Raising Paladins

Episode 64. Golden Apple Tracking (3)

dark night.

Carl was standing at a distance from City Hall with his cape on.

Carl hid himself in the shade under a tree.

He was observing the changing of the guards outside City Hall.

‘Take a shift every 30 minutes… … . As I’ve heard, you’re on strict alert.’

Usually, even when they are on duty on the battlefield, they change shifts every two or three hours.

However, at Meirium City Hall, soldiers were changed every 30 minutes.

That meant that something very expensive or important was in that city hall.

‘Even when changing shifts, I don’t leave the place I need to protect. It’s like a full-time worker leaving his seat only when a worker arrives.’

A cave troll leather cloak made by request from Dave.

If you use this invisibility cloak that imbues you with divine power to harmonize with your surroundings, you will be able to easily break through the strict boundaries.

However, he had no intention of abusing the ability of the Invisibility Cloak.

I did it once as a test when I came out of the leather workshop.

‘Because divine power doesn’t come out infinitely yet.’

A cave troll leather cloak that requires a lot of holy power to become invisible.

Although Carl made a silver heart, it is still weak.

It was strengthened through a ruby pendant in Tournoble, but it was still a long way from being able to use it almost infinitely like in the previous life.

So, I was thinking of saving the invisibility cloak as much as possible.

‘I’ll have to make a fuss on the other side and find an opportunity to go in.’

Gender equality, the basis of strategy.

It meant making a fuss in the east and striking in the west.

Carl immediately moved his body.

Shasha Shock-

The place the knife was headed was north of City Hall.

Unlike the South, where there is a main gate, there is a high wall here, so I couldn’t see the security guard.

Carl thought of jumping over a high wall using divine power, but shook his head.

‘Maybe there is a guard dog or guard post.’

Security guards take turns guarding the entrance every 30 minutes.

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Just because they were on the side of the wall, there’s no way they weren’t prepared.

Carl decided to stick with the original plan.

He slowly raised the divine power in his fist.

and.

bang!

The tall, thick wall pierced Carl’s knuckles.

A dog barking was heard on the other side of the fence.

Wow!

‘As expected, there was a guard dog.’

Soon after, torches were lit in all directions and a commotion erupted.

“what?!”

“It’s the northern wall! I heard something explode in the north!”

“Go out!”

Hearing the footsteps of the security guard, the knife moved again.

Hiding in the darkness of the surrounding woods, he headed toward the front gate of the city hall, where he came from.

When I got there, I saw that only two people were guarding the front gate, unlike before when it was strict.

‘Okay.’

Carl quietly picked up two small stones in the dark.

and.

Whiik!

Quick!

“Ouch!”

A security guard who was standing guard passed out after being hit in the head with a small stone.

“What, what?! Who are you!”

Confused security guard.

Before he could pull out the trumpet on his back, a stone flew into his head.

Quick!

“100 million!”

thud.

There was a rather loud noise as the large security guard fell.

However, no other security guards could be seen, as if everyone had been driven to the north.

Carl hurriedly flung himself into the courtyard of City Hall.

***

The main shrine of the Sun Temple located in the capital of the Cron Empire.

With a total of 70 floors, it was a building built in the past when divine magic existed.

At that time, you could freely move from the 1st floor to the 70th floor using a magic disk or a teleportation circle.

However, since the priests had lost their divine power, it was only being used up to the 20th floor, which was accessible on foot.

Thanks to this, the 24th floor, below the 25th floor where the saintess lives, was being used as a meeting place for the highest priests of the Sun God Church.

A conference hall where only the highest ranking priests in each region and priests of cardinal rank or higher in the main shrine can enter.

There were ten priests gathered there.

“Thank you to the many priests who attended the emergency meeting despite being busy. As you may have heard on the way, the topic of today’s meeting is the report from the eastern border city of Tournoble.”

said the old man with a white beard that reached his chest.

He wears a wizard’s hat with bells at the top that stretches upward.

He was Lord Fitzmond, Cardinal of the main shrine of the Temple of the Sun.

“Hey, why did you bring us here because of a ridiculous report?”

A person who takes Pittsmond’s words sharply.

He was wearing a helmet shaped like a fish in shiny silver armor.

His name is Greenwood.

He was the supreme battle priest of the Noon Church in Langfleur, a lake city not far from the capital.

Since he became a combat priest, he always wore armor and helmets unless he was alone, and he claimed that this was to mobilize immediately in the event of a sacred security issue.

Greenwood’s unique tenacity, along with his excellent swordsmanship, was widely known.

“Have you received the report, Lord Greenwood?”

“Of course. It is not that a priest was witnessed healing the sick with holy power in Tournoble.”

“It’s not just a sighting. There are dozens of soldiers who claim to have been cured by her, and Tournoble’s combat priest, ‘Greg at Noon’, also guarantees it. Lord Greenwood probably knows more about Greg than I do.”

“He was a great priest in the past. But I haven’t heard from you since I was sent to the outskirts of Tournoble. If he was human, he would have aged. Your discernment may be clouded.”

The other priests who occupied the seats of the conference hall also nodded.

one of them said

“Reports of divine power reappearing or witnessing people using it come up several times a year. Of course, it would be a big problem that it was all false reports.”

Silence fell in the middle.

Recovering divine power is the most important thing in the Sun God Church.

However, it was also a thing of the distant past, over 200 years ago.

The divine power that I thought would come back naturally someday has completely disappeared.

Some scholars have argued that it has something to do with the death of Carlos, the Paladin of the Great Dawn.

However, it is impossible to revive the already dead Paladin of Dawn.

After a long study and prayer, the divine power showed no signs of returning, so now the church had almost given up.

I heard that I witnessed divine power from time to time like now, but it was all false reports.

However, it was the highest ranking priests who could not pass up even such a small report.

“Has the saintess not said anything?”

Greenwood asked.

“I gave you a report, but you haven’t given any instructions yet. but… … .”

“… … ?”

“You said it wouldn’t be a good idea to send someone to find out. Your response is a bit different than usual.”

saintess.

A being that can communicate with the sun god at the closest place.

Although weak, he is the only human who can use divine power healing.

She was a symbol of the Sun God religion by her very existence.

“Until now, this is a saintess who has not shown much interest in reports related to divine power. But what kind of wind blew and recommended an investigation?”

“That’s it, I don’t know. However, considering that the subject of this report is Greg at Noon, who has made a lot of contributions in the past, it would be good to send someone as the saintess said. also.”

The cardinal and the highest priests focused on Fitzmond’s words.

“Recently, monsters have been rioting all over the empire. Greg at Noon also described fifty or so goblins and gnolls suddenly attacking Tournoble. No matter how far away the city is, the fact that monsters of that size formed an army and systematically tried to plunder the city is something that can never be overlooked. If we pretend not to know this, the Midday Temple and the Temple of Dusk in each region will gradually begin to distrust the Central Army and the main shrine of the Sun Temple.”

“That is what the lord said is right.”

Greenwood chimed in with Fitzmond.

Then get up and bang the conference table with both hands! hit it

“This is the result of people called the theologian who uselessly devoted themselves to theological research. I’ve been telling you for years that the movements of the monsters are unusual. But the people here didn’t listen. Isn’t that so?”

“Curm… … .”

He tried to avoid the eyes of Greenwood, who were shouting at people around him.

“Is there anything else in the report?”

“There are a few peculiarities. It is said that the Temple of Dawn in Meirium first came to help Tournoble. There were two combat priests, a squire and a healing priest. The priest who is said to have healed with divine power that we are discussing now belongs to that Meirium Temple of Dawn.”

“Puhahahaha!”

Greenwood burst out laughing.

So did others.

“The Temple of Dawn? Are you saying that a priest who handles divine power has come from a ruined tribe that can’t even join the meeting of the chairman of the tournament? Even after 200 years?”

“… … It says so in the report.”

“Looks like Greg has gone mad. The Dawning Church is a tribe that has lost even the trust of the imperial people, let alone the grace of God. But there’s a healing priest, holy power!”

“But it is clearly written that way. The battle priests from Meirium did a great job in saving Tournoble from danger. In particular, a combat priest named Carlos and a combat priest named Meisa, who took the lead in the battle, are said to be talents who took the first and second ranks in the Tournoble battle priest selection test, respectively.”

“Did you say senior and secondary?”

“That’s right.”

“Are you saying that those who received such outstanding grades went to Mayrium without applying for appointments to the capital or other large cities? Even to the Temple of Dawn?”

“I guess so.”

“… … .”

It was a situation where the word gagwan was more and more appropriate.

Reports of divine power came up, monsters formed an army and plundered, and the people who stopped it were the battle priests of the ruined tribe, the Temple of Dawn.

Talented people who occupied the top and bottom seats there… … .

Greenwood pushed the thoughts out of his increasingly aching head.

“Anyway, I see! Since the saintess also wanted to investigate, I will investigate this case myself.”

“… … !”

The people in the conference hall were startled.

Especially Pittsmond.

“Are you saying it yourself?”

“I need to check the corpses of dozens of goblins and gnolls, and I need to meet Greg after a long time. If there is a chance, I will meet the priests of the Meirium Temple in question.”

“It’s not a problem, it’s the people who made the ball.”

“That’s it, you’ll know when the investigation is over. Who knows if it’s a ploy to lure followers into the Temple of Dawn by posting false reports and fabricating events? I will bring the adjutant myself.”

“If you do that, the saintess will be happy too. Please.”

nod

Greenwood, who bowed lightly, left the meeting room with his armor trembling.