Episode 780
“What did you just say?”
Raon’s eyes widened as he saw Lars falling from the sky.
“This guy has Sia’s soul inside him?”
“I don’t know if it’s Sia or what, but there’s definitely a human soul embedded in that orc’s soul.”
Lars nodded his thick chin, saying he was sure.
“If you kill that orc, the human soul will disappear along with it!”
The guy lowered his eyebrows and told me not to touch him.
“Is it true?”
Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at the green king.
“….”
The Green King did not answer this time, but lifted the stone sword that had been cut in half.
A bright red fighting spirit arose in his sunken eyes as if he would fight until the end.
“Whew…”
Raon gritted his teeth as his hand holding the Jecheon Sword trembled. There was no way Ras would lie, so I couldn’t fight any further.
“What are you thinking?”
“…I just want to protect myself.”
The Green King shook his head and said that was all.
“You ended up…”
Raon looked into the green king’s noble eyes and his chin trembled.
‘wait for a sec.’
Is this possible?
Generally, when the Helmet of Eden is worn, the image of the monster overlaps with the image of the owner of the body, and a battle of mental powers occurs.
He also fought Rokta, who entered the world of images, and absorbed his soul.
However, the fact that Sia’s soul remains in the Green King now means that the absorption is not over. I needed to find out more.
“What is your name?”
Raon lowered his sword to the ground and looked at the green king.
“It’s Murka.”
Unlike what he said about Sia, the Green King said his own name without hesitation.
“Murka?”
“In human language, it means a tree with deep roots.”
“I thought you would say a king doesn’t need a name, but that’s surprising.”
Raon smiled slightly and shrugged his shoulders.
“….”
The green king wrapped his stone sword in red armor without letting down his guard.
“My name is Raon Sieghart. “I am the younger brother of the human you are currently staying with.”
Raon closed and opened his eyes as he revealed himself.
“Now can you tell me what happened?”
“refuse.”
Murka did not respond this time, but tightly held the stone sword that was broken in half.
“I don’t trust humans.”
He exposed his viciously ground teeth as he looked at the burned corpse of the orc.
“Hmm…”
Raon let out a low breath as he looked at Murka, whose anger grew deeper.
‘It won’t be easy.’
Murka said that he and his people were deceived by humans into dying, and after death, he inhabited this body against his will.
It was natural to not trust humans.
Wooooow!
When Murka saw Raon’s expression harden, he seemed to think he was going to fight again, and he got very excited.
However, Raon put his Jecheon Sword in its sheath and lowered his hands.
“I went through something similar to you, but I probably can’t understand how you feel.”
In my previous life, I lived a hellish life while being held by Derus by a leash, but after my reincarnation, I learned the value of relationships.
The level of pain was different from that of Murka, who was toyed with by Eden even in death.
“Please. Until recently, I didn’t even know my sister was alive. “I don’t want to cause any more pain to my family who had a hard time meeting me.”
Raon revealed his sincerity and bowed his head to Murka.
“….”
Murka’s hands trembled for a moment, but he did not lower the stone sword as if his thoughts had not changed.
“hey! Orc bastard.”
Lars looked down at the Green King and twisted his mouth.
“Isn’t this king’s vessel speaking! Answer me! Kellogg!”
The guy furrowed his eyebrows as if he was angry.
“If you don’t open your mouth right now, I’ll turn you into a block of ice…”
“Stop.”
Raon shook his head while holding Ras’s arms.
“What if you get angry… um.”
I was trying to stop Lars, who was struggling, but my whole body lost strength and I collapsed on the spot.
No, in this case, it felt like strength was being drained from my soul.
“Gwae, are you okay?”
Lars hurriedly came behind me and supported my back like a sofa. Like cotton candy, it was softer than a bed.
“You are not normal right now! Kellogg!”
“Seeing that you’re coughing, isn’t that normal for you too?”
Raon lightly tapped Lars’ forehead.
“Don’t play around! If you push yourself any further, you will either die or suffer serious mental damage!”
The guy shook his head as if telling him to stop.
“Is it that much?”
“Even if that strange ring held up, didn’t it contain the energy of the original king? “Your soul must have cracked!”
Lars waved his hand up and down, saying he should stop and go and rest.
“You have to try the new beaded ice cream! Kellogg!”
“That was the purpose.”
Raon laughed and let out a long breath.
“It’s definitely a bit dizzy. Even when fighting, his gaze wavered.”
“The problem was that you couldn’t feel the human soul inside that orc. Kellogg!”
Lars shook his head, saying that he must not have been normal when he entered this world of images.
“Okay…”
It seems like forcing myself to endure and fight like Lars said wasn’t a good choice. I was so dizzy that I couldn’t stand it anymore.
“Murka. “I will come back again, so I hope I can talk to you properly then.”
Raon waved his hand at Murka, who had a firm gaze, and then lowered his eyes.
I was exhausted both physically and mentally, so I fell asleep without being able to open my eyes again.
“….”
Lars put down Raon, who disappeared from the world of images, and rose into the air.
Whoa!
As the blue cold air floated like a lake, Ras, who had been a giant cotton candy, transformed into the monarch of the demon world with frost-colored hair.
“You…”
I swallowed dryly as I looked at Ras who had transformed into Murkara.
“You are not human.”
“Even when you saw the blue clouds just a moment ago, you still thought the king was a human. You must be an orc with no prejudice.”
Lars raised his eyebrows, saying it was absurd.
“You guy. You have been deeply hurt by humans. My soul is full of malice and anger. “But it’s amazing that you don’t reveal it.”
I could feel the anger coming from Murka that reached me. However, he suppressed his anger rather than showing it.
Even human saints and sages could not do this.
“Because you can’t trust anyone.”
Murka gritted his teeth, saying it was a waste to show anger towards humans.
“The King doesn’t know your past, but there is one thing he does know.”
Lars raised his thin index finger.
“A young human who got fussy a while ago and disappeared. “I know very well who he is.”
“….”
“Pretending to be strong but weak, pretending to be cold but warm. “He is different from the people who killed you, brought you back to life, and mocked you.”
The green king slowly lowered his stone sword without answering.
“I don’t mean to accept it right away. “If you experience it, you will know first.”
Lars said to watch and nodded.
“Ah, what a shame. Now that that damned bastard is gone, the king will have to leave soon… Kellogg!”
When I coughed, blood came out of my mouth. It was a wound to my soul that came from overexerting myself while helping Raon.
“To the Demon King, scars are a medal.”
Lars laughed and wiped away the blood flowing from his mouth.
“Oak. “See you next time.”
I waved my hand lightly and closed my eyes.
“I hope you like beaded ice cream too.”
With those last words, Lars disappeared from the world of images.
“Whew…”
Murka lowered the stone sword only after Lass disappeared.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his feet had not taken a single step from their original position.
* * *
I had a dream.
It is neither mine nor Sieghart’s ancestor’s.
Instead of the dead forest I had seen in the image of Murka, the king of green, I saw a huge forest full of green life.
It seemed like I had dreamed of Murka because I had been in his mind for so long.
As Murka, I saw a young human child. His noble character was evident in his clothes and appearance, as if he was of noble blood.
There were rare cases where a lost human came to the center of the forest, but this was the first time the child had appeared alone.
Seeing the blood of another human being on his torn clothes, it seemed like he had been attacked while on the move and had escaped all the way here.
[Okay. I won’t harm you.]
Murka reassured the child by making foolish hand and foot gestures.
Originally, I would have sent him out right away, but since he could be attacked by raiders, I decided to take him back to the tribe.
[Aaaah!]
The child was naturally scared and screamed, but soon realized Murka’s intention and followed him.
The child named Essian was untainted, as if he had not been born as a nobleman from the beginning. We enjoyed playing with the orc children, eating together, and falling asleep together.
The other orcs were also worried at first, but after seeing him having fun with the children, they accepted Essian as a guest.
Looking at it now, the eyes of not only Murka but also other orcs were wise.
It felt like a different species from the orcs I had known so far.
Has it been about a month?
Knights and wizards appeared around the forest and began searching.
Unlike the attackers, they seemed to be searching for the child with desperate eyes.
Murka realized that they had come to look for the child, and after asking Essian not to tell them what happened here, he sent them away.
[thank you. I will definitely repay this favor. Uncle!]
Essian thanked Murka and the Orcs several times and left for the human world.
As I was looking at the sight that made me smile, the scene suddenly changed.
[O king. Humans are destroying the forest.]
An orc shaman with a flowing white beard knelt in front of Murka.
[It’s different from before! Rather than just cutting down trees and picking herbs and fruits, they are trying to destroy the entire forest.]
The shaman raised his fist, saying that we must fight before humans destroy the forest.
[Let’s watch a little longer.]
Murka calmly shook his head. He reassured the orcs, thinking of pure humans, including Essian.
Time has passed once again.
Beyond the shaman’s warning, humans burned trees and bushes, slaughtered animals, and destroyed the balance of the forest.
[O king!]
[O king!]
The orcs knelt in front of Murka and shouted that they must fight.
[I will speak directly.]
Murka went to meet the leader of the humans who were destroying the forest to avoid war as much as possible.
I was confident in human language, so while I was waiting at the back of the largest barracks, a somewhat familiar young man with blond hair caught my eye.
When I smelled the young man, I remembered a child who visited the forest 20 years ago.
[Esian?]
[You’re Murka, right?]
Esian was obviously embarrassed, but he lowered his head and smiled awkwardly.
[Why on earth are you here….]
[…Ah, it’s to prevent this reclamation.]
Essian was the illegitimate son of a high noble, and said that he was attacked while on his way to become the heir.
He said that there was an order from the royal family to clear this forest, and that he was here to prevent it.
[I see. Thank you]
Murka looked at Essian and nodded. I felt relieved that the relationship from the past was continuing like this, and that it was fortunate that war did not start.
[Hey, I want to see my friends after a long time. Is that okay?]
[Of course. Everyone will remember you.]
He took Essian with him and went to visit the tribe.
Essian seemed to have returned to his childhood, the orcs enjoyed, drank, and slept together before leaving.
[Do not worry. I will definitely prevent land reclamation.]
His last words were so trustworthy that I had no choice but to trust them.
As if Essian had done really well, the human barracks disappeared, and not even a shadow of a person was seen for two months.
It was time for Murka to feel fortunate and tell the orcs to return to their normal lives.
Flames erupted throughout the forest, and the sound of hundreds of horses’ hooves could be heard on the tribal paths known only to the orcs.
They are humans. They set fire to the forest and sent knights through a path that only orcs can travel.
and.
[Kill those dirty Orcs who speak human language!]
At the head of the punitive force sent to slaughter the Orcs was Essian, whom he trusted. He beheaded the orcs with disgust in his innocent eyes.
As I found out later, Essian needed achievements to become the successor to the family, and he tried to achieve that by clearing the forest and subjugating the orcs.
The child who crossed the boundary between humans and monsters and accepted the favor of the soul became a true monster crazy about power and money.
[Protect the children!]
[Protect the king!]
Because the attack was so sudden, the orcs died protecting the children, stopping the fire, and protecting the incompetent king.
[Aaaah!]
Murka rushed towards the knights, drawing a stone sword he had never used before. After the red blood spread into the field of vision, what was visible were the tangled corpses of humans and orcs.
Murka’s race had special strength and wisdom, so they barely managed to stop the attack and drove the humans out to the village outside the forest.
However, there was no relief.
Before we knew it, the rumor spread that it was not humans attacking orcs, but orcs attacking human villages, and eventually the continent’s strongmen flocked to the forest.
Ten humans died, and a hundred orcs died.
A hundred humans died, and a thousand orcs died.
The forest that was once full of greenery was suddenly covered with death.
Murka sent the young orcs who had not yet awakened their senses down the final path and remained in the forest with the warriors.
They were still following this ignorant and stupid fool as their king.
Coo coo coo coo!
As if not giving their subordinates a chance to express their apologies, the human heroes broke down the forest barrier and rushed forward.
[Kaaaa!]
Murka swung his cracked stone sword and roared at humans and this world.
[My name is Murka! He is the most foolish king in this world!]
After that, his vision turned red.
* * *
“Huh!”
Raon lifted his upper body and opened his eyes.
Cold sweat ran down my forehead from a vivid dream that felt like I had experienced it myself.
‘Has that happened to you?…’
I understood why Murka said he didn’t trust humans.
The human returned his warm consideration with a sword. Even yourself. No, if it were me, I would have destroyed the humans on the continent.
‘It won’t be easy.’
Looking at Murka’s past, it seemed like it would be very difficult to win his heart. But I couldn’t give up, even for the sake of Sylvia and Rektar.
-Have you woken up now? Kellogg…
Lars climbed onto the bracelet and let out a dry cough.
-Because I’m really hungry. Wake up quickly and eat!
The guy shook his head, saying that the skin of his stomach was sticking to his back.
‘Hmm, are you still plump?’
Raon grabbed Lars’ cheeks and stretched them, tilting his head.
-Shut up! This king is a noble monarch, so he just doesn’t vote! Kellogg!
The guy furrowed his eyebrows, telling him to get up quickly.
‘okay. ‘I need to wake up.’
It was time for Raon to get up with a faint smile.
[You have brought out the energy of true <anger>.]
[You have won against an overwhelmingly strong person.]
[You have achieved an impossible feat.]
[All abilities….]
[Attributes…]
What has happened so far A message was posted saying that the abilities and characteristics had been calculated.
-Holy shit!
Lars trembled as he looked at the message.
-I’m so hungry already! It feels like my stomach hurts! Kellogg!
The guy shouted in frustration and waved his chubby hand.
-They are really harassing the main king!
‘Growth messages are good, but…’
Raon took down the message and got up from the bed.
‘I have work to do first.’
