A king who kills others, a god who kills himself – 11
Stereotypes are scary. Since a snake is a creature that crawls on the ground, it is assumed that the details of the earth snake are similar to that of a snake just because it is modeled after the shape of a snake.
But there’s no reason why a dirt snake made with powers has to be exactly the same as a snake. In the first place, snakes are not made of earth. Please keep that fact in mind.
In fact, the earth snake created by the regressor was half submerged in the ground and moving. Regressor and Tyrga hid above the ground, and I and Peru hid below.
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Magic is to pierce the gaps in consciousness. If you know the truth, it’s just a trick, but to people who don’t know, it’s a technique that’s more mysterious than magic. I used that skill to sneak into the Golden Palace.
There are problems when digging and exiting tunnels, but I have the means to overcome them.
He put the 10 of spades over his head and pushed gently.
“Earth Sorcery.”
The earth opened easily as if it were a lid. Lifting the ground above my head, I quickly jumped on top of it.
The scenery of the Golden Palace had changed drastically. The Golden Palace I had visited earlier was an idyllic scene of a village hall standing in the middle of a vast corn field, but now it had the atmosphere of a battle barracks with tents and fences erected.
Instead of farmers with scythes, guards with weapons roam around. Even though the day is still bright, they light a bonfire and guard the fence in pairs. In the large tent, soldiers who clearly outnumber the capacity are walking out one after another. Well-maintained equipment gives off a cool glow.
Armor. Window. Shield. And soldiers. It is a scene that can be found in textbooks. It was probably a reproduction of the appearance of the war imagined by the golden mirror.
Classic in a good sense, too stereotypical in a bad sense. Even if you have infinite resources, if you lack flexibility, you will be attacked.
However, we don’t know what will happen if we go to war with the military. Because humans are learning creatures.
Because it’s a homunculus, you might not be able to learn.
“Anyway. I have to break through there.”
I wonder if it’s possible. It looks difficult even with mind reading, but I can’t even read the thoughts of those soldiers. Compared to Tyr, I’m a slob, but my powers, except for mind reading, are similar to them. Not to mention, he doesn’t even have the strength to break armor.
Is this enough even if the regressor and Tyr attract attention? Chit. What to do
“… It’s impossible.”
“Oh. Peru? Are you following me?”
Looking back, I saw Peru crawling out of the hole I made. I thought you wouldn’t come, but are you coming? It’s good to be safe inside because it’s a unique magic launcher.
“Are you here to help?”
“… I’m here to disturb you.”
“If you’re going to get in the way, can you use a unique magic spell?”
“… No need to. If you just scream, they will notice you.”
If you think about it, you’re right. What? I know?
I thought it would be empty if Tyr and the regressor drew attention. He knew he could win by planting a flag on Gongsan Mountain in Muju. He didn’t know he could afford it.
Isn’t it? It’s empty, but am I too weak to pierce an empty barrel?
“I’m sorry, but I’m not threatening you very much. It’s next to impossible to get in there without getting caught anyway.”
“… If you retreat, shut up.”
“That’s later. After using the last resort.”
Attacking an impregnable castle is foolish. In this case, you have to hide in the wooden horse and get inside. Having made up my mind, I jumped up. As I emerged from the bushes, the tips of the spears of the soldiers all pointed at me.
Very quick response. I raised both hands to show that I would not resist.
“Wait a minute. I am the messenger who brought the request from the other side….”
“Enemy. Kill.”
“Wait! It’s against the law to kill someone with a raised hand! You surrendered!”
What is a wooden horse? Straight up knife I suddenly stepped back, but the soldiers continued to press me over and over again.
“Enemy. Kill.”
“Enemy. Kill.”
“Enemy. Kill.”
I can’t see the slightest bit of rationality in my eyes. The voice is monotonous with no pitch. Could it be that these soldiers are ordinary human homunculus, not modeled after Houju?
Sheesh. It seems right that the power is concentrated on the regressor and Tyr. I see that there is no hoeju. The problem is that I can’t even pierce a normal homunculus!
The edge of the spear is gradually approaching. There is nowhere to escape. A tent has already risen behind it, and soldiers are crawling out of it. What kind of tent is a human factory? Humans go to the tent, why do humans come out of the tent?
The situation of a slope where even mind reading does not work. Even if you kill a few people right away, it’s obvious that you will be crushed by the influx of supplies.
But, I prepared for this time. The strongest wooden horse.
I sang my last card.
“Elric! Come out! I have something to tell you formally!”
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My voice was quickly drowned out in the middle of the clashing soldiers’ armor. The only way out is a hole in the ground.
‘… Can’t come out If you give up at this point, there’s nothing you can’t save….’
It was a time when the only audience felt pity.
“-Stop.”
A single word, a low command. The soldiers who touched the voice stopped. A completely different reaction than when I shouted.
Soldiers literally stopped like stone statues. Among them, ‘Elric’ walked slowly through the soldiers.
She tied her golden hair, which looked as if real gold had melted into it, into a ponytail, and wrapped her body in tight-fitting clothes to keep her from drifting. Elric, wearing leather gloves and boots, glared at me with sharp eyes as if disintegrating.
“It’s disgusting. Don’t you have any common sense?”
‘… Uh? Golden sashimi?’
Even Peru thinks so, so must the homunculus. You will think it is no different from the real thing. Especially if it was a homunculus without Iji.
I said with a smile as if I had waited.
“Where is common sense in war? The important thing is what to do next.”
“… Joy. I lived only with my mouth. Get out of the way everyone.”
As ‘Elric’ waved his hands roughly, the soldiers in front of him moved in perfect order to clear the way. Between the tightly packed soldiers, there was a path that could have passed two people. ‘Elric’ started walking ahead of the road with a majestic step. I soon followed.
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Meanwhile, Peru was stunned by this absurd situation.
‘… Nonsense. Taking intruders so easily? That golden sashimi?’
It is not impossible. Who knows the true meaning of the Golden Palace? Even I, a mind reader, don’t know. There is a possibility that the Golden Lord will take me because he has his own thoughts.
But no matter how you look at it, it’s irrational. To prepare for war, make a lot of weapons, send armed homunculus to fight, and at the same time take a possible enemy to the heart.
‘… No way?’
It seems that he noticed it belatedly, but it was already too late. Passing in front of the reviewing soldiers and reaching the camp, we have already….
“… Your majesty?”
Because I was standing in front of the golden mirror.
Golden Kyung was on the way to enter the large tent. Holding a large piece of paper in his arms, it seemed that he was carrying something like a map or blueprint.
Hwang Keum-gyeong looked at the tent and our side in the middle of it, with a devastated face.
“Weren’t you in the tent a moment ago? No, more than that. Who is he?”
In the meantime, the golden bell hanging from his waist makes an urgent sound as if it represents his heart. ‘Elric’s gaze turned towards it for a moment.
‘The golden bell my father said. Is that person golden? Admiring Elric, the king of the golden kingdom?’
After reading Elric’s thoughts, I pulled my chin slightly to show my affirmation. ‘Elric’ continued his thoughts while quickly observing the golden mirror and its surroundings.
‘Hmm~. Doesn’t it look too refreshing with a golden view? It doesn’t look like it. Even ‘me’ feels a bit creepy for some reason~.’
You also transform yourself into this and that. Isn’t that homophobic?
The ‘Elric’ who brought me is, of course, Hilde. I explained Elric’s impression to Hilde and asked him to transform into that figure. Although she has never faced the Golden Lord directly, Hilde succeeded in transforming into Elric’s form after hearing my explanation.
Actually, Hilde complained that she couldn’t interpret her character even after transforming, but what about her? All you have to do is blur the boundaries of the golden mirror.
Hilde composed the lines according to the current situation and Hwang Keum-gyeong’s words.
“Demo. Say hello This is what you need to know.”
“Me, you mean?”
“Yes. That… ….”
Hilde, who was trying to immerse herself in ‘Elic’, pointed at me and chose her words.
‘My father asked me to act like a teacher before his favorite disciple, but~. After all, you can’t follow it properly without seeing it yourself, right? Even improvisation has its limits.’
You don’t have to be perfect. You just need to let your guard down for a moment. Until I pickpocketed that golden bell.
Come on. Hurry. Say anything! So that you can naturally approach the golden mirror!
Before long, Hilde, who had decided on her concept, leaned on my shoulder. She put her hand on her shoulder and buried her arm in her chest. I let her expression soften as I tilted her head toward me.
Uh, wait.
Hilde said that before I could stop her.
“The one who will become my husband.”
“… Yeah?! What, nonsense!”
I’m told to get rid of vigilance, so what if I increase it more? You’re staring at me like you’re going to kill me! Above all, if you say such foreign lines, they won’t doubt your identity!
Clack, clap. Behind him, soldiers in golden armor walked out. That sudden appearance at this timing. It’s not clear, but it seems to be a symbol of the golden mirror’s wrath. If I had to, I would think of cutting my stomach with that knife. Hilde. Are you going to kill me
The golden mirror was glaring at me so fiercely that it made my eyes sparkle. He immediately fell to his knees and cried out.
“Sat, please contact me! A vagrant who doesn’t know where he came from is a father! Isn’t that ridiculous!”
“Hey, don’t you think that makes sense?”
‘Elric’ had a longing smile on his lips. He pushed me gently with his body and rubbed my cheeks as if proudly. With the golden mirror clenching his teeth, ‘Elric’ whispered like a devil with an expression that didn’t even know he was Elric anymore.
“You, too, would have expected that a day like this would come.”
“Yes?”
“The only person worthy of Jim, the noblest in this country, is only a man who is as noble as Jim. But what kind of man in the world would suit this body?”
Whoa. Is it like that? Now I know what Hilde is thinking.
‘To be obsessive, in other words, means that you are worried about being taken away. How to remember nightmares better than sweet dreams! Let’s act out the most terrible situation that Hwang Keum-gyeong can think of!’
Perfectionism in a different sense. Rather than making it clumsy, is it that I will do a perfect performance even if it goes in the opposite direction to what I want?
Kuck. I didn’t expect this. Art is difficult. Shall we match the kungjjak? Like a blonde bully, she played like Hilde by blatantly kneading Elric’s waist.
“Yes. Aren’t you being too blatant in front of your disciples? Your Majesty is also mischievous.”
“Oh no…. Only you, shall we?”
The moaning ‘Elric’ looked like a girl in love.
No, don’t overplay it. It’s not even a bullsh*t that’s teasing. I think I’m going to die from the real golden mirror. I!
But thanks to that, I got rid of my doubts. Even though Golden Kyung hates me now, she doesn’t doubt Hilde. Alright, if you go a little closer like this….
“… You are golden. She is fake!”
However, even if you don’t know the Golden Goblet, it doesn’t work for Peru. Since Peru has already undergone her Hilde’s ability to transform.
“What… ?”
“… Do not be fooled! She is a stranger transformed into a golden sashimi! The real golden sashimi, don’t talk like that!”
Peru gave her heartfelt advice to her Golden Sutra. Only then did Golden Kyung look at Hilde with suspicion. Now, the difference is clearly visible.
Because, Golden Lord knows her insides enough to ‘pension’ Elric.
The illusion is broken. No, it’s overwritten
His elik doesn’t say that.
His elixir doesn’t act like that.
His Elric is not happy in the arms of another man. So that’s fake
There was a clicking sound, like something was breaking. At the same time, the tent next to the golden mirror opened wide, and the real Elric… I don’t know if you can call it real, but his elixir jumped out anyway.
“Demo! That’s not a burden! It is a fake disguised as Jim!”
But… The eyes of the golden mirror do not depart from ‘Elric’.
Perhaps the golden mirror knew. That the world around him is a lie, and the world that does not come true as he wants is real. That’s why I couldn’t take my eyes off the first ‘Elric’ I saw, and I didn’t allow the real Elric to appear.
Hilde’s Elric acting must have been that shocking. To the point where the golden mirror jumped out of the world for a while.
So… For a very short time, but thought was read.
“You bastard! Also… !”
Kwang Heum-gyeong, who came to his senses, tried to stand up, but hesitated. A thin, fragile force is pulling him.
9 Of Spades. Tree of Origin. The demon’s idol obtained after seeing Nevida, and the power of the Druid. The vine that grew from the card as a seed grabbed hold of the golden mirror for an instant. It was cut off quickly, but I bought time. During that moment, Hilde pushed away the soldiers of the Golden Circle and opened a path.
One step into cheating. One step with earth magic. One step by acting with Hilde. And a step into the tree vine.
Each one is trivial, but when gathered together, it reaches the golden mirror. Thanks to all kinds of methods, I finally reached the golden mirror in my hand….
A golden bell that made a clear sound resonated with me.