450 – Reverse Heaven Trial – 13
Reverse Heaven Trial dot comManwol’s Castle was retold with untimely passages. This is because those who visited at low tide stayed near the castle. They themselves did not know why the people who had to prepare for the low tide at night had come here, but in any case, those who had come with the expectation of getting a solid share were spending the money they would earn in the future in advance.
Thanks to that, Hilde was filling her hungry stomach after leaving the lively market alley. Hilde said as she glanced in the direction of the full moon castle while eating.
“Father, the war is in full swing in the castle. “Aren’t we being too carefree?”
“Even if I get impatient, I don’t think it will help much with what’s going on inside. “Let’s just make the best choice we can right now, right?”
“It’s a bit disappointing that the best option is to sit at a restaurant and fill your stomach.”
Hilde muttered as she looked at the old castle surrounded by darkness.
Something went wrong in the old castle where the founder lived. Even though she didn’t have to say it, she felt it instinctively. Even people who are heavily drunk are glancing at the roaring roar in the darkness.
However, I can’t even think of finding out that. Because everything that happens in the castle is the responsibility of the vampires. Humans turned their heads and enjoyed their peaceful daily lives.
“There’s no need to worry, right? This is a fight that Tirkanjaka has no choice but to win. If you win, that’s it. Even if you lose, you can stop your own heart, dominate another vampire, and then ask her father to revive her heart.”
“I can’t.”
“Yes?”
After scraping the bottom of the plate, I put the dishes down on the table and said,
“I’m not the one who brought the heart back to life. How does a stranger revive the heart in the first place? It was Tyr himself who brought the heart back to life. “I just helped you recall forgotten memories of the past.”
“In the end, it was your father who did it, right?”
“It’s hard to explain, but it’s a little different from that. I am the king of humans, and Tyr is a human, so I represent Tyr. Tyr had a strong will to get the heart back. And once, I even made a dangerous attempt to get my heart back.”
He ordered Finlay to rule over him. At the time, I didn’t know if it was the right answer or not, but it was actually a valid attempt. Ruskinia also escaped her bondage that way.
“That was almost the correct answer, but to me it doesn’t really matter whether it’s the correct answer or not. If you have the will to try, that’s fine. Because I happened to have the means to solve it. “I revived the heart on behalf of Tyr.”
“Oh my. “It means you have the ability to do it, right?”
“My ability and will depend on Tyr. “If Tyr gives up his heart for a better rule, I will respect that choice.”
After drinking a refreshing glass of water, I wiped my mouth with a napkin. Hilde looked at my clean face and said.
“… “Your father is strict.”
“Me? I am a generous person. Especially to myself.”
Have you seen how strictly animals live? Ah, just thinking about it. As long as I had food, I was the most comfortable and happiest in the world. The only beast that suffocates its own life is human.
“Well, I don’t have to help. Tyr may also be able to escape the bondage using Ruskinia’s methods, but…. “It will be difficult now that the Elder under your command has rebelled.”
You command your subordinates to rule over you. I knew that a rebellion would occur the moment I threw off the shackles, so how should I attempt it? It is no longer possible to command the Elder to rule over oneself. Ain and Yeiling simply lack the ability to manipulate blood.
“If you follow what my father said, Tirkanjaka will have no choice but to give up one thing. “Your life or your heart.”
“There are other possibilities. “Becoming a demon.”
“A demon? “Is that what you want to be?”
“Even if you want to, you can’t, so there might be a chance. Tyr died once, and because she spread throughout the world, her race of vampires was born.”
The birth of a vampire is a huge event both globally and historically. But Hilde tilted her head and asked back.
“But, that’s not a demon god, is it?”
“That’s right. Because her life was preserved by the power to manipulate her blood, and because she continued her life with intense hatred toward the Holy Emperor. Tyr’s power could not extend further, and she remained a force solely for the vampires. “Her blood-creation art, which stopped the moment Tyr died, no longer belongs to all humans.”
To become a demon, the power and knowledge must belong to all humans. Because Tirkanjaka was alive and led the vampires, his power became a special power given only to the vampires and their descendants.
Specialness cannot change humans. Because ‘specialness’ itself is the reason and power. Only mediocrity changes people.
“But right now, if Tyr’s heart is going to stop due to the rebellion of his family… Maybe she will find a way to make her heart beat again on her own. “She happened to be traveling with me and she saw and experienced so many things.”
“Aha! Then, your father even planned to obtain a demon spirit! You are truly amazing… !”
“Well, I don’t know. Rather than a plan….”
It’s close to a test.
It was then.
Kuung. A dull sound was heard. It sounded like something huge and powerful was hitting the castle wall. People walking on the street were startled and looked around.
“What?! “Is it an earthquake?”
“There was a sound from Goseong… ?”
“What’s going on?”
The answer to that question was soon revealed.
Quad deuk. A pitch-black arm popped out, breaking the wall of the old castle. A pitch-black giant wearing shouts like clothes cries out in frustration. Then the darkness surrounding the castle trembled and the giant’s cry spread.
A scream full of hatred that seems to tear everything in the world apart. The people were now frightened and looked at the giant who had broken through the castle of the full moon.
“aaah!”
“What is it? “Is it the power of the Elder?”
“Should I run away?”
The people of the principality are amazing. If it were me, I would have run away as soon as I saw that. I think I lack a sense of crisis because I’ve always seen monsters like Elder.
Well, it would be difficult to think of the option of running away for livestock in a barn.
“That giant strangely resembles Tirkanjaka~. “Is that the demon god your father was talking about?”
“No. “That one.”
A roar echoes from inside, as if covering my mutterings. As the arm moves violently, the darkness swirls and is sucked in. The sound of crashing, cracking, and crying. All kinds of ominous omens spread out from the old castle. Dark red energy surges through the gap. Manwol’s castle seems to be bleeding.
Kugu Palace. The broken castle wall falls to the ground. Dust different from the darkness rushes in. A fierce battle is taking place.
If Tyr had ruled them all again, this wouldn’t have happened. Anyway.
“… “It looks like he’s trying to remain human.”
“That one? “No matter where I look, it’s not human?!”
“You can feel the will to live. I chose to fight back. Wow, that’s fascinating. If Tyr had only been able to control the power for over a thousand years, I thought he would solve the problem by stopping the heart and regaining the power….”
You choose to fight and not give up your heart. You might even feel pain now.
Reviving the heart and regaining one’s senses was what Tyr hoped for. However, the wind always encounters obstacles. The Elder Winds, which began to blow again due to Tyr’s Wind, clashed with each other, so I wondered what the outcome would be.
Tyr’s wind was more precious and powerful than I thought.
“My heart didn’t stop. I’m fighting directly. hahahaha. “It’s unexpected.”
From what I read, Tyr was a weaker person than I thought. He had already lost everything, and he was just unstoppable in a world where everything could be solved with just a thought. He was looking for something to lean on and hope for something he could cherish.
I granted Tyr’s wish. She gets her life back, and is thrown bare into an ordinary world where neither her body nor her strength nor her surroundings go as she expected. In a tough world, I thought Tyr would make the easier choice…. She was the opposite.
Maybe it’s because the heart I brought back to life. Even if you’re human, you don’t really know.
“Father, why are you smiling?”
“Yes?”
“If it’s as you said, isn’t it a bad thing? Tir Khan Xhaka chose to fight back with her power, and whether she won or lost, her power would suffer a major blow. “It’s a bad outcome either way.”
“Why? “It’s good because it’s humane.”
Hilde pursed her lips as if she was dumbfounded. But whatever. I felt strangely excited and pushed her plate aside.
Like ‘she’ said, I guess I have become ordinary. Even though I am reading all kinds of thoughts among so many people. Even though I blend in with the crowd…. Even though it is swayed by different winds, a subtle sense of anticipation is firmly rooted. My heart is pounding.
Ordinariness is amazing. How can I think of a specific person as special?
“Father, then what should we do?”
“Is there anything else to do other than cheering for Tyr? Please bring some snacks from there. “I chew and take stock of the situation.”
“Even after eating like that, I snack again…” ? “Has there been a beggar on board?”
Despite her rude comments, Hilde followed through. She paid the bill, brought a load of snacks, and chewed her beef jerky with Hilde.
Then her arm stretched out from her s*x hole again. This time, the giant shadow with her fist clenched threw something in this direction. The darkness of the night sky seemed to stir, and a vampire fell like a meteor, scattering red blood.
Quaguagwang. A vampire destroys and scrapes down the wall of a building. A red mark, unknown whether it was blood or blood stains, was drawn on the wall.
“aaah!”
“The giant threw a stone!”
“Run away!”
Only then did the people, who felt their lives threatened, disperse indiscriminately. The vampire who broke the wall and fell to the ground rose up through the dust.
At that moment, Hilde grabbed my face and pulled me towards him. Hilde, who covered her face so that it could not be seen from the other side, whispered urgently.
“Father, be still!”
“… “How outrageous!”
A vampire came out from the rubble. She was Countess Erzébut, the most elegant and noble of the great Elders.
There was not a single scratch on her pure white skin, but her dress was damaged after friction with the exterior wall of the building. While the humans gulped for a moment at the sight of her body exposed beneath her torn clothes, Erzébut unfolded her fan with her bewildered face. Her blood rose like a wave and she supported her body.
“You probably don’t know that we can’t be dealt with by such a barbaric force that has no power or anything…. “You’re giving me this humiliation.”
Erzébut, who was about to fly away again, suddenly looked around her.
She sees the Elder thrown from the sky and people just look at her blankly. Like cattle seeing a human flying into their barn.
“Huh, Erzébut?”
“What’s going on?”
For livestock, humans are not objects of caution. A vampire who always embraces and cares for a person, and returns the same amount of blood as he or she receives, was a being to be feared and followed. If you look at it, it is similar to a sheep following its shepherd.
Even though he was shocked and scared when he saw him being thrown and hit the building a little while ago, he didn’t think that the vampire would harm him.
However.
“… She’s already done it. “Let’s fill it in a bit.”
Erzsebut swung the tangent with a loud clanging sound. Beads of her blood formed at the end and shot out like bullets.
People’s curiosity became as loud as the number. The bloody bullet passed through the human being, causing a bloody storm. It looks quite profitable. I got enough blood to fill a bathtub with just a few drops.
The blood that flows out of the human body flows into Erzhebut according to the blood magic. Now that the progenitor has lost his power, the most powerful blood magician in this land is Erzebut. Even a small wound causes more than 50% of the blood flowing through the blood vessels to escape. Erzébut muttered, reveling in the blood he had harvested.
“Hmm. “It’s not enough, but it’s this much.”
“Mr. Erzébut… ! Why us!”
The clerk sitting next to the fallen store manager looked up at Erzébut and shouted. Erzébut looked down and answered as if he were looking at a bug.
“We are collecting blood from livestock raised for blood, is there any problem?”
“Ha, but! We pay our taxes faithfully every month! The store manager even paid his taxes yesterday… ! “If you take it in such a drastic way, you might die!”
“Do I really need to know?”
“Yes, yes?”
Erzebut spoke to kill time while giving blood between meetings.
“We raise livestock to get blood. Normally, I would take the health of the livestock into consideration and get drunk enough not to die, but… “In an urgent situation, you have to split the stomach of a goose.”
“That…” !”
“I collected enough, but since I’m not trying to quench my thirst, I think I’ll need a little more.”
The Elder is not specifically trying to kill humans. I simply needed blood. Therefore, although they are usually very kind, they can become more vicious and cruel when necessary.
Without even looking at the moaning people, Erzébut looked at the other livestock with the eyes of a predator.
“Ugh, ugh!”
Even the people of the principality have now realized. That the vampire who was their master and protector was ultimately a beast that thirsted for blood. Life down there is comfortable and safe, but it comes at a price.
The quick-witted and agile humans ran away first. But even that astute judgment was too late. Erzébut shot blood at all the remaining humans. Those ‘remaining humans’ included Hilde and I.
Damn it.
I got caught.
I kicked the table and flipped it over, and Hilde knocked out the blood with a plate containing Qigong. Drops of blood that shoot out are powerless in front of Bantan Qigong. The blood drops bounced off miserably.
I successfully defended against the blood drop attack, but in fact, it wasn’t an attack. It’s just a harvest process. Erzébut, whose work was interrupted, became angry at the person who dared to resist him… When he saw my face, he snorted.
“I was wondering where he ran away… “It was dark under the lamp, so you were hiding peacefully right in front of our noses, mistress.”