Episode 246 Episode
77. The prayer that started with Rani , the villain (3),
ended only at midnight.
People gathered in the plaza prayed without losing their posture even once.
In the meantime, upon hearing the news of the King Seong’s death, each country hurriedly sent a condolence delegation, and newsletters spread breaking news about the tragedy of the Seongguk.
People would think that the prayer was in honor of the Holy King, but Rani, Jin, and Murakan would commemorate the death of a great paladin every year on this day.
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In the Holy Land, the forces attached to Kingelo decided to accept their leader, not Ayula, as their new god. The forces attached to Zipple decided to worship the power and order of Zipple on behalf of Ayula.
Runkandel knew from before that they shared the Holy Kingdom, but there was no room or cause to intervene.
If you hit the encroached leadership, it would be an act of aggression, and if you recklessly provoked Ziffle and Kingelo, there was a high possibility that it would become a major war.
War wasn’t scary. However, when the war began, the subjects would accept Ziple as ‘a family of justice that helps the Holy Land,’ while Runcandel would only treat them as mad invaders.
In this situation, it was possible to capture some of the saints by hitting Seongguk, but it was not possible to gain the trust of the ‘subjects’ who would become healers in the future.
Because of this, the Holy Kingdom has been a scourge of Runcandel lately.
Now the opportunity has come.
“I am the youngest.”
It was Luna.
Among the condolence delegations that came from all over the world, of course, the people of Runkandel were included.
Since it was the death of the Holy King, 1st rider Luna Runcandel and 2nd rider Joshua Runcandel and 3rd rider Runtia Runcandel visited the Holy Kingdom together.
Luna had been away from the delegation for a while to meet Jin after receiving a call from Casimir.
“It’s been a while, sister.”
“You’ve gotten stronger.”
Naturally, she recognized Jin’s growth at a glance. There was no need to confront swords, no need to know what kind of martial arts the Myungwang sword was, and no need to know the power of the spirit sword.
Just as the strong recognize the strong, you could tell just by looking at their eyes.
The last time we met, Luna had burst into tears like a child in front of Jin. Tymune’s death was as if a part of the world had been erased for her.
But now, Luna had the lofty eyes of the past.
I felt like I didn’t have to explain how much pain and loss she had to overcome until she regained those eyes.
“Your sister has gotten stronger too.”
The siblings shared a smile for a moment.
“I thought about complaining because I missed you, but you did something amazing again. I heard the general situation from Sir Casimir. So what can I do to help you?”
Jin pointed to the cart parked far away.
“Please take care of them.”
Inside the cart were the family of Vitura Belter. Disguised as a corpse from yesterday’s daytime battle.
“i get it.”
Luna answered briefly. I didn’t ask more because I had heard the inside story about Bitura. Now they will go to Hufester along with the delegation returning.
“What else?”
“Please stay in the Holy Kingdom until the trial over the murder of the Holy King is over. Don’t let Joshua steal my ball.”
Jin thought that once the trial began, the image of Zipple in the Holy Land would fall into abyss in an instant.
Even now, due to Vitura’s sacrifice, the subjects were grinding their teeth. Even before the King Seong’s funeral begins, there are voices demanding an explanation from Zipple.
Not only Seongguk, but the whole world will know about Zipple’s atrocities.
At that time, the fact that the delegation from Runkandel did not leave the Holy Land even after the condolences were over was meant to be a symbol.
A symbol that Runcandel is monitoring Ziple. A symbol that the only family that can stand against Ziple is holding their enormous power in check with their eyes wide open.
Jin, a reserve rider, could not be the protagonist of the symbol.
Of course, people in the know, including Shiron (who will learn from letters later), would acknowledge Jin’s credit, but someone else in Runkandel had to take the external credit.
Naturally, Jin wanted to turn it over to Luna. As usual, if she backs down appropriately because she doesn’t want to be in the spotlight, the credit will go to the second rider, Joshua.
“Of course I was thinking of doing that. I can’t give him the picture you worked so hard for.”
“Did you know that Joshua has multiple bodies?”
“What do you mean?”
When Jin explained Joshua’s secret, Luna’s eyes widened.
She was completely unaware of the existence of the ‘Prophet’.
“Somehow… Joshua sometimes did not hesitate to go on dangerous missions. Did you write a fake every time?”
“Your father must have known, right?”
“Surely it will. There is nothing that goes on in the family that my father is unaware of.”
“Then there must be a reason for not sanctioning it.”
“Probably for a reason similar to how you overlooked your aura. I don’t think it’s complicated. If it is against the law and you are leaving it alone, it is because you have judged that it will help the family.”
Luna put her hand on Jin’s shoulder. As if you had a lot of trouble.
“But you need to find out. Let this sister do a more thorough investigation into him. For now, focus on completing the work of the Holy Kingdom.”
“Yes sister.”
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The next day, all of the knights of the Dawn of Defense of Doctrine were detained in the dungeon.
Ziple tried to prevent all of them, who would be limbs, from being captured, but the case of the assassination of the king was too decisive.
Also, apart from the testimony of the survivors of the living golem experiment, it was impossible to cover the ‘list’ of Vitura that Rani had revealed.
-And please write a list by classifying those who are attached to the Kingelo Zipple. So that I can disclose it immediately when I return. Also, please rally the remaining loyalists. Armed conflict may occur.
The list Jin asked for from Bitura before going to the old Otheria.
Vitura made separate rosters for Kingelo and Ziffle. Kingelo’s list was kept by Rani, and Ziple’s list was made public.
Zipple’s bare face is being revealed.
Even so, Ziple was unable to release a statement saying, “It was the fake King who died, and the living golem experiment was done by Kingelo, not us.”
“I can’t reveal the name of the hero who saved the survivors, but he said that the living golem experiment was done in the 4 mage towers of Ziffle. We demand an official explanation from Zipple regarding this!”
Rani and her subjects were still not leaving the plaza.
Although all of Ziple’s gang members were imprisoned, the subjects were in an atmosphere that would never let Rani and the fake king’s body into the royal castle until the full story of the incident was revealed.
Except for the Doctrine Protection Dawn Society, the people on the list of Bitura are still openly preparing for the burial of the Holy King within the castle.
Although it is incomprehensible to common sense.
It was nothing strange considering the power that high-ranking officials such as High Priest Montiano had within the Holy Land. Unlike the Dawn Society, they could be punished only when there was undeniable evidence that they were colluding with Ziple.
Unfortunately, the list of Vitura is a bit sparse. But it wasn’t that Jin didn’t expect this.
“Until Zipple’s explanation, my father’s funeral will not go ahead. They must confess before appeasing their father’s wrongful death!”
“The lord of the 4 Magic Towers step forward and explain!”
“Come out!”
If only Rani and her subjects were shouting like that, she could have ignored it.
However, there were condolence delegations from all over the world and countless reporters.
Zipple had to finish the behind-the-scenes deal with Kingelo in a hurry. By getting Carl’s recruit back and covering all the false accusations instead.
Everything was going as Jin expected.
‘It would be better to be falsely accused than honestly confessing that Carl was captured by a third-rate terrorist group like Kingelo.’
Image and prestige are both difficult to recover once lost. However, while the former could be solved to some extent with money, the latter had to shed an unimaginably large amount of blood.
In the end, Ziple issued a statement before lunch even passed.
-The head family intervened politically in the Seongguk, and in the process, with the help of bureaucrats in collusion with the head family, subjects were subjected to biological golem experiments.
However, apart from political intervention, the living golem experiment is all personal deviation of the 4 Demon Tower Lord, Carl Ziple. Within today, Karl Ziffle himself will visit Seongguk wearing a magic restraint and apologize in person, and after that, we will strictly discipline Carl Ziffle and those involved in accordance with the law of the family.
We are very sorry for the passing of the King Seong, and we promise to compensate you as much as we can.
However, I will follow the family’s laws even against reckless rumors and malicious accusations.
The main family’s political intervention in the Seongguk was at the request of the Seongguk bureaucrats, and not because of the family’s ambition
. Only the words were carefully written, but it was full of meaning that they would take responsibility for all punishment, not the Holy Kingdom.
Naturally, as soon as the reporters brought the statement, the anger of the citizens of Seongguk soared to the sky.
‘I’m thinking of intentionally raising the wrath of the subjects of the Holy Land and causing Carl Ziple, who came to apologize, to be stoned to death.’
For any reason, if Carl Ziple died on the ground of Seongguk, Ziple could reverse the Seongguk from then on.
Calmly evaluated based on public perception, the cost of King Seong’s life was never more expensive than the 4 mage pagodas of Zipple. If the entire castle and the 4 mage towers of Ziffle battled, the winner would always be the 4 mage towers.
‘I want to get out of this case by giving up the knife ziple I brought to Kingelo. At what price did he bring the sword?’
Still, Ziple wanted to ‘cut the tail’.
However, it was a tail cutting that offered a ‘pureblood jiple’ as a sacrifice. Unlike Muron, who was already dead at the time of the Colon incident and known to the world, this time, Ziple is directly pushing the knife as a criminal.
If Carl died, the Seongguk side could no longer hold them accountable for the living golem. Political intervention will still be pointed at by the world, but that’s a problem that time and money will solve.
It wasn’t a bad move from Jin’s point of view. Except for the fact that it was a number that was drawn out of impatience before properly recognizing the opponent.
Ziple still didn’t know that Rani was behind Jin. I can only vaguely guess that there is one of Runkandel’s Horsemen or Beament.
Bamal, who said that Kingelo was the one who single-handedly defeated the headquarters of the Dark Magic Society, had no way to share the information that he was Jin Runcandel.
“Dino.”
“Yes, Confucius.”
“When Carl Ziffle arrives in the Holy Land, release all articles related to Kingelo immediately. In fact, he was captured by Kingelo because of Barmal a few days ago, and the place where Barmal brought the survivors was not the 4 Mage Tower, but the old Otterium. Please let me know that Carl has nothing to do with this case.”
“You will deny that Zipple isn’t hard. It will be quite worth seeing.”
If he couldn’t deny it, Kelliac would be an unscrupulous man who sold his son to avoid responsibility.
Jin had no intention of helping Zipple choose between prestige and image.
I was thinking of losing them both.
