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24 Fallen Stars (1)
The Blood Tower, the home of blood wizards.
Kwagwagwagwang!
A fierce battle was taking place in the huge vacant lot that existed right in front of such a blood tower.
All kinds of handshakes summoned by the blood wizards and the red light that filled the sky.
Its power was enough to blow away even a small mountain without a trace.
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Molly, mumbled, mumbled!
He couldn’t reach his target, the red-eyed woman.
Before that, the heads of countless beasts that had arisen around the woman chewed and swallowed all the magic without leaving a trace.
The woman’s hand was gently pushed forward with him and clasped.
That moment.
Tuquaah!
Without any warning, a huge explosion occurred among the blood mages.
“ Ouch!”
Without even reacting to it, the blood wizards were thrown out in all directions and thrown on the ground.
At that moment, did you think that the battle was already over?
Shrek-
The bloody lines and the heads of the beasts that had filled the woman’s surroundings disappeared as if they had been washed.
It was a battle that was won by an overwhelming gap, but the eyes of the woman, Riusina, were full of dissatisfaction.
‘ Still, it seems to be better than when I first started… … not there yet.’
A witch who thinks while looking at the blood wizards who are moaning as they roll on the ground.
The level of magic was also high, but it seemed that he had to pay attention to the combat part as well.
So, after returning to the Blood Tower, Riusina was fighting the wizards of the Blood Tower at least once a day.
It was hard work in itself to fight without killing her, but there was nothing she could do to raise her to the level that filled her castle.
But it was also slowly getting tired of it.
‘ In the first place, this doesn’t suit me.’
Besides, I feel like I’ve neglected my life these days, so I didn’t feel good.
‘ Shall we just end it like this and go back… … .’
It was at that time that such worries came to Riusina’s head.
“ Um?”
As she looked up at the sky with that thought, a twinkle fluttered in her eyes.
Beings who have reached the sky in one field can take a peek at a part of the Heavenly Ki by themselves without having to learn it separately.
Therefore, it was also possible for Liusina to read the Heavenly Ki.
Her eyes peering through the pure blue sky and watching the stream of stars above it.
In the eyes of such a witch, there was a twinkling star that seemed to lose its light at any moment.
“ I think it will be fun in the future.”
Liusina knew that the moment the star would completely lose its light, the Empire would be in chaos.
She expected the chaos.
The more chaotic the world is, the more people she will kill.
* * *
‘ The plot has changed.’
Zion, who immediately returned to the imperial castle, thought as he quickly headed to the people’s palace.
If Thierry even sent a shadow to inform him, it must have been that the emperor’s life was really short.
Even when Shion returned to the Imperial Castle, all members of the immediate imperial family had already been summoned.
‘ According to the original contents of the chronicle, the time when the emperor died should have been later than now.’
Where did the twist come from?
I thought that the big trend had not changed until now, but wasn’t it?
The emperor’s death was a kind of turning point.
Until then, the power struggle between the imperial family and the nobles who followed them had been under the water, but after the emperor’s death, the conflict has been exposed.
in a more drastic form.
As a result, it was only natural that the chaos of the empire would be further accelerated.
‘ And the horse station side.’
In the meantime, the emperor’s existence has been acting as a breakwater, knowingly and unknowingly, and as long as such a breakwater disappears, the demon station will also move more in earnest.
While he was thinking about it, the knights guarding the door in front of Urdios’ bedroom, which had arrived unexpectedly, greeted Zion.
“ I see you, His Majesty Zion.”
door that opens right away.
Sion, who entered the gate without hesitation, saw other members of the immediate imperial family and some of the emperor’s closest associates, except for the first prince, who had already arrived.
The atmosphere seemed chaotic as they had just arrived.
And the energy of death that fills the room with him.
That energy was much thicker than when Zion came last time.
“ It’s really crazy to come so late on a day like this… … .”
It was when the 4th Prince Utekan, who turned his head toward such Shion, opened his mouth with a smile that was different from usual.
“ Once everyone is gathered, don’t make a fuss and come closer.”
The voice of Emperor Urdios was heard.
Just like last time, a voice with the power to crush the hearts of the listeners.
‘ Are you okay yet?’
There was a little doubt in Sion’s eyes for a moment, but as soon as he approached the bed and saw the emperor, the doubt disappeared.
The wrinkles and age spots on his face were more spread than the last time, and his pupils were fading white as if his eyes were barely visible.
And a body with nothing but bones.
ten minutes.
It was the time left for the emperor, as Zion had guessed.
Perhaps now it is the Hui Gwang Banjo (回光返照) that the energy returns for a while before death.
“ Still, when it comes time to die, you do show up. Of course, it’s not because I’m worried.”
Urdios smiled cynically as he looked at the princes and princesses approaching him and opened his mouth.
“ What do you mean, Father! Seeing you lying down like this, how can you not worry?”
Utekan shakes his head as if it’s nonsense.
The emperor, who looked at the 4th prince with strange eyes for a moment, spoke again.
“ Even with those eyes, you’re good at talking.”
Zion could guess the meaning of those eyes the emperor spoke of.
Eyes that don’t even have the minimum emotions that a family should have.
It was the eyes of not only Utekan, but of all the imperial families here.
Except for one Evelyn.
“ These are the things you want to hear. Whether the succession I have nominated will change and… … Who am I going to hand over my remaining power like the Knights of Agnes?”
“… … .”
those who are silent about it.
After all, denying the fact that everyone knew would have been meaningless.
Urdios grinned at him and opened his mouth slowly and with strength.
“ The successor is Zion. There is no change. And I will let you rise to the throne and claim my power.”
“ Your Majesty! that, that… … !”
At the emperor’s words, Diena’s eyes lit up with embarrassment.
To be honest, I could understand the fact that Zion was the successor and that he didn’t hand over the Agnes Knights.
The succession designated by the emperor was only a merit, not an essential factor, and the Knights of Agnes could not give orders unless they ascended to the throne anyway.
However, it was the first time in Agnes’ history that he did not hand over other powers.
‘ Are you going to take it to the underworld?’
It was too greedy.
“ I am done with what I have to say.”
However, Urdios closes his eyes as if he has no intention of turning back.
Sion knew why the emperor had made this decision.
‘ There must be no one to trust.’
Because he wouldn’t have been able to figure out exactly who was related to the witchcraft.
In fact, the only difference between whether they were aware of the imperial family was whether they were all related to the demons.
‘ Besides, Utekan is already… … .’
When Shion thinks while looking at the 4th Prince.
“ And so that only Zion remains and the rest retreat.”
The emperor, who opened his eyes again, said to the imperial family.
“… … !”
Once again, the eyes of the royal family flickered.
Now, Urdios was saying that he would use the last time before he died to be alone with Zion.
No one here knew how important it was.
“ By the way… … .”
However, even if he rebutted it, nothing would change, so Diena, who had been staring at Zion for a while, turned around.
Evelyn and Utekan follow her back.
When it was only the two of them left, Sion surrounded Heukseongha and cut off the sound.
It seemed that the emperor had something he wanted to say only to himself.
“ The news is good. It was really unbelievable.”
As if Shion had guessed right, the emperor immediately opened his mouth.
“ Because I said swallow it. At least you should do this.”
“ It is.”
The smirking emperor.
Shion felt something different from the last time in Urdios’s eyes looking at him.
at that time.
sassy, sassy.
The sound of the chosen emperor’s breathing began to become harsh again.
Evidence that the gray light is slowly coming to an end.
“ I wanted to be alone with you because there is one thing I want to confirm.”
Urdios, noticing his own physical condition, immediately brought up the subject.
“ Tell me.”
“ Remember the last time I saw you I called you the devil?”
Shion gently nodded at him.
“ But it didn’t seem like it. darkness in your eyes. Because it was never a power that a devil could possess.”
So Urdios was constantly thinking.
About the identity of Zion.
And I finally got the answer.
“ You know what? That the power of the Agnes family is actually a substitute.”
A fact handed down only to the emperor of the empire.
At that, there was a twinkle in Shion’s eyes.
Because something like this never appeared in the chronicle.
“ The power used by the Eternal Emperor, the first emperor, was very special. So no one in the future could use that power. That is why it is natural to be created as a substitute for it.”
Urdios boldly speaks of a fact that, if known to the world, would cause great upheaval in the entire empire, including the Imperial Castle.
But that wasn’t what he meant.
“ Then what was the power that the Eternal Eternal Emperor used?”
The emperor already knew about him.
darkness.
It was dark.
An alien darkness that does not mix with anything else that exists in this world.
“ The darkness you saw in your eyes… … Cool! I am convinced that the darkness is the power used by the Aeons.”
Fresh blood flowed from Urdios’ mouth with a dry cough.
It signaled that his physical condition had reached the limit, but the emperor did not stop talking.
“ That power is never something that other beings can use or transmit. Still, it went on like this… … Cool! There is only one meaning.”
It didn’t make sense though.
It really didn’t make sense, though.
The emperor’s intuition was whispering that there was only this.
“ You… … No, you are the Eternal One.”
It was quite a leap, but it was close to the truth.
“… … .”
Zion did not deny Urdios’s words.
I still didn’t know if the Eternal Emperor appearing in the chronicle was the same person as me, but I thought there was no need to refute the words of the dying emperor.
“ Oh… … !”
Did you think that Zion’s silence was positive?
“ Eternal lord… … !”
The emperor’s eyes were filled with emotion.
Urdios looked at Zion with trembling eyes as if he was speechless for a moment.
However, the words that immediately came out of his mouth did not match that emotion at all.
“ I’m sorry.”
apologies.
It was an apology.
“ Because you couldn’t protect this empire you built.”
In the eyes of such an emperor, various emotions that had never been seen before were swirling.
A crumbling empire.
Its power is divided day by day, and it is fading away, and the suffocating awe is gradually revealing its teeth.
The blades of the secretly hiding enemies become sharper, and the resulting chaos continues to accelerate.
What is the feeling of helplessness when you can’t do anything and lie alone in a hospital bed and watch everything?
What about the horror of having to just watch an empire that has been passed down for hundreds of years perish in one’s own generation?
Still, I can’t tell anyone how I feel.
because he was the king
Because he was the emperor who had to lead everyone as the pinnacle of Agnes Empire.
Therefore, Urdios could only show his feelings in front of Zion.
“ Huh, uh… … .”
Now, the emperor begins to pant whether even breathing is difficult.
“ So… … I know I don’t care, but uh… … Just one thing, please.”
Such Urdios’s eyes looked straight at Zion’s.
“ Eternal eternity.”
The young thing in those eyes is something that transcends even the earnestness.
“ Heh, uh, please… … .”
Soon after, something turned into a wind and flowed out of his mouth.
“ Save this empire.”
Finally, at the end of those words, the sound of breathing completely cut off.
It was the last of the Emperor Urdios, the master of this world and the greatest pillar that supported the Agnes Empire.
“ The empire will not fall.”
I don’t know if that would be salvation.
Shion muttered quietly as she looked at the emperor’s eyes that were gradually getting colder.