275. Qualifications
“Hmm.”
A low sound of breathing.
Lanhart breathes quietly like a predator hiding among the bushes and stalking its prey.
His golden eyes, shining even in the dark, were looking down at the city of North Weden.
A soft golden light flowed within his muscles, which wriggled as if he were alive and breathing. This was one of the changes that came after eating the ancient dragon.
“Is this it?”
Also, one of the changes he experienced as he gradually settled the ancient dragon into his body was his eyes.
“It’s so great that it’s scary, and that’s why it’s so beautiful.”
Lanhardt can now see the soul.
The sight of hundreds of millions of souls floating above the city of North Weden looked like a storm of disaster.
I felt foolish for shouting that I would eat up that kind of power.
But still, Lanhardt did not give up.
Some people give up while looking up at a tall tower, while others ignite their passion for challenges.
Lanhardt was clearly the latter.
“hehehe.”
As I breathe out with uncontrollable excitement and fighting spirit, the trees around me that touch it begin to melt.
Lanhardt himself never thought that he would be able to take down the ancient dragon so cleanly.
[You greedy uninvited guest.]
At that time, Lanhardt immediately turned his body and aimed his spear at the echoing voice that came from behind him.
A white tiger with a huge body stood proudly there.
It was Sangun, the owner of the mountains.
“Was he alive? “I thought I was swept away by that being and disappeared.”
Despite Lanhardt’s provocative question, Sangun’s heavy gaze did not waver at all.
[They did not come to harm anyone.]
Sangun still had questions about that existence, but it was not something he could solve.
I just leave it to the man who came as a stranger and is leading this continent.
“So why did you come to me? “Have you come to take revenge on me for eating the same guardian spirit?”
Lanhardt is growling but is about to lunge at Sangun. But Sangun had no intention of fighting him at all.
[The disappearance of a guardian deity of a distant, foreign land has no effect on me. I just came to warn you.]
“…… Warning?”
Lanhardt asks what it means.
Sangun slowly turns his gaze and sees the storm of souls swirling in downtown North Sweden.
[It is a power that should not be coveted carelessly. Do not mix foolishness and courage.]
“Ha.”
[I will turn a special blind eye to you for setting foot on this mountain. Hurry and leave.]
At those words, Lanhard gritted his teeth and held his spear tightly. For something said by a being called a guardian, aren’t there too many holes in logic?
“You say it’s a power that shouldn’t be coveted, but Deius Verdi doesn’t care?”
[…] ….]
“Stop talking stupid. That level of power is ultimately possessed by someone. “This continent isn’t stupid enough to let something like that go by.”
What if it had disappeared from this continent altogether? Who on earth would leave such a huge force moving around like that?
“No one can qualify or claim ownership of that power. But if someone must have it.”
Thump.
Banging his chest with his fist, Landhardt declared resolutely.
“This Lanhardt will rob.”
[…] … That’s foolish.]
“Let’s see if I can still say that after eating that thing.”
If Lanhardt had no intention of fighting, he had no business with Sangun. In the first place, he was in perfect condition now that he had fought the Sangun, but he could not fight Deius.
There was also an aspect of strategic retreat.
“…… ?”
Lanhardt, who was trying to summon his blood demon to go down to the city, noticed something was wrong.
The blood demons who do not appear from his own shadow do not disobey his orders.
It had completely disappeared.
‘What is it?’
It wasn’t that the blood demons were hit hard or that they couldn’t come out due to the pressure of the mountains.
It really just disappeared.
“… ….”
It was a somewhat embarrassing situation, but Lanhardt made his move.
Even if he is not a blood demon, wouldn’t it be okay if he goes down on his own two feet?
Looking at the back of Lanhardt, who turned his body and started to go down the mountain, Sangun also turned his body.
[Are these the words of someone who was human but became a monster of power?]
It wasn’t a very nice sight.
* * *
“Keueuuu!”
Finden Eye, whose body floats and flies away. It rolls on the floor and gets crushed miserably.
“Tsk! Wow! Ouch! “Something strange went into my mouth!”
Findeneye, who was irritated as if something had gotten into his mouth, turned his gaze back to Deius.
After his first appearance, he just looked at me without moving at all, as if he had taken root.
Even when drones like Findeneye and Darius attack, they can’t even get close and they just keep flying away, but now it even looks a little fun.
Quang!
Darius flew away and his head landed in a nearby trash can. The sight of him struggling and asking for someone to take it out is somewhat pitiful.
“What on earth does that guy want?”
Deia comes next to me, covering her face with her hands from the strong wind blowing from the spirits.
No attacks from before were having any effect.
But the important thing is that that huge power did not recognize our attack and block it.
It was correct to believe that we were unable to penetrate its presence.
To use a metaphor, he was a wall.
The wall stands tall without doing anything, but we cannot break it down.
“… ….”
From the beginning until now, his eyes were firmly fixed on me.
‘Even souls are following the author.’
Who on earth is in Deius Verdi’s body and why are all the souls following him so devotedly?
Among the souls, there were people who knew me.
Emily, a girl who loved flowers.
The indigenous people of Setima, guarded by the Angel of Setima.
Royals who were captured by Griffin’s evil spirit and then released.
Those who found peace through me in the Clark Republic.
Coincidentally, I had a long relationship with the military god Hanso only after his death.
A woman who suffered burns on her body as she mourned the loss of her daughter.
‘Everyone helped me when I created a land of rest in Deius’ body.’
Thanks to their presence, I was able to stand here now.
‘What on earth is it? ‘What happened to them?’
My head was complicated.
The moment I was worried that something untoward might have happened to the souls who helped me.
“Deius Verdiiiii!”
A powerful roar echoing from the entrance to the mountain. For a moment, all our eyes turned to the beyond of Deius.
When his name was called, he was still looking only at me.
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Boom! Thud! Thud!
Stepping forward one step at a time gave the feeling of hitting the ground.
A lion hungry for strength leading the hunters.
It was the appearance of Lanhardt.
“What is that guy?”
To the extent that even Findeneye was somewhat surprised, Lanhardt looked quite different from the one I knew.
A soft golden light is flowing from its entire body, and before you know it, a huge dragon’s tail is sticking out from above its buttocks and sweeping the floor.
It became a bit bigger, and the power radiating from its entire body was also difficult to regard as human.
“An ancient dragon… ….”
Yes.
It had almost completely absorbed the ancient dragon. Now his vampire appearance has disappeared without a trace, and he has entered the ranks of demigods.
It was a tragic miracle created by his insane obsession with strength.
“This body, Lanhardt, has come here!”
Lanhardt’s cry was perfectly suited to the expression “Lion’s rear.” His ears tingle and ring, and even the souls around him are pushed back.
But still.
Deius Verdi’s eyes were fixed on me.
“What the hell…” ….”
Why?
For what?
It felt like his head had hardened. Wouldn’t it have been possible to have sharper insights in the past?
Because of travel fatigue?
Or is it because I have become lazy?
I’m not sure about that.
But I could tell that the being in Deius Verdi’s body was demanding some answer from me.
“Where are you looking?”
Buuung!
He gets an angry spear from Lanhardt, who he thought was ignoring him.
It was the first time.
For the first time, I almost touched Deius Verdi’s body.
No matter how many times Findenai, Darius, and Northwedn’s soldiers attacked, they couldn’t get close.
Lanhardt’s spear pushed away the souls, grazed Deius’ cheek, and reached us.
If the souls had not distorted the orbit, Deius’ head would have been pierced and shattered.
Quaaang!
Lanhardt’s window passed by us on the other side and shattered several walls of the building, stopping only after the window was unable to withstand the force and shattered.
Immense power.
I don’t know how the ancient dragon was absorbed, but the tragic miracle favored Lanhardt.
“Hundreds of millions of souls! What a great fruit spread across the continent!”
Lanhardt smiles brightly with his hands outstretched.
The spirits tried to push him away as if they were rejecting him, but only his dull golden hair fluttered violently.
“What qualifications do you have to follow Deius Verdi? “I don’t have any qualifications for you to reject me!”
Lanhardt’s confident smile.
He was confident that things would go according to his wishes.
“Is there anyone in this land qualified to deal with you? “Who wouldn’t be swayed by this enormous power?”
“…… Uh?”
“This body, Lanhardt! “I will tear you to pieces, violate you, eat you up, and rule you as a dictator of great power!”
Lanhardt’s words shocked me as if my frozen head had been broken open by a hammer.
It was not because his words and determination were unconventional.
Funny enough, it was because I found a hint in Lanhardt’s words.
That was correct.
Is Deius Verdi qualified to handle that power?
With hundreds of millions of souls in your body and enormous power in your hands, can you be sure that you will not treat them personally?
“Every soul…… “You don’t believe me.”
“What?”
Deia, who was next to me, heard me muttering and asked me what I was talking about.
My steps were already heading towards Deius.
A strong wind is blowing.
The strong wind of souls pushes me from all directions.
However, it was not sincere.
So, contrary to Lanhardt, who was stubbornly heading forward, I was able to move forward clearly, one step at a time, even though it was difficult.
“Not all souls know about me.”
It is the soul of numbers exceeding billions.
In fact, there were inevitably more souls who did not believe in me than souls who believed in me.
It is true that I called them out.
That’s it.
Anyone can say what they say.
Many souls who helped me and believed in me. The reason they weren’t visible was…….
“Because it shouldn’t be seen.”
They can’t help me.
Because this is a test.
“I see.”
Before I knew it, I was right in front of Deius Verdi.
He was still looking at me, but I felt like he was welcoming me as he came this close.
“Deius Verdi.”
He called me.
Even though he was the one occupying Deius’ body, he still called me Deius.
“You stranger who came to this land.”
I couldn’t say it was him anymore.
It was them.
Hundreds of millions of souls were facing me in one form.
I was asking.
“Are you qualified?”
“… ….”
“Do we deserve to be included?”
A question that feels oppressive yet faintly sad.
Who in this world would be able to nod their head without hesitation to that question?
“We just want to know.”
The united souls realize that their power has become too strong.
They are also afraid that their power may be misused.
The souls needed confirmation.
“Will you be our rest?”
Can they trust and entrust themselves to a being like me?