Part 2, Episode 174.
Me?
“yes.”
“……Why am I being mentioned?”
Aridna nodded heavily at Dohyeon’s reluctant retort.
“That’s why I called you. It was truly… a terrible scene. A burning village… no, it wasn’t just the village.”
“…….”
Flames spreading unknowable in their extent and abysses engulfing the earth stretched endlessly. It was to the point where I thought the entire world might be in such a state.
Are you saying I was at the center of a place like that?
“Yes. To be honest, I don’t quite understand it. It was a place where I wondered if any living things could actually survive.”
… … Is it related to the main quest?
It was when Dohyeon’s face was gradually hardening.
“And…… I don’t know why…….”
Is it difficult to talk about?
She repeatedly opened and closed her mouth, unable to bring herself to speak, and finally spoke with difficulty.
“……A colossal presence that dominated the sky. Honestly, I can’t believe it at all…… No, I don’t want to believe it, but. Unless I’m mistaken, that was definitely…… a god.”
“Did you just… say God? Good heavens. Does that mean they have already started to move? Such… But you didn’t say anything like that to me, did you?”
“I didn’t have the courage to say it out loud. Maybe I was denying reality. Whatever it was, I needed time.”
“ah…….”
To be devastated.
Is there a better way to describe Alowin’s expression than with that word? Dohyun was inwardly impressed by the look of considerable shock on his face.
That prophetic ability. It seems to be more accurate than I thought, judging by the fact that you don’t have a shred of doubt.
“I know, Master. Even those usually called prophets were half wrong.”
Hmm.
‘Lizariza!’
“Then the scene the Queen saw is a real scene from the future…”
In the end, Dohyeon asked to make sure everything was clear.
Is it a certain future? I’ve heard that even prophecies are often wrong.
“That’s right. Just like other prophecies, the future I saw is not inevitable. Rather… it is closer to showing scenes of the future that could happen.”
“……However, the problem is that the probability is high.”
How high is it?
“Hmm, from what I’ve seen, it’s probably about 7 to 3.”
Jihad opened his eyes wide at Alowin’s answer.
“… 7 to 3 is pretty high, Master? Doesn’t that mean there were 7 instances?”
“Unfortunately, yes. That is correct. The future I see is a fragmentary scene. I do not know when or how it will happen, but often, when the time comes, it happens as if by fate.”
“And the biggest problem is…… my prophecies show the near future. Every future scene I have seen so far has happened within a year at the latest.”
At Jihad’s fuss, Aridna nodded with a sullen face.
Even that sight was beautiful enough to evoke admiration, but Dohyeon tried not to pay attention to it and fell into deep thought.
Well, there’s a limit to how deep the mountains can get…
After fighting the god, a powerful being from the abyss appeared.
Just when I defeated the mighty of the abyss, the Immortal Master appeared, and now what? The end of the world?
To think that even God and the Abyss are appearing at once… this isn’t some kind of Chuseok assortment…
Isn’t the tempo too fast?
As is usually the case with RPGs, each game has a single worldview.
There is an episode that serves as the cornerstone of that worldview, and it is called the main quest.
And these main quests were usually very slow to complete.
Of course.
Because the end of the main quest means the ending of the game.
There is a reason why collecting 10 Fragments of Destiny is the main quest.
Even though Dohyeon has been collecting the fragments one by one on the main continent, he currently has only four.
Considering I had to collect the remaining six, I had to say I still had a long way to go.
“Honestly, I do doubt we can gather them all. There are only three known New Worlds right now, after all….”
I thought there were several of them scattered throughout the New World, but seeing that there seems to be only one in Elanis, I don’t think that’s the case either.
I just brushed it off, thinking there might be some unopened new continent or hidden content.
In the first place, Dohyeon just wanted to see the end of the main quest.
Realistically, I didn’t think I would see the ending right away.
I thought it might take a few years.
… … Until recently.
The rate of content consumption is too fast.
It is understandable that the difficulty is insane.
Since the main quest was moved up from the start and was supposed to take another three years, it was only natural that there would be a difference in balance.
However, it was strange that the rate of consumption was this fast.
Doesn’t this seem like… … someone’s will was involved?
“-K-Khuhuhu… We will see each other again soon. With this, the ancient promise has come to an end…
Why does the chilling voice of the immortal master suddenly come to mind?
It bothers me that there wasn’t even a hint of displeasure on his face as he walked away in vain.
Far from being displeased, they seemed pleased, to the point where it even looked as if they were expecting something…
Dohyeon, who had been lost in thought for a moment, tilted his head at the sudden sense of strangeness.
Hmm? But why is it so quiet?
I thought I was concentrating well for some reason, but it turned out the surroundings were too quiet.
When he looked up, Aridna and Allowin were staring at him intently.
With a somewhat enigmatic expression.
“……Why are you doing this?”
“No, well… um.”
You don’t seem as surprised as I expected. Even though I saw it with my own eyes, I couldn’t believe it.
“And understandably so, isn’t he a God? I know that humans follow God blindly, but… how much more so are the Apostles those who serve God?”
Furthermore, the current reality is that even non-human races, with the exception of figures of the elder rank, believe God to be benevolent.
The nymphs, too, Rcia, Aridna, and Alowin.
Except for these three, everyone else believed that even if they didn’t blindly follow God, they were good.
It would be strange for an apostle of God to remain so composed in such a situation.
After thinking for a moment, Dohyeon decided to tell the truth.
Whose successor he is, and why it is natural to be hostile to God.
I thought that they were fully trustworthy.
Gamillion also said that those of elder rank could be trusted.
However, one person.
It was unclear whether I should tell Allowin.
All of his actions, which seemed to follow Aridna, felt sincere, but the problem was that Dohyeon kept seeing strange things.
[The Eye of Truth is active.]
‘… … Why is there still something red inside?’
The red silhouette I saw when I first encountered Alloween.
The strange phenomenon of someone’s soul hiding inside Halloween was still exactly the same.
The reason I let it slide at the time was not only because there was no way to know what it was, but also because I had a hunch deep down.
Honestly, I thought Aridna was inside.
Given his position as the Queen’s representative and the circumstances, Alowin is the person the Queen trusts the most.
I thought that the comatose Aridna might be watching the situation unfold while possessing Alowin’s body…
If not that, then what is that?
No matter how you look at it, it looks like nothing but a ghost or a spirit.
“……Why are you acting like this? Why are you staring at me like that…….”
Unlike before, when it was even faint, it was now openly revealing its silhouette.
However, even so, it is difficult to guess what it looks like.
It’s small in size, but somehow gives off a majestic vibe—I guess you could say.
“……Lord Kaiser?”
Whether Allowin was chattering or not, he remained lost in thought with a serious face for a few seconds.
“Surely, the abyss isn’t residing there….”
“……yes!?”
It was at that moment that he muttered that without even realizing it.
[……her]
A sound of disbelief was heard.
However, something feels alien.
It felt as if it wasn’t transmitted through the eardrums, but resonated throughout the entire skull inside my head.
Above all, the voice was young.
This is… …?
As there was no one here who could produce the voice of such a young boy, Dohyeon’s expression hardened, and the voice continued once again.
[How presumptuous. To dare mistake me for such blasphemous things… I thought you had seen through my true identity since you could see right through me, but I suppose that wasn’t the case?]
It was a voice that reeked of displeasure.
But why?
The tone clearly sounds like a childish whining, yet strangely, it feels like an intimidating weight pressing down on my shoulders.
How should I put it… It’s like the dignity of a young king who has lived for a long time.
This is ridiculous.
Even I thought it was an absurd expression, but there was no expression more suitable than that.
And Dohyeon soon realized that the thought was not wrong.
“Lord Kaiser? What on earth are you doing… Put down your sword. No matter how much of a hero you are, if you act like this, we will have no choice but to respond forcefully…”
“Ah… my God. Allowin, please wait a moment.”
“yes?”
“Can’t you feel Alloween? How could you have harbored such a being? No, before that, since when on earth….”
“Your Majesty? I don’t understand what on earth you mean…….”
Alowin, flustered by Aridna’s shocked expression and inability to close her mouth, asked, but could not get an answer.
Before finishing the question.
Pow!
“Ugh…? What is this…?”
“iced coffee…….”
Wow… …
-Lizariza!
A green light, as if blessed by the grace of the World Tree, emanated and covered the field of vision.
As various reactions erupted and everyone gazed at the light, Alowin could soon sense something strange.
It was unusually bright in front of me, so I saw it the moment I opened my eyes.
That the source of the light… …was my own body.
“What on earth is this…?”
At that, Allowin’s pupils shook for a moment as if there had been an earthquake.
—-!
Soon, just as the view ahead was completely filled with green to the point where it was difficult to distinguish colors, a voice was heard.
[Tsk. How insolent… but considering the effort you put into getting here, I will let it slide.]
The voice of a young boy with a hint of anger remaining.
The only difference from a moment ago was that it was being heard by everyone here, not just Dohyeon.
Eventually, the light ceased, and as they raised their heads, their eyes widened in shock.
And among them, Dohyeon’s emotions were the most intense.
Of course.
Because Dohyun was the first person to know the true identity of the person who appeared before his eyes.
[Ruler of Abtartel and Lord of the Five Thrones.]
[Encountered the fourth lord of the throne, ‘Fairy King, Lumisar Eldrasil’.]
“crazy…….”
Ruler of Abtartel.
A figure considered to be one of the five masters of the throne and the strongest barrier mage of all time.
Fairy King, Lumisar Eldrasil.
It was the moment he revealed himself.
