Chapter 144: Moirai
Arald did not answer, but Frondier knew the answer.
“Arald, you hate God.”
“…”
“A complete check against God, and furthermore, a power that could threaten God itself. The king of demons can have that kind of power. And if he was going to sit in that position, it was okay whether he was a devil or a human.”
Arald must have been visiting Frondier even before he met him.
Someone who can become the king of demons.
The current seven deadly sins were not enough. Because they have no intention of opposing God.
In the end, the Seven Deadly Sins cannot become a king. They will live their whole lives bowing their heads before God.
If so, who?
If the Seven Deadly Sins, said to be the best of demons, cannot stand against God, then who can they be?
“And then you met me. Arald.”
“…”
Still silence.
Frontier knows the meaning of that silence.
It is a silence that knows that anything that is said will be disadvantageous to Arald himself.
“You told me when we first met. “I thought I could use the ‘power of the devil.’”
Demon power.
Arald said that Frondier could also use that power, which he now understood as ‘ecclexis.’
“You already knew, right? The original power of the devil is Eclexis. That’s why I said I could use it too.”
“… That’s right.”
Short answer. But that was enough.
“And maybe, I wasn’t really sure. It’s good if you can use it, but it’s okay if you don’t. “I’m just going to find someone else.”
To Arald, Frondier is one of many humans. Among them, he is said to be one of the strongest, but there is no confirmation that he will be able to use Eclexis.
However, there were expectations.
Because I saw Frontier’s records.
He harvests Helheim’s mana within him. He probably killed a miscellaneous ghost or ghost.
There must be no solution for the dead, so how?
If you use Eclexis,
“And when I learned Eclexis, I guess my thoughts changed.”
“… That’s right.”
Become the king of demons.
When I said that to Frontier, it was clearly nothing more than empty words.
Of course, I hoped so and had expectations, but it is true that I thought the probability was low.
However, Frontier learned Eclexis.
And in a very special and powerful form that is very different from other common ones.
From there, Arald’s thoughts changed.
It was decided to follow Frontier.
“I guess that’s why you started taking a devoted attitude at some point. Ever since I dealt with Eclexis and found out that re-entry into the Pantemonium was possible.”
Frontier went to a random chair and sat down.
“I appreciate your dedication. So, I can understand even if you hid some information and ended up deceiving me.”
“… Thank you.”
“But.”
Frondier’s eyes turned black.
“No more.”
“…”
“If you had told me all the information you knew early on, the situation could have been resolved more quickly and cleanly. But it was late. Now I know how difficult it is to spit out information on your own. So, I am giving you a chance myself.”
Frondier held out a hand.
“Will you help me?”
Arald paused for a moment at those words.
But it was only a few seconds,
Okay.
He got down on one knee and paid homage to Fron Deer.
“I will follow anything. I will never entertain wrong thoughts again.”
“Good. Then the first one.”
Frondier spoke without delay.
“Why do you know about Eclexis?”
Demons consider the power they use to be ‘devil’s power.’ Frontier used Eclexis, so much so that people mistakenly think he is a ‘devil.’
In other words, unless you are a very high-ranking devil, the name ‘Eclexis’ is unknown. Demons believe that this is a power that only they possess.
But Arald is not like that. From the time he predicted that Frontiere could use it, he already knew about Eclexis.
“… Also.”
Arald opened his mouth.
“Frondier knows everything.”
“Thanks to those words, I understand. “I was right.”
Frontier laughed.
“You already existed before Eclexis defined it as the ‘power of the devil.’”
“Yes.”
“The devil is much older than I thought.”
“That’s right.”
“Lily is looking for a demon with information on sightings. Is that actually you?”
“… Yes. “I am a demon who witnessed Ragnarok.”
Arald answered honestly. He said he witnessed Ragnarok.
In other words, Frontier possesses the necessary information, but at the same time intentionally hides it. As Frontier said.
“What you were hiding from me, because you didn’t tell me until now, were you afraid of losing trust?”
“Of course there is that, but there is another reason.”
Arald looked at Frondier with serious eyes.
“I haven’t seen all of Ragnarok either. “What I saw was only a small part of it, and I was concerned that it might cause misunderstanding or misunderstanding.”
“What if it’s only a small portion?”
“Most demons had no involvement in Ragnarok. Because I had nothing to do with them. So, I prepared to stay as far away as possible so as not to get caught in a war.”
“So you, too, were nothing more than something you saw from afar.”
Arald nodded his head.
“Nevertheless, of course, we witnessed the Pantemonium occur while some humans were fighting demons. I still remember that location. “It may not be very accurate, but it can guide you nearby.”
“Hoo.”
The location of Pantemonium that Frontier had been looking for. I can’t believe there was someone this close who knew that.
But Arald said.
“But the problem remains.”
“What?”
“Mr. Frontier. You will know it well because you have experienced it yourself. Pantemonium is a battle of the soul. The only thing that drags is the soul. The body remains here.”
“… Ah.”
“Even if the spirits of the giants still live in the Pantemonium.”
The body would have already rotted away with the passage of time.
Frondier touched his forehead.
“Okay. I see “I didn’t take the obvious into consideration.”
Frontier is always the human who uses Eclexis. He is not on the receiving end of someone using it. He perceives himself as always moving in and out of the pantemonium, but in fact his body remains there. He couldn’t even think about it because he didn’t feel it.
“… Still.”
Frondier lowered his hand.
“Let’s go.”
“…”
“I didn’t think I would get direct help anyway. “Knowledge and information are enough.”
If he can’t bring back the giants, he just needs to go to the Pantemonium and hear the story.
And above all,
“I have to save you.”
They have been sick long enough.
* * *
Arald headed to the western coast of Agoris with me.
This area is Bael, or Edrium’s territory, so Arald and I were able to spread our wings and fly across the sky without hesitation.
“Now that I think about it, you knew about the existence of this continent from the beginning.”
“Of course.”
“You hid it well, you.”
“… “I don’t particularly remember lying.”
This guy, his actions are similar to mine.
Actually, I had a premonition that it would be like that from the first time we met.
Perhaps physiologically, Arald and I are not the right type. If I had met someone like this in the previous world, I wouldn’t have been involved with them for long. Just thinking about there being another guy like me makes me irritated.
‘If you think about it that way, I’ve changed quite a bit too.’
Unlike simply dating people based on likes and dislikes, now I seek out and deal with people based on need. In the process, each individual’s personality became less important.
I don’t know if it was growth or adaptation, but I had a strong sense that I was doing it because I had no choice.
“This way.”
The place Arald took me was to the sandy beach of the coast.
“They fought on a beach like this?”
“Most of Ragnarok took place on the old Palind, that is, on the continent of Etius. Naturally, the demons didn’t even come near Etius. Of course, most of the demons at that time were in the demon world, but some of them moved from Agoris through contracts with humans.”
“One of them was you.”
“That’s right. So, we were not able to witness most of Ragnarok, but we were able to see some who made it to Agoris.”
Ragnarok. The resonance of that name is enormous.
So much so that the war that took place in Etius even affected Agoris.
I looked around.
Now it looks like just an ordinary beach. There was not a single trace of a battle between a god and a giant here.
“For your information, it is said that before Ragnarok, this place was a rocky coast. “Not a sandy beach.”
… It’s not that there wasn’t a speck, but the traces were so big that I couldn’t see them.
What did they do to turn the rocky coast into a sandy beach?
“Somewhere in here, there is a pantemonium.”
“If the giant stands, it certainly will.”
I activated my sixth sense.
Although it is a sixth sense that is always activated, it must become even more sensitive in order to find Pantemonium.
Finding Pantemonium is similar to the feeling of finding Elodie, who disappeared from this world in the past. At that time, I couldn’t see Elodie in the cabin even though she was right in front of me. It’s not that easy to find.
However, I have already visited Pantemonium twice and have learned some tricks.
Result.
“… There is.”
“Yes?”
Arald opened his eyes wide in surprise.
“Is that true?”
“Why are you surprised? “After bringing him here.”
“It was such a thing of the past, I never thought it would really remain. And best of all, this is the first time I’ve seen Pantemonium found.”
Well, most reactions were like that.
Pantemonium is difficult to find, let alone re-enter.
‘By the way.’
I didn’t expect to find it so quickly, but there was a reason.
‘That’s what it looks like.’
By now, when I discovered Pantemonium, I had already set foot there. Because I was re-entering the Pantemonium where I fought, it was very close to that place.
In other words, Pantemonium is a kind of different world. If you step back a little bit, it goes there, and if you come out, it comes back again. That half-baked, ordinary human being is just ‘a direction that cannot be taken’.
But this time, Pantemonium was quite far away, and I was able to see it properly.
‘… Door. No, is it a gate?’
Pantemonium didn’t look fancy at all.
There is just a door left lying there. No, there is no door, so there is just a door frame.
If you cross this door frame, you enter the Pantemonium. I had that intuition. So this is definitely a gate.
“… “Are you going?”
“Huh. “That’s what you came here for, right?”
I saw Arald asking a new question.
But Arald looked quite anxious.
“What’s the matter?”
“… “Something doesn’t make sense.”
Arald frowns.
He looked back for a moment, as if looking back at the path he had taken.
“Mr. Frontier. I have a question.”
“What?”
“Do you believe in fate?”
… ?
I heard a question that was quite familiar, but awkward to ask at this time.
But my answer is fixed.
It has never changed.
“No. “Because I don’t believe in God.”
“… Yes. That’s right.”
Arald seemed a little relieved by that.
I looked at him for a moment, then walked towards the doorframe.
There is a giant beyond here.
Find him, gain knowledge, and find clues to counterattack against God.
Take one step with that mindset.
The moment passed.
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I remembered a voice without knowing why.
Selena’s voice.
When I left for what I thought was 10 minutes, an hour had already passed.
‘… For a moment.’
When I realized that fact too late and looked back.
There was no door frame.
I have already entered the Pantemonium.
it’s dark under the lamp