The great mage who transcends by returning, episode 351
Acrid air, fishy smell of blood piercing the nose, the taste of iron on the tip of the tongue.
It was definitely a battlefield.
It is not a fantasy that simply reproduces the ‘past’.
really in the past.
We are now at that chaotic time right after the founding of the empire by the first emperor.
[Horus, why the hell….]
Set repeated those words incredulously over my shoulder.
From her point of view, it could be said that it was a natural reaction.
we are in the past
It’s not just a fantasy of the past, it really means the past connected with the ‘present’.
And that means that Horus, the guardian of this tomb, touched ‘time’ and ‘space’.
“uh…If it’s the real past, wouldn’t the actions we take now affect the present?”
Eileen asked with a worried expression. Anxiety that if something goes wrong here, the present might completely change.
“No, it’s designed so we can’t intervene in the first place.”
Of course, there are safeguards in place.
We cannot intervene.
Literally just an observer.
Wouldn’t it be nice if I grabbed each one and moved to affect the past?
“Buy and live…Aaaagh!”
“Fix the battle lines! Don’t let that damn monster pierce the wires!”
The knights on horseback struggled to keep their positions.
In front of him, an army of barbarians combined with demons and monsters attacked the soldiers.
And among them stood a man clad in gray armor. Around the neck was a fur like a lion’s mane.
I could tell who it was at a glance.
invited emperor.
He was staring at the savage army and monsters beyond, holding a greatsword that reached his chest.
A tremendous energy was emanating from his body.
In terms of color, I’d say it’s golden.
An energy that is too brilliant and powerful at the same time for humans to embrace… ….
Of course, no one in the area noticed our presence.
Just like the history that has already passed, they are just struggling to protect the empire somehow.
‘Battle of Andal.’
There was a very difficult process even before the empire was created, but it wasn’t just a flowery path after it was founded.
Wasn’t the empire unifying the entire continent?
It is true that the Empire, which was reborn as a huge force, became the center of the continent, but enemies also arose accordingly.
The barbarians that the Imperial Army is now facing are one of those enemies.
“I heard that there was a lot of noise right after the empire was founded, but it seems to be true.”
The butler looked around with sharp eyes and said so. Herma took it.
“Yes, right after the founding of the country, it was in the midst of instability, so there wouldn’t have been as much opportunity for foreign enemies as it was then.”
“But why at this time?”
Eileen asked without hiding her embarrassment.
“I understood that it had something to do with His Majesty the first emperor. But why are we at this time… ….”
“Because it was the most confusing time.”
I said that and looked towards the set.
Still, the guy’s expression is good even with empty words. It’s a difficult situation to see.
It means that it is an unacceptable situation as an ‘apostle’.
Of course, Horus’ ordeal was not supposed to be like this, and the tomb shouldn’t have been connected to the past like this.
“Even if the first emperor was a great hero, there is a limit. It would have been difficult for individuals to handle the tribulations of that era.”
“So you borrowed the power of God?”
“Otherwise, is there any reason for such a thing to exist inside the imperial palace? There’s a reason for everything.”
If there is such a space, it is explained that the first emperor forbade entry even to my immediate family.
The moment it is connected to the tomb, communication with the outside is inevitably cut off.
It is such a space in the first place.
I don’t know what kind of change of heart Horus had, but it is certain that he broke the rules of the apostles.
Kwaaang!
Even at the moment when I was lost in thought, the atmosphere around me turned urgently.
In the sky, a gigantic pilot with purple eyes flashed and tore soldiers at random, and the wizards scrambled to cast spells to somehow prevent it.
“….”
The first emperor was just standing still in that hell.
It was like being in another space.
It might be possible to intervene in the middle and check the situation more clearly, but I decided to watch more first.
Because it’s good to be sure of anything.
‘I know to some extent that there is a tangled problem between Horus and the first emperor, and that it is an expedient… ….’
What is that ‘shortcut’?
The moment he thought that, the first emperor suddenly moved.
thud.
The greatsword stuck in the ground was pulled out.
He lifted his greatsword high into the sky as if lifting something light and struck it down with a single stroke.
Action without any fuss.
and that moment.
Chew.
With a short sound, all barbarians and monsters in the area were swept away by the emperor’s blow and disappeared without a trace.
Surprisingly, the blow even evaded all allies.
“her.”
Even though it was an attack using a heavy weapon called a great sword, it was such a sophisticated aura control.
“…His Majesty the first emperor is not called the father of the country for nothing. What is that auror technology… …?”
“Nothing special.”
There’s no choice but to do that.
In any case, the situation has been sorted out.
With just one blow from the emperor, the threat of the whole world disappeared.
It was probably not a blow that even the emperor himself could easily pull off.
“your majesty!”
At that time, an adjutant appeared in front of the emperor who was organizing the finished battlefield and started reporting.
“The ‘warriors of God’ sent by His Majesty succeeded in recapturing the Miram and Matus territories safely!”
“…is it.”
The emperor nodded his head with an expression that was not particularly impressed by those words.
“Warrior of God? The early empire must have had some pretty special troops. There is no such thing now, right?”
“No. It shouldn’t even exist.”
Receiving Eileen’s interesting words, I focused on the ensuing conversation between the two.
“As expected, the great god must be watching over you! If you use them effectively like this, there will definitely be a bigger… …!”
“Stop it, Valkyria.”
The emperor stopped the lieutenant from saying more, then inserted his greatsword.
“More than that would damage their reputation. Refrain from unnecessary actions. It is an order.”
“…Oh, I see.”
At the Emperor’s resolute words, the adjutant called Valcuria immediately lowered her head.
It seems that he dreamed of a grand plan using these ‘warriors of God’, but the emperor didn’t like that idea itself.
“hmm.”
I watched right there, and soon took my eyes off the emperor.
I saw it well.
The price of being silent since entering this graveyard has been paid.
I was able to get a rough idea of the circumstances from the conversation I had just had.
then….
“How about coming out soon?”
I tapped around with the staff and said.
Of course, there is no immediate response. The surrounding landscape is busy moving.
People of the past passed through us at will, telling their own stories.
but.
Tung.
“If it doesn’t come out, is there anything I can’t do to intervene in this ‘past’?”
Of course, this does not mean that we will change the past.
Literally, it means that only the apostle Horus, who will be watching this situation, will choose and end it.
How is that possible?
because that’s what it looks like
It’s clear how to deal damage to an apostle somewhere here without touching useless things.
“Oh, won’t you come? Just count 10 seconds from now.”
As I applied my strength slowly, the staff made a sharp sound resonating with the space nearby.
Kwajik.
In seconds, a crack opened in the wall dividing the past and the present.
And at the point where the sound was loud enough to be heard around… ….
“Could you please stop,”
came a voice.
The voice came from the first emperor. To be precise, it came from the light of his greatsword.
Hwaaak!
The light from the great sword gathered and soon took the form of a hawk.
I don’t even have to think about what this hawk really is.
Apostle Horus.
“so.”
Looking at Horus, who lowered his head towards me, he said.
“Are you aware of your sins?”
you should know
『Ugh.』
At my words, Horus’ shoulders trembled.
* * *
Horus was so devastated that it wouldn’t be strange if he died right away.
Originally, it would have been right to show a dignified appearance as an apostle. Under “normal circumstances,” it would have been.
Horus is both the Guardian of the Tomb and the Overseer of Trials.
but.
『…If you want to punish me for my sins, I will gladly accept it.”
Unfortunately, he cannot do that now. there is a sin
It’s better than Nephthys, but how can I say it’s worse than that?
I opened my mouth to see Horus bowing his head at me with an expression of disrespect.
“Do you know who I am?”
『Great Asar. Aren’t you the one who inherited his legacy? I feel a transcendent presence just like him.”
“…Hmm.”
Horus’ attitude was completely different from that of the apostles he had met.
No wonder.
I have ownership of all gods, except for the one that Horus keeps.
That means that now I am Asar’s rightful ‘successor’.
On top of that, didn’t he rise to the point where he could become a god if he threw away his humanity?
Horus, on the other hand, has an accident and is dishonorable.
Originally, the relationship between judge and challenger would have been obvious, but the relationship has been reversed.
Of course it’s me
The fact that you don’t have to be a challenger means that you can easily get your hands on something new.
“You touched time and space.”
『….”
Horus did not answer.
However, it was evident from his appearance that he did not take the current situation so confidently.
As a result, good or bad.
In any case, breaking the ‘rules’ as an apostle is not something light.
‘I don’t mean to give a big punishment though.’
Still, it is not right to approach it with an attitude of sympathy here.
Because it’s actually wrong.
Then first.
“…I don’t think we’re going to talk about it here, so let’s go to the graveyard.”
『This is a presumptuous statement, but this place is not just a fantasy. Where is the cemetery… ….”
“Should I say such a thing without knowing that?”
With those words, he lightly tapped the staff, and the scenery of the area completely changed.
“Uh huh?”
The colleagues who had quietly come out and listened to Horus’ conversation stiffened their bodies.
In an instant, the surroundings were transformed into a landscape that really suits the word graveyard.
The first thing you see is a tombstone.
Several tombs were lined up neatly, and spheres of sacred light were floating everywhere.
it’s like gold
Where is this place?
It is a medium that somehow holds on to the past and the present. You can think of it as a string of some kind.
『Uh how….
”
Cemetry.
To put it bluntly, this could be called the ‘center’ of this tomb.
What I did now, if I had to say it, is the same as forcibly moving to the ‘top level’ of the tomb.
It’s an ordeal and everything is chewed up.
Should I just say that it has risen to the top in an instant?
Horus looked quite bewildered, as if he hadn’t expected me to do such an unprepared job.
But after all, should I say an apostle?
He quickly regained his cool.
“A sanctuary of the empire known to contain the souls of past emperors.”
『….]
If there is one side effect that has occurred in the recent process of making the godhead completely mine, it is that it is too easy to see through the surroundings.
The feeling of information being forced into your head, whether you like it or not.
Shall we say that we are standing in the transitional period of rising to the status of a divine being?
Even I voluntarily block that change.
If there is no noise, that would be rather strange.
Anyway, I knew that and put together the information that was stuck in my head and told what Horus had done.
“Did the first emperor offer you a contract? Not only their future, but their ‘bloodline’ itself.”
『….
”
Unlike Nephthys, it is highly likely that the sense of mission was stronger.
Horus is like that.
Then, Lian, who had been listening quietly, interjected.
“Wait, Mikhail. Why don’t you explain a little bit to understand? You really have no idea how things are going?”
“Simply put, before and after the founding of the nation, the first emperor felt ‘limited’.”
Will it be possible to calm the turmoil?
Or, even if the turmoil is pacified, will it be possible to maintain peace… ….
The Emperor was worried about all of that.
“That’s why I went to this Horus and made a contract. A contract that shouldn’t have been made in the first place.”
The ‘contract’ had many circumstances, and it may have had its own valid reasons.
But anyway, a shortcut is a shortcut.
“And with it, the first emperor obtained powerful power. The question is exactly what kind of ‘power’ is… ….”
『…]
The first emperor’s overwhelming power, which was briefly shown earlier, was definitely his own.
But what about the ‘Warriors of God’?
“Some myths describe ‘true warriors’ heading to the battlefield’s paradise where eternal battles continue after death.”
“so?”
“So to put it simply.”
I said that and looked at Horus.
“Didn’t you say that after the emperor dies, the corpse is automatically moved here to ‘Valhalla’?”
“yes.”
“Actually, it wasn’t just the bodies moving.”
“…what?”
I explained it again to Lian, who still didn’t quite understand.
“The bloodline itself is mortgaged, and the emperors of the later generations are summoned to the ‘past’ without any fuss after death.”
“Wait a minute, Bocchan, so….”
The butler, who understood my words, stuttered and asked me.
“Are you saying that all the emperors who ruled the empire in the past will be ‘moved’ to this period after they all die?”
“Oh right.”
Simply put, this is it.
“Even if you die, you can’t rest.”
what can i do
The government says it won’t allow it.
