Episode 161
You can see the cheers of the soldiers and the members running around.
Many people flocked to the top of the wall, and they saw other believers heading up the wall. The broken iron said with a smile.
“The Apostle’s handmaiden also seems unusual.”
“It’s not unusual.”
From the original race to the present form.
Even thinking about it now, her birth was mysterious.
Life was something that could not be handled so easily, so it can only be called a miracle.
While Allen was returning to the dormitory that another devotee had guided him to, the broken iron also followed him.
Allen slowed his pace as he looked as if he had something to say.
At that sight, the crumbled metal shed a humorous laugh that did not match its gigantic size.
“The apostle is very considerate, haha.”
“Isn’t this kind of respect for the Prophet?”
His expression did not change, but only his voice could tell he was smiling.
“I have heard that the buildings here were touched by the fourth prophet.”
“Yeah… it’s not easy to build a town the size of a small town in a remote area like this.”
Allen was with him like this, and he remembered the story he had told Aison on the wall. You said that you don’t usually generate power on such a large scale.
“But it was said that usually it only raises the mineral itself, but not the fortress wall like this time… Is there a reason for doing that?”
He asked the question in a slightly perplexed voice.
“•••Have you heard of that from other believers?”
“Yeah, was it a secret you shouldn’t have heard?”
“It doesn’t matter because there is no story to hide from the Apostle…”
He thought for a moment with a subtle mixture of joy and embarrassment before opening his mouth.
“After all, the dry wave said, I do not need to hide.”
He said, raising his arms, studded with iron shards and minerals.
“As the name of the Withered Wave is associated with her past and present state, so am I.”
“Wow-!”
A loud shout was heard from the side of the castle. I turned my head slightly and saw a dot floating in the sky.
‘Is it over?
The broken metal nodded slightly, as if it was better to be noisy.
“I don’t know when my life will end. Just as life cannot exist without an end, neither can I.”
Allen also had to listen carefully to the noise around him.
“Every time I use an ability, I’m dying.”
“You mean dying?”
He looked around and lightly stroked his chest.
Then, various minerals and pieces of iron fell down, and his size decreased even more.
“As if in an equivalent trade-off, parts of my body fall apart according to the strength and range of my abilities.”
That’s why it’s broken iron.
Because he knows that one day he will turn into a mere pile of scrap metal with no ego.
“I thought I hid it well until now… haha> It seems that some believers have noticed.”
He couldn’t help but laugh with a mixture of joy and embarrassment at the fact that he was loved enough by his followers to care about it.
“This time, I thought that talking was the first thing, so I put my strength into it. The blood of the faithful who had already fought once must also have time to heal.”
“•••It wouldn’t have mattered if I did, but you wouldn’t let it go.”
At Allen’s words, he shook his head.
“Isn’t it better for me to make a little sacrifice than to have the Apostle come forward, who must have been ill for a few days?”
And just as your existence affirms my life.
Although the golem answered honestly, he hid part of his heart.
“So, this is a secret from other believers. You can guess, but you shouldn’t give a definite answer. Of course, the Apostle is well aware of this, but I ask you one more time.”
“•••All right.”
Allen was silent for a moment at his answer.
‘Apostle of the circular church… :
Was his action to make him completely consider himself a member of the circle church?
Allen stopped trying to analyze intent as usual. It is true that they did unconditional favors to them, including Illyana’s case.
Just because he proves the end of the future.
The golem moved quietly, as if not to disturb Allen’s thoughts.
As the surrounding noise stopped, he opened his mouth.
“What does the apostle think of her?”
Allen woke up from his thoughts and asked.
“Are you referring to the second prophet?”
“Yeah, just in case I’m offended by her attitude and tone.”
Allen really had no regrets about her.
“Isn’t she the one who contributed a lot to the present circle church in the first place?
“Then… yes, I’m glad. But I can’t say that there’s a little bit of annoyance.”
Human beings are like that.
Before Allen denied it, he spoke first.
“The second prophet had a particularly odd fate among the five.”
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The golem’s footsteps stopped.
He looked at the dormitory that was approaching right in front of him, and then turned his head to Allen.
“Unlike the third, who suddenly realized a special fate, and the first, who had a lot of secrets, her life, as I heard, can be called universally unhappy.”
His gaze saw a figure drawn from the sky to this place.
“So please don’t get angry.”
Allen also affirmed because there was no need to make things worse with them.
“I am an Apostle of the Circle Church, and I have nothing to understand.”
“ha ha ha!”
bang-! bang-!
He burst out laughing out loud and clapped his hand with a palm the size of a pot lid.
“I said something useless. Oh, did you say that the mission the apostle received from the academy was to investigate this area? We will prepare it in advance, so you can take it with you when you return.”
A shadow fell on the bedside with a familiar voice.
Enelia stepped down to his side, without a trace of blood on her body. The voices of other believers could be heard around.
“Then we will talk about the ruins tomorrow. I hope you have a good rest.”
At the end of those words, he stomped his heavy weight and went back.
“All fairies!”
“The apostle has brought a fairy!”
The sound of footsteps could be heard around the dormitory as if following her where she was heading. Allen stepped into the dormitory.
“Listen to the details inside.”
A large army of undead attacked every two days.
If you count a small group, counting the numbers is meaningless, so the undead have reached a distance.
It must have been several months since the ring bridge and Estedor, who were aiming for this place, formed a frontline.
He was told that the circle was here when he was discussing proving the apostles.
“Move carefully!”
“Do not enter that room! Did you forget there was a trap!”
Allen entered the ruins in the center of the city from the next day.
“It’s nice to see you again. Apostle!”
His guide was someone he had met in the past with Allen.
“••• Did you say Max?”
He digs up information about the Dragias family and informs the main team, and even serves as a bait to attract him to Nidho.
“It’s such an honor to remember you.”
“I’m glad you got out of there without any problems.”
“The plains are burning, would you have been in the mood to catch us?”
According to Max, he was ordered to go here after taking others to a nearby branch.
“I wondered why he called a high priest with no power like me here…”
“I was managing the circle Christians, wasn’t it a bishop?”
Allen opened his mouth at the sudden question.
According to his actions, he was responsible for collecting information, but he also seemed to be in charge of managing other new members… .
“Ah, that’s because of the specificity of the Dragias family, so I’m only serving as a high priest for a while.”
As he nodded, his doubts resolved, Max went inside the ruins and raised the corners of his mouth.
The smell of oil and numerous cogs and machines adorned the walls and floors.
“Isn’t the reason you came here to meet the apostle?
He coughed and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
“Anyway, I have heard from the Prophet. Is it correct to show you all the places of the ruins and guide you to the very bottom?”
He bowed his head as he watched Enelia carefully following Allen’s back.
“It is an honor to be with the fairy.”
Allen was given a two-month deadline due to the distance to this place.
Perhaps the second semester of the academy will be over when I return in time for the two-month deadline! He aims to secure a non-collinearity between the periods.
‘In order to prevent the princess from moving, it is necessary to show her:
Of course, I had no intention of giving her an airship.
Would you give that useful thing out of your mind, just use it as bait? Either the ring bridge or the squall can be useful as long as you dig it up.
will be available
“Remains of steampunk on the continent are quite rare.”
When they heard the news from the Empire, they secured it regardless of the fire, and even if they missed it, they bought it as soon as it came out for sale.
“According to what I have confirmed, it is said that we found this place by accident. No, even this is not an arrangement for something?”
Allen silently followed his guide and looked at the ruins.
“Once I checked everything I could check.”
Unlike the exterior that was built of stone, there were dozens of steel pipes that did not know what their role was inside, and parts of unknown purpose were rolling around.
Most of the rooms I saw while going down the ruins were open.
Inside was a machine.
The unknown machine had much more elaborate parts than what I saw at the academy, and a few members of the circle church recorded it.
There was also a closed room between them, with a person guarding in front of it.
“These rooms are rooms with traps. There were many sacrifices that went into unknowingly when excavating the ruins in the early days.”
The further down I went, the more bloodstained I could see on the walls and the floor, and the more I went down the stairs, the more it became.
There were traces of dents on the wall around it, as if something had hit it.
‘•••The metal of the ruins has changed so much:
what kind of weapon
In terms of material, it seems to be more solid than during the relic practice, but to make the walls and floors uneven.
“See you, Apostle!”
“It is the honor to meet the Apostle!”
“The fairy is coming here too…”
“Everyone waited for the Apostle’s arrangement.”
Even when moving various things, believers bow their heads when they see him. If there is one peculiar thing, is it that they are overly welcoming to Inelia?
‘Is yesterday’s battle so impressive?
That’s why people who haven’t seen her seem to welcome her too.
Even as the rumors spread, their faces were multiplied with gladness for her for other reasons.
How far down did they go past those investigating the closed room?
Allen reached the bottom floor, where many were seated.
When he got there, a man stepped forward as if he had been waiting.
Max stepped back from Allen.
“I was waiting. Apostle. I am Archbishop Klein who is in charge of this excavation.”
Her face was full of black grease, and her hair was a mess. However, the gun was hovering in her eyes as if she was full of passion for her work.
Allen spit out a question that had been lingering all the way down here.
“Isn’t the excavation of the ruins over?”
He thought that the excavation of the ruins would have been completed before he came here.
I thought it was because of the undead that I couldn’t finish the excavation.
However, when I arrived here, there were two prophets, the patriarch, and all other powers.
Looking down at the ruins, although there are traces of the battle, most of the area has already been explored.
Then the excavation should be over now… .
‘What’s the matter?’
It can be said that it was several months ago that the main church of the circular bridge was split before the return. But if they disappeared on the non-collinearity, shouldn’t they already be conducting research on the non-collinearity?
Seeing the doubts on Allen’s face, the archbishop, who was appointed as the head of the department, lit up Enelia’s eyes.
Her gaze, no, everyone on the bottom floor turned to Inellia.
Inelia, too, was shocked when she suddenly received a lot of attention, but she quickly adjusted her posture as she recalled what she had learned from the maid.
When Allen asked, thinking about the gaze he had received as he descended from the ruins, Klein continued. One
“In order to break the seal of this lowest floor.”
The moment she opened her mouth, the ground suddenly shook.
The people standing there each touched the wall and the floor, adjusting their posture to get used to it.
After a while, the vibration subsided, and a devotee near Allen murmured.
“•••A few days ago, the 4th Prophet used his power, so the earthquakes seem to have increased.”
“Do earthquakes happen often?”
“Ah, that’s…”
As Allen responded to her self-talk, she gave her a bewildered expression.
But realizing that he was waiting for an answer, he spoke quickly.
“•••The power of the fourth prophet is to bring the minerals under the ground, so there is no choice but to create a void in our ground. Because of that, the ground layer sinks, and an earthquake occurs following it. ….”
“Stop, stop. Priest Elena. There is no need to explain everything to the Apostle.”
“No, that’s fine. The explanation was helpful.”
Allen nodded knowingly, Elena smirked in a condescending tone, and Klein shook her head.
Then, as if to continue what he said earlier, he looked at Inellia again.
“In order to break the seal of this lowest level, we need Inelia-sama, whom the Apostle has brought.”
“Yes? Are you saying you need me?”
“•••You need Enelia?”
At the question on Allen and Enelia’s faces, she nodded as if the question was natural.
“Yeah, I was absurd when I first checked the conditions. In order to safely break the seal of this lowest level…”
Klein said with a recalled ball, as if he thought he would soon be able to break the seal.
“I need the blood of the living Fairy King.”
Enelia pricked her ears.
When Allen looked at her with a curious expression, she confirmed that it wasn’t a lie.
“In order to unlock the last seal of this ruin, as we saw a few days ago, we need the blood of the living fairy king in Inelia-sama’s body.”