Episode 272
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“Whoa… … .”
Alfonso Ratmos, King of Endymion, who was heading to the conference hall after resting for at most a few hours, let out a long sigh.
The only monarch of a great power on the continent.
The emperor of the only country that can compete with the empire.
Contrary to his great reputation, his shoulders, which were always proud, were excessively sagged.
It has to be that way.
The reports pouring in from all over the past month were making it impossible for him to even get a proper rest.
‘It wasn’t an atmosphere where I could sleep properly in the first place.’
Is it because of accumulated fatigue?
The body, which had become quite old and decrepit, suddenly began to stumble and shake.
“your majesty!”
“Your Majesty!”
The knights and servants who followed him looked in awe and tried to come forward.
However, there was one person who supported the king before them.
“Are you okay? your majesty.”
The person who accompanied and followed the king right next to him had purple hair and eyes that looked just like him.
It was Hecate Lathmos, Endymion’s regent and first heir to the throne.
“I was just tired for a moment. Okay.”
“I will attend the meeting on your behalf, so it would be a good idea to take a break now… … .”
The King quietly shook his head at his daughter’s worried voice.
“Although I have entrusted you with the position of regent, there are times when the king must step in. and… … .”
He stood up with his daughter’s support and placed his hand on the window frame.
“… … “How can you rest in a situation like this?”
He looked out the window frame at the sky above the palace and chanted.
“A month and a half since then, I still can’t believe it.”
The sky is all purple.
Is the end of this world just around the corner?
Even though it was still quite early for the sunset to fall, the sky was cloudy and covered in a dull purple color.
An ominous purple color that disturbs people just by looking at it.
No, there is no need to worry about time.
It has already been more than a month since the sky took on that color regardless of time.
A world where the boundary between day and night has disappeared, and only the purple apocalypse remains.
There is no sentence more suitable for explaining the current material world.
A month and a half ago.
He sighed softly as he recalled the report he received from Hemingway, who had returned alive from the war against the Empire.
The content written in that report was at a level that even the residents of this world where magic and aurors exist could not easily believe.
【The new emperor of the empire was actually a cultist, and he brought an unknown entity to the territory of the empire.】
If I were to briefly summarize the contents of the report, it would roughly look like this.
‘It’s an unknown entity.’
He was a cultist who was said to have power equivalent to that of a transcendental being.
When it comes to beings that could be brought down by such a cultist, there was nothing that came to mind other than high-ranking demons or demon lords.
However, Hemingway, who witnessed the scene himself, responded to the emperor’s question by quietly shaking his head.
‘your majesty. God has never seen the Demon Lord in person, but he has sealed an ancient object that contains their power. but… … .’
“The power that flowed through the split sky that day was very different from that of the demons or the demon king.”
“your majesty?”
When Hecate questioned the sudden murmur, the emperor shook his head.
“no. Nothing.”
It’s still hard to believe, but there’s no way not to believe it.
It was from that day that the entire sky turned an ominous purple color, and the boundary between day and night began to disappear.
If the report posted that day is true, the changes in the sky must have been the influence of beings from outside the world.
A sky full of purple despair without day or night… … .
An even bigger problem was the situation of the empire after the war.
With the emperor dead and the imperial capital destroyed, the empire lost its function as a nation.
Not only that, until the people of the empire became widely aware of the heinous act of turning the entire territory and even the subjects living on it into undead.
It was only natural that the surviving nobles of the empire and the citizens under their command surrendered to other countries and became naturalized.
Among them, the one to whom the largest number of nobles and citizens surrendered was Endymion.
As a result, Endymion was also experiencing considerable internal turmoil, but whatever.
Compared to the series of incidents that followed, what happened within our country would not even be part of the axis of chaos.
‘They say human greed has no end.’
The vast land left behind when the imperial capital collapsed and the imperial family disappeared.
What grew like wild grass on top was the nobles’ desire to take the place that had disappeared.
With the thought, “Maybe it’s me?”, there were some who moved their soldiers and started attacking the surrounding territory.
If left as is, a war to occupy the remaining space would have ensued.
But is it fortunate or unfortunate?
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Their plan did not succeed.
Before they could raise an army and establish a country, a bigger problem arose.
‘Plagues and monsters began to spread near the imperial capital.’
As I think about the subsequent reports, I feel like my head is hurting again.
Thinking like that, King Alfonso Ratmos tightly grasped the window frame with his hands.
The eyes that appeared in the report as they split the sky had disappeared, but the ecliptic, wrapped in purple brilliance, had become a land no one could enter.
The purple brilliance itself acted as a strong magical barrier and refused to invade at all.
In addition, did you say that every single one of the residents of the city near the imperial capital withered away and died?
‘It looks like a mummy whose life force has been sucked out.’
As if that wasn’t enough, cocoon-like things surrounded the dried bodies of the residents.
It was from inside the cocoon that the monster came out.
So to speak, monsters created using the corpses of dead people.
The appearance of the monsters born that way was truly bizarre.
The appearance of a terrible chimera that looks like a mixture of several types of humans, animals, or insects.
Just hearing about it made me think of warlocks and cultists.
But-.
‘According to the report from the Magic Tower, there is no way to create monsters in that way, even among cults.’
A monster that cannot be found in any remaining historical records from this era.
What does that mean?
‘It’s a monster from the age of gods, a forgotten era, or else…’ … .’
A type of monster that has never appeared in the material world.
Alfonso sighed softly, swallowing his words internally.
‘Hmm.’
Perhaps due to the fall of the empire, we are dealing with the undead that are running wild and out of control.
Just accepting the refugees from the ruined country who were fleeing from them was a big problem.
But now, on top of that, I had to deal with unidentifiable monsters.
‘I wish I had at least some answer to this problem.’
The only one that could possibly do that is currently down and unable to wake up… … .
Alfonso asked one of the ministers following him.
“He said what about the Archduke?”
It is a question filled with anxious and frustrating emotions, and the minister who was asked the question responds with gratitude.
“yes. majesty. It is said that he obeyed the words of those in charge of him and that almost all of his physical wounds were recovered. However, it is highly likely that the reason he has not yet regained consciousness is due to a mental problem… … .”
He paused and took a quick look, and Hecate opened her mouth.
“It’s okay.”
Although he pretends to be resolute, he cannot hide the fact that his voice as he speaks trembles for a moment.
Anyway, Russell is her fiancé. There was no way she wasn’t worried.
“Like always, he will overcome this crisis well.”
Nevertheless, Hecate responded in a rather firm voice and continued as if to change the topic.
“Rather, now is the time to go in. your majesty.”
As she said, envoys from all over the world were waiting inside the conference hall to discuss how to deal with the current problem.
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At that time, the meeting was in full swing.
Daria was sitting on a chair and looking at one side of the hospital room.
At the end of her gaze was her youngest student, Russell Raymond.
Muyaho and Io were also lying next to him.
All three have been unconscious since the battle that day.
“This guy… … “Why don’t you wake up?”
I muttered out of frustration, but I still couldn’t hear an answer.
It was then.
smart-.
A knock on the door and shouts of presence were heard from outside the hospital room.
“Come in.”
Squeak-.
When permission was given, a hinge rang and two men entered the hospital room.
They were Vermilion and Hubert, Russell’s older brothers and also Daria’s students.
“Master.”
“Are you here?” … .”
Daria responded to the two people’s call, looking as if she had aged several years.
Rustling-.
Vermilion put something down next to Daria.
It was a sandwich that looked like it had just been packaged.
“Please eat something first. If this continues, Master will also suffer.”
As he said.
Ever since Russell collapsed, Daria had not even been able to eat properly.
“How can you put food in your mouth easily? “It’s all my fault.”
If I had been a little stronger, if I had been strong enough to protect my student, my youngest wouldn’t have ended up like this.
Such guilt was squeezing Daria’s heart.
“It’s all my fault…” … .”
“It’s not your fault, Master.”
Hubert cut her off firmly.
“If it was Master’s fault, it would also be our fault as we were executed and were weaker than the priests.”
“The priest is right.”
thud-.
When Vermilion sits on the chair next to Russell’s bed, the ground trembles and the wooden chair screams for death.
“If that is a sin, then we who failed to protect our youngest child would also have committed the same sin.”
Daria quietly closed her mouth at the words of the two disciples.
A heavy silence fell immediately afterward.
What broke the silence was not the three people present, but a knock from outside the door.
smart-.
“… … ?”
Was there anyone else who came to visit? With that in mind, Hubert opened the door.
Rattling-.
“Lord Flametap.”
The person standing beyond was an imperial messenger dressed in official uniform.
When he found Daria, he bowed his head and then opened his mouth one after another.
“This is an order from His Majesty the King to enter the palace immediately.”
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After Daria left, Hubert and Vermillion also left the hospital room.
Only the strong scent of medicine filled the interior of the hospital room, and Russell’s body flinched and trembled as the three unconscious people lay there as if dead.
Then, along the back of Russell’s hand, shiny scales like obsidian appeared and disappeared as he cut them.
“Umm… … .”
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