Chapter 693 – 693. Divinity and Fall (4)
The moment when the roof is about to be attacked directly under the building that is about to collapse.
People from civilian families who were inside the house bowed their heads and expressed their gratitude.
“Thank you… ! Thank you! Thank you!”
“Greetings are fine! This place is dangerous, so get out of here!”
However, the paladin, who received the thanks, hurriedly shouted and induced them to evacuate.
The civilians who heard the urgent voice of the paladin left the paladin and evacuated in a hurry.
A little girl, his daughter, cradled tightly in the arms of her father, who was taking refuge with her wife, staring intently at the paladins behind her.
As they desperately wielded their swords and stopped the undead so that they could evacuate safely, they looked like heroes in the image of a girl.
The girl who couldn’t help but let out some of the emotions that filled her heart screamed with all her might.
“Paladins! Cheer up! You can’t get hurt!”
The girl’s voice, of course, could be heard in the ears of the paladin as he swung his sword at the undead.
“Did you hear?”
“I heard you.”
The paladin, who was standing side by side with her and wielding a sword, spoke to her comrade.
“I never get hurt.”
“That’s easy. In this situation.”
However, contrary to her words of complaint, the corners of the paladin’s mouth were already raised.
How could they be cheered on by the citizens they are supposed to protect, especially by such a child, and not think anything of it?
Her natural strength puts strength in her hand that holds her sword.
“If you get hurt, it’s like being made fun of for 10 years.”
“You are good.”
Even in this difficult situation, for some reason, I laughed.
“By the way…”
Perhaps the reason why they were able to relax like this was because they saw hope even in the midst of this disaster infested with the undead created by the necromancer.
The paladin swung his sword and dealt with one of the undead, then stared in a certain direction.
“Really… That’s great.”
“… Yes.”
In the direction the Paladins were staring at, a swordsman with white silver hair was overwhelming the undead at an unbelievable speed.
The silver and gold glittering blade only emits light and boasts a speed so fast that the trajectory of the sword cannot be recognized, and the armor of fraud that constitutes the Death Knights that Paladins and Priests have struggled with. Even the cutting power that cuts easily.
The swordsmanship, which shows a series of techniques equipped with speed, power, and balance, is the state of mastery that has reached the extreme, enough to astonish those who sharpen the same sword.
“Actually, isn’t that the one that needs to be supported?”
“No. It really is.”
Looking at the silver-haired swordsman, who was dealing with undead many times more powerful than the two of them, it was natural to feel that way.
But even so, it is foolish not to do one’s duty because one is depressed over such a thing.
The paladins swung their swords while holding back their thoughts.
Squeak
Meanwhile, Eunhyeon, who was cutting down the undead one after another, calmly analyzed the current situation.
Through sensing, he sensed the existence of something that came into his senses, as he was aware of all the surrounding landmarks as well as the number and location of enemies and allies in real time.
‘The road to the main school of the temple. That power…’
Something with more morale than any undead I’ve ever felt was slowly moving toward the temple’s main school.
There are a total of five objects with powerful morale.
A group of undead surrounded him.
And something moving as if being escorted in the center of the five objects.
‘Found.’
Possibly the cause of this disaster that leads the death knights and undead hordes.
It must be a necromancer, Eunhyeon was sure.
But he did not immediately move his steps towards it.
Originally, the best way to prevent this disaster would be to prioritize dealing with that necromancer, who was the culprit of the disaster, but it was because he felt the presence of a woman with divinity running towards it from afar.
‘Anies?’
Agies was moving to deal with the necromancer himself.
Her role is to protect the main school of the temple, which has become poorly guarded due to the mobilization of her emergency troops.
This was the content that the people of the temple, Eunhyeon, and Eleanor had decided through a meeting in advance.
It was Eun-hyeon’s suggestion to mobilize all emergency forces to clear out the undead throughout the city, mobilize them to minimize casualties, and place Agies in the main school of the temple.
However, Agies did not follow Eunhyeon’s instructions and moved.
“… Hmm.”
Originally, Agnes had never refused to follow Eunhyun’s orders, although she could have her doubts or dissatisfaction.
Even 20 years ago, in the midst of numerous fierce battles, all the judgments and instructions he made were efficient and correct, leading his teammates to survival and victory.
At first Agnes also argued that it would be best if he, the strongest force in the temple, stepped forward, but in order to clean up all the undead spread throughout the city, it would be better to have a large number of forces spread throughout the city rather than a strong force alone. There was no arguing that it could minimize human casualties.
Eunhyeon pondered what to do in the current situation where Agies moved.
What has already happened cannot be undone.
There must have been a reason for Agies’ move.
What Eunhyeon was thinking about was ‘How should she move herself?’ In this situation.
Finishing her thoughts with an unstoppable flow of thoughts while finishing the cleanup of the undead, Eunhyun immediately headed to Eleanor, who was assisting the priests and paladins.
“Eleanor.”
“Yes.”
“Anies moved.”
“… Are you Agnes?”
Eleanor also showed a slightly surprised reaction to the story that Agies moved and left the main school of the temple.
“It’s a change of schedule. We’ll head straight to the temple’s main school.”
“All right.”
Eleanor did not refute Eunhyun’s decision.
Now that Agnes is away, the temple’s guards are clearly in a state of disrepair, making it difficult to guess what will happen.
She immediately noticed Eun-hyeon’s intention that she might have to take the place she vacated.
“Then everyone. Everyone please do your best. I will head to the main school now.”
“Thank you! Holy Lady!”
Sensing the attitude of the paladins and priests paying her respect to her with her impassioned expression, Eleanor flinched at her.
Embraced in Eun-hyeon’s arms with her awkward expression, Eleanor tried to look away from them.
While she was running towards the main school of the temple with Eleanor in her arms, Eunhyeon asked Eleanor.
“What’s the matter?”
“Just… It’s a little awkward.”
It made her heart itchy at the same time that she was somewhat happy that many people were praising her as a “Saint.”
He has been aware of his position as the successor to Aies until now, and has worked hard to show his shameful appearance.
However, I was embarrassed because I felt like I was experiencing the results myself.
“It’s only natural because he showed a real ‘miracle’.”
Eunhyun smiled and said.
Many priests and paladins, as well as the civilians of the city, experienced the miracles Eleanor caused.
The damage that was close to a fatal wound was restored, and the flesh that had been attacked by the undead was purified and restored.
The accumulated fatigue all over the body disappears as if washed away by water, and at the end, it is a miracle that makes the body condition the best.
It was immediately clear that the source of the miracle was a divine feather that had fallen from a pair of pure white wings growing on the back of a saint floating in the sky.
The spirit god of Agnes, who mobilizes all of his divine power to directly eliminate enemies, is a special miracle that can only be used by those who are at the peak as priests, but the spirit god of Eleanor who saves and protects many people. ) Was particularly well suited to the word “Miracle.”
It is natural for people to honor and worship Eleanor who caused the miracle.
“Even so… There are too many people we couldn’t save.”
Even though she had saved thousands of lives with just one miracle, her heart still seemed heavy.
It was a voice tinged with sadness at the same time as clenched fists.
“It is not a problem that you can shoulder alone.”
Eunhyun comforted Eleanor.
As he said, this incident is a problem not only for Eleanor, but also for Eunhyeon Island, Erindo, and the entire temple.
No matter how quickly everyone, including himself, stepped forward and quelled the situation, there is no such thing as a disaster that does not result in a single victim.
“… Yes.”
Eleanor nodded her head.
She knows, too, but that doesn’t immediately solve her psychological problems.
This is a matter that will take some time.
“You are… Are you used to this kind of experience?”
“… Have I gotten used to it? Or have I become blunt?”
Over the course of 400 years, she has experienced countless battlefields and survived each time.
In the time when many people were dying, she had carried out the mission of the goddess to eliminate the disaster that threatened the lower world, and had experienced this countless times.
Eunhyun smiled bitterly.
“Illyana-sama was right.”
Eleanor smiled and stroked Eunhyun’s cheek.
“I said that we should take good care of you because you are actually a very lonely person.”
“… Illyana?”
“Yes.”
Eunhyeon immediately understood what those words meant.
Such is the nature of immortal life.
Humans with a short lifespan will die someday, and even if they had a deep relationship with them, if one day their lifespan came to an end, Eun-hyeon was always left.
In order to support and be with him for the rest of her life, Illyana challenged herself to achieve a feat so lofty as to be in the eyes of the goddess, and as a result, she succeeded in reviving the world tree called the Divine Tree.
Now, Illyana, who has signed a contract with Eun-hyeon’s soul and the apostle’s household, has become a lifelong companion who will be with Eun-hyeon for eternity and immortality unless he dies.
Her purpose was to win her own happiness and at the same time not to leave her husband Eun-hyeon alone.
“… They are really the women I deserve.”
It included Eleanor, as well as Lily and Erin.
Seeing Eunhyeon’s candid and bitter smile on her face, Eleanor put on a happy expression.
“Happy.”
And at just the right time, another wife’s cry was heard from above.
“Hyunaaa!”
“Erin!”
In the midst of running on a dark road, Erin’s voice came from above, so Eunhyun and Eleanor stopped running and looked up.
Erin’s face was drenched in sweat as she landed lightly on the floor and ran towards the two of them.
While she was constantly dealing with her undead, she smelled Eunhyeon and Eleanor nearby and immediately ran to them.
“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere? How about Miss Eleanor?”
As soon as he saw them, he felt Erin’s concern for their condition, and the two smiled and explained that nothing was wrong.
“Are you okay. What about Erin?”
“I’m fine! Lol! I’m fine thanks to Miss Eleanor!”
Perhaps it was thanks to Eleanor’s angelic wings that restored her physical condition once, Erin was finer than expected.
Erin, who soon hardened her face, continued her words.
“But more than that, that necromancer…”
“Know. Perhaps the main body is not here.”
“… Is that possible?”
“At least that necromancer must have a way to take a part of her own soul and possess it in her corpse so that she can control it like her alter ego.”
“Maybe.”
Eleanor agreed.
When she first met the necromancer, he casually took the risk of her own soul being annihilated in exchange for moving her elder dragon corpse for a fraction of a second.
She thought that way at the time was a crazy way that could not be understood by normal thinking, if there was a way to reduce the burden of the penalty on the necromancer.
It’s not the level of high risk high return, but the benefits of switching to low risk high return.
“… He was a really annoying guy.”
Seeing her blatantly frowning and reflecting her dislike for Marius, Eleanor put on a puzzled expression.
“Erin? What happened to her with that necromancer love?”
“Yes? Ah, nothing! Nothing happened!”
Erin was startled and she threw her hand away hastily.
Eunhyeon and Eleanor tilted their heads because Erin’s strangely flustered attitude was questionable, but before they could resolve their curiosity, the three immediately noticed the change.
“Uh?”
The first to notice the change was Erin.
Eventually, Eunhyeon and then Eleanor turned their heads in the same direction.
“The energy of deceit… Are you gone?”
The three of them looked at each other’s faces and noticed the meaning of it, feeling that the dark morale in the direction of Agies was purified and disappeared all at once.
The necromancer who threatened the entire city disappeared by Agies.
