Episode 273
EPISODE.137
It was already two months ago.
An unknown tension began to linger in Endymion’s capital.
The first tension arose right after the war with the Empire.
As the ominous purple color painted the sky and the boundary between day and night disappeared, there was no way I wouldn’t be nervous.
However, the tension now is a little different from that time.
Chuck Chuck Chuck-.
Troops from all over the continent begin to gather.
The current tension was the tension that was created when the troops gathered like that built a camp on the outskirts of Endymion’s capital.
The number of troops gathered from seven countries is about 200,000. Not too many compared to Endymion’s entire army.
However, it was Endymion who had never allowed a foreign enemy to invade the capital since the founding of the country.
With 200,000 soldiers from other countries flocking to such a country, it was natural for tension to arise.
Of course, that tension continued until today.
After today’s ceremony, all the soldiers who caused tension will leave the capital.
“The preparations are complete. your majesty.”
King Alfonso Ratmos nodded slightly at the words of the chamberlain and moved slowly.
Ddubeok thud thud-.
Alfonso Ratmos’s momentum begins to change as he steps on the stairs one by one on the high platform.
The old man, exhausted from long meetings and stress, is nowhere to be found, and the lion-like momentum unique to the royal family of Endymion begins to take its place.
The momentum peaked when Alfonso Ratmos’ steps reached the top of the podium.
Dung Dung Dung Dung-.
With the sound of drums echoing everywhere, the area becomes quiet as if a rat died.
Meanwhile, Alfonso Ratmos looked down from the platform.
I checked the face of those who were inspecting.
The number of soldiers gathered was around one million, both home and foreign.
More troops than when they set out to conquer the empire represent the seriousness of the situation.
Whoo oh-.
Confirming that the military flags of each country fluttered loudly in the wind, the king opened his mouth.
“It is a hopeless situation.”
Wooreungwooreung-.
“The empire that claimed to be the most powerful on the continent has lost its function as a nation, and its vast territory has been overrun by the dead and monsters for a long time.”
The voice amplified by magic spreads out in all directions and covers the entire plain.
“The moaning of the people of the ruined country and the refugees has reached its peak, and the aftermath is spreading not only to the empire but also to neighboring countries.”
His voice was clear enough to reach not only the front row, but also the soldiers in the back row.
“So, in order to overcome this situation, Ah-guk is trying to drive out the dead and monsters that have occupied the territory of the empire and subdue the ecliptic, which is the source…” Chaang-
!
The ceremonial longsword pulled from the waist flashes with light.
“Is there a country that agrees with our Endymion!?”
There were people who spoke out.
“We will do that together.”
straight-.
Among the foreign troops gathered outside Endymion, a knight wearing silver armor stepped forward and shouted.
He was holding a sword, the symbol of a knight, in one hand, and a shield with a green deer pattern in the other.
“Two corps of a total of 10 knights besides the Jade Deer Knights belonging to Kiel. I will be with Endymion.”
That was the beginning.
“A total of four knights besides the Red Repair Knights of the Naze Federation. The three legions will also be with Endymion.”
“Belonging to Ergien…”
The reason why the representatives of the seven countries who had gathered began to raise their voices as they stepped forward one by one.
It was not an impromptu event, but an event that had already been talked about a month ago.
Nevertheless, the reason for going through such a cumbersome event was simple.
To declare an alliance created with a single purpose and to give soldiers a sense of belonging.
“Belonging to Virginia….”
All the countries gathered at the last meeting with the kingdom of Virginia, the weakest country, declared that they would share their will.
King Alfonso Ratmos confirmed him and winked.
Anger-!
As if waiting for that signal, a flag soared high.
black and white.
A flag in the form of a sun and moon floating in the middle of each color divided into two.
A flag that expresses the will of the union to drive out this purple sky and bring back day and night.
flutter -.
Confirming that the huge flag fluttered in the wind created by Amelia Merwin, the head of the white pagoda, the king continued his words.
“Good. On behalf of your will, I, the King of Endymion. Reveals that the ‘Day and Night’ League was created in the name of Alfonso Latmos!”
thud-!
It was announced with the momentum of a heavy-footed cloud lion.
“A bio that declares that we are united under this flag!”
As if they had waited, thunderous cheers erupted.
“Day and night alliance!”
“Long live the Day and Night Alliance!”
Military flags fluctuate unusually, and the military flags of each country flutter in the wind.
The king gripped his sword tightly as if gathering all of their spirit and aspirations into the tip of a sword, and Hemingway, who was waiting under the podium, secretly snapped his fingers.
Trick-.
Then, a bright sword light started pouring down the sword body.
It’s a common direction, but there was something that made people’s hearts beat.
“All troops—!”
The king roared as he aimed his sword in the direction where the empire was.
“—Go out!”
After nearly a month of meetings and another month of coordination, an alliance was created to wipe out the dead and monsters and purify the imperial capital.
It was the launch of the Day and Night League.
“Waaaaaa-!!!”
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Hearing the king’s cry, Daria turned her head around.
As I glimpsed the direction Russell was going, I remembered a conversation I had with the king a month ago.
“I know you’re asking the Lords for an unreasonable request, but there’s nowhere else to ask.”
It’s only been a month since he came back alive from the limb.
No matter how much the king said to his servants, the king himself felt shameless to ask him to return to the battlefield after a month.
What’s more, now, isn’t it a situation where even the funerals of those who died in battle, including Nicolo, couldn’t be properly held?
Hemingway responded to the king’s words.
“it’s okay. your majesty.”
“…?”
“It’s not that I can understand the mind of the dead, but even Nicolo wouldn’t want to be buried with monsters like that left behind.”
We’ll have to wipe them out so he can rest in peace.
Hemingway replied, and the emperor nodded.
“Thank you. Then Sir Daria…”
“This old man will also step in.”
She clenched her fists tightly and put on a determined expression.
“Aren’t they monsters related to the emperor who made the youngest child like that? Everything, not even a single thing left…”
He said, burning his naturalization with both eyes full.
“The castle will be freed only when it is burned and killed.”
It was an unbelievably strong spell, considering that he had not been able to eat or drink properly for almost a month.
It is proof that her magic power is burning, fueled by wrath.
Hemingway’s face hardened at the sight.
It was a bad phenomenon for a wizard. However, it doesn’t matter to Daria.
The only thing left for her was revenge on the guy who made Russell go away and hatred for herself who had no choice but to stay helpless until she got away… With
that memory in her mind, Daria’s consciousness returns to the present again.
Then she bit her lip.
She had already lost a child once. It is only natural that we react more sensitively than anyone else to the feeling of loss and loss.
Daria turned her body as she felt fishy blood flow into her mouth.
“I will never forgive the person who made you that way. I am the youngest.”
Soon after, she disappears.
Hemingway was the only one left in the seat, staring at Daria’s back.
With a vague, meaningful look…
And they didn’t know.
What kind of changes are taking place inside Russell, who has left the royal road? And—
‘What the hell is this place?’
How far Russell’s consciousness had reached…
they didn’t know.
* * *
“Ugh….”
How long had he been unconscious. Feeling a tingle in one side of his temple, Russell slowly raised himself.
I pushed the white blanket that was covering me to one side and got up on the soft bed.
It’s a strange ceiling.
It was a strange room.
Floors and ceilings made of shiny marble, as well as pillars carved out of marble.
Unusually, it was a room without even a single window.
Nevertheless, far from being stuffy, does it even feel sacred?
Thinking that the divine energy felt in the room was somehow familiar, Russell got under the bed.
‘What happened?’
I slowly rummaged through my memories as I relaxed here and there.
Why did he wake up here? Memories of him went back and forth.
‘I fought a cultist wearing the emperor’s mask—.’
I must have pierced the body of the emperor using a fire spear… The moment I thought about it, a thrilling current spreads through my body as if a thunderbolt had struck it.
The last memory that comes to mind with him.
From the emperor who uttered curse words to the existence of foreign gods who peered into this material world from outside the world.
‘What happened after that?’
Seeing that he was alive and well, it was clear that things were going on somehow, but Russell, who thought so, suddenly felt strange and lowered his eyes.
swish-.
He looked around his body and muttered inwardly.
‘My body is so fine.’
I don’t know how long I lay there. However, it is a body that has been through a fierce battle.
If the time lying down was short, the aftermath should remain, and if it was long, the aftermath of not moving the body for a long time should remain.
But unlike him, his body was just fine.
‘Let’s start by figuring out where this place is.’
Thinking so, Russell moved on.
Like the rest of the room, I opened the door carved out of pure white marble.
rattle-.
Then, the appearance outside the door was also not very different from the inside of the room.
A corridor with white octagonal pillars supporting the high ceiling, and passages extending to the left and right.
It’s like…
a ‘temple?’
As I tilted my head at that thought, I heard someone’s voice from one end of the hallway.
“oh. Are you awake?”
The only difference is that the color of the eyes is black.
tall with black hair.
A young man with a face that looked just like Russell was watching him from the end of the corridor and waving.
dragon-swallowed wizard
