Paladin in Dark Fantasy

Episode 32 .

Jonah’s judgment was very quick.

‘I know my identity.’

As soon as I confirmed it in my head, my brain rolled like crazy. Should I kill the paladin in front of me? no. Too many people know that he came to see them. In the first place, the possibility of suppression was unknown. The level of the paladin’s power was different for each individual. If the man in front of him was a high-ranking paladin, he would not even be able to stand against him.

So, the answer was only one. escape.

As she twisted her upper body to jump out the window, Aiden’s large hand grabbed her by the nape.

Jonah was a white gold adventurer, a strong man who was classified by the guild as the top.

But before I could even fight, I felt helpless.

The paladin was as fast as a flash war, and his grip was endless.

It was a pressure that would crush an iron plate if you applied the right force.

If not for the sea. No, even the sea was not confident.

“I have no intention of hurting you. sit down.”

Aiden pulled Jonah back to his place. She felt like a doll. Aiden said in a calm tone.

“As I said, I have to go to the sea. Will you accept the request?”

Jonah was a resident of an underwater civilization. In other words, mermaids. Mermaids build a civilization in the underwater city of Atlantis, located at a depth of 200m in the Strait of Barbon.

That was Bacheksar’s punishment.

A punishment given by the sun god to the Sierun tribe, who worshiped the sea god.

Until Vacheksar plunged the tribesmen into the deep sea and imprisoned them in Atlantis, they were able to move freely between sea and land.

It was thanks to the power to transform into a human on land and a fishman on the sea.

However, the sea god who gave them power was torn apart by Vacheksar and sealed away.

Therefore, the mutation ability of the Sierun tribe also changed very strangely.

They live in human form in Atlantis, but lose their intellect and turn into mermaids the moment they leave the city and touch the sea.

Ironically, the inhabitants of Atlantis used this phenomenon to punish criminals.

Punishment to banish and turn into a monster. The mermaids that were kicked out were entering the mouths of humans living on land.

The Sierun tribe lives their lives thinking that Atlantis and the surrounding sea are all of this world.

They were living their lives in ignorance, forgetting history.

Hana Yona was a special case.

She was the only one who possessed the power bestowed by the sea god intact.

Only one such person is born in a century. A deity left behind by the sea god. It was a supernatural phenomenon created right before being sealed for the Sierun tribe who worshiped him.

In other words, Jonah was a descendant of the sea god and the liberator of Atlantis.

Of course, he was just an adventurer now.

“How much do you know about me?”

Yona judged that there was no point in pretending, so she asked directly.

Iden was happy to do that. Because you don’t have to use the method you’ve been thinking about.

It was too cruel for her.

“I know everything from start to finish. And your longing and my understanding coincide.”

Jonah longs for the liberation of the Sierun tribe.

Aiden wanted the remains of Elpis, the great hero who slept inside Atlantis.

In order to open the ruins, you had to prove your qualifications by destroying the prison called Atlantis.

That is why Jonah’s wish and Aiden’s purpose coincided.

There were contradictions.

The great hero Elpis was the one who threw the tribe into the deep sea.

But the condition for visiting her ruins is the liberation of Atlantis.

Aiden knew why, of course. Among the reasons for calling Saint Uriel to this place, there was a part related to that contradiction.

Jonah looked at Iden with a wary face.

Because she didn’t understand anything from one to ten. How on earth do you know who you are, and what understanding do you have?

“······so. What do you want from me?”

“I have said it several times. take me to the sea.”

“Please tell me exactly.”

“impossible.”

The moment I enumerate the secrets related to Atlantis, Iden dies.

Instead, she took out a bead the size of her fingernail from her bosom.

It was an object obtained on the condition that Arhan hide the ruins and shape his body.

Jonah’s eyes widened greatly. Because it was what she was looking for. It was the key to the liberation of Atlantis.

Of course, this marble was not one. There were several more ways to save them, but they were difficult to acquire for Jonah now.

“That, how!”

“I see you know.”

She reflexively reached out, and Iden promptly threw the marble into his bosom.

I pressed the forehead of Jonah who had come close to my nose with the tip of my index finger.

“I will replace the commission with this. What will you do?”

Jonah was speechless. The item he had been searching for so long was in front of him, but the owner was, of course, a paladin of the Order.

What’s more, he doesn’t elaborate on what he knows. I couldn’t make the right decision.

Seeing her trembling eyes, Iden slowly opened his mouth.

“I will warn you in advance. Don’t even think about stealing.”

Jonah was no fool. He had no intention of betting his life and his people on an impossible task. However, it was frustrating because I couldn’t understand Aiden’s intentions and purpose.

“I am not stupid.”

Aiden nodded.

“I know why you are conflicted. It may sound a bit strange, but can you tell your story with your own mouth? It will make it much easier to talk.”

The moment you hear information from others, the restraint is lifted.

“What the hell did you mean… didn’t you say you knew everything?”

“It is separate. There is a reason you have to listen.”

Jonah stared at Iden with doubtful eyes. Silence ensued, and Iden began to grow frustrated.

He frowned.

“Strange. As I see it, even if you hang yourself, it’s not enough. Even at this moment, mermaids are climbing onto the table.”

Jonah looked down at the floor. The grinding of teeth was heard.

“Now, there is no time. hurry.”

Jonah had no choice.

*

Iden headed to the inn called Mermaid’s Tears he had told Daryl about.

It was quite close to the Adventurer’s Guild, so it didn’t take much time to arrive.

The receptionist sitting at the counter gave Aiden his room. Apparently Daryl asked for it. Aiden immediately went up to the second floor and turned the doorknob.

Daryl and Sane looked at Iden. The two of them must have been checking their equipment, and they scattered the knives on the floor.

Daryl always trimmed his armament like that before a battle, but this time he didn’t have to. Daryl had a different mission to take on.

“Sir, are you here? But who is the beautiful woman next to you?”

Aiden answered calmly, locking the door.

“It’s a mermaid.”

Jonah glanced at Aiden. It seemed like he was bruising with his eyes asking what he was doing.

Daryl and Sane seemed to be thinking about how to respond to Iden’s boring joke. I don’t want Aiden to feel embarrassed. didn’t come up with one.

“hahahaha… I’m sorry. be well.”

Iden looked at Daryl with a puzzled expression and pointed to the round sofa in the middle of the room.

“Everyone sit down.”

As rich as the city was, the inn’s furniture was quite luxurious.

Everyone sat around the round table.

Jonah frowned. Because there was an ornament made of mermaid skin on her front. It was a blue flower made of scales glued together.

Aiden said to Daryl with a slightly bitter expression.

“Swap places with this woman.”

Daryl thought that Iden was also a man. I thought he intended to sit face to face with a pretty woman.

“I didn’t notice. be well.”

Daryl grinned and switched places with Jonah.

Aiden glanced at everyone and opened his mouth.

“I’ll go ahead and get to the point. Jonah is a mermaid. I intend to go down to Atlantis with her, and you two have your own business.”

With the ban, there was freedom of speech.

Silence passed. Daryl and Sane looked at Iden blankly. Iden couldn’t joke twice.

Jonah’s gaze turned to Iden.

“Is this also necessary?”

“We need someone to rescue your people.”

When Atlantis collapses, the curse of Bacheksar also disappears. Mermaids are no longer mermaids. It meant going back to being a normal human.

Jonah nodded as if resigned. Then he rolled up his arms and brought them in front of the two of them.

Ososo sprouting scales. Daryl and Sane’s pupils widened.

Daryl jumped over the back of the sofa, startled.

Sein was surprisingly quick to accept. I looked at the scales with curious eyes.

“you are pretty.”

Jonah was a little surprised by Sein’s attitude.

“Pretty?”

“Yes, the color is very nice.”

Jonah brought his arm close to Sein.

“Would you like to touch it? I’m fine.”

Sain glanced at Iden. Iden nodded, and Sein carefully touched it.

It had a smooth yet moist feel.

Iden gestured to Daryl.

“You too, calm down and sit down again.”

Daryl scratched the back of his head as if embarrassed. My younger brother is making a fuss in such a calm yard. I was just ashamed.

After a while, the chaotic atmosphere calmed down. Aiden opened his mouth again.

I started to explain my plans from now on in detail.

Daryl and Sane. And Euron had other things to do while remaining on land. After asking him several times to make sure he was aware of it, he finished talking.

Jonah handed the fish-shaped key to Daryl.

“It’s the key to the safe. Even at a time like this, there will be sailors who will step out of their feet with the gold screens stored there.”

It was the money that Jonah had accumulated while living an adventurer’s life.

With this, the preparations for the lecture were over. At just the right time, a knock was heard.

‘done.’

The saintess seemed to have escaped the church well.

“Who are you?”

“Open it.”

Daryl ran and turned the doorknob. Then it froze hard.

As Iden approached, Euron and a cross-dressing woman were standing outside the door. Even in disguise, he could not hide his beauty.

The handsome boy looked down at the floor, blushing as if embarrassed, and Daryl couldn’t take his eyes off him.

Finally, he tried to reach out his hand with his nose wide open. The young man was startled and took a step back. It was the first time he had seen Daryl’s kind of human. Even though the inside is clearly visible, it seems to be vulgar somewhere.

“I am fine. I guess I like men.”

Aiden let out a deep sigh.