Chapter 385. Honest determination (3)
[The strength of the Hell Corps to invade Frontera…500 Vanguard Hell Knights.]
‘What?’
Lloyd hesitated.
For a moment, I almost breathed out in the water without realizing it.
It was because I had heard so many absurd things.
‘500 Hell Knights? There are 500 guys like Sir Geolexius?’
It was Sir Geolexius, stronger than a sword master.
What if you want to properly stop one Sir Geolexius?
At least a set of sword masters would be needed.
Even the current king’s sister, who is considered to have surpassed the general sword master?
One on One would be put in thirteen.
That was the power of Hell Knight.
‘Are you saying that 500 of them will come?’
Even those numbers.
It was more than the number of sword masters recorded in the entire history of the Laurasia continent!
‘….’
Creepy. I got goosebumps.
But it didn’t end there.
[500 Hell Knights will form a vanguard and invade Prontera territory. Also, 1,500 high-level Satanists and 5,000 lower-middle-level Satanists will form the main unit. Finally….]
‘Are there any more?’
[A lich with the spirit body of the King of Hell will command the army.]
‘A spirit body?’
Lloyd swallowed dryly and asked.
Bao-ok’s answer came back immediately.
[The spirit body is a pure source containing the spirit of the king of hell, and the body on earth that accepts it is called an avatar, that is, an incarnation connected to the main body of the king of hell.] ‘
…So the King of Hell will dwell in the body of a lich and directly command the army of Hell?’
[Yes.]
“….”
Lloyd shut his mouth.
As soon as I heard it, I could feel it on my skin.
‘The King of Hell made the right decision this time.’
That’s why he’s going down directly, using the lich as his avatar.
He’s probably going to lead his own army and destroy this side.
But Lloyd felt doubts there.
‘But is that possible? I’ve heard that the King of Hell doesn’t use his skills directly against anyone. Aren’t they punishing souls only with the lists and regulations of hell?’
[That’s right.]
‘But they said they would come down directly. No, not directly, but he commanded the corps with a lich as his avatar. Isn’t that against the rules?’
[No.]
‘How?’
[Because Lupelan, the warlock who became a lich, made a request to the King of Hell.]
‘No way…’ …Do you want me to descend as an incarnation by using myself as a vessel?’
[That’s right. Rupelan only wanted your ruin and the fall of Prontera. For that reason, he was burning with vengeance to the point where he was prepared to sacrifice his soul to the incarnation.]
‘….’
[Luphelan made a request to the King of Hell, and the King of Hell accepted the request. Thanks to this, the king of hell got the right to exercise his skills on the ground without breaking the laws of hell.] ‘I
guess so. Because the king of hell doesn’t move first. It is because beings on earth accept the request of the King of Hell and move. The result is the same, but the motive and cause of the movement are different. It must have been possible not to break the laws of hell at all.’
Lloyd finally seemed to know.
It was clear when I thought about it from the position of the king of hell.
‘He was trying to kill me somehow. But because I don’t die. Because every time I survive by the edge. I was really impatient.’
But in the meantime?
An unexpected being made an unexpected request.
I will offer my soul, so ask me to descend as an incarnation.
Kill Lloyd Frontera.
‘From the point of view of the king of hell, he must have wondered what kind of windfall it was. It’s because the opportunity to step out of the car that was frustrating came suddenly.’
I would have readily accepted it.
‘Besides, that request wouldn’t have been a common opportunity. Because the king of hell is not an ordinary existence. Because the vessel to accept the spiritual body of such an existence should not be an ordinary existence.’
However, Rupelan who made the request was a lich.
He was a powerful Undead Archmage who was said to be comparable to Hell Knight or even more.
Perhaps it is the most suitable being as a vessel to receive the spirit body of the king of hell.
‘Even if I’m the king of hell, I can’t stand such a request. It’s a lich that only appears once every thousands of years. Because that guy made a request just in time to say he wanted to kill me. What better opportunity could there be than that?’
What about the king of hell?
It must have been considered an opportunity that will never come again.
Just like a person who peeped at the lottery winning numbers with the ability to foresee the future runs to the lottery shop.
He must have shouted acceptance as soon as he heard Rich Rupelan’s request.
‘shit.’
After thinking and reasoning, all angles came out.
Lloyd asked the boy.
‘Then what about the other powers? Are there any more?’
[doesn’t exist. That’s all.]
“….”
That was Book’s last reply.
He was silent as if he had finished answering this question.
In the silence, Lloyd clenched his fists.
Came slowly to the surface.
“Whoa.”
He let out the breath he had been holding back.
Weaving through the rolling waves, we slowly swam toward shore.
Meanwhile, I organized my thoughts.
‘I get it now. Why was this ending so messed up?’
Suddenly, the ending spoiler I peeped last night came to mind.
It was the worst ending I’ve ever seen.
It was the most horrific, devastating, and gruesome.
So, to be honest, I was puzzled and curious at the same time.
‘According to the timing, the Hell Legion will invade after 90 days. Then I would have had enough time to prepare about 2 billion liters of holy water. Even so, it looked like a miserable defeat.’
I wondered how much power it would bring.
But now, after hearing Bo-ok’s answer?
‘It deserved to be trampled on enough.’
thousands of satans.
Five hundred Hell Knights.
In addition, the king of hell descended directly with the body of the lich as an avatar.
‘Shit. How to overcome that.’
The whole time I was swimming, I was at a loss.
It was such an overwhelming power difference.
Two billion liters of holy water?
It was to the point where I felt pitiful for myself, who was so confident that I was only preparing (?) for it.
‘Can I win?’
I felt skeptical.
‘Or I’d rather commit suicide.’
Wouldn’t that invasion stop then?
If so, wouldn’t it be possible to save people who will be caught up in that invasion?
So, if only you die.
The fucking restoration of destiny would stop.
Maybe then everyone will be safe.
Suddenly, I even had that thought.
However, Lloyd immediately shook his head.
‘no. That won’t work.’
No suicide.
that’s not the solution
Rather, it will bring only the worst results.
‘of course. That was what Lupelan offered his soul and asked the King of Hell for. Please descend as an avatar on your body that has become a lich. So please kill Lloyd Frontera and trample on the Frontera estate…Called.’
Apparently it was.
That was what Bo-ok told me.
So now the plate has grown.
‘The invasion won’t stop just because I die. I’ve seen the conditions for a mythical being like the king of hell or an archangel to descend as an incarnation in Iron Blooded Knights before. It’s a promise, a contract. They said that a divine being who descends as an incarnation has an obligation to fulfill the terms of the contract he entered into when accepting the request.’
What if you can’t keep it?
It is said that the body is destroyed.
That is, how do you sort this situation out?
‘In addition to killing me, you have the responsibility of reducing the Prontera estate to ashes and annihilating everyone here, King of Hell.’
If that fails, the King of Hell will be annihilated.
So even the king of hell will sharpen his sword properly and try to sweep this side overwhelmingly.
‘So I mobilized 500 Hell Knights. It’s bringing almost all of the core power of the entire hell, that’s it.’
Thinking about it is creepy again.
I got goosebumps.
A divine being like the king of hell.
risking everything you have
Are you trying to kill this one?
Are you trying to kill Young Ji-min?
It was so overwhelming that it was almost suffocating.
So what about Lloyd?
I stopped laughing while swimming towards the shore.
“ha ha ha.”
afraid?
Do you feel like you’re going to lose your mind in the middle of the day?
It wasn’t.
The opposite was true.
Rather, there was a glimmer of hope.
‘Now that I’ve sorted this out, it’s a cassock bread situation, right?’
In other words, will this side die and perish now?
Or will the king of hell be destroyed?
A situation has come in which one of the two will be decided.
Come to think of it, it really was.
Beyond the power car that seems vague and overwhelming at first glance.
It was shown that the King of Hell also risked everything.
The risk he took was also clearly visible.
‘If I don’t wipe out both me and the territory, even the King of Hell will not be able to keep the Avatar contract, and he will be annihilated in return.’
In front of the contract, he is the king of hell and nothing.
Even if you are a mythical being, if you can’t keep your promise, your life is gone for a moment.
Let the thought reach there.
I felt like giving it a try.
‘you can do it. Just prepare.’
I clenched my fists.
As the old saying goes, if you lose weight, you win 100 times.
I know the time of invasion is 90 days later.
The size of the invasion force is also known in detail.
So, you just have to prepare accordingly.
Aligning itself would be so hard that it would make you vomit.
‘I’ll do it a hundred times, a thousand times, even if I throw up.’
He was the one who lived that way.
It was the self who had endured like tenacity.
As a result, we have finally come here.
But I didn’t want to give up and sit down here.
To do that, the life so far, which has been endured by overcoming evil, has been too precious.
‘one more time.’
let’s hold on
let’s win
I made up my mind and calculated it. I was worried. I was preoccupied.
This condition continued even after they came ashore.
Even when Xaviel, who had been waiting for her, brought out a towel.
“Mr. Lloyd? I hope that confession is not true. To think that he sincerely cares for and loves both Young Ji-min and the workers.”
…Even when Xaviel joked that he couldn’t believe it.
Lloyd didn’t react.
No answer was given.
without even getting a towel.
Just passing by Xaviel.
The gaze is directed towards the ground and sometimes towards the distant sky.
Preoccupied with countless calculations and forecasting plans.
With your mouth repeating more things.
only walked
Pass through the outskirts of the territory.
Past the apartment complex.
through a few villages.
Until finally back at the manor house.
Still immersed in thoughts and plans, he only walked.
Water dripping from her not-so-dry hair and clothes.
I went into the mansion’s office.
“Are you Lloyd? Finish…uh?”
Count Prontera, who was about to greet us.
he paused
His expression changed.
“What is this? What the hell happened this morning?”
He must have been surprised to see the wet rats over here.
The Count hurriedly rose.
He took out a handkerchief and approached.
It was her hair, and she hurriedly wiped her face.
With her eyes, she looked up and down this side of her body.
“Are you okay? What happened? I guess I’ll catch a cold Please sit down first.”
He hurriedly pulled her over and sat down on a chair.
He threw a blanket over his shoulders.
seems very surprised
It was a bustling look.
Perhaps that was the case.
A smile formed without my knowledge.
“I am fine.”
“Are you okay? It’s like a mouse that’s so wet. Did you fall into a river somewhere?”
“It is not.”
“if?”
“You should have seen it before. Words that the jewel of truth floated up in the sky.”
“…ah.”
Count Prontera hesitated.
Soon he asked
“Then you jumped into the water while using the Jewel of Truth?”
“yes.”
“But why don’t you dry yourself?”
“I have something to think about and something I must say.”
“To this father? something to say?”
“yes.”
I shook my head slowly.
Still, the thoughts did not stop.
The king of hell who will bring overwhelming power to the point of far away.
How not to be defeated in the face of his infernal legions.
The preparations you need to have in order to practice the method.
The assistance you need to ask for to prepare.
Resources and order to take care of all the process.
remembered them
Thought.
sorted out
summarized.
In a nutshell.
handed it over to the Count.
“I think you should write me some letters and give me permission to do one thing.”
“Correspondence? allow? Did I say that?”
“yes.”
“Where do you want to hear it? Why are you doing this in the morning?”
The Count’s expression also became serious.
he knew
A child sitting in front of his eyes.
This child with the face of a son is by no means the kind of person who would say such things easily.
It has always been so.
Thanks for following that comment.
He, his wife, and Yeongji survived.
So this time, I will respect and follow this child’s opinion.
If there’s anything I can do to help, I’ll help anyway.
With determination, the Count waited for Lloyd’s words.
And finally.
Lloyd’s mouth opened.
“First, you just need to write a few copies of a request for troop support. The destination is the Magentano royal family, the eastern sultanate, the Earl of Cremo and the Count of Namaran, the Orc Tribe Blood Alliance, the Elf Tribe Alliance, the Mermaid Kingdom of the Arctic Ocean, the Centaur Tribe of the Great Plains, and so on.”
“…what?”
The count opened his eyes wide.
However, Lloyd’s remarks continued.
It plunged him into even greater astonishment.
“In addition, one more thing. Please allow me to break the dam blocking Lake Capua in the Eastern Mountains.”
