219 episodes
55 Questions and Misunderstandings (1)
light.
Everything in the world has light.
So, what would happen if that light disappeared?
Now the scene was unfolding in front of people’s eyes.
No, the word unfolding was not appropriate.
because I didn’t see anything.
The only thing that is contained in the eyes is the infinite darkness that comes from nothingness.
You can even step on your feet.
I couldn’t even shake my hands.
The only thing I can do is sit down and tremble in the feeling of floating alone in the void outside the world and the endless horror that comes from it.
Even if I scream, no sound comes out.
Consciousness fades with the choking breath.
Finally, they were about to stop breathing completely.
Whoops!
In an instant, everything returned as if everything that had happened up until now had been an illusion.
The familiar atmosphere and the ground on which we are treading.
sound and light.
“ Heh heh heh heh heh!”
In the eyes of those who raised their heads in gratitude for the breath they had not normally conscious of, the sight of the body of a phantom giant that had soared to the ends of the sky was scattered.
which,
“… … Just ask me one thing.”
So was the Archduke of Oman, who was at the center of the giant.
“ Just now, it was clearly transcendental.”
Because he knew that everything was already over, there was a deep emptiness in his voice.
“ How did I fail to attain the divine deity… … Besides, you, who are only the descendants of eternity, are you capable of doing something like this?”
No matter how much I think about it, I can’t quite understand it.
“ There is something wrong with me.”
A low voice came out of Shion’s mouth, who was looking at Orgrit with his sunken eyes.
“ There are no descendants for eternity.”
“… … What?”
“ Heukseongha has never been connected to anyone either.”
The archduke’s eyes, which had been dimly lit for a moment, began to flutter.
“ You, you… … !”
Ogritte reached out to Shion with an angry voice as if she had finally realized something.
However, his hands and his voice could not reach Zion in the end.
Previously,
slurp-
Because it was completely powdered and scattered.
“… … .”
After staring at the scattered powder for a moment, Shion turned around.
‘The next three?’
The short but intense war on the border was coming to an end.
* * *
“ Hey hahaha! How about giving up now?”
The surrounding space is shattered with the brilliance of the girl with purple lips.
Thing blah blah blah!
The unstoppable succession that followed him!
“ Ugh… … .”
A small voice came out from the mouth of Jellis, who blocked such a series of attacks while wearing a veil of purple power all over her body.
Unlike before, her condition was not so good.
A body that is so damaged that it is difficult to find a place without any wounds, and the magic that constantly leaks out of it.
It was not because of the acrimosia in front of him that Jellis, who had some spare time until the first battle started, was pushed back so much.
‘ I really didn’t know it would come.’
With that thought, the eyes of jealousy watched from the back of the frenzy, pouring an attack of equal strength towards her.
A man whose face was not even visible because his whole body was covered in robes.
It was Rage, the master of the low voice and one of the four great princes.
‘ And so quickly.’
Contrary to the public opinion that it was reckless, Jellis did not start a rebellion without thinking.
No, on the contrary, he had been in a state of rebellion after making a more thorough calculation than ever before.
The Demon King was stuck in the palace of the abyss and did not come out, and the Empire was in the midst of shattering all of this plan due to an undeserved enemy called ‘Zion Agnes’ that appeared along with the hero.
In such a turbulent time, even a just cause was given, so it could be said that it was the perfect condition for rebellion.
The other Archdukes took a little while, but they all had a sky-high self-esteem, so they decided that they would never do it.
Of course, that judgment was wrong, and that’s why I was being cornered like this.
“ The two archdukes are working so hard against one of me. Isn’t that too ugly? if not… … Are you bragging that you have a lower grade than me?”
I deliberately spit out provocative words and actions in response to the increasingly inclined victory, but
“ What? Even now, I can tear you apart by myself… … !”
“ Don’t get excited. It’s just a trick to create a gap. For now, just think about ending the battle quickly.”
He was not caught by the restraint of anger.
Contrary to its name, it’s a calm look.
‘It’s ruined, this.’
Seeing such anger, Jellis gently twisted her lips and clicked her tongue.
Because that calm appearance was nothing more than proof that he wasn’t using his powers properly yet.
‘ It seems that defeat has already been confirmed.’
With that thought, Jellys turned and glanced around the battlefield.
Like himself, his army was being organized quickly due to the combined efforts of the forces that had been led by frenzy and anger.
‘ I think I’ll have to look at the escape tower soon.’
I couldn’t see the gap at all.
It was because anger had taken a step back and blocked the entire escape route, as if he had already expected his escape.
At this rate, he would be pushed endlessly and even his life would be blown away.
‘ You have to create something… … .’
That was the moment.
“!!!!!!”
All the Grand Dukes, including Jellys, stopped fighting for a moment and turned their heads in the same direction.
Their eyes are expanding to the point where they can’t get bigger anymore.
The place their eyes were looking at was the border between the Demon Demon and the Empire.
To be precise, an area that belongs to the outskirts of the border.
“ This… … .”
“ Yeah, arrogance is dead.”
He nodded with an expression of disbelief in anger towards the madness that looked at him with his churning eyes.
It wasn’t an illusion.
Because the four grand dukes who had risen to the demigod were able to recognize each other’s existence wherever they were.
But the very existence of arrogance has just been erased from the world.
absolutely unbelievable.
No, it was impossible.
There were no such variables at all, and even if there were variables, it was Orgrit who had enough power to lightly press them all down.
“… … Things are getting messed up.”
The Archduke of Fury, who speaks coldly with a hardened face than ever before.
His eyes were looking at the spot where Jelles had escaped in the meantime.
* * *
After Shion annihilated Orgrit, the battle that followed ended in an instant.
Death of one of the Four Grand Princes.
Due to the shock, the demons could not come to their senses properly, so the army of the empire was able to clean up all the demons without much damage.
In fact, even if that wasn’t the case, the victory or defeat had already been decided due to the enormous power that Sion brought.
By the time the war was over and the cleanup was slowly coming to an end.
“ Ha ha! How does it taste, Your Majesty Zion? This is a special coffee that can only be drunk here at the border.”
Shion was drinking coffee brewed by Girard, the leader of the border corps, in the barracks of the border corps.
“ Not bad.”
Soon after, with a soft smile, Shion put down the teacup again.
It was nothing but cheap coffee flavored with coffee powder, not coffee beans, and served in an iron military water cup, but there was little satisfaction in Sion’s eyes.
Because this coffee reminded me of the unknown tea that Zion used to drink once when he traveled the battlefield to unify the world.
The perfume of that time and the crude aroma of coffee were enough to satisfy Sion.
“ I thought you would like it too.”
Girard grinned at Shion.
In his eyes looking at Zion like that, there was a level of respect and awe that could not even be compared with before.
And it was natural.
Except for the Demon King, the Four Great Princes are said to have the most powerful power in the demon realm.
One of them, the Grand Duke of Oman, was destroyed by Zion with his own eyes.
Truly a legendary achievement.
Since the founding of the empire, there were only a handful of people who have made such achievements.
‘ Among them, there are fewer beings who alone defeated the Archduke like His Excellency Zion.’
Perhaps Girard himself did not know that he was with an existence that would be recorded in future history and will be talked about forever.
Unlike Girard, who looked at Zion with eyes filled with only awe,
‘ No matter how much I think about it, I can’t figure it out.’
Looking at Zion from one side of the barracks, there was a big question in Ivelin’s eyes.
The power that Shion showed when he defeated Orgrit.
That power was clearly a power that transcended mortality and reached immortality.
‘ Have you achieved such a state in just over a year?’
it doesn’t make sense
Such a thing could not exist in the world.
Even the most talented beings in history, no, it was impossible even for a dragon.
‘ The only possibility is that it borrowed the power of a superlative relic such as a divine to temporarily gain such power… … .’
Even so, if your basic abilities don’t support you, you’ll never be able to reach that level.
It was time for Evelyn to raise her teacup in front of her, shaking her head once in her mind, which became more complicated the more she thought about it.
“ Huh? majesty! Do you like coffee too?”
Riusina, who had been watching the scene closely nearby, slowly approached her and asked.
“ But… … .”
Evelyn answered with eyes as if something was going on.
The witch, whose eyes lit up, took something out of her arms and gently pushed it towards the princess.
“ Then would you like to try this? It’s called mint coffee and I love it so much! Even in fairy forests, only a very small amount… … .”
“ I don’t like it.”
Even before Liusina’s words could be finished, words of refusal flowed out of Evelyn’s mouth.
“ I’m not going to drink it, so get the barrel out in front of me.”
Evelyn, who frowned as she thought that was not enough, once again expressed her will of refusal.
“ Well, then the others… … .”
Riusina looked around as if setting the next target for that obvious expression, but
“ I also have a little bit of mint… … .”
“ I don’t really like coffee.”
“ Today, for some reason, I prefer tea rather than coffee.”
“ Oh, is it like that, Commander-in-Chief? So am I.”
People around her were already keeping their distance, avoiding her eyes.
“ This is delicious… … .”
Shion, who looked at Riosina who was muttering as gloomy as the last time, took a sip of Girard’s coffee and organized the future in his head.
‘ Now that it seems to be almost cleared up here, I’ll have to move to the next destination soon.’
With that thought, the destination that Zion came up with was the fairy forest.
In fact, in terms of importance or urgency, Su In Hae was the first.
Nevertheless, the reason why Zion chose Fairy Forest as its next destination was because of the achievement of the Black Star.
Zion knew.
If you can’t raise the Black Star to 7, you can’t deal with the large supply demons.
This time, I was able to deal with the question of Kronos, but now there was only one question left, compared to the number of the Archdukes three.
‘ Even if Jellis dies, both.’
Just like what happened in the wealthy city last time, he didn’t know when the great supply demons would suddenly appear in front of him again, so it was right to rise to the 7th star as quickly as possible.
If you use the items you left behind in the ban of the Fairy Forest, you will be able to climb much more easily.
‘ Of course, I had one thing left to do here before that.’
Even the ogres said they would come if I said something.
“ His Majesty Zion, the hero Claire Flosimar, and the rest of the party ask to see your Majesty!”
As soon as Shion finished thinking like that, a knight’s voice came from outside the barracks.
and,
“ I want you to leave for a while.”
At the same time as the knight’s shouting, Shion smiled and opened his mouth while looking at the others in the barracks.
* * *
The condition of the warriors who entered the barracks immediately after the people left was not so good.
As if to show the traces of a fierce battle, there were large wounds all over the body, and some of them had not yet been bled.
‘ Should I still consider myself lucky to be alive?’
When Shion thinks so, remembering the state of those they saw when they first arrived on the battlefield,
“ Shi, see you, His Majesty Zion!”
With a slightly recalled face, Elesis was the first to bow his head toward Zion and bowed his head.
The other party followed her and bowed their heads.
“ It was enough to say goodbye. What is the dragon that came to me?”
Even though he had already guessed the purpose to some extent, Shion looked at the warriors and, more precisely, Claire, and asked.
Claire raised her head again and opened her mouth to Shion.
“ My Majesty Zion, there is one thing I want to ask you before I tell you about the business.”
“ Tell me.”
A warrior who is silent for a moment as if to organize his thoughts.
Then, from the mouth of such a warrior,
“ Aeons Orrelion Khan Agnes.”
One question came out.
“ Is he alive?”