episode_0051

Meanwhile, Priest Cardon, who was in charge of the Labyrinth Temple in place of Priest Arthur, sighed deeply.

‘I’m tired.’

I clearly slept and woke up, but I still feel tired.

This fatigue was something that had built up while taking care of the temple, so it seemed like it wouldn’t go away unless I rested for a few days.

‘How did Priest Arthur endure this?’

Surely when I first came here, the situation was much worse than it is now.

The new operating method he came up with was amazing, but it was even more amazing that he was able to run the clinic without any problems.

Even in the hospitals in the capital of the Holy Empire, they don’t see patients this difficult.

I can’t tell you how surprised I was when I first checked the situation.

‘This kind of patient rush should not continue to happen frequently.’

The healers’ fatigue was extremely high.

Patients who are usually quiet but suddenly pour in.

Treating them required several times more intricate thinking than usual.

‘But thanks to the high level of priests, no major problems have occurred.’

I heard that they are priests taught by Father Arthur.

It’s not unusual for a senior healer to take on disciples.

However, Priest Arthur did not just impart his teachings to a few disciples, but shared his knowledge with all working priests.

‘I wondered why that was, but it seems like it was inevitable to run the clinic.’

Of course, it would have been possible because Father Arthur was a responsible and kind person.

Normally, in a situation like this, they would send a lot of requests to the church to send priests, and they would only select patients who could be treated.

You will know that if the Church continues to send additional priests, the chaos will gradually subside.

Of course, the plight of patients who are left untreated until the treatment center stabilizes should be ignored.

‘It was I who failed to properly see Priest Arthur.’

Although I had been serving Bishop Haman for a long time and had learned a lot, I still felt that I was very lacking.

I thought I had definitely developed an eye for people, but it’s still lacking.

Now look at Bishop Haman compared to himself who has finally come to know the value of Priest Arthur.

There’s a reason why he cared so much about Priest Arthur.

‘Since when have I been looking at the world with a blindfold on?’

I took a moment to pray, grateful for the enlightenment I gained today.

Before starting treatment in earnest, it was very important to take time for reflection.

After a time of devout prayer, I walked to the treatment center.

And as I was about to go inside, I heard a voice calling out to me.

“Priest Cardon! We’re in trouble.”

“Are you a serious patient?”

There was no way the priests would have come in droves so early in the morning for something so trivial.

I had time to reflect and calm my mind from the morning, so I was confident that I could overcome any patient that came.

“I had no choice but to wait for the priest because I felt I shouldn’t touch it carelessly.”

“I see. Good job. Let’s take a look.”

It was more certain to see the patient’s condition with one’s own eyes than to hear an explanation a hundred times.

As we moved, we were able to hear more detailed information about the patient.

“I’m hesitant to say this because I’m not sure, but I suspect a curse.”

“This isn’t the first time someone has been cursed in the labyrinth.”

“Yes.”

If it was just a normal curse, it wouldn’t have come running to me when I went to work.

As the priest said, the patient was in a strange state and was confined in a place isolated from the outside world.

A paladin was guarding the door, but it didn’t seem easy to keep the patient inside from coming out.

Boom bang bang!!! Boom bang bang bang!!!

“Open the door!!!!!!!!”

A loud, excited voice is heard from inside.

The voice that was consumed by anger was so creepy that just hearing it gave me goosebumps.

“It wasn’t like that until a little while ago… .”

“Are you trying to kill me!! Do you think I’ll just take it easy?! I’ll kill you all!!!”

Boom bang bang bang bang!!!

The door shook as if it was going to break.

It was only because that place was made into an isolation room that they were able to hold out.

By the way, I heard that the door is made of iron.

“We will go in first. The patient’s condition is so severe that you may be in trouble if you go in alone.”

“Thank you for your help.”

He gladly accepted the help of the paladin.

“But didn’t you come to the treatment center on your own? Why are you so angry and asking to be sent out?”

There were concerns that there may have been coercive actions during the move to the isolation room.

“When I came with my colleagues, I was normal. However, when I tried to get treatment, I refused violently and my attitude gradually became more aggressive. The priests felt something was wrong and asked me to help them move to the isolation room naturally.”

Wow!

“Wow!”

“Hic!”

When he knocked on the door and got no response from outside, it seemed like he was venting his anger elsewhere.

It seemed like he was throwing and breaking things inside.

“No one in their right mind would dare do something like that inside the temple.”

No one wants to get blacklisted for doing something like that.

If you get blacklisted, it affects even your family.

“Where is the colleague who came with him?”

If it wasn’t an immediate death, I thought it would be better to assess the situation a bit more before going in for treatment.

“You are over there.”

I looked in the direction the priest was pointing and saw a man standing there with a pale complexion.

“Excuse me.”

“Ah, ah! Yes, my lord.”

“Are you sure you entered the labyrinth with the patient currently in the isolation room?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“When you first came here, why did you bring him here?”

“He said he didn’t feel well and kept nodding off, so I thought something was wrong and brought him here. Why on earth is he acting like that? He’s not like that normally. He’s a friend who never raises his voice.”

His hands were shaking as he was very surprised by his colleague’s changed appearance.

“Is this completely different from usual?”

“Yes, yes. What a quiet friend. No matter what anyone says, he just laughs. ”

“Did something unusual happen in the labyrinth? We believe there is a high probability that the patient is under a curse.”

“Is that a curse?”

I’m not as surprised by the word curse as you might think.

‘I guess you were guessing.’

There’s definitely something fishy going on.

If it weren’t for my enlightenment, I would have tried to dig him out without letting him get away with it, but today, I wanted to show a generous side.

“I think you have something to say. Could you elaborate for your colleagues?”

“That’s… So… I… .”

It seemed like it wasn’t easy to bring up the subject.

If it was something honest, he wouldn’t have acted like that.

“I, I don’t know. We weren’t together the whole time. I think he must have done something wrong without me knowing.”

After much thought, the man eventually decided to hide the matter.

It seems that this kind of thing can’t just end well.

“I know this is hard to say. But it won’t be easy to treat your colleague like this. We need to know exactly what the cause is.”

“Sorry I couldn’t help.”

“… Okay.”

What’s the use of pestering a man who’s about to say something but then gets scared and gives up?

If it really seemed like a problem, all they had to do was investigate where the guy was affiliated with and find out what he was up to.

“I have to go in now.”

“Yes.”

The knight opened the iron door.

And as the door opened, a man who had been waiting for his chance inside rushed at the paladin.

“Eww!! Die!!!”

Before entering the isolation room, he searched his body and took away his weapon, and aimed his fist at the paladin. The paladin easily blocked the man’s angry attack.

“I will subdue you.”

The knight kicked the man’s legs away, forced him to his knees, grabbed the back of his head, forced him to the floor, and tied his hands behind his back.

As soon as he subdued the man’s hands, the knight completely subdued his struggling legs and lifted the man up onto the bed.

“Die!! Dieee!!! Kyaaah!!”

“I don’t know if it’s a curse or a demonic possession.”

His red, bloodshot eyes are filled with madness, and his nose is running and he is drooling.

He didn’t care even though his body was hurting while struggling.

The paladin did not even spare him and firmly suppressed the man’s struggles.

“Why are you so angry?”

“AAAHHH!! You guys are going to kill me!! AAAHHH!!”

“I am a priest. There is no way I would kill someone who came as a patient, right?”

“It hurts!!! It hurts!! Let me go!! Please save me.”

Now, all of a sudden, I start crying.

“It seems to be completely consumed.”

“Yes, I think so. It seems like communication is not working. I think we need to start treatment.”

I felt like I couldn’t waste any more time.

Moreover, from the moment he entered the isolation room, a very unpleasant smell came from the man’s body.

‘It smells so bad….’

I knew very well what kind of situation this unpleasant smell was accompanied by.

As I got closer, the smell became so strong that my nose started to sting.

In preparation for any unforeseen circumstances, the paladin continued to subdue the man’s body while infusing divine power into it.

“AAAHH …

As the divine power entered his body, the man’s skin became covered in red and blotchy spots.

“AAAHHHH!!!!”

The man’s screams reverberated through the treatment room.

Divine power is an energy that is infinitely beneficial to humans.

“Hold on. You have to hold on to it to survive.”

It’s not a man who complains of pain and suffering.

Something unclean in his body was struggling, imitating a man.

‘This energy….’

It was necessary to not only drive out the impurity that was dwelling in the man’s body, but also find the cause.

If we don’t remove the cause, similar patients will continue to come to the treatment center.

“Whoa… Aaaah… .”

The man’s screams became quieter as time passed.

It was partly because his voice was hoarse, but it was also because his body was purified and the man’s mind, which had been swayed by evil, was returning.

The red spots that had appeared on the skin were also gradually disappearing.