Chapter 365. Karma (1)
“…King of Hell.”
The last breath exhaled with difficulty.
A desperate whisper permeated in it.
It seems like he wants to tell you what he’s been through.
It seems that he wants to tell the truth he has deduced.
As such, the desperate last will flowed to the floor.
that was the last one
Hwaaak-!
The world before my eyes was immersed in darkness.
The feeling of floating in the air gripped my whole body.
The next moment Lloyd opened his eyes.
“….”
Prick prick.
The moonlight soaking up the night and the sound of grass insects.
At the sound, I unknowingly shook my shoulders.
Lloyd looked around.
The silence of the drawing room of the royal residence for distinguished guests greeted him.
The soft fluttering curtains by the half-open window were the same as before.
‘You saw all the ending spoilers.’
And then, without realizing it, I was breathing fast.
He first sat comfortably on the parlor sofa.
The tension in the muscles of the whole body was released.
He took a deep breath to calm his pounding heart.
With a calm head, I looked back at what I had seen, heard, and experienced through the ending spoiler.
‘That was definitely a blatant message from the future self to me.’
I also thought it was myself.
The phenomenon of restoration of unexpectedly accelerated fate.
Thanks to this, the future situations that flowed into the gaepan.
The pits of despair and heartache that were heading towards the end.
It was her future self who did not lose her reason even at that point.
Until then, he summarized the things he had experienced at a glance and spoke as if leaving a message.
And he ordered Xaviel to seduce himself.
died on purpose
‘Because I have to die at that moment so I can see the words I said right before that as an ending spoiler. You calculated and acted on that. Even at the cost of his own life.’
I thought of myself as a ignorant fellow.
But now was not the time to admire such actions.
He chewed over the information his future self had given him.
‘King of Hell. That author hastened the restoration of destiny?’
What is the reason?
I didn’t know that.
There was, however, a place I could guess.
‘If it’s the King of Hell who did that, it’s not difficult to think of the cause. That’s it. time freeze. In the meantime, I’ve used time freeze several times. Because he disrupted the flow of time like that.’
In fact, he used the time freeze as a trick.
While doing complex and large-scale construction.
I enjoyed the advantage of not wasting time.
At the same time, it was said that they were aiming for the effect of delaying the start of the restoration phenomenon of future destiny.
‘But I didn’t like that, the King of Hell.’
I thought I could do that.
After all, stopping time and delaying the restoration of destiny is a trick. On the other hand, the king of hell he had met looked like an office worker with a tight-fisted style.
I thought that this side’s trick would not be generously allowed.
‘I must have thought that I would be able to recall this enough, the future me. That’s why, even while leaving a message as a will, the reason why the king of hell accelerated the restoration of fate was not told. It’s clear. Because the country will too. The time would have been tight to explain too long anyway.’
Come to think of it, it was.
He had already written ending spoilers several times.
The perspective of the future ending that I peeked at that time was not that long.
At most, it was a few minutes (?) moment.
So, how to deliver as much information as possible in that limited amount of time?
I should have just given you the gist.
Things that can be conveyed without speaking The contents that can be conveyed by not speaking must have been boldly cut out.
‘That’s probably why I told only the restoration phenomenon that happened to the king’s sister and the count couple. I won’t need any more information than that.’
Lloyd continued to reason.
I was able to guess easily.
‘Should I say it’s a new version of the secondary restoration phenomenon that has been brought forward this time. Anyway, the trigger for the start of this Fate Restoration phenomenon is the King’s sister’s left arm. Just as the trigger for the 1st version restoration phenomenon was Count Frontera’s horseback accident.’
In the restoration phenomenon of the last 1st version?
Count Prontera’s horseback accident became the starting point.
From that unfortunate accident, misfortune followed.
Those who died or were crippled in the novel Iron Blooded Knight had to face a fate similar to that in the original work.
On the other hand, in this second version?
‘The King’s sister’s left arm is the trigger. So I have to stop it first.’
She loses her left arm, gradually transforms into a tyrant, confronts this side, and the count couple will be sacrificed in the gap.
‘Perhaps if the story had progressed further, Julien, Serazade, the Sultan, Orc Arosh, the two moneylenders, and I would have suffered another misfortune tailored to the new version.’
But what if you protect the king’s left arm?
What if she doesn’t lose her left arm?
‘There will be no tyranny or civil war after that.’
The direction of the story will change.
The Countess and his wife would no longer lose their lives to assassins.
Of course, that wouldn’t stop the restoration of destiny.
‘of course. Dragon King Berkis warned of that too. Even if you block it again and again, misfortune and accidents in a different form will continue to come. That’s it. It’s because the future me didn’t bother to tell you other information.’
My future self who gave me a message as a will.
I could understand what his intentions were.
First of all, you need to protect the king’s left arm, which triggers the secondary restoration phenomenon.
What next?
The 3rd version of the restoration of destiny will begin again.
You’ll have to find that new version of the trigger again.
‘So it’s useless to tell me any other information. I understand well, the future me.’
After reasoning, a rough conclusion came out.
First of all, the king’s sister’s left arm.
Paralysis and necrosis must be prevented.
‘But there’s something else I need to do before that.’
Lloyd got up from the sofa.
I went to the bedroom across the parlor.
I saw Xaviel, who was still soundly asleep.
woke the guy up.
“Hey weather.”
“….”
“Fortunately, it happens in one queue?”
“It’s because it’s bright to sleep even after seeing it like this. But what are you doing?”
“What is it? I woke up because I had somewhere to go.”
“A place to go.”
“hell.”
“….”
“Hey, why are you lying down again?”
“I hope you appreciate me just lying down.”
“omg. Did you mean to hit it?”
“You take it for granted.”
“Tsk. Wake up anyway.”
“Why are you going to hell again?”
“I have something to check.”
“….”
A different color appeared in Xaviel’s eyes, who had been lying on his back.
In fact, he was just pretending to be asleep.
From the time Lloyd disappeared while writing an ending spoiler.
Until just now, when I returned to the drawing room and thought and reasoned alone.
He had been lying still in bed, listening to Lloyd’s sighs.
I wanted to ask.
Why are you brooding over your worries alone?
‘Then are you trying to share your worries with me?’
Xaviel asked in his heart.
got up again
I looked at Lloyd.
Did that kind of wind come through?
The words he had been waiting for came out of Lloyd’s mouth.
“Actually, I have a problem.”
“….”
“The phenomenon of restoration of destiny is likely to come sooner than expected. It’s because the form has changed.”
“Is that true.”
“uh. surely.”
Lloyd nodded.
It was from then.
step by step one by one.
It only contains 90% of the truth.
Keeping the line that your identity will not be revealed or the issue of alternatives will not be mentioned.
He told me about the newly updated (?) restoration phenomenon of destiny.
“…Then, according to Lloyd-sama’s words, His Highness’s left arm will become paralyzed and then rot away, and with that, your lord and wife will be in danger?”
“uh. Roughly.”
“How and when did you know that?”
“A while ago, when I met His Highness for an audience. The movement of the left arm was strange. So I asked. Your Highness indirectly acknowledged the paralysis of an unknown cause.”
“if….”
“How did you anticipate the next step? with a dream i woke up just now. It feels like a precognitive dream.”
He changed the ending spoiler skill that peeped into the future into a precognitive dream.
It was the same method as when he first revealed the phenomenon of restoration of fate to the count couple before.
Fortunately, instead of questioning or doubting, Xaviel remained silent.
Lloyd continued.
“Of course, I don’t completely believe in precognitive dreams. But it’s so vivid. I’m anxious. I want to check it out.”
“To the King of Hell?”
“uh. If the current situation really hastened the restoration of fate, it seems that the person who hastened it is the king of hell. Because of the act of freezing and stopping time.”
“You mean to directly ask the suspicious person and confirm.”
“uh.”
Lloyd nodded.
Of course, if you were just checking the facts, you could use the Jewel of Truth.
But in this case?
‘I want to see the attitude of the King of Hell. what kind of intention Why was that? And if you see an angle…I’ll have to negotiate.’
Could it be possible to slightly delay the starting point of the restoration of destiny phenomenon?
Even if I can’t cancel, can I get a grace period?
I wanted to explore many of those possibilities.
So I wanted to meet him in person and ask him.
“Anyway, I have to move now. wake up. I don’t even have time to wash my face.”
I remembered what my future self said in the ending spoiler.
the king’s left arm.
Did you say that it rotted in just over two months after the paralysis started?
So, to protect the king’s left arm?
There would be little time left.
Like himself, he is trying to split even the little time to meet the king of hell.
So you have to move quickly.
There is no room for wandering.
Lloyd brushed off Xaviel.
Thanks to this, we were able to depart from the capital in less than 10 minutes.
“let’s go! To the Arctic Ocean!”
He encouraged Yongyong to flap his wings.
flew at top speed.
A few hours later we reached the Arctic Ocean.
I saw an open Hellgate over the Arctic Ocean.
“Throw the dragon!”
He threw himself and Xaviel into the Hell Gate.
Whoa-!
Feeling the heart of a two-seam fastball thrown at 160 kilometers per hour.
Break through the blizzard surrounding Hellgate.
After enduring the piercing cold wind and entering hell, the heat that toasted and roasted the whole body immediately struck.
“…Whoa!”
He took a deep breath and immediately rummaged through his inside pockets.
I quickly pulled out the Kkomingi who was waiting inside.
“Now, it’s your turn.”
He held out red sunflower seeds.
As if he had waited, Kkoming swallowed the seed coldly.
quickly became huge.
It spread its feathery wings wildly.
I softly received this side and Xaviel, who were falling into the ashes of hell.
“Kkoming, go to hell!”
“Kkoming!”
It’s been a long time since I’ve been drinking the acrid air of hell.
I flew through the heat full of haze.
how long did it fly
A familiar inferno appeared.
landed
The sudden appearance of this side made the demons at the hellish landing site shudder.
It was like fan club members flocking to the airport to greet a global star entering the country.
However, there was no time to respond to their cheers one by one.
“run!”
Lloyd and Xaviel broke through (?) the crowds of Satans by revealing their intense affection.
As it was, I went straight to the office of the King of Hell without hesitation.
I stood in front of a huge desk in the center of my office.
The king of hell was still there.
Snack! Snug! Shasha shak!
A simple seat reminiscent of an office chair.
A spacious desk without even simple decorations.
The paperwork occupied the desk without a gap.
A man with the impression that he is about to die from overwork after being hit by that pile of papers.
The King of Hell touched his rimless glasses and glanced at me.
Then he didn’t even look at me again.
He grumbled as he signed his signature at the speed of light, his eyes buried only in the pile of papers.
“I’m busy, but what’s going on? If you come, start with the business quickly.”
Coincidentally, this side also needed quick work (?).
Lloyd gave only a formal example and quickly took out the business.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you. Lord of the flames and watcher of the nineteen purgatory. Lloyd Frontera greeted the King of Hell and dared to ask.”
“What do you want to ask?”
“Are you speeding up the restoration of fate?”
“okay.”
Ssuk shak shak!
The lightspeed signature that still continues.
In the meantime, a careless nod of the head.
He was the King of Hell who answered this question so coolly.
Seeing that, Lloyd bit his lip.
This is such an important matter that it could ruin your life.
Was it just one of the common and troublesome tasks for the king of hell?
He asked, suppressing his feelings of involuntarily crying.
“If you do, can you tell me why you brought forward the restoration of destiny phenomenon ahead of schedule?”
“of course.”
tall.
For the first time since meeting you today.
The busy signing of the King of Hell was interrupted.
Suddenly, the gaze of the King of Hell was on this side.
“The reason is simple.”
A subtle, inexplicable smile.
No, an eye smile as if looking at the stomach.
The King of Hell, looking straight at us with such delightful eyes, spoke in a satisfied voice.
“I covet Kim Soo-ho. Because you are the person who optimizes hell that I have ever seen.”
