113 – invisible hand
Cleopatra, who eventually succumbed after torture that shook the subject’s fundamental existence itself.
She began to tell Elisa in front of her what had happened in the days of Antonius in the past.
Until ‘that day’ comes… . The very story that I made a vow not to tell anyone…
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Antonius, the general of the elven kingdom.
His life, which had deep loyalty to the country and devout faith in God, came to a complete collapse one day.
Antonius, who has always lived a dignified life that is not ashamed of others, as a true body that serves God.
However, his life was like that that day,
From the day his beloved younger brother was killed by the demons, he fell into the abyss.
Not inferior to Antonius, no, in some ways more religious than him, and because of this, his younger brother participated more passionately than anyone else in the so-called holy war against the demons.
The death of such a beloved brother began to make Antonius feel regret and doubt in his heart.
His younger brother, who had stronger faith than himself, was brutally killed despite participating in the holy war according to God’s will.
If there really is a god in this world, no. If the existence of God is straight, how could this happen?
The doubts in the mind that had once arisen like that gradually destroyed Antonius’ faith. As a result, he became like a disabled person for a while and was unable to lead a normal life.
Then one day.
Someone approached him like that.
Cicero, a respected scholar and man of power in the elven kingdom.
He personally visited Antonius, whom he had known from the past, and offered words of consolation.
He brought up the story that his faith was greatly shaken and because of this, he was at a loss as to what to do.
and,
looking at him like that
Cicero spoke with a benevolent smile on his lips.
Certainly, this war was a mistake.
It’s called a holy war, but in reality, it’s just that countless people are shedding innocent blood at the hands of the empire and the pope.
And the god who instigates this situation can never be called a normal god.
Words I never thought would come out of the mouth of Cicero, who was known to have as much faith as Antonius.
In response, Antonius felt deep bewilderment and expressed doubts about what to do.
Towards him, Cicero spoke in a calm voice.
“Serve the true God. Not an evil god who incites greed, but a god who truly brings peace and comfort.”
From Antonius’ point of view, it was incomprehensible, but at the same time, it felt like something dangerous.
However, he, whose mind and body were already broken, began to be greatly shaken by Cicero’s words.
To him like that, Cicero was the true God he said he was.
alias.
He began to explain the being called Amun.
“Amun said, the wrongs in this world must be righted. We have to build our own world away from the evil gods who redeem us and use them as chess pieces. Yes.. lest there be anyone like your brother who plays with the pranks of the gods and meets a miserable death.”
“my… like a brother… ”
Cicero uses his unique eloquence to conciliate and persuade Antony.
Accordingly, Antonius gradually began to be seduced by the story of the existence of Amun, and eventually Antonius abandoned Nelterion, whom he had originally served, and became a faithful follower of Amun.
As I learned later, the influence of Amun was already spreading all over the continent.
The shock caused by the countless damages that occurred during the Tribal War and the defeat that eventually followed.
This fact made people’s faith in the god Nelterion greatly shake.
At the same time, it was made to greatly expand the power of the god Amun.
Not only the elven kingdom, but also the Falcon Empire, and even the Beast Nation, Joe.
Disappointed with the existing gods, they began to be quickly eroded by the faith of Amun, who gave them something new, and at the same time achieved what they wanted with direct blessings, not just talking about words.
Right now, even Antonius has more powerful divine power than before,
Thanks to this, he was originally one of the generals of the elven kingdom, and was able to enjoy more power and authority by rising to the ranks of one of the strongest warriors in the kingdom.
However, despite taking root like poisonous mushrooms all over the continent,
The followers of Amun, including Antonius, never showed the truth, and acted by keeping everything secret.
Their main goal is to destroy the representations of false gods that exist on earth. To make it possible for Amun to descend into this world.
In order to realize this, they needed to move secretly and meticulously.
As a result, the war between the Falcon Empire and the Elven Churches that took place this time.
And he was inducing a war between the Falcon Empire and the Nation of Darkness, which was likely to break out sooner or later.
It is for this reason that the assassination of Octavia was induced in order to induce division between the Demon Kingdom and the Elf religion, which intervened as an unexpected hindrance.
like that,
Antony is…
No, Cleopatra.
He succumbed to the temptation of pleasure and spilled out all of his secrets, which he had sworn to keep even at the cost of his life…
Seeing her like that, Elisa, seized with a deep shock, threw the tentacle she so longed for and then hurriedly started to report this fact to the demon king.
Neatly ignoring Cleopatra’s pleasure-soaked groans in her ears…
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“that… that is… Are you saying it’s true?”
“Your Majesty. It must have been the result of torturing those elves while crushing their souls.”
The demon king shows a deep shock with a hardened expression on Elisa’s words.
Belzebeauty, who was listening to the story next to her, began to fall into deep trouble with a cold expression on her face.
“It’s okay… I’ve never heard of such a name… If that’s true, we can’t just ignore it.”
The things that Amun was currently doing were happening in the countries belonging to the old tribal union, which could be called enemies from the perspective of the Demon Kingdom.
In fact, since the past enemies are inducing themselves to self-destruct while happily biting and tearing each other, there is nothing to regret from the perspective of the Demon Kingdom… Rather, it could be said to be a welcome story.
However, this is only a story when viewed at the national level.
If the World Tree really burns down, and if that of the Nation of Darkness, their other goal, also collapses, then there is a very high possibility that a colossal upheaval will occur across the continent, not simply the level of the country being destroyed.
“What should I do with this job? Of course, there are still many inaccuracies, but the outline alone seems to be a story that is too large for our Demon Kingdom to handle alone.”
It is not something that is happening right now in their own country, and the existence of an invisible hand that even each country has not been able to catch a clue about.
After thinking about this for a while, Beelzebeauty carefully came up with an opinion.
“In my personal opinion… First of all, it would be better to tell the truth to the elves. At least on this side, there is conclusive evidence that Amun’s followers were trying to harm Octavia, so it seems to be easy to explain the situation to some extent.”
“Um… exactly… ”
I don’t know if it’s other countries, but I’m going to listen to the words of the demon kingdom to some extent in the position that helped the elven country.
But then,
Elisa, who was listening to Beelzebeauty’s story from the side, spoke in a voice that contained a bit of dissatisfaction.
“But I mean… The elven kingdom is going to kneel before us anyway, so even so, what do those Falcon Empire plan to do?”
“Um… ”
“under… ”
“To be honest, I’m just thinking, wouldn’t it be better to ruin this country of filthy people? Of course, it is true that a crisis has come to this continent, but it is difficult to agree to first lend a helping hand to human beings who are no different from our enemies.”
The two automatically frowned at Elisa’s words.
Certainly, from their point of view, Amun is also Amun, but for the Falcon Empire, which actually led the tribal war, no matter how much the fate of the world was at stake, I didn’t want to help that much.
Even hearing the story of Eolchu, it seems that Amun’s work is mainly led by those in the Falcon Empire, so this kind of thought must have a bigger effect.
And in relation to these facts.
Beelzebeauty spoke to them in a calm voice.
“If not… Would you rather do this?”