The outer god waited for the Holy Spirit Religion priest in front to react.
But there was only an uncomfortable silence.
The outer god needs to say something so it can exchange words and say things to punish Hyunkeshuni. But what is this silence?
The outer god looked around the suddenly quiet execution ground, feeling troubled.
But one must understand the priest’s position.
It just said with its own mouth that if you kill it, you’ll receive a blessing. Though the outer god said you can believe in any religion even if you receive its blessing, from the outside it only looks like accepting an evil being.
Whether it’s true or not, he must step down from his current position.
Who will kill a god?
But he can’t just order anyone. The paladin just failed. He struck the neck using a weapon that had already killed a god before, but it didn’t die.
Far from dying, it defiled the paladin.
However.
There’s one exception, right?
There, the Holy Spirit Religion priest’s gaze reached one person.
There’s the already fallen paladin. From the priest’s perspective, a man changed to a disgusting purple color.
Of course, even if none of his own will was in it, to the priest he was a turncoat.
And he won’t receive a blessing even if he kills the outer god.
Because he already received a blessing.
The sacrificial person is decided.
The highest priest approached paladin Martin comfortably and opened his mouth.
“Paladin Martin. Go and fulfill your duty.”
But at those words, Martin looked down at his sword. He clearly felt the sensation of cutting the neck at his fingertips. And he saw the head fall to the ground.
Can he really kill it?
Such a doubt crossed his mind. He looked back at himself once.
Faith towards the Holy Spirit is still in his heart, and holy power is also full in his body along with his faith.
God is still with him.
He lifted his sword, filled with piety.
If cutting the neck doesn’t work, just kill it until it dies.
“In the name of our Lord.”
Martin nodded to the priest and pointed his sword at the outer god watching them quietly. And as he prayed deeply to the Holy Spirit in his heart, a faint golden light began to frost his blade.
Wooooh
The spectators couldn’t take their eyes off the miracle of god they were seeing directly before them.
There were people rejoicing saying this is why execution platforms are fun.
Hyunkeshuni, sitting and watching without the owner’s permission on a stranger’s house terrace far away, thinks it would be nice to have snacks while expecting to see the outer god being executed.
“If I’m dying to bear the sins of those I touched and receive punishment, if all of them can be forgiven because of that, then kill me quickly.”
The outer god didn’t miss the opportunity.
The moment Martin raised his sword, it paved the way for the future. And those words deeply entered and stuck in Martin.
Martin’s sword stopped.
And he turned around and asked the priest:
“Instead of executing the evil god, those who received blessings are not sinners. Right?”
It was truly like a catch-22.
Because if this is affirmed now, even though he was forcibly blessed, Martin becomes sinless. He can maintain his position as a paladin that he’s built up.
It was impossible to ignore the rope that had fallen before his eyes and carry out this execution unconditionally for the sake of faith.
Above all, the inclusiveness of accepting heretics is a virtue of the Holy Spirit.
That’s why Tis was such a famous hero in the Holy Spirit Religion. To the extent that the Holy Spirit Religion headquarters regretted that such a hero didn’t come from them and tried to lower Tis’s dignity.
If this were a negotiation like asking to let someone go instead of turning a blind eye to himself, Martin could have firmly refused and cut.
But this was an issue related to sin.
It didn’t deny sin but acknowledged sin.
If it says it will die taking punishment in place of others, it means acknowledging the rules set by the Holy Spirit.
The outer god who said this didn’t know, but this was quite a one-way street too.
If this is denied here, Tis becomes a sinner by Holy Spirit Religion standards. The hero completely falls, and Martin who is swinging the sword here now also becomes an unforgivable person.
Let’s say Martin lowers his sword here.
Then, who will die?
Who will sacrifice?
If it’s simply a martyr, there might be someone who can somehow manage.
But this is dying as an apostate.
They’ve believed in god until now, but because of that belief in the afterlife, the afterlife becomes hell.
Of course, he can order Martin to perform his duty. In that case, what happens if Martin refuses?
From their perspective, Martin has already gone over to the evil god. A sacrifice must be determined.
They can’t show the appearance of determining a sacrifice here. If the evil god says something strange again, the situation becomes weird.
Then what if he affirms?
The sin of Tis that was just lowered disappears. But Martin will cut down the sinner without hesitation.
And then, saying it’s god’s will, they can make Tis a sinner again later and bury Martin in a mountain monastery.
After apologizing that he as a priest judged wrongly, he can put god’s will in front.
The priest who thought that far affirmed the evil god’s words.
“Yes. If the evil god repents and dies for the wrongs it committed itself, how could god not forgive that sin? Didn’t He accept Tis who was a heretic? How could our Lord not accept you all? Carry out the execution, Paladin Martin.”
There was only one choice.
So the priest did so.
Only then did Paladin Martin raise his sword.
“I’ll come find you when you die. But don’t worry. Though I suffered hardship from the Witch of Joy, Hyunkeshuni, I forgive humanity. So don’t worry and swing.”
The outer god didn’t miss the opportunity.
Also, it laid the groundwork for Hyunkeshuni, who it plans to keep tormenting in the future, to keep suffering.
The outer god knew. A governor of a certain country was blamed for 2000 years for being in charge of executing the most famous religious figure of that era.
It imitated that.
Hyunkeshuni happens to be a living person, right?
The outer god subtly saw Hyunkeshuni’s startled expression far away just before being stabbed.
Martin swung his sword.
The blade’s light shone golden and tore apart the outer god’s body, drawing a beautiful trajectory.
But the outer god’s body soon returned to its original state. Instead of a strong blood smell, it returned to its original form many times while scattering very bizarre triangles.
Martin swung his sword to kill the girl until the end.
He swung for a long time.
Swinging.
Swinging.
Swinging.
Gradually, the cheers from the people around the execution platform disappeared. The sound decreased very slightly, but at some point people were startled to realize that everyone was silent.
The pleasure and excitement of executing a sinner who must die had long since changed to anxiety.
If only the Holy Spirit Religion order hadn’t sold out Tis at first.
The people of the Kingdom of Anselus would have ended with doubting the paladin’s qualifications.
But in a state where they were already mentally distanced from the Holy Spirit Religion, doubts arose about the divine power held by the Holy Spirit Religion.
So people think like this:
Is the Holy Spirit Religion really a god we can believe in?
Distrust seeps in riding on anxiety.
The sun rose high in the sky and slowly set.
Now it’s dark around.
The handcuffs and clothes that were restraining the outer god were already torn to shreds, revealing snow-white nakedness. But no one felt human emotions looking at the outer god.
A desperate executioner and a condemned prisoner sitting as if praying quietly with eyes closed and kneeling.
If asked which is more mysterious, everyone would point to the outer god.
Of course, the outer god was watching the world through the eyes of blessed people while thinking “Ah, when will this end? Is the DPS lacking because he’s a paladin?”, but from the outside it looks mysterious.
In the end, the person who gave up was Martin.
“Father. I alone cannot punish this evil god.”
The Holy Spirit Religion priests present were silent. They too knew the atmosphere here. Moreover, not only the royalty and nobility of the Kingdom of Anselus were mixed in this scene, but also royalty and nobility from other kingdoms.
So they judged it was an opportunity to spread the Holy Spirit Religion’s influence, but that turned into poison strangling their necks. Because in case of any eventuality, it would be extremely difficult to bury this incident.
But there was a way of escape left.
Half a day ago.
After executing the outer god, those who received blessings become sinless.
They were going to make it as if it never happened originally, but not being able to kill the outer god is a problem before that. Rather, it’s better to acknowledge that the outer god’s promise is right after killing it here.
The outer god said those words without much deep thought, simply disliking blessed people suffering religious massacres after its death.
It knew the harvesters could reproduce, so it would be a bit bad if they were destroyed.
Just that.
But the tangled problems ultimately strangled people’s necks.
So the priest made up his mind to remove the evil god by borrowing god’s power together with the priests around him, prepared to be defiled by the evil god himself.
People were pushed away from around the execution platform.
And that place was filled with the holy divine letters used by the Holy Spirit Religion headquarters. As the letters connected, a huge polygon appeared, and priests and paladins stood one by one in that place.
Then they knelt in their places and prayed.
The sunset was already going down, and the surroundings were filled with torches emitting light.
At that time, the darkness split and a huge pillar of light stabbed down onto the execution platform.
People witnessed a miracle of god.
Divine punishment falling from high in the sky.
The light swallowed the outer god.
Crack.
With the sound of something breaking, a crack opened where the outer god was. And the split gap penetrated the heads of the priests and paladins.
The outer god was certain that its body would melt and disappear like this.
And at this moment, after pondering what to do, it decided to play a mischievous prank. When cracks pierce people, the outer god can reach people through them.
Blessing is a very active action.
In other words, it means it’s possible not to bless.
So it didn’t give blessings to only 3 out of 19 people: one priest who seemed to be in the highest position, and two random people.
However, the outer god had one regret. The crack went up to the sky, but sadly it didn’t reach that high heaven.
It couldn’t see god’s face.
But the outer god disappeared from this world, satisfied in its own way.
The light disappeared, and the evil god was subjugated.
But, in that place.
Although everyone from the Holy Spirit Religion headquarters participated in the work of killing the outer god, there were three priests whose hair didn’t turn purple.
A hellish suspicion defiled that place.