Chapter 102 Repeat (2)
giant.
Frontier, who has knowledge of the game, also knows what ‘giant’ means.
Ancient beings. These are people who appeared in actual mythology, such as ‘Titans’ and ‘Jotuns’.
Contrary to the word ‘giant’, their size cannot necessarily be said to be large.
It is said that the size of the visible volume was meaningless to beings of ancient times. To them, the word ‘giant’ does not mean body size.
Giants are all people who threatened the position of God.
Incidents such as rebellions, coups, and cataclysms also happened to God.
Beings who touched God’s neck in the distant past, God’s archenemies.
‘… … But that’s not all.’
However, the current Frontier does not simply have preliminary knowledge about giants.
Frondier remembers what Merlin said.
A sentence in an ancient language given to Merlin by King Arthur.
─For the giant who will bring down the gods.
‘Does that word appear again here and now?’
What Bael just said is that demons cannot kill giants.
Even Frontier doesn’t know what that means. Is there some law that makes that happen, or does it mean that the giant is that strong?
But Frontier’s intuition speaks volumes.
The ‘giant’ that Bael speaks of, the ‘giant’ that Frondier knows, and the ‘giant’ that King Arthur wrote about in ancient language.
They all point to the same being.
‘The sentence King Arthur left behind was written as if he was on the side of the giants.’
It is expressed as being for the giants, and the prediction that it will destroy the gods is the same as the knowledge of the giants that Frondier knew.
Frontier is a human who has suffered all sorts of hardships because of God. It was no surprise that the hero was on the side of the giants and not the gods. Although it was unexpected.
But there was a different problem.
‘Whether they are Jotuns or Titans, they are so ancient. I can’t believe King Arthur would have met them.’
The time zone does not match at all. King Arthur can be said to be a very recent figure compared to giants such as the Titans.
What did King Arthur see that made him say those words?
In the first place, how could King Arthur leave behind an ancient language that even Merlin could not read?
Frondier, who was thinking for a moment, asked Bael.
“… … “Satan retreated after hearing those words?”
“okay. There seemed to be something that only those two understood. “There was just a problem.”
“problem?”
“At that time, a significant number of demons had already flown to the empire. “Most of them were Satan’s minions.”
Although Belphegor stopped Satan, he was a little late.
Satan had already ordered a sortie to the front line.
“The devils who took the lead were the most skilled and trusted devils among Satan’s subordinates. But of course it would have been difficult to take down the empire with them alone. “The people who came to be called ‘Zodiac’ at that time were already on par with those demons as individuals.”
“So did Satan give them the order to retreat?”
“no.”
Bael shook his head.
“I left it as is.”
“… … as it is?”
“okay. And then I returned to the demon world. After fulfilling the contract of the man who called me. Of course, it goes without saying that even if the contract was fulfilled, it would be a good ending for the person who made the contract with Satan.”
Yes, that will happen. There was no way Satan would just meekly follow the contract. Because the contract was used to open the gate in the first place.
But that wasn’t the problem now.
“Then what happened to the demons who sortied earlier? Are you saying he crashed into the empire and died?”
“You know now that’s not the case, Frontier. When Satan returned to the Demon World through the Gate, they forgot all their memories of the Demon World. “I forgot why I was in the human world and how to get back to the demon world.”
“… … “The devils who forgot that memory are the ones.”
“okay. “They are the devils currently hiding in the empire.”
When Marco answered, Frondier’s face crumpled.
His ominous guess turned out to be correct.
Frondier shook his head.
So doesn’t this mean that all the devils hidden in the empire and the devils that Satan sent this time were originally Satan’s subordinates?
‘Is that bastard picking a fight between his former subordinates and his current subordinates? Because you want to ruin the empire?’
He’s not usually a crazy bastard.
“Why did that happen? “Is it that simple to make people lose their memories?”
It was Frondier who asked so suspiciously,
“okay. “I can’t believe that either.”
Bael was the one who went along with it.
“I can’t believe they lost their memories. They’re lying. It was a plan from the beginning to hide in the empire. “They used us!”
There was murder in Bael’s eyes.
Frondier said while looking at it.
“… … Did Bael or the other 72 demons cross the gate from the demon world with Satan?”
“okay. Including Belphegor. It was a kind of union. In the Demon World, they formed a temporary alliance and planned to swallow up the empire together. And through the gate opened by Satan’s contract, they all arrived in the western land. however.”
“… … Satan left them all alone and returned to the demon world. “With the gate closed.”
And then the devil was divided. Those demons that had already headed to the empire, and those that remained in the west due to Belphegor’s restraint.
The western devils were literally betrayed by Satan. The only path back to the demon world has been closed, and the land is the land of humans. However, when they attack the human land, their numbers are insufficient, and when they go to the empire’s land, Belphegor blocks them.
In other words, in Agoris, the devils were in a similar situation to ‘Mangot’.
“… … In other words, the demons of Agoris believe that the demons in the empire know how to return to the demon world.”
“okay. From the beginning, Belphegor and Satan joined hands! The plan was to eat the empire from within. Otherwise, why would you tell such an absurd lie? Losing your memory is just an act of deceiving us! In fact, none of the demons of Agoris have forgotten Satan!”
Bael’s eyes burned.
Marco sighed at that.
“Bael. “The reason the demons currently in the empire have lost their memories is because they are Satan’s minions.”
“What does that mean?”
“They were all devils, subject to the covenant at the command of Satan. “The very contract that Satan made with humans to cross the Gate.”
Then Marco looked at Frondier.
“Frondier, something similar happened in this world, right? “It’s such an absurd incident that not everyone in the world remembers that one person.”
“… … !”
What Frontier naturally thinks of is the magic of President Ospreet.
Ospreet threw himself out of the world and escaped everyone’s recognition.
Marco said after seeing Frondier’s expression.
“A similar thing happened to the devils. Well, the situation is the opposite.”
Yes. In the case of Ospreet, the entire world treated Ospreet as non-existent, but this time, the demons forgot about the demon world.
In other words, it is not that the demons have left the world, but that the world has escaped the perception of the demons.
“This was the wish of man who made a contract with Satan. “It was a ridiculous wish, like ‘get rid of all demons in this world.’”
“You made a wish to the devil to get rid of him?”
And to Satan, the greatest of the seven deadly sins?
I don’t know what kind of person he was, but he probably wouldn’t have died well.
“That man intended to die from the beginning. So I guess the idea was to drag at least one more devil. Well, you might have wondered what the devil would look like if you made that kind of wish. Of course, there was no way Satan would grant such a wish. And I couldn’t let it go. “It is impossible for Satan to make a wish to eliminate all demons, even if he wants to do so.”
“I guess so.”
“So Satan talked to humans. “Why, if you’ve seen it, you’ll know that Satan is very good at pretending to be a gentleman.”
I know Frontier well because I have actually seen it.
I was even more annoyed by that gentlemanly behavior.
“Satan talked with humans for a long time and built trust with them. Well, even if it is a long time, it is by human standards, and from Satan’s point of view, it is an extremely short time. People who are usually deceived by the devil do not know the difference, so they are deceived.”
“… … “I think we have come to know each other’s feelings over time, but to the devil, that long time is like a moment.”
“Yes, from Satan’s point of view, it was only a brief delay. In that moment, Satan succeeded in convincing the man that not all demons were bad.”
… … That’s not persuasion.
As he was about to say that, Frondier closed his mouth without realizing it.
For some reason, I felt like I would get in trouble if I said something pointless.
I don’t really know why.
“So humans changed their wishes. ‘Satan, tell me what demons you think should be eliminated. I believe in you, and I want to destroy the demons you speak of.’ When I said that, Satan answered. ‘All devils are in the demon world. They don’t harm humans even if they don’t come to this world anyway.’ “When you say those words, Satan has already set the hook.”
Frondier’s eyes cooled at Marco’s words.
Marco continued talking,
“Then the human spoke.”
──Then, please eliminate those demons from the demon world.
“… … hahahaha.”
Frondier smiled with his cold eyes.
It wasn’t funny, but I naturally laughed. Disgust and disgust were exhaled.
“Satan induced man to say that.”
“okay. These are the guys who ‘disappeared’ from the demon world. The devils currently hiding in the empire. “It’s a very simple pun.”
After saying that, Marco looked at Bael.
“What do you think, Bael? Does this even feel like a lie?”
Bael had his arms crossed. With his eyes deeply closed, he was tapping his forearm with his fingers.
Then he opened his eyes and opened his mouth.
“Hey, Marco.”
“why?”
“How do you know all these things?”
“… … oh.”
“As expected of you! “You are possessed by Satan!”
Bael growled and approached Marco.
Since it was true that he was actually attached to Satan, Marco couldn’t think of an excuse for a moment.
“Stop it, Bael. “It’s okay if you tell me honestly now.”
“But that’s why our demons…” … !”
“You also learned that there is no need for you to kill Imperial demons anymore.”
If what Marco says is true, then the demons in the Empire are ultimately victims of Satan.
In order to grant mankind’s wish, Satan created something that does not exist in the demon world.
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“But can a contract go that far? “I think it would be easier to kill him.”
Marco shrugged as Frondier spoke.
“It’s a contract that would summon Satan. It must have been something huge. I don’t know, but it will be comparable to Dragonheart. Or maybe it’s Dragonheart itself.”
“Satan wouldn’t know how to make you lose your memory, right?”
“You don’t need to know how. That is because the ‘contract’ takes care of that.”
A contract with the devil is not the power of the devil alone.
A contract can only be established when three people, a devil, an intermediary, and a human meet. Therefore, a contract mobilizes the power of all three.
‘… … Ospreet, who is on the verge of becoming an archmage but has not yet become an archmage, has also succeeded in something similar, so is it possible with the power of a contract?’
Anyway, now I know the situation. Why the western devils are gnashing their teeth at the devils hidden in the empire, and what kind of misunderstanding that led to.
In addition, he learned why the empire’s demons had no memories, so he gained much more information than Frondier expected.
‘… … But if it happens like this.’
One problem remains.
‘… … In the end, Leah Reese was Satan’s subordinate.’
Lili said she didn’t know why she was in the empire’s land.
However, he considered the Demon World to be ‘a place to return to’.
No matter how you look at it backwards and forwards, it is very clear.
Lili was a former subordinate of Satan.
A demon who took the lead to invade the empire, but lost his memory due to Satan completing the contract after being stopped by Belphegor.
“… … “If Satan decides to do so, could the memories of the demons hidden in the empire come back?”
Frondier asked. While keeping your face as normal as possible.
Marco tilted his head for a moment and then said.
“It won’t be easy. Satan didn’t make me lose my memory through his own power alone. “It was the power of contract.”
The reason why Lily and the other demons lost their memories was due to the power of the contract. It would be difficult for Satan alone to bring back those memories.
But Marco said again.
“But you can’t say it’s impossible.”
“… … is it.”
While answering quietly.
Frondier’s eyes were not only cold, but their temperature was gradually disappearing.