Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 855

◈ 855. Is It Okay to Use It?

“Of course. I can heal them.”

As soon as the words were out, Rembrary readily agreed. He answered so easily that the paladin, Yira, was taken aback.

“Where should I go?”

When Rembrary asked again, Paladin Redrin vehemently stopped him.

“You mustn’t go.”

This was the reaction Paladin Yira had originally expected. Thanks to that, Paladin Yira snapped out of his confusion and sneered with a smirk.

“Oh, so it’s okay for those who worship other gods to suffer. Then, when demons and monsters attack the Redrin followers, we can just stand by and do nothing, right?”

Rembrary ignored the two paladins’ argument and asked again.

“Where are these people?”

“…….”

Paladin Redrin became displeased. However, with monsters swarming, he couldn’t easily step forward and say, ‘Go ahead!’

In the end, he had to keep his mouth shut and watch as Paladin Yira told Rembrary about the location where those people were gathered and other details.

* * *

As soon as the conversation ended, Rembrary went into his room and packed his bags.

Paladin Redrin hurriedly followed him and asked.

“Are you really going?”

“Yes, I’m going.”

When Rembrary answered firmly, Paladin Redrin hesitated before confessing.

“If it were the Lumena Temple, or even the Kamuel Temple, I would have cooperated. But something… something is strange here.”

“That’s right. It’s strange.”

Unexpectedly, Rembrary immediately agreed. The child stopped packing and turned his head.

*Is he trying to follow my worries?* The moment Paladin Redrin felt a little relieved.

“That’s why I’m going to check it out.”

Rembrary added with a smile.

“!”

* * *

While Rembrary was packing, High Priest Yira heard from the paladin that Rembrary had accepted the offer right away.

High Priest Yira closed her eyes. She seemed to be trying to control her expression, but she was filled with signs of suffering.

“High Priest, do not grieve.”

“…….”

“There must be a reason. Yira is that kind of person, isn’t she?”

“That’s right.”

However, even after the paladin left, High Priest Yira paced back and forth with a heavy expression.

* * *

Having prepared quickly, Rembrary came out of his room carrying a large suitcase.

As he was about to greet the Redrin paladins to let them know he was going out for a while, he saw that they were also approaching with suitcases.

“Where are you going?”

As he asked in bewilderment, Mulloo’s voice flowed out as the door to the next room opened.

“We must go together.”

The door slammed shut, and Mulloo’s figure was revealed. Mulloo was also carrying a bag.

Rembrary realized what was happening and muttered.

“It seems everyone heard the story.”

“We are all here to protect Rembrary. If Rembrary moves, we must go with him.”

Even as the other paladin spoke, he worried that Rembrary might stubbornly go alone or only take Mulloo, like he did in the main hall.

“Okay, then.”

Fortunately, Rembrary didn’t do that and obediently went down the stairs.

In the courtyard, Paladin Yira was standing with a bewildered expression.

He didn’t expect Rembrary to readily agree to go, but he also didn’t expect all the Redrin paladins to pack their bags as soon as Rembrary made his decision.

*Do those Redrin paladins sincerely follow that young high priest?* As Paladin Yira was thinking blankly, Rembrary asked.

“Where should I go?”

“They are gathered… separately. Come this way.”

Paladin Yira turned around with a heavy heart.

Rembrary dragged his bag and immediately followed him.

However, after taking a few steps, he heard a voice calling, “Rembrary.”

Turning around, he saw High Priest Yira approaching.

“Thank you for stepping forward for our followers.”

“After receiving my treatment, your followers might become followers of another god.”

High Priest Yira, who had come closer, burst into laughter.

“Is that so.”

Without showing any displeasure, she took something out of her pocket and handed it to him.

“Will you take this?”

“What is it?”

Rembrary took it and saw that it was a round bead. A bead with a faint light moving inside.

“Use it if it’s dangerous. Just throw it.”

Paladin Yira glanced at the High Priest.

Rembrary put the received bead in his pocket and turned around.

* * *

Paladin Yira, who was riding a horse in the lead, stopped in front of an area with a clear boundary marked by a fence.

“Here it is.”

However, strangely, the village fence looked hastily made and somewhat crude. Paladin Redrin didn’t miss the crooked appearance and asked.

“What exactly is the curse?”

“It’s a somewhat aggressive curse.”

“An aggressive curse?”

“Yes. It seemed like the cursed people became a bit violent.”

Paladin Redrin imagined the appearance of people who had become half-monsters due to the curse and asked with a sullen expression.

“Then isn’t it just monsterization?”

“We should hope not.”

“Anyway, isn’t this fence insufficient to keep those frequently cursed people out?”

“It may look like just a fence, but our High Priest’s seal is working around this area. Those cursed cannot come out of here.”

At that explanation, the paladin nodded in relief.

However, Mulloo’s expression darkened. *Why couldn’t they use such an easy ability to seal off an entire village for my sister?!*

The thought suddenly surged. *Was it because there was some intention involved, as Rembrary said?*

The worry didn’t last long.

“Let’s go in.”

Before Rembrary could prepare himself, he was already stepping inside again.

Mulloo hurriedly followed him.

* * *

There were hardly any people walking around the outskirts of the village.

“It’s quiet.”

One of the Redrin paladins muttered, looking around.

“Let’s go further in.”

Rembrary looked left and right and moved again towards the area where the buildings were gathered.

The Redrin paladins followed him without letting their guard down. Their expressions grew darker as they went further inside.

There were still no people walking around, but the air was changing as they went further inside. It felt as if countless people were hiding and watching them.

“Somehow, it’s more unsettling than enemies just popping out. Should we go back to the outskirts, reorganize our formation, and then come back?”

As one of the Redrin paladins cautiously suggested, people gathered in a circular plaza finally came into view.

They were sitting around haphazardly, groaning.

“Are you okay?”

Seeing this, Rembrary approached and spoke. No one answered.

Some glanced up at Rembrary’s group, but they also lowered their heads and remained silent.

“Is it because we’re not people from the Yira priest?”

Mulloo slyly asked the paladin next to him.

“I wish that were the case…”

The senior paladin muttered in a subdued voice.

Meanwhile, Rembrary was approaching the person groaning closest to him.

“I will heal you.”

Rembrary stopped in front of the person holding their stomach and immediately reached out his hand.

Having experience releasing curses during the Lydal incident, he was confident this time as well.

However, just as Rembrary was about to start healing, someone who had been glancing at them from not far away suddenly charged towards Rembrary with a dagger.

Mulloo, who had been watching all around, immediately noticed and stepped forward, knocking the dagger away with his spear.

As the dagger flew away, the person took a few steps back.

Rembrary finished healing and lowered his hand. The person who had been holding their stomach straightened up, looking at Rembrary in bewilderment as the pain disappeared.

“What on earth…?”

“Are you okay now?”

Rembrary smiled and spoke, then approached another patient next to him.

Seeing him heal, the first person who was healed looked at Rembrary’s head with troubled eyes.

Rembrary quickly healed the second person as well.

While Rembrary was going to heal the third person, the second and first people who were healed exchanged glances.

Rembrary’s appearance, healing people without hesitation, was different from the story they had heard ‘beforehand’.

At that moment, the sound of several people moving at the same time was heard.

Rembrary stopped looking for the fourth person and looked around as he finished healing the third person.

Among the crouching people, several could be seen raising their bodies with weapons or bare hands.

“We need to get out of here quickly.”

The third person left those words as soon as the pain disappeared, then moved away from Rembrary to another place.

At that moment, the people who had been exuding a silent threat all along began to rush towards Rembrary’s group.

Rembrary dodged the person lunging at him, turning his body to the side without even finding the fourth person.

Mulloo took out his spear and struck down the person rushing at him with a sword.

“Damn it, is this really because of aggression? Why does it seem like they’re just rushing at us?”

The paladins muttered, blocking those who were surprisingly skilled with swords mixed in between.

In an instant, the center of the village became a battlefield.

Those who had regained their senses after being healed stood lined up against the wall, exchanging glances with each other.

Although they were cursed, it wasn’t as if they were out of their minds, so they knew that among the people who had become violent due to the curse, there were people who were ‘not cursed’ mixed in.

The order they received was to get rid of that Redrin priest who didn’t seem very old.

After hearing the words ‘It’s all Yira’s will,’ they thought there must be a reason for what would happen in the future.

However, when the Redrin priest they actually saw was younger than they thought and started to heal them for real, people started to think the order was a bit strange.

*There are people pretending to be cursed among the cursed people.*

Rembrary, Mulloo, and the Redrin paladins also realized this fact during the fight.

However, in the midst of fighting, it was difficult to distinguish who was really rampaging due to the curse and who was pretending to rampage.

“I’ll turn on the halo.”

Unable to watch any longer, Rembrary turned on the halo a little stronger to calm people down.

Fortunately, it worked. The surrounding movements immediately began to slow down rapidly.

However, without even having time to feel relieved, another group rushed at Rembrary again.

They moved without showing any fear or becoming peaceful, even while being hit by the halo.

“Damn it, what’s wrong with those guys?”

Rembrary weakened the halo a little, and one of the paladins, who barely opened his eyes, asked.

“It seems like they’re attacking without will. It seems like those who are being controlled by others to attack are not acting on their own will from the beginning, so it’s useless to look at the halo.”

Those who were attacking with will became dazed or sat down after seeing the halo.

Even if they received a little weaker light, they couldn’t approach Rembrary.

However, some people recklessly swung their swords and attacked people without any effect.

The problem was that those ‘some people’ were by no means fewer in number compared to the paladins.

Even in this situation, Rembrary frowned as he tried to heal one or two people.

In his pocket was the bead that High Priest Yira had given him before leaving. High Priest Yira told him to use it when it was dangerous.

*But is it okay to use this now? Is the thing that High Priest Yira gave him really okay this time?*