Episode 455 The rumor that a sacred ray of light rose from a remote forest in the eastern part of the continent quickly spread. This was because ordinary people, who would never have been able to see the light, all spoke together and talked about the ‘holy’ light.
What spurred the rumor was the temple, which began to make a fuss while inquiring about Harman’s whereabouts.
Godgeom Lord Harman became the Apostle of God.
The rumor, which had been spreading like wings through the temple, passed from person to person before finally reaching the Kassel Tower.
“It’s a holy light that reaches up to the sky… and even ordinary people saw it?”
[yes. It is true that there are too many witnesses to ignore, and the temple’s reaction has also changed significantly.]
The old man’s face distorted at the report of his subordinate in the communication channel.
Talk. Talk. Talk.
An old man lost in thought, tapping the armrest of his chair.
But no matter how many thoughts I continued, the conclusion eventually came to one conclusion.
“Are you really saying that he is an apostle? Of course, at this time… I thought the gods would not have the strength to do that anymore…”
[…Yes?]
“No, no. It is at this time that the apostle must have descended. “They’ll try to stop him, even if it means replacing him. Yes, then there’s a good chance.”
I could feel myself losing my habitual smile and my complexion hardening.
‘Huh, I can’t help it.’
“…Assuming that the Apostle has descended, make a new plan. Hurry up with the ceremony.”
[…I understand.]
The situation was turning out to be more urgent than I thought.
Then, naturally, the ‘alliance’ of joining hands again came to mind.
“To the emperor? Have you heard from him again since then?”
[The only thing that came back was that they were preparing for war. The owner of the tower has contacted me directly….]
“Fool… Are you still trying to save face in the midst of all this?”
Topju, with a frown on his face, nodded roughly and ended the communication.
And now I found the imperial code that I can now connect with pride.
however.
[Your Majesty is currently unable to communicate.]
“…Even though I contacted you directly?”
[It is impossible for anyone. His Majesty is currently busy preparing for war.]
“Huh! Tell me right now. We don’t know what the war will be like now!”
[Not possible.]
“What?”
[I told you it was impossible.]
The expression on the imperial official’s face in the communication zone was just as calm as before.
Even as an old man, it was impossible to guess something just by looking at his expression.
He tried to maintain his distorted expression and let out an angry sigh.
“Tell them to make sure to contact me because something has happened that will change the outcome of that damn war. Do you understand!?”
[…I will tell your Majesty.]
Those damn things.
I kept feeling like something was going wrong, but there was no way to urge it any further.
‘We need more offerings to hasten the ritual. We need to get that Logan McLane in there sooner than expected.’
The flow of thoughts soon led to the prophetic book delivered to the tower.
There is room for another interpretation of the latter part, but the opinions of all past tower owners were unanimous on this part.
– Rulers of the most powerful empire on earth. From that bloodline our God will descend.
So for now, it was clear what could be done.
‘We need to capture more royal family members. If possible, even the 1st prince.’
It would be perfect if he were the emperor who inherited the power of victory, but he had to be the one to catch Logan.
However, after 2nd Prince Baros became a traitor, 1st Prince Clid did not come out of the imperial castle at all. It was still the same even as the war intensified.
‘Of course. There is only one left to carry on the tradition.’
Other princes competing for the throne have already died or been eliminated. Since the competition for the throne itself is a process to continue the power of victory, there will be no other options for the emperor.
There may be a way to dethrone Clid and have another child to start the competition for the throne anew… but the
current empire is not in a situation like that.
However, to infiltrate the imperial palace, especially the imperial palace where the emperor is located, one would have to risk one’s life, even if he himself did so. And we had to take the risk of breaking the alliance we worked so hard to create.
Then….
‘King of all directions.’ With Baros as the axis, the descendants of the kings of the four directions are added to the sacrifice. If you do that, your consciousness will become a little faster.’
The kings of all directions have already been doing the ‘work’ for a long time, so there is nothing difficult about it. Also, given the current state of the empire, it would not be possible to pay attention to the successors of the Four Directions Kings.
Above all, since I had a high level of understanding of the soul and karma, there would be no problem with the variation of consciousness.
‘It just so happens that one of those descendants is our mage.’
A cruel smile appeared on the head of the tower.
* * *
“What!? What on earth have you done!”
Luisa gritted her teeth as she saw her father getting angry. I thought it was time, so I confessed what I had said to King Logan, but my father’s reaction was so intense.
It was a little sad that this was the most dramatic expression of emotion he showed after leaving the place where he could only smile all the time.
But my father’s reaction was just as expected.
“…I’ve been watching Topju longer than my father. The current Topju is… strange. No, it was like that before, but we probably didn’t know about it.”
“Stop talking nonsense! He clearly promised us! Haven’t you seen the miracles of his power?”
Luisa, seeing her father’s stern expression, chewed her lip. What I had to say from now on was probably touching on the fundamental wishes that the father and daughter had.
But we have already come this far.
Luisa honestly confessed the doubts she had been harboring since the year before last.
“Rather, I doubt whether mother’s resurrection is possible in the first place.”
“…what!?”
“Isn’t it strange, Dad?”
“Stop! What kind of nonsense are you talking about? This is the path I took to get to the throne. Now that I’m here…”
“You don’t want to believe in it more than you have invested, right?”
Gerard’s expression changed completely at those words.
The process by which a person immersed in a pseudo-religion goes from giving material things to dedicating his entire life to it was similar to the process of a person who failed in business unable to let go of his attachment and even resorting to usury.
‘I’ve done this, so there’s no way it’s a lie.’ A kind of compensation mentality that says, ‘There is no way to fail.’
That is what blinds people and blocks their ears.
So that you don’t recognize that something that is obviously wrong is wrong, and don’t avoid the fire burning in front of your eyes.
There was no way Gerard could not understand Luisa’s words that had that meaning.
“…What do you want to say?”
A face that suddenly became cold. Luisa gritted her teeth again as she looked at the faint gray ring in the blue eyes that resembled hers, or rather, hers.
“Father, have you ever thought that we might have been tricked by him?”
“…Is that possible? He showed me the miracle of raising a dead person in front of me. Didn’t you see it too!”
“Do you remember that accurately?”
Gerard’s eyes began to shake violently.
“What is that…? Huh…”
But he soon continued speaking in a calm voice.
“The king’s office, like the imperial family, was equipped with a device to protect against mental magic. And I was already a 4th circle wizard at the time. There was no way I could have been fooled by that situation…” “The
top lord is a great mage. It also uses the mind and soul. “I specialize in handling things. And my father was almost out of his mind at the time. Let me ask you again, are you really sure?”
“does not make sense…!”
“father!”
Luisa screamed and interrupted her father.
Then I was forced to make a very obvious choice.
“Do you trust the tower owner or me?”
“Of course, the owner of the tower…”
At that moment, Gerard’s face hardened as he spoke. He was surprised by the words he said.
“You trust the owner of the tower more than me? Why?”
No matter how bad their relationship may be, they are ultimately father and daughter.
Even the reason lies in the common pain of the two people.
Gerard, who had said that he trusted others more than his daughter, held his head with a confused expression.
“No, that can’t be possible. No, I, I…”
Luisa calmly continued speaking in front of her father who could hardly come to his senses.
“…Recall those memories again, father. And please listen to me. Even though it seems too late now…”
As Gerard stared at his daughter with trembling eyes, Luisa began to speak slowly.
“It started when I met Logan McLane, the changer of fate. At that time…”
Luisa recalled the memory of when she first met Logan.
The moment I faced him, I felt a small crack somewhere in my mind and a slight suspicion bloomed.
And as I continued to stay with Grand, every time I happened to encounter him, the crack in my head grew little by little. To be precise, he began to question his own actions so far.
So from some point on, I avoided meeting him as much as possible. I thought that in order to properly carry out the Tower’s orders, I should not create any more anxiety.
“Perhaps from then on, I vaguely sensed something strange. I didn’t think about it any more than that.”
However, as the war began again, the rift grew again when he visited Logan with a desire to take revenge on the Emperor.
Definitely not long ago.
“… While listening to Topju’s verbal abuse, I felt like something in my head was breaking. At the time, I thought it was simply because I was upset…”
After that day, she felt that she had changed a little.
No, I had no choice but to change. A lot of memories that I had forgotten, like the sacrificial rituals that she performed when the owner of the tower commanded, came flooding back to me.
When I realized that my memories had been sealed, I naturally began to have fundamental doubts about the Tower’s events.
And it was at that exact time that I contacted King Logan.
“Up until then, I just thought I would prepare a lifeline just in case. But…”
Even after that, I was tormented by terrible memories.
The truth that I had completely overlooked until now flashed through my mind like lightning, and everything I had taken for granted collapsed.
That was just yesterday.
That’s why she came to visit her father now.
And the truth she realized was….
“Neither the tower’s magic nor the 7th class soul magic can bring the dead back to life. As someone who has learned the tower’s magic, I can tell.”
At those words, Gerard’s thin face distorted miserably.
“Oh no. People who have been subjected to brainwashing magic cannot think properly. What are you misunderstanding?”
That can’t be possible. That can’t be possible.
Seeing her father muttering and shaking his head repeatedly, Luisa calmly placed her hand on his head.
“It must be a magic that the tower owner put a lot of effort into. Originally, I would never be able to destroy it. But it’s different now.”
Because you were with King Logan for quite some time last time.
‘And it’s been a long time since you last met the owner of the tower. more than I.’
If the power of the fate changer is really to break the tower’s magic, the magic on my father will also be significantly weakened.
Then it is possible.
Luisa looked at her father in pain. And then he asked again in a determined voice.
“Father, do you trust me or the owner of the tower?”
“Of course, Tatop Ugh! Ah, no, you. I believe in you, daughter. “I love you, my daughter…”
Gerard repeated those words even though his handsome face was completely distorted.
“I have to trust my daughter. Cancer My beloved daughter… Ugh. Other tower owners…”
Dear.
Trying to hold back her heart from breaking into tears at that common word, Luisa raised her magic power.
“Just keep thinking about that. “I’ll take off your shackles.”
Woah.
But the process wasn’t as easy as I thought.
It was only when Luisa, a mage who had reached the level of a 6th circle master, had
almost run out of magical power. And only after Gerard had coughed up blood several times did the former King Dongyik appear. They were able to escape the bondage of their souls that they had not known for 20 years.
However, what greeted the father and daughter when they realized the truth was only a harsh reality.
“What should we do now?” What can I do now?”
Luisa also smiled sadly as she looked at her father, who seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.
However, the firm voice that followed showed determination.
“I have to get revenge. The emperor and the tower lord. To everyone.”
“What do we do now…?”
“King Logan. We have to tell him everything we know. And the facts that we will find out in the future.”
“…Are you trying to be a spy?”
“…That’s right. Be careful not to face the tower owner as much as possible.”
The day after the father and daughter made their decision again,
someone sent from the tower came to see them as if they had planned it.
“You are Gerard von Aserian and Luisa, right? This is the name of the owner of the tower. Please follow me.”
A dwarf that could fit on the waist of an ordinary saint or not. It was a hideous dwarf with more than half of its face covered in purple spots. A
noble bloodline accumulates a lot of karma. The karma accumulated in a bloodline is in itself a divine status. It will become a staircase that will lead you to . The next person prepares his noble blood as a body and raises it to the end of the spiritual and physical platform that he has built up. Then….
