Raising Paladins

Episode 5. stand upright (4)

“Quickly open the door!”

“You guys really want to get scolded?!”

“Brother Hanson’s order!”

thud! thud! thud!

An angry voice was heard along with the sound of kicking as if breaking the door.

Then, the other people who stayed in the temple appeared one by one.

Intermediate priest Eric was one of them.

“Tira! What fuss is this?”

Tira was hiccuping while squatting.

She looked up at Eric.

“That, that… … .”

“I will explain.”

“you are?”

Apparently, the paranoid that Tyra brought yesterday.

Erik remembered him screaming as his eyes flashed light.

-Oh I! I’m the Paladin of Dawn! It’s not Tethys Plain, it’s Crescent Moon Hyeopgook! There they defeated the Lich King!

Eric said with cold eyes.

“Who is roaming around the temple at will? A delusional person is not allowed out of the hospital room.”

“I am not delusional.”

“Everyone is like that. Where is the madman who says he’s crazy? Go back to the hospital room immediately!”

Eric tried to grab Carlos by the collar.

“Stop it.”

However, a dignified voice and serious eyes that were different from before.

Eric stopped involuntarily.

‘What, what is it? Was I scared? Not to anyone else, but to the delusional… … .’

I don’t know exactly why.

But there was something irresistible about this man.

“The Hansons are looking for me.”

“Ha, Hanson’s gang?!”

“Stay away. Isn’t there any way for you to step in and stop the gang anyway?”

“… … .”

I hate to admit it, but it was right.

Eric has no answer.

He just kept his mouth shut.

Carlos said to Tira, who squatted in fear.

“I’ll lend you that next door.”

“to?”

Carlos pointed to a stick rolling across the garden floor with his chin.

Then Tira picked up a stick and handed it to her.

Tok, tok!

Carlos cuts off a few twigs from an untrimmed stick.

Hold it in your right hand and swing it around.

‘As expected, the body has not been trained in martial arts at all.’

A newly acquired flimsy body.

somewhat disappointing

It’s because he has a body like an anchovy that has never fought properly, let alone martial arts.

However, Carlos has already gained a handful of divine power!

The insignificance of his new body didn’t matter to him.

Because divine power is a miraculous power that allows you to exert strong power even in a body like this.

In addition, Carlos was a master of divine power management.

‘First of all, basic operation.’

Close your eyes and fall into a world of silence.

It reminds me of the route where I used my divine power along with the many skills I learned in my previous life.

It is the most efficient and most systematic method of managing new powers.

But Carlos had no intention of following that path any longer.

Why?

Because he has already developed his own original route that no one can follow, and no one can follow.

‘Only with the power of the heart!’

A handful of divine powers that were playing near the Danden.

He seems to be happy with Carlos’ call, so he pulls the trembling guy upstairs.

Divine power sent straight to the heart!

Under Carlos’ extremely detailed control, it splits into thousands of branches from the heart.

The divine power spread to every corner of the body following the hot blood and healed the minute internal wounds.

Carlos felt the exhilarating spread of divine power.

This time, the scattered divine power was concentrated in one place.

It was the left flank with a broken rib.

Tuduk, Tuduk!

Divine power dwells in the damaged part.

Broken and dislocated bones return to their original places.

Quite a bitter pain!

But I held on tight and endured it.

Fortunately, the pain didn’t last long.

It was thanks to Carlos’ delicate use of divine power.

“after… … .”

Carlos healed the broken place in an instant.

he let out a sigh of relief.

‘Really as much as dust remains.’

The divine power obtained from the sapling is literally a handful.

After treating the biggest wound, there was only a very weak amount left.

But even that would be enough to deal with the thugs in the market.

Carlos asked Tira before moving on.

“What else is lacking in the temple other than Cron?”

“to?”

Tira is taken aback by the sudden question.

I calmed down and answered.

“hmm… … Maybe manpower? Especially laundry. Everyone ran away, so I was the only one left. It takes a long time to do it alone, so bandages, bedding, and underwear for the sick are getting scarce.”

“Right. How many priests are left in the temple?”

“that is… … .”

After looking at Eric for a moment, Tira hesitantly said.

“There are three of them, including high-ranking priest Clemens, middle-ranking priest Eric, and me, a trainee priest.”

“There are only three priests?!”

The not-so-large Mayrium branch.

Still, three is too few.

At this size, there should be at least ten people.

In the meantime, it was clear how hard Tira and the other two priests must have suffered.

“You were originally there for a few more minutes, but when I opened my eyes today… … The people who looked after the restaurant work all left because their salaries were overdue. Each and every one of the people who looked after other things… … .”

“i get it.”

Serious situation in Meirium Shrine.

Money is money, but first of all, manpower must be recruited to make the temple work properly.

When people gather, money also gathers, and then other problems will naturally be solved.

We will have to stay here for a while and fix the problem.

In order to do that, you need to straighten out the situation of this Meirium Temple of Dawn.

Carlos nodded.

He headed straight for the door.

“I-over there… … .”

“Leave it.”

Eric stopped Tira from trying to catch Carlos.

“I don’t think I’m the kind of person who will listen to you with words.”

“Wouldn’t that be too dangerous? I might really die… … .”

“Didn’t you hear what he said earlier? Don’t we have a way to stop Hanson’s gang? Are you going to take care of yourself since Tyra brought the sick person?”

“That, that… … .”

“Let’s just watch. It’s embarrassing, but we no longer… … You have nowhere to turn.”

Suddenly, the sick were pouring in near the entrance to the temple.

Eric and Tira quickly headed there.

***

“Hurry up and open the door! Everyone wants to die… … hmm?”

Kiki-kung!

The man who led the gang, ‘Deryl’, the leader of Hanson’s gang, turned his head.

To the stranger who had just pushed the temple door with both hands.

‘A guy like that in the Temple of Dawn?’

He is a man who looks different at first glance.

Even if it was a small body, the sunken indifferent eyes were very bloody.

Seeing him, Daryl thought.

‘These are the eyes that have killed people before!’

Daryl experienced bloody fights several times while walking around the market in Meirium.

So I knew right away.

The man who pops out now is absolutely not normal!

‘Did I have to bring my older brother?’

Daryl thinks he’s even using his fists.

In particular, he has confidence in his fighting skills.

But that man looks much more dangerous than himself.

Then Daryl thought differently.

‘Ah, could someone like that pop out of nowhere?’

Also in the temple?

Worrying too much

Seeing that, Daryl took a step forward and said.

“who are you?”

“I don’t seem to remember.”

“huh?”

Daryl tilted his head.

Then the subordinate guy next to me sneaked up on his shoulder.

“Daryl bro, you look like that thief from yesterday?”

It was the words of a guy who heard that he had a good eye even in the gang.

“uh? Come to think of it… … ?”

Other gang members standing nearby also carefully examine the man’s face.

But I still couldn’t believe it.

“no. The beggar had eyes like a gutter rat. Isn’t that guy like that?”

“Even mice bite cats when cornered. Couldn’t it have given me strength in my own way?”

“I heard it, but it seems like that… … Hey, what does that matter! We only need to take 15 kroons!”

The gang nodded at Daryl’s cry.

‘Are there five people in all?’

While the gang talk their way.

Carlos looked around.

He checked the number of opponents and figured out if anyone had a dagger or hatchet.

Checking the opponent’s power before battle is the basic of the basics!

Be careful if you are carrying a weapon such as a hatchet.

Fortunately, they were all bare-handed.

‘I was quite careless.’

Then there is no need to hesitate any longer.

Carlos took a step forward.

“Give me the money you took from me. I left all the money bags you guys were wearing. I will use it for a good cause.”

“What is that madman talking about now?”

Daryl and his gang listened to Carlos.

they giggled

In fact, it was natural for them.

Even though the identity of the opponent is unclear, they are five.

No matter how much you fly and crawl, there is no business in molmae.

Of course, that only works for gang fights in the market, not for a professionally trained swordsman like Carlos.

Daryl and his gang, who had never been through formal training, couldn’t have known about it.

“I have no manners at all. Then you should treat them on the same level.”

For the emperor, the emperor’s law.

A priest has his own laws.

And the ‘Paladin of Dawn’ also had its own laws.

“Stand upright.”

“what? This bastard still can’t come to his senses.”

Daryl nodded, and one of the bastards next to him moved forward.

Then, he spurred the ground and swung his fist with a fairly nimble movement.

but.

f*ck!

A wooden stick that Carlos casually wielded.

The tip of the stick, aiming for the gap, struck the middle of the thug’s collarbone.

“ぅ!”

Cheeky!

At the speed at which the attacker rushed in, he collapsed with his face in the mud.

The guy who wriggled his body as if he was in a lot of pain!

If it was a normal stick, it wouldn’t have been possible.

However, the stick that Carlos wielded now had divine power.

The divine power held in the body was concentrated on the tip of the stick with a high degree of control, and the maximum damage was extracted with the minimum movement.

Besides, he had dealt with the skeleton army all his life.

He knew perfectly well that if you hit any part of a bone, the whole body would lose its strength and collapse.

Even where it hurts the most when hit!

“Stand upright.”

slap!

“Oh!”

A sticky hawk loaded with divine power explodes on the buttocks of the fallen guy.

Then, as if struck by lightning, he bounced off the floor like a spring.

“I told you to stand upright.”

“Yes, yes!”

Terrible pain through the collarbone and hip!

The thug quickly took a stand.

Seeing this, the other gang members opened their mouths wide.

“Good.”

Carlos smiled contentedly at one of the beasts he had tamed.

His cold gaze returned to the remaining four.

“Stand upright.”

“… … omg!”

Reward for the good, punishment for the bad.

And for a dog, a treat worthy of a dog.

That was the rule by which the ‘Paladin of Dawn’ lived in the world.