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Plaguemaster Kha’Zix.
It was from the beginning of Green Death that he gained notoriety in earnest in the Anti-Magic War.
However, that wasn’t the end of the Plague Magician’s tactics.
Proficient in ancient magic, he constantly tormented the United Kingdom through curses.
Among them, there was one of the most dreadful curses.
“Is it the curse of the beast?”
Chase lost consciousness in a beastized state.
Scarlett was surprised when Ethan struck the curse in one shot.
‘Does a young priest know of a curse that older priests do not know?’
One hundred years have passed since the end of the Anti-Magic War.
Most of the records of the Plaguecaster have also been lost, but do you recognize the curse of the beast?
Scarlett was amazed.
“Did you know about this?”
“This is the first question I asked.”
“Oh, it was. sorry.”
Scarlett crossed her arms and opened her mouth.
“Your guess is right. Curse of the beast. And those monsters are the true heroes of this precarious fortress.”
Ethan remembered what Scarlett had said earlier.
The lord of this place said he asked her for something.
I guess what the request was.
“You’ve been holding these monsters as humans until now.”
“right.”
Finally the truth was revealed.
People under the curse of the beast gradually mutate into beasts and eventually turn into monsters ‘ugly beasts’.
And once it becomes an ugly beast, it cannot return to human form again.
That’s what Scarlett kept as a human until now.
At the request of the saint.
Scarlett continued.
“As you know, during mutation, while maintaining a human body, it is possible to unleash the supernatural powers of beasts. At first, I’d rather be relieved that I was lucky to be able to protect the fortress. But as the mutation progresses, you gradually lose your sanity. This article must have figured it out.”
Ethan’s mind, which was full of doubts, was cleared.
However, there was still one unresolved question.
“Why did you grant that request? What is the cost?”
Scarlett had the power to do that.
But doing that was another thing.
‘There’s no way that person who only knew himself could have said that Seongju had asked for it.’
Then Scarlett smiled and changed the subject.
“I will tell you about that later. Shouldn’t we be dealing with that now?”
Simultaneously with those words, an ugly beast attacked Ethan.
* * *
Crook!
The movements of the ugly beast were unusual.
The ugly beast dug right into Ethan’s bosom and swung sharp claws towards his body.
Ethan stopped it with his gloved right arm.
Kwajik!
The handcuffs were crumpled.
Kicking his tongue for a moment, Ethan immediately put a round kick into the body of the ugly beast.
The ugly beast fell backwards with a loud hitting sound.
Ethan grumbled as he looked at the broken gauntlets.
“It was pretty good.”
Still, Ethan calmly judged his own combat capabilities.
Not long ago, Ethan strengthened the strength of his right arm with the vitality amplified with divine magic.
Thanks to that, Ethan’s arm was still intact even after receiving a shock enough to wrinkle his gauntlets.
‘I’ll have to try a little more.’
After thinking about that, Ethan flew the new weapon and swung his right hand.
Shh!
It was unbelievable that a human fist could cut through the air.
Even so, the ugly beast evaded the attack in a few moments.
Ethan’s fist slammed into the wall.
bang!
A shock wave that seemed to explode while conducting a magic experiment took over all directions.
It was only Ethan’s fist breaking the wall.
“I like you.”
Ethan smiled contentedly at that moment.
However, Ethan’s attack did not stop there.
Ethan attacked the ugly beast one after another, pushing it into a corner.
And he delivered a decisive blow.
puck!
Ethan’s knee hit the body of the ugly beast precisely.
With a shriek, the ugly beast was thrown into the wall and then fell to the floor.
He just lost his mind, he wasn’t dead.
Ethan approached the ugly beast and checked its condition.
“Is it okay to maintain a human state?”
Scarlett, who had been watching for all this time, replied back.
“right. I’ve been holding on to it, but it’s a final mutated state. I can’t even call you human anymore.”
“So you waited for me to come?”
Ethan turned back and looked at Scarlett.
Scarlett shrugged as if she couldn’t help it.
“These guys have a bizarre resilience. As long as you don’t die with divine power, you’ll come back to life.”
Ethan’s brow furrowed.
Knowing that the knights will eventually turn into ugly beasts, what has the lord of this place been holding on until now?
It was just for the people inside the fortress.
“If you repeat death several times, you will lose your mind more and more, and then you will attack the allies in the fortress. While I was thinking about it, it came to me that you were included in the reinforcements.”
Yes.
The ugly beast never died any other way.
twitch wiggle.
Just like now, an ugly beast that has lost consciousness and has fallen is regenerating its ruptured internal organs behind Ethan’s back.
“At that time, Seongju was also contemplating suicide. Because of the green death there were no priests in Miles. But I told you it’s no use. Then I thought it was all right because you came to Miles. I just have to hold out until you come.”
“So, should I handle it?”
“right. It’s something only you can do Besides, you’re a priest of the Pars Church. Will you not turn away from those who are in trouble?”
Ethan muttered when he heard the end of the matter.
“I don’t like it.”
Killing people to prevent their fate to become monsters with a curse?
It was also the knights who fought to protect the country from the rebels.
Saves people from curses.
Although the expression was plausible, it meant, in the end, to use blood for a cause.
Even Scarlett’s attitude was even more unpleasant.
I was very cocky about what I was trying to control people.
So Ethan decided not to act according to Scarlett’s will.
“I do it my way.”
“What?”
“Remember that. I hate being someone’s puppet.”
The divine power shone from Ethan’s hand as he said that.
* * *
“Ahahaha… … .”
In the dark hallway Ethan had left, Scarlett laughed to herself.
Not long ago, the knight, Chase, had fallen in the place where the ugly beast was.
Surprisingly, the curse of the beast was lifted.
“It’s really fun. I couldn’t even dare to get rid of the ancient curse, did I do it?”
Scarlett muttered as she watched Chase return to her human form.
-I hate being someone’s puppet.
As Ethan said so, Scarlett wondered if he was refusing.
However, Ethan’s actions were completely unexpected.
Do you kill them with divine power?
Do you ignore them without killing them?
These two were the only options in her mind.
But instead of those two options, Ethan created a third option.
Resolves an ancient curse.
This was the new option that Ethan had created.
Ethan radiated divine power against the fallen ugly beast.
And the ugly beast returned as a human.
Even with the curse of the beast lifted.
Scarlett had an unexpected ending.
“I thought I would rather take my life.”
Unfortunately, I thought that was the only way.
But Ethan overturned the very premise that Scarlett had established.
Those who were cursed by the beast were brought to life without killing them.
“Hmm. I certainly don’t have the temperament to be a puppet.”
Scarlett muttered softly, looking in the direction Ethan had already left.
* * *
In the meantime, a meeting between the Seongju and the Regent was taking place.
That was when the conversation went smoothly.
bang!
There was a loud roar from somewhere.
“What’s going on?”
The regent looked around in surprise.
But strangely, Seongju just sat still.
Even though I heard the same roar.
“You woke up sooner than I thought.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s just like I said. What would normally have happened after the talks ended has happened considerably earlier.”
At the meaningful remark, the Regent’s eyes lit up.
“Tell me what the hell is going on in this fortress. Otherwise… … .”
Seongju smiled bitterly.
“I want to do that too. But time doesn’t allow… … . Whoa!”
At that moment, half of Seongju’s face was twisted.
Because of the curse of the beast, he was going to change into the form of an ugly beast.
Eventually, he came to his limits.
“What the hell is this?!”
At the bizarre appearance, the regent stepped back.
When the regent was wary, Seongju stood up with sad eyes.
“Do not worry. I know very well what I look like now. never… There will never be any harm to the Regent Prince and the Imperial Army.”
Seongju left the conference room with a precarious step.
The regent quickly followed behind.
“Come on, wait. Please explain how this happened.”
“You must not follow me. No one knows how long I will be able to keep my sanity intact.”
“Then who is going to explain this situation?!”
The regent became frustrated because Seongju reached out and dissuaded him.
It was then that a familiar name was heard.
“For details, you can listen to Priest Ethan after everything is over.”
Saying that, Seongju quickly left the room.
The regent let out a low swear word.
“damn! How the hell did this happen!”
Seongju told him not to get involved in this, but he couldn’t just stand by.
The regent soon left the meeting place and headed for the Imperial Army.
As a military leader, he was responsible for leading the Imperial Army.
* * *
Deep underground of the fortress.
A knight guarded the entrance to the basement.
bang!
There was a huge shout from below where the basement was.
It was then that the knight suddenly looked at my hand.
“Are the other guys slowly reaching their limits?”
He realized that his fate was at stake.
Because this roar was the sound of the co-workers who had turned into ugly beasts trying to escape the basement.
The skin on the palms of his hands trembled.
It was a sign of change.
The knight was heartbroken.
‘You can’t be weak. At least we have to hold out until the saint candidate arrives.’
If the consciousness was even a little weak, the control of the body would be taken away by the ugly beast.
That was then.
bum bum.
Someone came to the basement entrance.
“Who is it? Except for Sungjoo and Chase, everyone would be in the basement.”
The knight murmured as if strange.
Finally, In-young’s identity was revealed by a candle in the underground passage.
It was Ethan.
The knight looked at Ethan and smiled.
“Who is this? He was the priest we were waiting for.”
The knight was pleased with Ethan’s arrival earlier than expected.
It was fortunate that the car was not sure how long it would last.
Ethan asked the knight.
“Are you the gatekeeper?”
“If you come all the way here, you must have heard all about us from that strange wizard, didn’t you?”
“I understood everything about the curse of the beast.”
“Did you figure it out?”
The knight tilted his head.
It was the nuance that he didn’t hear from the wizard, but that he had figured it out on his own.
‘What? How are you?’
But the knight’s curiosity did not end there.
After all, the death he had been waiting for had come.
The knight shrugged and said.
“I am a guide rather than a gatekeeper.”
“Guide?”