The Priest of Corruption - Chapter 21

reunion.

reunion.

When I released the ‘Pit of Corruption’, I jumped to the ground with the corpse of my incarnation. I looked around with a body that was rotting in places and couldn’t move well.

I was lying on the charred remains. It seemed that the burning manor house had finally collapsed.

As I lay down on the floor, close my eyes again, and settle inward, a number came to mind.

[Divinity: 10001]

Divinity is like a skill point for the priest of corruption, so there were other uses besides obtaining new powers. The option of paying 10,000 divinity and strengthening the existing power.

The most reasonable option would be to strengthen the ‘Giant of Corruption’, which has suffered so far, or the ‘Gate of Corruption’, which has been usefully used. Due to the nature of the ability, it would be okay to postpone strengthening the ‘Pit of Corruption’ a little later.

However, I was really sorry for the giant of corruption, but I wasn’t going to choose the option of empowerment. I had a problem that I had to experiment with after obtaining 3 powers.

In the original game, the Priest of Corruption can equip three powers at once.

No matter how many powers he obtained, it was best to use three powers in one battle.

But will that restriction still apply now that this world has become a reality? I was curious about that.

“Mother. I will offer you my divinity. Give me new powers.”

[Divinity: 10001]

[Divinity: 1]

The divinity she had worked so hard for disappeared and a new power dwelled in her body. And I realized

As expected, now that it has become a reality, there is no limit on the number of equipped slots. Just like you can wear multiple rings on one hand.

“By the way, mother.”

‘killing?’

“What do you mean by the authority given this time?”

‘killing…?’

My mother’s reply was that I wasn’t sure because I didn’t pick and choose authority. I decided to trust my mother, even though I strangely obtained the power I needed just for that. It’s a bit too much for my mother to lie to me about this.

I quickly shook the blasphemous thoughts from my mind.

“But isn’t this too full-fledged authority?”

‘killing!’

I couldn’t be more pleased with my mother’s advice to write sparingly without burden.

That’s also true, because the new authority ‘Curse of Corruption’ is really, without a doubt, an authority that is extremely close to evil.

Unlike the previous powers, ‘Curse of Corruption’ was not a power to use without any cost. One hundred divinities were required to cast one curse. In addition, the target was limited to inanimate objects of a certain size or larger, such as stones.

Looking at it this way, it could have been seen as a useless power, but the true nature of the ‘Curse of Corruption’ appeared from the moment the cursed target touched the ground.

Just by placing an object cursed with corruption on the ground, the curse envelops the entire small city.

A curse that causes all living things to rot very slowly and slowly.

After the curse spread, all food would rot faster than usual, all living things would start to get sick without knowing why, the animals that roamed the earth would also become emaciated, and the swaying plants would not be able to bear half of the fruit they originally expected to bear. .

Besides, there was a separate peak of this authority.

Humans who died on the land cursed with corruption are ‘harvested’ at the moment of death, reconciled with divinity, and permeate me. In other words, there was a way to constantly acquire divinity even if I didn’t do anything.

As this terrifying power was, of course, it also had its downsides.

First of all, since the progress of the curse is very slow, if the medium of the curse is destroyed before that, all the curses are naturally lifted.

Secondly, the cursed object continuously spits out the divinity of corruption. In other words, if the other priests get close to the cursed object, they will know that the cause of all this was caused by an evil spirit.

Finally, there was one problem that was serious enough to ignore the above disadvantages lightly.

I didn’t want to use this power.

There must be a way to solve those shortcomings, but I didn’t even want to find that way.

And the divinity gained by making unrelated people sick and dying. Such divinity was a complete specification.

“Mother. I’m sorry, but I don’t want to use this power a little bit.”

‘killing!’

At my mother’s cheerful reply, “Do whatever you want,” I smiled while lying on the floor.

“By the way, would it be okay if I ask you something?”

‘killing…?’

“There, in that dead incarnation, the divinity of another god is still overflowing, so how can I get some?

My mother’s hand crawled out of my arms, where I had no strength to even move a finger, and transformed into a girl with a soft light. My mother, who fluttered in a black dress with green patterns, put her hand on the head of the incarnation I cut off, frowned slightly, and groaned for a while.

I laughed more at the dragon usage scene.

“Mother, there’s no need to overdo it. Just come back quickly.”

My mother got angry at me, but soon realized that she couldn’t hear her voice, and ran to my side, holding the incarnation’s head in her arms, and placed a hand on my hand.

‘killing!’

“What can I do with one, but it’s hard right now because the divinities of many gods are mixed here and there? If so, it’s a pity, but I can’t help it. Do you see the bead-shaped relics around here?”

‘killing.’

With the words to wait a moment, the mother got up from her seat, threw away Hwa-sin’s head, and walked away. As my mother disappeared from sight, a vague feeling of uneasiness came over me.

Maybe I should have taken care of it later. No, I should have taken care of it!

Unclean feelings creep up on my body and tighten my neck…

‘Kill!’

A clear cry awakened my mind once again. I barely turned my head, and my mother reached out and showed me a bead that had been split in half.

It was already just a fragment of a marble that had lost its power as a holy relic.

I had a legitimate question. why? Why was the holy relic that sealed the mother’s divinity in the body of the incarnated body?

What if it wasn’t just a coincidence, but the sacred relic of the Mother of Decay was the medium used to create that monster named Incarnation?

My head was complicated. However, there was one more problem than the complicated head.

I was hit so many times today by divine attacks that my body was already at its limit rather than my head.

My mind, which I had barely managed to hold on to, gradually faded.

‘killing?!’

Hearing his mother’s panicked voice, he said in a crawling voice.

“Quickly, return to my arms…”

***

The feel of the soft bed that greeted my back and the comfort of the loose hem held me back and stretched. Baggy hem? Not my priestly uniform?!

“omg!”

“You’re finally awake!”

I jumped up from my seat and grabbed Carmen by the shoulder and shouted.

“My clothes! Where are my clothes and belongings?!”

“Now, please calm down for a moment. Priest Marnak.

I didn’t have any spare time for that. Because I didn’t feel Mother’s hand in my arms.

“Where are my belongings! Right now…”

‘killing!’

My mother’s voice came from the basket under the bed. I hurriedly reached out, picked up my mother’s hand from the basket, and hugged her.

“I was so shocked that I thought I had lost it.”

Carmen smiled and told me.

“As expected, it must have a story. Others said it was not something a priest would carry around and wanted to throw it away, so I took it separately and brought it back.”

‘killing!’

I bowed my head deeply to Carmen when my mother said that she was almost cremated along with the other corpses.

“Thank you very much. How can I say thank you?”

Carmen waved her hand, as if telling her not to dare say such a thing.

“Thank you! If it wasn’t for the noble sacrifice of Priest Marnak, I would have died before leaving Kelton.”

As my heart calmed down a bit, I slowly began to take stock of my surroundings.

“But where is this place?”

“This is my barracks. The place is still Kelton.”

barracks?

“How long have I been asleep?”

“It’s been ten full days since Kelton’s disaster.”

ten days? Well, judging from the raucous voices of the people over the barracks, it seemed that Kelton’s restoration was in full swing.

“At first, I was very worried that the details were so serious that he wouldn’t be able to wake up again, but fortunately, the goddess of maintenance took care of Priest Marnak, and the wounds healed very quickly, so my worries were a little relieved.”

I pursed my lips a few times and slowly opened my mouth to ask a question.

“Anyone survived?”

Carmen erased her smile and answered with a slightly stiff face.

“The only one alive inside Kelton’s walls was Priest Marnak.”

Complex emotions flooded in.

If there were any living people, they would have witnessed the giant of corruption fighting the incarnation, so it was only right to eliminate as many witnesses as possible. At the same time, the sadness of not being able to save even one person despite all my efforts filled my heart.

‘killing!’

At my mother’s cry that it was all right, I pressed my thumb on her palm and said to Carmen.

‘ㅅ…a…r…h…s…’

“Then, who’s in Kelton now?”

Carmen spread her hands and counted them, folding them one by one.

“First of all, the lords of the nearest city dispatched troops and personnel for reconstruction, and the relatives of the lords of Stren Flekor also dispatched personnel for reconstruction…”

The barracks door was opened and a man walked in with a cane.

“I just heard that it happened.”

The devil, the lord of Gus, who walked with his prosthetic leg, smiled briefly at me while Carmen turned his head for a moment, then spoke again in a stern voice.

“If there is a person who has been starving for ten days, it is natural to feed them first.”

Carmen looked at me with a blank face.

“I was really distracted by this. I was mistaken because Priest Marnak had such a good complexion. I’ll quickly send someone to bring me something to eat.”

I slowly got up from my seat and put on my priestly uniform.

“I’ll go and eat it myself. I’m a little curious about Kelton’s scenery right now.”

Carmen made eye contact with the demon lord and smiled awkwardly at me.

“It will be a little noisy if you go out yourself. Will you be okay?”

“It’s a little noisy. Well, I’m fine.”

I could only hear the busy noise of the workers.

The moment you leave the barracks with Carmen.

I could realize that the noise Carmen was talking about was of a completely different kind than I expected.

“Adversary of evil spirits!”

All kinds of cries came from here and there.

“The ‘Adversary of the Evil Spirit’, Priest Marnak, has awakened!”

“The ‘Adversary of the Evil Spirit’ said he was hungry! Go ahead and prepare the most delicious dish!”

“I told you! The ‘Adversary of the Evil Spirit’ will surely wake up!”

I laughed awkwardly amid cheers and asked Carmen.

“What is this?”

Carmen replied with a broad smile

. I wrote a little.”

“No…”

I

tried to say something, but my words

were swallowed up by

the bursting cheers . C.

‘Murder!!!’

Pressing down on my mother, who jokingly shouted, ‘Marnac, the enemy of evil spirits!!!’, I turned my back and headed towards the barracks. “I’ll just have my

meal inside .”

“I knew you would.”

I turned around

and shook my head as I walked slowly.

Demon slayer, then the enemy of evil spirits.

I feel like the burdensome title keeps increasing. Not knowing how I felt ,

a powerful cry followed behind my back:

“Long live the enemies of evil spirits!”