Raising Paladins

Episode 70. Battle for City Hall (2)

“Treason?! Can you say that even now when you see this? Eileen!”

Brand exclaimed excitedly.

He was holding the carcass of a rabbit whose neck and body had been dismembered, turning black.

The head of a rabbit that has grown to the size of a goblin.

In particular, the sight of his fangs growing abnormally and protruding through his jaw was truly terrifying.

“In my fifty lifetimes, I have never heard of rabbits with fangs! But what about this hideous beast? I’ve heard that it’s the same potion that Marlon the butler drank!”

“Clarify the truth!”

“Is it true that they are experimenting with such a terrible potion?!”

Other merchants and citizens also helped the brand.

However, Aileen had a rather calm expression.

‘As expected, Marlon has already… … .’

A small vial held by the goddamn priest.

And a terribly turned rabbit.

That vial must have contained a black magic solution.

It was what Malone carried in case of an emergency.

If the potion bottle is in their hands, Marlon has already suffered.

‘I told you not to act recklessly… … .’

Aileen also didn’t like Marlon that much.

However, while serving the same owner for a long time.

Knowing that he was preparing for revenge after being insulted by a priest named Carl, Aileen had stopped him several times.

That the master’s great task should be more important than personal vengeance.

But in the end, this morning Marlon disappeared with his men.

I tried to find him belatedly, but the situation was already heading towards catastrophe.

‘It just takes a little bit of time. Then the master will complete the magic circle!’

Aileen, one of Baron Astell’s two henchmen.

She too has lived a troubled life.

A life born in a small village on the outskirts of the empire and sold here and there.

Then, one day, Baron Astell appeared at the slave market and picked her up.

The baron did not bully her or play with her like the other nobles who were his former masters.

It only demanded blind allegiance.

I don’t know what the baron saw in Aileen’s eyes as she was tied up with a rope at the slave market.

However, Aileen was fully satisfied with the fact that she no longer had to be sold to wealthy nobles.

Aylen’s attitude did not change when she learned that her new master had dedicated his life to the study of black magic, or that he had become preoccupied with the art of summoning demons.

Because when she was born, the world was already full of demons.

Even if another demon was summoned there, nothing changed.

“Get into battle formation.”

“Sir, Chief Chamberlain… … .”

“I am here to arrest the traitor as the mayor’s authorized representative. Are you not going to follow my orders, Marshal?”

“… … All right.”

The chief of peace shook his head.

It seemed that he didn’t want to fight with the 50 or so temple servants facing each other.

Even if the security guard received a stipend from the mayor, Baron Astell, to feed his wife and children, the servants, merchants, and citizens were all neighbors to the security guard.

Especially Carl, Hanson and Maysa who are at the forefront.

The momentum of the three was unusual, so I had no desire to fight.

However, when the word ‘representative of the mayor’s authority’ came out of Aileen’s mouth, he had no choice.

In any case, his identity was the chief of security at Mayrium City Hall.

“Get into battle formation!”

Finally, an order came from the chief of peace.

Then, the security guards aimed their spears and polearms forward.

“Ah, I don’t know… … .”

“Let it be!”

They also have a mind that is not very different from the chief of police.

But I had no choice but to follow orders.

“In the end, the end of a fight is a sword fight.”

A knife that has been dormant all this time.

At his words, Hanson next to him whispered softly.

“Priestess, it looks like we’ve gathered all the security guards except for the guards outside the city. If a fight breaks out, the damage to the servants will be considerable.”

Until recently, Hanson had been close to the mayor and security guards.

Thanks to that, I was well aware of their inner circumstances.

Carl also understood Hanson’s concerns.

Recently, the financial situation of the temple has improved greatly, so each of them has a weapon that can be used, and they are equipped with leather armor.

However, the security guards at City Hall are the elite soldiers of Meirium.

No matter how much they fell, it was difficult to put them on the same line as those with steel armor and steel weapons.

but.

“do not worry. Hanson, because we have you.”

“… … ?”

Hanson looked at Carl with a slightly bewildered face.

Then Carl smiled happily.

“You are a body that has been granted divine power by the sun god. It doesn’t make sense if you’re afraid of punks like that.”

“… … !”

Hanson seems to have realized something from Carl’s words.

He had just awakened to divine power and forgot for a while that he had become a divine power user.

It was Hanson’s mindset that Carl had properly grasped.

“A combat priest who can use divine power is a force equal to that of 100 ordinary soldiers. It’s a fight you can win enough if you’re not afraid. Got it?”

“Yes, priest!”

“furthermore.”

Sureureung!

Carl drew his rapier and stared at Meisa, who was exuding bloody momentum.

Meisa has a calm and lofty atmosphere, as if she would have grown up learning embroidery and gardening as a daughter of an aristocratic family.

But she preferred steel armaments to those little girlish things.

He was particularly interested in fighting, wielding the weapon and stabbing, beating, and subduing others.

In addition, she got her father’s approval by solving the Tournoble case well together with Carl.

Now, once a fight broke out, Meisa was the first to prepare to jump in.

“You have such great colleagues. Of course, there is an element that bothers me over there, too.”

Carl’s gaze turned to Eileen.

If Marlon drank a dark magic potion and awakened his dark power, Aileen, the chamberlain of the same level, would have something.

at that time.

“Arrest the traitorous priest Karl and all his associates.”

“I will follow your orders!”

Every single thing!

Aileen’s voice was followed by the voice of the police chief.

Soon after, a knife pointed at the seeds.

Citizens and merchants had already retreated far away.

They also had a chimney-like desire to fight, but it was thanks to Carl’s request to entrust them to the Temple of Dawn.

“Hanson.”

“Yes, priest.”

“You have to take charge of that chamberlain.”

“All right.”

thud!

Hanson slammed his favorite weapon, a giant steel shield, on the ground in front of him.

At that moment, pure white divine power began to sway in Hanson’s body.

Then, it was Irene who was taken aback.

“I-that… … !”

The pure white aura that can be seen in her eyes is clearly divine power.

She was able to see it because she had already taken the potion with Marlon and accepted the dark power.

Two powers at opposite ends of the world always find an adversary.

“As expected, you were already using dark power.”

“… … .”

Eileen bit her lip at Carl’s words.

She didn’t respond to Carl’s words, but quietly took a small vial from her bosom.

Then people’s eyes were stained with astonishment.

“That vial!”

The same shape as the vial that the knife spilled into the rabbit’s mouth and turned it into a monster.

Aileen opened a small vial and poured a drop into her mouth.

Then, her hair fluttered in the air due to the black energy, and the hem of her elegant maid uniform with pure white lace shimmered with an unknown energy.

“If Marlon was a combat-type enhancement like you, Hanson, then that chamberlain is a magic-type enhancement. You don’t know what technique to use, so be careful.”

“… … yes!”

The first magic-type enhancement you encounter.

Even those who handle divine power, there are those who apply it to physical combat like Carl and Hanson, and there are priests who heal divine power or use divine magic like Tira.

Darkness was the same.

“Arrest the traitors!”

“Protect Mister Carl!”

The fight finally started.

Carl took a step back and watched the fight unfold.

He could do it himself, but I had a feeling that there might still be something else.

It was the intuition of a veteran priest who had fought countless battles in his previous life.

“Cut off your ears!”

“I’ll stick a broom in your ass!”

“Let the broom come out of your mouth!”

Somewhat messy(?) where profanity came from.

The sword and the people’s eyes turned toward it at the same time.

Daryl, Peter, and Grom, who can be said to be the captains of the servants, passed the pass in a group of three and beat the security guards.

“Take a taste!”

Peter, who moves swiftly, blocks the security forces’ attack with a long stick.

At that time, Daryl occupies the rear of the security guard and kicks the hamstrings with his foot.

“Try this too!”

A security guard with a disturbed posture.

It was Grom, the mighty and massive chef, who delivered the final blow.

“Uracha!”

To-du-du-du-du- boom!

Grom sprinted like a rhinoceros and rammed the security guard to the ground.

He let out a victory roar.

“aaa!”

But then.

Wheein!

From somewhere, an ominous black orb rushed toward Grom’s pit.

Wow!

“Cheak!”

Grom, who was hit directly by the sphere, flew dozens of meters from where he was standing and hit the crowd watching.

Grom was twice as big as a normal man.

When Grom flew like a piece of luggage and landed on the ground, all the servants were surprised.

Everyone’s eyes turned to where the orb flew.

Aileen was standing there with black aura on both palms.

She murmured the black magic incantation through her mouth again.

“damage!”

“… … !”

Wheein!

The black sphere flew in again!

This time, it was two spheres flying towards Daryl and Peter.

What if the spheres that flew in at the same time hit Daryl and Peter?

Unlike Grom, the two of them were petite and slender and might explode on the spot.

The problem is that the two people who saw the black magic projectile for the first time froze on the spot.

Aileen exclaimed excitedly, expecting that her magic would hit.

“That’s it!”

The two orbs flew towards Daryl and Peter at great speed.

The two men closed their eyes tightly.

however.

aaang!

Something collided with the two orbs, causing a loud dust storm.

It was so loud that a quiet silence flowed through the market square where about 100 people were fighting together.

Soon after, the dust cleared, revealing a figure larger than anyone on the battlefield.

It was Hanson with a huge iron shield.

“Wow! Captain Hanson blocked the witch’s technique!”

“As expected, the captain!”

Hanson blocked the black magic projectile with a steel shield imbued with divine power.

The servants burst into admiration at his amazing strength and speed, raising their spirits.

But Aileen didn’t lose either.

“The traitors only had weapons carved out of wood! Enter the battle with the determination to kill if you resist! Otherwise, I will dispose of you by the power of the mayor’s agent!”

”… … !“

Every single thing!

The security guards who had only roughly suppressed them and had no intention of killing their servants.

Life began to float in their eyes.