Chapter 123 – The Incubus Wizard Conquers the Church

“Are you requesting a duel?”
“Yes. He has a fiery personality, so he often pulls out his sword first. Everyone in the church knows that he has a dirty temper.”

There was a paladin who had a crush on Kate.
If you think about it, there is nothing strange about it.
If she’s a fair-haired nun with fairy looks, she’ll play queen wherever she goes.
There might be someone in the church who is in the same organization who likes Kate.

“That bastard Jake is on his way right now.”
“Okay! Run away from here, Mister. Even if you don’t talk to Unni and stay still, Paladin-sama will try to kick you out? You can’t think the same as normal church members who behave mildly.”

She knows she shouldn’t think the same as the average church member.
Paladins are the only members of the Gwangmyeongseong Church who can freely use force.
If a being you judged to be evil appears in front of you, it is possible to slaughter it immediately.

‘It’s a paladin with the same level of skill as me.’

She asked Nancy just in case.

“How do you know that paladin is about the same level as me? You’ve barely seen me use magic.”
“Since Kate unnie said so, it must be certain! It’s not a joke about the skills of measuring the specs of adventurers.”
“Then I’m sure.”

It was clear that it was Kate official, not brain official.
Kate’s specialty as an adventurer as a nun was to measure the specifications of her dealers.
The moment I realized that, I couldn’t help but be nervous.

Paladin.
The murder weapons raised by the Gwangmyeongseong Church to punish heretics.
I heard that Paladins who handle divine spells and martial arts at the same time are really difficult to deal with.
Healing spells are used to self-heal, and even martial arts are said to be unmatched by warriors.
What scared me above all was the strong mentality of the Paladins.
Paladins, who have undergone all sorts of training since their apprentice days and have grown up, never lose their will.
This is because the mind is trained in an extreme environment to prepare for the brainwashing of the pagans.

I had only met a paladin once while working as an adventurer.
Pagans appeared in the area where I went hunting, and a paladin who appeared out of nowhere cut dozens of pagans by himself.
As I watched the scene from afar, my limbs were tingling with fear.
Paladins were more feared than pagans.

‘I thought the Terminator appeared. Even if they are infidels, they can slaughter dozens of people like insects.’

The reason I was nervous when I heard that Paladin Jake was coming was because I had seen a paladin in person.
Everyone can’t help but be nervous when they hear the story of living a grudge against such murderous weapons.

“Don’t stay here, go quickly, mister!”

Nancy tried to force me out of church by pushing me on the back.
But it was already too late.
The cheers of the church members echoed from the front door of the church branch.

“Paladin-nim is back!”
“Look at that! The cultists’ hands have been cut off!”

Looking up, I saw a group of paladins crossing the front door and entering the church grounds.
A man wearing plate armor with a cross engraved on it proudly led the group from the front.
Instinctively, I could tell that the man was a paladin who had returned to the church after leaving the army.
Paladins are all armed with plate armor like that man.

“Mister, Paladin-sama is back! Oh, what should I do!’
“…”
“I have to go there! You know the kitchen I went into with my sister the other day! I’ll show you the way, so hide there!”

With a grunt, Nancy grabbed my arm and led me to the back of the church building.
If you hide somewhere until the paladins pass by, you will be able to survive safely.
But I didn’t even move as I stood tall.
Because you can’t run away from here.

“Ah, what are you doing, mister!”

I saw Kate in the distance.
Ten nuns followed like maids behind Paladin.
Among them was my lover, a blonde-haired nun.

Paladin Jake was constantly saying something to Kate behind her.
At first I couldn’t hear him well because of the distance, but gradually I heard what he was saying.

“Isn’t the weather nice, Mr. Kate?”
“…”
“Today is Baldur’s birthday. If you have time, how about having a meal together tonight?”
“Well.”

Kate didn’t seem very interested at first glance, but Jake continued to hang on to her work.
A stiff smile hung on Kate’s lips, but it was a commercial smile that Kate only uses when dealing with other adventurers besides me.

“Paladin-sama. I’m already dating someone. I’ve been telling you since you came back from the military campaign.”
“So, who the hell is that guy you’re dating? I’ve been asking since before, but you can’t answer at all. Don’t leave it out for nothing, and tell me if there’s anything I’m lacking in as a man. I’ll fix it.”

I heard that the church members still don’t know that Kate is dating her.
Paladin Jake held a bag soaked in blood in one hand, and what was in the bag were the hands of the cultists.
Paladins always cut off their hands as proof that they hunted pagans.

‘Is he a psychopath?’

I was betting on a woman I liked, and she was holding a bag smelling of blood in one hand.
As expected, he is a paladin from Gwangmyeongseong Church with a fanatical temperament.
Kate, in fact, was staring at her blood-soaked sack with her horrified eyes.

“If today doesn’t work, how about tomorrow’s dinner?”
“Don’t bother me. Before I smash you to pieces with the mace.”
“Even if I get hit with a mace, I don’t want anything if I can just have a meal with you. So please.”

It was when Jake was constantly betting on Kate.
I shook off Nancy’s hand and walked out in front of her.
The moment I walked towards the front door, I heard the voices of church members whispering around me.

“Incubus What is that guy doing?”
“We’re going to Paladin-sama. Since we’re gentle, I think Paladin-sama will look after us.”
“Kuh kuh. That dreamer is over now.”

I knew what the consequences of this action would be, but I didn’t stop walking.
As I appeared from the front, the paladin paused and stared at me with his eyes wide open.
At that moment, Jake’s and Kate’s voices rang out at the same time.

“Incubus?”
“Mo, Mongma?!”

As soon as Jake saw me, he put his hand on the hilt of his sword at his waist.
Kate took turns looking at me and Jake, surprised, and she tried to stop Jake first.

“Stop it! Incubus technically does not belong to the demonic forces proclaimed by the Church. Cutting an incubus is murder.”
“I know that the incubus is not the enemy of the church. But aren’t all incubus evil? I don’t know why they appeared in the church, but they must have evil intentions.”

Sreung! Paladin Jake drew his longsword at me.

“As a nun, I can vouch for you! That incubus is not evil.”
“How can Kate vouch for that? I’d like to know what your relationship is with that incubus.”

Kate hesitated at Jake’s sharp question.

“That, that’s Mongma-sama…”
“Mongma-sama, are you?”

Kate couldn’t take her word for it anymore.
As a nun, she shouldn’t let her church members know that she’s dating a dreamer.
The relationship between a dreamer and a nun was impossible according to the common sense of church members.

“Mongma-nim is a very friendly title.”

Jake walked towards me standing in front with cold eyes.
The longsword he was holding in his hand shook menacingly.

“I guess you don’t have to tell me, Kate. That blasphemous incubus must have bewitched you. Was it the dreamer who said that she was dating a guy?”
“Mmm, stop! Don’t approach the dreamer anymore!”
“Please, sisters. Please protect Kate for a while before I dispose of the incubus.”

The nuns who followed Jake grabbed Kate.
Because Paladins have the authority to make even nuns follow them.

I confronted Jake, who came right in front of me.
And then I groaned inwardly.

‘I’m really out of luck.’

The day I came to the church to seduce a nun is the day of a big event, and I thought I would run into a psychopathic paladin who hates incubus.

Unlucky.
But if you think about it, my life was originally unhappy.
There was only a moment of luck when I met Rebecca and Kate, but my dream horse life was originally like this.
So there’s nothing to worry about.

“What’s your name? You, blonde dreamer.”
“Luke.”
“I’m Jake the Paladin of the Yoensuu branch. It looks like Kate is bewitched by you. I heard that you incubuses have an excellent ability to seduce women.”

I thought I would shut up and start with a sword fight, but it’s not surprising.
Jake tried to convince me.

“Say it politely. Don’t approach Kate any more. If you swear to Baldur, I will send you away peacefully. I also don’t want to see blood on such an auspicious day. Today is the day Baldur was born.”
“…”
“If you refuse the offer, I will slit your head. Now, choose. Give up Mr. Kate or slit your throat.”

Jake aimed his longsword at me.
I answered him calmly.

“I can’t choose both.”
“Hmm?”
“Because I am an incubus mage. I will never lose a woman or lose a duel.”

After he finished answering, he recited an incantation.

“Liquid.”

In my hand, I was holding a long whip made of liquid.
The moment he saw the wriggling water whip, instead of being frightened, Jake let out a cold smile.
A paladin who beats the heathen.
You’ve probably seen any amount of magic.

“You’ve mastered magic on the subject of Dreams.”

Jake energized his longsword grip.
Dig! At that moment, the blade of the longsword began to emit pure white light.
A holy glow spread in all directions, making the viewer feel ecstatic.

Divine aura, like an aura used by warriors, covered the blade of the longsword.
However, that is not an auror, but a unique skill of paladins.

‘Holy Blade.’

A technique that maximizes divine power and expresses it with a sharp sword.
The Holy Blade inflicts fatal sword wounds on enemies that the Paladins designate as ‘evil’.
The important thing here is that ‘evil’ is subjective to Paladin.
Rather than being bound by the doctrines of the Gwangmyeongseong Church, the Holy Blade becomes powerful only according to the Paladin’s definition.

As for me, Incubus.
That paladin was the target that was judged as a wicked person.
If you get cut by the Holy Blade, your body will be cut off along with your bones.

Thump thump!
Paladin grabbed the Holy Blade and charged.
As the heavy body in plate armor ran away, an unusual ground shaking occurred.

“Monma-sama!”

I hear Kate’s voice calling me from afar.
She didn’t answer her call.

I just uttered an incantation as I watched the charging paladin.
These are the spells that I learned over the past month.