Chapter 666 Chapter
169. Holy Land of the Enemy (4)
‘Sword…?’
At first glance, the calluses characteristic of sword wielders were not visible in Veradin’s grip.
– Soga is not allowed, Jinrunkandel.
-I wonder what the reason is.
-That child is no longer the Beradin Ziple you knew. Right now… It’s almost like a newborn baby.
-newborn baby? It would be nice if you could explain it in an easy-to-understand way, Captain Wraith.
– Literally. Currently, Beradin is in a state of losing all of his memories, including language, knowledge, magical habits, and so on.
A conversation I had with Octavia during the first meeting of the temporary alliance not too long ago.
All of these were verified by Yuria herself as being true. At the time of the first meeting of the temporary alliance, Beradin was really no different from a crippled person.
‘In that short period of time… has there been a change in Beradin?’
It was hard to even imagine that he looked like a newborn baby, so Veradin showed a very businesslike and stable attitude.
Even a certain sharpness was felt in the figure from the back as he advanced with a moderate gait, and along with it, a familiar energy was captured.
‘Aura….’
It was a very faint level that didn’t even reach 1 star, but it was definitely an Aura. On the contrary, I felt only a very small amount of mana rather than an aura.
magic swordsman.
I had a hunch that the living golem experiments that Ziple had been doing so far might have been to create a magic swordsman, already from several years ago.
However, at a moment like this, I didn’t know that I would get a glimpse of the state that might be the result through Beradin.
“Beradin Zipple.”
“Why are you calling me?”
“I heard that you were unable to do anything with all your memories erased until recently, but it seems that your condition has suddenly improved.”
“It took about a week for me to be able to live without the help of others.”
“Have any memories of me and Dante come back?”
Beradin stopped walking and looked back.
Jin was slowly chasing Veradin while holding the sealed Valeria in his arms.
I couldn’t walk fast. During the flight that lasted for five days, Jin had maintained the seal of Valeria without a moment’s rest, and it is still the same now.
It wasn’t that he had run out of mana, but the consumption of his mental energy was too great. I was sweating.
“A lot of people have asked me about you and the lord of the Geomwang Castle.”
Veradin stood side by side with Jin and placed his hand on Valeria’s seal.
Then, magical power permeated casually into the complicated seal. It’s not like Jin did anything special.
“I don’t remember anything.”
“is it.”
Thanks to Beradin’s maintenance of the seal, Jin was able to move in a much more comfortable state. Jin didn’t ask questions about Beradin’s ability.
“I was curious about one thing. Why did so many people only talk about you and the lord of the Sword Emperor Castle, not the members of the family, when they tried to retrieve my memories?”
The stride length of the two was becoming equal.
“What were you curious about?”
“Isn’t that a strange thing? The lord of Geomwangseong may not know it, but the families you and I belong to have been enemies for a thousand years. Recently, we had no choice but to form a temporary alliance, but until then, we were ready to destroy each other whenever there was an opportunity.”
“What was it that was strange? Especially your personality.”
“Am I weird?”
When I asked back in shock, I thought that a little bit of the old look remained. It was also the thought that maybe Beradin was playing a joke.
But even without Yuria’s verification, the current Veradin was not the person he knew.
“okay. You were strange from the first time we met.”
“I am more curious. Can you elaborate?”
“does not exist.”
When Jin refused at once, Veradin shrugged his shoulders as if he was sorry.
Then, after walking for a few more minutes, he secretly released his hand from Valeria’s seal.
“If you won’t let me know, I feel like I don’t have to do you any favors.”
“What a great favor? It’ll only make it a little uncomfortable, but maintaining the seal without you won’t be a problem.”
“hmm.”
“Furthermore, your actions do not serve the purpose of Ziffle’s opening of the Holy Land. There’s no way I’ll fail to maintain the seal, but there’s only one thing in the world. I wonder how your family will react in that case.”
“As I’ve heard, you’re using a pretty irritating way of speaking…”
Veradin placed his hand on Valeria’s seal again. It might be embarrassing, but he didn’t change his expression.
The road leading to the holy ground beyond the gate had a strange scenery.
The ordinary corridor, composed of stones and various metals, became blurry as one went deeper into it.
Like Orgal’s hazy body.
It was not a landscape that can be seen in people’s life.
‘There was no separate entrance to the sub-space, but it feels like the boundaries of the world are beginning to blur at some point.’
As if the paint was washed away, the colors and textures that made up the space were leaving afterimages.
“How much further do I have to go?”
“I cannot tell you.”
“It’s not difficult to measure the time yourself, but is that a secret?”
“no. This is because the time to reach the Holy Land varies from time to time. It depends on how welcoming the three of us are to the Holy Land.”
“Is there something as mysterious as a grandiose name?”
“I heard that it took 15 days the last time I visited. It was before I completely lost my memory.”
“Then it could take 15 days, but there must be a reason why we didn’t prepare food separately.”
“Yes, since all the afterimages of the corridor disappeared… I don’t feel hunger in the Holy Land. Rather, the more you walk, the lighter your body becomes.”
As he said, after crossing the ‘boundary’, Jin felt that his physical strength was rapidly recovering. His mind, which had been dizzy from maintaining the seal, was also completely clear.
Still, Jin wanted to calculate time by counting steps, but strangely, as his body and mind became fuller, the concept of ‘time’ faded.
Even calculating one second per step has become difficult. No matter how many times he counted, Jin was counting one second again.
‘Is it because there is a gap in time between the holy land and the people? Like other subspaces. It’s a strange feeling.’
So, it is unknown how long they walked, but soon the two of them found a ray of green light in the distance.
‘It’s the residual energy.’
It was the same energy that I had glimpsed through Orgal’s steel door. In the dark and blurry landscape like underwater, only the remaining energy was vigorously revealing its brilliance.
“You’re all here.”
The two stood in front of the green aura and put their hands on it at the same time as if they had made a promise.
Then, out of nowhere, as if a light were turned on in the whole world, in an instant, everywhere was dyed blue.
There was nothing different from the ‘sacred site from a few hundred years ago’ that Orgal showed me.
A green glowing sea or desert-like landscape.
“Now unseal Hester. As soon as Heister recovers, we will leave the Holy Land.”
When I reached the holy ground and tried to break the seal, anxiety surged.
What if the remaining energy of the Holy Land had no effect on Valeria? What if there is no way to reseal her?
Just as his mind was about to become dizzy at that question, Jin confirmed that Valeria had moved slightly inside the seal.
Valeria began to react to the remaining aura of the Holy Land even before she could unseal it.
The pale seal was already turning green.
“You come all the way here and worry about everything.”
Veradin said as if he saw through Jin’s intentions.
“As you said, me and your family are mortal enemies.”
“There is a reason why we are trying to save Heister even while opening the Holy Land to the fittest of Runkandel. You know better than anyone, don’t you?”
“It sounds like you’re going to take care of me after restoring Heister right here.”
“There were quite a few people who insisted on doing that.”
“Are they Octavia and Kadun?”
“No, mainly the elders.”
Jin came alone with Valeria, who was injured in the deepest part of the enemy.
-The fact that only I can deal with Rosa makes my shoulders feel a bit heavy. Kingelo still has a variable called Orgal’s recovery, but doesn’t Zipple have any secret numbers?
-…there is.
-I didn’t expect the enemy to have hidden powers to sound so happy. Please tell me what it is. I guess this is a question that needs to be answered. To face the public enemy.
– It is a manipulation of history. But it’s a means that can never be realized without your allies, Heister’s survivors.
During the first meeting of the Provisional Alliance, Ronil said that Zipple could deal with Rosa through ‘history manipulation’.
So, in fact, it is crazy that Jin came to this place right now. It was a choice I would never have made if it wasn’t for Valeria or her colleague.
There is no way to escape with the help of Red Owl or Mort.
If Ziple doesn’t keep his promise, Jin will inevitably fall into a crisis of desperation.
“But my father was directly against it. Aren’t you curious about the reason?”
“It’s probably because you have to keep using me to deal with Rosa.”
Ziffle and Kingelo. He didn’t want to lose himself, the only one immune to chaos, at this point.
That’s why the top-notch manpower from each faction came directly to Kaldran Snowfield.
As Jin entered the middle of the enemy territory, the only thing he believed in was the fact and his own strength.
“Exactly and I thought the same thing. Because it seems unlikely that the time we can complete the fabrication of history through Heister will be faster than the time when the chest god fully awakens. At this point, you are definitely more important than Heister to our family.”
I don’t know if it’s a lie or the truth, but Beradin was saying that there was no reason to hide anything about the fabrication of history.
“It doesn’t sound pleasant to me because I’m the most important group in Zipple. If the guide had been someone other than you, at least one would have hit me at this point.”
Jin slowly began to unseal Valeria. It wasn’t because he believed all of Veradin’s words. I just decided that it would be better to quickly recover her and leave as planned.
“And Gene Runkandel.”
“why?”
“I made a promise to you before I lost my memory.”
“promise?”
“It was said that even if one day you came to my family without notice, I would spare you once.”
-Be thankful that this is a banquet hall.
– Aren’t you being too harsh? I know your father was merciful to your uncle. Speaking of which, I promise you one thing. One day, I won’t hurt you even if you come to Ziffle’s banquet without notice.
It was a conversation Jin had at a party on a single bridge right before he became a reserve jockey.
Veradin did not remember the conversation, but was talking about a record in a diary that was not long ago.
“Even if you cause terror within our family, it was written that you would definitely be saved at least once, so I couldn’t help but wonder about your relationship?”
“Didn’t I say that you were a weirdo in the past? When we talked about it, we weren’t particularly close. They weren’t even friends.”
“Then it seems that I was the only friend back then. In any case, if I told you that I would keep that promise now, would it ease my guard a bit?”
Jin suppressed a bitter expression at those words and replied:
“I don’t trust it very much, but it’s not a bad story to hear.”
