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59 Suinhaero (1)
A green light emanating from the spirits.
Exactly where such light gathered was not in Zion, but in front of Zion.
Soon afterward, the gathered light forms a single shape, and a thick divinity begins to spread all over Elbrium.
“ Hey, this is… … !”
Spirena’s eyes, who were looking at the scene, began to widen to the point that it could not grow bigger.
It wasn’t because I was surprised by a strange phenomenon that had never happened before.
Rather, it was because he knew very well what was happening now.
“ Go, come!”
Although it was not a perfect advent, it was a form of temporarily illuminating the image by borrowing the power of the spirits, but even this was a very rare case that it only happens once in hundreds of years.
The moment Spirena rushes down from the altar and runs towards the place where the light gathers, woah ah ah ah ah!
Finally, the light took the form of a perfect woman.
It was very blurry because it was made of light and not a physical body, but Zion could easily recognize that its form was Archenidia.
Because the fresh smile on his lips and the divine feeling that he felt were the kind that no other being could imitate.
“ Alas, Archeneidia!”
All the fairies there started bowing their heads towards Achenidia, kneeling on one knee.
In the eyes of such fairies, the infinite emotion of having received their god directly was young.
In addition, there was also a faint relief that Achenidia had not yet abandoned them.
at that time,
-… … .
The goddess, who was just looking at Zion without saying anything, bowed her head lightly.
As if to express gratitude to Zion.
The fairies were her followers and children, so they seemed to say thanks for saving the World Tree and Fairy Forest.
The scene was insignificant from Zion’s point of view, but
“!!!!!!”
It was completely different for the fairies who were watching.
“ Archenidia… … Did you bow your head?”
“ How did this happen… … .”
The eyes of the fairies with a dull light beyond surprise.
It was very rare for a god to bow his head directly to a mortal like that, no matter how grateful he was.
No, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that there wasn’t.
Irrespective of the reactions of the fairies, Achenidia raised her head again and moved her lips silently as she looked at Zion.
I’ll wait.
This was the meaning of the shape of the mouth of the goddess.
Before Zion answered him, the light that made up Achenidia was scattered and the goddess’s new form naturally disappeared.
However, even though Achenidia has disappeared, the square is still filled with silence.
“… … .”
That silence lasted for quite some time.
After the first day of the festival, which was filled with surprise and surprise, ended.
“ I didn’t know you were going so soon.”
Zion stood on the outskirts of Elbrium along with Liusina and Selphia.
All things to see here are over and the next schedule is also tight, so I left the fairy forest right away.
In front of such Zion, only Diena and a few leaves stood quietly and saw them off.
“ I haven’t been treated properly yet… … How about staying until the festival is over?”
As if the words were sincere, there was a deep regret in Hallegrion’s eyes as he spoke to Zion.
It is clearly different from when Sion first visited the fairy forest.
I had no choice but to do so.
Because it was Zion who not only saved the fairy forest from destruction, but also received thanks from their god.
Before Zion could answer his words,
“ It would be useless to say that. Because I have never seen Zion bend his will until now.”
Diena, who was standing next to Hallegrion, said so and looked at Shion with complicated eyes.
It wasn’t because of the emperor or the fairy forest problem.
It was pure curiosity about Zion itself.
‘ Obviously, he said that the Ring of Eternity was his own from the beginning.’
It was an ambiguous statement and a vague statement.
Unless he himself becomes the Eternal One.
‘ In addition, Archhenidia bowed her head.’
It was truly an unbelievable scene.
Throughout history, how many humans have received greetings from the gods?
So I kept thinking about him throughout the festivities, but Diena couldn’t get an answer in the end.
She had watched all of Sion’s growth from the moment she was born to the present, so she had no idea that Sion would be the Eternal One.
“ Are you going back to the Empire now?”
Diana, who shook her head once to shake off the thought, asked Shion.
“ No.”
“ Then where are you going?”
“ Accept it.”
A low answer came out of Zion’s mouth.
At that, Diena’s eyes were colored with absurdity.
“ Are you okay? There currently… … .”
“ I know.”
Before Diena’s words could be finished, Shion opened her mouth and immediately turned around.
“ So, let me keep it a secret.”
After saying those words, Zion takes a step forward.
“ See you later in the Imperial Palace.”
Until the back image of Shion, which is getting farther and farther away, completely disappears.
The fairies, including Diena, quietly saw them off without taking their eyes off them.
* * *
An unnamed island in Suinhae.
“ How many? We were involved in battle.”
There, Lane, who was looking at the desolate battlefield in front of him with emotionless eyes, asked Tyrian next to him.
“ It is the sixth. And we succeeded in turning the tide of war and bringing victory to the rebels all six times.”
“ But the overall charter is still at a disadvantage for the rebels. Overwhelmingly too.”
Following Tyrian’s words, Turzan opened his mouth and turned his head toward the warrior who was contemplating something.
“ Claire, it can’t be like this. No matter how much we reverse the victory on the battlefield, it is only temporary and cannot be a fundamental solution.”
“ Yeah, that’s right.”
Claire immediately acknowledged it and nodded her head.
Even if he didn’t, he was thinking about it too.
‘ At this point, I thought the rebel leaders would come in contact with me first, but… … I’m more careful than I thought.’
Of course, contact was reached, but this was not enough.
‘ If you do this, you may really miss the time.’
Claire thought so and remembered one event that would happen soon and the end of Su In-Hae she had seen before returning.
A future that must be stopped no matter what.
However, if it went on like this, it seemed like the same thing as back then would happen again.
‘ It’s against the instructions, but from now on, you have no choice but to move arbitrarily… … Well?’
That was then.
Puruk!
A crow with a letter in its mouth landed in front of her.
A crow reaching out a letter as if to receive it.
“ The eye of the moon?”
Claire, who saw the pattern of the information guild ‘Eye of the Moon’ stamped on the top of the envelope that she had seen in the past, immediately received the letter and began to read it.
Soon after,
“ Prince Zion himself… … ?”
As she read the contents of the letter, a strange voice came out of her mouth.
* * *
Suinhae (獸人海).
As the name suggests, this is a sea inhabited by beasts, and it was not a single land, but an area made up of hundreds of large and small islands.
Therefore, it had a more closed and different culture than any other place.
The power used was also mostly martial arts and magic, and magic was rarely used.
In addition, the means of transportation also consisted mostly of ships, not horses, horse-drawn carriages, trains, etc.
So currently,
“ Wow! I think I’m going to vomit… … .”
Shion was standing on the deck of a passenger ship moving through the current and staring at the seasick selfie from the side.
‘ Did you say this is your first time on a boat?’
Seeing her and thinking that way, Shion’s appearance was a little different than usual.
Black hair and black eyes.
And the facial features have changed drastically.
The reason why Shion hid his identity was because of the civil war taking place in Suinhae.
‘ A war that takes place between the current Beast King and the opposing forces.’
Zion came to Suinhae to intervene in that huge war, and if he intervened in his original status, the fire of war could spread and the entire empire could be engulfed rather than a civil war.
‘ It ‘s not like that. We have to end the civil war while maintaining our power as much as possible.’
It was something that Zion had to avoid unconditionally, and that was the reason for hiding her identity like this.
In addition, she was not accompanied by any other person who could reveal her identity, including Riusina, so she was the only one with Sion, who was trying hard to get her stomach right now.
‘ I can’t be with Riusina on this one anyway.’
Shion, who had been thinking of her for a moment, who was about to break down the last wall to approach the ‘Apocalypse’, organized her future events in her head.
‘ Meeting the hero’s side is later, and for now, it’s best to contact the rebel side first.’
There was a reason why Shion wanted to help the rebels, not the Beast King, who had an overwhelming advantage.
As it was originally, it was correct that the Crown Prince, who is the head of the rebel side and the orthodox heir, should sit in the place of the Beast King.
Wolbyeokcheon, the present king of beauties, was the uncle of such a crown prince, and at the same time he killed the king of the previous beauties, drove out his nephew, and took his place.
As a result, their positions were reversed.
In fact, as Zion, it doesn’t matter which one of them sits on, but the problem was that Wolbyeokcheon and its forces had colluded with the devil.
‘ Because of that, in the chronicle, at the same time as the start of the great war, the side of Su In-hae was completely attached to the devil.’
That was the future that Zion had to change this time.
‘ In order to do that, you must first meet the prince, the leader of the rebel side.’
In fact, Zion didn’t know anything about him either.
Perhaps because of the assassination threat, the rebels also thoroughly concealed the position and identity of the Crown Prince.
To the extent that very few people even know the same side.
In addition, he could not move according to the contents of the chronicle this time.
Before contacting the hero, the Crown Prince had already died due to some sort of incident, so there is no record of him in the chronicle.
But only one thing.
There were things worth noting.
‘ Was it this time? The Crown Prince is dead.’
The place where the Crown Prince met his death.
The place was written in the chronicle, so now Zion was on the way to it by passenger ship.
‘ It’s too slow anyway. In this way, I may not be able to arrive on time.’
It was when Sion thought so at the speed of a passenger ship that slowly cut through the water like a cruise ship.
“ Heh heh, you must have come from the Empire.”
An old voice came from the other side.
An old man with raccoon ears and a tail came in, with a small body that only reached waist-length in the eyes of Shion who turned his head.
“ It seems like it’s the first time we’ve been on a boat together.”
An old man with a good laugh with those words.
Shion’s eyes, looking at the old man, gave off a small distinctiveness.
‘ Interest is… … .’
Wandering Kwon Jang Mal-dong.
He was a character who appeared as one of the hero’s assistants in the chronicle.
Contrary to his friendly impression, and his name, he was a strong person who belonged to one of the twelve seas.
Like that nickname, he likes to wander around without being tied down, and he also likes to hang out with people while hiding his identity.
It seemed that Shion himself and Selphia, who were not the only ones on this passenger ship, attracted his attention.
“ Did you two even go on a trip? After all, the tourist attractions in Suinhae are some of the world’s best. but… … I picked a bad time. Are you aware that Su In-hae is currently in a civil war?”
The old man comes to Zion and opens his mouth without any awkwardness, as if he had known him from the beginning.
Shion gently nodded at Jang Mal-dong’s question.
Because that’s what I came here for in the first place.
“ Heh heh, you guys are fearless. Still, war isn’t happening everywhere, so if you dodge it well, you’ll be fine. If you want to know about him, you can ask me.”
“ Well, more than that… … Is there any way to avoid seasickness… … Whoops!”
Selfia asked him with a haggard face, but Jang Mal-dong shook his head.
“ No. You just have to be patient.”
In response to that answer, Selfie with a depressed expression, as if surrounded by fairies who recommend mint.
Jang Mal-dong, who was looking at her, stroked his beard as if recalling the past and continued.
“ I also had very bad seasickness in the past. When I first rode it, I couldn’t even stand. By the way… … .”
But before that old man’s story was over,
“ Oh!”
“ Turn the direction!”
“ It’s already too late! Oh, it’s coming!!”
The front of the ship began to make a commotion along with the urgent shouts of the people.
As a result, the head naturally turns toward that direction.
Sion’s lips curve slightly when he sees something rapidly approaching the front of the passenger ship.
‘ Good timing.’
There seemed to be a way to compensate for the slow speed.