Gods or Humans
A gigantic wheelbarrow that spins round and round with its side 1/4 submerged in the Cloud Falls. At the other end, a lightning tower more massive than anything else peeks at the tip. It looks like it’s squeezing the wheel into a waterfall.
Below the Cloud Falls, the water source created by the accumulation of clouds is vaguely revealing its presence. The size is not clearly visible. This is because clouds that have not yet become water ride down the ground.
Tyr, who had been silently observing the scenery until now, muttered when he saw a watermill with a diameter of 100m.
“… The world has changed a lot. There was no waterwheel like this when I passed Cloud Falls in the past.”
Thunderstorm answered Tyr’s monologue one by one.
“The first watermill was the size of an ordinary watermill. As the people who fled the Golden Circle began to gather in Claudia, the city grew, and the wheelbarrow gradually grew in proportion to it. It’s easy to get metal from all over the world. However….”
Uraehoeju said, pointing to me and Aji, who were hesitating from a long distance away.
“Are you two still afraid of lightning?”
Are you afraid of lightning? Heh, what are you talking about? I proudly declared
“I am not particularly afraid of lightning. I always fear threats beyond my control.”
“Doggy!”
The tingling feeling still crawls over my skin. Even Aji’s hair now swelled up like a lion’s mane. How can you not feel offended here? If you have any survival instincts left, of course you should avoid the place.
Uraehoeju nodded his head when he saw the stubbornness of the two of us.
“I understand. The power of thunder is too wild and powerful for ordinary humans to handle. If you’re not that human, it’s natural to be afraid.”
“Wow, that’s okay.”
“The right time, indeed, for those who deserve it.”
I don’t feel a single bit of shame in Woorehoeju, who speaks confidently. It’s the first time I’ve ever been this self-assured type, so it’s new again.
“Below the thunderwheel is the place where the power of thunder is strongest. I can’t help it. I am resting in my favorite place. As long as you don’t leave the lightning tower, you won’t be hurt by lightning.”
“Okay. Aji and I will be here, so everyone go. I’ll be waiting for you in a safe-looking place over there.”
“Dump!”
“Let’s go together. I want to take a look around too.”
There was a square room on the wall of the lightning tower. The room, sealed with iron from roof to floor, looked just like a steel box. It seems to be fine whether there is thunder or lightning outside or a wagon crashes into it.
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Me and Aji walked ahead, and Tyr followed us. When Tyr, who entered last, stepped into the box, Thunderstorm, who was guiding the others, finally got time to look after us.
“Wait. That.”
‘It’s an elevator to the top of the lightning tower.’
Huh? Lift? What is that
“Bruised?”
I just came in and saw a red button right inside. Aji, who was watching it carefully, pressed her button as if possessed.
At that moment, the steel door slammed shut. While Aji stopped in shock, the steel box suddenly started to rise with a great shake.
“Woogh-wong-wong!”
“Wow! Kidnapped!”
So me and Aji, Tyr rose up while being contained in the elevator. Fairly fast, with the ground below.
The box, which had been soaring for a while, thumped and gently bumped into somewhere. After the elevator stopped completely, the door opened, and we jumped out of it as if we were running away.
Tyr looked at the elevator with a curious gaze.
“Looks like a device that allows you to move effortlessly. Are you using magic? Or by hand?”
“No. It seems that the power was used to turn the wheel.”
As if responding to my words, the tip of the wheel rotated while brushing the top floor of the lightning tower.
There were fine irregularities engraved on the large urea wheel leaning against the cloud falls. There was a swarm of cogs that were much smaller than the wheel. The gearwheel that turns the elevator pulley was one of them.
“When Cloud Falls turns the urea wheel, it seems that the part connected to the urea wheel rotates and gives strength. It seems to be used not only in elevators but also in other parts.”
Apparently, it wasn’t just the elevator where the gears were connected. Seeing that the wheel is penetrating the lightning tower, there must be more mechanical devices in there. It seems that the lightning tower was not just a structure to avoid lightning strikes, but a device that converted lightning strikes into power.
“Hmm. It’s like a cogwheel toy you saw in the military.”
“Maximilian, who designed the military, was from many countries. He must have been inspired by this.”
Claudia, a city powered by an unstoppable wheel with a diameter of over 100m. It is obvious even without seeing where the image of him who must have lived in Claudia came from. He must have hoped to create a city where everything is done with gears beyond simply providing power. Even humans.
… Well, if that was the case, he wouldn’t have come to the military.
Aji walked with footsteps clattering and looked around at the top floor of the lightning tower. Hit it once, hit it on the head with its forepaw, and jump once. He said something odd.
“Bruised? Here, it’s okay.”
“Really? Originally, if you are in a high place, you are more vulnerable to lightning.”
It’s amazing. When I was at the bottom earlier, my skin tingled as if lightning would strike at any moment. I set foot on a higher lightning tower, but there is no such sensation at all. Is this the power of the lightning tower?
It was when I was looking around, out of curiosity. On the other side, in the area adjacent to the wheel, some children noticed us and widened their eyes.
“Huh? You can’t come here!”
They were children dressed in costumes similar to those of Woorehoeju. The children, who had their whole bodies wrapped in thick cloth like priestly uniforms, came running towards me in amazement.
“This is a place where only thunder practitioners can come!”
“Those without permission from Lord Thunder are forbidden!”
The children were desperate, but their chittering seemed cute. Aji barked friendly when he saw the busy running children.
“Doggy! Let’s play!”
The eyes of the two children approaching ahead widened.
“Huh? It’s a prisoner!”
“First look! Shall we play?”
“Now is the time?!”
One of the girls hit the others with her angry face. The two children, as well as Aji, were intimidated by her and drooped her ears. She sighed and the girl spoke in a sharp voice.
“I don’t know who you are, but Urea is the most important facility in Claudia. This is where the Thunder God attacks first! That’s why people shouldn’t approach it!”
“Aren’t we ordinary people? The Lord of Urae called him himself.”
“Really… ?”
“Yes. If we were the intruders, wouldn’t the Thunderstorm down there just sit there and watch it? Such a powerful and great Thunderstorm.”
I didn’t ask for permission to upload it, but it probably doesn’t matter since I didn’t take it seriously either. At my words, the girl replied with a shrug of her shoulders.
“Right! Lord Uraehoe is the most outstanding and powerful among humans!”
“I don’t know if he is the head of the family, but he sure looks strong.”
“Apart from God, there is no one who can stand against Lord Thunder!”
“Hey, be careful. You shouldn’t call God carelessly.”
Children say these words with the god of thunder in mind, but be careful with such remarks. There is an ancestor of vampires burning with hatred for the heavenly gods here….
Oh, is it already too late?
Finding something, Tyr carefully closed her eyes. On the wrists of the children she wore like priestly uniforms… Because the iron rosary was shining.
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Moan. This is dangerous. First.
“Does the great and powerful Thunder God fight with the Thunder God?”
There is no topic that attracts children’s interest more than a vs confrontation. When I started the engine, the children responded excitedly.
“Yes!”
“Who wins?”
“Thunderstorm Lord wins, but Thunderstorm Lord tells me not to relax, saying that Thunder God is just stepping back!”
“It disappears over the Cloud Falls and then returns!”
“That’s why we should train more, and later, when Lord Thunder is old, we have to deal with him instead!”
“Though Lord Thunder never gets old!”
They chatter about a story they know, but these guys don’t know. The fact that his life is now in danger.
I quickly turned to the other side before the story was over.
“But it is strange. Why is the Thunder God attacking this place? It wouldn’t be easy if there was a strong human being like the Lord of Thunder.”
At the sudden question, the girl asked in a way that slightly ignored me.
“You don’t even know the story of the lightning thief?”
“I know roughly. It’s a story that a long time ago, a lightning thief climbed a waterfall in the clouds, stole lightning from the palace in the sky, and escaped, right?”
It’s a very famous story and can be read as a mind-reader, but that’s not what you need right now. Take blasphemy out of your mouth and you live.
“But wasn’t the lightning thief at fault? You didn’t do anything wrong, so why would you f*ck with you?”
“Why? Because the place where the lightning thief hides the lightning is Claudia.”
“The first Lord of Thunder returned the lightning, but the power stayed in the land where the lightning once dwelled. The Heavenly God, who took offense at that, is trying to punish this land by sending the Thunder God!”
It’s a big deal. You can’t take that god out. Let’s get rid of it once
“Even a heavenly god is narrow-minded. Even though I returned the lightning, they still punish me.”
Tyr feels a little better. Aside from that, the children put their hands to his mouth in amazement.
“Shh!”
“I will listen to you, Heavenly Father!”
“The punishment is coming down!”
It’s noisy. Shijo is listening here. You guys don’t know, but a founder who can kill me right away is more terrifying than a heavenly god who doesn’t know when he will kill me.
“How about listening? It’s true.”
“Sure!”
“And it happened before you were even born, and even though I gave it back to you, it still comes back? There is a certain degree to a bad worker.”
“Oh, no. We are….”
The children who had seen the god of thunder couldn’t answer easily and hesitated.
Still, the faith here is not as blind as in Seonghwangcheong. There is a country of vampires next to it, and in the front yard is the land where the golden mirror roams. In this land where there are no temples and priests can’t visit, if you are a countryman who is good at calculating profit and loss.
“In the first place, why would you great Lord of Thunder fight against the Thunder God? Doesn’t the Thunder God fight because he’s a bad guy?”
When we had them weigh their beliefs about Uraehoeju, the children agreed surprisingly easily.
“… That’s right. The brain is bad. Bullying Lord Thunder.”
“But Lord Urea said it too. That God is different from man It is an existence that neither the Golden Age nor the Thunder God can resist, so you should always treat it with reverence.”
“It can be. Even if a bad person is strong and unstoppable, you have to humble yourself and follow him. Do you avoid it because it is dirty? I avoid it because I am afraid.”
Like the Sijo next to me. Do you think you could have died? Although now the complexion has been relieved a lot!
‘I’m deeply worried about my vacation. I don’t care if you don’t express your faith in front of me.’
If you show off, you’ll kill anyone, regardless of gender or age!
Anyway, having done a good deed that no one would ever understand, I said it more reassuringly.
“But don’t worry. The evil god of thunder will be solved by the great Lord of Thunder and our secret weapon….”
It was when I was in the middle of my talk.
The Ureawheel roared ominously. At the same time, an electric current flashed on the surface of the cloud waterfall. As if pulling the surface of the urrewheel, the part where the cloud falls and the ureawheel met led to a shining lightning bolt.
And then the thrilling feeling that followed. A strange feeling, like an insect crawling over your skin and pulling all the hairs on your body.
Above all, Aji’s hair, which is a lightning detector, lifts all at once. The direction of hair growth is not up… Cloud Falls side.
hahahaha. I can’t even be a gentleman. I was talking behind my back a while ago, but you appeared without notice. I should have persuaded Tyr later and agreed with the children.
Cried the girl, her complexion turning pale.
“It’s a thunder god!”