Chapter 356

Episode 356 Noble Sacrifice (1)

Iriel shouted while looking around at the paladins.

“If you stay calm, you can win! Everyone stay seated!”

“Saintess!”

“All right!”

“Consolidate your formation! The safety of the saintess is our top priority!”

The Paladins gritted their teeth and raised their swords.

Oh Jwa, who was leisurely watching him from behind, made a fishy sneer.

“It’s easy.”

Dark red demonic energy erupted from Ojwa’s hand.

The corpses reacted one by one to the viscous magi that seemed to drip onto the ground.

Geeying-!

With an intense sound that seemed to ring fiercely in the ears, the eyes of the corpses shimmered with blood.

At that moment, one of the paladins had just decapitated the corpse.

Then, even before that, the corpses that had been quietly falling were wrapped in an unknown magic circle.

‘Dangerous.’

Feeling bad in the magic circle, Iriel hurriedly pulled the paladin in front.

When she, filled with divine power, made up her mind and used her power, the paladin was pulled by Iriel’s power without even being able to stand up.

“Aaaagh!”

Kwaaaang—!

The corpse exploded, leaving a huge roar in the son-in-law.

The paladin, who was saved thanks to Iriel, looked at it with trembling eyes.

If he had stayed there, he would have been caught in the explosion and not even left a body.

“Thank you... Holy Lady.”

“Let’s say goodbye later. Things are not good right now.”

Seeing her nervous look, the paladin hurriedly got up from his seat.

As she said, the war situation was heading for the worst.

The number of enemies is still over 10,000, and if you cut it with a sword, it will explode.

In a completely surrounded situation, they could not engage in close combat, so the victories that remained for them were significantly reduced.

Iriel quickly grasped the situation.

‘It’s impossible to beat them all from a distance.’

There was no doubt that soldiers who would explode if cut down were more heinous than the undead.

It is natural that the place they are heading to is the Holy Land.

She estimated the ten thousand corpses and the strength of the Holy Kingdom.

What if they go into hiding all over the Holy Land?

I don’t know, but the Holy Kingdom won’t be safe.

Although it is a place where many outstanding talents, including Ray, live, it is infinitely close to impossible to catch them all.

As soon as the thought reached that point, Iriel raised his holy power to the fullest and prepared himself.

If you can’t break it here, the damage to the castle will increase.

Not only would the people die, but perhaps they would suffer a blow from which they could not recover.

‘...I guess it’s impossible to survive.’

He mobilized ten thousand troops to capture himself.

Just looking at it, it was clear how much they had to forge to kill the saintess.

There will be no way out.

In Iriel’s hand, a sword aura made with divine power rose up.

As he wielded his fine hand like a weapon, his sword energy flew away at a furious speed.

Slow-!

Bodies were slashed, but none exploded.

She let out a small smile, just like her devastated expression.

Among them, numbering seventy, the number of wounded gradually increased.

I didn’t know that reducing the escort force to get to Frio Kingdom quickly would come as such a big blow.

Iriel said while restoring the holy power of the Paladins.

“We can’t continue the war of attrition forever. Speed it up.”

She made her own way by taking the lead.

Approaching the master, she decided to raise her sword aura, and a huge sword aura that was incomparable to the swordsmanship of the paladins was released.

With a single gesture, the corpses of ten people were knocked down.

As the road opened, the speed also increased.

The paladins followed her in deep admiration.

It is shameful that they, who should have protected the saintess, became a stumbling block and were followed.

Kwaaaang—!

Quaang-!

Corpses exploded, flesh flying everywhere, but they never slowed down.

Even if there were more than 10,000 soldiers, if they penetrated in a straight line, they would not have to face them all.

It was difficult to beat it by hand from a distance, but there was nothing that could not be done as long as the divine power was maintained.

However, no matter how much he is a representative of God and an adult who is said to be overflowing with divine power, it was unreasonable to take care of the physical condition and divine power of the paladins for several hours.

Iriel’s divine power began to run.

Even she herself was surprised to see the bottom of her divine power, which even she had not been able to fathom.

It was worth it.

It would be even more strange if one Holy Knight used the sacred power like water, but it was left over.

In the end, around the time they almost got out of the siege, Iriel squeezed out the last remaining divine power.

The commander of the knights and the paladins approached her as she struggled to the point of breathing.

“...are you okay, saintess?”

“Now that’s a bit! Be strong!”

Despite the paladin’s encouragement, she only shook her head.

Iriel sighed and said.

“Heo-eok... heo-eok... I can’t afford it... This... is the last time for us...”

Their complexions darkened as they recognized the meaning of the words.

Decreased divine power means death.

If they do not fight at a distance, they will never be able to defeat them.

As Iriel’s recovery disappeared, their divine power rapidly diminished.

It was excessive consumption compared to recovery.

It was not that he abused his sword skills, but the fact that there were too many opponents was a major factor in his defeat.

When all of the holy power was wasted on the boundary of the siege, the paladins laughed with self-deprecation.

Having been a paladin for a long time, dying was something he had been prepared for since before.

However, if there is something to be said for regret, it is that even the original mission of escorting the saintess was not properly fulfilled.

They looked at each other for a moment and then smiled.

No one told them to, but at the same time, the Paladins removed the proof plaques hanging from the shoulders of the plate armor.

The three paladins who seemed to be the eldest among them bowed their heads to the knight commander.

“I’ve been indebted to you, Captain.”

“There’s no such thing as a good memory, but it was enjoyable in its own way.”

At that, the knight commander tightly gripped the sword bottle.

His wrinkled face was frowning as if he was struggling to hold back the tears that were about to burst out.

“I will follow soon.”

“Don’t keep me waiting long. ha ha ha.”

After greeting the three paladins, they bowed their heads once to the saintess, and then threw themselves at the corpses in front of them.

As he raised his sword and slashed them, the magic circle activated and caused a huge explosion.

Kwaaaang—!

Quaang-!