The Demon King's Paladin Part 1 Vol 2.

Chapter 281. Do Conditions Matter?

" What is that!?"

Count Gorse called to me as if I had an answer for him. The reason for his question was simple, a black plant was standing in the center of this field when the smoke had cleared from all of the fireballs that Lady Kina had fired. Something tells me from the marks on the ground that she may have gotten a bit... Trigger happy with her magic. Well, I'd feel bad about it, if it wasn't for the fact that the " victim" in this situation already had a laundry list of crimes that stretched a mile long. Back to the plant however, it looked as if it was a black flower that hadn't bloomed yet, if I had to guess it's some kind of godforsaken plant that can resist fire and ice from an ancient time when the God Of The Blackwoods could still roam the land. I looked back at Count Gorse and began to explain what I think it was, but before I spoke...

/Whoosh!/

I sent my Holy Flames towards the flower like bulb to probe it and then I started to speak to Count Gorse while also explaining it to Count Sark and Princess Alice at the same time.

" It seems to be a defensive measure, probably some kind of plant that can resist fire and ice. Let's see how it defends against my Holy Flames."

/Whoosh!/

And just like that, a golden bonfire seemed to appear out of nowhere. Seems my probing caused a fire to start. My Holy Flames returned to my side and hid behind me like a scared puppy, I'd almost think that it was cute if not for the fact that it's a literal ball of flame.

" What happened!?"

Count Sark seemed concerned, I guess he hasn't seen what my flames do to these black plants yet.

" I sent my Holy Flames to reach out and set the plant on fire, as you can see, the plants burn like dead wood to my flames. I don't really have a concrete explanation for why it works, but if I had to guess, the God who's favor I have, which makes me a Paladin, must be at odds with Gods that are similar to the God Of The Blackwoods."

/ THOOM! CRASH!/

" You'd be right, TRASH!"

"HUF!"

Again, he grabbed me by the back of my head and crashed it into the ground. I'm getting sick of this!

/WOOSH!/

Without even speaking, I flash my Holy Flames above myself to threaten him.

/ THOOM!/

It was good enough to get him off of me.

" Matthew!"

Princess Alice helped me to my feet.

" I am getting fucking sick of you!"

I yell at the God and spit the blood out of my mouth. I must've bit my cheek on the way down on that last one.

" I'm going to kill you all."

" What the hell?"

" What is that?"

Both Princess Alice and I spoke at the same time, I was able to finish my sentence first. We were both surprised to see the appearance of our enemy now.

" What? Did you think I was solely defending from such low-quality magic? You mortals continue to be such fools. Even though I'm not at my full strength due to this low-class vessel, behold! One of my oldest arms, My Epidermis armor!"

He proudly called attention to his outfit, it was such a weird sight, what looked like black wood and green plant flesh mixed together and incorporated itself into the God's very own skin in a way where I wasn't sure where his skin ended, and the armor began. All of this tied together with what looked like multiple horrified faces in the armor that he wore. The faces looked like a twisted version of a jack-o-lantern from my world. Regardless, it didn't matter what it was, all that mattered was that we were all here now. The battle was going to end up going one of two ways regardless of anyone wearing a new piece of armor or not.