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38 To the Church of Light (1)
Late night past midnight.
On the outskirts of the sparsely populated Agnes Imperial Castle, a person was moving towards the outside of the castle at high speed.
A woman wearing a white priestly robe symbolizing the god of light.
It was Serkia, one of the Omaryeongs and also called the Anti-Magical General.
‘ Come on, get out of here.’
Her eyes looked very urgent.
It must be so, because even at this moment, the eyes of the first prince were chasing after her.
‘ How did this happen?’
The decisive moment that Serkia decided to get out of the imperial castle was due to an incident that happened a few days ago.
While she was listening to the report from the demons under the subordinate in front of the stone statue of light, the first prince Lubrios suddenly appeared and the subordinate who was hiding was immediately caught by him.
Of course, that did not mean that Serkia was in danger on the spot.
Her servants were disguised as humans, and there was no evidence of any connection with her.
‘ I have a heart attack, but… … .’
That alone was not enough.
Therefore, Serkia answered the fanatic prince’s words about the relationship as if he did not thoroughly know it, and was able to avoid the crisis of the day by only taking the subordinate demons.
However, it was only a temporary measure.
After that, the obsession of the first prince grew stronger as a matter of course.
‘ It’s only a matter of time before we get caught if we go on like this.’
Even every breath I took felt like being watched.
Even if Serkia herself was extremely careful, the moment it was discovered that the captured subordinate was a demon, it was obvious how things would turn out.
Surely, immediately, he will be brought before the heretical inquisitors.
‘ And Hanosral also died… … Utekan No, Tarahal’s protection will disappear now.’
No matter how much I thought about it, it was the best choice to get out of the imperial castle.
As a result, his influence in the Imperial Fortress would decrease rapidly, but there was no help.
Because getting out of the crisis was the first priority.
‘ The situation is getting worse.’
From Hanosral to Tarahal.
In less than half a year, two of the Omaryeong have already lost their lives.
It was the first great crisis in history since the magic power first permeated the empire more than a hundred years ago.
‘ If we go on like this, other demons and demons will not be able to move properly.’
No, it was already happening.
‘ Zion Agnes.’
Serkia thought of the man who was the culprit behind all of this.
who would have imagined?
He, who was called the imprisoned prince, was the closest to the throne in less than a year and would push them to this extent.
Now was the time to admit it.
They could never defeat him on their own.
‘ I have to ask for support.’
It was very embarrassing, but there was no other way.
This would be much better than destroying the entire system itself.
The other Omar Spirits in the Apocrypha had other plans going on, so they couldn’t afford to help Serkia herself.
then… … .
‘ Ask the magic station directly.’
With that in mind, Serkia, whose eyes lit up coldly, crossed the outer wall of the Imperial Castle.
* * *
After the war in the Great Horde is over.
The first thing Shion did was to take all the Utecan giants, including the Red Horn, under the Blue Claws.
After all, the Blue Claw clan swore allegiance to Zion himself, so coming under it was no different than coming under Zion himself.
And the process was very easy.
-… … Do as you will.
In the first place, he had no will to rebel against Bayarma, the leader of the Red Horn tribe, who was no different than the leader of the pro-Utecan faction.
He accepted Zion’s words as if he had given up on everything.
But in fact, from the point of view of Bayarma, it had no choice but to do so.
Because the Utekan they served used magic.
Even in a colony of giants, learning magic was one of the biggest taboos, and his hatred for it was even greater than that of the Empire.
In the past, when the war with the demons was fought, the race that took the lead was the giants, and the damage was enormous.
Therefore, Bayarma, who served such Utekan, fell into a deep shock and was satisfied with just saving his life.
together,
– We, the Black Mane clan, came to form a brotherhood with the Blue Claw clan.
– Here the Frostwolf clan also has blue claws and… … .
It was a natural result that the neutral tribes, who had not participated in the war and had only been watching, began to move.
It was important to them that the war was over in the first place, but not who the winner was.
The last thing Shion did after reorganizing the composition of the war and the power of the large crowd was to get rid of the hidden monsters.
Compared to the Empire and other apocryphal scenes, there were very few, but there were definitely monsters in the large crowd.
Before leaving this place, Zion was going to organize them all.
Getting rid of the demons was simple.
– Yes? Are you saying there are monsters in the colony?
After giving instructions to Batar who asked with questionable eyes, he gathered the giants in high positions of each tribe into one place.
It was because I had to activate the color circle I drew in advance with the dragon bomb spear.
aah!
Since there were almost no advanced demons, the monsters that touched the light from the red circle immediately revealed their identities, and the only result was death.
one week.
How long it took Zion to take care of all those things.
It was a short period of less than 4 days, excluding the time for rest due to the recoil of the lunar eclipse.
It was indirectly showing how excellent Zion’s judgment and driving power were.
The next morning after all that was done.
“ Are you dying now?”
The blue-clawed chieftain Batar was seeing off Shion, who was leaving the colony with the other chieftains.
There was a deep sadness in his eyes.
Although it was only a short time, Batar was sincerely admiring the abilities that Zion had shown and followed him.
He moved the corps of monsters at will, destroyed Utekan alone, and led the war to victory.
In addition to that, the creepy judgment and charisma he showed by gathering the tribes and removing the hidden demons.
If such a being does not ascend to the throne, then who will ascend to the throne?
‘ So Giga Perses must have chosen it.’
Shion nodded to Batar and gave a short answer.
“ Yes.”
“You can stay a little longer and get enough rest before you go.”
“ I have work to do.”
“… … Okay. Then go carefully.”
As if he had no choice but to answer, Batar bowed his head.
The giants behind such a chieftain also begin to bow their heads toward Zion.
The giants did not bow their heads, even if their necks were cut off by those they did not acknowledge.
How many people in the world receive such sincere greetings from such giants?
“ Let’s see it at the ‘World Conference’.”
Whether he knew it or not, Shion, who grinned, turned around without any regrets.
Quietly following Shion, Lucas and the Twilight Swordsman begin to follow.
So until the appearance of Zion and the Twilight Swordsman disappeared completely over the horizon.
The giants continued to see off from the spot without moving.
* * *
“ You did a great job this time too.”
It was Thierry’s words as soon as Shion returned to Chimseonggung.
“ It has not yet reached the people of the Empire, so the capital is rather quiet, but among the nobles, it is all about his Highness and the great horde.”
I had no choice but to do so.
It was because what Zion did in the large crowd was unprecedented.
The monster corps that went to subjugate ended the war of the giants without touching them, and calmed the large group, and in the meantime, even the life of 4th Prince Utekan was taken.
A move beyond belief beyond shock.
“ I treated Utekan as killed in a battle between giants, but… … Those who know it must have guessed that His Majesty has already passed away.”
I couldn’t even predict how big the aftermath would be.
Obviously, the competition for the throne will also be completely reversed.
But, as if he didn’t care at all, Shion asked Thierry in a languid tone as usual.
“ What about Riosina?”
“ I haven’t heard from you since you left with the blood mages under your majesty’s instructions. It looks like it will take quite a while.”
“ Yeah?”
In response to Thierry’s answer, Shion tilted his coffee cup with an expression of ‘Of course’.
red chestnut.
This time, it was the name of the disaster that was entrusted to Riusina to deal with.
The reason why Shion dared to entrust her to deal with the ‘Red Night’ was because it was deeply related to blood magic.
‘ If it’s Rio, you might be able to get something there.’
In fact, even in the chronicle, Liusina is entwined with ‘Red Night’, which later serves as one of the triggers when she awakens as ‘The Witch of the End’.
‘ I wish I could be a little stronger through this.’
Of course, even now, Riusina’s power was satisfactory.
As the apex of a blood mage, he had uncommon strength in the royal family.
However, there was a sense of lack compared to the enemies that would jump out, especially the 4th Grand Duke, who is the highest cadre of magic.
It was necessary to become stronger in preparation for the moment of battle with them.
at that time,
“ Oh, by the way, my lord. May I ask why you came back so soon? Didn’t you say that you should be in the crowd a bit more because there’s work to be done?”
Thierry, who suddenly remembered the message sent to Sion a while ago, asked with a questionable expression on her face.
“ I couldn’t do that.”
Shion answered him with a calm expression.
The task was to bring Turzan, who was the warrior’s companion, the Third Heaven, and the strongest warrior of the giants under his subordinates.
Unlike other warriors’ colleagues, Turzan was a person who had been perfected from the beginning, so he met the conditions of Zion.
So Zion planned to head to the ‘Heavenly Mountain’ to meet him after the war was over.
However,
‘I’m one step late.’
When Shion himself was at war with Utekan, the warriors and their party were already climbing the ‘sky mountain’, and in the end they came into contact with Turzan first.
‘The time is much faster.’
Originally, it was supposed to be at least a few months before Turzan joined the hero’s party.
Therefore, even Zion, who knew the contents of the chronicle, could not predict it.
‘ Well, it doesn’t matter.’
I didn’t care much.
If Turzan had joined the hero’s party, he had to acquire the entire group of heroes.
If Zion himself ascended to the throne, it would have been possible.
Of course, it was a pity that I couldn’t play Turzan right now, but that was all.
‘It’s not really urgent.’
The reason I wanted to take Turzan in the first place was not because I needed him right away, but because I was going to a large group of giants and I was just trying to deal with it.
“ So, are you going to stay in the Imperial Palace for a while?”
“ No.”
At Thierry’s next question, Shion shook his head.
“ I have a place to go.”
In answering that, Shion recalled the contents of the Chronicle of Flosimar in his head.
‘ Now that the red chestnut has appeared, ‘it’ will appear soon.’
The largest dungeon on earth called the ‘Tower of Causality’.
As one of the important turning points in the chronicle, it was a place that would greatly contribute to the growth of the warriors.
And it was also a place where Zion had important things to obtain.
However, the place where Zion was going now was not such a dungeon.
‘ Because there is still time until the dungeon opens.’
Originally, they had planned to meet Turzan during that time, but now their plans have changed.
“ May I ask where you are going?”
At Thierry’s next question, the destination for this time flowed out of Zion’s mouth.
“ The Church of Light.”
To be precise, the headquarters of the Church of Light.
‘ It wouldn’t be a bad idea to take this opportunity to answer the question about the oracle that Rubrios said.’
If you’re lucky, you’ll also be able to get clues about why and why you fell into this world.
In addition, it seemed to be able to finish the work that had to be done there in advance.
After thinking like that, Zion’s eyes lit up with a strange light and began to sink in.