25. The devil suggests ⑴
a perfect warrior.
The awakened Zeke’s power was comparable to that of the final warrior, the perfect warrior.
There was nothing that the Holy Cross could not cut.
Neither the thick keratin nor the hard bones of the giant creature were of any use.
The moment a white flash flashed, everything split into pieces.
He might have been surprised by his own strength, but
what Zeke was seeing now was the miserable end of the Neue Kahn South Gate Holy Knights.
The flag was broken.
It seems that some knight held the flag until the last moment.
The wrist in the gauntlet in the middle of the flagpole standing crookedly on the floor remained like a will.
It seemed that Zeke would never be able to forget that tragic end until the day he died.
There was a deep valley between the South Gate fortress and Neuekan.
The stone bridge that crosses the valley
has collapsed in the middle.
The width is about 30 meters.
But Zeke didn’t stop.
We ran with all our might along the dirty road to the ruins of the fortress.
It was at the end of the broken bridge that he threw himself into the sky. It flew like an arrow and crossed over the gap.
After sliding about 10 meters on the other side of the bridge, kicking up dust, Zeke ran forward again.
It’s soon Neuekan. He
threw himself into the crack of the half-destroyed castle gate
.
Deus watched Zeke’s rampage from a few steps away.
There was no need to rush.
Even without telling their subordinates, Skatul and Sadimus were quietly following behind, worried about their favorite disciple’s safety.
“Is that a hero?”
Deus looked to the side and opened his mouth.
“surprised?”
Yulgeum asked and Deus nodded.
“little.”
“Can you win?”
“Are you saying it’s a horse? “I still have to train for another 100 years before I can challenge this body.”
“I feel like it’s too late. Physical training is most effective if you start walking.”
“Still, I think the growth rate is amazing. “Are you saying that is a human being blessed by an angel?”
“It’s as if the bowl was already given to me. Because that’s a pureblood. The higher the purity, the larger the bowl. “It’s up to you to decide what to fill it with.
”
Yulgeum pointed his finger at Deus.
“I said it before, but you were the one who woke me up. “Take responsibility.”
“It’s a responsibility, but it’s something to be thankful for, right?”
“Is that really the case? “Don’t you think you’ll be in trouble because of that power?”
“Are you going to pass that on to me? “Zeek is responsible for it himself.”
“Yes, but.” A group of wasps
appeared across the valley .
A huge hornet’s nest was visible on the castle’s spire.
Deus lightly jumped across the collapsed bridge and went to the other side. The wasps all pounced on him.
I raised my eyes and looked at the sky.
“What is clear is that… for the first time, this era has become truly worthy of the nickname chaos. “That’s really nice.”
The flame burned the wasps. The terrible smell of thousands of bees filled Neuekan.
Zeke ran straight to the central square.
The flags of the West Gate Holy Knights and the East Gate Holy Knights were folded arbitrarily in the square.
The castle was occupied by hundreds of large lizards.
Ravenously, they were tearing apart and devouring knights wearing armor.
It scraped off the hard-to-remove armor with its claws and ate the human as if it were eating a piece of meat.
The corpses of the knights had already begun to be infested with flies.
It seemed like he had been dead for a few days.
Zeke looked at the scene in shock.
One of the lizards took an interest in Zeke and crawled towards him.
It flicked its long tongue and opened its mouth as if it was about to eat it.
At that moment, the light returned to Zeke’s eyes.
The name of light is anger.
With one angry blow, he cut the lizard in two.
“The sins committed by being a beast without awareness do not disappear!”
Zeke began slaughtering the lizards that were eating the corpses around him. In an instant, seven or eight of them were broken into pieces and died.
However, perhaps because his intelligence was so low, he did not care much even when his compatriots were dying.
Rather, he was busy chewing and swallowing the corpses of his compatriots that fell in front of him as if they were food.
When I saw that, I felt like a fool for getting angry.
I stopped walking again.
A familiar faceplate was placed on my foot.
“Mr. Oreno.
Her appearance, which had been friendly and especially friendly, overlapped with that mask.
I burst out crying.
Everyone died.
I peeked at my eyes with my sleeve, but the tears didn’t stop flowing.
It felt like all the water in my body would drain out.
But I had no intention of stopping. Rather, I wanted to cry.
“Deus-sama…
“Uh.”
“Why are they dead?”
“well.”
“I wanted to save it. Somehow… I didn’t listen to Master Deus and ran all the way to this far, but in the end I couldn’t save him.”
A monster similar to the scented demon dragon swooped down from high in the sky.
Its huge body, over 30 meters long, was covered in hard dead skin.
I felt intimidated even though it was just charging in to hit me with my head,
but the demon dragon chose the wrong enemy. Deus raised his hand.
Dark spiral width.
The demon dragon’s entire body was crushed by the magic spirit energy that poured out and was blown into the sky.
“It’s so pitiful. To die such a miserable death. Being eaten by insects and being torn apart by lizards is the end of life…
“Zeke.”
“yes.”
“You know why they died. You are young
, but you have a lot of experience. “I also know human physiology well.”
“ That means,
“Apart from the reason, don’t sympathize. “Their deaths are not so cheap.”
At Deus’s words, Zeke looked around again.
“Those who fight sometimes have to listen to unreasonable orders to advance. There are also cases where death occurs when being sent into battle where defeat is certain, or for other political reasons. That’s unreasonable. Such a miserable ending. But
…
Deus lifted one of the helmet’s face shields from the floor.
The blood stain still declared.
“It is the death of a warrior. Wouldn’t we want respect rather than sympathy? “If you really care about them, salute instead of tears.”
Zeke felt heartbroken.
“Is it for political reasons? A paladin who abandoned the city and a paladin who saved all the city’s residents. Your reputation in the world would have suffered. “At that time, the real threat had not yet arisen.”
Is it because I found my cool a little?
Zeke seemed to know what happened in Seonghwangcheong.
“They must have been a thorn in the side of people who helped tens of thousands of citizens escape safely from Neuekan, which was full of monsters. “It would have been unpleasant to see inferior guards like the Outer Guards become heroes of a war that never happened.”
“I guess so.”
Zeke wiped his face with both hands.
I won’t cry anymore.
Respect, not pity.
Salute, not tears.
I grabbed the hilt of the sword so hard that the blood drained and brought it to my heart.
“I will definitely protect your honor.”
Zeke said while looking at Deus.
“help. Deus.”
Deus placed his palm on the top of Zeke’s head.
That was the answer, but it was more certain than a hundred-word oath.
Neuekan was not a place where people could stay. It was true that
the Deus party had superhuman fighting power, but
they could not rest due to the monsters constantly attacking them.
There was no reason to stay, so I decided to descend immediately even though it was late.
As the moon rose, the party arrived at the bottom of the mountain again with no results.
Skatul removed the magic from the upper curtain that had been hung between the bushes and took out the carriage.
Immediately, the two servants, Sadimus and Lace, unloaded the camping equipment from the carriage.
The bonfire was lit and Scatul made a simple dinner.
It was a simple soup made with flour stir-fried in butter and ground potatoes.
If Zeke had been in a better mood, something much more delicious could have come out, but for now, he had to be satisfied with this.
Segetsu offered words of comfort to Zeke, who was bowing his head between his knees.
“Lord Zeke did his best. Rather, I regret that my steps are slow. “If I had met Lord Zeke sooner
… there might have been a different outcome.”
Deus responded to his words.
“I have nothing to say. We would have been wiped out the day we climbed the mountain. Because the upper part is already full of monsters.”
Segetsu sighed. He knew very well that what Deus said was right.
On the day of the Seonghwangcheong’s order, fate was almost decided.
It might be stronger than regular knights, but it wasn’t at the level of advancing into a monster’s nest.
No, the current situation near the old Seonghwangcheong could not be resolved with one or two units.
How many countries would have to do everything in their power to organize tens of thousands of regular troops to respond?
“Mr. Segetsu.”
Zeke opened his mouth, leaning on his knees.
He was helplessly watching the flames with his own two eyes.
“Whose decision was it?”
“Lord Zeke…
“Who sent them back to Neuekan
?”
Zeke’s voice was weak.
But Vice Mayor Segetsu knew very well what his question meant.
If they say their names, an irreparable wall will be created between them and Zeke.
I can’t say I know Zeke well, but I at least knew that he was very angry about this.
It was something I didn’t even want to imagine, a conflict between a warrior who could use aura and the Holy Emperor.
“Lord Zeke. It is something that cannot be undone. They probably didn’t decide to do this with malicious intent. However, it appears that you made a wrong judgment due to a lack of information about the seriousness of the situation…
Deus interjected sarcastically.
“It looks like there are several people. I see that it is them. And they are probably much higher than the vice mayor. Moreover, seeing as how he keeps it secret, he must be a key figure within Seonghwangcheong. “Zeek’s hatred of them is on the same level as his hatred of the entire Seonghwangcheong.”
Segetsu’s face became pale.
“If you think so, why don’t you just put it aside?”
“no.”
“Why? Isn’t Lord Zeke your colleague? “Wouldn’t it be good for you if he developed feelings for Seonghwangcheong?”
“Why do you think that?”
“That’s because it’s Seonghwangcheong. “The representative that God has established on this earth is thriving.”
“So being at odds with Seonghwangcheong means being at odds with God?”
“Of course.”
“But it wasn’t God who made this happen, right?”
“Even if you provoke me like that, I won’t provoke you.”
Segetsu took his eyes off Deus and spoke to Zeke.
“Lord Zeke. I’m sure you’re feeling complicated. As a representative of the entire population of Neuekan, I owe my life to Prince Sieg. That’s why I’m giving you this advice, hoping only for the best for you. Anger is fleeting. You
must become the light of the continent of Horce.”
Zeke said calmly.
“I don’t think this anger will last a moment.”
“Everything was done by demons. “Before you get angry about your wrong choices, you should hate the people who created that volcano!”
Deus snorted.
He refrained from saying a word, but his expression was twisted.
