Advent.
Advent.
I rolled my head, following the back of the trumpeter of rest.
Could it be that you noticed that I took the orb that radiated divinity from the ragged giant’s head? Or did you find out that I am a worshiper of evil spirits? Since the advent of the Trumpeter of Rest, the divinity of corruption has never been revealed. How could that be?
‘killing!’
As my mother’s hand squirmed, she whispered to me that the one who hits first will always win, targeting the moment when she walks defenselessly like that, and telling me to slap her in the back of the head mercilessly.
The trumpeter of rest stopped.
I gripped the handle of the frost steel sword. So that I can ring you if I need to.
“Come.”
a short word. However, the weight was not light at all. Darkness climbed over the pure white mask. The darkness that climbed up burned the mask and fell down. A suffocating presence weighed on the surroundings.
I have always felt a presence similar to this one.
A natural sense of pressure exuded by the beings of the heavenly lofty beyond human beings.
A part of ‘God’ has come down to this place.
‘The trumpet of death and rest’ lifted his long black robe and stretched out his hand, showing a finger. A voice scratching at the depths inside me went through my ears and stuck in my heart.
[Capital.]
The pressure is gone. The darkness that flowed down through the white mask was lifted. The trumpeter of rest was constantly panting. It was an aftereffect that God dwelled in his body.
I waited patiently for him to catch his breath. My head was very complicated.
One finger and capital.
Could it be that God personally came down and informed me that there is a holy relic in the capital city? Is the ‘Trumpet of Death and Rest’ acquainted with the Mother of Corruption? I had to ask my mother about this later.
Rather than that, if my interpretation is correct, ‘the trumpet of death and rest’ recognized that I was the priest of corruption.
“Whoa.”
The trumpeter of rest, who had barely managed to pull himself together, stared blankly at me.
“Do you have anything to say?”
“I don’t know and I don’t want to know.”
There was a simple meaning in that word. It means that whatever you are, I will stand by you.
I smiled and nodded.
“Is that so? Then let’s go back soon.”
***
I spoke to my mother at a great distance from the trumpeter of rest.
“Are you just acquainted with that god?”
‘killing…?’
A simple answer, ‘I don’t know at all…?’
what? What the hell is going on?
My head got messy again. I returned to the place where the party was, full of troubling questions.
Seeing the day Carmen returned, she smiled bitterly and pointed towards the city.
“But what about this really?”
Bodies, blood and flesh filled the streets. Besides, there were still places that were burning here and there.
The trumpeter of rest took out a white trumpet from his bosom and blew it. The corpses that had been lying down filling the streets rose one by one and started moving toward the outside of the city. Dacia saw that and spoke to me in a small voice.
“Wouldn’t it be easier to clean up the city with the help of the trumpeter of rest?”
Carmen, who was listening from the side, nodded.
“I’m sure it’s as the princess said. The problem is that the trumpeter of rest doesn’t seem to have any intention of helping us, seeing as the dead leave the city.”
“So let’s ask a favor.”
A pair of golden eyes shone brightly as they looked at me.
“Can’t the trumpeter of the Sabbath and Priest Marnak, who are closest to each other, talk to you? Just now, the two of you are close enough to talk about secrets.”
No, I didn’t talk to you over there, I talked to God. To be precise, I just listened.
“I’m not as friendly as you think, Princess.”
“Then let me tell you one more time. The four of us don’t have enough hands to save as many people as possible.”
An endless procession of the dead passing through the city. If they help, I’m sure we can save more people. I nodded towards Dacia.
“Let me tell you to help me.”
“thank you!”
Dacia’s face brightened in an instant and she grabbed my hand.
‘Kill!!!’
He pressed his mother, who was struggling to get rid of her hand, and gently removed Dakia’s hand.
“Then I’ll come and tell you soon.”
“yes!”
I approached the trumpeter of rest, who was playing silently. A white mask looked at me. He just stared at me without saying anything. As if to tell the business. I smiled and said.
“Could you help clean up Eradico? If you use the dead to search the city, you will surely be able to save many people.”
The trumpeter of rest, who was staring at me, answered.
“It’s not my job to help the living…”
He stopped talking and let out a deep sigh.
“ha.”
There was a deep tiredness in that sigh. The trumpeter of rest said.
“What can I do to help?”
I don’t know what kind of sudden change of heart it is, but if you offer help, I should be grateful. Thanks to you, I was able to save many people.
“You just need to find people who are still alive.”
“Is that all?”
“I would like you to move the people you find to a building that is relatively intact.”
As the trumpeter of rest nodded slowly and blew the trumpet, the dead who were heading for the city gate changed direction and began to spread throughout the city.
“And I would appreciate it if you could move the supplies that are still in good condition. If I leave them as they are, they will surely burn up in the spreading fire.
I had no choice but to stop talking because the white mask, with no eye sockets visible, was staring at me fiercely. The trumpeter of rest spoke in a low voice.
“Say it at once. Please.”
“Uh, um. Then I’ll discuss it with my colleagues and summarize the request. So that I can tell you at once.”
“… okay.”
***
‘MURDER!!!’
My mother, who had turned into a girl, held out her hands wide open to me.
“Here you are, mother.”
When I handed the bead from Riverkell’s head to my mother, my mother smiled broadly, received the bead, and began to use dragons on the bed.
Eradico’s clean-up proceeded surprisingly quickly with the help of the trumpeter of rest. Countless waves of the dead mechanically rescued people, extinguished fires, gathered food and supplies, and me and my party helped the dead and moved those who had not yet awakened to a building that was in good shape.
Even those who were perfectly fine could not wake up easily, but they could see that the divinity that permeated their bodies was gradually fading, so it seemed that most people would come to their senses by tomorrow.
As soon as the trumpeter of rest, who had tidied up the city like that, said that I had suffered, he was about to leave the city with all the dead without even saying goodbye.
I stopped him as he turned his back and walked away without regret, and I handed him Santos’ right arm. He saw my face, took my arm without saying anything, and left for real.
After seeing him off, we each chose a room in the building we wanted to stay in, rested, and decided to clean up tomorrow morning.
‘Kill!!!’
My mother, who used to cling to me and hold on to the marble, threw the marble with a bean in anger as if something was not going well.
“mother…?”
When I saw the marbles rolling around the floor and called for my mother, she threw the marbles away in anger and looked at me. She jumped off the bed and ran to pick up the marbles again.
‘Murder…’
“You’re having trouble getting your divinity tangled up in marbles? If you work hard, it will definitely work out. I guarantee it. But no matter how angry you are, throwing things at them is a really bad way to vent your anger. How bad is that? I’m sure your mother knows as well.”
‘Murder…’
When she said that I was so angry that I couldn’t help her because I couldn’t solve this, I hugged my mother and patted her on the back. A small head dug into my arms.
“What’s wrong with mother not being helpful? The reason why I was able to give Riverkell a nice blow was because my mother nullified the magic. She was very helpful. Really. But mother. Everything is good, but this one is I must tell you.”
‘killing?’
Beautiful eyes that constantly shimmer in darkness and dark green stared at me. Mother tilted her head.
I smiled and said.
“Next time, no matter how frustrated you are, you promise me not to throw things. If my mother didn’t throw things no matter how angry she was, she would be three times more attractive than she is now. I will worship you.”
‘killing?’
“Did you ask me to become three times more attractive?”
‘killing!’
I shook my head slowly.
“Unfortunately not.”
‘killing?!’
Awesome embarrassment and disappointment. I said to comfort my struggling mother.
“I say it every time, but you have to listen to what people say.”
I lifted my mother up and smiled broadly.
“Because I’m already infatuated with the unfathomable charm of motherhood. Whether it’s threefold or a hundredfold here doesn’t mean anything to me.”
‘killing…!’
An overflowing wave of emotion. Aiming at the moment when her mother was soaked in emotion, she brought out the words.
“Then you promised me that no matter how angry you are, you won’t throw anything?”
‘killing!’
***
“What?! Don’t lie!”
Hilden, head of the eastern branch of ‘Ilech’, an organization that rules the underworld of the Northern Kingdom, screamed.
“Don’t lie!”
denial.
The subordinate who came to report lowered his head as if he had no face.
“These dog worshipers of evil spirits!”
anger.
“Like our children died, did any of the princesses’ party die?”
compromise.
“Why does this only happen to me…”
depressed.
After going through all the steps and finally reaching acceptance, Hilden slumped back in her chair and murmured gloomily.
“Fuck…”
The plan to bribe the lord of Eradico to raid the party of the princess who was completely unguarded in the city was completely ruined by the intervention of the devil’s worshipers.
The prepared assassin and the lord who ate the money all died.
“How on earth am I supposed to say this? That bastard is sure to run amok again.”
I had to do it though. Because if you don’t talk and get caught, that bastard will go on a rampage twice as bad.
Hilden buried herself in the chair and closed her eyes tightly. When I thought of the humiliation I would face in the future, my heart ached so much.
“Damn lineage! Damn reptile! If Ji is the prince of the Dragon Kingdom, then what? Huh? All! Shit! My teeth tremble when I look at those beasts! My teeth tremble!”
***
It has been three days since I stayed in Eradico. It was a really busy day.
When the stew was scooped out with a ladle and distributed, the citizens of Eradico who received the stew bowed their heads deeply and expressed their gratitude.
“Savior! Thank you so much!”
I smiled awkwardly and waved my hand.
“That name is burdensome.”
“No! No matter how much we thank our saviors, it’s not enough. Isn’t it! Everyone!”
“Right! Long live all four saviors! Cancer!”
“Hooray!!!”
Those who made eye contact with me cheered at me.
“Long live
Marnac, the savior of Eradico
!!!”
I squeezed the ladle again, holding down my mother who shouted along. I was planning to leave this city after serving until today.
“Next time!”
