Dark Fantasy Paladin - Chapter 29

Dark Fantasy Paladin Chapter 29

Episode 29.

Aiden left the castle immediately.

“Where have you been?”

“It was near the church.”

The church was located in the middle of the manor. If Tyrun had entered the village entrance and passed by the village, he would have noticed what had happened.

Iden rode straight away. There was farmland in the shortest distance, but I passed through it without hesitation.

If Tyrun drank blood, the damage would spread to greater extent.

“I’m over there!”

In the distance, people were gathered and chatting. Iden approached them at full speed.

When we arrived and took the reins, Petra stopped, screeching fiercely.

The crowd split to left and right after checking Aiden. At the end, Tyrun was looking down at the floor with a despairing expression.

“Tyrune.”

As he raised his head and looked at Aiden, admiration and resentment passed through his eyes at the same time. Immediately, his pupils relaxed and he smiled empty-handedly.

As Iden walked over, Tyrun slowly got on his horse.

It was an action without any sense of impatience, as if nothing had happened. Iden could not hide his curiosity.

“Where is Tyroon going? “Stop.”

Tyrun also knew well why Iden was not respected. It probably means there is no need to respect it. That monstrous talent wasn’t enough to slaughter mutants, but it also exposed his own shame.

Even the opportunity to wash away my sins was taken away.

Tyrun sat on his horse, looked at Aiden, and smiled.

“You are truly a great man.”

Before Iden could say anything, Tyrun grabbed the reins tightly.

“Hey!”

He turned his horse around and rode toward the village entrance.

Daryl smiled bitterly, as if he understood something.

“······This really hurt me in so many ways.”

Iden couldn’t quite understand Tyrun’s actions. But I had to chase it first. The top priority was to find out whether he had consumed blood.

Iden also climbed aboard Petra and chased after him at full speed.

In this case, it occurred to me that the seeker of destruction of evil is not all-powerful. Because there was no perfect identification ability. The Seeker of Destruction reacts more strongly to targets that Aiden recognizes as demons.

Of course, he could subtly sense the other person’s black blood. Just like when I smelled a bad smell from Daryl, who was half-demon. However, Iden did not feel the slightest disgust when facing Tyrun.

Are you saying you didn’t drink blood? Whatever it was, it had to be captured first.

The very fact of possessing vampire blood was a sign of betrayal, and the purpose of revisiting the territory was unknown.

Tyrun was making his way through the village to the entrance. Aiden followed closely behind, but could not narrow the distance beyond a certain distance.

The scenery suddenly changed. I passed through the estuary and entered the snow-covered forest outside the manor.

“Tyrune! If you stop now, I will give you the right to a formal trial!”

Paladins have the right to summary judgment. Although it was legal to execute him here, Iden had some doubts, so I wanted to hear about the situation.

What if I came back because I had other thoughts? But then, why are you running away?

“I said I would give you a chance!”

There was no answer back. We can’t continue the chase like this. Aiden gave his final warning.

“This is your last chance to defend yourself! “If you don’t stop, I will use force!”

As expected, silence. Before we knew it, we were passing through the winding forest and entering the plateau.

Iden took Gargantua.

I aimed in a straight line with Tyrun and infused it with divine power.

The holy spear expanded in an instant and shot straight at the body.

Squirt! It pierced Tyrun’s shoulder leaving a gaping sound.

A painful scream rang out. Iden immediately pulled out the spear and knocked him off his horse.

Tyrun rolled over and left a trace of blood in the snow.

It wasn’t black blood. There were too many devils who could hide their complexion. It’s not even evidence.

Iden took back his holy spear and got off his horse.

Tyrun sat down with one hand on the ground. Aiden approached him slowly.

The name of the sword rang faintly. He brought the holy sword to the tip of his chin.

Tyrun lifted his chin to avoid the blade. I made eye contact with Iden.

“You ran away. “Can I assume you have admitted to the charges?”

His expression sank into something aloof.

“······I committed a terrible crime. “Now I can’t even wash.”

“Tell me each and every sin you committed.”

Tyrun laughed as if he were empty.

“You are an incompetent and weak bastard who has no idea what to do. That greed drove my subordinates to death and made me compromise with evil. Is that it? “I begged the devil for my life in order to survive.”

“So you’re saying I became a vampire or not? “Say it straight.”

Tyrun glanced down at the tip of the sword aimed at his chin, then turned his gaze to Aiden.

“What do you think?”

Iden frowned.

“You just have to check.”

The moment he was about to infuse himself with divine power, Tyrun quickly pulled out his sword and struck down Aiden’s holy sword.

Then he rolled back and stood up, grabbing the sword with both hands. A chill seeped into Tyrun’s pierced shoulder. He frowned.

Aiden laughed as if he was dumbfounded.

“You’re going to fight like that?”

As Iden, even if Tyrun was in the best condition, he was confident that he could subdue him without swinging his sword once. It wasn’t just pride, it was the truth.

Tyrun also knew that fact better than anyone else. But he was sincere.

“I wish to mix my spirit with my sword. “Please hang out with me once before I die.”

“What are you thinking?”

“If you defeat me, I will answer everything.”

“It’s easy.”

Iden lit up his halo. As he covered the ground, snowflakes flew behind him. The distance narrowed in an instant. Tyrun’s eyes barely followed the movement.

Iden swung the holy sword.

Tyrun struggled to block the sword stroke that started from the waist and went up at a diagonal angle.

Ting! Sparks flew out along with a metallic sound. Tyrun’s new model was unable to overcome the repulsion force and flew to the right.

Aiden immediately chased after him and struck his floating body with the holy sword.

The impact sound caused tinnitus. Tyrun plummeted to the ground and was buried in the snow.

His sternum chest was completely crushed. The blood that Tyrun spit out from his mouth dyed the snow field red.

The difference in skill was so overwhelming. It was so far beyond Tyrun’s imagination that there was no room for resistance.

Iden grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up.

“Isn’t this enough?”

Tyrun groaned and looked down at Iden with a resigned look.

Iden imbued his hands with divine power with the intention of burning the creature to death if it drank its blood. However, there was no particular reaction from Tyrun.

‘I guess you haven’t drank it yet.’

Tyrun was thrown to the ground.

He coughed harshly and retched.

“Even if you are not a vampire, you are a traitor. As you said, I compromised with the devil and begged for my life. But I don’t know why he came back. say it “I defeated you as promised.”

Tyrun took a moment to catch his breath and slowly opened his mouth.

“······I wanted to die as a Holy Knight. “You may not believe it, but I do.”

Iden narrowed his eyes.

“right. I can’t believe it because I don’t understand it at all. “You took the blood, but are you really going to say that you changed your mind?”

“I have no intention of denying my sins. However, it is also true that this horrible idiot has acted on a whim.”

He laughed as if he were empty.

“I couldn’t bring myself to say it. “Also, the image of myself bowing at the devil’s feet keeps appearing in my dreams.”

Tyrun wanted to be free from guilt. The remorse of putting his subordinates at risk and surviving alone by compromising with the devil tormented him.

I knew very well that these words were out of character and out of character.

“So I came back here. The mutants will try to test me again. I wanted to overcome and fight. Of course I was defeated, but I believed I could die as a paladin. Until we arrive at the territory.”

There was Iden. The person who stimulated his inferiority complex the most had already ended the entire situation.

Tyrun was not even allowed to wash away his sins.

“It’s irresponsible. “In the end, didn’t you sacrifice your citizens to shake off your petty guilt?”

Iden decided that his motivation for returning was not considering the terrible lives of the local people.

If I wanted to save them, I would have summoned troops somehow. Even if the church did not support it, it was okay to hire skilled adventurers or demon hunters.

There was no room for excuses as just disposing of the royal residence would more than cover that amount.

“Even though I’m a nasty bastard, I’m not that kind of bug.”

Tyrun smiled bitterly.

“I placed a vial of black blood on my office desk and a document detailing the crime committed.”

Aiden’s frozen expression moved subtly.

“The Aspects will be chasing me by now.”

The Holy Commission (聖位) was the general term for the punishment unit directly under the Holy Council.

A special purpose unit that Iden has never encountered yet. They almost met in Serengal, but there was no direct interaction because they delegated the handover of the demon religion to Sistine and Priest Bandel.

However, this time I felt like I would be face to face with them.

This is because the Holy Spirit unconditionally intervenes in these matters.

Punishment of traitors. The target they set could never survive.

“······Is it true?”

“Trust me. “I thought they could at least subdue the mutants.”

The Aspect will not come all the way to the North to exterminate a single demon farm, but if it passes through, it will not pretend not to see it. It was Tyrun’s decision.

“You will definitely die.”

“I didn’t know I was going to die from them. Haha…”

Iden’s head started to get complicated. If Tyrun’s story is really true, should he really die? It was true that he begged for his life from the devil, tarnishing the reputation of a paladin, and was conflicted by temptation.

However, I was regretting my sin. In addition, he was willing to pay a price and did not forget the citizens.

Of course, there was no way the Holy Spirit and the Church would show mercy for that reason.

My brain ached. Iden sighed deeply.

“Why did you run away?”

“······I was embarrassed. As I was running, I thought it would be better to be killed by Kyeong. “He’s a petty guy until the end.”

Tyrun smiled and looked up at the sky.

“God, your servant is so mean. “Never forgive me.”

After searching for God for a long time, he calmly lowered his head with a calm expression on his face.

“This is the end of my excuses, so just kill me.”

Iden squeezed the handle of the holy sword. Because I couldn’t find the answer.

Tyrun’s death is almost a foregone conclusion, so it might be better to kill him right here.

However, a part of my heart was broken. I didn’t know if executing him was really the right thing to do.

You ruined the paladin’s reputation? That might be a reason for the church, but for Iden, it was a good thing.

The act of a paladin begging for his life from the devil was clearly a sin in itself, but I thought it might be appropriate to pay for it with death.

Of course, from this world’s perspective, he deserved to die. However, the two years I spent here were difficult to completely assimilate to such ideas.

Before I knew it, I was starting to feel a sense of belonging to the title of Holy Knight. However, it was not like he had forgotten who he was.

Values clash in my head. As those thoughts continued, the air screamed.

Iden reflexively caught something that flew towards Tyrun.

It was a hatchet. When I turned my head, three people were walking. The woman who was in the lead suddenly ran like crazy.

The woman who came running quickly was of small stature, but she was carrying two battle axes bigger than her body on her back.

It was a Valkyrie (female paladin). It was a famous name and a person that Iden knew well.

She looked at Iden intently with a very excited face.

“Ah, Lord Iden?”

Aiden slightly lowered his head. She smiled brightly.

“I really wanted to see you there. I pride myself on being an expert at crushing bones, but your skills are truly a work of art. “It’s an honor to meet you. My name is Valkyrie Siron.”

As Siron said that, he took out a huge ax from behind his back and looked at Tyrun.