I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game Chapter 725

725. [Side Story] Lake Kingdom (6)

“I brought the magic of immortality, Abama.”

The real Prince Christian, who returned, proudly declared this.

And then he came striding towards the king, who was staring blankly, unable to understand the current situation.

“Detailed explanation later. Since your condition is critical, I will cast a spell right away.”

“No, Christian. What are you talking about? There is no way such a thing as immortality could exist…”

But the king had to keep his mouth shut.

When the old man in robes who came with Christian grabbed the king’s wrist and cast an unknown, mysterious shadow…

“Huh?!”

Vitality surged through my body, and the aura of illness that had filled my body disappeared.

Shadows filled his cloudy mind, making him feel refreshed, and the death that had come so close to the king’s face fled far away.

“How can this happen… I feel as strong as the best times!”

The King immediately shook off his illness and stood up from the bed. The knights and wizards surrounding them all bowed in exclamation.

“Congratulations on your complete recovery, Your Majesty!”

“Congratulations!”

The King, who had regained his strength, squeezed his hands together a few times and looked at Christian and the old man behind him.

“Where on earth did you get this kind of magic… and how did you bring this noble person?”

“I have been on an expedition to the Eastern Continent for the past six months. “This wise man is someone I met there.”

Christian briefly explained to the King what had happened over the past six months.

After hearing the whole story, the king looked to the side in confusion.

“Then who is that man who has been in the royal castle all this time?”

Ader stood there, trembling.

Christian growled in a cold voice.

“That guy is fake.”

“It’s fake…?”

“This is my double brought in by Dirandahi. It seems like a good idea, right? “Even Abama was fooled.”

Christian’s fierce gaze moved from Ader to Ariel standing next to him.

“And Dirandahi planned this to get rid of me and put Ariel on the throne.”

“…!”

“Perhaps Ariel is also… involved in this.”

Ariel, who was standing next to Ader to protect her, opened her mouth urgently.

“No, brother! I and this person never intended to…”

“Ariel!”

It was the king who shouted. Ariel trembled and shrugged her shoulders.

The king trembled with a mixture of anger and disappointment on his face.

“Did you covet the throne so much?”

“No, Abama! “I…”

“Did you covet this crown so much that you wanted to take it, even killing your brother and deceiving your father?”

Ariel, who felt dizzy for a moment, closed her eyes tightly.

The situation got so twisted.

There was never any evil intention, but in the end, it was true that he lied to the king.

It was also true that Ader, who acted as a double, tried to put Ariel on the throne by pretending to be Christian.

I just followed the path I thought was best given the circumstances.

The results were heading towards the worst.

“How dare you betray your brother and father and deceive this entire country…”

The king’s face contorted in anger and sadness as he thought he had been betrayed by the daughter he trusted. The King stretched out his hand and gave an order.

“Lord Baltimore, put Ariel and that fake in prison immediately! And form an investigation team into this incident to understand everything in detail!”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

The knights captured Ariel and Ader.

“Abama, please listen to me! Abama…!”

Even though Ariel was dragged away, she tried to convey her true feelings until the end, but the king had already closed his eyes and blocked his ears.

After Ariel and Ader were taken away, the king smiled kindly at Christian.

“Christian, I always believed in you.”

Christian immediately knelt before the king. The king highly praised his son.

“And this is how you repay that trust. “You saved my life.”

“I was just trying to repay a little of the kindness that Abama gave me.”

“Since you have proven your maturity in this way, I will no longer be troubled.”

The King cleared his voice and declared while looking around at the subjects around him.

“The next throne belongs to Christian!”

“…!”

“I appoint Christian as crown prince!”

The subjects all got down on one knee, bowed their heads, and shouted.

“I accept your Majesty’s words!”

Christian was in the center of everyone’s attention.

The King smiled with satisfaction and turned towards the old man in robes who had come with Christian.

“And wise man. “Thank you for saving my life.”

The elderly sage in robes bowed deeply.

“It’s just that old people do a little trick.”

“How should I repay this favor? If there’s anything you want, just tell me. “As the king of a country, I will treat you without any shortage.”

“Thank you very much for your words, King. it’s okay.”

The old man narrowed his eyes and smiled.

“Because the price has ‘already’ been promised.”

***

The king rose from his sick bed after gaining immortality and began to take care of state affairs again with more energy than ever.

And as much as Christian, who had come to seek the magic of immortality, he came to believe in and follow the wise man who was the magician. Suddenly, the wise man was treated no different from royalty.

Christian, who had come to completely trust the wise man along with his father, showed him a facility inside the royal castle according to his promise with the wise man.

“I have your Majesty’s approval that I can show it to you if you are a wise man. “Now this way.”

It was a magic facility built in the deepest part of the royal castle.

In the center of this facility, which was a collection of highly advanced magical devices that were rare even in the Lake Kingdom, which was at the cutting edge of magical civilization, there was something like a large glass flask, and in the center of it was a clear turquoise water-like magical ashes.

“This is the national magic of the Lake Kingdom. It is the ‘prison of the unconscious.’”

Christian explained, pointing to the flask.

“Humanity has always suffered from invasions by monsters… No matter how many times we kill and destroy them, they keep rushing to kill humanity.”

“….”

“So the first king came up with a plan. “Let’s seal all the monsters we’ve defeated somewhere so they can never be resurrected again.”

Christian continued speaking to the wise man who was looking up at the flask as if fascinated.

“The result of that plan is this. “It is the national magic of our Lake Kingdom that seals the very concept of monsters beneath the dreams of the people of the Lake Kingdom.”

A prison of unconsciousness shared by everyone in the Lake Kingdom.

Once eradicated, the threat to humanity… the ‘monster’ was all recorded and melted beneath this prison of unconsciousness.

“God, such difficult magic….”

“Haha. “It is a magic that has been studied, improved, and created over dozens of generations in our Lake Kingdom.”

Christian, who was smiling awkwardly, asked cautiously.

“But is this really okay? I don’t feel comfortable paying the price for a tour of the facility. Since you saved Abama, it’s either gold or silver treasures or territory…”

“Hehe. That’s enough. Thank you very much. Please let me come and go here freely for a few days. “I want to take a closer look.”

“Of course I will listen to that!”

Christian then asked cautiously.

“What are you going to do after that? “Where are you going now?”

“Hehe, well…”

The wise man smiled meaningfully.

“I don’t think it’s up to me to decide what happens after this…”

***

Several days passed in an instant.

Rumors spread widely throughout the Lake Kingdom.

The real prince and the fake prince, Ariel, are accused of treason. The king regains his health through the magic of immortality brought to him by the prince…. The

people are surprised by the fact that Christian has truly found the magic of immortality, but they are quite dissatisfied with the fact that Christian has been chosen as the next king. revealed.

“Because the prince has such a bad temperament…”

“I heard that the changes the prince has made over the past half year have all been fake?”

“Isn’t Princess Ariel much more trustworthy?”

“You governed the country very well during the past six months when the King was sick…”

“Isn’t it because Ariel is worried about the future of the country?”

The air of the country stirred with anxiety.

The king said that things would soon calm down and people would follow him, but Christian could not stand this atmosphere.

‘Even though I came to find the magic of immortality and rescued Abama, why… don’t people acknowledge me?’

After much thought, Christian realized something.

‘Yes, even if I found the magic of immortality, only my father received the benefit. That’s why the people don’t understand how great the feat I discovered is.’

So what should I do?

‘…If you give the magic of immortality to all the people of the Lake Kingdom, then.’

Christian came to one conclusion and clenched his fists.

“Everyone will accept me.”

The Lake Kingdom, the most powerful nation in the world.

As a famous warrior who brought the blessing of immortality and eternal prosperity.

Everyone will have to accept Christian.

Christian, who came to a conclusion and smiled brightly, did not know.

The fact that a shadow that had never existed before was fluttering in his eyes.

“Sage!”

Christian, who visited the wise man who was staying in the ‘prison of the unconscious’ and inspected the facility, immediately made a request. Is it possible to grant the magic of immortality to everyone in the Lake Kingdom?

I was worried that the wise man might refuse, but the wise man smiled cheerfully and nodded.

“It’s a bit difficult because it’s so big, but I think it’s possible.”

“Is that true!”

“okay. However, it is a bit difficult for me alone…”

The wise man glanced up at the sky.

“I think I might have to call two more of my close friends. Is that okay?”

“Of course! “If you are a close friend of the wise man, we welcome you with open arms!”

“Okay, and…”

Suddenly, a shadow was swirling around the wise man’s face covered by the robe, and the smile looked like a pure white crack in the shadow.

“If you sign a ‘contract’ like this, you have to pay a corresponding ‘price.’ Are you okay with that?”

“What is it?”

“Yes, I can’t just give you the blessing of immortality, but I have to receive other blessings as well… I think there will probably be about three.”

But Christian had already become so blind that he could not notice the strangeness of that smile.

“Of course, it’s okay!”

If only everyone in this country could attain immortality.

Wouldn’t it be okay to pay a reasonable price?

Christian then went to his father to get permission. And the king readily gave permission.

“Ever since I received this magic of immortality, it feels like I’m in a dream every day. “It’s so fun and refreshing.”

The King raised his shadow-stained eyes and nodded excitedly, his face more joyful and peaceful than ever.

“It’s as you said, Christian. I can’t enjoy this joy alone… not the entire nation! Even non-citizens! Everyone in the Lake Kingdom deserves to enjoy it together!”

The King reached out and touched his son’s shoulder.

“You must be a really good king to think so much about people.”

Christian also smiled.

Now the country will prosper forever, everyone will be immortal and happy, and they will finally be recognized.

As the next king who led the Lake Kingdom to its heyday and achieved unprecedented feats…

***

A few days later.

Ariel and Ader, who were imprisoned, were summoned to the royal castle together.

Even though Ariel spent several days in prison, she did not lose her confidence at all. However, due to a few days of hard work, the appearance was a mess.

“….”

Because he dared to pretend to be a fake prince, Ader got beaten up and his behavior was even worse. But I couldn’t just look at the princess’s matted hair.

So, while she was standing for a moment of inspection just before entering the palace… he combed the princess’s hair with a careful hand.

“….”

Ariel did not refuse.

I tied a new crumpled red ribbon on my now neater hair.

Ariel smiled at Ader and entered the castle with confident steps. Ader followed carefully.

“Abama! I have something to tell you…”

Ariel, who had thought of everything she wanted to say to the king, tried to explain herself.

But there was no chance.

“…?!”

In the throne room, a complex magic circle made of pitch-black shadows was engraved, and three old men in robes were preparing magic by reciting unidentified spells.

And the king, Christian, wizards, knights, and other subjects… were all just looking at this scene as if they were mesmerized.

“Abama what?!”

The flagship, Ariel, tried to stop it, but Christian, who rushed out, blocked it with his body.

“Don’t disturb Ariel!”

“Brother! “What on earth are you doing!”

“This is a ritual that grants the blessing of immortality to everyone in the Lake Kingdom!”

Ariel’s eyes widened.

“I beg your pardon?! How can you decide to do such a dangerous thing so easily…”

“It’s dangerous? “Is there any blessing in this world that lasts longer than this?”

Christian’s eyes, smiling dangerously, were already completely covered in shadow.

“I will share this blessing with everyone and everyone will…acknowledge me!”

“It’s not possible! Brother! Come to your senses-”

“Then everyone will like me…!”

And before Ariel could even think of a move,

“The first curse.”

The wise man raised his index finger and whispered.

“Everyone in the Lake Kingdom will never die from now on.”

The face of the wise man who took off his robe was no longer human.

In the swirling shadows, a white crack smiled eerily… it was ‘something’.

Saaaa…!

Immediately after, a shadow like a stream of smoke swirled and fell over everyone’s heads.

Joy welled up on the faces of those who accepted the shadow. Christian also trembled as he felt the magic of immortality fill his entire body.

“…!”

And right after he realized that his body was also imbued with the magic of immortality.

“Ader!”

Ariel looked back and urgently shouted to Ader, who was also confused by the magic of immortality.

“I give this command as your master by my own authority as the princess!”

And the contents were something that Ader could not understand.

“As of this moment, I am banishing you from the Lake Kingdom!”

“yes…?!”

“You no longer-”

Ariel declared desperately.

“I’m not from the Lake Kingdom…!”

The next moment.

“The second curse.”

The second sage whispered in a voice filled with eerie pleasure.

“No one in the Lake Kingdom can leave the Lake Kingdom.”

Immediately followed by

“The Third Curse.”

The third sage, smiling brightly as if he was confident of victory, uttered the last curse.

“The Lake Kingdom sinks beneath the lake…!”