652 – 8. Will (26)
‘Celine’ became a mystery to me.
Where are you, what are you doing, what are you thinking, and whether I am qualified to claim to be Celine’s savior. I asked myself several times, but I couldn’t come up with the right answer. Even though we were once in a relationship where we could understand each other’s inner feelings even if we didn’t talk to each other.
It was the same today.
Why did Celine warn of the attack? So far, the Dark Church has been using ‘surprise’ as its main strategy. Since it was an organization that had been hiding in the shadows of the continent for thousands of years, there was no doubt that it was a way to maximize the power of the Dark Church.
Even so, Celine refused.
Why the hell?
Does that mean she is as confident as she is? Or, it might have been some kind of childish rebellion. There was no hesitation in her declaration that she would confidently take back her share.
As always, it was difficult to guess the correct answer. However, only one thing is clear.
The Dark Church does not fight a losing battle. Celine was no different.
That hypothesis was being proven even at this time. Flames soared throughout the academy accompanied by screams, and the smell of blood stung the nose along with thick smoke.
The academy was fully prepared and was bleeding. At the very least, it meant that the forces Celine had led were on equal footing with the human side.
Monsters, humanity, and death.
The reason I was able to find her sister by running through her complicated battlefield was simple indeed.
Because the two felt very familiar signs.
One was unmistakably my sister, and the other was once my sister.
Now it looked like it was on its face, vomiting blood.
“Puch, aha… Cool, Cool! Ahahahaha…… !”
The arms of ‘greed’, trying to get up, trembled. He was hit in the face twice in a row, so there was no way the blow would be small.
On the contrary, the regenerative power of restoring one’s face in an instant was astounding.
Of course, I wasn’t in a good state. Every bone in his body ached, his intestines twisted, and he felt as if he was about to squeeze out blood. Moreover, even the images that keep flooding my brain.
These were the memories of ‘me’ from the future. The past mixed up every time I thought about it was triggering a headache for me.
To the extent that he let out a light moan and inadvertently took a backward step.
For now, it was fortunate that the enemy was subdued. If it had not been so, I would have had to take the risk that the ‘image’ would run out of control again.
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The only anxiety was the opponent’s reaction.
Even when she was clearly outnumbered, she let out her laugh at what makes a woman so good. Maybe it’s because I’m too sensitive with a headache?
I couldn’t believe it was my own voice, so dry that I pinched my lips.
“What’s so funny?”
“Whoa, whoa… Cool! Ahahahaha! How can I exhaust myself without laughing? Finally, our wish is about to come true…….”
It was shortly thereafter that the woman staggered and raised her body.
Naturally, her hand moved toward the handle of the sword again, but she only slightly raised her hands as if telling the woman to calm down. As if she had no reason to continue fighting.
“Stop, stop. After all, all her brother wants is a position of ‘anger’, right? Alright, I’ll surrender. I’ll tell you what.”
Celine’s whereabouts.
As the information I was desperately searching for was taken hostage, my murderous intentions, which were in full swing, had no choice but to calm down. Even so, I couldn’t let go of her sword handle until the end.
There were so many memories of being victimized by ‘Greed’. You shouldn’t let go of the string of tension until the end.
It seemed that the woman was not unaware of my feelings. Because without even her characteristic ridicule, she got right to the point.
“As you may know, ‘Wrath’ is aiming for the relics of the Seven Sins Castle found in the Hastur Territory.”
“How do you know where it is? It’s a top secret, even I, who saw the artifact myself, can’t know the detailed coordinates?”
“Ahahahaha! Brother, are you stupid? That the thing originally belonged to us. Of course, there must be a method that only the original owner can use… But what, yes. That’s right.”
Party, pair, pair.
‘Greed’ shook his head as he clapped his hands like a joke. After a brief moment of emotion, I applied strength to the hand holding the handle of the sword, and immediately raised my hands again.
“Ah, ah. My heart is in such a hurry, brother… Now, listen some more. But this academy has a ‘swordsmith’, that monster old man, right? If they knew where we were aiming, of course they would be there.”
“Then what are you going to do? Are you saying that there is a separate means to bring out the swordsman?”
Phehehe, do it.
Once again, I couldn’t stand the ‘greed’ and burst into laughter. Despite the narrowing of my eyebrows, in the end, the woman burst into her clear laughter as she leaned back slightly to her body.
“Puch, aha… Ahahahahaha! No no… oops, oops… Think a little differently.”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t have much patience right now.”
“Do we really have to drag the old man out? They say that the greatest power is tucked away in an unknown corner… We are grateful.”
Looking at a woman with a smile on her face, her thinking circuit accelerates.
You don’t need to draw out the swordsman?
Theoretically, it was perfect. Since the sword attack was an unstoppable force, it would be better to stay in the rear. But that was the end of the story.
Selene’s goal was not the relics of the Seven Sins. If she wanted to burn down the academy, she would have been able to fulfill her wish without making a fuss when she stormed Alpenhauser’s Golden Fortress.
Then, there is only one possibility left.
“…… Could it be that the relics of the Seven Sins were stolen? It’s impossible.”
It was an inference spouted with a laugh.
‘Greed’ didn’t return any answers. Just staring at me with a smile on my face.
“Until a while ago, the artifact was still in place. There’s no way you can make an imitation of something like that… Above all, the most trusted people from the empire, the holy kingdom, and the southern ten kingdoms were dispatched as representatives. There’s no way the traitor is hiding.”
“Betrayal? Ahahahaha! Be cute… Are you too imaginative? Oppa, do you know what the name I got when I became the Seven Sins?”
‘Greed’ was smiling brightly. What emerges from that expression is pure joy like that of a child.
That made me even more reluctant. There is nothing more cruel than untainted malice.
“This is not a betrayal, oppa. Rather, ‘loyalty’ is the problem.”
Isn’t that a betrayal?
My mind, which was suspicious of Aindel, was initialized again. The moment I couldn’t find an answer.
Tap, pop.
A drop of blood dripping down the chin of ‘Greed’ suddenly came into view.
I’ve seen it somewhere.
Tap, pop.
The drops of blood that flowed enough to form a puddle… That too, right before.
Various words collide and create sparks in the whitened thought circuit.
Loyalty.
A drop of blood.
Relics of the Seven Sins Castle.
Memories that fit together like pieces of a puzzle pull an image out of the unconscious.
In front of the crimson-colored liquid that constantly dripped from the blood-colored sphere, the copper-colored youth spoke.
‘Actually, communication with the rest of the representatives was not working well. It’s unclear what each of them is thinking. I’m going around and guarding this place…….’
Dazed curses flowed from my mouth.
“…… f*ck this.”
And the laughing sound of ‘greed’ that thieves.
“Ugh, hahahaha… Ahahahaha! What should I do, brother? I think it’s too late to talk to me~? Wow!”
She threw her hatchet away with a bang, but the woman let out a cute scream and bent her knees. A silver flash flashes over her head as she lowers her height, covering the top of her head with her hands.
A cruel smile formed on Greed’s mouth as always.
I tried to land a follow-up, but the opponent was faster. Slowly, the woman’s body, which melted like a shadow, surged up in my arms.
“I hope you don’t lose that trust in humanity? And again…….”
Her slender fingers gently brushed my cheek. Sweet whispers gently spilled over my eardrums.
“Don’t push yourself too hard, oppa… Did you break out in a cold sweat? Puch, ahahahaha!”
The sword light that burst out belatedly scattered the afterimage of her woman. The presence was far away, and the time I had left was only a fraction of a second.
I had to clench my teeth and kick the ground like crazy.
Please don’t be late, hoping for a slim chance.
But my last hope was soon dashed.
Because in front of the accommodation where the representatives of the ten southern kingdoms are staying, there are rows of burned bodies.
The building seemed to have been burning like firewood for a long time.
I looked around with a bewildered gaze. It was to find as many familiar faces as possible.
Dozens of warriors and shamans from the ten southern kingdoms were all killed. Even though the time I delayed was not long, in just one moment.
Even though the escort must have included strongmen ranging from high experts to archmages.
It was when I was stupidly wandering around the place where everything ended.
“Cool!”
From somewhere, I heard the sound of trying to open my throat.