0.01 Second Sword Master Episode 104
Half a month had passed since I became the king of Eli Kingdom.
During that time, there were no incidents of this kind.
Should I say that it was a peaceful day like a lie?
It felt like the night before a storm.
“Meet the King.”
“Meet the great King.”
When I went outside for a while, the knights and servants who walked around the palace bowed their heads to me. The title they call me now is not the Grand Division Commander, but the ‘King’.
In this game, I’ve had tons of jobs.
Of course, the king has done it, and the emperor of the empire has also done it.
But there were no emotions at the time.
It’s just a job in the game, so I didn’t attach much meaning to it.
But now it is different.
In a world more real than this reality, I became a king, and I was given more responsibility than ever before.
‘Now what?’
To finish this game, you must complete the main quest.
Of course, if you were to pick the easiest main quest out of these, it would be to help the main character, Alexander, stop the Techina tribe from advancing and save the continent.
That’s the ending that symbolizes this game, and it’s also the easiest way.
However, there are no ending quests that should come out, only quests to become emperor and conquer the continent, or to become the king of hell and destroy the continent…
‘This is a billion.’
It felt like the developers were deliberately putting me in a corner.
That’s why I can’t finish this game.
“Aww!”
It was a time when I was lost in thought for a while, exhaling cold air from my mouth.
I narrowed my brows at the sound of a scream coming from somewhere.
Looking at the place where the sound came from, I soon saw some knights tying someone up with a rope and taking them away.
“What’s the fuss?”
To my question, they bowed down and answered.
“Meet the great King. We are catching the spy and taking him to the torture chamber.”
“A spy?”
“Yes. Wouldn’t he be surprised to see Kiru walking around the training ground? So I overpowered him with my subordinates and captured him.”
Then the captured man shouted as if he was unfair.
“O king! I am not a spy. Why should I be arrested!”
“Shut up! The outfit you’re wearing isn’t something newcomers can wear. That would mean you haven’t seen Kiru once or twice, but you acted as if you were seeing it for the first time!”
but.
In the middle of the night, you would be surprised to see Sapphire Jacoon with its mouth wide open, flashing a blue light.
However, our knights are not surprised at all because they have seen Kiru like that so many times.
In other words, only those spies who have never seen Kiru react with surprise when they see it.
That’s why it was so easy to track down the spy.
“Go and find out who solved the spy.”
“Yes.”
There were quite a few cases where Kiru caught spies in this way.
And it wasn’t just Kiru.
“Ugh, ugh!!”
“Kyaaac!!”
A scream echoed, indistinguishable from whether it was a man or a woman.
Soon, with the strong wind, the flame thumped in front of me with its heavy body! landed
“Aslan.”
The dragon’s heavy voice split the son-in-law.
Flame threw the ones he had captured in front of me.
“There seem to be a lot of rats in this kingdom these days.”
“Did these guys scream at you too?”
“yes. I wanted to eat it in one bite because it looked so cute when I was scared, but I held back.”
Like Kiru, Flame also came and went in and out of the kingdom as if it were his own home.
So, spies who are not aware of his existence have been caught in a fit of panic when they see the dragon, and there have been many cases these days.
Of course, rumors spread that dragons came and went in and out of our kingdom, but when you see a dragon right in front of you, you can’t help but scream because your hamstrings are numb.
No matter how much you train, it’s because it’s set up to feel fear when you face it.
“It must mean that we are wary of our kingdom.”
“Whoops. Is it the kind of inconvenience that a great power has to go through? Anyway, since you made a feat today, let’s come tomorrow to eat delicious food.”
The flame flapped its wings and flew away.
I looked down at the spies, who were trembling with fear.
“D-Dragon.”
“Wait, how did you end up eating here…”
Dealing with these guys was annoying, so I glanced at the knights behind me.
They were to be tortured, just like the one who had just been captured, to find out who dared to send spies to my realm.
‘I’m going to catch a cold like this.’
On the outside, he looks like he’ll be fine even in icy water, but on the inside, he’s a weakling.
I tried to go inside again before that.
“My king.”
Then Aaron came over and was polite with me.
“I have something to report to you.”
“Speak.”
“The Pope said he passed Halaz Castle.”
At those words, I felt pain in my temples.
Pope, Rehenna.
Even though I had a fight with the church, what had been quiet suddenly appeared in the world.
‘Originally, depending on the story, there were times when it didn’t come out at all.’
Pope Rehenna is a closed figure.
Despite being the pope who should be the face of the church, she does not reveal herself to the world.
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Game-wise, it is said that he has lived a secluded life because of the risk that his influence will grow so much that he will be worshiped even more than Rahal.
Of course, I don’t know if it’s real or fake.
But the problem is,
“And the relics are also said to be on the move with the pope.”
It was a holy thing.
Relic of the Church of Reyes.
The holy relic that Rahal left as a token of promise to the Church of Reyes was like a statue covered with pure gold.
It is said to be such a sacred object that it has always remained only in the temple, and if an unauthorized person touches it, Rahal’s wrath descends and burns the body.
‘If you just listen to it, you’ll feel like a fool, but…’
The power of the holy spirit is real.
If you touch it unknowingly, you will die on the spot due to the tremendous force applied to it.
And there was one more reason why this holy relic was important.
That is, this holy relic plays a very important role in the story.
‘Especially to Alexander.’
There is one secret power in the holy relic, which is to drop a pillar of light, allowing the opponent to determine whether or not he is the hero chosen by Rahal.
And this pillar of light was applied only to Alexander.
No matter how much I accumulate divine power, accumulate virtue, and gain fame from all kinds of people, if I am not Alexander, I will never be recognized through the pillar of light.
‘Then should I use this for Alexander?’
Even if it wasn’t so, it was a situation where he couldn’t figure out what to do because of the emperor quest and the hell king quest.
In this chaotic situation, what if Alexander is recognized as a hero through the holy relic and the way to save this continent opens?
‘If that happens, a new main quest will appear, right?’
The calculator that was busy running in my head stopped.
I spoke to Aaron in a solemn voice.
“Tell him not to get in the way of the pope.”
“All right.”
Aaron didn’t even add a word.
Even though we have a fight with the church, the opponent is the pope.
The Pope’s reputation in this game is so high that even those who hate the Reyes Church can admit it as much as the Pope.
Also, what she is currently transporting is a holy relic.
If you bring it here, release its power, and use it only for Alexander…
‘Goodbye to this damn game!’
* * *
Pope Rehena and his paladins continued their march beyond Halaz Castle to the place where the Kingdom of Eli was located.
She glanced around and spoke to the knight commander next to her.
“That’s strange.”
“Yes? What do you mean?”
“I don’t go out often, but when I do, the kingdom always sends guards. But when I entered the territory of Eli Kingdom, there was nothing like that at all.”
“…”
“Even the expressions of the knights don’t look good.”
At her words, the knight commander hesitantly answered.
“Pope. The kingdoms of Aslan and Eli do not respect the Church. And······. The paladins here are very afraid of Aslan. Because the most elite Holy Knights were slaughtered by Aslan.”
“I heard about that too. Aslan swept that many armies single-handedly?”
“Yes. It’s embarrassing, but it drove the fear of Aslan to the depths of these people.”
It is said that the Paladins, who are not afraid of demons and are prepared to die for the sake of the Church, are extremely afraid of only one human being.
Seeing such a weak figure rather than always upright paladins, it felt strange.
“This is the Kingdom of Eli, Pope.”
While he was immersed in his thoughts, the pope arrived at Eli Kingdom before he knew it.
However, the reaction of the people in the castle was unusual.
“Pope?”
“Is it a church again?”
“What are you going to do to harass our king this time!”
Even if only the Archbishop of the church visits, the people of the castle will be very hospitable for a while. How much more will they be delighted when the pope visits them.
However, the people here did not welcome the pope, but rather sent bloody eyes.
Sometimes it felt like living, to the extent that the Paladins who were escorting the Pope pulled out their swords and stood guard.
And it was then.
“Kwalala lala-!!”
“!?”
The pope almost fell from the carriage he was riding at the sudden, tremendous roar.
“This, this voice can’t be…”
A huge shadow cast over the ground.
And the red scales that turn the blue sky red.
The red dragon, the lord of the sky and the catastrophe of the continent, flapped its wings and came down to the castle and sat down.
“D-D-Dragon!!”
“Mo, everyone, prepare for battle!!”
Surprised by the appearance of the dragon, the paladins took out their weapons and formed a formation.
“Everyone evacuate!”
And he shouted to the people standing still outside to run away quickly.
But they didn’t move an inch.
“no. Hurry up and avoid it!”
“Do you want to stay here and die!”
Rather, the paladin’s reaction seemed to be interesting.
“It’s okay. Our Flame-nim is not a bad person who harms the common people.”
“that’s right. The one who serves the king of our kingdom!”
“…?”
The strange reaction of the people made the knights dumbfounded.
Aren’t dragons bad? Even serve a king?
It was a story that made no sense at all.
Dragons don’t bow their heads to anyone, and aren’t they the ones who turn the whole area into a mess if they get even slightly wrong?
But why are they…
“what? you guys.”
Flame, who sat down and ate the food brought by the people, frowned at the murderous spirits emitted by the paladins.
“In front of whom do you dare to live like that?”
The angry dragon approached the paladins with dull steps.
“Uh, uh uh…”
The paladins are stunned for a while by that huge and fearsome existence,
“What are you guys doing!! Get in formation right now!”
After waking up to the knight commander’s cry, they quickly surrounded the dragon.
The Pope also slowly raised his divine power in this dizzy situation to add strength.
‘I’ve heard of it before.’
It is said that the red dragon appeared in Halaz Castle once and also appeared in the Kingdom of Eli.
It was said that the red dragon appeared when Aslan was inaugurated as king, but it was very suspicious that nothing happened after that, so I thought it was false information.
However, was the information that I thought only false was actually true?
The people here were showing hostility not to that dragon, but rather to the holy church.
“Hoo. Are you trying these seemingly insignificant bites here?”
The red aura of the dragon was slowly boiling.
As expected of the continent’s strongest race, the aura that flowed out was terrifying.
An imminent situation!
It was time for the paladins to rush at the dragon all at once, waiting for orders.
[stop.]
A voice resounding everywhere.
It was that tremendous voice that shook the heavens and the earth, unable to resonate in space.
Beep-!!
With that one word deafening and two bones shaking, the knights could not bear to stand still.
They dropped their weapons, covered their ears, knelt and screamed.
“Uh, ah!”
“Cheak!”
It was the same with the knight commander.
I was struggling to hold on to the horse’s reins, groaning as if I was choking at the voice that penetrated my heart.
Even the pope was only enduring that coercive force with his holy power.
I couldn’t figure out where this power came from.
look ahead
Isn’t even the strongest dragon on that continent trembling?
But I saw a shadow cast over it.
Flutter~
Silver hair riding in the wind with a fluttering red cape.
Unlike the Paladins, the people who were not affected by this power saw the existence and shouted in unison.
“The King is here!!”
“This is Aslan!!”
“Waaa-!!”
Is that Aslan the one who dares to step on that dragon’s head?
Pope Rehenna met Aslan’s eyes as he looked down at her arrogantly.
Her heart began to beat at the sight of those sad blue eyes.