#222
“I’m okay. “Don’t worry.”
After answering, Ian suddenly frowned one eyebrow. This is because I felt a foreign body inside my molars.
A faint smile soon appeared on his face as he spit it out into his palm and checked it.
Because it had sharp teeth.
As the teeth that had sprouted from the second row of teeth all fell out, one of them seemed to remain in the mouth.
‘No matter where you look, it doesn’t look like a person.’
What exactly did I look like?
It was a question to which I could not know the answer.
Ian stood up, throwing the black sword into subspace, and walked over the wreckage.
The basement, which had returned to its original appearance, was exactly the size of a chapel.
Beyond the thick section of the collapsed ceiling, the main door of the chapel he had entered was clearly visible.
The chapel had collapsed to the ground, leaving only the door and a small amount of floor in front of it.
Charlotte and Tessaia were sitting at the end of it, looking down into the basement.
Unlike Charlotte, who looked clearly exhausted, Tessaiah looked relatively fine.
When she spotted Ian, she waved her hand.
“I’m glad. “I thought I was crushed and almost jumped down.”
“I was crushed.”
“Oh, did you?”
“Anyway, it looks like everyone got out safely without falling.”
Tessaiah nodded.
“It was close, but whatever. But how are you going to get up there, Ian? Should I at least look for a line?”
“… no.”
Ian stopped and turned around.
The spiral staircase he entered had already been buried under rubble.
But it didn’t matter. Because Karha’s divine power was still pulsating throughout his body.
The red sacred power was fading little by little at this very moment, but it would take at least a few more minutes for it to completely disappear.
It was unknown why Karha bestowed divine power.
I didn’t know if he wanted to help Daejeonsa, or if he wanted Ian to remain a pure human being. Maybe it was just a whim.
It was something I could neither know nor care about what was true.
Ian added as he walked.
“Both of you, step back.”
“huh? huh. “What are you going to do?”
Tessaiah asked back, leading Charlotte away.
Anyway.
Ian muttered to himself and turned around again and ran away.
Every time I took a step, debris flew everywhere. After several lunges, he kicked the floor hard.
Quarrrrr-
The rubble beneath my feet caved in and collapsed. Ian’s body rose up in a large parabola.
Teok-
He landed on the floor in front of the chapel door.
Unlike when jumping, only a light sound was left behind.
“wow.”
Tesaia, who was standing close to the door, let out a strange exclamation as she looked at Ian who was standing up.
While Charlotte blinked with an expression of alertness, Ian stood up and smiled.
“This is ridiculous. “Did you end up fighting because you couldn’t bear it anymore?”
“You can tell just by looking at it, right? “He threw the freckles at me and ran away.”
Tessaiah spoke quickly. After finishing her appetite, Charlotte spoke in a calm voice.
“They suddenly started glowing and I couldn’t help it. Meve seemed dangerous alone. so… “Is it all over?”
“That’s right. As you can see.”
Ian answered and walked between the two. Te Sai A added, wrinkling the tip of her nose.
“But why is the air still so dirty? “What is this eerie purple fog?”
“Just because the guy from the void has disappeared, that doesn’t mean all traces he left behind will disappear. never mind. “It will get better from now on.”
The atmosphere in the hall could not be said to be good even with empty words. It was musty with a mixture of burnt and moldy smell.
But Ian didn’t feel any discomfort while breathing.
There may still be poison mixed in. Other than the smell, it was no different from breathing clean air. Perhaps it is thanks to the increased resistance.
Is it something like the one-size-fits-all attack or something like that?
Thinking about it, Ian added, taking out the necklace containing Dela Rue’s grace from subspace and putting it around his neck.
“What about Sir Philip?”
“It will be near the front door. We all thought this place was going to collapse, so for a moment, everyone was very anxious. What else happened-”
“Listen to the story after I went down. Get out of the way. “I’m going to open the door.”
Ian stretched out his hand. Tessaia, who had quietly stepped aside, suddenly added.
“But Ian.”
“… … ?”
“Why don’t you put on some clothes first? By any chance, are you following me now?”
“… ah.”
Ian then looked down at his own body. His top and bottom were all in tatters, and he looked like a barbarian warrior wearing only broken steel boots.
“That’s an excellent point… .”
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He mumbled and took out a sealing box from subspace.
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Even though the curved space had returned, the inside of the monastery was still spacious.
The moss and mold that were everywhere were still there, but they were losing their shine and withering away. I could almost see him dying.
Most of them will completely dry out and turn into powder in a few days.
Because the West was not a good environment for these things to live in.
Of course, it would take a long time for the contaminated land and water to return.
“Isn’t it ridiculous for Ian to think about it? “You stretch out when you fight so loudly, but then wake up in shock when the floor starts to collapse?”
With Thesaia’s chattering voice flowing through one ear, Ian walked without stopping. Not long after, the front room they had entered was revealed.
Maeve and Philip, sitting side by side on the wall next to the closed gate, welcomed the group.
Philip, who was sitting with a blank face, stood up hurriedly when he caught sight of Ian.
“lily… ! I roughly heard the story. Are you okay?”
“I guess I should ask.”
Ian chuckled in response and exchanged glances with Maeve, who had taken off her helmet.
She looked just as exhausted as Charlotte. Her red hair was matted, and her green eyes were dripping with fatigue.
The full-length imperial plate armor was cracked and broken in several places, and there were parts where the quilted clothes underneath were visible. The helmet he had taken off next to him also had half of its face shield broken and shaking.
“Are you okay? “I heard there was a fierce battle on the way.”
“Okay. “I’m just tired.”
“Do you have any hidden wounds?”
Maeve smiled palely and nodded.
“okay. “There are minor wounds, but the Strict Goddess and the Bountiful Goddess gave me protection.”
Ian finally nodded and looked back at Philip.
“you?”
“I’m fine. “I feel a little weak, though.”
“You need to rest for at least a few more hours, but you’re stubborn.”
Maeve added, lifting her back against the wall.
Ian, who stopped in front of them, shrugged his shoulders.
“Well, I guess you learned it from the person who serves everyone.”
“is it… ? but. “Maybe so.”
While Maeve answered without losing her smile, Charlotte approached her and handed her a leather canteen.
It was an item taken out of the sealed box while Ian was putting on his clothes. Charlotte added, looking back at Philip while Maeve moistened her mouth.
“Drink and stand up, Sir Philip.”
Philip blinked as if he had realized that the title calling him had changed, but then smiled shyly and nodded.
“yes. “Of course.”
Ian, who exchanged glances with Charlotte, looked down at Philip.
“So, are you a paladin now?”
“that is… yes. what. “For now.”
Philip, who took the canteen from Maeve, scratched his chin and answered. Tesaia, standing behind Ian, intervened.
“That’s enough, what happens now?”
“that is… It is true that I became one of Lu Solar’s apostles. The stigmata engraved on my soul are proof of that. It’s not that big yet… .”
Philip answered after drinking water and stood up unsteadily.
Now I see that the equipment he wore was in a mess. It looked more like corrosion than a trace of battle.
“Anyway, it hasn’t been recognized by the church yet.”
“It’s okay to be recognized by God, but you also have to be recognized by the church?”
“It is a kind of appointment ceremony.”
It was Maeve who answered. Picking up her helmet, she stood up and spoke.
“You go through several verifications, legal procedures, and a process to prove your qualifications. Only then will your name be listed on the church’s list as an apostle of God and a holy knight.”
It makes it easier to pamper yourself.
While Ian let out a short laugh through his nose, Tessaia added.
“Do you have anything to prove your qualifications? “What, are you even trying to bring up that stigmata?”
“It’s about checking whether your capabilities as an engineer are sufficient. Because not all apostles are knights. “If you lack capacity, you will be appointed as a crusader first or a high-ranking priest.”
“That won’t happen. “Because I have enough skills.”
Charlotte added. Philip suddenly looked moved, as if he had never thought she would say that.
Maeve also nodded.
“of course. Philip is fully qualified. “In every way.”
“Where is that ceremony held? Do you do it at church?”
“That’s it… .”
Philip hesitated at Ian’s question.
“When I became an apostle of the Strict Goddess, a bishop from the imperial church visited me in person.”
Instead, it was Maeve who answered.
“But that was only possible because the scale of the Tyr En Church was not that large and I was a knight serving the king.”
She put on her tattered helmet.
“Philip is actually a free knight, so you will have to contact the main church through the church and wait, or go directly to the main church and perform the ceremony.”
“… Well, there’s no rush either way. “Just because you are not recognized by the church right away does not mean that the stigmata will disappear.”
Philip added quietly. Maeve looked back at him.
“Nothing good comes from postponing the ceremony. “Philip.”
“that… “Yes, that is true.”
Ian smiled inwardly. It was because I felt like I knew what Philip was thinking.
They thought that if they left for the Great Church, they might become separated from their group.
“Well, I guess we can talk about the rest later. But first of all… .”
Ian, who intervened, gestured.
“Let’s go out. Why didn’t you open the door? “The air is also stale.”
“that is… “It didn’t open.”
Ah, I see.
Only then did Ian look back at the door.
It seemed that the sign sealing the gate had not disappeared. It was probably because his chaotic power was imprinted on him.
Ian walked forward with great strides and placed his hand on the door.
A purple light shimmered on the surface of the door and seeped into his hand.
“… … ?”
Ian then opened the door and slowly narrowed his eyebrows at the sense of weight conveyed. Strength went into his arms. The gate opened slowly.
While Ian was wondering why the door didn’t open properly.
“Lu Solar… .”
Philip, who came behind, sighed. The expressions of the other party members were also distorted in their own way.
A foul odor that stings your nose. The area in front of the door was full of fallen descendants of corruption. Not just in front of the door, they were everywhere you looked.
Most were dead, but some were still squirming a little.
There wasn’t even a trace of the poisonous fog, but the stench they gave off was enough to give me a headache.
The sky was thick with a dispersing purple fog.
“Tessen… “It’s ruined.”
Charlotte spat. She couldn’t deny anyone. In fact, everyone already knew this. Maeve murmured as she stepped through the crowd of servants sprawled after Ian.
“Once this news reaches the central government, an edict will be issued from the imperial court. A new lord of Tesen will be appointed and settlers will gather. Perhaps, Dnerov and Racliffe will each manage half of it.”
“Didn’t you say Ragliffe was in a similar state?”
Tessaiah asked, hopping between the corpses. While Philip was looking around as if wondering what that meant, Maeve blurted out.
“Maybe not. Because I said it was the smallest scale ceremony. The size of Duke Kralen’s vassals and defense forces is likely to be considerable. Even if he is struggling, things will change now that Ian has defeated the Void Being and closed the Demon World. “It may all be over by the time we get there.”
“Hmm… okay. “Then it would be better.”
Ian walked without stopping, listening to the conversation going on behind him.
He slowly looked at the members who were already dead or just squirming shells. Most of them had already begun to rot. It won’t take long for only the bones to remain.
The thought that came to mind earlier crossed my mind once again.
What happens to their souls?
“It is true that the Void Being is dead.”
Philip muttered as he left the monastery walls.
The corpses of the family members were still strewn across the road. However, the huge, distorted vineyards were all withered.
Of course, the ground covered in dried pulp remained black.
“I don’t think it would be strange if the madness of the black wall seeped into it. If you leave it alone, it will be reborn as a scar. After that, another demonic scene may open.”
Charlotte let out a tired voice. This situation must have been quite distressing for her, as her sense of smell and hearing were particularly sensitive. It would be even more so since she was already exhausted.
That guy is also a magic expert.
While Ian was thinking, Philip nodded.
“Before that, the church will dispatch a purification team. Even if the black wall’s madness seeps in, we will stop it before it’s too late.”
“okay. You have to figure that out. “If you think about it, we have already done what the church should have done.”
Listening to Tesaia’s voice, Ian focused his eyes on the hillside.
He immediately curled one corner of his mouth and spat out.
“The miracle didn’t just happen to Philip.”
Only then did Philip, who was looking in the same direction as Ian, let out a short exclamation and nodded.
“… That’s right. “I didn’t even expect it.”
Because at the end of the group of corpses, the carriage the group was riding in was standing there. They look just as fine as when they were riding.
fantasy,
