Episode 219 Episode
71. The Child of Prophecy
On October 7, 1797, what Jin confirmed was a newsletter from Hufester. The newsletter was announcing the knight ordination ceremony of the royal family of Sucheron that took place four days ago.
(This ordination ceremony as the central knight of the Kingdom of Sucheron was exceptionally supervised by 1st Prince Tolian Shucheron instead of King Rumon Shucheron. Above all, noteworthy is that Joshua Runkandel
of Runkandel, as well as McLauran Tuko Niltro Kenga, etc. The fact that the family heads attended the ordination ceremony of Prince Tollian…
From this, it can be inferred that Prince Tollian has ended the succession race, and the fact that Shiron Runcandel handed over the guardian knight to Prince Tollian in the past is illuminated again… .)
Jin clearly watched as Joshua died ‘four days ago’ when the volcano erupted and his entire body disintegrated.
If he really died, this article announcing ‘three days ago’ could not have been established in the first place.
After Jin hadn’t taken his eyes off the newsletter for a while, Gilly approached him worriedly.
“young master.”
“…As expected, there was something. He wasn’t someone who could die so easily.”
Gilly and his colleagues had already heard about the events in the Blue Bird Islands. So they, too, were not quick to understand the newsletter that portrayed Joshua as if he were alive.
“There’s no way that Confucius mistook Joshua Runkandel’s face… that’s strange. It’s no wonder that Confucius killed a double, or that Boubar Gaston transformed him…”
Jin shook his head at Casimir’s words.
“It is unlikely that it will be a substitute or transformation. The decisive battle he unleashed was so powerful that the king of the Myeongwang tribe lost both arms. It was a power that could only be shown in Runkandel. I don’t know if I used a different swordsmanship.”
Many samurai have secret skills and decisive battles, but among them, Runkandel’s sword was impossible to imitate even a 10-star knight without a ‘blessed body’. the body can’t stand it.
“Well, if it’s a substitute, it’s rather likely that Joshua, who appeared at the ordination ceremony as a Knight of Sucheron, is a fake.”
“We need to check that part. But for some reason… I have a feeling that the serpent was up to something trickier.”
“Couldn’t it have been cursed like Shuri?”
Enya looked into Shuri’s eyes and spoke in a whisper.
“If so, it should have been visible regenerating when the body disintegrated.”
“Bocchan, then, is there any possibility that you used the tears of Numerus?”
“They say that when the tears of Numerus are manifested, intense light covers all sides. Even when Joshua died, it was all shiny because of the aura, but it looked completely different.”
“Ha, I was still sleeping at the time… It’s frustrating. What happened to your eldest brother?”
“…a copy?”
As Jin spat out the word, his colleagues drew attention.
“Cloning Confucius?”
“It occurred to me that maybe it was a clone. Looking back at his attitude and his stories to me on the Blue Bird Islands, I can’t tell if he was anything other than Joshua.”
Cloning a human is, of course, impossible.
However, as an incomprehensible situation arose, it was necessary to think about the method ‘known to be impossible’.
Right now, the curse of immortality possessed by Shuri and the compass and demon stone made by Boubar were known to be impossible until not too long ago.
“Continue talking.”
“My assumption is this. He has several clones of himself, and he sent one of them to the Blue Bird Isles. Faytel’s contractor, Julian, must have been one of his important forces, and since the island was covered in thunderbolts, he judged that something was wrong with Yulian.”
Jin looked at Yulian.
He had not yet woken up from the aftermath of the incarnation, fainting and bound in restraints.
“He probably recognized that Yulian caused a runaway. Those Kuzan and Veris and Yulian didn’t seem to get along very well.”
“So you came to the island to subdue it…?”
“yes. The reason he came alone without an escort was because he didn’t want to lose another competent subordinate to Yulian, who was running rampant. Or maybe it’s to keep the secret about the Blue Bird Islands.”
At that time, Joshua came to the Blue Bird Islands on a small boat alone without an executive engineer. It bothered Jin from the beginning.
“It could be that he didn’t bring a knight with him because he was able to subdue Yulian on his own. However, considering Joshua’s usual personality, this behavior is unacceptable. Not to mention, he even self-destructed when fighting Garmund.”
“That mean bird… no, I couldn’t understand that the 2nd Horseman attempted to self-destruct, son. I was being pushed against the Myungwang family, but I’m not the kind of person who would give up my life like that.”
“He was completely unexpected that he would meet me on the Blue Bird Islands. Then, after deciding that he could subdue me, he even confessed that he was coveting aura. He didn’t say he would kill me until the end despite my provocation. Until then, he was only thinking about the future of catching me and stealing Solderlet’s contract.”
-That should have been my strength originally.
What Joshua said as soon as he saw Jin’s aura.
I didn’t know it at the time, but looking back, it was a strange story. It was as if he knew from the beginning that he would become the owner of the aura.
“But Garmund appeared and the situation was reversed. He was on the defensive in an instant… and seems to have made a decision. Even if you put off capturing me, you have to let go of my power.”
“Didn’t you think that the power of the volcano could kill the boy too?”
“He is also a 9-star knight. There’s no way I don’t know that Garmund’s power can protect me. So, after killing or crippling Garmund with a volcano, I decided to plan the future to steal the contract from me. This is my home.”
Jin thought that if Joshua had only ‘one’ life, self-destruction was a choice he could never make. However, if there were several of them, Garmund would have been able to use them to dissipate power.
As far as Joshua knew, Garmund would have been Jin’s strongest power.
Silence passed for a while.
It was not an assumption to be hastily affirmed, but colleagues were thinking about what could happen if Jin’s assumption was true.
“…my head hurts. If, as Confucius said, Joshua of the Blue Bird Islands was a clone, I have no idea how to deal with it.”
“How about meeting and talking with Sir Confucius Shiron?”
Jin shook his head at Alisa’s question.
“In effect, this is a succession war. Asking my father for help only proves my incompetence, and there is no concrete proof. There is no way to prove that I saw death myself.”
“That too.”
“Whether Joshua, who appeared at the ordination ceremony for Knight Sucheron, was a substitute, or the guy I met was a clone, or it was all wrong. Right now I can only speculate. When Yulian wakes up, more information will come out.”
“Kuzan and Veris. I will direct the turkey crew to search for those two as well.”
When I left the Blue Bird Islands, I didn’t find them for long. It was judged that the chances of survival were slim, and it was because Joshua’s people might find the island.
“You don’t have to look for it first. If you send someone to the Blue Bird Islands at this time for no reason, you could get your tail stepped on. As long as they are alive, they will definitely give you a signal first. Because they would have realized that I am not their real enemy.”
* * *
Rumbling….
The whole body of the man who sat in the chair was trembling. The cold sweat and high fever that covered the whole body, the pain that was difficult to endure, and the shock that sometimes split the mind.
And the bottomless feeling of defeat.
All of this was what Joshua experienced when he lost a body.
Whoa….
Black energy gathered in front of him.
The power that Youngki Joshua desires.
Soon, the shape of a woman was formed in the aura, and the woman looked down at Joshua and smiled.
“It’s pitiful that the person who will become the owner of Runkandel is trembling alone in a basement like this. It’s like watching an orphan who was abandoned and exposed to rain. How are you feeling? orphanage.”
The darkness of the basement covered the woman’s face. Only the two intense amber-colored eyes glistened.
“Did you come to laugh at me?”
“Yes, that’s right. I’m here to laugh Haha you stupid bastard! Why did you self-destruct? Did it seem like an easy task for me to shape your body?”
Joshua didn’t answer for a while, glaring at the woman.
“Don’t stare, but make some excuses. Was it really the best? If so, it’s disappointing.”
“I had no choice but to kill the Myungwang clan summoned by the youngest.”
Ha ha ha ha!
The woman burst into laughter. Then he stopped laughing and gritted his teeth.
“Now here’s a problem for fools. Did the royal family called Garmund really die? No, his true body did not belong to this world in the first place.”
“…You mean the Myungwang clan is still alive?”
“Although it was already trapped in the world of the dead, it is like living from the point of view of the main body being intact. In other words, you just threw away a body I made for you.”
She smiled and said, but the woman’s eyes were filled with deep contempt.
“I really don’t know why the prophecy pointed to someone like you. If it was your first sister or youngest brother. No, at least it would have been a little more comfortable if I had been at the level of Difus or Mary…”
A shame that felt like his heart was pounding.
“Or your father, as the original prophecy pointed out. How nice it would have been if he had met me before, if he hadn’t risen to the level of creativity against fate. There must have been no reason for me to help a half-penny like you, right?”
Joshua waited patiently for the woman’s boos to end.
It was because she knew very well that she could never leave or go against her anyway. He will probably laugh for a while and then bow his head as always.
Huh…
The woman sighed as she stopped swearing.
“What good. Just knowing that your youngest brother can call the Myungwang family has had its own benefits. If you realized it at a more important time… Just imagining it is terrifying.”
The woman gently wrapped her arms around Joshua’s neck.
“And Shuri. I also found the child’s whereabouts. It’s even more upsetting that Jin has even Shuri… But in the end, everything will come back to you. child of prophecy I will make you a new alter ego.”
“How much do you need this time?”
The woman smiled broadly at Joshua’s question.
“I still have enough ingredients with what you gave me last time.”
