143. Holy King
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The wagon wheels rattled on the rough road. Through the dust, Doyoon looked at the distance ahead.
As the wagons approached the border, the lofty walls began to come into view.
‘It’s a good wall.’
Doyoon remembered the Amasbin estate. The fortress city of Amasbin, where he first used the King’s Kidney and accidentally destroyed the gate. It was a wall as tall and thick as the one there.
‘Did you say that it surrounds all borders?’
The country is not shaken even after such a large-scale construction was completed within the reign of a king.
It felt like the lofty castle wall was a symbol representing the national power of Labyrinth and the skill of the Holy King.
Doyoon raised his eyes and looked at the gateway. The gates were firmly closed, and the tall Yuan royal family guards on duty at the gates did not waver in their attitude even though they were on duty during normal times.
Do-yoon had an intuition that the road to meet King Seong would not be easy.
By the time the gate soldiers found them, Doyun got off the carriage.
“Wages.”
He snapped his thumb and tossed a coin.
Upon receiving this, the coachman wondered what kind of savagery the polite nobleman had suddenly become. However, when I saw a golden coin shining brilliantly in my hand, my eyes widened and my mouth caught my ear.
He quickly bowed to Doyoon.
“Oh, thank you, get better! When are you planning to finish your work? I will wait here!”
“Okay, go on your way.”
“Yeah, but…”
Leaving behind the coachman, who was deeply regretful, Doyoon walked towards the gate. It seemed like it would take a long time to wait for the wagon.
As Doyoon approached, the guards at the gate shouted loudly.
“stop!”
he stopped walking
“Because of the war, the borders are closed! Go back!”
A well-trained and upright soldier of the Yuan Dynasty. Even though he was only a guard, his spirit and inaction were considerable. Bribes won’t solve it.
Instead, Doyoon took out a seal from his bosom and held it out.
“I am an apostle belonging to the World Tree. As an envoy of the Union, I came to visit the royal castle.”
His mana flowed through the seal. The seal emitted a bright luster with a certain mana pattern. It was a genuine world tree guild seal that could not be manipulated.
The guards flinched at the unexpected traffic jam.
“…the world tree?”
If it’s a world tree, isn’t it a dinosaur guild competing with three fingers on the continent?
Moreover, if the apostle was to serve as the messenger of the union, he would surely be a high-ranking apostle.
“…Please wait.”
one went inside. Confirmation did not take long.
The gate guards became agitated for a while, but there was no news from the upper level. That is, an unaccompanied guest.
This is often the case in other wars. It must have been an envoy sent by the alliance to earnestly plead for it, even though the capital had rejected it.
The guards responded according to the manual.
“The borders are closed. I’m sorry, but I can’t let you through.”
“…All right.”
Doyoon did not respond further and quietly withdrew.
The guards let out a big sigh of relief when he quietly backed away. It was fortunate that he was an apostle with common sense despite being a high-ranking person.
As they moved away from the wall, Doyoon drooled.
‘I thought that even the messenger of the Union wouldn’t let it pass…’
It was possible to get a glimpse of the King’s will to never escape from Labyrinth.
Doyoon, who escaped from the gaze of the guards and entered the forest, chanted.
“Luna.”
he turned around Luna was standing there.
Unless Doyoon gave a special order, it was Luna who would not leave his side even for a moment.
“Can you follow me up the wall?”
She nodded wordlessly. If it was Luna’s inaction, it was a very natural answer.
“…okay.”
Doyoon was a little embarrassed after he said it, wondering if he had asked something inappropriate. I don’t know why you asked I just wanted to see some faces.
He turned and headed for the far wall.
Luna watched his back in silence for a moment. It was a brief conversation, but her heart was filled with great satisfaction.
Of course, his expression was still emotionless and cold.
After a while, Luna disappeared again. There were no footprints left where she had been.
She hid in the dark and looked at her father’s back.
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After arriving at the capital of Muspelheim, Doyoon walked towards the castle.
“Well…”
he looked around
The capital’s central road extending from the royal castle symbolizes the king’s authority.
The castle is very tall and big. The middle street was wide and long. On both sides of the main road were lined with various luxury goods shops.
It was not the king of a small country like Labyrinth, but the scale of seeing the Emperor’s King’s Road.
‘It’s very peaceful for a state of war.’
People’s faces were full of energy and laughter.
It means that there is no additional conscription for war, or it is at a level that does not strangle their necks. This suggested that Labyrinth had very stable national power.
Doyoon walked in the middle of the central road. The dark gray cloak fluttered in the wind. The jupiter handle of the waist dance shone in the sun.
People of the Yuan Dynasty glanced past him. Due to various top-notch equipment, he was a man with a very cool figure.
Approaching the gate, Doyun could see a fancy carriage stopped in front of the gate.
‘Insignia of Union.’
Unlike Do-yun, who impersonated them at the border, they were a real envoy demanding King Seong’s participation in the war.
But things didn’t look good.
“Please let me in. It’s really an urgent situation!”
“The King is busy preparing for war. The gates of Labyrinth will not be opened.”
“This is a war for the survival of the Union!”
“The King looks only at the Labyrinth. Please go back.”
“please!”
Doyun walked through the castle gate and snapped his stiff neck.
‘…I don’t like it.’
Again, the King’s beliefs deserve respect.
However, while using the power of Hecleus as a means of protecting his precious things, he completely abandoned his will to help Enoch and unite.
Do-yoon continued to walk, feeling the power go into his temples and between his eyebrows.
With the momentum of prostrate on the floor, he silently brushed the raining delegation.
“yes?”
The royal guards of the Yuan Dynasty, who were blocking the delegation, passed by leisurely.
“Uh…!”
The guards were bewildered. As if a ghost was riding a current, it passed by without a chance to stop. It wasn’t even that fast.
“Stop!”
Doyun ignored their words and stood in front of the gate. Like the royal castle and the central road, it was a huge gate like the majesty of the king.
“If you behave any further, I will arrest you!”
“If you are a visitor, act according to the procedure!”
For a moment, Doyoon turned his head to look at them.
“If you follow the procedure, will you meet me?”
“What, what?”
I looked straight ahead, toward the gate.
The second-in-command of the coalition, whose authority is equal to that of Dokgo Moo-yeong, that his opponent does not even listen to the orders of the Lion King.
‘Even if I go out kindly, it’s obvious that I won’t be able to meet you.’
His palm lightly touched the castle gate.
‘I don’t have time to adjust to my stubbornness. One o’clock is urgent.’
Now, mana management is as natural as breathing without the need to concentrate.
The mana in the palm of his hand fluctuated violently.
On the other hand, one of the envoys praying to the guards felt a sense of déjà vu on Do-yoon’s face, which he had seen for a while.
“That man…”
Where have you seen it?
Before he remembered Do-yoon’s identity, and before the guards ran out with their spears even reached Do-yoon.
[Paewangsinjang(霸王神掌)]
so-so-
Gold spread like a spider’s web across the castle gate.
At the same time, the mouths of the delegation and guards were also wide open.
Aww-!!
With a roar and a shockwave, fragments of the thick gate were shattered into the wall.
“Ugh, ugh!!”
“Mu, what!”
“Kyaah!”
The screams of the frightened people could be heard everywhere. Inside the collapsed gates, the servants of the palace could be seen sitting down.
Amidst the rising dust, Doyoon walked briskly.
The frightened knights hurriedly stood up and shouted.
“Chi, intruder! It’s the demon king!”
“Protect the castle! Form a square!”
“Employees, evacuate inside!”
“Kyaa!! It’s war!!”
Amidst the sudden uproar that seemed to confuse anyone, only Doyoon’s surroundings were strangely serious.
The thick mana gently pressed down the dust around him.
He looked up into the lofty castle, perhaps the highest chamber of the king’s throne room.
‘Come out.’
Hecleos-style chaotic energy emanated from Doyoon’s body and spread in all directions.
‘Let’s talk.’
It was a blatant momentum, as if informing someone.
Ordinary people did not recognize this, but the knights of the Royal Castle, who had trained mana to a high level, shuddered hard.
“Huh!”
“A monster, a monster…!”
“G-G-Calm down! One opponent! We are the Royal Knights of Labyrinth!”
at that time.
“Fight valiantly for Your Majesty…”
A heavy electric sound rang as if hitting everyone’s head.
[All retreat.]
Doyoon looked up at the sky.
He lowered his stance and raised his mana-filled palm to the sky.
[Paewangsinjang(霸王神掌)]
Huge fists rushed into his palms.
[Hecleus’s style of martial arts – Regime]
aang-!
The ground under Doyoon’s feet was completely extinguished. Fragments of thick gates that had been scattered were scattered into the air. The sky, the earth, and the royal castle were shaken.
People’s screams were drowned out by the violent roar. Everyone collapsed in their seats, unable to handle the shock.
Doyoon’s joints screamed loudly.
“Well…!”
Doyoon drooled at the unbearable force that weighed down her body.
The tall man with his back to the sun and shadows over his face and body also admired quietly, as if he hadn’t expected that Doyoon would stop him.
“Mmm.”
He jumped backwards and distanced himself from Doyoon.
cooong.
A large man stood in front of the fallen knights.
The knight looking up at his back sighed in emotion.
“The King…!”
Leaving behind the intense sunlight, he stared at Doyoon with a shadowy silhouette.
“lately.”
A profound voice emanating from the 3m tall body.
It was imbued with the dignity of an absolute being who looks down on everyone, as if refusing to protest.
“I obtained information that the commander of the Demon King’s Army used a martial art similar to my own.”
Despite the shadowy silhouette, the rough, hard muscles of the fighter were clearly visible through the open forepaw.
Doyoon looked up at him.
Although he was looking straight ahead, his chin seemed to be slightly raised due to his height.
“Speak.”
However, it was not at all unnatural, and the dignity of the leader was felt.
“That martial art, where did you get it from?”
The two strongest members of the alliance, the Holy King.
He ordered Doyoon.