155 – The Empire’s Biggest Secret
“Did His Royal Highness tell the Balmung family to clean up the West?”
“Yes.”
Rin nodded her head and pulled a little on the leash around her neck.
“Huh… His Royal Highness does not know exactly what kind of place Balmung is. Even His Majesty Emperor Ea was careful when moving Balmung. Even though Balmung is subordinate to the Empire… “I dreamed of independence.”
In other words, if Balmung gets the chance, he will betray the empire.
Evan lowered his voice.
“Can you say those things to me as you please?”
“…… “I don’t like my family’s policy.”
Pajik! Sparks flew across Rin’s forehead. A sharp pain fills Rin’s head. Because Lin spoke against Balmung, the ban was activated.
Is Rin trying to rebel against his family? Evan looked down at Lynn.
Rin held her head, and she endured the pain of the prohibition.
“Great… ….”
“You don’t have to force yourself to say it.”
“It’s okay…” “Are you used to it?”
Rin said she was fine, but her body was very tired. It seems like she has been carrying out her mission without stopping.
Evan thought she should let Lynn rest.
“Maya, protect Professor Lin. “I will come back and check what is going on with Sitagma.”
“Sytagma must have already been sorted out, so are you planning to go?”
“Unholy magical energy was felt among some of the nobles gathered in Sytagma. “I want to check if there is a spy from the State of Heresy.”
“……….”
Lin’s complexion visibly darkened at the mention of the ‘state of heresy.’
Evan had a hunch. As expected, Balmung and the Heresy are related. In a past life, the Heretic Kingdom sacrificed most of their people to create the Holy Knights of the End.
Here, Evan thought that Lin was kidnapped by a heretic cult in her past life… There seems to be a different story.
Evan only knew about the Paladins of the End, but he did not know the details about the Heresy and Balmung.
“As expected… “Was there a spy for the Heresy in the Sitaghma family?”
“Do you know anything?”
“That’s……….”
Lin hesitated. She seemed to be a very difficult subject to talk about.
Pajik! Crazy!!
It was simply Rin’s idea of heresy, but the prohibition was strongly enforced. Rin let out a silent scream and fell to her floor. A side of Lynn that Evan had never seen in his past life.
“Don’t think about it.”
Evan frowned at her and stopped Lynn. Rin’s head might explode. Rin erased the idea that she was part of a ‘heretic church’ and she was finally released from the ban.
“Kk, kk… Hmm… ….”
A shock that makes one’s mind glow. Lynn even lost her ability to move.
“Maya.”
-Yes!
At Evan’s glance, Maya supported her Lin. In the current situation, she can’t find out any more information from Rin.
“I went as I just said. Please rest.”
“…… Sorry… “I see.”
“No.”
Evan shook her head and handed Maya the handle of her leash. She has no intention of causing Rin any more trouble.
Maya took the handle of her leash and Lin continued her words with difficulty.
“Be careful…… Heresy… “There might be a dangerous guy in there.”
Lin said that he didn’t know that there would be a high-ranking person in the Heresy Kingdom.
Rin could not control her body properly, only twitching slightly like an eel that had been electrocuted.
It is enough for Rin to tell us this much about her. Evan nodded her head and then went towards Sitagma.
‘Definitely…… You are a proper master now.’
Lynn has heard a lot about Evan’s reputation that is making the empire cry. Evan, a genius who stopped the northern barbarians as a knight of Cornelia, a Korean-American princess, defeated the apostle of the heresy nation, and killed the first elder dragon.
Evan from last year, who was annoying to Lin, has disappeared.
Evan was passive, gloomy, and faithful to his instincts… Now I know how to be considerate of Rin. It happened in one year, like some kind of heroic epic.
Rin felt a change in her time.
‘I’m the only one who doesn’t change.’
Lynn was destined to be unable to escape Balmung’s spell. She had just asked Evan about the ‘Cultist Church’ and she wanted to tell Balmung’s secret for a moment. Or, could Evan be able to break Lin’s cursed fate? I put aside her foolish worries.
‘…… It’s a nuisance.’
It is a dream that cannot come true.
Rin swallowed her regrets while receiving Maya’s support.
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There was no sign of popularity in the Sitagma lord’s castle.
Still warm corpses fill the place and traces of battle remain here and there.
“Are Sitagma and Balmung chasing from afar?”
Magic power is felt far away from Yeongju Castle. It is the magic power of Sytagma and Balmung. Evan pondered whether to follow them and decided to investigate the Yeongju Castle. Because I felt something strange about some of the corpses in Yeongju Castle.
Tsutsutsu……….
A small amount of unclean magic power remains. It belongs to the heretical state.
Evan lifted up several corpses that felt unclean magic. They were corpses lying spread out at the wide open entrance to Yeongju Castle. She appears to have died while running away.
“It is connected to distant places in the West.”
The faraway part of the West is where the heresy country is located.
Perhaps these nobles were controlled by the priests of the Heresy? Evan traced back the corpse’s magic power.
Tsutsutsutsu!!
Magic power that quickly moves to the place connected to the corpse. Evan narrowed his eyes. Magical power advances deep into the heresy kingdom.
The magic power escaped Evan’s hands. Nevertheless, the magic power to keep going, it felt like someone was pulling the strings instead of Evan.
‘The State of Heresy noticed that I was backtracking. ‘Do you want to talk to me through magic communication?’
Tsk tsk tsk tsk!!!!
A strong force of unclean magic is flowing in from the heresy country. Gradually, a shape began to appear over the corpse. What was somewhat hazy soon became the appearance of a simple young man. A young man appears like a hologram.
This is a video of the magic that passes through Evan when he touches his hand.
The man in the video opened his mouth.
-hahahaha… I was wondering if someone recognized my brother, and it turned out to be Sir Evan, who has been popular these days.
A young man who speaks as if he knows Evan well.
Evan narrowed his eyes. Even though it is simply a real-time video, the magic felt is extraordinary. He wasn’t like this even when he met the apostle of the heretical religion.
Evan naturally came to mind as the top leader of the heresy country.
“You… “Are you the Messiah of the heresy?”
Messiah, the king of heresy.
The young man obediently agreed to Evan’s question.
-Yes. I am the Messiah of the Holy Kingdom. Oh, don’t be so wary. In this war with 2nd Prince Charlie, 3 of our 5 apostles were injured and many soldiers were lost. We don’t have any room left to do anything.
Because Maya killed Hadria, the 6th apostle of the heresy country, the number of apostles of the heresy country became 5.
But three people were injured in the war with Charlie.
Currently, there are only two apostles left that the heresy country can operate.
“……….”
Evan carefully channeled the white magic.
To strike a blow to the Messiah far away. If he is the Messiah, he is the highest leader of the heresy. He is said to be the best among those who disrupt the empire. Of all the disasters I’ve encountered so far, it seems to be the weakest… There was no reason for Evan to let down his guard.
-Oh… Do you plan to continue sending magical energy here? It won’t be easy because it’s a long distance.
‘You are looking down on me.’
Evan grew greatly during the battle with the dragons. It is completely different from when he met the apostle of the heretical religion in the desert. Evan raised his hostility.
Messiah was secretly casting a curse on Evan, but 『Attribute: Noble Will』 Completely offset it. Compared to the Witch King’s Curse, it is somewhat bland.
Pot!
White magic reaches the Messiah. Evan thought about kidnapping the Messiah within him.
‘I’ll make you regret appearing in front of me.’
It would be a great benefit to kidnap the Messiah within you.
Evan infused his consciousness into the white magic power. It was one of the many things Evan could do as his physical abilities increased.
Paaa!!
A dark secret room.
On one wall there is a red circle, a symbol of heresy, and on the floor is the Messiah with her hands clasped together.
Personal prayer room of the heresy country.
The Messiah was smiling leisurely. Because her private prayer room was layered with curses to prevent outside spirits from accessing her. Messiah never thought that her curse wouldn’t work on Evan.
‘That’s your mistake.’
Evan’s consciousness attached to the ceiling of the prayer room like a ghost.
Evan slowly surrounded the Messiah with white light.
“You don’t have anything to say? “I wanted to have a lot of conversations with the famous Sir Evan, but this is a shame.”
Messiah was still focused on the situation in Sytagma. They don’t know that Evan has infiltrated the prayer room.
Evan opened his consciousness like the maw of an animal.
‘Swallow it up.’
Kugugugugugugu……….
White light fills the prayer room. Only then did Messiah sense her discomfort and look up at her.
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“Hmm?”
Kwasik!
Evan’s consciousness swallowed up the Messiah. With her soul gone, the Messiah collapsed helplessly.
Even after time passed, I couldn’t wake up.
That evening, the castle of the heretic kingdom became noisy.
The universe of swords shining with starlight unfolds.
Messiah, a simple-looking, white-haired young man, was enchanted by her changed scenery. She feels that this is the inside of a human being… How can humans embrace the universe?
-hehehehe… You’re new.
The Witch King’s laughter echoed throughout space.
The Messiah was startled. She felt at first glance that the Witch King’s magical power was much stronger than that of the Messiah. Although Messiah is the best sorcerer and warlock of the heretical church, she was no match for the Witch King.
Where is this place?
She was imprisoned in a white prison without the question of the Messiah being solved.
Paching!!!
The prison bars were lowered. Messiah felt her magic and her consciousness trapped within the prison.
“Don’t even think about rebelling.”
Evan’s voice echoes through outer space.
Messiah was able to understand the situation only after hearing Evan’s voice.
“Ah…… “Sir Evan kidnapped me.”
The Messiah laughed. A swordsman can kidnap the witch doctor inside him. Isn’t this what a wizard does?
Evan felt satisfied when he saw the ridiculous Messiah.
‘I was lucky.’
If Messiah had noticed Evan’s trick and cut off her connection, Evan could not have kidnapped Messiah. This was possible because the Messiah was careless. Now the Messiah cannot come out from within Evan.
The power of the Heretic State that has lost its head will be greatly weakened.
“hahahaha…….”
Messiah let out a helpless laugh. No matter how hard you try to escape this place, the prison of light won’t budge. This is because 『Characteristic: Noble Will』 Is also at work inside Evan. For Messiah, whose main specialty was cursing, it was rat poison.
“Did I let my guard down?”
“If you understand, give up.”
As Evan spoke, he created a stake of light and drove it into the Messiah’s heart. Crying, blood flowing from the Messiah’s mouth. The wizard’s main magical power source is the heart, so the heart was suppressed.
‘I guess I should leave it in outer space.’
Evan thought. I don’t know what kind of plan Messiah has. It would be more effective to place it in outer space like the Witch King and have Evan monitor it directly.
The Messiah seemed to give up in her prison and placed her hand on her stake.
Pajik!
The white light that burns the Messiah’s skin. Messiah had a wry smile on his face.
“Are you thorough?”
“Because I basically don’t believe in witch doctors.”
“Is that so…? hehehe, thanks to you, I don’t think I can get out of the inside. But Sir Evan, do you know what? It’s already too late. “The plan works even without me.”
Evan narrowed his eyes.
The ‘plan’ that the Messiah speaks of must be related to the Paladin of the Apocalypse.
The State of Heresy has long hoped that a judge would come down and bring an end to the human world. The current human world is dirty and ugly, so let’s purify it all and create a world just for the heresy.
Evan glared at the Messiah.
“Are you going to create a Paladin of the Apocalypse?”
“Hoo, how did you even know the name? You’re right.”
“The plan is still working even though you are here?”
“Yes. Even if our holy kingdom disappears. The offering is sufficient. Because Balmung is doing it, hahahaha!”
“…… Are you and Balmung in the same boat?”
“That’s not it… Let’s say it’s the same purpose.”
Messiah was so happy that he let out a gasp in her lungs as if he couldn’t hold it in anymore.
Evan felt angry. I thought Balmung was going crazy, but he was in the process of creating a Paladin of the Apocalypse.
Evan felt like he had finally discovered the biggest secret of the empire.
“Empires have been managing mythical things since ancient times. The dragon race and the evil spirit are like that. Originally, Seongguk and Balmung served the same evil spirit… The Ishtar imperial family split after subjugating Balmung. Instead of turning a blind eye to Balmung’s darkness, the imperial family entrusted him with all the dirty work of the empire. Even the imperial family knows this. It is impossible to deal with evil spirits with human strength. So let’s seal it in a human body. They are Balmung. “The Empire sealed the evil spirit in the people of Balmung!”
Messiah spoke her cheerful lyrics as if talking.
Even if she destroys Balmung, the evil spirit will not disappear. Because planning doesn’t stop.
The Messiah was telling Evan the truth to help her despair.
‘After all, I have to go to Balmung’s home.’
We must prevent the Paladin of the Apocalypse from appearing. In order to deal with the Paladin of the Apocalypse, Evan must reach his prime… I can’t compete with Evan now.
-Looks like you need Jim’s help?
The Witch King extended a helping hand to Evan, who was trying to find a way.
The Witch King, who had been watching the situation so far, hated to see that ridiculous Messiah toying with Evan.