Episode 163: Priest Hunt (2)
<‘Nine Poetry’ Dantalian>
Risk level: S+
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Discovery Location: In the depths of the Gate of Destruction, ‘The Serpent’s Womb’
– aka ‘The Ninth Corpse’.
One of the ten catastrophes that lead to humanity’s natural enemy, incomprehensible, and unkillable.
“Boils will be rampant because of disease.”
– 『The Ten Commandments』 10:above –
Deed Dede Deuk!
The human mask shattered, and the true form of the devil emerged from within.
Bikir was watching all of this with an aloof attitude.
‘… … It’s finally up.’
Dantalian. ninth decade.
Old, young, child, woman, man, handsome, beautiful, ugly, ugly, fat, skinny, black, white, yellow, aristocrat, slave, rich, beggar, hero, villain… …
With as many as 36 heads, faces, and identities, this devil wears a gloomy-looking suit on a slender humanoid body.
The purple tongues from which each of the 36 faces stretched as long as they could, and the tips were sharper than the blades of a knife.
Bikir was able to recall the past in the appearance of this demon, which was as grotesque as ever, except for the shape of its faces.
”Thousand Faces’ Dantalian. He was the one who killed the most of his teammates.’
Before returning, Bikir had lost countless allies to this demon in front of him.
That’s also true, because Dantalian has the ability to steal the face of the person he killed.
Mother, father, older brother, younger brother, older sister, older sister, grandmother, grandfather, ball friend, respected teacher, cherished disciple, childhood friend, fiancée, fiancée, first love, unrequited love, etc… … In addition to that, all colleagues who hesitated or hesitated even for a moment against Dantalian, who had all kinds of faces, had to face death by being pierced by his blade-like tongue without fail.
And in doing so, it was Dantalian who killed and killed his colleagues, family, and lovers again with the stolen face.
Therefore, as Vikir, who has lost countless comrades to him, I have no choice but to evaluate Dantalian this way.
‘A demon that must be killed in the beginning.’
Regardless of how strong it is, since it will cause the most damage to the human union in the future, it would be beneficial in many ways to remove it from the beginning.
Right then.
Tsutsutsutsutsutsu… …
Along with the smell of rotting meat, disgusting energy began to rush in.
Bikir quickly backed away.
Dantalian was a demon with many faces, but he was also famous for bringing plagues.
It is perfect for causing a plague and harvesting it, and at the same time putting on a gentle face and playing the role of a fake priest.
But in this case, it was fortunate.
It was because Dolores was behind Bikir now.
… Dig!
Dolores radiated divine light to block Dantalian’s pestilence poison mist.
She opened her mouth with a firm expression.
“… … Why?”
[Ho-ho-ho-Why? what reason?]
When Dantalian asked back, a vein stood on Dolores’ neck.
“Why did you come to the human world and do this! Why did you do this at the nursery school… … !”
Then, all 36 faces looking down at Dolores smile at once.
Of course, he didn’t say a word about the ‘gate’ that ten demon kings were gathering to open, except for the initial sigh.
However, the reason why he had been playing in the nursery school was obediently confided.
[It’s a kind of ‘farm’ management.]
“what?”
When Dolores asked back, Dantalian replied with a still grinning attitude.
[Can you see this?]
He lifted a gold necklace from his hand and showed it.
Dolores only frowns, as it was worn around the neck by some of the children in the orphanage.
Eventually, Dantalian spoke.
[This means ‘breeding meat’.]
“… … !”
Dantalian’s words made Dolores’ expression hardened.
[We demons live by eating humans. Just like you humans eat animals. So, I also changed my thinking. Rather than bother hunting humans every time, let’s make it like a farm and grow it. Like livestock such as dogs and pigs.]
“What, what?”
[He breeds them, increases the population, manages the quality of the meat, and eats it when he reaches a certain age. how efficient is it It’s also a win-win strategy.]
“crazy! How is that a win-win!?”
[Win-win. The orphans in this orphanage were destined to never be born at all, die soon after birth, or die on the streets at a young age. Thanks to me, you came here and managed to live comfortably and safely until your late teens. Of course, after a certain age, the meat becomes tough and tasteless, so you have to catch and eat it before that. Hohohoho!]
“Ugh… … ! How dare you do something like this behind the name of a religious chant!? You will be punished, you devil!”
Dolores exclaimed in rage.
However, when Dantalian heard the word ‘punishment’, his 72 eyes widened as if he didn’t understand the meaning.
[Hot hoot hoot – Is it a heavenly punishment? Am I innocent?]
The devil who seduced and ate the poor children was innocent? A passing dog would laugh at it.
But Dantalian really seemed to think so.
because.
[I have these things.]
Before long, Dantalian took out a bundle of scraps of paper from his bosom.
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I thought it was a bill, but it was a little smaller than that.
Dantalian took out pieces of paper from his bosom and scattered them in the air.
The red letters and seal written on the white size are like a pagan talisman.
“… … this is.”
Dolores looked blankly at the white pieces of paper flying in the air.
<Indulgence>
‘I forgive all the sins of this faithful church member.’
– This indulgence was issued and guaranteed by the Old Testament sect, and forgery can be punished –
㊞
< Indulgences>
‘I forgive all the punishment of this faithful church member.’
– This indemnity was issued and guaranteed by the Old Testament sect, and can be punished in case of forgery –
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This ‘indulgences’, even stamped with the cardinal’s seal, is the content that the Church of Rune has confirmed and guaranteed that the sins and punishments of the penitent have been forgiven.
Dantalian had countless indulgences and indulgences of such content.
[Ho-ho-ho-ho! I paid a huge donation and received these certificates. So, is it not my fault? By the standards of your church.]
It is the world’s principle that if you commit a crime, you must be punished.
However, even if you commit a crime, you may be exempted from punishment or may be pardoned for the sin itself in the first place.
It was a law that even Quo Vadis, a religious chant, tolerated, and because of that, an ironic situation was created in which the devil, the source of sin, was acquitted.
Dolores, who seemed shocked and lost her words, was killed by Dantalian.
[Ah, by the way, the person who issued these certificates to me. I am your father.]
“… … !?”
[Ho-ho-ho! After heaped up the chests of gold and went away, they got very sick and stamped on them?]
Dolores’s father is Cardinal Humbert, and he is a symbolic figure of the Old Testament faction and at the same time a twisted principia who keeps the classical law unconditionally… … is known as
However, he was an ambitious man who tried to take over the family by raking in a lot of wealth in return for selling indulgences behind the scenes.
As a result, even the sins of the devil that would never be forgiven were pardoned.
“… … .”
Dolores stumbled back in shock upon realizing the identity of her father.
I couldn’t even easily accuse it of heresy or pseudo.
This was because the affected area inside the family crest had festered and exploded, growing a fearsome tumor.
[Ho-ho-ho-ho! So I am innocent! I was pardoned of all sins directly from your Church of Rune… … Heck!?]
However, Dantalian couldn’t poke fun at Dolores any longer.
It was because a single red-hot knife had torn off two of his flabbering mouths in quick succession.
“… … When dealing with demons.”
night hound. Bikir pulled the long tongue from the mouth of Dan Talian’s third face and held it in his hand.
“Don’t play on your tongue.”
At the same time, Vikir tugged at the tongue and slashed Dantalian’s third face with an awl.
[Quaaaaaagh!]
Dantalian screamed again.
It opened its mouth on the rest of its faces.
The tongues dyed purple are sharp like knives.
However, the speed at which Bikir wielded the demonic sword Baalzebub was much faster.
… blah blah! Damn it!
The blade, tempered with malice and forged with hatred, spewed out red trails.
Dantalian cried out in fright as he saw faces explode one after another.
[This, you bastard! Do you dare to point a sword at me!?]
Before long, Dantalian’s first face was looking at Vikir.
She was an old woman with a gentle and warm smile.
Did you say you can’t spit on a smiling face?
but.
… jump!
Bikir cut the grandmother’s face in two with a merciless knife.
The same was true of the grandfather’s face that followed.
[You’re a cub of Horo twins!]
Dantalian gritted his teeth and pulled out a new face.
It was the face of a woman with a beautiful appearance, a young actress with a high stock price these days.
but.
… jump!
Bikir brandishes his sword relentlessly this time as well.
No matter what face came out after that, the result was the same.
… jump! … jump! … jump! … jump! … jump! … jump!
A bright child, a sexy woman, an old and helpless old man… … All of those faces have become side dishes for Kalbab.
At this point, Dantalian was rather perplexed.
Their faces are made by peeling off the facial skin of real people, and they can reproduce their facial expressions and voices as they were when they were alive.
But how could this guy in front of me not be shaken even by a grain of rice?
[You don’t even look like a human! I’d rather be more human than you!]
“… … .”
Vikir ignored Dantalian’s words and fired another slash.
… f*ck!
Disgusting dark green blood spattered, and Dantalian stumbled back.
The number of tongue spears, his main weapon, has been greatly reduced.
A new face is regenerating, but Bikir is destroying it much faster than that.
‘Even before returning, I was fed up with it. It won’t be beaten twice by the same number.’
The face and voice that Dantalian imitates, the ‘Thousand Faces’, is nothing more than an imitation.
Vikir from her previous life only realized this after losing many of her comrades.
So at this moment, there was no reason to feel guilty, and there was no room for it.
“Make your neck longer.”
Bikir walked forward, brushing the disgusting blood off the blade.
Then, a fishy smile crept across the rest of Dantalian’s face.
[Ho-ho-ho! A friend who doesn’t care much about other people. Then how about this?]
Before long, Dantalian’s faces began to change all at once.
It is for boys and girls under the age of 13.
These were the faces of these orphanage children.
Bikir answered in a dry voice.
“I’ve broken a lot of children’s faces so far, right? Do you think it will work again now?”
[Ho-ho-ho! Of course, it won’t work for you.]
“… … !”
Those words made Bikir stop for a moment.
Yes.
Dantalian was shaking the mentality of Dolores behind him, not Vikir.
Saint Dolores has been volunteering here for many years and taking care of many children.
Among them, there were children with whom they had a deep bond, and there were also children who were adopted to good places and never seen again.
… … But no.
None of those children went to a good place.
Because everything was ‘here’.
[Ahh! sister! I missed you!]
[sister! Help me! It hurts so much!]
[sister! sister! sister! Get me out of here!]
[It hurts, sister! Ugh- black- I was wrong!]
Numerous faces bloomed over Dantalian’s body like bouquets in a vase.
From the time Dolores was a freshman in the first year of the academy to becoming the president of the student council in the third year, the nursery school children she met every weekend.
As they all groaned and cried in pain, Bikir fell silent for a moment.
If you are definitely yourself, you have the confidence that you will not fall for such an emotional arm.
But what about Dolores? What if she is the saint of the Church of Rune, the model for all, and the one who loves all her less fortunate neighbors?
Bikir turned around, feeling a slight uneasiness.
And the moment you turn your head back.
“… … !”
Bikir’s eyes widened slightly in the mask.
And soon, a dry voice scratches his throat.
“… … indeed. A hero is a hero.”
at the same time.
… Dig!
A flash of intense white light exploded as if stabbing my eyes.
[Off!?]
Dantalian staggered back from the heat that burned his entire body.
Chiiyi profit… …
Burning black smoke rises from the whole body exposed to the bright light.
Before long, Dolores’ voice came through the white halo.
It has sunk extremely calmly, but behind it it seems that anger hotter than lava is bubbling.
“… … You touched something you shouldn’t have touched.”
It was that voice.
And the moment I heard her awakened voice.
… Creepy!
Bikir felt a slight shudder.
A battlefield where everything was destroyed before returning.
The light of hope, the last ember that always achieved a miraculous reversal even in the midst of despair that seemed to never be overturned.
Although it was only for a brief moment, I felt the longing for Dolores, the last hero of mankind at that time, as if the ‘Saint of Steel’ had returned.
