin opened her mouth as if she could hear the sound of my heart.

“The reformed priests decided to stay at the mercenary guild while staying here.”

“Are you okay?”

“Originally, our mercenary guild provides lodgings to the visiting priests for a small fee. After all, they are priests.”

no way···?

“Then why did you let me sleep here yesterday?”

Erin laughed bashfully.

“Yes! Of course I was reloaded because I am a priest!”

The winter wind blowing outside blew into my heart, which had been warm for a moment. yeah it can’t be

Bright light green eyes flickered in front of me.

“No way? Did the priest think that I was repaid because I was interested in you?”

“Not at all.”

Totally right. I only knew that this lovely young lady had a sly, dark heart towards me. like a pencil

“But actually, it’s true that I was interested in you, so I did you a favor.”

“yes?”

Erin, who glanced around, sneaked up to me and whispered softly in my ear. Warm breath tickled my ears.

“I’m expecting a large shipment of groceries tomorrow night, so I was wondering if you could ask for a blessing so that the groceries don’t spoil for a long time.”

I slipped away and touched my ear.

“Why are you whispering such a story in my ear?”

Erin laughed round and round like a mischievous person.

“Why?”

At the sound of that dizzying voice, my breast pocket began to wriggle violently.

‘killing! killing! killing! killing! killing!’

I quickly grabbed my chest and smiled reverently.

“I can give you as much protection as possible to keep food from spoiling. In exchange, would it be okay if I stay at the mercenary guild here for a while?”

It was not even a task for me to cast a simple blessing of corruption unnoticed by the priest of the Reformation Church.

“I’m fine as long as the priest stays here!”

good? good…?! I pretended to be calm, gently pressing the breast pocket that was wriggling more violently.

“Then thank you, I’ll stay for a few more days.”

“Yes. If you’re in the room and you’re bored sometimes, come out and talk to me. Then, I have some work to do, so excuse me.”

Erin trotted back to her seat and I returned to the room with two gold coins.

‘killing!!!’

“Mother, you’re talking too much. Why don’t you use a little brighter and nicer words?”

‘killing! killing! killing!’

“What do you mean by that? I was left here purely to retrieve the holy relic. I have no dark feelings for that red-haired lady who looks so good. Really.”

‘killing…?’

“It’s really true. You’ve seen me for the past five years, don’t you know? I really only have a mother. Ha, this is really bad! I’ll let you feel my pure heart for yourself!”

I pressed and massaged the palms of my mother’s hands. with sincerity.

‘Sa…r…h…s…’

The mother of corruption, who was trying to tell me what to say, was so engrossed in the massage that she couldn’t finish her words.

***

After making my mother feel better, I came back down to the 1st floor of the Mercenary Guild, and there was only one single-horned man sitting in a chair. Cornu, the one-horned tribe, met my eyes and smiled happily.

“Oh, isn’t this priest Marnak?”

Feeling the need to gather information about the holy relic, I naturally went and sat in front of Cornu.

“I never thought I’d see you again this early. I’m really glad to see you. But where have the other priests gone?”

“Priest of Orbs and Petina went to greet the lord of Gus.”

“Why didn’t you go with me?”

Cornu smiled awkwardly and scratched his cheek.

“Anyway, since my race is a race, there are some people who don’t like it among the lords of the Northern Kingdom…”

Among the nobles of the Northern Kingdom, where most of the population is human, there were quite a few who felt uncomfortable about meeting a different race.

“I bet Lord Tredon wouldn’t mind that at all?”

Erin approached and pulled a chair to sit down and join the conversation. Cornu responded to Erin with a friendly smile.

“Is that so? I should have visited with the other priests.”

“Our lord Tredon has a very rigid personality, and although he is cold-hearted in dealing with people, he is very good at work. If you’re going to gossip about the lord, you’d better do it carefully.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

I quietly brought out my question.

“But why did the other priests go to see the lord?”

There was no law saying that when priests entered the city, they had to say hello to the lord unconditionally. The fact that he went to meet the lord obviously had a different purpose.

Cornu glanced at Erin and slowly opened his mouth.

“In fact, we are following a prophecy from ten years ago on our pilgrimage. Priest Orbs is someone who thinks that the end of life covered in a shell means ‘the devil’.”

devil? crazy! Things were going very badly. I asked, pretending to be as nonchalant as possible.

“Could it be that the lord came because he thought he was the devil?”

Cornu smiled broadly and waved his hand with his big hand.

“Oh no, not at all. If I really thought Lord Tredon was a demon, would I have stayed here? It’s just that Priest Orbs went to check on him every time he went to the city. The priest can’t tell if he’s a demon or not. You have a ‘Holy Relic’ that can do it.”

worst. It’s the worst. It couldn’t have been worse. It was clear that a lot of people would die.

If Tredon was a demon who had just been possessed, the two priests of the Reformation Church would have easily dealt with it, but he was a demon who spent forty winters in that body.

If he used his power in exchange for his body, which he must have been very attached to, he could bring a part of his body that was on the other side of the world to this land.

Wow!

shaking earth. exploding noise. A scream echoes through the city.

Cornu and I rushed out of the mercenary guild.

And saw.

A part of the demon that destroyed the manor house and descended into the present world.

– Gaaaaaa!

The black leather that covered the whole body was so thick that no knife could pierce it, and the sharp teeth visible through the wide open mouth were each the size of a human head.

bang!

A huge hammer made of pure white light fell on the giant demon’s head.

It was the ‘hammer of punishment’, one of the representative powers of the priests of the Reformation Church.

Cornu looked at me and said urgently.

“I have to go help!”

I said, looking at the demon in the form of a huge black alligator rampaging in the distance.

“Go first. I’ll follow soon.”

While the three priests of the Reformation Church held back the devil for a while, I had something else to do.