Episode 234:
Charleuk.
The emperor of the empire opened the rolled parchment and read each one.
Unlike before, the emperor’s eyes were bloodshot and his complexion was much messed up, probably from long fatigue.
However, his gaze was focused on the writings of nobles piled up on the table.
“A lot of things have changed since that day.”
“What do you mean?”
“First of all, it means that you are still hanging around me.”
first.
The first spear of the Empire.
The number engraved on the red armor is 1.
1.
It was the simplest and most powerful symbol of his might.
window of the empire. first.
Had he been there, would the sword of Colius have reached the emperor’s throat? At this, the knights shook their heads. No matter how strong he is, First is the pride of the current empire and is treated as the strongest knight.
A symbol of the armed group called the Spear of the Empire. Because that was the first.
The dominant perception was that without him there would be no spear of the empire, so First left the task of protecting the empire’s holy ground to someone else and came here.
“I think it turned out better.”
“You mean the incident where Carpe’s sword was pointed at the emperor’s neck? It is called the disgrace of the empire, and this incident will remain in the history of generations, so it went well?”
“Isn’t that why I can be by your Majesty’s side? That’s why I said it. You have to keep me by your side.”
“It’s a national loss to have the strongest man in the empire by my side.”
“The empire is the emperor. There are no losses.”
“Thank you for saying that.”
because
“What has changed?”
In response to First’s question, a letter of appeal was handed down from the Emperor’s hand.
“They say the windows are strange.”
“You mean the windows?” The
“yes”
window is strange.
Is this a sarcastic remark to the emperor of the empire? Are you sarcastic about the spear of the empire that protects the emperor? While thinking about this, First realized that the emperor’s words did not mean that.
“My spear is fine.”
First’s grandstand.
Ningeroum was showing off its solid majesty. A gigantic spear to match the gigantic size of First.
A long ago.
When the Empire invaded Carpe.
The owner of the large window that flew into was First. It was the first spear of the Empire.
Several large spears are fragments of First’s Ningeroum.
The emperor shook his head at First’s indignation.
“It seems that things that have not been changed for a relatively long time are trouble.”
“How do you think…”
“Hmm.”
In response, the emperor appealed again.
“The window keeps talking.”
when I said that.
again.
Along with the sound of shoes, a woman’s jade-bead-like voice resounded in Daejeon.
“They’re trying to move on their own.”
At the appearance of the woman, First’s eyes narrowed and the corner of the emperor’s mouth went up.
“Who is this? queen of the empire. Isn’t it Sir Ailee who has been called upon by the spirit of creation? Now that I like swords more than spears, I thought I’d never see you again…”
Chuck.
Ailee waved her pink hair and bowed reverently.
“I have something to tell you.”
“Try it. The saintess who was taken captive came back in good health, and there is nothing that I can’t hear.”
Contrary to his easy-going tone, the emperor’s eyes were quite fierce.
A captive saintess.
The defeat of the saintess will soon lead to the fall of the empire.
This is a painful disgrace that cannot be recovered even at the cost of one’s life.
As the emperor of the empire, she couldn’t possibly look good on her way of life.
Her will is the will of the Empire.
her strength soon.
Because it is no different from the power of Lactus, the creator.
The saintess’ defeat is a disgrace to the gods.
The emperor raised his eyebrows and chin.
“But, saintess. You’d better be very careful with what you put on your tongue. Any number of saintess candidates are prepared.”
The situation in the empire is not good.
Many nobles died.
It was because the battlefield of corruption and dragons took place in the middle of the empire.
The dragon threw away its dragon form and fought, devastating the surroundings, and the corruption was also clearly showing why it was called corruption.
On one side of the empire, the aftermath still remains.
The dragon’s claws scratched the ground.
A plague of corruption is forcing the Empire’s people to die.
Unknown plagues or curses turn around, jealous of each other, and there are many people who have become insane due to mental illness.
When innocent people are doing that, how can the condition of a person called the emperor be good?
if.
Unless something satisfying came out of the saintess’ mouth.
It was clear that the emperor would throw her away.
“You have a message from God.”
“!!”
“What? What did you say!”
Coudantang.
All the parchments piled up in front of the emperor collapsed.
Within a month, he approached the saintess and began urging her.
Crisis of the Great Empire.
A message from God at this time.
For the emperor, it was something that had to take precedence over anything else.
“God.”
“God!”
I follow the words that come out of the mouth of a pious saint. It was a figure that represented the emperor’s furious heart.
“You said it.”
-Prick the root with my spear. If you do, everything will be solved.
Pierce the root with my spear.
“My spear refers to the first spear, and the human root refers to the heart, the foundation.”
Let’s interpret this.
Pierce the heart with the spear of God.
That will solve everything.
“Dear God…”
The emperor’s gaze turned to the Holy Spear held by the saintess.
“Whose heart should I stab?”
The emperor’s gaze was immediately on the holy window.
turned into a saint
“I know what happens when you stab me in the heart.”
“Whatever it is, it will be an honor.”
Seeing that he evaded an answer, his life as a human being would probably be the last.
Armed forces inside and outside the empire talk to each other and try to move freely.
This is probably a problem related to divine intervention.
I don’t know what drives them, but if it can save the empire.
The emperor must obey the will of God.
Even if it destroys the empire, God’s will cannot be rejected.
If God denied the spear, the empire would no longer be an empire, and the emperor would no longer be an emperor.
my window.
root.
my roots.
What is the root of God?
The root of the spear that made the empire exist.
“first. Perhaps the root does not mean the heart, but does it mean that of the holy land?”
“I don’t think so.”
imperial sanctuary.
There was a flower garden and stone statues of successive saints of the empire.
“Maybe God is trying to wake them up from their slumber.”
The sleeping apostles were about to wake up.
* * *
Same time.
“It’s the source of a giant… It’s been quite a while since a human asked something like that.”
Gerter, stroking his red beard, looked at Colius as if he were curious.
A person who wants to transcend species and challenge the divine prestige.
who wants to become a god
Those who have already developed their own power.
However, Gerter’s impression of seeing the half-god was not so great.
As if there were quite a few people who did that in their own time.
It’s just that it’s been a while, so it’s kind of strange.
I was curious for a while.
“What are you going to do after finding the giant?”
Gerter replied, rubbing his ear canal with his finger as if it was annoying.
Callius’ eyes narrowed at his casual attitude.
The attitude of talking as if there was a human other than himself who found the giant.
It is the name of a giant and the face that is not interested in himself.
‘What are goblins?’
They are a race that is honest with their desires.
Knowledge that is not interesting is not interested even if it is for something.
In a way, it was a natural reaction.
They are cursed by God.
Leakage of knowledge takes away a lot.
“Gerter. I am not a human trying to challenge God.”
“I don’t care what you are for. To say the least, it’s a waste of money in my head. Don’t tell me, I don’t even want to hear it.”
Quite stubborn.
It’s different from Lecter.
Worn out//Ah, an old monster that has lived for thousands of years.
All kinds of knowledge is stored in that head, so you won’t be satisfied with anything.
First, it draws his interest.
Concerned with just that thought, the shocking words soon came out of Colius’ lips.
“Are you a god or a giant? I haven’t decided yet.”
“…”
Gerter’s eyes changed.
His eyes, which had been dull all the time, became moist as if they were waiting for something meaningful.
“What decision are you talking about?”
“I am a pilgrim. I am looking for my sword.”
What is that sword made of?
The pilgrim has not yet been decided.
Whether it will be a god or a giant.
“Or it might be something else, but in the end, those two will remain.”
It’s just the difference between a god and a giant.
“Are you going to cut God?”
“God wants to kill me, but there’s nothing I can’t kill God.”
Gerter was silent for a while.
I just quietly watch Colliers.
Then he opened his mouth and answered in a deep voice as if recalling a distant memory.
“…There was a human who said that in the past. So did she. He said he would cut God.”
“What happened?”
“dead. Didn’t they say it turned to stone?”
rock.
It was said that it had become a holy stone statue.
“Do you know what happens to those who have turned to stone?”
“It must have turned to stone.”
“Their spirits don’t go anywhere. If you think about it, that is freedom and eternal restraint.”
Freedom and eternal restraint.
Colliers understood the meaning at once. And a holy stone statue came to mind.
A stone statue in the sinking forest.
The holy stone statue that created the sacred ground like a spring water gushing generously that nurtured Balterus’ tears.
Fatalite.
“If you want to find a giant, you’d be quicker to ask her than me. Because you smell like Fatalite.”
Gerter twirls his fingers.
It was painted in the air as if it were reminiscent of a cartwheel.
“gray. Thanks to you, the gods moved. Thanks to that, those who shouldn’t be awakened are awakening, so all of them will appear as enemies you must deal with.”
slither.
Suddenly space is distorted.
Space tilts from his finger drawing the wheel.
Callius felt dizzy.
It’s like the feeling of moving through space by breaking a bridge between Materigan.
“Will you tell me when she wakes up? I, Gerter, ‘still watching.’”
And Whirik.
When he came to his senses, Colius’s field of vision captured a familiar landscape.
A holy stone statue standing tall in the center of a black and white flower garden.
This is the abyss of the sinking forest.
sanctuary there.
It was the sacred place of Fatalite.
