Raising Paladins

Episode 93. witch helena (1)

Time passed quickly.

For almost a month, no fishmen attacked, and nothing was found in the caves of the coastal cliffs.

Bailey, the priest of Noon Church, and his subordinates, who joined the search team, searched with all their might, but to no avail.

“Is it just a one-time trouble? Did the fishmen suddenly attack because they were bored?”

“Okay.”

Even today, the battle priests of Noon Ogyo were searching in groups of five.

He had already searched around the underground city, so he had come out quite far today.

thump, thump!

When I came out of the cave, the waves were crashing against the cliff.

“Hey, be careful! The moment you stumble, it’s over.”

“yes!”

A winding cliff road that runs along the cliff.

In fact, it is too narrow and steep to be called a road.

Even the slightest slipping of one’s foot would cost one’s life.

However, the five priests passed the road safely.

The last cave to check out today.

The people inside let out a sigh of relief.

“The cliffs and waves are scarier than warlocks and witches, damn it.”

“That’s right. Until now, I haven’t met a fish-man, let alone a warlock.”

“By the way, chief.”

“huh?”

“If you meet a fish-man, will you be able to defeat it? They say they are very strong.”

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Jung O-gyo joined after the counterattack operation led by Karl was over.

I have never met a fish-man in person.

However, he was also armed with red ore weapons and, above all, received direct training from Carl, Maysa, and Hanson.

Where should I aim to deal with them effectively?

“Don’t worry, we’ve learned enough. If they don’t show up in groups, you’ll be able to deal with them. Didn’t you get such a great sword?”

Whoa-!

When he pulled out the red ore sword, the red light chased away the darkness of the cave.

But then, I saw something I hadn’t seen before.

“uh? Captain, there is a passage over there.”

A dark hole much larger than the entrance to the cave.

The sunlight coming in from the entrance was cleverly out of the way.

Then, when the red ore sword emitted light, it appeared.

The search team leader approached with his sword forward.

“Ah, boss! be careful!”

“hahahaha, are you scared? Nothing has happened so far, but what happened here… … .”

Shook!

The captain stopped talking.

Soon after, the red ore sword fell to the floor with a loud sound.

“Big, captain?!”

The captain who had approached the hole slowly turned around.

Surprisingly, the front part of his neck was torn in half.

“big… … keuh… … .”

The captain grabs his bloody neck with eyes in disbelief.

He tried to say something, but he couldn’t because his throat was cut in half.

Soon after, he collapsed, and a woman in a sky-high magician’s robe came out of the hole.

In her hand was the ripped off flesh of the captain.

“Oh, it’s a witch!”

Chaechaechaeng!

The crew drew their swords in unison.

But the only thing imaginable was courage.

“You are priests of the Noon Church. yes?”

A woman gently waves her bloody hands in the air.

The bodies of the crew stiffened, no matter what trick they had played.

“It’s been a while since I’ve had a living priest. The king will be happy if I offer it as a sacrifice.”

The witch slowly approached the frozen crew.

But the crew couldn’t budge.

“It’s a petrification curse. You will slowly turn to stone from your toes.”

Curse of Petrification, a type of blood magic.

It was a terrible magic that could only be cast with the blood or organs of a victim.

The witch had just performed blood magic with the blood of the deceased search leader.

“You, you, you.”

The witch chose three young people out of four.

Then, fishmen jumped out of the huge hole and wrapped them around them like luggage.

“Three will be offered for the king’s enjoyment. This old fellow has a separate use.”

The fish people carried the three priests on their backs and disappeared into the hole again.

Now, only the witch and the priest were left in the cave.

Tok, tok!

The witch who pulled up the hood of the robe.

Surprisingly, she had great beauty.

She untied the priest’s armor knots one by one, her blue eyes twinkling.

“Uh-huh.”

captivating smile.

It was a smile that was difficult to express with just beautiful words, something that made you feel afraid and terrified.

Seeing that smile, the priest’s face went blank.

“Baby, I will save you, so go and tell them. To that priest named Carlos who is leading you. I will be coming soon.”

The dazed priest nodded.

The priest whose upper and lower armor had all been loosened before he knew it.

The witch stretched out her finger and drew a horizontal line under the priest’s belly button.

“… … !”

The priest’s eyes widened.

Dududuk!

Intestines spill out of the sharply split stomach.

No, it was about to pour, but it stopped.

It was also the witch’s blood magic.

“If you leave it alone, the magic will break and everything will spill out. You have to support it with your hand.”

The witch took the priest’s hands and supported them under the entrails that were about to pour out.

“This spell won’t break for the next 12 hours. But the moment the 12 hours pass, the magic will break and everything inside you will pour out. Before that, you have to run hard to get back to your nest, right?”

“… … !”

Oddly enough, I felt no pain.

The surprise of witnessing the organs in his stomach for the first time only made the priest’s mind dizzy.

The witch tapped the priest on the shoulder.

“What are you doing? There is no time.”

The priest started to run panting.

Looking at his back, the witch, Helena, said.

“It should be in full swing by now.”

***

“Stop! Pour more oil!”

“The western watchtower has run out of arrows!”

“sh*t! The wooden fence is about to collapse! Bring more supports!”

The fish-man’s tent village was stolen by Carl’s counterattack.

It is now a place where a defensive base was built with wooden fences and stone walls.

A fierce battle was going on there.

“Where did all those bastards come from! I was definitely scouting!”

The sea lizard head, who was wielding a red ore trident next to the sword, burst into anger.

Meisa and Hanson both felt the same way, their faces full of resentment.

“Leader! Dozens have already been killed!”

“Miss Meisa is right, it seems difficult at this rate.”

Lord Greenwood, who was at the forward base, also joined the battle.

He agreed with Meisa.

Carl, too, felt that the situation was difficult.

“Let’s throw away the wooden fence and go inside the stone fortress and hold on. There are still some weapons and food inside.”

“That would be great! I will give the order to retreat!”

Greenwood blew the small horn he was wearing around his neck.

Whoop whoop!

Whoop whoop!

Whoop whoop!

Three long blows of a horn.

It was the retreat signal.

“Everyone retreat inside the stone walls! Don’t turn your back, engage and retreat! Protect the children!”

The women and children who came to the outposts tended livestock and mended the soldiers’ armor.

They were still inside the fence.

The retreat was not easy because they had to go while protecting them.

at that time.

coo- bang!

A part of the wooden fence fell over with a loud noise.

And a huge fish-man appeared.

“… … It looks like he’s the one leading the raid.”

Unlike other fish people, he has a reddish body and carries a long sword on his back.

The guy saw this too.

And the moment my eyes met the sword, I pulled out the long sword behind me.

It was a huge sword that would be difficult to block even with Hanson’s steel shield.

“You’re carrying something ignorant.”

Carl inserted the red ore sword and drew out his usual steel sword.

Soon after, white divine power began to form on his sword.

“Leader? Are you sure you want to fight him?”

“You have to stop him so the tribe can retreat inside the stone wall. You too, go and help.”

“… … All right.”

Anyone who doesn’t know knives would consider this an act of suicide.

A clan of sea lizards one head taller than humans, and a fish-man race twice as tall as him, are running around wielding long swords suitable for their size.

But Meisa decided to trust Carl this time as well.

“let’s go! Tyra!”

“yes!”

Meisa began the retreat, guarding Tyra and a young sea lizard nearby.

Greenwood, the attendant priest, and Hanson also jumped from the wooden watchtower and retreated.

At that time, the sword and the giant fishman collided in the middle of the battlefield.

Wheein-!

The long sword passes dangerously over the head of the sword.

Incredible speed that is unbelievable for a huge weapon!

Soon after, a new attack came as if it would split the knife’s body from top to bottom.

but.

Sweep!

The sword turned gently to avoid the long sword.

Kwajik!

The sword hit the floor and the tip slightly stuck into the floor.

An amazing thing happened then.

“finished.”

The knife climbed up the long sword stuck in the floor.

Then, stepping on the shoulder of the embarrassed fisherman, he jumped up.

Shook!

A white light flashed like lightning in the air, and the creature’s head was neatly sliced off.

Tadat!

The knife calmly landed on the floor.

Silence flows over the battlefield.

When the captain was cut down so easily, the fish people stopped with their eyes wide open.

The warriors who had taken refuge inside the stone fortress and the sea lizard clan also stood in a daze.

At that time, a group of troops appeared from the passageway on the side of the underground city with loud shouts.

The liberator who heard the news had come to help with the warriors.

Carl, who saw that, raised his sword high and shouted.

“majesty! Advance trumpet!”

Woo woo woo woo!

A long blast of a trumpet.

At the prearranged signal, the retreating warriors charged forward.

The fish-men, who had launched an attack with great force, began to crumble to an unbelievable extent.

***

“What a fight it was! It was amazing!”

A sea lizard warrior shouted after confirming and killing the fallen fish-man with a red ore sword.

Not only he, but everyone else was looking at the knife.

“It was a picture-like swordsmanship that only appeared in stories! Carl, please teach me too!”

“me too!”

“me too!”

Warriors rushing around the sword.

Their eyes contained respect that transcended race.

But Carl was apathetic.

“Many other warriors and helpless clans have died. Now is the time to mourn them.”

“ah… … .”

The warriors lowered their heads with a slight embarrassment.

Then Carl spoke.

“I will teach you after the cleanup is over and the memorial service is over. If even human swordsmanship is okay.”

“oh… … !”

The warriors resumed their original work.

Raise the collapsed wooden fence and confirm and kill the fallen fish people.

It was thanks to Carl’s order to restore it quickly in case there was another attack.

Then someone shouted, pointing to the passage leading to the shore.

“Muh, something is coming!”

The one who walked out under the dark shadows of the cave was the priest of the Noon Church, who had gone out to search.

Surprisingly, he was holding on to the entrails spilling out of his stomach with all his armor removed.

“Ka, Carl… … .”

Carl ran fast and approached him.

Carl received a collapsing priest.

“I was told to tell you everything. The blue-eyed witch… … He said he was going soon… … .”

Carl’s face hardened.