Chapter. 15. Can a person who has seen the end of the world plant an apple tree? (20)
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“What about the chase?”
“Doesn’t it look like they’re busy trying to clean things up over there too? “What if you see that it doesn’t have a tail?”
“I guess so. Right now, one line of defense has evaporated into thin air, and if you miss this opportunity, your opponent is an asshole. “The main base has completely sunk, so is there any chance that this opportunity will be the end of Kauladi’s forces?”
“I think that would be difficult. According to the crew’s observations, the oasis collapsed, but most of the troops there succeeded in escaping. The entire fleet is now retreating while keeping an eye on the enemy lines. “Are you saying that our side became free because we were keeping that side in check?”
That’s a bit disappointing. I was excited to see that the scale of quicksand was bigger than I expected.
The entire warrior group was there right now. Shamans, who were said to be more valuable than wizards, were also gathered in droves.
From military ships to regular desert ships and war weapons, all tamed desert creatures were near Kauladi’s residence, so I thought at least half of them would have been swept away by quicksand and disappeared, but they all escaped unharmed and are retreating.
“Was the training that good?”
“I think it’s thanks to Kauladi’s ‘strength’ that I’ve only heard about through rumors rather than training? I have received information that shamans worship it as if it were a religion, but it is impossible to believe that they would be able to raise a fleet on their own in a taboo of that scale. “That would certainly have been worth waging an unreasonable war.”
I also agreed with what Rakshasha said. The power to handle sand in the desert. This is as great as dealing with currents in the ocean.
Regardless of simple physical force, when fleets collide, a single hand gesture can cause the enemy ships to collide and become entangled.
A power worthy of the title of ruler of the desert. And the guy who gave it to… that bastard.
‘What on earth did the mutes find in the desert?’
As if it was natural, I was waiting there. Even though I had prepared two names, there was no movement. And… the look in his eyes that met me before he left.
Instead of the foolish and enthusiastic guy from the past, the eyes of a guy who has settled down calmly as if he has completed some form.
More than anything else, it felt ominous.
“…I’m tangled up with Kauladi. “You’ll find out when you hit him.”
There are two ways to confront the enemy.
Increasing the strength of allies.
Reducing the enemy’s strength.
….The professor realized that it was no longer time to focus on reinforcements and such.
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“Se Senica Quamarib…. Inira….”
“Kruk hmm! “I use the name Aldar Ashams.”
The professor, who had been observing Kauladi’s fleet retreating from the boat for a while, was finally able to greet the true Lizardman siblings with the guidance of the Rakshasha.
“professor. “Here, I use the name Saladin and… can I say this?”
“Yes, there is no need to hide anything from these people.”
“Then what? It’s annoying. “Light.”
“Sex… that taboo!”
“Gerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Get away, Senica! “This priest is the one who just sunk a city!”
“Foreign media say there is a scary monster!”
Look. Let’s not say it.
While the two barely real lizards were snarling among themselves on the dock. The professor was taking a closer look at the two’s appearances, which he had not been able to look at since he was out of school.
Lizardman. Semi-aquatic species.
Although they live in quite a few areas, such as swamps, islands at the mouth of rivers with slow water speeds, or beaches, they are a species that lives near shallow water –
a species known to have become extinct despite the efforts of Rabbit Princess in World 2.
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– Roer Drug: Although they say extinction is not an easy task. Decades have passed since most of them were cut off, but the name is still maintained? Is it strange? The lizard man next to Rabbit at that time… what was his name? What the fuck?
– Jokass: It’s a sigil. A handsome guy with a reptile theme.
– Noru Drug: Oh, that’s right. Wasn’t it clearly proven then that he was the last remaining Lizardman?
– professor: That’s what I thought when I saw it. I used black magic, which seemed like a large-scale deficiency spell, to destroy all the water for about a day, and most of the aquatic species suffered from the contaminated water.
– Jokass: To you. So, his wish was to ‘meet a surviving female of his kind.’ As a member of the Church of Prosperity, you collect public points and donate the money you save while living like a beggar to collect public points. That’s how you ended up receiving the trust, right?
– Holly: The result was a bit… like that, I guess?
– takealook: I feel sorry for everyone watching the plague.
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It was a video that had been a hot topic for quite some time, so it clearly remained in the professor’s memory. At the center of the Temple of Abundance, ‘I will be able to mate with a female of my kind as long as I live!’ The scene where the ears of wheat he was holding were sadly withered as the Lizardman shouted in his earnest voice. It was the moment when the Goddess of Fertility proved that there were no female Lizardmen left alive.
That day, the proud warrior Sigil spent three days and nights in tears. In the end, he loses his temper and goes on a rampage, dying on the battlefield. When Commander Levitt arrived late, he had already suffered irreversible injuries. The song that Sigil sang in the language of the Lizardmen, who would disappear for the last time in front of the sobbing Rabbit, touched the hearts of many people in the wasteland.
Until one curious player visited the Lizardmen village at the beginning of World 2 and discovered the lyrics of the song.
‘It was an obscene story about the elasticity of your shiny tail and the softness of your scales, as well as about laying eggs with you.’
The story goes that the end of Sigil, a lizardman warrior in heat who cried out for mating until the moment of his death, was extremely miserable.
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anyway!
This was confirmed by an oracle from the goddess of abundance at the time. It was true that the Lizardmen were the last to extinct the warrior Sigil.
‘Then what are these guys?’
As he took a step closer, the blue and white lizards crouched behind the Rakshasha and clung to him as much as possible.
First of all, since he speaks and his thinking and knowledge system are clear, he would probably fall into the category of beastman.
‘If you look closely… there is definitely a difference from the Lizardman.’
I took a closer look, and something different caught my eye.
First of all, scales. One of the named Nigmi that I encountered earlier was based on the lizardman genes, and its scales were rough, hard, and sharp. Depending on the environment, Lizardmen’s scales appear different, such as retaining salt and becoming sharper, or becoming thicker and able to retain more moisture. The eyes were sharp and slitty, and the muscles were as flexible and elastic as the torso of an anaconda, a characteristic that best described their species, most of whom were warriors.
But what about these guys?
“Kiluruk kirruk….”
“You must not lose your courage Senika…. lest you be ashamed of your ancestors….” The only
characteristic of such a fierce warrior race is smooth, shiny scales that are barely visible as the eyelids. Big deer-like eyes and small flaring nostrils.
The limbs are also short compared to the Lizardman’s slender body, and perhaps to balance the body, the tail is thick and is half the length of the body…
“Isn’t it cute?”
Rather than being a descendant of a great desert kingdom, it looked more like an amusement park mascot.
Paralock!
The two lizards, who must have misunderstood my words, crossed the border and even showed hostility, spreading out the rain membrane around their necks and starting to squeak. While I was admiring the race after confirming that it was a race that also had a rain shield, a Rakshasha with a rather perplexed face blocked the way I was observing.
“Hey… Professor? “Do you have that kind of taste?”
“hmm?”
“If that’s the case, it explains in many ways the wooden-like appearance so far… It also makes sense to some extent that you came with an elf or troll woman… But as expected, next time, wouldn’t it be better for me to prepare ears and a tail as well? ”
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– Roru Drug: Yesssss!
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“What are you talking about! I’m not that kind of person. It’s just that… it seemed a bit undignified for a royal being treated with such reverence.”
“thank god. “If that were really the case, there would have been more than one thing to prepare.”
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– Noru Drug: Nooooooo!!!
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At that moment, a sigh was heard somewhere in the chat room and deep in his heart, but Professor Park ignored it with the will of a superman and continued the rational conversation.
“Anyway, I finally understand. They are a powerless blood relative who inherited legitimacy. In fact, when I first heard this story, I wondered how such people could maintain their lineage and survive even if there was a shadow of the moon, but if the species are different, it makes sense.”
The kingdom collapsed and its successor survived, but the supporting forces did not have much strength. The legitimacy steeped in blood on such a subject is recognized throughout the desert?
It was obvious what the politician in front of such people would choose. The male heir is killed, the female heir is taken as a wife, and incorporated into one’s blood relatives. In this way, he naturally absorbs the people’s respect as his own.
Of course it should have been that way, but I thought it was strange that it had lasted not just a few years, but hundreds of years.
“Because it was a different species, it was safe in that respect. Right?”
“….”
“….Right?”
The Rakshasha looked back at my question, smiled awkwardly, and answered in a whisper.
“It’s not really like that… it’s the reality.”
“what?! then….?”
“yes. There were a few royal blood people that we lost after such drastic attempts. As for Lady Senica, when the time becomes more stable… Kauladi was planning to take her as his seventh wife.”
Oh my god Roharam. This was a town where one setting of the sun wasn’t enough. It had to fall two or three times so that not a single living thing was left behind.
“They say that if you go crazy with power, you turn into a real dog… So those kids over there were born that way too…?”
“….no. There have been many attempts, but no successor has been born… not even once. “The royal blood has been disappearing one by one since that day of the ancient disaster… Now, it has been confirmed that only those two people who were born before the disaster are still alive.”
Rakshasha’s sighing explanation. The professor’s eyes narrowed as he looked back and forth between the young reptile siblings and her as he quietly listened to her explanation.
[hey. Is there something strange?]
‘Did you feel it too?’
[No, I’m organizing it, but it doesn’t fit together. There’s no sign of lying at all.]
‘That’s what I’m saying.’
Siblings Senika Qamar and Aldar Ashams. Aside from their different last names, the siblings Senika and Aldar were clearly children of Confucian origin.
The problem was in what the Rakshasha said near the end.
‘The royal blood just disappeared after the ancient disaster. The only ones who survived were the two siblings born just before the disaster.’
If you just look at it, it only contains regret for the royal blood that has disappeared… but there is an atmosphere that is felt implicitly even if it is not expressed directly. The last siblings born before the disaster were the last to survive. Isn’t this a story as if that was the last time? In the meantime, no other royal blood was born… That kind of atmosphere?
No, it’s not an ancient disaster, it’s hundreds of years ago. A successor is not created through cross-breeding among those crazy about power. So where did they fall from the sky?
‘In the sky…. in the sky?’
The professor’s thoughts, which had been wandering wildly in his head, suddenly stepped on the brakes. Hey, wait a minute. no way. Even if this is a background of GG end content that no one is interested in, this is not the case.
“…Rakshasha?”
“yes?”
“By any chance… can you tell me how old those two people over there are?”
In response to the professor’s question, the Rakshasha crossed his arms, thought for a moment, and then answered confidently.
“Lady Senika is recorded as being 342 years old, and Master Aldar is also recorded as being 342 years old. The egg was born at the same time, but the master came out of the egg earlier, so that kind of relationship was formed… Professor? Where are you going?”
“Panananana, do some work on that deck! “He’s a sailor here!”
Tudadadadadak!
Jump up! Craddangtangtang!
In absolute desperation, they ran away with all their might to avoid destroying the wooden boat. I heard footsteps chasing after me, so I turned around and saw Otman running out of the room where our group was resting.
Come to think of it, I was curious about the legend of the desert royal family, so I was listening to it through message magic.
thank god. I wish there was someone to share this shock with.
The professor grabbed Ottoman, who was running out with unfocused eyes, and ran out onto the deck, then climbed up to the top of the lookout tower of the Guerra Mast.
“Hey~ Saladin and the wizard-”
“Naruka! Only Ott and I will be watching here, so let’s rent a watchtower! Come down and have a drink! please!”
“Uh, uh… thank you…”
After chasing away the watchtower crew, the professor didn’t even have time to catch his breath before speaking out the words he had been holding inside.
“Otman, Ottoman, Ottoman, Ottoman, Ottoman!”
“Oh no. Don’t try to check with me. please!”
“Shut up and listen. At the request of a Rakshasha, I have rescued two people who are said to be descendants of the ancient desert kingdom from Khauladin, the most powerful person in the desert
. Sea! The flow that permeates all things! please!”
“That one… a reptile that can live to be over 300 years old, but is still a child even though it is old… how many types of noble creatures are there?”
“Aaaah! Don’t say it! Don’t mention it! Aldrich That guy was right. It seems like only yesterday that we were joking that something like this would happen someday as the scale of the incident grows bigger every time… Oh my!”
This time, neither Otman nor I could maintain composure no matter what we did.
Beings whose lifespan exceeds 200 years are called long-lived species.
Senica Quamar. 342 years old. Confucianism.
Aldar Ashams. 342 years old. Confucianism.
A descendant of an ancient royal family who became associated with the desert kingdom after challenging God. In other words, their ancestors are beings who can stand up to the ancient gods and throw a cross counter.
The Rakshasa said he was the noblest being in the desert.
“Oh no. Please tell me no!”
“I can’t do it. “If those beings are true, then even denying their existence is going against the flow of providence!”
“Oh my gosh! Ottoman! “We are all dead!”
Usually, there is only one being that can engage in hand-to-hand combat with a god.
dragon. Dragon. The orchestrator of the world and the supreme being born together with the mountains, sea, and earth.
And their Confucian students. Hatchling.
Hatchling Senica Quamar. Senica Quamar Senica Quamar Senica Quamar… Senica Quamar. 342 years old.
Hatchling Aldar-A-Shams. Al-Dar-A-Shams, Al-Dar-A-Shams, Al-Dar-A-Shams…. Al-Dar-Shams. 342 years old.
Faced with the truth that he wanted to ignore, the professor hugged Otman and cried quietly.
Those on the boat with him are descendants of an ancient desert kingdom. If the guess I want to deny is correct…
it means that they are hatchlings, descendants of the ancient dragon kingdom that once created a golden age and then fell into conflict with the gods.
Burning the kingdom with a single breath, it is said that he chewed up a group of legendary heroes as appetizers,
and even said, ‘These bastards!!!’ A transcendent being who even has an official record of destroying an entire village, including cows, pigs, chickens, and even humans, with a loud cry.
Hatchlings are something that these people value more than their own lives.
‘How did I deal with those two people?’
[Ugh! You will be eaten!]
[You were imprinted in those two minds as a being that preys on their species…]
The professor, who quietly recalled the events of a few hours ago, closed his eyes and raised his head.
Again –
a clear teardrop flowed between my closed eyes.
“Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe”
Otman’s fleeting laughter, who had already emptied his third sedative, was swimming over the watchtower full of despair, with the despairing professor’s tears falling on top of it.
Crunchy –
the ephemeral charcoal of Idrasil only moved the two people onto the paper.
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『The king of the ancient desert kingdom coveted the moon, and the moon sank forever beneath the surface of the water and never rose again. The sun, which was dying after losing its mate, was furious and threw the body over the head of the kingdom, destroying it.』
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『The ancient dragon kingdom challenged the moon god and defeated it, but was also destroyed by the sun that followed. The death of the Transcendent and God turned the desert into a completely different environment, and it remained under the names of Sand Sea and Taboo.』 『 Mute came to the desert aiming for ???? and was so interested that several Nameds invested in it』
『Kauladi .
He said that he gained the power to manipulate sand and that Falcatus gave it to him. Falcatus secured ???? Their location may be Kauladi’s territory or the place where ???? was obtained.』
『Why did Mute let us go? Ultimately, what was your goal in coming to the desert? So where are you and what are you doing? How should I tighten it?…』
[Hmm. I think it all came out in a nutshell…]
Hyde pieced together his memories and looked at the inferences that filled in the blanks with satisfaction. Now, if I send this up, the shell guy will find his own way…
“Aaaah! We’re all going to die! “I’m going to die!”
“Hehehehehehehehe Aldrich…. I hope you can escape while you are sleeping….Because you are a virtuous friend, your ancestors rewarded you….Hehehehehehehehehehe-”
[….I will give it to you in a bit.]
After seeing the two people already losing their minds, Hyde decided to put down the information he had gathered for a moment.
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