## Chapter 946 – How Long Has It Been?
An inhuman prayer time continued.
Even though they were simply offering prayers while praising victory, the tension was extremely high.
“Waaaaaaaah!!!”
“Kuoohhhhh!!!”
“Shhhhhhh!! Shhhhhhhhh!!!”
Even if South American strippers were to come for a performance to a military unit where leave and PC rooms had been restricted for half a year, they wouldn’t be able to create such an enthusiastic atmosphere.
Normally, prayer should proceed solemnly, but for these fanatical old men, such a thing seemed like a story from a distant land.
ㅡKuaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!
More than half of the prayer content was powerful shouting.
No, but if the shouting content in a prayer exceeds 50%, can that be called a prayer? Isn’t it already just adding something similar to prayer to a simple shout?
ㅡSwishhhhhh!!
ㅡJump!!!
Even the paladins and Ascetic Crusaders were showing off jump stunts or sprinting while climbing walls as if competing with each other, displaying superhuman movements of an unknown feeling that transcended prayer, making it impossible to tell whether this was a prayer time or an illusion circus time.
It was like watching a murderous festival of South American natives, performed while intoxicated with a special drug manufactured by a tribal shaman.
“Kuaaaa!!! Kuaaaaaaa!! Verde Manseeeeee!!!”
“We have triumphed in the holy war!!!! Wooooooooooh!!!”
“Shhhhhhh!! Shhhhhhh!! Feels good!!!”
Screams erupted.
Unable to endure any longer, I also screamed while tearing at my hair, sprinting through the space with transcendental speed.
ㅡWhoosh!
“Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhh!!!! Meeeoooowwwwwww!!! Kkyaaaaaaaaak!!!!”
The paladins held hands and jumped over Dorr’s corpse simultaneously, adding interjections.
“Wahahahaha!! The paladin is having so much fun!!”
“Too much energy!”
“What a shout!”
It would be right to see this as just a kind of festival now.
Isn’t that so?
They had grasped the greatest glory they could as paladins. Whether it was a demon or a demon king, they had defeated a tremendous enemy anyway. No matter how much they were paladins, they couldn’t help but burst with joy.
The merits would be properly organized by those above.
Of course, I was the MVP.
Anyway, they celebrated the victory in that way, and after pouring out a burst of joyful emotions, they took a short break before the commander gave a speech.
“Now, let’s investigate the scene!”
They had done enough, so it was time to work again. The paladins began to investigate the interior of this cave as if the tension from just now had been a lie.
Some examined Dorr’s corpse.
I also observed the corpse.
“Really… what a huge physique.”
“To wield such a sword.”
“Amazing.”
The huge ring-shaped sword that Dorr had was something that an ordinary person could not handle at all. Of course, superhumans could grab and swing it, but the efficiency would be poor.
Dorr freely wielded this sword using his innate physique.
He was a very strong warrior.
ㅡ…
But now he was just a dead corpse. Sealed for hundreds of years, only to die like this. No one can withstand a gang beating. The basics of strategy and tactics are gang beating, preemptive strikes, and ambushes.
Anyway, this big sword would be very useful as a symbolic meaning.
“Wouldn’t it be great to decorate this somewhere in a church building? And write our names and heroic tales next to it!”
When I said that, the paladins nodded.
“That would be great. Frankly, this should be known to the paladins of later generations. We must leave a record and spread it widely.”
“It would be good to set it up in the paladin training center.”
It would be right for our order to take this.
I looked at the Ascetic Crusaders.
They were gathered together, closely examining the walls of the cave. Elise was also shouting something while working with them, and she seemed full of energy.
She seemed more energetic than before, which made my heart warm. Yeah, Elise looks better with a bright appearance.
Anyway, I approached the entrance.
To the place where Lisha and Claudia would be waiting.
“Ah, Kat.”
They were sitting at the end of the passage.
“Claudia. Is the exertion okay?”
“Yeah. I’m fine. It’s something I’ve always done, so I’m not tired.”
Claudia said with a smile.
“That’s a relief. But you should get a good rest when we go down.”
“Hehehe, I wonder if Kat will let Mama rest?”
“That’s right. Can’t rest.”
I took off my gauntlet and smiled, touching Claudia’s shoulder.
“More than that, Kat. You were really amazing. To face such a strong enemy head-on and overwhelm them… I was so excited watching that I could hardly stand it…”
“No, didn’t you miss the timing because of that?”
“Oh my, what do you take Mama for? I wouldn’t lose my mind like that, no matter what.”
Claudia extended her finger and gently pressed my forehead.
“Of course, it was cool enough to lose my mind…”
“Hehehe, do you like watching me fight that much?”
“You’re so cool. Kat is the best in the world.”
Claudia seemed very satisfied with my struggle against Dorr. He was definitely a strong enemy. I fought well too.
“As expected, Kat is a man who can do anything.”
“Yeah, there’s nothing I can’t do!!!”
By fighting Dorr, I roughly grasped how to fight such a huge, fast, and powerful being. Still, killing an opponent with a reach advantage would be difficult. But it would be easier than this time.
Dorr gave me valuable experience.
“Anyway, Lisha.”
“…”
Then I called Lisha.
“Are you okay?”
Lisha seemed quite depressed. The atmosphere seemed quite heavy. Claudia was touching Lisha’s back, was she comforting her?
“…I feel a little heavy-hearted.”
“Yeah. It can’t be helped. I’m sorry, Lisha.”
“No… it’s not something you need to apologize for.”
Her voice was also a little serious.
This couldn’t be helped.
Dorr was from Lisha’s hometown.
“It’s just that my heart feels that way…”
“Still.”
I grabbed Lisha’s shoulder.
“It’s natural for Lisha to be depressed. Dorr… that friend, he’s from your hometown, right?”
“…”
A moment of silence.
“…An ear.”
Lisha asked for my ear.
Of course, it was a story worth keeping secret.
ㅡSwish.
I immediately brought my ear to her.
“I don’t know him very well… but I know for sure that he went to war as a conqueror. I think I heard that he was the most famous warrior in the Baphomet tribe.”
“I see.”
Dorr was from Lisha’s hometown.
One she hadn’t seen in hundreds of years.
Unlike the inhuman Minotaurs and Cyclops, the Baphomets seemed to have intelligence. Since they could use black magic, they must have been members of the demon world.
“No direct acquaintance?”
“When Father went to war… I only saw him standing there once. Even though a long time has passed, I remember it when I try to recall it. But that’s all…”
“He’s from your hometown. It can’t be helped.”
I stroked Lisha’s neck to calm her down.
“Of course you’ll remember and be disturbed.”
“…Haa.”
A sigh flowed out.
“I’m also very confused… I’m worried about what he said. Compatriots? Who is he talking about…”
The missing demon world’s conquering army.
I thought of that too.
Lisha would naturally think about it.
Dorr clearly had something to believe in. He firmly believed that his compatriots would definitely come this way.
Didn’t he declare to us?
That they would build a fortress with our bones and flesh.
He was a very strong warrior. Would such a guy be caught up in absurd fantasies and wait for his compatriots with vain beliefs?
I don’t think so.
There’s definitely something.
“Really… the demon world now…”
“It’s okay. Don’t think too deeply. Can Lisha calm down?”
When I asked while meeting her gaze, Lisha blushed and avoided my gaze.
“Th-that… you’re too close…”
“It’s a secret conversation, so we have to be close. Do you not like it?”
“N-no, it’s not that! It’s just embarrassing to have your face so close!”
“Hehehe, embarrassing. You’re cute.”
“Ugh…”
Anyway, she seems to have calmed down.
“By the way, Lisha. You don’t disapprove of us killing that Dorr guy, do you?”
“Absolutely not! Don’t misunderstand!!! There’s no way I would disapprove of you!”
“I don’t misunderstand.”
Since she can’t help but be disturbed, I have to help her calm her mind properly.
“Lisha, calm down.”
“…”
I gently tickled Lisha’s chin to calm her down.
While calming her down, I talked about the demon world.
“…I only have you, so don’t worry. I already gave up on the demon world a long time ago.”
Give up.
“I don’t attach any meaning to that place anymore.”
Is it similar to me?
I also changed my hometown quite a long time ago. I, Kim Kat, am undoubtedly a person from another world. So I don’t attach much meaning to Earth either.
Well, it’s the place where I was born and raised, so I miss it sometimes, but that’s it.
Like my body has moved away, it’s now a place separated from me.
It’s a place that doesn’t matter.
Does Lisha have similar thoughts to me?
If so, there’s nothing to worry about.
“Then that’s it. You don’t need to think too uncomfortably.”
“…I know.”
Lisha nodded.
I stroked Lisha’s body for a while and asked.
“Lisha. But you’ve heard the word Infernal, right? And the word Leviathan? Do you know anything about that?”
This is important.
“…I don’t know anything about the Leviathan, a demonic beast summoned from Infernal. Seeing them use such things, it’s clear that they were researching and taming them for military purposes, but I guess it was a very big secret.”
“I see.”
“I wasn’t affiliated with the military… and I was just one of several princesses, so it wasn’t time for me to know.”
This can’t be helped.
Lisha escaped here at a young age… that is, around the age of that little girl. She wouldn’t have been old enough to know military secrets.
“Above all, it seems clear that Gothmot… the demon world’s expeditionary force clashed with that evil god, but I don’t know the name either.”
“Oh.”
“I’m sorry I couldn’t be of help…”
Lisha was about to say that hesitantly.
“Don’t say that. Why are you sorry for not knowing what everyone else doesn’t know? It’s okay.”
Lisha might not know, so there’s no need to be sorry.
“…Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. Then let’s go up and rest for a while. Wait here for a moment.”
I immediately went to the commander.
“Oh, Paladin! You’ve worked hard! It’s safe to say that this was all thanks to the Paladin.”
“Hehehe, we were able to win because other people worked hard. I just took the opportunity to attack.”
“No need to be humble! If it wasn’t for the Paladin, we wouldn’t have been able to stop that huge monster! That huge thing probably wouldn’t have had anything to do with our efforts.”
“Still!!! I couldn’t have done anything without the paladins!!!”
“You’re still humble!!”
The commander seemed to be in a very good mood.
In fact, there were no deaths, and the injured were all healed with intensive healing, so he couldn’t help but be happy. Wow, they’re really veteran paladins. There were some seriously injured people, but most of them were lightly injured, and they all knew how to use healing, so they supported each other and quickly recovered their bodies.
“Anyway, are you going to take the spoils and go up?”
“We should. First of all, how should we move that demon’s corpse up… but there’s nothing to take except the corpse and that big sword. After collecting them all, we’ll conduct an intensive investigation.”
The spoils are a bit shabby.
“Then, Paladin. Go up and tell them this fact. You look very tired, so go up and rest. I’ll be up soon with the spoils.”
“Hehehe, oh my. I’m so grateful.”
“It’s a natural consideration.”
The commander bowed to me, and I bowed back.
Then let’s just say goodbye to Elise and go up.
“Elise!!”
“Ah, Saint!”
When I called her name, Elise turned her head at the speed of light and ran towards me. This reaction is very good.
“I’ll go up first. They told me to deliver some news above.”
“You’ve worked really hard, Saint. I hope you rest comfortably when you go up.”
Elise grabbed my hand.
“This was really… an opportunity to properly see the Saint’s faith and steadfastness. If it wasn’t for the Saint, a great disaster would have surely occurred.”
“No, well, it’s embarrassing. But it’s true!! It would have been so dangerous if it wasn’t for me!!”
“Hehe, I feel relieved to see that you know it well. Saint. This great achievement of yours must be conveyed correctly. So please take the lead and declare it proudly.”
“Yeah, yeah. I’ll do that. Then see you later.”
“I understand! Divine!!!”
“Friend, Eliseeee!!!”
After saying goodbye to Elise, I led Claudia and Lisha to the surface.
