Episode 158
“What are these two again?”
These were the words Lian said as soon as he dragged the two Dark Elves and threw them in front of everyone.
The butler looked at the two as if they were having fun.
“What is it? You are an intruder.”
“…intruder?”
“You are a resident of the Dark Forest. Are they related to this mission?”
The butler laughed at the two as if they were having fun.
The butler has recently shown a bit of a muscular idiot, but he is originally a fairly wise person.
I’m guessing you’ve just caught on
“What is it?”
I said that and looked towards Hados.
“How do you know that face?”
“…yes.”
The moment he saw the two of them, his face hardened.
“He was one of those who actively agreed to keep the shaman when we were in the Dark Forest. No, it was worse.”
“What about poor quality?”
Hedos’ face twisted at my words.
“They worship the ghosts of the Dark Forest. They call themselves ‘Charon’.”
“…Charon.”
That information was not in Remegeton.
That seems to be an extreme category created relatively recently.
“They claim that the ghostly spirit itself is the final destination of life. No matter how much life struggles, it cannot escape darkness and despair, so it is the logic that life has no choice but to become itself.”
“That’s ridiculous.”
“Yes that’s right. They even made a crazy argument that the spirits of the dark forest shouldn’t simply be confined to the forest… …”
that moment.
“…what?”
I wondered if I had heard something wrong for a moment, so I asked Hedos again.
“What did you just say?”
“So, they are members of a group called ‘Charon’… ….”
“No, not that, next.”
“Are you talking about their purpose? He said that he was making a crazy claim to release the spirits of the dark forest outside the forest… …It
would be a lie if I said nothing came to my mind at that moment.
‘Release the ghosts to the outside?’
As you can see from Hedos’ reaction, this argument doesn’t seem to be welcome even among the extreme Dark Elves.
…yes now
But in the future, it won’t be known again.
Maybe before the return, this ‘Charon’ came to power… ….
‘With Mia’s death, the dark forest may have been completely destroyed.’
But this time Mia is alive.
The clan of the Dark Forest still thinks of having to retrieve the apprentice shrine maiden, but is not thinking of anything else.
but.
‘The fire still remains.’
An ember called ‘Charon’ that will not be strange no matter when and where it explodes.
If Charon is the culprit behind the disaster that occurred before the return… ….
“I’ll be sure to trample on you.”
i still remember
Those terrible memories I saw before returning… …No matter how fine I suggest to myself, it won’t go away.
The despair and lamentation I saw.
That should be left as just my nightmare.
It’s enough that they only bother me.
“How much do you think these guys know about the Dark Forest?”
“You probably know quite a bit. It’s elite in the first place. Of course, it’s usually the case that the self-destruct magic activates and dies before spitting out the information… …”
“That’s fine.”
It was about self-destruct magic.
Hedos also didn’t show any sign of surprise, probably because he took it for granted.
“then…”
“Yes.”
I muttered as I glared at the two.
“I guess…I think there are a lot of stories to hear from them.”
* * *
‘Damn this place…’ …’
His head wasn’t spinning properly, but Fabirion tried to come to his senses somehow.
But let’s come back a little.
“Ugh…!”
Memories from before I quickly lost consciousness came back to me.
Instinctively, a cold sweat ran down my back.
frustration despair pain… ….
It was a short moment, but he moved naturally as if he knew how to destroy himself.
But it’s okay.
He has been trained to endure even such terrible pain.
Dark elves’ potential is not insignificant enough to give in to humans who live less than 100 years.
But that was then.
“It seems that you still have the mind to think such nonsense.”
“…?!”
Startle.
Fabirian shuddered.
I didn’t want to do that, but my instincts reacted that way.
“You you…!”
Urgently check the condition of the body.
Both arms and legs were bound in shackles.
“Say it straight-forward. Convey information about the Dark Forest.”
“under.”
Fabirion laughed at him.
It’s a clumsy interrogation that I wouldn’t even do this kind of sewage.
“Do you think I will speak?”
As he said that, he searched for the whereabouts of his colleague Keal.
Not yet to the point of ending my life.
‘Yes, there is still a chance… …’
But his thoughts didn’t go any further.
Kwajik.
“Keep up?!”
A javelin rose without any warning and pierced the palm.
He writhed in sudden excruciating pain and clutched at the pierced palm.
weird. Originally, it wouldn’t have been this much pain.
‘Did I write something?’
Maybe he was given a drug that doubled the pain while he passed out.
for effective torture.
‘It’s okay.’
He remembered their ‘mission’ in order to forget the pain.
-Freedom to the ancestors.
That was the mission Charon had in their hearts.
A noble purpose above all else.
To affirm the grudge of the great ancestor dark Aether.
One of the two most noble leaders among the ancient elves.
But now, due to the betrayal of the sister he trusted, the pitiful being distorted and degenerated into a vengeful spirit… …
It is a legitimate grudge.
Aether is the ancestor of the Dark Elves.
Of course, as the descendant, it is the right thing to affirm and accept her grudge.
no, it’s not just them.
Everyone in this land must know and accept that ‘resentment’.
Elves live long.
The accumulated vehemence and hatred as much as that long lifespan is deep and deep.
It is the same as the fate of Jangsaengjong.
“Hehehe You won’t get any information from me. no it’s not just me My comrades will not yield to you either… …”
“Sure. People who always say this easily give in later.”
A warrior who laughs as if it is ridiculous.
But Fabirion laughed.
‘Certainly, if this intense pain continues, there is a high possibility that I will not be able to endure it.’
As long as you are bound like this, you cannot run away from this place.
I looked around to see if there was a gap, but unfortunately I couldn’t find one.
Is there no way to do that?
‘No, there is still the last way out.’
self-destruct magic.
You wouldn’t have known this.
It’s not just a simple self-destruct magic either.
He was sure that even Walpurgis could not do anything about this ‘self-destruct magic’.
It’s not normal magic, and it’s not something that can be prevented.
When he came to his senses, the conditions for self-destruct magic were met.
And when activated, the whole area is blown away with a huge explosion.
“Whooping hero, you can never get any information from me!”
Fabirion laughed.
I don’t know what happened to Keal right now, but anyway, I’m done with this. Self-destruct magic is activated, and this explosion even the hero… ….
‘uh?’
But something was strange.
By now, of course, the magic should have been triggered and the consciousness should have been cut off, but there was no sign of that at all.
“What is it?”
When nothing happened, he couldn’t help but be agitated.
And that’s scary.
Kwadeuk!
“Quaaaaaagh!”
The second spear inadvertently pierced the back of his hand on the other side.
‘what? what the hell is this… …Surely it should have triggered? Did the warrior even do that? no no it’s impossible! It is the essence of darkness imbued with the history of the clan! That’s never possible… …!’
“In my life, it seems that there are no more terrible people in the world than those who blindly believe in very wrong beliefs.”
Then, suddenly, Mikhail started talking about something that had nothing to do with it.
“You know what? You guys unleashed an unbearable calamity in the future. Hundreds of thousands of people suffered and died.”
“What are you saying now…”
“I wanted to forget. It’s back, so you don’t just have to change it. That would be enough.”
Kwajik!
“Aaaaaagh!”
The third spear pierced both legs at once.
But Mikhail was looking at him with eyes that did not contain the slightest emotion.
“Honestly, I thought the Great Devil corrupted the forest from the very beginning. Because it can be enough.”
I don’t know.
I couldn’t understand what the hero was saying right now.
I was just afraid.
I don’t even understand why I feel this way.
“But do you think the world was split in two because of crazy people who believed in false beliefs as if they were true beliefs from the beginning? …”
Mikhail came towards him slowly, step by step.
His face was hidden in the shadows.
But for some reason, my body is shaking.
without even trying.
The trembling just can’t stop.
Kneeling, he bent down to meet Fabirian’s gaze.
Only then did the eyes appear.
“You’re pissed off. Earnestly.”
“Uh uh…“
It was red eyes.
However, his eyes felt so cold that I wondered how ‘red’ could look so cold.
“Then here is the problem. Why on earth am I laying out in front of you secrets that I never told anyone?”
“…?!”
“The answer is simple.”
“Please don’t… …”
Fabirion looked around with trembling eyes.
That’s when I was able to notice.
I don’t feel it.
In reality, there is no sense of the wind and the earth that must be felt.
“It’s a dream… …?”
Only then did I know
where you are now
“That is correct.”
Saying that, Mikhail straightened his bent knees and stood up, spreading his arms wide.
“Welcome to the abyss of consciousness, member of Charon.”
don’t die here
Pain feels like pain, and even if you want to die, you won’t be able to die.
“I am quite patient. oh, so do you I do not underestimate your mental strength.”
“Ahhh…”
“Just…”
Every word Mikhail utters becomes a dagger and slices through his mind.
Mikhail said.
“If both sides have the same amount of patience, it’s probably the one who breaks the advantage.”
“Wait a minute…!”
Mikhail’s gaze was looking back for a long time.
The moment he figured out what it meant, Fabirian involuntarily shouted.
“I will tell you! The forest now… …
“It’s useless.”
Mikhail stretched out his hand.
“Telling you at this stage, I have no intention of trusting that information.”
You can trust the words you say when you are most desperate.
But on the contrary, when you don’t, you can’t trust what you say.
And when Mikhail saw.
Kwajik!
It was a time when it was not yet.
* * *
“They spit out information.”
I took my hands off their foreheads and went to everyone and said.
“It is said that there is an outsider who recently entered the Dark Forest. And with the intervention of that ‘outsider’, the argument of the Charon faction gained strength.”
“…What if you are an outsider?”
“A bit of a special outsider.”
I interrogated the two guys alternately and put the information I derived after cross-checking into my mouth.
“It’s an ‘elf’ with a look similar to Aether, the ancestor of the dark elves.”
“…!”
An elf with a similar appearance and personality to the ‘ancestors’ that the Dark Elves hold so sacred.
“Wait a minute, that means…”
“Yes.”
I continued.
“The Dark Forest is rapidly degenerating into a den of fanatics.”
Great mage who transcends by regression
