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37 Flock of Giants (2)
“ Then I wish you good luck, warrior.”
With those words, the figure of the old woman with her earrings and necklace hanging loosely faded and disappeared without a trace.
“… … .”
A woman with silver hair staring at the place where such an old woman had disappeared.
how much time has passed
“ What are you going to do now?”
Lane Dranir, who was standing next to him, looked at the woman and asked.
Her face is slightly reminiscent.
The identity of the old woman who had just disappeared before their eyes was Iowa Teuticana, the Seventh Heaven.
As the saying goes, ‘a wise man who reads fate’, Iowa gave the current Rain the advice he needed, and upon hearing it, he immediately woke up and set foot on a new level.
As he grew rapidly in an instant, Lane had no choice but to be very excited.
“ I’m going to have to get a new colleague.”
The woman opened her mouth with her eyes fixed on the spot where Iowa had disappeared.
‘ I told you to hurry.’
With that thought, the woman recalled Iowa’s advice she had just heard.
– Whatever you think, it’s best to act quickly. The future is changing faster than you think. You’ll miss everything if you’re steaming.
Therefore, the woman had changed her original plan of subjugating the ‘root-eating snake’ and refining what she had gained to recruiting new colleagues.
I didn’t know anything else, but as much as my colleagues, I couldn’t miss it.
“ You mean that wizard then? Hasn’t he already refused?”
“ It was not a complete rejection. I just said there was work to be done before joining. And this time on the other side.”
It wasn’t Elesis Desire.
Because it still took a little more time to awaken.
Then there is only one left.
“ I’m going to the giant horde.”
A woman who turns her head toward the north and speaks.
There was a colleague I had to recruit this time.
* * *
A small meeting room at the Baekseong Palace.
There, as before, all the members of the royal family were seated around the round table.
The only difference from that time is that Utekan, not Zion, convened the meeting.
“ I didn’t know that royal family meetings were held so often.”
Among them, the first royal to speak was Lubrios.
The first prince looking at Utekan with his characteristic soft smile.
In fact, contrary to what he said, Rubrios knew why the imperial council had been held again.
No, it would not be an exaggeration to say that not only him, but everyone here knew the reason.
‘ The conclusion of this competition for the throne.’
When all the imperial families returned to the imperial castle after completing the subjugation of the disaster, the founding ceremony had just begun, and because of that, there was no proper discussion.
Therefore, it should be said that it was a natural order to gather once again after the founding ceremony was over.
“ Aren’t we gathered here to talk about the victors of the disaster and the superiority to be given? Hurry up. I don’t want to be here very long.”
At Lubrios’ words, Diena, who had a cheeky expression on her face, opened her mouth.
The reason why her expression was not so good was simple.
Because the winner of this competition for the throne has already been decided.
The winner wasn’t himself, so of course he couldn’t help but feel bad.
“ Obviously, the advantage we all promised at the beginning was to take the lead in the upcoming ‘World Conference’.”
At that time, Evelyn, who had been listening silently with a face that could not understand her emotions, opened her mouth for the first time.
With him, her gaze turned towards someone.
Following her gaze, the gazes of other royal families are also focused on one person.
It was Zion.
“ There will be no disagreement about the winner of this competition being Zion… … Then, let Zion take the lead in the world conference and let the conference end.”
The royal family were silent on those words.
I felt like I wanted to refute it a hundred times, but I couldn’t.
The difference between Shion and themselves in this subjugation competition was very clear.
Two days.
It was the time that existed between Shion, who completed the first subjugation, and Utekan and Diena, who finished subjugation next.
If it was the same day, I could have tried to argue, but I couldn’t because the date had changed at all.
A situation in which there is no choice but to surrender to the outcome.
But then,
“ The meeting was held by me, so why is your sister trying to end it as she pleases?”
Utekan, who watched the situation quietly, opened his mouth.
“ Isn’t that why we got together anyway? Now that the purpose has been achieved, there is no need to continue the meeting.”
“ Who is it? This is why I held a meeting.”
At Utekan’s words, the eyes of the other members of the royal family were dyed with doubt.
As if answering such a question, Utekan spoke slowly.
“ A few days ago. I got some information from the giant horde. It was about the disappearance of an entire tribe due to a sudden attack by monsters.”
The annihilated tribe was one of the giants who were loyal to him, so it was a huge loss, but Utekan’s face was not so dark.
Thanks to you, I found something interesting.
“ But the peculiar thing is that such monsters were moving systematically. It’s like being controlled by someone.”
At Utekan’s words, the other members of the royal family also lit up their eyes as if they had noticed something.
“ Maybe… … .”
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Monsters under control.
It reminded me of the monster corps, a disaster that Zion subjugated some time ago.
“ What do you think, Zion?”
Utekan asked Shion with a smile.
He was asking this, but he was already convinced.
Now that the monsters that have appeared in the giant colony are the monster corps, one of the Seven Great Disasters.
The ability to deal with monsters itself was very rare, and as far as he knew, there was only one existence in the entire continent that had the ability to control monsters in a corps unit like this.
‘ Monster King Horrible.’
And what that meant was great.
It was as if Zion had failed to subdue the disaster.
The gaze of the royal family focused on Zion once again.
Shion naturally accepted those gazes and smiled inwardly.
‘ I think it has finally started.’
There was no embarrassment in Shion’s eyes as she thought that way.
In fact, it had to be.
Because it was Zion himself who intended this situation from the beginning.
trap.
All of these were traps for hunting Utecans.
‘ If you accept this right away, you might be suspicious.’
It was necessary to let Utekan take the situation a little more naturally.
“ What are you talking about? Could it be that I failed to subdue the monster corps?”
“ So it’s not? The corps of monsters that you are known to have subjugated have appeared in the hordes of giants?”
In response to Shion’s reaction, Utekan asked with a deeper smile.
“ Is there any evidence that they are the same monsters? From the beginning, there must have been cases where monsters would attack the giant tribe in groups from time to time in the north.”
“ But there has never been a case where we moved as a corps unit like this one. It’s also organized.”
“ Then it seems that the leader of the new monsters has appeared over there. I must have executed Horable in the Iron Fortress.”
“ Of course you might think so. But I mean. Wouldn’t it be much more likely that the original one survived and played a chess game in the large crowd than a creature with such a rare ability appeared again in such a short period of time?”
Even the eyes of the royal family who were listening to Utekan’s words began to shed light of acceptance.
Because they thought Utekan’s words were more credible.
“ If that’s the case… … Is this competition for the throne going to be null and void?”
A cautious voice escaped from Diana’s mouth.
On the contrary, her eyes were brighter than before.
If Utekan’s words were really true, it could have gone beyond nullifying this incident and even shattered Zion’s momentum.
But contrary to what he had said so far, Utekan shook his head.
“ No, I can’t do that yet. Because the existence of Horable was not clearly understood. There’s a chance that Shion’s words are right. It’s rare, but that’s it.”
“ Then what are we going to do?”
At those words, Rubrios asked Utekan with curious eyes.
Utekan, who felt that the leadership of this meeting was gradually leaning towards him, continued with a pleasant smile.
“ How about this? Shion will once again subdue the monster corps that appeared in the large colony. If it’s true of the original monster corps, then it’s something Shion has to deal with anyway.
In fact, it was as if Zion had failed to subdue the disaster and offered to give him one chance as if to show mercy.
“ If you subdue even the monsters that attacked the colony, we will not discuss this matter again.”
With those words, Utekan looked at Zion as if he was going to do something.
‘ I will have no choice but to accept it.’
Utekan was convinced that Shion had failed to subdue the Monster King.
The current proposal was like covering up the failure, so there was no reason not to accept it from Zion’s point of view.
The brief silence that followed and the gaze of the other royal families focused on Zion.
They were not related to the large group of giants or the monster corps, they were in the position of a third person, so they waited for Zion’s answer without any comments.
Soon after,
“… … Do it.”
Shion’s mouth broke the silence and the words of acceptance flowed out.
‘It’s done.’
In response to Shion’s answer, from the depths of Utekan’s eyes, she begins to live a terrifying life.
“ Then, please.”
Utekan, who hid such a life with a smile, stood up and said to Sion.
Because the purpose has been achieved, there is no more reason to continue the meeting.
But Utekan, who turned around like that, didn’t know.
“ It is me.”
Suddenly, Zion’s eyes, illuminated by four black stars, were piercing through every detail of his life.
* * *
“ I will kill Zion Agnes.”
These were the first words Utekan said while looking at Serkia, whom he had not seen in a long time, in the office of Jaseonggung, who had returned from the royal family meeting.
He also knew about it from a messenger sent by Serkia a few days ago.
That Diral was killed by the Red-Eyes Lady, a servant of Zion Agnes.
Even so, Utekan, who was at the height of his awareness of Zion, was able to make up his mind for sure when he heard the news.
‘ It is dangerous to leave it any longer.’
The fact that Diral was discovered meant that he and Serkia and other Omar Spirits could also be revealed at any time.
Of course, he would have to make a huge sacrifice, and he could have died himself, but the risk of keeping Sion Agnes alive was far greater.
The plan itself, which had lasted more than a hundred years, could have gone awry.
No, it was definitely messed up.
“ So, did you deliberately let Zion Agnes go towards the giant colony?”
Serkia asked Utekan with a heavy voice.
“ Yes.”
Utekan nodded in response briefly.
In fact, using the fact that the monster corps appeared on the side of the large crowd could be used to nullify this competition for the throne and inflict a huge blow to Shion, but Utekan did not.
‘ I have to stop breathing this time anyway.’
That’s why he deliberately gave him a chance and made him head towards the hordes of giants that were no different than Utekan’s own stronghold.
Now, all that remains is to wait for Zion Agnes to enter the crowd.
“ Everything is perfect.”
Can’t get any better than this.
It was as if the sky had laid a plate to kill Zion Agnes.
‘ Now is the time to put an end to this feud, Zion Agnes.’
Utekan’s eyes suddenly turned toward Chimseonggung, which was seen as a dot in the distance outside the window.