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It was a rumor that was circulating on the continent recently.
It was news that the rebels who had retreated from each country were gathering in one place.
And that place was a city that all continental people knew well.
Nouvelle City.
It was the headquarters of the Pars Church.
“I heard that the saint, Priest Ethan, also died in the State of New Zealand.”
“Is it because of revenge? In fact, because of Priest Ethan-sama’s performance, the plot turned into failure.”
“It’s really terrifying. Treason, hand in hand with a dark follower. Do you want to be a king like that?”
“Of course. I want to live as a king because I want even one day!”
“👑👑. If you were a king, the country would probably fall apart.”
“What, man?”
The conversation that started in the continental situation moved to a muffled story.
That was then.
bang!
A very shaky hand rested on the table.
The middle-aged people we were talking with looked up in confusion.
There was a huge man standing there.
“Is that really true?”
“That, is it? What do you mean?”
Then the large man smiled broadly, revealing his unusually shiny teeth.
“My friend, Ethan, has become a saint! And the news that he’s headed to New Zealand!”
* * *
The conference hall in New York City was chaotic.
It was because of the sudden news that the rebels defeated in each kingdom were coming to the new city.
Shunin, the high priest of the factor, was rarely enraged.
“This is absurd. This land has long been inviolable. But why are the rebels from the United Kingdom coming to Nouvelle? Isn’t that what the United Kingdom has brought this sacred land to war?”
Someone raised an objection.
“It is true that the United Kingdom did not do well to defend itself. But behind them were dark followers. So, isn’t it difficult to say that it’s anyone’s fault?”
“yes. That’s right. It’s not just the United Kingdom’s fault.”
“What do you mean, that?”
Shunin’s eyes twinkled.
“I think Priest Ethan should also be held accountable for this.”
“No, what nonsense… … !”
bang!
Shunin hit the conference room desk once.
“Why not make sense? Aren’t the rebels headed here as Priest Ethan is talking here and there? The same goes for sending the elves here at will.”
“Huh, I am. Awesome, Won. Our denomination has been hostile to the Dark Followers from the start. Is it okay to insult a priest who is suffering in the front like that? What about sitting here comfortably like this?”
“Even though you’re still only a candidate, aren’t you arrogantly pretending to be a saint? What right does Priest Ethan have to send the elves here?”
“We did this with the intention of stopping the Dark Followers together. Rather, it is not enough to appreciate the cooperative relationship with an exclusive heterogeneous race. tt.”
“Come on, stop it.”
As the castle grew more and more, the Pope restrained Shunin and the other high priests.
But Shunin couldn’t stand it and threw up a vomit.
“Sir, Haona!”
“High Priest Justia, please do that.”
Even the pope, who had only been laughing for a while, finally turned his face.
Shunin flinched and sat down.
The Pope opened his mouth.
“Actually, Priest Ethan’s actions have been amazing. Even in Central or on the Wegen plains it worked miracles. So, even though he is a saint candidate, Priest Ethan now deserves more than anyone else. In the future, please do not discuss this controversy any more.”
In short, it meant that he would unofficially admit that Ethan was a saint.
At that, Shunin cried.
‘What nonsense is this?! I even adopted a baby and raised it, so it’s all in vain?’
He suppressed his anger in front of the Pope, but Shunin was very unfair.
It was as if all the hard work had gone in vain.
In fact, even though Shunin was crying blindly, he knew it well.
As the Pope said, Ethan had not yet been formally appointed, and was closer to the position of a saint than anyone else.
And such a saint had a higher status than the high priest.
Shunin wasn’t the one to talk to.
“Priest Ethan says he is coming here, so you should ask him for details. And to add to the old woman, Priest Ethan I’ve seen is the most faithful priest ever. His steps on the continent were also faithful to his role as a priest. So, let no one speak arrogantly or slander him.”
“… … ?!”
He didn’t say who he was, but he was talking about Shunin.
Shunin’s face turned red from the insult.
The ambassador, who returned to the state of emergency from Central, also agreed with the pope.
“yes. I also agree with your words. In fact, if Priest Ethan had healed him from behind, no one would have rebuked him. But Priest Ethan went a step further and took the lead by slaying the Dark Followers himself, so the Paladin could not be more valiant than that.”
“I think so too. Priest Ethan would have been great even if he had actually become a paladin.”
The pope let out a satisfied laugh.
And after a while, the meeting was finally concluded.
It was to closely monitor the movement of the rebels, and to request reinforcements from the United Kingdom.
It was because the rebels had not yet clearly aimed their swords at the state of New York.
That was then.
A priest quietly entered the conference room and whispered to the Pope.
All the high priests looked at the Pope with their eyes wide open.
The pope felt the gaze and opened his mouth.
“Priest Ethan has just arrived. So you can check it yourself.”
* * *
Ethan was sitting on a bench in the garden where he could see the holy white water.
He sighed, pressing on his temples.
‘It’s like wretched old people. I’ll get some rest now.’
It was because as soon as they arrived in New Zealand, they were taken away by the Pope and the high priests without a break.
And after an all-night meeting, he managed to escape from the meeting room.
When I went outside, the night had passed and dawn was coming.
A more profound sense of disappointment came over me.
It was then that Ethan sighed.
“Is the meeting over?”
Calia approached from behind.
“yes. Did you get along well with the other elves?”
Callia nodded her head.
The elves from the Forest of Dawn were currently staying in the forest near the State of Nouvel.
As Ethan said, he had reached the state of Nouvelle, but it was because he felt the burden of staying in the city of humans.
“I have something to tell you about that.”
“yes. tell.”
Then Calia came closer to Ethan’s face and whispered in her ear.
“That was well communicated to my colleagues.”
Ethan laughed at Calia’s overly cautious attitude.
Seeing this, Kalia tilted her head as if puzzled.
“Why?”
“No, I’m too careful with my actions. There is no need for that.”
“yes? Didn’t I say that you shouldn’t talk recklessly about it?”
It was the story of the contaminated eggs.
But Ethan shook his head.
“I asked you to do that, but it’s rather noticeable to stick with it here and there.”
Then Kalia immediately looked around.
swish!
Priests and believers passing by havetily turned their heads.
Kalia was convinced by saying, “Ah,” to herself.
“I think it’s because I’m an elf, so it’s like that. I’ll be careful in the future.”
Not necessarily, but Ethan nodded as if yes.
Kalia looked around her again and asked a little.
“Looking so quiet, no one seems to know that the tainted eggs were brought here.”
“Absolutely. I wouldn’t have brought it here if it had been so easy to get caught.”
“You are so daring.”
Kalia muttered in surprise.
contaminated eggs.
What the Dark Followers left behind at Haup Castle, Ethan proudly brought it into the new city.
When she first heard of the operation, Calia doubted her ears.
No matter how dark she was in human affairs, she knew well how far away from common sense Ethan’s actions were.
But after hearing the detailed plans, he decided to believe Ethan’s words.
“Are you worried?”
Callia nodded heavily.
What if, by mistake, the existence of the contaminated egg is known to the Pars Church?
Or what if something big Ethan wasn’t aware of and caused by the tainted egg?
Therefore, it was very dangerous to bring the contaminated eggs into the state of Nouvelle.
If I had not known that the contaminated eggs were such a great bait, I would have resisted desperately.
“Are the Dark Followers really going to try to retrieve the egg?”
“It will not stop with a simple attempt. He will probably risk his life and death and try to get him out of the new city somehow.”
Ethan decided so.
The place his eyes turned to was the land of Nouvelle City.
To be precise, the contaminated egg was hidden underground.
With the help of elves and dwarves, Ethan moved the eggs from the nearby forest to the connected underground passage.
‘It was like that a hundred years ago, because those who write curses have to risk their lives.’
Ethan laughed inwardly.
The Plaguecaster did presumptuous things out of proportion to his fraction.
‘Green death or the curse of the beast. All of them were overkill for his abilities.’
Ethan knew this, so he was suspicious of live sacrifices or contaminated eggs.
So, he had infiltrated the Haup estate with the knights to check it with his own eyes.
The contaminated egg was there as expected.
‘An eye for an eye, an eye for a tooth.’
Ethan decides to use the tainted eggs to return the plagueman’s work to his dark followers.
– You broke into someone’s house at will, so you should leave even a present as an apology.
As time has passed, the time has come for the curse left behind at that time to become active.
green death?
Curse of the beast?
Of course, there was a limit to reproducing it as it is with Ethan’s knowledge.
But it didn’t matter if Ethan didn’t know.
It was because the tainted eggs had the curses accumulated by the Plaguecaster and the method of reproducing the green death intact.
Ethan had tweaked it a bit and spread another death.
And while the newly spread death did enough damage to the Dark Followers, he had chosen Nouvel City as a safe place to keep the eggs.
In the process, Ethan was helped by Fenrir and Calia.
Recalling what happened then, Kalia sighed.
“I am glad that you are. It means that it was not in vain that you struggled to hide the energy of the egg.”
It was impossible to simply bring in the contaminated eggs into the state of Nouvelle.
Because I had to hide that disgusting energy.
And the race that stood out more than anyone else in that field was the elf.
The elves were excellent at hiding their energy because they lived in hiding as mysterious beings until now.
King!
Fenrir, who had found Ethan from afar, saw this and approached him.
Fenrir had returned to the form of a giant dog, not the small dog it used to be.
Ethan glanced at Fenrir.
‘I’m sure he did benefit from that guy.’