28. A new start (2)
“Zodiac Knight? “They are God’s loyal subjects?”
“If loyalty is excessive, it can easily become toxic. Look at Alex. Now that I think about it, I wonder what those bastards are doing now. “They created a volcano out of nowhere and it’s been quiet ever since.”
He saw a distant mountain.
I don’t miss it. Just curious.
“Maybe it’s not quiet…
Nezar was too lucky, wasn’t he?”
Yulgeum frowned at his meaningful words.
It sounded as if Alex had continued the path that led to Nezar.
Meanwhile, Cadenza and Oridon visited Acoma, the capital of Verde, again.
The two stopped for a moment in the garden of the South Warbler Pavilion.
I was wondering if I could meet Zeke’s two younger brothers, even if just by chance.
“I thought you wouldn’t force it.” Oridon
sat down on the railing of the garden corridor.
“He is getting stronger. This time, I realized it even more keenly. Next 20 years. “If you train hard day and night, you will be able to acquire great strength comparable to that of the last warrior.”
“I agree with that, but…
“While one team is dealing with the Demon King, the Zodiac Knights advance into the Demon World. This is the grand scheme of the Ascaron Plan.”
“I am also a member of Ascaron. If you have Zeke, this is definitely a possible operation. If we conquer the Demon World or
inflict a crushing blow and build a fortress in Purgatory, humanity will no longer be afraid of the demon invasion.”
“For that to happen, we first have to get Zeke completely on our side… but that’s not easy.”
They stopped in the garden for a moment and then walked back to meet the Holy Emperor.
Even if he was forced to become a Zodiac Knight, making Zeke a member of Ascaron was another story.
Ascaron is a secret society within the Holy Emperor.
It was a relationship that couldn’t be established if we couldn’t trust each other.
The Holy Emperor was waiting for the two knights in the throne room.
“Please come quickly. Even so, I was waiting.”
“Is it about Lord Hollybeach?”
“Yes and no.”
Cadenza tilted his head at Seonghwang’s answer.
The atmosphere has changed. Monsters were rampant, and Neuekan, where Seonghwangcheong was located
, became
an uninhabitable land for humans .
I was temporarily staying in the southern manor of the Verde Kingdom, but I couldn’t stay like this forever.
I wouldn’t say I was disappointed, but my morale was quite low.
However, I did not feel like the Seonghwang standing in front of me today was an old man past 80.
He showed a bright smile to the two knights with an energetic expression.
“First of all, there is someone I would like to introduce to you two paladins. “He has difficulty seeing the light, so
he stays in a quiet room in the back room.”
“Is it difficult to see the light?”
“I don’t think I dare talk about him. “How about we go together?”
Cadenza bowed his head.
“I will follow your instructions.”
The place where the Holy Emperor took the two Holy Knights was a secret place in the southern Warbler Pavilion.
After going through several corridors and passing through a locked door, a large room where a queen or princess would live was revealed.
However, compared to the size of the room, the furniture was simple.
All there was was a hard wooden bed, a chair, and a baptismal font for prayer.
It almost seemed like a monk’s room.
There was no decoration.
Looking at the bright colors of the wallpaper, it felt as if only the furniture had been recently replaced with plain ones.
Now at the baptismal font, a person with long hair was praying.
She was a beautiful woman with eyelashes that looked like feet.
Her curly blonde hair
almost touched the ground.
She was wearing a flowing white dress, tied at the waist with twine.
There were no accessories such as hair ties.
The only thing she was carrying was a sword.
A pure silver cross-shaped sword stood askew on the wall next to the baptismal font.
The window was covered with thick curtains, as if it were true that it was difficult to see the light.
Even though it was midday, the room was dark, with
little light coming through the stitches.
However, he could see her clearly even in the dark room, as if his own body was emitting light.
Cadenza and Oridon had no idea who she was.
They just looked at each other and tilted their heads.
At that time, Seonghwang approached her and knelt down.
“O master of the flaming sword, lord of victory. I brought two people. “They are God’s most faithful servants and
the greatest warriors among humans.” She nodded.
“Thank you for your hard work. “I’d like to talk to them for a moment.”
“Yes, I will step down.”
Seonghwang lowered his head, stepped back, and left the room.
Cadenza and Oridon swallowed dryly.
Who on earth is she to say that Seonghwang is so polite?
Even if she was the queen, there was no reason for this to happen.
She finished praying and got up.
He wasn’t tall. It is smaller than the middle one.
Unlike the back of his head, his front hair was red like a flame.
Cadenza looked into her eyes.
I could definitely say that I was confident that I would not feel fear even if there was a demon lord in front of me.
However, it was difficult for Cadenza to look into her eyes even for a few seconds.
The fear of falling into a swamp gripped my body.
I finally looked away.
Oridon couldn’t see her eyes either.
The two Zodiac Knights were puzzled.
Who would have thought that they, who are not afraid of the devil or the dragon, would turn their eyes away from the petite woman in front of them.
“Kneel. “Before you is the holy messenger of the Lord.”
She opened her mouth.
The two knights Cadenza and Oridon placed one knee on the ground.
iced coffee!
I see.
But who else
would make the paladins scared?
The knights bowed their heads in respect.
“My name is Michael. “He is the master of the flaming red sword and the lord of victory.”
Archangel Michael.
Who would have thought that you would see one of the twelve archangels with your own eyes!
Cadenza and Oridon were so surprised that they forgot what to say. It was hard to even guess what kind of expression to make.
“The Lord of all things knows everything. “Everything is done according to His will, and not even an inch is out of line
.”
“A 一 men.”
Cadenza and Oridon shouted back.
“I already knew that you are faithful knights of the Lord.”
Cadenza raised his head.
“Please tell me just one word from the Lord. Our souls will soon be healed.”
“I heard that a volcano erupted on the mountain and many people were injured. But you are without sin.”
Cadenza bowed his head again.
“I was saved by those words.”
“You two knights, stand up.”
She called herself Michael.
Michael was the owner of the twelve thrones protecting God and one of the twelve archangels with numerous angels.
He controlled flames and his power was immeasurable, making him one of the angels most feared by demons.
“There are probably a lot of strange things about the two articles. This body now is my human body, the Holy Spirit. You can’t help but feel like a human being
. But don’t doubt. He appeared in a dream and opened the Iron Maiden. “I brought out my sleeping Holy Spirit body, and this is definitely the work of God.”
“I don’t doubt it.”
What the Holy Emperor discovered in the basement of Akoma Castle upon receiving an oracle was the Iron Maiden that had trapped Michael’s holy spirit body.
Angels were people who performed God’s work.
The Holy Spirit, the body that exists only as a soul and is used in the human world, was sealed under strict prohibition.
Opening it can only be done by an oracle.
The Holy Emperor sprinkled his blood on the Iron Maiden and summoned the Holy Spirit of Michael.
However, because it had been sealed underground for tens of thousands of years, its face was bloodless and its body was extremely weak.
It was also her fault that she hid in the dark room to avoid the sun.
“St. Knights.”
“Yes Holy Spirit.”
“What do you desire?”
Cadenza bowed his head at that question.
“God’s will will be done on this earth and the Lord’s kingdom will last forever.”
“A special warrior was born in this land.”
“It’s all the Lord’s will.”
As Cadenza chanted like this, a shiver ran through her entire body.
The name of a special warrior was mentioned in the angel’s mouth.
Even God recognized Zeke.
A being called a warrior gained special power with God’s permission.
The fact that the angel acknowledged it
meant that God knew of Zeke’s existence.
“His sword produces the sacred cross, and his shield produces the sanctuary of the Lord.”
“It’s thanks to God leading me to the right path.”
“But being by his side… Michael trailed off.
The hair covering his forehead was set on fire.
The blazing fire brightly illuminated the surroundings.
At the same time, her sword cried out.
“From now on, I will tell you a story that you will not believe. That is why I awakened the Holy Spirit and this is the ordeal you must overcome from now on.”
The two paladins stared at Michael.
Her eyes radiated a terrifying light through the blazing flames.
“The person who stays next to the special hero is Demon King Demiurge, 666 years old. He is the lord of all evil things.”
The expressions on the faces of the two knights, Cadenza and Oridon, became as hard as stone.
Two paladins are sitting facing each other on the terrace of a bar with the
South Warbler Pavilion visible in the distance .
We couldn’t continue the conversation until the cold glass of wine cooled down to an aesthetically cold temperature due to sweating.
The drink I took in was so bitter that I forgot to drink more.
“I can’t believe it, but it’s painful that I have no choice but to believe it.”
Oridon ruffled his hair and broke the long silence.
“No, I think I understand.”
“is it?”
“Think about it. His abilities are nonsensical. From combat power that far surpasses ours to achievements that are close to omnipotence. Didn’t you force all the giants who occupied Joryx Castle and the surrounding area to retreat without a single major battle?”
“That was a little surprising. There is still no answer as to how they did it. Even so, that is his true identity. “It’s beyond imagination.”
“If they had figured out the existence of Zeke in advance,
it would be understandable that they would have set up a plan like this. Erupting a volcano and pouring monsters from the demon world onto the ground is probably to capture Zeke’s heart.”
“In fact, Zeke awakened after fighting those monsters.”
“That’s right. “There is nothing better than a monster from the demon world to awaken a hero’s true abilities.”
“But isn’t it better to not awaken?”
“If I hadn’t awakened, I would have ignored it.”
“Have you checked? “Is he real or fake?”
“Don’t you think so?”
“It’s likely. “It would have been natural for them to recognize that an unrivaled warrior named Zeke had been born, and to remove the buds before they bloomed.”
“What on earth should we do?… It’s something that can’t be spread around, so shouldn’t the two of us solve it?”
“That’s right. “That’s what the oracle says.”
Oridon swallowed his drink.
When Cadenza raised his glass, Oridon clinked his glass against his and took another sip.
