Episode 1136
Utcha.
Simon walked in, carrying a heavy bale of hay on his shoulder. Ellen, who had been drawing water from the well, pointed to the side.
“You can move it this way! Simon!”
“huh.”
While Simon was putting down the hay bales, Ellen was watering the cows in the barn and taking out a rake to evenly scatter the rice straw around.
Simon said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
“I was just asking what happened to Loharon, why are you suddenly working?”
“S-sorry! Because I was working. “Please do everything you can to help!”
Unlike the foolish appearance I had seen before, Ellen was quite energetic. Simon, who had moved all her hay, straightened her back and looked in front of her.
You can see an old monastery building covered in vines.
“Ellen, you belong to a monastery.”
“that’s right. “I grew up here since I was young.”
She continued as she poured water on the floor of the barn.
“Our parents would come by sometimes to see how we were doing, but before we knew it, they were gone.”
Simon, who was listening to her story, turned his head.
There seemed to be a lot of noise at the monastery gate, and a group of children were hiding and watching. Everyone was wary of Simon, a stranger. He looked scary, probably because he was wearing a hood.
Ellen raised her voice with a smile.
“are you okay! “She’s a good person who saved her sister back in her day!”
“nice person?”
“They say he’s a good person!”
With that one word, the guard was completely lifted, and tall children came pouring out with their arms outstretched. In an instant, the vacant lot in front of the monastery became a playground.
Some of the children clung to Simon’s legs, snot running down their noses and laughing. Simon said, stroking the child’s head.
“You said you have a lot of younger siblings, right? “It’s these kids.”
“yes! “Some children are related by blood and some are not, but they are all my precious younger siblings!”
Ellen said something to the kids. The children rushed out to help her with her work. Simon suddenly said something.
“There was a reason why he worked so hard to make money by pretending to be an Epnel student.”
“evil! Argh! “Please don’t say that in front of the kids!”
“Ellen Sister! “What is impersonation?”
When her younger brother asked, Ellen, whose face got hot, let out an embarrassed laugh, pushed her back and told her to go over there and play.
The children quickly dispersed and ran around the vacant lot frantically. She waved her hand at her children, telling them to be careful, and then sighed.
“Huh, actually, I was the hope of this monastery. The monks here took care of my household when I was away and even helped me get into Epnel… … !”
“The competition was so fierce that I ended up leaving school and pretending to be a student to make money.”
“Don’t call it an impersonation!”
Simon smiled slightly.
At that time, another child came and grabbed Ellen by the hem of her skirt.
“Sister, sister. Who is this oppa? “Is this your sister’s boyfriend?”
“huh?”
She was shocked. She then looked at Simon, who was taking care of the children, as if he hadn’t heard her. Soon she blushed and brushed her hair below her ears.
“Of course. Roughly similar… … .”
Coo thump!
The moment she was about to answer, Lethe’s angry face suddenly appeared in Ellen’s mind.
My feet are numb, wow! She slapped her ass with a groan, glanced up at the sky with her bewildered face, and then sighed in relief.
Fortunately, no stars fell.
“Che, I thought I was going to be punished… … .”
“?”
Anyway, the kids went out to play, and Simon and Ellen finally sat down at the outdoor table to take a break. At that moment, an old man wearing a white priest’s robe walked towards me.
“Lus, Ellen! “You brought a guest.”
“Abbot! “It’s Rausu!”
This man seemed to be the highest person in this monastery. Simon also greeted politely. It was only for a moment that I met his eyes, and he first glanced at Simon’s strong forearms and legs and nodded in satisfaction.
“Hehehe! Ellen! “Have you brought a strong husband?”
“… … “How dare someone like me?”
Ellen, who was sweating profusely, answered in a somewhat downcast voice.
The abbot went out, asking him to wait a moment, and brought some cheese and wine.
“You look pretty young. Can you drink?”
“Oh, yes. A little bit is okay.”
The abbot poured the wine into a glass and Simon tasted it lightly.
“… … !”
My mouth dropped open.
Dense and sticky taste. I don’t know much about wine, but if I were to describe it, it tastes like stuffing a cherry pie into your mouth. I couldn’t believe it, so I drank it one more time. It was by far the best wine Simon had ever had.
“It’s so delicious.”
“Hehehe! Good luck! “I’ll make myself feel at home.”
After the abbot left, Simon looked at the wine glass in disbelief and then at Ellen.
“Why is a monastery that produces such good wine suffering from financial difficulties?”
“As you saw Simon earlier, there are many mouths to feed, but our vineyard is not very large. “It’s a poor monastery.”
She sniffled and massaged her arm.
“More than anything, these days, the vineyard is in danger of ending… … .”
“Is it because of what’s happening in Loharon? “Tell me in detail.”
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I was finally able to hear the full story of the incident from Ellen.
Originally, Loharon was a naturally blessed farming area that could meet the wine demand of the entire continent.
It was also the place where agriculture, which injected divinity into the fields to restore intelligence, was first developed, and divinity was directly given to grapes to prevent pests and diseases and to prevent monsters from stealing and eating grapes.
In this way, sacred agriculture developed to its peak and the heyday of Loharon began. At some point, monsters with sacred affinity appeared that could eat grapes filled with divinity. The so-called evolution by natural selection has occurred.
According to the strict laws of Sky Island, all sacred animals are treated as ‘divine beasts’. The monks were unable to harm or drive away these sacred monsters that were eating grapes filled with divinity, and they happily decided to bear the damage caused by them eating the grapes, saying it was the ‘mercy of the goddess’.
“It was said that the grapes that the divine beast tasted were imbued with the grace of the goddess! “I actually ate the leftover grapes that the gods picked, and they were very delicious!”
After hearing Ellen’s explanation, Simon immediately corrected himself.
“That may have been because Shinsoo only picked and ate grapes with high sugar content. “It’s the same way that fruit infected with pests is delicious.”
“… … “Simon, my emotions have dried up since I haven’t seen you.”
However, some monasteries that owned large vineyards, unable to withstand even the slightest damage, tried to prevent holy monsters from eating the grapes by giving them even stronger divinity.
As a result, only the monasteries that recognized the ‘Goddess’ mercy’ and adhered to small amounts of sacred farming as usual were affected. Holy monsters were flocking to the vineyards with weak divinity.
Eventually, farming methods to increase the amount of divinity in grapes became popular, and as a result, only creatures with excellent adaptability to divinity were selected and evolved into nova monsters.
Then one day.
“… … “A goblin has appeared.”
suddenly?
Simon, who was listening to the story, blinked.
“There are a lot of goblins, but they are weak monsters.”
“Yes, the monks didn’t think much of it at first.”
It is said that goblins did not originally live in the Loharon region, but at some point, goblins began to appear one by one. All of these were even individuals with divine adaptability, having adapted to Loharon’s vineyard ecosystem.
When these holy goblins appeared, a territorial struggle arose with the holy monsters that already had territory. As the population of monsters decreased as they fought among themselves, some monks welcomed the appearance of goblins.
However, in less than a year, the ecosystem was completely reversed, and the number of holy goblins in the vineyard began to increase explosively. The nightmare started from then on.
“I still remember it vividly.”
A dark shadow was cast over her face, and she trembled, supporting her forehead with both hands.
“The goblins… … “I was praying.”
A praying goblin.
It came as a huge shock to the residents of the Holy Federation who believed in the Deva religion. Although they were only ‘divine beasts’ by law, holy goblins were still insignificant in people’s perception.
When they won a battle, they knelt on the ground and prayed, praising the Deva Goddess. Even when I picked grapes and ate them, I ate them after praying.
Goblins had a ‘religion’.
In the end, it did not end with releasing and controlling divinity, but rather learned runes and spread magic circles to use white magic. Goblins even developed language and a magic system.
The number of Holy Goblins who acquired white magic increased a hundred to a thousand times.
In the first place, monsters called goblins are creatures that put all their energy into ‘breeding’. When a female goblin’s stomach swells, she can easily give birth to up to ten twins, and it only takes about six months for a newly born goblin to become an adult.
Of course, the average lifespan of goblins is only 5 years, and most of them are short-lived due to attacks by natural enemies or diseases before reaching adulthood, but the holy goblins of Loharon defeated natural enemies and possessed white magic.
Goblins, whose survival ability has increased as they can heal from illness and recover from wounds, have increased in number to an unstoppable level, and have now surpassed humans, standing tall as the most powerful race in the Loharon region.
“Of course, we didn’t just sit there and watch.”
Ellen said in a trembling voice.
“We desperately requested the central government to send troops, so expeditionary forces entered Loharon three times. however… … .”
“however?”
“All those armies stopped attacking and returned. “Both the paladins and soldiers seemed shocked to see a goblin using white magic and imitating the rituals of the goddess.”
Her eyebrows trembled as she explained.
“There were even goblins who attempted ‘martyrdom’ by kneeling and shouting the name of the goddess at the moment of death. In the end, everyone gave up on getting rid of the goblins. “Some paladins are suffering from a serious divine slump.”
‘so… … .’
Simon touched his forehead.
‘The Holy Federation entrusted us with this task.’
The mission itself entrusted to Sky Island is to exterminate sacred monsters in the Loharon region.
However, as expected, the intention was to eliminate the Holy Goblins of Loharon, which were difficult to solve in the Holy Federation, with the help of a necromancer.
Since the Federation cannot explicitly issue orders to attack divine goblins, it is understandable that the goal of ‘complete annihilation of holy goblins’ was not explicitly presented.
“Now that the army has retreated, the Holy Goblins’ behavior has become even more threatening and bold. They control many vineyards and kidnap priests from other regions to study theology. They are even requesting that Sky Island accept them as official ‘believers.’”
“That doesn’t make sense.”
“Help me, Simon.”
Ellen stood up and spoke earnestly.
“Something big is happening! It took less than a year for the vast Loharon to be filled with goblins! “If we leave it like this, this area won’t end up being devastated!”
“… … okay. and.”
Simon closed his eyes, lost in thought, and then spoke.
“There must be someone moving those goblins. “We have to find him.”
Ellen said with a stern face.
“There is someone who can guess who it is.” * * *
“Huh! omg!”
“There is no end!”
Prince Henrik, Craig, Ivy, and Genard. Four Hound Kids were fighting with holy goblins deep into the vineyard.
“There’s something strange about these Holy Goblins.”
Seogeng!
Ivy swung the sword at her waist and decapitated the goblin and spoke.
“I don’t attack from a certain point.”
At first, the Holy Goblins fought back, but after learning that the Hound Kids were powerful, they stopped fighting and started taking action.
They mumbled ‘rausu’ in an inarticulate language, or knelt down with their hands together and pretended to pray.
They gave up their attack and made all kinds of moves, but the Hound Kids didn’t stop.
“It’s terrible. “You crazy bastards!”
Bah!
Craig shouted, kicking and crushing the goblin’s skull.
“You goblins! “They’re pretending to pray, but they’re secretly watching us!”
“What are you talking about? “Craig.”
“You think we are from the Holy Federation! “Those people stop attacking when they make a praying motion, so that’s what they’re aiming for!”
Some goblins looked like they didn’t understand why they continued to attack even while praying. There seems to be a gap in common sense.
Prince Henrik touched his chin.
“It’s a learned behavior. “Still, something’s strange.”
Cheok!
chuck!
At that time, the Holy Goblins stopped moving, moved away to the left and right, and began to lie down on the ground.
Whoop!
Kirik!
The Hound Kids also stopped walking. Soon, someone was approaching through the space where the goblins had retreated.
“… … !”
There was such a dazzling light that you thought the sun had come over the hill.
All of the Hound Kids reacted by feeling trembles all over their body and going pitch black. As a jet black user, my entire body was sending signals of rejection and to run away.
Ssssss.
I see a pure white body with its feet slightly floating in the sky. Every time it moves, a hazy afterimage appears.
Looking at its pointed ears, it looked like a goblin, but its appearance was completely different from other goblins. It had a pure white body, not green, a swollen belly like a pot belly, and a head that was big enough to compare to its body. Looking at it with its thumb in its mouth, it looked like a human fetus. Above all, a white veil was wrapped around the body.
Kiiiiiiiing!
Behind his back was what looked like a complex magic circle made of pure white divinity.
Karuk.
As it spoke in the goblin language, all the goblins bowed down.
Soon it looked at the Hound Kids and opened its mouth.
[Who are you?]
When the goblin spoke in continental, everyone’s expressions hardened.
The leader, Henrik Baldwin, came forward.
“Before asking about your identity, shouldn’t you first reveal your identity?”
[I am the son of Goddess Deva.]
His mouth opened and a divine voice came out.
[He is a ‘saint’ trapped in a goblin’s body.]
