Raising Paladins

Chapter 114. Deal made (1)

“Is there a place to detain interest for a while?”

Dranek passed out with his arm cut off.

Carl brought him and told the chief Mediel.

Mediel hesitated.

‘If something goes wrong with providing a place to hold Dranek… … .’

Drenek is the leader of the Harpy Pirates, and the core!

Even though he was struck by the great swordsmanship of the sword, the symbolism of Drenek within the pirates is great.

What if Henry Morgan found out that he provided a place to imprison Drenek?

There could be great retaliation.

That’s why Mediel hesitated.

“Will it be difficult?”

Carl asked again.

At that time, a resident who had been watching so far stepped out.

“Chief! Let’s listen to that priest’s request!”

“… … ?!”

Mediel’s head turned at once.

“And what if something happens? You know how scary Henry Morgan is?!”

“Damn it, of course I know! but… … Can’t we live like this forever? Even today it is. What if those priests hadn’t helped? Then we’d be robbed of the two bags of pearls we’d been working hard to collect for months! Then the children of the island will have to starve again?!”

“Kuh… … .”

Mediel bit her lip.

Other residents also joined the man’s claim.

“Let’s do that, chief!”

“That priest alone defeated all the pirates who came aboard three pirate ships, isn’t this enough reliable?!”

“that’s right! Let’s lock that bastard!”

“For now, lock it up and talk to the priests!”

Voices of protest erupting one after another.

Carl said to Mediel, who was in trouble.

“If there is a problem, I, Carlos, will solve it in the name of the Temple of Dawn in Meirium.”

“hmm… … If you talk like that, I can’t refuse. See that old building over there? It’s a dried fish warehouse that’s not in use right now. Keep it there.”

“Thank you.”

Carl nodded.

Hansson came over and took the fainted drenek and headed for the dry goods store.

“Come in first, I think we need to have a long talk.”

“Before that, I’ll clean up some of them.”

Swords and priests headed for the busy pirates.

Only three people who had decided to unload goods and food from their respective boats were moving, and the rest were watching Meisa and Crete old man with their heads stuck in the sand.

Called Carl, who had arrived before them.

“Stop it. Put your things down and go all back. Then go and tell your boss, I will visit you soon.”

Pirates with devastated faces.

They were divided into three large boats and came to scold the villagers and priests.

However, after failing to use his strength properly against the ridiculous sword, he was defeated.

Now I’m going to visit your boss soon, so I shout out to wash my head and wait.

The pirates were at a loss for words in front of their overwhelming power.

“Go, let’s go… … .”

“okay… … .”

The pirates got up and went back to the ship.

***

“Come, come to me if you are injured or ill! We treat you for free!”

Tira’s lively voice.

When the pirates returned, Carl’s party played their own tricks.

Hanson and Maysa repaired houses and furniture that had been damaged by pirates.

Old Man Crete gathered the village children and told them a funny story.

Tira was treating the sick.

Because it was an archipelago without a temple, many residents who had been enduring sickness flocked to Tira.

“Is it really free? Priestess?”

“yes! Where are you uncomfortable?”

“Everyone, my legs are a little… … .”

“Lie down on this side.”

“yes.”

Tira examined the legs of the patient lying in front of her.

Even before gaining divine power, Tira was a healing priest whose main job was to heal the sick.

Tira was the only healing priest in the Temple of Dawn in Meirium.

Thanks to that, I had to deal with an enormous number of patients alone.

For that reason, Tira is young, but her experience with diseases and wounds was at the level of a veteran.

“Oh, you worked so hard that your knees are full of water. You must have been very uncomfortable… … .”

Tira said, caressing the patient’s soft knee.

“If I don’t work, my wife and family will have to starve… … .”

“That’s right. I will treat you right away.”

Originally, I would have torn the knee slightly to drain the cold water and pus from the inside, applied medicine, and then applied a bandage.

But now Tira has learned to heal with divine power.

He also had a lot of proficiency because he had repeated treatment on the battlefield until recently.

Soon, soft light emanated from Tira’s palm and enveloped the patient’s knee.

“Ohhh… … .”

The people of the Pinas Islands are seeing divine power healing for the first time!

They opened their mouths in admiration.

The same is true of the patient’s facial expression.

I could feel the condition of my knees getting better every minute.

“You will be fine now. But don’t overdo it for a while. Then the water may fill up again.”

“Ahh! thank you! thank you!”

The man, who is now fine, jumped up and thanked me.

At the same time, countless requests for treatment flooded in from the surroundings.

“me too! Please fix me too, priest!”

“My shoulder hurts!”

“I have blisters on the soles of my feet! It was bloody!”

The island village plaza quickly turned into chaos.

When there were too many patients, Maysa and Hansson, who were working elsewhere, approached.

As they assisted by numbering patients and queuing up, Tira’s makeshift clinic went smoothly.

After a while, the Cretan old man also came and helped along.

“Whew… … .”

Tira has treated dozens of patients in a short period of time.

She wiped the beads of sweat on her forehead.

Then he reached into his pocket and pulled out the bag of dried plums he always carried with him.

“It sucks.”

Tira eats sweets when her divine power is low.

After picking up a few sweet dried apricots, Tira clenched her fists again.

“Next patient!”

***

“I really can’t believe it, I thought the rumor was a lie… … .”

The village chief Mediel stood with the knife.

he said, looking at the noisy makeshift clinic.

“To think that the lost divine power sensor reappeared… … . Besides, isn’t that swordsmanship of yours earlier, a divine swordsmanship as well?”

“you’re right. You managed to find out.”

“Heh heh, is there any other swordsmanship that can defeat over 150 enemies in one blow?”

The village chief, who was walking ahead, put his butt on an old tree that had been rolling on the sandy beach.

Carl approached and sat down next to him.

The influential people of the village who followed took their places on the sand around the old tree.

“Did you see the man named Sigieon who came with the Drenek earlier? A man with red hair and a scar on his left arm.”

Mediel asked.

“I saw. He didn’t do anything while the other pirates attacked me.”

“It must have been. Sigion was the representative of the Pinas Islands before Henry Morgan devours them. He is the man we admired as our leader.”

“But why are you a pirate now?”

“I was defeated by Henry Morgan, a harpy. He asked to be killed after losing a fight, but the harpy wouldn’t. I saved him and made him my subordinate. for example… … .”

“It’s like the spoils of victory. By keeping him at his side and enslaving him, even other villagers are subdued.”

“That’s it. Poor man… … .”

Village chief Mediel shook his head.

“To that extent, harpies are great fighters, no, you could call them slayers. Every single one of the villagers on the neighboring island who rebelled against Henry ‘Harpy’ Morgan was slain. Both children and women… … .”

“What about this town? Didn’t you think of fighting?”

“Of course we thought so too. But the Harpy’s two axes… … ! With that ax overflowing with black energy, the archipelago’s guards died helplessly. In the end, after the neighboring island village was massacred and hanged with a traitor’s sign on it, everyone lost the will to fight.”

“Did you just say black energy?”

Carl asked.

“That’s right, when the harpy draws out two axes and starts running wild, black energy radiates from his body. Just touching that energy made people collapse. They say it’s like an ancient spell passed down among pirates, but even this old man doesn’t know the details.”

“Hmm… … .”

Carl thought for a moment.

Among the magics used by warlocks and hell summoners, there was such a magic.

A technique that temporarily strengthens combat power by enveloping the body with the energy of death, which is the opposite of divine power.

But a pirate or something like that uses black magic?

The odds of that were extremely low.

In order to use black magic, a part of the soul must be dedicated to the subject of the contract, but if that happens, a normal life will be impossible.

Warlocks and hell summoners do not hide underground or in caves for nothing.

But that harpy, Henry Morgan, is said to be active even in broad daylight.

Then there was only one possible.

“That axe, it looks like a nobleman.”

The golden apples of Meirium or the mysterious coral reefs of Derdrang.

Like that, there are cases where divine power dwells in things, food, and natural objects.

The opposite is also true.

Objects with a bad vibe sometimes appear in the world.

It is a very old, ancient cursed treasure that presents special abilities or powers to the holder.

Of course, there will be a price to pay.

“It’s definitely something out of the ordinary, I can vouch for that.”

A large man sitting on a sandy beach.

He said, his skin red as if it had been scorched by fire and his muscles bulging.

“who are you?”

“I am the blacksmith of this village. My name is Smith.”

“I see. Can you elaborate more?”

“Certainly, those two axes of the harpies were unusual. I’ve only seen it twice, but that’s for sure. Neither the engraved patterns nor the steel used to make it was anything but common.”

“Um… … .”

You need to check it once.

You’ll find out when you run into him anyway.

Carl decided not to worry about the ax any more.

“I understand for now. Whether the ax is a monster or a special curse, the harpy man was holding you by force.”

“So it is, they are taking money without our permission. It’s called a tax.”

“We are here to help. I’ll drive out that harpy.”

Village chief Mediel and village leaders.

They exchanged glances with each other.

said Mediel.

“I know you and your colleagues are great people. But the pirates that came earlier are really only a small fraction. Together, the Harpy Pirates number over thirty ships! Truly an army, an army!”

“Either a hundred rabbits or a thousand hares cannot overcome one lion in the end.”

“her… … .”

Mediel and the others opened their mouths wide.

“You are really great. Aspirations and guts are outstanding. But why would you do that? What is the reason for risking his life for us, whom he saw for the first time?”

Mediel asked with serious eyes.

Then Carl answered.

“First, because we are servants of God. The sun god said that no follower should be treated unfairly. Second, the Temple of Dawn in Meirium has decided to form an eternal alliance with Derdrang’s Sunflower Hall. So, the Pinas Islands between Meirium and Derdrang can also be seen as the domain under the jurisdiction of the battle priests of Meirium. Third one… … .”

“… … ?”

“Meirium is one of the largest fruit producing areas in the Empire. We signed a contract with the Trade Association to export quality grapes and fruits to Derdrang. But it takes too long to come by land. We need a sea route to quickly transport fruit from Meirium to Derdrang.”

“That was it! Because our Pinas Islands are in the middle of the route connecting Meirium and Derdrang! But without guidance from the islanders, the ship will run aground on the terrifying reefs dotted with it. You were trying to make our Pinas Islands a trade brokerage base between Meirium and Derdrang!”

Carl grinned.

“Will it be difficult?”

“at all! If you just deal with the harpy pirates, we’ll help with that somehow! After all, we have to find a way to make a living too!”

“Then you promised.”

When Carl held out his hand, Chief Mediel grabbed it.

And waved his hand vigorously.

“Good luck!”