1463 times. Anna Ramakrish wants to meet the Count.
Fabian asked keeping his eyes fixed on the approaching old priest.
“Commander are you serious?”
“what?”
“What I said to Miss Erica a little while ago.”
Fabian is the only person who knows that Elio’s wife has died.
He wondered if it was because Count Lagoa couldn’t forget his dead wife or if there was another reason.
Because 6 years ago he said ‘It’s not my taste.’
“What are you curious about?”
“Is it really because you have someone else in mind? or not….”
“Miss Erica is not my type.”
“also! But Erica is quite a beauty… but I’m surprised that she’s not your type.”
“Miss Erica…”
The moment Elio was about to say something the old priest who came right in front of him opened his mouth.
“I am Deftero the chief priest of the Great Temple of Manaptras. “I have come to see Count Elio Lagoa commander of the Escatos Kingdom army.”
The old priest Deftero stared intently at the young man called Commander.
In the past the Manaptra Church was suspicious of Count Lagoa’s ideology and conducted an investigation.
Priest Almatio of the Great Temple entrusted the investigation of Count Lagoa to Metatron a paladin.
After the investigation Metatron reported that there were no charges and thanks to this Count Lagoa was able to escape the charge of having heretical ideas.
Even after that Count Lagoa said things that could be considered heretical but the church did not take issue with it further.
The main reason was that the situation in the empire was too unstable to risk Count Lagoa’s heretical ideas.
What kind of heretical ideology is this in the midst of a war with the kingdom?
The close relationship between Count Lagoa and Archduke Knauf also played a role.
The church pretended not to know about Count Lagoa’s heretical ideas.
Then the ‘black sun’ emerged.
Although the world did not immediately perish due to the ‘Black Sun’ the Church of Manaptras was destroyed.
Not only did the ‘Blessing of Manaptras’ no longer appear but the ‘holy power’ that his priests had also disappeared.
Priests were no longer able to heal and paladins also lost their power.
The Manaptra religion which lost its sacred power gradually declined over the next five years.
The only ones guarding the temple when the believers have turned their backs are old priests.
In the past it would have been a monk or a nun called an alter not a chief priest like Deftero.
The situation of the Manaptras Church was so bad that the chief priest Deftero had to run to the ends of the earth with his old man in tow.
Elio asked looking at the old priest with a sullen expression.
“Why Chief Priest? “I’m not really close to the Mana Trass Church am I?”
It’s not that we’re not friends in fact I’m not even interested.
He was originally an atheist and had been called a heretic so he fell to an unprecedented level.
Despite the blatant rejection Chief Priest Deftero did not even blink.
Considering his experience over the past five years that level is nothing.
“Anna Ramakrish the apostle of our church wants to meet the Count.”
“Anna Ramakrish?”
Elio showed some interest.
This is because in the past she was able to avoid the suspicion that she had ‘taken the help of black magic’ with the assurance of Anna Ramakrish.
She said “She said yes some time ago she received a powerful oracle. This incident shook the imperial family. “I understand that we will be contacting the northern kingdoms soon.”
“What kind of oracle is this?”
“It’s about the black sun. “The Apostle said he would meet Count Lagoa and tell him the specific details in person.”
“Hmm. “I want to hear it but… I can’t leave the North right now.”
“He said the sooner the better.”
Deftero looked at Count Lagoa with eager eyes.
However having lost his divine power he was an ordinary old man and had nothing else to say.
“I don’t know if you’ve heard but we have something planned to prevent the invasion of demons. “As soon as that work is finished we will go right away.”
“How long will it take you to finish it?”
“15 days at the earliest? “It won’t be more than a month at the latest.”
There would be a means of contacting the demon lords as well so all they had to do was find the demon lords in the northern and adjacent regions.
“All right. “I would appreciate it if you would come on time as the fate of this world depends on it.”
“Of course.”
Elio nodded his head calmly.
Chief Priest Deftero bowed with a look full of regret and then quietly turned around.
As the priests of the Manaptras Church left the room became quiet again.
Elio and his group sat down on the road.
Even though the victory celebration ended in vain we still had to eat dinner.
Fabian ordered a few more snacks that could be considered a meal.
Once the nobles left they never returned.
A stranger would think that Count Lagoa had rented out a bar.
Either way Elio ate and drank with his companions.
As I was getting full Howard asked in passing.
“But what oracle did Apostle Anna Ramakrish receive?”
Then Fabian said as if it was no big deal.
“It’s about the black sun. “It seems like I heard from God Mana Prass a way to get rid of the black sun.”
“Isn’t the god Manaptras dead?”
“Dead? “Who said that?”
“Everyone says he’s dead? “There are probably very few temples operating in the North.”
It’s been 5 years since the blessing of Mana was cut off and the divine power disappeared.
Most people thought ‘The god Manaptras is dead.’
Unlike mana which can be gathered through training divine power is the power received directly from God.
As a result when God disappeared the divine power also disappeared.
Compared to the priests who lost everything the situation of mana users was slightly better.
Of course as the dark ether spread the mana training of knights and wizards was blocked.
However it only prevented growth and did not lose the mana it had trained for.
Thanks to this unlike priests who became unemployed the ransom of mana users soared through the roof.
With no more mana users coming out the number of mana users decreased due to war and death making it naturally precious.
The risk has increased but the number of mana users to deal with it has decreased so treatment is bound to improve.
Fabian turned his head to Count Lagoa.
“What do you think Commander?”
“what?”
“Didn’t you hear what I said just now? Manatras. Are you hiding from the evil god Shaitin? “Are you dead?”
“He was hiding.”
Fabian who was tilting his head asked again.
“Are you saying it like you saw it?”
“I met you.”
“Really?”
“Are you serious?”
Fabian and Howard who had blank expressions on their faces shouted in shock.
Elio said as if it was no big deal.
“Do you remember that avalanche in the Sierra Mountains a few months ago? “What about your feet? It’s a ravine.”
Fabian quickly joined in.
“Valdo Diano Canyon.”
“Yes Valdo Diano. There I met Manaptras who was hiding.”
“Are you saying that the Creator God was hiding in the canyon? Shaytin the evil spirit can’t find it? “No matter what Count Lagoa said that’s a bit strange isn’t it?”
“Listen to the end. Who was hiding in the canyon? There was an ancient temple in the canyon. “They say it’s the Temple of Onistos built by the legendary Titans.”
“omg! “A temple of the Titans?”
“Yes it is true because it was said by the demon lord who died by my hands.”
“ah! Since Manapthras is related to the Titans… I guess he was hiding there?”
“To be exact it’s a strange-looking tombstone that was in the temple. “The demons call it ‘the ladder of immortality.’”
The monument that Elio was trying to erect on the spot of the ice wall was actually an imitation of it.
“yes? “There was a god hiding in the tombstone?”
Perhaps because it was quite unexpected Fabian’s voice rose slightly.
“I think you misunderstood when I said it was a tombstone… I’ll correct that. It’s a huge monolith that looks like a tombstone. “It seems like they fled there when the black sun rose.”
Elio tried to ‘hide’ but out of respect for the Creator God he ‘avoided’.
To be honest she was right in hiding even in her own thoughts.
Fabian and Howard shook their heads.
Meanwhile Harvey Griff who had suddenly become Fabian’s squire was dumbfounded.
It is true that Count Lagoa is amazing.
But all the words coming out of his mouth now were beyond common sense.
I don’t know how much of the story they share is true.
Count Lagoa speaks of the Creator God as if he were a knight next door – although he is now missing – and Fabian and Howard accept this without question.
‘Is this a bluff?’
But there seems to be something to it when I think of the priests of Manapthras.
Harvey who was pondering smiled bitterly.
She doesn’t know what it is but she says it’s their business and nothing to do with her.
As his squire he would not have access to the truth until his death.
Until then Harvey didn’t know he was about to stumble upon this cosmic event.
***
That night.
Hirhera Garrison.
Fritian Kingdom army camp.
Phoenix Vice Captain Stem Griff looked at his son with a shocked look on his face.
When I returned from examining the ice wall the Fritian Kingdom army was turned upside down.
His son is caught in a love triangle with the commander of the Western Army the strongest knight in the North and Bardos?
He even claims that his son was the one who ruined the victory celebration he had planned with Allen Boucher.
I investigated to see what was going on and found out that my son had been tricked by Assistant Bardos (Tracy Gold).
“So he decided to become Baron Fabian’s squire? “For ten years?”
It is no exaggeration to say that the continent is now in an era of success for mana users.
After spending a few years at the front my son would also receive a title and a fief.
However he decided to serve as a squire for ten years.
Naturally a seed cannot accumulate merit.
Even if you happen to be lucky enough to make a ball the ball belongs to the owner the knight.
Viscount Stema Griff who knew this fact better than anyone else could not help but cry.
Harvey quietly lowered his head under his father’s angry gaze.
“I think I was lucky about that too. When Count Lagoa got angry… he thought he was going to die.”
In fact he had nothing to say even if he was killed if he committed such a crime in a world that was heading toward the end.
“ha!”
A heavy sigh flowed from Viscount Griff’s mouth.
right.
Even if Count Lagoa had killed Harvey for that he wouldn’t have been able to protest.
His son changed his future and his life.
Although he felt lucky to be alive he was angry when he saw the top of his son’s head.
“Do you know that Tracy Gold encouraged you?”
“I only realized it later.”
“You’ve been supported by me for so long but you’re putting yourself in danger. She truly is a pretty woman. Take this incident as a lesson and stay away from women in the future. Don’t even dream of meeting a woman while you’re serving as a servant. Do you understand?”
“…yes.”
“Go and stay healthy. “The Kingdom of Eskatos is far away so you don’t have to come here from now on.”
“sorry. “Be healthy.”
Harvey got up from her seat said goodbye to her father and left.
Viscount Griff who was staring blankly into space said ‘Pad-duk!’ She ground her teeth.
It looks like the future of Tracy the assistant Bardos will not be smooth.