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“ね!”
Ethan closed his left eye tightly and swallowed a groan.
The pain that started in his eyes spread throughout his body.
I felt like I was going to lose my mind at any moment.
‘But you can’t do that here.’
A demon with the eyes of a demon loses his mind in the middle of the monastery?
I couldn’t even imagine what happened after that.
It wasn’t just a matter of changing the color of his eyes.
‘Huge magic power is condensed in the left eye.’
Ethan broke out in a cold sweat.
Naturally, divine power and magical power were opposites.
Therefore, they could never coexist in one body.
There were geeks who tried to deal with both divine power and magical power.
But their end was terrifying.
It was because it was brutally bursting out without leaving a single piece of flesh.
‘Why is this happening… … .’
I couldn’t understand English at all.
Then a memory flashed through his mind like lightning.
-These eyes that ate my family, I’ll take them to hell!
Right before he died, he pulled out the Demon King’s eyes.
The eye was also on the left.
Ethan’s eyes widened.
‘Damn it! To die in vain in this way?’
In his previous life, he killed the Demon King and died without any regrets.
Although he was reincarnated because of the damn saint, he could not throw away the newly acquired life in vain.
Since he was born with life, the instinct to survive was natural.
And that survival instinct was warning him.
Are you going to die like this?
Ethan smiled even though he was sweating.
‘Who would you like to die obediently?’
He cut off the senses from the outside and focused on the inside.
Then, he was able to grasp the path of magical power extending from his left eye to his body.
‘found!’
Immediately, Ethan mobilized all the divine powers within his control to block the magical energy flowing out of his eyes.
“Collock!”
Ethan spit out blood.
It worked, but it was clearly being pushed back.
That was then.
The divine power that had been dormant in Ethan’s body, absorbed through the key’s blessing ceremony, began to wriggle.
Strength was added to the divine power that was being pushed.
Eventually, the magical energy emanating from his left eye calmed down.
“Heh, heh heh!”
Ethan sighed heavily.
“Did it subside?”
He opened his closed eyes.
“… what’s this?”
The world unfolding before Ethan’s eyes was completely different from before.
The divine power and mana flowing through each object came into view at a glance.
It was as if there was an eye looking inside.
Ethan looked at the Apprentice Priest passing by in the distance.
“Only first-class.”
Until someone uses divine power or mana, it is impossible to know how much power is accumulated in that person’s body.
However, in his eyes, the divine power accumulated in the body of the apprentice priest was clearly visible.
even the flow.
“… … ?!”
Suddenly, tears of blood flowed from Ethan’s eyes.
They couldn’t handle the amount of information pouring out here and there.
But in the meantime, Ethan muttered blankly.
“Was the rumor true?”
First Prince Knox, who made a contract with the Demons to usurp the throne.
The rumors that followed him were:
‘After signing the contract, the Demon King has eyes that can see through everything.’
Ethan in his previous life had considered the rumors to be exaggerated.
But only now did I know that it was true.
Ethan frowned.
‘It’s getting blurry before my eyes.’
The greater the strain on the eyes, the more blurred the vision.
Then, the strong magic in his eyes slowly subsided.
At the same time, the ability to see things through was also lost.
Ethan checked the color of his eyes reflected in the water.
Fortunately, the black eyes turned blue again.
“Is there a time limit?”
In addition, the conditions under which these eyes appear were still unknown.
‘I haven’t checked it yet.’
There was a way to confirm that these eyes were the real demon king’s eyes.
Ethan looked around.
And I found a small ant that had climbed on the brick of the well.
Ethan killed the ant by crushing it with his thumb.
Then something amazing happened.
A faint glow of blood rose from the worm’s corpse and absorbed into Ethan’s left eye.
“… … ?!”
Ethan looked around his left eye.
nothing was touched
Instead, he could see that there was a very slight vitality in his eyes.
Ethan muttered in a low voice.
“The will of the devil.”
The Demon Lord’s Eyes exploited the vitality of dead creatures, and the Demon Lord was able to become stronger through it.
It was for that reason that Ethan desperately pulled out the demon king’s eyes.
If at least one of the heroes dies, the demon lord will become stronger, but the hero’s party will become weaker.
“… … .”
Ethan was overcome with a strange feeling.
It was a power that could not help but shudder when you consider the inaction of the Demon King in the past.
However, the Demon King caused a war on the Graven Continent with that power.
In order to exploit more life force and become stronger, they captured humans at random.
It initially dedicated prisoners of war and civilians captured outside the Empire to the magic circle.
However, as the war situation became increasingly unfavorable, the target included even the people of the empire.
The image of the dying family in the magic circle was still good in my eyes.
And he decided to take vile revenge, and he finally succeeded.
“I thought it was all over.”
However, the bitter feelings of the previous life did not disappear.
Ethan, lost in thought, immediately shook his head.
“Anyway, I hit a goal, this one.”
Even if it was a joke of fate, it went too far.
The eyes of the demon king reside in an orphan who grew up in a monastery.
Ethan stretched out his small hand like a fern.
With such a body, even if he runs away from home, he will starve to death.
If the demon king’s eyes were discovered and chased by the church, there was nothing more to say.
‘At least until we can be self-reliant, we have to hide about these eyes.’
Ethan swallowed dry saliva.
It seemed that this life would not be so smooth.
* * *
One Empire, Seven Kingdoms, One City State.
This was the situation before the Demon King was born on the Graven Continent.
It was an era of stability enough to be called the era of peace.
However.
‘I have appointed the second prince as the Crown Prince.’
The decision of the successor of the Niilum Empire became the starting point that set the continent in a raging fire.
1st Prince Knox, who protested that his brother became the Crown Prince, signed a contract with the Demons.
‘The Prince’s Bookbend? What does it all have to do with it? I wish I could become emperor on my own!’
The first Prince Knox, who gained absolute magical power and magic, was the first to kill my father.
Then he slaughtered his own brothers and sisters.
At this, people were astonished at the cruelty and called him ‘The Demon King’.
The demon king, who was crowned, aimed his sword at the seven kingdoms and the new city state.
Accordingly, the seven kingdoms united and faced the Demon King along with the State of Nouvel.
That was the beginning of the Anti-Magic War, over a hundred years ago.
* * *
Nouvel City State.
This is a city-state in the very center of the Graven Continent, where the Central Church, the headquarters of the Pars Church, is located.
After winning the Anti-Magic War, the Pars Church was enjoying unprecedented prosperity.
Originally, the Pars Church did not enjoy this kind of prosperity.
It was thanks to the reorganization of the order of the continent after the Anti-Magic War.
Over a hundred years ago, after the death of the demon king, the kings of each country gathered in the new city state.
It was to discuss the treatment of the defeated nation, the Niilum Empire.
They formed an alliance to oppose the Demon King, but as long as the public enemy disappeared, they were rivals fighting for their prey.
The heads of the kings holding each other in check were taut.
‘The war with the Demon King has weakened the national power absurdly. The breadbasket of the Niilum Empire must not be passed on to them.’
‘Mine and ports are also a big problem. But if I say I’m going to eat this, of course there’s going to be a backlash, right?’
There really was no such thing as a nightmare.
Negotiations took place over several days, but failed each time.
Then, finally, the word came out.
“The people’s lives have been devastated by the evil deeds of the Demon King. At a time like this, there should be no conflict between the alliances over the interests of the empire.”
“I mean, anyone can do that. If you have any sharp numbers, please tell me.”
“Simple. Isn’t there the only neutral place on the Graven Continent?”
“A neutral place?”
“A place where no one dares to invade, and will not harm any nation here.”
Nouvelle City!
It was a word that popped into everyone’s head.
At the end of this process, the Niilum Empire was torn apart.
Instead of the seven kingdoms taking on a modest level of land and interest, the State of Nouvel took over the most essential granaries and ports.
It was a gimmick to prevent an accident in which power was concentrated on a specific country among the United Kingdoms.
Since then, the denomination has enjoyed sanctification for nearly 100 years.
The Nouvelles were proud of the prosperity of the denomination.
There, the activity of the Knights Templar also played a part.
“The First Knights have returned.”
“Does everyone have bright faces?”
“Of course. I heard you’ve subjugated quite a few Dark Followers.”
Dark follower.
It was a term used to refer to a power that was secretly trying to revive the demon king.
“Anyway, they are very persistent. It’s been a hundred years, but where the hell do you keep crawling like that, Won?”
“Because there are no cockroaches.”
The knights proudly improved and passed the gates.
The monks looked at the man at the forefront of the Knights Templar.
“Is that man the iron-blooded Liam?”
“okay. A faithful limb of the Pope. I heard there is no blood or tears.”
When all the knights passed through the gates, the gates were firmly closed again.
After the triumphal procession, the 1st Knights went straight to the Knights Templar building.
As the captain Liam got off his horse, a priest hurried to them.
“Captain of the 1st Knights.”
“What are you doing?”
“The Holy Spirit is waiting. Eat right at the headquarters.”
Then Liam raised his cloak and said to her.
“As you can see, my armor and cloak are dirty. I can’t see the Holy Spirit in this way, so I want to change clothes first.”
“The Holy Spirit will not care. Don’t worry.”
Liam’s eyebrows twitched at the forceful tone.
He sensed something in his unusual attitude.
“Then there is nothing you can do.”
Liam left the Knights Templar and headed to the church headquarters alone.
Moments later, Liam was escorted to the Pope’s room.
It was a fact, not a reception room.
I knew in advance that the upcoming conversation was going to be serious.
On the sofa sat an old man in a priest’s robe embroidered with gold thread.
It was the Pope, the highest priest of the Pars Church.
Liam threw his cloak back and knelt down.
“I will see you.”
“long time no see. This expedition must have been very difficult because of the long expedition, but I’m sorry. Come on, take a seat.”
“There must be some reason for calling in a hurry. What happened?”
“You are also very smart. Postpone the report of the expedition until later, and move on to the main point.”
The pope let out a low sigh and took out his staff on the table.
“This.”
Liam’s eyes widened.