Episode 235:
Rahalkaraman, the Holy Land of the Empire.
This is the place where the saints of successive generations are enshrined.
It is also a flower garden where the tears of lactus, the material that inevitably becomes holy water, bloom, so those who know the location of this place are the emperor, the saint, and the first spear of the empire.
about first.
“It’s been a while since I came to the Holy Land.”
“You haven’t come since I was guarding you.”
When the emperor spoke, First replied as if he was sad.
“Rahalkaraman is definitely the holy place of the empire, but I didn’t have very good memories of it. To be honest, I was a little distant.”
“That’s right…”
The saintess Ailee, who was walking with them, recalled the past history of the emperor.
his mother as a child.
Empress Dowager was a sincere believer and at the same time a saint, and also a holy stone statue enshrined in a holy place.
Yes.
Rahalkaraman is a glorious place where the saints of successive empires gather, and at the same time, it is like a mother’s tomb for emperors.
Judging from the emperor’s reaction, it would seem that he had a bad relationship with the Empress Dowager, but it was the opposite.
The mother-child relationship between the emperor and the empress was very close.
Rather, that is why the Empress Dowager’s petrification was a great sorrow to the Emperor.
She survived and asked to watch over her and to be scolded if she strayed, but Empress Dowager refused and was enshrined here.
‘Mama boy…’
After thinking that far, the saintess entered Lahalkara Bay and saw the holy stone statues of saints.
The stone statues seen one by one from the entrance ranged from pious facial expressions and postures to curious and confident ones.
Among them, the stone statue of Empress Dowager, a relatively recent stone statue, is in a typical posture kneeling and praying.
The emperor gazed vaguely at the stone statue of the Empress Dowager and said to the saintess.
“Honestly, I still don’t understand. Why do those who became holy stone statues respond to the call of God? But if it’s God’s will, then it’s right to follow it.”
The saintess, not knowing what she was trying to say, knew that the emperor was in conflict.
In front of the stone statue of Empress Dowager, he was more like a son of a kind mother than an emperor.
“If it’s God’s will, it’s enough to wake up everyone in the holy land of the empire. But…”
As much as her own Empress Dowager.
“I want you not to wake me up.”
“All right.”
What would the stone statues do if they woke up and became apostles?
Perhaps fighting corruption and fighting dragons.
Afterwards, it is certain that he will undergo dangerous trials in the name of God’s will.
The emperor did not want his mother to have to go through such a thing.
Even if you become an apostle of God, there is no immortality.
It was the child’s wish not to have to endure such pain.
“Then let’s begin.”
After all, there is plenty of time.
If you wake up most of the stone statues here with the power of the god, it will definitely be a great power.
So one of them.
Even if Empress Dowager was excluded, there would be nothing to regret.
‘But I don’t know if this is right.’
Although the timing of the fall and the appearance of the dragon are fast, it is curious that the apostles have already appeared.
Did God really give an oracle to himself because of the crisis of the empire?
Perhaps what he wants to do is something different from the empire.
Ailee kept thinking of the man.
A man who earned God’s wrath.
‘If what I do harms you, how will you view me?’
Ailee immediately shook her head.
She needed to be on the lookout for whether her feelings for him were caused by this body or something else.
Ailee has a crush on Colius, but she still couldn’t let go of another man.
“Do it now.”
“yes.”
The saintess is her own holy spear.
Raphael’s divine power was pierced into the heart of the holy stone.
hooked
and immediately.
Toduk toduk.
“Ah….”
The stone statue became a human.
* * *
In the shrine of Fatalite.
I was in anguish looking at her who had become a stone statue.
“It’s a setup I never designed.”
To think that Fatalite knows where the giant lives. I don’t know what the connection is.
But since Gerter said it, it wouldn’t be a lie.
‘Since the flow of the continent is accelerating, it is certain that the apostle appears. But I didn’t know that the stone statue could be used like this.’
If Gerter had mentioned the Holy Stone Statue.
Perhaps the stone statues will become human again and they will become apostles serving the will of the gods.
How strong they would be if they, who were powerful as saints even before they were alive, woke up as apostles after a long time.
Not even the country dared to guess.
“Isn’t the power balance broken too much? This really sucks.”
I’ve been noticing that this place isn’t in a game for a long time, but in this situation, the old tone naturally pops out.
Or is it because Colius is now gone? It might be because I became a demigod and my inhibitions weakened.
“It doesn’t matter.”
That’s not what’s important.
There was always a sense of incongruity that I had felt before, so I got used to it now.
The fact that Balterus’ tears came out of nowhere in Torret had previously been felt as anxiety and threat.
Because the fear of ignorance of not knowing is an instinctive emotion that humans have.
But now it’s different.
I can afford it.
A setting I haven’t set?
The castle stone statues of saints, which were originally created just for the purpose of becoming a sacred place, come to life again?
“Rather good.”
fresh and fun
If they wake up again and interfere with the continent and move according to God’s will, it will be a total mess.
And maybe I’m at the center of it. Because among the things that the gods will remind the apostles of, there will certainly be anger towards me.
‘An apostle is strong.’
At the time of setting, the apostle was set to belong to the very strong side in this world.
Fighting an apostle like that is probably inevitable.
So don’t be afraid.
Rather, it can be expected.
If you use it well, the apostle will drop a fragment of something like the fall.
The Fragment of Corruption is a power that is still being used very well.
If I drop something like an apostle’s fragment, I might become a god rather than a demigod.
“If the gods don’t think about the balance of power, the giants will definitely appear, so whatever it is, it’s to my advantage.”
Of course, it’s under the premise of surviving, but it doesn’t matter.
Because I am confident now.
“By the way, how about small talk?”
But the important thing right now is not that, Fatalite right in front of my eyes.
the fact that she is
“If you wake her up, she will wake up as an apostle of Balterus, so she will probably become an enemy.”
In that case, it is best not to wake him up.
Even if she knows where the giant lives, if she’s hostile to me, isn’t it like scratching and scalding her?
Besides, Fatalite is quite famous among the saints.
The word Fatalite’s wheel is still popular in the North.
I don’t know why he became a holy stone statue here alone, but at the time he was alive, he was the only being who succeeded Stella.
In short, he was an adult with extremely strong swordsmanship.
I didn’t make it that detailed in the setting I made, but after becoming a pilgrim, if you look at the history of this place a little, you’ll find out how great her swordsmanship was.
After ending the Dragon Demon War, Stella suddenly disappeared. And because the genius who succeeded him was Fatalite.
“The relationship between Fatalite and the giant. I wonder if it has some kind of relationship to becoming a castle statue in a place with trolls.”
Fatalite was strong, but she was also born in the wrong era.
Stella became a saint in the Dragon Demon War and gained great fame.
But Fatalite didn’t.
He was obviously strong, but he had no opponents.
Corruption and dragons disappeared at that time, and there were not many wars at that time because wars between countries did not intensify. It is said that most of the work was to deal with the demon beasts left after the Great War of the Dragon Demon.
According to one column, Fatalite is even called a genius of misfortune.
“I guess I should have thought about it.”
Even if it’s such a great being.
First of all, I don’t know how to wake her up.
Even if you become an apostle when you wake up, what’s the use if you don’t know how to wake up?
“I must go to Esther.”
It seemed that the first step for Fatalite was to leave it for a while and go on a journey to find the holy sword with her.
Even though Fatalite knows the giant’s whereabouts, there is no other way to do it now.
I didn’t know it would spread to the North, but I’ll have to go and see the Northern people.
Elverton and Bernard, of course.
Tell, the great fairy who guards the north, and Bibi, who will still be here.
“I don’t know if Emily is there either.”
After they parted like that, it is said that Emily inherited the title of count.
I don’t know what he’s doing, but he’s still young, so he won’t go to war.
He’s probably taking lessons or learning how to rule the North.
“I don’t know if I’m being hated.”
I put too much burden on my daughter’s shoulders.
“Because the half of the body became useless…”
Standing tall.
Those words I spat out as if complaining.
stopped my steps
Then I turned my back and looked at the stone statue of Fatalite.
“Even a half-god is a god.”
muttering to oneself.
However, it gives me some confidence.
my hand goes up
Climb up and reach her stone statue.
A stiff sense of heterogeneity.
It is a completely petrified stone.
“A half-body is a god, and I’m gray.”
I dyed a lot of things in my color.
Starting with the armor, I dyed the weapons that came into my hand gray and embraced them as mine.
The scabbard hanging from my waist is proof of that, and my existence is proof of that.
so.
“I wonder if you, who have become a stone statue, can also be dyed in my color.”
I am a swordsman
And the scabbard holds the sword.
All weapons become swords for me.
All swords must be possessed by me.
“Fatalite.”
If you are destined to become an apostle of God.
If I dye her with my color and awaken her, wouldn’t this be my half-god’s apostle?
My heart beats with excitement.
thinking expands.
The feeling that everything that had been overlooked so far is being stabbed directly into the brain.
That moment when bliss passes through the whole body and electric current thrills through the muscles.
The power of gray, which proves me, enveloped the woman who had been lonely and turned into a stone statue for hundreds of years at once.
And it seems like I was right.
The sanctity of the Holy Land has disappeared.
Immediately, the enormous divinity of Balterus began to emanate from the stone statue.
Sacred silver airflow.
Balterus’ holy power exploded as if it were overwhelming me.
“Have you been caught off guard? Oh God.”
I can’t stand the outburst of laughter.
However, my holy power responds more to my emotions and drives away the divinity of the Sword God.
My divine power is original.
It is an extinction that sways and becomes one and turns everything around it into ashes.
The silver air flow gradually faded.
Everything is covered in gray.
Watching the silver being conquered by the gray like a plague, I go mad.
Quaang-!!
And finally the stone of the statue is broken.
The woman who slowly opened her eyes looked at me with a puzzled face.
“Who are you?”
Looking at her confused look at her body full of gray divinity.
I answered.
“I am your god.”
