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[Translator - Pot ]
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Chapter 50: Anointing with the Holy Spirit
Although some of the details are omitted, the goblin rebellion was a success.
The Orcs had already lost a significant portion of their forces, having been caught in the fire tornado outside.
More importantly, there were far more goblin variants than anticipated.
It wasn't just one or two goblins classified as Named like the goblin chief.
Empowered by the fulfillment of the prophecy of a Savior, the goblins swiftly began to slaughter the Orcs.
They smashed Orc knees with the pickaxes they once used to mine, launching coordinated surprise attacks from the darkness.
By the time the Orcs realized something was amiss, half of the quarry had already fallen.
"These bastards! After we fed and housed them!"
Thus, the Orcs were annihilated by the goblins' determined will to achieve freedom.
But why was Ray still alive, you ask?
"Let's take the Savior's blood and flesh!"
"You blasphemous bastards!"
"Squeak?!"
Ray struck a goblin with a chop, leaving a deep indentation in its skull. Was this resistance?
The Savior refusing to sacrifice himself? It didn't matter.
"We will eat the Savior's blood and flesh and grow stronger!"
To believe one could grow stronger by devouring human flesh, such a baseless claim to reclaim their freedom was truly a goblin-like idea.
But to succumb to this would only mean being eaten.
Ray quickly made a decision, even as he was about to be devoured as a sacrifice.
"You impious wretches! Are you just going to devour your Savior like animal feed?"
"Squeak?"
"I will select twelve of your finest warriors and bestow upon them my blood and flesh. Those twelve warriors will lead you to Valhalla!"
"Valhalla! Valhalla!"
"Valhalla! Valhalla!"
"Go, brave goblin warriors! We shall not be slaves!"
Karrgh! Karrgh!
While the goblins embarked on their joyful rebellion against the Orcs, Ray tried several times to escape.
But...
"Savior, sir? Where are you going?"
"Kyu-ra! Kyu-kyu-roo?"
"Kkya-look!"
Goblins were everywhere.
Furthermore, since he couldn't communicate with any of them except for the goblin chief, who could use telepathy, he couldn't act rashly.
In the end, Ray couldn't escape until the Orcs were wiped out and the goblins had taken control of the quarry.
"Savior! We have chosen the twelve warriors who performed best in this battle. Now, your blood and flesh!"
'Disgusting bastards.'
Did they really want his blood and flesh that badly? But if he refused, he'd be eaten on the spot. Ray suddenly stood up and shouted,
"Begin the ritual!"
"The ritual?"
"To bless the warriors, I shall dedicate a dance and song for them!"
And so.
"Sol Invictus! Sol Invictus! Invictus is the highest!"
"Exalt His name! Praise Him! My precious Lord, my God! Shout Sol Invictus!"
"Kyaaaaaa!"
"Kasu! Kasu! Kasu!"
Fortunately, the goblins' reaction wasn't too bad.
Indeed, their eyes couldn't help but be dazzled by the modern hymn melodies, which were about five hundred years ahead of their time.
"Fight the devils! Brothers, freed from sin!"
"Fight bravely! Against those wicked enemies!"
Ray's chaotic hymn show continued for over ten hours.
He had to live.
He had to survive somehow.
Luckily, the goblins, having encountered the new culture of 21st-century hymns, were captivated by the lively songs and dances and didn't rush him.
However, this act couldn't go on forever.
Then, at that moment.
"Ugh! Ugh!"
Aaron's party, who had come to rescue Ray, ended up getting captured.
"Kyu-ra!"
"Kasu!"
The goblins sprinkled something on Aaron and his party, who were now in front of a large brazier in the ritual area.
"Cough! Let go!"
"What are they sprinkling?!"
"Ugh! Salty! It's salt!"
"The goblins are salting us?! Why?!"
To eat them, of course. Ray looked down at the goblins salting them and said,
"But only four of you came? Then we're all dead."
"Damn it...! What are you so calm about! The Axe Sisterhood is waiting outside!"
"Phew... I thought I was really going to be eaten."
Ray surveyed his surroundings.
The goblins were boiling a large pot, seemingly intending to boil and eat Ray's party.
It was truly a gruesome sight, but Ray had grown accustomed to it over the past ten hours.
"You really came to save me, right? It was a bit clumsy, but thank you anyway."
"...Of course. You're my companion..."
"Hey! Is just salting enough?! Add plenty of spices, I say!"
"This son of a bitch..."
A curse almost escaped Aaron's lips, but Ray quietly whispered to calm him down.
"We need to buy time! Time!"
"Ugh..."
The goblins grinned maliciously as they seasoned Aaron and his companions.
In particular, female goblins approached Aaron and Henry, grinning.
"Kya-roo-kyu-goo! Kyu-ga-gak!"
(Look at their healthy skin. Can't we have a taste before eating them?)
"Kya-r-rook! Kya-ra-rak!"
(Let's ravish them! Let's ravish them!)
The goblins' lewd gazes.
Realizing their meaning, Aaron and Henry shrieked and struggled.
"Oh, stay away! Don't touch me!"
"Aargh! Brother! W-where are you touching?! Where are you touching?!"
Goblins are known for murder and arson, but among their worst crimes are sexual offenses.
How could they commit r*pe against different species?
It's because goblins are extremely 'anything-goes' Even though they can't conceive with different species, incidents of r*pe are rampant precisely for this reason.
It was an act to satisfy their sexual desires, not for reproduction.
"Kya-kya-kya!"
It was at that moment, as the goblins' sexual harassment grew more heated.
"Quack!"
Ray's chop from behind crushed a female goblin's skull.
"Don't play with food!"
Ray, having put a stop to the sexual harassment, began to speak bizarre words to the goblins.
"The time has come, comrades! You shall witness your Savior ascend, anointed with the Holy Spirit's oil!"
"Kasu! Kasu! Kasu!"
"But before that, what must you do?"
"Encore! Encore! Encore!"
"Good! Bring me my guitar... no, my lute!"
Ray took the lute the goblins brought and began to sing a hymn.
"Sol Invictus! Sol Invictus! Invictus is the highest!"
"Exalt His name! Praise Him! My precious Lord, my God! Shout Sol Invictus!"
Was he planning to hold out for several more hours again?
Surely even the goblins would find such a development boring?
No, Ray had a trick up his sleeve.
The situation had changed with the arrival of his companions.
"These sacrifices are also ready to sacrifice themselves for you! Release their bonds and give them instruments!"
"Squeak?"
"Savior's! Words! Obey!"
At the chief's command, the goblins began distributing instruments to Aaron, Henry, Jenny, and Ophelia.
They were crude, but still complete, primitive instruments.
"No, what are you suddenly saying..."
"Are we having a final choir show and then all dying together?"
"Beat the drums! Shake the instruments! All together in chorus!"
"...No, wait."
Aaron, bewildered, realized something and urged his companions.
"Do it! The hymn! Follow along!"
"Yes, Brother? What's suddenly..."
"Brother Aaron! Messengers of Light!"
"Ugh...! Messengers of Light! Come quickly!"
"LOUDEEER!"
"Drive away the darkness! And to the people who don't know the Lord's grace! Shine the light of the Gospel!"
Aaron and his companions had almost mastered Ray's hymn medley from following him around.
The higher-ups constantly wanted to hear hymns from Ray, so they were dragged along as a side effect.
"Fight the devils, brothers freed from sin!"
"Fight bravely, against those wicked enemies!"
As the party members began to follow along one by one, the melody spread through the quarry.
And they weren't the only ones who had heard Ray's hymns ad nauseam.
"Yee-kang! Yee-kang!"
"Yee-kang-yee-kang! Estera!"
The goblins, having heard Ray's hymns to the point of boredom, could even join in the choruses.
The sight of thousands of goblins simultaneously joining the hymn procession was somehow grotesque and even overwhelming.
"The time has come, brothers! Anoint yourselves with the Holy Spirit's oil!"
It was then.
Starting with the goblin chief, the goblin warriors began to sprinkle something on each other.
"SPLASH FESTIVAL, LET'S GOOOOOO!"
"LET'S GOOOOOO!"
What the goblins were sprinkling on each other was oil.
The Holy Spirit's oil.
Ray had instructed the goblins to do this during the entire ten hours of hymning.
"..."
"Re-really?"
Aaron's party, smelling the pungent oil, gasped and trembled.
They had realized Ray's true intention.
"Ggohan! Ggohaaaaan!"
"Yes, Savior!"
"Bring forth the great twelve warriors! I will personally bless them and share my blood and flesh!"
At Ray's command, the chief, with an ecstatic expression, brought the goblin warriors who had distinguished themselves in the battle.
"Crazy...!"
"So many Named ones?!"
Each of them was an extraordinary goblin.
There were goblins several times larger than ordinary ones, albino goblins with pure white skin, and shaman goblins who could seemingly cast spells.
How much breeding and how many litters must it have taken for such a number of Named goblins to appear?
As Aaron's party stood aghast, Ray embraced them.
"Goblin warriors. My brothers and sisters. I anoint you with oil and bless you. For these are my disciples and friends."
"Kuh-huk!"
"Yee-kang! Yee-kang!"
However, the goblin warriors were utterly mesmerized by Ray.
At this point, he was enviable even by the leader of a burgeoning cult.
What on earth had happened while he was captured?
'This Ray... if he hadn't become a priest of the church, he would have been a cult leader.'
'Mm... I agree.'
But ultimately, they were here to eat Ray.
If he didn't resolve this situation, whether he was a cult leader or not, death was a certainty.
But now.
A priest with the Authority of Hymns and his four companions.
Thousands of goblins participating in the chorus, even if their direction was greatly astray.
The time was ripe.
"I shall ascend with the blazing flames! And the fire of the Holy Spirit will engulf you until the moment of ascension!"
"Kasu! Kasu! Kasu!"
Ray looked around at the twelve goblin warriors gathered before him.
"You brought your equipment, right?"
"Yes! The Savior, told us, to bring, them!"
"Good, good. These will be your weapons to lead the goblins in the future."
The goblins were surprisingly obedient, as long as it didn't involve eating him.
Ray gestured to the goblin warriors, not even glancing at his and his companions' equipment.
"Come. I will give you my final blessing."
"Savior!"
"Kasu!"
The goblin warriors approached Ray without any suspicion and knelt.
There was no point in resisting when surrounded by so many goblins anyway.
It was this absolute numerical advantage that made the goblins lose their suspicion.
"This sacred blood will bestow new power upon you. Close your eyes."
Thus, there was no resistance as they crowded together, their bodies covered in oil, and had their foreheads marked with Ray's 'Sacred blood'.
'Ah, I can finally eat the Savior's flesh!'
'With this, I will become the new great chief leading the goblins!'
'Face meat? Belly fat? No, the thighs also looked tender and delicious.'
'Human women are tastier. It's a shame the Savior is a man.'
'But there are women as side dishes!'
As the goblins were lost in their own thoughts.
'Hmm? Something...'
'Isn't it hot?'
'My whole body feels like it's burning? Is this the fire of the Holy Spirit?'
The illusion lasted only for a moment.
The goblin warriors began to scream from the burning pain that spread instantly.
"Kyaaaaaa!"
"Kyaaaaaagh!"
"Hot! Hot! Soooo hot!"
The goblin warriors thrashed in agonizing burning pain.
But it was already too late.
They had drenched their entire bodies in oil and were now touching the holy fire at close range.
Even if their grandfathers had come, it would have been far too late.
"FIIIIIIIIIIRE!"
Ray grinned wildly and kicked one of the goblin warriors.
A 'fireball' fell among the goblins who had been watching, unaware of the situation.
The flames spread.
"Kuaaaaaaaagh!"
"Kyaaaaaaaagh!"
"Fire! Fiiiiire! Fiiiiire!"
The flames spread uncontrollably.
The struggling, flailing goblins transferred the flames to new goblins.
"Now! Run!"
"You crazy bastard!"
Ray and his companions, while the goblins were in a panic, grabbed their equipment and ran together.
"Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! Ray! I trusted you!"
Ophelia swung her shield, sending a flailing goblin flying far away.
The flames had spread to the spectator stands, which hadn't yet caught fire.
"What a brilliant move! You're truly amazing, Brother!"
"We almost became seasoned roasted whole, though!"
The holy fire doesn't harm allies.
Thanks to this, even though flames spread everywhere, they only felt a little hot, and no one suffered burns.
"Traitor!"
The goblin chief, engulfed in flames, pointed a finger at Ray, but what Ray returned was the cold bolt of his Helsing Vision Crossbow.
"Cough!"
Chief Ggohan, whose forehead was pierced by the bolt, died instantly.
"By the way, you really managed to win over the goblins. What kind of magic did you pull this time?"
"Magic? This is all the work of a professional."
Captivating followers with one's words and mesmerizing them is a fundamental quality of a star pastor.
Pastor Kim became a superstar in Korean Protestantism with this gift of gab and ability to create atmosphere.
It could truly be said that if he hadn't become a pastor, he would have become the leader of a cult.
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Ray and his party, having barely escaped the quarry, were able to rendezvous with the waiting Axe Sisterhood carriages.
Commander Maria, seeing the growing commotion, had already prepared for departure, allowing them to shake off the pursuing goblins.
"Phew~ Ah, we're alive!"
"I really thought I was going to die this time."
They had returned from a hellish inferno where thousands of goblins were simultaneously burning with holy fire.
Ray and his exhausted companions sprawled in the carriage, and Commander Maria approached, offering water.
"Thank you."
"You've been through a lot."
Ray, covered in black soot but desperate to quench his thirst, gulped down the water.
"Phew~ Right. Commander, there's something I need to report immediately."
Ray reported to Commander Maria about the Orcs who enslaved goblins and the human-made animal feed.
This led to one inference.
"There are people in the city trading with Orcs for goblins."
"Yes. But there's a lot of specific information. We just need to find businesses that use large quantities of goblin oil."
"...I have some suspicions. But the problem is, we don't have evidence."
Evidence. Unlike cultists or monsters, evidence is needed when dealing with humans.
"We might have to infiltrate..."
Late in the morning, Ray's party arrived in the city and saw.
"Kyu-ra! Kyu-kyu-ru-ra! Ku-la-ra!"
(We! Shall not be slaves!)
The goblins burning down the city and rioting.
"Evidence... will we need it?"
"Doesn't look like it, does it?"
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[Translator - Pot ]
[Proofreader - Kawaii ]
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