Raising Paladins

Episode 81. godmother (2)

Beacon towers are usually prepared at the highest positions on mountain ridges or fortresses.

A bowl filled with oil is hung on top of the piles of wood and straw.

What if there is something special about the beacon tower of Derdrang Fortress?

It was so huge that it was twice the size of the beacon towers in other cities.

Derdrang, standing with its back to the sea, had a strong sea breeze blowing all year round, so it was difficult to light a fire for a long time with a beacon of a decent size.

Thanks to this, once the fire was lit on the beacon tower, it could be clearly seen even from very far away.

Children were now tied to the top of the beacon tower.

“Those things that will tear you apart!”

A soldier watching the situation from the top of the eastern wall shouted.

The other soldiers around him were also angry.

It must have been that the slum children who had sneaked out to the beach outside the castle to gather food were caught by the monsters.

The children were tied to firewood with tears and runny nose.

“Keuk, kuk… … .”

Fearsome monsters and sharp tridents.

Five children surrounded by them sobbed in terror.

It was a cry that was completely different from crying out of sadness, as if he was gasping for breath in fear.

“What the hell is going on!”

then over the eastern wall.

An old man appeared in a blue cloak embroidered with golden thread.

It was Godmother Crenna.

“Godmother!”

The soldiers around them got down on one knee at the same time.

Krenna told them to get up, but she didn’t take her eyes off the children tied to the beacon tower.

she burst into anger

“The watchtower and beacon tower are one of the most important places in Derdrang Fortress! Beacon tower is the first place to find the enemy and the last place to be protected!”

The soldiers stiffened at Krenna’s sullen spirit.

As she said, the watchtower and the beacon tower are located on high ground, so you must be the first to spot enemies attacking from the ground or the sea.

Also, if the city is occupied, other cities must be notified that an external enemy has invaded, so it is a place that must be defended and defended until the end.

However, the watchtower and the beacon tower were taken away just because the enemy climbed up the coastal cliff.

It was strange if Krenna, the mayor and lord of the castle, didn’t get angry.

“I will definitely ask for responsibility later! But right now the situation is urgent.”

At that time, a person wearing a black robe appeared in front of the heap of firewood in the beacon tower.

It was difficult to identify him because he was wearing a black hood on his head as well.

The adjutant pointed at him and said.

“I am the author! The author asked me to see my godmother!”

“I see.”

Krenna proudly shouted toward the beacon tower.

“I am Crenada, Mayor of Derdrang! Who are you? Pull up the hood and reveal your identity!”

It was a powerful cry that made it hard to believe that it was the voice of an old man who had been hurt.

A rough sea breeze blows incessantly.

However, her voice could be heard clearly even from the beacon tower, right on the sea cliff, about a hundred steps from the eastern wall.

At that time, the black hood lifted and the warlock appeared.

At the same time, everyone on the wall was shocked.

“Me, that!”

“Not a person! It is a monster!”

“Lizardman!”

Resembling a lizard, a reptile’s unique carapace and long, slit yellow eyes.

But surprisingly, it stands upright on its own two feet and is dressed like a human.

Even Krenna couldn’t help but be surprised at the sight she had never seen before.

Then the Lizardman shouted.

“It is an honor to meet you, Godmother! The dwarf’s name is Tri-Garta, and as you can see, he is a member of the sea lizard family.”

“… … !”

Pronunciation and grammar, plus the manners of revealing yourself and honoring others!

The monster that introduced itself as Tri-Garta of the sea lizard clan possessed a level of intelligence comparable to that of any other human being.

in the midst of everyone’s astonishment.

Only Krenna asked, remaining calm.

“Nice to meet you, Tri-garta. When my grandfather was the lord of Derdrang, he said that a family of sea lizards like you often appeared. But why did you abduct the children? As far as I know, the sea lizard clan is aggressive and ferocious, but they don’t harm humans for no reason.”

“You know our clan well. That’s right, our sea lizards don’t hurt anyone for no reason. The same goes for our clan’s slave soldiers, the Seal Clan.”

Clap!

The gill-like leopard-like ones around them grabbed tridents.

Apparently, the ‘sea tiger clan’ refers to them, Crenna thought.

Also, Crenna was very surprised to learn that human society had a hierarchy of nobles, commoners, and slaves.

‘… … In the days when the Paladins of Dawn existed, it was said that all the different races were driven to the deep mountains or the sea of the Empire, and that was true!’

It’s a story from hundreds of years ago.

A monster that seemed to come out of a fairy tale that children hear at their bedside is now standing at the beacon tower.

Even holding hostages.

“I have brought a word from the leader of the clan, ‘Darnar-Creta’, to tell the Lord of Derdrang. That is what captivated these children.”

“If there is a message, all you have to do is convey it. Why are the children?”

“I think this is better than having a long talk here.”

Tri-Garta nodded, and one of the seal clans nearby started running towards the wall.

He was wearing decent armor and was holding something in his hand.

The closer I got, the more I could see the identity of the object in my hand along with its hideous appearance.

It was a roll of parchment.

chuck!

As he rushed in without warning, the archers on the outskirts of the castle aimed at the protests in unison.

But Krenna raised her hand to stop them.

“It’s okay, everybody relax.”

Soon after, the seal clan, who had reached twenty paces from the wall, tied the scroll they were holding to a stone and threw it away.

Stones rushed precisely towards Krenna’s face!

However, Krenna pulled out the sword from her waist and swung it without a change in her expression.

earth!

As soon as he accurately struck the flying stone with the back of his sword, it changed direction and soared into the air.

Soon after, Crenna soared to the peak and lightly cut the string that tied the falling stones and parchment paper together.

With one hand, she caught the falling scroll, and with the other, she swung the sword again to slash the stone at the messenger.

kang!

Shuwook-!

puck!

“Cock!”

A clan of seals who recklessly threw stones at the godmother.

A stone was stuck in his face and he collapsed on the spot.

“Waaa!”

He is an old man in his seventies, and the soldiers lined up on the wall cheered for his skills, which were hard to believe for a woman’s body.

Krenna opened the scroll with a grave face.

Inside was written in human language, quite lengthy.

“That’s why we want Derdrang.”

“… … ?”

Crenna, who was reading the text, widened her eyes.

Originally, a clan of sea lizards and their slaves, a clan of seals, lived in coastal caves.

However, because so much filth was dumped into the sea in Derdrang, their place to live was getting smaller and smaller.

Recently, the trash thrown away by the endless influx of tourists also played a part.

As they were pushed into increasingly barren and stormy places, they elected a new leader, who wanted war.

It was not enough to drive them out of the empire hundreds of years ago, but now it was a war against humans that threatened even their last nest.

“Unbelievable… … .”

Things that Crena could not have imagined.

It was surprising that so many different races and monsters were living in colonies out of sight, and it was also surprising that there was a species as intelligent as humans.

Above all, the fact that they decided to go to war after being driven to the edge of the cliff was surprising and made Crenna feel sorry.

but.

“You read the article well. But the ways of your kind are wrong!”

Crenna shouted resolutely.

“If you wanted something, you should have sent an emissary to come up with a compromise, but you attacked blindly and hurt my soldiers and civilians! Also, now they are terrifying us by capturing innocent children!”

“I apologize for what you said last time. But if we hadn’t done this, would the humans have listened to our sea lizard clan and read the scriptures? This situation was unavoidable, and it was Derdrang who provided all the causes. If it hadn’t been for dumping filth into the sea there, our clan wouldn’t have decided to go to war.”

“… … !”

“Then, I will deliver the words of Darnar-Creta, the leader of the clan. Derdrang, please prepare 10,000 megakrons for the damage you have done to the sea lizard clan. After dropping it in the center of the city, all humans leave Derdrang. This is the cost of a new home and the time it takes to settle there. If you respond, we will not attack you from now on, and if you do not respond, we will annihilate the last person.”

“obliteration… … ! How dare you say that… … !”

Krenna roared.

But the lizard didn’t care at all.

Rather, when I stretched out my hand toward the place where the children were tied up, the treats hanging over the children’s heads poured out in a coordinated manner.

“Ahhh!”

One of the soldiers sighed.

The children were now so drenched in grease that even the slightest spark would result in a whole roast.

“Also, our great leader ordered me to set an example if the lord of Derdrand would not accept the offer. Will you make an example of these little humans?”

“… … !”

A situation where you can neither move forward nor retreat.

Despite the unimaginable amount of 10,000 kroons, it was absolutely unacceptable and impossible for all citizens to leave Derdrang.

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Just because the mayor didn’t mean he could manipulate the citizens as he pleased.

Moreover, Crena is the one who created the current city, starting when Derdrang was a poor fishing village.

He was the one who would rather die with the city than leave this place because the monster army threatened him.

However, when he refuses, he threatens to burn the children to set them as ‘examples’.

It was a real quandary.

“Give us time to think!”

“Okay, but I’ll pick up one little human an hour.”

“Such nonsense!”

“Our great leader said that humans are a species that thinks differently when given the slightest opportunity. Make your decision right away, or ponder while you burn these little humans one by one… … .”

The lizard’s tongue stopped at some point.

He tucked his tongue in and looked at something running from the plain.

Derdrang, a fortress along the coast, and a watchtower and a beacon tower in its eastern part.

Thanks to this, Krenna and Tri-Garta the Lizard were able to see the party running from the northern plains almost at the same time.

“Hey, hey!”

“knife! Then the horse will die! You look older too!”

“It is honorable for a battle priest to die fighting and for a horse to die while running!”

“That, like that… … !”

An old, grumpy horse runs salivating.

These were the very words he had stolen from the living quarters of the Red Brotherhood.

The old horse was even equipped with a carriage, and a man with a bloody expression riding on it was constantly beating the horse’s back with a whip.

The north of Derdrang was a wide grassland area where low grass grew, so they could see the party clearly, so all the soldiers in the fortress were watching them.

Then all of a sudden

The man who had been bullying the horse, Carl, raised the flag he had left on the carriage.

flutter!

The sun rises halfway above a line that is drawn horizontally and symbolizes the horizon.

It was the symbol of the Dawn Bridge.

“came! These are the priests of Meirium!”

But something was strange.

The old horse-drawn carriage did not slow down at all as it approached the gate.

Then, after passing through the castle gate, he sprinted toward the coastal cliff where the beacon tower was located.

“Me-oh!”

“Dangerous!”

The old horse gallops as if it has already lost its mind from the harsh whipping!

But that was what Carl, who took the reins, intended.

When the wagon and the beacon got closer to a certain extent!

The mat that had collapsed on the driver’s seat suddenly rose up.

What appeared there was Meisa, holding a loaded crossbow.

bang!

A bolt that flew like lightning!

It landed right between the eyebrows of the seal clan holding a burning wooden stick under the beacon tower.

A breathless seal fell over the coastal cliffs.

“… … !”

Tri-garta, a sea lizard that threatened to burn children.

It was the first time I was embarrassed by his torn eyes.