◈ 447. [Side Story] King of Kings (2)
Ecliptic New Terra.
Aegis task force headquarters. Commander’s Office.
“… .”
In this desolate, narrow room with no decorations, Fernandez sat cross-legged on a hard, simple chair, examining papers.
then bang! The door to the commander’s office opened with a loud noise, and the task force members rushed inside.
“majesty. We caught the last mouse.”
They forcibly took the woman dressed in black and threw her in front of Fernandez.
“Heuk!”
The woman with her arms tied behind her back groaned and collapsed.
“Mourning clothes… … .”
After examining the woman’s outfit, Fernandez muttered dryly.
“Did I say ‘windy women’? There are many other nice uniforms, so I don’t know why they only wear them.”
“… .”
“The name of the organization is also strange. Are the clothes and names all to Ash’s taste?”
Then, the woman who had been moaning with her forehead sunk to the floor slowly raised her eyes.
A black veil draped over her face—she smirked through the morning veil.
“You must be mistaken about something, Your Highness Fernandez.”
“… ?”
“Creating an organization, wearing clothes like this, and trying to stop you… … All of this was done voluntarily by ourselves. It has nothing to do with Ash-sama right now.”
Fernandez tilted his head.
“It has nothing to do with Ash now… So, does that mean you have a relationship with Ash from the past?”
“To some extent, yes. Ash-sama, whom we loved, passed away at the age of twenty-three.”
Fernandez’s eyes lit up. the woman continued.
“We loved him in the past. It is he from the past that we risked our lives to follow.”
“indeed. That’s why you’re wearing mourning clothes.”
“… .”
“Well, I don’t care what your motives are.”
Fernandez crossed his legs in reverse.
“You have ruined my plan in a wonderful way. Thanks to you, it’s pretty much a setback. But now that the last members of your organization have been hunted down… … I will not be able to disturb you any longer.”
“I wanted to rot Your Highness a little more, but it’s a pity.”
“This is rotten enough to rot. These are the women who loved my brother. Even the things that rot inside are the same.”
Fernandez laughed. The woman also laughed along.
“I have no intention of living an ugly life. Kill me quickly.”
“It doesn’t kill.”
The woman made a puzzled expression. Fernandez smiled.
“You are also a subject of the Everblack Empire and a citizen of New Terra. Allow me to go with you to the New World.”
“Oh, be merciful too.”
“of course… If you can endure the time of torture and confession that our Aegis task force boasts.”
Task Force agents standing behind her took out the Dream Demon Confession from their arms.
The woman let out a long sigh and glanced at Fernandez.
“One last word. You are crazy, Your Highness Fernandez.”
“I know.”
Fernandez readily agreed.
“Bulgwangbulgeup (不狂不及). If you don’t go crazy, there’s a level you can’t reach.”
“… .”
“And that would be the same for Ash.”
Fernandez shook his hand lightly.
“Take it. Get all the information out of it and keep it in prison until the day the ‘Ark’ sails.”
“Honorable name!”
The woman was dragged outside. The agents rushed out together.
Reina, an elderly female sorceress who was watching this with Fernandez, bowed her head to Fernandez.
“I’m sorry, Your Highness. I’m incompetent… … It took time to clear them out.”
“Nothing to be sorry, Sir Reina. Not everything can go as planned.”
Sabotage was to be expected.
In one way or another, schedules are bound to be disrupted. Isn’t that why I prepared for this job from very early on?
‘The monster will destroy the world in about a year from now.’
Before that, he occupied the ecliptic and operated the ark.
A setback of a few days to a few months should not be a problem.
“So now, the shutdown protocol only needs to be completed with maintenance work and horsepower replenishment. The ark is also nearing completion.”
“That’s right.”
“What else do we have to do, Sir Reina?”
Reina responded immediately.
“Come to the throne.”
“… .”
Fernandez, who was speechless for a moment, shut his mouth. Raina said one more time.
“Aren’t you determined to be the leader of the surviving human race? The one who will rule mankind in the last ark is rightly handed down.”
“… .”
“You won the final battle for the throne and obtained the imperial capital. Even if you call yourself emperor, no one will refute you. What are you waiting for?”
In front of the silent Fernandez, Reina said one more time.
“The King of kings who rule the world… Ascend the throne of the Everblack Empire.”
“… Emperor.”
Fernandez let out a short sigh.
“It’s already been a year since I locked up Obama in the spirit world. I purposely stopped Everblack’s functions so that he couldn’t return to the real world.”
“No matter how much you say your majesty, it is impossible to survive in the spirit world for more than a year without any other preparation. By now… … .”
would have died
Swallowing back his words, Reina lowered her head.
“… Excuse me. You said something disrespectful.”
“It is disrespectful. I don’t even dare If you call it blasphemy, what am I, a pervert who did it myself?”
Fernandez laughed bitterly and stood up.
“okay. It’s something I have to do anyway, so it would be ridiculous to hesitate any longer.”
“If you come.”
“Prepare the coronation ceremony.”
before triggering the shutdown protocol.
He could have provided a final feast for the people of New Terra.
“After the emperor ascended the throne, the shutdown protocol was triggered by Hwang Myeong. Let’s put everyone in New Terra on the ark and leave for the spirit world.”
“John name. Then we will prepare the coronation ceremony together.”
“Please.”
Reina gave a modest salute and left the commander’s office.
“… .”
Slowly, Fernandez got up from his seat and looked out the window.
There were few people on the streets of New Terra.
Everyone must be resentful of Fernandez for giving these orders while confined to their own homes.
“An emperor who is hated by all the people and who slaughters them… .”
Fernandez laughed bitterly.
“He will go down as the worst tyrant in history.”
Slowly removing the monocle and placing it on the table, Fernandez studied the panoramic view of the city he loved with his red eyes.
“… doesn’t care.”
His bony fists clenched tightly.
“This is the only way everyone will survive.”
Even if no one understands it, no matter what kind of stigma it wears –
in the end, everyone will know at the last moment.
The decision of Fernandez, the last king of kings and the emperor of Everblack… … that mankind has survived.
“You’re going to stop me like this.”
Fernandez looked at the southern sky and murmured softly.
“Let’s make a decision, Ash.”
It was time to put an end to the brothers’ long ill-fated relationship.
***
The southern end of the world.
Lake Kingdom under the Black Lake.
The deepest part of District 10. royal.
《… .”
“… .”
“… .]
On the long table in front of the audience room, there are now only three nightmare corps commanders left.
The third-ranked magician, White Night.
Cromwell, the second-ranked leader of the Devil Guard Corps.
Rank 1 Black Dragon, Night Bringer.
The three of them didn’t even care about the vacancy at the table.
Although they were collectively called the same ‘Nightmare Corps Commander’, there was a significant difference between these three and the other seven.
Whether the remaining seven legions were annihilated or the entire Lake Kingdom collapsed – in fact, it didn’t matter too much to them.
Because they were confident that if each of them stepped forward, they could destroy the people without a trace.
But there was something they all cared about.
《… .”
“… .”
“… .》
The three stared at the empty throne.
The position of the Demon King was vacant.
The Demon King, who promised to resurrect them in this world and give them a chance to avenge the public, has not appeared for the past few months.
I couldn’t stand it, so even though the meeting was not convened, they are gathering here every day to have an audience, but the demon king still did not deal with them.
《The King of Kings.》
The black dragon, Night Bringer, uttered a muffled voice with golden eyes shining through his long and scattered black hair.
“How long are you going to leave the door open? Are you finally tired of this childish house?”
“Wait a little longer.”
Cromwell, the commander of the guards, answered.
With red skin, white hair, and deer antlers, she was a direct subordinate of the demon king and was also the captain of the demon guards protecting the castle.
《He said that since this was the last game, there were no more opportunities, and he continued… … You’re searching through people’s nightmares.”
“Haven’t you already searched through the nightmares of the people here for the past five hundred years? But are there still nightmares that haven’t been found?]
The Demon King thoroughly dug up the nightmares of the residents of the Lake Kingdom and refined the fears inherent in them.
Monsters who invaded to destroy the people and were exterminated.
Even though they were exterminated, the fears were imprinted in the minds of the residents of the Lake Kingdom, in their genes, and in their souls.
By forcibly pulling out that memory, the Demon King revived it. All of these monsters were resurrected through this process.
Even though this process had been carried out for over five hundred years, most of the monsters that existed in this world had already been resurrected.
The Demon King was wandering through nightmares in search of someone he hadn’t found yet.
《… It could be more than five hundred years.”
The last one to intervene in the conversation was the sorcerer, Midnight Sun.
Both the Night Bringer and Cromwell looked towards the midnight sun with bewildered eyes.
Richie’s face was covered with a large amulet and a crown decorated with beads.
It was because the great magician, White Night, had never spoken with a voice before.
Her lips moved under the amulet, and the Midnight Sun continued.
“Because the King of Kings is a transcendental being. maybe even earlier… … You may have been doing this.”
“Once upon a time… ? How is that possible?”
“… .》
The white night didn’t say anything more and kept his mouth shut.
The Night Bringer glared at the throne with bored eyes.
“Anyway, isn’t that the story of no results? I don’t know how great of a monster the person I’m looking for is, but since King Wang is wasting his time on useless things, it’s frustrating as a subordinate.” 《
… … .]
《If he declared himself the king of kings, all the kings under him wished for… Shouldn’t we finish the task we started together?”
As the Night Bringer’s voice mixed with intense dissatisfaction, Cromwell glared at him.
《Nightbringer you… … Surely you don’t intend to go against King Wangjung?”
“Is there anything you can’t do? If a leader doesn’t do his job properly, it’s only natural for him to be eaten by someone stronger under him.”
The Night Bringer grinned.
《To be the king of kings, in other words, means that all subordinates are also kings. And those who wear the crown cannot tolerate having someone above them.”
“If you really want to rebel… !]
Cromwell’s antlers emitted red magic power. As if attacking the Night Bringer at any moment.
《I must destroy the public interest.》
Nightbringer glared at such a demon without blinking an eye.
“Anyone who tries to quench the flames of my vengeance will be destroyed. Even if it’s the existence that brought me back to this place.”
The black dragon’s entire body raged.
In the immediate situation right before the two nightmare corps commanders collided –
《I’m sorry this is late.》
Suddenly, a relaxed voice was heard.
《Because I am so busy with
construction
.
Devil.
King of the kings of monsters.
A white crack opened in the middle of the black shadowed face, creating a smirk and a smile.
“So what were you talking about?”
