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I was worried.
Is it a trap?
It must be a trap, right?
“what.”
The one who sent the invitation is from the Sternil Kingdom.
The tallest guy in the kingdom.
in other words.
He was the king of Sternil, the king of Buddhist temples.
He is a king famous for his anti-imperialism. Although the Kingdom of Sternil and Kunkan have been quiet for the past few decades, they originally had a bitter rivalry. Kunkan, who dreamed of unifying the continent, and Sternil Kingdom, which protected the kingdom until the end. The two countries, separated by the Great Desert, have not even had official exchanges, even though they are neighboring countries.
In this situation, the King of Sternil invited a prince from the Reinberg family, an all-powerful family in the empire. The invitation says that they will honor me and call me the ‘Pillar of Dawn’, but it is just a play on words.
“Are you crazy?”
If I tell my father, after careful consideration, he will tell me not to go.
However, when I started working on it so openly, my interest arose. A crazy person recognizes a crazy person. I inferred that the man named King of Fire was definitely not normal.
The worry was short-lived.
“Let’s go, whatever.”
* * *
Let’s cross the border and arrive at the capital of Sternil on the appointed date.
He was treated very warmly and invited to the royal castle. A feast was held, elephants danced, delicious food was served, and dancers danced. Up to this point, it was just ordinary VIP treatment. Sternil, a desert kingdom, a country steeped in old legends. Feeling the exotic scent, I calmly waited to meet the Emperor of Fire.
Eventually, at night, several military officers secretly guided me to the inner palace. The military officers who wore shamshir and turbans were quite strong. Are they the king’s bodyguards? At first glance, the place the warriors guided us to was not the palace where the king resided. They led me to a small annex in a corner of the castle. The guards left, leaving me in front of a small, shabby house that could be mistaken for a maid’s house.
I shrugged and opened the door.
Even though it was night, the inside of the house was as bright as day. Unlike the outside, the inside was quite gorgeous. When I passed through the silk-lined hallway and reached the end, a man sitting in an ornate golden chair was waiting for me. The meeting place where the king of one country met the prince of an enemy country was simple and had nothing at all. There is no ‘presence’. If the author were really the king, there would have been guards or helpers to protect the king, but the only people here were me and the author.
This is a suspicious situation.
But I thought he was the king of fire.
‘You’re quite energetic.’
The king is wearing thick armor covering his entire body.
The King of Fire has another shameful nickname that is completely opposite to his nickname of defeating disaster.
In Kunkan, the Buddha King was belittled and called him a coward.
He was a king famous for never taking part in anything himself. When the great war against the devil broke out, he stayed in hiding, delegating all matters to his ministers, even though the king’s people were suffering. However young, the king’s actions have been criticized for decades. Even after that, he was evaluated as an incompetent king who depended on the guardians of the magic tower and walls and was only busy taking care of himself.
The public’s opinion is like that, but that’s just it.
Nothing has been revealed for decades. If he were as weak as the Emperor of Kunkan, he would have been eaten, but the Kingdom of Sternil is still ruled by the Emperor of Fire. He may be a shadowy person lurking behind the scenes and manipulating the situation. One thing is certain, he is a sneaky guy who is used to hiding himself.
He is a king.
You should be polite.
But I stood upright and faced him.
We didn’t even talk. The surroundings were quiet. Considering my status with him, a dark tangent like this one would definitely involve some unpleasant tricks. But I wasn’t afraid, and I didn’t need to be afraid. Why did the King of Fire come forward and unexpectedly want to meet me without telling anyone? Just knowing the reason is worth the risk.
The fire emperor who confronted me without saying a word.
He slowly got up from his golden chair and pointed at something.
It was covered with a cloth from the moment we entered the room.
Judging from the silhouette, it looked like a box.
“Do you know what it is?”
Suddenly he asked a question.
The Fire Emperor’s voice was dull and weak, like that of a seriously ill patient.
He did not feel the spirit of a king of a country at all. Even so, he gave off too much energy to be considered a weakling. He asks me again in an unpleasant voice boiling with phlegm.
“Take up the cloth and check it.”
The Fire Emperor felt neither hostility nor favor.
Without even saying a brief hello, he first ‘asked’ me.
I didn’t move despite the king’s request. By granting his request, I am acting according to his words. There is no need to go along with the actions that try to control me. If he really needed my power, he wouldn’t have had such a secret meeting. Maybe he, too, is embarrassed. He said he had sent an invitation, so he arrived alone in the center of the enemy country.
Both he and I are beyond the scope of common sense. I activated the Cheonan Tong and checked for something covered by the cloth. It was unpleasant and disgusting, as expected, but not surprising.
“ha.”
The Fire Emperor showed signs of discomfort and eventually took up the cloth himself.
What the king showed me was a human head.
“Do you want to know?”
It looked like a human head, but I knew it was the head of a devil, radiating ominousness even in death. Among demons that could turn into humans, he was an exceptional disguiser. Normally, when someone dies, their body turns back into a demon, but this guy looked like a human even when he died. If it weren’t for the Black Priests or me, who are sensitive to musical instruments, even his parents wouldn’t have easily recognized him.
“Dirone Bologi Pouts. He rose to the position of prime minister and monitored the country’s affairs by my side for over a dozen years. He was previously a hero who saved the capital from the northern barbarians, and was trusted and loved by all the people. Even if his dignity was tarnished, those who would remain silent became angry and rebelled when he was suspected of being an impersonator. He was someone who really cared about Jim too… … .”
The Fire Emperor sighed and felt sad, but showed no change in his emotions. He grabbed his head. Then he slowly, with force, crushed his stomach’s skull.
“Now the only person I trust is the sun god.”
He said.
“But-”
What is a cowardly king?
He is a quick-tempered greedy man who devours coveted treasures.
“You don’t seem to be a charlatan, so I’m happy to offer it to you.”
The purpose was me.
“Be the eyes of the burden.”
What is this, a scouting offer?
There is no reason to hesitate.
“Nope.”
When he refused, the king responded immediately.
“Right.”
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The Fire Emperor began to take off his plate armor.
Whoops!
I watched him with an unpleasant gaze.
It would be more accurate to say that the armor is not removed, but rather ripped from the body.
As the Fire Emperor began to separate the breastplate and backrest and take off the breastplate, a loud, terrible sound of skin being torn apart rang out. The skin that sticks to the armor is torn off, the skin is cut away, and countless blood vessels and soft inner flesh are exposed. Even as blood poured out, the king did not feel pain. It was as if he had glued his armor to his skin. The torn skin stuck to the inside of the armor and did not fall off. The same goes for shoulder pads, neckguards, gauntlets, and boots. Each time the king took off the pieces of his armor, he was transformed into a hideous form.
Even I looked away in disgust when they tore off the thigh covering. There were hundreds of large and small boils on the king’s thighs, and the moment his veil was torn off, yellow pus spurted out and stained the floor.
Whoops-
Squeak!
Finally, the king took off all his armor and glared at me with a stern look. It looked like he had suffered severe burns, or his skin seemed necrotic due to poisoning from snake venom. Whatever it was, he looked very terrible, but I was more concerned about the armor he took off than his appearance.
It was a strange armor.
The ‘force’ felt from the Fire Emperor was not felt from him.
After taking off his armor, he was nothing more than a weak patient. It was the armor that was giving off momentum. A powerful magic tool exuded power, but it was different from that one. Clearly, what the armor gave off was the energy of a living thing. Feeling very suspicious, I raised my eyesight and opened the Cheonan Tong. Things that were invisible began to become visible.
“What, what were you wearing?”
It’s not armor.
Something in the shape of armor.
It’s not something that deserves to be named.
However, it is not completely alien.
Among the things I had, there was something like this.
‘Soul Stone’.
I can feel it from there.
Hundreds of suffering souls are seething.
“also.”
The Ugly King smiled and answered.
“You can see. “A great obelisk.”
“Did the devil do it?”
“It’s not that trivial. Demon Armor Hathor. “An angel who will lead the burden to the sun.”
“angel? Damn it. Did you make this disgusting thing? Or the devil… … .”
The king shouted with crazy eyes.
“You can’t even see it! Even more so – even the Demon King is no match for the Sun! My people will stand together as one. Yes, become ‘one’! “Uhihihi.”
The king, who showed no change in his emotions even as he crushed the head of the devil disguised as the prime minister of the kingdom, poured out his emotions so intensely that his chest throbbed. He was overcome with a torrent of emotions so passionate that he could not distinguish between anger and joy.
“I will be the Sun King, so I ask you. Will he become an obelisk, will he be swallowed up by darkness? If you become my eyes, I will gladly give you Hathor. “The united power is the power of the sun, greater and higher than anything else. Whatever you serve, there will be no service more valuable than this.”
Is this unpleasant piece of armor the only thing offered to scouts?
“Have you forgotten that I am the prince of the empire, the kingdom’s original enemy?”
“The enemy is not an empire. “The only real enemy under the sun is darkness.”
“Why do you trust me and ask me to be on your side? “Aren’t you scared of having a knife stuck in your back?”
“I believe only in the sun god, so you are just my eyes. The eye sees – what power can there be to harm the Sun King?”
Look at this guy.
All he wanted from me was the ability to hunt down demons. Although he probably knew what I did as the Pillar of Dawn, he had no idea how strong my power was.
I suppressed my discomfort and adjusted my armor.
Did you say it was Hathor the Demon Gauntlet?
I don’t know the principle.
All I know is that this power is no different from the devil.
“hey.”
Humans are subject to social rules and learn manners, obey the law, and live as members of society. In order to live with people, he must keep his promises. If he breaks society’s promises, he becomes a criminal and is punished. There are big and small promises, and the bigger the break, the more severe the backlash. This is not a headache-inducing moral theory. I am quite polite. Show respect to your elders and show courtesy to those in respected positions.
My being patient with King Sternil also demonstrates the minimum level of courtesy as an intelligent member of society. But if he had been breaking his promise from the beginning, I would be willing to take barbaric measures.
“You f*cking bastard.”
Phew!
Cheek!
He plunged the sword into the king’s forehead. The Fire Emperor looks up at me with a shocked expression, as if he can’t believe the unexpected blow. I only felt the discomfort of squishing a bug.
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