21. Saving the chaos of Seonghwangcheong (2)
“Magic is the purification of spiritual civilization developed through long meditation and thinking. So you probably thought you could control your foolishness.”
“But it was destroyed.”
“that’s right.”
“So it looks like he gave up, that god too. Well, I did something stupid once or twice. “It’s only fitting that humans, who are so often destroyed, are hit by demons and trampled by dragons
.”
Yulgeum smiled bitterly at Deus’ story.
I turned my eyes to the Scented Demon Dragon again.
“Wormwood has the power to turn living things into monsters. Most living things die when exposed to mugwort, but one in a thousand adapts and is born as a new monster. The result is that monster.”
“The mugwort monsters in the demon world are all powerful. “It may hurt your pride, but there are plenty of monsters that can’t even be compared to dragons.”
“What we, the dragon clan, pursue is not power. Harmony.”
“You always say that when you lose a fight. “Pursuing mental strength or loving peace.”
“Isn’t that a bad situation?”
“what?”
“We, the Dragon Clan, are not the ones who caused this disaster, right?”
Deus couldn’t find anything to say for a moment.
“I don’t think you can escape all responsibility just by saying you defeated the devil, right? So what are you going to do now
? Mr. Demiurge 666 years old.”
Deus crossed his arms and looked up at the volcano.
“First of all, Alex…
But I didn’t think the story would end with him bullying his subordinate.
Deus looked up at the summit of the volcano with squinted eyes.
“Why on earth did you do this?”
It was a mess from the first button, so I couldn’t even figure it out.
Zeke took the brunt of the perfume demon dragon’s headbutt attack.
In the past, I would have either fainted from shock or fallen a few dozen meters.
I put up a shield and blocked it solidly.
Just by putting its hind feet into the ground to prevent being pushed away, the huge body of the Xiang Yu Demon Dragon stopped its advance.
Hangyu Demon Dragon looks around with red eyes. It seemed like he was looking for who had stopped him.
Three eyes were staring straight at Zeke.
The moment people who were close to Zeke looked into his eyes, their spines went numb and they sat on the floor.
Still, Zeke looked straight at the monster.
scary.
But the more scared I was, the more energy filled my heart.
“I am a warrior! When a hero retreats, the small world he belongs to is destroyed. Even if we embrace the ruined earth and shed tears, it will already be too late! “I am a warrior!”
The words that Zeke recited like a spell were phrases he learned at Yongsa Elementary School.
It was a subject that most students laughed at and passed over, such as living the life of a warrior, but Zeke worked hard to memorize it.
The only place I could learn was school. It was a school that was difficult for a poor family to attend.
All of those teachings were very precious to Zeke.
The sound varies depending on the situation.
It is natural for a person who has always been affluent to laugh when he hears phrases
such as a warrior’s determination in the safe yard of school .
But here, the people inside the collapsed walls of Neuekahn were saved with just one word from him, calling him a hero.
The old man and his granddaughter, who were collecting stones for the catapult, shed tears when they heard Zeke’s voice.
Those tears gave Zeke strength again.
I want to protect it.
Must be kept.
Thinking of his two younger brothers who might be anywhere in this city, Zeke took another
step and pushed his shield towards the giant monster.
After about half an hour of fighting, the movement of the scented demon dragon stopped.
Thanks to Zeke’s strong protection from the front, the knights’ firepower was revived.
The wizards cast the most powerful spell they could and destroyed the monster’s dead skin.
The knights took advantage of the opportunity and thrust their long spears into the demon dragon’s body.
Finally, the monster trembled and lost its breath
.
Zeke took a long sigh and stepped back.
He put his sword in its scabbard and hung his shield on his back.
Killing the monster wasn’t the end. There were many injured people nearby, including people trapped under the rubble of buildings.
A man trapped under a beam screamed for help.
Zeke ran over and pushed the pillar with his shoulder.
The people around him, who were confused, worked
with Zeke to lift the beam. Meanwhile, a woman who appeared to be the man’s wife pulled him by the arm and pulled him out of the rubble of the building.
My leg was shaking as if it was broken.
Zeke examined his wounds. While I was wondering what to do, someone else brought a splint and fixed my leg.
“Mr. Scatul!”
“It was an impressive battle.”
“It’s still not enough.”
Scatul, a fairy, was better than any other human when it came to healing skills.
Zeke walked around with him and
helped people who were hurt.
In some cases, it was already beyond repair.
A person whose stomach was torn open and whose internal organs were spilling out was crying and struggling to breathe.
Zeke couldn’t bear to just pass by, so he held his hand and prayed with him.
The village residents who followed him in rescuing people together prayed together, wiping away their tears.
Among them was Neuekan’s young deputy mayor,
Segets.
Segetsu, who held the title of a low-ranking noble, was already smitten with this young hero.
Meanwhile, as soon as the post-war situation was settled to some extent, the Knights also began looking for the warrior Zeke.
If it weren’t for the hero who suddenly appeared, the city’s fighters would have already died or chosen the dishonor of running away.
The knight commander clapped his hands immediately after receiving the report that Zeke was taking care of the wounded.
“He is truly a true hero!”
The city where warriors were most common in the world was Neuekan.
There were many schools around the world that ran training programs under the pretext of touring Seonghwangcheong.
Even now, close to a thousand young warriors from about 10 schools were attending warrior training.
However, among them, there were few warriors like Zeke.
They are ranked based on their combat abilities such as swordsmanship and magic, and easily rise to a high rank with equipment provided by their family’s wealth.
However, there was a complete lack of understanding of what kind of job a warrior actually was.
Captain Bonhalt of the Knights hurriedly headed to where Zeke was.
What he happened to see was Zeke praying for a man who had died.
The injured person was as dirty as a beggar because of his wounds and crawling on the ground.
Zeke held onto his blood-covered hands and prayed sincerely.
Captain Bonhalt bowed his head with a solemn expression.
When the prayer was over and the man was laid to rest with a peaceful face, Captain Bonhalt walked up to Zeke’s side.
“Lord Zeke.”
Bonhalt opened his mouth again to Zeke, who had a puzzled look in his eyes.
“I am Von Halt von Potre, commander of the west gate garrison at Neuekahn.”
“Oh hello. “This is Zeke van Hollywicz.”
“I heard your name earlier. Thanks to you, I was able to defeat the enemy safely.”
“What happened? Isn’t this the city where Seonghwangcheong is located?
“Why are there no heroes?”
“There were a few B- or C-class people… but they either ran away or died already. “Everyone who was level A or higher left this city after receiving a mission from the Holy Emperor.”
“Mission?”
“You know very well that you are a hero, but there are many young warriors here in Neuekan to receive hero training. “All warriors were mobilized to evacuate them to a safe place.”
“ah! So…
“They are young students, but aren’t they the future of the world? “ The Imperial Office
decided that allowing them to flee was more important than Neuekahn’s safety.”
“The students will be safe, right?”
“I guess so. We took refuge in Acoma, the capital of Verde. “You should be almost down the mountain by now.”
“There are no rumors that anyone was hurt, right?”
“It’ll be okay. “The warriors will do their best to protect them.”
“thank god.”
Zeke sighed, as if he had been resting for a while.
The knight captain said to Zeke.
“If it’s okay, I’d like our knights to accompany us to check the situation outside the gate. “How is it?”
If you think about it, it was like asking a warrior for help.
It was something that hurt my pride, but considering the gravity of what was happening now, there was no reason to be proud.
“All right.”
“Thank you.”
Zeke looked back at Skathul.
“Mr. Scatul, would you please come with me?” “yes. “It’s my job now to support you
.”
Zeke and Skatul joined the knights and set off to investigate outside the castle.
Meanwhile, the carriage with Deus and Yulgeum riding on it entered the castle.
Sitting in the coachman’s seat was Arch Lich Sadimus.
Sadimus felt that the sacred energy and image quality of Seonghwangcheong were not good.
Even so, his pale complexion turned pale and he covered his face with a cloak.
There was considerable damage to the streets.
In particular, near the west gate, hundreds of corpses were lying randomly on the streets, making it difficult to keep one’s eyes open.
“It’s terrible.”
Yulgeum looked out the window.
“I can’t believe this happens with just one monster. Even if you call it Seonghwangcheong, it’s nothing special.”
“It’s probably because the Zodiac Knight is absent.”
“Are you that strong?”
“Except for the last one.”
“A cadenza? The guy who used to do a lot of work in Joryx Castle. “Yes, that’s about it.”
“That’s right. “Because he is also a Zodiac Knight.”
“Does that make you about average among the Zodiac Knights?”
“How would you know?”
“is it?”
“yes.”
“Anyway, you are useless.”
“Is it noisy?”
“Hmm… So you’re saying Zodiac Knight is at that level?”
“huh.”
“It looks stronger than a dragon?”
“Why are you comparing everything to dragons
? A dragon is not a unit of strength.”
“That’s good. 1 dragon. “Is Alex about 100 dragons?”
“Are you in a bad mood? Don’t use our kids like that. Besides, not all dragons have similar strength.”
“It’s so weak that I don’t know the difference between each individual.”
“I heard it’s really obnoxious. If you keep doing this, all children born from now on will be combat-type. “We will abandon neutrality, join the human side, and invade the demon world.”
“Either it or not. Doesn’t it take even 1 damage? “Because I defeated the devil.”
“On top of that, when Daroche died, he attacked me mercilessly.”
“Well,
you pretend not to, but you are warm to my clan, aren’t you?”
Deus scratched his cheek. It was because it hit the nail on the head.
I looked away and looked the other way.
“Anyway, how do you do that?”
“You mean the volcano? It’s a pain in the ass. It seems like that volcano has opened an unwanted passage to the demon world. “A passage so uncontrolled that the ‘wormwood monster’ appeared.”
Deus sighed at Yulgeum’s calm words.
“If I don’t have anything to do, I’ll go somewhere with a nice view and enjoy my vacation. “Why are you doing this shit I didn’t ask you to do?”
“Anyway, the mugwort monster is dangerous. “If it becomes known that it was the work of the Demon World, the underworld people, who have been neutral until now, may turn into enemies in earnest.”
“So you’re thinking about it.”
Deus crossed his arms and looked up at the volcano spewing out smoke.
“I guess I have no choice but to go.”
“Up there?”
“yes.”
“Okay, I’ll hang out with you.”
“The damn woman is curious about herself too.”
“Speak kindly.”
Deus snorted and opened the window leading to the coach seat.
“Sadimus.”
“Yes, master.”
“Get three rooms in the best hotel. “When Zeke and Scatul come back, I’ll rest there.”
“Where are you going?”
“Uh. Until I come, you can just follow Zeke’s decision.”
“All right.”
