The Saint Was the Devil’s Henchman

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After the battle, the battlefield was barren.

The corpses of the soldiers were scattered on the floor.

Whoa! Whoa!

Occasionally, crows would fly and peck the corpse’s eyes with their beaks or peck at the intestines.

Ethan frowned.

‘Where am I?’

It didn’t look like there was a large-scale battle there.

This was a battlefield without a name.

“👌… … . uh, live… help me!”

Arms stretched out from the mass of corpses.

The soldier squeezed his last strength and called for help.

bum bum.

At that moment, someone with a deep hood on approached the soldier.

Shh.

A human shadow fell over the soldier.

The soldier frowned and squeezed his voice.

“Sah, save me… … !”

Whoops!

Surprisingly, Inyeong wearing a hood pierced the soldier’s heart with the sword she was holding.

The soldier died with his eyes wide open.

Ethan was also surprised to see the scene.

It wasn’t because of the murder he had witnessed before his eyes.

‘That black… Belashtan?’

Why is the sword that disappeared after the battle between the Paladin Radeon and the Dark Knight Keyhole?

Ethan guessed.

‘Isn’t that what happened after the end of the Anti-Magic War? Until the end of the Anti-Magic War, Velashtan was always in the keyhole.’

Blood flowed from the soldier’s heart.

At first it was bright red blood.

However, a strange thing happened when the magical sword Velashtan, which was stuck in the heart, released black energy.

As the black energy permeated the soldier’s body, the soldier’s body turned dark red.

Then, the bright red blood turned into black and thick tar at once and flowed out.

That was then.

‘Well?’

Another person appeared around the man with the magic sword.

They too were wearing deep hoods, one tall and skinny and the other short and fat.

‘They both have an ominous energy.’

Watching what happened with the magic sword stuck in the soldier’s heart, the two had a conversation.

“With the power of Belashtan, I am able to imitate the blood of the Demon Lord.”

“Kukk… … . Finally, the experiment was successful!”

While the two were talking casually, the one who stabbed the soldier’s heart suddenly had a seizure.

“Ugh! Shut it off!”

Even as he twisted his body in pain, he did not let go of the demon sword he was holding.

The tall guy and the short guy who watched the scene tease again.

“Anyway, it puts a strain on the body of the magic sword contractor.”

“When you die, it’s enough to replace them every time. Nothing to worry about.”

“Hey, who cares about that? I was just calculating how long the replacement cycle would be. By my calculations, I’m going to be an adult and die soon.”

“I’m pretty sure you figured it out. Then shall I go back? The experiment was successful, so we should hear a toast.”

“Good idea.”

After that, there was a lot of gossip.

Gradually their conversation became blurred.

And Ethan’s consciousness returned to reality.

* * *

“I was injured while playing with my friends a while ago.”

At Riley’s answer, Ethan escaped from his past memories.

‘The memory of the past… … .’

It was clear.

It was the past of the magical sword Velashtan.

Ethan looked at the wound on Riley’s hand once more.

It was strange that it was neither a wound nor a scar.

Ethan’s eyes darkened.

“okay? You got hurt while playing?”

“yes.”

“You have to be careful when playing. There is no need to use divine power at this level. I’ll give you a separate application, so you can apply it.”

“thank you!”

Riley replied with a bright smile.

Ethan stood up and looked down at Riley.

He laughed at Riley inwardly.

‘How long ago did you get hurt while playing with your friends? Even if you lie, you have to use your head to do it.’

What was on the back of Riley’s hand was nothing more than that.

Hundreds of years ago, anyone who had faced the demon sword Belashtan even once could not know.

A bizarre wound in the shape of a broken flesh.

It was the exit where the demon sword Velashtan appeared.

‘Usually hidden in the blood of the contractor.’

Then, when a battle breaks out or there is an emergency, wounds open and blood spurts, taking the form of a sword.

‘Now I understand. Was it created by mimicking the blood of the Demon King by using the nature of Velashtan, and creating a fake nameless poison with that blood?’

The blood-eating demon sword Velashtan.

According to its characteristics, Belashtan had powerful powers in relation to blood.

Even just treating the body of a contractor by exploiting other people’s blood was not the ability of a single sword.

‘If it’s not a perfect replica of the Demon King’s blood, but just an imitation, it’s possible for Belashtan.’

Ethan looked away.

Riley ran to where my grandmother was.

Watching his back, Ethan silently followed him.

But his lips were firm.

‘The jet-black eyes reacted to that kid and showed me the past.’

The memories of Belashtan, nothing else.

In other words, Riley was the contractor of the vicious demon sword Velashtan.

So I couldn’t help but be nervous.

‘Even if you are young, you will have at least the skills of a goldsmith.’

On the continent, the ranks of knights are classified into five levels.

The lowest rank is copper plated knight, and above it is silver plated, gold plated, platinum, and gold plated.

Here, the position of the goldsmith was never low.

In each territory or in a certain area, he could make a name for himself as a talented person.

Among those around Ethan, Jacob was a goldsmith.

‘However, considering that he is a contractor in Belashtan, the possibility of a platinum knight-class person cannot be ruled out.’

In the first place, the demon sword Velashtan gnawed at the life of the contractor.

So, a contractor could not maintain his heyday with a magic sword for a long time.

Except in very unusual cases.

“Priest, this is my grandmother.”

Eventually Ethan arrived at the bed where Riley’s grandmother was lying.

Riley turned around and looked at Ethan.

“Cool! Cool!”

Riley’s grandmother coughed like she was out of breath.

It wasn’t just a cold.

“What are the symptoms? Is it just a cough?”

I asked Riley, but the answer came from somewhere else.

“I will explain that.”

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Vivian, who had suddenly followed, stood by Ethan’s side.

The expression on his face was awkward, as he continued to decline Ethan’s offer and was embarrassed to finally receive help.

“You tell me.”

“I heard from Riley that it didn’t happen all of a sudden. He was originally in very good health, but a few years ago, he suddenly lost his energy and was unable to walk without help.”

“Isn’t it just an old age?”

“Unlike in the past, he was very nervous and violent, so he said he took him to the therapist. But he said that no matter how much treatment he received, he did not get better. Only later did the healer say that ‘Magic Erosion’ was the problem. But there’s no nifty way to cure it… … .”

“Hmm.”

Ethan looked at the old man’s complexion and placed his hand on the old man’s shoulder.

Riley then stared at Ethan.

Although it is disguised as a simple child’s curiosity on the surface.

‘Actually, that’s not the case. You approached me because you wanted to know about my divine magic?’

Other than that, there must have been a lot of questions.

The cure for Cynthia from a nameless poison, the failure of the Dark Followers’ plans so far.

But now it was clear that he was trying to test Ethan’s abilities.

that too.

‘Until now, only that woman, Eileen, has been able to do the miracle of healing a person with magical powers. You’d probably want to see with your own eyes what kind of ability you have.’

Exhausted from coughing, the old man drooped.

During that time, Ethan confirmed the symptoms of the old man.

While examining the old man, Ethan noticed something and smiled faintly.

Seeing that smile, Vivian tilted her head.

“Why?”

“this person is… … .”

Ethan snorted and concentrated his divine power on the palm of his hand.

A soft light shone on the palm of his hand.

Ethan spoke softly.

“You don’t need treatment.”

As if making fun of the contractor of the Demon Sword Velashtan.

* * *

“What do you mean?”

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Vivian frowned.

Ethan was radiating an auspicious divine power from his hand.

But saying that there is no need for treatment was the opposite of that attitude.

On the other hand, Ethan spared no words and put a deep smile on his lips.

‘Did this make me laugh so much?’

Ethan thought so and glanced at Riley.

There was tension in Riley’s eyes.

As if worried that Ethan might have noticed something.

“This patient has a variety of symptoms that are manifested by magic, but it is not essentially caused by a lot of magic in his body.”

Ethan opened his mouth.

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Vivian, who asked for an explanation, was telling the story in an easy to understand way.

“Strictly speaking, you are addicted to magic that has come from outside your body.”

“Magic from outside the body?”

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Vivian followed Ethan’s words as if absurd.

“At first glance, it would be judged that a person who originally had magical powers in his body became ill with magic.”

Ethan ruffled the old man’s hair.

There were strangely many black spots on the scalp on the back of the head.

“If the disease has simply progressed through internal magic, these spots will not form.”

At some point, everyone in the room began to focus on Ethan’s words.

“You are very forgiving.”

“So everyone must have gathered here.”

People chatted among themselves.

It was only for a very short period of time, but it was as if he knew everything from one to ten.

Indeed it was.

This extracorporeal magic poisoning was the most common in the Anti-Magic War.

It was a phenomenon frequently suffered by soldiers who fought fierce battles with the Imperial Army in the Anti-Magic War.

The most noticeable symptom was the formation of black spots on the scalp.

When magical powers have a devastating effect on the pituitary gland and other areas, the result is that humans become violent and nervous.

In addition, it exhibits several psychiatric abnormalities.

“If you have been addicted to extracorporeal magic over such a long period of time, there is no other word that is more appropriate than an illness.”

Ethan looked at Vivian and made a happy expression.

To be precise, it was towards Riley, who was next to Vivian.

It was to make fun of the contractor of the Demon Sword Velashtan, who was trying to fool him.

“Perhaps during the Anti-Magic War, this was called a curse.”

At Ethan’s words, there was a small shriek around him.

It was the capital of the new empire.

It was the city where absolute evil was born, and it was the starting point of the endless malice that covered the continent.

Therefore, he had no choice but to have more experience with magic than other regions.

They were instinctively convinced.

Ethan’s expression of a curse.

And Ethan’s hand, wrapped in auspicious light, shone even more.

‘If you try to play with me, you will have to pay the price.’

Ethan clenched his teeth.

It was a terrible curse.

The magic that had penetrated to the bone marrow over the years had the same effect as the curse.

If it had been during the Anti-Magic War, it would have been abandoned because there was no hope.

But Ethan had no intention of leaving it alone.

He was going to set an example for the girl who was trying to do something stupid to him.

The divine power emanating from his fingertips covered the surroundings with brilliance.

At this time, Ethan skillfully poured divine magic into the old man.

And through divine magic, he looked all over his body.

Ethan separately selected only the ghastly magical powers that spread through the old man’s body.

There was no need to touch the weak magical power that the old man originally had.

All he had to do was pick out the magic Riley had poisoned and draw it to him.

‘Almost done.’

It was a very delicate job.

But Ethan was doing it.

A strange heat flowed in his eyes.

Eventually, ‘Pot!’ With a sound, the old man’s body bounced off the bed.

It was the sound of the flames of the curse burning on the old man’s body.