Episode 827:
The Knot (14)
The appearance of a heroic spirit taking out a black magician while mentioning Lennok’s obsidian mask.
Cheesy…!!
The distorted magician spins between his fingers and emits an ominous flame.
A strange idea that seems to be trying to forcibly transfer itself by polluting the surrounding air itself.
However, before the black magician pulled out by the heroic spirit could reach Lennok, another heroic spirit sitting next to him stepped forward.
“Damon. “What are you doing?”
A fox-headed beast spirit with fluttering white fur grabbed the black hero’s arm.
A slender physique that appears to be female, and calm eyes whose expression is unreadable.
“I haven’t heard anything from that human yet. “Please refrain from taking hasty actions.”
“Don’t disturb Azbel.”
The black heroic spirit called Damon responded as if he was annoyed.
“As a noble of Arsnova, I just have something to pass on to the latter.”
“It’s not a thing, is it? “Your ideas are too dangerous for an ordinary human being to accept.”
“Ordinary human? From what I can see, the author is an ordinary human being, right?”
Damon looked at Lennok and smiled.
“He is the one who broke into the sanctuary, smashed the remains of the Ascendant, and collapsed the tower. “In terms of his inaction during his lifetime, he would have surpassed you and me a long time ago.”
“….”
“It seems like he has joined hands with a traitorous family, but considering his talent and achievements, it is only natural that he be treated with such generosity. So….”
Kirik!!
The pitch-black magician passed by the hand of the fox beastman called Azbel and instantly struck towards Lennok.
The appearance of being connected to Lennok’s magician in the air and intertwined as if holding hands.
At the same time, Lennok’s magician began to deteriorate, turning black from the roots.
The intense thoughts that flowed into Damon covered Lennok’s magician and began to change its color.
“…I guess what I said didn’t sound right.”
Azbel, who finally realized that he had touched Lennok, raised his magic power with a nervous look.
“Have you forgotten who was the guide during the night trip?”
“Azbel. “That’s about it.”
The giant stopped Azbel, who seemed about to pour out her magic towards Damon at any moment.
“I understand how you feel, but fighting with the same heroic spirits should be avoided. Have you forgotten what situation we are in now?”
“….”
While Azbel was silent, Lennok was watching his magician turn black due to Damon’s intent.
It is not just a change in appearance, but also a gradual change in the nature of the magician.
I could have kicked it out right now if I wanted to, but the words Damon mentioned earlier bothered me.
Lennok asked, looking at the black magician.
“That’s an unpleasant thought. What is this?”
“Ho-oh, can you speak? “It must be difficult to come to your senses during the succession.”
Damon said, looking at Lennoc with interest.
“This is a work that specializes in spatial interference the properties of the magician used as a medium for manipulation techniques.”
“Spatial interference?”
“There were many excellent manipulators in Arsnova, and in the latter period, attempts to change the nature of magicians were the main focus.”
Damon explained.
“What I am conveying to you now is the magical power of the other power source that functions as a key to open the ‘door.’”
“….”
It’s the key to open the door.
As soon as Lennok heard those words, he understood what door Damon was talking about.
The door that the nobles of the central city are referring to must be referring to a passage like the well in the Crack Manual that leads to the open sea.
Damn it!!
The magician used by Lennok was soon stained with the same black light as Damon’s and was pulled even tighter.
At the same time that the nature is changing, the magician’s bond is increasing and its strength is increasing.
Damon looked at him and slowly extended his hand towards Lennok.
“Finally, I will exchange your and my spirit little by little, attach this fact to the seal, and prove the authority of the nobility-”
Twaa!!
At that moment, Damon’s new form was crushed on the spot and shook greatly.
“…!!”
“As a fellow manipulator, I’ll just accept what you tell me about your accomplishments.”
The moment the other Heroic Spirits who were watching turned to look at Damon in slight surprise, Lennok responded by retracting the black-stained magician.
“But talking about nobles and souls has nothing to do with me.”
“You…”
Damon, who quickly came to his senses despite the shock that shook his soul, looked down at Lennok.
“You did something to your own soul.”
“what?”
“My thoughts instilled in you are disappearing on the spot without any return.”
Damon’s inorganic gaze stared into Lennok’s eyes.
“Once thoughts have passed through another soul, they consider them impurities and do not even allow them to return.”
Damon’s tone of voice as he creaked and shook his head also changed strangely, as if it was very interesting.
“It is an inviolable purity that we are not even aware of… Are you a blood relative of the transcendent?”
“….”
“Damon. “Let’s stop there for now.”
Palunz, who was watching the situation, immediately stepped forward and opened his mouth in an unusual atmosphere.
“If I leave you here to do the work, the story will be long. “Let’s talk about this situation first.”
“….”
“Given the circumstances, there is no doubt that you were the one who visited without notice and destroyed the sanctuary.”
While Damon was casting an ominous look on his face that was unreadable, Falunze looked at Lennok and asked.
“Could you tell me about what you saw in Mugan?”
“…a throne located in the center of the sanctuary. “I thought it was unnecessarily large and did not suit Dorae’s size.”
Lennok said to Falunze, who was looking at him in surprise.
“It was yours.”
“…Hmm. It’s not wrong. “I didn’t ask that.”
Falunze cleared his throat and answered.
“I am one of the corps commanders who led the Giant God Corps and joined the night tour after being defeated in Daejeon. “I brought the Noble Phantasm I was using at the time to the sanctuary, but it looks like it’s still there.”
“The Giant God Legion…”
I thought it was a military command with strangely powerful power, but it turns out that he was from the leadership of the Giant God Army?
Unlike the Heroic Spirits of the Requiem Pavilion, many of the ancient Heroic Spirits certainly seem to have extraordinary origins.
Or was it because the heroic spirits of the Requiem Pavilion had already lost their strength and power as they had perished while guarding the memorial tower?
As Lennok muttered those words, Falunze suddenly became angry.
“Um, do you know about the military unit?”
“I once visited the tomb of the Giant God Soldiers. I saw the used weapons and corpses. “All of them were of a considerable standard.”
Falunz seemed to like Lennok’s calm answer and nodded.
“You seem to be someone who knows how to honor history, unlike young people these days…”
“You don’t seem to have any regrets about the collapse of the memorial tower or the end of the night tour.”
Lennok, who was looking at the wandering spirits, asked.
“Then what made you want to meet me?”
“You must be misunderstanding something, Master of Pandemonium.”
Falunzi shook his head.
He leaned his arms on the throne and lowered his head slightly, his face looming over Lennok’s head.
“It is unfortunate that the memorial tower collapsed. “It is also the case that the night trip ended without being able to bloom.”
“….”
“But we are the ones who rejected the failure of the nocturnal journey and were exiled… So on the one hand, I think it should have happened a long time ago.”
I understood that the heroic spirits who had been exiled from the night awakened immediately after the cenotaph collapsed and were ruling the city.
However, the reason they were waiting for Lennok was not to tell them what they thought about this situation.
“Apart from the collapse of the cenotaph, the Infinite Sanctuary where we observe the curse is also very meaningful to us.”
Falunz said.
“If Mugan has not disappeared but has degenerated into an independent space, we are trying to regain it. To do that, we need to know exactly what happened inside the sanctuary.”
“You are the only one who truly knows the current situation and outcome within the sanctuary, human.”
The heroic spirit of the blue knight sitting on another throne spoke.
“If you tell me here in detail what you experienced in Mugan, I will free you from all responsibility for this incident.”
“….”
“The responsibility for this situation is the responsibility of the Heroic Spirits of the Requiem who escaped to the spirit world and Lord Hyonil, who was at the forefront of it-” The Heroic Spirits who glanced around briefly lowered their heads as if to imply their decision
. I nodded.
“It would be cleaner to hand over authority to the city if we did not place responsibility on outsiders.”
When the memorial tower collapsed and the spirits of the Requiem Pavilion fled, it was inevitable that the exiled ancient spirits rose to the position of administrators.
Aside from that, does this mean that not officially involving outsiders in this situation is convenient for reorganizing the internal system?
Lennok could not really feel what they said because he had never personally managed such a large sphere of influence, but he understood what the heroic spirits were making this proposal for.
In short, I would say that we needed a place where we could properly communicate in order to handle things comfortably.
“…good. “Let’s do that.”
Lennok thought for a moment and nodded.
There is no reason to refuse once you know that there is no intention to force the other side.
Since they also seem to be more interested in rebuilding Yorta and regaining Mugan than Rennok, there is no need to draw a line.
Lennok immediately told the spirits a condensed version of what happened with the Ascendant’s remains.
Although information directly related to Lennok was filtered out, it is sufficient to explain the main point.
“Has Hionil become an invincible curse and become one with the sanctuary?…”
“Since the pact with the Pope has been broken, they may try to contact us from the other side.”
“Do we need to work on reconstruction and tracking in both the material world and the spiritual world? “It must be a pain in the ass.”
“More than that, I’m more surprised that this person truly fought the Ascendant and came back alive.”
Among the heroic spirits discussing what to do next, Azbel looked down at Lennok and said,
“Given the circumstances, there is no doubt that the dead Ascendant regained his memories and woke up. And yet, you managed to survive and return from the sanctuary alive… What kind of place is Pandemonium?”
“well.”
Lennok answered.
“At least it won’t be the normal organization you think.”
“….”
“Soulja, I would like to thank you for your cooperation in this matter.”
Among the silent spirits looking at each other, Falunze organized the situation.
“Although what you did will not have positive results for this city… “We think it was a change that was always needed.”
“….”
“As I promised, I promise to help you leave this city whenever you want without holding you accountable for anything.”
“If possible, I will leave immediately.”
Lennok answered, closing his eyes.
“The only thing that remained here was that I thought we had to reach a clear conclusion with their leadership.”
Because I handled many things in a hurry, there are still areas and secrets I haven’t been able to explore in Yorta.
However, Lennok understood that it would be difficult to stay in Yorta for long once the original purpose had been achieved to some extent.
Since Lennok’s condition has deteriorated significantly, he should return to Balkan as quickly as possible.
The reason I met and talked with the heroic spirits right away was to leave room for a return to Yorta later as I was finishing my journey now.
The heroic spirits also immediately nodded as if they understood Lennok’s intention.
“In that case, I will immediately appoint a guide to cross the Hedrain River.”
“Please guide Naimel and call Aoroshiku. “I have work to do with the warlords waiting outside the city.”
“All right.”
“Aoroshiku? “Is that idiot still in Yorta?”
Leaving behind the heroic spirits who had started discussing again at the festival, Nymel nodded towards Lennok.
Lennok left the temple immediately, following Nymel.
“This is you.”
The vast path of the temple branched off to the left and right, following Lennok’s steps, heading towards the canal of the central district hidden among the ruins.
The back road of the temple in the central district of Yorta. A narrow escape route leading from the highest level of the city to the outermost area.
Nymel stood with his back to the entrance of the evacuation route and spoke to Lennok.
“If you walk straight along here, you will meet your guide.”
“….”
“The priest you obtained….”
Nymel, who was about to say something to Lennok, soon closed his mouth and lightly shook his head.
“No, I don’t think I have anything to say after leaving the church.”
“….”
“If you come to this city again, I’ll see you then.”
Obviously, she also has some thoughts about the religious order and its leader.
It’s not like Lennok doesn’t wonder what apostates who left the church think and treat them now.
But I don’t know enough about Nymel to ask about things he doesn’t want to say.
Lennok walked slowly along the passage, leaving Nymel slightly bowing his head.
Splat!!
As I was standing next to the narrow waterway and walking down the passage, I heard Oris’ voice from far away.
“Here, human.”
“….”
“You’ll have to hurry if you want to cross the Hedrain River today. “Get on quickly.”
The boy’s spirit was aboard a small ferry, waving at Lennok.
Lennok asked as he followed Oris onto the ferryboat.
“You were the guide who said you were ready.”
“Didn’t you use that as an excuse to save me from the requiem?”
Oris replied, grabbing the oar next to the ferry with both hands.
With light rowing, the boat began to move smoothly out of the canal.
Oris shrugged his shoulders indifferently as he rowed slowly while facing Lennok.
“Be grateful. “A heroic spirit of my age has volunteered to be a guide for you.”
“…for something like that.”
Lennok replied and glanced towards the bottom of the ferryboat.
The appearance of a ghost shark under the water of a ferry boat, vigorously waving its fins and dragging the boat.
“It looks like that shark is suffering instead of you.”
“I was trying to be fucking condescending. “If I pretend not to see it, what’s the point?”
Oris then raised the oar he was pretending to be rowing and lay down on the ferryboat.
Oris said, turning his head and staring at the flowing river.
“I was grateful for this.”
“What do you mean?”
“The remains of the ascendant were destroyed. The tower collapsed. “The spirits of the Requiem Pavilion were removed.”
Oris answered.
“Everything should have been over a long time ago… but it feels like it’s too late.”
“….”
“We tried to solve it ourselves, but in the end, it was a problem that could not be solved without the existence of variables like you.”
The gaze of the boy fiddling with the ferry boat seems to pass by Lennok and head further away.
“Maybe the ending of this world is also that kind of problem. “Isn’t that right?”
“…well.”
“Even if the ending is not far off, we have a chance to start over.”
Oris said as he led the ferry.
“Being able to stand at the starting line. Even if it’s just a vain hope…”
Not everyone prepares their own answer to the ending.
It has not yet been decided that the only outcome that will come to this world is a cruel end.
The important thing is to live in this moment, find meaning, and create a reason to live.
Even if only the soul remained, Oris humbly accepted the fact that Yortha needed it.
Everyone has their own life and their own values.
Ultimately, what is truly valuable and noble is up to you when you reflect on it at the end of your life.
Therefore, Lennok understood and accepted the value of life and its way of existence that Oris was talking about.
“If you leave this city, you will still be a vicious outlaw and a member of a vicious criminal organization… But I will not forget you.”
Oris said.
“The fact that standards and answers that transcend good and evil exist somewhere, and that people like you can sometimes get closer to it than anyone else.”
“….”
“The value of the time we have left is not in success or failure, but in the process of getting there.”
“You…”
An answer that could never have come out without being influenced by hearing about Lennok’s journey.
He probably heard about the thoughts that Kroken and Lennok exchanged as they clashed.
Ugh…!!
The new Oris model that speaks like that seems to be gradually increasing its power right before Lennok’s eyes.
The answer arrived at through much thought. Through the structure of thoughts, the image takes shape and moves its hierarchy little by little.
But instead of telling Oris that, Lennok snorted and turned his head away.
You don’t have to explain it to Oris, you know the meaning better.
“Say whatever you want. “It has nothing to do with me anyway.”
Sigh…!!
As the ferry crosses the Hedrain River, it gradually approaches the swampy area seen in the distance.
The dock where Lennok first reached the vicinity of Yorta, fought the mad apostle, and arrived with the body in tow.
thud!!
A ghost shark swimming down the river may have hit its head on the dock, causing the old wooden building to shake violently and the managers to run out in shock.
As the surroundings suddenly became noisy, Oris let go of the paddle he was pretending to hold and took out something from his arms.
“Take this.”
“We do not accept trash.”
“How precious is this trash!”
Oris got angry and forced a small pendant into Lennok’s hand.
At first glance, it looks like it would not be strange to treat it as a junk and throw it away, as it is worn and covered in wear and tear.
“Not everyone who dies in this world can become a military commander.”
Oris said as Lennok grabbed it and lifted it up.
“Sometimes, along with the death of the body, the soul also disappears and never leaves its existence in this world again.”
“….”
“That pendant will prevent your soul from disappearing even at the moment of death.”
“It’s an item that prevents the soul from disappearing?”
“Well, isn’t there something else you don’t know about?”
Oris said with a mischievous expression.
“If you die from something unavoidable and lose your body, and only your soul remains… you could become a more powerful military spirit than anyone else.”
