Raising Paladins

Episode 82. Godmother (3)

“The guy with the fire has fallen!”

The soldiers who were watching the situation from the high fortress opened their eyes wide.

No one could have guessed that an archer shooting a crossbow would come out of that shabby wagon pulled by an old horse.

It was also great to accurately hit the distance that would be enough for dozens of paces.

In particular, the soldiers even cheered when the sea tiger holding a torch fell down the cliff.

At that moment, Godmother Krenna was surprised for a different reason than the soldiers.

‘… … Meisa?’

A dazzling beauty even from a distance with her flowing blonde hair.

The boy, who looked exactly like his youth, was loading a new bolt on the wagon.

bang!

Soon after, a bolt that flew like a thunderbolt cut the rope that tied the hostage.

A long distance that is difficult to hit even a large log!

However, the children were not hurt and only cut the thin rope.

It was an almost miraculous shooting skill.

“Why is that child… … ?”

Krenna also knew the character of her granddaughter Meisa well.

A boyish girl who enjoyed wielding a sword and spear and shooting an arrow rather than learning to embroider like girls her age, and who preferred sweating and bruising in the arena rather than tending flowers in the garden.

I remember laughing a lot when I read a letter from Meisa’s mother saying that the older she gets, the more she resembles Krenna.

Krenna advised Meisa that it was because she was young and that someday she would know what she was doing.

Crena herself believed that too.

No matter how much the Empire was changing, what women could do was limited.

Right now, Crena herself is the only one who survived among ferocious men with the body of a woman, but she knew how hard the process was.

That’s why Krena wanted Meisa to live a proud life like herself, but on the other hand, she also had a heart that wanted her to live the life she was given comfortably in body and mind.

However, such worries are only possible if Meisa is alive.

The granddaughter I hadn’t seen in a long time was walking a tightrope.

“Open the city gates and bring my horse! I will support you!”

“It is impossible, Godmother!”

The wagon driven by the old horse was already surrounded by a clan of seals waiting at the watchtower.

Meisa was stabbing the seals trying to climb onto the wagon with her rapier.

“Bring my horse now! hurry!”

“No!”

Bailey, priest of the Noon Church, blocked Krenna from going down the wall.

“Godmother is already hurt! If you jump into enemy lines with that body, you will never succeed! Godmother, please don’t forget that you are the symbol of Derdrang!”

“That child over there is my granddaughter! Get out of the way right now!”

“If you really want to go, cut me and go!”

“this… … !”

Not only Bailey, but also other dignitaries stopped Crenna.

In the meantime, a fierce battle was going on under the eastern watchtower.

But surprisingly.

A clan of over a hundred seals were slipping away from the wagon.

“Hey, look over there. Godmother! They get away!”

Those wielding poisoned tridents aimed at Carl and Meisa.

They backed away with a frightened expression, as if they were fed up with something.

It was because of the divine power emitted by the sword.

Because the sword is releasing so much divine power all at once.

The other races around them instinctively sensed the danger.

oh oh oh-!

A sword with a steel sword raised high.

A pure white aura shimmered from the blade of the sword.

Unable to read the atmosphere around him, Carl swung his steel sword at the neck of a sea tiger with a sense of pride.

Awesome!

Surprisingly, the steel sword stretched in an instant and cleanly separated the head of the sea tiger running from afar.

In the eyes of others, it looked as if the sword had increased, but in fact, the sword sharpened the holy power and extended the attack range of the steel sword.

Carl’s amazing swordsmanship made the surroundings instantly quiet.

“I am Carlos, priest of the Temple of Dawn in Meirium! Free the children bound there and return to your nests. Then I won’t kill you anymore.”

Clearly, what was surrounded was the wagon Carl and Maysa rode.

However, Carl was rather threatening hundreds of seals.

Surprisingly, it worked.

“It looks like the monsters were frightened by that priest’s skill!”

The adjutant’s cry seemed to be very moved.

Crenna was thinking the same thing.

‘The steel sword, which is not very long, stretched in an instant and cut off the neck of the guy who was coming from afar. What kind of swordsmanship is that?!’

Crenada is a descendant of a renowned swordsmanship family and has not neglected training throughout her life.

It was the first time that such a Krenna had seen the mysterious swordsmanship that the sword had just shown.

It was a bizarre swordsmanship that had never been heard of before.

Right now, the granddaughter was trapped behind enemy lines alone with the priest, but it was strange that she somehow felt safe.

“The tide has turned, prepare the cavalry! You have to hit them while they’re hesitating!”

“All right!”

Bailey, the battle priest who stopped Crenna a while ago.

He quickly ran down the stairs.

It seemed that Carl and Maysa were going to be slaughtered while riding in the wagon, but the atmosphere turned upside down in an instant.

Momentum on the battlefield was so important.

“Who are you.”

At that time, Tri-Garta, a clan of sea lizards that had led the monsters, shouted at the knife.

Even though there was a lizard that walked on two legs and even spoke human language, Carl was not at all embarrassed.

“Didn’t I just tell you? I am Carlos, priest of the Temple of Dawn in Meirium. Who are you?”

“My name is Tri-Garta, a warrior of the sea lizard clan.”

“It’s a pointed fang.”

“Hoo… … You know our clan language.”

“A long time ago, the leader of your clan and I were friends. It was a guy with red eyes and purple scales. He was called the ‘Frenzied Red Warrior’ because he used a greatsword very well.”

“… … .”

Tri-Garta tilted her head.

There was a sea lizard much like the one Carl had just spoken about, a hero to a clan that had died over two hundred years ago.

The title of ‘Frenzied Red Warrior’ was granted only to him.

However, it was a bit absurd to hear that a human with a shorter lifespan than a sea lizard talked about a warrior from 200 years ago.

“… … He said he was a priest, but he must have been a delusion. The great hero of our sea lizard clan, the ‘Frenzied Red Warrior’, passed away long ago.”

“So you said. We were friends a long time ago.”

“If you’re trying to distract me and buy me time, I admit it’s a great ploy.”

Do-do-do-do-do!

In the woods in the direction Carl came from.

In the forest, which was quite far away, four horses ran with ferocious momentum.

It was Sir Hanson, Tyra, and Greenwood and his attendant priest.

After that, a large wagon driven by Brand and Terence was rattling along with the wooden crates in the hold.

Seeing that, Tri-Garta frowned.

“It looks like he’s a source who came to help Derdrang. Did you say Meirium Temple of Dawn?”

“Yes, it is the way to escort the priest who will cure your poison. But I don’t think the poison is the problem with this city.”

“You saw it right away. We want this city.”

“A clan of sea lizards over a human city? Isn’t it your family that can’t live far from the sea anyway?”

“You know quite a bit about our clan. That’s right, we have to go into the sea periodically to wash our scales and breathe using our gills so that we can survive outside the water. However, since Derdrang is a city close to the coastal cliffs, it is not difficult for our family to live.”

“Did humans do something wrong to you?”

“… … !”

Tri-Garta was startled.

No one I’ve ever met has ever asked me that question.

When humans saw a family of sea lizards or seals, they attacked first.

Communication was clearly possible, but they wouldn’t listen.

Only blood and battle, that was the only attitude humans had towards the sea lizard clan.

But the man in front of me was talking about ‘human error’.

“I have heard that there are sometimes bold and wise people among humans, but this is the first time I have met such a person. That’s right, my people are losing their place in Derdrang because of the filth dumped into the sea. Thanks to a treaty between the races made 200 years ago, we avoided fighting, but we can’t stand it anymore. That’s why I’m trying to get the price from the Lord of Derdrang.”

“Could I have tried to negotiate first?”

“of course. However, even when I went to visit him with a white flag attached to his back, he recklessly shot an arrow and killed the messenger. It’s because of ignorance that doesn’t think that conversation will be possible in the first place. More than five messengers died just like that.”

“It is unfortunate.”

Carl shook his head in genuine pity.

Feeling that there was no lie in that appearance, Tri-Garta admired once again.

“To be able to mourn the death of a different race while being human, you should have been a leader, not a priest. It’s a shame.”

“I tried to get tired of the leader, I think this life will be something like that.”

“… … ?”

“Anyway, go back today. If you send the children safely, I will set up a place for negotiations between your clan and Derdrang. I swear by this flag.”

flutter!

Carl tossed a flag bearing the Dawning Church symbol at Tri-Garta.

The flag flies straight even at a fairly long distance!

Accepting it, Tri-Garta nodded.

“I know what Sun Godism means to human society. I will trust you to entrust me with a flag bearing the tribal symbol.”

Tri-Garta made a series of movements using her hands and snout.

It was a sign language for communication with the sea tigers who could not speak with their tongue.

Soon, a clan of more than a hundred seals disappeared down the cliffs of the eastern seaboard.

Tri-Garta stood at the edge of the cliff just before going down the cliff and looked back at the sword.

Then he bowed lightly and disappeared.

“Hey man! Shouldn’t you have talked a little beforehand and moved! A big deal could have happened!”

Sir Greenwood arrives at the wagon with the sword on it.

Having recently had a lot of conversations and become very close with Carl, he was now comfortable talking.

He burst into anger when he saw the monsters that filled the eastern watchtower a while ago.

“Sorry, but we ran out of time.”

Carl was growing his senses with divine power from afar, wondering if something might happen to Derdrang.

He heard the conversation between Krenna and Tri-Garta.

It was understandable that others hadn’t heard.

Carl, feeling that the situation was turning in a hurry, drove off with Meisa, who had briefly climbed into the carriage in search of food.

Thanks to that, the other party hurriedly followed behind.

Kiki-kung!

As Carl was placating Greenwood, the Derdrang gates opened.

At the same time, hundreds of cavalry units poured out of it.

The leader is, of course, Godmother Crena.

Seeing Maysa and driving her horse vigorously, she saw an old priest standing nearby and pulled the reins vigorously.

hee hee hee!

Crena nearly fell off her horse because she was erected too hastily.

she said with a puzzled face.

“That, Lord Greenwood? How did the Lord get this place?!”

Everyone around them was astonished at the sudden appearance of the Cardinal of the Sun God Church.