The Priest of Corruption - Chapter 172

collect.

collect.

A woman wearing a robe resembling an owl. The sudden appearance of the woman’s languid gestures was full of unique languidness.

I don’t know if that composure is originally her personality or if it’s because of her belief that she can fully control the current situation.

I gripped the handle of the hard sword. Carefully weighed the opponent’s strength.

Since a woman handles the kind of power she has never seen before, it was clear that if I pushed her against my body without hesitation, I would get beaten up again and, as a bonus, I would hear from Impetro and get stabbed.

Ultor, who was still bleeding through the cracks in his helmet, and Spina, a sorceress whose right arm was crushed and whose left half of her tendons were cut off by me, suddenly recovered and I had no reason to join her.

“Are you one of them too?”

“pack?”

According to Master’s words, the people who killed the branch manager were two men and one woman, so there must be one more man besides the woman in the owl’s robe.

The Owl Woman nodded lightly at the half-damaged Ulthor and Spina.

“First of all… colleague. Positive. So, refuse to concede.”

“It’s good that your colleague is right. I can kill you without any burden.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he stretched out his left hand without delay. The protruding Immortalium harpoon flew through the air like a beam of light. The tip of the sharp blade aimed precisely at the head of the owl’s robe.

If it’s dangerous to put my body in, I’ll have to look at the liver first from a distance.

“surprise attack. cowardice.”

A staff the size of a woman danced. A beautiful voice spat out a quiet incantation.

“The cry of a star. lunar lunar. The laugh of the dawn light.”

The tip of the crooked staff collided with the tip of the harpoon. Eternal metal Immortalium and just a thick wooden staff. The broken side must have been wood. Because it was a natural thing.

The woman’s small mouth spat out the last phrase.

“Let the heartless sun not rise yet.”

Kaaang!!!

The darkness rising from the tip of the brown staff deflected the Immortalium harpoon. The leaking darkness did not stop. The darkness that stretched like a living creature tried to engulf the floor where I was. I quickly spurned my seat and escaped the darkness.

what the hell is going on

“A falling star.”

A pure white light cut through the air and attacked me.

can i knock it off?

There was no time for long thought. In the opposite direction of the light, the darkness that had engulfed the living roof was chasing me.

no. don’t cut

The bright dark green tattoo that ran over my skin added a glow. Along with the pain of rotting intestines, a sense of fullness overflowed as if I could do anything.

light and darkness. Both of them dodged and cut the gap with that woman as it is.

Kwaaaaang!!!

At the same time as the roof I was standing on shattered, I jumped up like a spring and rushed toward the woman. Before the light approaching from the front pierced my face, I squeezed my muscles and twisted my head.

sharp pain. A pure white light tore my left ear. The darkness couldn’t catch up with me.

The woman with the pitch-black cane was completely defenseless.

Cut off the head with a single sword. Thinking only of that, he draws a line.

A staff stained with darkness blocked the front of the sword.

fast.

My sword could not cut the staff in front of me. because of lack of sharpness. So I broke it by force instead.

“hmm…?”

The sound of a woman breathing in panic. Added strength to the grip. The sword blade, which had been delayed for a moment in breaking the staff, went fiercely toward the woman’s neck again.

Wooddeuk.

A black grip grabbed my sword. No, I was crushed trying to catch it. The Owl Robe Woman did not miss the opportunity and jumped out to widen the distance between me and me.

I couldn’t follow her because of the man who stood in front of me.

“Were you able to move yet? No, I don’t think I’m crazy.”

Lines of black metal extending from the armor that covered his torso covered Ulthor’s upper and lower torso, moving his body wildly. Besides, those metal lines didn’t stop at simply forcing Ultor’s body to move.

Judging from the intense force felt from the previous collision, those black metal wires seemed to function as a reinforced exoskeleton.

“Ugh… what happened…? I must…”

With a short moan, Ulthor woke up. I chuckled.

“It is good that the artifact is good. I’m going to save the dying guy too.”

“relics…? ah!”

Ulthor, finally coming to his senses, gnashed his teeth and growled.

“I haven’t lost yet!!!”

“You campaigned with someone else’s.”

“What nonsense…”

He swung his frost steel sword. A grip covered in black metal wire grabbed my sword just before the metal blade struck another round at Ulthor’s helm.

“I can see it now!!! You fucking son of a bitch!!! Ha ha ha ha ha!!! Such a soft sword!!!”

“ah…?”

hard.

The blade of the frost steel blade broke. Ultor laughed out loud as he roughly threw away the half-blade he had broken.

“Ha ha ha ha ha! You son of a bitch! Now that you have no sword, how are you going to fight me?”

“ah.”

my sword. The sword is broken. The countless challenges he had overcome with that sword quickly passed through his mind.

The first meeting I stole from a thief I met in Gus. Since it was the first precious sword I had acquired, I polished and changed it whenever I had a chance. The Frost Steel sword has always been a reliable friend to me.

“It’s over the line. Damn son of a bitch.”

“It’s crazy that a sword is broken. Your broken sword is nothing compared to the pain you, a demon worshiper, have caused innocent people…”

Ultor’s voice stopped as he continued. The metal wires extending from my right bracelet became armor that covered both my arms and lower body. Ultor, seeing my armor, said in a low voice.

“That armor… yes, you are Marnak. You didn’t fall for the devil’s worshiper bitch. You were also a worshiper of evil spirits.”

“I’ve felt it before.”

Activated the Gates of Corruption to its limit. The pain of rotting alive ran down my spine and tore through my brain.

“You talk too much.”

Caang!!!

The Immortalium gauntlet struck Ulthor’s helm. As I tried to chase after the bounced body, a woman in an owl robe jumped out.

“Eyes of the stars…”

“You’ll just die too.”

clap.

Four muzzles protruding from the back of his right hand spewed out stored magic.

Kwaaaaaang!!!

A white light engulfed the woman. Didn’t check the back. First of all, I’ve already decided on the rough guy.

“Cool. This son of a bitch… really…”

Ultor jumped to his feet after falling from the roof of the warehouse and pinning him to the ground. He touched his battered jaw and gnashed his teeth.

“The heinous worshiper of evil spirits is really…”

“I just want to give up your divinity.”

In an instant, the gathered divinity of corruption took the form of a sharp sword.

Sword of Corruption. He seized the sword that corrupts everything he touched and swung it. I wanted to cut off his head, but unfortunately, his head and body were protected by Ceylon’s relics.

The veil that hid my divinity quickly collapsed.

Is the sword of corruption not able to withstand even one second?

It was Ultor’s right forearm exposed through the lines of the black immortalium that the divine blade pierced. The right arm of Ulthor began to disintegrate at the same time as the sword of corruption I had collected disappeared.

“Aaaaaaaaa!!!”

Without delay, the black immortalium lines severed their master’s arm before the collapse became more contagious.

The necklace, which had reached its limit, lost its function due to overload. Unable to hide the leaking divinity any longer, I quickly closed the door of corruption.

It was clear that if I just exposed the divinity of corruption in this position, all the priests in this city would sense my divinity and jump to this position.

Besides, it didn’t matter at all if there were no Corruption Doors anymore. A one-armed man without one arm could beat it without the Gate of Corruption. He clenched his right hand tightly.

“Am I hateful?”

Aaaaang!!!

A swinging fist struck Ulthor’s helm. The clear sound of clashing Immortaliums echoed. The one-armed Ultor tried to fight back somehow, but I wasn’t going to be beaten by a guy with only one arm left.

I tripped over the guy’s leg and climbed on top of him, raising my fist.

“You guys who incited the empty-headed wizards to injure my comrades are truly heinous bastards. is not it?”

Aaaaang!!!

There was no finesse. I just put my power in my hands and hit the guy on the head. I clenched my fist again.

“The Worshiper of the Evil God The Worshiper of the Evil God sings a song. do you really know who i am What kind of life have I lived and what thoughts have I lived?”

As I spoke, my heart was beating wildly.

“A subject that knows nothing about me. Don’t overdo it! As for the dog of the gods, not even one of my feelings was completely mine!”

Aaaaang!!!

Is it because you hit it too hard? My hand, which had been slapped, was crushed by the recoil. Red blood flowed through the cracks in the helmet. He reached out with his right hand and grabbed the guy’s helmet.

“Take mine.”

Metal wires protruding from his grip squeezed between Ulthor’s helms. I just put strength in my hand and tore off the guy’s helmet. As the metal lines engulfed the dented helmet, a new one grew from my neck and covered my face.

All that was left was a piece of armor covering Ultor’s upper body.

However, the helmet disappeared and Ultor’s face was revealed. The boy’s face was covered in pitch black darkness.

“A crushing night.”

intangible pressure. A pressure several times heavier than before pressed down on my shoulders. When I turned my eyes, the woman who had been hit head-on by the magic cannon was watching me with a completely intact appearance.

To escape this power, he had to use the Gate of Corruption unconditionally. The problem is that the necklace that hides the divinity is now overloaded.

“The man. hard to die That’s my deal.”

“Do you know that way of speaking is really like an asshole?”

The woman’s body trembled.

“My tone. All for my sorcery. There is a reason.”

Even while I was talking to the woman, metal wires extending from my right hand dug into Ulthor’s armor.

Dismissed!

Violent sparks flew from the ends of the metal wires extending from my hand, as if the armor was resisting.

“What nonsense. Stop right now.”

“You’re talking nonsense. this is originally mine I am the rightful owner of this object. This bastard is stealing for a while.”

“truth?”

“Believe it or not. Do as you please.”

I smiled broadly.

“Because it’s already over.”

Fragments of dismembered armor covered my body. The goddamn rebellious prodigal son became mine. The relics finally took the shape of a complete armor.

Hologram letters floated above my field of vision.

– Do you want to engrave?

“of course.”

– Approval of the engraving process. Users, please move to a safe place immediately. During the imprinting process, the body is left defenseless.

“what…?”

– 120 seconds until the start of engraving.

The number in front of my eyes began to slowly decrease. I didn’t know what it was, but I had to move. If I fell defenseless in front of that woman, I might never wake up again.

The problem is that the pressure on my shoulders is still the same.

Should I use the authority?

“Trade offer.”

The bow came from the woman.

“transaction?”

“I need that man alive.”

“I can’t let anyone live without knowing who I am.”

“Check the status of the man. waking up again. infinitely impossible.”

The state of Ultor now was completely wrecked. one arm missing. It has been a long time since the armor has been forcibly moving the guy’s body, and the guy’s body has already lost its shape. Even the priest of the Restoration Church is in a state of being broken to the extent that it is difficult to heal.

However, if these kids are sent alive, they somehow come back to life.

– 90 seconds until the start of engraving.

The pressure on my shoulders didn’t seem to disappear, and the time continued to decrease. My heart raced a little.

“You heard my name too. Why should I just let you go?”

“A vow of silence. In fact, I already forgot your name.”

– 80 seconds until the start of engraving. Begin preparations in advance.

Sharp needles protruding from the inside of the armor pierced my body.

This guy’s real name is fucking tough.

“…go.”

“A worshiper of evil spirits who can speak. Relief.”

The darkness that covered Ultor’s face gripped the body beneath me. Along with him, the intangible pressure on his shoulders disappeared. I held out my right hand without hesitation.

clap.

Four muzzles came out.

“Let the two of you join hands and go to the underworld!”

Kwaaaaang!!!

I poured all the remaining two shots of mana into it. A white light swept over Ulthor and the Owl Robe Woman.

– 60 seconds until the start of engraving.

Without looking back, I sprinted out of the warehouse area. As I barely hid myself in a dark alley, something started to flow into my body following the needle that pierced my body.

– Initiation of engraving.

Did the owl woman really survive after being hit by the magic cannon?

At least the crippled Ulthor would be dead.

I slowly closed my eyes, feeling the fluid running through my body.

***

The darkness lifted and the woman wearing the owl robe raised her head with a cane that had become fine before she knew it.

“A very cowardly worshiper of evil spirits. anger.”

She quickly lowered her head to check Ulthor’s condition. She had a deal with the agents of the anti-imperial organization ‘The Hive’ to look after her, so if Ultor died, she couldn’t get the reward she promised.

Ultor’s condition was disastrous.

In order to block the bombardment, she turned most of the darkness she summoned into her own defense, and as a result, all but the important parts of Ultor were exposed to the bombardment.

In other words, he was in a state where his limbs were completely blown off. But his tough life was still attached. The woman let out a sigh of relief.

“A night of cuddling.”

The darkness moved and sealed Ulthor’s wounds. She even took the spina she had hidden and stretched out her hidden wings.

The transaction was a success as long as the breath was held somehow.

“Very tired…”

Loud footsteps. Right before the security forces arrived, she took care of the two floating men and women and flapped her wings.

So the woman soared into the sky and disappeared.

***

– Initiate skeletal replacement to the extent possible.

Damn it, I didn’t lose my mind when the imprinting started. The liquid that the armor injected into my body was probably some kind of anesthetic, but my body was overflowing with tolerance to such drugs.

That’s how I was remodeled with my mind sober.

At the same time as the administration of the drug was finished, the metal threads of immortalium burrowed into my body without permission. When the pain of poking raw flesh was over, small letters appeared in front of my eyes.

– Skeleton replacement 100% complete.

the text is off Having had all of my bones replaced with Immortalium while still alive, I slowly led my still burning body toward the wharf where the Swallow was.

how long did it take By the time the burning sensation had disappeared without a trace. I arrived at Water Swallow.

The night was so long that the sun had not risen yet.

I need to go in quietly and breathe.

That’s when I climbed onto the boat thinking so.

“Have you been?”

someone called me

Her eyes seemed to have melted silver hair and gold in the moonlight. Dakia, who was sitting on a box near the mast, looked at me and smiled.

That smile looked kind of sad.

“Are you carrying the burden alone this time as expected? Priest Marnak.”