episode_0078

Kwaaang!!!!!!!!

Wow, wow!!!!

I understand why you asked me to come from a distance to pray.

There was no hesitation in the movement to destroy the altar.

She boldly tore down the altar, took out an unidentifiable powder from her bosom, and began to sprinkle it on the broken altar.

Thud-thud-

Then he changed his weapon into a huge hammer and started banging on the powdered area again.

Boom! Bam! Bam!!!

“… … .”

Will my prayers really work?

Are you getting beaten up like that?

Are you so angry that you can’t even hear what I’m saying?

‘I have to try to appease her.’

I decided to close my eyes and concentrate on prayer.

Kwa-jik!

Kkwaeng!!

Kaaang!!!

From a young age, I learned how to focus rigorously on prayer.

Concentrating on what you are doing no matter what happens around you.

When I was told that those harsh teachings would one day come in handy, I didn’t believe it.

But surprisingly, the priest’s words were right.

What would have happened if I hadn’t practiced so harshly back then?

‘Priest, you were right.’

Thank you for teaching me so harshly so that I can focus on prayer even in moments like these!

At some point, the banging sound was no longer audible to my ears.

With the destruction of the altar to the evil spirit, we prayed with all our might to lead those who would be free to Him.

Even if he had believed in an evil spirit and offered his body on the altar, he would not have expected to be trapped on the altar for 300 years.

And if you still believe in evil spirits… .

‘I don’t know about that either.’

It’s not my place to judge them.

If we were all brought before Him, wouldn’t we be judged for the things we did in our lifetime?

So, all I had to do was guide the way so that I could be judged before Him.

I hope that my prayers will bring them well before Him.

“It’s over, Father. You can stop now.”

“Ah… .”

It was a voice that made me wake up.

When I opened my eyes, the leader was carefully waking me up, and there were more than a few eyes watching us.

“Is it over already?”

Whether it was the result of my efforts to concentrate or not, when I checked my surroundings, everyone was searching the area.

If it was Sister Melody, she wouldn’t have let those people in without taking care of the altar, so it means the work was already done.

“Yes. I tried not to disturb you as much as possible because you were so focused, but we are almost done with the search.”

“Ah… .”

It was a remark that made me realize that more time had passed than I thought.

‘I’m embarrassed.’

My face burned with embarrassment at how ridiculous it must have seemed to him to be praying alone.

“You could have just called me right away… .”

“Oh, I can’t interrupt you while you’re praying devoutly. I apologize again.”

People are bothered by people who focus excessively on useless things.

I was embarrassed because I had never been this focused while praying before.

I quickly got up because I wanted to take care of the simple prayer room first.

“I’ll sort it out right away.”

“Are your legs okay? You were on your knees for a long time… .”

“This much is okay.”

The moment I opened my eyes, I was cured of my numbness in my legs with divine power.

This technique was also the first thing that every priest had to learn.

Think about it.

A priest who limps, saying his legs are numb after praying for a long time in front of the congregation.

‘It’s so ugly.’

To maintain dignity, priests cure numbness in the legs with divine power immediately after finishing their prayers.

The general public, not knowing the full effect, would look with wonder at the priests who would get up normally even after kneeling for a long time.

Whenever that happens, priests keep their mouths shut and show a humble attitude by saying that it’s okay.

After waking up and looking around, the altar had completely disappeared, leaving only an empty space.

“Where is your sister?”

“You will see it right away when you go outside. They are burning the items from the altar.”

“Ah~! I should go out too. If you see something suspicious, don’t touch it right away, and be sure to call me.”

“Yes, Melody also asked for it.”

As I went outside as the leader said, I saw a sister burning things right in front of me.

He was digging the frozen ground with a shovel with great ease.

It seemed as if they were trying to bury the traces of the altar that had been burned in the ground.

“Are you finished praying?”

“Yes. I guess I was too focused on praying. I didn’t even realize it was over. Are you done with the altar?”

“Yes, thanks to you, it was resolved without any major problems. Are you feeling okay?”

“Of course it’s okay. I was just praying on the side.”

There was no reason for me to feel unwell.

“You must be tired.”

“I feel relieved because I have always prayed.”

“Don’t you know? It was Father Arthur’s prayers that had a greater influence on purifying the altar than my power.”

“Yes?”

I didn’t understand what my prayer was about.

“I was just praying… ?”

“That prayer was not an ordinary prayer.”

“???”

The explanation my sister gave was this.

At first, it was just a normal prayer, and he said he also focused on purifying the altar.

While the altar was being destroyed according to procedure.

“Suddenly, light flowed out around the priest’s body.”

Light on my body?

How can light come out of a human body if it’s not a firefly?

It was absurd, but I decided to stay calm and continue listening.

“The light gradually grew in size. And in an instant, it consumed the altar. It drove out all the power of the evil spirit.”

“The light coming from my body?”

“Yes.”

I was not a saint from some history book, so I prayed and the light came out, which was absurd.

He said he saw it with his own two eyes, so what could I say, as I was praying with my eyes closed and my mind blank?

There’s no reason for her to lie, so we have no choice but to believe her.

“When the light disappeared, the altar no longer had any traces of the evil spirit. It was just an ordinary object.”

“… … .”

“So I didn’t purify the altar. It was a miracle that Priest Arthur created. That’s why I asked if you were tired.”

Since it must have existed as an altar to the evil god for a long time, traces of the evil god must have remained severely.

Even though they had taken care of the altar, it felt like they had let the public in too early, but everyone understood.

“Hmm… I think it was something He did through me rather than something I did by my own ability.”

Ultimately, the choice I made was to hide behind him.

If I were asked to do it again, I would say I absolutely could not do it, so my argument was not completely unreasonable.

“That may be so. Maybe you have given me strength to defeat the evil spirit. If something like this happens in the future, would you please pray for me then too?”

“I can’t say for sure that the same thing will happen if I pray again. It’s not something I did. But if you want me to, I’ll do it.”

Praying wasn’t that difficult, and if it could be of some help in dealing with the altar of evil spirits, there was no reason to refuse it.

The objects that were on the altar of the evil spirit are now completely ordinary, lying rusted and buried in the ground.

Even if someone were to dig this up and take it out, it would be a waste of effort since it has lost its function.

“It would have been fine to just leave it behind, but I thought it would be bad to leave traces behind, so I burned it as it was and buried the rest in the ground.”

“You’re very thorough. I would have done it like this because it didn’t seem like it would be good to leave traces.”

Finding the altar to the evil spirit meant getting nothing, so even if the party searched for something inside, they wouldn’t find anything of value.

And, as expected,

“Have you found anything?”

“No. I wasted my energy. There’s nothing.”

The party returned empty-handed, having dug up only the bones of a corpse that appeared to have been the work of heretics.

Princess Rasiel, who had been briefed by the leader, approached where we were.

“Is it normal for altars to evil spirits to be discovered so often?”

“It’s not common.”

“We experienced something unusual twice.”

Princess Rasiel didn’t seem too pleased with the discovery of the evil god’s altar twice.

Actually, it’s natural for that to happen.

An altar to the evil spirits, filled with curses.

It was unpleasant just to see it with my own two eyes.

In this part, I also had a guess.

“I think this is the road that heretics used to walk.”

“This is the road that heretics used to walk?”

“Yes. That’s why we who chose this path found it twice.”

Otherwise, the heretics would not have gone mad and built an altar to the evil spirit.

It is not easy to find an altar here and there.

‘How many lives go into one altar?’

If the altar is destroyed, the power gained through offerings will also disappear.

Since it was something that depended on the amount of power one used, there was no way the altar would be placed in a place where it would be easy to find.

‘But it was easy to find here.’

If the heretics were in their right mind, they would not have hidden their altars anywhere.

Isn’t it because they made it there that they were confident they wouldn’t get caught?

“Should I have changed my path like the guide said?”

“Why worry when I’m here? For others, this road may be a disaster, but for us, it’s just a small nuisance that wastes time.”

Princess Rasiel burst into laughter at my words.

“The altar of the evil god is just a headache… . I wonder if this is okay, but thanks to it, I feel strong.”

“Don’t worry if another altar is discovered in the future. Everything will be resolved well.”

and.

“There will probably be a lot of things you want at the end of this road. In the past, heretics accumulated wealth through dishonest means. A lot of it went into building altars, but there will be hidden wealth for personal glory.”