Episode 86
The free knight looked at me blankly and muttered.
“Warrior…Called?”
“That’s right.”
At my words, he laughed and giggled for a while.
“That happened, but why did God send a hero now…“
There were things I couldn’t say. It just didn’t stand by.”
“ha ha ha…”
The knight let out a dry laugh for a long time.
And after a while, I asked as if my emotions had been sorted out a little.
“…Yes warrior Nari. If you came all the way here, you must have passed through the village over there, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Of course, if you were a warrior, you would have felt that it was strange.”
“That too.”
I told him some of the things I sensed in the town.
The knight who heard me nodded as if he expected it.
“Your prediction is correct.”
I nodded and waited for his next words.
“That the remaining half of the territories over there are being treated as sacrifices. I’m sure there were times when I screamed at you to get out, but… …As he spoke
, the knight’s eyes lit up with a gloomy light.
“…He didn’t listen. Even if I went to another territory, I would be treated like a plague.”
“that.”
“It is not wrong. Draculion’s rampage is heresy. Being caught up in that heresy, being labeled like that is unavoidable.”
…Unfortunately, that’s true.
Nothing else, heresy.
If a demon-like entity is involved, a person will change in a very extreme way.
Even if they are only victims, they will be labeled anyway.
by the way.
“Why are you guarding the barrier? Can you tell?”
“Reason…haha why.”
At my words, the knight let out a laugh full of shame.
After thinking so much, he opened his mouth, perhaps choosing his words.
“…Can’t we live together?”
“Why is that?”
“It’s like this.”
He said that and slowly raised the hand holding the spear.
Kwajik!
pierced my body
“what!”
Ryan was startled and tried to approach him.
“her…The
ensuing scene made the boy’s eyes wide open.
The wound was healing and sticking.
Even if it was originally called a fatal wound, it was a wound that left nothing to be said.
Lian, who saw that, stuttered and put the word into his mouth.
“…Wealth and fire.”
“Yes, fire. that’s right. I saw it right away.”
He casually pulled out the spear that had pierced his body.
Kwajik!
The incompletely attached wound burst again, but quickly recovered.
“You know roughly, right?”
the article told me
“I’m a monster like that.”
“This crazy…!”
Rian reflexively aimed his sword.
It seemed like he would wield a sword if he wanted to do anything wrong.
but.
“Stop it, Lian.”
I stopped that guy.
“It is immortal! That said, Iza is the same as that Draculion… …”
“No.”
I answered firmly.
I remembered.
I came all the way here just in case.
I wasn’t sure because it was a complete mess… ….
‘Here he was.’
I was pretty sure it was from a while ago.
i know this article No, to be precise, I know the future of this article.
The body was in a mess, but the spear was sharpened.
immortality that does not die even if it dies.
“…You can swing it. don’t die.”
The knight looked at me with blurry eyes and said so.
His eyes and voice were very dry, as if he really didn’t care.
“I can’t.”
But I shook my head.
At my words, he tilted his head.
“why?”
“As a hero, you can’t treat a person who wants to be human as a monster.”
“…!”
The knight’s eyes shook.
I looked at him directly and said slowly.
“I know who you are.”
“…what?”
“Cepesh Draculion.”
“…!”
At my words, he widened his eyes.
Chepesche Piercer.
He was also called the spear of fresh blood, and in the vanished future, he was also called the king of immortality.
yes i know
why don’t you know
“How can I…”
“Wait, Draculion?! Then hey Mikhail! no way…!”
Lian looked at me in disbelief.
“Oh right.”
Chepesche Draculion.
During Draculion’s catastrophe, a victim who was desperate to stop his poor father’s atrocities.
At the same time, a hero who used his immortality on the side of mankind and stood up against the demon army at the forefront.
and at the same time.
“You are the only blood relative of Count Draculion.”
“…!”
The butler frowned as if what he had expected came true, and Lian looked at Chepes in disbelief.
Chepesch’s eyes were resigned.
“…What are you going to do with me?”
“Nothing. but.”
I looked at him and asked.
“It may be a cruel story, but I would like to ask for your cooperation if you will.”
“Cooperation…?”
“Yes cooperate.”
I haven’t seen him in person.
But I know who he was and what he did.
That’s why I’m already sure that he’ll accept my offer now.
“It is to give rest to your father, Draculion.”
A lot of emotions passed through his eyes in a moment that ordinary people wouldn’t even notice.
In the end, what remained was a small regret.
The hope he had been giving up all this time.
“…rest?”
Even if it’s not too sweet.
“ha ha ha…”
A hope nonetheless necessary.
The tip of the window trembled.
The dry laughter continued for a long time. And soon… ….
“I really have no choice.”
He finally nodded.
* * *
Being a hero is convenient.
After all, you can convince your opponent because it’s God’s grace.
It was like that this time too.
Tzepes was shocked for a moment that I knew something about him, but he soon came to terms with it.
because i am a warrior
It wouldn’t be too strange for a warrior to know anything. I guess that’s what you thought.
“I don’t want to think about it, but I have to say it if necessary.”
He told the story of the time.
As the only blood relative of Count Draculion, Cepes grew up receiving a lot of love.
This was especially true after the death of his wife, whom Count Draculion loved more than anyone else.
the only blood relative.
As a father, the love he had for his son was very great.
He was willing to do whatever his son wanted.
He was definitely not a bad father.
Even as a lord, he was quite healthy, so the locals believed in him and followed him.
“Wait, that Draculion…You said you had affection and mercy for Young Ji-min? Are you serious?”
“Yeah it was.”
Cepes sighed lightly and answered Lian’s words.
“I know very well that the sins my father committed cannot be forgiven. Of course you have to pay the price. But there were times like that.”
“….”
“On the contrary, it made me even more desperate because of that.”
Anyway, it was after a dungeon was discovered that his father, who was a not-so-bad lord, suddenly changed.
Dungeon.
A treasure trove that can never be ignored from the point of view of managing a territory.
Like any other lord, Count Draculion also attempted to attack the dungeon.
To get your hands on the vast resources and treasures that will be therein.
“I must have failed.”
“Yes, it failed. but…”
Chepes frowned.
“It wasn’t just failure. The problem popped up elsewhere.”
“What about other parts?”
“Father…”
He kept frowning as if he didn’t want to think about it, and then continued.
“I’ve been out of my mind ever since my father went to that damn dungeon.”
“…hmm?”
That was unexpected.
[…] …As expected.]
Seth’s voice was heard.
It was a rather bitter voice.
“If you are out of your mind.”
“To be honest, I am not completely sure. I’ve seen it at first glance, but it’s not something that can be explained.”
He sighed lightly and stood up.
“If it’s okay, there’s a place I want you to go with.”
* * *
“Huh.”
Rian muttered blankly as he looked at what was in front of him.
“Is it okay to come in?”
There was a barrier in front of Lian.
It was no different from any other barrier, but if there was something else… ….
“It’s a gap.”
“It is connected underground. Upon entering, it is possible to enter the Contaminated Zone. It looks like a passage used by smugglers in the past.”
Tzepeche was accustomed to squeezing through the cracks and opened the door below.
Then, as he said, a passage appeared.
It’s crudely made, but enough to get through somehow.
“It is a polluted area. To be honest, I would be lying if I said I didn’t feel a bit repulsed.”
“There is no particular problem.”
As long as Draculion is not released from his seal, the Contaminated Zone is nothing more and nothing less than an abandoned ruin.
It’s a problem if it’s released from the seal.
As I casually headed for the aisle, Chepesch asked with a puzzled expression.
“Aren’t you suspicious?”
“You said there was no problem.”
“But am I not that Draculion’s child? Knowing that, why… …“
If I had to say it, it might be because I have memories of the future. It can’t be explained like that.
i told him
“It was your father who sinned, not you. Besides, I came here with the intention of solving the problem of the contaminated area anyway.”
“…Hmm.”
Tzepes made a hushed sound, but I didn’t care.
First you have to go to the tomb.
I felt like I could know something for sure.
As soon as I came out of the passage, a terrible ruin filled my eyes.
badlands.
No one would look at this and recall the fact that this place was once a prosperous territory.
There were half-destroyed buildings and structures everywhere, and bones that looked like animals were rolling around randomly.
There is not even a trace of people.
Of course.
It was because the entire Yeongji people who spent their daily lives here were sacrificed and evaporated.
“…I’ve heard of it, but to be honest, seeing it in person is even more devastating.”
Ryan clicked his tongue slightly.
The butler was also looking around with a hard face.
As if he was used to it, Chepesch guided us along the way.
After passing through what was once a well-made street, we entered a black dead forest.
Heading there, Chepes muttered with a dark expression.
“It was a very unusual dungeon.”
Saying that, he broke through the withered branches and headed deep into the forest.
We walked for a long time, but there were no monsters or bandits standing in our way.
But on the contrary, it makes me feel even more uncomfortable.
“My father at some point didn’t want to show the dungeon to others. After the exploratory party who first jumped into the dungeon with my father died in an ‘accident’, the dungeon became my father’s.”
We listened to him without saying anything.
“My father never opened the dungeon to anyone. Even me, my son. but…Chepesch
, who had been saying that, suddenly stopped.
Then he looked at it with complicated eyes.
“…You have arrived.”
With that, he turned his head towards us.
“Now look.”
Lian raised her head first.
Then.
“…her?”
He looked at the front with his mouth open as if it was absurd.
The butler also had a similar reaction.
Obviously no life.
Wasn’t the cruel wasteland and ruins continuing?
But before you know it.
“…What is this?”
“under.”
Seeing that, I laughed too.
It was full of all kinds of light.
Numerous lights float, each containing a different landscape.
I remembered what Chepesch had said.
I’m out of my mind.
The Count said he went crazy after visiting this dungeon.
“Ah, was it a dungeon like this?”
I seemed to know roughly.
Why couldn’t we even enter the dungeon before returning?
And why was the Count out of his mind?
I could understand everything.
“I’m telling you just in case, but don’t touch me just because I’m curious.”
“…What kind of trap is it?”
“Similar.”
If it had to be a trap, it would have to be seen as very kind and warm.
“set.”
[I said, but I can’t tell you the details. Once I too… ….]
“The person who was the guardian of this tomb had a pretty amiable personality, right?”
[that….]
I continued before she finished speaking.
“But the direction was twisted. Isn’t it?”
[…] ….]
Set did not answer.
He put on a slightly gloomy expression, not knowing what he didn’t like.
Lian, who was watching at the time, asked me.
“What are you going to do?”
“I have to analyze it.”
I slowly cast the magic I had prepared. Slowly, the magic wrapped around my hand.
Confirming that I was ready, I carefully placed my hand on the ‘light’ in front of me.
Then at that moment… ….
“under.”
A brilliant scene appeared before my eyes.
Great mage who transcends by regression
